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@iamfilipe @DanDawkins @HoegLaw Anyway, forget it. Engaging with you is pointless. You are not here to have a good faith discussion and you most likely have the emotional intelligence and the media literacy of a blueberry cone. Moving on!

@justcausality @DanDawkins @HoegLaw Yes, that was exactly the comparison. The point is that the story is a common one, told in countless different ways across various forms of media. There's nothing particularly unique or groundbreaking about it, it's a cliché narrative.

Not to be a snot (which I’m sure I’ll be accused of anyway), but if TLOU2 changed your perspective on story telling I can only assume it was the very first time you thought about the craft at all.

@iamfilipe @DanDawkins @HoegLaw Same argument you picked up from every single content creator you've watched before. None of them engaged with the story either.

@justcausality @DanDawkins @HoegLaw And that's without even getting into the specific narrative issues in TLOU2. The events surrounding Joel's death in that house are just one example.

@iamfilipe @DanDawkins @HoegLaw Still won't engage. Stating something doesn't mean anything unless you can demonstrate it. I don't think you have actually played the game.

@RogueLikely @DanDawkins @HoegLaw Always trying to dumb down the story since you weren’t able to engage with it or understand it. As I said before, too much of an emotionally mature game for you. This is like speaking to children. No… to dumb children. 🤣

@justcausality @DanDawkins @HoegLaw "I just finished killed a hundred random people that I had no personal grudge against, but now in this moment I've decided that I won't kill the person that murdered my father figure in cold blood right in front of me." Start reading books with less colorful pictures in them.

@iamfilipe @DanDawkins @HoegLaw You just compared one of the most emotionally mature story in gaming history to a dumb, generic shonen for teenage boys. Well done. Also, you didn’t engage with anything I mentioned. Most likely because you didn’t even comprehend the story. Stick to children-level storytelling

@justcausality @DanDawkins @HoegLaw Just like Naruto and Sasuke's whole "breaking the cycle of hatred" storyline. That alone doesn't make it a masterpiece. Again, there's nothing particularly groundbreaking there. It's a fairly common story that people try to elevate into something more than it actually is.

@DanDawkins @HoegLaw You implied that you can only think it's a great story if you've never read a book or watched a movie. I used myself as an example of that being wrong. I'm not alone. There are millions of people who thought the same thing. I challenged you to explain that. Try again. :)

@justcausality @HoegLaw Now what? I read this reply and smile You return to intense literary research

@Y0den @madcap412 Jesus. You have totally lost any semblance of ability to discern what is attractive and what isn't. The Last of Us has plenty of attractive characters. As I said, you want sex dolls. As for characters being altered, yeah some have been made to look more realistic.

@justcausality @madcap412 For the record, I think it’s completely fine to have unattractive characters, especially in a setting like The Last of Us. What people are pointing out, though, is a noticeable pattern where not only new characters but also existing ones being altered.

Gaming Journalists: "The games industry is in trouble! We need to do advanced math to save AAA studios!" Eh...ACTUALLY, only the WESTERN AAA industry is struggling Asian gaming is doing well We all know why, but you don't want to say it - Shift Up just upgraded from dev to publisher - NetEase is printing money with Marvel Rivals and Where Winds Meet - Capcom is dropping hit after hit - Pearl Abyss just delivered one of the most successful games of 2026 - Cygames, MiHoyo, Kuro games, NetEase, etc are all drowning in money with their waifu Gachas The HARD TRUTH is that China, Japan, and Korea are not as worried as the California gaming studios, and the reason is obvious But journalists don't want to address this because they lowkey want to push the California slop

@Y0den @madcap412 It is. You don't want attractive characters, you want overly sexualized female characters. Most characters in Western games are still clocking as attractive. If you disagree with that, you're either blind or trolling.

@justcausality @madcap412 It’s not about “gooning” or having an explicit adult game. People enjoy watching or playing as attractive characters no matter the medium. Film, comics, trading cards, or video games it really doesn't matter.

@Garybjjca @Somniss @Fishpig003 @HoegLaw On the surface it seems silly, I know. However, once you go deep into why each side thinks the way they do, you realize there's not much backing up the haters' arguments. This is not "oh I like Pepsi over Coca-Cola because the taste is a little more sweet".

@Somniss @justcausality @Fishpig003 @HoegLaw My opinion is the only correct opinion

@Somniss @Fishpig003 @Garybjjca @HoegLaw I mean X is not the best place to explain to people like that why the story is so well made. Plus, most of them don't come in with an open mind. They want to dislike the game and the story.

@justcausality @Fishpig003 @Garybjjca @HoegLaw I really hate bringing "media literacy" as an argument for these people, but there's only so many ways of going around it before giving up and realizing that they really really should read more. Kudos for trying, my man.

@Somniss TLoU Part II should stand in as the Empire Strikes Back in a TLoU trilogy. :) The darkest iteration. I'm hoping that the third game will involve both Ellie and Abby again.

From a former hater of the *idea* of the game, of the unceremonious spoiler that was shared, the dishonest trailers (no, I haven't forgotten the bait-and-switch for making us believe that we'd play with Joel too), I hope we get a third one, and Sony doesn't close Naughty Dog.

Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada spoke about the contradictions of human nature: “Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one hardly ever use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about their living relatives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have one often don't appreciate it. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the satiated complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.” The key to happiness is gratitude: truly seeing and appreciating what we already have, and understanding that somewhere, someone would give anything for what we take for granted.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 I think you might just be a bot. Shameful for me if so :o

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 You are NOT the decider of what her canonical age is, just because YOU FEEL like she looks 12, or sometimes 15-16 does not make her that. YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE. Your sad attempt to smear and cancel ShiftUp isn't going to work, just like it didn't work the first time.

Porn. You want porn.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Damn that's quite a mouthful there at the end. Did you pack up enough adjectives in there to reach your 'anti-woke' quota? 🤣 Are you even a real person? I don't care if ShiftUp is canceled or not. I just said their new protag looks like a child.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 @justcausality When will you morons get it through your thick skulls that you are NOT ever going cancel ShiftUp, the more you attack Stellar Blade, the more SUCCESSFUL it will get and the shitty woke feminist anti-straight, white male propaganda game will flop.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 More shadowboxing against people that aren't here. 🤣 I don't care about that DA sequel. I didn't play it. I don't know much about it, aside from idiots like you bringing it up all the time.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 That really sums up how you think with your made up genders, orientations and sexualities. Which is why you attack games like Stellar Blade while you prop up shitty dead on arrival woke games like Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Man, stop fighting against shadows when you're talking to me. I didn't complain about Eve's proportions. I was aware that she was a character made for gooners. Also, I don't know what age I'd give Evie. She looks different across the various shots. Sometimes 12, sometimes 15-16.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 How can you look at Evie and immediately think she is 10 years old? Thats what YOU personally think, doesn't mean she is actually 10 years old. You idiots were whining about how Eve's proportions aren't accurate to how a real woman looks, its not about Evie's age or proportions.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Dude, stop adding fluff to everything I say. All I said is that she... looks... like... a... child. I'm not alone to have noticed that. Everyone across the political aisle have pointed it out. I'm not even calling anyone anything. I'm just stating a fact.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 "Younger, shorter and smaller" does not mean she is underaged. Evie is a tomboy. Lots of adult women are young, short and petite, doesn't mean any man who likes young looking Asian women is a pedophile. Lots of 30yo Asian women get mistaken for 20yos. Your argument is dumb.

@Fishpig003 @Garybjjca @HoegLaw Or you could just tell me what the hell was your point in the first place. 🤣 You no like Abby, even after living her perspective is my understanding. Great. Do you think you have to like Abby to appreciate this storytelling masterpiece?

@justcausality @Garybjjca @HoegLaw How am I gonna explain a 50 min video in a few words? Nah I won’t. Fuck that. Research it yourself cuz I did for years before I let it all go and moved on

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Nah. That's just you assuming everyone fits in tight little boxes where if they believe one thing they must also believe this other thing.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Really cause all the people crashing out over Evie are the same type of people crashing out over Pragmata, trying to label anyone who likes the game as pedophiles cause of their own fucked up thoughts and I mean you think Evie looks like a 10 year old.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 I think you're the one projecting, my friend. You want her to be an adult or else you'd feel awful about yourself. So you'll look for every reason to deny the fact that she looks like a kid.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Bro if you think Evie looks 10 then you need to get your eyes tested, lots of people who are in the 20s get mistaken for younger, especially Asian women. Just because YOU want her to be underaged, and YOU believe she is underaged, doesn't mean she IS underaged. You project.