The Last of Us Part II - Review Thread
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Fuck it, started another playthrough of the first game. This theme song is going to make me tear up when I hear it in TLOU2.
I swear we dont see these kind of posts with other equally violent games, its a ND thing.
No problem, the post was probably a bit vague (too much tension in the air).
I think it's a common misconception that games need to be "fun". Games don't need to be fun any more than a book or a movie needs to be fun.
They're probably talking about the 30 minute-long side-scrolling retro bullet hell section that appears right in the middle of the game's climactic emotional scene.
Or maybe the mech battles. It's unclear.
Wish all these people were clear and told us the restrictions instead of causing FUD
Exactly. All this finger wagging about Naughty Dog's depiction of violence is completely absent when talking about games like Mortal Kombat 11, which actually disgusts me with its excessive and photo-realistic gore.
sounds like sony should have went with a release day review embargo .
he mentions in the video that audio got fucked in his capture process.
That "gameplay" flaws. I hope she didn't mean what I'm thinking about right now. Jesus!
Reviewers find the game intense and thrilling/engaging. When you describe fun as jumping off a platform in Rayman and then fun when trying to survive a brutal encounter, it's weird.
MK11 does not suggest you are a bad person for ripping out someone's spine. Quite the opposite.
they're only allowed to show and discuss story/gameplay from sections/chapters of the game shown in prerelease marketing. From Griz Gamin's video review:
It's a matter of tone. MK is Evil Dead/Brain Dead stuff. Not really comparable to how TLOU is handling violence
by the gameplay videos i saw, i thought RDR 2 way more violent than TLou part 2. I did not played, im judging by the gameplays that i saw.
I don't even know what a gameplay flaw could be other than bugs or glitches.
It's only a Naughty Dog thing in so much that they made a game that makes you feel bad about the violence while making you do it. Hotline Miami did the same but with a level of abstraction hat succinctly made the same point. The realism in this game bring a different set of expectations.
In my opinion, MK's playful tone makes it worse. At least Naughty Dog acknowledges how awful it is and the game's tone and themes support that view.
This shit is so weird to me. Just review the game next week if you're incapable of discussing a 30 hour game without spoiling it.
there's plenty of games in which the violence is meant to be a "feature" and it's leagues more uncomfortable than what i've seen from TLOU2
they're only allowed to show and discuss story/gameplay from sections/chapters of the game shown in prerelease marketing. From Griz Gamin's video review:
seems fair to me, you can be plentiful about the game's flaws only using footage and examples from the revealed parts.
Last 1/3rd is Ellie becoming a tank...with Tank Controls.
Not if the flaws, however minor, happen after the spoiler cut-off.
most people really aren't that good to formulate reviews w/o the leverage of spoilers.
Well you're in for a treat with Part 2 -or probably not, if you loved the first one.
Mod edit: we do not provide a platform for Skill Up and their content on ResetEra
Enjoy an honest, spoiler free video, of someone who loved the first game... -He probably won't get many review copies from Sony in the future.
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Erm... maybe we can this
I mean, that doesn't sound too bad. If you want to include spoilers in your review just wait for the embargo to be done, no?they're only allowed to show and discuss story/gameplay from sections/chapters of the game shown in prerelease marketing. From Griz Gamin's video review:
Nope, he is an alt-right-idiot. No wonder he hates this progressive game. Please delete the link.
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For reviews I've read so far, authors pointed out with much emphasis on how much they disapproved and disliked some situations and resolutions they were to come across. Nothing close to any kind, any way of so called enjoyable acts of violence. And it appears the game succeeds on dealing with the dissonance.
What? From what I've seen he just reviews stuff on his channel at least Sony found it okay to supply him with a review code, I'll trust their judgement thank you.
How can a scored review be considered final given those restrictions ? Those look like alpha/beta/preview NDA conditions. Are we supposed to get a new wave of reviews (that won't happen) on release day ?they're only allowed to show and discuss story/gameplay from sections/chapters of the game shown in prerelease marketing. From Griz Gamin's video review:
Because other reviewers did not loved the first one ...?
The amount of troll in this thread is something.
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5/5
The Last of Us Part 2 review – does the long-awaited sequel measure up to the hype?
Naughty Dog takes us back to the apocalypse for a heartfelt and disturbing look at our own humanitywww.t3.com
Has this been added to metacritic?
I love it how when 99% are stellar reviews and that 1% is negative...that's the "honest" review, not the 99% lmao.
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MTE! Maybe they should lift the embargo on release day next time, but you know people would complain about that as well.
Media outlets are reliant on getting in on discourse when peoples' attention is highest. Holding off on a review harms their viewership.
Those conditions are literally saying not to give critical story details, not hard imo, a lot of reviewers have done fine expressing how the story affected them without giving details about the story. Also u gotta remember the story was leaked, they have to assume a lot of ppl saw them and that allowing the reviewers to talk about the story in detail, ppl will be able to piece the story together and put it out before the game ever releases.
That kills their ability to make money off of the review. It isn't like the game isn't spoiled anyways and embargoing flawed mechanics is shady as fuck.
For a game that's so focused on story I honestly think the embargo makes sense. Essentially boils down to "don't spoil it" and if you can't write a general review about 30hrs of gameplay without literally giving the plot away, then IDK what to say about that.
You're not slick, stop posting banned reviewers on this site. That guy and his brother are both pieces of shit. You call him honest, that's hilarious.
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Sounds like something else spoiled you then, not the tweet, because I have no idea wtf you're talking about
You mind keeping this wink wink nudge nudge spoiler bait shit out of this thread, pretty please? I managed to go this long without getting spoiled, would be great if you didn't fuck it up.
SkillUp didn't exactly adore the first game. His review goes into how he thought the gameplay was middling but the story was excellent. I think he's banned here as well.