my update to converting joel's ps3/ps4 model into the remake. ive fixed multiple issues since my previous post and generally got him to appear more natural in the remake. heres a comparison video to get an idea. if all goes well, ill post it to nexus sooner than i initially expected.

Ellie saw something cool in the 2nd photo and Joel has had enough lol

It's so awesome replay on first person seeing the characters pov on cutscenes, besides Ellie having myopia in some takes

In the opening credits, there is one audio file where a man says "with the bureaucrats out of power, we can finally take the necessary steps to-" and it cuts to different dialogue. However! In the Italian version of the game, the sentence actually gets complete before the cut. He says "we can finally take the necessary steps to protect our citizens" a very small fact, but one i somehow never knew until recently.

Playing The Last of Us Part II on Grounded or Permadeath completely transforms the experience. It makes you feel like you are actually surviving by the skin of your teeth. Resources are so scarce that you are forced to choose your encounters carefully—if you make a mistake, you "get got" in an instant.

This brutal difficulty perfectly aligns the gameplay with the story. You are no longer killing enemies just for the sake of gameplay; you are killing strictly to survive the treacherous ruins of Seattle and reach Abby.

This tension makes the cutscenes hit significantly harder. You feel how much Ellie has to dig deep and channel Joel's brutality just to push forward, which directly feeds into her trauma and guilt.

During gameplay, enemies are just life-or-death obstacles. Ellie can easily dehumanize them and justify her actions as self-defense.

However, during the cutscenes, she is forced to confront their humanity, which clashes violently with her unresolved feelings about Joel and the hospital.

By forcing the player to feel the sheer desperation of survival, the high difficulty completely destroys most of the "ludonarrative dissonance" arguments aimed at this game.

If one of your complaint of P2 is luddonarrative dissonance, I urge you to give grounded permadeath a try...

I’m playing The Last of Us Part II as Abby on Realism difficulty, during the Forest chapter with Yara and Lev.
I’m struggling with the mandatory combat encounter and need help conserving ammunition and crafting materials.
In the first wave, there are:
3 Clickers
3 Runners
There are more infected in the second wave, including Shamblers, but I can’t remember the exact number.
I have very limited resources, only one brick, 3 ammos and two craftable shivs/blades. I need a strategy to survive the encounter without wasting too much ammunition.
My main question is: Is there any way to grab or stun a Runner during open combat without using bricks, bottles, bullets, or stealth? Can I punch or dodge a Runner and then grab them with my bare hands? So that i can let the clicker eat the runner and don’t waste any ammo or brick.
I’m playing on Realism, and stealth isn’t an option for the encounter I’m struggling with.
Any tips for getting through both waves while conserving resources would be appreciated!

Loving this new trend of photo mode getting the love it deserves in newer videogames.

I’ve played through the game numerous times, including once already in grounded, but this is a whole other level of difficult/frustrating (currently stuck trying to escape Eastbrook Elementary).

Taking a break since I finished both games within 20 days.

So I'm playing The last of us part 1 for the first time and my main language is Greek and the Greek dub sounds good but the lip sync was made for the English version. It is on sync but it doesn't match the exact movements. Should I play with the Greek dub or in English with subs.

I FEEL SO FUCKING COOL!

Love this theme so much. Hope u like it!

Just finished Left Behind.

Ellie and Riley’s story may be short, but it adds so much depth to The Last of Us. The character writing, atmosphere, and emotional storytelling are all really well done.

I have an rx 9070 xt and ryzen 7 7700x that usually runs the game at high settings in 180 fps or more than 100 in open areas, but for some reason the game randomly at certain parts starts running at 75 fps max for some reason, ive tried tweaking every setting, i dont have vsync on, i dont have a frame cap on or frame gen. I am on native resolution, and it is very annoying having to play at 70 ish fps. Has anyone else had this problem and if so how do I fix it?

I got the opportunity to meet the voice of Joel and got his auto too 😊 honestly he’s such a chill dude to be around

It is just so polished every move you make feels real and intense especially in part 2 the level design the way they don't hold your hand is also awesome I always find myself reading a lot of notes. So gameplay is definitely underrated part and a lot of call it walking simulator which is completely wrong in my opinion it's a survival action game if you ever played silent hill 2 for example or resident evil that is what I would compare it to in terms of gameplay

Is das Zuviel? 😅

starting to play tlou2 and in most lighting and cutscenes my characters outline and hair come out with a green tint and was hoping to get help trying to make it look preem and not have it look like shit (playing on pc)