The Last of Us Part II is an upcoming action-adventure videogame and the continuation of the 2013 The Last of Us smash hit!
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the much anticipated videogame!
- The Last of Us Part II is an upcoming action-adventure game
- It is developed by Naughty Dog
- It is published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4
- It was announced at the PlayStation Experience event in December 2016
- Set five years after 2013’s The Last of Us
- Players control an older Ellie
- Who comes into conflict with a mysterious cult in a post-apocalyptic United States
- It is scheduled for release on February 21, 2020
- Development of The Last of Us Part II began in 2014
- Soon after the release of The Last of Us Remastered
- Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson reprise their roles as Joel and Ellie, respectively
- The story is written by Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross
- Gustavo Santaolalla returns to compose and perform the score
- Anthony Newman and Kurt Margenau are game directors
- Bruce Straley, game director on The Last of Us, left Naughty Dog in 2017
- The game will feature multiplayer
- The Last of Us Part II was announced at the PlayStation Experience event on December 3, 2016
- The first trailer revealed the return of Ellie and Joel
- Whose story takes place five years after the first game
- Players control Ellie
- Whereas the first game centers on love, Druckmann stated Part II centers on hate
- Motion capture began in 2017
- The second trailer was released on October 30, 2017
- As part of Paris Games Week
- It revealed four new characters: Yara (played by Victoria Grace), Lev (Ian Alexander), Emily (Emily Swallow), and an unnamed character played by Laura Bailey
- Druckmann stated that the characters “are integral to [Ellie and Joel’s] next journey”
- The game was featured at Sony’s Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018 (E3) event on June 11, 2018
- In January 2017, PlayStation Blog awarded The Last of Us Part II Most Anticipated Game of the Year
- Later that year, it won Most Wanted Game at the 2017 Golden Joystick Awards
- And Most Anticipated Game at The Game Awards
- On July 2, 2018 it received Special Commendation for Graphics and Sound at the Game Critics Awards
- While the second trailer was mostly well received
- It drew some criticism for its violence
- Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe president Jim Ryan defended the trailer
- Saying the game is “made by adults to be played by adults”
- Druckmann explained: “We’re making a game about the cycle of violence and we’re making a statement about violent actions and the impact they have … [the idea] was for the player to feel repulsed by some of the violence they are committing themselves”
- The cutscene featured in the 2018 E3 presentation in which Ellie kisses another woman, Dina (Shannon Woodward)
- It was praised for making a kiss passionate and believable
- Which is frequently considered to be difficult to animate
- Critics also praised the improved graphics, enemy AI, and combat
- The game was also nominated for “Most Wanted Game” at the 2018 Golden Joystick Awards
- And won the award for “Most Anticipated Game” at the Gamers’ Choice Awards
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