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It felt like playing an interactive movie to me. There was nothing particularly amazing about the gameplay, but everything felt right in that game. There was no

It felt like playing an interactive movie to me. There was nothing particularly amazing about the gameplay, but everything felt right in that game. There was nothing I could fault in it (from memory, so within reason). I still remember my room mates watching me play from the other room like it was a TV show they were invested in. One of my favourite all time games.

criddell 10y ago
> like it was a TV show It was plotted like a TV show and so rather than feeling fresh, I felt like I already knew what would happen. It was too predictable. For example, at one point Ellie gets caught and wakes up in a cage. I couldn't help but roll my eyes and thing "gee, I wonder if she'll escape". Like I said in another comment, I think the hype surrounding the game had set my expectations way too high and I ended up being disappointed in what was really a good game.
- brobinson 10y ago
  At another point, she hops down onto a bus fording a canal and runs halfway across it and stops. I immediately thought "as soon as I approach her a cutscene is going to start where the bus is swept away or something". Yup. I think it was an okay game, but it was definitely overhyped.
- jboons 10y ago
  Sounds like you'd be difficult to please in general.
  - criddell 10y ago
    No, not at all. Last of Us was very good and a lot of fun, but it wasn't a masterpiece (IMHO). If I were to compare it to Uncharted (for example), I wouldn't say it was wildly better. When I say the game disappointed me, I only mean in relation to the hype at the time. Some people have gone as far as calling Last of Us the Citizen Cane of gaming.