Song: Scrappy Doo Award Speech
Viewed: 32 - Published at: 5 years ago
Artist: 2020 Vidya Gaem Awards
Year: 2021Viewed: 32 - Published at: 5 years ago
[The winner of this award was Abby from The Last Of Us Part II]
[Voiced by Duke]
You guys must really have hated this game. I mean, the top three choices were all from The Last of Us. But you picked Abbey out amongst the crowd, so perhaps we should sit down and analyze that. What is it about her that stands out?
Well, look, I know you guys don’t care about e-celebs, let’s just discuss one single quote from Yahtzee: “This game is about shitty people taking the most irrational course of action.” Now, Abby does a lot of senseless killing and violence, like Ellie, that elevates her to at least a sociopathic state. But Joel killed a lot of people too, so what’s the real problem here? Well, it’s two things; first impressions and sympathy.
Our first impressions of Joel and Ellie were more about understanding what made them tick and their general reasoning, so we could grow to understand them and why they did what they did and made a lot of selfish actions. Abby’s first impression was taking Joel to the driving range in the sky, which immediately makes her public enemy number one in the player’s mind.
Getting back to the second issue at hand, Naughty Dog tries (and fails) to force us to understand Abby’s logic and reasoning. Even when throwing us into her shoes, we’re still left dumbfounded what on earth would cause her to behave the way she does. She never even stops to reflect upon her actions, or tries to understand the consequences of them, like Joel did in the first game. This isn’t irrational hatred, it’s common fucking sense to dislike psychopathic maniacs.
Alright, look, I've ranted long enough. You could write a college thesis on attempting to decipher what in the hell Neil was trying to make us think when writing her character, but any attempt at a serious analysis is just going to get you labelled a “hater” or something stupid on his Twitter, so I won’t bother. She’s a fucking joke of a character, end of discussion.
[Voiced by Duke]
You guys must really have hated this game. I mean, the top three choices were all from The Last of Us. But you picked Abbey out amongst the crowd, so perhaps we should sit down and analyze that. What is it about her that stands out?
Well, look, I know you guys don’t care about e-celebs, let’s just discuss one single quote from Yahtzee: “This game is about shitty people taking the most irrational course of action.” Now, Abby does a lot of senseless killing and violence, like Ellie, that elevates her to at least a sociopathic state. But Joel killed a lot of people too, so what’s the real problem here? Well, it’s two things; first impressions and sympathy.
Our first impressions of Joel and Ellie were more about understanding what made them tick and their general reasoning, so we could grow to understand them and why they did what they did and made a lot of selfish actions. Abby’s first impression was taking Joel to the driving range in the sky, which immediately makes her public enemy number one in the player’s mind.
Getting back to the second issue at hand, Naughty Dog tries (and fails) to force us to understand Abby’s logic and reasoning. Even when throwing us into her shoes, we’re still left dumbfounded what on earth would cause her to behave the way she does. She never even stops to reflect upon her actions, or tries to understand the consequences of them, like Joel did in the first game. This isn’t irrational hatred, it’s common fucking sense to dislike psychopathic maniacs.
Alright, look, I've ranted long enough. You could write a college thesis on attempting to decipher what in the hell Neil was trying to make us think when writing her character, but any attempt at a serious analysis is just going to get you labelled a “hater” or something stupid on his Twitter, so I won’t bother. She’s a fucking joke of a character, end of discussion.
( 2020 Vidya Gaem Awards )
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