Five minutes into The Last of Us and I've already shed a tear. (spoilers)

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S.T.A.G.E. said:

Slimebeast said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Slimebeast said:
Some people are easily impressed. I think the intro was cheap. A cheap and clichéd use of psychology that usually works on the average mass market person. I felt insulted due to the game's attempt to cheat on me emotionally (not that I really cared).

Name some videogames that do this same "cheap" psychology on the same level that Naughty Dog did.

I don't know of any games off the top o my head. But lots and lots o movies do.

I think thats the point. Naughty Dog has bridged the game in doing something videogames have never been able to do in the same context as what we watch in a film. Even Heavy Rain hadn't even though they were trying. Its not about graphics, its about intent and its a very, very hard thing to do. Naughty Dog made David Cage look very bad, especially seein that much like Hideo Kojima, David Cage is a movie director turned videogame director.

Maybe Naughty Dog bridged games and movies together or they did not, but I can't comment on that since I havent played the full game. But the 30 minute intro segment was in essense a movie, it had the effect of a movie, not as a gaming experience (and rightly so, not all intros have to be gameplay). And judging it as a narrative piece it was just as "cheap" as your average Hollywood drama or thriller.

Anyway, perhaps you can elaborate on why you think ND made David Cage look bad?