Rumour: The Last of Us 3 Is In Development at Naughty Dog

Well, even though the first TLOU game is one of my favorite games ever and I did enjoy the second part, too, I still wish Druckmann and Naughty Dog would start a new series or IP.

I'll be more positive when Druckmann leaves Naughty Dog and we're back to having fun games without torture porn.

Personally I was hoping for a new IP after the multiplayer project. I don't need another Uncharted from ND (other studios are welcome) and I like the tradition of ending a generation with a Last of Us game which can truly make the most of the PS5 hardware

In a way I'm glad another studio is doing Uncharted, I really don't like Druckmann. Hopefully it's not a reboot but Chloe or Sam's next adventure.

I really wish they'd move on from The Last of Us. Great series, but I'd really like something new from ND at this point.

Given how fantastic I feel the first two were, this is great news and I trust them to deliver another compelling experience.
Given the series, a new title was inevitable.

@Pat_trick 100% agreed. I found the shift in tone from the first game completely jarring, the level at which they went to make it violent for the sake of being violent was just a bit too disturbing for my liking. It's an impressive technical achievement but yeah I feel as though Druckmann just pushed the boat too deep into "edgy" waters...

I'm looking forward to it.

I don't subscribe to this notion that they need to move onto another IP.

If you want to play something different, play a different game by a different developer.

TLOU2 left me with but one conclusion: Druckmann does not have the first clue as to why TLOU1 was so successful which is why he destroyed one of the most beloved father/daughter pairings in modern gaming and replaced it with what can only be described as torture porn.

I do not want this game to be successful because I do not want what he is selling. I want what I had the first time.

Awesome news. Can't wait to see where they take it.

just no excitement for it.

would have been better to release alongside the tv show.

but honestly im kinda bored with tlou now.

im sure ND will do well, but id love to see them branch out

I'd rather we got a new IP from Naughty Dog. After 2 gens of Uncharted and The Last of Us I feel we could do with something new. I'd rather they give TLOU a couple years break before making a third game

I look forward to this

No surprise, it’s too popular an IP to just drop, especially with a TV show on the way. Personally I’m out, I did not enjoy the second game, I thought the writing was woeful. I’ll never forget Abby getting bonked on a boat for no reason 🤣

@Pat_trick
That is the best part of this game. I hope there is more like this in Part III

I mean, anyone could have just tweeted that. They really were just bored and had nothing of note to share 😆

Will make a fantastic PS6 launch title.

People here keep saying why naughty dog ain’t working on a new ip they’re probably are we heard they’re working on multiple games we know factions 2 and the last of us 3 two of them a new ip might be one of those games.

How many people here are aware ND has more than one team now? I'm starting to think 'not very much.'

How media still cant write true things are shocking.
Neil and ND have said a couple of times they are working on something new.
ND has like 2-3 teams.

What a disappointment. I'm over this series . I wanted a new fun IP. At least there are plenty of other studios and games from PS to enjoy.

If they keep making them I’ll have to give them another shot. Quite liked the story in 1 but hate stealth gameplay.

I also how to point out new ip’s take a longer time to make than sequels. So naughty dog probably wanted to pump out a sequel to last of us while planning and working on they’re new ip.

I would love another Jak and Daxter game.

Awesome news, The Last of Us part 2 is my favourite Sony exclusive and I've just started another run, currently Day 1 in Seattle, though that is now on hold as I picked up Part 1 in a sale. I'm in Pittsburgh at the moment having just gone through the encounter where Ellie has a rifle and it looks incredible, though I do wish they would have added some new locations for returning players amd it seems easier but it could just be I'm more experienced.

That said after part 3 I do hope they move onto something else as they're such a talented studio and I'm ready for something new

Imagine my shock. So long as there is a new IP in the works then sure I'll take another TLOU.

But please get Factions out next year. That's what I'm most curious about.

Was hoping to see a new ip from them, but with the series coming out they have to have content for seasons 3-4.

Slightly mixed feelings about getting a Part III. I really enjoyed the first two, each in their own way, but I’m wondering how ND can escalate and subvert the series any further. Clearly Part II was made with the intent to turn the player’s expectations upside-down, which I can respect, but how can you do that a second time without coming across as deceitful and underhanded. I look forward to seeing the attempt though.

I wanted something new first, but I guess it makes sense?

TLOU tv show will probably be into it’s 3rd season, by the time we get TLOU3 & they’re going to need new material.

Kind of reminds me of the Naruto Storm games where the games were super popular, but by the time they got to the 3rd game they had to go with an alternate ending as they out-sped the source material (anime).

I really wanted that space game though.

They should leave it till the end of the console generation like they have done both times before. A new IP would be interesting but down to them what they want to do.

Can't wait. They have multiple projects on development so they will probably have a new IP as well.

I'm a simple man. I can't say no to more TLoU.

I wonder what we'll get third time round. It'll have to be a damn fine game to avoid accusations of 'cash grab' development with more of the same stuff. Only a compelling story will save the game from rinse and repeat. Hopefully they'll bring in some new writing talent to give us something with a bit more character and narrative depth than the bog standard 'Oh, didn't expect that' budget story devices of TLOU2

I'll continue ignoring Naughty Dog then. Oh well.

@EYEBALL Only if one of them is beaten to death by a character who had a relationship with a nobody from a previous entry in the series.

1 is amazing. 2 is awful in terms of story. Wish they would move on.

I do find it amusing seeing comments about the shift in tone between part 1 and 2 as if the first game is some fluffy adventure of a father and daughter going out for an adventure. When in reality it's a journey where you play as a man who has killed innocent people in the past and travel to other people's towns and brutally murder them, all before killing some unarmed doctors who were trying to create a vaccine/cure and then the leader of said group.

I thought the second game was a great continuations of the themes already setup and a great way to make you look at it from the other side

I really enjoyed both, for different reasons. I found 2 more violent and cinematic, and one much more focused on story. I think if they can combine the two, it should be a great finale to the series. After that, invent something new!

I was kind of dreading playing Part Two since everyone said it was so intense, but I guess I just didn't find it was much worse than Part One. Two is certainly a lot more bleak, without a doubt. I think a Part Three might be able to invert expectations a little and be a more hopeful end to a possible trilogy.

I'd like to see ND make something new too but a third TLOU feels like an inevitability after Two, and I'm okay with that.

Yo playas naughty dog haven't made a new ip for a long time.if that rumor is true 🤔its weird.because most people want a new ip.word up son

The second one definitely made some odd choices but the game was great in the end. They need to wrap the series with this one and move on to something else.

After the first two it needs a full, cathartic ending that can’t be open ended.

As expected, I would have been mad if not. Since the story isn't completed with Part 2

@jrt87
Even though I liked Part II well enough I always found that super weird too the way people all of a sudden acted like Joel was the spawn of Satan or something.

The survivors you first face were bandits who killed anyone unfortunate enough to cross their path. David's group were cannibals for crying out loud and the Fireflies experimented on people against their will and were willing to kill a child just to make a vaccine that wouldn't make much of a difference anyway considering society had already collapsed and mass production of the vaccine would be near if not impossible.

Plus I don't think the vaccine would have much of an effect on the millions of people who already had mushrooms coming out of their heads! If anything it would just kill them anyway.

So yeah I think Joel was totally justified in saying "Why the heck would I allow these people to kill Ellie for a vaccine that wouldn't really do much good anyway?"

That really sucks. With Uncharted and TLOU both seeming like they'd been finished, PS5 would have been a good platform to build new IPs on.

Guess not.

@Titntin Agreed I’m excited and hope they bring over part 2 native to PS5, i love the part 1 PS5 game, it is really pretty and the 60FPS is amazing. Part 3 should be awesome using PS5 only. I only buy a PS console for God of War and Last of us mainly, so this is good news to my ears 😊

Bring it on with a lou part3,loved both part 1 and 2 ,although part 1 with the fantastic story just beats part 2 for me ,really great news but not at all surprising

@Korgon Yep. A Nail on the Head explanation as to why I feel Druckmann does not understand his own creation. Clearly he has in his head a version of Joel that basically no one else in the fandom shared - it wouldn't even surprise me if the whole Joel/Ellie relationship was a lot less wholesome in his mind than we all thought it was.
People can accuse me of Death of the Author all they like but we are the ones who are buying his game.

Though again a rumour, I thought they were also working on a new unannounced Sci-Fi IP. Love Last of Us 1&2 but would like to see something new and refreshing from them.

was very aprehensive when part 2 was announced as i felt the first was a perfect stand alone piece but no.2 was really good, not at all what anybody wanted from the story but a very good story. game vs art and that.
i feel they might be starting to milk it with a third game and sooner or later they will release a below par entry and sour the whole series.

@Korgon the thing is Joel himself says he used to live like those very same bandits and indeed this is a world where everyone is living to survive regardless of the consequences for others. I mean you can absolutely understand his actions but I always felt it was meant to be ambiguous as to whether he was right to do that and from Abby's point of view he absolutely deserves what happened. I don't feel Joel was ever intended to either be a hero or a pos character, just more of a way of questioning what we would do in those situations.

Sure they could have had some more adventures together but it wouldn't have necessarily been a better story, the only mistake they made for me was dragging the ending out a bit too much

@LifeGirl Uh, his daughter died at the beginning of the first one. And wishing failure upon others is a very odd thing. I'm sure you'd love it if people went around saying they hope you fail at the things you try to achieve. I can't believe people have this sort of mindset. You don't have to like it, but wishing failure upon others because you don't? Really???

@Uncharted2007 So I guess you'll be changing your username and avatar?

I like Druckmann and his commitment (in part 2 at least) to narrative decisions that repulse and enrage some players. That's an artist. One of the few working in the AAA space. Multiple times in part 2 I hesitated because I didn't want what was going to happen to happen. It's a different emotion to the usual "***** yeah I'm a bad ass" empowerment feeling that most action games offer.

Loved both TLOU games, really want a third. I liked the tone of both, but I miss Joel.

I legitimately feel sad for this studio if this is true, they were once Sony's most creative team and now they can only make one game so they have basically become Sony's own 343 Studios.

It will be very interesting to see if the negativity of TLoU2 will effect sales. Myself along with a few of my friends all have bought every Naughty Dog game day one for well over a decade but none of us have interest in TLoU3 and have no intention of supporting it.

@carlos82
That's true Joel did do many things he wasn't proud of, but as far as we know it was generally for survival or to protect those he held dear. I also totally get why Abby wanted to do what she did from her perspective. However, the biggest difference between her and Joel is she did what she did out of just a sheer desire for vengeance, not self-defense or defense of others. Just cold hard vengeance.

Plus her father was totally cool with experimenting on countless innocents and was willing to kill a child just so he could feel like he could justify his actions. He claims it was for a vaccine but like I said I doubt it would do much good anyway.

So while I get why Abby would want revenge for her father's death, I also think because it was her father that she couldn't cope with what happened rationally and so carried through with her vengeance.

I bet money it will sell less than 2, just as 2 sold less than 1

@Almost_Ghostly Uh no. If Naughty Dog decided to work on another Uncharted... I'd be all for it, but so far, Uncharted is the only game series they've done that I like and revisit and replay.

The Last of Us is so dark... showing the worst of humanity... that I beat it once and couldn't be bothered to replay. It was draining. I never bothered with the second knowing it would be dark and that was a good idea as it apparently was even darker than the first.

I see the worst of humanity regularly. I don't need it in my entertainment as well.

I like The Last of Us, but I was really hoping Naughty Dog would dip their toes into a new IP.

I wonder how they’ll better the locations , how series can get tired by the third instalment the marina centre was top notch

Part 1 is still my fav game of all time and part 2 mentally testing as it was is still something special and tense gripping fun throughout regardless of the leaks and backlash bull it received. So naturally I'm all for a part 3 and excites me very much. As factions is maybe close to complete for next year its very possible Naughtydog have part3 in development along with a brand new IP also, its very possible?. Never took much notice of those who hated part 2 as I enjoyed it far to much to care what others thought of it. If someone had murdered one of my family members in cold blood and was posing no threat to the murderer then I'd also want revenge especially in a post apocalyptic world. Sonder

And in a year from now we'll find out it's actually going to be a port of TLOU part 1 for PS6.

I mean, the first game wasn't original or interesting enough to warrant a single sequel, let alone a trilogy.
Truly one of the most overrated series ever.

Part 1 was great, I still haven't completed part 2. I just found it really long and boring to be honest

@Korgon yeah the fireflies certainly weren't entirely innocent, I think they or some of them had good intentions at various times but that world as it is its not so straightforward. That's why I like the 2 games in conjunction as it's not just a good vs bad basic story you'd often get in games but something much more nuanced

I've played Part 1 3x and finished Part 2. I played well after everyone had their panties in a twist about it and feel I was able to assess it on its own merits and... I really just didn't like the 3rd act of the story.

I really felt like they dropped the ball with the switching of player characters and missed an opportunity to really SAY something about the characters we came to know and love.

The games are certainly technical achievements and I love the quality of the world they built... but I think my time playing in that universe is over. It was never a series I would call fun to play. It felt like it was a story worth experiencing... until it wasn't. I no longer need to be dragged down into that proverbial muck.

Day 1 in 5 years or so

Gotta keep milking what sells.

@Uncharted2007 Having an Uncharted username and image is not "ignoring Naughty Dog".

Sorry, but Uncharted 4 and Ellie's portion of TLOU 2 completely burned me out on that style of games. Add Guardians to that list as well.

I really don't get all the Neil Druckman hate. Yeah his stories are not for everybody but that's storytelling for you and he seems like an alright guy. Certainly alot less insufferable than Ken Levine or David Cage.

Considering how this article got a lot of likes and hearts on Facebook in comparison to all the other recent Push Square Facebook posts around it, it's fair to say TLoU is still very popular and wanted by many regardless of what a few hating minority say about the series. So much more easy on the Internet to moan hate on something than it is to actually praise adore something

@Beerheadgamer82
That and I anticipate the upcoming HBO show will also attract a new major audience so there is certainly incentive to make a third game.

@PegasusActual93 People love dumb simple and predictable stories like TLOU1

@PegasusActual93 yup there sure is. Loads to be looking forward to in the Last of Us world and I can't wait especially if we get a third game

Wonder who's working on uncharted probably Bluepoint Games since they aren't working on a new IP

Sounds like naughty dog are creatively bankrupt if this is true the last of us was a great standalone game & they just keep milking it

@PegasusActual93 when naughty dog came under fire for the crunch & being a toxic workplace he was head of the studio certainly not my idea of an 'alright guy'

@clvr Unhide your PSN trophy and game list. I'm not so sure you've even played either of the two TLoU games.

I'm so over TLOU... give us a new IP please.

@Almost_Ghostly It's ignoring modern Naughty Dog. They don't do Uncharted anymore and haven't since 2017.

Whaaaay haaaaaay!

Considering the open threads at the end of 2 this was inevitable. Loved both those games so bring it on!

That being said I do hope they're working on some new IP internally. But I'm there for anything ND does. They have not let me down so far.

@Uncharted2007 Because there is something stopping them from ever doing another? What exactly is your purpose for "ignoring" Naughty Dog? Because they're not doing what YOU want them to do, when YOU want them to do it?

I'm not a huge ND fan to begin with but it's kinda sucky that they've become "the TLOU studio" in endless Hollywood-style sequel repeat mode. If you don't like TLOU, Naughty Dog simply hasn't existed, save for one single game, since the mid PS3 generation.

It's amazing that what started by lucking out as a synergistic happenstance connection to the Walking Dead driven zombie-apocalypse pop culture zeitgeist of the early 20-teens has legs stretching this long.

Bummer

Such a talented studio relegated to just another for profit sequel churning out machine which seems to be the course for Sony studios for some time now. I am genuinely just as bummed to see Insomniac relegated to nothing more than a marvel game cloning machine as they squander their talent on "spiderman Ubisoft edition," as well. Wolverine will likely copy the formula as well

The industry continues to become just another example of capitalistic destruction of creativity and free thought.

I am genuinely just as bummed to see Insomniac relegated to nothing more than a marvel game cloning machine.

It's not a surprise that Naughty Dog is making more action-adventure games. But it wasn't obvious, and it is news, that they are making a TLoU 3 and not working on a new IP. I'd love to see Naughty Dog return to their roots and make a reboot the Keef the Thief franchise.

Ugh...make something new 🙄

@Almost_Ghostly Pretty much. Yeah. Why keep them on the radar if they aren't doing anything I care about?

Most are complaining yet all of them will buy it.

Fickle fanbase.

Best of luck to ND, hopefully they can complete the trilogy and finish on a high note. Loved the first one, not so much the 2nd. Even though it was a improvement.

No … just no. Give us factions and then move on to a new IP. We really don’t need TLOU 3, 4 & 5.

Not excited for it at all. Don't want to make a decision just yet until we at least see it but after the way Part 2 went, I don't think I'll be rushing to pre-order or even buy day 1.

Part 1 is just my favourite and Part 2 was good but nothing amazing. Can't see Part 3 being any better and it's most certainly not going to be worth £70 unless it can top Part 1, which imo it won't without Joel

No thanks. One game was enough.

I loved one. Two was the most original idea of conflict without resolution I've ever had the pleasure to think about and play. I'm super excited if there's going to be a third!

I really hope not. It feels like such a waste of a good studio to focus solely on TLoU games. They must not have any other ideas which is even more sad.

As long as this one doesn't feature another buff lesbian feminazi killing a white man and taking his role like with the 2nd game, I'll be looking forward to it.

@Jacko11 no we won’t lol.

@Shad361 sure thing bud.

Same as people won’t buy Hogwarts cause of JK or won’t by Disco Elysium cause Stallin or EA games despite being voted worst company since forever.

All talk.

I have to agree with others in the comments. The first two were really good games, but I don't need or want anymore. Five more years of tedious development for a series and world that has been rung dry and should be put to rest. The whole infected/zombie enemies thing is dull now. So much talent, why can't they move on? The studio has enough clout to make something new. Maybe Druckmann is still in control but spent creatively. I'm not even sure the original was his concept to begin with.

The only way I can see the series being worth carrying on is if the next game starts with the infected being mostly wiped out, with some big boss exceptions, and the story focusing on human conflict for territory whilst trying to rebuild society. That would actually be pretty interesting thinking about it.

Not a fan. Not a fan, at all. Wasn't the hot rumor that they were doing a high fantasy game next?

@Lup its like sony is creating their way of , Zelda, Mario Pokémon or Forza, Halo, Gears, with Horizon, God of war and Last of us being their 3 big pillar titles. I can be ok with that, i don’t love horizon but i buy a PS just to play last of us and GOW, the same as i buy the other two consoles for Zelda and Mario and Gears and Halo. I do think sony will get 1 or 2 really great new IP’s on PS5 tho, they seem to do that every gen or at least try to 😊

Love these games, Part II was absolutely fantastic. But yeah… still was hoping for a new IP. Fingers crossed these rumors are untrue

Instead of TLOU3, I notice that a lot of people are talking about a new IP. Definitely ND will release another game between TLOU Online and TLOU3 if PS5 continues to be Sony's leading platform until 2027. After Sony and Microsoft discontinue this game, which is more miserable, and finish talking around Activision/Bellizard, I'm actually waiting for a new announcement this year.

Yeaaaa ! I get why some people didn’t like the direction of part II, the game was amazing and I am really looking forward to the what they do for the story in part III

I had hopes that Naughty Dog would make a sci-fi game. Something in space or with timetravels or so. But as long as a few maincharacters are alive he will go on making sequels to Last of Us just to kill them all off... Shame really..

I like the last of us but I reeeeally was looking forward to seeing a new IP from them next, we didn't get one last gen.

If Abby like is not there, I will be buying. However, I was hoping for something new. Lets stop with the remake, remaster, reshit and sequals. No fresh ideas?

A new IP would be refreshing at this point. 9 years with no new ND IPs is becoming stale.

Ahh so now the penny has dropped about the revisionism surrounding Joel and why he is now the bad guy despite putting his life on line for Ellie, the game. In retrospect Joel didn't sacrifice Ellie for the vaccine at a time period in real life where people became super neurotic for a COVID vaccine, any person who disagreed with its effectiveness were attacked and ostracised

I see in the comments so many going on about all these multiple teams, and blah blah blah.

If this is the case then why have we only gotten another uncharted, the last of us, the last of us remaster for ps4, a patch for ps4 pro, the last of us part 2, the last of us factions but not just yet, the last of us part 1 for ps5, tv series, now probably last of us part 3, not to mention the remake of part 2 for ps5, which is certain.

But some how multiple teams 🤔 maybe but all working on the last of us

People are moaning at horizon is saturating the market.
But reality is last of us has saturated the market since the end of ps3.

I loved the first game and reality is that game could of been a one off, but they couldn't leave it alone and made a part 2, which is a great game but was not necessary.

I feel as though naughty dog has lost its spark, and its creativity and is now stuck, I just dont see them as the top dogs at Sony anymore.
They had a nice contrast going on to be fair, uncharted a light hearted adventure and even that ended up going quite dark by 4 and the last of us was the doom and gloom of post apocalyptic World.

Reality is we could do with that contrast from them. Not more depression.

Rant over hahaha

@Verzion214 but thats the point. Naughty Dog haven't done anything else apart from uncharted and the last of us since ps3.

Which is fine because we had a nice contrast light hearted and doom and gloom.

But reality is we had the last of us done for the entire ps4 gen until part 2 came out at the end, with uncharted 4 actually taking a darker tone in story telling. Now we are waiting for factions to come, more last of us, then the remasters.

Your naming series in which have had lots of changes, over the years and very confined story lines, to each game,To top it off these games came out in quite quick sucession.

I was kinda hoping they would've made some massive single player fantasy rpg ,to fill the elder scrolls gap ,oh well I hope they go for a completely new story ,maybe one set in the uk ,28 days later style.

Uncharted > Last of Us

@Th3solution What I'd like to see from Part III is a redemption and hope type of story. Like a more grown up and burned out Ellie reluctantly reconnecting with humanity after Part II's downbeat ending, where she gets the chance to finally fulfill her 'destiny' by creating a cure. Fireflies can make a return, I'd be happy for Abby to make a return (maybe her and Ellie have to work together for the greater good?) - ultimately, let Ellie have the hero ending and humanity left with hope for the future if they manage to successfully make a cure. It would kind of bring things full circle and I'd love it if they finished the story there.

@Orange_Juice I like the sounds of that. I love a good redemption story, even if it ends tragically for the protagonist, if they have to sacrifice their life, etc. I wonder if Druckmann would do that though. I get the feeling he likes pushing against the crowd and being groundbreaking or revolutionary in the narrative. And like I said, I can respect that. Kojima’s a little like that too, but in a different way obviously. So a nice redemptive happy ending might be too safe for him. I think if it’s done right, it could be brilliant though.

The Woke of Us Part III

@mittensknox Actually reports say that The Last of Us Part 3 will also be on the PS4 as well as the PS Vita.

Haha these comments crack me up, remember how TRIGGERED y’all got at TLOU2?! Maaan. That was a tantrum for the ages.

I'm in an extreme minority opinion here but I liked Abby more than Ellie.

As much as I’d like to see them tackle a new IP immediately, I understand why they are doing this.

The way Part II ended made it clear there was going to a conclusion to the story. Part III is necessary.

Im hoping they find a way to combine the tones of the first two games. I want that glimmer of hope in humanity the first game explored with the extreme violence and vengeance the second game focused on.

Also they should focus solely on Ellie. Abby was ok don’t get me wrong, but considering the ending of Part II they don’t need to do the dual character route again. Make it Ellie’s story and the conclusion of the franchise.

@Pikki

I think my issue with Abby is that she didn’t earn the mercy Ellie showed towards at the end of the game.

Which frankly speaks more about how they wrote Ellie rather than Abby.

Which is why Part III needs to be solely about Ellie.

Usually new last of us games come around near the end of the generations, so I would expect TLoU3 to finally show what the PS5 can really do. Should look unbelievably good!

I absolutely loved both games and I'd be really excited by the idea of a third, but I just can't see narratively where they can go with it.

The emotional heft of part two doesn't leave much room to be expanded or built upon. The natural progression of the narrative doesn't seem to go anywhere either. If ND stick to the old, they only have old ground to tread but if they go in a new direction it won't be TLOU we know and love.

The story of TLOU is of Joel and Ellie, now that story has been told, where else do you go? What else is there to add or discover about their relationship?

While I can definitely see part 3 still being a good game I just can't see it being anything less than the sum of its parts. Think Godfather 3 (but hopefully not that bad).

@carlos82 Well said, I liked the ambiguity, but that was also very much part of the first game. The second one was a great continuation of that. It did some things differently, especially with how the game was set up, with two story lines, but I think sequels should be free to experiment with those kind of things. So I'm all for Part 3 trying some other story telling angle.

I just find it so incredibly funny how people can be against a specific character. Like, even saying they won't buy the game is she is in, LMAO. It's just a video game character. You don't have to like them all, and that's fine. It's meant to get you thinking. How many people cancelled Game of Thrones when they killed off Sean Bean at the end of season 1? No one I think. It's the same thing here. From a story and gameplay perspective it just makes a ton of sense to do what they did in Part 2. It was IMO the best reason to go on a ''revenge'' journey.

@TheGreyandTheRed TBF, I thought the same when they announced Part 2, but I think they pulled it off. I do want them to develop something new as well (Savage Starlight please?), but if they can do that in tandem with Part 3, I'm all for it!

@Octane I just hope that they can do it again. I'm more than happy to be proven completely wrong.

Cry babies in the thread is so alarming. "He didnt make the game I wanted!! Waaaahhh wahhh" TLOU2 is an absolute modern masterpiece and when these kids grow up they'll realise that and be deeply embarrassed about how childish they behaved.

@Woods-PS Salty much?

The one thing that irks me about ND, contrary to the fact that they're otherwise a mark of quality in and of themselves, is that they never seem to know when to let an idea go.

Uncharted was a great franchise that could have easily ended with the third entry. The fourth was a decent addition, but then they went out of their way to make yet another. It's the same with The Last of Us. The first game really didn't need a sequel at all, never mind two.

I think what FromSoft did with Bloodborne, similar to what Frictional did with SOMA, is how some developers should treat their IPs. Some games are just meant to stand on their own, in isolation.

@Mythologue When the Spider-Man 2 release date was confirmed yesterday, people loved it. It's the third Spider-Man game in 5 years time. And I'd argue that gameplay-wise TLOU2 innovates more than Spider-Man has so far. They haven't been working on TLOU for decades. It's just two games at this point. And a very good selling ''franchise'' so far. I wonder if it's even their choice to develop a third one, or if Sony is nudging them to.

Also, Sony funded Bloodborne, it's their IP. If From Software wanted to make a sequel, Sony had to give them the green light. It isn't their decision to make.

I understand your point though. I do think TLOU was perfect on its own. But I also liked the sequel just as much in the end. But it's good to keep in mind that it's not always the devs making these decisions. And nobody is asking other developers to stop making Pokemon games, or another Dark Souls. Whether a game is better on its own is all subjective in the end. Some may want endless sequels, and others may prefer a new game from a developer. But once again, this is subjective, there's is no right answer.

@Verzion214 maybe the wrong choice of word with "being milked".

What i mean is naughty dog all they have done since PS3 is The Last Of Us, and Uncharted 4.

Naughty dog had a good thing going in my eyes.

Crash Bandicoot 1, 2, 3 then a racing game. Ps1
Jak 1, 2, 3, racing game ps2
Uncharted 1, 2, 3 ps3, uncharted 4 ps4 (darker gloomy tone)

The Last of Us Ps3 (2months or so before Ps4 came out)

The Last of Us Remaster PS4 around 6months after the launch of Ps4.

The Last of Us Part 2 PS4 end of its life.

The last of us part 1 PS5

All we know of the future of Naughty Dog as it stans and basic interpretation.

The Last of Us Tv series

The Last Of Us Factions

The Last Of Us Season 2

The Last Of Us Part 2 Remake

The Last of Us Part 3

The Last of Us Season 3

The difference between all this is, there other trilogies and spin offs, span 1 generation.

The Last of Us is Spanning 3 generations and we've only had 2 games in the series.

I wouldn't mind if they were using these other teams to give us something different than the morbid doom and gloom of there games these days.

Don't take it that I hate last of us. I love it, but when it just seems one of the best developers Sony has who used to change in a new direction each generation now seems to be stuck on one franchise, I just can't help feel bored. If that makes sense.

I'd love a part 3 but id love something completely different in-between and not the online game in the same universe.

@Verzion214 I think that is my issue with Naughty Dog at the moment and looking back now knowing what we know, os they used to be the top dogs at Sony showing everyone that they can take new ideas and transform a new genre and ip every gen, but now same old same old.

Not that they are milking the last of us at all, more the lack of anything from them for generations in away. 2 generations has been taken over by the last of us and yet we've had only 2 games from them.

Its the reason I dislike Xbox, all their main games are the same year in year out. Its always been the same relying on halo, gears, Forza, Fable and thats it really. Not once has say the halo team been allowed to step away and do something new. Or Gears Of War, they bought a brand new studio which had so much creative vision before they got drafted in, I believe they made this amazing mech demo was leaps and bounds above anything out at the time to then be bought and shoved on Gears forever it seems, just no innovation, naughty dog now seems to be one of those sorts of teams.

And thankyou for great responses, its about time we can all just have a conversation from different view points. Im always here for a good debate and a conversation.

To end it though I agree with you aswel, ill look forward to playing part 3, but as you have a good positive outlook, you've already set the blueprint out to when you may get sick of it, if it does go thay way and I think that's where my own negativity is at im already thinking the blue print is set, just with all the talk of last of us and nothing more and in my head we are already at the end of that blue print when we are not hahaha.

Roll on any game from them at this point on PS5 I say, they raking way to long. We are 2 years in. If we disregard the remake.

I hope Abby kills Ellie at the beginning and you spend the rest of the game playing as Abby!

@Tomato_Goose they can make any game they want stop telling then what to make

@Gbarsotini ok and?

@KAIRU 👹

There's no game I'm anticipating more than the TLOU part 3. The day it gets announced and we get a teaser trailer, I'm gonna lose my mind. Neil Druckmann is genius as well as everybody at Naughty Dog. Best franchise of all time.