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The Last of Us Part II (PS4, June 19, 2020) Video Game • Page 33

Discussion in 'Entertainment Forum' started by johnnyferris, Jun 12, 2018.

  1. colorlesscliche

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    Has that second part been confirmed?
     
  2. Lepi182

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    This is a thread for a game that is going on 3 years old. There's a separate thread for the show.
     
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  4. mescalineeyes

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    God I’m so sorry my bad hahaha
     
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  5. clucky

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    I mean good on them for focusing on what matters but I would think especially with the success of the show, HBO would want more content than that

    maybe they'll pad Part 2 out for a couple of seasons. Its already going to be really hard to adapt though. Part of what makes Part 2 work so well is you spend all that time investing in Ellie's story and then you get this whole second half of the game that recontextualizes what you just did. If you just intermix Ellie and Abby's stories you'd miss that. But I also feel that if you treat Abby's story just as season 3... I think it also loses a bit of impact because it becomes almost supplemental.
     
  6. mescalineeyes

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    you are 100% correct about Part 2 being stretched across 2 seasons. I don’t know if they’ll be going for that exact split but it is (officially) the plan.

    hot take: Abbie first, let Bella age. I know she’s the right age on paper now but she doesn’t look it.
     
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  7. clucky

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    I worry about how the Ellie story will go over if you do Abby's first. You want some of those first scenes with Ellie taking on the WLF to be like "yeah whoo take out the bad guys" so that the later context can be more impactful. Probably got to intermix them. Just gotta be really smart about how you tell out the story so you can still nail the right story beats.
     
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  8. Helloelloallo

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    I know this is the game thread but since we're talking about season 2, here are my thoughts:

    I wasn't going to spoiler but I probably should...
    You 100% have to mix them. I don't see anyway, even with excellent writing that you can start like the game, and then do an Ellie half and an Abby half with no mixing till the end. I think you need to introduce Abby and her quest for Joel before she turns up. You can have it be a bit unknown that she's a firefly, but you can't just have her turn up unexpected and then disappear for half a season. I think you also need to flesh out lev and Yara early as well so it'll become more like traditional blockbuster shows with people in different areas and I'm sure we'll get a lot more cold opens and side episodes to add context.

    Also as much as I disagree with the complaints, I think Neil and Craig would have to be stupid to dismiss the critiques of a lot of people in that the structure of the 2nd game just did not work. If they stick to their guns and do the show the same way, I can see it being a colossal failure. There's a reason that a lot of people really didn't like 2 (and no, they're not all bigots). I disagree, and can counter a lot of complaints, but they continually come up, so agree or not, there must be some merit or at least explanation as to how it rubs people the wrong way. Take that into consideration. Keep the same story and theme and fates, but I really think it needs to be shuffled and intertwined and not the game version of here's the other side of the coin.

    I also think they'll be stupid to not pretty much announce in the trailers for S2 that something is going to happen to Joel. Again, I loved the game but that was crazy BS and borderline false advertising how they cut the trailer with Ellie and Joel. If they show a trailer indicating more of Ellie and Joel, and off Joel early, it will loose a lot of TV fans only. Make it known that Joel's journey is coming to an end so people are okay with it before the season starts. Don't say how, or to whom, or when, but don't spin it as a whole season of Ellie/Joel adventures.
     
  9. mattfreaksmeout

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    Ya would honestly be pretty easy to click this thread thinking it was about the show and not noticing the Part II

    Maybe we could change the title of the thread to have a spoiler warning
     
  10. clucky

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    death is most impactful if its unexpected. would be incredibly foolish to not lean into that part of part 2
     
  11. VanMastaIteHab

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    Yeah I want that moment of the internet exploding at the start of s2 lol. Will be very Game of Thrones.
     
  12. ghostedaway

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    ***VIDEO GAME THREAD***SPOILERS EVERYWHERE***


    maybe that will help for now lol
     
  13. Helloelloallo

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    I'm cynical and expect either a) people will have had it spoiled from the vast amount of talk on the internet especially since links spoil stuff in the title or b) 50% of the people that aren't spoiled will have the same reaction as in the game which is wtf is this? (especially if they falsely promote a different type of story and open it in the same way. It worked for me in the game, but I'm finding it harder and harder to just dismiss the other side as wrong as it really did seem to divide opinion. I can't for the life of me understand why a show runner would say lets do something the exact same way when we already know it didn't work for a lot of people).

    Stick to the same story, it just has to happen differently. The same way as the game is not the best way for TV and I personally think alluding to it more openly will work better.
     
  14. clucky

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    i mean the red wedding worked out just fine

    moment needs to happen the way it did, because you want to feel Ellie's rage and anger. Fact that it made so many people mad shows just how effective of a moment was. would be incredibly foolish to back away from it.
     
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  15. mescalineeyes

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    to be fair, that's not why it made people made though, it was because instead of playing as Joel, the game featured a very masc presenting woman as its protagonist so they literally thought Joel died in the name of the game being more woke.
     
  16. Lepi182

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    Yeah, I agree with this, along with people just straight up expecting the adventures of Joel and Ellie part 2.
     
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  17. flask

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    Every time this thread gets bumped I’m like ah well guess I need to play Part 2 again
     
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  18. Lepi182

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    Was going to post this in the show thread, but feel like I should do it here instead. Seeing as the outbreak happened in 2003 in the show, I wonder what song they'll use in place of Future Days in season 2.
     
  19. tdlyon

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    I've actually still only played this game one time when it first came out, I might run through it again after the season ends
     
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  20. The Emologist

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    I just finished this game and I already want to play I and II again.
     
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  21. Helloelloallo

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    Probably something else from PJ as Neil is a superfan.
     
  22. williek311

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    The first line in that song basically sums up the entire game so it’s gonna be interesting to see what they come up with. I personally wouldn’t care if they just use that song but the internet will moan about the anachronism. When it doesnt really matter.
     
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  23. Lepi182

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    I mean they did already use Pearl Jam with Ellie's Walkman in the Left Behind episode. I agree though, I think they should just keep Future Days and say that in this universe, they put it out before the outbreak.
     
  24. Helloelloallo

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    To be honest, I think most people would be fine with it, but there would be nitpickers about it. They have already combined game world things that don't exist (like dawn of the wolf and savage starlight) into the game, so it's already sort of an alternate history. And are people that familiar with Pearl Jam that they'd know instantly 'hey! this was post 2003!'.
     
  25. colorlesscliche

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    You guys ever think that maybe PJ didn't get infected and they just kept recording? Duh.
     
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