Faithless83
Banned
This will be a long read, please bear with me.
I'm posting this as a fan of the original game.
After seeing the reactions on streams I was wondering: "why would you go such a length to piss off your audience like that?"
By the end of the original TLOU the writer let the audience judge if Joel was right or wrong. The problem is, there was only one right answer. Even though there was no garantee that it would've actually work, that a vaccine could have been made; the right answer was: "Joel is the bad guy that doomed the entire human race."
The revenge is actually on you, the game was to make you suffer for not choosing the right answer, for not agreeing with the writer.
The guilt trip starts early, with Joel confessing to Tommy what happened. Since Tommy sides with Joel, he is a bad guy too. The game goes on with "Tommy was a torturer, him and Joel did a lot of nasty stuff". Up until the end, it tries to paint Tommy as a bully, pushing Ellie to lose Dina.
If you are on Joel's side, it's going to be a painfull and nasty journey. Then, you play for hours as the one that caused all the suffering, she also spares your life time and time again during the game.
The revenge, the only reason that kept the player (and Ellie) on going is denied at the last second. You won't have it your way.
But how to make people fall for it and actually buy the game? Make the game so woke, that no one dares to question the plot holes and borderline insane characters decisions. Who in their right minds would have said "this game is not a 10/10" in this day and age? Imagine the backlash this person would suffer? No need to imagine, the SJW are hard at work as I'm posting this.
Update: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/angry-joe-being-accused-of-sexual-harassment.1550079/unread
Guess what his opinion on TLOU2 is? Isn't the timing a bit too perfect? He spent the weekend bashing the game on stream for its story (he praised the graphics and animations).
Reviewers know each other and some are even friends. They chose to live and I'm not sure we can blame them for it.
TL;DR: In the end of the original TLOU, Joel was wrong. If you think he was right, we'll make you suffer for 25 hours and you'll pay for it.
I'm posting this as a fan of the original game.
After seeing the reactions on streams I was wondering: "why would you go such a length to piss off your audience like that?"
By the end of the original TLOU the writer let the audience judge if Joel was right or wrong. The problem is, there was only one right answer. Even though there was no garantee that it would've actually work, that a vaccine could have been made; the right answer was: "Joel is the bad guy that doomed the entire human race."
The revenge is actually on you, the game was to make you suffer for not choosing the right answer, for not agreeing with the writer.
The guilt trip starts early, with Joel confessing to Tommy what happened. Since Tommy sides with Joel, he is a bad guy too. The game goes on with "Tommy was a torturer, him and Joel did a lot of nasty stuff". Up until the end, it tries to paint Tommy as a bully, pushing Ellie to lose Dina.
If you are on Joel's side, it's going to be a painfull and nasty journey. Then, you play for hours as the one that caused all the suffering, she also spares your life time and time again during the game.
The revenge, the only reason that kept the player (and Ellie) on going is denied at the last second. You won't have it your way.
But how to make people fall for it and actually buy the game? Make the game so woke, that no one dares to question the plot holes and borderline insane characters decisions. Who in their right minds would have said "this game is not a 10/10" in this day and age? Imagine the backlash this person would suffer? No need to imagine, the SJW are hard at work as I'm posting this.
Update: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/angry-joe-being-accused-of-sexual-harassment.1550079/unread
Guess what his opinion on TLOU2 is? Isn't the timing a bit too perfect? He spent the weekend bashing the game on stream for its story (he praised the graphics and animations).
Reviewers know each other and some are even friends. They chose to live and I'm not sure we can blame them for it.
TL;DR: In the end of the original TLOU, Joel was wrong. If you think he was right, we'll make you suffer for 25 hours and you'll pay for it.