r/videogames • u/Swamp_Eyes • Apr 21 '24

Other The state of videogame adaptations

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u/Prestigious-Sea2523 Apr 21 '24 edited Apr 21 '24

Wait until season 2 of the last of us comes out. I can't wait for everyone to watch Pedro Pascal's skull to get caved in with a golf club

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u/Soggy_Ad7165 Apr 21 '24

I didn't play the games and just watched the series...

So... What???? 

That sounds like a horrible "plot twist" to do. I have nothing against game of thrones style killings. But it just doesn't seem to fit the narrative of last of us. There are only two major characters in the series. Killing anyone of them makes the story pretty pointless. 

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u/Vytlo Apr 22 '24

Yeah there's a reason almost no one actually liked TLOU2. It's notoriously a terrible video game for everything but graphics.

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u/redditerator7 Apr 22 '24

Except the game was both commercially and critically successful.

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u/Vytlo Apr 22 '24

Not really. The game took a couple of years just to sell barely over Days Gone, a brand new IP that Sony openly called a failure. Yet TLOU2 was a highly anticipated sequel with a MUCH higher budget.

Critically success also doesn't mean much when journalists are specifically made fun of for how bad their reviews are and are often made to not be too bad. That's why we get games like Halo Infinite that get really high scores despite being complete messes. Meanwhile, the actualy reception from the players was dreadful

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u/redditerator7 Apr 22 '24 edited Apr 22 '24

Not really

Yes really. The numbers aren't something that can be argued about. Going over DG's sales, which had a Steam release, doesn't make it a flop. DG had other issues going on. Also, other games like Ghost of Tsushima that sold 10 million are obviously considered a success. Only like 10 Sony games in history sold more.

Critically success also doesn't mean much

Sound like it means quite a bit according to the creative director of Days Gone.