August 29, 2013, the day that will always be remembered by gamers far and wide, as the day a dual barrel shot hit us right in our jaw and it was left permanently open. If you have missed two of the greatest news of today, here’s summing it up:
Naughty Dog and The Last Of Us has released its new patch 1.03 along with a brand new online mode called Interrogation, Oh Yeah!
Whereas Rockstar just rocked it hard in my gut by revealing their (hopefully) final trailer before Grand Theft Auto V hits the consoles this September 17th.
By the latest The Last Of Us patch rules, we are pitted against players of our ranking, and not like a hundred yards ahead of my ranking. Also, there will be strategic balance of noobs/seasoned players (based on Rank) in both the teams in every multiplayer match. Along with this much required change, The Last of Us Factions will now have equal distribution of items in the stashes in every map. Which means your opponent will not be benefiting anymore, and nor will you. Good news is, the revive range is expanded slightly to give you an advantage if you are reviving a teammate and he’s slipping away from range. Now the bad news (good news for some), the game mode makes it even more harder if you are pretending to get a mini mission of Special Executions done for your clan growth. Watch this out, while you are Special Executing someone, the opponent can finish you off with two rounds of the Shorty and then revive his fallen teammate. I’m not kiddin’, go ask Naughty Dog! This is seriously the next big challenge in the game, and it will only make stupid players commit stupider mistakes.
Now here’s what is turning me crazy about The Last Of Us again. Just when I was thinking that maybe, “maybe” I mastered some maps and the two modes in TLOU Factions, Supply Raid and Survivors (especially) respectively, here they come with a different format of the classic TLOU hide and seek. It’s called Interrogation and it looks like the effin’ deal!
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You and your opponent team both will have limited lives like in Supply Raid and your job is not to kill them off this time. Shiv them or Special Execute them by Interrogating the opponent. Each Interrogation/Special Execution will reveal a bit about their items locker. Get 5 such interrogations and the locker will be finally revealed. When it is revealed, you can forget about killing anyone and just run to open the locker and end the game. However while doing so, the enemy will already know that they’re in distress and will ambush your path or wait for you to come near the locker so that they can execute you, and maybe get a hint about your team’s items locker as well?! This is what I call a total team play. Anytime you feel like your team mates are not acting like a team, turn on the microphone and curse them hard. Synchronising your moves will be the key in this mode, as no one can ever be a Rambo (even with 200+ ranking) in Interrogation. And did I miss dropping this, the Interrogation is like any Special Execution, so you may be shot and you may die while interrogating someone. Good luck!
Grand Theft Auto V, with a grand change in the game mechanics, a brand new story to tell and all that GTA is proud to throw at you, GTA V sure looks like the ultimate way to quit or be fired from your otherwise life taking day job. I think I should just shut up for a while and you watch and hit the replay button as many times as you may like:
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Some people are already taking a stroll in their park of notions, saying GTA V visually looks “nothing special.” And I know for a reason that I didn’t fall in love with Red Dead Redemption because of its graphics. Even though the teams for both the franchises are different, I see a lot of Red Dead material in the upcoming GTA V rather than a direct link to GTA IV. I didn’t enjoy GTA IV as much as I hoped to, honestly. Now, the whole franchise of Grand Theft Auto banks on a stereotypical thug life story, supported with crazy and over the top (typical GTA style) missions and side quests! And GTA looks exactly the dope that can captivate you for days, maybe months. Forget the story, simply get lost in Los Santos. Sky diving, deep ocean swimming, animal hunting, and like it’s in the trailer – engaging in bank heists. And did I forget mentioning that GTA V Online has more than 700 missions and a standalone story to tell? If you haven’t preordered it yet, check out our article on the Special Edition, it will surely convince you to do so.
It is official guys! I have lost my head on this 29th of August. The Last Of Us Patch should reach us in some time, but it is the GTA V trailer that will keep me whining. I can barely wait to get my hands over the crazya** fun that is Grand Theft Auto. Whom are you rooting for on this crazy day? Write to us in the comments section below
