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The Last of Us
The Last of Us season 2 is now heading into the final half of its rather short seven episode season, and things have been somewhat…different this time around.
The first season of the show was praised for embodying the game well, outside of a few critiques, and critics and fans essentially agreed on its quality, a 96% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and an 87% audience score.
Season 2? Well, something’s changed.
As it stands, season 2 has a nearly-matched 95% critic scores to season 1 while the audience score has dropped a full 45% compared to season 2, and is now down to 42%. This is, ironically, something that mirrors what happened with the game, which received sky-high critic scores (a 93 Metacritic and it went on to be one of the most-awarded games of all time) contrasted with a 5.8/10 user score. Now, the sinking of the show’s second season has blown by even that low water mark.
The Last of Us
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What’s going on? Some complaints are different than the game, some are the same, some are just sort of confusing. Let’s go through the different aspects of this, not to necessarily say any are valid (well, I’ll throw my weight behind one), but just reporting what’s happening.
Bella Ramsey’s Ellie – There is of course the “Ramsey doesn’t look like game Ellie” complaint, but that was also true in season 1 and it didn’t result in these bottomed-out scores. An evolved complaint now is that Ramsey doesn’t look like five-years-older Ellie like the character is supposed to after a time jump, even though Ramsey is older than that in real life. One refrain is that Ramsey should have been recast for season 2, and additional complaints Ramsey is acting differently, usually more upbeat, than game Ellie.
The Last of Us
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