Is it's story better than Destiny 1?

Dina's dialogue really does make you cringe sometimes. No one calls their SO "babe" in real life.

Coincidentally the game picks up once you ditch her at the theater.

i know you guys are pretty undecided about this game, but i'm supposed to have it delivered today, so rest assured, you'll all know exactly what to think very soon

too late

i don't care though, i play games for the experience, not because i need everything to be good

Quote from: Verbatim on June 22, 2020, 06:21:06 AM

i don't care though, i play games for the experience, not because i need everything to be good

play Halo!

gross

Regarding Joel killing the fireflies, if I am not mistaken it's implied this isn't the first time they have killed some "immune" person. So while Joel's decision is still selfish (although simultaneously one made out of love for another) imo it makes it more palatable. The Fireflies aren't the smartest bunch.

So I just finished the game and I really liked it.

The intro didn't hit that hard, but I'll blame that mostly on spoilers, which made it difficult to become invested in the story early on. I wish they had spent more time exploring Issac's character and the sepharite Elders. I liked how Abby's story wrapped everything up nicely, but it did try too hard to communicate this idea that 'revenge bad' or 'actions have consequences'. At its best it's a neat story with (mostly) likeable characters who have actual development, and at its worst its an above average season of The Walking Dead.

I can confidently say that Dina is the most boring character and serves no purpose other than being Ellie's gf. They try and protray her as some sort of badass, while her dialogue makes her sound dependent and clingy. The couples interactions are awful at times and we don't get to see their relationship develop much, they go from awkward crush to straight up fucking. They did a better job with Owen, as there is actauly conflict and we get to see his relationship with Abby in more depth, though as a character he's unlikeable.


I thought the game started off slow when you're trailing around with Dina, but quickly picked up and was consistently good thereafter. Though there were a lot of narrative gameplay sections which broke the momentum and felt drawn out, would have much preferred if these were more streamlined or just cutscenes. The combat feels polished and fun, and exploration/scavenging is rewarding.

Abby was a great character, her parts were just as good as Ellies, and I liked how her playstyle was fittingly more aggressive. Oftentimes stealth is much more difficult to pull off, and you're ocassionaly forced into direction confrontations. It was a nice change of pace after playing through Ellie's story.

The game looks great and some of the environments are fantastic.

I was playing on hard mode and found it very easy, mostly only died to instant kills, and recources are still abundant. I would reccomend survivalist for anyone considering playing for the best experience.

7.5/10

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Once again I'm beholden to the power of human collective consciousness in motion via memes. Huh. What a world.

Dina's dialogue really does make you cringe sometimes. No one calls their SO "babe" in real life.

Coincidentally the game picks up once you ditch her at the theater.

i will say that some of the dialogue has made me wince a bit

there's a part where ellie's talking to jesse about how joel used to think he had a crush on her, but then she said, "i'm not into your type"

you know, instead of "you're not my type" like a normal person would say

This game has a fully functioning guitar which you strum by utilizing the DS4's touchpad. Each string is designated to a specific region of the pad so that they can be played individually to your liking, and you can play thirty unique chords—all of which are named, so that even if you're musically illiterate, you can easily transpose anything you want in order to play basically any song.

0/10 game because Chad dies, though.

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