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The Last of Us: Part II (2020)
Standard Action Game. Lackluster, Flawed Story
The gameplay overstays its welcome after about 12 of the 30 hours that you experience this game. I don't understand the love for the story, since it's really just a tried and true revenge tale. The issue is that we have character context that's thrown out the window. All of the characters are introduced and never fleshed out. The flashbacks are great moments where you get to experience a few human moments...then your "sympathetic" characters go and ruthlessly murder left and right. Ellie was against death in the first game but in this is suddenly a trained killer. The explanation for this massive shift in behavior is weak and shows a lack of concern for true craftsmanship of an interesting narrative. I'd more realistically choose 6.5, and it makes me sad that so much crunch went into an average game.