Even with its PS2 graphics, the animations were really damn good and I think that sells the brutality of what it was trying to achieve. The most violent game I've ever witness is Manhunt. Again, I'm not saying it is more violent than other games that try to go over the top with its violence, but it is more real to me. What Naughty Dog is doing with its visuals, animations, and groundedness approach to violence in TLOU2, it looks and feels very real to me that no other game has ever done before. The detail of this old rusty bathroom with blood everywhere. When I first saw this shot, I didn't pay too much attention to it, but the more I looked at it the more I started to realize just how real it looks for a video game.

When looking at this woman here, you really feel like she's going through pain. It doesn't settle for comedy unless there's a quiet moment to lighten up the mood like Ellie's pun book, but you never get a sense that it's forced. Also, the TLOU is a harsh and brutal world. Not to mention the animations are easily the best this gen that I've seen so far. So, when you incorporate that with the grounded approach, it's almost like you're watching a real person go through pain or death. The visuals and character models for the Last of Us 2 is probably the best I've ever seen this gen. To me, games and even movies that take the grounded approach with violence are obviously more real compared to supernatural, sci-fi, and other things. What makes the Last of Us 2 violence look real is the visuals, groundedness, details in the faces, and animations. It's the approach Naughty Dog has taken to make it look more real than those games and that has made people feel either uncomfortable or excited because of it. Now, I'm not making this thread saying that The Last of Us 2 is more violent than Mortal Kombat 10, Doom, Dead Space, Wolfenstein, God of War 3, or any other crazy violent game out there. Dooms death animations are fun to watch and I can't wait to see more of what Doom Eternal has in store. Click to shrink.Doom has amazing visuals, but nothing on a realistic approach like TLOU2.

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