The Last of Us - Game of E3?

Console Domination writes: I don't think anyone was prepared for The Last of Us. Despite all we've seen from the game, despite the fact that our expectations for the title were already high, the ten or so minutes of gameplay filled a hole in our gaming lives that none of us knew was there. Naughty Dog just keep getting better, and their progress as developers, story-tellers, and creators of original entertainment and experience, has for this generation of gaming, been unsurpassed. The Last of Us has thus far showcased exactly how fundamentally good games can be.

[omi25p]

I think that goes to Watch Dogs.

[Dark360]

Watch Dogs is the game of the show, Looks amazing.

Game play Videos HD:

http://www.gamersyde.com/ne...

[darren_poolies]

Watch Dogs looks good but that gameplay footage doesn't even begin to compare with the brutal awesomeness that is The Last Of Us.

[LOGICWINS]

This is all HIGHLY opinionated. People look for different things in games.

EDIT: So disagrees, its not highly opinionated? Everyone MUST come to the SAME conclusions? LOL, why do I even try having a normal conversation here.

[A-Glorious-Dawn]

I agree with Logic.

Both games looked amazing one can't state an overall best game of e3.

It would be between these two though

[TekoIie]

Absolutely agree! Not only was there depth to the gameplay and a potential for ridiculous amounts of detail but it nearly made me cry when he caused the crash at the crossroad :'(. To think the character your playing as caused someones wife, friend or anyone close to them to die really pulls on you heart strings!

But we havent seen enough of TLOU to really say its the best of E3. You cant look at that gameplay and say the whole package is going to be amazing. Im really worried that Ellie is going to get in the way or ruin a strategy i might have or maybe even help TOO much and make the game potentially easy.

I have faith in Naughty Dog but they gotta put a lot into this game to make sure it works well.

[LOGICWINS]

I still think God of War and AC3 were more impressive. In fact, I'd even go as far to say that Far Cry 3 had a more exciting presentation. Gameplaywise, I see the Last of Us getting old quick. I remember when I saw the E3 demo of Uncharted 2 and I was floored. Then I got the game, played it once, then never touched it again. I see the same thing happening with the Last of Us.

The Last of Us could win every single E3 award for all I care...my opinion still stands. What ND has done the past few years is release the most polished action adventure games on the market..but they haven't done anything thats drastically new. TLOU still reminded me too much of Uncharted.

Ascension gets a pass for me because although its more of the same(like TLOU) the gameplay is incredibly exciting to me.

[TekoIie]

bewbs > TLOU... Im sorry but someone had to say it :3

[OmniSlashPT]

Impossible. Since Watch Dogs has no playable gameplay demo, it won't win any best of e3 awards. Maybe best surprise or new IP.

[Mac is OK]

E3 judges don't need to play the game to vote for it, they just need to see the game being played. As long as the presentation wasn't staged, Watch Dogs will likely be Game of Show.

[JoGam]

The Last of Us is on my radar and was the game I mostly wanted to see, but if the "GAMING GODS" gave me an opportunity to play one game shown at E3 this year from start to finish, today,.... it will be Watch Dogs.

[OpenGL]

You may be right because Watch Dogs seems to be a big surprise and we've already known about The Last of Us for awhile and seen other videos.

Both games look awesome though, I'm loving the lack of regenerating health in The Last of Us.

[SPAM-FRITTER-123]

Watch Dogs wins E3.

[StanSmith]

So we are claiming game of E3, yet we have one more conference left? Not much logic in that one!

It's a three-way tie for me so far. Last Of Us, Watchdogs & Star Wars 1313.

[ronin4life]

I know, right? -_-;
I really think there are going to be heads turned 360 with wiiu, as everyone should be paying attention yet it is obvious many here aren't.

Watch out for whiplash, people.^_^;

[omi25p]

I think its a 3 way tie for second place. Between Halo 4, Last Of Us and Star Wars 1313

[Nimblest-Assassin]

Truth is we really haven't seen much of both games

Even though I was blown away by watch dogs... I think the real surprise was that it was a secret ip by Ubisoft of all people, and caught everyone of guard. If we never heard of the last of us till e3... I think hype for it would have been through the roof. E3 day one was deprived of surprises... and Watch dogs was the only one... but I think thats why everyone thinks its the best of show... cuz it surpried everyone. Im not trashing it... it looks amazing.. but I think because it was the ony surprise of the day... thats where the hype came from

But TLOU and watch dogs have a good chance... as well as Ac3. Also... we need to consider if Ubi will even show the demo in detail. Its not even on the show floor, where as we can expect more insight on the other games... then again Bioshock infinite won last year with out showing us anything

All 3 of those games really blew me away, and if any of them win best of e3... Im cool with it

[ronin4life]

Watchdogs got me because of the fact that it had gameplay variation I haven't seen in years(especially from Western devs).
I live blogged the sony conf., so I didn't see tlou. But it sounds like RE + Uncharted. Not a bad thing, but not as fresh and unique as watchdogs.

[metsgaming]

i give the edge to the last of us, i know it will be amazing especially after that demo. We knew it was going to be great with high expectations but it still managed to be awesome thats hard to do. Watch Dogs looks great possibly amazing not sure though need to see more, certainly a buy. A welcome surprise, a new IP that looks very good, rare.

[darren_poolies]

@LOGICWINS

"This is all HIGHLY opinionated. People look for different things in games."

Stating the obvious much?

[telekineticmantis]

I was more impressed by the concept and details Beyond, after Watch Dogs I thought e3 was over and Ubisoft won, but there was no actual gameplay.

[GuyThatPlaysGames]

This game is DEFINITELY NOT the game of E3!! This "demo" was wayyy too scripted to see how this game truly plays.I want to see the natural and regular gameplay instead of a perfectly set-up scene.

[NastyLeftHook0]

The Last of us

[TheDopeFiend]

It looked really good, Watch Dogs looked stunning but its running on a PC so it doesn't count, although Ubi have said it will be on current consoles, i don't want sloppy seconds, i want it to look as good the trailer, i'm not a PC gamer

I was hoping it was a next gen game, Beyond gets my vote

[Ducky]

Why doesn't it count if it's running on PC?

[Halochampian]

PC games cant get best of show?

Beyond looked great with the facial animations and voice acting but no gameplay was shown.

[Mariusmssj]

Doesn't mean that others aren't. This gen consoles will always have "sloppy seconds" compared to PC graphics wise because they are limited due to their hardware, it's just a simple fact. Crysis 3 was also ran on PC, and i think many other multiplatform games did

[ksense]

watch dogs was impressive as well but not sure if that game is current gen. close call between the two. if they are both for current gen systems then I would go with watch dogs because that title is very ambitious and was a surprise out of nowhere. with last of us i was confident it was gonna be great because it is naughty dog. these two games are my highlights of e3 trailer and maybe beyond too but need to see gameplay.

I have to say i have finally been wowed at a halo trailer. that looked really good and makes me want to give halo another shot. before anyone jumps on me the halo games before were good graphically but never like wow amazing looking and this one seems to have hit that mark

[Walker]

Watch dog was totally pre-rendered and fake trailer, just like killzone 2 in e3 2005 .

[Hicken]

And Killzone 2 turned out to look even better than that trailer.

Also, Watch_Dogs was running on a high-end PC. Don't you pay attention to what's said around here before you comment?

No, I guess if you did that, you wouldn't have mentioned the KZ2 footage, either.

[LOGICWINS]

You think Killzone 2 looked better than that 2005 trailer? Umm..KZ2 didn't even come close to replicating the facial animations of that trailer(go ahead, tell me I'm wrong). Everytime someone tells me that the 2005 trailer was surpassed, I wonder if they have issues with their eyes.

What I WILL give you is that the Helghast had more detail in their suits in the final game..but as far as animations are concerned, anyone who says KZ2 surpassed that 2005 trailer needs to get a new prescription.

[pr0digyZA]

Wasn't pre-rendered, but it was scripted. PC can do those graphics (actually reminds me of some of the enb mods for gta).

[ABizzel1]

Beyond, Watch Dogs, and The Last of Us were the 3 best games of the show so far. Nintendo step it up today, and see who the top 5 will be.

[mamotte]

"I don't think anyone was prepared for The Last of Us."

Actually, we all were waiting for it.

imo, the game of E3 until now is Watchdogs.

PD: It's just me, or the girl from The Last of Us looks younger and younger with every new trailer/gameplay?

[Hicken]

Waiting for something, and being prepared for it are two different things. I was waiting for The Last of Us, but I wasn't prepared for that gameplay, how brutal it was, how intense that whole showdown was. I expected it to be good, but I wasn't prepared for that level of greatness.

[crazytechfanatic]

Watch Dogs it is!

[arbitor365]

Last of Us was just mindblowing. the depth of the AI, the environment interactivity, the combat, and the strategy is something we have never seen before. The combat is the most hardcore, realistic stuff I have ever seen. also, it is looking to be a console graphics king for sure. I already pre ordered

[miyamoto]

IMHO The Last of Us so far is the best game showing I have ever seen on E3.

Yeah the graphics were good and game play is different but beyond the technicalities its Sony's message; its a challenge to Microsoft, Nintendo & every game developer and publisher out there.

That Last Shotgun shot echoes as brutal statement of Sony that they dare to be different from the rest of the fad.

The tension of that scene really makes you feel Sony is trying to drill-in a message; aiming at something if you will.

And I think they seriously nailed it in the head big time.

I was like "No, don't shoot! Don't shoot! Have mercy! and them KaBlam!!!! Arghhh Oh crap! That was brutal-sick!" and then a moment of silence....

This is a show that says Sony is not going down without a fight to the death.

That is a whole new level of psychological and emotional warfare; a whole new level of showmanship in E3.

[TheBlackSmoke]

like this...

http://i247.photobucket.com...

[miyamoto]

LMFAO!

And they say Kratos is merciless.

Joel is like Kratos on shirt and jeans.

[DeadSpaced]

That just made my entire day. Thank you.

[KingofGambling]

great statements.
Bubble for you.

[majiebeast]

Watchdogs is not this gen, ofcourse they are gonna say its for ps3 and 360. Because if they said it was for next gen consoles then nobody would buy a ps3 or 360 anymore cause they would know next gen is around the corner. Why else would there be no wiiu version cause it cant run watchdogs ps4,pc and 720 can.

It just looked scripted to me like the guy wasnt playing the game and just faking it unlike the last of us.

[mamotte]

So? It was on E3, and the imaginary prize is for E3 games, nor this gen games.

[fabod86]

sorry but for me TLOU deserve that prize more because it's running on an actual generation console so... watch Dogs it's mindblowing but we don't even know for what it will be out, except a super-high-end pc

[Acquiescence]

For me it's between Watch Dogs, The Last of Us and Beyond.

[DigitalRaptor]

It's funny that combination has been declared many times by people on here. It's my personal choice too. New IPs beat out predictable, dudebro, meat-head, sequels any day! That is not an opinion - that is fact!

Spread this GIF, spread the humour and the truth:

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

Yeah, I'd say The Last Of Us was the game of E3 in my eyes.

[Series_IIa]

Looks amazing but both Tomb Raider and Watch Dogs stole it for me...

[goldwyncq]

Gameplay wise, TLOU wins. Never seen anything like it.

Watch dogs does look incredibly interesting though.

[I_am_Batman]

I have never seen anything like Watchdogs gameplaywise either.

[goldwyncq]

It's kinda like GTA meets Assassin's Creed with futuristic gadgetry thrown in.

[I_am_Batman]

Yeah but if you look at it like that you can say something similar about Last of Us. Anyway I'm excited about both of these games. I just hope that Watchdogs will come for PS3 and not just for the Wii-U.

[I_am_Batman]

Watchdogs, The Last of Us and God of War were all highlights gameplaywise but the game that I'm most hyped for now is Beyond (hope it'll be totally different from Heavy Rain).

[th3_d3an]

watch dogs looks good but last of us stole the whole damn show period. more interested in beyond than watchdogs but last of us game of show or dont have a game of show period

[PirateThom]

The Last of Us or Watch Dogs.

The Last of Us was like nothing I've seen before in games, when Joel smashed that guy's face into the table... it wasn't the normal video game style where it's almost slapstick, that felt... painful.

Watch Dogs looks incredible and I kind of hope it's not on PS3/360, but the next gen consoles. Ubisoft Montreal are fantastic.

[solidjun5]

I agree. Either one of these games won E3. At least to me.

God of War is second. Either way, whatever game you'll get it, it should helluva fun.

[kevnb]

I don't think so, not that it wont be good. After 3 uncharted games the last of us doesn't have the same kind of impact as it would.

[reznik_zerosum]

last of us is kinda everything that is wrong with gaming today,games that want to be movies and copy's that medium to much,scripted with oldest gaming mechanics like take cover and paw paw,nothing in whole presentation that is original or even remotely fun looking or even hard-core .

[josephayal]

WATCH DOGS and LAST OF US won the E3 2012

[Sevir]

The game was really and truely cringe worthy! Nothing seemed like it was contrived for cheap shots at your emotions! and the sense of survival you got from every struggle! you had full control of how to take out your foe, I mean think about how it may of turned out if Bruce Made joel shoot the guy at the end in the foot with the shot gun instead of the face!

All these elements that went into it really made me think how Much ND has progressed! This game was actually more adult than mature! Mature would be the New Tomb Raider...This was really appropriately Adult in its presentation, You actually wanted Joel to have a heart and spare the guy! there were moments when i literally closed my eyes and peeked out of One so i could lesson the grim impact of what was happening! I felt like a sadist for actually watching The Last of Us. it wasn't mindless killing like you saw in Gow:Ascension or killing to look cool and stylish like Raiden in Rising. this was really Gut wrenching brutality from an everyday man turned cold because he has to survive in an unforgiving world.

When Joel ran out of bullets and the balance shift i said holy shit he's done! that guy is gonna Kill him! I've never felt that before for. I mean it was an all out brawl for survival. 2x4, guns, pipes, fists, bricks, enivronmental kills! It was just all well done

Watch Dogs was really me, it was Slow at first, picked up really well at the end, but The Last of Us blew my mind! and 100% takes best of E3 as of right now in my humble opinion!

I was also pleasantly surprised by Beyond!

[Sarobi]

I liked Watch_Dogs, but TLOU just blew me away.

[Ares90]

Either Watch Dogs or The Last of Us

[Gorbenshore]

The best at E3? That might have to go to Watch Dogs but this game could be considered the best.

[leogets]

u watch the last of us footage carefully.ull notice how much detail went into this game.wen joel takes cover against a walldrobe the clothes hangers move about,wen joel gets smashed in the face and is strangled watch hes nose bleed and drip down hes cheek. simply epic. and not to mention the best gaming scenario in the history of e3 was "hey asshole" brick to the faaaaaace.. Crowd goes wild... that alone wins it game of e3 ;)

[projectJenova]

already started

The Last Of Us best E3 editor choice award - gamespot