I can't really get excited for The Last of Us. All they want to talk about is the premise rather than how the game will play, and I've learned to become very wary over such games. So far nothing seems to suggest this will be anything else than yet another cinematic shooter. It's a shame, since there's so much untapped potential in post-apoc survival as a genre.

Yes.


False. If you buy a mid- to high-end PC you'll be able to play games for about 5 years. The graphical fidelity at which you'll be able to play said games will steadily decrease over those five years, naturally -- but then, this isn't any different than consoles (or wouldn't be, if developers didn't as a starting point hobble themselves for the consoles), and is actually a bit better because you can tweak the game to look as good as possible on your system, and you can choose to which elements you want to apply your CPU/GPU power.

And then there's overclocking.

I do agree with you. But the game is still in development and from the article in Gameinformer they don't want to say too much about the gameplay as a lot of it is still being worked on. I'm going to be following this game indefinitely as it may be the one game to get me to pull the trigger on a PS3.

First of all, I was referring to Microsoft's need to constantly change models and GB sizes. 360, 360 Pro, 360 Elite, 360 Arcade, a multitude of GB changes, a 360 that actually has built in wifi. But I am in no mood to start a flame war at 3:30 AM, so let me get to my next point. I think you also might have misread my post somewhere, but I never said that every single game on the PC was exclusive. :/

No, you just said:


You realise this is because of the expense of putting things on the consoles...

Yeah I miss read either one or two bits.
Ah right, but they're all 360s only a fool would buy one then go out and buy the rest as the became available, because like you said all it is is more memory and that can just be bought seperately anyway. Many consoles over the years have done this Playstation > PS1. PS2 > PS2 slim. Wii > Wii U. Even PCs are the same since (I'm sure you said it) the user needs to keep upgrading in order to play the next big titles. But unlike PC users console users don't need to and thats a plus for them IMO
- What flame war, I'm only talking

He's right though. Even at that thousands of the games on PC, like internet games, outdate the consoles by decades and some of the companies may not even exist now.

I love my PS3

The only Xbox 360 game I'm jealous of is Forza 4 the rest I couldn't give a [censored].

Motorstorm IS awesome.

I'm not sure I'd be able to play The Last of Us without constantly being reminded of how awesome Fallout 3 was.

I think that's why I'd enjoy it.

I'm with you.

Uncharted 2 was fun though. . .

Wrong. You only need to upgrade if you want to play the big titles at highest graphical fidelity. Toward the end of your build's life, you'll just basically be playing with console graphics instead of PC graphics.


Yes, because consoles make it prohibitively expensive to port what are really old and/or niche games. If they didn't, PC games would be on console, too. Don't blame the PC market, blame the console market.

Thinking about it, "The last of us" worries me. I see two main characters in the trailer. A father and his young teenage daughter. That to me says that I am going to have to look after this daughter for a lot of the game. Nothing infuriates me more than escort, or "Keep them alive" missions.

I can't see how the gameplay can't revolve around that mechanic. I would be much more pumped if it was just one character. I'm very curious to see how the game functions...

I'm not blaming any market. But I might blame Microsoft since there was something I heard about them and companies, that if the company didn't offer there game to them first it wouldn't be able to sell for the xbox - like if I approached Sony before Microsoft my game wouldn't be published for the Xbox. Don't know how true that is but it's rather stupid if its true.

Unless of course you have them all, in that case you just a winner like me.

Well besides the Wii that is but I plan on getting that soonish.
Why?
Clearly you haven't been keeping up on the game, shame on you.

Joel seems like a rather interesting character.Leading up to where the game takes place he's been a smuggler, running contraband in and out of safe zones. Ellie is not his daughter either, so Joel has no real attachment to her other than a promise to a dead friend. Naughty Dog has stated several times they know how much escort missions svck and that's not what the game is about. Ellie is capable but she needs Joel to help survive and visa versa. I trust Naughty Dog to do a good job on the game mechanics, they're a terrific developer and haven't disappointed me yet.

The words "PS3" and "Skyrim" are going to be in the explanation.

That's not Sony's doing, it's Bethesda's.

It's not a father and daughter. It's a hired "gun" and a girl he's been hired to take from point "a" to point "b". According to the article the way the game is supposed to be structured is the character you play is the only character you play. There girl Ellie is an NPC that you can not control. If you are in combat she is supposed to run and hide and possibly "call out" targets for you. The article said that she is not there to burden the player to "protect" her. It also said that she can also "help" you fight enemies off but didn't go into detail. It's still too early to see what the gameplay is really like though.

I'm stoked for this! Naughty Dog has never let me down yet. Oh, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8 may interest you. That fungus is what The Last of Us' zombie infection is based off, but it's not going in the direction of "GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY" with the zombies. It's all about Joel's and Ellie's survival.

No need to tell me. Tell Hackworthy.

I'm rather insulted by the assumption that I'm fool enough to blame Sony for Bethesda's incompetence. I own Skyrim on the Xbox, thank you. My hatred for Sony stems from a long line of faulty products purchased from them.

The 360 exclusive that I want are the Halo games. I have Halo 3 and Halo:Combat Evolved Anniversary, but my 360 had its second RRoD last December, and I don't think that it'll ever come back from the shop at this point...

If that's deterring you from a PS3, it shouldn't... the 360 has a far worse track record in terms of faultiness. Of course, it could be out of principle, as well, and I won't discourage that.

I really, really dislike the idea of exclusives. Buying a console is basically "Make your choice and hope for the best."

Yea I know what you mean. But who knows, this could be a very good game. But I'm not going to over-hype it, like many people are already doing. I'm just going to wait until its release and then see how it plays.

What would be the point of having multiple consoles if there were no exclusives? I see exclusives as the only point to owning a console, otherwise I'd just stick with my PC.

And hoping for the best only applies if you buy a console on or close to release day. No reason (besides impatience) one can't wait a year and then make a more informed decision.