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The Last of Us |OT| It Cant Be For Nothing (Spoilers)
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Square Triangle
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Curious too, I'm loving the MP.
LunaticHigh
Member
Beat it today. The game is simply unmatched. Never in my life have I been so affected by the story of a video game. Not only that, it doesn't sacrifice gameplay, graphics, or art direction. It hits every single point head on.
Bring on the next gen Sony, if this is the picture of what Naughty Dog can do with the PS3, I cannot wait to see what they do with the PS4. This tops Uncharted 2 by so much its almost laughable for me to think that I believed those standards wouldn't be topped.
Bring on the next gen Sony, if this is the picture of what Naughty Dog can do with the PS3, I cannot wait to see what they do with the PS4. This tops Uncharted 2 by so much its almost laughable for me to think that I believed those standards wouldn't be topped.
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
Played for a few hours and decided to save and quit for the day. Looking at my save file, I'm at 6.5 hours and 42% through the game. Naughty Dog sure isn't skimping on content.
I just left
and got to
. I basically saved and quit right before the section that was in the E3 demo from last year. Fighting infected was starting to get old, so I'm glad that the game switched gears and is putting me up against humans. I thought fighting humans would be easier than fighting infected since I can take them down easier with stealth, but man if a few of them surround you with some shotguns you are gonna hit the dirt fast unless you beat a hasty retreat. Unfortunately, it seems like sprinting out of combat is almost too effective, since the enemies lose track of you very quickly. Also Ellie seems pretty handy with a brick, and on several occasions she's given me a valuable few seconds to get out of a sticky situation.
So far I'm not feeling the incredible hype and adulation that is being thrown at this game, but maybe that's because I haven't finished the game yet. The game started off strong then kinda flatlined after leaving
, and I don't feel particularly compelled to keep playing. I'll still finish the game, but it hasn't pulled me in just yet the way Uncharted 2 did.
I just left
Bill's town
Pittsburgh
So far I'm not feeling the incredible hype and adulation that is being thrown at this game, but maybe that's because I haven't finished the game yet. The game started off strong then kinda flatlined after leaving
Boston
Just finished it today. Took me 18 hours in total. What a fucking ride. Unbelievable. Naughty Dog knocked it out of the park. I felt it was going to be good but holy shit it was just jaw dropping.
Been on a media blackout since the reveal and my god I was holding on tight all the way through. So many amazing locations, characters and the gameplay was exhilarating.
Been on a media blackout since the reveal and my god I was holding on tight all the way through. So many amazing locations, characters and the gameplay was exhilarating.
Yeah i was on blackout. So many concepts and locations i simply wasnt aware of when i played. Genuine surprise for the most part.
Thanks. Perfect thing to watch after completing the game. I am in awe of ND.
Maddocks
Member
MP owns because you can rock body armor and beat fools up lol
I put on the body armor and ran up to 3 people and knocked them all out without shivs. so fun and broken lol but one thing I really noticed was supply run is so must better then survival. in supply run you can always be sure to feed and gain people for your clan, but in survival, they will go hungry.
I love MP though but kinda wish the matchmaking was better because I hate being on a team full of 0's vs a team of level 11's and 14's.
I put on the body armor and ran up to 3 people and knocked them all out without shivs. so fun and broken lol but one thing I really noticed was supply run is so must better then survival. in supply run you can always be sure to feed and gain people for your clan, but in survival, they will go hungry.
I love MP though but kinda wish the matchmaking was better because I hate being on a team full of 0's vs a team of level 11's and 14's.
Coolbgdog12
Member
I'm curious as to how people beat the game in 18 hours or so. I beat it in 13 hours and some minutes on normal and I took my time looking at things and exploring.
I agree i also am watching after beating it.
More_Badass
Member
Hard, no listen mode, is the way to go. Requires a slower more cautious approach, My overall time was around 17 hours
Net_Wrecker
Member
Buckethead
Banned
I've barely started the game and already amazed.
I want a prequel around the fall/outbreak, though.
I want a prequel around the fall/outbreak, though.
I felt like I could have taken much more time. Lots of collectibles I didn't find. And there were many encounters where I just went brute force or tactical force instead of pure stealth. Also, I hear the game takes a lot longer on the harder difficulties. Some people clocking 20+ hours.
My god.
The animations are awesome.
I was just running up some stairs in a house ... and a dude came running out of a doorway at me.
Pulled out my sawed off shotgun and fired a shot as the guy got just about a foot from me and he hopped back lifelessly about 3 feet into the doorframe and onto the ground from the impact.
Just so real feeling. I imagine that is what it would look like in real life.
The animations are awesome.
I was just running up some stairs in a house ... and a dude came running out of a doorway at me.
Pulled out my sawed off shotgun and fired a shot as the guy got just about a foot from me and he hopped back lifelessly about 3 feet into the doorframe and onto the ground from the impact.
Just so real feeling. I imagine that is what it would look like in real life.
Stillmatic
Member
I'm playing stealthy on hard with listen mode off, I'm sitting at 50% just over 10 hours in.
pharmboy044
Member
People should buy the season pass or at least purchase this when it comes out by itself? Show some support to Area 5 who created the documentary.
Coolbgdog12
Member
Should I start it over on hard or survivor?? I want to try new game plus but not on normal again..
Boogalogist
Member
I'd say that's the ONLY way to play this game!
I got into a melee brawl with someone on a flight of stairs and Joel actually grabbed him and threw him down them. Pretty hilarious.
They did a fantastic job on the contextual animations here. UC3 was bad with them, and going back to play it after this will only make them stick out worse.
They did a fantastic job on the contextual animations here. UC3 was bad with them, and going back to play it after this will only make them stick out worse.
SirButterstick
Banned
Gave it a fair shot and finished it. I stick by my 7.5 rating. Good production values, but dry and repetitive as fuck. I had an epiphany . . . I realize that ND doesn't make games, they make guided tours.
When does it come out?
I have no interest in the multiplayer, so I did not purchase the season pass. I'll just buy the single player DLC.
More_Badass
Member
Yeah...
Wow that is cool. Now I want to just go around having fights in weird places.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
I was in a room with a clicker and three or four regular infected. I got a crowbar, ran and beat the ever unliving crap outta the clicker, and just pummeled the remaining infected in a crowbar brawl. I was left standing in the middle of an infected pool of blood. This game. THIS GAME.
Spring-Loaded
Member
I can't remember whether you
get the keycard before that section
getting to the door and realizing you need that, having to go find it, then escape...
I'm 44% in (7 hours and change). I am too terrified to continue after
Great game.
I restart the generator in the hotel basement and I literally see my face ripped apart over and over. I am usually screaming at the TV as a stalker attacks me from nowhere and then pollen goes flying and it's actually quite beautiful until I am finally dead.
Kevin Shields
Member
I agree, I'm not done with my original playthrough but decided I'd start with a new one on hard where I can explore and scavenge in detail and I am just now stepping outside in Boston and already have an hour put in. So much rich detail that adds to the world. I love this game to death.
This makes no sense whatsoever.
Took me 24 hours on hard and no listen mode (though I did end up turning on listen mode eventually). Purposefully killed myself many times to retry combat situations in a different fashion, went through many areas killing everyone without being seen, exploring and collecting as much as I could, and took a lot of time to take everything in. I pretty much never used the L2 button to run in the game, except in the heat of combat. I just can't help staring at the jaw dropping art direction, detail, and graphics at every turn. Also left the game on when going to eat dinner and do other things, but I don't think that added much time.
More_Badass
Member
I did a Sparta kick on one enemy once.
We were brawling near some stairs and then Joel just booted him in the chest, Guy hit the railing, tumbled down, didn't get back up
Never happened again and I never saw Joel throw someone down stairs. ND did an awesome job with the contextual melee
The_Hitcher89
Member
Are you getting any disconnection nonsense?
I'm stuck on the first (early game, very very mild spoiler)
proper encounter with the Infected, the one from the demo
If someone can clear this up for me, it'd make it much easier I think. Can the runners hear you when you try sneaking up behind them at a ful speed crouch-walk? They keep turning around when I'm inches behind them.
toastyToast
Member
I think I'm on one of the last sections now with the
. Why can't I just boost Ellie up? I don't have enough ammo for this shit.
two bloaters
That is exactly what happened with me. I was stuck in the dark with runners and the bloater. Running aimlessly like a chicken with its head cutoff.
SlipperyMoose
Member
I quit gaming. I can't play another game after that, it can't possible be topped.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Stillmatic
Member
I haven't played on normal but since you've completed it you might not find hard too different, I'd go straight to survivor! Plus a challenge is always good!
PK Strawstorm
Member
Just beat the game in 13:25 on Normal, and that's with dying 50 times and going out of my way to explore corners (got 92 collectibles) and staring at vistas. I'm not even good and am seriously confused as to how it can take you guys 5 more hours. I mean take your time, play it however you enjoy it... I just don't get these numbers. Are you playing on higher difficulties or just staring even harder at vistas?
Or more likely, are you leaving the game unpaused while typing on GAF...
Or more likely, are you leaving the game unpaused while typing on GAF...
Never once left the game un-paused.
Yeah I don't really understand how some people are taking 25 hours to finish unless they are literally studying every area for 10 minutes..
PK Strawstorm
Member
I feel the same way. There were certain parts that I dread playing at a higher difficulty...
But I was dreading my Uncharted 3 Expert run too and I ended up beating it faster than on normal I think. Granted, that was pre- and post- control patch. Count me amongst the people who couldn't aim for shit pre-patch.
Meanwhile, I loved the aiming in TLOU. They definitely learned from whatever that mistake was.
Maddocks
Member
nope. no disconnection problems. Even when people leave it usually replaces them pretty fast. I guess I am just lucky.
PK Strawstorm
Member
Ahh now this makes sense re
laytime.blainethemono
Member
Playing on hard/listen mode off and I can't check right now, but I think i'm about 12-13 hours in and still only 50% through. Some of the encounters take me a half hour or more to methodically work through with stealth. I don't know how to check how many times i've died, but it's probably an obscene amount