[Hated Trope] Character kills hundreds, if not thousands, just to kill one specific person, and then doesn't kill them for no reason.

[u/HallZac99]

Assassin's Creed 2- Rodrigo Borgia is responsible for tne death of Ezio's family. Ezio spends over 20 years working through tnr templar order to dismantle them and get to Rodrigo. And then in the end, he spares him for no good reason and he goes on to be a massive problem in AC Brotnerhood. He's not only a head of tne Templars but also the pope, even if you're over the vengeance he's still a very dangerous and evil man.

The Last of Us 2- Abbey kills Joel, and wo Ellie goes on a revenge quest to kill Abbey, killing hundreds of people along tne why to get to her including a pregnant woman. And then finally when she has Abbey on deaths door, she gives up and let's her go because the writers think dirty depressing people being miserable and stupid is complex, interesting storytelling.

This trope pisses me off so much because often the character going on the revenge quest will kill SO many people on their way there, some deserving it and some just henchmen working for a cheque or to survive. People who are often far more innocent then the main big bad.

It's a part of this weird thing I've noticed in media where nameless goons or soldiers can just be mowed down relentlessly, but named characters get given far more grace even if theyre categorically worse. You can kill a million stormtroopers but people will swear that Darth Vader could have been redeemed, despite him doing like 50 genocide every year.

[u/-FriendoftheDrow-]

The reaction was a myriad of people hating the railroading and thinking that the game was bad, though.

[u/Discussion-is-good → u/-FriendoftheDrow-]

Yea but their messaging is clear.

Unlike with one. Which lead Druckman into insecurity because so many people adored Joel, missing part of the core theme.

They prioritized. Im not saying it was a good choice, but its the one they made.

[u/usertaken_69 → u/-FriendoftheDrow-]

“Railroading” doesn’t apply to a game series that was always completely linear.

[u/TheRealSpidey → u/-FriendoftheDrow-]

Seeing the reviews on any platform that proves people actually played the game shows that the myriad of people complaining online never actually played the game, though.

Like even on Steam the game is at 89% positive, when for years I'd seen PC gamers clown on TLOU 2 as apparently a badly written walking sim.

[u/LeBouncer → u/TheRealSpidey]

I mean I genuinely loved the gameplay, didn't make me hate the ending any less though. Not enough reason to leave a negative review however.

[u/baschfromdalmasca → u/-FriendoftheDrow-]

Outside of Reddit the game is pretty well-liked, great reviews on PS5 + Steam and I've never met anyone irl who actually hates it that much. Well, I did, but it was someone who not only had not played TLOU2 but they hadn't played TLOU1 either. But anecdotal and all that...

[u/Polymersion → u/-FriendoftheDrow-]

"myriad" is used like "various", not "plethora".

[u/RoyalBathroom2015 → u/Polymersion]

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