It’s been such an exciting time for us right here at Naughty Canine, particularly as we’ve welcomed so many elderly and new followers of The Last of Us into the franchise. To have a good time all of your help, we now have a shock within the type of a free replace hitting The Last of Us Part II Remastered today!
Obtainable for gamers as half of a downloadable replace today, we’ve launched a brand new option to play the story of The Last of Us Part II like by no means earlier than – chronologically.
Those that have already performed will know its story is informed non-linearly, as Ellie and Abby’s motivations, realizations, and emotional stakes unfold throughout myriad flashbacks and present-day storylines. Whereas this construction may be very intentional and core to how our studio wished Part II’s themes and narrative beats to influence gamers, we at all times questioned what it might be wish to expertise this story chronologically. And now lastly, we are able to reply that query.
By the brand new Chronological mode, we consider gamers will achieve even deeper perception into Part II’s narrative. Gamers will have the ability to see how Ellie being gifted a guitar flows so neatly into her studying to play, for instance, whereas the journey by way of Seattle will showcase the fascinating parallels between Ellie and Abby’s crisscrossing journeys. You’ll see simply how shut they arrive into working into one another, how their actions influence one another, and extra.
It was no small feat to carry The Last of Us Part II’s story chronologically collectively, on condition that Part II’s story is so meticulously put collectively. We’re grateful to the builders each at Naughty Canine and our companions at Nixxes to make the Chronological mode as easy as potential. And whereas we of course suggest gamers nonetheless new to the sport to play by way of Part II’s story as was initially developed, the workforce’s onerous work has paid off with a captivating new option to take pleasure in this chapter.
And we additionally wished to reward gamers for leaping into this new, transformative method to our story. Along with new trophies tied to finishing the narrative expertise in chronological order, doing so can even unlock two new, maybe surprisingly acquainted skins…
Sure, that’s proper, play as Joel dressed as Nathan Drake and Tommy as Sam Drake in No Return. Notably as we have a good time Naughty Canine’s fortieth anniversary this 12 months, we love getting the possibility to highlight and share within the historical past of our studio that we love as a lot as we all know you do. These skins can be unlocked for finishing the narrative in Chronological, and can be usable in No Return, Part II Remastered’s thrilling roguelike survival mode.
A brand new replace for The Last of Us Part II Remastered is on the market today on each PS5 (by way of Patch 2.1.0*) and PC by way of Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer (by way of Patch 1.5**), bringing with it the Chronological mode, in addition to a bunch of further bug fixes and efficiency enhancements.
We right here at Naughty Canine are so grateful for all of the love and help we’ve seen from The Last of Us followers these previous couple of months. From the launch of The Last of Us Part II Remastered on PC, to The Last of Us Full on PlayStation 5, to seeing your weekly reactions to season 2 of the tv collection, it’s been such a pleasure to have a good time this second with you.
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