Last of Us vs Gears of War

Which is better, and why? This can be about overall performance, gameplay (tactical, strategy, etc), visuals, connectivity, etc.

Last of Us:

Gears of War (UE, 2, 3)

are we talking only about MP?

Played some of TLOU MP on PS3 and it was fun for a bit. Gears had more legs for me in MP.

Gears smashes TLOU in MP department, but i will say TLOU is still a great MP game.

If you are talking about MP only, then Gears of War wins by a long shot for best MP. If you are talking about single player only, The Last of us wins for best single player by a long shot.

In short, this is me of saying, it's a draw.

@lostrib: yes

TLOU it's a top 5 GOAT as voted by MC

These games are so different you might as well compare goat simulator to UFC

SP: Last of Us by a mile.

MP: Gears of War by a mile.

@darkangel115: actually they're pretty similiar in a lot of ways.

Gears of War's multiplayer is better, as I much prefer arena shooter principles to the whole loadout, unlocking item, perks nonsense. However, I do really enjoy The Last of Us multiplayer. The slower nature of that game, and how its systems work make for a more methodical pace, and makes the kills satisfying. So I'd give it to Gears of War by a hair on mp, the thing is, as good as the campaign is for Gears 1, The Last of Us is actually a great single player game. Gears 1 and 2 are merely good. 3 was more aight.

Gears of War was heavily centered around good MP and is well known and well remembered for it.

Last of Us MP was a tacked-on waste of time.

Gears of War's single player story was so bad it makes your skin crawl.

Last of Us is one of the only games so far with a story that can be considered genuinely good even when compared to other forms of media.

Lets be honest with ourselves here, as far as story writing goes most videogames are absolute shit compared to a genuinely good book, movie.... or even a TV broadcast.

Uncharted's storyline would basically make for a mediocre action movie. Mass Effect would make for a mediocre cable TV series. Halo would be almost like a low-budget "SyFy" series. The actual core story to Mass Effect, on its own, isn't actually that good. People remember it best for the way they project themselves onto the story.

Dead Space 1 actually could make for a decent B-horror movie.

Silent Hill has.... some potential. Not much, but some. It could definitely end up better than the actual movies we got. etc etc etc

LOU's story isn't just good "for a videogame". It actually holds up reasonably well on its own.

Man this is a tough one as I LOVE both games. In terms of MP Gears easily. SP TLOU easily.

@PraetorianMan: you're probably the only person in the world that would call last of us MP "tacked on" it is very unique, well received and loved. Has a lot of active players daily.

Perhaps you meant to type "tomb raiders multiplayer was tacked on..."

If having guns in a game, cover mechanics make them similar then you would be the type of guy to say Devil May Cry is a shooter game with more focus on melee

TLOU is a better game but gears just plays a lot better and has a vastly superior multiplayer and I dont even like it for the most part. Horde mode alone crushes TLOU online

I prefer Goat Simulator myself.

@Sandulf29: they're both squad based shooters with similiar mechanics besides one having stealth, the other having wall bouncing

For MP? Easily Gears. Oddly enough, mp was never planned for Gears. It was added last minute and it's still better than most shooters. I'm not even going to bring horde into this.

The Last of Us easily, multiplayer is fantastic. I still play it on a regular basis.

Last of Us Multiplayer is much better.

CSGO

Although Gears and Gears 2 definitely had more impact on me back in the day, I think it would be foolish to deny that The Last of Us is simply the better designed game.

In terms of multiplayer, I never played TLOU multi (it seems to be besides the point, and missing a lot of what makes the single player so compelling), and I spent hundreds of hours on Gears and Gears 2 multiplayer modes- so Gears takes it there in my opinion.

Overall, however, I would still call The Last of Us the better game- if I could only have played either Gears or TLOU, I would have played TLOU.

This thread made me realize how much I want horde mode in The Last of Us 2.

@kratosyoloswag: it's probably coming. Some sort of online co op is.

I don't really play competitive MP so no opinion.

I could see it working in UC but no way would a horde mode work with TLOU gameplay

TLOU. Fantastic overall package.

Uncharted had co op round survival modes, which was basically the same thing

It had co-op but not a traditional horde mode Like gears or mass effect

GOW for the win.

Depends on your taste, there is no right or wrong answer.

Oh you're talking about MP. I was confused at first. I thought you were comparing an action focused TPS to a tense stealth game.

Both are great.

Last of Us is a good story in an average game. GoW a mnhe story with polished gameplay. To be honest I don't care for neither. Maybe the 2 developers could join forces and make a complete game, preferentially multi-platform to avoid brand blindness. MP wise I can't say I don't play online shooters.

Overall, TLoU is the better game

If that is the case then yea, Gears was probably better at MP. TLoU was just an overall better game.

@Heil68: voted by MC?

We don't care about goats. Now go back to your farm, your goats require feeding.

The Last Of Us isn't defined as a stealth game. It has stealth elements, but it's more an action adventure TPS at heart. Shooting being the mechanic it does best. Gears is as comparable to TLOU as any other third person shooter.

@bobrossperm: I'd say the shooting is the mechanic that the game most actively deters players from using. 90% of the time shooting a gun is suicide in TLOU. It's a stealth game first and foremost as far as I can tell.

Of course I only played the game once and on hard mode.

Mmm, it's a stealth game, because by basic genre rules it doesn't really belong in any genre. It has mechanics that are from survival horror games, but it sure as **** isn't that. It's a third person shooter, but like you said there are good stretches where you just hold your ground and try to avoid conflict, it's a stealth game, but it out right pigeon holes you into action sequences, and lets you get away with a lot of your **** ups with some powerful as weapons.

It's very much a third person shooter though, it's just a different way of doing it instead of full on making it a shooter. Similar to how I would argue Metroid Prime is totally a FPS, it just shows that you can make a FPS, where the shooting isn't the only fucking thing you do, or even the driving force of the experience. Genre rules just force a lot of samey shit.

Like everyone said:

Gears has better MP

TLOU has better SP

TLOU was designed more for SP, with stealth, better weapons, and far far better story writting

Gears was designed more for arcade shoot 'em up gameplay, so the story lacked big time and it was basically the same gameplay elements through the entire game.