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The Last of Us - Review Thread [Emargo up, scores in OP.]

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Cheska

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Very excited for the team, I'm sure it's a huge relief to them to see people are enjoying something they've poured their souls into.
 

Pranay

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TBH It's kind of sad all the good reviews which game 10 or 9 got overshadowed by polygon review here.


Hey Nofi - Your review was great :D
 

thuway

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I'm sorry guys, but this game didn't beat GTA IV. Thus it's not Oscar Worthy :(

THIS REALLY PISSES ME OFF. Even though it shouldn't. I don't care that tLoU didn't score higher than GTA IV, but the fact that Uncharted 2, Bioshock, Batman Arkham Asylum, Mario Galaxy are in it's shadow is A FUCKING TRAVESTY. GTA IV is pure SHIT.
 

MYE

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Huh? Was this really said?!

Like someone else mentioned, I had a fleeting interest in this before today (UC is good, but...ehh...i didn't go nuts over it). This universal acclaim has swayed me, though. I'll give credit (and money) where its due.

Someone said some reviewer(s) said it had the best intro ever or something like that.
I doubt its better than Infinite but if it is then holy shit.

Yeah, I'm buying this game even though I'm not really the biggest Uncharted fan either. This one looks better anyway.
 
I'm sorry guys, but this game didn't beat GTA IV. Thus it's not Oscar Worthy :(
Seems about right for something compared to Citizen Cane (which didn't win the Oscar for Best Picture). Too bad, though I have not played TLoU, I was hoping something would knock off the over-rated (Metacritic wise) GTA V.

Maybe in their collective shame, sites are handing out these 10's to somehow erase their mistake and make people forget. Ya, it's probably that.
 

Sn4ke_911

If I ever post something in Japanese which I don't understand, please BAN me.
Again. The Maniac review has spoilers for the end of the game do not read it if you do not want to be spoiled!

Someone report them.

No one is allowed to talk about the beginning or anything after the halfway point. We can more or less only talk about the stuff you have seen in the trailers and nothing else. We can't even discuss some of the easter eggs and main character motivations.
 

Road

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This was before the Polygon score was even revealed... haha

Jim Sterling hasn't finished writing his review, also when that was posted, I am pretty sure Polygon hadn't decided on the score yet either. I hope the Naughty Dog faithful don't turn this game's review score into a us versus them scenario. I love Naughty Dog's games and hold them on a pedestal, but I surely don't expect glowing reviews from people who tend to hate their narrative style or gameplay quirks.

we all know polygon is ms-pr and destructoid just clickbaits with reviews.....

A 10 out of 10 from EDGE is all the reviewing I need.

Those sensationalist retard sites like Destructoid and Lie-o-gon can score it at 3/10 for all I care.

90 when polygon reviews it again.

I'm looking forward to Polygon's score the most.

8 from Polygon is them being generous.

I expect an 8 from Polygon, 9 from Jim, and a 7.5 from Gamespot. I'm still hyped as fuck though.

I am betting there will be a 7 from either Polygon or Dtoid.

I am guessing Polygon as well.


Gamespot probably thought they'd have another Zelda 8.8 moment, little did they know...
 

DatDude

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Honestly, these are the same game reviewers that thought Bioshock Infinite was deep and intellectual. I wouldn't be surprised if they are just easily impressed.

Or..wait for it..you just have different opinions than them

Because IMO Infinite was very deep and was very intellectual compared to the rest of what's out there in this generation.
 

Loris146

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Seems that today an Italian website broke the embargo, coming out with this:
http://i.imgur.com/0woOnjk.jpg

They retired the review, then some hours later...
http://i.imgur.com/QAFvRlg.jpg

I don't know if it's true or fake, but in the first case I would not surprised: most of the videogame 'journalists' in my country are monkeys without ethics and guts. And people like this deserve 365 days per year of shitstorm.

It was a joke. The review with 8,5 is fake.xP
 
I love how Polygon had all hands on deck when it came to mods and community managers when the review was published. It's like they were looking forward to this.
 

iNvid02

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naughtydog you're free to use this provided you make another crash bandicoot game

ARE YOU LISTENING ARNE?

ddf4ojil.jpg
 

Despera

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I think I'm one of those who doesn't trust 10/10 reviews, especially when most of the praise is for the presentation.

Let's see if the gameplay is equally as good.
 

Bricky

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I expected GAF to repeat the 'Uncharted 3: 8/10' debacle in some form or way here, and do not leave disappointed.

Never change GAF. <3

(Though the little bit of hate against Polygon is somewhat more justified than the extreme hate against eurogamer last time this happened)
 

monkey666

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Hah, all these people who hate that site just give it so much attention. I had no idea who they were but it's like the girl at school who pretends to hate the boy but obsesses over him.
 

eliochip

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Went to the Wikipedia page to look up release date info and glanced at the summary text.

Got the plot spoiled in the first sentence (i think).

Don't go to the wikipedia page people.
 

Mononoke

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Yep, I am not even saying that the game necessarily deserves all those 10's. Maybe its just a 9 or 8 for me personally after I played it, but all that stuff that added up for Polygon is just too much to take anything by them seriously anymore.

Agreed. It could also just be a thing where, the industry in general is way too over zealous. Way too quick to give something a really high score. It happens. I just don't think that the high scores are a result of them stroking the publisher/devs as someone suggested a couple pages back. When sites DO publish scores just for the sake of getting hits/reactions, it's usually either really high or low, and deviates from the rest. No point giving a game a 10/10 if EVERYONE gave it a 10/10. If everyone gave it a 7/10 then a 10/10 would make some waves. etc. etc.

It's possible that Polygon just didn't like it. And that's fine too. But again, I think it just comes down to reputation and whether you trust the site or not. I accept that some people would be upset at a 7/10 regardless of the site. My main point really, is that not every person on here is getting upset about the 7/10. Just that, we don't trust Polgygon and are skeptical abut the review.
 
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