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[fart town usa]

I cannot believe that Sony is still on this 'post-apocalyptic melodrama' kick.

I just can't be bothered. Happy for those who are excited for it, not trying to be hater.

edit- see that it might be a hoax. I wouldn't be surprised if a 3rd releases. Entertainment companies love a franchise they can milk the shit out of.

So excited for RE4 in March.

 

[Hoddi]

Not that I'd complain but I really don't see the point. Even for its faults, they already tied up the story.

I just get Terminator 3 vibes when thinking about it.

 

[A Most Virtuous Cat]

Aw hell naw

 

[Sonik]

Wait....they already made a second one?

Don't believe their lies no matter what they tell you, there's only one game, the first masterpiece, they never made and will neer make a sequel.

 

[bitbydeath]

I’ll wait for the Part 2 Remake before touching a third. The MP has potential though.

 

[TGO]

I’ll wait for the Part 2 Remake before touching that turd. The MP has potential though.

This is how I read that

 

[hinch7]

Oof I hope not. After the second game I wouldn't mind the series getting buried for a while.

I'd much rather have a new Uncharted, or even better the new IP. Something way less depressing/draining.

 

[AndrewRyan]

Bring on the third. The first two are ready!

 

[ButchCat]

They also leaked the plot:

Spoiler: Spoiler

"Around the time when Abby becomes fed up with Ellie's shenanigans she realizes her fav golf club is also a time machine and so she jumps to the Uncharted timeline conveniently right next to Drake's beach house, after being sneaky for a while she quickly becomes envious of Drake's 13 yr old daughter and develops daughter fever for Drake and so she quietly kills the daughter with you guessed it her golf club and proceeds by posing as the daughter, of course, old Drake isn't as sharp as he once was and doesn't suspect a thing despite the extra 300 lbs of muscle that towers over him. This is where you the player take control of Abby and spend 20hrs of juicing, pumping iron, lying and telling people you are natty, writing feminist blogs, and calling in sick from your Starbucks barista job by occasionally identifying as a talking lamp. "

 

[tommib]

More fake news threads based on a tweet? You’re on a roll, GAF Fucking lol

 

[Neolombax]

Good for them I guess. I was hoping it would be a new IP.

 

[3liteDragon]

That's great & all but this would be okay as long as they put out a new IP this gen as well, I do remember they were casting a black male for a sci-fi IP like 2 years ago so maybe they're working on both. We'll see.

 

[[Sigma]]

I haven't even played TLOU2 yet and still this is my reaction to the potential news.

.

 

[kyliethicc]

That's great & all but this would be okay as long as they put out a new IP this gen as well, I do remember they were casting a black male for a sci-fi IP like 2 years ago so maybe they're working on both. We'll see.

They were casting Isaac in TLOU2. Rest was just fake rumors.

 

[rabbity-thing]

From Naugthy to Repetitive Dog.

Naughty Dog has always made multiple titles for its IP's. This is nothing new nor something to look down on.

 

[Salz01]

I’ll still pay 70 bucks to play it, and then come here to bitch about it.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

The second was meh.

Wasn't meh but it was a word that rhymes with 'meh'

 

[Puscifer]

Not that I'd complain but I really don't see the point. Even for its faults, they already tied up the story.

I just get Terminator 3 vibes when thinking about it.

Yeah same. Me personally the only thing I could see myself being interested in playing this for would be playing as Joel during the downfall of society being the piece of crap Tess alluded too in PT 1. Where exactly do you go from here?

 

[bentanchorbolt]

Jim Ryan literally said his focus was to push blockbuster games. I get it, but… ugh. Something new would have been MUCH better.

 

[mckmas8808]

Oh boy. I bet the next protag is a black lesbian AMAB.

We know you hate gay black people too huh?

 

[rofif]

I hope it’s more Abby story. I really liked her campaign.
That said, something new would be nice

 

[K' Dash]

I NEED naughty dog to do a sci-fi adventure game

 

[DeepEnigma]

Another day on Gaf with post after post of people commenting like this was a press release.

Every single “leaker” thread.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

We know you hate gay black people too huh?

Hahaha, you know nothing about me. That's what you know.

 

[DeepEnigma]

We know you hate gay black people too huh?

That’s not hate, it’s sarcasm/satire.

 

[bentanchorbolt]

That’s not hate, it’s sarcasm/satire.

The only people still making those “jokes” at this point are pulling their mask down a little bit more than they should.

 

[tommib]

The only people still making those “jokes” at this point are pulling their mask down a little bit more than they should.

True but there are still exceptions. From what I know, it really doesn’t apply to Infamous.

 

[bentanchorbolt]

True but there are still exceptions. From what I know, it really doesn’t apply to Infamous.

It is what it is. I’m not here for non-gaming discussions. I’ve already said too much.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

The only people still making those “jokes” at this point are pulling their mask down a little bit more than they should.

Well, you see, if we want to get all into other people's true and honest beliefs, haha, I've never had an issue with race or gender in my life. Not interacting with, working with, or befriending people of any kind of background, the sole criteria being they bring something unique/benefecial/challenging/otherwise worthwhile to my life. I'm not gonna say I don't see color or anything trite like that, but it's always been the content of a person's character above all else to me. I prefer a genuine asshole to a charming liar.

But that post was more a reflection of my thoughts about "The Message," and it's increasingly forced inclusion (ha) in basically everything. There's a difference between a serious, reflective piece of art or media and One that's just overtly violent, pessimistic, and subversive because Sony needed an award bait game. Yes, it's fucking Shakespeare compared to most other efforts in gaming, but the point will always remain: it's a fucking game. When Druckman said a game doesn't need to make you feel good, fair. When he said a game doesn't need to be fun, he flew in the face of the key principle of basically every one of my favorite devs, mostly from the Nintendo pool.

But yeah, I'll grab my cross and kerosene or whatever you think, hahaha

 

[mckmas8808]

That’s not hate, it’s sarcasm/satire.

Where's the joke though? What if the next protag was a black lesbian? What point would he be proving? I mean.........Riley was in the DLC and will be in the TV show.

Plus, one of the best things about TLOU franchise is that it's not "fun" per say, yet it's still a great game.

 

[remember_spinal]

I don't feel like this is true. I can't imagine ND just being stuck to the tlou for this many consecutive years

https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/0...-the-last-of-us-3-outline-is-written-well-see

Naughty Dog creative director Neil Druckmann confirmed in a recent podcast episode for Script Apart that an outline for The Last of Us 3 exists thanks to combined efforts with Gross, but he was also very clear in stating that it is very much still just an outline at this stage. "I don't know how much I want to reveal. [Co-writer Halley Gross] and I did write an outline for a story that we're not making - but I hope one day can see the light of day - that explores a little bit about what happens after this game." Being very much up in in the air, he added, "We'll see."

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Where's the joke though? What if the next protag was a black lesbian? What point would he be proving? I mean.........Riley was in the DLC and will be in the TV show.

The "joke," is that they keep out doing themselves, and eventually it's going to become ridiculous. Think Dragon Ball or Gurren Lagen. Like, there's only so much you do to wow the target demographic with the same tricks. We'll have quadruple amputees as main protags, but not because of any purposeful or meaningful reason that came from the director's creative mind, but because we need to win the woke Olympics. If they stop spinning ANY of their plates without adding three more every couple of years, The whole thing will crash around them.

They've backed themselves into a corner becoming the hero of the under represented in gaming. Because ALL the eyes are on them, and for reasons that have fuck all to do with the quality or enjoyability of their actual games. If you can't find a joke there, I can't help you.

 

[semiconscious]

if this's true, i'm gonna rename my cow bessie 'last of us' in honor of it...

 

[DeepEnigma]

The only people still making those “jokes” at this point are pulling their mask down a little bit more than they should.

Sounds like "dog whistle" fallacy.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Where's the joke though? What if the next protag was a black lesbian? What point would he be proving? I mean.........Riley was in the DLC and will be in the TV show.

Plus, one of the best things about TLOU franchise is that it's not "fun" per say, yet it's still a great game.

You know that I don't need an education on this developer or series. What he said was a harmless snarky comment, everyone is too hyper sensationalized to jump to the extreme finger pointing cancel bullshit.

Out of the 5 senses, common sense and sense of humor are the ones being vastly eroded and underutilized.

 

[mckmas8808]

You know that I don't need an education on this developer or series. What he said was a harmless snarky comment, everyone is too hyper sensationalized to jump to the extreme finger pointing cancel bullshit.

Out of the 5 senses, common sense and sense of humor are the ones being vastly eroded and underutilized.

Snarky comments hit a little differently when people are constantly tossing them at your people. There's nothing wrong with people that look like me. I honestly don't see how TLOU characters are part of the "woke" Olympics just to target demos.

For the life of me, I don't understand how people see it this way I swear. Like.....those types of people exist in the world. Big deal if they're the lead.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Snarky comments hit a little differently when people are constantly tossing them at your people.

 

[Bartski]

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Snarky comments hit a little differently when people are constantly tossing them at your people. There's nothing wrong with people that look like me. I honestly don't see how TLOU characters are part of the "woke" Olympics just to target demos.

For the life of me, I don't understand how people see it this way I swear. Like.....those types of people exist in the world. Big deal if they're the lead.

You're still missing my point. It's passive Progressive shit that I have and have always had a problem with. Obviously, I can't and don't want to speak for anyone but myself, so if you have past incidents with others that had negative outcomes based solely on your appearance, yeah, that's fucked. But it's also not my fault that it happened, and it's not fair to color your automatic assumptions of me based on a filter based on other people's actions. Something to think about.

But my issue, as I said, is using this shit for award bait. For the invention of awards for accessibility and just corporate reach arounds and gaming tabloid articles and it's ALL. SO. TRITE. I definitely feel like there's something slimy somewhere in TLOU's DNA. I can't put my finger on it, but something just feels MANUFACTURED. Someone mentioned a mask earlier. Never forget these companies aren't full of bruhs and allies first, they're filled with people with analytics about the best way to make a shiny product that people will buy. They don't care about your representation. They care that it's HOT right now.

Same way no one gave a shit back when titties and skulls and fires were the shit and it was the attitude Era of gaming. This bullshit is all cyclical.

 

[bentanchorbolt]

Sounds like "dog whistle" fallacy.

You’re defending this an awful lot if your other post is anything to go by. I think most of us know why but regardless, have a good one.

 

[saintjules]

Im MORE THAN ready for a TLOU 3, but I need it to be an end of gen masterpiece.

Seems that each of the TLOU games have come at the end of the generation. That being it was on the horizon of a new Console coming out shortly after game's release.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

You’re defending this an awful lot if your other post is anything to go by. I think most of us know why but regardless, have a good one.

You've uncovered the secret cabal of GAF Stormfronters. The jig is up guys, we've been had. Our cover was so good, too.

 

[DeepEnigma]

You’re defending this an awful lot if your other post is anything to go by. I think most of us know why but regardless, have a good one.

Nah, just pushing back on these 0 to 100 twittard/ReeEra bullshit purity pageants.

 

[DJTaurus]

Please no more Abby

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Please no more Abby

Yes we know you hate ripped women with pancake tits, too right

 

[bentanchorbolt]

You've uncovered the secret cabal of GAF Stormfronters. The jig is up guys, we've been had. Our cover was so good, too.

I’ve been watching a lot of Bosch lately. Must have absorbed some of his detective skills.

 

[Thebonehead]

Please, PLEASE be true. TEAM ABBY baby.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

I'm all in for TLOUIII. This series needs to go out with a bang and finish what it started back in 2013 in the grand sheme of things. There's definitely huge potential for that narratively and when it comes to characters story arcs in TLOUIII. Can't wait to play it a the end of PS5 lifesycle. Hopefully they'll make gameplay even better and on a much grander scale (same goes for world exploration etc.).

As for new Uncharted. I can see what they can do after U4 and Lost Legacy narratively, but I just don't know if it's... needed at this point? Idk, I think new and next-gen Tomb Raider will scratch that itch pretty nicely, same goes for Indiana Jones game... probably.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

I’ve been watching a lot of Bosch lately. Must have absorbed some of his detective skills.

I've been watching videos about wood cutting, controlled fires, and removing stains from white clothing. You know. For Christmas.

 

[touchfuzzy]

Man Naughty Dog late 2000’s to early ‘10s was my favorite dev and now I’m looking at not even buying another game from them til who knows when