The Last of Us (PS3)

[Brandwin]

I'm with Blzer. I think I'll hold off until retail.

[CBCARDS78]

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As awesome as this is, I ain't playing any demos or watching any more gameplay videos. I want to go straight into it with as little knowledge as possible. I believe my December pre-order speaks for itself.

It's one of those kinds of games you shouldn't expose yourself to too much, IMO.

I'm with Blzer. I think I'll hold off until retail.

Add me to this list.

[LionsFanNJ]

Not touching this until retail releases.

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[authentic]

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I have never really played a demo for any game unless I am really on edge about buying it or if it's from an unreliable company *cough* *cough* EA. This game however, is a must buy and a day 1 purchase for me.

Just so y'all know, if you pre-order this at Best Buy, you get 20$ in rewards zone certificates if you're a Gamers Unlocked member. The fee is 14.99$ per year, so you'll actually get 5$ back after one purchase. Other games are Dead Space, God of War, Gears of War, Dead Island, MGS, and a couple more I believe. Basically makes it 40$ a game if you play your cards right.

[Blzer]

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I have never really played a demo for any game unless I am really on edge about buying it or if it's from an unreliable company *cough* *cough* EA. This game however, is a must buy and a day 1 purchase for me.

Just so y'all know, if you pre-order this at Best Buy, you get 20$ in rewards zone certificates if you're a Gamers Unlocked member. The fee is 14.99$ per year, so you'll actually get 5$ back after one purchase. Other games are Dead Space, God of War, Gears of War, Dead Island, MGS, and a couple more I believe. Basically makes it 40$ a game if you play your cards right.

GTA V as well. Pre-ordered both that and this game this way.

[authentic]

GTA V as well. Pre-ordered both that and this game this way.

Yeah, I swear I'm missing another one I just can't think of it.

[CaptainZombie]

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Yeah, I swear I'm missing another one I just can't think of it.

Here you go.....

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Games-Promotions/Reward-Zone-Gamers-Club-Offer/pcmcat264800050003.c?id=pcmcat264800050003

[authentic]

Here you go.....

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Games-Pr...at264800050003

Yeah, I knew I was forgetting some. Injustice looks ok and Crysis should be amazing.

[Brandwin]

Yeah I always go to Best Buy for these deals. They always have them for the big releases.

[disinfected]

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Could never have been bothered to pick up a game with this kind of plot...but needless to say this one is changing my mind.

[Flawless]

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The Last of Us and Neil Druckmann: Fleshing Out the Horror Game

The hunters converse, they chat; they talk about what they've had to endure to get this far. And once they're engaged, they call out to one another and work in a team. Ambush one, and he'll scream "he's in here", grab another as a human shield, and the rest will yell at you to drop him, with genuine panic creeping into their voices. The guys you kill in The Last of Us are groups of friends. As Druckmann points out, you're no better than they are:

"We're going to make the violence as real as possible, so you buy into the scrounging, the scrambling - the desperation these people have. It was important to show that Joel is not necessarily a good guy. We don't glorify these kills. It's like he's just doing what they would do.

"In the games we worked on in the past, we'd do whatever we could to suggest that the bad guys were bad. You'd see them kill someone, or we'd design them will a skull on them, like in Jak and Daxter. Either through story or design we'd say that these guys are good and these guys are bad. Here, we took the opposite approach and thought about how we could humanise these guys, how we could show that these guys really cared for each other. So, when you do engage them, you feel like you're just like them but with a different objective. It's not just about spraying blood up the walls - you see it in the context of what it is.

"You might encounter people who have theories about what happened, but we're never going to say 'this is the thing that happened'" explains Druckmann. "It's like with things that happen in the real world. No one really knows where bird flu or Spanish flu started. People have theories but they don't know.

"We're not going to reveal how this thing started. That's not what the story is about."

Neil Druckmann has been working on The Last of Us for more than three years. And now, with the crunch about to start, when the whole team will be working 14 hour days, 7 days a week, he's relieved to say that everything is coming together.

"I recently played the game for the first time beginning to end, and I got to an area actually in gameplay where I teared up, because for that moment - not in a cutscene - it all came together. It's my hope that we can reach fans that way."

"I love games like this," concludes Druckmann "but they just feel like they're missing a character element. Joel and Ellie meet for the first time in the Boston quarantine zone, and their journey will take them cross-country over the course of a year. With each section, we're asking 'what is the state of their relationship, and what can we do with the art and gameplay to reflect that?' I think we can bring that character element."

[Brandwin]

Can't wait for May. I think this is my most anticipated game.

[DickDalewood]

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Can't wait for May. I think this is my most anticipated game.

Agreed. As much as I'm looking forward to GTA, this title is much, MUCH higher on my radar. This is my most anticipated game of the year by a long shot.

[Candyman5]

The only thing keeping me from trading in my PS3 because of the GameStop deal is this game.

Can't remember the last time I was excited for a PS3 game.

[Jr.]

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That article was amazing. I cannot wait for this game