This is a horrible remake. I don't know how come no one mentioned that but there are so many bugs and inconsistencies, it's difficult to keep playing. I purchased the game on Black Friday, that being said I haven't played initial release and expected these issues have been addressed already.
I have beat this game more than 20 times and probably 5 or 6 of them was Grounded difficulty on PS3 then PS4. Now again I play grounded, but I've never come across such bugs with original game. Weird sections on the terrain you cannot climb, horrible NPC placement (either comes in between you and your target or causing you getting stuck in a corner. One time even Ellie pushed me into front of the enemy). They made the Grounded more difficult where enemies can see you from very far location, which makes sense and I liked it for a while. But on the downside it's almost impossible to go stealth on certain places. Furthermore enemies senses are very inconsistent, including clickers. Sometimes they hear you, sometimes don't. You try to grab the guy from behind and all of a sudden you open a drawer instead (no triangle shown). A few times game stuck while I was trying to pick up collectibles. Also occasionally enemies stuck behind an obstacle, and you cannot go further because of soft lock. So many arbitrary issues that is far from being hillarious, it's simply frustrating. Sometimes I cannot make sure if I passed the level because I played good or because of a bug. Also people talk about great graphics but especially Joel's clothes and animation almost look the same with original. Yes, water fx and lightning is pretty cool yet we play as Joel, he deserves the priority here. Only his face has become older and animations better. After finishing GOW Ragnarok last week, this feels like a negligent remake. Honestly I wanted to like this remake, I tried to put issues aside. However it's impossible to ignore. I was glad newcomes can enjoy this on next-gen yet this is an incomplete product.
I have beat this game more than 20 times and probably 5 or 6 of them was Grounded difficulty on PS3 then PS4. Now again I play grounded, but I've never come across such bugs with original game. Weird sections on the terrain you cannot climb, horrible NPC placement (either comes in between you and your target or causing you getting stuck in a corner. One time even Ellie pushed me into front of the enemy). They made the Grounded more difficult where enemies can see you from very far location, which makes sense and I liked it for a while. But on the downside it's almost impossible to go stealth on certain places. Furthermore enemies senses are very inconsistent, including clickers. Sometimes they hear you, sometimes don't. You try to grab the guy from behind and all of a sudden you open a drawer instead (no triangle shown). A few times game stuck while I was trying to pick up collectibles. Also occasionally enemies stuck behind an obstacle, and you cannot go further because of soft lock. So many arbitrary issues that is far from being hillarious, it's simply frustrating. Sometimes I cannot make sure if I passed the level because I played good or because of a bug. Also people talk about great graphics but especially Joel's clothes and animation almost look the same with original. Yes, water fx and lightning is pretty cool yet we play as Joel, he deserves the priority here. Only his face has become older and animations better. After finishing GOW Ragnarok last week, this feels like a negligent remake. Honestly I wanted to like this remake, I tried to put issues aside. However it's impossible to ignore. I was glad newcomes can enjoy this on next-gen yet this is an incomplete product.