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The Last of Us 2 Reviewers Forbidden From Discussing Second Half

“Critic” reviews have started to surface for the horribly despised The Last of Us 2, predictably leading to an avalanche of perfect scores from numerous outlets despite the fact that they are forbidden from discussing the latter half of the game.

Video reviewers and some written reviews noted that Sony imposed “strict review restrictions”, such as only allowing video footage from three specific sections of the game (about 4-5 hours of game time in a title surmised to be about 25 hours long), and forbidding discussion of characters and events in the second half:

A segment from one of the many shillings in existence, which indicates that reviewers were indeed forbidden from talking about certain aspects of the game:

“And it’s no small thing that Naughty Dog decided to primarily tell this story not with the typical white, straight, male antihero, but a gay woman. Ellie’s bisexual girlfriend Dina and a trans character (whose identity I’m not permitted to spoil) also play major roles. The women in the game don’t have the buxom bodies still popular among many game developers, but realistic and varied builds. This sort of diversity is still radical for a mainstream video game, though the core cast of characters remains primarily white, and the game avoids any acknowledgment of the glaring racial divide in this country, which would not simply dissipate in a post-apocalyptic world.”

While such stipulations are nothing new in the review world, such a specific guideline is only further proof that the story leaks are true and that the developer is trying to stifle the negatively-received writing in an attempt to secure purchases.

Even though there were hordes of fans angered at the story leaks for The Last of Us 2, critics have quite suspiciously been handing out perfect scores for the supposed zombie game, generating theories of money exchanging hands behind the scenes:

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