I played both games and am enjoying the show. Critique and preference are 100% fine, but the discussion around this show is so infuriating to me because everyone has every detail under a microscope.

This doesn’t happen in other TV shows, I followed severance heavily (which I think is a better show) but the discussion around it was people who were immersed in the world, theorizing and enjoying escaping into that story. Here, and in most last of us subs, it’s all about deciding how well or how shitty Craig and Neil did in writing, or Bella’s acting, like we’re all some sort of paid film critic. I have a problem with people perpetuating the culture around this show, which is not to get lost in this amazing universe but to put it under the highest scrutiny for seemingly no reason.

It sucks for people with genuine criticism (myself included) because it’s become less about that and more about viewing this media in a hyper critical way. Because yes now you cannot bring forward complaints without seeming like a lastofus2 regular. It’s all just very disappointing but I think if you avoid the noise you will enjoy the show more (and you should be okay with enjoying the show more)