this time i happened to be wearing headphones for the last scene with joel and im currently bawling my eyes out because you can hear his trembling breaths trying not to cry so clearly. and all of that for him to fucking die the next day is going to make me commit

https://youtu.be/k6iS-KhALOo?is=75_e7_RaTyUxLYfb

to me it seems like there isnt anything substantial to hate about tlou2, other than the occasional annoying combat bugs, and from what i hear its not the gameplay people are mad about anyway. whats the deal?

This czech actor David Švehlík looks a lot like Troy Baker.

With the rise of PC recomps, I hope this is in the works. I really want to play this on PC. Yes, I know we have the remake, but the remastered version would run better on my PC.

I believe many have seen the mods that are coming out, from Minecraft in GTA5/Elden Ring to Spider-Man in the Batman game, and I can't stop thinking, will we ever have the possibility of seeing gameplay of The Last of Us Part 2, or even Part 1, in some open-world game?

Like, just imagine playing on a Death Stranding map, or GTA V, Days Gone, State of Decay 2, Dying Light, DayZ, or any other interesting game with a large map where you can build your base, survive, and still enjoy the delightful gameplay of The Last of Us.

I just hope that one day this arrives, even in the city of Gotham it would be interesting.

I have played the last of us part 1, as many have and I wanted to kind of share my takes on the main story of it, first off this game like so many PS studios games has some of the most real, and most human feeling main characters, this one in particular was the most human like characters, driven by their own motives different ideals here is my take on some of them:

Joel: I have seen few MC's exist that are broken but good and joel is exactly that, broken from day one of his journey loosing his kid, that cutscene and one other are like the shattering moments of the story, that scene being at the very start, told me that this shit is real, and his bond with ellie, was heartwarming to see after and made the ending hit different than if we did not know what he came from as explicitly as it is shown and not jus tsaid he is one MC I have put in my top characters

Henry: When they introduced him and sam to us I had the tiny glimmer of hope, and we all know how that ends, this is the second moment where the gem just shatters you, and reminds you how real this game has become you get good stuff then they do that, his only driver was his brother sam maybe a few more months with joel and he had the miniscule chance of moving on and having joel and ellie but the placement of the disaster fits perfectly in the range of him not really knowing Joel enough to be able to move that past, and well, he did not make it out because of it, that felt human, he lost the only thing left in his eyes and he made his choice

Ellie: I loved her chracter in this game she has allt he pent up sorrow while joel is gruff and quiet about it she looks for ways to forget at any time like her joke book, the truck scene with bills magazine she looks for good ways to move past and she is like Joels opposite and how she becomes joels second chance and he is willing to run through the hell of the fireflies to reach her that showed me how joel was done running from it all and ready to stand up, and her story in left behind only helped me see who she is, a teen out in front of the worst things ever her begging to zombie sam was heartbreaking to hear and her argument with joel at the house made me see she is not quite his daughter but close enough by the end for me to see them perfectl

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✦ OC SUBMISSION ✦

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\*\*CHARACTER\*\*

\> full name:Hadrian Evans

\> nickname(s):Hadri

\> age:19

\> pronouns:he/him

\> gender:male

\> sexuality:bisexual

\*\*BACKGROUND\*\*

\> current location:Jackson

\> faction:Jackson

\> former faction:fireflies

\> occupation / role : patrool/Jackson resident

\> status:Alive

\> alignment:Jackson

\> where were they born?:unknown firefly settlememt

\> where did they grow up?:across several firefly settlememts with his father

\*\*PERSONALITY\*\*

\> personality:gentle and loveble personality (golden retriever like personality with his friends and Jackson residents but cold ruthless and a bit sadistic towards Enemies and infected)

\> likes:ellie, Joel, Jackson rezidents, ocasional drink or blunt with friends

\> dislikes:bloaters, fireflies, wlf, scars

\> strengths:deadshot acuracy, amaising at riding and taming horses has a big black wild mustang that he tamed and trained himself

\> weaknesses:ca-n not Cook for s##t he burned water once, literal water and now îs banned from the Jackson comunity kitchens

\> fears:bloaters, nightmares abouț the past

\> habits / quirks:twirling bullets betwen fingers, dissasembling almost anything without noticing

\*\*APPEARANCE\*\*

\> height:5'9

\> hair:brown with strange White strands (Side efect of the cure)

\> eyes:green that glow almost yellow when în danger (Side efect of the cure)

\> distinguishing features:

Scorpion tattoe on forearm he made to cover a suspiciously shaped chemical burn (bite Mark that he burned himself and then tattoed over like ellie)

\> clothing / style:

Black Waterproof Soft Shell Special Operations Triple Layered Tactical Jacket

Tactical Vintage M-65 Field Pants Cargo BDU M65 Combat Army Military Fatigues

\*\*U.S. Navy Style Steel Toe Military Boots Leather & Fabric Vibram Sole Berry US

In case of spores (US Military M17 A2 Gas Mask NBC Respirator US S Vintage)

\*\*SKILLS\*\*> weapons:

Rifle:marlin lever acțion rifle with silencer

Shotgun:Benelli m4

Pistol:colt anaconda revolver

Bladed weapons :

kukuri and stilletos

\> combat ability:

amaising hand to hand and Bladed Combat and deadshot acuracy

\> survival skills:

always carries a ferro rod or zippo lighter for Lightning fires ca-n gather wood ca-n set up shelters traps snares identifying edible plants and hunting

\> medical skills:

Hadrian has excepțional medical skills and Information abouț packing wounds, sutures, infecțions, etc having learned everything from his father after his father died his father left him his notebook with every piece of his fathers research on making the cure and Hadrian gathers the necesary eqwipment for making a lab suitable to be used for making the cure

\*\*RELATIONSHIPS\*\*

\> family:

Dad:Adrian Evans Deceased :virologist fungus researcher was there at st marys when ellie was brought înn he took a blood sample from ellie and found that ellies body produces antybodys that tells the cordyceps specimen wrapped around her brainstem that the body îs already infected and not to spread and he syntesised a cure ouț of it and tried to speak to Marlene and Jerry Anderson to argue not to cut Ellie open but they dismissed him and they still wanted to cut ellie open and extract the cordyceps s-o he left the fireflies with his son Hadrian wich he injected with the only dose of the cure

Mom:Lilly Evans Deceased :Lilly was always frail and after pregnancy and giving birth to Hadrian she grew weaker and weaker till she eventualy succumbed to illness

\> friends:

Ellie, Dina, Jesse, Joel, Tommy, Maria,

\> enemies:

Abby, wlf, sarrafites, firefly remenent

\> romantic relationships

one sided crush towards ellie

\> connections to canon characters:

best friends with ellie and Dina and Jesse and friends with Maria, Joel and Tommy

\*\*BACKSTORY\*\*

\> childhood:His father being very important în the fireflies they always drifted between firefly settlements until salt lake City incident and his father leaving the fireflies until they wanderd betwen settlememts theyre luck ran ouț and they got ambushed by infected and his father got bit along with him but Hadrian didnt show signs of turning while his father did thats when his father told him that the cure probably worked his father made a research notebook with everything needed to make the cure and all his research and medical knolege and told Hadrian to try to make the cure again put a end to his misery and to not let him turn înto one of those things and Hadrian had to make the hard choice of kiling his father and then drifting betwen counties/settlememts working as a mercenary /curier for a few years until being found by Joel and Tommy on patrool and they took him înn and he joined the Jackson comunity after talking with Maria

\> current life:Jackson patrool resident has close friends consider Jackson his home and will do everything to protect it

\> important events:being injected with the cure by his father his father giving him the notebook and having to kill his father s-o that he wont turn.

Please coment your opinions.

Joel interrupting "Brick, Yes, a Few times. Forgive Me for noticing that was Oddly Specific."

Ellie "Well I was Gonna say A Kid but Yea Anyways."

Hello there!

I still struggle to understand why The Last of Us Part I is so beloved. Yes, I played it pretty late, back in 2018, without knowing anything about the story. So my expectations were pretty high, and the cinematic presentation wasn't that big of a deal anymore. But even when I give the game an extra point for how impressive its presentation was back in 2013, I still end up at a 4/10.

But hear me out before you get your pitchforks out!

AND: SPOILERS AHEAD! PLEASE PLAY THE GAME BEFORE READING!

So - I don't get why this game is so beloved. Don't get me wrong, the characters are superbly written, so is the dialogue. The cinematics were insane for the PS3 era. But EVERYTHING else falls flat. Really flat.

The main story is boring because I saw everything coming (besides the ending, which was a disaster in its own way). The best example is the prologue.

Joel's daughter is a typical Hollywood daughter: way too intelligent for her age, way too quick-witted, and simply not a believable little girl — apart from her character model. When what happens happens, I was so frustrated — and not in a good way. There's another girl on the box! I'm not stupid. But the music is so sad, the tears are streaming down everyone's faces, and I felt like Neil Druckmann (the game's director) is sitting right next to me on the couch, screaming in my ear: "FEEL SOMETHING, NOW!" Sorry, dude. You don't get me that easily. Ive seen movies before...

And most importantly: There was another game with a very similar premise to TLoU that came out about half a year earlier. And it did so much more with it: Telltale's The Walking Dead: Season One. Sure, the gameplay wasn't particularly exciting either, but at least it never got in the way of the game's greatest strengths. And, well... the gameplay worked.

But I'm getting ahead of myself.

The WHOLE gameplay is a disaster. The shooting isn't fun because there's literally no precision. In a game where ammo is rare! I manage to hit enemies in other shooters without any problems. Certainly not here. It's a CROSShair, not a CIRCLEhair. The stealth is also unreliable because you can't really use sound to tell which room an enemy is in. So the developers decided to give Joel cyberware: a sonar. A SONAR?! In a post-apocalyptic game without Ripperdocs. Why? No clue. So immersion-breaking! And I cant count the amount of times I needed to look for something to get Elli across some water or to move a dumpster. Does that even count as a riddle? And its so repetitive!

And don't get me started on the ending. Careful, dont spoil yourself if you havent played it yet! I've never been so frustrated with a decision made by a protagonist as I was in this game. IT'S A GAME, NAUGHTY DOG! NOT A TV SHOW! I don't get why I can't make any choices here. A choice wouldn't just be difficult because the game spent so much time making Ellie likeable. It also showed us just how f♥♥♥♥♥ up humanity has become. The entire game builds up to this moment, only to take the controller out of your hands right when things get really interesting. Do I really want to sacrifice someone who's become so important to me for a world that might not even deserve saving? No matter what I choose - It would have been SO much more dramatic! AND: Having to live with the consequences of one’s own decisions is ALWAYS more impactful than merely watching a film hero deal with theirs.

And if you're about to tell me that it's perfectly fine to tell a story without giving the player any choices, consider this: Interactivity is precisely what sets video games apart from movies. If you completely abandon that potential in your storytelling, you're missing out on one of the medium's greatest strengths! Why would you do that? To end up with a worse game? Rockstar demonstrated how you can have both in RDR2: tell a predetermined story while still making the player feel like their actions actually matter.

But enough of the story: The pacing also lacks variety. Especially in the mid-game. You fight Clickers, you fight humans, you fight Clickers, you fight humans. You fight Clickers, you fight humans. Give me a break! Mix things up once in a while! Especially since the combat isn't fun to begin with, while the quieter moments are easily the strongest parts of the game.

The loot also makes no sense. There are only half scissors in this game. Why? I don't know. Every knife breaks after one hit. Why? I don't know. (Of course I know. Because game design. But they don't even try to hide it.)

They try so hard to create a believable world, but then undermine it with such stupid, easily fixable design decisions. Every time I encounter something like this, it breaks my immersion because the game underneath the awesome visuals and breathtaking facial animations reveals its outdated game design.

And this game design was already outdated in 2013.

It probably would've been a great TV show if the main story were better (I haven't seen the actual adaptation).

But as a game? In my opinion 4/10. And that's already taking into account how outstanding its cinematic presentation was back in 2013. I dont see where the "masterpiece" take is coming from.

:3c