I feel like a sequel could be amazing, but I don't want it within the next 5 years. Maybe at the tail end of this gen, to give us some time away from the world so that it'll be fresh again if it ever gets revisited. Also dat Naughty Dog tech would be insane by that time.
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The Last of Us: Left Behind |OT|
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I feel like a sequel could be amazing, but I don't want it within the next 5 years. Maybe at the tail end of this gen, to give us some time away from the world so that it'll be fresh again if it ever gets revisited. Also dat Naughty Dog tech would be insane by that time.
speakerlog
Member
I'll be honest and probably go against the grain here. I loved the original Last of us campaign but this DLC just didn't do anything for me. I felt as though it was a bit short and a bit to closed off for my taste (compared to the main game). Fair to say I'll probably won't play this DLC again and Ill just continue my survivor run instead.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
So my copy of The Last of Us trade paperback seems to be missing a page. It wasn't torn out nor are the pages stuck together. Unless it's meant to be a jarring transition. Looking further, it seems there's a another. A new page depicting a new scene with dialog unrelated to the last. Can someone help me out by comparing pages?
Page 5 after 'Chapter One', just after she says *very minor introductory spoiler*
Now I get that such segues exist in film, but it just continues on into dialog that seems odd without context from the missing scenes. So is this just poor scripting/sequencing or am I missing a page or two?
Page 5 after 'Chapter One', just after she says *very minor introductory spoiler*
"I can manage just fine on my own", it skips to a scene where she gets punched in the face.
AMA on reddit live right now:
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ykno8/hi_were_neil_druckmann_creative_director_and/
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ykno8/hi_were_neil_druckmann_creative_director_and/
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Damn, I must have spent 40 minutes in the Halloween store.
New stuff just kept happening!!
Was pretty great. How long is that whole scene? I'm not even sure I covered all of it.
New stuff just kept happening!!
Was pretty great. How long is that whole scene? I'm not even sure I covered all of it.
coughlanio
Member
Yeah, that was great, I went through every question with the skull, some great stuff..
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Neil's favorite movie of all time is Shawshank Redemption. Good man!
CoffeeExpress
Member
Just finished the DLC in one play, played on survivor (which was hard - I died about 20 times in some segments) overall took me about 3 hours. I was really looking forward to this - but looking back, I feel disappointed.
I gotta say while I really enjoyed TLOU, I felt Left Behind was a bit unnecessary and pointless. The whole part with getting the supplies for Joel felt like filler (in a 3 hours DLC!?) and just some excuse to insert action in between the goofing around with Ellie and her friend. It also gave ND a chance to reuse some of it's assets from the full game, so I guess it made for cheaper development.
I was surprised to see it ended when it did, as I was expecting to see something other than
I figured a better ending and a better DLC entirely would to be cut out the Joel fetch quest and have the infection towards halfway in the story. In TLOU Ellie says something along the lines of: "go out all poetic and shit, lose our minds together you know" - I thought that this DLC would follow Rileys demise and how Ellie is the one Left Behind time after time again, after being bitten they continue to live on, (like Ellie's mother said to in her note) to make it out further to see the world with the little time they have left. I would have liked to see Riley fighting both the infected outside and within herself.. and Ellie's journey back to the Quarantine zone when she realizes she's not getting sick - which would be a nice tie into TLOU.
On the positive, the voice acting and mocap are top notch. The graphics (aside from some rough looking water) were fantastic - ND really know how to push the PS3.
Gameplay wise, it was fine, the humans vs infected was fun - but even on survivor I found it way too easy.. just throw in a bottle, let them fight and kill the each other - then pick off the leftovers (try to edge it towards humans, as they don't require headshots and aren't one hit kill).
I felt like it was a missed opportunity for a pricey DLC.
As a side note I don't really care for the facebook stuff, it was cute but a bit distracting.
I gotta say while I really enjoyed TLOU, I felt Left Behind was a bit unnecessary and pointless. The whole part with getting the supplies for Joel felt like filler (in a 3 hours DLC!?) and just some excuse to insert action in between the goofing around with Ellie and her friend. It also gave ND a chance to reuse some of it's assets from the full game, so I guess it made for cheaper development.
I was surprised to see it ended when it did, as I was expecting to see something other than
we are bitten oh no! lol
I figured a better ending and a better DLC entirely would to be cut out the Joel fetch quest and have the infection towards halfway in the story. In TLOU Ellie says something along the lines of: "go out all poetic and shit, lose our minds together you know" - I thought that this DLC would follow Rileys demise and how Ellie is the one Left Behind time after time again, after being bitten they continue to live on, (like Ellie's mother said to in her note) to make it out further to see the world with the little time they have left. I would have liked to see Riley fighting both the infected outside and within herself.. and Ellie's journey back to the Quarantine zone when she realizes she's not getting sick - which would be a nice tie into TLOU.
On the positive, the voice acting and mocap are top notch. The graphics (aside from some rough looking water) were fantastic - ND really know how to push the PS3.
Gameplay wise, it was fine, the humans vs infected was fun - but even on survivor I found it way too easy.. just throw in a bottle, let them fight and kill the each other - then pick off the leftovers (try to edge it towards humans, as they don't require headshots and aren't one hit kill).
I felt like it was a missed opportunity for a pricey DLC.
As a side note I don't really care for the facebook stuff, it was cute but a bit distracting.
Apparently they cant.
And this apparently they dont want to because I already played the game. I was suggesting deleting my old one and giving me a gift code of the new version so I cant spend the money on something else. No go. I love you Sony, but this really sucks.
Cheers to you, Sony.
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Deleted member 80556
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Son of a gun.
16 and 13/14
Ellie is 13 and Riley is 15.
Man what a great DLC! It was short but still worth the 15 bucks IMO.
Loved the interaction between the girls...so sweet!
My only problem is with the ending
I felt like this undermined the ending since we don't know what happened, but still I'm glad I played it.
Man NG need to do a sequel to this game please! It's my favorite SP game of the whole last generation.
Loved the interaction between the girls...so sweet!
My only problem is with the ending
we should have seen how Ellie and Riley part ways, and if Ellie indeed does leave Riley behind when she realizes she isn't turning or if she kills Riley out of pity or necessity if attacked.
Man NG need to do a sequel to this game please! It's my favorite SP game of the whole last generation.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
No one else has the comic to answer my question above? I need to know if I should return this or not.
Sweet pic.
You're not missing a page. Just checked.
I'm really glad they didn't show Riley turning. We already know what happens. Seeing Riley turn into a monster and/or Ellie killing her or running away from her in terror would have ruined the last couple of hours with them.
Also, it the comic book just one book or are there more?
Also, it the comic book just one book or are there more?
petethepanda
Member
Son of a bitch. I just
but it won't let me go up the ladder! It just isn't giving me the prompt. Guess I'll quit and reload?
turned on the generator in the water-filled garage
There was never a prompt for me, just press triangle around it.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
X or triangle should do the trick.
pokeystaples
Banned
Agreed. Ellie deserved a little bit of happiness and so do we as the players. I am glad that I don't have the image of a turned Riley in my head, but instead them agreeing to fight.
Ellie asking what option 3 was brought tears to my eyes. This game. Geez.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Just finished on survivor and picked up all the trophies.
Brick->knife got me through the game until the end, where I only had enough to craft a molotov. The last fight is crazy.
Brick->knife got me through the game until the end, where I only had enough to craft a molotov. The last fight is crazy.
petethepanda
Member
Thanks guys. Finally got the ladder to work, just kept approaching and jamming X and triangle until it decided to let me climb it :lol
I demand a
multiplayer mode.
Edit: I guess we're not tagging spoilers in here? God damn it. My fault for coming in though, I should know better. Or maybe we already knew certain things from the main game I had forgotten (or the comics I didn't read).
I demand a
water gun
Edit: I guess we're not tagging spoilers in here? God damn it. My fault for coming in though, I should know better. Or maybe we already knew certain things from the main game I had forgotten (or the comics I didn't read).
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
The little story of the medical crew that crashes in the mall is a nice touch.
Jesus,what the hell is up with the autosave in this again...I did a long part,(82% done)then I died, after using some molotovs and the explosives that I crafted,which is rare in this DLC and after,the auto save puts me back with all the ennemies back,infected and all but all my stuff gone...I have like 5 bullets left against about 10 guys...and they have the nerve to tell me that I can bring the game down to easy if I want...stopping for tonight,jesus...
I kind of had that happen on a replay. Picked up the rifle, got killed, spawned again with no rifle and no way to get it.
Vasilisk 2038
Member
After replaying the DLC a few times to get all the trophies, gameplay spoiler of the last level:
Great DLC, very emotional, and IMO I expected a bit more of the ending. But very good overall.
The final sections of Ellie Vs Infected Vs Hunters are very interesting, a new level of sandbox is added, the final encounter in Survivor was extremely tense, and I had to play wait-and-bait with a clicker to lure him against a pair of hunters. Very fun and rewarding. I hope if we have a TLoU for PS4 they use more this.
What a great DLC that was.
I know it's a cliche with this game but it's probably the best DLC I've played so far...
I want to do a survivor playthrough, i know most of the encounters are pretty easy but I'm afraid of the last fight with Ellie, it's one of the hardest encounters in this game, including the main campaign, i died on "hard" like 30 times there.
Any tips on how to tackle that fight on survivor when i have limited resources?
Don't forget that this encounter consists of 2 parts so i really need to be careful with my supply.
I know it's a cliche with this game but it's probably the best DLC I've played so far...
I want to do a survivor playthrough, i know most of the encounters are pretty easy but I'm afraid of the last fight with Ellie, it's one of the hardest encounters in this game, including the main campaign, i died on "hard" like 30 times there.
Any tips on how to tackle that fight on survivor when i have limited resources?
Don't forget that this encounter consists of 2 parts so i really need to be careful with my supply.
Mendax
Member
in phase 1 keep moving (slowly!) and rely on the bow as much as you can, if out of arrows use the hunting rifle over distance for the final few kills. (i think there are new arrows on a bench or something near the door to joel)
In the second phase dont stay in the central area but either go up the stairs in one of the corners or camp a bit in one of the corners downstairs.
I did my first playthrough of this on survivor and afterwards a collectible run on easy, think I had a lot more trouble in the main campaign though (especially the tunnel and the hospital).
Just finished this on survivor yesterday. Pacing is ridiculously slow as you'd expect but thankfully the dialogue and character interaction is typical Naughty Dog quality. Most people buying this DLC will know what they're getting into anyway. The game still looks insane even compared to current gen games. Seriously cannot wait to see what ND come up with on PS4.
It definitely leaves you wanting more even though you always knew it that the wrap up was coming.
It definitely leaves you wanting more even though you always knew it that the wrap up was coming.
Vasilisk 2038
Member
First of all, if you want to have some leverage keep the few things you will be able to craft in the DLC (in my case a Molotov, a bomb and a smoke bomb) for that fight. And try also to keep a lot of arrows. Then in phase one exclusively use the bow and then in phase two use everything you got (and try to get a rifle ASAP). In my case worked decently going to the left corner (if you're looking straight to the door they are trying to break) and going up and down to play with the Hunters and the infected.
Guys thanks for the tips but how can you pass phase one with arrows only?
There are lots of enemies to clear before i can interrupt the guys who tries to break the door.
There is just not enough time and they will manage to break it until i can get to them.
A rifle for second phase is pretty hard to come by, The guys with the rifles camp on the second floor.
I tried on the second phase to run immediately to the second floor many times but i died each time, they got me surrounded, it's a complete chaos in there.
I agree with the guy that said that the hospital from the main campaign was harder (i only finished it on "hard", didn't have the guts to try survivor), that's why i said this encounter is ONE of the hardest, not THE hardest ;P
There are lots of enemies to clear before i can interrupt the guys who tries to break the door.
There is just not enough time and they will manage to break it until i can get to them.
A rifle for second phase is pretty hard to come by, The guys with the rifles camp on the second floor.
I tried on the second phase to run immediately to the second floor many times but i died each time, they got me surrounded, it's a complete chaos in there.
I agree with the guy that said that the hospital from the main campaign was harder (i only finished it on "hard", didn't have the guts to try survivor), that's why i said this encounter is ONE of the hardest, not THE hardest ;P
Finally played this. Took about 3 hours and a half.
I doubt anything I'm thinking hasn't been said already. Incredible additional chapter, not just for how it adds to the characters and the story of the game but for what it adds to the ending of the game itself. I don't know what else to say lol. It was just perfect.
I doubt anything I'm thinking hasn't been said already. Incredible additional chapter, not just for how it adds to the characters and the story of the game but for what it adds to the ending of the game itself. I don't know what else to say lol. It was just perfect.