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The Last of Us Part 1 Review: The Last Time for the Third Time - GameSkinny

TLoU Part 1 is for super fans of the series or those who missed the first two versions, especially for accessibility reasons. For everyone else, it's hard to recommend spending the 15 or so hours it takes to play through The Last of Us yet again.

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Shane Kim1023d ago

These reviews are comical. So you give low scores to the same game, because it's been released again and you don't like the price tag?

Alos881023d ago

Since when is 7/10 a low score?

blackblades1023d ago

Since when is this a fair review. You dont drop points because of what he said.

Broncob1023d ago

Don't care what they say mate, it's a 10 for me, always has been now it's even better!

SyntheticForm1023d ago

@Also88

Because there's zero reason to give what's been dubbed as masterpiece a lower score when it's *only* been made *better* - it doesn't add up.

How could the same game depreciate when it's been made better?

Machina1023d ago

If that was how it worked, you could re-release the same game every single year with a slight improvement and each time critics would be obliged to give it a better score.

Fortunately that's not how it works; yes, in a way scores do depreciate with each re-release of a game, and so each re-release needs to bring something more to the table to justify scoring as highly as the original (be it added content, remade and much improved gameplay, a generation leap in graphics, etc.). Arguably TLoUP1 does that, arguably it doesn't, either way it doesn't *automatically* default to the same score as the original.

SyntheticForm1023d ago (Edited 1023d ago )

@Spec

It only got better; a generational leap in graphics as you put. The only case for a *lower* score given that it's the same game made better is the omission of Factions. I think it's *unarguable* that it doesn't provide the generational graphical leap - if it does *anything* it does *that* and a little bit more.

I *do* understand why people would scoff at a third release of a single game, though.

enkiduxiv1023d ago

Why is that comical? The review exists to help the consumer see past the nostalgia. A 7/10 seems like a perfect score for an all time great game that received a mediocre remake.

darthv721023d ago

I been thinking about something. Maybe its all about the perception of time and how even though there were 8 years between the PS4 remaster and the PS5 remake... some people think it wasnt as long as it was because the Pro gave it a new lease on life. ?????

Another game that had three iterations was Shadow of the Colossus. Released on PS2 in 2005, it then got an HD remaster for PS3 in 2011. Followed by a full remake for PS4 in 2018. The time between the remaster and remake was 7 years. 1 year less than this remake compared to the remaster and yet I dont recall people complaining about that game. Its like people dont even remember it got a PS3 remaster to begin with.

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moriarty18891023d ago

Game is a solid 9.0 out of 10 imo.

SyntheticForm1023d ago

This game will always be a 10 to me.

This game, by itself, is a masterpiece - just as it was in 2013.

CrimsonWing691023d ago (Edited 1023d ago )

I like how this review admits this is for super fans or people who never played it, but then reviews it as someone who has played it three times. Great review, way to strive for objectivity. So, it’s what, a 9 or 10 for newcomers and fans?

I’m still confused how a game that improves a lot over the original is somehow a worse game…

VanHalen1023d ago (Edited 1023d ago )

Game is a 5//10. Just milking this overrated so called masterpiece. They used flashy graphics to hide the fact it was such a terrble game when it first came out back then. I found the game so boring and slow, I couldn’t bring myself to even finish the original. Yet alone remake it again for the 3rd time. People cry, but the story. I don’t give a flying f@ck about some cgi story, I’m playing a video game, not a movie.

A lot of people got suckered into believing that this was supposed to be a masterpiece, and you are supposed to worship it, because paid reviewers and the like say so. I don’t think you could pay me to sit thru this boring game again. It would be too agonizing. There are loads of other games that are much more worthy than this overrated heap.

GoodGuy091023d ago (Edited 1023d ago )

Well I believe you do also need to take into consideration the price tag and worth for game reviews also. Sadly Nintendo still does it and still gets praised lol.

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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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Christopher71d ago (Edited 71d 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?

darthv7271d ago

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

Christopher71d 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.

Cacabunga71d ago

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

OtterX71d ago

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

cloganart71d ago

@Christopher

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

Cacabunga71d ago

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

Notellin70d ago

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

LonDonE70d 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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Profchaos71d ago (Edited 71d 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

Inverno71d 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.

darthv7271d 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.

-Foxtrot71d 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”

Inverno71d 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.

Neonridr71d ago

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

Knushwood Butt71d ago

They don't want Metroid Prime holding that record,

NotoriousWhiz70d ago

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

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FPS_D3TH71d ago

We are approaching Skyrim levels here

Profchaos71d 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

Christopher71d ago

Not quite. Skyrim had:

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

VersusDMC71d ago (Edited 71d 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/...

darthv7271d 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.

Christopher71d 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.

Profchaos71d 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

Christopher71d 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.

Chevalier70d 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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Neonridr70d ago

I gotta figure RE4 is up there too

FPS_D3TH70d ago

No. Those are remakes. Not remasters

Neonridr70d ago

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

CrimsonWing6969d ago (Edited 69d 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_Bomb71d 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’.

VersusDMC71d 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_Bomb71d ago (Edited 71d ago )

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

Knushwood Butt71d 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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Relientk7781d ago

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

Nyxus81d ago

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

lukasmain81d ago (Edited 81d 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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Goodguy0181d ago

They're really milking this franchise lol

anast81d ago

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

darthv7281d ago

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

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isarai80d ago

@darthv72

Literally yes 🤨

Cacabunga80d ago

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

anast80d ago

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

Loktai80d 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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Chevalier80d ago (Edited 80d 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_Suzumiya80d ago

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

darthv7280d ago

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

thorstein80d ago (Edited 80d ago )

@darth GTAV says hi.

Skyrim has an Alexa edition.

Chevalier80d 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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Chevalier80d 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.

darthv7280d 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.

Chevalier79d ago (Edited 79d 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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OhReginald81d ago (Edited 81d 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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