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The Last of Us |OT| It Cant Be For Nothing (Spoilers)
- Thread starter Pranay
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good actors will always find a way to get you emotionally invested.
Troy Baker, and Ashley Johnson, in the bigger "acting" pyramid, are at the bottom of the barrel tbh.
Oh I'm not saying they're the cream of the crop or anything like that. I do like Troy Baker's work most of the time and I was really surprised when I learned it was Ashley Johnson who voiced Ellie.
I just think as a TV series with lesser known actors, it has potential to be special. As a 2-3 hour movie with more well known actors, it probably won't be as well received.
oh it defintely could be. but it really depends on what network picks it up.
AMC...and HBO are the only 2 big networks I trust that wouldn't exploit the show, or cancel it after a few bad airings.
Business
Member
Yes I had the same fear after reading some of the random notes you find around that said something along the lines of dead things in the water... but no you don't find any, although at some point rats made me think "this is it".
That one point where a group of rats run out. And the monkeys in the lab...I thought those might have been missed opportunities to give more short, but unique encounters.
animals cant get infected though.
ConfusedCat
Banned
anyone heard of reports of this game breaking systems (possibly from continuosly writing to the hard disk)
My system broke and another person i knows system broke and now im hearing on twitter of others copping this
My system broke and another person i knows system broke and now im hearing on twitter of others copping this
phat ps3's, yes
I could've sworn there was an audio log in the university that talked about a monkey biting someone and causing something to happen. I'm sure it wasn't the same infection but it could've just been something to add.
A researcher did get bit and really got fucked about it. and… beaten again with a steel pipe with a shiv.
Net_Wrecker
Member
hahahahahaha i like your style!
Yeah...I feel like they tried to add a boss fight and it felt like it ruined a bit of the immersion. Luckily you only have to really deal with them twice.
StunandStab
Member
The intro. As soon as you hit "20 years later" and regain control of Joel you can quit to main menu.
Boogalogist
Member
Lol... That First Review was hilarious! Mark, Kristen and Paul! OMG, I'm in tears.
What was
.
everyone's playtime? I got 10:34:05, and people seem to insist that the average playtime is much longer. I don't feel like I rushed it, and I certainly explored (finding combinations to safe's, letters from the past, pendants). Did anybody manage shorter on their first playthrough? Or just a bit longer? (This was on Normal, by the way)
Seth Balmore
Member
So I just discovered clickers can
. The hard way.
I'm replaying the game now, at the 34% mark when
It's great when the game surprises you like that, even if it means you end up dying like an idiot, hahah.
climb
I'm replaying the game now, at the 34% mark when
you're making your way towards the school with Bill. When Ellie goes through a doggy door to help you unlock the door from the other side, clickers spawn in the house right in front of you. Right before that there's a small shed and you can get on an electricity box and climb on the roof and get a view of the clicker house, so I figure, let's have some shooting practice instead of sneaking through.
I go back, climb to the roof of the shed, take out the hunting rifle and fire at one. They all go aggro and start twitching their way through the door we just opened. I'm like "whatever you can't reach me while I'm up here" and just keep aiming, when I see one coming closer to the shed, it starts climbing the box and climbing on the roof. I panic. I jump off the roof, hurt myself and run straight into the second clicker, get chomped. WHAT.
I never knew those things could climb obstacles!
((((
I go back, climb to the roof of the shed, take out the hunting rifle and fire at one. They all go aggro and start twitching their way through the door we just opened. I'm like "whatever you can't reach me while I'm up here" and just keep aiming, when I see one coming closer to the shed, it starts climbing the box and climbing on the roof. I panic. I jump off the roof, hurt myself and run straight into the second clicker, get chomped. WHAT.
I never knew those things could climb obstacles!
((((I played on Normal and got 14 and a half hours. Explored quite a bit but not actively looking for collectibles or anything.
I just got to that part. I almost shit my pants!! And the wife was watching me play and she screamed when it happened and I almost had a heart attack. I'm soo bad with horror games :lol
Later in the basement where you hit the generator and all the bloaters and stalkers are running around all of a sudden, oh mah gawd. My wife screamed again when that happened and then it was just a blind dash to try and find that door while both of us are yelling "ohh shiiitt! Oh my god!!!". Lmao, that was the scariest segment yet by far for me.
i'm pretty sure everyone just ran at that point lol
blitzcloud
Banned
I
killed the bastards. There was a propane canister, and I used that to kill the Bloater. Ran around, used Molotov's. Planted a nail bomb, and that took out a few. Couple of well placed shots later, and everything was dead. I was really confused, I thought this was a Resident Evil style 'the Bloater has the key' scenario. When I killed him, I had to go looking for the keycard, and I couldn't see shit in that room.
Seth Balmore
Member
Wow.
Do you usually go guns blazin' and kill everything on sight instead of choosing to sneak through? That would explain your shorter playtime I think.
More_Badass
Member
Josh Brolin as Joel
Chloe Moretz as Ellie
Frank Darabont directs
I'd see that Last of Us movie
Anyone?
Business
Member
Yes that
basement
Wow.
Do you usually go guns blazin' and kill everything on sight instead of choosing to sneak through? That would explain your shorter playtime I think.
I'd imagine that running would be even quicker, no?
Seth Balmore
Member
Well running, sure... I meant walking slowly while crouching and avoiding enemy patrols, that can take time on the first playthrough since you don't really know the layout of the levels nor what's coming next. I took my time being extra careful when sneaking I imagine going guns blazin' has got to save a lot of time.
I imagine going guns blazin' has got to save a lot of time.Wow... I just can't believe how different some of our playtimes are. I clocked in at
19 hours and that was with scavenging every piece of land I thought possible. I also stood stationary as active dialogue scenes were taking place, so the game wouldn't accidentally skip them, say if I crossed a certain section in the map. Also took time to enjoy some of those views. Like when Ellie was in the Town level and you could walk up to the lake and check out the mountain range. I probably stayed there for 5 minutes walking up and down the shore.
You only get one "first time experience" when playing a game. I try and make the absolute most of it.
LOL.
'the Bloater has the key' is making me laugh for some reason.
You're right, though. That was some straight up RE shit or Silent Hill or something. At least to me as someone who barely plays horror games. Thank god I got the keycard before I went down and hit the generator to wake up the entire basement.
You're right, though. That was some straight up RE shit or Silent Hill or something. At least to me as someone who barely plays horror games. Thank god I got the keycard before I went down and hit the generator to wake up the entire basement.
I blasted one stalker that got in my way but other than that I was fucking booking it outta there.
Also, I just upgraded my two gun holsters. What a glorious feeling.
I played
with Listen Mode off, so I spent a lot of time watching enemy patrols (as I couldn't see them through walls). The 'brick to the face, running pipe to the face' combo was really useful throughout, as well as prioritising headshots when I needed to fight. But no, I did stealth entire encounters. In fact, the majority of the encounters I would be 80% into stealth-ing, get caught, and have to fight anyway. Playing on normal, the combat was hardly ever difficult. I'd usually have a reserve of 8 bullets in both my revolver and my pistol, and 2 molotovs.
I tend to complete games quicker than the norm, but I really tried in The Last of Us to slow down, explore, scavenge ammo, shiv doors and interact with ally's whenever the opportunity arrived. I never once saw a building I could enter and walked past.
I tend to complete games quicker than the norm, but I really tried in The Last of Us to slow down, explore, scavenge ammo, shiv doors and interact with ally's whenever the opportunity arrived. I never once saw a building I could enter and walked past.
Seth Balmore
Member
Interesting, that's mostly how I played too. I wonder where those extra 2 to 6 hours went for most people...
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Thanks so much. This worked.
I was so dissapointed when I thought I wouldn't be able to do this. Now to be sure I don't miss any collectables. This will (hopefully) be my first platinum trophy.
If I do miss a collectable, is there a way to get it without starting a third newgame plus?
Net_Wrecker
Member
Looks like a bomb filled with B list art house types. Josh Brolin? What did he ever do? And Frank Darabont? Dude wasn't even good enough to run a basic cable series.
New prediction:
Starring: Eddie Murphy as Joel
AND
...............Eddie Murphy as Ellie
THE LAST OF KLUMPS
directed by M Night Shyamalan
Krappadizzle
Member
Movie roles for this are easy.
Joel: Gerard Butler
Tess: Carrie-Anne Moss
Ellie: Ellen Paige or Maisie Williams
Everyone else could be somewhat easily cast.
Joel: Gerard Butler
Tess: Carrie-Anne Moss
Ellie: Ellen Paige or Maisie Williams
Everyone else could be somewhat easily cast.
D
Deleted member 57681
Unconfirmed Member
Ellen Page would almost be 30 until shooting that movie was finished. Beverly Hills all over again.
scrapplejoe
Banned
just finished the game! Wow, awesome games. Loved it. I found like 80 artifacts overall.
Cannot wait for the sequel.
Cannot wait for the sequel.
ShipTheCheese
Member
So by watching the grounded documentary, I finally found out how to trigger hostile npc's to drop to their knees and beg for their lives, similar to how that e3 demo ended.
Throw a brick/bottle at them, melee them with your fist while stunned, and then when you draw your weapon it immediately locks on their head.
I'll be doing this a lot.
Throw a brick/bottle at them, melee them with your fist while stunned, and then when you draw your weapon it immediately locks on their head.
I'll be doing this a lot.
Krappadizzle
Member
I've now beaten this game 3 times. Once on Hard, once on Survivor and once on Survivor+. Not once ever using listen mode. This game is now a standard in my book on how narrative/gameplay should be made. From it's fantastic start, to it's enthralling ass ending, this is one for the books.
Hot damn, that sounds like a fluff piece for this game. I don't care. This is my MGS from the original playstation, for the PS3. This is sightly in front of RDR for my game of the generation. I can't wait for more. I needs me more.
Hot damn, that sounds like a fluff piece for this game. I don't care. This is my MGS from the original playstation, for the PS3. This is sightly in front of RDR for my game of the generation. I can't wait for more. I needs me more.
StunandStab
Member
Well, you can always go back to the part of the game where you missed the collectable via chapter select and grab it that way.
I don't think you need all of the collectibles in a single play through for the trophy because the game keeps track of which ones you've found in the collectibles menu in the main menu.
I can't say that for certain though as I don't have all the collectibles yet (I have 120/141), but I know I missed a shiv door and a joke location so I will be using chapter select for those so hopefully that works.
D
Deleted member 57681
Unconfirmed Member
Can I play on Survivor+ right away after finishing regular Hard? And will finishing Survivor+ unlock the regular Survivor trophy?
Net_Wrecker
Member
Stealth Gameplay
Solid Snake and his locker/bathroom stall full of ragdoll soldiers would be proud.
Finally finished this last night, I got to say it took a while to get going but the ending as well as the last half of the game was fantastic. Also probably one of the most well acted games this generation from the characters animation to the voice acting and dialogue.
Also fuck the initial load when starting the game...sometimes it felt like 5 minutes and others were like 30 seconds.
Gonna dive into MP now...it looks interesting.
Also fuck the initial load when starting the game...sometimes it felt like 5 minutes and others were like 30 seconds.
Gonna dive into MP now...it looks interesting.
sometimes i game
Member
I'm about 45 minutes into winter. Wow.
That being said, this game's weakness in my eyes is its lust for throwing 50 enemies at you.
That being said, this game's weakness in my eyes is its lust for throwing 50 enemies at you.
my horse just got shot and I'm.playing ellie vs 50 guys scattered everywhere. I feel like the ai/game design doesn't allow for true stealth gameplay. I can't move bodies, so anyone I shoot with a bow is discovered in 5 seconds by allies. I guess I need to slowly take them all out. Joy.