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The Last of Us Demo (GoW:A Exclusive) Discussion Thread
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The_Hitcher89
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Wonder how much presence they'll have at E3. Sony obviously needs to focus on the PS4, but its a big oppurtunity to push TLoU into the limelight days before release
Someone who finished the game gives a good preview of what to expect (without going into much detail). All spoiler free.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8bG_-HnYLI (Crafting & Upgrade system)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E4l7e1fOc4 (Uncharted vs TLoU)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM9q0mgezY0 (Evolving Storytelling)
Articles:
http://www.projectcoe.com/2013/05/30/the-last-of-us-creating-a-world/ (Creating a World)
http://www.projectcoe.com/2013/05/31/the-last-of-us-surviving-madness/ (Surviving Madness)
The NDA sounds indeed hardcore lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8bG_-HnYLI (Crafting & Upgrade system)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E4l7e1fOc4 (Uncharted vs TLoU)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM9q0mgezY0 (Evolving Storytelling)
Articles:
http://www.projectcoe.com/2013/05/30/the-last-of-us-creating-a-world/ (Creating a World)
http://www.projectcoe.com/2013/05/31/the-last-of-us-surviving-madness/ (Surviving Madness)
The NDA sounds indeed hardcore lol.
I haven't noticed jaggies honestly, just horrible texture compared uncharted. It's quite bizarre knowing ND.
I haven't noticed anything that you wouldn't find similarly in an Uncharted game. Care to pinpoint a location or moment and I can have another look?
sweetvar26
Member
Oh god, it's the glove guy.
SolidusDave
Member
At least in the demo, textures (of walls etc.) seemed to be indeed less... detailed/sharp/high-res (?) compared to Uncharted 2 or 3, but I might need to look at them along side each other.
Maybe just less eye-popping, along the overall more gritty looking IQ.
Demo was great, don't have anything to add to the impressions.
Itchy//Tasty
Member
Want to know if I'm alone in this; this game reminds me a little bit of Manhunt sometimes. It's like a massively evolved, souped-up, big-budget, triple-A, end of the gen, HD, Naughty Dog-developed, cinematic Manhunt game with zombies instead of psycho gangs. It's there not in narrative but in the stealth, the darkness of the demo, the execution finishers, the creeping about from room-to-room, the melee, the thrown distractions, the idea of enemies that are sensitive to sound and the luring them around/messing with them this causes. Playing the demo with Listen mode OFF reminded me of how I eventually became so good at Manhunt I ended up playing on Hardcore, the secondary mode that switches off the radar and has you playing with just your senses. This fact alone is set to make it one of my favourite games ever.
masterkajo
Member
I agree.
I really hope that by turning the violence option down in the options menu you won't get exploding heads like that. It's on the one hand not realistic and on the other hand (at least for me) hard to look at.
The_Hitcher89
Member
I thought that when I watched the combat bit, and it hyped me even more. Even the UI for the bottle and brick reminds me, of it, and the 'thunk' sound the brick makes
I adored Manhunt, I was never good enough to get more than 3 stars though
From that knee gif, could the infected have weaker bone structure than the uninfected?
I will check for you later.
Replaying the demo right now and noticed one amazing graphical details that I haven't seen get mentioned:
When you get to the room where the building starts to shake (and the chair starts to move), if you turn on your flashlight and move to the red desktop and illuminate it, you'll notice how the wall to the right also gets highlighted in a red sheen! Very cool attention to detail. Seems to be valid for all red-ish surfaces too.
When you get to the room where the building starts to shake (and the chair starts to move), if you turn on your flashlight and move to the red desktop and illuminate it, you'll notice how the wall to the right also gets highlighted in a red sheen! Very cool attention to detail. Seems to be valid for all red-ish surfaces too.
Pretty much explicitly the case I think. In the demo, when you first approach the seated clicker, they comment on how disfigured it is and Tess says, "That's what years of infection will do to you."
revolverjgw
Member
It definitely brings Manhunt to mind. Which is good because that game was a masterpiece of atmosphere and intense gameplay.
The_Hitcher89
Member
Light-bounce.
There was a developer video focusing on it, it's been one of their major improvements with the engine.
Dragon1893
Member
Yeah, a lot of people should take note of these details which are a step above what we saw in uncharted instead of just focusing on the obvious stuff before saying this game looks worse.
Environments are a bit more open which means less memory for each individual asset. Surely you'll agree it's a worthwhile trade-off.
I agree with the manhunt comparisons, loved that game, tension was unbelievable.
TLOU was the third time this gen I felt that level of tension was (others were tower of latria in demon's souls and siren blood curse).
rockman zx
Member
If I rent God of War: Ascension will I have the chance of download the demo, or if someone rented the game before me, the right to download the demo with that disc will be gone?.
Jigolo
Member
It's an infected
that depends on the giffer personally im team Kaz.
Also has anyone seen this looks like multiplayer details.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/652686-the-last-of-us/66338916
DC1
Member
And it's specific to material type.
I walked around the perimeter of the open area before walking up to get a view of the destroyed capital.
I believe I heard distinct sounds of rain impact on plastics, concrete, aluminum and metal.
Unless I was drunk on hype. I'll check again today.
DC1
Member
Yes, you will download the installer from the disc. From that point you can remove GOWA and initiate the demo download from your game folder. (There will be a new TLOU folder)
You cant.
DC1
Member
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Nice! All of these little things really add up.
Shivs are more like support weapons. You use them to open locked doors or to stab infected when they grab you in those little QTEs. Kind of like defensive weapons in the Resident Evil remake (if you played that). As far as I know you can't equip them like a gun. About the bat though, I thought it just replaced your regular melee when you picked one up?
DC1
Member
Double post... I blame my phone
Edit: as stated above, you can't run around with a shiv, and do not have enough materials to make a bat.. you find one later.
SolidusDave
Member
DC1
Member
Thanks for the clarity.
However it was my impression that the option will be there for those who combined enough material to make a blunted object (in the crafting section) and that we would have access to multiple blunt craft items(in the main game).
rockman zx
Member
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
I'm still not convinced they have more health... needs to be tested. I only played normal one time to look for differences. All I know is that I melee and shiv'd a clicker on normal, and that fucker kept coming. It's possible enemies have the same health. Like I said, need to test it.
But I know for sure Joel takes more damage on hard and the resources are very limited.
I really don't know what to make of the MP stuff. It seems very different almost as if it could be a persistent world.
Dragon1893
Member
It seems random, sometimes a shiv will kill the clicker, sometimes it comes back for more.
As for the melee weapons, Joel will automatically use the one that is equipped but he doesn't run around with it in his hand, it stays on his back.
You can only use shivs when the game prompts you to do so.
As for the melee weapons, Joel will automatically use the one that is equipped but he doesn't run around with it in his hand, it stays on his back.
You can only use shivs when the game prompts you to do so.
SolidSnakex
Member
It actually sound like a cross between DayZ and The Walking Dead, which is what many people were hoping for. It's just an Uncharted reskin. Well, assuming that the description is accurate.
perineumlick
Member
Yeah, the resources and damage taken are definitely tweaked on Hard. I stunned a Clicker with a brick, then ran up and smashed his head with one blow with the 2 x 4 (my friends in the room went crazy, lol) on Hard, same as I did on Normal. I had no shivs left at the end though; couldn't upgrade the stick like on Normal.
I agree.
This game is nothing for kids.
perineumlick
Member
I think if you grab a Clicker with stealth the shiv is a one hit kill; if it's aware of your presence it just pisses it off.
Dragon1893
Member
I mean during a fight, when it grabs you. In my experience sometimes it dies and sometimes it doesn't.
DC1
Member
Every grab has = death for me.
It sounds more to me like standard fare multiplayer, albeit centred on 8 player melee combat, with a meta game attached where you have to maintain 'survivors'.
perineumlick
Member
Ah, I'll have to test that. Every time a clicker grabbed me and I shivved it, it just stunned it for a few seconds, then I ran lol.
blitzcloud
Banned
It is realistic if your skull is turning into fungus, don't you think?
Also the gif is repeating something brutal. Will probably not feel as brutal when you're trying to make it out of there alive and it doesn't loop forever.
Dragon1893
Member
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
Those details remind me more of Chromehounds MP if I'm reading it right.
Which is probably the greatest goddamn sentence I've been able to type in the last five or so years...
I think if you're already in a fight with a clicker the shiv won't kill them. But, if you sneak up from behind it will.