The Last of Us

Charlie · Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:36 am Post subject: The Last of Us

So escorting a girl around is the new it thing for 2013 in gaming. While I'm still in the middle of ushering Elizabeth around Columbia, I'm looking forward to my next trip with Ellie. I guess when you're in a zomb...er, fungal apocalypse, nobody really cares about the awkwardness of walking around with a young girl and possibly being seen as pedo.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=vg-scea-tlou?ie=UTF8&docId=1001068971

That new trailer looks really hot, but man... the violence caught me off guard. It's not as gruesome as Tomb Raider or as bloody as Bioshock Infinite. Rather it's just how subtle the machete attack was that's unsettling for me. I think BI's execution was a bit more cartoonish and TR pushes it to a fetish.
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Jazzin' · Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:08 am Post subject:

This looks even better than it did during E3 last year. I am definitely gonna have to get my hands on this when it comes out.
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Skythe · Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:58 am Post subject:

I didn't get to play this at PAX but it looked amazing

I'm getting it asap
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Ruin · Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:44 pm Post subject:

100% Want.
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Dice · Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:05 pm Post subject:

I'm grabbing it. THose clicking things will probably scare the hell outta me. And I can only wonder how a game like this will end.
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Arn · Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:07 pm Post subject:

I know what to buy when I get my PS3 now, looking awesome.
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Arn · Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 1:38 pm Post subject:

I don't care, I'm bumping because I'm hyped.

This game will be localized in PT-BR including dubs.

I
AM
HYPED!
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Charlie · Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 4:32 pm Post subject:

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Charlie · Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2013 9:27 pm Post subject:

So the demo with God of War Ascension is out. Unfortunately, I just sold that last week so I'll just wait out the extra couple of weeks. The multiplayer looks like more Uncharted, which is just fine since the UC multiplayer is fantastic.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/06/04/the-last-of-us-multiplayer-revealed/

And the amazing reviews are coming in.
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Jimbob the Weedlord · Joined: 09 Mar 2013 Posts: 150

Turns out that, following Bioshock: Infinite's precedent, Emotionally Engaging Ellen Page Escort Simulator is this week's Citizen Kane moment of video games

Truly, to produce multiple Citizen Kanes per year, games are clearly the greatest art form humanity knows, **** you dad

Dice · Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:16 pm Post subject:

Yeah, seriously. The reviews are all gold stars, perfect tens, and A+'s. I can't wait. I might hit my indie shop and see if they got it in early.
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Andre · Joined: 22 May 2009 Posts: 2758 Location: Chillen

I want this ... NOW
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Abicion · Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:32 pm Post subject:

Super is still the best Emotionally Engaging Ellen Page Escort Simulator released so far.

DoubleL · Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 8956 Location: Internetland

Pre-ordered on a whim today. Apparently I am going to get some skins which is, you know, pretty cool. I like me some skins, keeps all the guts in the right places. That said, I'm going to continue ignoring most of the information coming out about the game save the few very impressive trailers I saw a while back. See where that gets me.

Having just completed The Walking Dead though, it'll be interesting to see how the whole "Guy escorting young girl who is not his daughter but to whom he is a father figure though a zombie apocalypse" thing goes. Jimbob's trademarked hyperbolic cynicism aside, it does seem that gaming has latched onto a convention of building emotional attachment through companions and escort characters that follow you through the entire game in the past couple of years.

That said, I don't have major issues with the technique and think it's a powerful tool for building on singular interpersonal relationships. Designers will just have to be careful about overusing it or limiting such interactions to simple archetypal relationships.
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