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Pick one, fam : God of War or The Last of Us Part II.
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Love Part II but GOW has slightly more replay value so thats a win for me. Both are excellent though.
Gotta say I love the diversity of opinions in this thread. How two amazing games can speak differently to people's tastes and sensibilities. This is truly the best art form.
God of War was good, Last Of Us Part II was very good.
Might need to replay God of War on PS5 tho.
Might need to replay God of War on PS5 tho.
Don't really like either. But God of war is the less unfun game of the two so i'd go with that (but it still pales in comparison to the older GoW games, except Ascension).
This is hard.
I love them both but I'd ultimately go with the last of us II.
The technology in that game is mind blowing and the narrative is wonderful.
Lots of shocks & twists and turns but ultimately, wonderful.
I love them both but I'd ultimately go with the last of us II.
The technology in that game is mind blowing and the narrative is wonderful.
Lots of shocks & twists and turns but ultimately, wonderful.
God of War
tlou 2 turned into a slog the more you play
and then by the end it's just a complete slog to the end.
tlou 2 turned into a slog the more you play
abby's part
I liked gow but I loved last of us 2. I've just gotten around to playing it and I loved it and actually went out of my way to platinum it as I liked it so much.
TLOU2 pretty easily.
GOW is incredible, but TLOU2 is its equal or better in just about every way.
GOW is incredible, but TLOU2 is its equal or better in just about every way.
God of War - save for a lack of big boss variety - is about as close to perfect as a AAA 3rd person game has ever gotten, IMO.
It's definitely in my Top Ten of that genre. And in my Top Five of the generation, for sure.
It's definitely in my Top Ten of that genre. And in my Top Five of the generation, for sure.
Pretty much where I am.
GOW is a 10/10, as affecting as a video-game-ass game can be, but I don't think it resonated with me in a personal way a did TLOU2.
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Bloodborne and The Last of Us Part II are the two best games SIE have ever published.
God of War isn't quite as courageous as The Last of Us Part 2, but it excels in what it achieves where I believe TLOU2 stumbles. In reference to both gameplay and story. Art is excellent in both but God of War is more to my personal tastes.
i mean, you actually could considering the genre, replace that game with many others
I really liked both but I feel like LOU pt2 had way more impact with me.
GoW was polished to a mirror shine but I never felt like I was doing anything I'd never seen or done before, so it wasn't as exciting for me.
GoW was polished to a mirror shine but I never felt like I was doing anything I'd never seen or done before, so it wasn't as exciting for me.
GoW is great but in my opinion has a bunch of things holding it back from being incredible. It ultimately served to create a very solid foundation that can only be improved in future games.
However, the game hits a point in the middle where it starts to wane and by the end grows tiresome after it repeatedly throws enemies you already fought but this time in a different color.
Story was good but not great as well. The broad strokes are excellent as well as the characterization; however, the game has you going on weird MacGuffin chases all the time. You would reach a location only for it not to be the real one. After you reach the door that will lead to where you want to go, the game tells you that you need to obtain a key before you can go in. You then proceed to go to where the key is only to realize it's been split in half. By the time you collect everything Atreus all of a sudden is an angst tee but WAIT! We only did this so we can drag the game out for another hour and this plot line is so quickly resolved you wonder why it was even there to begin with.
This isn't a major deal by the way. I get it's suppose to facilitate more gameplay. I just wish the narrative didn't have to meander and start to spiral down out of control for that gameplay to happen. The way the story is constructed can only really serve a game that is 8-10 hours imo.
However, the game hits a point in the middle where it starts to wane and by the end grows tiresome after it repeatedly throws enemies you already fought but this time in a different color.
Story was good but not great as well. The broad strokes are excellent as well as the characterization; however, the game has you going on weird MacGuffin chases all the time. You would reach a location only for it not to be the real one. After you reach the door that will lead to where you want to go, the game tells you that you need to obtain a key before you can go in. You then proceed to go to where the key is only to realize it's been split in half. By the time you collect everything Atreus all of a sudden is an angst tee but WAIT! We only did this so we can drag the game out for another hour and this plot line is so quickly resolved you wonder why it was even there to begin with.
This isn't a major deal by the way. I get it's suppose to facilitate more gameplay. I just wish the narrative didn't have to meander and start to spiral down out of control for that gameplay to happen. The way the story is constructed can only really serve a game that is 8-10 hours imo.
TLOU2. GoW is a masterpiece but mythological settings aren't as interesting to me as The Last of Us' universe.
Love both games. My only nitpick with GOW is that it does hinge on continuing the story in the sequel. It's still a nice self contained story but it definitely feels like we're ramping up to something bigger and left a lot of questions to answer for Ragnarok. It was the beginning, a great one though.
While TLOU2 just feels complete. GOW would beat out 9 out of 10 games but TLOU2 is the greater great.
While TLOU2 just feels complete. GOW would beat out 9 out of 10 games but TLOU2 is the greater great.
In terms of tone and overall production (budget, writing, acting, design, etc) I can't.
Most AAA third person action games are pure fun adventures or pure action with campy plots.
Maybe Silent Hill 2... it's a stretch but could work. Some Kojima games but those are even more different imo.
Several other games have that tone, things like spec ops the line, it just doesn't have zombies, it's story I have massive issues with like it's need to justify it's characters monstrous act, but the whole revenge is hollow aspect is not new or unique, again other games have done it. And actually being fun to play and wanting to play is you know important for a video. The last of us 2 makes you feel so bad playing it that you don't want to replay it. They experience once they may enjoy it they may not. But they won't play it again