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The Last of Us: Remastered |OT| Game of the Years

mrklaw

MrArseFace
Wow, my PS4 just turned into a jet engine on the start screen with the curtains..will the rest of the game be this bad?


Edit: wait - does this only download 20GB, and then you have to be ingame for the rest?
 
Just testing. But man, Photo Mode massively increases the value of the game. Creating a perfect a shot just became a game on its own.
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SZips

Member
First time playing this game. Only about an hour and a half in but I'm enjoying this so, so much. Would love to keep playing if I didn't need sleep so badly.
 

doomquake

Member
Well i got it. Own the ps3 version also. It doesn't feel like a big difference. My main gripe was the weird AI of your companion..you try to be stealth, she starts shooting. You don't have any ammo, she takes 7 shots per enemy to kill.
Graphics wise, the stark difference between the models and the scenery is even clearer to me now. Shadow artifacting on models is also very clear. I guess it is just an aging engine that ND is using. Cinematics are wonderful..and then the game starts and your skin is bright orange. I understand that textures are configured to the static lighting of the environment and a color shader applies itself depending on where you are - so they had to find a sweet spot to make the skin look good in the dark..but dang. Damn you Destiny... you took it to the next level.
 
how do you know if everything has downloaded?
PS4 said yes... but the MP/DLC etc is not even on my Download List

and... do we enable Pre-Order Bonuses in the options or not?

One you manually download Campaign, Left Behind and the MP on the main menu (you'll see it) There's still about 20gb left which are downloading in the background. You can check the status of the download by using the options menu on the TLOU logo on PS4's home menu (where you check the updates history etc.) and clicking info. Right now I'm leaving my PS4 on stand by, hopefully I'll download the rest of the game once I wake up.
 
Well i got it. Own the ps3 version also. It doesn't feel like a big difference. My main gripe was the weird AI of your companion..you try to be stealth, she starts shooting. You don't have any ammo, she takes 7 shots per enemy to kill.
Graphics wise, the stark difference between the models and the scenery is even clearer to me now. Shadow artifacting on models is also very clear. I guess it is just an aging engine that ND is using. Cinematics are wonderful..and then the game starts and your skin is bright orange. I understand that textures are configured to the static lighting of the environment and a color shader applies itself depending on where you are - so they had to find a sweet spot to make the skin look good in the dark..but dang. Damn you Destiny... you took it to the next level.

I haven't seen a single in-game shot in any of the threads that have shown this. What exactly do you mean?
 

Loomba

Member
This wasn't in my download list for some reason and had to search for it and then download, will I still get the preorder add on stuff?

And I chose to install SP first, if I don't boot up the game after that's done will it automatically download the MP after it?

I'm in work atm so can't check. Thanks.
 
Wow, my PS4 just turned into a jet engine on the start screen with the curtains..will the rest of the game be this bad?


Edit: wait - does this only download 20GB, and then you have to be ingame for the rest?

wooo wooo what!? DONT tell me that!!!!

i will fucking brick my PS4 if this is true
 
Playing on Grounded mode. Not as tough as I was expecting. Finally went through the first tough part in Ch.2(you know the one). It took me about 4 tries. It just comes down to choosing a tactic and making a roadmap that's best suited for you. Still intense as shit, but definitely not impossible. Still haven't upgraded anything and had to change weapons with a clicker and runner on me. Totally possible. Anyone who played on survivor should give it a try, screw that NG+ glitch.
 
Well i got it. Own the ps3 version also. It doesn't feel like a big difference. My main gripe was the weird AI of your companion..you try to be stealth, she starts shooting. You don't have any ammo, she takes 7 shots per enemy to kill.
Graphics wise, the stark difference between the models and the scenery is even clearer to me now. Shadow artifacting on models is also very clear. I guess it is just an aging engine that ND is using. Cinematics are wonderful..and then the game starts and your skin is bright orange. I understand that textures are configured to the static lighting of the environment and a color shader applies itself depending on where you are - so they had to find a sweet spot to make the skin look good in the dark..but dang. Damn you Destiny... you took it to the next level.


What are you talking about man? Destiny doesn't even look that great?
 

doomquake

Member
The part I highlighted, the orange skin. I'm not doubting that it happens, I just haven't seen it in any of the shots that people have shared.

ah sorry. I'll come back with some screenshots.

What are you talking about man? Destiny doesn't even look that great?

I think Destiny engine looks amazing. Very clever engine that scales quality and has a much more cohesive relationship between the lighting and the texturing.
 

Zampano

Member
So I'm about six hours in, playing on Survivor. Did Hard on PS3 so it's not so bad. One thing I've noticed is that if I go in stealthy, I don't get many ammo drops. Going in guns blazing generally yields more ammo (if I survive long enough to use it!)
 
That new game itch...

I've already played it and have no desire to buy and play it again, yet here I am. Hovering over the damn button on PSN.

I skipped this game last gen. Gonna go in blind, wish me luck.
The best way to do it. They fixed one of the issues I had with it, which was the subpar framerate, so it's gonna be a nice ride for you.
 

benny_a

extra source of jiggaflops
Ugh the download works stupid. I downloaded sp first. But known I have to stay in my usa account to download the mp as it does it in game. Means I can't play the sp while I wait as not on my main account.
You don't have to stay signed into the account that started the download to continue to download it.

Unless this changed in the last two weeks or The Last of Us is different from 12 other games this is not the case.
 

doomquake

Member
the most amazing part for me as a brand new ps4 owner with the tlou remake is that the remote play works! Really well! I am glad ND did it right.
 

funkypie

Banned
You don't have to stay signed into the account that started the download to continue to download it.

Unless this changed in the last two weeks or The Last of Us is different from 12 other games this is not the case.

no worries I sat and waited anyway, didn't take long.

is the pre-order stuff automatic then if you bought digital or is that a separate download?
 
ah sorry. I'll come back with some screenshots.



I think Destiny engine looks amazing. Very clever engine that scales quality and has a much more cohesive relationship between the lighting and the texturing.

to be fair i didnt play much of destiny to be honest, think i went back to earth and it told me to go find that part or something after 3 waves of that i was like fuck this cant be arsed with this follow shoot, follow shoot and turned it off lol
 
no worries I sat and waited anyway, didn't take long.

is the pre-order stuff automatic then if you bought digital or is that a separate download?
Automatic. You can check this on the game's page on the PS4 home screen by clicking "add-ons" as well. Should say you have 7. Any dlc bought on the PS3 has to be manually downloaded, however.
 

doomquake

Member
to be fair i didnt play much of destiny to be honest, think i went back to earth and it told me to go find that part or something after 3 waves of that i was like fuck this cant be arsed with this follow shoot, follow shoot and turned it off lol

To be fair Destiny sacrifices in a lot of other aspects of game engine features to be able to afford higher image fidelity. So I am not really wanting to start comparisons. Very different games.
 

Vash63

Member
ah sorry. I'll come back with some screenshots.



I think Destiny engine looks amazing. Very clever engine that scales quality and has a much more cohesive relationship between the lighting and the texturing.

It's PBR. They do it well, but I still think other PBR games like Metal Gear and Star Citizen are much more impressive. It makes a huge difference though, games without it look like ass to me now...
 

viveks86

Member
The game looks pretty insane. Like... infamous levels of insane. I'd never have thought this is from a game. Was just walking around and the details blew me away.

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doomquake

Member
It's PBR. They do it well, but I still think other PBR games like Metal Gear and Star Citizen are much more impressive. It makes a huge difference though, games without it look like ass to me now...

they also have a really interesting technique for fading in objects in the distance. Killzone on Vita was the first time I noticed it and I guess it is in the other KZ games. It looks like objects materialize per pixel into view. Almost impossible to notice. I did see some model quality pop in on my ps3 though.

About the TLOU orange skin tone...I think I'll refrain from starting to post comparisons between skin shading of the prerendered movie and the game. Who cares. its different and not important.
 

GrayFoxBH

Member
I'm playing at 60fps, no doubt that's the only way to play it, but I tested 30fps and spotted missing shadows. Here's some screenshots.

60fps
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30fps
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60fps
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30fps
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