The Last Of Us

anticonscience said:
not sure why everyone lost the plot over it.
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I'm somewhat in the middle over it, and understand most fo the criticism. But I was absolutely ready to re-enter this world, and now that my controller 'skills' are slowly heading towards competent rather than merely idiotic I find the combat almost enjoyable.

Almost. :-)

Satisfying is a probably better word. One of the things which separates TLoU from the crowd is the way you can never, ever relax when approaching a fight. There is always another nasty way to die waiting beyond your first mistake.
 
I was a little disappointed in retrospect.
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I knew it was set in a mall, but not in 2 different ones at different times. Why not change the setting for the Joel time parts? I understand the comparisons to being with someone and alone... but a change of scenery wouldn't have hurt.

I think I was hoping for more story wise too, maybe to reveal more. We knew she stitched up Joel, and it was no surprise how (It's a point A to B quest), and we knew what happened to Riley. I was hoping it would last an extra 15 mins so we could go through that final day. It would have been tough to watch, but Naughty Dog is pretty good at getting that down.

The good though... well it's The Last of Us so it was still great to play despite the above. Seeing Ellie and Riley's friendship was nice, and that more intimate moment was interesting too. Loved the water fight. I lost! Graphics and attention to detail was all superb. Despite what some reviews said, I enjoyed the combat too. It's always been a strong point of the game for me.

I think in the end I was just hoping for a bit more from the story, only cause of how brilliantly the full game ended. The last scene in the DLC was touching, but a bit 'is that it?'.
 
The making-of documentary that was part of the Season Pass, Grounded, is now available on YouTube:


Watched it last night, it's excellent.
 
Just "wasted" far more of my night off than I planned, finishing Last of Us for the second time. Somehow the ending had even more power after playing the DLC, even though I knew what was going to happen. You forget enough of the details to make it worthwhile though, just like re-watching a good movie or TV series.

I'm watching the 'Grounded' making-of thing now, in chunks. Even that's making me a bit emotional at times! Fascinating documentary and evidence, for me, that it might be a very long time before we find another gaming experience up to this standard.
 
Aye bit annoyed they're only doing one single player DLC tho
Has there been any info as to how many copies of the DLC have been sold vs how many of the game?
 
Cant wait to finally get this on ps4, i have stayed well clear of any spoilers or anything that will take away from the new player experience. Just have to wait for release now!
 
Robert1986 said:
ps4?
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You know i have just been looking online, could have swore when i looked at the game titles getting released through the year that this was one of them, Having just looked for a specific date it appears not! So sad now :(

Might have to pick up a second hand ps3 for this.
 
So, borrowed this from a friend and really, really want to get into it. Have played only a short while so far, over a couple of sessions:

we're out of the city, accompanied by 'tough lady' and 'possible cure girl'. Currently clambering through a partially collapsed building with clickers and recently-killed guards

So far, the music, plot, pace etc are really nice but the graphics are really messing with me - there seems to be motion blur whenever you move the camera, making most scenes a horrible experience for me. Trying to fight/sneak/anything I spend most of my time fighting to see what the hell's going on, rather than actually battling my enemies/situation. It's not just the darkness (which would make sense - can't see when it's dark). It's not like I'm on 2% life either (I know you get the blackout/slowdown when critical).

It kinda feels like a 'drugged up dream sequence' from another game - always slightly disconnected and blurry.

Is there anything I can do about this? Has anyone else experienced it? Am I just too used to PC framerates/controls, and need to give it more time?
 
Check your TV settings as it sounds like you've left truemotion or some kind of smoothing option enabled as they're always on by default and are completely useless. I played the game through my pc monitor and there was no such symptom.
 
Kanifee said:
You know i have just been looking online, could have swore when i looked at the game titles getting released through the year that this was one of them, Having just looked for a specific date it appears not! So sad now :(

Might have to pick up a second hand ps3 for this.
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will be one of the big titles on playstation now (online streaming) so will still get to play it on the ps4, would be nice to get the likes of last of us,uncharted and the god of war series on the ps4 but i just cant see it
 
HAz said:
leza 14 year olds a bit wrong I though
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Depends if that's how you interpret it I guess. I don't think they wrote Ellie as being specifically gay or anything, not that it matters if they had. She's young, hormonal, unsure, has one person who means the world to her and loves her. It wasn't done for the sake of being controversial or to spice the game up. Ultimately the fact that it hasn't created much of a stir I think goes to show how maturely the entire thing was handled, both by ND and the fans of the game. If CoD had a gay character I can only imagine the sort of reaction it would get.
 
TheVoice said:
She's young, hormonal, unsure, has one person who means the world to her and loves her. It wasn't done for the sake of being controversial or to spice the game up.
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I think my issue with the kiss was the fact it just didn't seem necessary or even warranted. A massive hug would have been every bit as moving and appropriate under the circumstances... they're friends getting back together after a falling out and time apart, and friendship is valuable enough under such difficult circumstances.

So for me the kiss just seemed 'wrong', and not just in the sense that she's 14 and I'm a bit homo-uncomfortable... though she is and I may be. :-)

Perhaps 'forced' would be a better word, in the sense that -- to me -- it felt like drama for drama's sake. But even if I'm just being stubbornly old school about it, the kiss doesn't stop TLoU being a masterpiece of interactive drama.
 
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