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The Last of Us Part II - Review Thread
- Thread starter vestan
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After the meh Uncharted 4, I am a bit wary of these reviews. Regardless, will be playing this day 1.
So uh, I checked the Metacritic and it's already whooping 79 reviews submitted with freaking
96 METACRITIC
currently...?
😶👀
96 METACRITIC
currently...?
😶👀
I mean it more akin to a film by a certain director always scoring 95%. ND are not the only ones, look at Rockstar. How the hell did a game as flawed as RDR 2 score a 97?
All of gamespot criticism is over the violence (which is valid) but at the same time subjective
In regards to the actual game, they were full of praise
Good to know, thanks!
Man there was so much FUD and concern trolls saying that Naughty Dog was bleeding talent with the lost of Bruce Straley, Amy Hennig, etc and are on their way down in terms of quality. But with this game reviewing better than U4 and the original TLOU, I think we can put those concerns to rest.
Such as? There are countless incredible movies that don't have this breadth of criticism you speak of, including ones that were a creative inspiration for this very game (No Country for Old Men and Children of Men), that's sort of how aggregates work.
Hell, I'd argue what are widely regarded as some of the best movies ever made (Godfather, Godfather Part II, Shashank Redemption, Saving Private Ryan, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas etc) have near unanimous praise.
The most critical unscored reviews are unscored because some reason or is it just that outlet doesn't offer scored reviews anymore? (which I would agree with)
Yes to the latter; those publications haven't been providing scores for some time now.
Yes, they do. But you don't (or very seldom) see such praise for a every single movie a director makes.
This post man 👏
I'll add that if you took a Naughty Dog Game, gutted the story, you are still left with a polished GAME.
Games that have far better gunplay than Red Red Redemption 2, for one, a game which I loved immensely, but in the many of the 10 page reviews I read people couldn't stop talking about the American experience or some bollocks long enough to tell me that the shooting controls a bit naff.
The Last of Us is a very polished third person shooter, with sound design of the guns second to no one last gen. It blends action gameplay and stealth better than any game (including Metal Gear Solid) other than perhaps Dishonored. What other TPS has a melee system which automatically interacts with almost everything in the environment? There is an amazing feeling of progression not seen since RE4 in my opinion where Joel starts off struggling and ends up a walking tank badass. It's a great fucking game. Having an amazing story and presentation doesn't change that.
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The countries were it happened did, however. It's precisely a defining trait of humanity how while those places were being consumed by war, sickness, corruption, genocide, poverty and all the possible calamities one could name, the civilized West just looked away and still does.
I don't think polarising is the right word to use here. The lowest score is a 7 which still means it's good.
Posts like these are why some of the developers said they wanted one of these games to fail critically for once. Like, come on, a game getting good reviews does not negate all of the criticism surrounding the making of said game. That's not how things work lol
yeah, I thought that the violence is meant to make the player feel uncomfortable. I know I did at times but nevere did I ever feel like it was unnecessary.
Well console warring and gamergating is one hell of a drug.
Can't just be about the numbers even though the Metacritic aggregator looks like effusive/unanimous praise. Some very valid and contentious critiques are lodged in a couple reviews, can't wait to see how we're all affected and view it when we get to play it!
The score is fantastic but doesn't show everything. There are a lot of very positive reviews for this that mention things people won't like. RDR2 was a fantastically reviewed game with a similar metacritic score. Would you say that's not polarising?
GRYOnline.pl 10/10
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Recenzja The Last of Us 2 – gry, która podpali świat | GRYOnline.pl
Na The Last of Us: Part II czekaliśmy jak na zbawienie. I wiecie co? To murowany kandydat do tytułu gry roku 2020 – i nawet Cyberpunkowi 2077 będzie ciężko przebić nowe dzieło Naughty Dog.
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Reading the reviews and I guess I didn't realize
Hmm, I was under the impression you could complete the game without killing a dog. Anthony Newman (co-game director) reportedly said to Polygon last year:
Assuming the scene the reviewer mentions is unavoidable, sounds like that sentiment changed from the time of that interview and the game going gold. Granted this scene mentioned happens in a cutscene/QTE rather than 'true' gameplay, but to someone like me who always struggles dealing with 'attack dogs' in games (or any form of violence/cruelty towards dogs), it's tough for me personally to see a distinction.
I like the concept that avoiding killing/harming dogs makes the gameplay more challenging, but a forced scene of having to kill one will definitely be hard for me to get through. I'm not necessarily arguing that such a scene shouldn't be in the game if ND feels that moment is necessary for the story, but it's just my own personal challenge of dealing with those type of moments across life and different forms of media.
This is so on the nose it's crazy the game actually does it.
Hmm, I was under the impression you could complete the game without killing a dog. Anthony Newman (co-game director) reportedly said to Polygon last year:
Assuming the scene the reviewer mentions is unavoidable, sounds like that sentiment changed from the time of that interview and the game going gold. Granted this scene mentioned happens in a cutscene/QTE rather than 'true' gameplay, but to someone like me who always struggles dealing with 'attack dogs' in games (or any form of violence/cruelty towards dogs), it's tough for me personally to see a distinction.
I like the concept that avoiding killing/harming dogs makes the gameplay more challenging, but a forced scene of having to kill one will definitely be hard for me to get through. I'm not necessarily arguing that such a scene shouldn't be in the game if ND feels that moment is necessary for the story, but it's just my own personal challenge of dealing with those type of moments across life and different forms of media.
I've just watched the Kinda Funny review and I've never seen them gush about a game as much as they have about this one. Now I'm debating whether to wait for the PS5, even though nothing is announced, just so I can experience this thing in the best way possible.
Yep, this. Polarizing views is not a bad thing at all, this major acclaim is something that usually only happens in games and most of the time it feels artificial.
I'm glad for these reviews to put my hype in check. The reasons they have for their non-enjoyment are well put, but they don't seem to affect me as much. It all depends of how the story tells it.
Here's a trailer I made yesterday to further hype.
Watch Last of Us Part II Trailer Redux | Streamable
Watch "Last of Us Part II Trailer Redux" on Streamable.
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Who was in on it? I don't want any TLOU2 stuff in my viewing history right now.
It was polarising with fans not with critcs. Who knows if this will be the same?
There are still a handful, eg Scorsese, Tarantino, Speilberg, Nolan, Kubrick, Fincher, Del Toro etc. ND (along with several other studios or directors) would essentially be akin to a video game equivalent of one of those.
I would say there's a very good chance of that. You can already see some of it in threads about it
Polarising? It's universally acclaimed!
If you mean polarising because of the views of the small number of haters this game has attracted, lots of whom are disingenuous and have problems with this game from day 1 because it's 'SJW' or a Sony exclusive, then I'd ignore them people completely. I've ignored all that noise, nasty tactics of spreading spoilers etc and will dive in fresh.
I believe that you should stop playing linear narrative driven games then
TloU 2 is not the first nor the last of this type of game
I'll go a little further : stop playing games for good
You'll find narrative dissonance everywhere. In RDR 2, you can get filthy rich, it wont matter to the story.
If you werent able to feel what Ellie feels and to absorb what the game is trying to say, that's alright. The game is not for you.
That doesnt mean that the game SHOULD be for you
That's entitled as fuck.
No piece of art is for everyone
Reviewers and gamers loved Uncharted 4, you're in the minority with this opinion just so you know.
