I'm not really sure I see what's so special about this game. The story is fine but it's pretty standard zombie fare. Personally speaking, I was much more affected by Lee and Clem's story in The Walking Dead Season 1. I was a bit surprised the clickers were the smaller chunk of the game than the human foes but then again, that makes sense. The stuff with David was extremely fucked up. At least the game gave you a little downtime after that with the giraffes. The part where Joel and Ellie murder almost every single motherfucker they come across was also extremely fucked up. And then there's the ending; I get it but how fucking selfish can you be. Murder your way across the country and then decide her life isn't worth the rest of the human race. What was the fucking point!
The gameplay is passable. I always feel like stealth games never give me enough options to be, you know, stealthy. Why was there no mechanism to whistle (ala Solid Snake) to get men off their patrol routes? Why do the bombs not trigger everyone in the area but molotovs do? Why was it more fun to play as Ellie and just stab everyone to death? I got kind of tired of the waves of goons, especially later in the game.
I'm going to play Left Behind (and eventually Part 2...) but I need a break with a little bit more cheerful of a game first.
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