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The Last of Us totally blew me away (lemmy.world)

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I’d never played TLOU before, but was recently looking for something new to play and heard great things about it. My parents watched the show and loved it, so I decided to give it a shot. It took me a little bit to get into, but once I did I got hooked hard. I beat the game and then went on to watch the show with my wife, she loved it and now wants to watch me play Part II. Unfortunately that means I can only play it when she’s around, and given we both work shift work, means it might take me a long time to beat Part II, but it’s incredible so far. I’m not too far into it yet though so no spoilers for Part II please.

What does this community think of this game? I know it was very well received, I’m just curious how patientgamers feel towards it. Also, how did people like the show? I thought it was great but I’ve heard some people found it boring. I prefer the game but was very impressed with the show as well. I’m looking forward to season 2

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

People forget how revolutionary TLOU is. It aged incredibly well (yes, the PS3 version, not just the remaster) and set a golden standard of cinematic games. The story is incredible, the survival horror gameplay is still legitimately good.

Lots of people in the comments are praising the sequel but I didn't like it at all. It was totally unnecessary and the new characters are so melodramatic. The first one's ambiguous ending was perfect.

Also, hot take, the series is way worse than the game. They filled the story with fluff and flashbacks which ruined the pacing, and got rid of the incredible cold opening for 10-15 minutes of sarah running around.