The Last of Us.

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by FaLKoN240

AND GRAPHIX DON'T FORGET ABOUT GRAPHIX

fml

Thats part of that "instant gratification".

But then again, with "The Last of Us", you really do have a game that has the best graphics yet on a PS3.... with the amazing story and play.


Here is a review asking why Hollywood can produce movies with this level of emotional pull.

The Best Movie You’ll Play All Year

The geniuses behind The Last of Us also succeed brilliantly at doing something at which Hollywood filmmakers fail miserably over and over, namely showing the devastating effects that violent actions have on their perpetrators.

Youtube also has a "6 hour movie"... I accidentally got drawn into it and watched a half hour.

[FaLKoN240]

Originally Posted by Corbic

Thats part of that "instant gratification".

I work in the gaming industry.

I was being sarcastic. He didn't list it, but all stupid casual gamers care about is how the game looks.

[AFSil80]

Originally Posted by 20thbryce

I spent 2 days playing non stop and beat it, made the girlfriend Bring me food and watch. Best game I've played so far... Awesome story line and never ending surprises ;p

See, this is exactly why I hate games nowadays. 2 days nonstop? That's all? Shit man, it took me while to beat Tokyo Xtreme Racer: ZERO and that was with GameFAQ's telling me how to beat all the wanderers. What the hell ever happened to epic-long games that don't rely on multiplayer and DLC?!

[LoneStarSilvia]

You do realize theoretically that is 48 hours of gameplay right?

Sounds pretty damn good to me for a game of that nature.

[AFSil80]

Well, when another person said something about 12-14 hrs to complete, that kinda makes me feel like it's something I could beat in a week.

I guess because I grew up playing Wolfenstein: 3D and Star Wars: Dark Forces, I kinda grew used to not just walking through the game, ya know?

[Matej]

Originally Posted by Corbic

Here is a review asking why Hollywood can produce movies with this level of emotional pull.

The Best Movie You’ll Play All Year

Always thought that Fallout (1 & 2) could make an amazing TV series, if done right of course. Hour-long episodes, each episode more or less based on a quest from the game.

There are plenty of games that are much better stories than what Hollywood is pumping out. This is definitely one of them.

[WristWork]

This is the best game PS3 has come out with, it's like an interactive movie.

Can't wait for part two on PS4

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by AFSil80

Well, when another person said something about 12-14 hrs to complete, that kinda makes me feel like it's something I could beat in a week.

So what. I don't have 3 months of my life to dedicate to beating ONE game.

The game is extremely fulfilling, has replay value and tells a fantastic story. 12 solid physical playing hours is more than enough. Hind sight it may have been closer to 16hrs.

Originally Posted by AFSil80

I guess because I grew up playing Wolfenstein: 3D and Star Wars: Dark Forces, I kinda grew used to not just walking through the game, ya know?

Neither of which have anything resembling a storyline. I don't think you can really build a good, single arch story around 50, 75, 150 hours of game play. It gets stretched out and it gets old.

Fallout has massive depth, but really no storyline. There is no real development of your character, you don't see the changes, interactions and growth of anyone around you. It's a fantastic universe, with deep back story, but it is not a character driven story. Is player interaction driven.

Games with massive play time, like FF7 for example, are like that because they often feature massive amounts of leveling, grinding and searching. Nothing like a hour long boss fight, right?

This does little to add to the actual story.

Tetris has some retarded long play time, however, I won't praise the story, emotional experience or even call it fulfilling.

[ravinaziankid]

I just started playing last weekend, i'm a slow player but this game is great so far and very intense. I actually bought a PS3 again just for this game because of what i've heard and seen.

[Matej]

Originally Posted by Corbic

Fallout has massive depth, but really no storyline. There is no real development of your character, you don't see the changes, interactions and growth of anyone around you. It's a fantastic universe, with deep back story, but it is not a character driven story. Is player interaction driven.

The player is the character and makes his own storyline. Whether one beats the game without getting in a single fight or chooses to be the most evil being in the world, the storylines are equally interesting. There are plenty of opportunities be good or bad, or neither. Maybe not so much in Fallout 3 and up, but I pretend those do not exist.
Sorry for going off topic, but Fallout 1 & 2 are among my top favorite games ever, and I am quite sensitive.

Max Payne and Resident Evil were made into movies, I would not be surprised if The Last of Us follows. Though there is always the possibility of it turning out terrible.

[tricky_ab]

I'm really liking this so far. Apart from the terrible companion AI when using stealth, the AI works really well IMO. Had a great moment just now, where I was busy checking something out and suddenly Ellie whispers: "Joel to your left". If she hasn't said anything they would have detected me, but this way I was able to hide quickly.

Many great moments like that.

[fliprayzin240sx]

Originally Posted by KiLLeR2001

IMO the human AI is lacking. If they see Ellie or any of the other NPC's it doesn't trigger their awareness. So many times I've seen Ellie run in front of an enemy and nothing happens. And once they do become aware sometimes they just stand there... If you stealth choke out one of their friend's and the dead body is laying right there, they will continue to patrol the area like seeing their dead friend isn't a warning sign.

Well, the producer actually talked about it. They tried it both ways, having the AI trigger fights when seen, he said it took too much out of the game and the testers got annoyed with it. They tried to make it less intrusive but they couldnt quite get it right. So they cheated and just made the NPC invisible to the enemy AI. I think they should have given the player the option. If it got annoying, then turn it off during game play.

[Corbic]

Trailer looks better than half the movies coming out this year.

[KiLLeR2001]

Originally Posted by fliprayzin240sx

Well, the producer actually talked about it. They tried it both ways, having the AI trigger fights when seen, he said it took too much out of the game and the testers got annoyed with it. They tried to make it less intrusive but they couldnt quite get it right. So they cheated and just made the NPC invisible to the enemy AI. I think they should have given the player the option. If it got annoying, then turn it off during game play.

Yeah, I understand the game play aspect of it. Honestly, they should have set it based on which difficulty you choose. For example, on the EASY setting, NPC's are ALWAYS invisible to the enemy AI. On the NORMAL setting, NPC's trigger enemy's awareness 50% of the time, and on the HARD setting, NPC's trigger the enemy's awareness 100% of the time. Something to that effect.

For me it takes away from the experience because it feels so real, and then I see Ellie run across 5 different hunters and Joel is choking out dudes when the other dudes are 5 feet away, kinda brings me back to reality and makes me realize I'm just watching a video game.

[BossHogg]

man I know this is old lol. But I finally bought my 5th game for the ps3 LOL. I have to say, probably the best console game I've ever played. I found it to be somewhat easy once you get the hang of things. I mean I was in reserve mode so bad that I only used the flamethrower once and it was because of a quick switch lol. I just liked to sneak and shiv/choke out when applicable. It was to the point that I was getting kind of pissed that I couldn't pick up any mats to make stuff. I would always preserve, it just feels wrong not being able to pick that stuff up haha. I also got the "left behind" story and while it was enjoyable, it ended right as I thought it was getting good haha. I played it then the "left behind" screen popped up. I was like damn that was one hell of a opening scene....oh wait....its over lol. Damn it man. Going on harder modes now.