Sorry if that was off topic, but I don’t give af about YouTube likes or ‘professional’ YouTubers and to be honest the gaming community as whole needs to grow out of this frenzied state of entitlement. Buy or don’t buy, simple as that.
The Last Of Us and Left Behind already had a very politicised world. Right from the start it describes government reactions to the outbreak and the formation of a sort of rebel group (fireflies). After the opening scene we see soldiers shooting uninfected children trying to escape. After that you live in a highly policed quarantine state where you work as a smuggler illegally handling weapons and contraband whilst dealing with criminals, rebels and outsiders alike. There’s also the more subtle political detail like when Ellie talks about growing up in a military boarding school. The setting of the game is basically a variety of socio-political responses to a deadly virus and the world that emerged afterwards.
Then the trailer for the upcoming sequel shows one of the main characters, already established as gay, having a simple human moment (love, intimacy) and suddenly it’s “extreme politics” and “forcing an agenda”. Most forms of fictional media that portray people that have recently come of age include some sort of romance/sexual experience as it is considered a significant part of growing up or being human in general. Why should we deny Ellie this just because she’s gay?
I can’t discredit LGBT+ criticisms (Fridging etc) as I am not part of the community, but anyone that is saying this game is too political is just over reacting, homophobic or just ignorant to what actually constitutes ‘politics’.
Disclaimer: I’m not ‘SJW’ I’m just an Englishman who likes to play a variety of games and experience a variety of narratives. Hope all the fellow non-haters have a good time with this game when it comes out!
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Re: PlayStation Disables Likes, Dislikes, and Comments on The Last of Us 2's New Trailer
Sorry if that was off topic, but I don’t give af about YouTube likes or ‘professional’ YouTubers and to be honest the gaming community as whole needs to grow out of this frenzied state of entitlement. Buy or don’t buy, simple as that.
Re: PlayStation Disables Likes, Dislikes, and Comments on The Last of Us 2's New Trailer
The Last Of Us and Left Behind already had a very politicised world. Right from the start it describes government reactions to the outbreak and the formation of a sort of rebel group (fireflies). After the opening scene we see soldiers shooting uninfected children trying to escape. After that you live in a highly policed quarantine state where you work as a smuggler illegally handling weapons and contraband whilst dealing with criminals, rebels and outsiders alike. There’s also the more subtle political detail like when Ellie talks about growing up in a military boarding school. The setting of the game is basically a variety of socio-political responses to a deadly virus and the world that emerged afterwards.
Then the trailer for the upcoming sequel shows one of the main characters, already established as gay, having a simple human moment (love, intimacy) and suddenly it’s “extreme politics” and “forcing an agenda”. Most forms of fictional media that portray people that have recently come of age include some sort of romance/sexual experience as it is considered a significant part of growing up or being human in general. Why should we deny Ellie this just because she’s gay?
I can’t discredit LGBT+ criticisms (Fridging etc) as I am not part of the community, but anyone that is saying this game is too political is just over reacting, homophobic or just ignorant to what actually constitutes ‘politics’.
Disclaimer: I’m not ‘SJW’ I’m just an Englishman who likes to play a variety of games and experience a variety of narratives. Hope all the fellow non-haters have a good time with this game when it comes out!