E3 2012: The Last of Us Interview

Who wants to bet that Brad "5 stars" Shoemaker will review the game, give it 5 stars(as always) and then they'll spend the next two podcasts talking about how this and that was disappointing. Uncharted 3 anyone?

The more and more I hear Naughty Dog devs not announcing the release date, the more I think it's gonna be pushed back to early 2013.

They way Brad asks for release dates in his interviews is the best.

Great interview Brad. I feel like I have all of the information I need, and I'm definitely all in.

Giantbomb continues to impress with their interviews. The best I have seen all week. Thanks.

@FoxMulder: Its pretty much been confirmed as a 2013 release.

@phrosnite said:

Who wants to bet that Brad "5 stars" Shoemaker will review the game, give it 5 stars(as always) and then they'll spend the next two podcasts talking about how this and that was disappointing. Uncharted 3 anyone?

The bad is always more easily talked about than the good. Uncharted was bullied up on for a few Bombcast's but not because of its quality, but because they were having "sequel fatigue". Uncharted 3 was an obvious 4 star game at the least, but Brad is a little more giving and gave it 5. I have no issues with him doing what you said because a game can have disappointing elements and still be a 5 star game for what it is.

Very excited. This is actually a game I think I'll want to play through on the hardest difficulty first time through, as that will force me to make the choices the game asks of me instead of gunning things down.

Great interview. I'm seriously going to see how this game develops.

I feels ya brah.

I'm sure i speak for a lot of gamers out there when i say, i wish NaughtyDog would go multi-platform. This game looks incredible

Good Interview. I had been hearing that the whole game play trailer was scripted. I'm guessing it was not. This game looks awesome, for a Fallout fan like me this game will be a day one buy. I'm gonna enjoy this game alot.

I like how the lead designer was seemingly bemused when Brad asked for the release date. This game is one of those that looks so incredible to me, that I simply cannot ever imagine it actually coming out.

Great interview, I'm gonna buy a PS3 for this, no doubt. Aside: I never actually heard someone say "There but for the grace of God go I" to describe their video game before.

Strikes me as being what I am Alive could have been - I've got high hopes for this.

Checkout that guy gulping at 10:45 when Brad asks him "you guys are gonna release this holiday right?"

That's a fucking YES if I ever saw one.

@captainanderson said:

Huh, the guy does a lot of skirting around the questions Brad asks. Most of the stuff he said was in the Game Informer issue from a few months back.

He probably is supposed to answer a certain way to only reveal certain information. Some PR person probably rehearsed some general answers before they got to e3. Not an evil thing, most companies do things like that, just sometimes makes interviews feel scripted when they aren't.

Wow man. Naughty Dog is too amazing. That is the new #1 Company I Want to Work For.

@thebipsnbeeps: Agree on all counts. I double taked big time on the "grace of God" line. Really awesome interview/video all around.

Great interview. Game sounds like a whole different beast from Uncharted.

did anyone else think that this game looks looks almost identical to uncharted 3 but with more violence? even the main character looks like drake and even sounds like him too, that girl that follows him around is just like chloe. My first impression was - "looks like uncharted 3 with a new story..."

I want to protect Joel so bad...

@northviewryan: Nope. It's just you.

Man, I am really excited for this game. Naughty Dog is one hell of a studio.

I am so fucking excited for this game. I pray it is out by holiday '12. PLEASE NAUGHTY DOG, PLEASE!!! However, I wouldn't want them to rush to have it out by holiday 2012 and the game ends up being slapped together. But who am I kidding? It's Naughty Dog we're talking about here. These guys know nothing BUT perfection in their games.

Really excited for this game.