![]() ![]() ![]() I liked The Last of Us when it first came out, but it took me many hours of playing to warm up to it, to get past its monotonously somber tone and the conventionally murderous, thieving proclivities of Joel, the game’s protagonist. Would Rockstar Games have been willing to call one of its major games The Ballad of Gay Tony, which was the title given to a downloadable story for Grand Theft Auto IV in 2009? Their smaller budgets and lower financial stakes may allow designers - the studio Naughty Dog in the case of Left Behind - to take risks that they wouldn’t with a core game, in which the fate of an entire studio might rest. Yet the past few months have been a high-water mark for ambitious DLC. So it’s shocking that the best game of the year so far would arrive in such a crass disguise. Players widely think of DLC as a way for studios to squeeze a little more cash from them by charging for things like additional maps, costumes and weapons. Left Behind is “DLC,” which stands for “downloadable content.” That means that a game is not merely downloadable, which many games are, but that it is also an online expansion of, or an addition to, an existing game that the purchaser must already own. That’s because you need a PlayStation 3 and a copy of the first game, The Last of Us, a very good drama from last year - an investment of more than $200 if you’re not already in the club. Except, alas, it’s unlikely to be tried by anyone who isn’t already a dedicated video game player. Left Behind could prove to skeptics that games can be smart and sophisticated. It’s also inexpensive, selling for about $15. A coming-of-age story about two teenage girls during a zombie apocalypse, it’s approachable and contained, designed to be played in a single sitting of two or three hours. You can read all about the future DLC on the official PlayStation Blog.The Last of Us: Left Behind is the best new video game so far this year, or at least the only one that I can’t stop thinking about. ![]() The Abandoned Territories Map Pack will be available for purchase on October 15th, and the Season Pass is available in the PlayStation Store or at your local GameStop for $19.99. You can either purchase these items “a la carte” or you can purchase the season pass and get all these items in a bundle that saves you a few bucks as well! Players will also gain access to over 60 new pieces of headgear for their multiplayer characters. Bookstore features a stacked, bi-level layout adding a highly unique dose of vertical gameplay.” – Eric Monacelli (Community Strategist, Naughty Dog) Stalk around in a dark, eerie, moonlit, environment – the perfect setting for some serious stealth – in the Hometown map. Explore a layered map of an overgrown urban environment with wild giraffes in the background in the Bus Depot map. “Weather the opposing Faction and the random, dynamic dust storm on the Suburbs map. You’ll be introduced to four new environments that will dynamically enhance your multiplayer experience: Suburbs, Bus Depot, Hometown, and Bookstore. Unfortunately the single-player DLC isn’t completed yet, and we will not be seeing any single-player DLC until the end of the year… that’s right, we still have a few cold, long months ahead of us, and if you’re like me and only really care about the single player, then these new few months will seem like forever.īut for all fans of the competitive, brutal multiplayer universe in The Last of U s, welcome the first of three Season Pass DLC map packs, the Abandoned Territories Map Pack. It’s no secret that us Last of Us fans have been anxiously awaiting the release of single player DLC with all the teases about “Outbreak Day” (Thursday, September 26th), we thought for sure we’d get something DLC related but all we got was this interesting take on what The Last of Us would have been like… on Broadway (spoiler alert)! ![]()
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