AgentChris
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Like a boss.
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The Last of Us |OT| It Cant Be For Nothing (Spoilers)
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Like a boss.
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
If you say so... personally I find a great deal of it morally repugnant. But that discussion is for that thread. I should have known better than to bring it up in this one.
there is a
University library
FALL
since
after I found out about the dead guy in the science lab, I just ran straight back down and didn't see a library!
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
The area where you have to go
upstairs and turn on a generator surrounded by infected, cannot be missed.
It was a library, to my recollection,
It was a library, to my recollection,
oh I know which area you are talking about! too focused on the infected, didn't realize what place it is lol
pretty awesome how you dealt with it, after my stealth failed I just blast them all to hell with my boomstick ha
but yeh the molotov is turning out to be the best weapon in game
dancingphlower
Member
I can't say I understand all of these comparisons to Resident Evil 4.
James Sawyer Ford
Banned
This game forced me to buy Pulse headset
Surround sound problem solved.
Anyone else get a muffled effect when the Pulse is set to high? it sounds like a speaker is broken
mickcenary
Member
Ha. Yep. Did the same. That particular instance is probably the most obvious in the entire game in terms of just begging for a Molotov. Also, you'll notice that the crafty buggers at ND have left every inch of that area devoid of any throwable objects. I was pretty chuffed with myself when I figured to shoot my last arrow into the centre of the room as bait.
startyourengine
Member
i think you need to install the app in Game section of XMB first, it's like a zip file actually
Gully State
Member
30 min in....holy crap
. I mean I saw it coming a mile away but damn...Also, the game makes my PS3 sound like a jet engine. Is it even safe for me to play this game on the PS3?
at the feels in the first 10 min
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
60% I'd say
honestly, it seems like she does considerably more on survivor than on normal or hard. I remeber trying to stealth through a room and suddenly a guy walks in and right before he spots me Ellie jumps him and stealth kills him lol
he says early on that Sam is his brother. iirc he says it in the same cutscene that introduces them
Oh. So what it says on the save file is actually accurate? Wow.
LifEndz
Member
Just made it to Fall. Good God Damn. I wasn't really feeling the *Spoilers for the segment preceding the Fall*
. I know this has probably been asked a million times, but I flat out sucked at
and I just want to know if the
.
Damn....This game takes place in one of the most dire and depressing settings I've yet encountered in a game...except for maybe the Walking Dead. The RPG fan in me just wishes there were some other mechanics like a hunger or sleep meter. Hell, in a lot of sequences I'd love some Mass Effect type squad controls.
All in all, this game just keeps getting better. Can't wait to partake in the spoiler thread.
two African American characters just because it felt a little too much like they were copying the Walking Dead. I did come around on them when it was revealed they were brothers.
sniping during that one segment involving the Humvee
younger of the two brothers dies regardless of how bad or good of a job you do at shooting with the sniper rifle
Damn....This game takes place in one of the most dire and depressing settings I've yet encountered in a game...except for maybe the Walking Dead. The RPG fan in me just wishes there were some other mechanics like a hunger or sleep meter. Hell, in a lot of sequences I'd love some Mass Effect type squad controls.
All in all, this game just keeps getting better. Can't wait to partake in the spoiler thread.
It doesn't change; there is one story.
oh. weird. Coulda swore it was the other way...
Well, almost at the end of my survivor run...
God damnit it's almost over again. It's pretty fascinating to me that this is my second playthrough in a row and I still am not fatigued by the game in the slightest, I STILL don't want it to ever end.
Man that cutscene..
Just finished Winter...only Spring left to go.
Man that cutscene..
where Ellie finished off David, "He tried to-" "Oh baby girl.." "it's okay, it's okay" makes me want to tear up like a little girl everytime :'(
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
I fucking love this game.
Going back on replay though, I realize that the game is actually pretty light on combat. Which, imo, was the right choice. But when I'm in the mood to really get into the combat, I find I kill everyone too quickly and it's over before I know it.
MP really should have been some kind of horde mode... something where you could just enjoy a nice big chunk of combat at your leisure.
Going back on replay though, I realize that the game is actually pretty light on combat. Which, imo, was the right choice. But when I'm in the mood to really get into the combat, I find I kill everyone too quickly and it's over before I know it.
MP really should have been some kind of horde mode... something where you could just enjoy a nice big chunk of combat at your leisure.
I was going to make a post about this myself. The combat is always over in short bursts, and it's hard to just get to a point of combat to replay. This game is begging for a co-op horde mode.
I'd say you're just coming up to/maybe slightly past the halfway point. 50-55%
Why do people want to know, how much of the game they've got left? I actually consider it a spoiler - with TLoU it worked out in my favour, because i got 'spoiled' the length of the game, but I was going at a much slower pace so (spoilers from after 70% i guess)
but accurate predictions about how much of the game is still left cheapen several climax moments IMHO.
I actually thought the game would end with Joel dying with just a short sequence showing Ellie hunting the deer and maybe dealing with some infected now that she's on her own. Man, was I in for a treat!
A good 6-8 hours left from there.
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
No horde hurts.
I feel like they made the wrong decision on MP... I would much rather have had a decently fleshed out character customization / creator than the meta game stuff they did. They let you equip hats and mask, and that's it. (And lets be honest, most of these are really stupid looking) It just kind of really sucks imo they went that route. And then, no co-op, no horde, no anything but TDM.
It is really disappointing to me. I have tried to get into MP despite my general apathy (to put it politely) toward their approach, and every time I start to care about it or the meta game just a little bit, the host drops me, or I lose connection for whatever reason, and *bam* 75% of my colony is dead or dying.
You get seriously punished for stuff that isn't even your fault. And then, come to find out, people are purposely turning off their PS3's to avoid failing missions... so they kill the game to save their stats and hurt everyone else!
There is also just the existence of missions that really bothers me, because it puts emphasis on these completely arbitrary tasks that aren't always in the best interest of the team or match at hand. I've now seen the really ugly side of this... and in a way can't entirely blame the people doing the underhanded shit, because these missions are putting them under serious pressure. Why should they care about helping some randoms win the match, when it would be better to lose, ensuring another round to collect supplies, or heal, or whatever.
The meta game is kind of gross in theory, and even worse in practice. I love how you can't collect your spoils if you kill the last guy! You get the down and execution, assuming someone didn't try to cheese a steal while you were running for the special execution (again, can't really blame them if they do) and then the scoreboard pops immediately, not allowing you to pick up the parts from it.
Just shows how little thought they put into all of it.
And you know what? I wouldn't even care or complain if the game had a horde mode, or a hardcore mode without any of that stuff, but it doesn't.
So here I am complaining about it. Because the really obvious stuff isn't there, and the very little they actually did is incredibly undercooked.
They can;t seriously be okay with the punitive design to this meta game, people getting screwed so hard for being disconnected, can they? Is it possible they didn't see it coming? No way, that would be incompetence. This feels more like indifference.
I think that absolutely depends on the weapon. The rifle is a perfect example. It starts with only 1 bullet in the clip, and 1 bullet doesn't kill anything unless it's a headshot or you have the power upgrade. If you want to use the rifle effectively I think it's essential to upgrade the clip.
El Diablo is another example.
SuperSonic1305
Member
Wow, i got killed by a pipe shot to the head and the screen just goes immediately black. No death animation. Almost at the end and had never seen that.
Grinchy
Banned
Yeah, that's a good point. I was upgrading everything when I started thinking about how I never have that much ammo for certain weapons and it felt like a waste. But the rifle especially benefited from the extended clip.
Arkos
Nose how to spell and rede to
Same here. I rented the game (I'll buy it when I can), so I was wondering how long it was. But when I got about half way through, I realized I didn't want to know when it would end, because I didn't want it to end.
If you want to know how far you are though, I think your save file has a % finished stat, and I think that stat refers to the story, not to secrets and such. So 100% = finished story, not 100% game completion. Am I wrong about that? (like I said I stopped looking half way through)
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Am I allowed to say stuff like, the combat in tomb raider is better? Or will I just get eaten alive?
Maybe better isn't the best word, but satisfying? Less unwieldy?
Maybe better isn't the best word, but satisfying? Less unwieldy?
Hobbestetrician
Member
Gonna agree with you on this, was thinking the same thing as I was playing. Not everything needs to be a franchise, even though this game is spectacular.
Mmm I can see the argument, but that's a big matter of preference. I think the weighty feel of everything you do in this game is immensely more satisfying than Tomb Raider's (not saying that games controls are bad either). I found the bow and arrow in this game much more satisfying as a result in The Last of Us too.
teh_awesomeness
Member
Same thing happened to me yesterday. I thought it was a glitch or something. I actually kind of like it though, in the midst of an all out brawl and getting shot at the same time then BOOM ... (Silence + black screen)
TR is a pure TPS. Not sure how they are comparable. Among TPS games TR is one of the mediocre games out there. The fact that TLOU has weapon sway itself puts its combat out of regular TPS stuff like UC,Gears,TR etc..
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
I see your point and I always want more weightyness in my games, mostly in animation and exploration. I like the heftyness of the movement and the melee, but honestly here it hurts the shooting. It feels more sluggish and imprecise, and therefor more challenging and less satisying than say,tomb raider
Edit: don't get me wrong, i m not playing it as a shooter... I only use guns when I have to. I just don't really enjoy it when i do, heh
SolidSnakex
Member
Have you upgraded the weapon sway for Joel? That helps quite a bit when firing guns.
the brick is where it's at, the brick!
Yeah the shooting can take some time getting used to, and depending on your approach, you might end up using guns very little thus not getting you very acclimated to them. How far are you? The first upgrades I maxed out were weapon sway and shiv master, it made everything much easier, granted I didn't use listen mode at all, but that also depends on your play style.