Finally The Last of Us multiplayer gameplay video.. and its awesome!

[Chandler]

Jay520 said:

Chandler said:

Jay520 said:

Chandler said:

The video clearly shows something very different. Melee-ing seems to be by far the most effective method to kill people quickly.

Yes, melee looks like it plays a relatively large role compared to most other games. However, you said, "...the fact that the melee attacks seem to be pretty effective even promote camping further". I'm not sure what you mean here since powerful melee should discourage melee. What did you mean by this statement?

What? If melee is your strongest attack but you can't get out of cover without having a large red sign over your head the natural thing to do is to wait in cover until someone walks by or is close enough to run him down since the video showed that 1-2 bullets wont be enough to stop a player.

I meant to say, "discourage camping". Anyway, there only two ways to use melee effectively: sneaking up behind someone, or rushing them from the front before they have the time to aim at you. Nametags won't be a problem in either case. In the former case, the player would be out of sight; and in the latter case, even if the player is seen, he would still be able to attack before being targeted.

Nametags does discourage melee, but only when trying to melee while both (a) visible to the enemy, and (b) too far away for a rush attack. However, in this case, melee would be pretty ineffective regardless of nametags.

The bottom line is, it's still far easier to spot someone with a bright red name over their head, that even shines through obstacles for a period of time.