The Last of Us Part 2 |OT| Play Phase

the-pi-guy · Jun 22, 2020, 04:57 AM

I'm still only around the 5 hour point.

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Xevross · Jun 22, 2020, 10:45 AM

Decent sample size now and average finish time on how long to beat is 21h 58m. I guess people on Era really do just take their time, I haven't seen a single person state their time that low and this is supposedly the average. I'd say I usually finish games about 10-15% faster than average, sometimes more, so my feeling that I was actually going a bit slower than my usual with TLOU2 was indeed right.

nnodley · Jun 22, 2020, 05:32 PM

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the-pi-guy · Jun 22, 2020, 05:45 PM

naughty dog responds to claims

Can't read this now. Saving this until I beat the game.

Legend · Jun 22, 2020, 06:03 PM

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jun 22, 2020, 05:45 PMnaughty dog responds to claims

Can't read this now. Saving this until I beat the game.

Just a response to conspiracy theories but the thread comments get into spoiler territory.

Also don't feel rushed to finish the game. I really rushed the very end because it was 4 AM and I regret that.

nnodley · Jun 22, 2020, 07:45 PM

The end of day 2! So good. Starting day 3 now

Xevross · Jun 22, 2020, 08:20 PM

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I just got done with the first seraphite encounter that was shown as a gameplay demo and holy fudge was that intense. Quite possibly so far my favorite encounter from the first and second games.

I get the feeling you're going to be repeating that line a lot over the coming days

The encounter design in this game is truly astonishing, and the action sequences are mesmerising. I'm actually getting a real urge to replay this.

the-pi-guy · Jun 22, 2020, 10:07 PM

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DerNebel · Jun 22, 2020, 10:17 PM

Quote from: Xevross on Jun 22, 2020, 10:45 AMDecent sample size now and average finish time on how long to beat is 21h 58m. I guess people on Era really do just take their time, I haven't seen a single person state their time that low and this is supposedly the average. I'd say I usually finish games about 10-15% faster than average, sometimes more, so my feeling that I was actually going a bit slower than my usual with TLOU2 was indeed right.

I finally beat it just now, must have taken me around 30 hours. Guess I'm just more...methodical than other people.

Thoughts

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Legend · Jun 22, 2020, 10:26 PM

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jun 22, 2020, 10:07 PM
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Doggie just tried killing me

0/10 game confirmed.

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For real, I'm still heavily enjoying it.
ND has gotten really good at making linear games feel like I'm just going the way I'm supposed to, instead of trying to figure the next progression.

This game does some things better than the first and a bit worst in others. Like sound design, and music is awesome. And it will possibly be the reason why I will like this game better than the first.

I'm only about 7 hours in. And again this is the first time I've felt so good about a sequel.

For your first spoiler.

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Quote from: DerNebel on Jun 22, 2020, 10:17 PMI finally beat it just now, must have taken me around 30 hours. Guess I'm just more...methodical than other people.

Thoughts

I bet you died a lot, hence the long play time

Jk of course. I love how fast this game reloads after failure. I don't know if it was just that or other factors too but it made the game feel easier. Like death was less punishing.

I was a horrible cheeser and took advantage of it at times. Like I would just run past enemies to get a lay of the land, and then I'd take it serious. Definitely harmed my experience

DerNebel · Jun 22, 2020, 10:32 PM

Quote from: Legend on Jun 22, 2020, 10:26 PMFor your first spoiler.

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Isn't killing dogs in the game just horrible? The devs knew everyone was super desensitized to murder so they used dogs to make us feel bad about our actions
I bet you died a lot, hence the long play time

Jk of course. I love how fast this game reloads after failure. I don't know if it was just that or other factors too but it made the game feel easier. Like death was less punishing.

I was a horrible cheeser and took advantage of it at times. Like I would just run past enemies to get a lay of the land, and then I'd take it serious. Definitely harmed my experience

I died a couple times, sometimes deliberately when an encounter didn't go like I hoped, when I wasted a lot of ammo for instance. So that may have added to the time, also I often tried to go stealthy, but unfortunately it seems downright impossible to clear many of the human arena's without getting detected. Or I just didn't have the patience for it.

Oh and I don't like missing loot or any of the collectables so I also searched a lot.

Legend · Jun 22, 2020, 10:34 PM

Quote from: DerNebel on Jun 22, 2020, 10:32 PMI died a couple times, sometimes deliberately when an encounter didn't go like I hoped, when I wasted a lot of ammo for instance. So that may have added to the time, also I often tried to go stealthy, but unfortunately it seems downright impossible to clear many of the human arena's without getting detected. Or I just didn't have the patience for it.

Oh and I don't like missing loot or any of the collectables so I also searched a lot.

In the menu, how many collectibles did you find?

There are two trophies for specific collectibles and I only found the first. Now I'm going back to get everything for the plat.

DerNebel · Jun 22, 2020, 10:42 PM

Quote from: Legend on Jun 22, 2020, 10:34 PMIn the menu, how many collectibles did you find?

There are two trophies for specific collectibles and I only found the first. Now I'm going back to get everything for the plat.

I didn't complete any of the sets, didn't check how many of them I got either. Might do that tomorrow.

I'll probably go for the platinum too, seems pretty easy.

the-pi-guy · Jun 23, 2020, 02:31 AM

Day 2

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Legend · Jun 23, 2020, 02:46 AM

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What is up with Tommy's super vision?

Also that was a ridiculously long encounter.

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Also this is really cool. Only spoils an optional 1 off game mechanic.

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