Naughty Dog's latest is absolutely incredible and the ending leaves open the opportunity for a sequel. Here are 10 things we need to see in The Last of Us 2. Beware of spoilers ahead!
"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.
Speaking on what’s coming next for Naughty Dog, which could be either their new IP or The Last Of Us Part III, Druckmann gave what he seems to feel are realities of the project he’s talking about. That it’ll both be “really ambitious” but also “really hard.”
Neil Druckmann talks about Naughty Dog's Next Game which is really ambitious and parts of it are hard to make! pic.twitter.com/IqY2KEI1Gb
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"I’ve really surrendered to knowing it’s going to be really hard, knowing it’s going to stress members of the team out"
As if crunch wasn't stressing them enough
That it’ll both be “really ambitious” but also “really hard.”
Not 'is' but 'will be', kinda suggests that they haven't started yet, hope not.
Come on ND, a game PLEAAAAASSSSEEEE. Desperate this gen.
Also, just off-topic slightly but..
Does anyone think that layoffs now may well be making space for AI integration of game development, and 'crunch-time', 'unsustainable', 'big budget' are all terms been used to butter us up to receiving the news that AI integration will help and maintain the level of AAA games that were accustomed to? Perhaps the layoffs were the devs that didn't join a union quick enough and if only they had the smarts of SAG members and strike while the time is right, before its too late?! Imagine DEV's on strike at a time like this, there's already a game drought.
A new The Last of Us 2 documentary reveals that Naughty Dog almost made a different version of the PS4 and PS5 game similar to Bloodborne.
Kind of a misleading comparison. They were simply talking about the game being melee oriented and more of an open world. I wouldn't compare a game to a soulslike based on that.
A more melee oriented Last of Us 2 would've been so much better imo. The combat mechanics barely got any use from me cause everyone just shoots at you, and then the Scars with their bows are even more annoying. Level design was also more Bloodborne, and I love the level design in Souls game, there's a real sense of scale and exploration due to the branching paths. We really gotta move away from open world in the style of GTA and BoTW and do it more like Souls.
Def did good with their own thing I'm so over the whole copy souls combat sheesh I can dee if in certain games it would be bosses that looked like a souls boss but straight out copying the combat and feel takes away from a game that supposed to be its own lol
The game juuuust released, give it some time to sink in before we start talking about the next game
I think Naughty Dog has already said that we won't be seeing Joel or Ellie in a sequel, if there is one.
I'm a little conflicted about that. These are two of the most fleshed-out characters that have ever appeared in this medium, so I'm kind of sad to think that we won't see them again.
Having said that, I don't know what else they can possibly do with Joel and Ellie. Their story ended the way it did and there's really nothing else for them to do. I think it's a lot more likely that we get a different story about different characters next time.
More things to craft would be a start....especially in online, it becomes tedious when you have to keep creating your grenades/smokes/molatovs over and over, sometimes the matches don't last that long. At least let us take them over to the new round.
The online is really something I want to see improved, theres so much to go with. It better not do an Uncharted 3 where the simplicity of the online is ruined with more gimmicks and other things. We need a horde mode I know that much...or even dynamic maps where the infected can come into the stage.
Didn't they mention something about a Stalker, infected type in the game?
not a bad list, pretty much alot of my thoughts arre mirrored in this article.
the section about the lore in particular
i would love to play other peoples stories through this turbelent time perhaps finding out the source of the outbreak too.
needless to say the last of us with or without a sequel will be talked about for years!