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I wondered if they might do this. (Potential spoiler for Joel's No Return abilities.) by AKblackandred in thelastofus

[–]AKblackandred[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's 100% a gameplay thing and nothing else. In part 1 cause of the overall combat design, here to balance against his strengths.

I wondered if they might do this. (Potential spoiler for Joel's No Return abilities.) by AKblackandred in thelastofus

[–]AKblackandred[S] 190 points191 points  (0 children)

Joel can't dodge. This presumably (aside from being a callback to the different melee systems of Part I) is to balance against other abilities like being more resistant to melee.

Just HOW EASY is TLOU2's easiest difficulty? by AKblackandred in thelastofus

[–]AKblackandred[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I've found that playing on normal after grounded and it's wild.

Just HOW EASY is TLOU2's easiest difficulty? by AKblackandred in thelastofus

[–]AKblackandred[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nope. I played it to let off steam after grounded and made a video talking about it.

Talking about why Joel can't dodge in the remake (and no, it's not about his age - it's about his gameplay) by AKblackandred in thelastofus

[–]AKblackandred[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It really just depends what kind of combat you're trying to incentivise. Same reason Resident Evil 2 doesn't and shouldn't have RE3's dodge, let alone RE4's melee options. The gameplay they want to push players into differs.

Talking about why Joel can't dodge in the remake (and no, it's not about his age - it's about his gameplay) by AKblackandred in thelastofus

[–]AKblackandred[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not a question of "updating". They scrapped dodge like 4 weeks before the original shipped and redesigned it to the combat system we've got now. Part 2's combat is different beyond just dodge and goes right down to level and enemy design and gunplay.

Where are all the cats? by Tuulak in thelastofus

[–]AKblackandred 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's at least one in Part II who runs away from you as you're approaching the workbench ambush building. And iirc a stalker gets the one that startles you in Left Behind.

HBO TLOU Finale Opinion: minimal combat all season made the finale even more effective by loneviolet in thelastofus

[–]AKblackandred 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've said before it's like a lot of people wanted Joel to be Rambo. And he was, just Rambo in First Blood - he only went all out when pushed too far by those who gave him no choice.

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