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The Last of Us |OT| It Cant Be For Nothing (Spoilers)
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la flama blanca
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Find someone people to play with, I can't imagine not playing without a group of friends with mics.
CoolNumber9
Member
Well I just finished it at 15:16 on hard and loved every single second of it. Now my favorite game of all time!! I have never cared this much for characters in a game....ever. Thank you ND! Can't wait for what these geniuses do on PS4!
David.
CoolNumber9
Member
100% agree. I played a little after finishing SP and really liked it!
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Deleted member 57681
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I'm loving the sweet little southern accent Troy Baker lets shine through for Joel. Somehow I really just noticed it from fall onwards.
endlessflood
Member
I haven't played the game yet, so I haven't been reading through this thread for fear of spoilers. However a friend of mine has had this bug happen to him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLfK5szAG3w
Is there a solution to this one, or is it just a case of waiting for a patch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLfK5szAG3w
Is there a solution to this one, or is it just a case of waiting for a patch?
SoraanTribal
Member
haha, yeah. Troy Baker as Joel is definitely my favorite character and performance by him. I loved how Joel sounded and he really did fantastic.
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Deleted member 57681
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No patch needed. The problem was server side, and resolved within the day of release.
It's kind of inconsistent though, isn't it? He does lay it on more often towards the end of the game. I can't tell whether that's intentional or not, i.e. whether it's Joel occasionally trying to be "folksy."
The multiplayer is actually a fair amount of fun. Nothing like laying a nail bomb outside of a window and then, half way through the match, getting a kill from the opposite side of the map.
The reviver perk is pretty great too. Sticking together is paramount and being able to revive fallen teammates quickly is pretty huge.
The reviver perk is pretty great too. Sticking together is paramount and being able to revive fallen teammates quickly is pretty huge.
sometimes i game
Member
Ok. This game seriously dials it up about halfway through. Ellie becomes more useful and interesting. Cool things happening story and gameplay-wise.
Feeling this a lot more than before.
basement. Tank. Sam and Henry. ellie jumping into the water.
Feeling this a lot more than before.
Matt_
World's #1 One Direction Fan: Everyone else in the room can see it, everyone else but you~~~
Oh wow I didn't even notice
Although I was excited for this game, I wasn't super hyped about it, mainly because the Uncharted games weren't my thing, and to be honest I thought they were kind of forgettable. This game on the other hand, is fantastic.
Everything about the game is just about pitch perfect, except for some of the combat mechanics. There was one point where there was a fairly large area of guys, and I scouted out the entire area before actually killing anyone. One by one I took out guys using my bow and my choking and shiv kills. Everyone was dead, except for one, so I just ran up to him and beat him to death. I start making my way to the exit, only to get ambushed and destroyed by 3 newly spawned guys just because the last guy saw me a split second before killing him. Kind of frustrating after I had painstakingly stealthed through the entire area.
Also, for some reason shooting people with arrows sometimes alerts everyone and their mother across the map to know exactly where you are, other times it just quietly kills them as it should. Even shooting people with guns would sometimes confuse the enemy, other times they would know my exact location. That's some stone-age stealth design, kind of disappointed to see it in game. Same goes with the enemy lines of sight, which just feels off a lot of the time.
Last complaint was Naughty Dog throwing me free ammo after I die a couple times, which is kind of annoying considering I spent half my time scavenging for and managing supplies and ammo, only for them to just serve it to me without effort.
Still, when the combat works, its really satisfying. It was also incredibly stressful, in a good way. It felt like playing a horror game in the fact that I felt uncomfortable going into most situations, but still wanted to get push through it. That's how a survival game should be. Even by the end of Hard mode when I was decked out on equipment, I still felt tension when trying to stealth kill enemies or set up a perfect molotov cocktail. Sometimes I just felt like busting people up with the revolver though without a care in the world.
As far as anything else goes, there's not much to say other than it's fantastic. The graphics, sound design, voice acting, writing, soundtrack, etc., all of it is god tier. I spent a lot of time just observing the environment and taking everything in as I had done with Bioshock Infinite, which helps explain the approximate 24 hours it took for me to beat the game. Although the story is predictable in a classic post-apocalyptic fashion, its executed and presented incredibly well, and I personally thought the ending was pretty shocking and left an impression on me. There aren't many game companies that can do that.
I was also thinking my refurbished launch PS3 was going to explode, I can't believe what they've squeezed out of this dated ass hardware. It's up there as a GOTY contender for me.
Everything about the game is just about pitch perfect, except for some of the combat mechanics. There was one point where there was a fairly large area of guys, and I scouted out the entire area before actually killing anyone. One by one I took out guys using my bow and my choking and shiv kills. Everyone was dead, except for one, so I just ran up to him and beat him to death. I start making my way to the exit, only to get ambushed and destroyed by 3 newly spawned guys just because the last guy saw me a split second before killing him. Kind of frustrating after I had painstakingly stealthed through the entire area.
Also, for some reason shooting people with arrows sometimes alerts everyone and their mother across the map to know exactly where you are, other times it just quietly kills them as it should. Even shooting people with guns would sometimes confuse the enemy, other times they would know my exact location. That's some stone-age stealth design, kind of disappointed to see it in game. Same goes with the enemy lines of sight, which just feels off a lot of the time.
Last complaint was Naughty Dog throwing me free ammo after I die a couple times, which is kind of annoying considering I spent half my time scavenging for and managing supplies and ammo, only for them to just serve it to me without effort.
Still, when the combat works, its really satisfying. It was also incredibly stressful, in a good way. It felt like playing a horror game in the fact that I felt uncomfortable going into most situations, but still wanted to get push through it. That's how a survival game should be. Even by the end of Hard mode when I was decked out on equipment, I still felt tension when trying to stealth kill enemies or set up a perfect molotov cocktail. Sometimes I just felt like busting people up with the revolver though without a care in the world.
As far as anything else goes, there's not much to say other than it's fantastic. The graphics, sound design, voice acting, writing, soundtrack, etc., all of it is god tier. I spent a lot of time just observing the environment and taking everything in as I had done with Bioshock Infinite, which helps explain the approximate 24 hours it took for me to beat the game. Although the story is predictable in a classic post-apocalyptic fashion, its executed and presented incredibly well, and I personally thought the ending was pretty shocking and left an impression on me. There aren't many game companies that can do that.
I was also thinking my refurbished launch PS3 was going to explode, I can't believe what they've squeezed out of this dated ass hardware. It's up there as a GOTY contender for me.
Thats what I like to hear. Also yeah what Amirox said, i'm surprised one hasnt been started yet.
I found a really good weapon at the beginning of that area.
Net_Wrecker
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at ~13 hours.
Wow @ the execution of what just happened. Might be the first time I've seen something like that in a game minus any cheese or flat out bad acting. The last 2 hours have been great.
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Wow @ the execution of what just happened. Might be the first time I've seen something like that in a game minus any cheese or flat out bad acting. The last 2 hours have been great.
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Deleted member 57681
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I'm not through the game yet, but yeah, it got really noticeable from fall onwards. Gotta listen closely on my survivor run.
If the voice over wasn't recorded chronologically, which is likely, it would be really strange for Troy to mix it up without reason.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Sometimes arrows break, sometimes they don't...
Yea I was happy they didn't go into a cheesy like way of doing that scene
Depending on where you shoot someone, the arrow can break.
Awesome, thanks. I've tried to avoid so much info about the game that I have successfully psyched myself out from playing it because of this.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
That's probably the most tense part of the game, but there are definitely a few other moments that approach it later on.
Late-r spoilers:
The section in the university dormitory had me pretty anxious.
WrenchNinja
Member
Definitely. In very different ways.
R_thanatos
Member
Started the game todya , played 2 hours , i love this game it's awesome so far.
CosmicGroinPull
Member
Ah, sorry. I'm mostly avoiding this thread in fear of running into the tiniest spoilers.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
Multiplayer fixed yet?
fluffydelusions
Member
How to get on gaf clan? My psn is plbelanger if someone can invite me
TheBrain76
Member
So about MP. Are you stuck with whatever faction you pick? And is there any difference between the factions?
jediyoshi
Member
Ffff, day ends at exactly 99 survivors. Need 85 supplies a match to pull through x_x
You're stuck for as long as your clan holds out or until the weeks are up.
You're stuck for as long as your clan holds out or until the weeks are up.
TimeEffect
Member
Nope. As far as horror goes, that's the height of it, at least for me. There are 1 or 2 areas that are scary, but not on the same level.
The later games focuses on heightening the story
razgriz417
Member
Started my Survivor run and am about 25% through, man such a difference in regards to scavenging and sight/hearing distances with the AI. Definitely adds some much needed suspense to the game. Still stealth is still king, especially since ammo is so scarce, good thing I had alot of practice the first time through haha
TimeEffect
Member
MP is in dire need of an objective mode of some kind. Would be so much fun.
That section hit too close to home for me. It was too...recent, I guess. Reading the diaries, thinking about young adults
holed up in those barricaded dorm rooms getting so desperate...some smoking their last weed, lol
It was VERY well realized and it creeped me out.