I finished The Last of Us about a month ago and had so many feelings after it was over I had to play non-serious games for a while, it's just THAT good

^^^This!!!

I loved it!

Let me know what you think of Beyond: Two Souls!!

I finished The Last of Us about a month ago and had so many feelings after it was over I had to play non-serious games for a while, it's just THAT good

^^^This!!!

I loved it!

Let me know what you think of Beyond: Two Souls!!

I thought Beyond was fine. On a technical level it's staggering, the animation and facial work is way beyond anything else made, no next-gen or PC stuff gets anywhere near what they achieved. But at its core it's really not a game. And I say this as someone who adored Heavy Rain, but even compared to that Beyond is painfully low on user input. Heavy Rain had a zillion different endings generated from things that happened at various points, often things you didn't know where happening. Beyond doesn't because it has a non-linear timeline. The order of chapters is chronologically all over the place, so the stuff you're playing late on with a young character has no real bearing on the ending since you've already played a section set ten years later, so it wouldn't work. You can't fail, failure simply plays out a different scene, that always ends in the same way, just with a slightly different backdrop. It's a 10 hour film where you occasionally have to press the right stick to make it keep playing. And if that doesn't bother you then it's worth playing through, I enjoyed it, but it's really not a game.

I finished The Last of Us about a month ago and had so many feelings after it was over I had to play non-serious games for a while, it's just THAT good

^^^This!!!

I loved it!

Let me know what you think of Beyond: Two Souls!!

I thought Beyond was fine. On a technical level it's staggering, the animation and facial work is way beyond anything else made, no next-gen or PC stuff gets anywhere near what they achieved. But at its core it's really not a game. And I say this as someone who adored Heavy Rain, but even compared to that Beyond is painfully low on user input. Heavy Rain had a zillion different endings generated from things that happened at various points, often things you didn't know where happening. Beyond doesn't because it has a non-linear timeline. The order of chapters is chronologically all over the place, so the stuff you're playing late on with a young character has no real bearing on the ending since you've already played a section set ten years later, so it wouldn't work. You can't fail, failure simply plays out a different scene, that always ends in the same way, just with a slightly different backdrop. It's a 10 hour film where you occasionally have to press the right stick to make it keep playing. And if that doesn't bother you then it's worth playing through, I enjoyed it, but it's really not a game.

I agree with all of this. The biggest disappointment is that it's not even an interactive story where you can dramatically change the ending so it feels completely flat.

I'd rather go back to the beginning of PS2s life and replay Shadow of Memories.

HOLY CRAP CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE ENDING OF LAST OF US.

SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT!!!!!




I have no idea how I feel about the ending of last of us. That ending has stayed with me. On one hand i'm happy they steered away from all of the other cliche zombie movies and one of the main characters.....however I am so mad at Joel. I'm not sure how I would've acted but man............to kill Marlene in Cold Blood was hard to watch. Also the fact that Ellie seemed to know Joel lied to her in the end.

That was rough. I still can't sort out my feelings.


I feel you! I don't know for sure but I think I read somewhere that Naughty Dog was quoted as revealing that they "weren't done in the world of The Last Of Us" or something like that. I would honestly love EITHER a prequel or a sequel, but if that's going to happen, it wont be any time soon -_- But hey, good things come to those who wait, right? :grumble:

I just finished a few minutes ago. The game is fantastic, and the ending was brilliant. Put me on the side of those who wouldn't want a direct sequel, but I'd like to see something set elsewhere and/or in the future, etc.

I just finished a few minutes ago. The game is fantastic, and the ending was brilliant. Put me on the side of those who wouldn't want a direct sequel, but I'd like to see something set elsewhere and/or in the future, etc.

Ditto! I'd love to enter the universe again, I loved the gameplay (especially the stealth portions and luring mobs with noise) and the unique take on zombies... but I just don't want it to pick up where it left off. I'd be happy with an Ellie in the future sort of thing, or maybe even following different characters entirely as long as it wasn't another "Get from point A to point B because X may be the cure" because it might end up being kind of bland compared to the first one.

Love The Last of Us, it is probably one of my favorite releases in years. Ellie is fantastic!