The Last of Us • Gaming • PS3 • Eurogamer.net

Flying_Pig 11 Dec 2011 09:05:33 16,956 posts
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Officially announced at the Spike VGA - The Last of Us is a new IP from the brilliant Naughty Dog.

Looking like a zombie apocolypse surivial horror/action adventure game

From the website:

"The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements to tell a character driven tale about a modern plague decimating mankind. Nature encroaches upon civilization, forcing remaining survivors to kill for food, weapons and whatever they can find. Joel, a ruthless survivor, and Ellie, a brave young teenage girl who is wise beyond her years, must work together to survive their journey across what remains of the United States."

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Announcement Trailer

mrpon 11 Dec 2011 09:13:21 37,366 posts
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Eurgh, Z word.

dominalien 11 Dec 2011 09:30:44 10,703 posts
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Hm, possibly. Let's keep a positive outlook, shall we?

SuperBas 11 Dec 2011 09:37:49 1,675 posts
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I was hoping for anything but zombies.

UncleLou Moderator 11 Dec 2011 09:46:04 40,723 posts
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Well yeah, but at least it lets them create humanoid enemies without turning a game into a military game, atmospherically. And they don't seem to be of the brainless, arms-stretched-out, shuffling feet kind.

I hope it really is some kind of open-world survival game which the description hints at rather than a linear shooter, though. Character setup looks interesting enough, with a dose of The Road and 28 days later.

JBlokeUK 11 Dec 2011 09:47:40 2,316 posts
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Great to see a new IP as most games these days are just sequels.

PhoenixFlames 11 Dec 2011 10:17:05 9,263 posts
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Sounds good. Looking forward to it.

morriss 11 Dec 2011 10:21:52 71,293 posts
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dominalien wrote:
Hm, possibly. Let's keep a positive outlook, shall we?

Why?

Deleted user 11 December 2011 10:34:10

I don't mind zombies that much, but when both new IPs revealed last night are zombie survival games, lit's a little disappointing

I'm expecting that they'll add zombies to the school map in the upcoming Tony Hawk HD collection

Syrette 11 Dec 2011 10:36:05 51,181 posts
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Looks decent.

The premise is, and I hate to this use this term... 'meh'.

No gameplay so I can't judge it too much but I'm not really excited for it at all based on that trailer. Seen it all before.

CharlieStCloud 11 Dec 2011 10:45:06 5,812 posts
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morriss wrote:

dominalien wrote:
Hm, possibly. Let's keep a positive outlook, shall we?
Why?

Because the Uncharted series is amongst some of the very best games of this generation...?

Deleted user 11 December 2011 10:45:59

Billy_Sastard wrote:
What I posted in the pelicans thread.

lols

quadfather 11 Dec 2011 10:51:45 39,069 posts
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What's with all the zombie hate? It's the same on the lastofus trailer page. I'm still loving all the zombie games out at the moment. And if anyone can make a decent zombie game, nd can.

MrTomFTW Moderator 11 Dec 2011 11:00:25 47,501 posts
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Is that supposed to be Nathan Drake's older brother? Sure looks like it.

Cappy 11 Dec 2011 11:18:14 14,393 posts
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I'm not sure why people keep on fixating on the fact that games have zombies recently. Especially when it's an exclusive for a platform that doesn't really have many decent exclusive games of this type.

You can count count Siren but that was released years ago, everything else is multiplatform and a port from the PC or 360 and they've all been action/shooting games.

If it actually is slanted towards survival that makes two games of this type in the entire PS3 catalogue, is that really too much?

Syrette 11 Dec 2011 11:20:05 51,181 posts
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Dead Risings, Dead Nation, Fallouts, Siren, Enslaved, The Last of Us, Rage, Resident Evils - that's at least 7 zombie/post-apocalypse games.

Edited by Syrette at 11:20:50 11-12-2011

Syrette 11 Dec 2011 11:22:35 51,181 posts
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quadfather wrote:
What's with all the zombie hate? It's the same on the lastofus trailer page. I'm still loving all the zombie games out at the moment. And if anyone can make a decent zombie game, nd can.

There is so little that you can do with that sort of enemy type, and the plots are generally so predictable.

I don't understand the fascination with zombies.

Wayne 11 Dec 2011 11:22:38 4,044 posts
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Genre-defining?

Nah.

Derblington 11 Dec 2011 11:26:12 35,161 posts
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Need For Speed, Shift, Gran Turismo, Twisted Metal, Burnout, Dirt, Wipeout - that's 7 racing games. There are too many racing games! I don't want any more games with racing.

There's so little you can do with that opposition type - they just drive fast on tracks. Dull.

Edited by Derblington at 11:29:05 11-12-2011

Derblington 11 Dec 2011 11:27:59 35,161 posts
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Billy_Sastard wrote:
Not forgetting the dire add ons that take away from the original game such as Red Dead, Call of Duty, Borderlands etc.

you're on crack. None of those "take away" anything from the original releases - they're all optional play experiences that don't alter the base in any way shape or form. Not to mention that the Red Dead and Borderlands add-ons were great.

HisDudness 11 Dec 2011 11:29:12 1,760 posts
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Pfffft. Another video game-type entertainment experience? Boring... Wake me up when Naughty Dog revolutionize how I spend my leisure time.

Deleted user 11 December 2011 11:34:57

If ND spend the entire PR campaign talking about how emotional thier story is then I'll know the gameplay is shit. After playing the likes of Dark Souls, Skyrim, or Portal I find games that focus on the story to be boring.

quadfather 11 Dec 2011 11:36:10 39,069 posts
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Syrette wrote:

quadfather wrote:
What's with all the zombie hate? It's the same on the lastofus trailer page. I'm still loving all the zombie games out at the moment. And if anyone can make a decent zombie game, nd can.
There is so little that you can do with that sort of enemy type, and the plots are generally so predictable.

I don't understand the fascination with zombies.

I guess I just love the zombie 'thing' - films/games/books, the lot. I had to painfully wait until the industry had milked the ww2 experience to death, and I guess I'm just loving the current zombie phase.

Deleted user 11 December 2011 11:38:23

You can make a great game with zombies, I'd like them to use the original Silent Hills or Resi Evil's as inspiration. Make it an actual horror game.

Syrette 11 Dec 2011 11:40:05 51,181 posts
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Derblington wrote:
Need For Speed, Shift, Gran Turismo, Twisted Metal, Burnout, Dirt, Wipeout - that's 7 racing games. There are too many racing games! I don't want any more games with racing.

There's so little you can do with that opposition type - they just drive fast on tracks. Dull.

I think you've missed what some people have been getting at. Not to mention that list of titles was really just a neutral. slightly unrelated reply to Cappy's comment.

I generally find zombies to be boring and post-apocalyptic themes to be unoriginal and not that exciting. Doesn't make them bad games at all, and if a title is top quality then it'll surpass any feelings I have towards the general premise.

I like racing games. A lot of people like zombie games. Good for them and good for me. It's all subjective.

Edited by Syrette at 11:41:41 11-12-2011