The Last of Us Part II - Review Thread
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Oh come on. If the review feels the collecting is a bit off then that's totally okay.
Gamespot doesnt need clicks.
Is it though? Whether you love the game or not (I find it extremely dull and thin) you can't deny it takes a lot from elsewhere and other games do particular aspects better.
Just looked at Metacritic and almost all of the middling reviews are from unscored sites. They're fairly reputable outlets, but I guess don't count towards the overall score.
Not saying they'd make much of a dent if they did count, but something more like RottenTomatoes could be a better system where these places can register their recommendation (or not) without having to put a number on it.
Not saying they'd make much of a dent if they did count, but something more like RottenTomatoes could be a better system where these places can register their recommendation (or not) without having to put a number on it.
It's actually the same exact websites who gave the first entry lower than average reviews.
(Gamespot, Polygon and Kotaku).
I want to see ND try creating the inverse game to this. Why create a misery simulator when you can create a happy simulator?
All the reviews, however glowing, just reinforces to me to stay the hell away from it.
All the reviews, however glowing, just reinforces to me to stay the hell away from it.
Someone earlier in g the thread said that it's possible to do other than that scene, which sounds more like a QTE
Dang sounds amazing! Also hopefully you can answer this! In your opinion niel druckman said he was unsure of a last of us part 3. Could / would you like a part 3?
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Probably mean the realistically animated collision into the car from the trailer. I admit I'm curious too, if that is replicatable with other surfaces.
Probably mean the realistically animated collision into the car from the trailer. I admit I'm curious too, if that is replicatable with other surfaces.
I think that's how OpenCritic does it and they have it at 99% of critics recommending it. Gotta remember that even if those middling reviews have it at a 7.5 that's probably still something they'd "recommend". I don't think you'll have a lot of people saying it's genuinely not worth playing.
It's likely that the "reactive dodging" animations were too glitchy in the end so they cut them (like, say, 4 out of 5 times you dodged towards a wall/car, Ellie would clip through the surface, or something).
It's possible they took tens of tries to capture that footage and get a run without any glitches. Interesting stuff, anyway.
The sites I work for (Gamer.nl and Power unlimited) gave both a 10 and 100. So yea its a good game lol.
I wonder the same thing. This review is good and I totally get the crtiticism.
Sorry I should've said what a tone deaf section of the review that was posted.
Am I the only one who finds it weird that people can't kill a dog in a game? Like I understand some people love dogs and animals but it's just a game.
Tell me about. Thank god I requested Friday and Saturday off. Just gotta work Thursday and then I'm off till the following Thursday. Nothing but TLoU sweetness till then.
Phew at the meta score. Next week can't come soon enough. I'm excited to dive into these video reviews
You expected higher than 95... Cmon.
Can anyone who has played / reviewed the game tell me how scary it is? Would it be classed as horror? I generally do not play scary games and found the first one to be right on the edge of what I'll play without wussing out
Im tired at work. But happy as hell.
Ps5 last night tlous review in the morning.
Naughty gods indeed
Ps5 last night tlous review in the morning.
Naughty gods indeed
Hard disagree. It takes elements from those games and absolutely makes them it's own. Combat is deep and multi layered, easy to get the basics, but lots of depth available to access, the story and performances were excellent and 2nd to almost none. Exploration felt meaningful because of the wise choice to be hub based rather than an empty open world.
and I mean come on, the story in god of war ABSOLUTELY is miles ahead of Zelda while having compelling dungeon crawling. I don't see one point where Jeff was actually wrong. It is more accessible than souls while being compelling, it does contextualize it's violence better than uncharted, it does successfully take elements of Zelda dungeons while actually having a good narrative simultaneously.
I dont even feel like any of Jeff's statements are controversial point by point.
Basically the 3 less positive reviews it's mostly about the violence.
The fact this is reviewing even better than the original, holy shit!
The fact this is reviewing even better than the original, holy shit!
There are a few jump scares but mostly it's that constant feeling of dread you get from watching Korean horror.
As far as spookiness goes, I'd say it's a little bit worse than the first game with more claustrophobic areas and low light.
That's why I'm interesting in the context of what they enjoy and don't enjoy. For example would any of them enjoy The Road or Martyrs? What about Children of Men? Get Out? Doom (game)? God of War (2018)?
What about There Will Be Blood? No Country for Old Men? Schindler's List? BioShock Infinite?
What about Grave of the Fireflies? Joker? The Lighthouse? The Witch?
I ask in part because most reviews seem to say the violence and the darkness in the story is saying something. It isn't just, "yeah an apocalypse with monsters would probably be scare and there would be violence." Whereas with those either explicitly or implicitly it seems like they are saying the violence isn't justified. So having a perspective on how much violence they can tolerate, what type of violence they can tolerate (physical vs. emotional), how bleak or sad an experience can the appreciate, etc. would help better understand their dissenting opinion on the game.
While i respect the writing and intent of the Maddy Myers' Polygon review it is one of the weirdest and unrealatable takes on a game I have read in awhile. Maybe I am just old, maybe the writer And I have lived vastly different lives, or maybe I just grew a bit tad too cynical but...
I just don't see the evidence to support such an observation.
It's been a while since I read the full thing, but I think I remember Kirk Hamilton wrote a pretty positive review for Kotaku for the first game.
I like Maddy though, so when she says this there is some actual weight to what she is saying.Maddy Myers at Polygon was not a fan.
I think they mean did you see that animation anywhere, not just triggered by your active dodge movement into the car. (Strange question.)
What makes it even more irritating - if not sociopathic - is, that those people have no issues killing humans in the same game.
The Gamespot review is getting a lot of flack, but it's very thoughtful and actually got me more excited for the game. The qualms the reviewer has about most of the player-controlled violence going unexamined is a fair one, but having to commit senseless mayhem to achieve objectives actually seems to resonate with the themes praised in the review. I wouldn't be surprised if I agree with that observation entirely but come to a more favorable conclusion after playing the game.
because im drunk these non-gif gif images are really fucking me up
i keep waiting for them to start moving
Someone was saying here that this game would make him fired.
C'mon, humans are trying to kill you AND ordering the dogs to kill you. Not the same at all.
But that's not the point of Zelda lol, the beautiful simplicity in those games is part of the appeal. Also Uncharted is a swashbuckling fun adventure and Dark Souls isn't supposed to be approachable or clear. When you take the sheer ruthlessness and inability to find your footing in DS coupled with an annoyingly claustrophobic "cinematic camera" you get an experience that just doesn't work i n m y o p i n i o n.
To draw an actual story comparison though the parent/child aspects of God of War absolutely pales in comparison to the first Last of Us.