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Pros: - A more interesting, nuanced story compared to LiS1. In the LiS2, the story between the Diaz brothers is stronger, more intimate and nuanced. It definitely shows the ambition of the developer Dontnod to tell a more mature and grounded story as compared to LiS1. The game placed you in the role of Sean Diaz, a teenager thrust into the role of a substitute parent overnight after the death of his father. On top of that, Sean is forced to deal with the fact that he and his brother are both fugitives. What's more, the little brother, Daniel turns out to have superpower. It's a such a big triple whammy for even an adult to deal with let alone a 16 years old kid. By virtue of this setting alone, Sean is already immediately a more sympathetic, if not more likeable character.   With each episode, the game brings you to a new place, with a new set of character, in true road trip movie fashion, and asking the player to adapt to different situation, walking the tight rope balancing ...

  The Last of Us Part 2 is a hard game to write a review for. I would know, I have been trying and failing to write one for three months now. For the most part, this game has me absolutely floored in every way, leaving me tired and devastated after the first playthrough. Long after I'm done, this game continues to stick around in my mind like no other piece of media has done before. Firstly, let's talk about cons. For such a mainstream triple A game, The Last of Us Part 2 can be quite hard to like, some parts are downright unlikable even. No mainstream Hollywood bullshiterry can be found here. The game is simply uncompromisingly honest and obsessively true to the world as established by Part 1. From the story, the art style, the gameplay, to the upgrading system, every aspect of this game feels like a natural expansion of the first game. But if I have to pick some flaws, I would say it's the skill tree. In the first game, each skill has a clear specific branch, and you have...