Everyone on the internet around the release The end of us part II he knows it’s a bad time. But while we as fans and writers saw the vitriolic backlash unfold in real time, it was even worse for the creative team who were directly targeted by it. Laura Baileywho played hidden second hero Abbyrevealed his experience with harassment during the game’s release period and how some disgruntled fans threatened his then-two-year-old son because they didn’t like his character.
If you haven’t played it The end of us part II, Abby kills Joel, the protagonist of the first game, as part of a years-long revenge plot for her father’s death. A famous fan group raved about it, calling it a kind of “betrayal” by developer Naughty Dog. This backlash spread to the game’s staff, including Bailey. In the documentary Grounded II: Preparing Our End Part II Bailey, which premiered on February 2, tearfully spoke about the death threats she received.
Some of these messages were relayed to the proper channels to ensure Bailey was not in immediate danger, and included threats directed at her son, who was born at the time. Part IIdevelopment of In one segment of the documentary, the surrounding reactions are in focus leaking incisions before starting the job, Bailey says it taught him to “keep his distance” from the public.
Bailey has spoken publicly about the online abuse she received around her start-up The end of us part II back in 2020, and even posted screenshots of some of those sent to him. It includes a message addressed to his son and his parents. This level persecution has become commonplace In the video game industry and in space, women in public are the most targeted. Earlier this year Spiderman 2 facial model Stephanie Tyler Jones he had to speak out against the people who were persecuting him leaving voicemails in his day job and making him feel “safe”.
Of course, it bothers me to see how people treat Bailey for playing a character he didn’t write Our last fans will react to Kaitlyn Dever She will play Abby in the HBO Max live-action adaptation, once the golf club lands. A lot of people have joked that she should get off social media now, but given how terrible the response to Bailey has been, maybe it’s some helpful advice.
The Grounded II offers a behind-the-scenes look at the documentary The end of us part II‘s development and includes a soft endorsement from Naughty Dog there is a concept for a third game.