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The Last Guy (PSN) teaser site open!
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Zoe said:
We were just watching the trailer and my wife was yelling "turn left, turn left!!!" even though it was a trailer. So yes, it will be "multiplayer" indeed. Just like Uncharted is "multiplayer" in the sense that she sits there and yells "Glint! Glint!!" whenever there's a treasure nearby.
Is there any video of gameplay anywhere?
I still don't know what this game is all about.
EDIT: Found one:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/241650.html
Looks kinda cool. I'll wait for impressions or a demo before pulling the trigger.
I still don't know what this game is all about.
EDIT: Found one:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/241650.html
Looks kinda cool. I'll wait for impressions or a demo before pulling the trigger.
Dead Prince
Banned
1080p support? and what kind of features/options does the game support? ;o
Dead Prince
Banned
The video on the PSN store is awesome. you can see how it will look when you play. HD <3
Okay, so...let me try to take this apart piece by piece.
The videos are pretty accurate, but if you haven't watched them yet, it's not unlike Pacman crossed with Snake. You have to find people - sometimes they're out in the street (in the tutorial level, there's a group arranged to spell out "HELP"), most of the times they're in buildings and you have to coax them out by standing next to it.
Meanwhile, there are monsters running around, and in the three levels I've played (all Tokyo - more on this in a bit), I've come across four monsters. The large eyeball things are slow and don't chase you so much; the zombies will chase you from some distance away; the large bugs are constantly moving along the roads; and there's another type of bug that goes apeshit when it sees you and DOES. NOT. STOP. CHASING. YOU. They're the sole reason I failed out on my third stage. Monsters that touch your crowd send all those people into nearby buildings. If they touch you, you're done for. One nice effect - the crowd screams and shakes on screen when a monster is nearby. The DualShock 3 also shakes as a warning.
You do have some tools, though. Pressing X shows you an "infrared mode", where you get green dots overlaid on the map where there are people. Large green blobs on buildings indicate more people. But you don't want to hold down the button the whole game because it removes the monsters from the map - I plowed into a zombie without looking. You can also zoom the map in and out (R1/R2), pan the camera (right stick), and dash (Triangle). Dashing is limited by your stamina bar, which will increase the more people in your crowd. One more useful trick: if your crowd is long enough to wrap around an entire building with people in it, you'll automatically gain all those people and not have to wait for them to empty out.
Oh, and there are powerups! Some just refill your energy or give you limitless amounts; one freezes all monsters for about 30 seconds; and one (Return / "Re") moves you and your crowd back to the starting point. There's also an invisibility one I haven't had a chance to use yet.
The objective for each level is to bring X number of people to the escape area(s). (The third level had two escape zones!) Now, interestingly, mixed in with all the other people in the level are four VIPs. You don't get any indicators as to where they are using the "infrared mode", but if you find them you'll see a green person icon above a spot in your crowd. Getting them to the escape zone is worth extra points (and they unlock little bios in the level select screen). Score is based on total number rescued, VIPs rescued, and largest single crowd rescued. There's a star system for how well you did, 1-3.
That's pretty much it, at least from what I've gleaned in the first three levels. Oh, those three levels expand upon each other - so the first level is entirely contained within the second level, which is entirely within the third level. It does help you learn the geography a little - some people keep hiding in the same spots from level to level, so it helps to know where you can sweep through.
Music - the only song I've heard is the one from the trailers. I can only hope there's some more music later, because as awesome as that song is, it may torment me like the Hydlide theme did. I didn't try to do custom soundtracks via the XMB yet.
Import friendliness - the important menus and instructions are English, the explanatory text is in Japanese. If I can fumble my way through the game, you can too.
Someone asked about modes - there aren't any, really. Play, Manual, Tutorial. That's the main menu in its entirety. There IS online ranking, though, both for full "career" and individual stages.
Woohoo! I get to be #1 at something for maybe an hour!
Overall: it's not a terribly deep game, but it is challenging and amusing. 500 yen is a reasonable price for what it is. I say splurge on it if you can.
The videos are pretty accurate, but if you haven't watched them yet, it's not unlike Pacman crossed with Snake. You have to find people - sometimes they're out in the street (in the tutorial level, there's a group arranged to spell out "HELP"), most of the times they're in buildings and you have to coax them out by standing next to it.
Meanwhile, there are monsters running around, and in the three levels I've played (all Tokyo - more on this in a bit), I've come across four monsters. The large eyeball things are slow and don't chase you so much; the zombies will chase you from some distance away; the large bugs are constantly moving along the roads; and there's another type of bug that goes apeshit when it sees you and DOES. NOT. STOP. CHASING. YOU. They're the sole reason I failed out on my third stage. Monsters that touch your crowd send all those people into nearby buildings. If they touch you, you're done for. One nice effect - the crowd screams and shakes on screen when a monster is nearby. The DualShock 3 also shakes as a warning.
You do have some tools, though. Pressing X shows you an "infrared mode", where you get green dots overlaid on the map where there are people. Large green blobs on buildings indicate more people. But you don't want to hold down the button the whole game because it removes the monsters from the map - I plowed into a zombie without looking. You can also zoom the map in and out (R1/R2), pan the camera (right stick), and dash (Triangle). Dashing is limited by your stamina bar, which will increase the more people in your crowd. One more useful trick: if your crowd is long enough to wrap around an entire building with people in it, you'll automatically gain all those people and not have to wait for them to empty out.
Oh, and there are powerups! Some just refill your energy or give you limitless amounts; one freezes all monsters for about 30 seconds; and one (Return / "Re") moves you and your crowd back to the starting point. There's also an invisibility one I haven't had a chance to use yet.
The objective for each level is to bring X number of people to the escape area(s). (The third level had two escape zones!) Now, interestingly, mixed in with all the other people in the level are four VIPs. You don't get any indicators as to where they are using the "infrared mode", but if you find them you'll see a green person icon above a spot in your crowd. Getting them to the escape zone is worth extra points (and they unlock little bios in the level select screen). Score is based on total number rescued, VIPs rescued, and largest single crowd rescued. There's a star system for how well you did, 1-3.
That's pretty much it, at least from what I've gleaned in the first three levels. Oh, those three levels expand upon each other - so the first level is entirely contained within the second level, which is entirely within the third level. It does help you learn the geography a little - some people keep hiding in the same spots from level to level, so it helps to know where you can sweep through.
Music - the only song I've heard is the one from the trailers. I can only hope there's some more music later, because as awesome as that song is, it may torment me like the Hydlide theme did. I didn't try to do custom soundtracks via the XMB yet.
Import friendliness - the important menus and instructions are English, the explanatory text is in Japanese. If I can fumble my way through the game, you can too.
Someone asked about modes - there aren't any, really. Play, Manual, Tutorial. That's the main menu in its entirety. There IS online ranking, though, both for full "career" and individual stages.
Woohoo! I get to be #1 at something for maybe an hour!
Overall: it's not a terribly deep game, but it is challenging and amusing. 500 yen is a reasonable price for what it is. I say splurge on it if you can.
Remy said:Okay, so...let me try to take this apart piece by piece.
The videos are pretty accurate, but if you haven't watched them yet, it's not unlike Pacman crossed with Snake. You have to find people - sometimes they're out in the street (in the tutorial level, there's a group arranged to spell out "HELP"), most of the times they're in buildings and you have to coax them out by standing next to it.
Meanwhile, there are monsters running around, and in the three levels I've played (all Tokyo - more on this in a bit), I've come across four monsters. The large eyeball things are slow and don't chase you so much; the zombies will chase you from some distance away; the large bugs are constantly moving along the roads; and there's another type of bug that goes apeshit when it sees you and DOES. NOT. STOP. CHASING. YOU. They're the sole reason I failed out on my third stage. Monsters that touch your crowd send all those people into nearby buildings. If they touch you, you're done for. One nice effect - the crowd screams and shakes on screen when a monster is nearby. The DualShock 3 also shakes as a warning.
You do have some tools, though. Pressing X shows you an "infrared mode", where you get green dots overlaid on the map where there are people. Large green blobs on buildings indicate more people. But you don't want to hold down the button the whole game because it removes the monsters from the map - I plowed into a zombie without looking. You can also zoom the map in and out (R1/R2), pan the camera (right stick), and dash (Triangle). Dashing is limited by your stamina bar, which will increase the more people in your crowd. One more useful trick: if your crowd is long enough to wrap around an entire building with people in it, you'll automatically gain all those people and not have to wait for them to empty out.
Oh, and there are powerups! Some just refill your energy or give you limitless amounts; one freezes all monsters for about 30 seconds; and one (Return / "Re") moves you and your crowd back to the starting point. There's also an invisibility one I haven't had a chance to use yet.
The objective for each level is to bring X number of people to the escape area(s). (The third level had two escape zones!) Now, interestingly, mixed in with all the other people in the level are four VIPs. You don't get any indicators as to where they are using the "infrared mode", but if you find them you'll see a green person icon above a spot in your crowd. Getting them to the escape zone is worth extra points (and they unlock little bios in the level select screen). Score is based on total number rescued, VIPs rescued, and largest single crowd rescued. There's a star system for how well you did, 1-3.
That's pretty much it, at least from what I've gleaned in the first three levels. Oh, those three levels expand upon each other - so the first level is entirely contained within the second level, which is entirely within the third level. It does help you learn the geography a little - some people keep hiding in the same spots from level to level, so it helps to know where you can sweep through.
Music - the only song I've heard is the one from the trailers. I can only hope there's some more music later, because as awesome as that song is, it may torment me like the Hydlide theme did. I didn't try to do custom soundtracks via the XMB yet.
Import friendliness - the important menus and instructions are English, the explanatory text is in Japanese. If I can fumble my way through the game, you can too.
Someone asked about modes - there aren't any, really. Play, Manual, Tutorial. That's the main menu in its entirety. There IS online ranking, though, both for full "career" and individual stages.
Woohoo! I get to be #1 at something for maybe an hour!
Overall: it's not a terribly deep game, but it is challenging and amusing. 500 yen is a reasonable price for what it is. I say splurge on it if you can.
Great impressions. I'm playing the game as well so let me fill in with some extra info.
Invisibility makes u and the crowd invisible for a bunch of secs. Custom soundtrack is NOT supported. Same with Trophies. Text is in Japanese, but voice over is in Indian :lol
Game is pretty tough.
Edit: oh, another thing. When monsters make contact with the crowd people are not killed. The just hide in the closest buildings so u can pick them up again.
Goldrusher
Member
Go go go ! :lol
Great little game.
Great little game.
DjMizuhara just sent us this gameplay video :
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_6909_en.html
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_6909_en.html
Goldrusher
Member
Almyn said:
Same here.
Namaste.
*The Last Guy Japan Premium = greatest ¥500 I've ever spent.
Sure, it may be three stages long, but you could spend your entire life honing those three stages down to the perfect game. I just played it for altogether too long, and I cannot get it out of my head. That thrice-damned theme song. It's evil. It's viral. It beckons me to continue playing.
Hindustan Electronics = Your New God
Edit: Also plz enjoy *The Last Guy Anywhere http://lastguy.jp/
*The Last Guy Japan Premium = greatest ¥500 I've ever spent.
Sure, it may be three stages long, but you could spend your entire life honing those three stages down to the perfect game. I just played it for altogether too long, and I cannot get it out of my head. That thrice-damned theme song. It's evil. It's viral. It beckons me to continue playing.
Hindustan Electronics = Your New God
Edit: Also plz enjoy *The Last Guy Anywhere http://lastguy.jp/
SolidSnakex
Member
It doesn't look like we're going to have to wait long to get The Last Guy in the US
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/07/31/the-last-guy-is-here-to-rescue-you/
On another note, people are really becoming obnoxious on the PSblog about this trophy crap. Stop asking about them.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/07/31/the-last-guy-is-here-to-rescue-you/
On another note, people are really becoming obnoxious on the PSblog about this trophy crap. Stop asking about them.
SolidSnakex
Member
sykoex said:
It's without a doubt one of the best decisions Sony has made this decision. Especially since the developers actually do respond to questions they're asked on it.
SolidSnakex said:
Thanks, great news. Recall someone posting an official release schedule for the Australian PSN and The Last Guy was down for the 28th August with R&C: Quest for Booty arriving a week earlier on the 21st. Is a cracking summer line-up with Siren last week, Pixel Junk Eden this week then the aforementioned in August.
SolidSnakex
Member
Rainy Dog said:
And Bionic Commando: Rearmed looks like it's coming on the 14th of August. It looks like Sony's finally got PSN titles on the right track.
So, if the "Japan Premium" is only 3 stages, and the blog says that the game uses maps from Tokyo, London, LA, etc and includes 10 different zombie types and boss stages.... does that mean the one up right now is pretty much a 500 yen demo? ^^;
Oh and Aokage, Lastguy.jp is AWESOME! :lol
Oh and Aokage, Lastguy.jp is AWESOME! :lol
duckroll said:
Pretty much! But with a game this awesome it's totally okay. I'm expecting a London Premium and an LA Premium to drop in the European and American stores respectively. I currently live in Tokyo, grew up in LA, and spent a lot of time in London, so I'm totally gonna buy all three
duckroll said:
Right?! Let's try and get NeoGAF on the ranking!
stephentotilo
Behind The Games
SCEA briefed me on the game yesterday. What's up in the Japanese store is only a demo. Full fact-sheet at my blog (also working on a follow-up post that you'll like about this game in the next few minutes):
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/07/31/playstation-3s-wildest-game-yet-the-last-guy/
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/07/31/playstation-3s-wildest-game-yet-the-last-guy/
Goldrusher
Member
So I paid $5 for a damn demo ?
Last time I checked, demos were free.
Plus, while it must take a while to 'clean' the maps and modify them with the game engine to create the 'wall' areas and all that... I doubt it takes too long, so 500 yen seems fine enough for me, for the full game. Or maybe they can charge about 100 yen for each city pack?... Dunno..
Plus, while it must take a while to 'clean' the maps and modify them with the game engine to create the 'wall' areas and all that... I doubt it takes too long, so 500 yen seems fine enough for me, for the full game. Or maybe they can charge about 100 yen for each city pack?... Dunno..