E3 Preview: The Last of Us
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seems like a great movie
wish they would've mentioned a single element of actual gameplay by this point though.
wish they would've mentioned a single element of actual gameplay by this point though.
What's that? A vulnerable female character is kidnapped and threatened to motivate a grizzled male protagonist, and he will have to employ violent means to rescue her?
It's an original premise. I think there's some really profound discussions of normative gender roles and psychology to be mined out of it. I look forward to deep satire and reflection upon how our evolutionary origins clash with the nature of civilisation in a world where we're forced to come up with new social orders rather than simply rely on tradition. I'm sure that will all be in there.
It's an original premise. I think there's some really profound discussions of normative gender roles and psychology to be mined out of it. I look forward to deep satire and reflection upon how our evolutionary origins clash with the nature of civilisation in a world where we're forced to come up with new social orders rather than simply rely on tradition. I'm sure that will all be in there.
So you take a middle aged Nathan Drake protagonist and Ellen Page, and throw em in I Am Legend.
You know...I'm really not to thrilled because it doesn't sound as revolutionary as they make it out to be. Just seems like another third person shooter with probably cover and infected critters. Oh and bandits. Lots of filler bandits to kill to reach your destination. Make it kinda sappy like I Am Alive tried to be and BAM its a game for the times.
Yaawwwwwnnnn. I know it sounds like it could be well made, but it also sounds rehashed from other popular/not so popular games/movies so its going to have to do something spectacular.
You know...I'm really not to thrilled because it doesn't sound as revolutionary as they make it out to be. Just seems like another third person shooter with probably cover and infected critters. Oh and bandits. Lots of filler bandits to kill to reach your destination. Make it kinda sappy like I Am Alive tried to be and BAM its a game for the times.
Yaawwwwwnnnn. I know it sounds like it could be well made, but it also sounds rehashed from other popular/not so popular games/movies so its going to have to do something spectacular.
But it has the potential to be much much more. There could be stealth, there will probably be multiple ways to reach the objective, the story actually has something to it, even if it does fall to the standard gender roles. Like the article said, it sounds like someone made "The Road" into a game sans nuclear holocaust and changed the son to a daughter figure.Don Savik said:
God damn now I gotta buy a ps3! This game looks so excellent. Anyone see the end of the Sony press conference? That demo was excellent!
Both "The Last of Us" and the recently announced "Watch_Dogs" are the only two games so far that have genuinely impressed me, and considering I am jaded as fuck with the whole industry that is really saying something. "The Last of Us" looks to be literally what I've always wanted in a survival game; survival. Only 4 bullets to start with and a health bar that is in danger of being depleted even in brief cutscene-like events. An inventory system that does not pause and makes you think on your feet. Conservatively using ammunition and strategically screwing with the enemy so that they won't know where you are. That is survival.
With "Watch_Dogs", while I think the gunfight at the end was a bit contrived and necessary, the presentation and concept was very interesting, almost like a pseudo-futurist espionage intelligence gathering sort of thing.
"Beyond", Quantic Dream's new game, also looked very interesting, and at some points the game looked like real life to me, though I would prefer to see some more cohesive gameplay from Quantic Dream. Overall a fairly decent day for E3, I'd say.
With "Watch_Dogs", while I think the gunfight at the end was a bit contrived and necessary, the presentation and concept was very interesting, almost like a pseudo-futurist espionage intelligence gathering sort of thing.
"Beyond", Quantic Dream's new game, also looked very interesting, and at some points the game looked like real life to me, though I would prefer to see some more cohesive gameplay from Quantic Dream. Overall a fairly decent day for E3, I'd say.
My problem with Ashley was the dumb ***** got snagged in cutscenes doing shit that I would have been able to keep her from doing if I was in control and the fact that she sounded like a cat in a tumble dryer screaming every time she got grabbed.lucky_sharm said:
Welp, at least she'll let you know that she's being caught. It'd be annoying to be in the middle of a fight and then suddenly Leon drops to his knees and says "oh no" because Ashley got captured without you realizing it.Fayathon said:
Aside from that, seriously though, what purpose would capturing Ellie serve for your enemies? It's explained why your enemies need to capture Ashley in RE4, but in this game? I'm guessing ransom money? Not that there's much money flying around in an post-apocalyptic setting.
I'd be happy to see a good, character-driven game, but we seem to be in an era where either the "character driving" mostly occurs within cut-scenes or the way the characters interact with the game-play frequently causes them to be more irritating than endearing. There's some suggestion, from what I've seen, that "Last of Us" is trying to buck the trend, making your companion useful in ways that are different and integral and yet don't make you feel the character you play has been "sawed off" to give the companion meaning.
We shall see.
We shall see.
Okaaaaaaaaaaaay, I guess I missed it.
What's so good about this game? I do not see its appeal.
What's so good about this game? I do not see its appeal.
Aaaaaaaaaaaand, still don't see the appeal. Survival? How about...they give you no weapons at all throughout the entirety of the game? That would be survival. Still wouldn't interest me.Abandon4093 said:
Aha, some actual game footage, very promising game footage at that. It actually looks like game play rather than the interactive trailers with scripted events like the Bioshock Infinite trailer, for instance. I wonder how CQC will work. Button mashing or some QTE? We'll see.Sexy Devil said:
