The Last of Us Part 2 is a really rough project of Naughty Dog. The game was under a lot of pressure from the great success of The Last of Us in the first part, the internal development company had many problems that affected the game making process. In addition, the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic made the game's release of the Dog Dam house also not as desired, they were forced to postpone the release schedule to wait for the progress of the pandemic.
However, that was not all that The Last of Us Part 2 and Naughty Dog had encountered. Near the release date, a major crisis has engulfed the entire company.
The Last of Us Part 2 leaked: Naughty Dog
Over the past few days, the game market has been aroused by the content of The Last of Us Part 2 - one of the most anticipated games today - leaked out almost entirely. The leaked content on the network includes a lot of plot videos, completed gameplay, and details of important plot twists in the main storyline. Many sources believe that this is the action of the people who have worked in Naughty Dog, due to being too dissatisfied with the preferential treatment and work pressure for many years.
Although Sony and Naughty Dog quickly removed all the leaks, they still could not keep up, some gamers have promptly downloaded videos and put them on 'Gypsy' video channels that are out of reach of the company. The gamer community around the world has been buzzing across forums large and small about video games.
Naughty Dog himself also spoke up, expressing frustration with these 'vandals'. Initially, they did not specify a new release date because the severe impact from the Covid-19 pandemic would make the game versions unable to be released at the same time for everyone, leading to a widespread game spoil. However, after the recent crisis, the company decided to fix the release date for The Last of Us Part 2 on June 19, 2020.
Since ancient times, the fact that a game has leaked content is not new. I am not going to talk about the content leaked by really, this is a vandalism act worthy of condemnation and exclusion from the market. I can only say that the main contents of The Last of Us are making the fans feel extremely disappointed. If they ever murmured about the first part, this second part is both controversial and causing many fans to lose faith in Naughty Dog.
Indeed, after the great success from the beginning, the development process of The Last of Us Part 2 encountered more turbulence, more scrutiny. Naughty Dog itself has more problems too.
Attitude of the community: Most of the opposition
The game leak is not new, but the majority of the gaming community . supports this action of vandals. From the exposed content, these gamers have devised hundreds of reasons to curse Naughty Dog as well as The Last of Us Part 2, even though the game has not yet been released. If you read around the discussion forum about this game, you will find that most of the curses are yes, if there are personal views and analysis, but critics of the leak are very few.
Why is The Last of Us Part 2 so hated? In fact right from the first part, a lot of controversy broke out around the great success of Naughty Dog and The Last of Us. By the second part, knowing the game's content revolves around Ellie and her gay love story (this is already in the official trailer), the gaming community is even more hated. The issue of feminism, homosexual love is very controversial in the gaming industry. At a time when only a few companies dared to incorporate those elements into the game, no one noticed and cursed. But when every gaming company was racing to work on feminism, it created a wave of strong opposition. Most of the objections are that the abuse of feminist or LGBT will make the game content lose quality.
Naughty Dog also said that in The Last of Us Part 2, they will integrate more into social factors, philosophy of life. This makes gamers think that video games seem to be going too far away from the definition of 'a form of entertainment'. At this time, Naughty Dog's game-making philosophy was compared to Nintendo - a gaming company specializing in entertainment.
You have the right to purchase the game or not, but please respect the product and others
In the gaming community, not everyone is happy when The Last of Us Part 2 is leaked. There are still a lot of people who are really looking forward to this game and want to experience it for themselves, they don't want to read the leaked content. But there are those who are the opposite, they are willing to download the leaked parts, and then go comment or 'trap' other people who have to watch and say, 'I just saved you from spending that $ 60'. . This is the complete opposite of playing a video game in the right way and respecting the experience of others, it reminds people of the unconscious actions of the fan spoiler when Avengers: Endgame movie came out.
Each person's experience is not the same, some people feel bad, others will find it interesting. If you find that game is bad, not worth the money to buy, not suitable for your taste, no one forces you to buy at all. Even making games to entertain or make games to convey the deep philosophy of life is the job of the developers, and they will be directly responsible for their plans through the bestselling games. or not. You can watch the spoil, you can curse the game, but that doesn't mean the others will.
Not to mention spoil a product before it was announced as a criminal act, seriously infringing the intellectual property rights of a business. Certainly when the 'vandal' is identified, he will be held responsible before the law, subject to a fine as well as compensation for the intellectual property unit, here is Naughty Dog.
A game must be experienced firsthand
Video games or movies are all types of entertainment that industry insiders have always struggled to deal with. However, unlike movies, the feeling of a game must be experienced by the gamer himself for the entire duration of several dozen hours. A game has so many elements that you will never feel if you just watch the video or read the plot content. 'Playing with youtube' is a popular meme, but its meaning also implies a lack of real experience, so you have to go see the video spoil of the gamer again, a type that is too hungry to eat temporarily.
So if you accidentally click on The Last of Us Part 2 spoil links or get harassed by a guy on a community forum, I believe your experience of playing the actual game will still be within reach. . A few minutes spoil can not determine the quality of a game that lasts several dozen hours. But not so that you can click on the leaked content, because the more you watch, the more experience you'll get, the more unexpectedly unfavorable snippets will fade.
Anyway, we have spent 7 years waiting for The Last of Us Part 2. This can still be a game that is worth it for us to spend $ 60 or invest in a PlayStation 4 to experience. The development process of the game company may face many obstacles, but for a gamer, the final results are worth paying attention to.