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So... I just started playing The Last Of Us.

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Raven2785
, June 17th, 2013 at 07:22 PM (4949 Views)
And my first impression so far is... Fucking hell is this game grim, I just started the game and have only gotten past the 1 hour mark but I can already tell I will not have fun playing this game.

Don't misunderstand, This game is certainly one of the best looking things I've ever seen displayed of my TV and then some, the mechanics for some reason remind me of a resident evil game. No, not these recent "action survival" resident evil games we have been getting lately, more like the old-school-actual-survival-horror resident evil, I don't say this in a bad way, what I mean is that most of the time you're scavenging whatever you can find. For example, you find an ammo box and that box has 2 bullets on it, but here's the thing, you're fucking happy you found those bullets. You end up going like "Yes! I can reload again!" it's due to this lack of resources that you take every encounter you have with any enemy fucking seriously, otherwise you end up having to run away from 4 dudes chasing you to hide so you can heal up and you only have those 2 bullets I mentioned, you know that you're screwed.

Which is why the game has a big emphasis on stealth, there's scenarios in this game where you will not move forward unless you sneak past some dudes and/or infected, this also comes with the ability for you to "see" by focusing on the sound your enemies make, allowing you to either ignore them once you know their routes or get behind them for a quick chokehold knockout.

Another thing I've noticed is that I've yet to see something repeat itself, we all know that sometimes in order to save money and time a Dev making a game will just copy-paste a tree, or a bookshelf, etc. and just hope we don't notice. Sometimes we do and sometimes we don't but I've yet to see anything in-game looking like something I've already seen, everything looks unique and special, like someone in the art department made this shelf with 3 books on it for this room only, and this will be the only place where you will see this shelf with 3 books looking like they're about to fall to the ground, granted, I've only scratched the surface of this game but it manages to keep this up it's gonna be a great technical achievement on their part.

It's my recommendation that if you have a PS3 get your hands on this game and play now, I can already tell this will be quite an experience, no story spoilers except for one, and people who played the game know what the hell I'm talking about.

Why Naughty Dog, why? ;_;
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  1. The Geek's Avatar
    Naughty Dog is best gaming company. They've been showing us this since 1996 (yes I do know that they existed before then).
  2. RadiantBeam's Avatar
    I'll have to start watching an LP of this.
  3. Daiki's Avatar
    Got the game too. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to play it.

    Had my eyes on it since a long time and expect it to be enjoyable.
  4. Suncofold's Avatar
    Love this game.
  5. Vigilantia's Avatar
    Bought the game before you. It's really fun although I have a feeling this is going to be like a horror movie where EVERYONE dies. It's too grim to have a happy ending (at least from the atmosphere I've experienced). Here's a tip though: sometimes Elli will give you ammo and medkits (I believe this is to make things fair if you're about to head into a heavy fight and you're low on... everything). Do NOT assume this will always happen like I did. (See below)

    Also, fuck clickers. Evidently, there's a way to shiv them and stop their instant death aura with a leveled up skill, but I haven't gotten it yet. There's one section where you fight (I kid you not):

    C = Clicker
    R = Runner

    (2C+4R) + (3C + 4R) minimum, continuously over 30 seconds, in an area a little bit bigger than a living room and an L shape hall. This was after fighting 8 stalkers. (like Runners but they roam the area you're in by... running or hiding behind corners and waiting to face bashing you if they've been alerted to you) I couldn't tell how many specifically because I was scared witless and raging. Needless to say, there was a lot of "reload faster!" and "O FFS" on my end due to close quarters and clickers. Fuck clickers.

    I think I used 3 nail nades, a molotov, my melee nail stick, emptied both of what remained of my pistols and 1 more nail nade I made in the middle of combat. Didn't use my Rifle or long-gun shotgun because I used all of that in a fight before the 8 Stalkers.

    I think I have a bullet in my rifle left...


    There is one more thing that's annoying:

    Weapon sway and lack of close quarter pistol weapon use. I know you'll be inaccurate because you're scared and tired, but I always figured pumping 3 bullets into a person less than 10m away would be easier... I know, it's for gameplay reasons, but Its annoying. Maybe it's because I've gotten used to Isaac Clarke's steady aim.
  6. RoadBuster's Avatar
    Shiv Master is the skill you mention, but it takes 75 pills.

    Man, I am LOVING this game. Really hits everything I wanted out of a post-apocalyptic opus.
  7. Suncofold's Avatar
    Dude vigi that's like the best part

    My brother got raped in the university with that section with like six clickers and a bloater it was hilarious.
  8. Vigilantia's Avatar
    Haha, I didn't even get to the University yet. This was the part in the sewers (afterwards, you see the sign with "Infected Inside"). But 6 clickers AND a bloater? My god @__@
  9. Kelnish's Avatar
    I don't have a ps3 so I guess I'll just have to keep playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. like a chump.
  10. RoadBuster's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Suncofold
    Dude vigi that's like the best part

    My brother got raped in the university with that section with like six clickers and a bloater it was hilarious.
    Spoiler:
    There's no runners in this area. If you got the shivs, you can kill every clicker while the bloater is asleep. After you do that, you can just molotov the bloater as they are weak to fire it seems. It died just from that for me, but I know that's not completely consistent. You have the flamethrower by that point, so you can just toast it again if it survives.