The Last of Us Part II

[Allwil13 754]

Hey everybody. Is anybody else here a fan of The Last of Us? If so, are you as excited for The Last of Us Part II as I am? I just saw the release date trailer and holy cow I am stoked!!! Anyone else share the love?

[Tails 6,692]

Yup, I saw the trailer as well and I am as stoked for the game as you are. I enjoyed The Last of Us and Part 2 looks like it will be another great thrill ride. Early 2020 is going to be so great for us gamers.

[Allwil13 754]

Glad I'm not the ony one. The combat looks absolutely amazing! The trailer got me so stoked that I started up yet another playthrough of the first game. I think I've played it at least 15 times, lol.

[Dustin Lübbers 933]

2020 is gonna be a great year psychnauts 2, a new abe game, biomutant, ff7 , the XIII remake oh i cant wait

[FlipMode 141]

  On 9/27/2019 at 12:14 AM, Dustin Lübbers said:

2020 is gonna be a great year psychnauts 2, a new abe game, biomutant, ff7 , the XIII remake oh i cant wait

17 games in my "Games out now I must play!" Amazon List (or 19 since two of those are HD collections of two games), 15 games in my "upcoming games I must buy" list. And those are just the physical releases, there's about 8 digital release only titles I still need to get. Even if I had the money to get everything I want to play, I would not have enough time to play them all  Those lists of mine seem to be getting bigger with each passing day. 

Last Of Us 2 looks good. I didn't enjoy the first one as much as many other people seemed to. I do recognise the quality of the game, its just not my usual kind of game. But I did enjoy it overall. Thing is; I don't really know how the sequel is going to top the original. I mean the graphics are phenomenal, but other than that it just looks like more of the first game. Not saying that's a bad thing, I'm just saying that I have a feeling a lot of people will be saying the firts one was better and the game will be unfairly criticised because of that, here's hoping I will be wrong though. 

Also the violence seems to have dialled up to 11 in this. I am all for violence in games and stuff and don't think anything should really be censored as long as it has the appropriate age rating, but The Last Of Us 2 make me a little bit uncomfortable with how much it emphasises the gore and violence. I'm sure there's some kind of reason and its part of the direction but it doesn't always work and some times to me it just looks unnecessary (MGSV). 

 

TL;DR: I'm still getting it but I'm not as hyped about it as everyone else seems to be  

[Allwil13 754]

  On 9/30/2019 at 12:21 PM, FlipMode said:

17 games in my "Games out now I must play!" Amazon List (or 19 since two of those are HD collections of two games), 15 games in my "upcoming games I must buy" list. And those are just the physical releases, there's about 8 digital release only titles I still need to get. Even if I had the money to get everything I want to play, I would not have enough time to play them all  Those lists of mine seem to be getting bigger with each passing day. 

Last Of Us 2 looks good. I didn't enjoy the first one as much as many other people seemed to. I do recognise the quality of the game, its just not my usual kind of game. But I did enjoy it overall. Thing is; I don't really know how the sequel is going to top the original. I mean the graphics are phenomenal, but other than that it just looks like more of the first game. Not saying that's a bad thing, I'm just saying that I have a feeling a lot of people will be saying the firts one was better and the game will be unfairly criticised because of that, here's hoping I will be wrong though. 

Also the violence seems to have dialled up to 11 in this. I am all for violence in games and stuff and don't think anything should really be censored as long as it has the appropriate age rating, but The Last Of Us 2 make me a little bit uncomfortable with how much it emphasises the gore and violence. I'm sure there's some kind of reason and its part of the direction but it doesn't always work and some times to me it just looks unnecessary (MGSV). 

 

TL;DR: I'm still getting it but I'm not as hyped about it as everyone else seems to be  

I love the first game; it's one of my favourites. However, I don't agree with the belief that it's one of the greatest games of all time. I love the characters and the story and all that stuff, but the game definitely has issues and to be honest it didn't break any new ground in the survival/horror genre. Really the only things that I felt were refreshing and new about it were the time lapse between the onslaught of the infection and the game's ending. the game takes place 20 years after the infection started, which means we get to see how society was able to restructure itself. I won't go into the ending here for obvious reasons but I will say it I did not expect that ending at all . Other than that, though, I've seen most of these story elements before. Even the whole "surrogate parent/child" thing has been done before. There was also the gameplay's random spikes in difficulty (the basement of the hotel in Pittsburgh in particular always feels like I''ve been dropped into one of the pits of hell). The thing I love about the game is the characters themselves; they make the game worth it. 

The new game has me so excited because they've introduced several new gameplay elements and it looks like it's going to be much bigger than the original. The dogs in particular I think are a brilliant idea. I also love how different the combat is from the first game. The first game was pretty violent, but it was because you were fighting for survival. In this one Ellie is out for revenge and she is FURIOUS. You can see it in every swing of her weapon and every move she makes. I completely agree with you that it's not fair for people to say it's not as good as the first game since the game isnt even out yet!

I also agree the violence is pretty brutal. In particular the extreme violence in the trailer from Paris Games Week in 2017 made me second guess myself in whether or not I would pick up the game. With the release date trailer, however, the violence makes a lot more sense, because like I said before this is a revenge story. Ellie is angry so she's determined to make these people pay. I'll definitely pick up the game but playing it might take me a while depending on how gory it really is. I'm really squeamish, and it took me a while to become desensitized to the first game. I still can't watch when Joel and Ellie get bitten in combat. But based on what I've seen so far, the game looks to be worth it.

Sorry to go on a rant there. None of my friends like The Last of Us, and my BF hates it, so it's nice to finally be able to share opinions on this.

[The Transcendent Key 12,109]

Oh yeah, I'm definitely excited to hop back into the world of The Last Of Us! So Part II will definitely be a joy ride, for sure!