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The Last of Us Part 2 - A 3 Months Late Review

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  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