Popoptiq: Later in the same year [that Bioshock Infinite was released] the fine folk at Naughty Dog faced a similar issue with The Last of Us. They too had a game that featured a female companion in their story. They too had created a female character that was every bit as important to their game as the male lead. And they too were asked by the higher ups to consider changing their box art to excise the pesky, unwanted girl from the cover. The difference was that, whether down to artistic integrity, or just the fact that after a string of hits Naughty Dog had been given carte blanche by Sony to do whatever they wanted, they flat-out refused to change their cover for The Last of Us. Those mavericks at Naughty Dog demanded that Ellie stayed front and center because they felt that she was just as integral to the story of the game as Joel was. Yes, they risked it all by letting customers know that if they bought the game, there’d be a girl in it. And The Last of Us went on to sell millions. Who knew?
"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?
Good for Naughty Dog for believing in the character of Ellie & standing by her being on the cover with Joel. Those 2 together are a real team.
Ellie wasn't just some amazingly written/acted character in the cutscenes of the story & then transition to gameplay where she doesn't know what the heck she's doing.
Ellie was such a big help to me when playing TLoU. I remember her saving my butt so many times during the game. But, also just the conversations Ellie & Joel would have while walking around, looking at different things in the world. Such as her looking at the records in the music store. She wasn't your typical clueless companion, she was a living breathing person, ( Brilliantly played by Ashley Johnson ) trying to survive in this world that has gone to "Sh*t"
Ellie & Joel needed each other & Naughty Dog showed that. It would've been ignorant & wrong to have left Ellie off the cover "in my opinion'
People give Naughty Dog too much credit for the littlest of things. This is just trivial at this point.
I saw nothing original about her...
With the Last of Us Remastered she kept stuttering with me lol.
I still have the PS3 version though that still works fine.