The Last of Us
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So many great little touches in this game, but my favourite has to be when Ellie hums to herself. Filled my heart with a little joy in this otherwise bleak world every time.
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Regarding the ending,
To be a bit reductive for a sec, it's an almost obscenely violent, post-apocalyptic action horror title with zombies in it, where NPC's sometimes get in your way and your avatar occasionally won't climb a ladder when you want him to. But it's the first one to get so much so right, to be entirely consistent in tone, to have a cast of female characters who aren't ever objectified or designed to make 13 year old boys chain-wank themselves into a coma. It's also the only AAA horror game I can think of that doesn't betray the player with scripted jump scares, despite frequent opportunities to do so. It's not perfect, but my experience with it was definitely a 10.
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To be a bit reductive for a sec, it's an almost obscenely violent, post-apocalyptic action horror title with zombies in it, where NPC's sometimes get in your way and your avatar occasionally won't climb a ladder when you want him to. But it's the first one to get so much so right, to be entirely consistent in tone, to have a cast of female characters who aren't ever objectified or designed to make 13 year old boys chain-wank themselves into a coma. It's also the only AAA horror game I can think of that doesn't betray the player with scripted jump scares, despite frequent opportunities to do so. It's not perfect, but my experience with it was definitely a 10.
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I loved the attention to detail regarding these random little soundbites, especially the ones where Ellie begins by telling Joel she can't whistle, then as the game progresses she learns - happily announcing her new found talent.Buckled Kipper wrote:So many great little touches in this game, but my favourite has to be when Ellie hums to herself. Filled my heart with a little joy in this otherwise bleak world every time.
The optional conversations are a must too as they help flesh out the changes in the relationship between Joel and Ellie, some of them were amusing little asides, whilst others were quite pensive in their tone.
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Just finished this, man this was brilliant from start to finish. Genuinely excited to see what Naughty Dog come up with for PS4.
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I personally hope whatever they do next is another new IP. I'd quite like to see ND explore a couple of more IP's and some new mechanics before they return to UC or TLoU.AndyKurosaki wrote:Just finished this, man this was brilliant from start to finish. Genuinely excited to see what Naughty Dog come up with for PS4.
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It'd be nice, but I'd put money on it being Uncharted...
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Will we finnaly be getting that Uncharted Racing game we've all been expecting?
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Unkarted you mean?
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I agree, if I were a betting man I'd almost certainly put money on Uncharted being the next game that Naughty Dog throw our way and I enjoy Uncharted games, I personally get a lot of enjoyment out of them. I just think they have more ideas than that franchise gives them the chance to capitalize on and actually I think some time on other projects would actually allow for them to create a stronger UC game when they come back to it.ratsoalbion wrote:It'd be nice, but I'd put money on it being Uncharted...
No matter, a man can dream.
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Bought this on friday and put around two hours in on the night. Loved the first 20 mins or so but then all the stealthing around and insta-kills by clickers got quite testing. I loved the story but wasnt blown away by the gameplay.
Gave it a few more attempts over the weekends but was only playing it in half hour chunks, whenever I got to a new area and saw a bunch of clickers I didnt have the enthusiasm to carry on.
Today I got to the school part and the
My favourite parts of the game always seem to be the scavenging before and after fight set pieces, and the exploring the environment looking for all the little touches.
Also it took me 7.5 hours to get my first trophy in this game! 7.5 hours!!! I was expecting 5 or so to ping in the first few hours.
Quite refreshing though really they all seem pretty challenging to get.
Gave it a few more attempts over the weekends but was only playing it in half hour chunks, whenever I got to a new area and saw a bunch of clickers I didnt have the enthusiasm to carry on.
Today I got to the school part and the
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My favourite parts of the game always seem to be the scavenging before and after fight set pieces, and the exploring the environment looking for all the little touches.
Also it took me 7.5 hours to get my first trophy in this game! 7.5 hours!!! I was expecting 5 or so to ping in the first few hours.
Quite refreshing though really they all seem pretty challenging to get.
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Who came up with Unkarted. I want to hug and punch you. Twice.
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*bif*
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Matt Lees - Everything The Last of Us gets RIGHT. First 9 minutes are spoiler free.
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I just finished!
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I think the fact that you're meant to consider how you feel about that is entirely the point.
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