The Last of Us - Gameplay Preview - Eurogamer

00:00:07.790we don't have to do this you know that

00:00:11.160right after all we've been through

00:00:14.330everything that I've done I can't be for

00:00:19.080nothing tense is a good word to describe

00:00:22.410the last of us and my first experience

00:00:25.199of playing it I mean hickton from

00:00:27.330Eurogamer and I was recently lucky

00:00:29.550enough to get my hands on a preview demo

00:00:31.439of the last of us Naughty Dog's highly

00:00:33.840anticipated tale of zombified mushroom

00:00:36.239men don't worry i got this split into

00:00:41.430two sections lincoln and pittsburgh the

00:00:43.860first part lincoln starts off slowly by

00:00:46.170plunking our hero Joel and his NPC

00:00:48.629sidekick Ellie a foul-mouthed

00:00:50.399fourteen-year-old into a scene of

00:00:52.379natural beauty this small forested area

00:00:55.230is bursting with wildlife and as I

00:00:57.270looked around the vivid green leaves on

00:00:59.370the trees and the knee hide blades of

00:01:01.230grass cast dancing shadows over the

00:01:03.480landscape it was at this point in the

00:01:05.370proceedings that my girlfriend walked

00:01:06.960into the room and said what's this it

00:01:09.060looks real but in inner less manly voice

00:01:11.610and she was right this has to be one of

00:01:13.710the best looking games I've seen on any

00:01:15.720current gen console it's not often

00:01:17.880nowadays that a game will have me

00:01:19.470stopping at multiple points just to

00:01:21.360admire the view but just like Ellie who

00:01:23.520having been born in a quarantine zone

00:01:25.410and as such had never set foot in such a

00:01:27.330place I was staring around in or at the

00:01:29.760surroundings what followed next was a

00:01:31.950rudimentary pick up plank lay plank

00:01:34.230across gap then walk across gap puzzle

00:01:36.660followed by a couple of short but scary

00:01:38.900confrontations with some of the last of

00:01:41.100us is creepy clicker type enemies then I

00:01:43.830found myself in the middle of a deserted

00:01:45.510Lincoln abandoned cars and shops covered

00:01:48.330with rust and weeds that 20 years of

00:01:50.340desertion will provide this place is

00:01:52.890very quaint quaint well I don't know I

00:01:57.930mean how would you describe it

00:02:00.660empty yeah that would be another way

00:02:08.010it's another chance to soak up the

00:02:10.479apocalyptic atmosphere to explore and to

00:02:13.180get to know the characters Joel always

00:02:15.460on watch an alert scavenging for

00:02:17.500supplies while le eyes full of wonder

00:02:19.960stares at lost treasures from a time she

00:02:22.150never knew like an old arcade machine

00:02:24.190all the records in a crumbling music

00:02:26.380store man this is kind of sad what is

00:02:35.250all this music that's just sitting here

00:02:37.920no one's around listen to it I don't

00:02:42.190know doesn't seem right these quiet

00:02:51.760moments of museum like exploration are

00:02:54.250relatively fleeting though and it's not

00:02:56.140long until the tension returns when Joel

00:02:58.480is caught in a trap left by a fellow

00:03:00.340survivor and while hanging upside down

00:03:02.290he must not only defend himself but

00:03:04.300Ellie to it really is heart pounding

00:03:06.580stuff climaxing in there chase

00:03:08.230reminiscent of that bit in the original

00:03:09.850dead space where our necromorph chases

00:03:12.310you for the first time except this time

00:03:14.680there's about 30 of them and you've got

00:03:16.420a child to protect

00:03:21.660next up i tried the pittsburgh section

00:03:24.340which was the polar opposite of the

00:03:25.930lincoln level set in the confines of

00:03:27.849dilapidated shops and warehouses instead

00:03:30.550of the open areas of the lincoln street

00:03:32.290the enemies this time around were humans

00:03:34.709bloodthirsty possibly cannibalistic

00:03:37.000survivors intent on murdering joel and

00:03:39.520ellie just because that's what life had

00:03:41.410become for them now it was a chance for

00:03:43.810the last of us to show off its brutal

00:03:45.610combat which at first was incredibly

00:03:47.830challenging once I worked out how to

00:03:49.780hide in the shadows and to listen which

00:03:52.060effectively lets you see enemies through

00:03:54.069walls I became the hunter rather than

00:03:56.230the hunted stalking my attackers

00:03:58.269flanking them and pouncing on them as

00:04:00.069they rounded corners this mixture of

00:04:02.260hiding and waiting before working up the

00:04:04.150nerve to chance in attack worked really

00:04:06.130well and again Naughty Dog managed to

00:04:08.200create just the right atmosphere to make

00:04:10.150this situation feel believable there

00:04:38.860were also chances to craft weapons and

00:04:41.020level up skills but these seem standard

00:04:43.240stuff and nothing hit me as hard as just

00:04:45.190how well realized the world and its

00:04:47.140characters seem to be as a big fan of

00:04:49.479survival horror experiences and story

00:04:51.850driven adventures over dumbed down

00:04:53.470action games my time with the last of us

00:04:55.810has only made my anticipation for the

00:04:57.789game grow I can't wait to stalk the

00:05:00.010shadows again but this time in bigger

00:05:01.750badder extended playthroughs and as such

00:05:04.270anyone with access to the May 31st demo

00:05:06.910which comes exclusively to those who

00:05:08.919bought god of war ascension should be

00:05:10.690getting pretty damn excited right now

00:05:13.169look

00:05:20.050[ __ ] hunters see this killer be a

00:05:23.810nurse I'll be bringing you more the last

00:05:25.970of us coverage in the coming weeks as

00:05:27.650well as a live stream or too close to

00:05:29.600its release so make sure all you fun

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00:05:36.050see what I did that fun guys because the

00:05:39.290zombies are like fungus e mushroom

00:05:41.210infected dudes yeah comedy genius me