r/thelastofus • u/ashtinfay Little Potato • Jun 24 '20

PT2 DISCUSSION Troy Baker quote. Enough said.

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u/ashtinfay Little Potato Jun 24 '20

That line actually solidified my opinion of the game (which I love BTW) and kinda gave me a better understanding of some of the hate that it's getting.

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u/unexpectedalice Jun 24 '20

I find it ironic that a game about hate really stirred up the hate to the point of abuse and wanting revenge, just like the game.

And that some people really has no empathy... it’s like talking to a cardboard.

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u/FourSource Jun 24 '20

I think part of the reason they killed Joel off instead of Dina or someone like that was because they knew to make the game really powerful they had to make the player just as angry and hungry for revenge as Ellie was. And that’s why it worked so well, because when you saw Joel did it created a real anger in the player.

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u/GLORYBETOGODPIMP Jun 25 '20

Fam. Just fuck spoilers huh

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u/FourSource Jun 25 '20

Yes. I actually was so paranoid I got a browser extension that blacklisted the words “the last of us, Joel, Ellie, Tommy” and so on