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Anyone see the trailer for the upcoming game by Naughty Dog? Just a teaser for now, but I'm impressed so far. The video is captured using in game graphics, too.

I will be keeping an eye out, that's for sure.

 
I haven't really been keeping up with this, but just ran across some new videos. Watching the HD versions in full screen is recommended.

More recent short trailer (no game play footage):



Now for something really great - some actual game play. It's hard to tell how scripted this is, but if the scenes are generated as dynamically as this seems to be, this may be some of the coolest shit ever.

 
How have I not seen this thread? I'm eagerly awaiting this one. Naughty Dog makes some of the best games out there. It good to see them going in a new direction. Supposedly the action scenes aren't scripted, but dynamic. I saw an interview on G4 where they were saying that the girl as well as enemies react to you being out of ammo, etc. If that's the case, it will be like nothing else out there.
 
How have I not seen this thread? I'm eagerly awaiting this one. Naughty Dog makes some of the best games out there. It good to see them going in a new direction. Supposedly the action scenes aren't scripted, but dynamic. I saw an interview on G4 where they were saying that the girl as well as enemies react to you being out of ammo, etc. If that's the case, it will be like nothing else out there.

Yeah, see the last video I posted above to see some of that in action.
 
Yeah, see the last video I posted above to see some of that in action.

Gotcha. Those vids are "forbidden" at my work, so I couldn't watch them.

I just hope this game is better than I am Alive. I played the demo, and was bored out of my mind.
 
Anyone else pick this up yet? Got my copy today and plan to get into it some tonight and this weekend.
 
I like other naughty dog games, but don't really care about zombie stuff... so I'm waiting to see if this is a MUST HAVE TITLE or if it's a cool-if-you-like-zombies title.
 
Very little of the footage I've seen of it actually has 'zombies' or whatever they are in it. But I suppose only one way to find out...

And I'm off!
 
Very little of the footage I've seen of it actually has 'zombies' or whatever they are in it. But I suppose only one way to find out...

And I'm off!

Okay... um, I'm not really a fan of survival, we're the last people alive, survive the hordes of [things] games.
 
Okay... um, I'm not really a fan of survival, we're the last people alive, survive the hordes of [things] games.
Fair enough. I fell out of the whole survival genre years ago after getting tired of Resident Evil and its many clones.

I'm not terribly far into tLoU yet (I didn't get as much time to play as I'd hoped), but I'm definitely enjoying it, more so than any similar type game that I've probably ever played. I think I probably enjoy the stealth aspect of it more than anything, even though I'm usually pretty bad a stealth games like Metal Gear Solid until I'm about half way through the game :p

I replayed the beginning for the wife tonight but she doesn't seem interested. She thinks the mechanics of the game (crafting, stealth, lack of supplies, and just general realism vs many of the zombie/apocalyptic games of recent years) seem cool, but doesn't feel it's really one to watch like Assassin's Creed and Uncharted. She actually said the graphics seemed to take a step back from Uncharted...though I don't know if I agree with that. I can see what she's saying, but I think it's just different - not really "better" or "worse".

Regardless, it's reviewing well http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/the-last-of-us

I'd say if you liked Uncharted, mixed with a bit of Metal Gear, and if you like collecting stuff to craft into supplies, then you'll probably like this. There doesn't really seem to be hoards like some of these games have and so far I've dealt more with other survivors than I have the infected. Though based on gameplay so far, I think that's going to change soon - it all depends on location and your mission. I think it's really trying to show that it's almost as dangerous 'inside' as it is 'outside'.
 
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everyone I talked to, and thats about 6 people with the game, are insanely hooked on it, and think its one of the best looking games out. I heard the first 15 minutes are insane. I wish I had a ps3 still.
 
everyone I talked to, and thats about 6 people with the game, are insanely hooked on it, and think its one of the best looking games out. I heard the first 15 minutes are insane. I wish I had a ps3 still.
Those first 15 minutes are designed to suck you in and get you emotionally involved with the characters. They do a good job of it, too.
 
I tried to get a copy yesterday but all my local stores were sold out. I had to resort to the downloaded version. I'm downloading my copy from the PlayStation store now, too slow though.

Can't wait to get into it. I loved the Uncharted games.
 
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