So just finished the game, glad I stuck with it and did it on hard, the first part of the game was way harder than the last. The difficulty spike was defo at the hold them off until the door opens part. I was amazed that I managed to sneak all the way past the section towards the end of the game with
2/3 bloaters, killed one, snuck past two, manage to scramble up the van with 4/5 clicks chasing me, felt great
Having finished the game I found it weird that peopl had issues with the ending
I embraced the way I could feel the end going, Joel has snapped, he's a cold blooded killer, I wasn't sneaking at the end I was murdering everybody, and that final doctor, she begged me for her life, I shot gunned her in the face too, I wanted the world to burn, I just want me and Ellie alone, the world can fuck off, that's how Joel was feeling
Does Ellie know
joel lied? Of course she does, I think his relationship is turning sick and will go sour, I in my mind Ellie will grow to resent joel and will one day kill him, so she can go and sacrifice herself for the good of the human race the way she wanted
It's an amazing game, with really grown up, adult themes, I love that a game has this level of maturity and that can make me think about this.
P.s tthe save game system is garbage and shafted me, I kept one save the whole game, finished hard mode, started new game + on easy to do a collectables run!, now the game won't let me start another new game + or select a chapter ahead of where I am. Oh well.
If there is one thing I feel sad about in The Last of Us, it is not the ending, the loss of humanity or the deaths of the loved ones.
It's the goddamn set pieces, and why the US has access to such magnificent landscapes, mountain ranges and forests while Denmark is one big flat field :-|
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DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
So, I just got around to playing this and you know the thing that I love most about the game.
Its the dialogue.
People actually talk to one another like people talk. Which is surprisingly rare in games.
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Yeah, I've been debating buying a PS3 to be able to play this game. Having a PS4 edition means I'll be able to buy that console instead, which will actually let me play other new titles in the future. :^:
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I am so pumped for this! Can't wait to play it on ps4
Now I'm torn over whether to buy and play Left Behind on PS3 now, or wait. I don't plan on owning a PS4 any time soon, but I hate to double dip.
Well, both versions are $60, but the PS4 version will come with the DLC, so I'd say wait.
I already played the main game, so my conundrum is paying just $15 to play the DLC now, or waiting several years to get the PS4 version. I really want to play Left Behind, but now that I know I wouldn't be playing the best version...
Ugh, sometimes being a late adopter is huge test of willpower. It's hard to justify buying new hardware when I have such a massive backlog.
If there is one thing I feel sad about in The Last of Us, it is not the ending, the loss of humanity or the deaths of the loved ones.
It's the goddamn set pieces, and why the US has access to such magnificent landscapes, mountain ranges and forests while Denmark is one big flat field :-|
My biggest regret of the game is how you really only see the important parts of their adventure, and not the whole journey. Which is great from a narrative standpoint, but considering I could play this game for twice as long, I wouldn't have minded more of the journey between
Summer and Fall. There's a huge jump of time and distance that I wouldn't have minded playing, even if it makes sense you wouldn't need to play it all.
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I finally finished this. It seems where I left off
Ellie in the town trying to escape
Was like 2 hours from the end. So I stuck it out and played through.
Now I'm sad that I didn't do it a year ago. But now I really want to see what they do with the remastered edition. If they get the game looking like it does in the cutscenes, but all the way through the game play, they've sold me a second copy.
I saw all the stuff going around right now about Left Behind, so I think I'm going to grab that to give it a play.
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When you install the DLC, can you play just that without playing the main game? I have zero interest in replaying the story, but I might eventually grab the PS4 edition just for Left Behind if I find it cheap.
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
About how many hours is the Left Behind DLC? I just beat The Last of Us last week, and am keen on playing the DLC, but wondering if I should just jump in (despite time issues) or leave it for later.
I just picked it up the other day, and a run on Normal took me a little over two hours. Wasn't really $15 worth of content, but still a satisfying addition to the main game.
Everything between Ellie and Riley was fantastic. Like the main game, all of the character stuff was just so well done. The writing, the dialog, the acting, and just a lot of the little moments. When they're walking around the store trying on masks, throwing bricks at the cars, having the watergun fight, the photobooth. The arcade bit was great. Then, of course, the romantic angle. The game built to it flawlessly and naturally, and it felt like it fit perfectly with the Ellie that we had gotten to know over the course of the original game. It was such a sweet, endearing scene, and of course then became absolutely heartbreaking.
Since I plan on picking this up on Tuesday I was looking into the pre-order bonuses, which includes increased crafting, healing, and 9mm reload speeds. Any idea if this is effectively a cheat code or just a shortcut for perks I'd quickly get anyway?
I doubt they'll be crazily overpowered, but the combat on easier difficulties is basically an okayish shooter; the real meat and potatoes of what it does differently is in the scrounging for supplies and making do with like 2 bullets to take out a half dozen dudes...you'll just be making the game less fun.
Since I plan on picking this up on Tuesday I was looking into the pre-order bonuses, which includes increased crafting, healing, and 9mm reload speeds. Any idea if this is effectively a cheat code or just a shortcut for perks I'd quickly get anyway?
They're one-use multiplayer perks that you'll get playing the game anyway.
I really need to start playing TLoU again. Gotta get those Abandoned Territories and Grounded trophies.
Edit: No wait, it does seem like they include single player bonuses. In that case, it's not going to unbalance the game at all, it'll just upgrade those skills by one point, saving you a little time. What unbalances the game is playing it on easy difficulty settings.
Just pre-ordered TLOU Remastered on PSN. I loved it on PS3, and played a stupid amount of its competitive online multiplayer. I think it only had 4 maps at that time. Apparently the PS4 version includes all DLC maps, bringing the total up to 16 maps for everyone. I also didn't play Left Behind yet. Looking forward to finally doing that too.
It took me awhile to get excited again for TLOU Remastered, but damn if I ain't giddy like a child before Christmas for it now.
Going to be getting a PS4 soon, and Remastered is at the top of my list for the first purchase on it. From the sounds of it, this is a blend of Bioshock Infinite and the Stand, which is a helluva combination.
I think the story does it own thing respectably enough within the familiar tropes of post apocalypse--the unique heart of it is really more about a an ex-father struggling to not let in another daughter and the difficulties of growing up in a broken world than it is about cannibals and fungi zombies. The Road was more about a dad trying to prevent himself from becoming a Joel to in the first place, and wasn't super original in the setting/tropes, either.
Though, since the game is already kind of half-movie, half-game, there does seem to be plenty of redundancy in creating a movie about it.
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minor incidentexpert in a dying fieldnjRegistered Userregular
They have a lot in common superficially, but when you get down to the defining elements, they're definitely different beasts. Just from a narrative perspective, The Road is a very sparse, mysterious place. The emotions of the story ride in the subtext, and as Darlan says, it's really more about the dad trying to care for his son and prepare him to exist in a world without him.
There's also a lot less hope and a lot more darkness in The Road. There, the father's plan B is to make sure to save two bullets so he can be sure he and his son die rather than be captured by those who would do far worse.
The Last of Us never explores that degree of hopelessness. It keeps a light on that says that no matter how bad things get, it's better to grit our teeth and fight through it.
Well, mostly.
But it does tend to focus on factors that drive the characters forward. The tangible and intangible factors that move the story forward and keep prodding at the Joel and Ellie to keep moving, keep walking, because the goal is right around the next corner. TLoU uses the carrot, where as The Road uses the stick.
(Also, this is all more in reference to the novel, as I've never seen the movie, but if you guys are done with TLoU and want some recommended reading, The Road is a hell of a journey. The writing style can take some getting used to, and it doesn't work as well as it does in Blood Meridian, but I can still recommend it without any real reservations.)
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
Yeah, the Road movie looses a lot of its darkness in the transition to video without that sparse, quotation-mark-less McCarthy prose. Worth watching, though.
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IIRC, the original tagline for Last of Us was "would you save your last bullet for your best friend?" so yeah, they were going hard on the Road angle. :P
Out of curiosity, many folks double dipping on Remastered?
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Having finished the game I found it weird that peopl had issues with the ending
Does Ellie know
It's an amazing game, with really grown up, adult themes, I love that a game has this level of maturity and that can make me think about this.
P.s tthe save game system is garbage and shafted me, I kept one save the whole game, finished hard mode, started new game + on easy to do a collectables run!, now the game won't let me start another new game + or select a chapter ahead of where I am. Oh well.
Xbox | x Dredgen Yor x |
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Awesome, I'll play it!
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It's the goddamn set pieces, and why the US has access to such magnificent landscapes, mountain ranges and forests while Denmark is one big flat field :-|
Its the dialogue.
People actually talk to one another like people talk. Which is surprisingly rare in games.
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Well, both versions are $60, but the PS4 version will come with the DLC, so I'd say wait.
I already played the main game, so my conundrum is paying just $15 to play the DLC now, or waiting several years to get the PS4 version. I really want to play Left Behind, but now that I know I wouldn't be playing the best version...
Ugh, sometimes being a late adopter is huge test of willpower. It's hard to justify buying new hardware when I have such a massive backlog.
My biggest regret of the game is how you really only see the important parts of their adventure, and not the whole journey. Which is great from a narrative standpoint, but considering I could play this game for twice as long, I wouldn't have minded more of the journey between
Was like 2 hours from the end. So I stuck it out and played through.
Now I'm sad that I didn't do it a year ago. But now I really want to see what they do with the remastered edition. If they get the game looking like it does in the cutscenes, but all the way through the game play, they've sold me a second copy.
I saw all the stuff going around right now about Left Behind, so I think I'm going to grab that to give it a play.
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These days, for story DLC of this quality, I'll gladly pay that. It's just not a thing we get much any more.
Wow.
Easily worth the price of admission for me.
Bravo, Naughtydog. Bravo.
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They're one-use multiplayer perks that you'll get playing the game anyway.
I really need to start playing TLoU again. Gotta get those Abandoned Territories and Grounded trophies.
Edit: No wait, it does seem like they include single player bonuses. In that case, it's not going to unbalance the game at all, it'll just upgrade those skills by one point, saving you a little time. What unbalances the game is playing it on easy difficulty settings.
It took me awhile to get excited again for TLOU Remastered, but damn if I ain't giddy like a child before Christmas for it now.
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Though, since the game is already kind of half-movie, half-game, there does seem to be plenty of redundancy in creating a movie about it.
There's also a lot less hope and a lot more darkness in The Road. There, the father's plan B is to make sure to save two bullets so he can be sure he and his son die rather than be captured by those who would do far worse.
The Last of Us never explores that degree of hopelessness. It keeps a light on that says that no matter how bad things get, it's better to grit our teeth and fight through it.
Well, mostly.
But it does tend to focus on factors that drive the characters forward. The tangible and intangible factors that move the story forward and keep prodding at the Joel and Ellie to keep moving, keep walking, because the goal is right around the next corner. TLoU uses the carrot, where as The Road uses the stick.
(Also, this is all more in reference to the novel, as I've never seen the movie, but if you guys are done with TLoU and want some recommended reading, The Road is a hell of a journey. The writing style can take some getting used to, and it doesn't work as well as it does in Blood Meridian, but I can still recommend it without any real reservations.)
Out of curiosity, many folks double dipping on Remastered?
Maisie Williams is in talks to play Ellie in the movie version of The Last of Us