Kinda disappointing, I thought Yahtzee would really dig this, but all he seemed to talk about was how much he doesn't like Uncharted and how you can see its DNA in The Last of Us without talking about any of the really great things about it. In 2018, Escapist Magazine launched Volume Two, a rehauled website in conjunction. First published as a weekly online magazine by Themis Media on July 12, 2005, The Escapist eventually pivoted to a traditional web journalism format and became well known for a roster of popular video series. Though it's never like the combat in Uncharted which, as you said, you completely forget about as soon as you're done playing it. The Escapist (formerly known as Escapist Magazine) is an American video game website and online magazine. I ultimately didn't feel unsatisfied with it, but I'm having a hard time getting myself to play through the entire thing again.

I felt that a lot of the gameplay was pretty fluffy too, but it was frantic, scrappy and brutal at the best of times, especially against the infected. I'd definitely agree that the plot is safe and cliché, so much so that you can pretty much infer almost everything that happens when someone tells you the concept of the game, but it was the characters which took the spotlight - and they were pretty refreshing. I was with Yahtzee on his umbrage against Uncharted, but I get the feeling that he's somewhat anti Naughty Dog at this point. It's also keeping in character I think, because the more we learn about Joel, the more we realize just how much evil shit he's actually done, and this just sort of feels like we got a glimpse as to the type of stuff he used to do. Considering what I personally found the story to be (not a 'We have to save the world, but at what cost', but more 'What would you give to actually live as oppose to simply survive') I understand that some people were angry or thought that Joel was being a dick, but I think part of the appeal in The Last of Us is realizing that, to a certain extent, you have to be a dick, otherwise you're used and killed. I was going over this with a friend, and I realized that anything else would've made me not care. I played it on normal and found that, yeah, enemies would never notice Ellie or my other allies, but my friends that played it on hard said he opposite, that enemies would not only notice, but sometimes the friendly AI would jump out and fire, breaking stealth, if they felt it was necessary.Īs for the ending: I personally liked it. I've mentioned this before on other forums, but I think the friendly AI 'safety' is determined by difficulty.

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