Consider that TWD is consistently better written and handled than the narrative in TLOU, (not having a character who has a magical cure because reasons for one), and handles death better than TLOU because we usually have a much better understanding of the characters than the relatively short amount of screen time they had in TLOU. Character deaths have changed a shit ton of the characters in these shows, how was Joel changed by the death of Sam and Henry? He wasn't. It's not even just deaths either, it's seeing the characters get genuinely hurt. It was literally hard to breath during
this moment in GoT's last season, because that's how into it the audience was. TLOU has no moment like that, and is much more pornographic since look at how many people die in comparison to Joel and Ellie. When these things leave them, especially Joel, relatively unchanged it's hard to get invested as the biggest character change comes from Ellie having to face David without Joel around. It takes 3/4ths of the game for Ellie to experience a major change in character and personality.
Oh there will be consequences alright, preferably in the form of bullets, to Joel's skull. But i'm sure he'll be fine once he gets some more penicillin.
Oh you'd be surprised how much gamers hype up a game like TLOU and think it holds up well against something like Breaking Bad. Some would even tell you that it's the best narrative ever.
I mean if it was a minority i'd understand but holy shit do gamers hold up the narrative of TLOU as some golden egg that is absolutely comparable to modern day television or
Literally how pulp action flicks usually work. The action heroes are coated in plot armor, that doesn't really mean anything to me when I'm along to watch a silly action story unfold.
