The Last Of Us Part II
Developer Naughty Dog
Publisher SIE
Format PS4
Release Out now
Our sympathies to Naughty Dog’s artists, but we’re on the run. Past hundreds, perhaps thousands, of hours’ worth of work we sprint, watching Ellie’s arms pumping nineteen to the dozen, her breathing getting harder and louder by the second. Fearing for her lungs, we take cover by the side of an abandoned truck. The wrong side. The first shot hits us in the arm, the force knocking us flat. Still holding our silenced pistol, we spot the shooter, now foolishly reloading as he approaches. Two bullets are enough for him; then, as we gingerly rise to our feet, we quickly drop into a prone position as his ally advances. Crawling invisibly through the long grass as she turns her back, we grab her and cover her mouth to stop her calling for help. Alas, the agonising struggle to liberate her carotid artery from her neck takes a few seconds too long. A second shot sends us reeling once more. We have
