Octopus Overlords

Could swear it was Nathan Fillion playing Joel but nope.

Are there zombies in this or just hostile neighbors?

Angry mushrooms.

You're probably thinking of that fanfilm where Nathan Fillion played Nathan Drake.

Yeah, I would have loved to see Fillion in this roll, but it's hard to argue with Pedro. Plus the girl from game of thrones was excellent casting.

Starts in two days.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:09 pm Could swear it was Nathan Fillion playing Joel but nope.

Dae, throw a [spoilers] in the title, please.

Reviews have been mostly stellar. One or two folks said it was good, but flat. But many of the others are praising it.

Ninety-freaking-eight percent on RT.

Ummm, wow.

Now the dilemma: which to consume first, the game or the show? Crap.

I played and loved the first one. Heard nothing good about the 2nd ..in fact heard opposite so skipped.

I read a review saying that the first few episodes are what one expects from a game franchise -- mission-focused action set pieces. But it gets past that to a smarter level. I look forward to watching it...someday.

Good to see Anna Torv is getting work. But I've said it before, who is drilling for oil and running refineries? Twenty year old gas won't work.

Well the first 30 minutes does an excellent job recreating the tension and emotion of the beginning of the game.

Impressed so far.

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Carpet_pissr wrote:Ninety-freaking-eight percent on RT.

Ummm, wow.

Now the dilemma: which to consume first, the game or the show? Crap.

I would definitely play the game before watching the show. The surprise twists of the game will be a lot more impactful if you didn't know they're coming, and you'll get an experience that isn't tainted by whatever changes they make for the show. Personally, I'd rather have the pure game experience.

Would have been nice if they released the game on PC before March, yeah.

I'm sure fans of the game are getting more out of the first episode, but I've enjoyed what I saw last night. Great opening!

Having played the game, I was annoyed that Joel looted an assault rifle when the game forces you to keep the starting pistol at that point. Also,

Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:53 pm Ninety-freaking-eight percent on RT.

Ummm, wow.

Now the dilemma: which to consume first, the game or the show? Crap.

I am going to play the game first. I just prefer to watch/read/play the original source first, then see an adaptation.

Yeah.....PS4 is getting hooked up to living room tv tonight and I'm gonna try and slam thru the game as quick as possible.
I like to let a few episodes build up to binge watch anyway, so this works out well.

disarm wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 8:53 am

Carpet_pissr wrote:Ninety-freaking-eight percent on RT.

Ummm, wow.

Now the dilemma: which to consume first, the game or the show? Crap.

I would definitely play the game before watching the show. The surprise twists of the game will be a lot more impactful if you didn't know they're coming, and you'll get an experience that isn't tainted by whatever changes they make for the show. Personally, I'd rather have the pure game experience.

Thanks. Will do (if my rig can play it on my aged GPU!)

Wow, the actress that plays Sarah was giving me deja vu….until I read that she’s Thandiwe Newton’s daughter. She looks a lot like her.

Havent watch the series yet and just started the game, but I'm wondering if Joel stops every 3 steps in the show like he does in the game?
Holy glitch, Batman.......

(I tried to do a search in the Video games thread, but apparently it no like short and common words......)

This show is gonna rip my heart out, isn’t it.

stimpy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 8:33 pm Havent watch the series yet and just started the game, but I'm wondering if Joel stops every 3 steps in the show like he does in the game?
Holy glitch, Batman.......

(I tried to do a search in the Video games thread, but apparently it no like short and common words......)

I had the same problem, and if you Google something along the lines of "Last of Us movement glitch" you'll see it's fairly common. Short version, despite not making much sense to me, is that it's a bad/dirty controller, even if it works fine with other games. There are suggestions out there to clean the sticks, adjust some settings, etc. None worked for me but a new controller worked fine.

hepcat wrote:This show is gonna rip my heart out, isn’t it.

Probably no more than the game...

I got about 2/3rds of the way through the game. I really should finish it.

It's really quite short. Like 15 hours. I just beat it again this week and running through part 2 again. To be honest I think people oversell the story. It's cool and all, but it's nothing amazing. The second one has a worse story, but the gameplay is so much fun.

Another great episode (#2) last night. I was thinking how much I enjoy Anna Torv - I had no idea she was going to be in this show.

Enjoyed episode 2, but one thing drove me crazy:

hepcat wrote:This show is gonna rip my heart out, isn’t it.

Yes. And acknowledge what’s happening on screen.

Jaymann wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 1:08 pm Enjoyed episode 2, but one thing drove me crazy:

Spoiler:

Instead of flicking her bic (I know because drama) why didn't Anna Torv just pull the pin on one of those grenades?

Bella Ramsey is absolutely stellar on this show. I buy everything she says. I don’t think there’s been a single moment so far where I didn’t believe she was her character and not an actress playing a role.

rittchard wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:53 pm

Jaymann wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 1:08 pm Enjoyed episode 2, but one thing drove me crazy:

Spoiler:

Instead of flicking her bic (I know because drama) why didn't Anna Torv just pull the pin on one of those grenades?

Spoiler:

Haha yeah, and also why Joel didn’t grab a couple of those to go. Surely they’d be useful in the future!!!

I was more bothered by

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 6:30 pm Bella Ramsey is absolutely stellar on this show. I buy everything she says. I don’t think there’s been a single moment so far where I didn’t believe she was her character and not an actress playing a role.

rittchard wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 2:53 pm

Jaymann wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 1:08 pm Enjoyed episode 2, but one thing drove me crazy:

Spoiler:

Instead of flicking her bic (I know because drama) why didn't Anna Torv just pull the pin on one of those grenades?

Spoiler:

Haha yeah, and also why Joel didn’t grab a couple of those to go. Surely they’d be useful in the future!!!

I was more bothered by

Spoiler:

Joel shooting the fun guys everywhere BUT the head.

Episode 3 - holy shit. That was fantastic, start to finish.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 12:11 am I played and loved the first one. Heard nothing good about the 2nd ..in fact heard opposite so skipped.

On PS3 or PS4?

I just realized after going back to GOG Galaxy and searching my entire PC library, that I never owned this on PC…bc it never existed on PC! Wtf.

I guess I must have bought it (or it was a ‘freebie’ with the PS+ sub more likely) for myself to play on my son’s PS3, because I know I played at least the first 15m.

‘Watch first’ it is!

Son is an exclusive XBoxer these days, and I let the PS+ sub lapse long ago.

Zaxxon wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:35 am Episode 3 - holy shit. That was fantastic, start to finish.

Yeah - it felt like I was watching a movie. Made most (all?) of the Walking Dead episodes that tried to do something similar thematically seem totally amateur. I hope that episode gets an award because it really was amazing.

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:36 am

Zaxxon wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:35 am Episode 3 - holy shit. That was fantastic, start to finish.

Yeah - it felt like I was watching a movie. Made most (all?) of the Walking Dead episodes that tried to do something similar thematically seem totally amateur. I hope that episode gets an award because it really was amazing.

Yeah, both leads (for this ep) deserve an Emmy nod, IMO.

I liked this summary:

I'm just glad that Linda Ronstadt is trending for a better reason than I expected.

I'm just glad somebody appreciates vintage Fleetwood Mac.

Heartbreaking.

Fucking Max Richter gets me every time.