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Teens react to The Last of Us
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DirgeExtinction
Member
There is too much vitriol in this thread. Chill people.
As for the intro of the game, I already saw it a while back, but my reaction at the end was the same:
.
First game I buy when I get a PS4.
Regarding the React channel, I'm not that fond of the Teens, I prefer the Kids and Elders, who are able to give a more interesting perspective on the things they are reacting to. However, I understand the appeal, and while I get that some people don't like these videos, I don't understand why they are so acerbic about it. Come on guys. You can share your opinion without using hyperboles, sarcasms and bashing.
As for the intro of the game, I already saw it a while back, but my reaction at the end was the same:
I cried
First game I buy when I get a PS4.
Regarding the React channel, I'm not that fond of the Teens, I prefer the Kids and Elders, who are able to give a more interesting perspective on the things they are reacting to. However, I understand the appeal, and while I get that some people don't like these videos, I don't understand why they are so acerbic about it. Come on guys. You can share your opinion without using hyperboles, sarcasms and bashing.
I hope you don't watch TV or basically any popular video on Youtube then, old man.
Blue Ninja
Member
Dammit, I want to play this game even more now. I'll need to steal one of my friends' PS4's.
Summer Haze
Banned
What the fuck am I reading? Is this some sort of hipster/troll hybrid?
I especially like the part where you say that it's "inconceivable" (nice trademark GAF hyperbole there, I like it) that anyone could view the intro as anything other than how you view it...immediately after saying you haven't played it yourself.
7/10. Would read again if nothing else was available.
rubbish. I saw my friend play this and i still feel this is one of the most impactful games ever. I think gaf is too elitist/particular on some of these things. And this person (girl ironically) didnt really love any games since mario on the snes since plants and zombies. And she loved tlou. The impact this game has on the general populace not the gaming community can't be understated.
Summer Haze
Banned
I can't watch casual noobs playing video games.
Yeah, I understand that not everyone plays games...but watching some of them not being able to follow a linear path and barely managing to walk through a doorway was painful Lol.
as opposed to what do you believe is ground breaking writing? Most writing deals is things humanity already knows and yes tlou is cliche and so is most of other writing the devil is in the detail and execution. But I would definitely like to know what you consider the pinnacle of writing. (For the record I didnt cry at any point of tlou but it did leave a deep impact on me).
Indeed, some of the reactions that any mention of Last of Us in a thread title (Or any ND game it seems) on Neogaf provokes from certain members can only really be described as 'disproportionately hostile' imo.
I can understand not liking a game, but when in any thread with the game's name in it's title you're pretty much guaranteed at least one near-essay length post on why the game is everything wrong with gaming/why if you like the game you aren't a "real gamer" (Have seriously seen both of these things suggested multiple times on here), then it's probably fair to say that some people's emotional investment in disliking the game has gotten slightly out of hand.
Naughty Dogs (or Naughty Gods as some like to call them) are probably the most beloved developer on GAF, along with Platinum and maybe CDProject Red.
I would even argue to a fault.
It's not so hard to imagine that perhaps, out of the 7 billions people on the planet, some of them may dislike, even vehemently, ND games.
So, every movie ever where a dog dies is considered a masterpiece?
I sometimes feel like I'm the only one that didn't care at all about that one scene, let alone tear up at the events portrayed. I knew that character for a total of 20 minutes, which isn't anywhere near enough time for me to care enough about her dying.
err I didnt tear up a single time but comparing it to a movie where a dog dies is silly at best and ingenuous at worst.
Summer Haze
Banned
Are you a father? Or do you have any young children in your family who you are close to?
I mean, even if you don't, it's not hard to see why scenes like that are upsetting to so many people. I don't think you're necessarily supposed to care about the character, but the scene itself.
A man losing his daughter,
Sharp emotions. Would not cry.
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
Was hoping they'd get around to this game eventually. I've already seen the intro a bunch, but it's still fun to watch others experience it for the first time. I wonder how far they're gonna actually let them play. The beginning of summer is much slower paced, so i'm not sure how interesting the reactions would be then.
Their Let's Play videos, like TLOU, are mainly done on their second channel on a weekly basis with the teens and elders.
That's only been the subject for some of their videos. They've always had reaction videos covering various other topics in the world, past and present.
Their Let's Play videos, like TLOU, are mainly done on their second channel on a weekly basis with the teens and elders.
Deft Beck
Member
What is there to "react" to? This is nothing outside of their normal experience with popular media. If they have seen any modern survival story portrayed on film, television or otherwise, they would have seen similar elements.
In general, I dislike the teen videos where they are exposed to things that they have a good chance of having experience with already. It seems lazy.
In general, I dislike the teen videos where they are exposed to things that they have a good chance of having experience with already. It seems lazy.
... It's not easy to make people cry, you know. It requires more than a modicum of narrative craftsmanship. It's certainly not a low bar. I've only heard of two or three games in gaming history which have consistently made people cry.
Yes, some people cry at anything, but this game has a notoriously powerful prologue. A lot of critics noted a tear-jerking opening.
You're right that it's not a de facto sign of 'masterpiece' status, but it's a sign of something special. Eliciting emotions is one of art's key goals and is a sign that the narrative is working. Making us feel things that remind us we're human. TLoU deffo does that. And 'masterpiece' is usually relative - in relative to most other games released today? I think it's special. And yes, a masterpiece.
Maybe you weren't being as derisive as I felt you were, but I've replied to a sense that your tone is pretty derisory about TLoU's emotional impact.
Teen Reacts to: iPhone6.
"Wow, where are the buttons? And where do you put the change?"
Grumpy, emotionally-stinted gamer reacts to teens reacting to The Last of Us.
Acquiescence
Member
When you're the greatest dev on the planet, you're gonna make a lot of enemies.
It does seem a lot more redundant than the elderly people one.
Yeah, I love my little nephew and niece more than anything in the world and I would always protect them, but all that doesn't really matter to me when I'm playing a game, reading a book or watching a movie or television show.
Joel's daughter
For me to care about a character I hardly know in any story they have to be in situations that hit close to home. For instance, I cried when in an episode of Six Feet Under an old man died of a brain anyeurism, because my grandpa just recovered from one.
EDIT: I even have experience with parents losing their kid (my aunt died of cancer a few years back, and both my grandparents are still alive) and it was one of the most heartbreaking scenes I've ever witnessed. But again, these are completely different circumstances.
Are you a father? Or do you have any young children in your family who you are close to?
I mean, even if you don't, it's not hard to see why scenes like that are upsetting to so many people. I don't think you're necessarily supposed to care about the character, but the scene itself. A man losing his daughter, that's a sad thing. If that shit doesn't touch you, then you must be a cold hearted mofo.
As someone else that didn't cry at that part, I think it has to do with the immediate
jump into summer. Had they actually spent more time with Joel just after Sarah had died, then maybe I would have felt something.
Summer Haze
Banned
Like I said above in my edit, it's not necessarily about the character itself, it's about the scenario, you know?
A man losing his daughter
Langdon Alger
Banned
Are you a father? Or do you have any young children in your family who you are close to?
I mean, even if you don't, it's not hard to see why scenes like that are upsetting to so many people. I don't think you're necessarily supposed to care about the character, but the scene itself. A man losing his daughter, that's a sad thing. If that shit doesn't touch you, then you must be a cold hearted mofo.
But the is game basically a cartoon. And even as amazing as those graphics were at the time, humans still look really bad and not realistic in video games to me. I can't get emotional over CG.
Summer Haze
Banned
Understandable, I guess. Even though I can't relate.
But have you watched Grave of The Fireflies?
Understandable, I guess. Even though I can't relate.
But have you watched Grave of The Fireflies?
No. Stop. I don't want to recall that movie ;_; Good lord I was feeling bad...
Or Watership Down. Or When The Wind Blows.Understandable, I guess. Even though I can't relate.
But have you watched Grave of The Fireflies?
I guess some people can suspend disbelief and take a medium on its own terms, and some can't. Not that surprising. I'm yet to be scared by any horror films, but it doesn't surprise me that they can give others nightmares.
People disliking the games isn't the part I have trouble understanding though, to be fair.
I think it has more to do with the fact that you see it coming, you can see the whole purpose of that scene from the first minute, so the manipulation comes off as more obvious and transparent which, for some people, is enough to feel detachment.
I never cried for any piece of media though (came close with a couple of movies, but never actually teared up) so i guess i don't really qualify.
Still, i think that's the reason I didn't feel as engaged by the scene as other people, felt a bit like a snake's oil salesman was trying to sell me something an i wouldn't have it.
Other moments later in the game came off as more natural, and hit me harder, though.
Understandable, I guess. Even though I can't relate.
But have you watched Grave of The Fireflies?
Another movie that many consider to be a bit cheap in its manipulation.
I liked it well enough though.+
Indulging in easy manipulation can be a guilty pleasure, so i get it.
Catalix
And on the sixth day the LORD David Bowie created man and woman in His image. And he saw that it was good. On the seventh day the LORD created videogames so that He might take the bloody day off for once.
You might be overthinking the aim of these particular videos. It's just a fun little Let's Play, not a thorough analysis of unfamiliar cultural material.
Just seeing KH II's intro being mentioned already brings back the feels :/
I editted my post accordingly haha. But yeah, I get what ND was doing and I get why people would cry at that scene. I personally didn't, because it didn't resonate with me. Something else that contributes to that is probably the fact that it's established that they're in an extremely hostile environment and that dying from a zombie/mutated human or a freaked-out survivor is completely within the realm of possibilities at that point.
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
Thank you. I think some blatantly forget that we are all humans. People can have feels, damn. The intro makes me tear up every time..
Deft Beck
Member
There's no need to use labels just to disparage me. I just feel like this is a very easy piece of media to have a "reaction" to and that other videos in this series are better.
I suppose you are right. I would appreciate the latter, though.
Langdon Alger
Banned
Understandable, I guess. Even though I can't relate.
But have you watched Grave of The Fireflies?
Actually I did get pretty emotional watching Grave of The Fireflies. I've even gotten somewhat emotional over a couple epidsodes of The Simpson. I think I can get into a deliberately less realistic style of animation more than a CGI style of animation for some reason. Maybe it's an uncanny valley thing that messes with me or something. Maybe I'm just weird.
figadapaura
Member
Didn't expect that scene to get me choked up again. Fuck's sake.
Interceptor
Banned
I like hown they all are so used to games that play themself if you press forward that they all are surprised when you actually die.
"That´s not part of the story? Oh you can die!"
"That´s not part of the story? Oh you can die!"
If that shit doesn't touch you, then you must be a cold hearted mofo.
The game opens with this nonsense. It's ham-fisted as fuck. OMG IM BEING SO EMOTIONAL!!! CAREEEE ABOOOOOUT MEEEEEEEEEEE!
lolwut?
JuanLatino
Member
exactly...Its like some GAF members have some prejudice or general hate against this type of media.
SketchTheArtist
Member
Devilgunman
Member
You have so many words to say for something you haven't experienced yourself. Did that make you feel good?
boredandlazy
Member
Teens react to teens react to The Last of Us.