Thanks. I'd rather have an art book so I'm glad I went for the SE.

I just looked and realized the PP set also has the variant cover for comic #1. Not sure if they SE has that.

The steelbook is probably the only thing I really want.

I hopped on this. Going to take months to get down to $40-45 anyway. Can't wait to play!

Caved in and picked it up at Best Buy. Only a few copies left on the display. Guess i'll spend all weekend playing.

It's funny, after buying a PS3 on Black Friday, I've only really played Naughty Dog games (and a little bit of God of War 3)

I guess I'm kind of surprised at all the love and high praise this game is getting
I'm about 4 hours in and this game is doing nothing for me

enemy AI and detection is horrible

the game feels like it's more on rails than Uncharted did

the gameplay is overly repetitive and I'm not as impressed with the graphics as others seem to be

I'll keep going on but at this point I'm certainly glad I rented instead of deciding to purchase

ps. we get it ND, you have mastered the art of someone grabbing another's hand and pulling them up from below .... please retire this move from your arsenal ... it's now getting stale

I've only played an hour or so, so my judgement is based off that. I find it hard to believe anything could be more on rails than Uncharted.

Jesus Christ. Now that's how you start a game. I was nearly in tears before the title screen came up.

Ok, I'm out of this thread till I play the game! I don't want to see any spoilers, so best I play it safe.

Seems that you and I have the same feelings. It does get a LOT better after 8 hours or so, but I still rate it at around a 7.5/10 personally. Not getting all the hype honestly.

What's up with the crazy loading times? Felt like five minutes to start the game up

That's just PS3. Terrible loading times even with installed games.

Ellie's own words pretty much sum up this gaming experience for me


there have been a couple decent moments since my critique of the first approx. 4 hours but this game still suffers from repetition and repetition of stuff that has been done better in other games

ultimately it comes down to how much one cares about the characters/the story and what happens to them .... whereas I was engrossed with the characters Nathan Drake, Sully, Elena, etc .... I don't have the slightest connection or care for the characters or their antagonists in TLOU

at this point it is just a slog to get to the end

Awwww that song in the car makes me miss Life and times of tim

I was.

The start of the game was fantastic, but now i'm about 5 hours in (according to my last saved game) and nothing has really lived up to that initial moment. Not that i'd call it bad or boring by any means... it's just been pretty generic survival-horror type stuff, and while i'm interested in the plot and the infection, none of the characters have really grabbed me yet this far in.

Yup. It kind of reminds me of Pixar's Up - perfect execution and emotional fireworks in the first 20 minutes then go generic.

Which also has a character named Ellie

I'm 8 hours in and still liking it a lot. When I heard the similarities to The Road i figured we'd get some flashbacks throughout.

fuck the clickers....fuck the clickers...

ok, this game's control scheme is absurd. i sneak up on clickers, hit triangle and it does nothing. then they turn around and kill me. what a load of shit. the controls are really taking me out of this game.

You have to make sure they aren't already turning and you have to be directly behind them. You can't make a noise in the last few seconds before pressing triangle on them. For instance if you come accross ones with their backs against the walls you can never sneak up on them only distract or kill.

Finished it today. Enjoyed Tomb Raider a lot more.

I really dig the story. As someone said, it's like The Road with some zombie things. I am impressed as hell with the graphics. Some of the draw distances like when you are in Pittsburgh is insane. I think the controls are horrid, partially because I hate the PS3 controller so much.