It should not have taken a Twitter thread for me to find out about this. Mad that nobody I read on LoU2 even briefly mentioned this. https://twitter.com/JusticeKazzy_/status/1273680511559503873

If it’s the embargo’s fault then fuck the embargo, but goddamn. What is the point of early reviews, besides advertising, if you can’t mention what the game is actually doing?

I’m just very very tired of marginalized identities only being recognized in their suffering and death, and not celebrated in their life and joy.

I want to be clear here: you can make stories about abuse and sadness and terror. I am deeply skeptical of Naughty Dog’s ability to do this, especially given the actual literal terror of working there.

If it resonated with you, sure. But I think it’s important to wrestle with that context and how this kind of content will hit audiences who cannot actually play the video game right now.