Moto70 wrote:

I bought First Blood on BluRay a few months ago, shame the rest of the films ruined the view of those that haven't seen it.

He doesn't actually kill anyone in it, which really hardly anyone acknowledged. Unless you count the idiot leaning out the chopper.

Finished it. Pretty good, and probably one of the better story games Ive played in recent years. Also probably one of the better zombie stories since World War Z (book) and pisses all over the rubbish that is Walking Dead and all the nonsensical dumb-dumb decisions that cast of characters make. It doesnt live up to the retarded hyperbole circulating the wider interwebs however.

My complaints would be:
1. Gameplay is stock standard action-adventure. This means a bit of being led by the nose.
2. Scrounging around for collectibles becomes tedious (Deus Ex-ish)
3. Some insta-kill scenarios result in farcical levels of replay-replay-replay-replay. At least loading is quick.
4. It's very linear (an open small country town would be ace).
5. Some AI enemies spaz out in ways Ive not seen since Rainbow Six 3 terrorist hunts. Soldier runs in circles then you go to grab him and he pins you to the wall.

Now for the praises
1. Visuals - is this really running on PS3? Framerate was smooth as silk too.
2. Atmosphere - some incredibly tense moments, especially in lower levels of abandoned buildings.
3. Weapon upgrade/crafting system - simple, but fun. Like in MGS3 sort of.
4. The characters were plausible. No Jesus-syndrome like Halo/Mass Effect etc.
5. Gunplay was great. Lots of weapons to try out and led to some very adaptable combat situations. I really think this could be expanded on in a town siege scenario too.

All in all a good fun game with some minor niggles and a major improvement on Uncharted 3 (and 2 for that matter). 9 shattered testicles out of 10.

Re-reading that, I sound more negative than I mean to. I did enjoy it vastly more than I expected to, but am a bit subdued because it wasn't new. Kind of like how the second Hobbit movie was really enjoyable, but held no surprises.

For me, the highlight was Winter.

Vela wrote:

Re-reading that, I sound more negative than I mean to.

Nah, I got what you meant, fully agree &, like you, also enjoyed it.  Also enjoyed reading your updates.

I am considering getting some Last Of Us artwork. Digital prints. Mounted on acrylic glass. Same place as my Journey one, from Cook and Becker.

Started this last night, so far totally not what I was expecting. I felt totally deflated when I dropped into the first shooty area with a liberal spattering of crates organised in no discernable way other then to provide cover. Having just meet the girl, and guessing what's going on because I've seen children of men, I'm feeling a little indifferent. Hoping it picks up.

I'd say go up a difficulty level as well, even for your first playthrough.

I would have struggled with no wall hack!

That it certainly would.

It was a decent enough way of representing irl awareness, I thought.  He can hear stuff nearby, it's not that much of a stretch for a videogame.

Played a couple more hours, stuck in a room being insta killed by a clicker. I just want to sneak past and escape I don't want to spend hours fighting zombies.

I snuck past nearly all of them.

Aye.

Hmm, disregard the above. Played a few more games tonight and found that without decent teamates to pin the enemy back you are screwed. Nothing OP here. MP is absolutely lone wolf proof.

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/02/13/new-last-us-left-behind-dlc-trailer-debuts/

Handily it goes live at 6 a.m. GMT. Will start the download, and set the venerable PStriple to turn itself off when complete. Can't wait to play this tomorrow night.