The Last of Us Part II

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Just about to jump on for an hour before bed.

I’m already worried I won’t be able to stop in an hour lol

 

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Can we still not even hint at spoilers or outrage at elements of the game?

 

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Just a heads up. Don't Google tlou2, the first result is the guardian talking about the topics covered in the game and if they "go far enough"

I’m not googling anything related to the game until I finish it.

 

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This may be the first thread I've seen where nobody has posted a picture of the game box, kudos.

Dont have one to post lol

 

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Well I hope you enjoy it when it comes. I've promised to actually finish HZD before I go back to work.

I bought it digitally so been playing all morning

 

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Is it true that you can't shoot any wall with a religious symbol on?! lol

so far I haven’t seen any walls with religious symbols...

 

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Not really a spoiler.

Spoiler

i'm about 3 hours in and I feel emotionally broken, just started Seattle day 1

lmao, I know right. Had to pause for a few minutes.

7 hours in and I love it, but damn is it dark and by dark I mean you can’t see anything lol, I’m playing on an OLED and if my spotlight isn’t on an area it’s pitch black, it’s really immersive though and really makes me feel claustrophobic.

I still don’t really love the melee combat, it seems too random and when you’re swarmed it’s just a case of when you get killed.

No idea where I am in the story but I’m not really seeing anything yet that would seemingly cause people to flip their **** and get upset, maybe it all comes much later in the game.

 

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The story has now gone very rapidly down hill.....

what part are you at?

Spoiler: My Progression

I’ve just entered the theatre.

 

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I really want to get this complete so I can see what people have got their knickers in a twist over and what they allude to with the ending, but I also really want to savour playing it.

 

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h

Not sure if it's skippable, I would guess so, but it's when they find the weed factory. The language and way you kill people isn't exactly child friendly so I'd make sure they're not around for most of the game tbh.

he doesn’t mean that sex scene

 

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Just hit chapter 4 and I really do not understand what you lot are saying about the story.

it’s the perfect carry on from the first game.

 

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I seem to have either missed the entire cut scene, assuming it is a cut scene and not a mini game, at the start or it's a scene later in the game

it’s a scene later in the game.

Spoiler: Details of scene and who it’s with

With Abby and Owen

 

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Yeah man the story is gripping so far.

It really is, there’s been several times I’ve been on the edge of my seat at what’s been happening in the cutscenes.

 

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Watched one streamer takes his discs and cut them up lol.

what point did they get to?

This is like some kind of mass hysteria going on with this game that I’m obviously too dumb to even see.

 

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Speaking of louder scenes, just being on the options menus seems to ramp the fan/disc up louder than when playing the game sometimes which is just a bit bizarre

I believe the reason the menus ramp up the fans is because the game runs an unlocked frame rate then.

 

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It was always going to sell well with its name, near perfect reviews and in the current climate. The real question is though has it done anything to advance 'woke' ideology? ramming things down peoples throats in an overt way usually leads to rejection.

The gameplay and graphics are top notch, it's the story that is causing most people to hate the game and the story will forever be linked to excessively woke themes. If it's damaging to woke ideology then smashing sales records is obviously not a good thing.

17 hours in and I’m not seeing all these woke themes....what am I missing? The fact you play as a character who is a lesbian? Oh the horror.

 

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Not just Ellie, Abbi. Although the game sets out that she is not a lesbian. I am not 100% sure she is a biological female? and further into the game you come across another girl who decides she wants to be a man.

Its not the fact its in the game its the fact the game has so much of it, i really enjoyed the game but it did feel cringe at times and quite forced on you. That coupled with the fact that all the females have been made to be as plain and ugly as possible.

so much to unpack here....

 

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Is anyone else playing this on a base PS4 with HDR enabled on an OLED?

Im playing on a C9 and some parts are just pitch black, so much so that if my flashlight isn’t shining on an area I cannot see anything outside of that FOV and it’s killing my enjoyment of the encounters because I get swamped from enemies I don’t know are there.

It’s great for atmosphere and immersion but sucks for playability.

 

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I’m on Pro on C9 and it was dark but still ok. Have you done the HDR setup in settings ?

When you say HDR setup? You mean slide a few things around? Yes I setup HDR when I first played.

Same here, the game was quite dark, but it was never really pitch black.

My game has had moments of complete pitch black, the only way I have resolved it is to turn HDR off and whack the I game brightness up to 10, leaving it at brightness 10 with HDR still gave me the issue of it being too dark

 

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I think the TV switches to game mode automatically yes, I haven’t fiddled with tv brightness as I’ve never had to with any other game. Maybe I need to with this.