Yep it's definitely animated. I'm having trouble with gifs, but opening the image in a new tab shows it.
I'm genuinely impressed how he accomplished this. I thought gifs were banned for avatars.
The Last of Us - Review Thread [Emargo up, scores in OP.]
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Yep it's definitely animated. I'm having trouble with gifs, but opening the image in a new tab shows it.
I'm genuinely impressed how he accomplished this. I thought gifs were banned for avatars.
I am not alone!!!!! I thought I was going crazy?! Didn't gaf ban animated avatars?
Also for anyone whose interested the whole Last of Us soundtrack is on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rCYJZFf0nY&list=PLV3JRobMQrP_GmOTl4e7zGT5vQUVAk9z4
I think it will sell well; it has good marketing, immense critical success, the good name of Naughty Dog behind it, and very little in the way of competition.
Just being a good game doesn't make something a monumental achievement in the medium. The Last of Us looks like another very good game, but I'm not sure what its "monumental achievement" is. The best I can probably come up with is actually making a good modern survival horror template for other games to work off of.
How was Bioshock a monumental achievement? What did Bioshock do other than deliver a very good story and atmosphere (Something games had already been doing for decades)?
Just being a good game doesn't make something a monumental achievement in the medium. The Last of Us looks like another very good game, but I'm not sure what its "monumental achievement" is. The best I can probably come up with is actually making a good modern survival horror template for other games to work off of.
xn0
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Yep it's definitely animated. I'm having trouble with gifs, but opening the image in a new tab shows it.
Of course its animated
This is gaf, you come for the discourse, you stay for the gifs.OmnipotentO
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It does. What region are you? Both of those languages are in SCEE version.
Antiwhippy
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Of course its animated
Err you might want to change that, it's not permitted.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=427645
StevePharma
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Yep it's definitely animated. I'm having trouble with gifs, but opening the image in a new tab shows it.
I'm genuinely impressed how he accomplished this. I thought gifs were banned for avatars.
You can also do it on Twitter, like Robert Ashley did. There are ways
But on GAF it's not allowed anymore.
xn0
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Oh are animated avatars not allowed? I didn't see anything when I went through the size check etc. The animation is subtle and only goes through 1 playthrough and doesn't repeat (unless you reload the page).
It did EVERYTHING right.
Incredible haunting atmosphere-check
Incredible Narrative-check
Incredible OST-check
Incredible voice acting-check
Great gameplay-Check
Great level design-check
Great characters-check
I mean i could go down the list. But what made bioshock such an amazing achievement was that it created this world, of rapture, where you just wanted to stay there. Everything about the world and it's atmosphere, it's characters, it's tales, they soaked you in like none other.
It was a universe created like none other. That's why it's such an amazing achievement. That, and the fact that the game hit the nail on the head among almost every aspect game wise (except for the 3/4th. That sucked)
You are still getting the game two days early, or am I missing something?
Fahrenheit
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Well that comes back around to my point that these reviews have no credibility
So what about the reviews that gave tlou a 7.5/10, a 8/10, or an 8.5/10?
There's a few of them on metacritic. Does that make them credible?
I have a US PS3 system but live in France on the German border making both versions easily available. Want to play in English and want it on day of release.
Dragon1893
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This game will be huge, there's hype for it all over the place.
It is still coming after E3. Hard to really gauge it, but it's a weird time to launch.
Well it can work both ways, the game might get more hyped with sony showing reviews and hyping it up.
But since for last month or so, their has been lot of hype, with great reviews and the zombie theme added it might do great.
People asked Naughty Dog at the AmA about the clunky controls and especially the aiming and i've seen even reviews cried about it.
ND said they think the controls and the aiming are very realistic, you have to remember Joel is just some guy with a gun... not a military expert or some shit like that, so of course you can't run around and headshot everyone.
ND said they think the controls and the aiming are very realistic, you have to remember Joel is just some guy with a gun... not a military expert or some shit like that, so of course you can't run around and headshot everyone.
i think this is my favorite ost piece
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NYv3Sck708&list=PLV3JRobMQrP_GmOTl4e7zGT5vQUVAk9z4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NYv3Sck708&list=PLV3JRobMQrP_GmOTl4e7zGT5vQUVAk9z4
The_Hitcher89
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That triangular balance must be incredibly difficult to find
Realism - Are you trying to make it feel real? You can't have Joel sliding around pulling off easy headshots like Sam Gideon on a sugar high
Fun - Speaks for itself, nobody will play it if its not enjoyable enough
Dissonance - It has to feel right for the character. Is he a novice? An expert? Somewhere in between? Learning all the time?
Taking that into consideration, it needs to be fast regarding aiming yet relatively clunky interms of movement/hand action, cursor deceleration and recoil, with as little auto-aim as can be compensated for with the controller-use. I hope they hit the balance.
I was fine with the controls in Uncharted though, so what do I know?
I might play UC2. It's been too long since i've played it.
or i'm getting drunk tonight, i don't know.
The perfect Dark
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Good morning everyone!
Where's the OT?
Where's my game?
How does the game end? Oh look it's already on youtube.
Yeah...Sony...I'm angry. Really angry now. :/
Where's the OT?
Where's my game?
How does the game end? Oh look it's already on youtube.
Yeah...Sony...I'm angry. Really angry now. :/
This whole thing is a mess to be quite honest.
Street date has been broken..lots of people have already gotten copies...spoilers are floating around in almost every comment section/troll pm's.
For some reason the OT creator said that the TLOU OT isn't going up until AFTER e3...and did I mention there's still a whole week left for all of us to potentially get spoiled?
:/
The_Hitcher89
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I wonder if they're thinking they should have released it yesterday. The discs were printed ages ago, and its given a massive window for people to spoil it, along with a huge oppurtunity for knobends to bait people into it with E3 threads and comment sections. I'm petrified. Honestly. Scared shitless that it'll be ruined by someone who makes a mistake with their spoiler tags, or someone committing account suicide
Kenshin001
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OT should go up now.
They said he was joking about the OT being delayed that long. That they 'wanted to surprise us'.
Has worked brilliantly, as you see.
It will go up. Already told someone to make a banner, few stuff texts, he is working on it.
Will go up tonight.
I actually have no idea what this intro could be that's blowing everyone away. I mean, I have an idea judging from the nature of the story, but I'm not sure how it can be executed so well to have people saying it's better than the intro to GOW3 or Bioshock. Guess I'll have to wait and see
I hope your right, but PS3 exclusives aren't known for their big numbers on release day. They are better known for their overall sales. I do want to see this game do well, it looks great.
Wind's Howling
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In all honesty I frankly do not care if the OT will be up tonight or next week.
I am seriously debating on just skipping GAF for a week because the whole E3 got me worried as well. There is no doubt in my mind that there is going to be some idiot who will spoil TLoU for everyone.
I am seriously debating on just skipping GAF for a week because the whole E3 got me worried as well. There is no doubt in my mind that there is going to be some idiot who will spoil TLoU for everyone.
The_Hitcher89
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Yep. I'll read the OP, and get the gaming news from football-gaf, only watching the videos I'm interested in. I can bookmark and catch up with the E3 threads afterwards. This has been my most anticipated piece of entertainment of my life since it was announced, I will go to any and all realistic lengths to avoid being spoiled.
Pro tip: if you watch E3 live next week on twitch make sure you hide the fucking chat.
Nice roundtable podcast from ign discussing there experiences with the game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ayrmGtgG9A
Something neat to watch if your bored i guess (like i am)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ayrmGtgG9A
Something neat to watch if your bored i guess (like i am)
The_Hitcher89
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How do they discuss it without spoilers?
they talk more about combat, and there general feelings about what they experienced without really going into detail. Nothing specific about the narrative or any of the plot details.
The_Hitcher89
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Hmm
Another one to add to the bookmarks
I hope all the Giantbomb guys play it, don't want itheir discussion of it to end up just being Patrik reiterating his review points to the crew
PetriP-TNT
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Dat metacritic score
The_Hitcher89
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2 things
What's better for audio, surround sound or headphones? Bear in mind that to play with the surround sound, I'd have to play it in the light, which is not preferable.
Is there an easy way to find out if my headphones are splitting audio properly for the surround, and if the audio quality is sufficient? They're pretty cheap.
Napalm_Frank
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Edit - not a scan, from their website
Gamereactor cover looks awesome
Where da OT at?
Wind's Howling
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Nothing beats a proper set of surround sound but unless you can not crank up the volume or have a lousy set, go with headphones.
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