I'm apparently the oddity that really didn't like the first Last of Us and I played it prior to really being attentive to politics in games. It was just mediocre at multiple types of gameplay with a narrative on top. That wasn't really something new.
As someone who played through the Uncharted series multiple times before trying TLOU, I'm fully willing to admit my apathy towards it was most likely from being burnt out on the ND gameplay loop at that point. Additionally, the "zombies, but not zombies" angle didn't really intrigue me. By the time the second rolled around, and more information was released about it, I'd pretty much thrown in the towel.
The third-person shooting was like Resident Evil 4 with Parkinson's and all the enemies are spongy as hell. I had no desire to replay it after finishing it once, and I'm usually a sucker for these moody TPSes.
I'm apparently the oddity that really didn't like the first Last of Us and I played it prior to really being attentive to politics in games. It was just mediocre at multiple types of gameplay with a narrative on top. That wasn't really something new.
As someone who played through the Uncharted series multiple times before trying TLOU, I'm fully willing to admit my apathy towards it was most likely from being burnt out on the ND gameplay loop at that point. Additionally, the "zombies, but not zombies" angle didn't really intrigue me. By the time the second rolled around, and more information was released about it, I'd pretty much thrown in the towel.
I think it was rather good story wise but the gameplay is mid as fuck if you've ever played Uncharted.
After the 4th game with the same exact mechanics and no new innovation on the loop, its irritating.
The third-person shooting was like Resident Evil 4 with Parkinson's and all the enemies are spongy as hell. I had no desire to replay it after finishing it once, and I'm usually a sucker for these moody TPSes.