The last fight is still viscerally upsetting
I’ve played TLOU2 5 times now, just finished a replay before the second season of the show comes out. Every time I’m yelling at the screen during the last fight “nooo, my girls! Stop!” If the game’s story worked on you- aka eliciting empathy for Abby, understanding through Abby’s arc that revenge/more violence doesn’t cure grief or trauma- then this scene is just viscerally horrible.
Obviously now I know they both survive but the first time I played it I was furious with Naughty Dog. They have suffered so much by this point that you’re like WTF! I also appreciate Abby’s wisdom in this moment- I feel like part of it is she is in survival mode but never the less she understands Ellie’s drive to avenge her father- and knows how strong that pain is- so she doesn’t really even seem surprised to see her, and just tries to tell her that it’s not going to work with the “I’m not going to fight you.”
Anyway, that is all. Just still amazed at how strongly I feel after all this time.
I’ve played TLOU2 5 times now, just finished a replay before the second season of the show comes out. Every time I’m yelling at the screen during the last fight “nooo, my girls! Stop!” If the game’s story worked on you- aka eliciting empathy for Abby, understanding through Abby’s arc that revenge/more violence doesn’t cure grief or trauma- then this scene is just viscerally horrible.
Obviously now I know they both survive but the first time I played it I was furious with Naughty Dog. They have suffered so much by this point that you’re like WTF! I also appreciate Abby’s wisdom in this moment- I feel like part of it is she is in survival mode but never the less she understands Ellie’s drive to avenge her father- and knows how strong that pain is- so she doesn’t really even seem surprised to see her, and just tries to tell her that it’s not going to work with the “I’m not going to fight you.”
Anyway, that is all. Just still amazed at how strongly I feel after all this time.