I dunno, I think it's a little coincidential. There are a few architecture similarities, but not enough for me to think that the building is a reference from The Walking Dead.
Good job pointing it out though, I didn't notice during my playthoughs.
Wow never noticed this, I might have missed that house. Is this near the end of the Summer part of the game? I remember there being neighbourhoods with houses like that.
Exactly how i felt. I completed the last of us, it seemed very simliar to the walking dead, not just cause of the infected and so on, just other things. When you play it you will see what i mean.
They may be similar in some, maybe even many parts, but you may not forget that The Last of Us wasn't created in a year, but it definitely took longer, when it was started TWD S1E1 had most likely not been released, and most certainly no one knew just how succesfull the game would become. So calling it a rip off is far fetched. Man and girl, that's the first thing that catches your eye in both games, however all the other things? Merely coincidence, and not even that similar. Dodgy past? Not really, well kind of, but in a very different way than Lee's, Choices? Merely existing in The Last of Us, "walkers"? Now that's the biggest difference, there are no such creatures in The Last of Us, sorry but there is a big difference between infected/runners and zombies/walkers, let alone the different enemy types in The Last of Us. But well, I guess it doesn't take long for people to call one game a rip off, just because it was released later. The Last of Us was teased '11, Episode 1 was released '12, thus both developments were started somewhere around the same time.
Obviously it has similarities. Heck, the Protagonists alone. Ellie is the second Clem. And seeing this is nothing but awesome. Both games can go along without a Problem imo.
She is not a second Clementine, and Joel is not a second Lee, to me at least I believe Clementine is just better, but maybe because she is nicer and younger and I maybe because I play THIS game first.
She is not a second Clementine, and Joel is not a second Lee, to me at least I believe Clementine is just better, but maybe because she is nicer and younger and I maybe because I play THIS game first.
I think it's more of a nod to the franchise as well the Telltale's game. I saw some interviews of the director of The Last of Us where he mentioned that they were inspired by these story driven comics/games and he specifically mentioned The Walking Dead. So I'm pretty sure it's a respectful nod to Lee and Clementine.
I did notice that house when I played TLOU but didn't think too much of it. But now I see
Exactly what I think. That game stands on its own as a good game. So no harm done. Just one developer appreciating the work of another. As long as we get great games in the process I'm happy lol
Yeah I'm thinking it's just a coincidence. Treehouses, pools, sliding glass doors and kitchens are hardly unique features and considering the sheer number of houses you go through in The Last of Us, there was bound to be one like that.
More like a ripoff. TLOU is basically TTG's TWD with better graphics and a crappy story. TTG should sue the crap out of them...
TLOU was in production back in 2009. Just because it came out after TWD doesn't instantly make it a rip off. The level layouts were probably decided long before TWD came out.
And TLOU's story isn't 'crappy.' It's... I hate to say it, superior to TWD's in some aspects.
And this house is NOT a reference it has the same basic layout but it looks completely different.
They are similar but not the same, zombie games always have something that another game also has since all the innovation has been done before. I have said before that I am not a fan or TLOU since I have already played two games that had the same idea, but saying it's a rip off is just so out there, you really do not understand how hard it is to make a game.
Yeah, I wouldn't go as far as to say that TLOU is a rip-off. I enjoyed both games and it's obvious there are gonna be similarities since they both are essentially post-apocalptic "zombie" games. (Although there was more of a backstory in TLOU of how the infection spread etc.)
Alright, just to say it: it can not be a rip off, because well... since when can people steal ideas from the future? The game was in development a lot earlier, at that point in time the TWD game did not exist, nor was there any announcement I believe.
Universal themes are a thing, people. Both stories, and several before the both of them dealt with a post apocalyptic world. Other than being a man protecting a girl unrelated by blood, the stories are far apart on many levels.
In some ways I found The Last of Us to be more hopeful, and less tragic than The Walking Dead. Also, the ending is a lot different, and has a different point to make.
More like a ripoff. TLOU is basically TTG's TWD with better graphics and a crappy story. TTG should sue the crap out of them...
Telltale's story might be lovingly executed and highly emotionally charged, but it's still a simple zombie story and hardly 'original' in its own right. If you jump on the zombie bandwagon, that's the kind of stories you tell.
As for the easter egg, I believe the similarities are pretty obvious. The pool AND the tree house AND the sliding door, that's a bit too much for a coincidence (did Clem ever talk about the pool? It was just there...). Still, that's not a rip off. That's a reference.
I never cared for 'what reddit thinks', but I do believe that it mostly is a single thought and a single entity...
I don't think some of these people really understand how long Last of Us was in development for or how how much of a pain it would be to go back and change the story due to cinematics. Heck, they pushed it back another year to change Ellie's facial features and for bug fixes alone.
Do other houses in The Last of Us have treehouses? If this is the only one with that sort of treehouse then it would seem like a reference that they put the walking-dead-ish treehouse at the walking-dead-ish house. If those treehouses are all over the place in the game then I'd call it a coincidence that the similar attributes ended up on the same property.
Joel is nothing like Lee. Saying they both had a dodgy past does not cut it. Lee murdered a single man. Joel became a hunter, and likely helped killed hundreds of defenseless people. Not only that, but if you've reached the end,
he is willing to doom the entire human race to save one person
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Also, Lee immediately cares for Clem. Joel... not so much.
Ellie is also nothing like Clem. Ellie is much less passive.
That, and The Last of Us was in development before The Walking Dead (Telltale), right? The Last of Us began development right after Uncharted 2, as Naughty Dog split into two teams. That's the end of 2009/beginning of 2010.
There's no way Telltale started on The Walking Dead that early. They announced that they'd got the rights to The Walking Dead in February 2011.
So, yeah, I think to say that The Last of Us "ripped-off" The Walking Dead is to be fairly ignorant of the facts.
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Good job pointing it out though, I didn't notice during my playthoughs.
the last of us is a total rip off of twd..
man and girl check
man has dodgy past check
story elements / choices check
'walkers' check
dodgy characters good and bad check
You really shouldn't try to make a great game with its own ideas look bad. Won't work...
Exactly how i felt. I completed the last of us, it seemed very simliar to the walking dead, not just cause of the infected and so on, just other things. When you play it you will see what i mean.
They may be similar in some, maybe even many parts, but you may not forget that The Last of Us wasn't created in a year, but it definitely took longer, when it was started TWD S1E1 had most likely not been released, and most certainly no one knew just how succesfull the game would become. So calling it a rip off is far fetched. Man and girl, that's the first thing that catches your eye in both games, however all the other things? Merely coincidence, and not even that similar. Dodgy past? Not really, well kind of, but in a very different way than Lee's, Choices? Merely existing in The Last of Us, "walkers"? Now that's the biggest difference, there are no such creatures in The Last of Us, sorry but there is a big difference between infected/runners and zombies/walkers, let alone the different enemy types in The Last of Us. But well, I guess it doesn't take long for people to call one game a rip off, just because it was released later. The Last of Us was teased '11, Episode 1 was released '12, thus both developments were started somewhere around the same time.
so it was based on what i've seen read and the recent kotaku 'comparison'.
;-;
Sir..you are my hero!
I did notice that house when I played TLOU but didn't think too much of it. But now I see
TLOU was in production back in 2009. Just because it came out after TWD doesn't instantly make it a rip off. The level layouts were probably decided long before TWD came out.
And TLOU's story isn't 'crappy.' It's... I hate to say it, superior to TWD's in some aspects.
And this house is NOT a reference
In some ways I found The Last of Us to be more hopeful, and less tragic than The Walking Dead. Also, the ending is a lot different, and has a different point to make.
Oh lord....
major facepalm
Telltale's story might be lovingly executed and highly emotionally charged, but it's still a simple zombie story and hardly 'original' in its own right. If you jump on the zombie bandwagon, that's the kind of stories you tell.
As for the easter egg, I believe the similarities are pretty obvious. The pool AND the tree house AND the sliding door, that's a bit too much for a coincidence (did Clem ever talk about the pool? It was just there...). Still, that's not a rip off. That's a reference.
I never cared for 'what reddit thinks', but I do believe that it mostly is a single thought and a single entity...
Also universal themes. They exist.
Do other houses in The Last of Us have treehouses? If this is the only one with that sort of treehouse then it would seem like a reference that they put the walking-dead-ish treehouse at the walking-dead-ish house. If those treehouses are all over the place in the game then I'd call it a coincidence that the similar attributes ended up on the same property.
Joel is nothing like Lee. Saying they both had a dodgy past does not cut it. Lee murdered a single man. Joel became a hunter, and likely helped killed hundreds of defenseless people. Not only that, but if you've reached the end,
Also, Lee immediately cares for Clem. Joel... not so much.
Ellie is also nothing like Clem. Ellie is much less passive.
That, and The Last of Us was in development before The Walking Dead (Telltale), right? The Last of Us began development right after Uncharted 2, as Naughty Dog split into two teams. That's the end of 2009/beginning of 2010.
There's no way Telltale started on The Walking Dead that early. They announced that they'd got the rights to The Walking Dead in February 2011.
So, yeah, I think to say that The Last of Us "ripped-off" The Walking Dead is to be fairly ignorant of the facts.