Why do people like this game?
>>343456218
I have no idea, total piece of shit. Never played it, never will.
>Zombies
>Survival
>Linear game
Those things do not go together at all
>>343456218
>>343456403
>waaah me not like things
Shit opinion btw, anon.
>>343456631
What did you like about it, anon?
>>343456218
It's what some people enjoy.
>>343456403
There are more human enemies than there are zombies (can't remember their name).
Many more.
>>343456690
It was a masterpiece in storytelling. I literally had to keep a box of tissues nearby, that was how often I shed a tear as I was marvelling at the depth of the characters, fully embroiled in their fortunes.
>Why do people like x?
Just sage this shit.
it's a shitty stealth game, and the story ends up going nowhere. it's like watching the progress of someone's life, but there was no point
>>343456883
This, but unironically.
:^)
>>343456403
9ice b8 f4m
>>343456218
Because people think it was the first game to have a good story.
>>343456895
Better question then, why did it get so many 10/10s? It wasn't THAT good was it?
>>343457283
Does it have a good story?
>>343457353
It was okay
>hordes are intense
>combat is fun enough. Not exactly 'interesting' but it's still enjoyable and I love feeling like the fucking hulk
>stunning visuals
>extremely story driven and it's good that they embraced it
>interesting environments
>the relationship between Joel and Ellie was very touching
Matter fact I need to get this game again, thanks for reminding me op.
Good story
Good characters
god tier survival gameplay on hard and up
simple and easy crafting system
decent multiplayer
good ending
>>343457353
It's because people think an emotional story makes good writing kind of like oscar bait.
>>343456218
because muh feels and dealing with taboos in western videogames like rape
>>343457353
Story is one of the best. It's the type of game that once you beat you'll sit back like 'holy shit. What do I do with my life'
>>343457353
>Does it have a good story?
Depends what you mean by good really, it's cliche and generic but it does everything it wants to well. It just doesn't do a lot.
Not even kidding first game to make me feel sad
>>343457580
I remember the classic rape level in Limbo.
only the multiplayer was good, personally
because it's not on PC and never will be
>>343457509
>>343457629
What exactly do you mean by good story? I ask because I know you don't mean plot. At least I hope you don't...
>>343457830
Name one game with a good plot
>Inb4 muh underrated indie game that only 7 people have played
>>343457830
what do you not like about the plot?
>>343456218
For me it was really my first introduction to modern gaming. Stopped playing games after PS2 and Xbox 360, last game I played was probably FFXII.
Keep hearing amazing things about this game, decide it's worth getting a PS3 for.
Play it and am amazed. Brilliant voice acting (not like cringey FFX) amazingly executed story (even if predictable at times) and flawless gameplay. And it felt LONG on my first playthrough. I kept expecting it to be over and it kept on going. With quite varied level design too, that give the player lots of options on how to proceed.
Have since gone on to play the Uncharted series and realize there are many, many other games with these aspects that could be as good or better.
There's nothing you can say to it being a bad game, even if you think it's overrated.
On my second playthrough I didn't get nearly as much enjoyment out of it. I wish NG+ was more difficult, because it was a cakewalk. I beat it in maybe half the time it took me originally. I wasn't as emotionally invested in the story because I had just heard it. If none of the great qualities of the game impressed you when you first played it, I can understand how you felt. But you have to be pretty stupid to not understand why people like the game.
>>343456901
Wow man you really missed the point of the ending. Just because everything you went through was all for naught doesn't mean the story went nowhere. Jeezus
It gave me a good fap opportunity.
>>343458384
I want to impregnate Ellen Page
too bad she caught the gay disease
>>343457778
There was rape in limbo? Man I gotta replay that.
>>343456218
its fun and the story isnt bad for a self consciously inoffensive video game
>>343458051
>>343458070
I'm not trying to say another game has a better plot. I just don't think The Last of Us actually had one. "We need to get to that thing in the distance" over and over isn't really a good story. The plot only really happens at the very start and the very end.
>>343457830
story was so so but dan dohertys character was great because it was basically dan doherty
>>343457830
It may have been predictable at times but it was done really well. Everything they wanted to hit they hit nicely. The characters were the most believable I've played in a game. It's all very "real" and well done. After playing this, I started watching the Walking Dead and just laughed at how retarded the characters were compared to LoU. Then again, WD takes place immediately after and LoU takes place decades after.
>>343456403
>Never played it
good, now I know to discard your opinion
It's fun
>>343456403
So by that metric, Resident Evil is shit?
>>343458446
Ellen Page has nothing to do with this game but everyone thinks she does.
>>343458572
its a father daughter simulator anon, not an actual story
also its pretty standard for games to not really have overarching narratives. lots of games game an overall story goal, and then you go to various locations and deal with various characters and subplots before moving on
>>343456218
why don't you?
>>343459041
why do people think its ellen page? Shes like fucking 30 and ellie is 12 or so. also they dont even look alike besides their egg shaped heads
>>343458695
>>343458554
>>343459046
So where does all the super praise and "citizen kane" stuff come from?
What does it do that no game has done before?
>>343458572
Dude, it was REAL, that's what you don't like. When you have to survive and it's about life and death and horror, you have to focus on the things that are in your control, and on your goal. All you can think about is where you need to get to, and if you're interrupted by zombies or cannibals then you deal with them in the moment and that's it.
The story was perfect for the game you just wanted some fantasy thing.
>>343459164
Similar face I guess. I've heard it a lot. When my gf started watching me play she was like, wait so you play as Ellen Page? Lol. But not just her, tons of people have made the connection. I agree, their faces are quite similar.
>>343456403
>>Zombies
>>Survival
>>Linear game
You basically described RE4. The Evil Within was shit while Naughty Dog managed to capture the feel of one of the best RE games. Which is the reason why I like it.
>>343459085
I thought it was okay. I just wanna know why people seem to go crazy for it. It wasn't as well written as The Walking Dead game and it didn't play as well as Splinter Cell or Metal Gear or whatever.
This is relevant: http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=apple_store_ban
We see that Apple is a petty, contemptuous company. Godspeed Louis.
>>343459175
>muh emotional story telling
>muh struggle
>muh cinematography
>muh strong independent women and minorities
basically the praise comes from normies and shit journalist rags that just praise anything that reminds them of a young adult novel with a healthy dose of liberal political points
>>343459216
>it was REAL
B8
ALL YOUR FAULT
>>343459175
story, casting, gameplay, set design, sound, score were all exceptional. most games fall short in at least 1 of those areas.
>>343459739
Name something better. I'll wait.
>>343459739
>liberal political points
Fuck off back to /pol/
>>343459754
Not bait retard, read the rest of the post.
>>343459806
better at what?
story? voice acting? gameplay? red dead redemption off the top of my head
>>343458572
>we need to get to that thing over there
How is that not the plot to every single video game with a narrative in existence?
>>343456403
>total piece of shit
>Never played it
Behold the real hero of The Last of Us
>Ish was initially out to sea for several months before being forced to go ashore near the Pittsburgh sewer entrance. [1] He took up residence inside, eventually constructing his own safehouse. [2] In need of supplies, he searched the nearby suburbs, where he encountered a family, Susan, Kyle and their children, who - much to his surprise - did not shoot him on sight. They traded supplies with each other before Ish returned to his hideout.[3] Ish, lonely and realizing that there was no point in surviving alone, then went back to the family to offer them refuge in the sewers. [4] The group obliged, and the safehouse eventually became a thriving community. they had a school, makeshift beds, shower stalls, and even rain catchers. [5] Ish met a man called Danny, deciding the two should become the protectors of the community, salvaging, armor, Assault Rifles and sawed off shotguns from dead soldiers. [6]
>At an unknown point in time, a door leading to the safehouse was left open by one of the group, which allowed a horde of infected to flood in. Ish, Susan, and a few of the children managed to escape, barricading the suburb-side entrance to the sewers. Kyle was separated from the group, where he became trapped in a room with a small group of children; the infected at the door. It is implied that he shot all of the children to save them a worse fate, before committing suicide. [7]
>Ish and those who managed to escape with him took shelter in the suburbs, Ish now protecting the last of his group. [8] His fate, as well as that of Susan's and several children, is currently left unknown.
http://thelastofus.wikia.com/wiki/Ish
>>343459850
im a registered democrat who voted for bernie. if you dont think games journalism awards points for liberal politics your a maroon. the latest ign review of tarzan complained of white savior syndrome in a movie about fucking tarzan.
>>343459958
it is. but games handle it with different degrees of success
>>343460040
>voted for bernie
Great now I know your opinions on anything are immediately worthless
>>343459952
RDR received pretty equal praise. I just think it was TLOU's great story telling that was never done before in its genre, whereas the standard & formula for RDR had already been set.
>>343459958
I think he was complaining that the characters have a lot of dialogue like "Alright, there's the capital. C'mon, let's go."
Even though that is spot on A+ exactly how people would talk in that situation.
He just doesn't like realism.
>>343459850
>>343460040
>>343460173
>>343459958
While it does sound reductive, there is no plot to grasp from gameplay segment to gameplay segment.
The plot is "take Ellie to the Fireflies." And it still the plot until the end of the Spring chapter. Other games have different reasons for going to that thing in the distance.
>>343459850
is it even controversial at this point to say that todays jouranlist judge media based on politics instead of merit? how many articles and reviews do people need to read?
I've said it before and I'll keep saying it.
It would have been better as a TV series.
>>343459175
>So where does all the super praise and "citizen kane" stuff come from?
All this stuff is obviously overstated and over-exaggerated. But Sony spends a lot of money on production values and it shows. The story may fall into a lot of overused "zombie survival" tropes. But those are the stories a vast majority of people like. Not trying to make an ad populum argument. But the Walking Dead is popular for a reason.
>>343460173
how does it feel to willingly bend over for your corporate overlords?
>>343460447
>Implying I vote
>>343460297
>>343460447
>we need to crush the wall street banks!
>>How?
>........
He is literally all slogans and zero substance designed to appeal to blithering retards who are completely divorced from reality. Deal with it, college kiddos.
>>343460518
wow do you hate america or something you fucking pinko? voting is an oath you swear to george washington the second you come out of your mommas pussy and land on american soil
>>343460294
>>343459216
Are these both you?
I didn't mean to convey that I don't like realism. I liked the tone and acting in it a lot. I just didn't like much else.
>>343460779
That's untrue, but I don't blame you for thinking this. The fact is, most people don't know much about the candidate they don't support. They know just enough to hate them, nothing else. Once I realized I was guilty of this myself, I realized everyone is like this.
Bernie actually has thought out plans that would be successful if put into action. His campaign is nothing but "slogans" ie his message, the message he's trying to get out.
But if you look for the boring stuff, boring interviews he's done, boring footage of him in congress, you realize what he's up to, and it's nothing short of amazing.
Now, I fucking hate Clinton, but after doing research it's clear she's done at least some good stuff.
Trump is unknown because he's never been a politician before. We can only listen to what he says and hope he follows through.
>>343460779
>I want consumer costs and corporate profits to continue to rise while wages stagnate please fuck my mouth
Trump, Hillary and Obama all have platforms of corporate cock sucking. slashing regulation, slashing corporate taxes, promising Reaganomics will work this time, etc. at least bernie may have actually tried something
>>343460961
>Voting for political parties
>Talking about George Washington
C'mon, son. Either way if you really think that your votes actually matter then you're retarded. The president has already been decided and here's the big scoop, Abigail.It isn't Trump.
This is now a politics thread.
How the fuck did this thread turn into /pol/?
>>343461265
many elections are decided by less than a states worth of electoral votes. of course voting matters you dumb shit.
>>343461265
>vote doesn't count
Absolute moron.
>>343461183
>unironically subscribing to the class warfare meme
It's like I'm really in a freshman sociology classroom
>>343460518
>>343460779
>>343460961
>>343461134
>>343461183
Oy vey, the goyim fight!
>>343456218
Ellie is pretty sexy
>>343461352
>>343461358
>Still thinking that your vote matters
Even the GOP said it. Your votes aren't worth shit. They will put someone in power who benefits them the most.
>>343461265
you know there are a lot more elections than presidential, right? You vote for your state senate and house, the federal senate and house, governor, various local and county positions, etc
the congress is the most powerful political entity in the country but I bet you dont even know whos running in your state. state legislatures have a lot of power, as well. and heres a newsflash, research has shown that congressional representatives are more responsive to their constituencies than party leadership. thats why every bill has 100 pounds of pork, congressmen only care about catering to their electorate because all they care about is election. if you want your senator or representative to put his sway behind the candidate you like, fucking email them and let them know that. if thats the majority opinion in their state they support that candidate. your ignorant cynicism triggers me
>>343461675
what the fuck are you talking about? How do you think elections work? electoral college is gerrymandered for congress, not presidents. more districts won is the winner, usually its a really tight race. its never predetermined you fucking moron. and the candidates are usually in line with mainstream america. trump and bernie are extreme candidates, clinton is middle of the road so shes the most popular. its not some diabolical plot
>>343461134
>Literally supporting socialism
I work with Cubans that have lived through communism/socialism Every single one of them hate it. There's a reason so many of them want to lave Cuba just to come to America.
>>343461920
communism isnt the same as democratic socialism you fucking idiot. we already live in a democratic socialist country, what do you think medicare, social security, education grants, and firemen are?
Just purchased the remastered version of this game. What am in for? Never played the game before btw.
>>343461920
>b-b-but that's not the RIGHT kind of socialism
>>343462096
>totalitarian command economy communism is different from democratic socialism that exists in the united states and the most of the western world
yeah no shit
I guess I'll have to buy a used ps3 to play this :/
The critical reception of this mediocre game proved critics are not ready to see this truly evolve
>>343462095
Sexy Ellie
>>343457509
Spotted someone who never played MGS3
>>343462039
Why don't you explain where the democracy comes from you idiot.
America is not even a democracy.
>>343462095
A janky stealth game if you're familiar with the genre.
And summer lasts fucking forever and nothing happens.
>>343462209
>MGS
>fine art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVFd46qABi0
>>343462328
its a representative democracy. people vote for those that promise to represent their interests, if they dont they are voted out. did you skip that class in 1st grade?
>>343462204
So why compare the US with Cuba you retard? Someone screencap this bullshit happening in /v/ right now.
>>343462406
What a shitpost
And by a sonygger
Go figure
>>343462504
that wasnt me you fucking dumb shit goddamn
>>343462305
MGS3 sucks balls.
This is the game of thrones of video games. Really shallow characters. Plot that doesn't do much. And shows who have done what GoT is doing before, but better. Yet the masses lost their shit for some odd reason.
It's a "it's popular because it's popular" situation
>>343456403
>Never played it
never change /v/
>>343462523
enjoy your PC version of MGS4
oh wait
>>343462209
I agree with a lot of stuff here but I wouldn't call the cannibal child rapist "safety"
>>343462552
but you were defending it you autistic fuck
>>343462660
I have MGS4
It's pretty bad
>>343462610
Cool bait, kiddo
>>343462732
just like the rest of the overrated piece of shit series
what a revelation
>>343462660
>Playing any MGS game after 3
>>343462449
The USA is a fucking republic you stupid shit.
>>343462504
Because once you go full socialist then you only go down from there.
>>343456218
It makes people feel mature about liking vidya, because its script, plot and characters seem out of tv rather than out of videogames.
But not in a nice way. Like when i was 13 and played a game were people sweared and i thought it was hot stuff just because of that.
>>343462767
2 is the best game ever, but I assume you prefer clunky garbage like tlou
>Make a few shitposts
>Others reply to each other thinking they are someone elseAll going according to my plan.
>>343462838
>>343462995
Nice shitpost
>>343462039
You have no idea what Socialism is, do you?
>Medicare
>Social Security
>Education grants
>Firemen
None of those things are Socialist, what on earth makes you think they are?
>>343463146
That's exactly what they are, anon. Everyone has to pay for these things, and benefit is distributed where needed.
>inb4 that's not real socialism
Of course not, the US isn't a socialist country. Just has flavors of it.
>>343463109
>>343463146
Probably because they are paid through taxes.
I think those examples are once of those things that are designed to back someone into a wall because they can't truly refute it until they ask how they are products of socialism. Eventually it turns into a cycle.
I just wanted to talk about video games...
>>343463571
>>>/leather club/
>>343463452
>J-Just because they are!
Explain.
Joel did nothing wrong
>>343459527
sounds like you bought into the hype before it was released. don't tell me you were expecting something other than a linear experience from a naughty dog game.
>>343464174
shame this game had zero choice. would've actually made for compelling discussions. maybe bioware should do the sequel...
>>343462039
Saying:
>Of course not, the US isn't a socialist country. Just has flavors of it.
Is completely different to make the statement:
>we already live in a democratic socialist country,
Firemen, for example, aren't Socialist... They aren't a means of production, they're not Capital, they're a federally funded institution which serve a social good. Just because something is federally funded by taxpayers doesn't suddenly make it Socialist, if that were the case, every single civilization in history would suddenly be Socialist.
Probably the only things which can be construed as "Socialism" is Social Welfare and universal healthcare, since it's technically a redistribution of capital for the purpose of a social good, but once again, a Social Democracy, or even a Fascist country, can have these two things and still can't be Socialist countries.
Having a military isn't considered Socialism, yet it's still funded by taxpayers. See how this makes no sense?
There are only three countries in the world which is actually Socialist, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea, as far as I'm aware. Why? Because these countries OWN the means of production and regulate it, Venezuela is an actual Democratic Socialist country. Sweden, for example, is not.
>>343461423
how is it a meme? wages have been stagnant for decades compared to inflation. consumer costs have gone up considerably and corporate profits have skyrocketed. 30 million people are on food stamps and the minimum wage keeps people below the povery line. which part of that do you support?
>>343464414
Whenever games allow choices at the end people complain about consistency/continuity errors so I'm kind of glad they didn't do that
>>343464323
I liked the Uncharted games. I was ready for a more serious and actual gameplay focused game from them. But it didn't translate well at all.
Like the Uncharteds, it had the tone and the character chit chat down. Everything else in TLOU just felt painfully average and the game dragged on forever.
>>343464504
lmao. we have state sponsored farms, state sponsored food inspection, state sponsored welfare. social security is socialism, you contribute your capital to the state and its dispersed to the public. its not all or nothing, everything is along a spectrum. its not even flavors. we balance capitalism and socialism.
>>343462794
>The USA is a fucking republic you stupid shit.
lmao. its not a republic. republics arent necessarily democratic. we live in a democratic democracy which is the same as a democratic republic. but its not a classical, or direct democracy
>Representative democracy (also indirect democracy, representative republic, or psephocracy) is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.[2]
Youre pretty dumb
>>343465020
forgot to mention infrastructure. which is predominately a socialist excursion. or is that not production either? what about corporate subsidies and protectionism? Not socialism either?
>>343464504
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/3/29/1078852/-75-Ways-Socialism-Has-Improved-America
even if you dont agree with the programs, its stupid to say that america isnt an extremely socialist country.
>>343465713
You can stop with the roasting he's had enough.
>>343465441
>democratic democracy
whoops meant representative democracy, which is the same as democratic or representative republic
