Kukuk
Headphoneus Supremus
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Recently beat The Last of Us, and am currently playing it on survivor mode.
Absolutely in love with it. I had heard it was a very story driven game, and that's what really pushed me into wanting to play it. The more I played it though, the more I realized that it was actually fairly light on story. It wasn't until after I beat it that I realized that, while it was light on cut scenes, (which I was hoping for more of) it's attention to detail in story scenes was better than almost any game out right now. Really, really top notch acting, great writing, and really smart use of editing got points across much better than longer scenes in story-driven games that I love. Most of the really emotional scenes in the game, while great in the moment, didn't really hit me until looking back at them later on.
The pacing in the game is perfect. Just, absolutely and completely perfect. It's probably 50% shooting/stealth'ing, and 50% just taking in the scenery and looking for supplies. I love it when games aren't trying to push you along the story too quickly, and let you stop and smell the roses, and this game is absolutely masterful at that. At there's plenty of reason to be thorough when looking around, since supplies are an absolute necessity, especially on survivor mode! Puzzles in the game are kind of cheesy and stupid, but they don't really detract from the game at all. Kind of wish more thought was put into them, but I can completely understand why there wasn't.
A 10/10 game, easily, and in my book, puts Naughty Dog in the 'legendary' status of game developers.
Absolutely in love with it. I had heard it was a very story driven game, and that's what really pushed me into wanting to play it. The more I played it though, the more I realized that it was actually fairly light on story. It wasn't until after I beat it that I realized that, while it was light on cut scenes, (which I was hoping for more of) it's attention to detail in story scenes was better than almost any game out right now. Really, really top notch acting, great writing, and really smart use of editing got points across much better than longer scenes in story-driven games that I love. Most of the really emotional scenes in the game, while great in the moment, didn't really hit me until looking back at them later on.
The pacing in the game is perfect. Just, absolutely and completely perfect. It's probably 50% shooting/stealth'ing, and 50% just taking in the scenery and looking for supplies. I love it when games aren't trying to push you along the story too quickly, and let you stop and smell the roses, and this game is absolutely masterful at that. At there's plenty of reason to be thorough when looking around, since supplies are an absolute necessity, especially on survivor mode! Puzzles in the game are kind of cheesy and stupid, but they don't really detract from the game at all. Kind of wish more thought was put into them, but I can completely understand why there wasn't.
A 10/10 game, easily, and in my book, puts Naughty Dog in the 'legendary' status of game developers.