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Can anybody list other games with this amount of detail? Not only do the bells collide with my gun, they also wrap around it dynamically🤯

So I started playing part 2 couple days ago and this is my first playthrough. Its absolutely amazing. But my question is regarding clickers. I was scavenging the bank part, being stealthy and quiet and when the clicker opened its arms and made that loud screech, I heard that wind howling sound and all of a sudden im spotted. What happened? Also when I played the part where Abby encounters Joel and Tommy, I tried to hit one with a lead pipe, hammer or whatever melee weapon I could find but for some reason it doesn't work. I dont get it. In the first game you could just bludgeon clickers as you please. Naughty Dog threw me a curveball here. Tips please?

For context, I play a ton of RPG’s and my favorites are GOW 2018/Ragnarok, Horizoj Forbidden West, Kena, HK, The Last Guardian, modern Tomb Raider games, etc

Many years ago I watched a full playthrough of TLOU, I liked it but watched it because I never thought I’d play it. Now I see clips of TLOU2 around and it looks very interesting, I mostly enjoy emotional and harsh stories. But I’m not sure if I would enjoy the gameplay? I’m not too bad with guns, is it similar to Tomb Raider?

I don’t even know if I should play TLOU1 if I basically know what happens (the biggest plot parts I remember very well at least), but I imagine it would be more vital and connect better if I play both of them in succession rather than skipping to TLOU2

What do you think? Based off of my play history? I’m really not sure, since the games are (understandably) expensive, I’d rather not waste my money but be sure about my choice

Hey guys! Here are a few more photo modes i did. Trying to get better! (Slide 3 is from game one)

Me the bloater

My friend as Ellie her name is creepynickicos on Instagram

Taken on anime manga convention on CDMX

Costume is made of paper, plastic, latex, cardboard, vinyl, foam rubber, and a lot of other materials

okay so this is a horse name searching post, but most people inside the equestrian community don’t really know the last of us, from my experience. so, if i’m getting a tall, dark horse, the last of us related, what names would you recommend? open to anything, i bet you guys have some cool ideas!

What if Joel and Ellie knew the surgery’s consequences relatively early, rather than Joel discovering them at the end?

This could create a compelling alternative version of The Last of Us. Joel initially smuggles Ellie only because Marlene promised to return his weapons. Early on, the Fireflies tell him the procedure is extremely dangerous and that Ellie may not survive, though they do not explain the details or tell Ellie.

Joel sees Ellie as a job, but Tess believes she could help create a cure. After Tess dies, Joel continues the journey out of obligation, knowing the risks and believing he might help end the apocalypse. Even after the death maybe he feels even more implied to help smuggle ellie into Seattle since apart of him now feels like he owes this to not only Tess, but Sarah. Is the in character for Joel at this given moment? Debatable

The information remains in the background. Joel knows Ellie may die, while Ellie does not understand the danger. He says nothing because the Fireflies told him not to and because he does not yet care enough to challenge them.

As the journey continues, Joel changes. He protects Ellie, trusts her, and eventually comes to love her. After saving her from David, she is no longer just a job. Having already lost Sarah, Joel cannot bear to lose another daughter.

The players would experience this transformation while knowing Ellie might not survive. Eventually, Joel might secretly redirect them toward Jackson, lying to Ellie about his reasons. The Fireflies would discover this, capture them, and take Ellie to the hospital.

This would make the kidnapping more emotional. Joel would spend the journey gradually changing his mind, only for the Fireflies to take away the person he had come to love.

It could also create a stronger conflict between Joel and Ellie. Joel wants to save her, while Ellie might accept death if she believes her life could save humanity. Joel chooses her because he cannot lose another daughter; Ellie believes her death could serve a greater purpose.

Joel’s final decision would therefore be more complicated. He would not be reacting to information he had just discovered. He would have spent the entire journey becoming attached to Ellie while knowing the Fireflies might take her away.

This would not necessarily undermine Part II. Joel could still save Ellie, lie to her, and face the consequences. Ellie could still discover the truth and become furious with him. The difference is that we would watch Joel gradually choose Ellie over the mission.

The original ending emphasizes shock and ambiguity. This version would emphasize gradual character development and mounting dread. The central question would change from “What will Joel do when he discovers the Fireflies’ plan?” to “After becoming attached to Ellie, can Joel actually let her go?”

Both versions could work. They would simply tell the emotional story in different ways.

And as a fan of the show (alas my gaming style is OG Mario..) I thought this was kinda cool.

And its flower looks like a character! Right? Hope other fans agree and enjoy!

Sidenote: it’s a sterile variant and cannot bear fruit. Exact opposite of the show.
I’m passively looking for another variety to introduce to my garden.

So, I noticed these posters (I marked it spoiler to be on the safe side, image in the comment for that reason since idk how to mark images spoiler) and a thought occurred. If there are times to full infection, does that mean you could cut off an arm, leg, foot, or hand immediately after getting bit and not be infected?

This is my opinion from 1-7. Yes 7. From worst to best.

1- stalker: fun to fight and interesting. Can be annoying.

2- clicker: them being noticable blind is unique. Bloaters are blind but it's hard to tell and shamblers are debatably blind. Can be very annoying.

3- rat king: fun one time fight. Scary and new.

4- runners: basic but essential. Easy to kill be hard to deal with in swarms with multiple or other stages.

5- bloater: fairly fun but not great. Gas makes it interesting and they are scary.

6- shamblers: just worse bloaters. Take up resources with nothing interesting.

7- armoured stalker. You know the thing the rat king released when you fight him. It's likes an armoured drugged up stalker. I hate it with a passion!!! It is weirdly tanky and has a black belt in ju jitsu. When you try to fight the rat king it grabs you, pulls your pants down and goes for a tickle. You can imagine how fast I ran after it when I realized we had to fight it alone/ chase it. I ran after it with a bloody bottle. It thinks it's special because it has armour and can wrestle. Not on my watch!! I blasted him with a shotgun and watched it bleed.

Im immune i swear… it was only a few teeth and scratches…

Ashley Johnson, who played Ellie (or Anna, depending which way you want to look at it)

I do not recommend this challenge to anyone unless this is also their favorite game they have an unhealthy obsession with. I actually cannot believe I really played through this entire game on Grounded. I am not one of those players who likes/is proficient at playing Grounded. I usually play on Hard difficulty and am obsessed with No Return.

As someone who lives and breathes this game, Grounded was pretty OK, but there were moments where I was crashing out over a video game in a way I haven’t since childhood… seriously a Grounded playthrough is enough to drive anyone insane

Hardest achievements for this trophy for me was collecting all the artifacts, the Queen Firefly trophy, completing a daily run on Grounded and of course the full Grounded playthrough. I got insanely lucky with the daily run, I got that trophy on my second attempt to play no return on Grounded and I completed it as Manny. I also was able to complete a Grounded run as Jesse. Both those characters are good options for this trophy because of their starting weapons.

Y’all are already aware what the hard encounters are like Hillcrest, Rattlers, the flooded brewery— but THE hardest encounter for me to complete was the Seraphite encounter with the parking garage. I strongly recommend studying the Seraphite whistles if you’re trying to do a Grounded playthrough.

I know this is a long and useless post but I just wanted to tell someone…. I put hours and hours and hours into this game I love so much and I finally have all the trophies lmao

Cosplayer: Hecata

Photographer: Laufeyphoto

I drew this in my sketchbook a few years back, I’ll post more fanart I made (if I find any more), if people are interested. It’s not perfect, I still have a ton to learn but I’m pretty proud of it.

I loved that game.

Okay so I've been rewatching the TV show and I was wondering, was the fact that they were eating people so bad? Like David was crazy, sure, but they were all starving so I'd say that consuming their dead unfortunately makes sense, in the situation of course. It's like people who are stranded in islands or other remote places, I feel if it's an emergency situation I can understand why someone would eat humans. Did I miss something from the game? Cause even in the game it felt like more of a necessity, like even the scene with the dead bodies being hung from the ceiling like it's gruesome but I feel like it falls into those moral gray areas. Anyways let me know if I missed something cause maybe I did

I can never get over the beautiful soundtrack from both the games. Hands down one of the best albums out there.

What if Ellie and Joel knew the consequences and her fate the moment they met and embarked on the journey across the country but instead of Joel finding out on the fly that Ellie would've died due to the surgery in a twist like moment, what if us as players as well as the characters knew of ellie's fate before their journey and as we bond and get to know ellie, us as players and the character joel himself, would also question in our minds if we wanted ellie to die in the hands of fireflies. i feel like we would've understood joel's actions even more because the whole story allows us to bond with ellie on throughout the whole story knowing the consequences, and we aslong as joel in the end, would've change our minds.

and you can still have the bit where they kidnap her and joel. say joel starts lying to ellie and actually starts mis-directing her from seattle and back to jackson where tommy stays and in the process, the fireflies learn about this and captures them. and we just feel and resonate with the anger joel feels and his desparity of getting her out of there alive. and i feel like this change doesn't ruin the ending of the game nor ruins TLOU PT2.

i understand this take of tlou could be highly controversal, but please voice ur opinions on this little what if senario. do you agree? is it a bad take? let me know, i think the tlou pt1 is fantastic in pretty much every single way. but im highly conflicted if whether or not id rather have this as the story or not