The Last Of Us nearly completely rips off "The Road"

You alright, dude? You seem to be a bit worked up over nothing.

Sounds good, I really enjoyed that movie.

And? If it's good, it's good. I don't care what it rips off.

i hope not. that movie suckedonebeelo

Just stop.

They share the same Post-Apocalyptic theme.....but we don't know EXACTLY what TLOU is really about.

[QUOTE="onebeelo"]i hope not. that movie suckedtexasgoldrush

Similar in concept, not at all in execution.meetroid8

[QUOTE="onebeelo"]i hope not. that movie suckedtexasgoldrush

They share the same Post-Apocalyptic theme.....but we don't know EXACTLY what TLOU is really about.

VERTIGO47

This. "I saw 3 minutes of a game that reminds me of a book/film. I am now expert and declare shameless ripoff!"

[QUOTE="onebeelo"]i hope not. that movie suckedtexasgoldrush

[QUOTE="meetroid8"]Similar in concept, not at all in execution.texasgoldrush

You appear to have an extremely narrow scope of fictional knowledge if you think The Road is the first piece of fiction to use that as a literary device. Granted I have past knowledge of your posts so I can say with certainty that I'm correct.Ace6301

Also this.

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"][QUOTE="meetroid8"]Similar in concept, not at all in execution.Ace6301

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This game reminded me a lot of The Road, which has me very excited because ever since I read that book I was hoping for a video game to take on such a jounrney.

Halo completely ripped off starship troopers

Uncharted completely riped off indiana jones

blah blah blah blah every game is going to draw insperation from something.

i've seen the film and am currently reading through the novel again, you are completely wrong. the road portrays its narrative through despondency and the most bare bonesdialogue i've ever read, there isn't even quotations to go along with the dialogue in the novel, serving to detach the reader from the characters and embed them in unity with the world around them. In ND's game, the characters are their own entities with presumably distinct attitudes and emotions.

The road had maybe one or two legitimate action scenes and took a whole different approach to the end-world aesthetic. The Last of Us seems to focus more on the action and character interaction.

The Road refer ed to the two protagonists as The Man and The Boy, that is how minimal the novel's approach to enhancing and developing its characters. The Road is a beautiful novel, but certainly not for everyone; a "presumed" video game adaption in the form of ND's new game, as you suggest, is completely ludicrous.

Stop looking for ways of bashing this game, or at least don't try to bring a venerable novel to this fanboy nonsense.

So despite it being a complete ripoff, you still have to list the differences? What now?

So despite it being a complete ripoff, you still have to list the differences? What now?

i've seen the film and am currently reading through the novel again, you are completely wrong. the road portrays its narrative through despondency and the most bare bonesdialogue i've ever read, there isn't even quotations to go along with the dialogue in the novel, serving to detach the reader from the characters and embed them in unity with the world around them. In ND's game, the characters are their own entities with presumably distinct attitudes and emotions.

The road had maybe one or two legitimate action scenes and took a whole different approach to the end-world aesthetic. The Last of Us seems to focus more on the action and character interaction.

The Road refer ed to the two protagonists as The Man and The Boy, that is how minimal the novel's approach to enhancing and developing its characters. The Road is a beautiful novel, but certainly not for everyone, a "presumed" video game adaption in the form of ND's new game, as you suggest, is completely ludicrous.

Stop looking for ways of bashing this game, or at least don't try to bring a venerable novel to this fanboy nonsense.

Dead-Memories

I think it's to early to tell. The setting is pretty common, so of course there will be similarities with other works... let's see how they develop it first, which is what truly matters.

The aesthetics and visuals are completely different. The Road was bleak compared to how much colour is in this game. biggest_loser

So despite it being a complete ripoff, you still have to list the differences? What now?

Lionheart08

[QUOTE="Dead-Memories"]

i've seen the film and am currently reading through the novel again, you are completely wrong. the road portrays its narrative through despondency and the most bare bonesdialogue i've ever read, there isn't even quotations to go along with the dialogue in the novel, serving to detach the reader from the characters and embed them in unity with the world around them. In ND's game, the characters are their own entities with presumably distinct attitudes and emotions.

The road had maybe one or two legitimate action scenes and took a whole different approach to the end-world aesthetic. The Last of Us seems to focus more on the action and character interaction.

The Road refer ed to the two protagonists as The Man and The Boy, that is how minimal the novel's approach to enhancing and developing its characters. The Road is a beautiful novel, but certainly not for everyone, a "presumed" video game adaption in the form of ND's new game, as you suggest, is completely ludicrous.

Stop looking for ways of bashing this game, or at least don't try to bring a venerable novel to this fanboy nonsense.

texasgoldrush

Legitimate question. Do you have brain damage?

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"][QUOTE="Dead-Memories"]

i've seen the film and am currently reading through the novel again, you are completely wrong. the road portrays its narrative through despondency and the most bare bonesdialogue i've ever read, there isn't even quotations to go along with the dialogue in the novel, serving to detach the reader from the characters and embed them in unity with the world around them. In ND's game, the characters are their own entities with presumably distinct attitudes and emotions.

The road had maybe one or two legitimate action scenes and took a whole different approach to the end-world aesthetic. The Last of Us seems to focus more on the action and character interaction.

The Road refer ed to the two protagonists as The Man and The Boy, that is how minimal the novel's approach to enhancing and developing its characters. The Road is a beautiful novel, but certainly not for everyone, a "presumed" video game adaption in the form of ND's new game, as you suggest, is completely ludicrous.

Stop looking for ways of bashing this game, or at least don't try to bring a venerable novel to this fanboy nonsense.

SRTtoZ

Legitimate question. Do you have brain damage?

Does it really matter? While it's not anything special, it still looks great.

[QUOTE="SRTtoZ"]

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"] Wrong If you think that the man and the boy aren't their own entities you are completely wrong. Yes, the format of the novel and how it was wirtten is unique, but the characters are still there. And the game doesn't have to use the same naming convention...the same relationship is there. While they are not related, the parent-chiold bond and what the characters represent is still there. Face facts here, they took a bunch of elements from The Road. Its undeniable.texasgoldrush

Legitimate question. Do you have brain damage?

Question answered.