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The Last Of Us 2

  • 28-11-2016 4:54pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 465 ✭✭Fox Hound


    Hey so I have been seeing some stuff on social media that this is going to be officially announced this week?
    Anyone know if this is true.....if so I cant wait, I absolutely loved the first game!!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 465 ✭✭Fox Hound




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭Pickpocket


    Half-Life 3 ftw.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,932 ✭✭✭YouSavedMyLife


    I hope its set in a different part of the States and has no connection to the first game other than there being an outbreak. Joel and Ellie's story is done and ended perfectly in my opinion


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,394 ✭✭✭Pac1Man


    I hope its set in a different part of the States and has no connection to the first game other than there being an outbreak. Joel and Ellie's story is done and ended perfectly in my opinion

    Agreed. Expanding their story further would be a travesty. It was perfect.

    I have faith in Naughty Dog though. They know what they're doing.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭Pickpocket


    Pac1Man wrote: »
    I have faith in Naughty Dog though.

    I feel the same. The ending of Uncharted 4 was further proof that ND know how to wrap up a story and I suspect they realise that themselves. I doubt they'd mess with it. And even if TLoU didn't end the way it did, I would have still wanted a sequel to feature different characters and locations. A lot of the post-apolacyptic fiction doing the rounds centres on some sort of saviour/messiah factor. TLoU played with that concept brilliantly by undermining it. Another game set in that universe based on some sort of living cure would be a mistake. The world is in ruins and it will never recover. For me that is much more interesting territory for story telling.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 465 ✭✭Fox Hound


    Yes, New character point of views would be awesome, and Maybe longer time in the world when it is Normal and then starts turning to ****...Kinda Like the opening credits of the first Last of us...A game set in the time when everything started to turn would be awesome!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,210 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Whatever they do, I'd have complete faith in ND to make it work. In a way I'd like new characters, but if it was a return to Joel and Ellie, I'd have confidence that ND have a reason to return to those characters and have a story in mind to justify it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,898 ✭✭✭✭Osmosis Jones


    If another game is announced I'll look forward to it, but I'm also happy enough for them to leave this world alone, it's fantastic as is.

    As everyone is saying they should definitely forget about Joel and Ellie and move onto another character story, but if they do that it would have to be a totally different dynamic or it would just seem lazy. I think it would be cool if you possibly played as a Firefly in another part of the country at some point during the outbreak.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,457 ✭✭✭corcaigh07


    Wow, Ellie is pissed!

    Love the daring (Godfather) Part 2 on the title, looks like Naughty Dog are going all in on this one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,901 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Yaaaaaaaaasssssssss

    Apparently the story follows an older Ellie.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,716 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,901 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Un fukking believable


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,716 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Personally I'm more excited about Left Behind Part II :cool:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 675 ✭✭✭Eggonyerface


    I want it NOW


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    There was no way that trailer was running on a PS4, correct?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,220 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Surprised they've gone with Joel and Ellie again. Not disappointed though, the relationship between those two in the first game was amazing and it'll be so interesting to see how it's developed.

    TLOU2!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,405 ✭✭✭gizmo


    RasTa wrote: »
    There was no way that trailer was running on a PS4, correct?
    It'll be an in-engine cutscene, running in real time on the PS4. Same as the original Uncharted 4 reveal so not indicative of in-game footage.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭OptimusTractor


    The window of the room Ellie is sitting in is the window that appears at the start screen of TLOU. This has sort of blown my mind.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,734 ✭✭✭Fowler87


    Thats a great surprise. Didn't think the sequel was going to be released for another couple years. Looking forward to it.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,716 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Fowler87 wrote: »
    Didn't think the sequel was going to be released for another couple years.

    Well, it almost certainly won't be released until 2018 (at least?) so you have a while to wait yet :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,545 ✭✭✭✭AbusesToilets


    I hope they don't short change the AI system again. The difference between what was shown in the demos and the what was in the first game was night and day.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,364 ✭✭✭✭Kylo Ren


    That was game trailers 'Citizen Kane' moment.

    Heh.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭markcahill1985


    Wooohooooooooooo!!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,495 ✭✭✭Underground


    Yeah hate to put a dampener on this but as an earlier poster already touched on, I can't see how continuing with Joel and Ellie's story is going to result in anything other than a step backwards, they can't possibly top the first game's story.

    Also, in terms of game play TLOU was fairly ordinary, it was your bog standard 3rd person over the shoulder, cover based shooting, stealth elements, upgrade systems, collectathon like most AAA games these days. The only derivative box it didn't tick was that it wasn't open world and so it wouldn't surprise me in the least if this sequel added a sandbox dimension to the game.

    The story carried the first game, and it was a really great story. I can't see how this one will be an improvement. All that doom and gloom aside, I obviously do hope I'm wrong. I hope it's great, and you never know, ND could be trolling us with this trailer. For all we know we could be playing as one of the fireflies in this game and Ellie and Joel are the antagonists, that would be an interesting twist.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,116 ✭✭✭✭RasTa


    I think Joel is dead or will be killed off earlyish as he doesn't seem to have aged much although looks like maybe 8 or 9 years have passed.

    Certainly expecting somethign dark, Is he(druckman) going down the Godfather route with the part II

    I see they have female enemies but what about transgender?

    https://abload.de/img/skrmbillede2016-12-036ea8m.png


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,760 ✭✭✭✭Encrypted Pigeon


    Yeah hate to put a dampener on this but as an earlier poster already touched on, I can't see how continuing with Joel and Ellie's story is going to result in anything other than a step backwards, they can't possibly top the first game's story.

    Also, in terms of game play TLOU was fairly ordinary, it was your bog standard 3rd person over the shoulder, cover based shooting, stealth elements, upgrade systems, collectathon like most AAA games these days. The only derivative box it didn't tick was that it wasn't open world and so it wouldn't surprise me in the least if this sequel added a sandbox dimension to the game.

    The story carried the first game, and it was a really great story. I can't see how this one will be an improvement. All that doom and gloom aside, I obviously do hope I'm wrong. I hope it's great, and you never know, ND could be trolling us with this trailer. For all we know we could be playing as one of the fireflies in this game and Ellie and Joel are the antagonists, that would be an interesting twist.

    As you said, the game play is pretty much a standard stealth/shooter and relies on the story, so I'm guessing that developing brand new leading characters could be too high risk, players may not bond with them and their story. Reviving the familiar faces seems like the safer option. I for one am happy with that decision, really looking forward to this and what they come up with.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭brevity


    Need to save up for a PS4


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,417 ✭✭✭.G.


    I'm sooooo excited for this I can't explain it. That trailer was just wow.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭markcahill1985


    Confirmed you play as Ellie.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,901 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    In Neil we trust.
    I can’t tell you how satisfying it is to finally be able to say that Ellie and Joel are back for another intense, harrowing, and emotional adventure. Like many of you, we have a deep love for the world of The Last of Us and its characters, and while a sequel may have seemed like a foregone conclusion, that wasn’t the case. We knew that it needed to be a story worth telling and, perhaps more importantly, a story worthy of Joel and Ellie. After spending years on different ideas (and almost giving up), we finally uncovered a story that felt special—a story that evolved into an epic journey.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,210 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Yeah it's like I said before, if they're going to use Joel and Ellie again, I have enough trust in them that they're doing it for the right reasons and have a good story to justify it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭Joshua J


    Joel and Ellie back PogChamp


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,901 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Gustavo is returning as composer, just beautiful.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,932 ✭✭✭YouSavedMyLife


    Ok calling it now. The Firefly's killed Joel for what he did in the first game and Ellie is out for revenge. The Joel we saw in the trailer isn't actually real...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,917 ✭✭✭nix


    I would have preferred a different set of characters in the same world tbh, or perhaps like 10 or more years later with just ellie and maybe someone new. With Joel dead, but yeah, ill keep the faith.

    Any word on a projected release date?


  • Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,394 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    Joel will surely die in this, which upsets me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,220 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Joel will surely die in this, which upsets me.

    It's safe to say we're not going to get a happy ending.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    1st one is easily the most over rated game of all time.

    Story is good but the actual gameplay is awful.

    I hope they improve that.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,917 ✭✭✭nix


    dreamers75 wrote: »
    1st one is easily the most over rated game of all time.

    Story is good but the actual gameplay is awful.

    I hope they improve that.


    What was wrong with it?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭Pickpocket


    dreamers75 wrote: »
    1st one is easily the most over rated game of all time.

    Story is good but the actual gameplay is awful.

    I hope they improve that.

    I've heard plenty of negative commentary about the gameplay. Am I the only one that thought it was fantastic?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,805 ✭✭✭Evade


    Pickpocket wrote: »
    I've heard plenty of negative commentary about the gameplay. Am I the only one that thought it was fantastic?
    I thought it was fine. It wasn't exactly ground-breaking but there was nothing wrong with it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,917 ✭✭✭nix


    Evade wrote: »
    I thought it was fine. It wasn't exactly ground-breaking but there was nothing wrong with it.

    It was just what it needed to be to if ya ask me, i cant think of anything they could have added or taken away :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,220 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    TLOU's gameplay was great. It didn't break new ground or anything but I thought it was very polished and fun to play.

    The popularity of the multiplayer will attest to that. If people were solely invested in the story and tolerated the gameplay, the multiplayer wouldn't have been so popular.




  • Yea, whatever. The gameplay was class. You didn't play it right. I had that gut feeling, that story wasn't finished Yesssssssss get the **** in TLOU 2!!!

    Edit* May have been drinking last night :/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,394 ✭✭✭Pac1Man


    I enjoyed the gameplay of the first. I never felt the controls were getting in the way etc.

    Also, I loved the gunplay. The guns actually felt powerful, even the pistols which is rare as some games make them feel like pea shooters to promote the bigger guns. Still fondly remember that rifle and bow!

    I was one of those hoping that the story wouldn't be revisited but after seeing the trailer and hearing the developer comment on these reservations, my mind is put more at ease.

    In ND we trust!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,519 ✭✭✭Flint Fredstone


    Yeah, never understood where people were coming from with the criticism of the gameplay. I think it's the only aspect of the game that wasn't amazing (still absolutely fine) and so ran with that as an exaggerated narrative to combat the praise.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,827 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Kind of wish they didn't focus on Joel and Ellie for this one. The first game wrapped up nicely and not sure what revisiting the characters will add. I'll just wait and see if they can surprise me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,394 ✭✭✭Pac1Man


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Kind of wish they didn't focus on Joel and Ellie for this one. The first game wrapped up nicely and not sure what revisiting the characters will add. I'll just wait and see if they can surprise me.
    The surgeon's child will come back and kill Joel.


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