PS4 The Last of Us Part II - PS5 Remaster coming Jan 19

[revival_mode]

Our scales are fairly similar.

FFS.

im not a horror guy at all and found it ok. if you got through the first one you should be fine.

 

[theiaofseed]

Clean sweep at the VGA's

Best Game Direction, Innovation in Accessibility, Best Narrative, Laura Bailey for Best Performance, Best Action Adventure, Best Audio design and Finally Game of the Year

 

[Cruyff14]

Really need to fire this up again. What a game.

 

[pantskyle]

Surprised it was game of the year.

 

[2006_Eagles]

Got it on $29 sale from Amazon on Wed and it's already here

Bezos you son of a bitsch

 

[Marmozet]

Is the game really that bad?

Big W have it for $20 and I’m wondering if I should snare it.

I already know what happens to one of the characters in the beginning so I’m prepared for that.

 

[Spirit Level]

Is the game really that bad?

Big W have it for $20 and I’m wondering if I should snare it.

I already know what happens to one of the characters in the beginning so I’m prepared for that.

It's actually quite nice, goes on a little longer than it needs to but it's good

 

[Marmozet]

Just got it!

$20 is insanely good for a game that came out this year, especially the one that won GOTY.

Worst case scenario I’ll sell it for $25-$30 and make a profit.

 

[Cruyff14]

I fired it up again the other day.

Have navigated with some of the boat with Ellie, on way to aquarium.

Forgot how good it was.

 

[giggler99]

Just got it!

$20 is insanely good for a game that came out this year, especially the one that won GOTY.

Worst case scenario I’ll sell it for $25-$30 and make a profit.

Have you played the first one? It would really help to play that first in order to understand the story.
Above all its very much worth it (especially at $20 that's a bargain!) for the the game play alone is really fun even through the story isn't as strong as the first imo

 

[Summer Nights]

I played it through twice in the month after release. While really good, it’s definitely not as good as the first game, for me. Ellie is generally unlikeable, which is disappointing given she was so likeable in the first game. I won’t go over the reasons as others have stated them well in this thread.

What I really loved about the first game is that it was spread out over time and space - to go from Summer to Fall to Winter to Spring over a large geography with a “journey” feel was really something quite special. TLOU2 felt compacted mostly in geography, apart from a few side pieces, and I didn’t enjoy feeling constrained to Seattle. Another thing is the first game had a nice balance between infected and human gangs. II ramped up the interactions with human enemy factions, which felt a bit too much at times. It had a few nice additions like the German Shepherds though. It’s not that the infected sections were lacking; they were plentiful yet there were just too many humans.

My favourite part of II was playing as Abbie. The other so called controversial parts of the story didn’t bother me; it was cool playing as Abbie and seeing her perspective; her values and motivations seemed simpler and more consistent than the other protagonist’s (or antagonist’s, depending on the perspective).

If it’s a gaming body’s game of the year then that’s cool but I’d make sense of that by suggesting it has been a weak year for top shelf games. I’d rate it a 8/10, as the mechanics are solid, the chapters have enough substance and the visuals are beautiful. It’s let down by a confused story arc for Ellie, an odd and unbalanced pace, and missing some of the special/intangible atmosphere of the first game. Perhaps the world felt smaller because there was more that filled it. I’m glad I played it but in any other year this is not a GOTY contender in my humble opinion.

 

[Marmozet]

Have you played the first one? It would really help to play that first in order to understand the story.
Above all its very much worth it (especially at $20 that's a bargain!) for the the game play alone is really fun even through the story isn't as strong as the first imo

Yeah I played the first one. Downloaded it off the PS Plus Collection on PS5 a couple weeks ago actually.

 

[Duck Farmer]

Is the game really that bad?

Big W have it for $20 and I’m wondering if I should snare it.

I already know what happens to one of the characters in the beginning so I’m prepared for that.

Definitely a bargain at $20. It's a really good game but not quite at the same level as the first and tends to outstay its welcome.

 

[tombomb]

Definitely a bargain at $20. It's a really good game but not quite at the same level as the first and tends to outstay its welcome.

Pretty much this. Gameplay is great and a massive upgrade over the first one. $20 is a bargain.

But the story was a total misfire and I couldn't have cared less by the end

Spoiler

when time Ellie and Abby caught up with eachother at the end.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Story line is better in the first. 2nd has the better game play. Really enjoyed both

 

[Ry009]

Pedro Pascal To Portray Joel In HBO's The Last Of Us

Deadline reports that Pedro Pascal, well known for Game of Thrones and The Mandalorian, will be starring as Joel in HBO’s upcoming television adaptation of The Last of Us. First announced last March, the show’s plot will follow that of the original 2013 video game, with Pascal’s Joel struggling...

www.kotaku.com.au

 

[vast]

Good luck to them. Big shoes to fill as far most fans will be concerned.

 

[Spirit Level]

Should've cast Ellen Page for Ellie

 

[Cruyff14]

Pedro Pascal To Portray Joel In HBO's The Last Of Us

Deadline reports that Pedro Pascal, well known for Game of Thrones and The Mandalorian, will be starring as Joel in HBO’s upcoming television adaptation of The Last of Us. First announced last March, the show’s plot will follow that of the original 2013 video game, with Pascal’s Joel struggling...

www.kotaku.com.au

He was brilliant in Narcos.

 

[pantskyle]

Should've cast Ellen Page for Ellie

Cast a boy to play a girl? He'd have a better shot at Joel.

 

[pantskyle]

He was brilliant in Narcos.

I don't mind the castings. Jackman would have been great for Joel tho.

 

[Cruyff14]

I don't mind the castings. Jackman would have been great for Joel tho.

Great call, I agree for sure.

I think PP will be a good fit anyway.

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

Meet Ellie and Joel aka Lyanna Mormont and the red viper/din djarin

 

[Spirit Level]

Cast a boy to play a girl? He'd have a better shot at Joel.

If girls can call themselves boys, surely boys can be cast as girls?

 

[pantskyle]

If girls can call themselves boys, surely boys can be cast as girls?

Not in today's Hollywood.

Regardless of all that, he is almost 33. A long way away from playing a preteen girl.