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Playing ‘The Last of Us’ For The First Time In 2022 Review - Culture Slate

The wait for one of the most anticipated games of the year is over. The remake of the 2013 PlayStation 3 title The Last of Us Part I has finally arrived on PlayStation 5. Culture Slate Dives into the good and the bad of the game and what they think day 1 of the games release

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Knushwood Butt648d ago

'The price of the game is defiantly a con'.

I think you mean, 'definitely'. Unless you mean Sony are defiantly conning consumers out of 70 clams.

SullysCigar648d ago

Ahhh, journalism in 2022, don't you just love it?

When you're writing a review for a game that's been lavished with such care and attention as this one has, show it some respect and proof read before publishing!

CultureSlate648d ago

Any editing mistakes we made in publishing can be fixed! Is there something specific we can fix for you? Things happen in editing and sometimes we miss some things. If you can let us know what we missed we can fix it asap. I just sent it back to the editing team to see if anything they can see needs to be fixed.

neomahi648d ago

Guess they didn't learn in English class that you have three people proof read it before you submit it..... People are just lazy and want to get it out the door to start getting views and try and make them some money

Knushwood Butt648d ago

@ Culture

It is called out above!

SeTTriP647d ago

That score for this game under any circumstance is lol 😆

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jznrpg647d ago

Conning ? You either buy it or you don’t . It’s up to you .

Rainbowcookie648d ago

Is it a ripoff to someone who never played it or only to those that own it already? I mean if you do just leave it be , if not buy it if its your thing...or wait for it to be marked down... why is this still a thing. Its like you walk past an artist's work and then try to haggle him.for a lower price , while you know he poured his heart and soul into his work...and then you continue asking him to lower his price while back at home his family is starving...I know far fetched...or it it.

Loktai648d ago (Edited 648d ago )

Well.... I would agree with you if they hadn't been milking the original game via digital sales for almost a decade they've released and updated the game multiple times now but the expensive part - motion capture and voice work and all the time storyboarding and making the engine , composing the sound track, was done a decade ago and paid for itself many times over already.

Giving the game a light face lift a decade after the fact and charging the same as a game built from scratch nobody has ever seen or played on multiple consoles before is the complaint.

VersusDMC648d ago

Mario kart 8 is still 60 and it released in 2014. There's no discussion about that.

Redoing every texture in the game is not simply a face lift. It's the most expensive part of making a game. It's the main reason developers use outsorcing for. And it is the part of the game people who give the game a 7 will admit is stunning.

CS7647d ago

@VersusDMC

Yes there is discussion around that.

Would you really like full priced games for an entire decade to become the standard?

Then why in the world are you defending it?

Mario Kart 8 should not be 60
Tlou Pt 1 should not be 70

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jBlakeeper648d ago

It’s definitely not a ripoff if you’ve never played it. But that’s a sin to have never played this game before.

SixFrvgz647d ago

Terrible analogy. The situation you tried to create above is in no way shape or form related to the specific situation that is The Last of Us.

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neomahi648d ago

Wait.... Really? It took you all the way until the PS5 to play The Last of Us? Or it's just the first time you've played The Last of Us Part I on the PS5 then, cause that's gonna be pretty much everyone. If not.... What gives? What took so long?

LoveSpuds648d ago (Edited 648d ago )

We all got gaps in our gaming 'career'. There are plenty of masterpieces I have missed out on over the years, I guess that's the case for this reviewer.

ClayRules2012648d ago

You’d be surprised by how often people miss out on these big, well know, AAA titles from PlayStation, whether they have a PlayStation or not. Some of my good friends that have had PS for years haven’t played the masterclass series that’s Uncharted, which just still blows my mind, and they love story driven games. It happens.

jjb1981648d ago

A lot of PC players have never played any PS exclusives and are now. Some are getting Sony games on PC and some purchase a PS5 just to play the exclusives. There are a lot of people that still haven't. This game is definitely worth $60 on PS5 for someone that has never played it. For experienced players of TLoU, they should definitely wait until $30 or less to replay it. $70 is a total ripoff if you've already played it.

CultureSlate647d ago

I own the remaster, I bought it shortly after Part II came out and I tried playing it and every time I did I would get dizzy. A lot of the PS3 / XBox 360 gen games made me dizzy idk why. Thats why I have never played the full game. I love Part II so much as well.

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hiawa23648d ago (Edited 648d ago )

I loved the PS3 version, have about 200 hours into the remaster and I absolutely love the improvements and love and care ND put into the PS5 remake, that in my mind warrants the price tag they are asking. Digital Foundry did a great job highlighting the improvements.
https://youtu.be/0mv0dAwPqC...

ClayRules2012648d ago

Yeah, the PS3 version was a masterpiece, as was the PS4 version, addIng improved visuals, buttery smooth 60fps😊 I don’t remember what/if anything else. But, it was AWESOME!

I’m really glad you’ve been loving the added improvements to Part 1 and feel that in and of itself warrants the $70 price tag for you.

My son having just bought The Last of Us Part 1 for his PS5 yesterday, he has friends over until Monday, those friends haven’t played TLoU before, but they’re absolutely loving Part 1’s story and enjoying the gameplay on offer here, which is great to see and hear all of their reactions! After they beat Part 1 here soon they’ll be moving onto Part 2 tonight!!

CultureSlate647d ago

I think that the $70 is a bit much but honestly well worth it to me as someone who loves the game and very excited to experience it on PS5.

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Neil Druckmann: Philosopher gamer behind 'The Last of Us'

who is now the sole leader of Naughty Dog, “I promise you, we will not be ‘The Last of Us’ studio forever.” Numerous games, he said, are in the works, including “multiple single-player projects.

Lightning779d ago

I know he has a celebrity like status but unless he's announcing his game soon idc what he has to say from this point on.

We need announcement something from him.

Crows907d ago

The dude is a nobody. He's also wrong. Naughty dog is the uncharted and Jak daxter studio.

They only made one universally praised last of us game. They're not know as "the last of us studio" but they are currently known as the "remake" studio.

Lightning777d ago

I like his games tbh I'm just more upset at the fact that he's been talking and talking and not showing anything. I'm an actual fan of his work, don't cars if that's that's a popular take or not.

If he has nothing to show or talk about. I don't care about his interviews, his red carpet appearances or what's next for last Of Us 2 TV, leave that to Hollywood. You don't see SP, Bend, or any other studio doing what he's doing. They're remaining quiet and focused as most PS studios do. He should do the same. The next thing I wanna hear him say is "now heres our game" we know that probably won't be for another year or so, so he needs to remain silent and stay out of the limelight for awhile.

AsunaYuukiTheFlash7d ago

You are wrong. LOU2 won a lot of GOTY and was highly rated. It's okay to dislike the game but saying that ND just made one critical acclaimed LOU game is just hating at this point.

rippermcrip8d ago

Kind of a weird interview. No substance, hardly any questions. It's almost like they forgot to post the whole thing or something.

neomahi8d ago

Oh brother...... It's like a balloon filling with helium. He's got nothing new to say. Naughty Dog went from being a studio of numerous developers to being about him and what HE does. Bruce Straley was the co-creator of The Last of Us, and he left--I think for the same reason Christophe Balestra left and since then, Naughty Dog haven't been the same. PlayStation is incredibly woke, as all businesses seem to be these days, ignorant to what's really going on sacrificing the greater for peanuts, but I think they left because of the uprising political atmosphere. They knew there was nothing they could do about it and an attempt to try and combat it, in today's society would end them up in legal trouble so, they just left, what else can you do when the opposition behaves like a child, screams and yells louder than you want to in raged fits, and will throw lawsuits at you at whatever chance they can, but you don't play that way, so they left. And Naughty Dog hasn't been the same since.

Naughty Dog was huge at one time! They were the underdog that became the top dog but, the direction it's fine, just watch and wait. It's ego, and Druckmanns ego of thinking they're untouchable and can just coast along, will drop them rock bottom, in due time, they could see the same fate as Xbox's teams met. Fans will turn on Naughty Dog because A) Naughty Dog aren't producing, they're not what they once were.
B) Gamers ARE growing tired of the woke culture overtaking their lifetime hobby. They're just more silent about it, it's the quiet cool

anast8d ago

Non of this makes sense. I would like to think you didn't spend too much time writing it.

Crows907d ago

I hope you didn't spend much time reading..it...cuz obviously you didnt understand it. But that's okay. There's many other comments to read...

MIDGETonSTILTS178d ago

You project your own views on the world, and that is a mistake.

Crows907d ago

Um...so you project someone else view on the world? What are you talking about?! We all project our view on the world lol...smh

anast7d ago

It's called perspective. I understand that. But I don't understand the poster.

smashman987d ago

you know it's not his fault that people are interested in what he says, right?

Also, Naughty Dog is bigger than ever.

Crows907d ago

Smaller....where's their last big game? Yeah...I remember when they were actually releasing heavy hitters.

smashman986d ago

@Crows90 It was in 2020 and despite what a vocal minority says it was critically acclaimed and the 2020 game of the year. Not only that but The Last of Us is also a critically acclaimed television series and PlayStation's most successful foray into Film and TV yet.

So yes, Naughty Dog is bigger than ever, and just because you don't vibe with them or whatever does not change that fact.

anast8d ago

He's a solid theatre arts person, but he's not a philosopher. Being good at one thing doesn't mean he's Descartes.

DarXyde7d ago

I believe that philosophers are more principled than Druckmann, to be honest. It's fascinating that The Last of Us Part II was literally inspired by the Israel-Palestine conflict and was a needed commentary on humanity and ending the cycle of violence, only to have some questionable commentary after 7 October.

I don't hate the guy as some others seem to. He's been a big part of some great games, but I'll never understand the obsession with hanging on all of his statements.

Chard7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

That's a good point in relation to 7 Oct - a far more important issue where valid criticisms could have been made of this guy, but most here seem thoroughly distracted by trivial issues

anast7d ago

@DarXyde

Like all artists he has a signature. People that have an agenda will try to look for that signature and use it. This is why a lot of "journalist/game influencers" hang on every word. Most of us just enjoy his work and get hyped when he mentions something about a possible new game.

@Chard
"a far more important issue where valid criticisms could have been made of this guy"

Which is?

MIDGETonSTILTS178d ago

Sony should try and stay radio silence outside of hard reveals.

It’s painful to wait for any info at all, but it’s less painful than skimming an interview that avoids all details whatsoever.

Commit to radio silence, Sony. You can afford to leverage the trust in gaming output that you’ve cultivated.

anast7d ago

That wouldn't be a smart decision. There must be a constant stream of connection in today's world.

MIDGETonSTILTS175d ago

When a constant stream of connection delays a game 1-2 years, and said games take 5 years to make anyways…. Sony fans are better off trusting Sony to deliver than expecting frequent confirmation.

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The Sounds of the Fireflies ("The Last of Us") concert kicks-off on April 28th, 2024

"The Game Music Foundation are today very proud and pleased to announce an additional concert, circling back to the roots of Game Muisic Festival in Poland. On April 28th, 2024, the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw will once again become a place to celebrate the art of video game music, featuring scores from The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II." - The Game Music Foundation.

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The Last Of Us Series Has Remarkable Potential For Spin-Offs

Najam from eXputer writes "It's time fore a new installment in the series, not another pointless remaster."

anast131d ago

They are working on something new. Not to be rude but it is impossibility stupid to think ND next major announcement is going to be a remaster or their next Last of Us entry is going to be another remaster.

AlterRecs128d ago

I think this is in response to them releasing a remaster for the sequel, a game that didn't need a remaster.

Basically a "why did you put out a remaster no one asked for when you have all there options available"

anast128d ago

They remaster is to put out something quick while they are deving new stuff. I don't get how people can be so static.

AlterRecs127d ago

There's no news about a third game being in production, you're just assuming that they're working on something that they aren't

anast127d ago

When they release the news to start the hype-train, you can give me my props then.

DrDoomer131d ago

I want an alternate timeline spin-off, where part 2 never happened.

CrimsonWing69131d ago

They’ve already done Remasters of 1 and 2… what else is there to Remaster?

AlterRecs128d ago

Considering they remastered the first game twice, who knows lol

CrimsonWing69128d ago

That was a Remake. I guess they could do that to 2, but man…. They should wait a couple generations so it can look like a major upgrade.