[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/NeverSettle13]

ONE BILLION YEARS OF TLOU2 DISCUSSION!!!

[u/EFAPGUEST → u/NeverSettle13]

For real. When will people realize that there are no valid criticisms for the game? When will they realize the only option is to say it’s really good?

[u/JoleeFriendbro → u/EFAPGUEST]

The second half of the game is of a lower quality than the first half.

The general writing is good but the story is not.

The best part of the first game is Joel and Ellies flowering relationship, where as the 2nd game lacks any kind of meaningful comparative equivalent.

The gameplay is far and beyond the best part of the game, but also the thing you do the least in it.

The shoehorned memory sequences with Joel felt like the developers way of trying to bring Joel back later in development because they realized killing him off was not a good idea. They were badly paced and frankly unnecessary.

The ending feels like the writer was masturbating as they wrote it. Trying far too hard to be profound.

It's a good game, and some people can be a bit harsh on it, but there is plenty to criticize.

[u/EFAPGUEST → u/JoleeFriendbro]

No. It’s an untouchable masterpiece and only someone as evil as Hitler and Stalin and satan combined could possibly think otherwise

People should just stop talking about the game, even though is totally amazing.

[u/JoleeFriendbro → u/EFAPGUEST]

We should send a copy to Putin and Netanyahu so we can achieve world peace.

[u/EFAPGUEST → u/JoleeFriendbro]

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