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Munkeh111 on 29 September 2013
dsage01 said:
DD_Bwest said:

its clunky and akward, the controls are terrible,  vast sections of the map are never really used. and it has so many glitches it ruins the fun sometimes.  It really ruins it when you spend a vast amount of time finding the car you want,  upgrading it to the max,  and then when you get out to interact with a blue dot then turn around and its gone..  this has happend to me 10+ times..  or missions that make you loose the car you are driving to it.   Like the Dom skydiving missions.   The one at the airport..  i didnt want to do it at the time and just wanted to get a plane from my hanger,  trying to drive in caused me to enter the mission,  which when it ended i was at the opposite side of the map..  with no car.

im really hoping they patch it and Online fixes alot.  Im really trying to love this game, but so much of it drives me crazy.  lots of little things that you wonder what they were thinking

- I love the controlsand have heard very few people who have acutally played the game complain about it

- I've had more glitches in TLOU than I've had in GTA V

- It's pretty damn easy to get a nice car provided you've completed quite a few mission

- I've never really had any car problems in the game...check your disk or it might be something wrong with your console

- Yeah and there are a few glitches and bugs (but relativley low for a console game) which they will patch up...like they said earlier. Almost all games at launch have more bugs and glitches then they do a couple months after. 

The glitches in GTA tend to be hilarious, but there are shockingly few. I have lost my cars a few times, but they are generally fine. As for which one should be game of the year, I can't really pick between them as they are such different games



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FatedReality on 29 September 2013
dsage01 said:
FatedReality said:
DD_Bwest said:
Normal is to easy, thats where i started and i regret it. Its a way different game on hard and especially survival.

and I think its definately GOTY, now that GTA 5 is out and weve all played it, i dont think it comes close to TLOU


I agree I think GTA V is an excellent game and much,much more enjoyable to play then GTA IV was also I actually really like the story too which Is odd for me becuase I normally have no intrest in GTA games story but I dont think its as good as the Last of Us is.


why though?

I really like the story in GTA V and I also really love the idea to be able to switch betwwen characters during missions and roaming around the huge city. Although while I played through the story I ran into a lot of glitches. Textures and city enviorments were always popping in, sometimes during the cinematic scense characters would glitch out and not look right ( One time Micheal had no legs and his face was for some reason all black although kind of funny it really took me out of the story's atmosphere.), the controls were confusing for me somtimes like the flying and submarine parts. Dont get me wrong I think GTA is an excellent game I just think compared to the Last of Us it isnt as good. For me the Last of Us had the best graphics, best story, best characters, and best soundtrack out of any game I played this year and had a surprisingly great mulriplayer ( I wont say its the best because GTA Online is yet to be released and it looks really awesome.) But thats just my opinion everyones Game of the Year could be different.



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DD_Bwest on 29 September 2013
Munkeh111 said:
dsage01 said:
DD_Bwest said:

its clunky and akward, the controls are terrible,  vast sections of the map are never really used. and it has so many glitches it ruins the fun sometimes.  It really ruins it when you spend a vast amount of time finding the car you want,  upgrading it to the max,  and then when you get out to interact with a blue dot then turn around and its gone..  this has happend to me 10+ times..  or missions that make you loose the car you are driving to it.   Like the Dom skydiving missions.   The one at the airport..  i didnt want to do it at the time and just wanted to get a plane from my hanger,  trying to drive in caused me to enter the mission,  which when it ended i was at the opposite side of the map..  with no car.

im really hoping they patch it and Online fixes alot.  Im really trying to love this game, but so much of it drives me crazy.  lots of little things that you wonder what they were thinking

- I love the controlsand have heard very few people who have acutally played the game complain about it

- I've had more glitches in TLOU than I've had in GTA V

- It's pretty damn easy to get a nice car provided you've completed quite a few mission

- I've never really had any car problems in the game...check your disk or it might be something wrong with your console

- Yeah and there are a few glitches and bugs (but relativley low for a console game) which they will patch up...like they said earlier. Almost all games at launch have more bugs and glitches then they do a couple months after. 

The glitches in GTA tend to be hilarious, but there are shockingly few. I have lost my cars a few times, but they are generally fine. As for which one should be game of the year, I can't really pick between them as they are such different games

The officer ambulace behviour is absolutely hilarious.  i was on a very thin road when i noticed a cop chase, which crashed and had a shootout. 1 officer died before they shot the guy.   so i decided to sit and wait and watch how they programmed it to play out..  the ambulance came, crashing into everyone killing 3 others including the second paremedic.  The cop walked around his dead friend for 5 minutes before getting in his car, driving him over and crashing into the ambulance.  Got out and walked around looking at his dead friend again..lol  eventually he got in and drove away then the ambulance drove away.. bodies still there and eventually vanished.. lol



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platformmaster918 on 29 September 2013

I loved the stealth. From the first clicker encounter on I was on the edge of my seat.




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Kantor on 29 September 2013

It's not flawless, because no game is. It is, however, my 8th favourite game of the generation, and my favourite PS3 exclusive.

To respond to your points:

-I thought the characters were all brilliant. Together with the storyline, they are the game's strong point, to such a degree that I would call everything related to the plot pretty much flawless. What didn't you like about them?

-It's not a stealth game, and it took me a while to figure this out. Yes, stealth is an important element of the gameplay, but if you're just sneaking around and choking from behind, there's no fun in it at all. You get the other tools for a reason, and though you should try to conserve, stockpiling them to the degree that you get to new supplies and can't even carry them (as I did early on in the campaign) is just wasteful and ruins the fun.

-The friendly AI is pretty awful, yes. But I'm glad they decided to make your allies invisible to the infected, or the game would be positively infuriating.

I think the game's quality is very much related to its atmosphere. It looks brilliant; the soundtrack is excellent; you genuinely do feel afraid at times, and you're always worried about what's around the next corner. There aren't many games that I've found so engrossing. And the action, once you get a little way into the story (certainly less than half) is great too.

But even the best games won't be enjoyed by everyone. I can't stand Half-Life 2, Dead Space, Ninja Gaiden or Minecraft, and those were all extremely well received by most people. It's a shame you're not enjoying it more, but stick with it, just to see the story through if nothing else.



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HEMSTAR on 29 September 2013

I personally found it gets really intense between 60%-90% through, alot of epic and emotionally draining sequences throughout that portion of the game. Also the opening and the last 5% is amazing as well, definitely GOTY.



xJbownagex on 29 September 2013

The story and presentation are great..however from a gameplay standpoint its pretty decent. Not GOTY or close in my book, but it's still a great and emotional rollarcoaster.



BloodyRain on 29 September 2013

It gets better. Def a contender for Goty



landguy1 on 29 September 2013

Haven't played it yet. Have to get to it at some point.



Max King of the Wild on 29 September 2013
arcelonious said:
Max King of the Wild said:
Well, since you haven't given me a story marker I assume that you already got to the part where Ellie and Joel get separated and Ellie stumbles upon an infected Joel and is forced to decapitate him. Yes. It picks up after.


I found that part to be a bit over-the-top, but I agree that it gets better from there.  It's a shame that Ellie remains the angst-filled teenager throughout the game though; it would have been so much better if she was friendly with other teenagers, or telling jokes to Joel.

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