The Last of Us Part 2 - PS5

[Gremal]

Originally Posted by Pi905

I agree with everything you're saying here. The minority of people who hate on this game are very vocal about it, which is why they may seem to be a larger group than they are. 8 months later, and people (some of which who still haven't played it) are still making it their life's mission to let everyone know that they don't like it. If everyone who even somewhat enjoyed the game would do the same, the sound of the haters would be overtaken.

I also agree that it was the right move for Naughty Dog to tell the story they wanted to tell. Neil stated for years leading up to the release that not everyone would like it, so it's not like people weren't warned that it may not resonate with them. I think with this becoming the most awarded game of all time, that's proof enough for ND that their decision was worth it.

None of that is based on actual data in terms of a percentage of people who enjoy TLoU2 relative to TLoU. It's pure projection based on your personal opinion with no numbers backing it up. Awards amount to meaningless glad-handing.

TLoU had 44,500,000 players as of November 19, 2020 while TLoU2 had less than one-sixth that at 7,200,000. TLOU has about 40,000 more new players each month than the sequel, according to the most recent numbers from Gamestat. None of that suggests to me that people love the story of TLOU2 or love having Joel replaced with Abby in the gameplay.