Greg Miller:
So, there's a new The Last of Us trailer thanks to the VGAs, a May 7th release date, and a bunch of preorder goodies. Hooray! But here's my question to you, lovely reader -- do you think Joel and Ellie are going to survive The Last of Us?
Back when Game Informer did its blowout on The Last of Us, the magazine quoted Naughty Dog Last of Us Guru Neil Druckmann as saying: "The story is self-contained. The story stands on its own. We don’t end on a cliffhanger. The characters and the journey they go through ends with this story."
As post-apocalyptic fiction such as The Walking Dead franchise and The Road has shown us, these kinds of stories rarely conclude with a happy ending. Is it possible that Joel and/or Ellie won't be breathing when the final credits roll?
"The Game Music Foundation are today very proud and pleased to announce an additional concert, circling back to the roots of Game Muisic Festival in Poland. On April 28th, 2024, the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw will once again become a place to celebrate the art of video game music, featuring scores from The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II." - The Game Music Foundation.
Najam from eXputer writes "It's time fore a new installment in the series, not another pointless remaster."
They are working on something new. Not to be rude but it is impossibility stupid to think ND next major announcement is going to be a remaster or their next Last of Us entry is going to be another remaster.
The team is sad for losing out on such a great project but celebrates its growth because of spending time on it.
All they had to do was make a basic online mode like their previous games. Instead they wanted more money and choose to go live service which makes games worse in my opinion.
What a waste of time and money, what a shame.
Not sure why they didn’t just make Factions 2. There was no need to make it a live service.
TLoU Factions was a great addition such a shame they couldn’t be bothered to remaster that for PS5 considering the crazy high price tag of the remaster of a remaster…
This is something to be celebrated. This studio is smart and they get it, even factions 2 wouldn't've have been worth the time. I am surprised they didn't just remaster the first one though, but actually how popular was Factions?
There are a few ways to find out; 1) Play the game to the very end and avoid spoilers around the web. 2) Watch the ending on the Web. 3)Talk to someone that beat the game around the time of release or after release.
As for the question; In the VGA trailer, it shown Ellie pulling a gun out on Joel or someone. So, I think only one of them will make it out alive. Unless there is some crazy twist in the game and Naughty Dog is good for those, so I might be wrong and something else might happen.
I can see Joel dying more than ellie but I agree i am not expecting a happy ending. There isn't really a happy ending to a post-apocalyptic world with an infection going on.
Edit: also if both are going to die i expect Ellie to go first and joel go on a suicidal rampage
We wont know till we play the game. Last scene in the trailer is just a smart thing they did with editing.
I can see Joel diying and Ellie surviving for an eventual sequel.
if you pay attention to the latest trailer you'll see that it either:
1) gives away the ending
or
2) there will be some epic twist
Because the trailer subtly says that Ellie will kill Joel.