Dude, lmfao.
Before, I was laying it on a little thick. But now, I have legitimately lost track of all the bundles, remasters, Remakes, sales, re-releases, upgrades and packages. This is a PS3 and PS4 game respectively. In 2025. TLOU was watershed. TLOU2 was a cultural turning point. But MY MAN. Every week I see a Tweet about "TLOU2 drops on Steam this week!" "Airgun interactive TLOU2 tournament!" "TLOU2 drops on Sega Game Gear on the 20th!"
It's becoming apparent to me that the old lacquer on the "Sarkeesian Approved," is starting to flake off, and these ideas are no longer airtight enough to float on moral suppositions. Back in 2019, when first world governments, big tech, social media and mainstream news were lockstep in the same narrative, it was EASY to bang your chest and play the party line. Now, however - all the old tricks are falling flat.
People are laughing about Bella Ramsey and her brave autism. Showrunners are giving vague answers to season counts. Druckman himself is saying things like "Don't be surprised if this is it," and then going back and changing it to a "I make every project as if it's my last," Seems evidentiary to me of some backroom sweating and some lines being drawn in the sand.
Same goes for Dever's casting and the whole "violence won't play as big a role in the show, so physicality isn't as tantamount as the game," goes too far in the other direction for me. It's a weak, messy plot. One of the primary reasons it worked AT ALL in game was because it could fall back on the revenge theme, at least.
You're taking a story that a lot of people didn't like to begin with, and you're taking away the teeth that the thing has in the first place, and then further taking away the player interaction - the catharsis, the frustration. It's going to play out passively on screen in the most boring, unsatisfactory way it can manage, I fear.
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