To them, without Joel, there was no Last Of Us. They were promised more Joel and were left deeply unsatisfied and hurt by the actual outcome. Not only that, but players also felt “cheated” because Joel appeared in a lot of promotional material (something Naughty Dog did on purpose). Hence, killing him in such a violent manner left fans shocked, to say the least. People felt connected to him, whether it be as a father or just as a person, which made it easy for them to empathise with him and overlook his glaring flaws.
So, there’s no doubt that the act of killing the first game’s protagonist so early on was an extremely bold move on Naughty Dog’s part.įrom the first game, Joel easily became one of the most beloved video game characters ever. From then on, the game was treading on thin ice at best. It effectively killed any initial excitement or high expectation everyone had because of how people reacted negatively to the leaks. He went on to say that it was the worst that could have happened to the game. “It was probably the worst day of my life,” said Neil Druckmann, the game’s creative director, about the leaked information in an interview with Kinda Funny Games. Things were especially heated because of the spoilers (which will be discussed in the point below) and the incident immediately spoiled any chance of a fair interpretation. People judged the game entirely based on these meagre amounts of information that lacked context. Naughty Dog was quick to react, releasing a statement the next day on the official release date of the game, but it was too late. The initial leak first happened on April 26, 2020, when a user effectively published some gameplay footage and very important plot points on a public forum. With the immense spoiler culture we’ve developed over the past decade, it was almost bound to happen, which is truly such a shame. This is the main issue with The Last Of Us 2, undoubtedly. So, here are possibly the main problems that caused this highly anticipated sequel to become so divisive upon its release. The gripes previously mentioned are all valid points to talk about, but most of these are minor issues that kept the fire lit instead of adding more wood to it. Of course, the dogpiling of opinions on Twitter every time a new one came up didn’t help. Six months on, there are a lot of reasons why people initially panned the game - including things like the “unnecessary” diversity or violence in the game. A South Korean streamer even cut up his game disc live on stream! The game hadn’t even been out for a day and yet, there were all these extreme reactions coming from so many people. It was all over social media and beyond: gamers either called it a “waste of time” or gave it zero out-of-ten reviews. However, the amount of vitriol the Last Of Us Part 2 received was massive, perhaps even more than any other disappointing sequel. Most of the time, these stories just don’t work as sequels and there’s a good reason for that. Unless it was meant to have sequels, a lot of the time, stories that were initially closed have to be reopened again. Creating a sequel to any initially successful piece of media is tricky business.
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