I just finished my first playthrough of The Last of us: Part 2 (Tlou2). This game is incredible, I highly recommend it, along with the first game.
This post has a point though, other than singing this game's praises when its been done already by thousands.
It's this one thing: I feel bad for Abby. Now, let me preface this by saying I HATE what they did to Joel, he's genuinely one of my favorite video game characters period, I played this when it first came out and put the game down for actual years when I watched Abby be possessed by tiger woods for a moment.
But I still find myself feeling bad for Abby. When playing as Ellie i was like "oh yeah man, I can't wait to hunt down Abby and her friends, i will avenge Joel!" And I was genuinely pissed when the switch to Abby happened. I did NOT want to play Abby.
But then I got into it. All Abby did was kill ONE GUY and Ellie decides thats grounds to murder every. single. person. Abby holds dear. Joel killed her dad! Abby avenged her father, which is pretty much exactly what Ellie sets out to do.
I was upset when Ellie's friends died (Rip Jessie), but I felt genuine sadness when I saw Abby's reaction to Mel, Owen, Manny, Yara dying (okay those last two aren't on Ellie directly, but Manny's blood is still on her hands).
I think that's the point, right? Am I crazy? You are supposed to sympathize with Abby. I dont think people did, but I do! This probably is very unpopular and im okay with that, I dont want to fit in with the herd, i genuinely feel bad for Abby. Also she should've killed Ellie and Dina, they both should be dead.
Side note: Abby's gameplay is so much more fun to me. I dunno, something about a crossbow and double barrel clicks in my brain in a way that I can't describe. She also basically has the El Diablo from the first game, which was my favorite gun from it, so there's that. She allows for more aggression with momentum (i think that's what its called?) and I live for that.
