Zero Punctuation: The Last of Us

[MB202]

I think Pop Culture keeps dodging around the term "zombie" because most people, myself included, are getting sick of zombies being everywhere.

Except if that was really true do you think games like The Last of Us and Telltales The Walking Dead would be selling so well (which they are)? And do you think The Walking Dead television series would be one of the most popular shows on television (which it is)? For better or worse I think that the general public's love affair with the zombie genre is far from over.

Well, the fact that The Walking Dead is so popular has me intrigued (since I actually haven't seen it yet), and I consider the exception to the rule. Regardless, I can't think of one person I know who isn't sick of zombies by this point.

And what about The Last of Us and Telltale's The Walking Dead video game?

Would they be exceptions too?

Well... yeah. *shrug*

Especially Telltale's video game, since that's TECHNICALLY based on the TV series.

Oh wow, 3 exceptions in the millions of other zombie-related crap, can you believe it?!

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

Well this annoying. I know I'm a month late to the party (I just beat it) but how did he not like this game? Its like he didn't even play it. Not only that, something I expected Yahtzee to praise was that so much of the game's narrative relies on the fact that its a video game. So many games have movie style "show and tell" narratives that separates the story from gameplay but the Last of Us unifies it. Especially when:

Spoiler

you switch to playing as Ellie at the end after you played as Joel to rescue her. Suddenly Joel's comments come a little creepy when you hear them from Ellie's perspective

Ellie can't be seen by enemies is a problem but if she kept getting caught running in front of enemies it would have destroyed her character more. Suddenly the game would have become "fucking Ellie messing shit up" instead of "I have to protect Ellie". It would have been cool if they could have made the tracking more accurate so allies would have moved more realistically but since that wasn't done or wasn't possible this was the best alternative

And as for all "hurr durr butt hurt, never seen a Yahtzee video" his videos usually have valid criticism even in games I like where I have to sit back and say "Yup. I can't argue that thing X was bad" but this just ridiculous. Even a bad game like Crysis 2 he gave credit where credit was due

 

[chikusho]

I agree that there was too much killing in this game. At some parts it just seems like a never ending stream of bandits coming out of nowhere.

 

[JackWestJr]

Literally one of the best games I've ever played, for reasons other people have already covered, and I just acknowledge that Yahtzee's video's are for entertainment purposes and don't really reflect my buyer's choice

 

[00slash00]

I was really hoping he'd bring up the shitty controls and the fact that, for a stealth game it really liked trapping you in small rooms and forcing you to just shoot bad guys for an unspecified amount of time. I didn't hate this game, but I definitely didn't enjoy it.

 

[sumanoskae]

So I waited to comment on this until I played the game for myself, and I feel the need to ask what, precisely, Joel and Ellie did that made Yhatzee dislike them so much.

I mean, it's implied that Joel has done some questionable things in the past by another character, but during the actual game, all he really does is defend himself. Up until the ending, at least, but his actions at the end of the game are understandable; not agreeable, mind, but totally within the realm of a normal human being.

And Ellie pretty much just defends herself too, but never crosses the moral event horizon like Joel arguably does.

I would not equate killing maniacs in self defense with murder.