The Last of Us sold millions of copies across the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, so a sequel was probably always inevitable. However, you'd expect developer Naughty Dog to be a bit more discreet about the follow-up, seeing as it hasn't been officially announced yet. Alas, already we've seen employee resumes that allude to the survival horror's sophomore instalment, while Nolan North mentioned it in an interview, too.
This latest gaffe has to take the fungal-infested biscuit, though – purely because of how darn awkward it is. During a live Twitch stream for Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection earlier in the week, writer Josh Scherr was chatting away about animation when he dropped an almighty clanger. "All of the facial animation in the Uncharted games and the first The Last of Us – er, did I say the first The Last of Us? The first Last of Us. The Last of Us. The first Last of Us. The Last of Us..."
The slip of the tongue prompted lead animator Eric Baldwin to laugh, while community manager Eric Monacelli rescued the situation by quickly changing the subject. Now, it's possible that Scherr could have been talking about the PlayStation 3 version of The Last of Us as opposed to its Remastered release, but we reckon that the awkward reaction says everything. Given the amount of accidental leaks surrounding this, we're now comfortable describing The Last of Us 2 as Naughty Dog's worst kept secret.
[source youtube.com, via eurogamer.net]
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It had to be done... Looking forward to it, though not sure how they could possibly improve on that game!
So many things that could improve like the cover system. Aiming . Weapons. Hit detection. Sneaking . Was a good game thou
My favourite game of all time. I don't think they can improve on it to be honest. The first game was perfect in my opinion.
Paris game week? Or are they saving it up for E3 2016
The game was far from perfect, cliche story and poor AI. Still great but everyone needs to climb out of it's butt.
I pretty sure no one would be surprised if it had a sequel. It's probably a when instead of a if.
@DerMeister Agreed, I don't expect any more information about it until Uncharted 4 comes out, and even possibly all the DLC they can add to that. You don't want to take away the hype from a game you are going to drop by announcing another big game.
@Plateface clichéd story? I'm at a complete loss to explain that statement.
Generic shooting - yes
Rushed middle to end sections - yes
Clichéd story - nope
@NomNom Very good point. Right now they've got Uncharted to worry about, so until that's out of the way I expect this to be officially announced.
I can wait though. I still need to play the first game.
@themcnoisy Generic 'zombie' apocalypse, someone is immune to the disease, spend whole time travelling to a safe haven that may or may not exist in hopes of finding safety/developing cure. Doesn't sound overly familiar?
That guy must've felt foolish. But I suppose it's good to be reassured it's coming. The Last of Us has some pretty mediocre gameplay, but if the story of the previous game is continued in a meaningful way, this one will definitely be worth a look.
@Plateface Emotionally retarded middle aged outsider whose life is turned upside down with the outbreak of a disease (based in reality as it happens to ants). His future, family, life and live is destroyed over the course of a night leaving him bedraggled, coasting through life as a part time criminal under the control of the Omni present militaristic semi leadership brought on be the break up of government and present day leadership. Powers we take as granted are now fractured across various groups with different values and visions of the future. Joels life is going knowhere he is a loser, then he meets Elle a hardfaced upstart with the pressure of the world on her shoulders. Gradually and through the increasing horror of their ever changing environment they build up a relationship akin to father and daughter and due to this bond joels disregards the future of humanity in order to save his adopted daughter. There's genuine emotion, creative writing, amazing voice work and thought provoking set pieces what's not to love?
Zombies are over done for sure. But this game is far from clichéd. The characters are fleshed out and are deeply human and flawed. I wont climb out of its butt as its a masterpiece.
TLoU still the best PS game I've ever played.
I'm really conflicted about this. On the one hand, TLoU is my second favorite game of last gen and one of my favorites of all-time. On the other, I was completely satisfied by the ending and don't feel it needs a sequel. I also believe Naughty Dog does its best work on new IPs. I can certainly understand why a sequel will happen, of course I'll play it, I'm just not really sure it was needed.
@Sanquine
Smart thing to do would be save the official reveal until after Uncharted 4 has been released. So assuming Uncharted 4 stays on track for March, E3 2016 seems like the best time to show off TLoU 2.
I absolutely love The Last of Us! I want more. I think 2 should focus on Ellie after the events of the first. She could set out on her own to help find a cure.
Stupid question - just one ending to TLOU? If so, sequel would seem to write itself.
@Plateface If you found the storytelling bad i can't take you serious. Even my younger brother from the FIFA, COD generation couldn't stop planning it. Hé just needed to know the ending and even got mad at Joe when he was a ass.
@themcnoisy Says it all.
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