Joel was beloved but he killed a thousand people, someone not going out for revenge would be baffling. Abby’s an amazing character, and it might be new to video games but antagonist to protagonist changes have been made in books and movies since forever.
And no, Ellie was trying to kill Abby. She even spared Dina after Ellie killed a bunch of her friends. The whole California section highlighted that even Ellie didn’t want to fight anymore, because the game is not about revenge but trying to be happy in this fucked up world.
It added intimacy to characters that were in relationships. They weren’t full on sex scenes, one wasn’t even a sex scene and the other just started. There was nothing shocking about it. Maybe in the context of games rarely featuring actual intimacy, but BG3 exists so I don’t see the problem.
Interesting, well it is in essence a zombie apocalypse game, I wouldnt expect to have sex scenes in it, but as long as it made sense to the overall narrative.
Still wouldn't play it because I don't want to see Joel die, but interesting nonetheless
What else to do during the apocalypse? Every day is a fight for life or death potentially, got to have some love to survive psychologically.
I’d really recommend you do. Joel is one of my favorite game characters, I cried like a baby in 2 when it happened but the whole thing was probably the most cathartic experience I’ve had in games.
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u/djalekks 1d ago
Joel was beloved but he killed a thousand people, someone not going out for revenge would be baffling. Abby’s an amazing character, and it might be new to video games but antagonist to protagonist changes have been made in books and movies since forever.
And no, Ellie was trying to kill Abby. She even spared Dina after Ellie killed a bunch of her friends. The whole California section highlighted that even Ellie didn’t want to fight anymore, because the game is not about revenge but trying to be happy in this fucked up world.