The Last Of Us

[Lungzyn]

Review embargo lifted, all aboard the hype train!

Eurogamer - 10/10
IGN- 10/10
Edge - 10/10
Destructoid - 10/10
GamesRadar - 10/10
OPM UK - 10/10
PushSquare - 10/10
Videogamer.com - 10/10
DigitalSpy - 10/10
Revision3.com - 5/5
GiantBomb - 5/5

'Best' quote (Empire Online - 5/5) - "The Last of Us is not just the finest game that Naughty Dog has yet crafted and an easy contender for the best game of this console generation, it may also prove to be gaming’s Citizen Kane moment, a masterpiece that will be looked back upon favourably for decades."

LOL

Ok, you get the picture. All bow down to the Naughty Gods

Really though, looks like a good one. Retail release June 14th in America. What do we think? (thought there was an old thread but couldn't find it)

Spoiler-free review

 

[hotslutsrgood]

Cant flipping wait!!!

 

[FreeOnes_Anders]

So according to those scores this is THE GAME.

The game to end all games, the game no other game can hope to aspire to....

Yeah... I´m sure its good, but I´m usually a bit skeptical when I see that many 10/10... something is fishy here.

 

[squallumz]

im playing mario bros on nes.

if that's not a 10, then fuck these guys.

 

[Lungzyn]

So according to those scores this is THE GAME.

The game to end all games, the game no other game can hope to aspire to....

Yeah... I´m sure its good, but I´m usually a bit skeptical when I see that many 10/10... something is fishy here.

Right now it has the same metacritic score as another Naughty Dog game, Uncharted 2 (96), which I think is generally considered to have delivered. The highest of all time though (GTA IV) is considered disappointing by a lot of people, so it can go wrong.
I think you can usually trust Naughty Dog anyway.

 

[bionics]

This game is going to get hyped up so much that everyone who heard about it on the internet is going to end up being disappointed or turning against it.

 

[L3ggy]

I have no doubt that ND will have made yet another masterpiece.

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I have no doubt that ND will have made yet another masterpiece.

 

[D-rock]

It can't really be gaming's "Citizen Kane moment" because that already happened way back when Planescape Torment was made.

 

[Bonezstorm]

Saw some vids from the released demo. I think my frustration level will be pretty high while playing this

 

[Shifty]

Looks awesome.

 

[darkwarrior3007]

I have the demo. I didn't think it was THAT great. It wasn't bad but it doesn't make me want to go out and buy it next week at $60. Felt the same way about the Uncharted series. Rented all three Uncharted games. Had fun with them but when they're over, that's it. No reason to ever go back to them.

 

[Bonezstorm]

I have the demo. I didn't think it was THAT great. It wasn't bad but it doesn't make me want to go out and buy it next week at $60. Felt the same way about the Uncharted series. Rented all three Uncharted games. Had fun with them but when they're over, that's it. No reason to ever go back to them.

Pretty much like the new Tomb Raider. Once you finished it, you have clearly seen it all

 

[darkwarrior3007]

Pretty much like the new Tomb Raider. Once you finished it, you have clearly seen it all

I haven't played Tomb Raider yet. I love the Tomb Raider series but after Uncharted I decided to wait until price drop. Some single player games are like that. I guess it's by nature because they are single player but I had a lot of fun with the Batman Arkham games going back and finding new ways to torment the enemies and the challenge maps kept me occupied for hours. Then of course there are juggernaut single player games like Fallout and Skyrim. I'll probably play The Last of Us demo again but so far, not impressed and I was really looking forward to the demo.

 

[unrated78]

It can't really be gaming's "Citizen Kane moment" because that already happened way back when Planescape Torment was made.

Awesome game, Interplay & Black Isle studios were on a roll back then, the Baldur's Gate series, Icewind Dale, Fallout 1 & 2 and Planescape, loved the floating skull, was his name Morte? I hear that a sequel is being made called Torment: Tides of Numenera and is being funded through Kickstarter.

On topic, looks like The Last of Us could be a hit

 

[D-rock]

Awesome game, Interplay & Black Isle studios were on a roll back then, the Baldur's Gate series, Icewind Dale, Fallout 1 & 2 and Planescape, loved the floating skull, was his name Morte? I hear that a sequel is being made called Torment: Tides of Numenera and is being funded through Kickstarter.

On topic, looks like The Last of Us could be a hit

Yeah, I got in on the kickstarter for it close to the beginning of it.

I said that because I'm not the only or first one to bring up Torment as being a "Citizen Kane" level thing for video games, and if somebody came up to me and asked me to show them an example of how a video game cold be just as much a form of artwork as TV shows, movies, songs, painting or any other classic form of art Torment would be the preeminent example of it. Even today there are a large number of people that consider it the best plot in the history of video games. It's depth of character of the characters in it and it's reactivity of choices are still mostly unparalleled today, and to think it came out almost 15 years ago.

 

[zell]

I have absolutely no desire to play this game,and it's mainly because of Naughty Dog.

While I thought that Uncharted 2 was pretty good,I still had issues with it,and Uncharted 3 was horrible to me.The one thing that I don't like about those games,which looks like it will transfer over to The Last Of Us,is the terribly clunky controls.

Bad controls will ruin ANY game for me,and that's why I'm not the least bit interested in it.

 

[Shifty]

It's available today, no?

Anyone tried it out yet?

 

[STDiva]

Bought it today and played it at a buddies. Amazing game. Scary, fun and thrilling. The ratings were correct. Might be my favourite game already. Can't wait to get home and play my own copy.

 

[STDiva]

I love the Uncharted series, but this has them beat.

Wow! Wooooooow! Is all I can say.

 

[Shifty]

I'm going to pick it up!