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The Last Guardian early copy impressions thread
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LastMinuteHero
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So as dude who lost his 10 year old cat this year, this game is gonna kick me in the balls huh?
I haven't been a member of Gaf for that long, but if there is one thing I've learned on this site is that literally every early impression thread starts off with the highest amount of gushing. (I'll never forgive myself for falling into The Division trap thanks to the early hype on here). I know it's exciting to get a copy early and therefore it's a good feeling to come on a forum like this and be able to rile up some hype by offering praise, but I'm with Xaero on this. I'd much rather wait for actual reviews tbh.
Edit: take that review on gamesfaq for example, he's obviously excited about the fact he's one of the first in the world to finish it and post about it, thus he's enjoying the hype he's creating and attention he's getting, so of course he says it's a 10/10
What if I've always wanted one ?2. I think you will appreciate this game a little bit more if you've ever had a pet.
Sounds awesome, thanks for the early impressions.
Jawbreaker
Member
So as dude who lost his 10 year old cat this year, this game is gonna kick me in the balls huh?
Just to clarify, this has absolutely nothing to do with how the game ends. But yeah, the bond you build, the subtle animations, just everything about the way Trico behaves is amazing. There is no creature in a game this convincing. Certain mannerisms will be instantly recognizable to pet owners or just animal lovers in general.
DieNgamers
Member
Sorry, I'm quoting myself to the new page because I'd like to see your opinions. For me it's a strange feeling of reliving history that hasn't even taken place when it was supposed to. If everything went well this may have been a cult classic for years now. So strange and awesome at the same time.
SallyIsNow
Banned
I always believed. Hold me, GAF.
LastMinuteHero
Member
Hey jawbreaker the bonding with trico parts are they scripted or do you have to constantly interact with him like a real pet?
Possumowner
Member
Oh boy some of these impressions make me giddy with excitement,after all this time it's actually here
Peterthumpa
Member
It's... beautiful.
EDIT: also, IQ looks soft, maybe there's some form of checkerboard rendering going on. Looks clean though, I like it.
Freeman76
Member
100% and since GAF is one of the most hardcore enthusiast game forums, there is nowhere else on the web that this is more prevalent unfortunately. Take the FF15 thread for example, there are people who talk about crying over how beautiful a city is or something, i mean each to their own but to me that is pretty unhealthy.
DOT DASH DOT
Member
Great, haven't seen much said about it, is it impressive?
OrbitalBeard
Member
I'm not seeing a problem. I've teared up at both Breath of the Wild trailers. A lot of us grew up with these franchises and they are very important in our lives.
It's fine if you don't want to take early impressions seriously though. I can understand that to an extent, but it really depends on the person. There are plenty of folks on GAF I'd trust with their early thoughts on a game.
Freeman76
Member
Fair enough i will see myself out.
GIANKRATOS
Member
Omg I'm so excited!!!
FreeQuebec86
Member
Hey, is there a hidden stream somewhere? can you pm it to me ? thx
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Lord Ghirahim
Member
I just got home from the hands-on event. They had four demo stations total so the wait was kinda long.
I disliked the controls and the camera, I somehow lost sight of my pet after getting him to jump down into the lake. It was still pretty charming and l pre-ordered the game because I wanted to know what happens next.
　
I disliked the controls and the camera, I somehow lost sight of my pet after getting him to jump down into the lake. It was still pretty charming and l pre-ordered the game because I wanted to know what happens next.
FreeQuebec86
Member
Sony ninjas are slacking.
FreeQuebec86
Member
They feed on report, i think people here are chill and wont report
Omnistalgic
Member
Can anyone comment on the usual game+ trophies and stuff for replay value? I'd imagine a speed run would be tough with trico around
Yeah, I'm expecting to come across some wonky camera issues. I want those cute blue TLG stickers tho.
not happy with the framerate, at all. playing on a standard ps4 with the newest patch.
once you go outside, the framerate tanks and the game becomes unresponsive. i might hold off until another patch improves performance (if that is even possible) or if it runs better on the pro. its not happening all the time, but the areas that are affected are also the ones where you just want to take everything in, look around and feel immersed. game running in slowmo doesnt really help that.
shame, because i love everything else so far. tricos animations are perfection. there is not other videogame charater that animates this well (i would even go as far and say that not many movies, that have cg creatures, are this well animated.).
once you go outside, the framerate tanks and the game becomes unresponsive. i might hold off until another patch improves performance (if that is even possible) or if it runs better on the pro. its not happening all the time, but the areas that are affected are also the ones where you just want to take everything in, look around and feel immersed. game running in slowmo doesnt really help that.
shame, because i love everything else so far. tricos animations are perfection. there is not other videogame charater that animates this well (i would even go as far and say that not many movies, that have cg creatures, are this well animated.).
Acquiescence
Member
A bummer to hear about these frame rate issues. I thought development shifted from the PS3 to PS4 exactly so that they avoid these problems!
Omnistalgic
Member
Gotta play on that Pro!
Good call.
Heckler456
Banned
Great impressions so far. Combined with the "better than expected pre-orders" message from Sony, I hope someone kept a crow-eating list, because the amount of people who wrote this game off as a flop waiting to happen was through the roof from what I remember.
Curious about this too. Ico had very meagre replay added-content but SotC had some really great stuff.
I predict it will be somewhere between the two. Not the Time Trial level shit of sotc but lots to do.
FFXV did good too. It can happen.
To be fair, graphics are not the only reason for the shift, and you can REALLY see why while playing. The amount of details gone into the AI and Trico himself is insane.
It might not be the best looking game on ps4, but i'd wager it's probably the game with the most [T E C H N O L O G Y] this generation. Trico completely breaks the uncanney valley for animal AI for me
I'm saying that especially because I don't like the FFXV that came to us. I hope this one will manage to keep its original promise.
Gameplay time doesn't matter much to me because one man's 8 hours is another man's 20 hours. It doesn't really tell you much.
But # of chapters or # of levels is a spoiler in my opinion.
Image quality isn't great at 1080p. Oh well.
I'm super excited and have this preordered, but I kinda want to wait until christmas. This seems like a perfect game to play in that relaxed holiday mood, without having to worry about work stuff.
Easy to say now, though. I'm sure it'll be hell when my copy arrives, so we'll see.
Easy to say now, though. I'm sure it'll be hell when my copy arrives, so we'll see.
The Librarian
Banned
That's dumb.
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
That and FFXV. This forum had plenty of those.
I agree.
If there's a PRO support with 1.01 maybe is a stable 30fps, but certainly that is not downsampled.
Right ! I played Owlboy and it was fantastic. Completely forgot it came out of a long development cycle.
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