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The Last of Us: Remastered |OT| Game of the Years

I hope your ass is ready.

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They over hyped it to oblivion.

I agree.
Forced walking, a scene that amounted to a long ass real time unskippable cutscene, holding forward to win, and more forced walking kicked off the gameplay quite poorly. #cinematicgaming, I guess, which is a shame because almost everything else that followed was fantastic.
 

antitrop

Member
I agree.
Forced walking, a scene that amounted to a long ass real time unskippable cutscene, holding forward to win, and more forced walking kicked off the gameplay quite poorly. #cinematicgaming, I guess, which is a shame because almost everything else that followed was fantastic.

How do you feel about Half-Life's intro? The introduction to Black Mesa Research Facility is one of the most beloved in all of gaming and all you do is sit in a tram until a security guard allows you to get off.

It's worth it for the pacing, though. And it's worth it in The Last of Us.
 

Raptor

Member
How do you feel about Half-Life's intro? The introduction to Black Mesa Research Facility is one of the most beloved in all of gaming and all you do is sit in a tram until a security guard allows you to get off.

It's worth it for the pacing, though. And it's worth it in The Last of Us.
HL2 is garbage.


Banderas is now a Gaffer ROFL.
 

HardRojo

Member
Dude, you haven't even seen the worst of it:
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I am from the future

That was a great laugh before going out to drink, enjoy your weekend people!
It's National Holidays here in Peru through the 30th so I'll be partying my way till the 29th when the Remaster finally arrives :D Awesome weekend incoming, not to mention that 60fps footage.
 

JLeack

Banned
Oh lawd. I've taken a bunch of screenshots today with and without the 30 FPS lock enabled. The results are pretty interesting.
 
Oh lawd. I've taken a bunch of screenshots today with and without the 30 FPS lock enabled. The results are pretty interesting.

Except, I thought Arne said that the patch was adding the higher res shadow config. Currently the game does not look different. Placebo? Bullshit? Misinformation? The world may never know!

lol. You fucker. I didn't even read the rest of the topics. I went back to the front page and Ctrl-F'd Neil Druckmann.

Make sure to read the rest.
 

JLeack

Banned
Except, I thought Arne said that the patch was adding the higher res shadow config. Currently the game does not look different. Placebo? Bullshit? The world may never know!



Make sure to read the rest.

The update is already out, and I'm looking at before and after photos RIGHT NOW.
 
How do you feel about Half-Life's intro? The introduction to Black Mesa Research Facility is one of the most beloved in all of gaming and all you do is sit in a tram until a security guard allows you to get off.

It's worth it for the pacing, though. And it's worth it in The Last of Us.

I don't recall any forced walking in Half-Life so it wins by default. I also recall the intro having a much smoother balance of free movement/progression and "hey, stand here and watch this".

In general, I can tolerate that stuff on a first playthrough, but it destroys replay value for me. I bought a game to play a game. That doesn't mean I need WHAM BANG explosions and combat immediately after selecting "New Game" (if at all, to be honest), but I like being able to smoothly make progress with a decent level of interaction.

For reference, some of my top game intros would be Resident Evil 4, Metroid Prime, Super Metroid, Earthbound, and the God of War series.
 

farmerboy

Member
Yeah no pause feature right now...

I don't know how you are getting this over the weekend, but you are extremely lucky.

Yeah, sorry, should have been more specific. Will go and preorder the game over the weekend, maybe pay in full to ensure I get it in 3 days time. Game is out on the 31st here in Australia.

Ridiculous how excited I am for a game I've already played. I think it stems from 3 things, new generation (I just got the ps4), haven't replayed it yet (so the memory is slightly hazy) and never played the MP so looking forward to that also.
 

antitrop

Member
I don't recall any forced walking in Half-Life so it wins by default. I also recall the intro having a much smoother balance of free movement/progression and "here, stand here and watch this".
I was talking about literally just the opening credits and the tram ride, which is a pretty lengthy section of just standing in one place. There's even loading sections...
 

Hubb

Member
Yeah, sorry, should have been more specific. Will go and preorder the game over the weekend, maybe pay in full to ensure I get it in 3 days time. Game is out on the 31st here in Australia.

Gotcha, some people have got it early so I assumed you were one of those. As much as I want it to be Tuesday already, I kind of want a nice long weekend.
 

chaosaeon

Member
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Anson Mount definitely gets my vote and he has the acting chops to pull it off if you've ever seen Hell on Wheels. He pretty much plays a character a lot like Joel already. The only concern is he might not be a big enough name to be cast in this.

Someone should tweet at the Naughty Dog guys about this!

Damn, a little makeup and some thicker brows and holy crap yes. At least visually, he gets my vote.
 

Paskil

Member
I forgot how much I loved the soundtrack of this game, and Gustavo Santaolalla in general. I need to listen through this. I was holding off on a complete listen through until I finished the game. I moved on and forgot to listen through. This is going to be a treat. Thanks for mentioning the music in the OT, OP. Good job on the thread.

Even if you don't play this game, you owe it to yourself to listen to the music. Hauntingly beautiful is the best descriptor I can use.

Feel so fucking jealous of the people playing this game for the first time.

Also, this.
 
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