Sony The Last of Us Part II OT - Best Served Cold, update: the story behind the game's realistic facial animations (PlayStation Blog)

[Firewithin]

2 minutes ago, Dodger said:

Just to check where I'm at, without any real spoilers how far into the game am I?

 

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Right after you meet up with Tommy at the Aquarium

 

 

half way

[Dodger]

Thanks guys. Damn that's it, I've played 18 hours already. 

[best3444]

14 hours in and I think the game is incredible. 

[johnny]

I’m about 20 hours in 

 

I’m at the part where (happens at least a couple hours after dodger’s spoiler)

 

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I got through that big ass apartment building with Lev. I love having the flamethrower and incendiary shells for my shotty. That ammo destroys shamblers. 

 

[Firewithin]

its finished.  brilliant and beautiful game.  id have maybe like to have seen a couple things happen differently but i still loved every minute of it

 

[Mercury33]

Just got to the part where

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She plays take on me. Really wasn’t expecting that much of the song to be played. It was beautiful

 

Such a beautiful and tender moment made all the more so by knowing the brutality that is inevitably coming. 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

The storylines, characters and levels cut from ‘The Last of Us Part II’ (The Washington Post)

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Video games, especially blockbusters in the Triple-A space, go through numerous revisions and changes before the final product is shipped. For Naughty Dog’s “The Last of Us Part II,” to make its storytelling as effective as possible, scenes were constantly moved around, re-contextualized or removed. These include cutscenes, playable sections and characters — some of which were carefully considered and ultimately deleted.

 

Naturally, there are spoilers in the article.

[Spork3245]

Spoilers for after the 50% mark

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Ok. Abby’s stealth kill is slow, right? And it cannot be upgraded like Ellie’s to make it faster... but, two times, and I cannot figure out how to replicate it, instead of doing that slow choke she did a super fast kill with a full-on 80’s action movie style head snap. Is this random or is there a way to “force” it?

 

[SimpleG]

4 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

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Ok. Abby’s stealth kill is slow, right? And it cannot be upgraded like Ellie’s to make it faster... but, two times, and I cannot figure out how to replicate it, instead of doing that slow choke she did a super fast kill with a full-on 80’s action movie style head snap. Is this random or is there a way to “force” it?

 

Same thing happened to me and I could not replicate it.

[Spork3245]

Oh, BTW, something that would have been SUPER useful that I didn’t realize existed until I got to the last level: press down on the left analog stick and tap X simultaneously to do a quick 180 spin.

[johnny]

@Spork3245

 

is the enemy you were talking about 

 

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The big fucking thing in the hospital? 

 

[johnny]

I definitely feel like I’m getting close to the end 

 

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Ellie is searching for Abby in California. 

I have no idea how @Kal-El814finished this so fast

[Spork3245]

7 hours ago, johnny said:

@Spork3245

 

is the enemy you were talking about 

 

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The big fucking thing in the hospital? 

 

Yup. And

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the entire hospital basement and prior hotel. The game turned into friggen Dead Space 1 or something - straight up horror title  

 

[Kal-El814]

3 hours ago, johnny said:

I definitely feel like I’m getting close to the end 

 

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Ellie is searching for Abby in California. 

I have no idea how @Kal-El814finished this so fast

I was hooked!

[Kal-El814]

9 hours ago, Spork3245 said:

Oh, BTW, something that would have been SUPER useful that I didn’t realize existed until I got to the last level: press down on the left analog stick and tap X simultaneously to do a quick 180 spin.

what

[Spork3245]

2 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said:

what

Yup. Try it.

  

[Kal-El814]

Just now, Spork3245 said:

Yup. Try it.

  

Does the game ever tell you this? I guess I should have cleared the yellow dots in the tutorial section. 

[Spork3245]

1 minute ago, Kal-El814 said:

Does the game ever tell you this? I guess I should have cleared the yellow dots in the tutorial section. 

Nope. I did it by accident one time and went “the F just happened?” and immediately figured out the control input for it.

[SaysWho?]

I could have sworn both games did. Like TLOU did early on, but I ALWAYS forget to do it whenever I replay it.

[Bloodporne]

1 hour ago, Kal-El814 said:

Does the game ever tell you this? I guess I should have cleared the yellow dots in the tutorial section. 

I don't know about the sequel but the original definitely gives you this as a tutorial hint. I really don't do it much in a, basically, TPS but it does come in handy once in a while in tight spaces.

[Spork3245]

1 hour ago, SaysWho? said:

I could have sworn both games did. Like TLOU did early on, but I ALWAYS forget to do it whenever I replay it.

 

38 minutes ago, Bloodporne said:

I don't know about the sequel but the original definitely gives you this as a tutorial hint. I really don't do it much in a, basically, TPS but it does come in handy once in a while in tight spaces.

 

It's def not mentioned during gameplay tutorials in TLoU2. It's even on all the "things the game doesn't tell you!" lists.

[Kal-El814]

There’s one scene in particular it would have been SUPER helpful in, maybe two.

 

I think the game could have made the stealth more interesting if there were more times when you could end up surrounded; in most arenas it’s pretty easy to put everyone in the 180 degrees in front of you.

[Greatoneshere]

14 hours ago, Spork3245 said:

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Ok. Abby’s stealth kill is slow, right? And it cannot be upgraded like Ellie’s to make it faster... but, two times, and I cannot figure out how to replicate it, instead of doing that slow choke she did a super fast kill with a full-on 80’s action movie style head snap. Is this random or is there a way to “force” it?

 

 

In general, the melee and hand-to-hand combat is very context sensitive. So if you position yourself and the enemy near walls and appliances as opposed to open spaces, the character will go into a strike-style melee attack mode animation as you hit away and just smash the enemies' heads into the walls and such, killing them much faster. That's what I've noticed anyway. 

[Bloodporne]

1 hour ago, Kal-El814 said:

There’s one scene in particular it would have been SUPER helpful in, maybe two.

 

I think the game could have made the stealth more interesting if there were more times when you could end up surrounded; in most arenas it’s pretty easy to put everyone in the 180 degrees in front of you.

I never found the move particularly helpful in the first one because it opens you up a lot to turn your back on enemies. Running backwards isn't terribly slow if I recall that correctly right now so it's usually better to be ready to shoot/melee than turn your back and run away fully in my experience. I tried it several times and got lit up. The AI seemed to be aware of whether I was facing them or running away...I think? At least it seemed that way. Again, talking about the first one. 

[SimpleG]

3 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

In general, the melee and hand-to-hand combat is very context sensitive. So if you position yourself and the enemy near walls and appliances as opposed to open spaces, the character will go into a strike-style melee attack mode animation as you hit away and just smash the enemies' heads into the walls and such, killing them much faster. That's what I've noticed anyway. 

Yea but thats not what hes talking about. It was grab from behind and just a quick snap.

[Spork3245]

6 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

In general, the melee and hand-to-hand combat is very context sensitive. So if you position yourself and the enemy near walls and appliances as opposed to open spaces, the character will go into a strike-style melee attack mode animation as you hit away and just smash the enemies' heads into the walls and such, killing them much faster. That's what I've noticed anyway. 

I’m referencing a stealth kill animation after a grab, not melee combat.  

[SimpleG]

1 minute ago, Spork3245 said:

I’m referencing a stealth kill animation after a grab, not melee combat.  

Was it in the beginning of 

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Abbeys play through , I seem to recall it happening in the store?

 

[Kal-El814]

2 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

In general, the melee and hand-to-hand combat is very context sensitive. So if you position yourself and the enemy near walls and appliances as opposed to open spaces, the character will go into a strike-style melee attack mode animation as you hit away and just smash the enemies' heads into the walls and such, killing them much faster. That's what I've noticed anyway. 

Mild upgrade spoilers for the bit that @Spork3245 was talking about.

 

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You can find a way to craft shivs a la the first game, which helps take down enemies quicker.

 

[Spork3245]

3 minutes ago, SimpleG said:

Was it in the beginning of 

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Abbeys play through , I seem to recall it happening in the store?

 

No

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Happened twice on Day 3. I went “how the F did I do that?” and then it happened again a few minutes later and I couldn’t replicate it willingly.

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[Spork3245]

2 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said:

Mild upgrade spoilers for the bit that @Spork3245 was talking about.

 

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You can find a way to craft shivs a la the first game, which helps take down enemies quicker.

 

No

 

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Wasn’t a shiv kill, it was a barehanded neck snap after a stealth grab. Pressing square.

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[Greatoneshere]

6 minutes ago, SimpleG said:

Yea but thats not what hes talking about. It was grab from behind and just a quick snap.

 

6 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

I’m referencing a stealth kill animation after a grab, not melee combat.  

 

Yes I know I'm implying that may be contextual as well. 

 

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I know what you mean by the quick head snap. I've done it randomly a few times too, hence my explanation about context sensitivity. The only quicker stealth kill animation I'm aware of is using a shiv for the stealth kill over the chokehold as @Kal-El814 explained but I know you are talking about the head/neck snap, which is different.

 

[Kal-El814]

3 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

No

 

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Wasn’t a shiv kill, it was a barehanded neck snap after a stealth grab. Pressing square.

 

Oh yeah, sorry I wasn’t clear.

 

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Abby can’t upgrade her choke to be quicker the way Ellie can knife enemies more quickly via supplements. She can craft shivs to make takedowns easier. Completely separate from that, yes, sometimes being close to a wall / surface seems to allow melee to “go quicker.”

 

Lousy quoting by me.

 

[Spork3245]

3 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

 

Yes I know I'm implying that may be contextual as well. 

 

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I know what you mean by the quick head snap. I've done it randomly a few times too, hence my explanation about context sensitivity. The only quicker stealth kill animation I'm aware of is using a shiv for the stealth kill over the chokehold as @Kal-El814 explained but I know you are talking about the head/neck snap, which is different.

 

I wasn’t standing by anything or did anything different, the only thing I could think of is maybe I double tapped square. It doesn’t seem something that would be environmentally affected. It was badass and I want to do it ALL the time, though  

[Spork3245]

God damn. I can’t even find videos of what I’m referencing! Forever mystery  

[SimpleG]

1 minute ago, Spork3245 said:

God damn. I can’t even find videos of what I’m referencing! Forever mystery  

Yea I was just looking as well and cant anything