The last of Us. Listen mode

I was extremely hyped for this game. Looked like a refreshing take on the survival/horror game and then I see this thing Naughty Dog calls Listen mode. Their version of x-ray vision. Is anyone else exremely disapointed by the implimentation of such a feature? I for one am extremely disapointed I think it take away any tension the game had to begin with. Heres to hoping it's an option and I can disable it. WHat do you think about This new listen mode people?

I think I read somewhere that ND said it can be disabled.

You have to be level 10 to make a topic, and you can disable listen mode.

It's mapped to R2. So I'm bound to use it if it's forced.  I don't even want the option to keep me on my toes kind of thing. And to the guy who said Naughty dog said it was optional. Can you link me or show me where? If it is i'm complaining for nothing if not I'm extremely disapointed.

Just don't use it.freedomfreak

You have to be level 10 to make a topic, and you can disable listen mode.

XVision84

If I had to be level 10 to make a topic then how did I? Care to explain that one?  If they wanted only level 10 and up to make topics then I shouldn't be able to make one at all.

It's an interesting idea since the enemies seem to kill you VERY fast. The feature might come in useful at a few points in the game. If you don't like it, don't use it.Rattlesnake_8

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You have to be level 10 to make a topic, and you can disable listen mode.

wazzap76

If I had to be level 10 to make a topic then how did I? Care to explain that one?  If they wanted only level 10 and up to make topics then I shouldn't be able to make one at all.

It's mapped to R2. So I'm bound to use it if it's forced.  I don't even want the option to keep me on my toes kind of thing. And to the guy who said Naughty dog said it was optional. Can you link me or show me where? If it is i'm complaining for nothing if not I'm extremely disapointed.

wazzap76

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You have to be level 10 to make a topic, and you can disable listen mode.

wazzap76

If I had to be level 10 to make a topic then how did I? Care to explain that one?  If they wanted only level 10 and up to make topics then I shouldn't be able to make one at all.

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It's mapped to R2. So I'm bound to use it if it's forced.  I don't even want the option to keep me on my toes kind of thing. And to the guy who said Naughty dog said it was optional. Can you link me or show me where? If it is i'm complaining for nothing if not I'm extremely disapointed.

Nengo_Flow

I wasn't refrencing Resistence 2 I was refering the button on a playstation controller called R2.

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[QUOTE="XVision84"]

You have to be level 10 to make a topic, and you can disable listen mode.

seanmcloughlin

If I had to be level 10 to make a topic then how did I? Care to explain that one?  If they wanted only level 10 and up to make topics then I shouldn't be able to make one at all.

Waste of my time reading all of that. If they close it they close it I couldn't care less. People pointing it out that I can't make a thread at level 5 need to get a life who the hell cares. I've made probably 4 threads since joining and not one has been closed.

Just don't use it.freedomfreak

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]Just don't use it.Heil68

It's like trying not to use a sprint button. Your going to use it at least once if it's mapped to a button like R2 and it's one of the button you hit by mistake more then others.

[QUOTE="Heil68"][QUOTE="freedomfreak"]Just don't use it.wazzap76

It's like trying not to use a sprint button. Your going to use it at least once if it's mapped to a button like R2 and it's one of the button you hit by mistake more then others.

How do you "accidentally" hit R2? It's not like you can press on it without noticing.

[QUOTE="Nengo_Flow"][QUOTE="wazzap76"]

It's mapped to R2. So I'm bound to use it if it's forced.  I don't even want the option to keep me on my toes kind of thing. And to the guy who said Naughty dog said it was optional. Can you link me or show me where? If it is i'm complaining for nothing if not I'm extremely disapointed.

wazzap76

I wasn't refrencing Resistence 2 I was refering the button on a playstation controller called R2.

[QUOTE="Heil68"][QUOTE="freedomfreak"]Just don't use it.wazzap76

It's like trying not to use a sprint button. Your going to use it at least once if it's mapped to a button like R2 and it's one of the button you hit by mistake more then others.

I was really hyped for the game until I heard about this and now I'm like really disappointed just like with the tacky slow-mo ability on Killzone SF. These abilities don't belong on these games. Really lame.

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[QUOTE="Heil68"] Well that was pretty easy..freedomfreak

It's like trying not to use a sprint button. Your going to use it at least once if it's mapped to a button like R2 and it's one of the button you hit by mistake more then others.

Ya people have stated. Doesn't mean it's true. I have yet to see a link proving this.

Well they had to find some way to simplify things for the $ony crowd :P

You can disable it so you should be good.FinalFighters

any link?

[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]Just don't use it.Nengo_Flow

From what I saw.. 1 bite kills you..... so you might want to know when they're coming. 

You need to be level 10 in order to create topics.

INB4TEHLOCK

Unless there is something dampening the acoustics of a room or reflective, it's usually pretty easy to tell where people are in another room if you are listening to them.

IMHO, rather than showing the outline of the people, having an amorphous blob of where they could be would have been a more realistic interpolation of placement by sonics.  Eh, just don't use it.

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You have to be level 10 to make a topic, and you can disable listen mode.

seanmcloughlin

If I had to be level 10 to make a topic then how did I? Care to explain that one?  If they wanted only level 10 and up to make topics then I shouldn't be able to make one at all.

I didn't like the idea when I first heard it, but I was picturing something more like Detective Mode. Having seen Listen Mode in action it actually doesn't look too bad, fairly subtle and doesn't look like it should badly affect immersion.

I guess in an ideal world everyone would have a great surround sound set-up and the player could get all the information the character has through audio design. Given that's not the case however, this seems like a reasonable way to give the player that information.

It's a bit late in the gen to think about picking up a new console, but this game combined with a price cut could tempt me into becoming a very late adopter.

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If I had to be level 10 to make a topic then how did I? Care to explain that one?  If they wanted only level 10 and up to make topics then I shouldn't be able to make one at all.

wasted_wisdom

STFU dude. His topic is dumb anyway because ti was confirmed that listen mode can be disabled and we already have a recent thread talking about the new TLOU footage

While you do have to be level 10 to create topics, this is a topic that hasn't been seen. I could be mistaken. If we're just going to randomly lock threads because of the level cap, then so be it. That rule was mainly for those fools that create topics just to troll. This is a good question. That being said, the topic is more PGD material than SW. You'd get more responses than the inb4lock and must be level 10 crowd bumping their post count.

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I don't mind the feature as I'm sure ND will make it optional. Like another poster said, what if you're deaf/hearing impaired? Even if it isn't optional, it is for you. You don't have to press that button if you don't want to. I think it'll come in handy from time to time.

Going to go with the chorus on this, don't like don't use. Even if you "accidentally" press the button you can just as easily press the button to turn it off. It would be like complaining about Detective Mode in the Arkham games. When you don't have to use it, don't use it. It's really simple.

You have to be level 10 to make a thread here.