The Last of Us Part II for PS4 – Something to fight for!
The Last of Us Part II
PlayStation®4 Ι Genre: Post-apocalyptic Adventure
Despite the ancient tales included in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Bible, and in the Dharmasastra; the golden age of the post-apocalyptic genre can be dated back to the end of World War II.
With millions of people who have experienced a terrible tragedy, who left a lot of them traumatized, an increasing number of writers started to create stories in which the biggest fears of the man in the street where portrayed and dissected.
The atomic bombs of Hiroshima & Nagasaki before, and the Chernobyl disaster then, are considered the milestones of this sci-fi niche; from the 1950s novels about a lone hero who tries to restore a sort of normality started to appear in a plethora of magazines revealing the capacity of humankind to destroy life on Earth. John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids or Terence Gross’ The Day the World Ended are the perfect examples of how a post-apocalyptic should be.
Greetings from the new world!
As the years go by, even the fears changed; in the 60s & the 70s, the world was in the midst of an economic boom. With the beginning of mass consumption society people started to be afraid by the “other”; if you have watched George Romero’s The Night of the Living Dead you will see how a horde of “others” walks around us to destroy our the order of societies in such destabilizing way.
Now that we all live in a sort of dystopian dimension, videogames like Fallout 4, DayZ, Horizon Zero Dawn, and above all The Last of Us show us the fall of the contemporary civilization with a bunch of people who try to survive in a devastated world filled with ruins, leaning skyscrapers, rubble, and destroyed cars. In these post-apocalyptic landscapes, the end of the world hasn’t happened spectacularly, but it is the result of a long process that carried millions of people the face scarcity of food, medical cures, and the disintegration of the social fabric.
Endure and Survive!
Released in June 2013 for PlayStation 3; The Last of Us sees a middle-aged man and a vulnerable girl survive in a wasteland populated by cannibal creatures who have been infected by a mutated Cordyceps fungus, and hostile humans who are ready for anything to exist just another day.
Receiving more than 200 Game of the Year awards; today the much-awaited sequel of one of the most interesting interactive opuses of the last decade appears exclusively on PlayStation 4. Be ready to live another unforgettable adventure with The Last of Us Part II!
Set five years after the first chapter; in The Last of Us Part II, Ellie and Joel have finally found a community in Jackson, Wyoming where they can live in peace. But one day the destiny knocks at the door once again; the religious movement known as the Seraphites attack the place where they live killing almost all of its inhabitants.
Sick with grief, but determined to do justice; Ellie begins a new journey across the US to get her revenge.
This is not a game, this is an art form!
As any post-apocalyptic hero, even in this game, the “do-it-yourself” ethos has a primary role throughout the adventure; wandering in an incredibly vivid wasteland, you, Ellie & Joel must use your brain to learn how to build useful tools, effective weapons, and healing items starting from recycled materials who are abandoned at the side of the roads.
This is not a simple video game, The Last of Us Part II for PS4 is much more; it is a post-apocalyptic bildungsroman, that reveals to all of us that the best teacher is the experience!
Enter Ellie & Joel’s microcosm digitally or physically; no matter who and what you will encounter, endure, survive, and get your revenge!
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