The Last of Us

[snowbird]

I got this last Friday, but because of work and the Stanley Cup finals I haven't had a chance to touch it yet. I have two days off starting tomorrow, and judging from what I've been hearing, I am stoked as sin.

[Gazz]

Fucking Dora? How the fuck am I supposed to live up to that? Do I have a fucking monkey LL? Does it look like I have a fucking monkey?

You finally dumped her?

[Clawson]

Man....end of game spoilers...

If Naughty Dog doesn't release an animated series that is just Joel and Ellie interacting I'll be pissed.

[ZJ Penn]

Multiplayer's enjoyable but I'd like more modes. Considering how big a role the infected play in the story, I'm surprised they don't feature at all in multi.

[gunnar hendershow]

I don't know if I'll ever be the same again after playing through Winter.

What the fuck.

[NM!]

The single player was fantastic, from the AI to the story to the actual fear I felt while playing. In the past couple years there have only been a couple games I was looking forward to and it was clear which game I considered to be my personal GOTY. I had a bit more fun playing TLOU than Bioshock: Infinite, but with GTA V and Watch_Dogs coming out this year, I wonder if it will hold up. Regardless, I loved this game and it Naughty Dog as my favorite game developer.

[db07]

I don't know if I'll ever be the same again after playing through Winter.

What the fuck.

Craziest sequence in my entire life of playing games

[Benji]

Yeah, winter is just... damn. I was waiting for people to reach that, because it honestly might be THE best section of a game I've ever played.

[Nerf]

This is due to arrive today. Where are you, postman!?

[Baddar]

Are the start up/load times really long for anyone else?

[Benji]

Yeah, but once it's loaded it's smooth as anything.

[TKz]

Are the start up/load times really long for anyone else?

Yeah, sometimes it takes a few minutes to load at worst.

[gunnar hendershow]

Yeah, winter is just... damn. I was waiting for people to reach that, because it honestly might be THE best section of a game I've ever played.

Waking up this morning that was the first thing I thought about. That might be the pinnacle, the review that said "Citizen Kane of gaming" is sounding more and more right as I get closer to finishing this game.

[Benji]

Honestly, I struggled through Winter, I died continually, and yet I still never once wanted to put the game down. All I wanted to do was keep playing.

[Nerf]

This still isn't here. Why isn't it here? It was supposed to be here!

[LL!]

Doesn't come for gays.

[Baddar]

Just did that hotel section. Never have I been more terrified, not just in gaming, either. It was genuinely unsettling.

...and I fucking loved it.

[gunnar hendershow]

Honestly, I struggled through Winter, I died continually, and yet I still never once wanted to put the game down. All I wanted to do was keep playing.

Yeah there were a couple parts there that I just died on repeatedly.

When you take over with Joel and when you have to knife David especially

The best part was when I started it I was like "I'll just play for another 20 minutes and go to bed" and 2 hours later I couldn't put the controller down.

[Nerf]

Okay, so I've chased them up and they promise it will be through my door tomorrow. Totally taking these people to court

[ZJ Penn]

Beat it today. Played through the final three seasons in one sitting. I put it on at 10 with the intention of playing for an hour then decorating our spare room. Four hours later before I checked the clock. I was gripped, even forgot to go eat and drink.

I think I liked the pseudo happy ending. Most games like this either have the everyone lives ending or the more recent kill the main/supporting character ending. So it was nice to see people survive while retaining a gritty, realistic "not everythings okay" edge. That said, they could have pulled out a real tearjerker if they wanted.

Edited June 20, 2013 by ZJ Penn