![]() It’s survival horror in essence so you always feel pretty scared and vulnerable, with the odds long and the resources limited. But where RDR 2 is the state of the art in open world, sprawling narrative, The Last of Us 2 is the current pinnacle of Naughty Dog’s more cinematic, ‘on rails’, story-focussed style.Īs with the first game, emphasis is very much on character and atmosphere rather than gameplay per se. Both keenly anticipated sequels to hugely successful, important and beloved forebears, both lavished with an immensity of money and man hours. I feel it has much in common with Red Dead Redemption 2. Possibly not quite as much as the first, for reasons I will go into, but still, a lot. Looking back, a lot of what I said about that game – the great character work and performances, the stunning detail of the setting, the wince-inducing violence and the gruelling darkness of the whole thing – more or less holds true for this one. ![]() ![]() ![]() So, I have played the long awaited sequel to Naughty Dog’s magisterial slice of harrowing character-driven survival horror The Last of Us, which I rhapsodised about back in 2013. ![]()
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