The Last Of Us: Making a sequel to a 'perfect' game

New trailer and release date announced for long-awaited PlayStation video game sequel.

[AspiringProGenji]

I find it quite awesome the phenomenon that TLoU has become with just one game. Lots of actual celebrities sharing their excitement about it, it was trending all day on Twitter, and ND’a twitter blows up every time they mention it. I just hope ND can top the first game, and I’m sure they will

[TheGamez100]

Its a tough call. Usually any sequels or successors after the original that was highly praised are not quite as good. I see that the story is focused just on ellies revenge compared to the whole start of the Apocalypse to securing a potential hope for humanity with joel and his journey with ellie, and discovering the whole lou world in the first game and seeing so many new things. And joel was such a perfect character for us to play as. I hope 2 expands upon just the revenge. The game looks great but its just too early to say itll be a better game or even a good game at all. Ill be honest and say that the games been a bit underwhelming to me. Will definitely still buy and play it though, itd be great to be surprised and love the game.
Same had kinda happened with uncharted. I had only found the second game to be amazing and all the other games kinda paled in comparison. The first game was average so a sequel could easily surpass it.

[TheOptimist]

Celebrities talking about anything (Including games) is just as shallow as modern Metacritic scores unless ofc there is objective verifiable proof that they are a connoisseur of the thing they are talking about.

[TK-66]

Imagine getting giddy, because a celebrity you didn't care about before, starts talking about a game you like. I genuinely feel bad for people who base their entire identity on consumerism.

[AspiringProGenji]

They are people who play games just like us you know... i am not basing anything on them, just that how popular and successful TLoU is, and deservedly so.

[AspiringProGenji]

Sony games are just “one and done games” they say, and here we are still discussing the ending of TLoU 6 years later

[ClayRules2012]

Yeah, all these 6 years later and TLoU is still being discussed, admired, loved and so on. It’s a special game. The best game I’ve ever played & my favorite game ever.

[TK-66]

I mean people have always been discussing older games for the past few decades, lol...

You've caught up to the the rest of us. Congratulations?

[DaDrunkenJester]

Can't surpass the original without half of the game... Sorry.

[LoveSpuds]

Never one to pass up the opportunity to bash a Sony product huh Jester!

The overwhelming majority of people bought the first game for the single player experience and indeed, all of the games success is derived from it characters and story. That the game had great multiplayer too was just the icing on the cake and the fact is, despite how good the multiplayer was, the majority never bothered with it; that's not to acknowledge that multiplayer did still enjoy a large and dedicated community, but it was still only a fraction of the millions and millions who played the game.

Your notion that the sequel is only 'half the game' is just another daft attempt to downplay any excitement people might have for the game based on nothing more than your want to slight Sony products at every opportunity.

[DaDrunkenJester]

Lol okay. I'm excited for the game, but I personally feel this is bullshit that they are cutting out the MP. Just because I'm not rolling over and accepting it doesnt mean I'm just trying to troll. You can check my comment history and I've been very positive and excited for TLoU2... but that's when I thought we were getting the full package.

For me, i spent way more time in the MP then I did SP, but that doesnt mean I'd be okay with the SP being cut. So I dont know why you guys are fine with something being cut from the game just because YOU didnt care or spend much time on it.

A small fraction of players compared to the total, but guess what? That small fraction gave then MILLIONS in extra revenue through MT's. Did the SP only players do that?

[AspiringProGenji]

If the sequel is a big as it is rumored to be and bigger than the Original’s SP and MP combined then it can surpass it easily, especially when the MP will come later so even bigger.

[DaDrunkenJester]

My question that I wish they would clarify is how will the MP come later? They said twice in that tweet that TLoU2 will not be getting the MP. If it was just delayed they would have said "we are sorry, but with the focus on the expansive SP we will have to delay the MP for TLoU2, but it will come at a later date."

They confirmed they are working on something, but made it clear it wont be for TLoU2. To me that sounds like they are making it its own thing or a stand alone expansion.

[AK91]

Its not perfect (no game really is) but goddamn is it amazing.