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CVG- The Last of Us: Is This Already The Best Game of Next Year?

CVG- Hideo Kojima paid a sneaky visit to see The Last of Us at E3, according to a tweet by Naughty Dog boss Ethan Wells, to learn the secrets of why PS3's flagship game looks so fantastic. The answer, as PSM3 discovered during an alternate playthrough of the Sony E3 demo, is down to bearded hero Joel's 'punch lasers'.

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ElitaStorm4728d ago

i usually don't judge a game before a play it, so who knows

dont get me wrong i always do that with every game

HebrewHammer4728d ago

Agreed.

Oh, and CVG must be retarded. EVAN Wells is the co-chair at ND along with Balestra. His name isn't ETHAN. WTF?!

piroh4728d ago

wow, next year we'll see
Last of Us
Beyond
GOW Ascension
Ni No Kuni
maybe Last Guardian

hard to speak about 2012 GOTY

Lazy_Sunday4728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

If you're judging by PS3 games alone, you can make a list--I don't see any 360 games there, but then again your logo is a PS symbol--not that I'm judging lol. But even with Beyond coming out you'd have to be high as hell to think it'll be better than The Last of Us. I mean, don't get me wrong, Heavy Rain was great, but compared to Uncharted? And you really think GoW Ascension is going to be better than a Naughty Dog game? Or Last Guardian? Please. Those are games. You know what Naughty Dog makes? Movies you can play. Cinematic experiences. We all know what's going to happen. Don't play coy. We don't need lists to remind us that the PS3 has exclusives. Be cool bro, be cool.

I might sound like a ND fanboy, but tbh they've made incredible games this gen.

WeskerChildReborned4728d ago

Same here.

It looks good but who knows, i have faith that it will be good since Naughty Dog is making it after all and i like all of their games.

Irishguy954728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

It probably won't to me(was the same with Uncharted, and TPs in general). But it'll be one of my favorites(like Uncharted). Unless they are making this do something really new.

Edit---@ LOGIC
I liked the look of it at E3. It's just like Uncharted with some survival aspects instead of just an Action game. Then yeah i'm a fan of post apocalyptic/the brutality that goes along with it. Also the characters seem more fleshed out and stuff than Uncharted, not really Stereotypes. I mean yeah it ain't doing much new and it's not particularly ambitious but well, I know it'll be quality at least and one of my fav games next year. Naughty Dog ~

LOGICWINS4728d ago

The E3 demo didn't really impress me due to lack of originality. It reminded me too much of Uncharted, just without the bombastic setpieces. But the new Comic Con cinematic has me excited for the game. The characters seem very fleshed out.

Relientk774728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

It seemed like Uncharted + Resident Evil/survival horror

too me

SandWitch4728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

Agree with Relientk77, what caught my attention the most from E3 demo was that you really don't have that many bullets. It's reminds me of classic Resident Evil games, but without that creepy atmosphere.

SandWitch4728d ago

Agree with Relientk77, what caught my attention the most from E3 demo was that you really don't have that many bullets. It's reminds me of classic Resident Evil games, but without that creepy atmosphere.

Machioto4728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

@logic you must be smoking crack,the last of claim to originalty is the emphasis of characters emotion and how it is suppose to engross in the story. I think why people see uncharted in the last of us is,because the the character is white and to some resemble a older drake.

LOGICWINS4728d ago

I have a different opinion than yours, CLEARLY I must be on drugs. Btw, character emotions meant to engross a story is nothing new. Play virtually ANY JRPG and ull understand why. The Last of Us(gameplaywise) impresses me on a technical level considering the complex ways enemies react to your actions, but otherwise it just seems like another post apocalyptic shooter to me, even if its more dramactic in tone. Thats just the way I feel, if others feel differently, then I respect that.

BitbyDeath4728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

The graphics are similar but the gameplay going for realism instead of action changed things up a bit.

Lack of ammo and not having autoregen health means you will need to think about what you are going to do rather than just leap out and start shooting.

Not to mention the added realism in the confrontations/takedowns.

Machioto4728d ago

@logic I meant do it better than everyone else,I not disagreeing with your opinion but they way remarks come off as,either they're well thought or nonsense,you complain about originality but you seem to not realize that games or movies take a known concept,mechanic theme,to tell a story and that's what are trying to do,by being original in how the end user experience the game.

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FinaLXiii4728d ago

Bioshock Infinite, MGS5 , Last Guardian, Versus 13, GTA5 , Watch Dogs, just to name a few.

I dont care what´s the best of them all but im glad there wont be a obvious awnser for now.

Outside_ofthe_Box4728d ago

Yep a lot of good games potentially coming out next year.

NukaCola4728d ago

We are getting a GOTY in every category. 2013 looks really good.

I am also really pumped for Ni No Kuni.

Relientk774728d ago

I cannot wait for Ni no Kuni

Skateboard4728d ago

Game Of the Year is definitively going to a PS3 title next year, without a doubt. Now get mad.

DigitalRaptor4728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

Don't know how anyone can disagree with that.

What's gonna be GOTY? Gears of War Judgement? Think again. For Nintendo I can't even think of one. As far add multiplats go, BioShock Infinite will surely grab a few awards. GTA V definitely will.

But you disagrees, think about it. The Last of Us and Ni No Kuni will be sensational games. The Last Guardian and Versus XIII could be out next year too, both as two of the most anticipated games this generation. Beyond: Two Souls - another one. The probability of GOTY being claimed by any console game (or even PC game) other than one on PS3 is quite low. Deal with it.

Edit: a disagree already. Care to comment, or be a bitter rogue?

Admittedly, Planetside 2 looks friggin amazing so that could claim the title, but i'm not so sure it will.

h311rais3r4728d ago

I was unaware you knew about every single game releasing in 2013. Better yet I want your time machine so I can go in the future and play them all like you seem to have. For all we know DayZ might get its own game in 2013 and that is the most original game to come out in a long time

ApolloTheBoss4728d ago (Edited 4728d ago )

I wouldn't make a bold statement like that without considering other AAA titles. Watch Dogs and GTA V are gonna be hard to top.

NastyLeftHook04728d ago

gta was already topped by uncharted with awards score ect, actually every game made to date.

so the last of us is an obvious candidate if not the winner.

CaptainPunch4727d ago

GTA IV came out in 2008, Uncharted came out in 2007.

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PlayStation - The Concert "Changes Everything" for Music Lovers

PlayStation - The Concert is a magical musical experience for fans of the brand.

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The Last of Us Complete Now Available on PS5, Physical Collector’s Edition Coming July

Two award-winning masterpieces, together in one incredible collection.

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Christopher76d ago (Edited 76d ago )

As expected. Unless it's going to Xbox or Switch 2, we can stop hearing about these older games now? We can move on to just news about new games?

darthv7276d ago

....until the PS6 remake followed by the PS7 reboot

Christopher76d ago

Man, first year of PS6 is going to be 90% remasters. I'm going to hate it and likely hold off until new games actually get released that I can't play on my PS5.

Cacabunga76d ago

Yes I’m waiting for complete remaster…. On ps5

OtterX76d ago

...20 years later, "you haven't heard the last of us yet!" *releases The Last of Us Retro Collection*

cloganart76d ago

@Christopher

Oof, yeah. I don't think I'm picking up the PS6 until "Pro" comes out 😂

Cacabunga76d ago

I haven’t played Tlou1 since PS3 and i have the greatest memory of it

Notellin75d ago

I'm already dreading all the cross generation games and remasters we'll see with the next round of consoles.

LonDonE75d ago

lmao this is getting ridiculous but thing is if people keep buying them.. then why would they stop making them?
Peeps STOP BUYING this game.. that actually hurts me to say this as the last of us is high up on my greatest games of all times.. its one of the few games i played through start to finish 3/4 times back to back as i loved it so much. But sony need to stop, give us a Resistance 3 remaster, i would love and buy that.. such an underated series as was killzone.
Or give us infamous.. so many great series and titles i would gladly buy but they just want to keep giving us last of us.

I am done buying that game.. i would only buy part 2 remaster if they remade it and kept joel alive, or i am not interested. Hate last of us 2s story killing off joel.. the actual game is stunning and incredible, they improved so much in the gameplay department but i hate the story with a passion.

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Profchaos76d ago (Edited 76d ago )

We can stop hearing about it when they stop re-releasing them I guess.

I reckon the ps6 version will be 8k 240 and I'll still not care.

I miss new games from nd

Inverno76d ago

And HBO just announced season 3 even tho LoU2 couldn't possibly be so long that it wouldn't be able to fit in 1 season. They're just milking it at this point.

darthv7276d ago

speaking of the HBO series... I felt they should have made part 1 across two seasons, then address part 2 in seasons 3 and 4. so now i have a feeling they rushed through part 1 in season 1 to make season 2 a cliff hanger with Joel's impending demise being the starting point to Season 3.

-Foxtrot76d ago

I love how they decided to rush, chop and change things for Season 1 to get through the game yet for TLOU Part II it’s like “we’re going to do multiple seasons and take our time”

Inverno76d ago

Okay after seeing that there's only 7 episodes I take it back. Though I think it's incredibly stupid not to have just made the season longer. Another season just to finish what could've just been a 13 episode season seems counterintuitive but aiight. I put that on HBO tho.

Neonridr76d ago

This will be the 4th time Sony sells us The Last of Us Part 1.. And the 2nd time on the PS5.

Knushwood Butt76d ago

They don't want Metroid Prime holding that record,

NotoriousWhiz75d ago

Strange, I thought the record went to Street Fighter 2.

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FPS_D3TH76d ago

We are approaching Skyrim levels here

Profchaos76d ago

At this point we are at Skyrim in terms of frequency. Skyrim was one per generation. If you exclude VR Skyrim we've now exceeded it

Tlou 1 PS3, 1 PS4 2 ps5
Skyrim 1 ps360 2 PS4/x1/vr 1 ps5/sx

Tlou 4
Skyrim 4

Christopher76d ago

Not quite. Skyrim had:

PS3/360/PC
PS4/X1
VR
Switch
Skyrim Special Edition PC/PS4/X1
Skyrim Special Edition PS5/XSX

VersusDMC76d ago (Edited 76d ago )

Also add skyrim bundles like the one below and all the humble bundles since that's what everyone is doing here

https://www.xbox.com/en-CA/...

darthv7276d ago

@Chris, LoU is getting just as bad by milking the same user base. At least Skyrim was able to sell to a wider audience via different platforms.

Christopher76d ago

@darthv72: I don't know why you're telling me that. I only corrected on number of Skyrim re-releases/ports/etc. I didn't say anything else.

Profchaos76d ago

@christopher guess I forgot just how much was out I think the special editions are technically one release despite being cross platform though would the Alexa version count

Christopher76d ago

@Profchaos: I guess, but I'd consider it a separate release since it rolled them into one at a later date but definitely there is a PS5/XSX version with PS5/XSX supported updates specific to them.

Chevalier75d ago

"LoU is getting just as bad by milking the same user base"

Weird. Like 35% of PS5 owners are NEW to Playstation. Plus this is really for new fans from the TV series for season 2 of TLOU.

I recall the same idiotic comments when the 1st one was remade just before TLOU TV Series came out and it went on the be one of the best selling games that year.

So maybe get your FACTS straight. Unlike Skyrim getting literally releases in 3 generations and 10 releases.

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Neonridr75d ago

I gotta figure RE4 is up there too

FPS_D3TH75d ago

No. Those are remakes. Not remasters

Neonridr75d ago

@FPS - we've had quite a few RE4 remasters, only 1 remake.

CrimsonWing6975d ago (Edited 75d ago )

@FPS_D3TH

It blows my mind how people do some mental gymnastics to try to cope with a game they like doing the same thing (technically more) they’re complaining about for another game.

RE4 - PS2, GC
RE4 w Motion Controls - Wii
Literally RE4 HD Remaster - Xbox 360, PS3
I’m assuming a port of RE HD - PS4, Xbox One
RE4 Remake - PS5, Xsex

1 Remake and the bunch are Remasters… how, I mean how—Y’know what, it doesn’t matter anymore…

P_Bomb76d ago

Store says I already own it. I guess it’s just a straight twin-pack. Looks like they added 4 maps to ‘No Return’.

VersusDMC76d ago

You don't need to buy this to get the maps, marlene and bill. It all got patched in to the game on the 3rd.

P_Bomb76d ago (Edited 76d ago )

Good to know. I’ve watched runs of ‘No Return’ but have yet to try it myself. Soon, soon 😉

Knushwood Butt76d ago

Yeah, No Return got a content update.
Three new trophies too.

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A mysterious physical edition of a Naughty Dog game is in the works

billibil-kun: "As The Last of Us season 2 prepares to air on HBO, we've spotted a mysterious reference to a special edition of a physical PS5 game from the franchise. Here's our take on the game, which remains unclear for now."

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Relientk7786d ago

It's probably a bundle of both The Last of Us games

Nyxus86d ago

Yeah that's what I'm thinking. The Last of Us Part 1 + II Remastered.

lukasmain86d ago (Edited 86d ago )

That's totally what it is I believe. It would be a great bundle for new players getting into the ecosystem

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Goodguy0186d ago

They're really milking this franchise lol

anast86d ago

You must comment on every Mario, Zelda, and Skyrim article too.

darthv7286d ago

....because there has been the same mario, Zelda and Skyrim games for three console generations?

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isarai86d ago

@darthv72

Literally yes 🤨

Cacabunga85d ago

Every Mario and Zelda is different. This is just the exact same game over and over

anast85d ago

Skyrim, yes. Mario and Zelda since the 80's

Loktai85d ago

@darthv72 Uh yes. Yes it has. They milked BOTW across Wii U and switch and they STILL want 40+ for it new and never discounted it. They made "remasters" of older zelda games as well on switch and in the past onto the other gameboy platforms from the older platforms. They have done the same with Mario. They port the paper mario games and mario RPG to switch. And now I PROMISE you they are going to show "enhancements" for those same games on Switch 2. I PROMISE you thats going to get mentioned, maybe even tomorrow. Last of us Part 1 has been across techncially 3 generations, but 2 has been 2- and JUST BARELY 2 because it released just a few months before the PS5 did - and so if that counts as milking it, what do you call breath of the wild on Wii U then going to switch or Twilight Princess coming uot on gamecube and Wii - OR ZELDA WIND WAKER HD coming out?

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Chevalier86d ago (Edited 86d ago )

"Skyrim games for three console generations?"

Darth showing some idiocy here. Seriously yes Skyrim has been re-released more than any other game period. It's been released on 3 generations - PS3, PS4, PS5, PSVR, PC, PC VR, Switch, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S. That's 10 releases across 3 generations! So Seriously get your DAMN facts straight.

Yui_Suzumiya85d ago

And yet Fallout 3 has never been Remastered. Prison time should be given for that offense, lol

darthv7285d ago

Skyrim sure, but the other two... not so much

thorstein85d ago (Edited 85d ago )

@darth GTAV says hi.

Skyrim has an Alexa edition.

Chevalier85d ago

Clearly a guy with business acumen! Why would Sony want to rebundle games and release them in time for the 2nd season of TLOU to release? I mean the last time a bunch of idiots laughed at Sony then guess what? TLOU part 1 for PS5 only hit top 5 sales and kept popping onto charts throughout the year?! Lol

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Chevalier85d ago

"Skyrim sure, but the other two... not so much"

Multiple Mario and Zelda games have made 2 generations. Maybe you guys forget that over a 3rd of the gamers on Playstation have NEVER owned a Playstation system before and some are coming into it as a result of the TV show.

People said the EXACT same crap when the 1st game got released on PS5, but, it ended up being one of the best selling games the year it came out.

Also for all the idiots complaining. Playstation at least offer $10 upgrades for some of these games. Have you EVER seen a re-release by Nintendo, Xbox, Bethesda offer that?! No I didn't think so.

darthv7285d ago

releasing a newer version because the previous version is not physically compatible is not quite the same as taking a perfectly good existing game that already works on the newer platform and repackaging it under a remaster brand for that newer platform and then repackaging it AGAIN for the same platform.

And that whole line of *insert people here may not have had a PS before* is a line of BS. PS2 is the most selling platform in history... chances are very good a high percentage upgrade to the PS3 and then upgraded to the PS4 and are upgrading again for the PS5. So dont give me that line of bologna. you'd rather swallow every bit of Sony propaganda instead of call them out for milking (and yes this is milking) this game. You know there will be a PS6 version and likely a PS7 remaster.

Of course i am purely speculating on the 6 & 7 but there is a high degree of probability because of what they did already between 3, 4 & 5. And you defending even the $10 upgrade when most of the XB games get free upgrades is just another sign of your blind loyalty. I didnt think it possible and gave you benefit of the doubt but now I can see i was totally wrong.

Chevalier84d ago (Edited 84d ago )

@Darth

Again your examples are absolutely terrible. Repackaged games for new audiences isn't new with the high cost of development. This release is timed for people that are new to Playstation coming from watching season 2 of the TV show. If you're surprised and annoyed by this then stop gaming then. It will happen if there's some new Skyrim, Fallout, Doom or whatever TV show comes out too.

Also you're the guy who defends Xbox for this crap too. Skyrim releases were done while owned by Xbox.

Also you mentioned the PS2, repackaged games happened all the time then too. If you think that repackaged games is going to go away with the skyrocketing cost of development is going away then sorry cover your eyes and plug your ears and pretend like an idiot then. You will be complaining daily soon.

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OhReginald86d ago (Edited 86d ago )

I hope it's both ps5 games bundled with all updates including the new no return add ons for April. I'll triple dip on that.

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