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Teens react to The Last of Us
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The Smoking Bun
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Am I completely wrong? Last of Us was never supposed to be about ground breaking game-design, Naughty Dog is not Platinum or FROM Software who excel at engaging and brutal gameplay that we enjoy so much. Naughty Dog has always sold their games as cinematic experiences that are almost as good as movies. Honestly in that respect, Last Of Us is a lot better at storytelling and emotion than a lot of Hollywood shlock these days. Non-Gamers won't or can't see the appeal of Revengeance or say Dark Souls but they will definitely get and appreciate what Last of Us tries to do and frankly excels at. The heart and emotion may be CW grade but it's a lot better than most games and some movies.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Ok i'm clearly being trolled.
Leatherface
Member
damn. watching that makes me want to play it again. I love that game so much. AHH!
AstuteClass
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I see you've declined to elect a proper reply. It's what happens when pseudo-intelligent posters run out of drivel.
Summer Haze
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Are you avatar quoting me because my avatar is Ellie? Really?
Pretty lame seeing as I wasn't just talking about TLoU. It happens everywhere on GAF, with every medium.
I knew she'd die, but it was the way she died and the screams of the voice actor that really tugged at the heart-strings. Well, they were the most obvious things anyway. I'm sure the music, camera angles, and various other tomfoolery were acting on me subconciously. I just thought it was an extremely well realised scene, even if it wasn't a big surprise.
Yeah, first time through my missus was pregnant. Second time through I actually had a daughter. Certainly helped me 'get into' things.
Great reactions to a great game, makes me realise how well they did the father child relationship even from the kids perspective with how these teens related to it. I don't think any other game even comes close to TLOU for its emotional impact, completely different ballpark. Even when Seth and Evan were playing it you could see the emotion they were feeling even they were trying to be funny.
I thought the ones that didn't like TLoU were the salty ones?
weird.
I just feel those:
"if you don't like TLOU, you are wrong!!/you didn't play it/you don't have a PS3/PS4"
don't make any sense, not every one has to like the same things you do.
The Smoking Bun
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Exactly, the voice acting and motion capture really sells it.
Honestly I hope the people harping on TLOU for being "try-hard" did not cry when Aeris died
It seems to have a greater effect on parents, my friend is a father of a young girl not much older than Sarah and it really made him upset.
Summer Haze
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Who said any of these things? Did you avatar quote me based on something I didn't say?
That's even lamer.
I didn't know some people were so sensitive to jokes.
do you have a meltdown everytime someone avatar quotes you?
freakzilla149
Banned
Not everyone who disagrees is a contrarian, I've tried very hard to like the story and be emotionally invested in TLoU but it just doesn't work. I love the multiplayer, I appreciate the slower pace.
I'm probably a little less easily moved than average but I've shed buckets to classical music & really moving scenes in movies etc. So, please don't just dismiss it him out of hand.
Summer Haze
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Nice cop out attempt, lol. Your comment sure doesn't read as a joke.
And only with the ones that make no sense.
You're really trying to pass all that off as "jk" now? Wow
Summer Haze
Banned
It's what people like that always do when they're in those situations.They back themselves into a corner with their silly comments, and then attempt to dig themselves out of it and spin it around onto everyone else by saying "only joking, guys! Jeez, can't you all take a joke!?".
XD
it's just an avatar quote, how is that not a joke? i don't get it.
is it offensive to avatar quote now?
i don't get it.
what's silly about thinking everyone can like different things?
you getting offended cause i avatar quoted you is something else "XD"
thecouncil
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That's such a well constructed opening to a game. The cutscene with that incredible tune, the cut to title, then the credits / music / voiceovers. It's really good.
IAmRandom31
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yeah, been gaming for 25 or so years now and cannot recall an opening to a game that was that powerful
I have two daughters myself. Scenes where children are in pain, or lose a loved one, tend to get to me. I think I was simply prepared for this one.
Watching kids go through losing a parent, along with that parents father, in Lost Odyssey tore me up. Parts of that game were janky, but that Lirum scene was rough.
For those that haven't played it, or want to see that scene...http://youtu.be/qlmIBB84XQk?t=5m52s
Tech has come a ways since then, but I remember I took a break after that scene.
The kids screaming "Mommy wake up!!"...eesh.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
IAmRandom31
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Well ... this thread took an odd turn ...
good video though ...
yeah
good video though ...
yeah
avatar quotes usually are in jest, actually.
Y'all should chill the fuck down, people, it's really weird to see you get so defensive about a game that got pretty much 10/10 and GOTY/GOTG across the spectrum, because a couple of random people didn't like it.
So what? They're entitled to the opinion and they have the right to come in LoU threads and express it.
The idea that threads should only be about circle jerking is so pathetic, for a discussion board like NeGAF is..
Sevenfold
Member
Choking up all over again. Dat intro man. Will it ever be touched?
Fbh
Member
Damn, this has made me want to replay the game once more.
But I guess I'll just wait until I find a good deal on the Ps4 remaster.
I remember half my family tearing up when I showed them the intro. It's one of the few games they later showed interest in ("so did you finish that game with the girl and his dad?", "what happened next?", etc)
But I guess I'll just wait until I find a good deal on the Ps4 remaster.
I remember half my family tearing up when I showed them the intro. It's one of the few games they later showed interest in ("so did you finish that game with the girl and his dad?", "what happened next?", etc)
"Huh anyone could have made it" Well where are all these other games with such gripping emotional intros? Or even gripping emotional stories throughout the game? I'll wait.
Good video, like seeing people react to things they've never played, especially people who don't play many games.
Edit: On further reading, so much fucking salt in this thread, it's so pathetic.
Can't believe I'm actually saying this but I'm looking forward to Teens React to The Last of Us 2 although they'd really need to let them play through the whole game to get them really involved.
They should really do a Teens React to The Teens React to The Last of Us GAF Thread video. That would make them cry!
They should really do a Teens React to The Teens React to The Last of Us GAF Thread video. That would make them cry!
AkelisRain
Member
Watching the teens play through that made me tear up again . Jesus.
GIANKRATOS
Member
IT: That was one of the best intro ever imho. It hits you like a punch in the face, even if you knew from the beginning that something bad was going to happen
FlashbladeGAF
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I won't say that making people cry automatically makes your game a masterpiece, but think about all the games you've played in your life with stories that TRY to make you cry
How many succeeded, how many even came close?
To make people care enough to feel so strongly over polygons and voice acting shouldn't be disregarded so quickly. Especially in the video game industry, which is why TLoU gets a lot of praise.
AkelisRain
Member
Just reading the short stories in that game brought me to tears sometimes. That was a good game.
Yeah, me too. I have a daughter, can't imagine what that would be like. That scene really hard to watch for me, even in the teens react context.
Sheriff_Battlesnake
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I love watching Let's Plays on games I will probably never have the time to experience myself, and similarly when I do experience something it's kind of cool to see how someone would handle it from a different upbringing/generation/light. I don't take it too seriously, it's just goofy internet videos anyway.
Is it that people feel exploited emotionally by these kinds of videos or is it that it's so not up your alley that you're just weighing in to say so? Or is it really that it just feels (or maybe it? idk) staged?
Is it that people feel exploited emotionally by these kinds of videos or is it that it's so not up your alley that you're just weighing in to say so? Or is it really that it just feels (or maybe it? idk) staged?
Summer Haze
Banned
Never mind. Not worth going so far off-topic.
double jump
you haven't lived until a random little kid ask you "how do you make love".
It's so wrong but I was chuckling at their horrified reactions.
Honestly between this and the mk Conan video I'm surprised at how emotional people get when playing games.
Maybe I'm just desensitized idk.
Honestly between this and the mk Conan video I'm surprised at how emotional people get when playing games.
Maybe I'm just desensitized idk.
Fun to hear the opinion from people not way into gaming, but these are the least compelling of the React videos. (Part of the) target audience reacting as expected? Who knew? Elders/Kids react usually offers a more interesting perspective on stuff.
Apples and oranges (if you were trying to make a serious comparison). This is like comparing crying about a book to crying about a match of sport. Just because you're more passionate about the latter doesn't mean it is comparable to a game that makes people tear up by design.
Some people choke up more easily than others when an emotional scene happens in a book/movie/game. Perhaps you don't, but calling it 'hilarious' is a bit dismissive (in the case of TLOU the opening is clearly having its intended effect on the majority of players).
Apples and oranges (if you were trying to make a serious comparison). This is like comparing crying about a book to crying about a match of sport. Just because you're more passionate about the latter doesn't mean it is comparable to a game that makes people tear up by design.
Some people choke up more easily than others when an emotional scene happens in a book/movie/game. Perhaps you don't, but calling it 'hilarious' is a bit dismissive (in the case of TLOU the opening is clearly having its intended effect on the majority of players).
Summer Haze
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I think crying at losing a 70 minute DOTA 2 match is hilarious. It's completely subjective.
Wait, is this a serious post? Hmmm. I find it hard to tell on here sometimes.
GavinUK86
Member
I really hope you're joking. As a long time Dota player myself that is just pathetic.
JimboJones
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Yeah kinda loses it's appeal.