Forum Overview :: The Last Of Us
 
How much pop culture does he normally name drop? by skip 06/19/2013, 11:19pm PDT
Because this article has so many, a Grantland writer might tell him to tone it down. Some fragments.


Like Bioshock Infinite, The Last of Us is supported by a tremendous amount of creative insight
After three Uncharted games, we know what Naughty Dog really wants to do is direct.
If Bioshock Infinite was Irrational’s Christopher Nolan’s Inception, The Last of Us is Naughty Dog’s Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.
If there’s any Hollywood in this game, it’s the downbeat art house Hollywood of the Coen Brothers’ True Grit, Joe Wright’s Hanna, or Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild
He has a 14-year-old in tow. Ellie, perfectly voiced by Ashley Johnson who you glimpsed as the waitress saved by Captain America in The Avengers,
Metro: Last Light is another linear shooter with sneaking elements
you can expect a lot of gamey scavenging and crafting, about on par with Rage.
disappointing cliche and nearly as eye-rolling as Milla Jovovich herself being the fifth element.


Let's give him the game references, including the half dozen more he makes to Bioshock Infinite and Uncharted. The movie references are shoehorned in so clumsily, even his fans must notice he's just doing it to flash pop culture cred. He's not trying to make any meaningful comparisons since all the references are to movies made within the past 4 years, with one notable exception. He put in the Fifth Element reference just nerdbait inside his review. We're hitting Christopher Nolan's Inception level of baiting.
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Metactitic by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/19/2013, 2:12pm PDT NEW
    HAHAHAHHA NT by Entropy Stew 06/19/2013, 2:14pm PDT NEW
        Fucking Tom Chick NT by Cannibal Dave 06/19/2013, 4:22pm PDT NEW
    How much pop culture does he normally name drop? by skip 06/19/2013, 11:19pm PDT NEW
        He does the opposite for low class culture by fabio 06/22/2013, 12:39pm PDT NEW
    Journey: 77 Positive, 0 Mixed... NT by ...1 Negative. 06/19/2013, 11:42pm PDT NEW
        He has a faq for that one. NT by skip 06/20/2013, 9:31pm PDT NEW
        Well at least he's one main stream(ish) reviewer not afraid to dock AAA titles by fabio 06/21/2013, 6:50am PDT NEW
            Journey was an indie game. You've given him so much shit over his score of Deus NT by Ex which was more of an AAA game. 06/21/2013, 7:59am PDT NEW
                I've given Tom as much shit over DE as Bob Hope has given Chrysler NT by fabio 06/21/2013, 9:30am PDT NEW
 
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