I respect other's opinions that they liked the ending. It was a fitting end. I am not Joel and this is Naughty Dog's story. But from the minute Joel got all mouthy with Marlene in the hospital, I didn't want to play anymore. All he has to do is argue with her and then say "Well at least let me say my goodbyes". Instead he gunned down a whole army of fireflies. It wasn't just him though, it was me. I had to do that and I didn't want to do that. Maybe we have just been given too much choice in games recently, Maybe it was the realistic nature of the gameplay, but I didn't want to kill a bunch of innocent dudes, and destroy the future of the human race, just to spend more time with Ellie.That's not how I wanted that to end.
It was just so disconnecting. I decided many other things in the game. I stealthed through many sections. Unless they were fungus monsters, I didn't want to kill anybody if I didn't have to. There were so many evil lives that I spared. It was just incredibly unsettling when I had to kill a bunch of innocent fireflies, to do something I didn't feel like doing.
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