whenever dunky makes serious videos like this, you remember that not only did he get the world record on bowsers big bean burrito, but he's also really passionate about video games, and truly appreciates mastapieces like this and knack 2. Edit: holy ravioli, this blew up way more then I ever expected wtf!?
I discovered dunkey long ago and for me he was just funny but not much else. but one day I saw the dundertale video and I discovered a new way of enjoying his videos, not only funny jokes, but joy and passion for videogames. He is the greatest.
Part 2 is a prequel and Joel DIES in it. I hear ppl didn't like that and the whole time machine thing to bring him back to life.. I didn't play it but I would hate it too
pretty sure people are allowed to change opinions after 10 years, holding people to their initial opinions and thoughts on a product, while important is not the end all, be all of what they think and what they have to say about said product. Look at both of his Death Stranding videos, he makes it clear that the problems in the first review are still things he takes issue with, but now he highlights strong points, and this review really is no different, especially when the initial one was less than 2 minutes of actual criticism. *also this was pre-leaving league of legends dunkey we’re talking about, so yeah.*
I think he gives The Last of Us part 1 too much credit, The Walking Dead Game Season 1 already did all these themes first and done better without purposely creating a polarizing self-destructive sequel meant to divide fans into being at each other's throats. He mentions it but I get the feeling he hasn't even played it.
@@deadprank243 Nah. It's pretty consistent. The Clementine focused seasons were basically perfect with far superior writing and character development imo with an actual meaningful pay off not a dismal end making everything that came before it pointless because nothing was gained. It's a depressing ending simply for the sake of it then calling it a "deep" or "profound".
I loved that scene in The Last of Us Part 2 where Joel looks into the mirror and says “what have I become?” And there’s a flash of lightning and for one frame his face becomes that of Jeff Goldblum.
I miss the old Dunkey, straight from the 'Go Dunkey Chop up the soul Dunkey, set on his goals Dunkey I hate the new Dunkey, the bad mood Dunkey The always rude Dunkey, spaz in the news Dunkey I miss the sweet Dunkey, chop up the beats Dunkey I gotta to say at that time I'd like to meet Dunkey See I invented Dunkey, it wasn't any Dunkeys And now I look and look around and there's so many Dunkeys I used to love Dunkey, I used to love Dunkey I even had the pink polo, I thought I was Dunkey What if Dunkey made a song about Dunkey Called "I Miss The Old Dunkey, " man that would be so Dunkey That's all it was Dunkey, we still love Dunkey And I love you like Dunkey loves Dunkey
The strangest part is knowing that this person could write that whilst actually being old enough to have a TH-cam account... Although, not quite old enough that they could have been old enough to have it from the start. Account go bye-bye now.
6:18 What I like about the fact that it's a watch is how it symbolizes Joel being stuck in time with his traumas. He buries his humanity back in time when his daughter died, never expecting to change a thing about himself. Until he meets Ellie, that is.
@@estacion7386 they didnt say Joel wasnt a good guy, but that he is stuck with the trauma of watching his little girl die in his arms as he watches helplessly. That key traumatic moment defines Joels story for the years that come afterwards, it was the moment he lost his humanity
Jokes aside, I love how Dunkey deftly weaves between lighthearted commentary and profound understanding of games he enjoys. I know it’s easy to point at him and just say he’s the “TH-cam funny man”, but he has great writing chops and introspection when he dials it in.
When Ellie asked "hey who played that guy in Jurassic Park again? No not the old guy the other one" and Joel said "fuggedaboutit" it really cemented how far gone he was.
This video is such an emotional roller coaster. One minute Joel's shutting down emotionally, then I'm laughing at Jeff Goldblum, then I'm utterly shaken by the end. Your monologue was as artistic as it was reasoned.
@@uncleurda8101 Nobody is gatekeeping anybody. OP is allowed to feel however they want, but being shaken by somebody's video game analysis is either an overexaggerstion or an overreaction. If you can't swallow that.. well that isn't my problem either. So in the words of some other dumbass I just interacted with: get over it.
My most prominent memory of this game is my girlfriend getting home from work and I just finished the part where Joel says "I sure as hell ain't your dad" and she found me in tears
last of us is probably the video game my mom knows best because when i got it for christmas, my mom sat and watched me play all the way through to Sam and Henry (and my mom at the time was pretty against violence and hated swearing, she's lightened up now, but at the time, its surprising that not only was riveted, but she actually really enjoyed where the story was going.) my next plan is to sit down and watch the series with her when its out
I remember talking with my brother in law about how it was really hard for me to play it for more than an hour or two at a time because of how intense it got. He was like haha whatever so we played it together. After an hour or so he was like "okay yeah I see what you mean."
Being able to move wind chimes with a rifle gun barrel in a post apocalyptic era is exactly what I wanted in a video game for years, and they finally did it.
That ending…Dunkey tied bill’s line together with that music to really cement home his point AND just deepen how melancholy that foreshadowing really was…powerful.
The main problem is gamers seem to have incredibly low artistic literacy. The concepts presented by Dunkey in this video are actually pretty trivial and rudimentary in good storytelling; setting up character arcs, engaging with themes and ideas repeatedly, usually in different contexts to examine them from a new perspective (ie. The photo of Joel and his daughter; examined 3 times - once with rejection, once with embrace, once with loss). This stuff is everywhere, it's all around us, it's in good TV, good film (NOT marvel), it's in your very own life if gamers actually start looking. Can you find an object that's important to you? What does it mean to you now vs what it meant to you back then? How does its change of meaning reflect upon you? What does your changed perspective on a static object, theme or idea say about who you are and how you've grown as a person? I wish media literacy was taught more in schools. There's so much beauty to be found, but it seems that people blindly wander through stuff, they can't articulate why they like something or dislike something, they miss the point of things, they miss things outright. And gamers are chronic at this. TLOU2 is a near perfect proof of this exact fact.
@@Raecast Well it certainly doesn't help that most games dont have this basic and rudimentary story telling that you speak of. I think that was dunkey's point, TLOU does this extremely well in an era of games that could barely tell a story. And for it to be re-released 3 times and still hold up shows that.
@Raecast you kind of contradicted yourself there. you imply that predominantly gamers dont have media literacy and that good films and good tv are more consistently artistic, then say (NOT MARVEL!). not that I disagree, but clearly it isn't just gamers, most people don't have media literacy because most people aren't as interested in media as others. it would be like someone who was super interested in fitness saying "people have low fitness literacy when it comes to body parts and how to efficiently exercise them without injury, why aren't they taught in schools." because the truth is as important as exercise and art are, you only need a low amount to reap the main benefits, schools mainly teach an umbrella of sciences because they are the basis of how society operates, hoping that it will spark an interest in some for people to pursue and contribute in a more conventionally “helpful” way, whereas arts and sports etc are more so ways to enjoy life and appreciate it (to an extent of course). going back to my (semi) main point, I believe sturgeon's law might be an underestimate, especially in art, it's just much easier to see the trash and peoples opinion on it today than yesterday. look through the most popular films in terms of box office sales of the past (even in years when now stone cold classics were released) most of the top movies will be fairly lowbrow conventionally enjoyable light movies and not these highly respected art pieces. on top of that games have been a medium for a much shorter time than say literature (a medium which was shunned when it was first introduced as inferior to poetry), which is so developed that blood meridian was published and ignored years before TV producers (much less video games) opposed to Tony soprano killing even a single person on screen and they've been a *story telling* medium for even less time! and yet games like pathologic, turgor and Kentucky route zero have been released not long after games first blossomed as a viable artistic outlet. This is not even considering the way in which pure gameplay can be its own artistic expression (for example a game like ape out or shadow of the colossus) similarly to how the prose in, say, the lime twig can create a bleeding feeling of negative space. I think dunkeys comparison to the godfather is an apt one: a work that is respected and appraised by critics for being so tightly well written and well executed but overall is not the best representation of what that medium can truly do, isolated from the need of a story. Like you said these ideas are present in *good* films and *good* tv, not mediocre tv (unless i misunderstood and you were agreeing with him on its merits) Sorry if this is a scattershot of ideas but I dislike when people say “this generation is x” or “this medium is x” when i dont think an inferior medium exists. It's all in the humans that create it and humans as a whole are never really more or less intelligent, just more or less knowledgeable. Give it time and gaming will produce a significant gallery as the sieve of time sifts through the lesser works and people start rediscovering hidden classics.
@@Raecast Art and by extension media literacy is ironically becoming a lost art. It starts early, with an acute focus on income & stem related fields. The creatives are stifled in the traditional school system, and set up for failure with a distinct lack of funding for programs that will allow these individuals to flourish. I'm not that creative, but I don't know if I ever would've been either. It's a failure of the western world, specifically in NA though. Social media doesn't help at all, although with TH-cam & TikTok I think we actually are seeing a bit of a resurgence, albeit in a different form.
Yea, its funny that the second game was on my mind when he said it. I haven't played either of them, is the first a self contained story? Don't want anything to do with the sequel after what I've heard about it.
I remember Christmas 2013 when I popped the game in I had just gotten to try it out. Just wanted to do the first level and see what it was like after months of hype built it up. As I played it my family slowly one by one started to poke their heads into the Den I was playing it in. By the time I was fleeing with Sarah from the clickers everyone was there. And as the top notch acting came in as poor Sarah bled out I remember the horror on my moms face and how my dad instinctively just put an arm on my little sisters shoulder. Mama asked me to play it later as it was Christmas and she wanted things to be cheery but I’ll never forget that moment
I don’t think i’ve ever seen a commentary video that captures the feeling of a game so well. The thoughts I had while playing it sprung back like I was there again and it started raining in my room.
Wow, this is probably the most serious, deep and beautifully done dunkey review I have watched....perfectly suitable for a dark and serious story like TLOU
Dunkey has been one of my favorite, one of the BEST, content creators for like a fucking decade. Nobody balances careless humor and sincere passion for their craft like he does.
For real though. Can we just appreciate how Dunko keeps the party up front and business in the back? I can consistently count on him to balance such passion with jokes in such a flawless way.
I remember that first video, Dunkey is so intelligent about stories in films, but when it comes to video games I always found it odd how he reverted to a goopy brained gamer who didn't care about the nuances of a story, but it seems in recent years his opinions have changed to being more open minded about video games having the story be the centerpiece over the gameplay
@@grey_f98 I just think it's because he matured a lot as a person. A lot can happen to a person in a decade and he stated once in his recent videos of how he is starting to appreciate the "works of art" within this world.
Eh, both points are accurate. Even for it's time the gameplay was nothing special, not terrible just not great. It's noteworthy that he compares it to films because that's what it's trying to be.
I never really thought about how Tess thought she was sacrificing herself to save the world in a last ditch effort to redeem herself, but ultimately she didn’t even get what she wanted when Joel killed the fireflies and rescued Ellie.
The irony is that Joel’s actions didn’t really change anything. The Fireflies couldn’t have cured the virus - imagine trying to manufacture and distribute a cure or vaccine on a global or even national scale, when what you have at your disposal is a single rundown hospital and a bunch of dirty, secondhand equipment. The conceit of the whole first game is very cleverly making you believe any of it matters, but really their grand plans were all doomed from the start. TLoU is a great tragedy.
That's never talked about enough. She had faith that he would do the right thing, which would be bigger than him. It's sad that she doesn't know it was all in vain.
Mate, your videogame critiques and reviews are better than 99.999% of so-called "professional game reviewers". You just GET it. This is why you're my favourite TH-camr. Funny as fuck and the best person to review a game.
Very cool to see Bigmode's first indie hit, The Last of Us Part 1. Dunkey sure knows how to pick them. Very bold to greenlight a sequel so soon, but that's Bigmode for you.
This is the first time I’ve ever stopped to realize that naughty dog characters are AI companions…it’s so weird to think about because of how well they’re performed
@@hulkamania5071 What Sorus meant, I think, is that reaching suspension of disbelief with an AI character is difficult and rare. AI companions are still mostly buggy, glitchy, poorly written, poorly animated, idiotic, annoying, artificial garbage. To not feel that way towards an AI character is an achievement.
omfg, no theyre not. jesus christ you people are so easily fooled. the ai is not good because it doesnt go with the gameplay. it adds literally nothing. this is still a video game
@@mitchhamilton64 exactly, it adds nothing gameplay wise so it doesn’t have the opportunity to be buggy and annoying. Your suspension of disbelief is heightened because of the ai. That’s what a good video game is, An immersive experience where you are absorbed by the narrative, and ai like Ellie, sully, Dina, Tess, bill, Chloe, sam, lev and so on and so forth enforce the idea that these are supposed to be real characters, not just elements of a game. The fact that I could name all of them off the top of my head says how important they are to a game like this, and how memorable the experience is because of it.
Dunkey is giving us everything that comes to mind. The fluxuation of pace in recent videos, frustration, rabbit holes, and rants are all a part of the creative process. Very thankful that we get to see the realest dunkview we could ever ask for; this channel.
Every now and then i come and watch your last of us reviews, and i’m just so grateful that you’re alive dunkey. Your ability to grasp every little detail that makes a game or a movie like this a masterpiece, my heart fills with joy hearing such a perfect understanding of a story.
ya his insight is great. People too often only look at games skin deep. The game was good and emotional but many only think that far. Taking it for all of its subtext and depth is something that only comes often when playing a second or third time of a game. Even though it isn't hiding the intended emotional response there are layers to it.
@@The_Erf Gotta say I disagree, the gameplay loop surprises me every time with how well set up it is. Only part that sucks is on high difficulties when you have to spend too much time looting in order to survive at all.
I've never commented on one of your vids, and I don't know if you read them or not, but I've been a long time watcher. Just wanted to say how impressed I am by this review/essay, it's humanistic insight and empathetic commentary are some of your greatest skills. You some how have the ability to make me laugh till I'm crying and cry till i laugh. It's impressive to say the least. These style videos remind of the essays that Koganada use to do for Criterian Collection (before he became a wildly successful film director). Anyway keep it up!
'A story that you see repeatedly in the background of this game is how when people show their humanity, when they finally let their guard down and do the right thing, their rewards is...death." A very accurate take, and one that applies to Pt 2 as well. Joel does let his guard down by opting to save Abby, only to end up being lured to his death. It's no wonder that Ellie becomes so dehumanized in the second game. The world she lives in punishes people for trying to be good.
Which makes it so much kore powerful when they choose to do good. They choose to be good, not seeking any reward, knowing punishment awaits, because they truly are choosing to be good.
One of the criticisms of the game was always "Joel would never do that," which always annoyed me because that argument is clearly devoid of context. The whole series is about how that is (literally) the last of all of us. Hints are shown at the beginning of part 2 that Joel has let his guard down and softened up. Any basic level of common sense (and evidence from in game) tells us that Jackson takes people in, and that's what he was trying to accomplish. He also clearly by the opening shot feels very guilty about what he did to the fireflies. The decision of helping Abby and joining this group was not "out of character," it's character development. I'll never understand why critics of part 2 live under the assumption that characters must stay exactly the same and never change for their entire life.
@@fayevalentina77 exactly. And to add on to your point, we even saw Joel softening up in the first game. Sure he still ended up killing the doctor and more fireflies after he started to soften up, but by the end of the first game joel is already a much different person than he was in the beginning of the same game. People seemed to think that in part II they needed to compare him to the version of Joel that he was at the moment we picked up playing as him at the first cut to 20 years later in the first game, but really he should be compared to the end of the first game if anything. Which you still need to take into account the fact that he lived in a good civilization for 5 years and likely was bringing in new people to that civilization very often.
@@fayevalentina77 Ye, people probably just hated that Joel pretty much wasn't in the game. However, I must admit I too was slightly annoyed with Abby parts and the ending felt weird to me. Like the flashback and ohmigod what have I done I can't kill my 1000th enemy in the game just wasn't it for me. I would welcome a very dark ending where she finishes her revenge and THEN realizes nothing really changed que the scene at the house at the end. Maybe even a suicide scene. Maybeeee even INTERACTIVE suicide scene tho It may be too drastic but implied suicide with fade to black would be acceptable I think. To be clear I'm a sucker for happy endings but the theme of the game just begged for such a devestating ending.
When people show their humanity. When they finally let their guard down and do the right thing. Their reward is death. This is an idea cemented into every human being in this game. It's something that Joel understands better than anyone, and yet in the right circumstance even he says FXXK it. Gosh! This is so poetic.
I've rewatched this vid so many times that the sudden, recent music change at the end (due to copywrite, no doubt) legit spooked me for a few seconds lol
The fact that the story doesn't feel like its on pause during its gameplay seems a pretty significant accomplishment for video games in general. The little prompted dialogues feeling a continuation of the character rather than collectibles or easter eggs, carrying the tone of the last scene.
I feel that's easy to accomplish when the game play consists of light stealth and minor gunplay. Between each cutscene is a short linear trek from point A to B.
I really liked it when dunkey switched the end music to a happy one instead of a perfectly placed calm and somber song after that crushing line, it truly does not take me out of the moment
I died crying going down memory lane about last of us again. Such a strong story and just shows how strong video games can make a story feel. And then I died laughing because I'm watching a Dunky video and I'm crying during it
The Last of Us reminds me a lot of the book "The Road". Very similar plot, you got zombies or you got really evil murderous cannibals. Both stories are about the journey the two characters go through. Its a very good way of looking at what it means to be human, why we act and do things a certain way. Both are amazing works of art.
literally just watched that movie like 20 min ago with my dad. we were saying the same thing about how similar it is to tloa, but we were also laughing at how depressing that movie is. like there is no upside during the whole thing except when they find that bunker and even then they had to leave it. it's almost funny how dark it is. very good movie though, acting was almost too good. the kid's crying was too real and vigo did fantastic in that role
There’s a reference to The Road in the game actually. One of Ellie’s joke books is called “To Get to the Other Side” which shows a chicken crossing a road and is written by Kathryn McCormac, an anagram to Cormac McCarthy.
Don't worry, it will probably release on PC within 6 months. We don't have to wait long until a new release of this wonderful game. Thank God. But then the wait starts again.😢We need 8K Joel. I can see him now, with wrinkled, baggy eyes sharper than shivs. It's glorious
The commentary on how this game did what we thought games could never do, how Naughty Dog created a game that was every bit as engrossing and cinematic as a movie, if not more. I cried a little bit, it feels so refreshing to hear from someone else who just gets it
Nah, it didn't do anything to push any boundaries. It superficially ported the prestige of cinema into the AAA gaming sphere. It's a great cinematographic experience with mediocre sandbox elements plastered on top. It does nothing to push the medium forward because it's an invasion from a different medium as opposed to a proper development of new mechanics, elements and interpretations that couldn't be made outside of gaming. It stunted the development of the medium and it's sad to see it succeed so much in the collective unconscious of gamers. I promise you there's actually forward-pushing games out there. Games that will actually make you feel in ways that can't be achieved outside of an interactive medium. TLoU is not it. It's as good as a good movie at what it does. Which is fine, I guess, but thinking it's a "victory" for gaming is a really harmful view of the medium.
''it feels so refreshing to hear from someone else who just gets it'' Funny, you should watch Dunkeys original review in 2013 on the game. You will be crying real quick with that video.
Can confirm. I was one of those haters who called TLOU1 overrated, but then I played it on the hardest difficulty. It was quite an experience, and I remember actually getting emotional during the last chapter at the hospital
Strangely enough, I felt the opposite during my first and second playthrough. I first played it on the hardest difficulty like any regular third person, but it's when I revisit it on the easiest a few years later that I could really appreciate the story.
@@zackwyvern2582 Exactly! You described my thoughts even better than how I did. You know, I have unsubscribed from a lot of gaming channels lately (I still love gaming, but don’t have the time to watch TH-cam videos about it). So, it makes me happy that those creators that are special for me can still enjoy it and express themselves. Here’s to Dunkey and to you 🍻💪🏻
I think to the moment when Ellie runs away from Tommy's compound and Joel has to track her down. She calls Joel out on his BS as he tries to walk that tightrope of finishing the job and getting attached. Something of that moment where Joel's pain really bleeds through almost makes ne tear up. These are characters trying their best. And it's a fundamentally human moment of pain and fear of loving that makes Joel's character so compelling.
I'm pretty sure that's gaslighting and emotional manipulation, if Joel is a clicker Ellie is a bloater, a master manipulator that will break your confidence so they can be seen as right
I know dunkeys content since the day I played league of legends, so about 14 years now? and I just want to say how much I appreciate your existence of delivering the world quality content. I dont think I ever seen a video that didnt make me happy. all your videos I can tell you put your heart and soul into it and thats why you're my favorite! nobody can take your crown ; - ;
Love this trend dunkey’s setting with Death Stranding and now this, where as time goes on he changes his mind on a game, and decides to actually update that opinion in a video. It’s a normal human trait to change your mind but uncommon for TH-camrs. Keep up the good work Dunkey
@@StAlfonzo87 Dunkey will be on his death bed and his last words will either be "Knack 2 wasn't actually that good" or it will be "shit man, those jrpgs were actually pretty good"
@@joejo4549 I call bullshit. Jason is about as real as video game critic can be. If he wanted to cater to the masses, he would've stuck to League of Legends videos when he was one of the biggest content creators for that game. Opinions can change over time, your thoughts mature, your emotions mature and replaying a game might just give you new insights. Admitting a change of perspective only speaks to his strenghts. The remaster gave him a good opportunity to voice that.
Absolutely love the way dunkey analyzes things and can always both appreciate something while never being afraid to point out the flaws in it. It's what makes him the only critic I go to for games and the humor he brings along with it is astounding. Such an amazing content creator!
Part 2 wasn’t disappointing. Matter of fact it was better than part 1, that is if you truly understood what the story was trying to achieve rather than what the plot was conveying.
@@khalidalebrahim9950 The best compliment I can give part 2 is it succeeds in justifying its existence. It feels important and it carries the story forward really well. There are pacing issues but it is also ambitious in a way very few games are
@@khalidalebrahim9950 On gameplay part 2 have part 1 beat by a mile (except lack of powerbrick). In terms of the story part 1 is better paced and more focused than part 2 imo. Loved them both.
Games have potential for storytelling but TLoU is barely using gaming elements to exploit that potential. Dunkey missed a key point there: The game is an attempt to borrow "prestige" from cinema. It isn't pushing the medium forward. It set it back by refusing to take it as a game and instead adapting a cinematographic experience. How much of the game felt "better" because it was an interactive experience? How much of it would have worked almost equally if it was a movie/series? Even if it included some "branching paths", that's literally the bare minimum a game can convey. There's so much more and people stick with shitty ports from other mediums because AAA development is creatively bankrupt and can only superficially create something original.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who realized that the line “Well, no matter how hard you try, I guess you can’t escape your past” directly ties in to Joel dying because of his past actions.
I think every player who revisited the game at some point understood how heavy those words hit. You may not have paid attention to them at first, but definitely carried them out on the next playthrough
@@kusakabe3264 To be fair, Tommy called out his name before that happened. But none them even knew who the fuck Joel actually was, as evidenced by Abby's reaction when Tommy says it right after Joel saves her, because, well, of course he does. I don't mean that that they just didn't know him as a person, no they literally didn't even know what he physically looked like, but somehow Abby convinced a whole group of friends to go on a fuckin suicide mission, across the entire country. Mind you, it took the length of an entire first game to go across the country. It's clearly a looong fuckin haul, but I guess everyone unlocked Fast Travel after completing the first game, idk, I'm getting off track. But she literally drags all of them that far, with the intent of fighting an entire city until they found someone that just so happened to be named Joel and bonk him on the head with a golf club. Honestly though, Joel's death really isn't the biggest deal on the world compared to all of the other shit that the narrative has going for it. Like everyone who likes the game can just use speculation to fill that shit in and make it work, but that speculation just isn't fact. Joel becoming softer because of his community is never something that is never shown in either the games at all. In fact the only interaction that he has within the Jackson community with someone other than Tommy and Ellie, is him ready to beat the shit out of the bigot sandwich guy (I don't remember his name) because he called Ellie a slur, as he should. It's just mental gymnastics to make the game seem good because we love Naughty Dog and that's really it.
this is my first serious dunkey video ever and man, this really hit. i never knew he could be so sincerely passionate, but it makes sense now that i see it. what an awesome video
Saw the original dunk view of this and went “Haugh? Waugh???” This game is dope. 2013 Dunkey finally put down the crack pipe and started reading the dialogue
i like how he can still be funny while also still getting his point across in a serious manner. i was dying at the alien joke, but it didnt kill the mood he was setting.
Donkey, I've watched every single one of your videos for the past 19 years (Morose Mordekaiser, anyone?) But I think this video is my favorite. I love it when you go into depth on things, and talk about the subjects most reviewers won't bother to. I've never played Last of Us, but from your description I knew right away that Joel was compartmentalizing. And then you identify it right away too. Put a real smile on my face. Pointed at my phone like I was showing something to somebody. I appreciate you Donsly. Mwah.
Donkey’s fascinating and analytical approach to understanding story telling in games is hard to beat. Even if you don’t like it at times it still feels you can’t realistically disagree with his personal perspective and take aways. Love ya dunk love these videos.
My favourite line from Last of Us is when Tess passes away in Joel's arms and Joel says "You owe me a pizza". Classic
This is like eating pizza at Neil Drunkman's house
Love this lmao, i think abt that scene everytime I see a scene of a character holding another character in the same way stg
truly peak anime
This reminds me of Kingdom Hearts: Days when Xion dies in Roxas' arms and he says "Who will I eat ice cream with?"
My favourite line when she got to joel and told him
Give me rent
Truly one of quotes of all time
whenever dunky makes serious videos like this, you remember that not only did he get the world record on bowsers big bean burrito, but he's also really passionate about video games, and truly appreciates mastapieces like this and knack 2.
Edit: holy ravioli, this blew up way more then I ever expected wtf!?
And super mario brothers 2
oh my god you have the humor of a toddler give it a rest with the same joke ad nauseum
And now he wants to destroy all video games by (checks notes) producing them. How dare he.
If he was really passionate about this game he would have played it blindfolded and used a usb steering wheel to beat it.
I discovered dunkey long ago and for me he was just funny but not much else. but one day I saw the dundertale video and I discovered a new way of enjoying his videos, not only funny jokes, but joy and passion for videogames. He is the greatest.
Joel is such a well written character, excited for whats coming for him in Part 2
What came from him in Part 2 was the same standard of writing from his character.
good comment.
I’d be surprised but also not entirely if they do remaster part 2 the way Sony has been milking this series lately
@@mechamonster no doubts...launch title for ps6
Part 2 is a prequel and Joel DIES in it. I hear ppl didn't like that and the whole time machine thing to bring him back to life.. I didn't play it but I would hate it too
bro dunkey ending the video on Bill saying "Joel you ain't gonna make it" gave me chills
Damm Bill predicted the future
Why😣 he's gonna make it won't he? Tell me the giraffe didn't do anything to him
@@zendariun101 he makes it to the end of the first one, but gets beat to death with a golf club by a girl in the beginning of the 2nd
@@wilsonarmstrong3008 cap
@@wilsonarmstrong3008 you would never just spoil the game for me like that so you're lying
When Joel said “I should’ve been the one to fill her dark soul with light” I got tears in my eyes. Such a powerful scene, bravo Neil
When the dark souls walked in and filled light all over the screen my theater went silent.
And when he said "it's time for the last of us to go" that was such a powerful moment
It‘s lasting time
@@MamadNobari And then the second part of Slave Knight Neil's theme played? Chills brother
@@peterk.2108 and then that Clickerslayer Ornstien and Exebloater Smough boss? Game of the year, I tell ya.
He did a really good job incorporating jokes into this without killing the vibe he curated. glad he's still making videos with big mode on the way.
Wish he’d talk about somethin new tho. Like the mouse simulator game that came out
Dunkey does that really well. Making jokes while talking about serious topics without seeming facetious.
big mode isn't just a company it's a way of life
Jeff Goldblum was the perfect amount of levity and Kingdom Hearts’ diss was scarily accurate
@@namebrandlabel what game is that?
Fantastically articulated Dunk
Shouldn’t you be finding science memes to post
Sup Kyle
who are you
KYLLLEEEE33
It's the physics Jesus
I actually love how consistent Dunkey is, you can always tell when he actually loves a game when he spells the outro right.
Watch his original review of the game. There goes your consistency.
pretty sure people are allowed to change opinions after 10 years, holding people to their initial opinions and thoughts on a product, while important is not the end all, be all of what they think and what they have to say about said product. Look at both of his Death Stranding videos, he makes it clear that the problems in the first review are still things he takes issue with, but now he highlights strong points, and this review really is no different, especially when the initial one was less than 2 minutes of actual criticism.
*also this was pre-leaving league of legends dunkey we’re talking about, so yeah.*
I think he gives The Last of Us part 1 too much credit, The Walking Dead Game Season 1 already did all these themes first and done better without purposely creating a polarizing self-destructive sequel meant to divide fans into being at each other's throats. He mentions it but I get the feeling he hasn't even played it.
@@Ricky-D-Grimezzz he literally has a video on it dawg im sorry but that games writing was not consistent after season 1
@@deadprank243 Nah. It's pretty consistent. The Clementine focused seasons were basically perfect with far superior writing and character development imo with an actual meaningful pay off not a dismal end making everything that came before it pointless because nothing was gained. It's a depressing ending simply for the sake of it then calling it a "deep" or "profound".
“We don’t talk about Jeff Goldblum” and yet in last of us 2 Joel brings up both Jurassic Park 1 and 2. What character development.
I loved that scene in The Last of Us Part 2 where Joel looks into the mirror and says “what have I become?” And there’s a flash of lightning and for one frame his face becomes that of Jeff Goldblum.
@@videogamenostalgia LMAOOO IM DEAD the imagery of this bruh 😭
@@videogamenostalgia HAHAHAHA
What’s funny is that Troy Baker loves doing his Jeff Goldblum impression.
Even quotes his character in the first movie. Ellie really got to him.
From talking about the game, to sharing his own thoughts, Dunkey’s commentary skills have really improved over the years.
how did you watch the whole thing
You didnt watched the video yet bro
@@mateusoliv880 you can comment that on every video and it's always true, no need to watch this one to comment that
Literally re-wording a generic comment you see on every dunkey video for likes 👍
I miss the old Dunkey, straight from the 'Go Dunkey
Chop up the soul Dunkey, set on his goals Dunkey
I hate the new Dunkey, the bad mood Dunkey
The always rude Dunkey, spaz in the news Dunkey
I miss the sweet Dunkey, chop up the beats Dunkey
I gotta to say at that time I'd like to meet Dunkey
See I invented Dunkey, it wasn't any Dunkeys
And now I look and look around and there's so many Dunkeys
I used to love Dunkey, I used to love Dunkey
I even had the pink polo, I thought I was Dunkey
What if Dunkey made a song about Dunkey
Called "I Miss The Old Dunkey, " man that would be so Dunkey
That's all it was Dunkey, we still love Dunkey
And I love you like Dunkey loves Dunkey
What i love the most is how dunkey moves from humorous to serious in one breath. Its why ive been subbed for half my life now.
And just like that, I feel old as fuck now. Thanks :*(
I subbed for the league content. I haven't unsubbed yet bc i'm lazy
Subbed for 2 years
The strangest part is knowing that this person could write that whilst actually being old enough to have a TH-cam account...
Although, not quite old enough that they could have been old enough to have it from the start. Account go bye-bye now.
You're 5 years old?
"You ain't gunna make it"...I felt that. After Joel said he can't escape his past no matter how hard he tried, is some crazy foreshadowing.
Except it was done so badly lol, at least they should've let a clicker get him
@@Hhhh22222-w Yeah, a random death over a character-driven murder. That’s …sure compelling.
@@Hhhh22222-w i've never seen more brain-dead people than u tlou haters
@@Hhhh22222-w thank god you're not a writer
True af. Joel’s death was always the plan from the beginning.
6:18 What I like about the fact that it's a watch is how it symbolizes Joel being stuck in time with his traumas. He buries his humanity back in time when his daughter died, never expecting to change a thing about himself. Until he meets Ellie, that is.
That doesn't make any sense, Joel was a good guy when Sarah was alive, keeping in the past would have mean he never change, but he did
@@estacion7386 they didnt say Joel wasnt a good guy, but that he is stuck with the trauma of watching his little girl die in his arms as he watches helplessly. That key traumatic moment defines Joels story for the years that come afterwards, it was the moment he lost his humanity
Jokes aside, I love how Dunkey deftly weaves between lighthearted commentary and profound understanding of games he enjoys. I know it’s easy to point at him and just say he’s the “TH-cam funny man”, but he has great writing chops and introspection when he dials it in.
But remember he used to say NOT EVEN CLOSE BUHBYYYYYY
He really knows his shit. I truly am thankful for the gems Dunkey has shown me over the years
Dunkey: makes a regular ass video with jokes and commentary
His fans: this is literally the most impressive thing I have ever seen
Among us
That comment seems inciteful, but I still suspect you are BeefStew...
I love when donkey crafts such elegant essays on things he likes. His passion in essays like these is palpable and it feels so good.
Alan wake is awesome and so many gamer played stop it dunkey!
Yanıtla
Unlike game journalist were the first paragraph always has this sentence: *this game will make you feel like xxxx*
"The Last of Us multiplayer will probably be the most financially lucrative thing they have ever produced" Once again, Dunkey is never wrong.
The part where Joel wouldn’t talk about Jeff Goldblum really hit me where it hurts, I don’t think I can ever forgive Joel for that one
When Ellie asked "hey who played that guy in Jurassic Park again? No not the old guy the other one" and Joel said "fuggedaboutit" it really cemented how far gone he was.
Jeff Goldblum deserved better.
Jeff Goldblum is in an ad for Raid: Shadow Legends
@@CJWproductions yeah and he made me download the game
I think Jeff did a really good job with voicing the clickers; especially the line ”oooohhh im listening... and im.. im going to eat you”
This video is such an emotional roller coaster. One minute Joel's shutting down emotionally, then I'm laughing at Jeff Goldblum, then I'm utterly shaken by the end. Your monologue was as artistic as it was reasoned.
You were *shaken*? I hope one day you find that as sad as it actually is.
@Will lmao you clearly didn't play the game if you think Abby is trans
He went big mode on this one
@@TheQuiet94 Hey man it's kind of odd to gatekeep what makes people feel things. It's like when people hate on a band that someone likes. Get over it.
@@uncleurda8101 Nobody is gatekeeping anybody. OP is allowed to feel however they want, but being shaken by somebody's video game analysis is either an overexaggerstion or an overreaction. If you can't swallow that.. well that isn't my problem either. So in the words of some other dumbass I just interacted with: get over it.
My most prominent memory of this game is my girlfriend getting home from work and I just finished the part where Joel says "I sure as hell ain't your dad" and she found me in tears
Love it.
last of us is probably the video game my mom knows best because when i got it for christmas, my mom sat and watched me play all the way through to Sam and Henry (and my mom at the time was pretty against violence and hated swearing, she's lightened up now, but at the time, its surprising that not only was riveted, but she actually really enjoyed where the story was going.) my next plan is to sit down and watch the series with her when its out
I remember talking with my brother in law about how it was really hard for me to play it for more than an hour or two at a time because of how intense it got.
He was like haha whatever so we played it together. After an hour or so he was like "okay yeah I see what you mean."
Replayed the game recently so my gf could watch the story and she cried at that part. It's heavy!
Lol you cried for a video game, and your gf saw it.
Being able to move wind chimes with a rifle gun barrel in a post apocalyptic era is exactly what I wanted in a video game for years, and they finally did it.
that and shootin' basketballs
@@thomdowny Literally
Maybe soul crushing working conditions for devs are a good thing.
Dunkey's ability to make me laugh while he's making very pin point game commentary and analysis, is why I never miss an upload.
Hell yea
For me it's really the minecraft wednesdays
Much respect to dunkey for getting Jeff Goldblum to cameo in his video, he's really hit the big leagues now
It's crazy, he snagged Jeff up right after he did that Raid Shadow Legends commercial.
Big MOOOOOODDDDDDEEEEEEEEEEE
Jeff has come a long way to finally make it into a Dunk vid
Niel Hamburger was the real star powered cameo
@@shticks9152 He did a, great job!
Beautiful dude. I teared up. And thanks for the Jeff Goldblum pallet cleanser.
@@thorbjrndalsgaard5199 Fuck.
@@thorbjrndalsgaard5199 No excuses
Every outro with dunkey spelt correctly is a show of seriousness and respect for a game
Or disrespect, sometimes
Yeah this game sucks
And... the rest of the video too. The video also does that.
@@CesarDaSalad The video sometimes feels like it. But then the end card reveals it was all sarcasm. Dunkey can be sneaky that way.
@@W4ldgeist I feel like you should be able to tell whether he's being sarcastic well before the end card hits.
That ending…Dunkey tied bill’s line together with that music to really cement home his point AND just deepen how melancholy that foreshadowing really was…powerful.
The main problem is gamers seem to have incredibly low artistic literacy. The concepts presented by Dunkey in this video are actually pretty trivial and rudimentary in good storytelling; setting up character arcs, engaging with themes and ideas repeatedly, usually in different contexts to examine them from a new perspective (ie. The photo of Joel and his daughter; examined 3 times - once with rejection, once with embrace, once with loss).
This stuff is everywhere, it's all around us, it's in good TV, good film (NOT marvel), it's in your very own life if gamers actually start looking. Can you find an object that's important to you? What does it mean to you now vs what it meant to you back then? How does its change of meaning reflect upon you? What does your changed perspective on a static object, theme or idea say about who you are and how you've grown as a person?
I wish media literacy was taught more in schools. There's so much beauty to be found, but it seems that people blindly wander through stuff, they can't articulate why they like something or dislike something, they miss the point of things, they miss things outright. And gamers are chronic at this. TLOU2 is a near perfect proof of this exact fact.
@@Raecast Love your comment mate
And agreed. Don't wanna sound like a boomer, but yeah it seems people today have 0 media literacy
@@Raecast Well it certainly doesn't help that most games dont have this basic and rudimentary story telling that you speak of. I think that was dunkey's point, TLOU does this extremely well in an era of games that could barely tell a story. And for it to be re-released 3 times and still hold up shows that.
@Raecast you kind of contradicted yourself there. you imply that predominantly gamers dont have media literacy and that good films and good tv are more consistently artistic, then say (NOT MARVEL!). not that I disagree, but clearly it isn't just gamers, most people don't have media literacy because most people aren't as interested in media as others. it would be like someone who was super interested in fitness saying "people have low fitness literacy when it comes to body parts and how to efficiently exercise them without injury, why aren't they taught in schools."
because the truth is as important as exercise and art are, you only need a low amount to reap the main benefits, schools mainly teach an umbrella of sciences because they are the basis of how society operates, hoping that it will spark an interest in some for people to pursue and contribute in a more conventionally “helpful” way, whereas arts and sports etc are more so ways to enjoy life and appreciate it (to an extent of course).
going back to my (semi) main point, I believe sturgeon's law might be an underestimate, especially in art, it's just much easier to see the trash and peoples opinion on it today than yesterday. look through the most popular films in terms of box office sales of the past (even in years when now stone cold classics were released) most of the top movies will be fairly lowbrow conventionally enjoyable light movies and not these highly respected art pieces. on top of that games have been a medium for a much shorter time than say literature (a medium which was shunned when it was first introduced as inferior to poetry), which is so developed that blood meridian was published and ignored years before TV producers (much less video games) opposed to Tony soprano killing even a single person on screen and they've been a *story telling* medium for even less time!
and yet games like pathologic, turgor and Kentucky route zero have been released not long after games first blossomed as a viable artistic outlet. This is not even considering the way in which pure gameplay can be its own artistic expression (for example a game like ape out or shadow of the colossus) similarly to how the prose in, say, the lime twig can create a bleeding feeling of negative space.
I think dunkeys comparison to the godfather is an apt one: a work that is respected and appraised by critics for being so tightly well written and well executed but overall is not the best representation of what that medium can truly do, isolated from the need of a story. Like you said these ideas are present in *good* films and *good* tv, not mediocre tv (unless i misunderstood and you were agreeing with him on its merits)
Sorry if this is a scattershot of ideas but I dislike when people say “this generation is x” or “this medium is x” when i dont think an inferior medium exists. It's all in the humans that create it and humans as a whole are never really more or less intelligent, just more or less knowledgeable. Give it time and gaming will produce a significant gallery as the sieve of time sifts through the lesser works and people start rediscovering hidden classics.
@@Raecast Art and by extension media literacy is ironically becoming a lost art. It starts early, with an acute focus on income & stem related fields. The creatives are stifled in the traditional school system, and set up for failure with a distinct lack of funding for programs that will allow these individuals to flourish. I'm not that creative, but I don't know if I ever would've been either. It's a failure of the western world, specifically in NA though. Social media doesn't help at all, although with TH-cam & TikTok I think we actually are seeing a bit of a resurgence, albeit in a different form.
4:11 Did you know that the interrupting dialogue was inspired by the way sonic and friends would interrupt each other in sonic adventure 2
I actually thought you were being serious ahahaha
Who said he wasn't
The way the video ends is a great dunkey punchline lol
Can’t blame him for still being salty
Yea, its funny that the second game was on my mind when he said it.
I haven't played either of them, is the first a self contained story? Don't want anything to do with the sequel after what I've heard about it.
@@bfffggffdfd dunkey actually likes the sequel
@@prw56 After 3 virsions of the last of us 1 you still haven't played it? Do you even play video games lol
@@prw56 first ones a self contained story but the sequel is an amazing game and worth playing. The gameplay is way better than the first
I remember Christmas 2013 when I popped the game in I had just gotten to try it out. Just wanted to do the first level and see what it was like after months of hype built it up. As I played it my family slowly one by one started to poke their heads into the Den I was playing it in. By the time I was fleeing with Sarah from the clickers everyone was there. And as the top notch acting came in as poor Sarah bled out I remember the horror on my moms face and how my dad instinctively just put an arm on my little sisters shoulder. Mama asked me to play it later as it was Christmas and she wanted things to be cheery but I’ll never forget that moment
Goofy ahh story
@@waffelmeister9477 ong
dont listen man, W story
Good story 🥲 many people have had amazing moments with this game
Thank you for sharing this.
I don’t think i’ve ever seen a commentary video that captures the feeling of a game so well. The thoughts I had while playing it sprung back like I was there again and it started raining in my room.
An awful day for rain.
Nice ending song, that was definitely there before and is thematically appropriate and not copyrighted in any way shape or form
Wow, this is probably the most serious, deep and beautifully done dunkey review I have watched....perfectly suitable for a dark and serious story like TLOU
The links awakening one surprised me with how profound it was !
I would honestly say that his Tlou2 review was just as serious. Man is very diverse in his presentation.👌
@@L0rd_20 His LaLaLand/Whiplash video was also very serious
@@L0rd_20 The only difference is that he was wrong about TLOU2.
@@RenegadeShepTheSpacer cant be wrong about a subjective opinion dummy boi
I think this is the most concise and no BS dunkey has ever been. You feeling ok dunkey?
Wtf its tdt. I love your vids
@@clad3133 hello fren
Right? Dunkey making us worried.
It's because he's still trying to formulate a PR response to people making fun of his game studio idea
yo tdt, your vids are gas
spaghetti and meatballs
thank you Pablo Escobar
spaghetti and meatballs
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Issa classic, absolutely
Aaaaaayyyyyyy!
Dunkey has been one of my favorite, one of the BEST, content creators for like a fucking decade. Nobody balances careless humor and sincere passion for their craft like he does.
For real though. Can we just appreciate how Dunko keeps the party up front and business in the back? I can consistently count on him to balance such passion with jokes in such a flawless way.
@@mlgblunts6759 fucking well said, MLG Blunts
I just found out about him
I love how Dunkey went from "It's a ladder simulator" to this
I still think he was right about that and generally right about the game the first time.
I remember that first video, Dunkey is so intelligent about stories in films, but when it comes to video games I always found it odd how he reverted to a goopy brained gamer who didn't care about the nuances of a story, but it seems in recent years his opinions have changed to being more open minded about video games having the story be the centerpiece over the gameplay
@@grey_f98 I just think it's because he matured a lot as a person. A lot can happen to a person in a decade and he stated once in his recent videos of how he is starting to appreciate the "works of art" within this world.
Eh, both points are accurate. Even for it's time the gameplay was nothing special, not terrible just not great. It's noteworthy that he compares it to films because that's what it's trying to be.
@@thesnatcher3616 With that in mind I can’t wait to get his opinion on Peggle 3
I never really thought about how Tess thought she was sacrificing herself to save the world in a last ditch effort to redeem herself, but ultimately she didn’t even get what she wanted when Joel killed the fireflies and rescued Ellie.
Yea Joel was kinda fucked up now that I think about it
The irony is that Joel’s actions didn’t really change anything. The Fireflies couldn’t have cured the virus - imagine trying to manufacture and distribute a cure or vaccine on a global or even national scale, when what you have at your disposal is a single rundown hospital and a bunch of dirty, secondhand equipment. The conceit of the whole first game is very cleverly making you believe any of it matters, but really their grand plans were all doomed from the start. TLoU is a great tragedy.
That's never talked about enough. She had faith that he would do the right thing, which would be bigger than him. It's sad that she doesn't know it was all in vain.
@@Punk-Mask yeah but he did what he had too bruh
@@Just_a_viewer how can a take be so thought out and so incredibly wrong?
Mate, your videogame critiques and reviews are better than 99.999% of so-called "professional game reviewers". You just GET it. This is why you're my favourite TH-camr. Funny as fuck and the best person to review a game.
Cool that Ellie figured out time travel so she could go revisit her and Joel’s first adventure together
Of course, that's what she used the rocket ship for
what a mary sue
Very cool to see Bigmode's first indie hit, The Last of Us Part 1. Dunkey sure knows how to pick them. Very bold to greenlight a sequel so soon, but that's Bigmode for you.
This is the first time I’ve ever stopped to realize that naughty dog characters are AI companions…it’s so weird to think about because of how well they’re performed
yup, video game characters aren't real people, who knew
@@hulkamania5071 What Sorus meant, I think, is that reaching suspension of disbelief with an AI character is difficult and rare. AI companions are still mostly buggy, glitchy, poorly written, poorly animated, idiotic, annoying, artificial garbage. To not feel that way towards an AI character is an achievement.
omfg, no theyre not. jesus christ you people are so easily fooled. the ai is not good because it doesnt go with the gameplay. it adds literally nothing. this is still a video game
@@mitchhamilton64 exactly, it adds nothing gameplay wise so it doesn’t have the opportunity to be buggy and annoying. Your suspension of disbelief is heightened because of the ai. That’s what a good video game is, An immersive experience where you are absorbed by the narrative, and ai like Ellie, sully, Dina, Tess, bill, Chloe, sam, lev and so on and so forth enforce the idea that these are supposed to be real characters, not just elements of a game. The fact that I could name all of them off the top of my head says how important they are to a game like this, and how memorable the experience is because of it.
And then ellie is almost invisible for enemies, she cant stop talking like the lady of death stranding but for some reason, dunkey like this one
One of the best deliveries was Joel warning ellie "you are walking on mighty thin ice" like dude i got chills hearing that.
8 minutes. This is why I love Dunkey. He consistently puts out the densest, expertly plotted and structured content around.
If you're into this kind of thoughtful analysis of video games, check out Ambiguous Amphibian. He's very fun to listen to, but very profund
Nobody asked
yeah he's really got some good writers
@@gallick0060 ask bofa
it felt at least like 20 minutes, i dont know how he makes it
Dunkey is giving us everything that comes to mind. The fluxuation of pace in recent videos, frustration, rabbit holes, and rants are all a part of the creative process. Very thankful that we get to see the realest dunkview we could ever ask for; this channel.
Joel sure is a great character, let's hope nothing bad happens to him in the next game
Let's hope his bad actions have no consequences 😰😰
@@roundabout468 He didn't deserve it. But Ellie and Abby deserve to have their arms and legs cut off. Their eyes can go too.
Let's hope he has a plot armor and won't face the natural consequences of his actions.
joel sure is a great character. lets hope no hack writer gets ahold of the sole rights of the game and make a shitty game with him
@@mitchhamilton64 and thank goodness they didn't.
Every now and then i come and watch your last of us reviews, and i’m just so grateful that you’re alive dunkey. Your ability to grasp every little detail that makes a game or a movie like this a masterpiece, my heart fills with joy hearing such a perfect understanding of a story.
Wasn't expecting this to take such a serious turn halfway through but damn did I enjoy every second of it.
Good job Mr. Dimmadonk Dunk
dunkey's reverence for and understanding of this game makes me get teared up over it and I've only ever played it once
ya his insight is great. People too often only look at games skin deep. The game was good and emotional but many only think that far. Taking it for all of its subtext and depth is something that only comes often when playing a second or third time of a game. Even though it isn't hiding the intended emotional response there are layers to it.
The replay is even better than the first go round on this one
You should play it again
@@The_Erf nah what the gameplay is better than most games still today
@@The_Erf Gotta say I disagree, the gameplay loop surprises me every time with how well set up it is. Only part that sucks is on high difficulties when you have to spend too much time looting in order to survive at all.
I've never commented on one of your vids, and I don't know if you read them or not, but I've been a long time watcher. Just wanted to say how impressed I am by this review/essay, it's humanistic insight and empathetic commentary are some of your greatest skills. You some how have the ability to make me laugh till I'm crying and cry till i laugh. It's impressive to say the least. These style videos remind of the essays that Koganada use to do for Criterian Collection (before he became a wildly successful film director). Anyway keep it up!
Great comment
@@xplodax not as good as knack tho
Well put!!
I love the fact that at the end Tess says to Joel and Ellie " Go on you're the last of Us !!!"
Truly a line
'A story that you see repeatedly in the background of this game is how when people show their humanity, when they finally let their guard down and do the right thing, their rewards is...death." A very accurate take, and one that applies to Pt 2 as well. Joel does let his guard down by opting to save Abby, only to end up being lured to his death. It's no wonder that Ellie becomes so dehumanized in the second game. The world she lives in punishes people for trying to be good.
Which makes it so much kore powerful when they choose to do good. They choose to be good, not seeking any reward, knowing punishment awaits, because they truly are choosing to be good.
Ummm actually the internet told me that Last of Us 2 is bad so you’re wrong.
One of the criticisms of the game was always "Joel would never do that," which always annoyed me because that argument is clearly devoid of context. The whole series is about how that is (literally) the last of all of us. Hints are shown at the beginning of part 2 that Joel has let his guard down and softened up. Any basic level of common sense (and evidence from in game) tells us that Jackson takes people in, and that's what he was trying to accomplish. He also clearly by the opening shot feels very guilty about what he did to the fireflies.
The decision of helping Abby and joining this group was not "out of character," it's character development. I'll never understand why critics of part 2 live under the assumption that characters must stay exactly the same and never change for their entire life.
@@fayevalentina77 exactly. And to add on to your point, we even saw Joel softening up in the first game. Sure he still ended up killing the doctor and more fireflies after he started to soften up, but by the end of the first game joel is already a much different person than he was in the beginning of the same game. People seemed to think that in part II they needed to compare him to the version of Joel that he was at the moment we picked up playing as him at the first cut to 20 years later in the first game, but really he should be compared to the end of the first game if anything. Which you still need to take into account the fact that he lived in a good civilization for 5 years and likely was bringing in new people to that civilization very often.
@@fayevalentina77 Ye, people probably just hated that Joel pretty much wasn't in the game. However, I must admit I too was slightly annoyed with Abby parts and the ending felt weird to me. Like the flashback and ohmigod what have I done I can't kill my 1000th enemy in the game just wasn't it for me. I would welcome a very dark ending where she finishes her revenge and THEN realizes nothing really changed que the scene at the house at the end. Maybe even a suicide scene. Maybeeee even INTERACTIVE suicide scene tho It may be too drastic but implied suicide with fade to black would be acceptable I think.
To be clear I'm a sucker for happy endings but the theme of the game just begged for such a devestating ending.
amazing game amazing video
huh, where'd everyone go
Wtf? Even Highlight Heaven is here
Shame they butchered the story for the sequel
Collab of my two most watched youtubers?
WOAH Highlight Heaven commenting on Dunkey's video? EPIC
that ending hits like a ton of bricks now 😭
😢😢😢
it does indeed :'(
Hits like a golf club 😭
Bill jinxed Joel
I shed a tear
When people show their humanity. When they finally let their guard down and do the right thing.
Their reward is death. This is an idea cemented into every human being in this game.
It's something that Joel understands better than anyone, and yet in the right circumstance even he says FXXK it.
Gosh! This is so poetic.
Unfortunately many such a cases
Wow the ending here predicting the events of Last Of Us 2 is quite the message. You really want me to join the dark side don’t you Dunkster?
I check u out time to time, glad to see ur on the come up from 3-4 years ago
shouldn't you be busy bleeding your viewers dry for stream reactions or something ?
@@kingkoolkattz thank you! 😭
Hi Brad :)
Jesus Jesus Joelnesus
"Note to self, never play golf at Neil Druckmanns house."
~Gex, circa 2020
Really, really sucks that Dunkey had to change the outro music. The outro gave me chills the first time I watched this video
I cant believe joel was able to beat planmts vs zombies final boss. Truly awe inspiring
Excellent video dunkey , love how he embraces his humor while speaking the true nature of a human soul .
Can’t wait Dunkey to make his own The Last of Us with some Knack thrown in there.
The Knack of Dunk
Knack: "It's time to Go ... Big Mode, Dunkeeyy!!"
I've rewatched this vid so many times that the sudden, recent music change at the end (due to copywrite, no doubt) legit spooked me for a few seconds lol
The fact that the story doesn't feel like its on pause during its gameplay seems a pretty significant accomplishment for video games in general. The little prompted dialogues feeling a continuation of the character rather than collectibles or easter eggs, carrying the tone of the last scene.
I feel that's easy to accomplish when the game play consists of light stealth and minor gunplay. Between each cutscene is a short linear trek from point A to B.
I really liked it when dunkey switched the end music to a happy one instead of a perfectly placed calm and somber song after that crushing line, it truly does not take me out of the moment
I was wondering if anybody else noticed that lmao. It probably was a copyright thing.
I don't know why but it made me so happy that Dunky and Skillup gave each other props in recent videos.
Shill up
@@henrik1743 Daaaaaaarrell
I died crying going down memory lane about last of us again. Such a strong story and just shows how strong video games can make a story feel. And then I died laughing because I'm watching a Dunky video and I'm crying during it
The Last of Us reminds me a lot of the book "The Road". Very similar plot, you got zombies or you got really evil murderous cannibals. Both stories are about the journey the two characters go through. Its a very good way of looking at what it means to be human, why we act and do things a certain way. Both are amazing works of art.
The film came out in 2009, the same year development on The Last of Us started. I bet there was some influence there.
literally just watched that movie like 20 min ago with my dad. we were saying the same thing about how similar it is to tloa, but we were also laughing at how depressing that movie is. like there is no upside during the whole thing except when they find that bunker and even then they had to leave it. it's almost funny how dark it is. very good movie though, acting was almost too good. the kid's crying was too real and vigo did fantastic in that role
There's even a literal road in the game. Way to hit us over the head with the symbolism Kojima.
Why is there no Blood Meridian video game?
There’s a reference to The Road in the game actually. One of Ellie’s joke books is called “To Get to the Other Side” which shows a chicken crossing a road and is written by Kathryn McCormac, an anagram to Cormac McCarthy.
I cant believe it's already been 1 month since release. Crazy how quickly time flew by
Don't worry, it will probably release on PC within 6 months. We don't have to wait long until a new release of this wonderful game. Thank God. But then the wait starts again.😢We need 8K Joel. I can see him now, with wrinkled, baggy eyes sharper than shivs. It's glorious
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"I'm coming"
"... But you're already there"
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What game was this?
@@gianni_gabheavy rain
Early 2010s - zombies
Late 2010s - battle royale games
2020s - ninja samurai soulslike clones
Dunkey genuinely has some of the best written and presented reviews on games
Yeah his joke videos are great but his serious ones are even better
Yeah i sometimes rewatch his reviews because they're so well made.
@@roob2221 this video was in my recommended and I could see that I had viewed it already but here I am watching it again anyway
The only problem is he talks stupid and isn’t funny.
The first Dunkey video I ever watched was his Last of Us review 9 years ago. Things have come full circle. Looking forward to playing the new version.
The commentary on how this game did what we thought games could never do, how Naughty Dog created a game that was every bit as engrossing and cinematic as a movie, if not more.
I cried a little bit, it feels so refreshing to hear from someone else who just gets it
There have been numerous games that did just that before Last of Us.
Last of Us just did it extremely well.
This is the most hilariously sycophantic comment I have ever read
Nah, it didn't do anything to push any boundaries. It superficially ported the prestige of cinema into the AAA gaming sphere. It's a great cinematographic experience with mediocre sandbox elements plastered on top. It does nothing to push the medium forward because it's an invasion from a different medium as opposed to a proper development of new mechanics, elements and interpretations that couldn't be made outside of gaming. It stunted the development of the medium and it's sad to see it succeed so much in the collective unconscious of gamers.
I promise you there's actually forward-pushing games out there. Games that will actually make you feel in ways that can't be achieved outside of an interactive medium. TLoU is not it. It's as good as a good movie at what it does. Which is fine, I guess, but thinking it's a "victory" for gaming is a really harmful view of the medium.
''it feels so refreshing to hear from someone else who just gets it'' Funny, you should watch Dunkeys original review in 2013 on the game.
You will be crying real quick with that video.
@@ekki1993 lol
Just seeing the Tess sacrifice scene, even without game audio, was enough to bring me back to the moment and make me tear up. Masterpiece of a game.
I nearly cried rewatching a Dunkey video
Can confirm. I was one of those haters who called TLOU1 overrated, but then I played it on the hardest difficulty. It was quite an experience, and I remember actually getting emotional during the last chapter at the hospital
Definitely better on a harder difficult imo
i dont see how a narratively driven game can be changed by difficulty...but ok i guess
@@sandyk9300 it makes the surviving feel more worth it ig.
@@sandyk9300 it could possibly be due to the amount of stress being felt trying to survive the combat
Strangely enough, I felt the opposite during my first and second playthrough. I first played it on the hardest difficulty like any regular third person, but it's when I revisit it on the easiest a few years later that I could really appreciate the story.
This video felt special. And hey, it’s now one of the “more Dunkey” ones! 👏🏻
Definitely, felt like he took back that spark he had a few years ago. A really solid Dunkey essay, both thoughtful and engaging.
@@zackwyvern2582 Exactly! You described my thoughts even better than how I did. You know, I have unsubscribed from a lot of gaming channels lately (I still love gaming, but don’t have the time to watch TH-cam videos about it). So, it makes me happy that those creators that are special for me can still enjoy it and express themselves. Here’s to Dunkey and to you 🍻💪🏻
I know right! It actually felt like he was being serious for once Lmao
@@imdavidxd7793 heh heh absolutely!
I think to the moment when Ellie runs away from Tommy's compound and Joel has to track her down. She calls Joel out on his BS as he tries to walk that tightrope of finishing the job and getting attached. Something of that moment where Joel's pain really bleeds through almost makes ne tear up. These are characters trying their best. And it's a fundamentally human moment of pain and fear of loving that makes Joel's character so compelling.
I'm pretty sure that's gaslighting and emotional manipulation, if Joel is a clicker Ellie is a bloater, a master manipulator that will break your confidence so they can be seen as right
I know dunkeys content since the day I played league of legends, so about 14 years now? and I just want to say how much I appreciate your existence of delivering the world quality content. I dont think I ever seen a video that didnt make me happy. all your videos I can tell you put your heart and soul into it and thats why you're my favorite! nobody can take your crown ; - ;
Love this trend dunkey’s setting with Death Stranding and now this, where as time goes on he changes his mind on a game, and decides to actually update that opinion in a video. It’s a normal human trait to change your mind but uncommon for TH-camrs. Keep up the good work Dunkey
I'm waiting for the Octopath Traveler 180. I'll give it a few decades.
@@StAlfonzo87 Dunkey will be on his death bed and his last words will either be "Knack 2 wasn't actually that good" or it will be "shit man, those jrpgs were actually pretty good"
@@joejo4549 I call bullshit. Jason is about as real as video game critic can be. If he wanted to cater to the masses, he would've stuck to League of Legends videos when he was one of the biggest content creators for that game. Opinions can change over time, your thoughts mature, your emotions mature and replaying a game might just give you new insights. Admitting a change of perspective only speaks to his strenghts. The remaster gave him a good opportunity to voice that.
Absolutely love the way dunkey analyzes things and can always both appreciate something while never being afraid to point out the flaws in it. It's what makes him the only critic I go to for games and the humor he brings along with it is astounding. Such an amazing content creator!
Damn dunk you should’ve been the one to fill my dark soul with laughter but you made me cry.
0:49 oh god it could have been so amazing
Dunkman this is the best serious video you've ever made, bravo.
The editing in this video is really good.
Talking over the part where he says
"we talk over each other" and the ending to this video are genius.
Games have so much potential for story telling, so immersive just in premise. This game is great, glad you went back to it.
Part 2 wasn’t disappointing. Matter of fact it was better than part 1, that is if you truly understood what the story was trying to achieve rather than what the plot was conveying.
@@khalidalebrahim9950 The best compliment I can give part 2 is it succeeds in justifying its existence. It feels important and it carries the story forward really well. There are pacing issues but it is also ambitious in a way very few games are
o simply can't revisit this great game is cus i know its gonna make me sad
@@khalidalebrahim9950 On gameplay part 2 have part 1 beat by a mile (except lack of powerbrick). In terms of the story part 1 is better paced and more focused than part 2 imo. Loved them both.
Games have potential for storytelling but TLoU is barely using gaming elements to exploit that potential. Dunkey missed a key point there: The game is an attempt to borrow "prestige" from cinema. It isn't pushing the medium forward. It set it back by refusing to take it as a game and instead adapting a cinematographic experience.
How much of the game felt "better" because it was an interactive experience? How much of it would have worked almost equally if it was a movie/series? Even if it included some "branching paths", that's literally the bare minimum a game can convey. There's so much more and people stick with shitty ports from other mediums because AAA development is creatively bankrupt and can only superficially create something original.
Of course Sony has to kill one of the best endings to a dunkey video ever...
6:08 he doesn't want to talk about the gator under the bed
4:35 I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LIGHT!
Dark Souls
I’m glad I’m not the only one who realized that the line “Well, no matter how hard you try, I guess you can’t escape your past” directly ties in to Joel dying because of his past actions.
I think every player who revisited the game at some point understood how heavy those words hit. You may not have paid attention to them at first, but definitely carried them out on the next playthrough
*walks into the middle of a circle of armed strangers:* "my name's joel"
That and a meta commentary by dunkey about the endless remakes. He used their excellent use of foreshadowing as a way to criticize their cash grab
@@kusakabe3264 Hard to try and lie about it when someone else already mentioned it
@@kusakabe3264 To be fair, Tommy called out his name before that happened. But none them even knew who the fuck Joel actually was, as evidenced by Abby's reaction when Tommy says it right after Joel saves her, because, well, of course he does. I don't mean that that they just didn't know him as a person, no they literally didn't even know what he physically looked like, but somehow Abby convinced a whole group of friends to go on a fuckin suicide mission, across the entire country. Mind you, it took the length of an entire first game to go across the country. It's clearly a looong fuckin haul, but I guess everyone unlocked Fast Travel after completing the first game, idk, I'm getting off track. But she literally drags all of them that far, with the intent of fighting an entire city until they found someone that just so happened to be named Joel and bonk him on the head with a golf club. Honestly though, Joel's death really isn't the biggest deal on the world compared to all of the other shit that the narrative has going for it. Like everyone who likes the game can just use speculation to fill that shit in and make it work, but that speculation just isn't fact. Joel becoming softer because of his community is never something that is never shown in either the games at all. In fact the only interaction that he has within the Jackson community with someone other than Tommy and Ellie, is him ready to beat the shit out of the bigot sandwich guy (I don't remember his name) because he called Ellie a slur, as he should. It's just mental gymnastics to make the game seem good because we love Naughty Dog and that's really it.
this is my first serious dunkey video ever and man, this really hit. i never knew he could be so sincerely passionate, but it makes sense now that i see it. what an awesome video
Saw the original dunk view of this and went “Haugh? Waugh???” This game is dope. 2013 Dunkey finally put down the crack pipe and started reading the dialogue
i like how he can still be funny while also still getting his point across in a serious manner. i was dying at the alien joke, but it didnt kill the mood he was setting.
That ending had me in tears.
he fuckin called it 😔
I was so shocked when joel predicted that the standalone TLOU (The Last Of Us) online game will be cancelled
that end. sending an immediate message about part 2. masterful work.
The last of us was maybe dunkeys first true ‘strand type’ experience
Am i allowed to cry? Cause this game is fricking perfect
Donkey, I've watched every single one of your videos for the past 19 years (Morose Mordekaiser, anyone?) But I think this video is my favorite. I love it when you go into depth on things, and talk about the subjects most reviewers won't bother to. I've never played Last of Us, but from your description I knew right away that Joel was compartmentalizing. And then you identify it right away too. Put a real smile on my face. Pointed at my phone like I was showing something to somebody. I appreciate you Donsly. Mwah.
Such a masterful review. How does dunkey maintain an equal balance of irreverence and sincerity
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Donkey’s fascinating and analytical approach to understanding story telling in games is hard to beat. Even if you don’t like it at times it still feels you can’t realistically disagree with his personal perspective and take aways. Love ya dunk love these videos.
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“The complete opposite of Kingdom Hearts”
*Plays Kingdom Hearts music.*