The Last of Us Part II: Explaining Its Brutal Redemption Arcs

The Last of Us Part II, a Naughty Dog game, uses other point-of-views to re-contextualize the player's role in the game's violence.
The game uses other point-of-views to re-contextualize not only the events we are seeing, but the characters we are following.

Sad to see they removed this scene. This was the turning point of their relationship. : r/TheLastOfUs2

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The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered's No Return mode throws you into a brutal survival gauntlet

The Last of Us Part II' is as brutal as it is daring

Would you be happy if the story ended now? : r/thelastofus

The Last of Us Part II' is as brutal as it is daring

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I asked AI to write a sequel to the Last of Us : r/TheLastOfUs2

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The Last of Us Part II (2020)