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The Last Guardian: Review Thread
- Thread starter Kenzodielocke
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Nestled_Grizzly
Member
91 meta
It'll review well.
It'll review well.
mitch1971
Member
Yes, death to the boy!
AHahahahahahahaha
JuanLatino
Member
Baron_Calamity
Member
Is it a decent looking 2016 ps4 game?
Dangansona
Member
He copied the format of one in a series of posts made in a thread leading up to the reviews dropping of Halo 3. In the TLG impressions thread there are links to the now banned user's posts.
Zank Frappa
Banned
Jawbreaker
Member
DAWN OF THE FINAL MINUTE.
brandonh83
Banned
NOOOOOOOOO
jacksepticeye
Member
Very much so! Insane lighting at times
My man.
Ours: http://nextgengamingblog.com/blog/the-last-guardian-review/
9/10
It's glorious. The culmination of Ico and Shadow's ideas, Trico is an incredible achievement and feels more like a real animal than my pet cat. 12 hours or so, it's a wonderful game.
9/10
It's glorious. The culmination of Ico and Shadow's ideas, Trico is an incredible achievement and feels more like a real animal than my pet cat. 12 hours or so, it's a wonderful game.
jmaine_ph
Member
Pack it up.
Wishmaster92
Member
fuck!
KyleOnTheRun
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SomedayTheFire
Member
IGN with a 7.
DomsPlaying
Member
This oughtta be good!
The part about an achievement for completion in a few hours kind of concerns me, as I'm not sure of the value proposition of spending full-price on a game that I will likely play once. Unless it's so good that I will replay it, like a Journey.
Even if it has glowing reviews, I see myself personally waiting for a price drop. But let's see how it goes
The part about an achievement for completion in a few hours kind of concerns me, as I'm not sure of the value proposition of spending full-price on a game that I will likely play once. Unless it's so good that I will replay it, like a Journey.
Even if it has glowing reviews, I see myself personally waiting for a price drop. But let's see how it goes
DistortionOfReality
Member
FFXV and TLG within 2 weeks of each other.
What a time to be alive
What a time to be alive
You can finally retire
Karak
Member
Rated it a Buy for ACG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQBwZkgchSo
A good game but not as good as the past titles from the team and marred with some technical issues.
A good game but not as good as the past titles from the team and marred with some technical issues.
get2sammyb
Member
I didn't quite manage to finish it in time for the embargo, but I absolutely adore the several hours of it that I've played. It's just a phenomenal game IMO, and so unique.
Hands On: The Last Guardian on PS4 Is a Breath of Beautiful Fresh Air
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2016/12/hands_on_the_last_guardian_on_ps4_is_a_breath_of_beautiful_fresh_air
Video is just processing, but more opinion and gameplay here: https://youtu.be/5YPuvJBse-w
Hands On: The Last Guardian on PS4 Is a Breath of Beautiful Fresh Air
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2016/12/hands_on_the_last_guardian_on_ps4_is_a_breath_of_beautiful_fresh_air
Video is just processing, but more opinion and gameplay here: https://youtu.be/5YPuvJBse-w
Sir_Crocodile
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DigitalChumps is switching severs and getting a new CMS. For now the raw text of my review is dumped here (I think): http://txti.es/tfiho
Takeaways:
- For the first four or so hours I assumed The Last Guardian simply aspired to be a role-reversal take on Ico. A fun if not slightly cumbersome puzzle game with light platforming elements. I kept searching for the moments that made Ico and Shadow special, and I wasn't finding them
- That changled completely in the last act. There wasn't some big reveal, I just wasn't paying attention to what The Last Guardian was creating with the relationship between the boy and Trico. It was leaving pieces, I just wasn't assembling them. The Last Guardian has its "moments" that will endure and trancend the game elements, just like Ueda's previous work.
- People will complain that Trico is stubborn and refuses to listen to commands, or that it's hard to immediately tell where you should be going, especially when Trico doesn't seem interesting in going there. This is valid. The game would be easier if you had some kind of pointer mechanic to clearly direct Trico. I think this would also destroy much of the point of the game. Building the relationship, through hardship that may or may not be intentional, succeeds in forming a bond.
I think this will be the most divisive issue in the game, and people on either side will have enough to create a good argument.
- Not up for debate: the climbing mechanic sucks (the boy can't accend a rope and leap off with any sort of reliability), the camera is messy, climbing on Trico has some vestigal difficulty from climbing a Colossus, and the frame rate occasionally takes a serious hit. I didn't care about any of this, and it didn't affect my admiration for the game.
- I have a suspicion that people that have loving relationship with a dog or cat will get more out of the game
- Watch through the credits.
Takeaways:
- For the first four or so hours I assumed The Last Guardian simply aspired to be a role-reversal take on Ico. A fun if not slightly cumbersome puzzle game with light platforming elements. I kept searching for the moments that made Ico and Shadow special, and I wasn't finding them
- That changled completely in the last act. There wasn't some big reveal, I just wasn't paying attention to what The Last Guardian was creating with the relationship between the boy and Trico. It was leaving pieces, I just wasn't assembling them. The Last Guardian has its "moments" that will endure and trancend the game elements, just like Ueda's previous work.
- People will complain that Trico is stubborn and refuses to listen to commands, or that it's hard to immediately tell where you should be going, especially when Trico doesn't seem interesting in going there. This is valid. The game would be easier if you had some kind of pointer mechanic to clearly direct Trico. I think this would also destroy much of the point of the game. Building the relationship, through hardship that may or may not be intentional, succeeds in forming a bond.
I think this will be the most divisive issue in the game, and people on either side will have enough to create a good argument.
- Not up for debate: the climbing mechanic sucks (the boy can't accend a rope and leap off with any sort of reliability), the camera is messy, climbing on Trico has some vestigal difficulty from climbing a Colossus, and the frame rate occasionally takes a serious hit. I didn't care about any of this, and it didn't affect my admiration for the game.
- I have a suspicion that people that have loving relationship with a dog or cat will get more out of the game
- Watch through the credits.
brokenbeans
Banned
Uh oh
Pre order cancelled.
That's..........kinda sad. Do you not like your cat?