an0maly
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Don't know if this thread will get a lot of attention, but the first game and the first season were, respectively, astoundingly brilliant and very good. I thought people might want to evaluate season 2 here, and my enthusiasm for it is something between very low and highly skeptical. I will come back to that. Saw the first episode of season 2 and thought it was flawed but pretty good.
The initial 2013 video game was so great it raised the art form to a new level, and has been frequently hailed as the greatest game ever made. Playing this game, was one of the most incredible experiences I have had. Nobody that played it will care that such praise will raise an eyebrow on some people who have never played great video games. If you don't know then you can't know, and it's akin to explaining a stunning sunset to a blind person. It was a deeply emotional experience in which I cared about the characters--as one does in the best films--but also experienced being one of the characters, and living the character experiences in the game world. It was called the Citizen Kane of games, but that film was not universally praised on release the way The Last of Us instantly was. In fact few works this century have gotten so much praise. The settings, concepts and the premise (scientifically justified "zombies" from the very real idea of Cordyceps fungus) were great, but the depth of the story and the characters really drove all the praise. Season 1 of the HBO/Max show captured a lot of that quality, for the most part, though there were valid complaints it did it too fast in too few episodes.
You must see season 1 to take on season 2, but nobody really needs to have played either game to enjoy and understand the series. I read about the controversial aspects of part 2 of the game and chose not to play it, and I will probably get into that later if someone is interested. I did watch extensive game play on YouTube to know what and why I did not play it.
I assume spoilers will infect (pun) this thread, but probably best to give warnings.
The initial 2013 video game was so great it raised the art form to a new level, and has been frequently hailed as the greatest game ever made. Playing this game, was one of the most incredible experiences I have had. Nobody that played it will care that such praise will raise an eyebrow on some people who have never played great video games. If you don't know then you can't know, and it's akin to explaining a stunning sunset to a blind person. It was a deeply emotional experience in which I cared about the characters--as one does in the best films--but also experienced being one of the characters, and living the character experiences in the game world. It was called the Citizen Kane of games, but that film was not universally praised on release the way The Last of Us instantly was. In fact few works this century have gotten so much praise. The settings, concepts and the premise (scientifically justified "zombies" from the very real idea of Cordyceps fungus) were great, but the depth of the story and the characters really drove all the praise. Season 1 of the HBO/Max show captured a lot of that quality, for the most part, though there were valid complaints it did it too fast in too few episodes.
You must see season 1 to take on season 2, but nobody really needs to have played either game to enjoy and understand the series. I read about the controversial aspects of part 2 of the game and chose not to play it, and I will probably get into that later if someone is interested. I did watch extensive game play on YouTube to know what and why I did not play it.
I assume spoilers will infect (pun) this thread, but probably best to give warnings.
