Naughty Dog to those who think The Last of Us is too violent: Get over it
The Last of Us is an ice-cold, hopeless, and harrowing bloodbath through an ugly, post-infected America, and one of the best games of recent years. It’s also been the source of controversy, with some critics complaining that it was too grizzly and violent. All this moralizing momentarily caused the game creators to strip any violence whatsoever from from the new DLC Left Behind. Then they thought about it and went: naaah. Here’s Neil Druckmann’s spoiler-heavy explanation of why violence is in fact crucial to his vision: What if there were no infected in this game? What if there was no combat at…