Game Informer Magazine has posted three screens from their upcoming cover feature looking at The Last of Us, the upcoming PS3-exclusive zombie-adventure game from Naughty Dog, the studio behind the Uncharted series.
Looks pretty good, though the real question is how the game plays — the Game Informer post describes combat as revolving around both melee and ranged, with weapons that degenerate over time. Thanks to daughter (or maybe, daughter-figure) Ellie’s advanced AI, the game apparently isn’t just one big long escort-mission. Also, it looks like it takes place in Pittsburgh.
Braaains
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10:08 AMLooking good… hopefully we’ll get a release date by the time E3 rolls around.
That Teemo
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10:22 AMSecond picture looks stiff. Like Robots.
PuppyLicks
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10:34 AMI agree 100%, I’ve been looking at that screenshot and they haven’t moved ONE BIT. They’re freakin mannequins man.
4len
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10:25 AMHOLY CRAP IT’S NATHAN DRAKE! :P But seriously.. It looks gorgeous! I hope it’s a great game. Sony may have found a real keeper with Naughty Dogs current output, kudos to such a great studio :)
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Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10:38 AMhahaha thats what i thought. I was like HA i didnt realise they are doing an uncharted based in 20 years. think they just recycled the drake character model. To be honest i think its really starting to show its age.
weresmurf
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10:43 AMBet you a steak dinner we hear…
“Main character voiced by NOLAN NORTH!!!!” soon.
Braaains
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10:55 AMI’m pretty sure they’ve already cast the main character, and it’s not NN.
Maybe they’ll get him to do a cameo as one of the slavering parasite-zombie-thing enemies.
Esther
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 12:00 PMAh actually it’s Troy Baker.
Guess you lost a steak dinner.
weresmurf
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 5:44 PMIts got the T Virus in it… still willing to impart it to someone….
Chuloopa
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10:29 AMthis looks soooooo damn good!
PuppyLicks
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10:33 AMLooks gorgeous. Can’t wait to see how it plays.
jbm
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10:36 AMOMG Enslaved sequel!!!
Pioneer
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 8:10 PMDon’t even joke about that! The only good part of that game was that I made a profit trading it in.
Puck
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 11:10 AMThis looks beautiful.
I just finished watching “The Road” which was a post apocalyptic father and son journey… what a depressing movie, This looks more “I am Legend” visually, but I hope they manage to pull some of those same types of emotional strings with this game.
NoTheMama
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 11:47 AMI need actual gameplay before I get a chubby like half of you
Quirkhall
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 12:03 PMI hadn’t looked into the Last of Us until now, and seriously, ANOTHER zombie game? Really?
Braaains
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 12:12 PMYeah, it’d be much better if they were terrorists, right? Or Russians? Or aliens?
Badger
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 12:31 PMAt this point? Yes.
Everything has zombies in it at the moment. And if it doesn’t have zombies in it, someone says “Oh, crap, better get on that” and releases DLC with zombies in it.
It’s getting pretty boring and that isn’t negated by the fact that there are also generic terrorists/Russians/aliens in games as you pointed out.
TheLastQuestion
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 1:40 PMDon’t like it? Don’t buy it, and don’t play it.
As long as it has great writing, characterisation and story, I don’t give a rat’s bottom whether it’s zombies, aliens, russians or nazis I’m shooting at.
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Friday, February 3, 2012 at 1:38 PMI like how there is no zombies =) but I know that wont last forever =(
p tear griffin
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 9:27 PMPioneer your a fool enslaved was good paid $120 for it AND I DONT REGRET IT!
Stu
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 12:32 AMIt’s Naughty Dog. I’m in.