| reggin_bolas said: Hello, I'm a former Xbox owner who bought a PS4 and a PS3 this Holiday. I was super excited about TLOU as it was the first game I picked up on the PS3. I think we can all agree that the story, the characters, and the overall atmosphere/level design is superb! However, the only problem with TLOU is that's just not that fun to play at times. Like a mad genius, it osciliates from crazy good to crazy frusterating. It's a schizophrenic experience that is marred by a broken stealth system and combat that is generally unfun in some places while absolutely thrilling and fluid in others. Early on the game, unless you are flawless at stealth you will find yourself repeatedly replaying some clicker encounters. If you don't have a shiv, and if you get flanked (which happens easily) you are dead in one hit. This happens repeatedly throughout the game as well when you are basically unarmed and forced into stealth. Also, as a former Xbox owner I found it absurd that the shooting controllers weren't mapped to what I believe is the equivalent of L2&R2. The controls for combat were also lackluster as the game was almost impossible to finish without turning on aim assist. I finished the game on easy to enjoy the story but I've heard that the difficulty is significantly vamped up on normal and beyond. It's a shame really because I found it plenty challenging on easy alone. Lastly, there is the issue of navigation. Though the game is fairly linnear with some optional exploration, I found it difficult at times to figure out where to go. Some kind of waypoint system other than the insulting "hint" system would have been preferable. I felt like an idiot everytime I had to wait for the hint system to point me in the right direction. A more progressive waypoint system would also make exploration less frusterating since it was hard at times to figure out which way led to the main story and which led to optional areas. Overall, it's a great game just not the high 90's, perfect 100's as seen abundantly on metacritic. I'd rate it 9.2/10
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Easy? wow, you suck at gaming.
