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New "The Last of Us" Trailer
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Mikey Jr.
Member
My guess?
Imagine Uncharted 3 in LOU setting. The cover mechanic, the shooting mechanic will probably be taken heavily from U3.
Melee will most likely get an upgrade, and of course Joel won't be ale to free climb. But the way camera is situated, how the camera zooms in when you aim, etc.
Not saying these are bad things, but if you want a little glimpse into gameplay, imagine that.
Have you ever seen a videogame trailer before?
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
This is the second ever trailer to a highly anticipated game. It's meant to build hype, and lo and behold, it's working.
If someone came into a Nintendo thread with the same attitude you exhibited in the above quote, you'd jump their shit.
Wont this be better ? listening from nd themselves
They describe the combat pretty well
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/featu...and-consequence-combat-in-the-last-of-us.aspx
"Cinematic game" is an oxymoron at this point.
Run around in a tightly linear landscape, shoot enemy, trigger cutscene, run around in a tightly linear landscape, shoot enemy, trigger cutscene. Repeat.
It's not just ND who does this, but I'm kind of miffed by the outpouring of excitement over a game that will likely follow the same scripted formula.
Chuck Norris
Banned
Boy you're making a lot of assumptions aren't you?
Metalmurphy
Member
Some more caps:
nah, that would make too much sense
That Call of Duty and not uncharted.
And The Last of Us is pretty much different from uncharted.
Live Free or Die
Banned
Amazing.
Uh, no? I don't care if people get hyped over a Nintendo trailer. Especially if the Nintendo trailer was of a truck crashing into a wall. I'm just saying, E3 is when something worthwhile re: Last of Us will come out, because presumably they'll release a real trailer rivaling the greatness of their UC2 trailer from E3 2009 (the one showing the helicopter, etc).
ArisenDragon
Member
From the gameinformer site, wow sounds interesting I want to see how Ellie helps you that should be good.
SLEEPS7ALK3R
Banned
Why do you bother coming into this thread and throwing a shit parade?
Isn't this sort of thing banable?
Pretty graphics, no doubt. Great story? Arguably. I want thought-provoking stories like I got from Bioshock.
Uh... no. I read articles.
A lot of information about the game has already been divulged. This isn't the first trailer for the game.
Part of me wants to say I hope they have night time sequences because it could ramp up the tension with all these ne'er-do-well humans running around (and the occasional shroom-head!), but then I think back to how Syria was the dullest part of UC3 and I go "Meh." I know the UC3 team is separate from their UC2 team (which is handling LoU), but ND really is at their best when working with sunlight. Still, it's refreshing to eschew the grimdark apocalypse for the sunny verdant one!
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Lots of people like cinematic games. I wish they (the games) were less shallow, too, but I just Deal With It™.
Plus I like Uncharted 2 a lot. I think it's quite good for a shallow game.
BruiserBear
Banned
Looks awesome. Want to see gameplay at E3.
Metalmurphy
Member
If you did then you'd have known there's very little shooting in this game. Also you overly simplifying the "formula". Not even uncharted games play like that.
Chuck Norris
Banned
Then you would know its not being built as a tightly linear experience in the vein of COD or Uncharted at all. I wouldn't strictly call it an open ended experience either, but it walks the line between the two extremes. You also wouldn't be talking about shooting because it will have a limited emphasis on shooting
I loved UC2 and UC3 (can't bring myself to play UC1, though). That being said, the only similarities I'd anticipate here are 1) pretty graphics, and 2) climbing shit. My impression from the write-ups is that this will lean less heavily on the third-person shooting, with bullets being scarcer and more realistically lethal.
New Ellie looks crap! The only good thing about it is that the hair looks to be better.
The eyes are waay too big, it's freaky. The freckles are gone, leaving the cheeks as this wide-open space, except for a huge 'beauty mark' floating out there under her left eye in the middle of nowhere. Looks absolutely crap.
The eyes are waay too big, it's freaky. The freckles are gone, leaving the cheeks as this wide-open space, except for a huge 'beauty mark' floating out there under her left eye in the middle of nowhere. Looks absolutely crap.
BruiserBear
Banned
You could start saying that about any game coming out this year.
But no, I don't wish it was a PS4 game. Naughty Dog can get more than anyone out of the PS3, and these in engine trailers have already shown the game to be a graphical powerhouse. Even by 2012 standards this is a great looking game.
You mean to say you'd prefer to see gameplay for a videogame than a short movie of a truck crashing into a wall? Get out. But seriously, I don't see why it wouldn't be playable at E3. It's quite likely a fall release, is it not? Might as well let people start playing it now.
Kenshin001
Member
I can see where you are coming from but that's a really simplistic way of looking at it and kind of diminishes what ND have achieved. They created a really good action adventure story with lots of little touches of humanity. In UC2 you battle it out in a collapsing building and on a moving train that also involves traversal, they were fantastic action sequences the player participated in. The pacing and balance were spot on and that's why it received such critical acclaim. I also hope they shake up the formula a bit but if the game is anything like UC2 I won't mind.
Excuse me sir, but posting my opinion in the thread in a civil manner and not going off-topic is not a bannable offense at all.
Christ, if you want to see people banned for their opinions go to N4G or something.
Anyway, I read some other posts from people who said the game won't have much shooting, and that sounds good.
Yes, those moments were great. I don't know, I just don't feel as strongly about the games anymore because I can see the way they're made. I can see the thread of them.
I want Naughty Dog to focus on creating more diverse gameplay, more unpredictable puzzles, and most of all, a story that isn't a retread of familiar plots.
Anyway, the trailer looked great, but my bottom line is I don't want gaming to head in the direction of "cinematic" because they tend to become interactive films.
I don't think these people characterizing the Uncharted series as "triggering a cutscene every other firefight" have actually played the games. As a poster noted above, the games constantly introduce new scenarios that are fully playable, my personal favorite being the ship in UC3: The whole level is rocking in real time on a procedurally generated ocean, with cargo sliding to and fro according to their own unique physics, meaning the cover you can hide behind and the platforms you can hop across are literally changing by the moment, all while you're slipping and stumbling and moving fast then slow with the tilting of the ship, your enemies doing the same, both of you struggling to correct your aim to compensate. It's incredible.
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Fair enough. I guess I misinterpreted your post / jumped to conclusions.
Naw. We gotta have something to play until new hardware comes out.
Sickboy007
Member
Ellie looks a little more like Ashley Johnson, aka her voice actor.
I immediately thought of this game when i saw her in the Avengers.
I'm kinda bummed that they de-Ellen Paged her.
If nothing else, don't ever make this accusation. I have played the games, and I even enjoyed them. Of all the cinematic games I've played this gen, which for me includes the Halo games, the Gears games, the CoD games, the Dead Space games, the Uncharted series has been the best. I guess I entered the wrong thread for posting a negative (or slightly less than ecstatic) opinion of Naughty Dog's achievements.
Callibretto
Member
and ND will eventually move to PS4 anyway, probably already did at least for the U3 team. I don't think Last of Us for PS3 strategy is bad. they can have more userbase who buy the game, and if the game is great, it'll be a great incentive for people to buy PS4 for the sequel of this game. I reckon a lot of people buy PS3 because they just need to play GoW3 because GoW2 end with such massive tease.
that said, I hope Last of Us won't have cliffhanger ending.
Well for my part I apologize if I came off the wrong way. I meant more to tease people for counting the girl's freckles in a screencap, etc. But I understand getting hyped over a most wanted game, which this game could very well become for me once we know more about it. I've played waaaaaay more of my PS3 this gen than my Wii, so while I'm a raging nintard on one hand, I definitely have lots of love and respect for Sony's stable of titles. This has quality written all over it so far; the trick will be ND finding ways to keep the scenarios fresh and interesting so that it doesn't devolve into melee one crowd, run away and melee another.
Whoa! I wasn't targeting you in particular. I just meant the general sentiment voiced by various people that make UC sound like Heavy Rain. (And full disclosure, I actually loved Heavy Rain, and further full disclosure, I'm not one to defend ND as some sort of god -- I just really believe they do a great job with setpieces in particular.)
They said it wont.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Game of the gen right here.
I imagine when the truck crashes, that's when it segues back into gameplay, at which point you assume a defensive position in the... garage, or wherever they wound up, and slowly work your way outside, picking off the punks outnumbering you. I think they actually described this scene in one of the previews. Personally, I'm most interested to see these quarantine zones where they kill on sight anyone with even the slightest sign of infection. Sounds chilling...
Callibretto
Member
thank god, one thing I appreciate from ND is their game have nice satisfying ending with closure, none of that vague ending with teaser for next game crap that's been all over other series, even in Sony's own catalog, with GoW, Resistance, Killzone
Dunno if my brain is destroyed after way to much Diablo 3, but that cinematic may be the best looking one i have ever seen in a videogame. The lighting and character models is just simply incredible. And the overall feel and direction is top notch. Naughty Dog, i love you. Can't wait for E3.