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Tagging, will describe my opinion later. Hint: Still the best game ever.



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I loved it. It was an experience that no movie or book can match on an emotional level. It sounds silly to say it about a video game but the story is well written, its paced well, the characters feel real. Their loss becomes your loss and their conviction becomes your own resolve. Ellie is one of the best characters in recent memory for me. Feisty, wit, USEFUL, yet still innocent (until David comes and ruins everything) because she never knew any better. The slew of jokes she tells during the library shootout, before and after, is one of those little moments that make the game feel so real.

The gameplay itself is not revolutionary but it works well for the tone of the game. The game overall is nothing short of amazing and I'm hoping it will win a few game of the year awards against that titan GTAV.

EDIT: I really don't understand the movie argument about it and even for Uncharted. IF you put the fucking controller down, the game doesn't play itself. Even during the cinematic events, you will die or just stand there. Why? Because it's a game. TLoU is not a game where you decide the fate of mankind. You are shown the story of these two people, which you follow along and experience it through the brutal and gutwrenching gameplay and the cutscenes, until you reach the climax and then the game is done. You don't decide their fate because that would turn Joel's character, something that the game works all through out to showcase, on its heads by becoming some sort of heroic savior of humanity. I have no problem with people disliking the TLoU or stating that other games do it better, that's a fair enough argument to be debated, but telling people that it's no better than just watching a movie is just wrong.



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Metrium said:

 I have no problem with ppl saying that the game is great, but ppl saying that it's the best game ever made clearly have not been gaming for a long time and are playing video games for different reasons than I do. I play games hoping to find experiences that has nothing to do with movies, you can't compare TLoU with Earthbound, Super Mario Galaxy, Ocarina of Time, FF7 or more recent examples Portal2, Skyrim or Metroid Prime. If you think it's the best game ever, do yourself a favor and quit gaming in favor of watching The Godfather or other movie masterpieces since this are the experiences you are looking for.

I've been gaming for literally two decades and I think it's the greatest shit since slice bread. Also, I'm not sure why you would compare those game to the TLoU and not games like the Walking Dead, Heavy Rain, etc. TLoU has nothing to do with a movie, where are you getting this idea? It is a video game with a strong emphazises on story telling. It requires you to play the damn game to progress to the story. It requires actual human interaction for the story to unravel. How does that qualify it as a movie? The game has plenty of gameplay, through combat or exploration, to make it a game. 

Lastly, you can't discourage people from gaming just cause they like a different type of game that you don't. Don't be selfish. 



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