The Last of Us Is Clearly the Best Game This Generation

[Fatboi1]

Not hating. Read back through the thread. Why are people saying they liked this game so much?

It's not cause the gunplay was so fun, or because there was some type of new or engaging gamay hook they loved.

Most people like this game because of the story and the emotional effects it had on them while playing through it.

I personally lean torwards gameplay more than story, which is why I thought other games this gen are better.

What's your PSN? You talk to much on games yet have no proof. This game's shooting is better than whatever bullshyt you played>>>>

 

[MeachTheMonster]

What's your PSN? You talk to much on games yet have no proof. This game's shooting is better than whatever bullshyt you played>>>>

Ok Fanboy. I gave my honest opinion and that's it. You disagree fine.

But statements like bolded are what makes you a unfiltered ps stan. In most reviews the gunplay was listed as one of the weaker aspects of the game.

And even without those opinions you can't really think the gunplay in this game is better than games considered as shooters.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Ok Fanboy. I gave my honest opinion and that's it. You disagree fine.

But statements like bolded are what makes you a unfiltered ps stan. In most reviews the gunplay was listed as one of the weaker aspects of the game.

And even without those opinions you can't really think the gunplay in this game is better than games considered as shooters.

I dont think the people calling the gunplay weak really mastered it. Its actually pretty fun when you try to have fun with it. Switching from arrows, the pistols to shotty to flamethrowsers to melle in 5 minutes adds finesse to the game. Some people play the game just to get through it.

Whats your playstation gamertag, friend?

 

[Fatboi1]

Ok Fanboy. I gave my honest opinion and that's it. You disagree fine.

But statements like bolded are what makes you a unfiltered ps stan. In most reviews the gunplay was listed as one of the weaker aspects of the game.

And even without those opinions you can't really think the gunplay in this game is better than games considered as shooters.

Millions disagree with you

What's your PSN!?

 

[L@CaT]

I had a blast with the Bow and Arrow.. Im definitively a big fan of it

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I dont think the people calling the gunplay weak really mastered it. Its actually pretty fun when you try to have fun with it. Switching from arrows, the pistols to shotty to flamethrowsers to melle in 5 minutes adds finesse to the game. Some people play the game just to get through it.

Whats your playstation gamertag, friend?

My PSN is MeachTheMonster. I haven't gone online with ps3 in months because I don't play it much and I don't want to download updates.

Millions disagree with you

I'm sure they do. What's the point of this post though?


Here this article echoes my thoughts exactly.

Systems vs. stories • Opinions • PlayStation 3 • Eurogamer.net

What makes games unique is not storytelling. Games are, by and large, not the best medium to tell a story. The demands of the medium mean you either need to constantly break up the narrative for long passages of loosely related player action, or you reduce player agency to such a degree that the experience becomes more akin to a lavish theme park ride.

No, what games are good at is suggesting stories. The thing that games have above all other media is interaction, which is to say that games have systems. Systems that dictate the rules of a fictional world. Systems that allow the audience to prod the world and feel it push back. Systems are what make games into games, rather than movies with joypads.

The Last of Us is a beautiful piece of work, full of astonishing visuals, richly drawn characters and a story overflowing with genuine emotion, honestly earned. It's a polished gem of a game, the state of the blockbuster art. State of Decay, by comparison, is kind of a mess. The graphics engine can barely hold itself together, characters and objects lurch through the scenery constantly, the frame-rate stutters, and the script and acting are rudimentary at best. Judged on every expected storytelling criteria, The Last of Us is clearly superior, so why do I feel that State of Decay is the better game?

Probably because it has more interesting systems churning away under its rather ramshackle exterior, and they push back harder against the player. Every supply run, every mercy dash to find some lost survivor, could mean the death of one or more characters. I might take a gamble on snagging some building materials and lose everything. A car might be overturned in the middle of nowhere, forcing me to think on my feet to get home safely. I care about the characters, not because the script tells me to or because they're convincingly played, but because they're in the game world with me. They're part of my story, rather than me being an observer of theirs.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

My PSN is MeachTheMonster. I haven't gone online with ps3 in months because I don't play it much and I don't want to download updates.



I'm sure they do. What's the point of this post though?


Here this article echoes my thoughts exactly.

Systems vs. stories • Opinions • PlayStation 3 • Eurogamer.net

I dont believe that that zombie game on xbox does anything better than the last of us to be honest. The graphics arent better, the acting isnt better, the action isnt better. I guess its all a preference and you prefer your xbox exclusives.

So basically you havnt played the last of us correct?

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I dont believe that that zombie game on xbox does anything better than the last of us to be honest. The graphics arent better, the acting isnt better, the action isnt better. I guess its all a preference and you prefer your xbox exclusives.

That's just the thing. None of those things are why the author enjoyed state of decay better. Obviously the story/presentation of TLOU is in a league of its own. But some people, myself included, would much rather a game just be fun, I like to control the narative not just hold on for the ride.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

So basically you havnt played the last of us correct?

Yes, but I'd put all my coli cash down to say you have not played state of decay.

Do you think the author of the story I posted hasn't played TLOU either?

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Yes, but I'd put all my coli cash down to say you have not played state of decay.

Do you think the author of the story I posted hasn't played TLOU either?

I believe he went into it riding the hype of the game and then critiqued things that most people playing the game are not complaining about to the point where he gave it such a low score compared to the rest of the planet. He said the last of us is a better game but still gave it a lower score despite the games obvious presentation issues.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

That's just the thing. None of those things are why the author enjoyed state of decay better. Obviously the story/presentation of TLOU is in a league of its own. But some people, myself included, would much rather a game just be fun, I like to control the narative not just hold on for the ride.

What do you mean by control the narrative? Are you saying most of this game is cut scenes?

 

[Mr. Somebody]

I had a blast with the Bow and Arrow.. Im definitively a big fan of it

Once you get the range powered all the way up its a spooky weapon.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

Polygon is microsoft funded journalism. Wow, i didnt know that. No wonder they were hating on the last of us.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

What do you mean by control the narrative? Are you saying most of this game is cut scenes?

No I'm saying no matter what I do in the game. The story is the same. You and I can play the game and have pretty much the same experience. A person can watch you playing the game and get just as much enjoyment as the person holding the controller.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

I believe he went into it riding the hype of the game and then critiqued things that most people playing the game are not complaining about to the point where he gave it such a low score compared to the rest of the planet. He said the last of us is a better game but still gave it a lower score despite the games obvious presentation issues.

It's not critiquing or complaining. Outside of some A.I. Issues the game was perfect for what it was trying to do.

But "what it was trying to do" just isn't very appealing to some people.