I also agree with him lol
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How? A franchise is still a franchise even if it consists of little media. The Last of Us consists of four games if you are counting the remasters and one going on two TV show franchises plus both the games and the show have official and unofficial merchandise.
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I like how despite the details given. They given us the bare minimum surrounding what this new content really is.
I wonder how in-depth this rogue like mode really is, or is it just gonna be fight and collect resources in reused campaign arenas, then between scenarios buy weapon and health upgrades.
Are there persistent upgrades? Will accessibility modes be active during this mode or will stuff like slow motion and basically invisibility still be enabled causing an imbalance. Will Characters start off with different weapons? Will Abby be able to use Ellieās weapons or the other way around?
It looks like these āLost Levelsā arenāt really levels with playable scenarios but stuff from the cutting room floor with museum like elements judging from the highlighted developer commentary. Atleast thatās what it seems to be judging from the wording they gave.
Cosmetics arenāt nothing to be excited about, but hey atleast I can be post Seattle Ellie running through the snow with my Golden Ornate Bow and Arrow.
I donāt know this release while not surprising just highlights the state of Naughty Dog where itās easier to remaster their backlog and outsource their ports to a company notorious for their stellar barely functioning Arkham Knight port. Instead they could have given an update regarding their Standalone Multiplayer which judging from the information coming out from leakers is having a trouble development.
But hey $10 upgrade path for digital owners. Atleast the physical will cost us 70 clams.
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Yea how dare he disregard my Universal Halloween Horror Nights 2023 The Last of Us T-Shirt.
Wait they integrated Last of Us into the Halloween Horror Nights? I hope so because that is really just more evidence for my case. Either way, yes that is just proof that it is a franchise. You can by merch at Universal, through Sony, through Naughty Dogās own store, at HBOās store and I even saw a special section of the Hot Topic digital storefront just for the gameās branded merchandise. All of that fits within the definition of franchising.
It turns out āSupport yourself through other peopleās money that you donāt even have while making a hundred buyouts at onceā is NOT a good business model. Who knew?
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Still had to go to etsy to get this bad boy, because just like IO Naughty Dog refuses to give us cool merch.
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In the video trailer for the Lost Levels they showed one second of Ellie running holding a gun and one second of Ellie walking through a decorated Jackson with some NPCs having animations, implying that they may actually have some playable scenarios in them. Though to be fair if they donāt have any actual gameplay it wouldnāt be the first time they made a misleading part of a trailer for TLOU2.
I mean it isnāt out of spite it is most likely because the WLF are supposed to be bad guys and represent the sort of bad impulses of cyclical and generational revenge on a societal level so ND doesnāt want to cheapen the organisation.
Unlike the cool Providence dove tiepins IO are secretly hoarding right under our nosesā¦
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Clearly this is just the tease and reveal of what to expect to get the hype train rolling. Weāll be hearing much more about this in the weeks leading up to mid-January for sure.
Each run will offer a new chance to decide what rewards you get after each encounter, how you spec out your character, and more. Unlock more characters, skins, and more as you progress to use in the mode, customize your own runs, and compete on a global leaderboard as part of a Daily Run2. Weāre excited to share more about No Return as we get closer to launch.
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Weāre excited to share more with you about The Last of Us Part II Remastered as we get closer to its release on PlayStation 5 on January 19! Preorders will go live on December 5.
If the Roguelike mode ends up being just a bunch of random battle arenas, itās at least something that seems to have more variety than the same story combat arenas in the game. Iād play it a bunch.
But there does seem to be progression in letting you unlock different ways to play. Possibly different characters have different loadouts or abilities?
I highly doubt it would disable any Accessibility options. NDās whole mantra with the games recently has been to allow as many people as possible to be able to experience and play the game on their own terms. Youāre not locked off from trophies or given any sort of punishment for turning on accessibility stuff like Invisible While Prone or Slow-Mo Aiming.
Now, the Cheats menu, thatāll probably be disabled like how it is on Grounded mode. Those give you things like Infinite Ammo or One Hit Kills.
Lost Levels, Iām not expecting to be complete gameplay experiences, but given theyāre even showing off any of this unfinished stuff is pretty cool and might give us some long-awaited explanation to certain deleted scenes in the story that couldāve beenā¦
(Hey I really enjoyed the Commentary/Museum mode from Firewatch and Iām all for more behind-the-scenes stuff being shown on games!)
Yeah cosmetics are just kinda āgood, finallyā. Since the first game had it, but was weirdly absent from the sequel ā probably not to let you have too much fun in the gameās pitch-black themes. Good theyāre breaking that though. Astronaut Ellie woohooo
Also also btw, physical owners of the PS4 version can still pay 10$ for the upgrade, so Iām sold already. I never believed thereād be anything extra in a re-release since itās been said many times by Neil and devs that the game is as complete as theyāve wanted it to be at launch.
So idk if this count as news but Iām happy about it so I guess I will mention it anyway so for plants vs zombies garden warfare 2 it has been impossible to get every trophy/achievement for since like 2019 I think and the ea community manager has basically been on a journey the last three weeks to convince a pop cap employee to fix the problem said problem stupidity there is a little thing where every month for a week there is this special game mode and in 2020 they were put on a specific rotation and that rotation doesnāt include the two game modes with trophies/achievements so that will hopefully be fixed https://answers.ea.com/t5/Other-Plants-vs-Zombies-Games/Change-the-Mystery-Portal-Rotation-Please/m-p/13139627
I just found something funny on that half life page If you scroll to the bottom you can tap or click on the crowbar and pick it up scroll back up and whack monsters with it I thought that was interesting so I thought I would share
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A very new, very viral hit in the horror gaming scene. Just released into early access last month.
Seen quite a few hilarious clips of people goofing around (and dying tragically) in the game on Twitter. Iām so tempted to get it ā because itās an extremely cheap 13$ ā but Iām literally a chicken for horror games and have no active steam friends soooo
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In Japan Nintendo are releasing a 18+ version of the n64 Nintendo Switch online app because of certain laws in Japan maybe this will up the chance of conkers bad fur day being added to switch online
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Want to know the scary thing? The president of Argentina wants everything tied to the US Dollar. If you now pay 415 Argentine pesos as a match to Dollar value for a game imagine how expensive food will be if he dollarises.
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The blog posts are still accessible via wayback machine though if youĀ“re interested. There are some interesting snippets, including about Agent:
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The question is what was the NDA regarding the former Rockstar North employee. Typically NDAās last between 1-5 years, but given this is Rockstar and theyāre generally known for keeping their secrets especially amongst this trade.
This just seems like a weird situation of they shared their experience both positive and unsurprisingly negative and it got shut down.
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If you log into brawl stars anytime from now to January you can get a new character mico 
and the skin dark angel colt 
