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Re: The Last of Us 2 Dominates Biggest Ever PS Blog Game of the Year Poll

ThroughTheIris56

@Col_McCafferty The game's been out for 6 months, I think most people on a Playstation site who were interested at some point will have played it already. If not, probably not a good idea to be looking in a comments section about TLOU2 lol. I can't really explain why the ending was so bad without spoiling it I'm afraid. Though if the mods really want me to edit it out, I'll do so.

Re: The Last of Us 2 Dominates Biggest Ever PS Blog Game of the Year Poll

ThroughTheIris56

It's worthy of some awards like best audio, sound design and accessibility, but nowhere near all of them. Narrative: absolutely not, it's nothing compared to that of the first game's, has a terrible structure, is full of contrivances, characters act stupidly and are unlikable, and the pacing makes it go on for far too long.

Second place for best art direction is way too high. Sure the game did have good art direction, but pales in comparison to Crash 4, Doom Eternal and Dreams.

How on earth does it get best soundtrack over Doom Eternal!? I can't remember a single original song from TLOU2.

For best final showdown, I'm assuming that means the ending on the beach. That whole sequence was unbelievably dumb. First Ellie cuts Abby down so they can have a fair fight. Then after a conveniently timed flashback, Ellie makes her actions throughout the whole game mean nothing by sparing Abby.

And of course game of the year could have gone to many more deserving titles. If people really liked TLOU2 that much and think it won all of these categories, fair enough. I just think it's ridiculous how a game that's entire selling point is its story, and has a very flawed story, is better than every other game released this year.

Re: Crash Bandicoot 4 Reaches Decent Price in PS Store Deal of the Week

ThroughTheIris56

@outsider83 Partly because platformers are generally cheaper than your average AAA game. I don't necessarily think they should be, but people were probably taken aback when Crash 4 was more than the average platformer.

Then there's the fact it was more expensive than the 3 in
bundle.

Finally, at £55 it was more expensive than your average physical PS4 game at lauch, not just platformers.

I brought it day one because I though it looked great (it is a great game), and I want to show support for 3D platformers so they can hopefully have a resurgence, but I understand why people aren't buying it.

Re: The Last of Us 2, Ghost of Tsushima Among Top Nominees in Golden Joystick Awards 2020

ThroughTheIris56

@Col_McCafferty I think that the fact it's divisive, shows that while there were good aspects to the game, the narrative had lots of serious problems. It depends who's giving the award/how the vote is decided, but I think it makes more sense to give it to something that is more universally praised.

Taking risks can be admirable, but that doesn't mean the risks will pay off, on the contrary they can backfire heavily. I'd take a "safe" game/narrative that does it's job well.