The Last of Us - The Non-Interactive Version

Actually, where is Solid? He seems to have disappeared.

How is he at defending against Clickers?

TLOU2 was very good as well. Not the revelation of the first, but certainly a polished experience that I really enjoyed. The Naughty Dog gameplay formula isn't as fresh any more but it was all very competent third person fun nonetheless.

I thought the narrative in the second one was as good as the first and extremely brave for a computer game.

I suggest we avoid discussion of the plot of both games here but they are pretty much two of the most memorable stories in videogames full stop.

The combat in 2 was so tense, had some really cool moments taking down squads of people.

Yeah, I quite enjoyed splitting people up, especially using traps just hidden about. The combat, moreso against humans was something I really looked forward to.

Loved that first episode. My only qualm really was that a few of the supporting cast were weak actors - thinking the Fedra guy and Marlene's irate henchwoman. Otherwise, lovely opening. The bloomed corpse embossed into the wall was quite the sight.

Enjoyed that first episode, got PS6 vibes.

Maybe I'll wait a few more seasons before diving in then, in hopes it finally reaches PS9.

I preferred the story and relative brevity of the first one but, obviously, everything else about the second one is technically better. The game itself plays far better and the story is told in a more interesting way but it did start to grate on me pretty badly by the half way point.

same here, really good episode and I'm onboard.

TLoU was never a game that appealed to me since I skipped the PS3 with Xbox. Finally got a PS4 so I have had chance to get a remaster/remake but still never got the urge. I hope this pc port turns out ok cos I'm fully hard for playing it now.

I have a vague idea of how the story beats go but none of the finer details so I'm looking forward to the rest of the show and it'll be interesting to see how the game compares when I finally play it

Exactly this.

I've reinstalled 2, 60fps patch and all.

Hard to answer until we've seen the full series as it depends on how much they deviate from the game.  If they deviate a lot, it could still be worth playing.  

As I said earlier, TLOU can't possibility have the same overall impact 10 years on, even with graphical updates, as it raised the bar in a lot of areas at the time, but now those systems and production values will be nothing you haven't seen many times over.   If you haven't the patience for stealth, scavenging/crafting and a finite resource management (which really helps the survival aesthetic), I wouldn't bother, if you do, I would as that's very much how it's designed to be played.

It isn't that long a game and you could stick it on easy if you are tempted and just blast through it.  However easy mode adds a lot more ammo so you don't need to plan your approach around what you have in your inventory which is part of the fun.


Either way don't start TLOU2 without knowing the events of TLOU1 in detail.

Just whilst I think of it, another thing people forget that TLOU was the first to do (or at least do well) were natural transitions from stealth to blown cover and back to stealth again.  Stealth game convention for decades was that if your cover gets blown, you get mobbed and die in seconds, so the trained behaviour was to pause and just immediately reload back to the last checkpoint.  In TLOU it was often possible to live with a mistake, run away and regroup.

See also Thief.