the_dengle said:
I have not played it. My friends have played it. I did play The Walking Dead though, which is why I'm so bored with another "MY FEELZ BRO" zombie game being unanimously declared game of the year. TWD was pretty meh. Gameplay was outright bad. TLOU looks like it has better gameplay of course, but still seems way too easy. |
So I played the Walking Dead a few weeks before the Last of Us and I was a bit worried. I had just played a story about looking after a small girl that wasn't my daughter, I had just played a game about an emotional journey and of course surviving mutants/zombies. I didn't really like the Walking Dead because as you say, the gameplay was just bad. It was point and click, but not as good or interesting point and click as things like Monkey Island.
The Last of Us is completely different. The gameplay feeds back into the story and the story feeds into the gameplay. The gameplay is not a runner and gunner, it is not just a stealth game and nor is it a survival horror. It can kind of be what you want (if you scavenge enough). There is great variety in the gameplay, and everything just feels so intense. That is due to the story, graphics, scarce nature of supplies and of course Ellie. This game is just brilliant, it is not perfect, but damm close
