Naughty Dog Reflects on How The Last of Us: Part I Honors the Original

I think I'll wait for the 8k remaster before jumping back in.

@LieutenantFatman You may as well wait a few years after that and get the 16k remake.

It's bad enough you spell 'honours' without a 'u', but 'remember' has 2 'm's 😀👍

Can't wait for the discourse when the review lands.

You spelt remember remeber.

I'm a huge fan of this game, I loved my first play though, it had me gripped and on the edge of my seat and the story was amazing, I loved it so much that I then completed the remaster when that was released but I'm sorry I just can't for the life of me see why this remake was made, the remaster is available on PS extra/delux/premium and still plays really well so I'm just baffled that this was needed.

I'm very happy that maybe this will bring people to play it for the 1st time but seriously, they could have done another PR run with the remaster for the launch of extra/premium to say "Hey look this game is amazing and it's free if you sub" maybe that's all that was needed?

I'm just confused even with the whole makeover it's had, charging full price for a game that been released twice already is just bad practice imo but hey as long as people who do buy it like it then at least that's a good thing.

Once again just my opinion though.

& by honouring the original they mean it's the same game lol not that they should've changed the story or anything because it was already great it's just completely unnecessary to remake a 9 year old game that's already been remastered & is playable on the latest console

I played the remaster some years ago and loved the story but felt it showed it’s age a bit in certain areas like enemy and NPC AI and interactivity of the world. Im now playing Part 2 for the first time and am about 2/3 through, so we’ll into the second half - no spoilers please as I’m going in mostly blind. I think it’s a far better game overall. Don’t really know what all the fuss was about on launch and not interested in debating anything, except to say people are entitled to their own opinions - but please don’t force them on others!

Anyway, I don’t have a PS5 but think this looks amazing. I guess the proof will be in the pudding, and I hope they “fix” my pet peeve about the original that made a lasting impression on me, that being the final ‘decision’ to ‘save the day’ was not forced; that you can simply stand there for eternity with people begging you for mercy and not retaliating in any way to force your hand or forcing a ‘you die’ moment. Man, that was a big let down for me as before that I was totally invested and fully immersed in the action. Maybe it’s a small complaint, but it’s something that really irritated me at the time.

Otherwise, if had a PS5 I’d get it - but not until I’d played Demon Souls!

I will get this…. Eventually. I was all set for a day one purchase but I managed to get horizon forbidden west yesterday for £28.99 and I just can’t justify the £64.99 price point on Amazon for this….. I think it’s too high especially when not including factions. I’ll get it in a few months when it inevitably drops below the £50 mark.

In addition to what I said above, I hope PushSquare do a version of a review full of so called spoilers that analyses some of the kinds of things I mentioned above, that outlines where there are differences that make a difference to player agency and immersion and where they don’t.

With Xbox people say it's just Forza Gears Halo but at least they're somewhat different to the previous entry in each franchise. This is just The Last of Us, then a slightly better looking Last of Us, then bells and whistles Last of Us for full price but same story.

@JON22 yes and you can completely ignore it and focus on the other amazing first party games that Sony offers that MS doesn't. They haven't been able to compete with Sony in terms of first party offerings in quite a while now.

Im so ready for this game to release so we can move past it.

The only way I could possibly enjoy hearing about this game in the future is if it wins GotY over Elden Ring. People will lose their freaking minds.

I'll definitely give it a go, but I'll wait for a sale. €75 is out of my league.

@naruball you're right for the games that have been released up till now but one thing I think Microsoft does better than Sony is offering good quality games of differing genres. As an example, for all its multiplayer flaws Halo Infinite was an 8/10 for its single player.

Also looking forward, I'm more excited about what is coming out on Xbox than on PlayStation past December 22. Then again that's just me.

Got it pre-loaded and ready to go. Timer says 2 days and 18 hours remain!

They talking like it's a game from 20yrs ago.
Its just the same game on new engine with full price tag.

Meanwhile, Jak & Daxter are rotting in a corner

Hope the folks that want it enjoy it. I'll just go ahead and wait for Plague Tale Requiem for my fix in this genre.

Definitely going to get this, but not for a while. Guessing a lot of us will be waiting until the price drops considerably. 🤷🏻‍♂️

"Remember where you came from." Its a bit difficult not to when every other article is about this game..

Pre-loaded and can't wait. Naughty Dog always deliver and their games are the main reason for me to still have a PS5, even though Sony has been really getting on my nerves for some time now.

I just don't really see the point if only the graphics have changed. I love both games but if they'd brought TLOU2 combat to the remake I'd have jumped on this. As is I'm not paying full whack for some updated bells and whistles that for me at least don't seem worth it.

Honoring by changing character faces and body types, and reselling the same thing without mp, and charging more. Yaaayy. They should honor last of us 1 by retconning 2.

More PS3 remasters for the PS5 - what a wonderful generation we're going through.

Honestly, from what I've seen of the various clips so far, I much prefer the facial looks and animation of the original.

@riceNpea you got him on remember but it's the yanks who are spelling honour wrong.

Looking forward to this I'm trying to hold out on the firefly edition because I want the steelbook but if they not selling that in stores I'll just pre-order it Thursday night on the psn store.

@starbuck2212 he's Australian, should be spelling it in English.

@Johnnycide I’m interested to see rapidly evolving tech can upgrade what was a graphical benchmark for consoles less than a decade ago, but I can watch footage for that.

@JaapV Nothing about the story will have changed. Even if there are some minor changes, I don't think they'd change what you're talking about anyway because it's integral to the story going forward. Also don't think the game's selling point was ever "agency" fwiw.

I may pick it up on deep discount, but I have already bought it and beat it on both PS3 and PS4 so there isn't a major draw for me to pay full price.

@Valgore I see this argument a lot, but let me give my two cents. First, it now has all the updated accessibility options that Part 2 had, which is awesome. Second, it now uses the full motion capture that both voice actors gave which means it will move and look much better than ever. Third, this is also coming to PC which took additional development. Last, all of these alone cost money and time of which the developers need to recoup. If they had made this part of PS Plus etc. then releasing it on PC would have been pointless. Naughty Dog is a large studio, and they need money to keep going. If you don't want to buy this that is fine, but being confused about why they are asking for full price is just ignoring all the hard work this team has put into it. Also, many people have never played this, including PC players. In the end, it makes sense, as it takes a lot of money to keep making the large games they make and they are always working on the next project so being able to reuse some older work, but then update it to make more money is something every industry does and is very normal.

Look forward to playing this…whenever it lands on PS+ extra/premium.

@Shredderlovespizza I fully understand what you're saying and I'm very happy about the changes they have made but no matter how you look at it, this is still a remake of a game that came out in 2013 and a remake of said game that was remastered in 2014.

I hope that this remake brings more players to experience what an amazing game it is but I still feel that charging full price for this is crazy due to this game being released twice already, this isn't a remake like Final fantasy 7.

Like I said before though, this is just my opinion.

@riceNpea yep. That was my point. He'd spelt it right the first time.

@Valgore I get that, but I'll reserve my full opinion until I can play it on Friday. I do think overall the changes could be very drastic. Again, I think just putting this on "this came out on PS4 in 2014' doesn't hold here as this is also coming to PC. I think most of the recoup for this project is to support the PC version not the PS5 version, and you cannot have the two versions both be too cheap or even different prices so I think that's why it is full price. Just my guess.

@starbuck2212 sorry, I'm confused. He spelt it like an American but he's Australian and as far as I know they use English spellings not Americanised spelling, so I'm not sure I understand what you mean when you say he spelt it right first time.

You know the review embargo for this cash grab will be day of... I kid,
I kid lmfao.

This is just completely unjustified, and be clear here the reason they havee put out this video and the last video was in direct response to the criticism this project is getting.

It's a PR campaign, but if you read between the lines and understand the history and supporting documentation on why this remaster of a remaster was greenlit, they say themselves in no uncertain meaning: to make a quick burst of revenue with as little effort/overhead as possible (cash grab).

No matter how cute upgrading this game again may look on the surface, it's not a ps5 game just as the last of us 2 wasn't, as it's only been brought to near that games visuals.

To justify charging full PS5 game retail price for this is just despicable, but then again so is raising the price of a console nearly 3 years into its life cycle based on bs. Sony has a Pretty serious and growing image problem post ps5 release that they seem to just not care about; nor even respond to concerns from those that line the pockets of their shareholders.
Whatever short sighted thinking they are in a trance with, will ultimately reduce their market share and profits long term.

Greed and Idiocy at its finest. The endless growth model of corporate pigs will destroy humanity and anything else in its path....

Hopefully the reviewers truly factor in these things, as we already know the game itself was decent. However the merits and justification for a now third review of the same game need be taken into account.

Ummm ,the last of us is a fantastic game in my opinion but I'll wait until reviews drop by Friday as to whether its worth buying again,I'm very jubious about this ps5 version only really because it's been on 2 different gens of consoles ,I have bought lou on ps3 and ps4 remaster ,I thought ps4 remaster was absolutely worth buying for resolution ,smoother gameplay,now we could see the ps5 version being worth buying again actually ,I'm certainly watching with interest because we certainly could see the ps5 version being absolutely great against all expectations ,like many others have said price is sticking point but some websites have it at just under 60 quid ,still alot money for what is essentially the same game,if the a.i is much better than the original which I suppose it will be and obviously graphics etc will be a big improvement then I'm really hoping this ps5 version is fantastic and all my concerns can be put aside,it's really made for a huge debate on here and given the remake loads of attention, 3 days away from finding out,but and rightly so many people will buy it and loads people won't.i just really hope its better than what I'm thinking it will be

@jamescrowx You say that but, imagining back 9 years ago, man does it look like a completely different world.

Sure feels like a long time ago to me anyway.

You spelled 'honours' wrong.

The game honors the original by being mostly the same.

@ColdHandGee apparently spelt isn't a word in this instance, it's a type of grain. I was told recently it's 'spelled' and I'd been saying spelt for 45 years! I still don't believe it.

I think it’s great for newcomers to experience the best possible version of both games especially with the upcoming HBO show. But I’m afraid for what’s next coming from Naughty Dog, a ps5 remake/upgrade of Part II? And we haven’t heard anything on the release of Factions in ages. I wish ND surprises us with a new IP..

You do understand the subtle implication of stating that TLoU Part I honors the original is that what they're really saying is how badly TLoU Part 2 dishonored it by comparison.

I feel bad for people that are playing this for the first time and don't know TLOU has a great multiplayer mode.

Factions was/is so much fun on PS4 with a group of friends.

@zupertramp
The thing is the remaster still looking great and runing on 3 generation so there is no real reason for remaster of remaster.

Its not like mafia that got remake after 18 years.

For me there are two reason to make remaster:
1. The game not running on new gen.
2. The game is really old and unplayable.

They just gave us the same game on tlou2 engine and sell it like a totally new game.

For 70$ I think they need to include the sequel but that's me.

The Last of Us Part 2 didn't 😂 🙈

@zupertramp I don’t want them to change anything about the story, I just mean that in the last scene it was annoying that no one retaliates at or tries to protect themselves. I would have thought they’d at least attempt to attack you in order to try stop what Joel needs to do, thereby making it feel more urgent in the moment. It would have been good to have risk present in the scenario rather than it feeling like a scripted and forgone conclusion. I think Part 2 does these scenarios better.

Cry me a river..
Can't wait!

I'm really happy to play a new version of this that stands up to the visuals of the second game. Excited.

@naruball if we don't say anything we may wind up with an "Era of The Remake Remakes" and instead of getting 6 original AAA IPs a year you'll get two and 4 remakes.

I wish it was as simple as if we don't like it, we don't have to play it. Unfortunately resources are finite and for every game they remake twice that's time and resources wasted from creating a new IP or even a sequel to something.