(Units wise) Essentially, it's not a volume game. On the otherhand it has a much smaller sales potential. On the one hand it's inherently smaller in scope. Especially considering that at one point time itself is the ultimate deciding factor (in that a project has to have a time budget as well as a financial one.)ĭLC is a really complicated thing to price. It's just not financially or creatively possible to make a 100h game of this type.
That is extremely long considering the genre. I think this comes down to genre preferences. But we don't necessarily see things entirely differently. Sun 16th Feb won't see eye to eye on this subject, per se.One sequence, for example, rekindles the pint-sized star’s love of puns, as the two casually evaluate the quality of a string of jokes while circling an overgrown merry-go-round. Alas, the heavier topics do take a bit of backseat for the majority of the jovial jaunt, with the emphasis very much on the juvenile activities that the pairing partake in. It’s layered, too, with allusions to past disputes and also the suggestion that there’s something a little more bubbling beneath the surface, all of which is tackled in the almost understated style that we’ve come to associate the developer with. The abovementioned Avengers performer and newcomer Yaani King both bring incredible warmth to the two leading ladies, which makes you believe in their friendship. Most importantly, though, it’s laugh-out-loud funny. It would perhaps be unfair of us to spoil these encounters before you have the opportunity to experience them for yourself, but the mini-campaign does an impressive job of repurposing many of the mechanics from the core experience by presenting them in new and interesting ways. Playing as actress Ashley Johnson’s outspoken alter-ego, you’ll spend a large chunk of the add-on merely goofing around, as the developer funnels you through several intricately detailed sandboxes packed with mischievous treats. These moments ditch the title’s traditional combat scenarios almost entirely, and augment you with the freedom to simply explore with your feisty friend. And revel in each bite you will, because this boutique piece of DLC is a miniature masterpiece.
At just over two hours in length, the hotly anticipated add-on pack may be a condensed buffet of all of the treats that made the main game so sublime, but that merely means that you’ll want to savour every last piece. Given the outrageous number of gongs under its belt, it was always going to be a tall order, but somehow the studio has managed to navigate it like a world champion wall climber equipped with a pickaxe. The Last of Us: Left Behind represents the release’s first (and only) major single player expansion – but is it able to live up to the calibre of Joel and Ellie’s cross-country excursion? Where other developers stumble, the Californian company was able to effortlessly confront challenging subjects such as fatherly love, homosexuality, and more, all through the filter of a bleak post-pandemic world.
Naughty Dog’s survival horror opus was not only successful in pushing the limits of the ageing PlayStation 3 from a pure hardware perspective, but it also exceeded expectations from a narrative stance, too. There was a lot to like about The Last of Us’ core campaign.
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