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Naughty Dog: The Last of Us is “All About the Story”

RipTen: "While playing The Last of Us recently, I asked Naughty Dog Community Strategist, Arne Meyer, how many hours a player could expect from this game, clarifying that I was specifically talking about the "main story" and not all the side mission hoopla that most games are packed with these days. That is when things got interesting."

NastyLeftHook04038d ago

And im all about opening dat wallet naughtydog! come on! release it already !

GribbleGrunger4038d ago

Ignore my post after this one, I'm a friggin' IDIOT.

Donnieboi4036d ago (Edited 4036d ago )

I can respect a man who can admit he screwed up. Not many on n4g can swallow their own words, after being proved wrong.

SOD_Delta4037d ago

I know how you feel. I might even go to a midnight launch to get this beautiful game. Only thirteen more weeks... *tear rolls down cheek*

GribbleGrunger4038d ago (Edited 4038d ago )

ND have never said that this is an open world game, so where the writer of this article gets that from, I have no idea. Basically, he's written an article about what EVERYONE already knows (it's all about the story) and added his own speculation to pad it out.

Ezz20134038d ago (Edited 4038d ago )

yes they never said that
all they said it was "wide linear"
http://www.egmnow.com/elect...

which allow you to explore and go different ways through the game

EDIT : NVM..my mistake.

his loving the game
so i can't complain here

Nostradavis4038d ago

I am pretty sure the article doesn't say the game is open world. It says it is more open base on the time spent playing it.

You want to call out the gaming media when readers take liberty summarizing things as they see fit when the words in the piece don't say that at all.

"Wide linear" seems like a fitting comparison to "more open."

Ezz20134038d ago (Edited 4038d ago )

@nostradavis
yeah i admit it ...i read it wrong
my bad here
and since you played the game
tell us every thing about what you played
the gameplay
the gfx
how open the game is, is it hard .etc

EDIT : @nostradavis
Damn, that's awesome ...one last thing
from what you played
what would be your score for that demo ?!

Nostradavis4038d ago (Edited 4038d ago )

I loved it.

Still struggling to finish my preview because there is so much I want to say but it had a good mix of stealth and salvaging ability mixed in. I loved the Metal Gear franchise and this has an element of that mixed in. It also has a bit of a Detective Mode too that allows you to listen in to detect runners and clickers through walls etc.

I got to play against clickers and runners in the demo and it was about 2-3 hours in from what Arne told me.

Joel is very protective of his party (as you would imagine) and he (you) are often clearing out areas before the girls are given the okay to join you.

Exploration is not what you would expect and because of that I was told to forget what I knew about other exploration games. This came in handy when I came to the first obstacle in the game (rubble on a set of stairs). Normally I would go another way but that wasn't a dead end. You simply jump down a level of stairs over the railing and move the filing cabinet blocking your way.

Also, (and this may sound funny) one of the first things I noticed is we can now crouch without having to be behind cover to do so. He confirmed to me that the reason we can do that in this game and couldn't do it in Uncharted is because The Last of Us is much more about stealth. You can creep up behind a clicker (they can't see) and stab them in the neck to kill them.

Overall I enjoyed the demo very much and the mix of everything into one combined with Naughty Dog's skill at crafting stories looks like a win.

We should all be happy they are giving us this game as a new IP so late in the life of this generation.

GribbleGrunger4038d ago

Yeah, having reread it, I think perhaps I was a little harsh. It doesn't actually suggest GTA openness as you say, but rather more open than Uncharted. I got that wrong guys, sorry.

Nostradavis4038d ago

No worries Gribble. The point I was trying to get across is I applaud Naughty Dog for focusing on the story 100% instead of giving us a story and X amount of side missions that may or may not get played out with an on screen "completion" bar that makes us feel like lesser lifeforms when we don't fill it.

rezzah4037d ago

Story is all I care about :O

ps3_pwns4037d ago

the game is not open world but i bet the sequal will be open world and it will be like if you made the walking dead the tv show into an open world game.

wenaldy4037d ago

If its like The Road, im in. You guys should watch The Road and Babel, awesome movie.

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Heisenburger4037d ago

Absolutely! Viggo was so impressive in that movie.

The Road is THE movie to watch if you want to get pumped for TLoU.

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The Sounds of the Fireflies ("The Last of Us") concert kicks-off on April 28th, 2024

"The Game Music Foundation are today very proud and pleased to announce an additional concert, circling back to the roots of Game Muisic Festival in Poland. On April 28th, 2024, the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw will once again become a place to celebrate the art of video game music, featuring scores from The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II." - The Game Music Foundation.

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The Last Of Us Series Has Remarkable Potential For Spin-Offs

Najam from eXputer writes "It's time fore a new installment in the series, not another pointless remaster."

anast76d ago

They are working on something new. Not to be rude but it is impossibility stupid to think ND next major announcement is going to be a remaster or their next Last of Us entry is going to be another remaster.

AlterRecs73d ago

I think this is in response to them releasing a remaster for the sequel, a game that didn't need a remaster.

Basically a "why did you put out a remaster no one asked for when you have all there options available"

anast73d ago

They remaster is to put out something quick while they are deving new stuff. I don't get how people can be so static.

AlterRecs72d ago

There's no news about a third game being in production, you're just assuming that they're working on something that they aren't

anast72d ago

When they release the news to start the hype-train, you can give me my props then.

DrDoomer76d ago

I want an alternate timeline spin-off, where part 2 never happened.

CrimsonWing6976d ago

They’ve already done Remasters of 1 and 2… what else is there to Remaster?

AlterRecs73d ago

Considering they remastered the first game twice, who knows lol

CrimsonWing6973d ago

That was a Remake. I guess they could do that to 2, but man…. They should wait a couple generations so it can look like a major upgrade.

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The Last Of Us Online Devs Celebrate Their Experience With The Canceled Game

The team is sad for losing out on such a great project but celebrates its growth because of spending time on it.

Chocoburger121d ago

All they had to do was make a basic online mode like their previous games. Instead they wanted more money and choose to go live service which makes games worse in my opinion.

What a waste of time and money, what a shame.

seanpitt2376d ago

I can't wait for season 2 so they can kill Joel off in the first 2 episodes!! Then it will be just Abby and Ellies revenge plot!

Something is telling me that this won't happen though because it wouldn't make sense, oh wait

Linzoid120d ago

Not sure why they didn’t just make Factions 2. There was no need to make it a live service.

TLoU Factions was a great addition such a shame they couldn’t be bothered to remaster that for PS5 considering the crazy high price tag of the remaster of a remaster…

anast120d ago

This is something to be celebrated. This studio is smart and they get it, even factions 2 wouldn't've have been worth the time. I am surprised they didn't just remaster the first one though, but actually how popular was Factions?