tadasbub

Very good, but quickly gets old and boring. There is a wonderful line connecting this game start to finish - an aging man years ago lost everything, including his teenage daughter who was killed, gets to relive fatherhood feelings while having to take care of and protect the girl he has to take across the country. The storyline if modified is probably worth a movie at some point down the road, but as far as gameplay it gets repetitive and old very fast - you run around, collect items, shoot and kill zombies, infected, military, etc.. while going from point A to point B in a predefined path. There is no open world concept really, it is almost like you are playing a on-rails-shooter with some degree of flexibility how to kill your enemies. It gets boring, the level of complexity in "puzzle solving" is sad, and is better left to 1st graders (Don't, because it is not a game for kids...), lack of different paths in gameplay, or decision-consequence in the game is an eye-sore. Some tasks could be time-limited, outcomes of your "faith" or difficulty of the path chosen may depend on which door you open, which path you take around city/your surroundings, items found, information you collect could depend on "friends" (and there are not many...) you make, there is so much more that could have been done to make game interesting. It is visually beautiful, story is good, but that is where it ends. I am torn, to give it better or worse rating, because there are worse games that get better ratings, but to be fair, 6 is just about right given high expectations and hype that is created. I want to be surprised by the game in a positive way to give it a 9 or 10. Gameplay: 4/10 Visuals: 9/10 Story: 10/10 Quality: 9/10 Overall: 6/10 I would rate Assassin's Creed, Uncharted, GTA ahead of The Last of Us, I do not want to be bored by the game, and if you are into a good story, well, I suggest you read a good book before you go to bed instead...

I must be of the few lucky ones, because I was able to return the game before opening it. I have pre-ordered NHL 15 with my friend and once it came in was able to test-drive it few times and it made me really sad to see such a great game franchise to drive its first next-gen release into the ground so hard. Every year fans expect improvement and this time visuals got better, obviously... but removing features in "be a pro", "gm" modes and lack on 6vs6 online play is horrendous. It is not all lost however, visually game looks great. Why a 0 rating then? Because charging $70 CDN for a half (at best) completed game is a robbery. Because no company, and especially one that is so well established, should feel the need to release the game that is basically alpha/beta and sell it as a full release. It is like EA thinks that it should be somehow privileged to our money no matter what piece of garbage it releases under the title NHL. Returned the game and will sit out this year until NHL 16.