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The Last of Us |OT| It Cant Be For Nothing (Spoilers)
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Triggerhappytel
Member
Yes, yes it is.
I don't honestly know if I could list my top 5 this gen. I dearly love LBP and Wipeout HD, for instance, but comparatively I haven't actually played them all that much. Demon's Souls would be top and I guess Uncharted 2 would be up there and probably Batman: Arkham Asylum. Hmmm. I don't know - stop putting all this pressure on me! Okay, I'm out; this is too stressful and the doctor told me to keep my blood pressure down.
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EDIT - anyway, the reason I came into this topic was to say that I checked my order for this and it's not yet been dispatched
Tesco have never let me down in the past, so I hope it's here by Friday. At least one guy on the Eurogamer forum has had his order cancelled under pretence of a pricing error, but I've had no such comeback and that was a couple of weeks ago.Well I didn't try the game on normal or survivor so I can't really compare the amount of supplies. However, around 90% of the time I am usually on extremely limited ammo, I think the most I've seen on any gun were 10 bullets on my revolver and they run out fast. The fact that you can hold all your weapons all the time helps a lot though; so I always had a few bullets to fight with in case stealth didn't work. The bow was usually my go to weapon since there's a chance to retrieve your arrows if they didn't break on impact.
Most of the time I tried to rely on stealth to take down a few guys like the one's with shotguns and stuff because they really hurt. If I get caught I fight or run away and go stealth again, depending on my health.
How much ammo does it take to kill a human enemy? Is it 1 for the head? They don't become bullet sponges do they?
What about the infected, and the other creatures? Do they ever become ridicoulous bullet sponges?
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
It's actually a pretty good portion of the game.
Yep, 1 shot to the head. Guns deal different amounts of damage but in general they'll take 2 to 3 bullets before they drop dead, perhaps 4 if your shot glanced through 'em or they have armor. As for the infected, runners are same as regular humans 2 to 3 bullets but clickers I think take a 1 or 2 more to die. Not really sure what bullet sponge is, sorry :[
Is pre-loading even a thing on PSN?
It should be. Someone was saying they could preload it from the Asian Store: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=61596965&postcount=7701
I agree, never heard of console services providing that though.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Asian version could be pre-loaded for like a week now.
The game does an excellent job with pacing itself and mixing exploration, stealth, combat and storytelling. There are quite a lot of moments when you're simply just on your own exploring punctuated with sudden and intense combat. The game rarely throws enemy waves after waves. The one moment it did, I thought it kinda stumbled but thankfully it doesn't do a lot.
Is the beginning as slow as most people are saying?>
Yes it is. Personally I really liked the first couple of hours and at how the game eased me in into the mechanics.
I'm interested at how long I'm gonna take the first couple of chapters in subsequent playthroughs.
how many hours was your total playthrough?
Patrick Bateman
Member
The intro and the first minutes are amazing. Visually and how it's presented one of the most compelling PS3-titles.
Still in my first playthrough, 15 hours and 20 minutes. Nearly at the end so I guess it's 16 to 18 in total.
Definitely one of the longer non-RPG single-player games I've played in a long time.
I heard the 2nd half of the game is much more quicker paced, and feels very "impactful", do you sense that as well?
All these posts and you're not even fucking buying it? Jesus H Christ.
Honestly I'm in a dire financial situation where I can't just go out spending 60$ plus tax for a video game.
I will buy it down the road though when it's cheaper, but I unfortunately cannot afford a new game right now.
But I'm still hyped as fuck to experience this.
2 days before official release date...
thanks amazon
Lucky!
Did you get an early notification of shipment from them too or did it just turn up? I'm hoping my Prime membership will have some sort of an effect (long shot I know).
DualShadow
Member
Will EB even give it to you a day early?
Unfortunately I have to wait till after work on Friday to get mine.
valentine71
Banned
It is slow but its not a bad thing. People's comments may make it seem like something it is not. Its not boring, it just lets you soak the state of the game world is in.
If i could change one thing about the game, i would make human encounters much more in the game instead of the infected.
Edit: Still it doesn't change the fact its the game of the decade in my eyes.
Apparently,lol.
EB are usually the most tight arse people, but i'm starting to warm up to their Online site. LOL
It's already on the way (Mailbox) So yeah.
Expessed, and tracking..
=
*austin powers*
Tomorrow baby, yeeah
But once the Tracking updates in the morning saying it's at my local Postoffice. I'm gone! LOL
DualShadow
Member
Lucky, they are usually the strictest place in the whole country haha.
Friday can't come fast enough!
Sounds perfect, exactly what I wanted from this game. Thanks!
I know.
I remember years ago i showed them proof Halo2 was already being sold, and they still didn't want to budge and wanted to keep their midnight launch,lol.
But sometimes we (the gamers) get lucky
even "IF" it just a day early. Because that one extra day, can kill us. Sometimes. LOL
I was doing laps and flipping tables (dramatized of course), once the Last of Us demo came out, and i thought i can wait.
Plus then people getting the full game early, and posted up vids (intro) and whatnot..*sigh
Tempting
I thought no no no, i can do this, i can hold off lol.
And,..I survived yes...barely,lol.
Tomorrow, the gaming gods will have shined on me, and the gates are opening.
And, my body is ready.
*wipes tear*
More_Badass
Member
I love the sound of this. I know some have being saying the game's actually quite linear but the E3 demos and Pittsburgh video indicate more open ended combat scenarios. Would you say that most combat is open (like multiple paths and room to flank, etc)?
The perfect Dark
Banned
YEEEEEEEEEEEES my copy arrived! Ellie Edition
The perfect Dark
Banned
the first 20 minutes...oh god....oh....I don't know what to say...
It shipped, but it's still scheduled to arrive on Friday, and they sent it via the postal system, not a transporter like they usually do for 24-hour delivery
It's not far from Orléans to Paris, come on La Poste, you can do it!Botta di culo2 days before official release date...
thanks amazon
still nothing here
come on Amazon, don't let me down this time 
Burgess_101
Member
My copy was just despatched, can't wait to play it tomorrow!
synce
Member
When I realized this wasn't your ordinary game:
And the moment the game became a 10/10 for me:
Finished it two days ago, already halfway through Survivor mode.
Watching Ellie walk over to the toy Ben dropped, waiting for me to turn around, then stuffing it in her backpack as I'm not looking.
And the moment the game became a 10/10 for me:
Taking control of Ellie, stabbing grown dudes in the neck.
Finished it two days ago, already halfway through Survivor mode.
More_Badass
Member
Did you play on Normal or Hard mode first? And how does Survivor mode compare?
I know me and a few others were curious what the differences are between Survivor and the other difficulties. Is it just less player health, more enemy health and damage? Or there less supplies, better equipped enemies, remixed enemies, etc.?
And any spoiler-free impressions?
Patrick Bateman
Member
I'm at 25% in 2.5h.
What I find weird is the fact how brutal everyone is. Most of the times the situation is not that difficult yet you only have the possibility to kill everyone to continue.
It sort of suffers from the same problem as Naughty Dog's Uncharted.
What I find weird is the fact how brutal everyone is. Most of the times the situation is not that difficult yet you only have the possibility to kill everyone to continue.
It sort of suffers from the same problem as Naughty Dog's Uncharted.
Ravensmash
Member
Hooray, mine is on its way - so I'll get it tomorrow most likely.
The actual enemy design scares the crap out of me, so I'm going to be in for a tense ride.
The actual enemy design scares the crap out of me, so I'm going to be in for a tense ride.
synce
Member
Finished it on Normal first without playing any demo or seeing any videos, took me 14 hours and I died 50+ times... Compared to that though Survivor isn't too hard, in fact I'm holding up better in some parts. Enemies/HP/damage seem the same, but there are almost no crafting items or ammo and you can't use listen mode.
Take a breath or two. Youve already got part of the game spoiled for you right? Why do you need to know every single minute detail? Do you not want ANY surprises? You're like an 8 year old on a damn sugar bender with this.
Patrick Bateman
Member
Listen mode on. Normal difficulty for me. It's challenging, but not frustrating.