Re: The Last of Us Discussion

by volvocrusher Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:35 pm

You seem to forget that T-Wolf's never argued that Infinite is perfect, just that there's a lot of middle ground between 10/10 and piece of shit and it falls somewhere in there.

by Krubixcube Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:35 pm

Yeah, Greenie sums up what I think in this situation pretty well.

As for the rest of your...points. Well. They certainly are something. I find it a little rich that someone whose favorite game is Spec Ops: The Line would then rally against a game for having antiquated and boring gameplay in justification of a story that makes a big thematic point that is also a meta-discussion about game design...wait, which game are we talking about again?

by ajapam Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:37 pm

The original Bioshock was the meta-commentary on games. Maybe I'm missing something in Infinite if you guys say that's one, too... Anyway, Bioshock Infinite is not The Last of Us, so this is silly

by TripOpt55 Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:28 pm

I played through Left Behind which I thought was excellent. They do one really cool thing with the combat that makes a few encounters unique to this DLC and do some really fun things in the non-combat sections. I won't say more until some others have played it, but I'd recommend it!

by ajapam Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:48 pm

The exploration stuff was all great, but I think I enjoyed 3 encounters in the whole thing. They're mostly the same ones you're talking about. Clicker encounters are the worst part of The Last Of Us and at one point the game was respawning enemies after I died without giving me any ammo back. I should have played on a lower difficulty so I'd actually find enough crafting tools to make fighting clickers enjoyable

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Left Behind DLC spoilers:

by TripOpt55 Sat Feb 15, 2014 7:19 pm

Left Behind DLC Spoilers:

by BretBaber Sat Feb 15, 2014 9:13 pm

How long is the DLC?

by TripOpt55 Sat Feb 15, 2014 9:32 pm

2-3 hours depending on difficulty setting and how much you search. Took me like two and a half.

by Rainjar Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:12 pm

Finished the DLC.

DLC discussion and all yo:

by TripOpt55 Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:08 am

Played through this DLC again on Survivor and have another thought:

Last Behind DLC Spoilers:

Also should I split this topic off into its own so we can talk freely or are the spoiler tags okay?

by Motinator Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:58 pm

I'm content to hold of on hitting the spoiler tags until I've played it

by volvocrusher Tue Feb 18, 2014 9:37 pm

I'm fine with the spoiler tags staying.

by Rainjar Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:28 pm

Guy who made the AI vid so I thought you'd lot like to see this as well.

by BretBaber Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:59 pm

Playing TLoU on hard, and I'd say 95% of the time I never resort to using a weapon. I'm hoarding bullets like a TLC special.

by TripOpt55 Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:08 pm

I was doing the same thing when I played on harder difficulties and discovered I was being overly careful. I was just worried about needing it later, but got to the end of just about all my runs with a full stock of ammo and resources.

by BretBaber Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:10 pm

You're a good man, Trip. I'd gladly be by your side in any similar TLoU scenario. I'd believe you if you told me you saw Kurt Cobain alive and well, and I believe you here. But the survivalist in me will still hoard, it's a sickness.

What did you upgrade first with your pills? I maxed out health because I figured that would be most important, but after that I'm not sure. I'm thinking the ability to see where enemies are might be my next approach.

by volvocrusher Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:31 pm

I try to save whatever I can in stealth, only really using the bow and arrow. Once I get caught, however, I'll use whatever it takes to survive

by TripOpt55 Sat Jan 10, 2015 2:01 am

BretBaber wrote:You're a good man, Trip. I'd gladly be by your side in any similar TLoU scenario. I'd believe you if you told me you saw Kurt Cobain alive and well, and I believe you here. But the survivalist in me will still hoard, it's a sickness.

What did you upgrade first with your pills? I maxed out health because I figured that would be most important, but after that I'm not sure. I'm thinking the ability to see where enemies are might be my next approach.

I actually turned off the thing that let you see where enemies were, so that was the last thing I upgraded. I think I went for Health and Weapon Sway first. Then the crafting/healing speeds next. I also didn't upgrade the health right when I got the pills. Because you can basically use it as a health kit, so I saved some pills until I needed health to do the upgrade. Also certain points in the story will fill health too, so that is good to keep in mind.

While I'm in tip mode, be sure to look for firefly tags hanging places like lamp posts and trees if you are trying to nab collectibles. You can knock them down with bricks and bottles.

by BretBaber Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:07 am

I can see why you'd turn off the enemy sight because it does seem like cheating, and takes an element of fear out of the game. I've actually been saving my pills for quite a while to use as a last ditch health pack.

I don't remember the Pittsburg section feeling so long. Is that the longest part of the game? Because I feel like I've been here forever. I dread the snow section because I remember it being tough on normal.

by volvocrusher Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:34 am

I go with health first then weapon sway then shivs. The rest are just perks compared to those three.
And I would put Pittsburgh as the longest section if you don't count all of Winter as one.

by volvocrusher Sun Jan 11, 2015 10:29 pm

Beat it again. Took a lot less time than my last few ones. Starting to know this game from front to back. Excited to try Grounded, but gonna wait on that for a while.

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