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The Last of Us VS The Walking Dead

The Last of Us and The Walking Dead have dominated the zombie world in many ways, through intuitive game play, powerful narratives, and heart wrenching moments of agony - that we cannot get enough of. Clearly, both games are brilliance. But, pitted against the other, which zombie game would come out on top?

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xNomaD3901d ago

Such a tough call. Both are incredibly brilliant games with impressive stories and characters. I think The Last of Us might win for me in the end, however.

PinkEye3901d ago

I have to say TLOU wins by an edge too for me:

Joel's character is so many shades of complex. And so is the subtext about the human condition and if it is worth/possible to restore. Walking Dear is GREAT, but that bit of subtext in TLOU's story, plus the ambiguity of Joel's shady moral compass is what still haunts me to this day. I never thought they'd have us use a character from that kind of skewed perspective. I thought TLOU would be a generic buddy-bonding tale. But Joel's "love"/idol-worship of Ellie is both beautiful and frightening and I never seen anything like it outside of novels. Truly brilliant characters in TLOU.

uptownsoul3901d ago (Edited 3901d ago )

Very, very close…I think i'd have to agree though. TLOU is more of an emotional roller coaster than Walking Dead, with action just as good... IMO.

user65409483901d ago

Dunno why you got any disagrees. Spot on description of the game. Have a "well said" bubble, mate.

Ezz20133901d ago

i have no idea why the need to compare two very different genre

they share nothing in commen other than having great story and acting
that's it

that's like saying
Who is better Batman Arkham knight or Driveclub/Forza

ramiuk13901d ago

damn right,best characters and story i have ever played.

XBLSkull3901d ago (Edited 3901d ago )

I don't know, I found Joel to be quite a stereotypical character and quite forgettable. Ellie was a bit better but I don't know why they made her swear so much, I didn't need her to drop the F bomb every time I killed something.

I love the Walking Dead comics and the TV show, but I thought the first season of the game was pretty boring and underwhelming. Enough to the point that I didn't care to play the second season.

Game wise I definitely say TLoU wins by a landslide, it was way better than WD (Assuming season 2 is just more of the same of the first)

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Blaze9293901d ago

Well, obviously TLoU seeing as The Walking Dead is an interactive story teller in a sense.

But as far as script and story telling, that would go to The Walking Dead. I really wonder how much time they spend on scripts with all the multiple decisions you can make changing everything.

fallout1013901d ago

Walking Dead all the way. But Ellie would kick Clem's ass in a real fight I think.

Why o why3901d ago

Lol, ellie was hardened

In regards to the games......enjoy both... theres space for both titles. Luckily many have that option.

I felt this way about god of war and dantes inferno. Glad I didn't dismiss dantes inferno due it being a gow clone. The story and game was enjoyable. I hope a sequel is made

goldwyncq3901d ago

Course she would. She's older and more experienced.

GarrusVakarian3901d ago (Edited 3901d ago )

TLoU. It's not even a contest.

TWD is great, though. One of my favourite games of 2012.

theshredded3901d ago (Edited 3901d ago )

wow is this even a question?TLOU by far hands down
The Last of Us won GOTY in 2013 against Bioshock Infinite and GTAV also it's most probably the most awarded game in history nuff said
The Walking Dead is for dem hipster yo

Concertoine3901d ago

Lol i love the common notion that there is a singular, unanimous "GOTY".

TLOU won a lot of those awards, but it didn't win THE Game of the Year award, there isn't one. Just a bunch of publications deciding their own GOTY's.

listenkids3901d ago

VGX? That isn't THE game of the year award. There is no king goty award.

Revolver_X_3901d ago

Well winning over 200 awards is pretty unanimous.

theshredded3901d ago

I mean most but u got what I mean

Quiescent3901d ago

So, What/Who is the true GOTY of 2013 and from what source? Think carefully before you answer cause you don't want to look like an idiot.

Concertoine3901d ago (Edited 3901d ago )

@Revolver
Nothing can be "pretty" unanimous. That's an oxymoron. Im not trying to undermine TLOU, the title of "GOTY" just irks me.

@Quiescent

You're so defensive it hurts. I put no value in the name GOTY, so i have no answer to that. My personal favorite game of 2013 was TLOU, easy. I just stated a fact that "Game of the Year" isn't a unanimous title. Let's say i was in an argument and said "of course that game is good, it was Game of the Year!" I wouldn't be wrong, but saying so denies the other "Games of the Year" crowned by other opinions. The phrase essentially means nothing, bringing up a more professional, definite reward would be preferable. Like a BAFTA.

Dead Island, a buggy game with mediocre reviews, has a "Game of the Year" edition. That's the extent that this ambiguous phrase has taken.

Quiescent3901d ago

Nobody is defensive so quit your assumption. Plus, your response was quite feeble and inconsistent. Fix your opinions with more relevant information to be taken seriously and respected. Yours was half assed.

Concertoine3901d ago (Edited 3901d ago )

I think you guys are missing my point...

Where did i say VGX was the de facto GOTY? Why are people agreeing with the guy under my first comment who just put words in my mouth?

I'm saying bragging about the game being "Game of the Year" is just an ambiguous point. There are a million game of the year awards, each going out to various games.

@Quiescent

I apologize, it just seemed you came off a bit harsh using the word idiot and such, and you seemed to miss my point entirely because you asked what i thought the true GOTY was after clearly stating i didn't believe in the title in that context.

How am i inconsistent? I've been saying the same thing all along: the title "GOTY" used in singular respect to a game, is wrong. Saying it won X GOTY awards, sure. Saying it IS GOTY, is not. It can be your's (was mine), it can be IGN's or whomever else's, but it is not the one, true GOTY on a mass level. That's all i've been saying. Every game is GOTY to some obscure publication. Like i said, Dead Island was GOTY to some publication, hence the GOTY repackaging.

I mean if you call it THE Game of the Year 2013, you can only do so personally. If you call it "the winner of the most GOTY awards", then you do so factually. Even the original comment's author understood what i was saying and corrected himself.

Quiescent3900d ago

Sorry, my boss was a dick and F ed up my morning. I apologize for the hostility. Most of the thing s I replied to you were born from anger. No harm done man.

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colonel1793901d ago

The Last of Us!

The Walking Dead doesn't even have gameplay, it's just an interactive story.

DallasTrout3901d ago (Edited 3901d ago )

I think it's interesting how TLOU uses it's gameplay to help the story. Like after the Winter section, when Ellie is emotionally distant when Joel asks her to get the ladder. Even that tiny pause in something you do countless times in the game makes Ellie's emotions feel so much more important.

paddy953901d ago

It has just as much gameplay as the last of us.

Ezz20133901d ago (Edited 3901d ago )

OH.MY.GOD

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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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Christopher20d ago (Edited 20d 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?

darthv7220d ago

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

Christopher20d 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.

Cacabunga20d ago

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

OtterX20d ago

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

cloganart20d ago

@Christopher

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

Cacabunga19d ago

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

Notellin19d ago

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

LonDonE19d 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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Profchaos20d ago (Edited 20d 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

Inverno20d 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.

darthv7220d 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.

-Foxtrot20d 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”

Inverno20d 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.

Neonridr20d ago

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

Knushwood Butt20d ago

They don't want Metroid Prime holding that record,

NotoriousWhiz19d ago

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

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FPS_D3TH20d ago

We are approaching Skyrim levels here

Profchaos20d 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

Christopher20d ago

Not quite. Skyrim had:

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

VersusDMC20d ago (Edited 20d 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/...

darthv7220d 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.

Christopher20d 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.

Profchaos20d 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

Christopher20d 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.

Chevalier19d 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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Neonridr19d ago

I gotta figure RE4 is up there too

FPS_D3TH19d ago

No. Those are remakes. Not remasters

Neonridr19d ago

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

CrimsonWing6918d ago (Edited 18d 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_Bomb20d 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’.

VersusDMC20d 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_Bomb20d ago (Edited 20d ago )

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

Knushwood Butt20d 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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Relientk7730d ago

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

Nyxus30d ago

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

lukasmain30d ago (Edited 30d 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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Goodguy0130d ago

They're really milking this franchise lol

anast30d ago

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

darthv7230d ago

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

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isarai29d ago

@darthv72

Literally yes 🤨

Cacabunga29d ago

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

anast29d ago

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

Loktai29d 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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Chevalier29d ago (Edited 29d 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_Suzumiya29d ago

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

darthv7229d ago

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

thorstein29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

@darth GTAV says hi.

Skyrim has an Alexa edition.

Chevalier29d 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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Chevalier29d 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.

darthv7229d 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.

Chevalier28d ago (Edited 28d 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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OhReginald30d ago (Edited 30d 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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First look at the DualSense wireless controller – The Last of Us Limited Edition

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Profchaos53d ago

I've liked the recent designs lately but this seems like a bit of a miss I would of expected a more tattered design it's to clean to really sell it as a tlou theme.

lucasnooker53d ago

Nice controller but where are the games?

BABI-PANGPANG53d ago

Not a big fan of the three white symbols. They fit too neatly on the controller, making the design feel too clean for the game's vibe. I think it would work better with either one large symbol or all three in different sizes, with parts cut off at the edges, like a quick, rough paint job meant to stand out rather than look polished.

darthv7253d ago

This controller will get a remaster on PS6 and then a remake for PS7.

MatrixxGT53d ago

Missed opportunity….they could have used the cordysceps virus strands wrapping out it. Spores, vines, anything pertaining to the actual series other than faction symbols.

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