The Last of Us is the only game i have ever played that has actually invoked emotion. I am not easily made emotional. Naughty Dog has used amazing story-telling and a near perfect story line to actually involve the player. I have never played a game so perfect in my entire gaming life. The best thing about The Last of Us is that it doesn't try to re-invent the whole zombie apocalypse thing. It just improves on it. "Don't fix what ain't broke".
One of the best things about TLOU is the environment. Now this may seem odd, but let me explain. As you step further into the empty ravaged city, the environment becomes more messy and abundant. Overgrown trees, whole roads covered in undergrowth, buildings taken over by the plants. It really adds to the whole zombie apocalypse/dilapidated city theme.
Combat is one of the best things in the game. It gives the user a choice. Stealth or Offense. The way the player plays TLOU is completely up to them. Of course certain scenes require one or the other but overall, the player is in control. Weapons range from Glass bottles right down to fully pimped out assault rifles. Objects such as bricks can be used as distractions; all this makes the player think tactfully and running in guns blazing almost never works
Multiplayer is the only thing that lets the game down. It lacks in fun factor and the time spent making the MP would better have been spent expanding the SP. The problem with multiplayer is that it is too stealth focused; you spend a lot of your time crouching behind cover waiting for an enemy to appear. The lack of a variety of guns in MP makes the game feel a bit limited.
There are some scenarios in the game *NO SPOILERS* that really do capture your heart and make you feel as if you are actually in the game.Playing TLOU is as if you are reading a story. It is involving, graphically intense, well-executed and a perfect representation of how Naughty Dog can make near perfect games.
TLOU is by far the best game i have ever played, and i have a feeling it always will be. Whatever Genre of Video games you like, TLOU is for everybody.
The PlayStation 3 is Sony’s most interesting home console ever, but what’s most interesting of all is trying to nail down the very best games on a console with hundreds of incredible games. Let’s give it a shot.
We desperately need Motorstorm back. Evolution is no more though and this makes me sad
Sly Thieves in Time
Stay the Party
Portal 2
Dj Hero
Demon’s Souls
God of war Ascension
2 of those games got railed through the “gaming media” during release.
Sly and god of war.
Both of which were fantastic games.
Yes it’s a decent list of popular games with a heavy hand on FPS and no Warhawk or Starhawk 2 of the best games (not sale wise) on ps3.
I would buy a Starhawk again even if it didn’t have a graphics upgrade hell I would even take a new one with micro transactions 😱🤯
I've noticed a recent nostalgia for the PS3 and I don't get it for me it's been my least favourite generation to date and I've been gaming since the NES I just feel like the ambition of the developers outweighed the capabilities of the consoles so I remember lots of games running in the lower end of 20fps range and I remember for the first time ever actually disliking the duelshock 3 and it's curved triggers
Sure there were some standouts and great games but that's the only gen I switched entirely to PC gaming
Maybe the recent nostalgia is because pretty much all of its games are trapped on that console. People want to play them on more modern hardware. hell... if XB can do it then so can Sony. there are competent emulators out there that can run on PS4/5 hardware but Sony just wont let them become official... why is that?
If we are talking least favorite generations (personally) then this one is certainly mine. i had more fun playing 8th, 7th and 6th gen stuff than 9th. And it isnt like i dont have access to do so... the heavy hitters just havent shown up anywhere close to those previous gens. The few here and there just doesnt cut it compared to the likes of constant good games that showed up in 6th, 7th and 8th gen. hell.... I'll even throw in 5th gen has been better than this one.
I tend to agree there's lots of amazing games locked to the PS3 like GTA IV or mgs 4 but then again my issue was never with the content the PS3 had but rather it's performance many other people have said the PS3 felt like it couldn't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time using PSN and downloading a game could take a few minutes to just start a download.
I typically don't worry all that much about performance I've never had a problem with games that run at 30 but games like crysis 2, Skyrim are good examples where the performance was so unstable you would never even touch the top of the frame cap and the hitching was worse than say Goldeneye on the n64
I think emulation is more than possible on the ps5 though it's just that Sony has no incentive to rush it's development it will likely be a ps6 feature if it ever happens at all.
But yeah the 9th gen has been so bad from a content perspective thats a given I see constant articles where people are frequently expressing their disappointment around the industry as a whole right now to much live service competition that sinks longstanding studios and consumes Devs time less ambition and games cost so much to make they have to play it safe.
The 5th gen was easily better than the 9th we had some all time greats crash, Spyro, Tony hawk, mgs, Mario,64, Goldeneye, Mario kart 64 the list goes on. The 5th gave us a new dimension and I remember being blown away by how much more open gaming had become the 4th gen with the mega drive and SNES was great and very easy to still revisit some of the greatest games of all time came out like earthbound, secret of mana, sonic , Mario world etc but saving our games was still not a standard function or a given so gaming was still evolving but it was very impressive to see some of the tricks Devs used like dithering to give us new experiences those earlier gens limitations bred innovation.
if XB can do it so can sony? I didn't know xbox had a cell processor in their older consoles, that's the reason why ps3 was so cool, but also the reason why games are hostage there and no, xbox did nothing similar even though their backward compatbility is good, they always had a similar architecture to their consoles.
Sorry Michael... I guess you missed the obvious part where i said there are already emulators out that do this. and that is what XB is doing... emulators for OG and 360 games. Its why the full slate is not BC on XBO/Series.
TNS: "Sony unveiled one of its new gaming hardware and concepts at CES 2025 and the gaming tech is a promising leap for immersion."
Sony is so far ahead of everyone else it's crazy. I just wish I could be around 70 years from now. Sony gaming is going to be out there.
Imagine sending a scent message in a online game? It gives new meaning to "I fart in your general direction" 😅
Lol 😂
But aside from that, it would be interesting to breathe the scents of the scene you are in like a beach/island, snowy mountain, smell grass from a grassland/marsh, etc.
Here is a list of some of the best combat game set in a post-apocalyptic world
I would think that Horizon ZD/FW franchise would be on the list for apocalyptic games, I mean it has combat also, or do they just mean gun combat.
It’s not exactly post apocalyptic but modded STALKER & TARKOV are truly are unrivaled when it comes to FPS combat
Nice review. I agree it's an amazing game and one of the best out there. I would say the graphics are great for ps3 but are nothing too special technically speaking, great world and art design though. Immersion, storytelling, writing, characters, and gameplay all gel so well and are so strong.
The multiplayer is good, just pales when put next to the amazing single player campaign, which is actually very long for this type of game.
the gfx is 10/10 to me
it's by far the best looking game on last gen consoles
i can't believe how good it look
but great review ,man
If I were you, I'd give this game a ten out of ten because it's so damned perfect!
And I think the replay value is pretty high. Just try Survivor Mode, and you'll what know what it means to be trapped in the apocalypse.
Don't know about "short story".
I got 19 hours out of this on my first playthrough.
Great game but one or two niggling issues for me.
**SPOILERS**
People can psychoanalyse all they like in regards to Joel's reasons for being attached to Ellie and wanting to keep her alive or his behaviour, especially towards the final hours of the game. But the ending itself all boils down to one simple fact, sequel.
I thought it was a stand alone title but it was really 20 hours of character building in preparation for something bigger I feel.