maquiladora
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I'm sure it will, not sure if that's a good thing though. Dan Trachtenberg tweeted this this other day:
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The Last of Us |OT| It Cant Be For Nothing (Spoilers)
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I'm sure it will, not sure if that's a good thing though. Dan Trachtenberg tweeted this this other day:
This is the best looking console game this, gen hands down. The detail, art design and lighting are just draw-jopping, i cant believe people were bitching over the visuals in other threads, it's different seeing stills on your monitor compared to playing it on a big hd tv, I'm a PC gamer and this game just looks incredible,
"the genre" being? I don't understand why people need such hyperbole anyway, the game is great, the story is good, isn't that enough to go on?
Darth_Caedus
No longer canonical
Ya! My blu ray laser is dead! I'm going to have to get this game digitally :/ I hate digital gaming.
is it really hyperbole though?
say what you want about the last of us, but i truly think that this game will be remembered just as fondly as Resident Evil 4, or Ico was remembered of the ps2 days.
Is the last of us perfect? No. But what it does is transcends the medium in many positive directions and that's all you can really ask for.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Chick's reviews are as a rule very different from the type you'd find in a mainstream site or publication. It's always about strictly about his interaction with the game, not an (at least in the ones I've read) extrapolation on how the game will be received by the regular consumer. If you read his other reviews, you can see that he has some extremely specific ideas about how games should be made in order to 'work' - and here, he really thinks the combat and the very forgiving save system undercut the otherwise excellent setting, story and characters.
Zombie survival, most likely.
But I'm getting serious Children of Men vibes from this game.
I'm 50% through it and I'd say its the best character study of any game I've ever played.
The very forgiving checkpoinst do throw you a bone even on Hard sometimes, but it is a legitimately challenging (and long) game regardless. The combat is stellar.
More_Badass
Member
What didn't you like about it?
And we should continue the discussion in the spoiler thread
Damn, just beat it. 100% at 14 hours 35 minutes on hard with no listen mode.
Random stats:
41 deaths, 221 melee kills, 79% accuracy with 599 shots fired.
I'll let it sink in a bit and make a giant post about my thoughts, but overall this game is amazing. ND's finest work for sure.
Random stats:
41 deaths, 221 melee kills, 79% accuracy with 599 shots fired.
I'll let it sink in a bit and make a giant post about my thoughts, but overall this game is amazing. ND's finest work for sure.
lol okay
maybe 3-4 hours left. If your dying alot than probably 4+. If not than less than that.
Lies and slander.
TripleSun
Member
I love when NeoGaffer's say this. You'll come along.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Oh, I agree - I'm simply talking about that specific reviewer's experience with the game.
iNvid02
Member
tell me how you really feel
Sorry, I was using you as a stand-in for him in addressing the complaints.
I'm posting my real impressions after a day of thinking everything over soon.
More_Badass
Member
Good luck. We'll be waiting for the inevitable OMG and GOTY/G/Ever posts.
it's actually better on a second playthrough believe it or not.
Beat the game last night at around 16 hours total. After the
arc ended I needed to see this game to the end. Some absolutely powerful moments in the second half of this game. It definitely could have benefited from a little more time to iron out some of the glitches but there's really so much that this game has to offer that more than makes up for it. By far some of the most impressive dialogue and voice acting I've seen in a video game. I really did become attached to these characters and the ending is something that I still can't stop thinking about.
So far it's looking to be my GOTY.
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So far it's looking to be my GOTY.
irriducibile87
Member
Finished yesterday, 18 hours.
Game of the generation.
Game of the generation.
Only 41 deaths? I think I had like 115 at the end of my Hard playthrough :lol
More_Badass
Member
I do miss not being able to experience the narrative for the first time again, but now I feel like I can take my time more and am seeing little details that I missed that are relevant to the overall story
For example (only if you've finished):
1)
You can actually see Ellie pick up the toy robot in the toy shop after the cutscene.
After the truck crash in Pittsburg, you're on the road and you find the dead bodies. Joel's line about the needs of the few and needs of the many is actually nice foreshadowing of his decisions at the end.
sometimes i game
Member
Can people stop discussing the ending with spoilers? Even sentiment is sort of a bummer.
SkullHydra
Member
That same thing happened during my playthrough.
I was like, "Seriously, what am I missing?" I ended up just resetting it from the last save.
Haha, most of those were from 2 segments,
the first bloater and the winter scene where a bunch of infected attack ellie and david
With "and Bottles" crossed out because #TeamBrick.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
I'm really curious to hear other developers' thoughts on this game. Anyone have some select quotes from key industry people?
Thx you Naughty Dog for giving us the ability to toggle left/right shoulder aiming. It always seems completely insane to me when third person shooters don't have this.
I also don't get the complaints about the stealth mechanics. There's a pretty distinct sound that swells up when you're in danger of being spotted. It seems completely functional and fair.
I also don't get the complaints about the stealth mechanics. There's a pretty distinct sound that swells up when you're in danger of being spotted. It seems completely functional and fair.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
I lol'd
That should have been on L3 though. Why does the left stick do nothing in this game?
Also kinda interesting how fitting this thread's subtitle is.
Dakota47
Member
Checking in. Started the game tonight and got to where you
. I like what I have played so far. Interesting characters, well told story, I like the gameplay, and the atmosphere of the game is very well done. It's the gaming equivalent of a page turner.
start smuggling Ellie out of the city
More_Badass
Member
Uh...it moves you around...
More_Badass
Member
You ain't seen nothing yet
nhlducks35
Member
I just beat this game on Hard with Listen Mode turned off. Should I play Hard+ or go straight to Survivor?
Dude.... L3
you're so lucky. savor this
I played about 4 hours so far, man I honestly rarely run into glitches in games but I found an awful one when I was climbing a cliff. Joel was sliding up or down the cliff, I had to crouch to reset that. Other than that, enjoying the game so far. Can't wait to play some more when I have more time after my exams.
More_Badass
Member
I know, I know, but you specially said left stick. Personally I can't stand when functions are mapped to L3 or R3
L3/R3 mappings leads to accidental pressings in my experience... L3 in particular. I'm just glad ND had the common sense to understand that right shoulder aiming while navigating left corners is DUMB.
Rewrite
Not as deep as he thinks
Thank god I wasn't the only one, then. I was getting so mad because I didn't know what I was supposed to do. I must have searched the entire house like twenty times to see if something would trigger and went outside. Terrible terrible stuff.
4-5 hours in spoilers, currently in
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Pittsburgh
Man this is starting to get really fun. Fighting humans is a really nice change of pace from fighting infected, it really is a whole different ballgame gameplay-wise imo. Also, Ellie's awesome, love the chats her and Joel had in the car on the way into the city. It was also fun seeing the context of that cut-scene that was shown way back as a trailer, with the Hunters trying to trick Joel and Ellie, and the car crash.
I just reached Spring. Incredible. Speechless.
Savor every last moment my friend. Do not hesitate to spend every minute you can spare.