You've opted to visit on what is essentially a holiday, so you're going to get rumours galore and not much else on this Black Friday. And there's one humdinger doing the rounds right now: The Last of Us 2 may be announced as early as PlayStation Experience 2016 next week. Sounds unlikely, doesn't it? Yeah, we're not sure we buy it either.
But here's what has happened: the E3 2017 website has gone live, prompting NeoGAF to speculate about potential reveals. One person commented that Joel and Ellie's adventure could show up at Sony's E3 2017 press conference, only for hype merchant Shinobi602 to write: "Maybe you don't have to wait that long."
Shinobi602 does have a strong track record, but it's worth remembering that he didn't share any sources or further suggestions about what he knew. This is, quite literally, a "man on the Internet said" sort of story. Naughty Dog is almost certainly expected to reveal Uncharted 4: A Thief's End's add-on content at PSX 2016, but could it tease its next major title, too?
Stranger things have happened: Sony practically announced both The Last of Us: Left Behind and Uncharted 4 during 2013's big PS4 launch event. Assuming that The Last of Us 2 does put in an appearance, we'd expect it to be the most straightforward of teaser trailers. But do you really want to know about it this early, when its release is likely to be several years away?
[source neogaf.com]
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Don't get your hopes up!
@get2sammyb It's far too late for that Sammy!
@get2sammyb I personally more scared that the game can't life up to the original.
I reckon it'll be announced with a little teaser, fuller info at the next E3 and release early 2018!
The original was kind of so, so anyway I thought, I've cleared it a couple of times and I'm sort of playing it again now it's been patched for Pro.
Actually, it was great at what it did, it just felt like it was treading way too much old ground. Would love to see Naughty Dog do a Sci-fi game.
Uncharted 4 DLC is all the hype my brain can handle right now.
For a long time I was against a sequel because the first stood so well on its own, but hell, I miss it! I've played it four times, tried Uncharted 4 once but they are quite different games, considering.
Isn't this a UK site, or a US site with UK journalists? Didn't realise Black Friday was a holiday. A nightmare, yes.
On topic. I would love to see a Last of Us 2. Not many wanted Assassins Creed 10 (or whatever we are on), so a sequel to one of the most respected games of the last generation would be a shoe in, right?
@Shellcore It's UK, but the news has really dried up because everyone in America is off work.
I kinda doubt it would happen, but I'm sure Naughty Dog have something up their sleeve this year. Besides, announcing games really early isn't new (Duke Nukem Forever, Last Guardian, most likely Death Stranding, is Cyberpunk even gonna come out next year?). Never say never.
I don't wanna hear anything until 12 months before release.
Not happening, Naughty Dog is focused on U4 DLC campaign, which we'll probably see at PSX.
I cant wait for the next TLoU. The first one as right up my alley. Honestly I didnt expect to love it as much as I do. On another topic FFXV just showed up this morning and is just finished downloading as speak. Unfortunately I have to work in an hour and a half So happy! But anyways naughty dog n stuff...yeah.
No, not even sure we will see it on PS4
@Kellanved They have two teams. The Uncharted team is doing the Uncharted DLC. The only thing the TLOU team has done since 2013 is port TLOU to the PS4.
I cannot see it myself.
each to their own but I doubt I would buy this on Day 1. I thought the first was a game of visuals over story and by the end I couldn't care less if they lived/died or became infected. To its credit, it ended and didn't really leave it open for a sequel so I can hope that Naughty Dog go for something new and fresh instead of the easy 'cash in' title!
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi Agreed. Waiting is painful, not to mention we've just had Uncharted.
I loved the Last of Us and it's quite possibly the best story I've ever experienced in a game with a truly shocking and thought provoking ending, not to mention the excellent dlc which compliments the main story nicely. I've just started replaying on PS4 PRO and after a couple of hours it's sucked me right back in to its world and I cannot wait for a sequel. I'm hopeful that Days Gone will fill the void until it finally arrives as I need my zombie/infected fix too
@kyleforrester87 wow I've never seen someone say tlou is so so i think its a masterpiece but hey different strokes for different folks
@BAMozzy lol visuals over story even though the game is lauded for its story yeah that sounds right
@dark_knightmare2 I dunno, I did like it (as I said, I cleared it twice) but it just didn't do a great deal for me. I'd rather play Dead Space 2. But yeah, I appreciate I'm in a minority there.
@dark_knightmare2 It is a very predictable linear story path. It throws up very little in the way of twists or memorable plot points. You may remember elements of the plot by association to what you may have been doing in game but the overall story is very predictable.
The gameplay itself isn't the best either and offered nothing new. Yes the world created was complete with fantastic attention to detail but the actual gameplay was quite monotonous. Too many horde style 'clear the area' to progress sections with some Dumb AI (for example I was stood at the 'door' but had to go back to kill a couple of enemies that were just stood near where I entered the section - which then spawned more enemies from out of nowhere - basic Horde Style - can't stealth past them), The amount of times you need to find a palette to cross water, very basic crafting etc. Like I said the characters are not great in general (maybe because they don't live long enough to have any depth) - Ellie is the stand-out of course but by the end I couldn't care less if they lived or died but it was still a very predictable end (not that I will spoil it) but even without ever playing you know what will happen at the end. Its also a self contained story and doesn't lend itself to a sequel - It would be better as a one off than just make another for the cash-in.
That does bit mean that I think the game isn't polished, visually impressive (although I do think U3 was better as it had more varied environments) for the setting, and the usual ND attention to detail but as a complete story and game it was quite average.
I am with @kyleforrester87 as I would much rather play Dead Space (1 or 2) or even the original BioShock than Last of Us.
@BAMozzy
To me TLOU was a totally immersive experience. Everything made sense (from exploration and a simple crafting system to the intense violence of the encounters) and even though the story WAS predictable and not that original or inventive, the characters were really strong, most of them felt real and the dialogues and relationship were expertly delivered. What's more, the morally ambiguous nature of the game is something that I really appriciated, wish more games would open up to treating gamers as mature individuals.
I'll gladly take this "man on the Internet" his word on this than anyone on here.
He's proven to be a lot more reliable than any copy&paste "journalist".
NO NO NO :-/ They should do it at E3 next year i.e when SONY is just about to say that is all we have time to show at their E3 Show then they say, oh one more thing and the Last of Us theme tune plays and the number 2 pops up on the screen then they would have won E3 easily
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