you know one thing I'd absolutely add to this too is that The Last of Us 2 isn't just any AAA game, it is the MOST AAA game
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basically I agree with Ellie that there is a concentrated push in the Gaming "Intelligencia" to oppose AAA titles as being bad cause they're unrespectable, that is the term I'd use more than anything else, it's a desire to stratify gaming into High Art games and Low Art games
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which is probably because said Gaming Intelligencia are people who tie their self-worth to the kinds of media they DON'T consume and want to force that on games too, they DON'T enjoy violent movies like Fury Road so that means they're better than you, you drooling strawman
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and to do this they need AAA games to be a few things: dreary, grim, cynical, and male-oriented, that last one is fucking key, because the whole anti-AAA argument is hinged on them not just being games they don't like but games that are amoral
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and Last of Us 2 is 3 of those things and more! it's all the things most often used as ammunition against AAA titles: all the colors of the dirt spectrum, set in a post-apocalypse where you can trust no one but your gun, bloody revenge fueled trek
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I'll tell you what Bioshock Infinite REALLY shouldn't have: Existed!!!!!
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you're gonna have to open a tear to the past and kill Levine yourself if you want that present
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the killing should have been better but also i would love to see a game with AAA production values like bioshock infinite without combat but i also genuinely enjoy dear esther so my opinion obviously doesn't matter
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I mean there are games with what amount to AAA production values without combat;Quantic Dreams games unfortunately are kind of not ideal to be coy about it,but they count. And frankly I think Life is Strange 2 managed to pull off AAA polish even if I liked it less than the others
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Who the heck is bootleggirl and why am I blocked?
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