Oh sweet relief!
On another note, I've just watched the trailer, amazing. Beautiful, though the dude is basically a slightly more hobo looking Nathan Drake. To close a resemblance.
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The Last of Us (Naughty Dog): Hold One Second
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Oh sweet relief!
On another note, I've just watched the trailer, amazing. Beautiful, though the dude is basically a slightly more hobo looking Nathan Drake. To close a resemblance.
Condemned? Ammo was extremely scarce in that game and you usually had to rely on melee combat and random makeshift weapons in the environment (pipes, locker doors, desk drawers, 2x4's, crowbars, axes, a papercutter, manequinn arm, etc).
I don't see how having less ammo somehow makes it "creative", it's the same exact concept as every other zombie/undead story. The world is fucked, you're one of the last survivors, scavenge for ammo and food/supplies, try to stay alive and make it to some safe zone or whatever.
I have faith in Naughty Dog and it will probably turn out to be a great game with likable characters, but it doesn't exactly win points for originality based on what they've shown so far.
Chuck Norris
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Hard to say. The youtube channel for thelastofus was created in 2006 though
http://www.youtube.com/user/thelastofus
How does this make them less zombies than the mobs in Resident Evil games?
Nabs
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GT does 60 now.
Pinko Marx
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Zombie purists are funny people.
I'd say a better example would be Deus Ex HR missions (outside the hubworlds) on a slightly bigger scale. Like being able to break a window of a shop to get in or finding a stealthier route like climbing to the second floor. I love that structure.
That's interesting. If they could keep it from feeling fetch questy, they might do that. You have a certain subset of things to do in each area, and you need to do them before you can advance. Maybe gather food, water, remove an obstacle in your way, etc.
I think--particularly if it's going to be a coop game-- they're going to want it to be somewhat tighter.
Yeah, but that game is really very small. It gets a lot of use out of a few environments by occupying you with things to do. Not sure how they can carry that over to a straight adventure conceit, but I think they should be able to open it up a little more.
Something like a Halo level might be what they go for. The path is set and you don't really have any choice but to move forward, but the lane is wide and you have a lot of options.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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funkystudent
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Infected are nothing more then hipster zombies.
Naughty Dog confirms several time that this has been rendered on the PS3.
GAF still does not believe.
Anyone who's played an uncharted game knows three things:
1. ND don't do CG cutscenes.
2. The cutscenes are not that far away from the quality of the actual real time gameplay.
3. ND games actually look better the more they get closer to the date of release.
This is miles ahead of even uncharted 2 in terms of quality of cinematics. Which means the gameplay will also be superior in terms of quality. This is why people are excited.
GAF still does not believe.
Anyone who's played an uncharted game knows three things:
1. ND don't do CG cutscenes.
2. The cutscenes are not that far away from the quality of the actual real time gameplay.
3. ND games actually look better the more they get closer to the date of release.
This is miles ahead of even uncharted 2 in terms of quality of cinematics. Which means the gameplay will also be superior in terms of quality. This is why people are excited.
If so, there you go, then - it's 30fps.
But but... it sounds just like Nolan North, lol
Kenshin001
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I'm hoping the game has infected that act and look just like normal people, but maybe display some irrational behaviour that might or might not be a sign. Like some nice old lady who starts shaking or something. You then have to choose whether to kill her or not, not knowing if she is just like that or will shortly become deranged. If it's all just grunting zombies running at you like UC1 then it's going to be a let down.
BruceLeeRoy
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Wait was someone saying that there is a newspaper in UC3 with a hint about TLOU?
I said I can almost with certainty.. Sure I could be wrong. But based on previous survival horror games this gen that have been ruined by the main stream.. yeah I feel somewhat certain.
Anyways Ill just let this pass. All I was trying to say is I wish it was something more.. we will see in a year if its a "real survival horror".
Lord Error
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The violence level in the game is for the most part more akin to play-pretend like when kids play war, than the kind of think you can see in MW games for example.
Depends on their behavior, habits, weaknesses. I mean werewolves, zombies, aliens, vampires, body snatchers, serial killers are all hazardous. But these fungus people may be dangerous in different ways.
The other human survivors may not be friendly too.
The mechanics themselves are pretty bad...but the art and level designs are very unique and there is some very interesting cooperative gameplay. Most of it is fucking ANNOYING wait here/follow me type junk, but there is one level where the two characters cross a bridge with mounted turrets with one character hiding behind a car while the other drives it. It's scripted, but the car doesn't go in a straight line and creates some fun platforming.
Eight Diagram Bat Fighter
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Are you serious?
They have the same color hair. Nothing about their facial structure or complexion is the same at all. Not to touch on their builds, which are of course not similar.
Also, I don't understand why Zoe is more "generic" than Louis.
Also to further state the differences in this image is that first off, Zoey is a whore.
Okay
No they been working on it for 2 years now.
funkystudent
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and it will do to adventure games what Uncharted did to Zombie games.
I bet the last 5th of the last of us will have a load of platforming and puzzle solving.
Ellen Page gifs invasion. Now that's a great trend.
Pinko Marx
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I doubt it'd be anything like that. And I didn't really explain myself well.
Basically what I DON'T want is just extreme linearity and railroading. I don't want the game to just HALT or punish me if I'm not moving along with what they want me to do.
In Uncharted theres no real deviating from the script. Either you go here or well...Theres not much else to do. You can run around and jump up on some random thing but theres nothing to do or see when you get up there, except maybe some random "collectathon" treasure thing, but that doesn't add much.
Basically what I want to be able to do is just EXPLORE and find things that would be helpful to my survival. I don't want an open world, I just want a world where there are branching paths. These paths might simply lead to a dead body with some more ammo or something, or hell maybe even a zombie ambush, but I just want to say..."Yeah, I know I need to go into this building, but theres something over here that looks interesting, I'ma go check that out first."
I can't really think of a game off the top of my head that goes along with this model. Besides, there are different ways they could go about doing that.
Its all, of course, baseless speculation at this point.
What a great thing to come home to. I had no idea it would be Naughty Dog.
While the zombie genre (even if this technically isn't zombies) is certainly no new thing, there have been nearly 0 zombie games that can be considered horror games that have come out since... Resident Evil... 2? Dead Island was a bust, even though it made a nice attempt. L4D is a pure action game (an amazing game, but its not a horror game)
If this game can truly be a horror game, with the addition of feeling overwhelmed like L4D, some sense of being lost, and is truly difficult, then the game should be fucking amazing.
So excited.
While the zombie genre (even if this technically isn't zombies) is certainly no new thing, there have been nearly 0 zombie games that can be considered horror games that have come out since... Resident Evil... 2? Dead Island was a bust, even though it made a nice attempt. L4D is a pure action game (an amazing game, but its not a horror game)
If this game can truly be a horror game, with the addition of feeling overwhelmed like L4D, some sense of being lost, and is truly difficult, then the game should be fucking amazing.
So excited.
Kenshin001
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Yeah, by all accounts I've heard Enslaved was a bit crap.
Lord Error
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It's not 60FPS source, I'm 99.9% sure. You can see my post above as to why.'
Oh yes, something like that would be nice. Also, I'm sure there will be regular human enemies you'll have to face. Scavengers who kill others just to rob them off anything they have.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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Wow. The name of the newspaper was "The Overseer".
Mindblown that none of this leaked if they are already two years into development
The environments were lovely, though.
mclaren777
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As someone who hates zombie fiction and loves Naughty Dog, I'm really disappointed that is what they're doing next.
Kos Luftar
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Wonder if Amy Henning is writing the story for this game also.
Youtube channel for this game was made in 2006!
Enslaved is a game full of great ideas that suffers from poor technical execution. In a team like Naughty Dog, that guy could be up to some awesome stuff.
I hope not. Not after Uncharted 3
Chuck Norris
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Condemned was a zombie game?
Even if it were, there are so few games like it that I could hardly see why people would start calling the Last of Us generic (if that is what it is like).
As far as I'm aware the game has no release date window. Wikipedia cites an IGN article for "TBA 2012", but the article makes no mention of this and even IGN's landing page for the game says just TBA.
Death Dealer
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Looks incredible. I was really surprised, a zombie/horror/survival themed game made by Naughty Dog ? Count me in.
I guess this will be releasing in 2012 ?
I guess this will be releasing in 2012 ?
Lord Error
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Lol. Her work in UC3 characters/dialogues was the best she's done in the series. Who cares about anything else. I really hope she's heavily involved with this, but somehow I don't think she is - which is the one thing that worries me about this game a bit. I don't think ND has a cache of great character writers at their disposal. It's just her really.
Parts of the first two Acts of MGS4 come to mind. (though obviously mgs4 is more action-oriented than this will probably be)
L4D and RE4 come to mind. They do progress linear, but both still feel fairly open in terms of approach.
I think a good way to explain this is RE4's start. You start with a script event, and work your way down a linear path. Come to a tower and its a playground for you to move around in. Find bonuses items, barricade yourself in, fuck around in a high spot or fight in the center. It all works. Then its back to funneling you through smaller sequences, but opens up again. Secret paths and slightly different routes to take along the way. They include scripted events, but never overburden you with them.
I do think this is ideally what they should aim for. It rewards the player for paying more attention to their surroundings, while still directing them. For example, the initial building they are in. Instead of having the typical, all routes are locked other than the one they are supposed to go through except for the one secret room. Open them up. Throw more items around, more enemies, etc. Let the player find a dead end or two. You can still direct them, but giving them just enough room to explore changes the feeling completely.
Didn't expect that ND would develop a survival horror game, but i am really interested in this game after watching the trailer!
I don't care if zombies are overdone or what i just want a proper survival horror game (unlike L4D, Dead Island, Dead Rising, Resident Evil 5) and the trailer looks like the perfect survival horror game that i am waiting for. And it's by Naughty Dogs, i have 100% faith in them that this game would be amazing just like their Uncharted franchise.
Oh and the trailer gives me the I am Legend vibe when the camera focus to the city area, amazing. Will be definitely looking forward to this game! And hope that they will show gameplay videos next.
I don't care if zombies are overdone or what i just want a proper survival horror game (unlike L4D, Dead Island, Dead Rising, Resident Evil 5) and the trailer looks like the perfect survival horror game that i am waiting for. And it's by Naughty Dogs, i have 100% faith in them that this game would be amazing just like their Uncharted franchise.
Oh and the trailer gives me the I am Legend vibe when the camera focus to the city area, amazing. Will be definitely looking forward to this game! And hope that they will show gameplay videos next.
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