ratsoalbion wrote: ↑December 1st, 2020, 11:02 pm
I think you just failed to realise that Joel was the villain all along, Rich...
It's funny you say that. I had genuine moral qualms about the ending of the first game. So much so that I actually sold the game right after I finish it, which I never do. I didn't believe in the connection that Joel and Ellie had supposedly developed and I didn't believe that Joel would murder a building full of people to save her. Especially to doom the world to extinction vs a potential cure.
If they had give you a choice and presented two endings, (save Ellie or don't) even if one wasn't canon, I might have felt better about it. I read TLOU2 spoilers when they came out (because I had no intention of playing the game after the first one) and I just laughed.
Neil Druckmann's writing is just not for me. Uncharted 1 and 3 - the games Amy Hennig was more involved in, are far more suited to my tastes.
Neil Druckmann just seems incapable of having fun.
To put it another way - Amy Hennig's writing makes games that feel like Raiders of the Lost Ark and Last Crusade.
Neil Druckmann's feel like Temple of Doom and Crystal Skull.