Naughty Dog says "The Last Of Us" demo was NOT scripted :/
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okay even though I don't believe them. If its to be unscripted and a little less linear then this game will be on my top day one buy lists and very few games get that
Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley have already announced that the element of choice, exploration, and realistic AI will play a big part in the game, and because of the fact that they want every thing you do to have some weight behind it, almost every event will play out differently depending on whatever approach you choose to make.
Sure, Ellie throwing a brick at someone may be pre-determined based on the kind of command the player thrusts on Joel, or the cinematic fight scenes are obviously handled in a 'scripted' fashion, but that's not exactly what they mean by it not being 'scripted' to begin with -- rather, I'm pretty sure they're trying to push the idea that it's all AI-driven, meaning that that's how they'd naturally react, rather than the game itself giving them those kind of actions and reactions and placing them in those kind of scenarios (such as the scene with the man hitting Joel with a 2x4 or the guy with the shotgun looking for him) beforehand. Which means that there must be a hell of a lot of voice acting and animations if that were the case.
Oh, and speaking of "choice", Druckmann even said that you could skip the entire confrontation shown in the demo and just continue on to the next level of the hotel without killing anyone; apparently, the approach put on display in E3 was the 'aggressive' way to take it. This means that there are numerous ways to play the game and explore -- obviously not to the extent of an RPG or open-world game, but definitely moreso than Uncharted or whatever.
Also, a tweet from Hideo Kojima regarding the same thing: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/hns56v
(P.S. I believe the statement regarding journalists and other people getting to 'play' the same build of the demo "behind closed doors" is false; I'm pretty sure it was Naughty Dog that was showing it to them while they got to watch, as evidenced by Kojima's take on it.)
Watch Dogs was running on a high-end PC and practically looked next-gen; TLoU looked great, but not even PS3 hardware could withstand that magnitude of incredible real-time detail.
Sure, Ellie throwing a brick at someone may be pre-determined based on the kind of command the player thrusts on Joel, or the cinematic fight scenes are obviously handled in a 'scripted' fashion, but that's not exactly what they mean by it not being 'scripted' to begin with -- rather, I'm pretty sure they're trying to push the idea that it's all AI-driven, meaning that that's how they'd naturally react, rather than the game itself giving them those kind of actions and reactions and placing them in those kind of scenarios (such as the scene with the man hitting Joel with a 2x4 or the guy with the shotgun looking for him) beforehand. Which means that there must be a hell of a lot of voice acting and animations if that were the case.
Oh, and speaking of "choice", Druckmann even said that you could skip the entire confrontation shown in the demo and just continue on to the next level of the hotel without killing anyone; apparently, the approach put on display in E3 was the 'aggressive' way to take it. This means that there are numerous ways to play the game and explore -- obviously not to the extent of an RPG or open-world game, but definitely moreso than Uncharted or whatever.
Also, a tweet from Hideo Kojima regarding the same thing: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/hns56v
(P.S. I believe the statement regarding journalists and other people getting to 'play' the same build of the demo "behind closed doors" is false; I'm pretty sure it was Naughty Dog that was showing it to them while they got to watch, as evidenced by Kojima's take on it.)
Lol, no way.Korten12 said:
Watch Dogs was running on a high-end PC and practically looked next-gen; TLoU looked great, but not even PS3 hardware could withstand that magnitude of incredible real-time detail.
Then I guess you've never played Jak & Daxter. A lot more free range in that series.j-e-f-f-e-r-s said:
As for the Last of Us; Yeah, heavily scripted, but what triple A game isn't these days? *sigh*
Idk, I watched the video in HD and yeah it looks amazing, but it didn't look extreamlly off from what we have seen in the likes of Crysis 2 and like I said TLOU or even Uncharted 3.DyranLK said:Lol, no way.
Well, the Halo 2 demo was unscripted. People who saw it more than once say that it was different each time.Zeh Don said:
If this is actually unscripted, that's fucking awesome.
If true, this is definitely a must buy for me.
I'll wait until a week after release either way, see what the reviews are like
I'll wait until a week after release either way, see what the reviews are like
Who cares? I hate games that try to be non-linear just for the sake of being non-linear.kman123 said:
OT: He also said that you could have passed the group of people entirely so that's good. I like being able to sneak by the enemies.
I watched the long one where it showed the city and then showed the main character walking, and then into the digital art musem and the firefight. Idk, but it looks really good but not nearly as good as everyone is making it out to be.SmashLovesTitanQuest said:
Well IGN's now got an article about the same demo behind closed doors.
http://au.ign.com/articles/2012/06/07/e3-2012-the-17-minute-last-of-us-demo
Either both Naughty Dog and the press are REALLY committed to this lie or we're just going to have to accept that they might've found a way.
http://au.ign.com/articles/2012/06/07/e3-2012-the-17-minute-last-of-us-demo
Either both Naughty Dog and the press are REALLY committed to this lie or we're just going to have to accept that they might've found a way.
Honestly, most of the demo didn't seem scripted to me anyway. Uncharted 3 already had contextual melee attacks (like when he slammed that guy's head into the dresser) and enemies yelling "He's out of ammo" when you....ran out of ammo. How much harder would it be to program them to charge you when you run out of ammo, or not to fire if you have a hostage?
The only thing that stood out to me was Ellie's interventions. They were very....Well timed. I'm still quite skeptical about that, but then again, there's nothing wrong with "scripted" if it's still good.
The only thing that stood out to me was Ellie's interventions. They were very....Well timed. I'm still quite skeptical about that, but then again, there's nothing wrong with "scripted" if it's still good.
Yay, bandwagons are fun! Also, you're being quoted a lot for a legitimately good reason: There's nothing wrong with linearity.kman123 said: