Last of Us is a game that is not supposed to be fun. For example Personally I noramlly have nothing against violence in video games but the way it is shown in Last of us makes me uncomfortable. The way how these people actually act like they are really dying and grabbing on your arm and struggling etc is really tough to watch in my opinion.

Walking Dead was also a game I never really had fun with. But It was a fantastic experience and a great ride of emotions.

Yup - I'm thinking my extra terrified-ness will add to it in the end.

We'll see.

I swear I won't chicken out - no matter what!!

Nope, I posted this in another thread but I think all the excitement for new consoles has totally killed the excitement for this game for me. Also doesn't help that this comes out during summer, I don't typically play games during summer.

If Joel dies in this and that the reason people are calling this the most emotional game ever i'm gonna call bullshit.

No. I am not interested in this game at all.

Don't give into the hype. If you aren't feeling it, don't push yourself.

I know ND can make great games, but I also know that I have no interest in fighting zombie-esque monsters or scrounging for materials. All the reviews in the world aren't going to make that prospect appealing to me

i'm going to wait until after e3 to see if there's any relevant announcements (news on gaikai, cross-plat ports, etc.)...but this probably is the game that pushes me over the tipping-point into picking up a ps3. i was already most-of-the-way there, but the buzz on this game is probably the last straw. and if they announce a major price cut to the ps3, it's probably more financially sound to buy a fully-featured console at the end of a generation than a full-price new gen system at full cost. we'll see.

This game isn't my thing. I mean I own Walking Dead on two platforms and still haven't played it yet. I'll buy it but I need to be in the mood to play it.

Game has too many embargo's IMO. I feel like reviewers were told not to reveal something that is potentially wrong with the game to get early reviews. From all the game play i've seen, it seems a little dumb (crouching to get passed blind zombies?). I need to see a little more of it honestly before i cop it, albeit i've liked every naughty dog game i've ever played though lol.

Already pre-ordered from Amazon without caring about the reviews.

Yep, definitely getting it on release. The review scores have only confirmed what I already suspected about this game.

@jimbo: I absolutely agree with you. Why do critics have a tendency to do that? It seems every highly-anticipated game can do no wrong in their eyes, and then once they read user reactions, their praise simmers down and they start accepting a more accurate criticism of the game that becomes their own. It really bums me out.

But the difference is Chris Kohler actully has a POINT OF VIEW. I think Last of Us will be a great game, but I too think you could have made the same game without killing or putting so much emphasis on any killing as to change the game.

I don't often get into "what this game SHOULD have been" discussions. But, I don't mind the mental exercise of what a game could be, in fact some game which are very good are surprisingly interesting to consider differently. There have been three games out this years where I feel "not shooting, not killing" would have been valid choices if the developers had has the strength to try - Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, and The Last of Us.

Too many games seem to present the puzzle of interactions with people, animals, or just a barrel minding ist own business as and either/or shoot OR sneak. Shoot the man, animal, or barrel, sneak past the man, animal, or barrel (btw: that barrel totally saw you - its a barrel, not a bumbling Don Knotts stand in!)

Sure, out of Crystal D, Irrational Games, or Naughty Dog I think only the folks at the 'Dog Pound' could pull off an non-shooting & non-violence action/adventure game in one try; but that does not make the task impossible for any developer. I don't even think it would be hard, but the idea of the 'shooting mechanic' is so ingrained that everyone on the team would have to make a huge effort in level design, story, and game mechanics to do it non-violently. Most games are about moving from situations where you feel a vacuum of empowerment into a situation where you feel you have empowerment. The trick with a non-violent game is then to create situations of gameplay where talking, moving objects, bluffing, threatening and other actions can be used moved by player interactions from the lack of empowerment to the acquisition of empowerment.

to answer your Question - ahem - does the Pope wear a hat?

I was going to pick up Naughty Dogs next game regardless of reviews.

I'm interested in playing it because it is apparently really good, but I don't own a PS3 anymore and I'm not buying another one this late in the cycle. With luck, this game will be available on the PS4 at some point over Gaikai or whatever.

I'm still thinking over if i'm picking it up now or wait for a price drop. I'm definitely picking it up someday.

As for the reviews, the real criticisms will happen in 2-3 weeks. There are always 2-3 games every years that comes out where 95% of reviewers trade in their critique's outfit for the fanboy one only to come to their senses a couple weeks after the fact. No doubt this game is great but after reading and watching a couple reviews i see nothing new in there. Just the same old gameplay, extremely well done and polished, but still nothing new in the slightest. Exactly the same kind of content that would get any other similar games good and even great reviews but not this universal praise of greatness we're seeing here.

Kinda like Bioshock Infinite. Every reviewer was in love and then 2 weeks passed and all of a sudden there is this little bit here, or that gameplay quirk there that aren't so great, or maybe some story beats could have been done better etc. No one made a 180 on their overall view of the game but it's easy to tell that a lot of reviewers let the hype get to them and that most think that maybe the game is merely great and not the greatest game in the history of games they made it up to be at first.

I'm waiting for a price drop, and to know what the DLC will be. I don't feel the desire to shell out 60€ (or 75€ for the colector's edition) and another 10-20€ for the single player DLC.

I don't know if I have the money to outright buy the game when it is released, but I will be hopefully getting it from gamefly a couple days after release. I was pretty excited prior to release and even more excited now -though I wish the game came out on tuesday and not friday. I really don't want to have to wait so long!

I wish I could but I don't have a PS3. If it wasn't for State of Decay coming out this week, I'd feel like even more of a dope for buying a 360 this generation. Once I'm done with that though, I've got to pool together some money to buy a PS3.

I'll pick it up after my finals week.

Am on a media black-out pretty much since the first trailer, just checked the metacritic and browsed the scores. The 10s just don't end, and the lowest ratings are by reviewers whose opinions I don't care for - and even those are high. So yes - day 1 purchase for me. Looking forward to it.

I can't afford it. I also had the ending spoiled for me. So there's that.

Pre-ordered on Newegg when the had it for $49.99 + free ship. I wont get it the day of release, it will take a few days to arrive in the mail. But I don't mind waiting a couple extra days to save ten bucks.

Naughty Dog = must buy for me.

@hailinel: Your not alone my friend. Project X Zone's release is going to be my Christmas!

But on the topic, I'm not getting it due to lack of interest in these style of games, but I am happy to see a game like this one getting alot of respect and praise from the community and for those who are anticipating it should be happy for it's early success.

Going to pick it up at Redbox after E3. I don't know why more people don't rent it. $4 gets you the game for 3 days if you rent it after midnight. Then buy the game when it costs nothing later to play the DLC. I don't remember the last time I payed more that $50 for a game, way too expensive. I had a code when Infinite came out and beat that game for free.

Nah. When it's a lot cheaper, maybe I'll try it. I'm sure it is good, but I'm just recently finding western games to be less interesting, even when they look really well made.

Easily going to GOTY, so yeah.

I preordered it this afternoon actually. The cover on the Ellie Edition looks so nice, so I got that one.

I buy every naughty dog game, so yes.

Sure am! I got the digital pre-order because I am not in the US right now, and new games cost over $100 US here :(

I planned to buy it even before reviews hit so yay?

Can't afford it. I just bought a vita and then my ps3 went ylod. So I picked up a new slim. The vault is empty for another month.

Especially can't afford it since all these 10/10 reviews are keeping the price up nice and high. No deals to be found. it's a shame it won't sell great. couple of million is all a ps3 exclusive can hope for.

I will definitely play this game later on since it's Naughty Dog, but June is Animal Crossing month. Actually, June is State of Decay and Animal Crossing month, but mostly Animal Crossing.

As an actual video game one plays, Last of Us seems a bit dry, middling, and even frustrating. And a sufficient number of reviews from reputable sources have been less than favorable enough for me to wait to get this on the cheap, if at all.

Nope; I don't own a PS3 and this game isn't convincing me to buy one.

Getting it digitally. Is there any reason to preorder it digitally? Does it have bonuses or something?

Scarcity!

@orange_pork said:

On the AUS PSN there's two different digital packages, one with the OST + other goodies, the other with some multiplayer bonuses.

The main thing about the digital download is apparently ND has wizarded up a way to play it while it's downloading - so for me, it's going to be a trial of things to come with the PS4.

For surely. But truth be told this game had me at Naughty Dog developed new IP. The only thing that would have dissuaded me from purchasing is poor reviews across the board, for design flaws that I care about*.

* sometimes games get poor reviews for being deficient in an area that doesn't make a difference to me. I will happily pick up a poorly reviewed game if that game earned those poor reviews as a result of some problem that hasn't bothered me in the past and won't in the future. So for example, maybe a game earns a poor review because the multiplayer is a tacked on afterthought. I don't play multiplayer so that's no problem for me. In this specific instance, I completely understand where Chris Kohler is coming from with his review, and I absolutely respect him for writing it. But, I don't care about that side of it.

Pre-ordered about a month ago. I knew I'll buy it when that VGA trailer hit, so yeah. I rarely get truly excited about vidya and the last game this gen that had me this pumped pre-release was Red Dead Redemption, which is one of 5 of my favorite games of all time.

I will watch this game's story on YouTube.

First game I've pre-ordered since GTA IV. Getting the disc.

@darji:

I'm sorry for the late reply. Also, in hindsight my comment seems needlessly inflammatory, sorry for that too.

I'm having about the same standpoint as @jimbo I guess, the game seems to be the industry darling right now. All the hyberbole and almost unanimous flawless reviews makes me wary. I have been burnt before on games heralded as the Citizen Kane of gaming and other such nonsense (Bioshock comes to mind) and would rather wait six months and see what people think of it then.

I'm sure TLoU is a fine game, however historically I haven't been in the business of playing games for the epic storytelling, especially since that has always been the part that fails to impress me. Maybe my standards are too high, or maybe they are too low, I love me some maudlin MGS bs... Honestly I'm not sure if I've become too cynical and jaded or it's actually a case of what I percieve to be 'please take us serious'-videogame storytelling. It's hard to tell these days you know...

To end on a positive note, this has actually made me wanna try out the game...

The game looks pretty cool but I don't own a PS3 and don't plan on buying one unless I find one on firesale with the new console releases. I was able to play the Uncharted games at friends' houses because they're pretty quick but this game's length would probably make that impossible. I also don't really care for survival/horror as a genre so don't feel any real pull to play it either.