[Locke]

More Last of Us. God I love a good molotov, but punching people in the throat works pretty great also.

Continuing more on my tales of morals and ethics, I found a handwritten letter today that chronicled the way the Hunters fell apart and became the animals they are now.

That Hunter who begged for me to wait, he was probably a normal person once, innocent once and he just had to do what he had to do to survive. In a world like this, who says what is right and what is wrong? No one starts a monster.

Now we're out of the city, world building through play is only becoming stronger and tighter. From discovering a boat on the beach, which leads to the sewers we begin to follow Ish through the letters they left behind. This then leads into the shell of what was once a community of people hoping to survive, how their story played out is told to us simply by the fact there are Clickers roaming around the area.

This rich story telling and deep understanding of their own world, is then held together by a wonderfully grim but maturely realised tone. This is a dark game, never gratuitous and never cheap.

It takes a strong stomach but this is a game of powerful moments, which aren't pre rendered scenes but merely told as you poke around the remnants of the places you visit. That could just as easily be skipped if you chose to do so. It reminds me of Rapture so much. I think this trip through the Sewer Community has been the highlight of the game for me so far.

I would one day love to play a survival game that chronicles the whole journey. I get that trying to imagine life before is half of the charm of these kinds of games but like I dunno, just a glimpse of happier times would be much appreciated. I heard in Burial By Sea you get to see Rapture before it goes to hell, so I really need to play that.