2011 VGA Recap

In cased you missed it, the Spike VGA’s were last Saturday.  I don’t want to hype them up or tear them down but, I don’t really care about them.  In fact, I don’t care about any awards shows.  They never seem to have the same taste in entertainment as I do, so I disregard them.  This years VGA’s had some improvements over last years, Zach Levi is no NPH, but you could tell he certainly had some interests in video games.  But let’s face it, the VGA’s are a time for larger game companies to show their grand accomplishments and “latest and greatest” trailers.  I’m not complaining, I ate up the Mass Effect 3 and Metal Gear Rising trailers like krispy kreme kreme straight off the conveyor belt.  But for you, I did pick some of my favorite videos and compiled a convenient list here for your viewing pleasure:

Reapers Attack in the new VGA Mass Effect 3 trailer

“Sorry” Kojima, Metal Gear Rising looks bad ass

What is “The Last of Us”?

Alan Wake and Agent Cooper

Bioshock: Infinite brings eariness to the skies

And for those of you who do care Skyrim won Game of the Year and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 won Best Shooter.  I don’t really agree with either of those, but more so on the side of MW3.  That’s why I tend to sway away from these award shows.  Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception took Best PS3 game while Batman: Arkham City rightfully won Best Xbox 360 game.  Portal 2 didn’t take home enough awards but was able to snag the Best PC Game category.   

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What is “The Last of Us”

Mass Effect 3, Metal Gear Rising, Bioshock: Infinite and Alan Wake all made impressive appearances at this years VGA’s.  But none of them matched the buzz and excitement around Naughty Dog’s new Playstation 3 exclusive, The Last of Us.

Even with this stunning trailer, that Naughty Dog’s c0-president claims is all in-engine, nothing much is known about this title.  Everything is speculation and rumors at this point.  No release date or even release windows are known.  In the trailer we don’t know what city it takes place in.  We don’t know who Ellie, the young teenage girl seen, described as “wise beyond her years”, is.  We don’t know what her relationship is with Joel, the protagonist male who’s a “ruthless survivor”.  We really don’t even know how they became “survivors” and what they are “surviving” from.

All we have is speculation, and I’m going to speculate the hell out of this 2 minute trailer.  From the looks of the city, whatever “epidemic” that has plagued the human race has been going on for a very long time.  Ellie seems very confident and non shelant when she’s searching dead humans and defending herself against whatever mutated monsters are attacking her, suggesting she’s been in the shit for most of her life.  The monsters don’t seem to be as much zombie as they appear much more like the “Rage” infected from 28 Days Later.  It’s assumed that The Last of Us will run on the same engine as Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, and I’m going to boldly say right now, with two protagonists it’s very likely that this game will support co-op play.

With Playstation’s full support and Naughty Dog taking hold of the reins, The Last of Us is already on it’s way to being a very successful venture.  Whether it goes in the direction of Dead Island, Uncharted or Resident Evil, The Last of Us could possibly do no wrong.  But I’m trying to contain my excitement for now until more steadfast information is released.

Video is compliments of GameTrailers.

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