#287 | The Last of Us: Part II

KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Society & Culture, Leisure, History

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 435 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

It may only be about five years old, but The Last of Us: Part II is quite easily one of the greatest games of all-time. Thus, it not only deserves its own episode of KnockBack, but a seven-ish hour one, the longest show in Last Stand history to date. Divisive even before it came out -- but absolutely dripping with style, message, and storytelling -- TLoU2 is a tale about endless violence and cyclical revenge, the kind that you simply can't back away from. The deeper Ellie and Abby fall into their timeless feud, the less they gain and the more they lose. But they just can't help themselves. They refuse to. It's at the heart of what makes this game so incredibly great, and perhaps what makes it so very controversial, too. There's little else to say, other than that the Brothers Moriarty wanted to give love to one of gaming's most phenomenal adventures. Click play for the result... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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