i have it on ps3 and i didnt get passed like two hours after the intro. i dont know what it is. i tried to like the game but couldnt. is it really that good?

i know everybody has their own taste in video games. i dont like games that kind of play themselves. i dont like playing through a game just to get to a cutscene so i can see more story. tell me, is what makes this game so great just the story? i do want to see the story, but i dont know if i can get through the boring gameplay to see it. would i be better off just looking it up on youtube? i might give it a try again this summer because of all this buzz, but i really dont know if i could get through it.

Its absolutely worth playing. How far did you get?

Put the controller down and be amazed...that nothing will happen, the game does not move forward without the player so I don't know where you got that ridiculous observation. I will refrain from responding further to, what I can only assume is a passive aggressive jab at the game, based on your experience on a very short time with the game (which is fairly long for its genre, my first run took me 20 hours to beat, 85% completion, no guides) and agree to disagree.

OT: The trailer have not impressed me. I plan to get it, even though I have beaten the game 3 times (currently working on grounded mode) just not on day 1. Amazing soundtrack however, it literally gave me chills from time to time.

Definitely try it again. It starts off great and then it slows down quite a bit when you fast forward to the future. I'd say it takes a little over 2 hours for it to pick back up again. Probably around the 3 hour point is where the character development starts shining.

Yes, I'm picking it up day one. Played it 6 months ago, and couldn't get into it at all. The gameplay was too repetitive, and I guess I nitpicked a lot because I expected much more from GOTY.
I sure hope that this time I'll be more open minded.

yeah.. i will more than likely just try to power my way through it at some point.. i probably just have to force myself to play it for like ten hours until i get over that hump. i find that with some games, you have to get over that hump and you really start enjoying it. i didnt give it enough of a chance.

like i said, about two hours in after the intro. i dont exactlyremember where because it was last june when it came out.. ugh.. i need to just play it and see what all the fuss is about. 

what i mean by that comment is that the game seems REALLY linear and people like it because of the story and the character development. i have just always been of the mind that if a game is relying on good story and character development.. then it might as well have just been a movie. i dont see the advantage of it being a game at that point. this is of course just a matter of preference, and im not really sure because i havent played it, but the last of us seems to fit that category and thats why i havent gotten around to playing it yet. 

ok thank you, thats kind of waht i wanted to know. 

for instance, i am a huge zelda fan, but if anybody wants to play twilight princess, i would tell them.. the first five hours are going to be mighty boring. and i love the game. but i will always tell them that its not exciting and youre really going to have to just force yourself to get through the first 4-5 hours if you find yourself getting bored.

I really enjoyed the gameplay. It was brutal and challenging. I only played it on the two hardest difficulties., so maybe the AI just isn't difficult on the lower modes. I've heard some people say that the AI is dumb, but I experienced none of that with on those difficulties.