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Last of Us 2 is a beautiful and tragic game. It is a piece of art that is poorly executed and left me deeply dissatisfied by the end. I honestly do not want to play it again after I finished it. If hating what happens in a game and making you feel terrible was truly the intention of this game, then Naughty Dog hit it out of the park. I do not have a problem with the decisions of the main plot points, they were bold choices and I do enjoy experiencing story driven games where the events are predetermined, where you are meant to experience the story in the way that the developers chose for you to experience it. That experience can be positive or negative, tragic, horrific or whatever as long as the game has an impact that is justified and leaves you satisfied. The experience of this game did not leave me satisfied. When you come to the conclusion of the game and you immediately know that you don’t want to go through this experience again it is a failed game that fails in the very thing it is supposed to be, a game. It fails at being a game that costs as much as it does because you will never get the value that you paid out of this game. This experience did not justify its existence for me. Too harsh? I finished the game three days ago.. if you haven’t played it yet.. go for it and then you decide.