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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2020 13:25:38 GMT -5
Seems Neil is getting those threats too according to his twitter. Wow.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jul 5, 2020 13:29:24 GMT -5
People suck. The more I thought on it, the more I hated the ending. It kind of broke my heart into not giving a shit about the series as a whole, and it’s rendered TLOU1, my favorite game of all time, a game I will never replay again.
That said, shouting threats and/or disgusting obscene shit at the team/actors is never something that ever crossed my mind. People need to grow the hell up. And to quote Abby, “Get your priorities straight.”
It’s a fxxxing game, people. Grow the hell up.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jul 6, 2020 0:48:37 GMT -5
I'm torn on whether I like the semi open world or not.
On one hand, the places to explore are usually cool and add to the lore. And unlocking extra scenes amd dialogue is nice.
On the other, it kills the pacing. "Gunfire... I better hurry to help *****. Just let me scavenge these abandoned houses first.
Plus, having entire skilllines in easy to miss places away from the main quest is stupid as f***. I think I found them all so fsr, but missing say the stealth skill could be a game breaker down the line.
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Post by Facetious on Jul 6, 2020 1:35:12 GMT -5
Just finished the game and it's solid. I think a 7/10 would be what I give it.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jul 6, 2020 14:26:39 GMT -5
Language warnings all over this, obviously.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2020 21:40:49 GMT -5
Got to play again for a while today. There are some tough levels, man. I can't believe I got through them because I'll be the first to admit that I'm not too great at video games. I guess I'm getting better...
Still loving the game a lot. I'm at a point where I know shit is about to truly go down and I'm excited for it.
I think I only have two or three more sessions to go, so MAYBE I'll get through it this week. We shall see.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2020 23:12:04 GMT -5
Anyone else see Miz when Owen shows up on screen? Everytime I see dude I think "damn, Miz gotta ask for some money" lol.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jul 7, 2020 0:23:58 GMT -5
Anyone else think this?
Abby’s dad was William from Life is Strange. (Chloe’s dad)
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jul 7, 2020 8:26:59 GMT -5
Anyone else see Miz when Owen shows up on screen? Everytime I see dude I think "damn, Miz gotta ask for some money" lol. I was thinking Ryan Reynolds
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2020 23:34:59 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Man...that Resident Evil-like monster at the hospital is tough. I couldn't get through it in my session today. Have to go in with a new plan the next time I play in a day or two.
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Post by Display Name on Jul 7, 2020 23:38:29 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Man...that Resident Evil-like monster at the hospital is tough. I couldn't get through it in my session today. Have to go in with a new plan the next time I play in a day or two. Don’t stop moving.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jul 7, 2020 23:39:41 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Man...that Resident Evil-like monster at the hospital is tough. I couldn't get through it in my session today. Have to go in with a new plan the next time I play in a day or two. {Spoiler} I got so lucky the time I beat it. First off, I chose the worst strategy possible confining myself to the tiny square room with a pole in the middle instead of making use of the whole arena... and my plan was to blindly fire the hunter pistol. After a few deaths... he just randomly died seemingly early into the battle. I must have hit its weak spots in succession or something.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2020 23:44:17 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Man...that Resident Evil-like monster at the hospital is tough. I couldn't get through it in my session today. Have to go in with a new plan the next time I play in a day or two. Don’t stop moving. {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Yep. That's what I was doing. I think I was being too frantic, though. I was struggling with the controls and whatnot.
I think I'm still just rusty since I haven't played a game since December. Despite getting this far into this game, I have been noticing that I'm making mistakes that I wasn't making last year when I was playing a lot more.
I never take gaming too seriously, though. I'm enjoying the experience. I just suck sometimes, haha.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jul 8, 2020 6:55:34 GMT -5
I beat the game yesterday. Ending was a downer but honestly it's also the ending that makes the most sense. I'll reiterate my earlier points that there's a few storytelling beats that flat out don't work and the pacing is really off in places but this was still a solid 7 out of 10 for me. Would recommend as long as you're okay with the extremely bleak tone. I think a lot of people ruined this game for themselves by reading the leaks and then going into it planning to hate it. It's definitely flawed but nowhere near as bad as some people say it is (and I'm not even going to get into the homophobic/transphobic trolls who hate the game for completely illegitimate reasons, or those troglodytes sending death threats to Laura Bailey. Shit like this is why the larger gaming community has such aah awful reputation).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2020 18:47:43 GMT -5
I just beat the game a little bit ago. I have to process some things.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jul 9, 2020 18:48:38 GMT -5
I just beat the game a little bit ago. I have to process some things. I hope you process everything better than I did. Lmao
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2020 19:27:16 GMT -5
I just beat the game a little bit ago. I have to process some things. I hope you process everything better than I did. Lmao F***ing hell, I beat the game 3 weeks ago and I'm still trying to process it, lol
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jul 9, 2020 19:48:09 GMT -5
I hope you process everything better than I did. Lmao F***ing hell, I beat the game 3 weeks ago and I'm still trying to process it, lol I was really really sad for over a week and then I decided “Fxxx the whole series for making me feel like this.” Should have {Spoiler}{Spoiler} happily ended at what I thought was the damn epilouge. Why couldn’t we have a ray of hope? It was like the team said, “let’s make shit as dreary as humanly possible for this beloved character.” It didn’t have to be that way.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2020 20:54:54 GMT -5
I'll have more thoughts probably, but here's where I'm at after finishing the game... {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}I don't know where I'm at!!!
But for real...
Man, what an experience. I'm...struggling.
Losing Joel early gutted me. Playing as Abby bothered me. But then I got it. I understood it. I thought it was ballsy, but I appreciated the storytelling. As with the first game, you know...who is the good guy? Is there a good guy in the world? I don't know. We don't get the other side of things in games often. I've never played one like that. So this was...different. And it was a struggle. Not because I hated it, but because I was struggling with emotions. How DARE I control Abby after what she did, right? But why am I also caring about Abby living? So tough navigating those thoughts.
I can understand some criticisms. I was surprised that we didn't get Ellie for the whole game (or close to all of it). I had readied myself for that and didn't get it. My heart and soul wanted Ellie to get revenge so bad before controlling Abby. And then I controlled Abby. And then Ellie had her chance. And then...things happened. And I don't know how I feel about it. I just don't. Trying to hurt Ellie as Abby was f***ing weird. Doing all of this without Joel was f***ing weird.
I think when it's all said and done, I will look back and really appreciate the effort on the story. Right now, I'm just processing. But big time props to the team for making me feel all this. Crazy.
The gameplay was amazing. Super smooth and some really hard moments. Like...really f***ing hard. That goddamn monster in the hospital...I still don't know how I got through that. Some of the levels with the humans - I probably used a strategy that would piss off all gamers. I just f***ing ran through gun shots, haha. Took the damage and just f***ing ran. Horrible strategy, but it worked.
Ugh...so many thoughts happening right now. So many.
Overall - I don't think I'm going to love this game as much as I love the first one. The first one is perfect - or as close to it as possible. This one? I can't put it on that level. But I did enjoy it quite a bit. And hate it for all good reasons.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jul 10, 2020 7:39:01 GMT -5
Ok, how long do I need to {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}play as Abby for? From after she shoots Jesse?
I don't give a rats ass about Abby and if I'm playing as her for a while, I know this bit is gonna drag.
Like if they're gonna make us play as one of the asshole WLF, couldn't it be Owen who did at least seem like a semi-decent dude?
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