Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial! Get any audiobook you like for free by going to http://www.audible.com/closerlook or text closerlook to 500 500!

The Last of Us 2 is The Last Jedi of gaming. It's divided its players more so than any game before. This video essay asks how Naughty Dog achieved this and pitches a fixed story that would have been far less divisive.

0:00 - Introduction
1:38 - Part 1 - Druckmann's Biggest Mistake
5:59 - Part 2 - The Autopsy
45:25 - Part 3 - A Better Story

My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/henryboseley

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/HenryBoseley

My Discord: https://discord.com/invite/aJpYPQX

A massive thank you to my $10+ patrons:

LazyJester
Yeet-man
Francesco Maria Trinchese
Kyong Kim
M (Marcelo Olavarria)
Matthew Brady
Mark Miller
Philipp Busch
Dave Culbertson Miller
ElizabethJustElizabeth
Arken
Tyler Diffie
Justin Schreiber
Ronin Callahan
David Human
Chefda
zuro64
Vokiar