The AI sucks. Characters are so dumb. You literally could be in the middle of a fire fight and just chuck a brick at someone. Then all the enemies forget that you're there and run over to the brick. Yeah, that's really a good game.
If they already know your whereabouts, no, they don't forget you and go for the brick. If they don't know where you are and they hear a noise, then of course they check it out.
As for the rest of the gameplay, well, considering this is from the people who made the Uncharted series, it was boring. The stealth sections were plagued with bad path-findings and boring moments. And the puzzles, don't even get me started.
I disagree about the stealth moments. I found myself challenged and engaged, especially considering the fact that enemies always moved differently upon each play through. As for puzzles, this is not a puzzle game. I'm not sure what you were expecting. I don't consider this game to have any.
The story is nothing special. It's your generic soppy-soppy tale about two people with no family in a zombie apocalypse...wait, haven't I heard this kind of thing before? Oh yeah, I have. Nearly every single piece of media involving zombies has this story.
In my opinion, this game isn't sad. It's annoying. The amount of death and supposedly 'heartbreaking' scenes ruin it for me. It's trying to hard. I've played games where I've become sad before, and I didn't in this.
I don't really like this game that much.
Personal preference. This simply isn't the game or story for you.
Want good gameplay? Third person shooter? Uncharted for a start. Stealth, third person shooter? Metal Gear Solid games. (The original Metal Gear, Ac!d and Rising aren't really stealth third-person). Puzzles, go for any puzzle game. Portal 1 and 2 are brilliant.
All of these are great games, undoubtedly, but you're failing to grasp the fact that they're not the same type of game that TLOU is trying to be. It's not an action film turned into a game with a wise-cracking, modern day Indiana Jones as its lead. It's not a stealth shooter with an experienced commander taking on top secret espionage missions. And it is definitely not a puzzle game about a human trying to escape the weird experiments of a computer named GlaDos.
Story? Bioshock series has a brilliant story.
Sure. So does this.
What about games like The Witcher 3, with other 200 hours of content (excluding DLC). Surely they're better? Well, they are.
Again, you're comparing an open-world sandbox RPG to this. That's comparing apples to oranges. This is one linear story that you follow from beginning to end without sidequests and distractions, decisions and multiple endings. Big games can absolutely be great, but they aren't necessarily great because they are big. Some of them suffer because of their size and lack of focus. (No, I am not saying that
The Witcher 3 is one of them.)
For the record, I'm not saying this is a perfect game, but it is one of the best gaming experiences I have ever had. There really isn't much wrong with it.
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Why don't you take a pill, bake a cake, go read the encyclopaedia.
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