Re: The Last Of Us: Part 2

by danyjr Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:42 pm

The number of collectables in this game is driving me insane. I'm still Part 1 Day 2.

by danyjr Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:43 pm

@RealGunner are you playing Survivor difficulty?

by RealGunner Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:45 pm

M99 wrote:
RealGunner wrote:
Part 2:

Spoiler:

Nope

Spoiler:

by RealGunner Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:47 pm

danyjr wrote:@RealGunner are you playing Survivor difficulty?

Yea

But it makes no difference since it's artificial difficulty increase. Everything remains the same you just get less ammo which i barely use anyways. I have not used a single medical kit so far out of necessity.

But just like thimmy i have been busy with family n stuff so didn't get as much time to play it.

Going to try and finish it over the weekend

by danyjr Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:18 am

Yeah, I'm playing on Hard and have barely used ammo too.

Spoiler:

by RealGunner Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:19 am

Nah i kept trying to sneak kill too but the game just put a tip saying it's impossible.

Makes sense though. Knife won't go through them

by danyjr Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:00 pm

Kaladin wrote:First half 10/10

Second half of the game is 0/10, one of the worst experiences i've ever had

Wish they didnt make it

Now that I have played it I can see why. What a shame.

by RealGunner Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:01 pm

You've finished already??

by danyjr Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:08 pm

No but I'm close. Can't be bothered to finish it any more, I tried to push myself to do it but don't care about the character without spoiling things.

I will pick it up later to finish the achievements as I picked up all collectibles up to now. I have 4-5 hours more left.

by danyjr Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:01 am

Finished the game.

Visuals: 10/10
Honestly, the graphics, animations and facial expressions are some of the best if not the best I've seen in a video game. They must have mo-capped and post-process for a long time to get it to the level we saw. Cutscenes and cinematography were on par with Hollywood's best. Absolutely pushing a 7 year old console to the max while keeping the performance very playable.

Sound: 9/10
Great music and sound design. I really liked the dynamic soundtrack altering itself to what was happening in game. The music is by one of my favourite composers and kept the overall feel of the original game.

Gameplay: 7/10
You know what you're getting into with a Naughty Dog game. This is not the most action-packed game that will test your dexterity or reactions. There will be a lot of cutscenes. Prepare for a lot of walking and button mashing without actually playing. Having said that the combat and stealth were great, when they happened. I liked the variety of weapons and traps. The weapon upgrades also were okay. There were a lot of filler upgrades to the character though. A lot of times I felt like I had to waste my pills on some skill tree because I was only interested the last tier upgrade.

Story: 5/10
It is clear the producers of this game were influenced by the sociopolitical events of the social network age. While I welcome the representation of minorities and non-cookie-cutter characters, unfortunately I can't say the whole thing was not forced. The story, especially it's ending didn't make sense at all and everything ended erratically with no logic IMHO. I really enjoyed the first game's story and I regard it as one of the best I've played. This game comes close up to a point and then it goes downhill. It's a shame but no regrets in playing the game.

by BarrileteCosmico Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:14 am

RealGunner wrote:But just like thimmy i have been busy with family n stuff so didn't get as much time to play it.

Going to try and finish it over the weekend

Same here. Haven't touched the game in over a week. Damn I miss being 19.

by RealGunner Thu Jul 23, 2020 5:47 pm

BarrileteCosmico wrote:
RealGunner wrote:But just like thimmy i have been busy with family n stuff so didn't get as much time to play it.

Going to try and finish it over the weekend

Same here. Haven't touched the game in over a week. Damn I miss being 19.

Don't worry we'll probably finish around the same time Laughing

by BarrileteCosmico Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:24 am

So I took a hiatus and finally got to the trans scene

And... that's it?! All this drama over such a small scene? Laughing

Anti climatic AF

Rat king fight was awesome though, was freaked the fuck out the entire time

Also, so far at least, Abby >>>>>>>>>>>> Ellie

by LeVersacci Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:29 pm

We're so incredibly honored to have The Last of Us Part II win Ultimate Game of the Year, @PlayStation Game of the Year, Best Visual Design, Best Storytelling, Best Audio, and to be named Best Studio at The @GoldenJoysticks. Congrats to the team and thanks to all that voted! pic.twitter.com/Cv4xo13sP0
— Naughty Dog (@Naughty_Dog) November 24, 2020

TLOU2 PS5 upgrade and MP release soon aswell The Last Of Us: Part 2 - Page 17 Banderas-200x110

by BarrileteCosmico Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:19 pm

Final thoughts:

by Myesyats Fri Jun 04, 2021 9:40 pm

Late to the party as always, a year since the premiere I finally got round to it. Just wanted to say the graphics, animations and attention to detail is amazing. They've made a tremendous leap since part 1. I'm about 4 hours in and it just feels like a beautiful movie. The music/sound effects in general is wonderful and the writing/storytelling is great so far. What an incredible experience, will touch on the story when I'm done. I'm taking my time with it as not to miss any little nugget. It made me quite furious that Ellie singing "Take on me" was an easily missable scene which is why I'm thoroughly investigatin every single room

by Myesyats Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:12 pm

Goddamn. It took me 41h24m to complete the game. What a ride

The ending left a bittersweet taste in my mouth though. So far i'm lost for words

Have to admit I thought this was the 2nd and last part? But now i'm reading BC's summary and I didnt even realize Part 3 is in plans? that's great

but if thats the case then i have no problem with the ending because it leaves everything wide open.

by Arquitecto Tue Jul 13, 2021 6:27 pm

Man I can't wait to fucking play this.

Loved part one and was deeply involved in the story. Would you say this one was better Myestats if so why

by LeVersacci Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:05 pm

Gonna replay this during the summer with the 60 fps patch out.

Hopefully RDR2 gets one aswell so I can replay it.

by Myesyats Tue Jul 13, 2021 9:35 pm

Arquitecto wrote:Man I can't wait to fucking play this.

Loved part one and was deeply involved in the story. Would you say this one was better Myestats if so why

As for the story it still deeply pulls you in, a new interesting character is introduced and although you could have some objections as BC did in his spoiler about the sequence of events (you should read it after you finish the game), i enjoyed how you get to see another side to the story and what drives other people involved in Ellie's path aswell. Thats all since I dont want to spoil anything for you. The diversity of characters is a big positive takeaway

Nostalgia plays a big part too, the moments reminiscing about what happened in the first game (with young ellie) are beautiful, moving and quite frankly very touching.

The gameplay is just better in every way. A tremendous leap since Part 1. The detail is mind blowing. I cant compare it to any other game in terms of detail because I dont tihnk such a game exists on this level.

The NPCs are challenging too even on medium level. It is appreciated because in many games NPCs are really, really awful.

by Arquitecto Wed Jul 14, 2021 1:04 am

Thank you Myestats my friend and the care not to spoil it for me.

Just what I wanted to hear too and cannot wait till I begin.

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