My problem with tlou2 is that all the marketing leading up to the game heavily featured Joel, and then 90% of the game you play as Ellie. Felt kinda bait and switch. I watched the first season of the show but didn't really care for it so I tuned out.

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I imagine that’s to ensure the huge shock of Joel’s death was kept under wraps. If Joel was mysteriously missing from most of the trailer, the internet no doubt would have sussed it out.

I loved playing Ellie. For so much of the game, I shared her deep desire for revenge too. And then playing Abby and growing connected to their story, by the end, I was so torn.

A really unique experience I haven’t had before in a game.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Just rewarched the ads. They are misremembering. It was very clear from the ads that Ellie wa the focus. Joel isn't even in half of the ads from before the game released, and barely in some of the ones he is.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You made me think I was crazy because I remembered mostly the commercials featuring the seraphites hanging scenes, the dance with Dina and Ellie kissing, and some stuff with Ellie fighting Wolves. So I verified, and you are misremembering. Just fast forwarded through every ad for the game before release, Joel is only even in, MAAAYBE half of them, if that. And barely in them at all in most of the ones he is. The one that features him the most is almost all footage from the first game. I'm also pretty sure that the devs were open about that fact that Ellie would be the focus of the game from the time it was announced.

Link: https://youtu.be/fZaNdTmmcpk

[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

If anything the bait and switch was making people think she was getting revenge for something that happened to Dina.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, but like... are we mad they didn't spoil major plot points and obfuscate the biggest death of the series?

[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I myself never had issues with the trailers and how they presented things. Though I am one of the people who would have wanted to play Ellie the whole first game as well. I actually rewatch the trailers for Part 2 pretty often and own the Covers and Rarities LP. I do know a lot of the internet is pissed off at it.

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

The Shield had one dude taking part in the press tour and all. Was in the promo material etc.

He was killed in the first ep to make a point to the audience.