GodParticle
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I thought about it, but it kind of feels like cheating.
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The Last of Us Pt II |OT| Oh Ellie...I think they should be terrified of you
REE Machine
Banned
Only about two hours in but man I love the new dodge mechanic brings so much to the gameplay and fighting in general, its not a slug fest like the first game also
1-2 hours in
1-2 hours in
Abby is a fuckn beast, love the variety of her combat and finishing moves with kicks etc. She one bad mother fucker.
Georome
Member
Or maybe in time people who are loving it right now will be able to look at it with an unbiased perspective.
PanzerAzel
Member
Strange thing is this feels far closer to Remastered’s 60 than the OG's 30. Vanilla TLoU felt like it was being dragged through the mud at points. I don’t know what the difference is, but this feels smooth as butter to me in comparison.
The difference is they've modeled the humanity of it in excruciating detail. Ellie gasping for breath in desperation as she's running away and healing, the grunts, screams, shouting in anger and sadness when their friends drop, the power of the sound design, the squishing sounds as people are torn apart by gunfire. There are not many games out there I where I'd be too concerned over letting my children play (if I had any, anyway), as I find most games comical in conveying the general reality of violence, but yeah, this one's approaching the bar. It's to a new level of fidelity as far as I'm concerned.
I cannot praise the encounter design in this enough. It's exemplary, and tbh, I'd easily buy a full game around it with nothing but combat arenas. I don't think I'm going to mind such pacing issues people are talking about, as I never tire of combat, in fact I find myself restarting over and over and over again so it won't end.
Maybe but so far I like it. Even more important than the story is atmosphere. There is a sense of doom and decay in this game that is so well done. That being said I understand some people have a certain attachment and just can't get past a certain part of the story. I never thought of this series as a feel good Disney movie so I look at the story on it's own merits.
Knitted Knight
Banned
Finally free for the rest of the day.
It's time to dive back in.
It's time to dive back in.
The internet was a mistake.
REE Machine
Banned
I mean....for women like that in real lofe are they sjw...?
REE Machine
Banned
No but a dev recommend to use the uncharted 4 one.
Knitted Knight
Banned
Guaranteed bubble butt, and often thick thighs. Trade offs.
Chiggs
Gold Member
The fight scenes in this game are incredibly vicious...until you realize they have zero bearing on how the actual gameplay unfolds. People will get hit in the head with bricks, then stabbed in the leg, but hey...no worries, back to crouch-strafing your opponent with zero repercussions.
It's a mess.
It's a mess.
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near
Gold Member
16 hours in. This game is very bold in the story its trying to tell. It’s really well structured in terms of how the narrative is cut and pieced together to compliment character development. I will however say that the first half is paced far better than the second half, at least as far as the story goes.
PanzerAzel
Member
As much as I’m loving this so far, the story is like some MTV teen love triangle drama tier shit. It’s far more focused on
than it needs to be to be so central to the core narrative.
I keep asking myself, “Why should I care?”.
And yes game, I’m 15 hours in. I know that R3 turns on my torch.
than it needs to be to be so central to the core narrative.
I keep asking myself, “Why should I care?”.
And yes game, I’m 15 hours in. I know that R3 turns on my torch.
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timmyp53
Member
Thanks for the info boss.
REE Machine
Banned
Strategize
Member
I will say, any reviewer that said the A.I isn't good definitely isn't playing on survivor. These dudes have fucking eagle eye.
Also the fact that there aren't bricks and bottles everywhere plus the bow not killing in one shot to the chest means you can't cheese like the first.
Also the fact that there aren't bricks and bottles everywhere plus the bow not killing in one shot to the chest means you can't cheese like the first.
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Keihart
Member
i'm playing in survivor so idk if it's different in lower difficulties but the more damage you take the harder it is to do everything, you run slower, aim slower, crouch slower, etc.
lastmessiah
Member
That doesn't mean the AI is good though.
Hobbygaming
has been asked to post in 'Grounded' mode.
I think they're intimidated by her Lol
near
Gold Member
The A.I. in this game is substantially superior to TLoU, one of the contributing factors for my distaste in the first game was how stupid the enemies felt.
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Keihart
Member
The AI at least it's good enough to flank you, communicate contextually and even check suspicious areas in a effective way.
I don't think there is any comparable enemies AI to this in other games, maybe MGS4 soldiers...
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Strategize
Member
It's insanely good compared to every game I've seen. Really impressive stuff. Not forgiving at all on this difficulty.
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Revolutionary
Member
The AI on Survivor is kinda ridiculous IMO. It's closer to what I remember Grounded being like than Survivor, though it's been 5+ years since I last played the first game so my memory may be off.
Like the fact that enemies naturally gravitate towards you for SOME REASON, even when completely motionless and hidden. My wife and I crack up everytime it happens. "Watch, that guy is going to 'coincidentally' check exactly where I am".
On the plus side, I've been able to use that to my advantage because the AI is rather dumb and manipulatable, leading to the classic stealth videogame situation where enemies keep checking the area where their comrade's bodies are mysteriously piling up
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GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
I'm nearly done with this game
I'm on a boss fight with Abby. I'm running around trying to kill a stalker that pulled from the amalgamation monster. I don't have time to craft, don't have time to change my weapon and I'm continuously getting hit. You can't see where you're going which makes it impossible to enjoy or strategies. I've got it on the easiest setting, with autoaim turned up to full and it's not helping. It's just chaotic and not in the least bit fun.
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Revolutionary
Member
The supplements she picks up are actually HGH and testosterone
SafeOrAlone
Banned
Did anyone listen to the Vice Waypoint podcast review on this game?
At the risk of sounding defensive, I had a hard time buying their criticisms, which felt unfair in comparison to similar games, and maybe purposefully contrarian in general.
Then near the end Autsin Walker casually throws out that Sam and Henry are the "only black characters" in TLOU pt. 1, as if that is a point all by itself, let alone the fact that it's not even true.
The whole thing felt bizarre and biased to me.
At the risk of sounding defensive, I had a hard time buying their criticisms, which felt unfair in comparison to similar games, and maybe purposefully contrarian in general.
Then near the end Autsin Walker casually throws out that Sam and Henry are the "only black characters" in TLOU pt. 1, as if that is a point all by itself, let alone the fact that it's not even true.
The whole thing felt bizarre and biased to me.
timmyp53
Member
How in the world do people find the time to burn so many consecutive hours? I wish my schedule allowed something like this.
MiguelItUp
Member
It COULD be better than TLOU, but it's far from perfect IMO. I've seen scenes where the player crawled through high grass while AI was facing them and they were able to grab them without issue. Also when AI sees where the player and/or AI partner goes for cover, and suddenly barks "Where'd she go?!" when the AI actively saw them hide behind a desk. This was all on Survivor.
For me it was just luck that on those days i had free days and was alone at home most time and it was just sinking into game being amazed surprised being sad or pissed even but it was so good i still thinking about it. Most movies this year was poor stupid same old movies that left no impact on me but this rly did.
PanzerAzel
Member
Not sure if you’ve played far enough to know, but there’s an upgrade that addresses your problem. Makes takedowns pretty much instant.
SpartanForce666
Banned
Why there's Hiragana on my game?
DForce
NaughtyDog Defense Force
Eat, sleep, last of us.
I just beat it and I want to play it again, but my PS4 is being used by someone else right now.
BluRayHiDef
Banned
Play it on Survivor; the AI is much more environmentally aware on that difficulty.
HotPocket69
Banned
Explosive arrows are fucking amazing
Pure Rambo
Pure Rambo
PanzerAzel
Member
Man, FUCK Bloaters. Holy hell.
Strategize
Member
And...that's credits. What a wild fucking ride.
Now it's time to devour every bit of discussion out there. Most of it's been long tainted of course, but I'm sure there's some good stuff out there.
Now it's time to devour every bit of discussion out there. Most of it's been long tainted of course, but I'm sure there's some good stuff out there.
Ahh shame didint get chance to make those explosives arrows but i never played like rambo too. And even i made that loot be more i allways had empty arrows bag and no way to make them that sucked they should let us have more them and craft easier. Bow and cross bow came too late in game and not enough arrows to use it for me i would just use it on everyone if i could.
Didint see point in raising difficulty at least not on loot i want loot as much as i can find but enemies can be harder sure, and then i used even extra options for some things in that weapons menu. Nice devs give us so much options for everything.
Didint see point in raising difficulty at least not on loot i want loot as much as i can find but enemies can be harder sure, and then i used even extra options for some things in that weapons menu. Nice devs give us so much options for everything.
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TissueBox
Member
AHAH ok! I think I know what dat deal with the second half is...MAYBE.
(Haven't been spoiled, just placing some speculative bets.)
(P.S. Pls don't confirm, anti-confirm, or vaguely address this in any way, no, not even with an emoticon that equivalently serves as being open to interpretation, if you already have past this point of the game and/or beaten it. No, really. I mean, I could be wrong, and by some crazy off chance that I'm not, I could be right [as half-serious as that was]. But I wouldn't want to know it yet..!! >_<
'Nyway, back to not sleeping, 'cause it's for -- *yawn* zzzah. Ahem. Suckahs.)
EDIT: Ok, one (maybe, maybe not) final 'second half' prediction.
(Haven't been spoiled, just placing some speculative bets.)
The main story finishes in the first half, and the second.... is all FLASHBACK. Called it!!
*winks at future self*
*winks at future self*
(P.S. Pls don't confirm, anti-confirm, or vaguely address this in any way, no, not even with an emoticon that equivalently serves as being open to interpretation, if you already have past this point of the game and/or beaten it. No, really. I mean, I could be wrong, and by some crazy off chance that I'm not, I could be right [as half-serious as that was]. But I wouldn't want to know it yet..!! >_<
'Nyway, back to not sleeping, 'cause it's for -- *yawn* zzzah. Ahem. Suckahs.)
EDIT: Ok, one (maybe, maybe not) final 'second half' prediction.
Ellie switches loyalties. It feels out of character as hell, but that's why they better make a damn good job of justifying it if true
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Methos#1975
Member
Anyone else seeing weird glitches in the cutscenes like lighting effects disappearing or character animations relooping or disappearing altogether?
Never had. Maybe disc problem or console overheating or smt.
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