Metacritic
This article was upgraded on 6/21/20
Well, all of us ought to have seen this coming.
The Last of United States Part 2 has actually just been out for a few hours, and yet there’s already a war raging over on Metacritic The game is the most recent battlefield for user rating battle of a significant release, where it has a 3.4/10 rating rather than its 9.5/10 critical consensus which puts it as one of the leading reviewed video games of the generation.
I am already seeing this being used as ammunition for the “ah, critics are so out of touch with mainstream audiences” argument however no, no that’s not what’s occurring here.
For some context, The Last of Us Part 2 has actually been out for exactly seven and a half hours in the United States.
Today, half a day into release in some regions, The Last of United States Part 2 has actually amassed 5,015 user ratings. The Last Of Us 1 has 9,628 user ratings amount to for its entire lifespan so yeah, something fishy is plainly going on.
The Last of United States Part 2
Why are people battle the game? There are likely three factors.
1) The game’s prominent use of LGBT characte