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Death threats, hate mail over game
The Last Of Us Part 2 game director and team saw the project through despite backlash from fans of the first game
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Game director Neil Druckmann faced fan fury over The Last Of Us Part 2 (above), a tale of revenge set in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Bryan De Silva
Imagine getting death threats for making a video game. Game director Neil Druckmann has had that unfortunate experience.
The game is The Last Of Us Part 2 (TLOU2), which might well turn out to be the most divisive game of the year. It is a story of revenge between two women, Ellie and Abby, for the deaths of the father figures in their lives. The backdrop for their violent confrontation is a post-apocalyptic, post-outbreak world with infected, zombie-like humans.
