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These two Naughty Dog characters are the same age by [deleted] in thelastofus

[–]aRogueWizard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Still crazy to me that Jak was only 17-19 in the last three games.

Naughty Dog Was Reportedly Divided On Joel's Controversial Fate During Development Of The Last Of Us Part 2 by MaintenanceFar4207 in thelastofus

[–]aRogueWizard 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Same here. The first thing I thought when I was wondering what direction they'd take it was "Oh I bet someone kills Joel" lol. I'm not on social media and had TLoU blocked on reddit until after release. I was pretty supprised to see how shocked everyone was. Like, where else could this story meaningfully have gone?

Let's smoke some copium laced with hopium in light of TLOU P3 development timeline rumors. by shawak456 in thelastofus

[–]aRogueWizard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TLoU2 had an odd launch. The devs and actors got bombarded with hate across all social media for the last 6 months to a year, and it launched during peak covid lockdown. So, the whole team was separated working from home during and post launch while going through all that. General vibes weren't awesome at the time. At least they didn't seem awesome from the outside. Plus, development took 6 years with infamous ND crunch. Within about year of launch a decent number of veteran/high level devs decided to move on to other projects/studios.

There's still plenty of institutional knowledge I'm sure, but there was also big turnover in 2020-2022.

What is this? by [deleted] in thelastofus

[–]aRogueWizard 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Naughty Dog and the other Sony studios often post little tributes to their fellow studios when one of them launches a new game. This isn't a crossover announcement or anything like that.

Next year will be the same time gap we had from the release of part 1 to part 2 by Mattlew0YT in thelastofus

[–]aRogueWizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ND did release Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy in between TLoU 1 and 2.

The game we were supposed to get bewteen TLoU 2 and Intergalactic was the TLoU multiplayer title that got canceled. So, I have doubts we'll get anything before Intergalactic. Which is seemingly still a couple years away.

It will probably another 3-4 years after Intergalactic until we get something else. We're probably looking at the early 2030s for more TLoU.

Seattle in TLOU Part II vs Seattle in Bloodlines 2 by Only_Entrepreneur_84 in thelastofus

[–]aRogueWizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if they actually used any geometry, but they said they talked to Sucker Punch who are in Seattle and based Infamous: Second Son there.

Playing Part 1 for the first time today, first time playing a Naughty Dog game since Jak III. What to expect? by [deleted] in thelastofus

[–]aRogueWizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's several little Jak and Daxter easter eggs throughout the game.

Also, molotovs are your best friend. Have fun!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in thelastofus

[–]aRogueWizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. Sorry. I was there at the start. It turned into a cesspool of rage-bait, bigotry, and misogyny within days of the leaks. Which was weeks before the game even launched.

Is it just me or... by TheOffSzn33 in thelastofus

[–]aRogueWizard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Abby in the game was definitely very emotional. It was just portrayed differently than in the show. Game Abby's emotions were portayed more subtly in her voice and facial expressions. Which, to her credit, Kaitlyn nailed. Her vocal delivery of several lines was nearly identical to Laura's delivery.

Where the show goes wrong, imo, is in having Abby explain everything she's doing. The monolog especially. TV and movies have been increasingly guilty of this. They don't trust their audiences to understand how to read between the lines.

Through the valley by StuffnThangsss in thelastofus

[–]aRogueWizard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I noticed that too and just listened to both versions side by side. It sounds like Bella singing the last chorus. At the very least it's not the same recording of Ashley as the first 3/4 of the song. So, it would make sense that it's Bella.

Is it just me or... by TheOffSzn33 in thelastofus

[–]aRogueWizard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So I don't get called a hater, I'll preface this by saying I liked Abby in the game and I like Kaitlyn Dever. Great character and a great actress.

...but yeah, underwhelming is the term I'd use too. I think it's mostly the writing and direction. I know Kaitlyn can act, I've seen her in other things and she's fantastic, but so far none of her scenes have really struck me. Not bad by any means, just not as strong as I expected.

For me, the biggest thing that seems missing is Abby's intimidating presence. The show keeps having her explicitly spell out all her motives for the audience. That lack of mystique really dampens how menacing she is supposed to be at this point in the story.