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The Last of Us Review | Forbes

Forbes: If you play games to enjoy superhuman powers and high-tech weaponry, The Last of Us might not be your cup of joel. The game’s deliberate pace may not suit everyone. Every once in a while, it didn’t even suit me. Joel and Ellie’s journey may have taken its time, but with gameplay that requires thought and consideration, I’m very glad to have joined them on their adventure.

Arai4351d ago

Forbes is infected by the fungus...

jimbobwahey4351d ago

I think they're infected by something else if you take into account the amount of articles they publish that try to paint Sony in a negative light while constantly praising Microsoft.

If anywhere else gave this game an 8/10 I'd think "Fair enough" but when it's Forbes? I can't help but shake my head at their shameful bias.

PLASTICA-MAN4351d ago

Lol Forbes, a non-dedicated gaming site rating a game! It just like the reviews we get from Playboy. Metacritics shouldn't include those type of sites even if they give perfect scores let alone bad scores.

dedicatedtogamers4351d ago

Brush it off. Who cares? This game is holding a 95/100 average on Meta with 50 - yes, F.I.F.T.Y - reviews. An 8/10...heck, even a 7 or 6 won't be able to bring down this titanic score

Ashunderfire864351d ago

Just like Gamespot Review, who also didn't go into much detail with just 3 mins and 40 secs.

THE-COMMANDER4351d ago

LOL!

I find this game doesn't deserve less than 9, and i feel any site giving it less is trolling or looking for hits.

despair4351d ago

Forbes does game reviews? Huh, didn't know.

wenaldy4351d ago (Edited 4351d ago )

Polygon 7.5
Gamespot 8
Gamekult 9
Examiner 5/5
Digital Spy 5/5
Giant Bomb 5/5
GamesRadar 5/5
Empire 5/5
Rev3 5/5
CVG 10/10
Edge 10/10
Eurogamer 10/10
GameReactor 10/10
GamingBolt 10/10
IGN 10/10
Machinima 10/10
VideoGamer 10/10
OPM UK 10/10
PushSquare 10/10
D'toid 10/10
SixthAxis 10/10

ok thx, just for your convenience.

duli144351d ago

You forgot the 10/10 from IGN

wantonGamer4351d ago

THIS

this is all that needs to be said. Clearly those 'other' sites are starving for some quick traffic. Well, I won't give them the pleasure.

jimbobwahey4351d ago

Polygon got a $200k grant from Microsoft when they were starting out (it might have been higher? I forget the exact figure now) so make of that what you will :)

wantonGamer4351d ago

I know right ! People say we're Sony trolls for stating the truth.

To them I say, keep staring at your Xbox, waiting for it to do something.

unchartedxplorer4351d ago (Edited 4351d ago )

So the game's perfect then?

friedricr4351d ago

also adam sessler / rev3 gave it a 5/5

FreakdoutKid4351d ago

state of decay scored 9 at ign.lol

Grap4351d ago

i don't know why that's a lol.

despair4351d ago

Why is it not good? I thought it looked pretty good.

adorie4351d ago

Polygon is an absolute joke. If only people forgot they existed, they'd die off and decompose into obscurity.

Not because of their lower-end score for The Last of Us, but because they are a joke in general and should be treated as nothing more than large, naked, hairless man rolling down a long, steep hill.

THE-COMMANDER4351d ago

Oh my god at this Awesomness!

despair4351d ago

Thank you for this, was trying to see the scores without spoiling any of the game with the actual review, the 10/10 from Eurogamer is a surprise, they are usually some of the harshest reviewers, sometimes unfairly so.

news4noobs4350d ago

looks like polygon, gamespot and forbes are the only ones that didn't receive the money...

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solidworm4351d ago

Forbes is a MicroSOft site, everyone knows that/factoid.

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PlayStation - The Concert "Changes Everything" for Music Lovers

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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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Christopher24d ago (Edited 24d 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?

darthv7224d ago

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

Christopher24d 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.

Cacabunga24d ago

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

OtterX24d ago

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

cloganart24d ago

@Christopher

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

Cacabunga24d ago

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

Notellin23d ago

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

LonDonE23d 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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Profchaos24d ago (Edited 24d 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

Inverno24d 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.

darthv7224d 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.

-Foxtrot24d 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”

Inverno24d 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.

Neonridr24d ago

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

Knushwood Butt24d ago

They don't want Metroid Prime holding that record,

NotoriousWhiz23d ago

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

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FPS_D3TH24d ago

We are approaching Skyrim levels here

Profchaos24d 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

Christopher24d ago

Not quite. Skyrim had:

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

VersusDMC24d ago (Edited 24d 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/...

darthv7224d 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.

Christopher24d 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.

Profchaos24d 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

Christopher24d 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.

Chevalier23d 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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Neonridr23d ago

I gotta figure RE4 is up there too

FPS_D3TH23d ago

No. Those are remakes. Not remasters

Neonridr23d ago

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

CrimsonWing6922d ago (Edited 22d 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_Bomb24d 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’.

VersusDMC24d 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_Bomb24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

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

Knushwood Butt24d 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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Relientk7734d ago

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

Nyxus34d ago

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

lukasmain34d ago (Edited 34d 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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Goodguy0134d ago

They're really milking this franchise lol

anast34d ago

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

darthv7234d ago

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

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isarai33d ago

@darthv72

Literally yes 🤨

Cacabunga33d ago

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

anast33d ago

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

Loktai33d 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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Chevalier33d ago (Edited 33d 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_Suzumiya33d ago

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

darthv7233d ago

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

thorstein33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

@darth GTAV says hi.

Skyrim has an Alexa edition.

Chevalier33d 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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Chevalier33d 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.

darthv7233d 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.

Chevalier32d ago (Edited 32d 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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OhReginald34d ago (Edited 34d 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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