Rate The Last Game You FINISHED..

[FSLAR]

I love TLOU with every fiber in my body, but just like Uncharted, the brain-dead A.I puts me into a fit of rage all the time. And the less said about the unbalanced multiplayer, the better.

I just hope Uncharted 4 will improve upon that since TLOU and Uncharted are technically siblings.

More like TLOU is the child of it since same engine and so on Crash Bandicoot and Jak are like the older siblings and theoretically uncles.

TLOU is a great game still though, and the AI does suck. Almost as bad as MGS AI >.>

 

[Brandoloneous]

The Last Of Us is one of my favorite games, from a narrative stand point alone it ranks as one of the best games ever. I think the game even tops some Academy Award winning films in its approach to story telling and character development.

Agreed. Same can be said with Until Dawn and the **** horror movies we get now a days as well as Uncharted and the **** action movies we've gotten the past decade.

 

[Solidus]

TLOU has a fantastic story, and I agree with Brando, it's very much on par with a Hollywood film. But, as game, it doesn't have a lot of replayability. All of the emotional impact I felt the first time I played it, was completely diminished with a second playthough in TLOUR. To me, it's more like an interactive film than a true video game, in a traditional sense. I appreciate TLOU for its art and story, but that's about it.

In comparison to JRPGs, there are many of them that have a great balance of storyline and gameplay, without favoring one over the other. I loved how there were multiple ways of approaching Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, FF VI, and Xenogears and I've replayed them all countless times throughout the years. I remember Nintendo blew their entire development budget on Ocarina of Time, and it truly showed. It's probably the most well-polished game I ever played in the 90s (I'd say even more, than MGS 1).

This man here

Yeah, OoT is the shizzle . It's the only game I ever skipped school to play. I really need to get a Wii and catch up on the series.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Eh... I think TLOU is one of the best story-driven games I've played. But, it's definitely not the best game, ever. That would have to go to Ocarina of Time.

The Last Of Us is one of my favorite games, from a narrative stand point alone it ranks as one of the best games ever. I think the game even tops some Academy Award winning films in its approach to story telling and character development.

It's the most compelling game I've ever played. Personally, I think it's the only love story (father to daughter) in a game that I actually bought into 100%.

 

[Solidus]

I wish I could rep you for that .

 

[Jameson Rook]

TLOU is what Metal Gear should have evolved into. Heck, I had the same sentiments years back when playing Uncharted 2.

 

[Solidus]

I think Kojima seriously attempted a TLOU-type story in MGV . He overestimated himself as a writer and auteur, and deluded himself into thinking that he still had tremendous impact on the industry. But, as a result the last game in his legacy is meme-worthy at best.

 

[FSLAR]

Yeah, OoT is the shizzle . It's the only game I ever skipped school to play. I really need to get a Wii and catch up on the series.

I contemplated that so much growing up with the game There's a reason that game's scores are still high even during its re-releases. Getting a Wii....you could do the same with the Wii U and also get the hand held games but the Wii is so dirt cheap at this point, you might as well just get that. Plus the Wii u is so

It's the most compelling game I've ever played. Personally, I think it's the only love story (father to daughter) in a game that I actually bought into 100%.

Yeah, even though you get the idea early on, it's still done pretty well. Naughty Dog really knew what they were doing with it. That said, I still find some defenses against it not being even a good game pitiful, like "The Walking Dead is a better game due to its open ended story" I mean, one is an survival-adventure game, one is a ******* point and click game with source material to work with. That's like comparing Metal Gear and Uncharted

...not gonna respond to that Ocelot gif though

TLOU is what Metal Gear should have evolved into. Heck, I had the same sentiments years back when playing Uncharted 2.

I think Kojima seriously attempted a TLOU-type story in MGV . He overestimated himself as a writer and auteur, and deluded himself into thinking that he still had tremendous impact on the industry. But, as a result the last game in his legacy is meme-worthy at best.

I remember seeing some comparisons between the two like the art

In terms of story, totally. It would have worked by far. But no, Kojima let his ego and weirdness go to his head I gotta say though, the PR really hurt that game's credibility to a lot of us. It's really pitiful when you think about it, he just had to make those statements since the game was getting forgotten by other 2015 greats like Arkham Knight.

 

[higgins1989]

When a game truly makes you care about and feel for the characters and story, you know that it is a success in some capacity. Part of me truly wants a TLOU sequel but part of me says no its perfect.

Anyone remeber the ISH character who was a captain and built the community in the tunnels, I would love to see a Last Of Us game focusing on him.

 

[Snake Plissken]

When a game truly makes you care about and feel for the characters and story, you know that it is a success in some capacity. Part of me truly wants a TLOU sequel but part of me says no its perfect.

Anyone remeber the ISH character who was a captain and built the community in the tunnels, I would love to see a Last Of Us game focusing on him.

I remember Ish. That was a nice little story within a story when you're going through the sewers to that small town.

 

[FSLAR]

inFAMOUS 2 - 8/10. Needed more karmic choices, some story fine tuning and better mission design and less of those god forsaken demon monsters things. I ****ing hated fighting those, it wasn't fun and it dragged. Otherwise, solid sequel to the first game.

GTA V (PS4) - 9/10. I wish I bought this on release for PS3 (even though I got to play it with my cousin a lot of times), but PS4 was just as fine. Great campaign, great everything...except multiplayer which I never touched, but I can barely find anything wrong with this game. Might just be an absolute favorite of mine.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Resident Evil Zero: Remastered - 8/10

A solid upgrade from the GC version. Visually it's 10x better than the REmake. Although, this was never a favorite RE of mine but still a solid entry.

 

[FSLAR]

Splinter Cell: Blacklist - 8/10

Played on Realistic last year, went and revisited to play on Perfectionist. Still holds up great, especially after trying out some new things. Might re-visit again to try out Panther and Assault styles. Probably my go to for any recent stealth games. At least over another very recent one.

 

[Dellyboy]

Assassin's Creed; Black Flag 9/10

God Dammmnn, i didn't want this game to end! Thankfully, though Ive completed the main story there is still much to explore, plunder & pillage. Infact i've not seen a game so packed with mini side games. Set at sea, you can hunt sea creatures, dive down to the ocean bed to find hidden booty on sunken wrecks, & fight the navy and capture their ships to add to your own fleet, all whilst your crew keep you entertained with amazing shanty songs. The story was interesting with A very likeable Welsh rogue for a lead character Edward Kenway.
Solid gameplay on shore and off, with a very atmospheric soundtrack, with the naval warfare being the most enjoyable. So glad i picked this game up, as ive only played AC1 (which i found rather dull) and brotherhood (which i thoroughly enjoyed) LOVED IT

 

[Python]

South park: the stick of truth 9/10

Brilliant! Loved every second of it, anybody who even remotely enjoys humor in general should play this gem of a game...

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

Assassin's Creed; Black Flag 9/10

God Dammmnn, i didn't want this game to end! Thankfully, though Ive completed the main story there is still much to explore, plunder & pillage. Infact i've not seen a game so packed with mini side games. Set at sea, you can hunt sea creatures, dive down to the ocean bed to find hidden booty on sunken wrecks, & fight the navy and capture their ships to add to your own fleet, all whilst your crew keep you entertained with amazing shanty songs. The story was interesting with A very likeable Welsh rogue for a lead character Edward Kenway.
Solid gameplay on shore and off, with a very atmospheric soundtrack, with the naval warfare being the most enjoyable. So glad i picked this game up, as ive only played AC1 (which i found rather dull) and brotherhood (which i thoroughly enjoyed) LOVED IT

I know next to nothing about this series, but I recently found 'Revelations' & 'Brotherhood' NEW - & dirt cheap, at local retail, so I grabbed them.

Apparently there's a few entries that are somewhat 'filler'-esque, & it seems 1 & 2 are the best from what I've read.

Still, I'm looking forward to playing the ones I found at some stage, even if the premise of AC doesn't really float my boat.

 

[Solidus]

Assassin's Creed; Black Flag 9/10

God Dammmnn, i didn't want this game to end! Thankfully, though Ive completed the main story there is still much to explore, plunder & pillage. Infact i've not seen a game so packed with mini side games. Set at sea, you can hunt sea creatures, dive down to the ocean bed to find hidden booty on sunken wrecks, & fight the navy and capture their ships to add to your own fleet, all whilst your crew keep you entertained with amazing shanty songs. The story was interesting with A very likeable Welsh rogue for a lead character Edward Kenway.
Solid gameplay on shore and off, with a very atmospheric soundtrack, with the naval warfare being the most enjoyable. So glad i picked this game up, as ive only played AC1 (which i found rather dull) and brotherhood (which i thoroughly enjoyed) LOVED IT

It's definitely my favorite game of the series outside of the Ezio trilogy.

 

[FSLAR]

Black Flag gave me hope for the series, that they can do a good non-Ezio game, and something completely different too! Then Unity happened Syndicate is fine, but I feel like Unity still left a bad taste for people. And Unity is still kind of glitchy soooo, yeah

Sly Cooper and the Theivus Racoonus - 8/10. Revisited since I was curious about some things I heard on PS2, after I tried the HD Collection. Great time still, only a few bad spots, and it's pretty short.

Splatoon - 7.5/10. Basing off single player only, it's all right as a new shooter from Nintendo but it's pretty formula based and sorta predictable at times.

 

[Baneofdemon22]

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (PS3): 7.5/10

I didn't technically "finish" the game, although I did watch the game's cutscenes in their entirety via YouTube. I played through approximately 50% of the game last year (I lost interest before completion), so I thoroughly understood the aspect of gameplay when considering my score; and that's an objective score, by the way. If I were to impart any bias, I'd have given it a six at most, and the weakened score is primarily because of the game's narrative.

That isn't to say that the story was necessarily "bad," but its sporadic delivery amounted to something weirdly incohesive. Having said that, everything that I dislike about TPP made itself known before I completed the game: its voice acting, derivative story, and intangible lack of soul.

MGS 1-3 are Metal Gear, to me. While MGS4 was ultimately disappointing in its execution, it isn't too far behind.

If you ask me, MGS5 is undeserving of the title of "Metal Gear."

I agree with you with you. I listened to podcasts and lectures the whole time I played, so that's probably why I got more enjoyment than some, but if it wasn't for them, I would have been bored (Although, I did get really bored later on and ended up selling my copy at around 50% completion). During that time I had the most fun that I ever had playing a video game in my entire life, and it was the first time I was addicted. I also didn't hold the MGS stories to a high standard, so that probably also contributed to my enjoyment. I liked the characters, designs, gameplay, and certain ideas (when Kojima wasn't constantly lecturing or preaching to me, which is why I preferred MGS3's story the most), but I felt like the voice acting, dialogue, and directing were on the level of cheesy 90s children cartoons.

However, I do agree that MGS-MGS3 is the core MGS story, and stuff got way out of hand. I was a big Big Boss fan so I really tried to defend certain aspects of with how his character was handled in later stories, but I constantly had to reconcile with certain story aspects, and if I had to do that, there was probably something wrong. I really tried to defend his regression in Peace Walker, and his choices in MGSV, but now that I'm burnt out on the series, I can be a bit more objective! I really liked Old Snake in MGS4 for personal reasons, but I now believe he was thrown under the bus and the focus on Big Boss watered down his character. I just didn't like the speeches Solid Snake gave in the previous game, and since Kojima didn't do that with Big Boss in MGS3, I preferred him. However, I think if Kojima productions hired a new writer, I would have preferred Solid Snake because his founding of Philanthropy makes him really strong as a protagonist. Unfortunately, it's way easier to write stories tearing down heroes than building them up because you have to be way more creative to keep them interesting. As a comic book fan, I've experienced that a lot with a lot of writers who don't know what to do with characters since they've been around for so long. It's a tough job! Although, I think the Big Boss' story pretty much wrote itself with all the Foxhound elements from the original MGS for MGSV so I don't know what happened.

 

[FSLAR]

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (PS3): 7.5/10

I didn't technically "finish" the game, although I did watch the game's cutscenes in their entirety via YouTube. I played through approximately 50% of the game last year (I lost interest before completion), so I thoroughly understood the aspect of gameplay when considering my score; and that's an objective score, by the way. If I were to impart any bias, I'd have given it a six at most, and the weakened score is primarily because of the game's narrative.

That isn't to say that the story was necessarily "bad," but its sporadic delivery amounted to something weirdly incohesive. Having said that, everything that I dislike about TPP made itself known before I completed the game: its voice acting, derivative story, and intangible lack of soul.

MGS 1-3 are Metal Gear, to me. While MGS4 was ultimately disappointing in its execution, it isn't too far behind.

If you ask me, MGS5 is undeserving of the title of "Metal Gear."

I feel like if you finished mission 33 I think, where you had some sort of 'ending' and real 'credits sequence', then you don't really need to come back anymore.

This isn't everything, but this certainly defines a lot of my problems with the game, and I feel like you wrote out a good explanation of what's wrong with this game. Though I'd give it a lower score personally but that's me.

The fact that MGS had half assed voice acting was enough for me to realize "something is not right here". I might...might return to 'truly' finish the game, but atm, I'm not too bothered.