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veni veni veni posted:I'm only >2 hours in but the attention to detail is nuts in this game, even for Naughty Dog. Nuts, you say? 
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Steve Yun posted:I feel SO proud of myself for figuring out the dumpster and roll up garage door puzzle. I am a loving Einstein. Yeah Albert, but did you use it to get on that blue double scissor lift platform first?
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Jun 22, 2020 10:13
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Now here's a question that has been bothering me all day: If you go for a pacifist run, will there be substantially fewer bodybags in the hospital scene with Abby and Nora? "We have more and more in coming in by the hour"  I finished a couple hours ago after two sessions (18 + 12 hours approximately) and I had managed to avoid even the tiniest leak beforehand. I don't think I have ever been this happy to get a game close to launch. Having any of it spoilered would have suuuuuuucked. After Seattle Day 3 I was completely blown away when I realized what they were going for. My jaw literally dropped in disbelief. First I thought "Oh hey, another Abby interlude? Hmm, okay. Let's get to know more about her motivations and her side of the story after the flashback/reveal that her father was the Fireflies' surgeon. Sure. Try to make me like her, you fools!" Then I saw she had her own supplement skill tree. WHAAAAT? At first I thought it was just a cute little joke the devs put in there. Only after another couple of minutes it fully dawned on me what the magnificient bastards were doing and I was literally leaning forward in my chair. Holy poo poo! The balls on Naughty Dog to go and turn the protagonist into a murderous villain for the second half of one of the most anticipated sequels of (probably) all time . I mean, yeah, we used Ellie to murder countless folks and cheered her on while we did it, but she was our murderous Ellie. Also, Joel 
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Jun 22, 2020 11:22
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Putting it in spoilers, just in case. I just watched a streamer who I think had way less bodybags in the WLF camp during Abby's part. No way to tell since I didn't make a screencap of my run, but I'm fairly sure the infirmary was packed in my run. I asked him if he skipped kills or encounters and he said yes, he tried to skip past encounters that involved dogs as best as he could, because he didn't want to kill those.
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Jun 23, 2020 06:51
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stev posted:Some of the death screams are haunting and last ages if someone bleeds out. I've wasted a bullet putting a few out of their misery. I have no idea why, but people shot with the hunting pistol keep screaming for the longest.
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Jun 23, 2020 07:34
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veni veni veni posted:I can’t wait for the videos of people figuring out how to play real songs on the guitar in this game. Happened already one day before the official release ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tero0sRNi8U
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Jun 23, 2020 09:15
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I got an extra pre-order bonus code, which gives you an instant pistol clip capacity upgrade and the crafting training manual right from the start, if anyone wants it. It may only work in the EU. So if you're just starting, here you go: B8JH-ECNP-7TP2 (just drop a short reply once you redeem it so I can edit this post, thank you). Edit: Wow, nice one, random twitch rear end in a top hat. I am sure he's referring to the band of "I don't feel like dancing" fame though. 
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Jun 23, 2020 09:26
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Because I have seen multiple players pass on this opporunity, in fact I have not seen a single one do it - if you don't cut the [Santa Barbara Spoiler]two chained up Clickers loose, you're playing this game wrong.
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Jun 23, 2020 16:28
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smoobles posted:What happens if you leave a dog as the only surviving enemy in an encounter? What does the dog do? If you silently kill its handler from afar, it will paw at the body and whine.
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Jun 23, 2020 18:58
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https://i.imgur.com/foHNaT0.mp4 She can do jump attacks. SHE CAN DO JUMP ATTACKS! This changes everything!
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Jun 24, 2020 11:51
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Literally the only thing that bothered me constantly: With all the effort they put into the animations, it is kind of jarring that the only way to get off a small ledge is to run over the edge, have the character comically flail their arms and just fall down. It's so bad and happens basically all the time.
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Jun 24, 2020 13:38
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BOAT SHOWBOAT posted:Dunkey had a video about how there is a good game inside the Assassins Creed games if they were just 15 hour linear mission games with way less filler and I 100% agree. I had been playing AC:Odyssey before TLOU2 came out, mainly to just kill time (unemployed and hiding from the plague, which is making a comeback in my area, yay!) and even then I felt it was just so... mediocre and uninspired. Pretty to look at, sure, but so loving bland as a game. Something to self-hatingly waste your time with. I don't think I can go back to it now. In fact, I can't think of any story driven game I would want to jump into right now. Maybe Outer Wilds, I picked that up when it came to Steam recently.# Time to pick up a hobby until Cyberpunk 2077 drops. Maybe I should learn to play the guitar. 
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Jun 25, 2020 09:29
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Lol, one of Eugene's porn tapes is "Smash Brandi's Cootch". Totally missed that on my playthrough, only just caught it on a stream with subtitles on. Crash Bandicoot
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6_TtIqnOsY
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Jun 26, 2020 12:31
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So has Abby been dyeing her hair all her life? She doesn't seem the type, yet she has dark hair even after 4+ months of slave labour in the californian sun.
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Jun 26, 2020 15:02
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Mulva posted:It did 20 million on the PS4 alone. That's twice what TLoU remaster did on the PS4. It's the best selling PS4 game. If you want to go to *just* PS4 Uncharted 4 is at 16, and I doubt TLoU2 hits that. It might come close, but I'd be shocked if it broke 12. This is just physical media sales, short term and UK only, but if it's any indication ... quote:According to GameIndustry.biz, which ranks weekly U.K. gaming sales data, TLoU2 has narrowly beaten the previous record holder, 2016’s Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, by a 1% margin. mcbexx fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Jun 26, 2020 |
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At the risk of being called out for being the typical unattentive goon gamer, but in retrospect I am just not sure right now - does Ellie get to ultimately learn at any point about Abby's (edit: personal) motivation to hunt down, torture and kill Joel? I don't recall it being spelled out for her, or is it? mcbexx fucked around with this message at 16:56 on Jun 26, 2020 |
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Jun 26, 2020 16:35
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morallyobjected posted:I don't know that she ever learns that Joel killed her dad, but she does clearly know they're all ex-Fireflies from SLC who are pissed that he took away the cure Yeah, I was referring to the former part. The latter was of course clear to me.
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Jun 26, 2020 16:55
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morallyobjected posted:Ellie kills three of Abby's team. She also kills the dude she slashed at the Baldwin mansion and I think the woman with the PS Vita was also present at Joel's execution (but I could confuse her with someone from Abby's Day 1 introduction.
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Jun 27, 2020 07:22
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morallyobjected posted:the first one I don't remember at all, so when does that happen? After the horse gets blown up, Ellie is captured and Dina comes to the rescue.
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veni veni veni posted:I'll reflect on it more when I actually finish the game, but that is the first thing that has really landed poorly for me so far. It just felt way off. Well, Abby brutally murdered his brother, crippled him for life and it's probably easy for him to project the failing of his marriage on her actions as well, even if he is kind of nonchalant about it (Did anyone believe he was as unaffected by the split as he played it down to be?). His injuries are a constant reminder of that, so it makes sense that it's harder for him to let it go. And as he says, he can't go anymore and he feels the closest person to be able and willing to do so is Ellie. Yes, it's lovely. But in don't think it's too far fetched.
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am0kgonzo posted:ending spoilers If I remember correctly, Abby only starts going after her WLF buddies after Isaac put a gun in her face and was ready to go through her to kill Lev. She's considered hostile after that. Does she ever engage the WLF before that? I think it's only Infected and Seraphites up until that point, but I can't recall every single encounter right now. I'm pretty sure that would shift my allegiances as well.
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Steve Yun posted:Guys guys guys Take on me, take me on I'll be gone In a day or two
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morallyobjected posted:yeah, but if Lev hadn't been there, Ellie and Dina would be dead, whereas Ellie had no one pulling her back at the end. In a way, Joel, or the memory of Joel and her remembering being able to forgive - or at least wanting to try - pulled her back. By the way, that slow zoom on Ellies face as she is drowning Abby is the one scene that gets to me the most, no matter how many times I rewatch any of it. Jesus. Her putting the other knee on Abby's lower body, leaning in with terrifying determination and than the inching close-up of the best facial mo-cap I have ever seen in any game. loving chills, every time.
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In case you missed it, this is the letter that Manny rips out of Abby's hand when she stumbles across his love den. That dude fucks! 
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Man, photo mode... https://twitter.com/Chy_Visual_Arts/status/1277243305496129537 mcbexx fucked around with this message at 16:52 on Jun 28, 2020 |
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Has anyone checked [ending scene] the tree carving when Ellie returns to the farm one final time? Imagine how horrible it would be if Dina destroyed it before she returned to Jackson ...
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This popped up in my related videos - Nolan North playing through TLOU along with Troy Baker and other actors from the game with lots of commentary. Oh, I had no idea Nolan was David in the first one. loving chameleon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjsINAKreB0 mcbexx fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Jun 29, 2020 |
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Jun 29, 2020 22:57
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:I think what the Seraphite followers did after the seraphite leader was martyred was they took the vaginal 'wound' idea and iconography that had manifested within their tribal structure as a symbol of rebirth/renewal against civilization's corruption of nature...and they made it even more central to their identities by cutting their faces, literally incorporating how their enemies spoke of them into their appearance. If I remember correctly, there is a dialogue you can eavesdrop into or a letter that explains the facial scars as an external and visual symbol of the Seraphites' imperfection compared to their messianic leader figure.
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Going through some of those "XX INSANE details in The last of us Part II" clips. "Come to the WLF. We have dental!" Show of hands - how many of you rode an extra circle through the first patch of thin ice when you came to the river during your patrol early in the game? I bet they put the larger patch in there on purpose. One detail I found: Ellie reacts to water pouring down on her. https://i.imgur.com/0QqWaoZ.mp4 mcbexx fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Jun 30, 2020 |
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Vikar Jerome posted:david wasnt a paedophile was he? dont think its even implied. The voice actors argue about it a bit in this clip and though it's never spelled out for us or them, Ashley says she played it that way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AaaGoWfOhY&t=1507s
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Jul 2, 2020 17:12
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ND could make (even more) literal fucktons of money by teaming up with a competent partner and by putting an "Order this figurine now!" button in the model viewer.
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Almost two weeks and probably two dozen rewatches of key scenes later and I am still in awe of the mo-cap acting and the subtle nuances they are able to convey in some scenes. The tech has been around for some time now, yet it feels groundbreaking here.
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ex post facho posted:if you're not familiar with these characteristics of fungus, neither an animal nor a plant, it might seem slapdash, but I think TLOU's presentation of zombies is closer to an actual possible reality than a lot of other media. I mean, "cordyceps" is not a fictional term, that kind of poo poo, at least in principle, actually exists.
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Weird glitch (endgame fight spoiler) https://clips.twitch.tv/CloudyPleasantGuanacoPeteZarollTie
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A little detail regarding Owen I missed at first: When Abby finds him on the sailboat and asks about Danny, he tells her about the raid on the Scars where he couldn't brimg himself to killing that old dude and Danny confronts him and points his gun at Owen. "So I grab it, and then ... at first I didn't even know which one of us was shot." Oh Owen. Never stop grabbing weapons pointed at you. CJacobs posted:Yeah the echolocation thing is purely a story element, they don't actually use it to find you ingame. I think it's explained in a loading screen tip though ...
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Is it a coincidence that the first chained up runner you come across in Santa Barbara is called "Anthony", after the TLOU speedrunner Anthony Calabrese? I don't think so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-TClTsrPOA
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Still spending an almost unhealthy amount of time scouring Twitch to watch streamers go through some of the game's key moments and it is so much fun to watch some bro-ish dudes legitimately choke up or try to hide their emotions when poo poo goes down.
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Location spoiler for endgame. Jump to 2:40. https://youtu.be/KmBzbwrIwHc
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It never occured to me to look it up (I thought it was all original material for the soundtrack), but the record they play at the farmhouse and that Dina leaves on Ellie's guitar case actually exists. It also contains the song from the party in Jackson. I feel so dumb. Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_SGnIRwdDM&list=RDU_SGnIRwdDM&start_radio=1
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