@Anthony_Daniels
This is kinda what I'm thinking too. I understand Neil has got a lot on with the projects at Naughty Dog but Last of Us is his baby. He created the world and characters and he knows them through and through.
HBO and (maybe) Mazin wanted to try and soften the backlash the game of Part II got and inject more action and I feel lessen all of the gravitas Part II had. Some people may say it's awful, or even just plain miserable but that's what I loved about Part II. Complete disclosure it's one of my all time favourites games. Season 2 got some stuff right, I feel Ramsey and Merced had great chemistry but a bad script, Abby's casting was on point but I have no idea why she had a whole villain's speech except just to pander to a mainstream audience. That's where I feel things went very wrong with Season 2.
I don't think HBO had faith in the audience being able to handle a morally conflicting story and instead put the baby gloves on. They softened the hard edges and explained way too much of what should have been left ambiguous, they sped up the pacing so the audience wouldn't get "bored".
I'm not saying there's nothing good in the show, all the people involved in the day to day production are brilliant, sets, costumes ect are of the highest quality even if the CGI was a little iffy.
Druckman departing after directing the one episode of Season Two that got things right is really sad.
I'm excited for what Naughty Dog are doing, I'm just disappointed that one of the better video game adaptations jumped off a bridge so quick.
Art made for the creator and minority is usually better than art made for the majority. The majority likes things watered down and samey. They want things defined and safe. Push boundaries in art. Make new things.
I'm not saying there isn't room for safe but good on Kojima for wanting to keep pushing.
Here's hoping Sony add PS3 games. I was sceptical about the Portal, already had a Steam Deck and found Chiaki didn't work for me even with all the tweaks. Got a Portal expecting to send it back but it's really been useful. Okay yes it got better after getting a dedicated hotspot for it and my PS5 but now it works pretty flawlessly about 95% of the time.
I don't see why they can't just add one more trophy and call it Platinum Trophy.
It's nice to have the cherry on top and that icon on the game that says "you did all the stuff in it". I play games even without trophies but I love having them around as little mementos of times I've played things.
It also gives me a reason to continue playing something to completion even when I'm done with it. So while that's a double edged sword sometimes more than not it's made me get more out of a game than I would have otherwise.
I also have that niggling voice in the back of my head as an adult that's like, "you should be doing something meaningful not gaming" and I kinda use trophies as a bat back at that. Like I did do something. I enjoyed myself and I have proof.
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Re: Neil Druckmann Focused on Naughty Dog Games, Steps Away from The Last of Us TV Show
@Anthony_Daniels
This is kinda what I'm thinking too. I understand Neil has got a lot on with the projects at Naughty Dog but Last of Us is his baby. He created the world and characters and he knows them through and through.
HBO and (maybe) Mazin wanted to try and soften the backlash the game of Part II got and inject more action and I feel lessen all of the gravitas Part II had. Some people may say it's awful, or even just plain miserable but that's what I loved about Part II. Complete disclosure it's one of my all time favourites games. Season 2 got some stuff right, I feel Ramsey and Merced had great chemistry but a bad script, Abby's casting was on point but I have no idea why she had a whole villain's speech except just to pander to a mainstream audience. That's where I feel things went very wrong with Season 2.
I don't think HBO had faith in the audience being able to handle a morally conflicting story and instead put the baby gloves on. They softened the hard edges and explained way too much of what should have been left ambiguous, they sped up the pacing so the audience wouldn't get "bored".
I'm not saying there's nothing good in the show, all the people involved in the day to day production are brilliant, sets, costumes ect are of the highest quality even if the CGI was a little iffy.
Druckman departing after directing the one episode of Season Two that got things right is really sad.
I'm excited for what Naughty Dog are doing, I'm just disappointed that one of the better video game adaptations jumped off a bridge so quick.
Re: PS Plus Premium Games for June and July 2025 Confirmed, Resident Evil 2, 3 This Summer
Hoping we get trophies for RE2 & 3 and Capcom patch them into RE 1 and Dino Crisis 1&2
Re: Internal Death Stranding 2 Reviews Are Tracking Much Higher Than the First Game, But Kojima Isn't Pleased
Art made for the creator and minority is usually better than art made for the majority.
The majority likes things watered down and samey. They want things defined and safe. Push boundaries in art. Make new things.
I'm not saying there isn't room for safe but good on Kojima for wanting to keep pushing.
Re: PS Portal System Update Out Today, with Big Improvements to PS Plus Cloud Streaming
Here's hoping Sony add PS3 games. I was sceptical about the Portal, already had a Steam Deck and found Chiaki didn't work for me even with all the tweaks. Got a Portal expecting to send it back but it's really been useful.
Okay yes it got better after getting a dedicated hotspot for it and my PS5 but now it works pretty flawlessly about 95% of the time.
Re: Nintendo Exclusive Picross Series Comes to PS4 for the First Time This Month, Sort Of
If Jupiter brings the rest of the Picross series to PlayStation I'll buy all of them again
Re: No Platinum Trophy in Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Remaster's Meagre PS5 Trophy List
I don't see why they can't just add one more trophy and call it Platinum Trophy.
It's nice to have the cherry on top and that icon on the game that says "you did all the stuff in it". I play games even without trophies but I love having them around as little mementos of times I've played things.
It also gives me a reason to continue playing something to completion even when I'm done with it. So while that's a double edged sword sometimes more than not it's made me get more out of a game than I would have otherwise.
I also have that niggling voice in the back of my head as an adult that's like, "you should be doing something meaningful not gaming" and I kinda use trophies as a bat back at that. Like I did do something. I enjoyed myself and I have proof.