(And hordes of equally dangerous human survivors.) Joel and Ellie (portrayed to perfection again by Troy Baker and Ashely Johnson) arrived in Jackson at the end of the last game following a cross-country trip to discover whether Ellie’s immunity to the infection can help save humanity - and the first segment shows a typical day in Ellie’s life four years later. It’s now been 25 years since a pandemic created hordes of infected, zombie-like humans waiting to rip your throat out. The Last of Us Part II begins by introducing you to the town of Jackson, Wyoming, where a self-sustaining settlement is trying to build a better way of life. Druckmann said that developer Naughty Dog didn’t take the decision to continue that story lightly - but after seven years of waiting, the next chapter in Ellie and Joel’s story really needed to deliver. The Last of Us ended with ambiguity, but nonetheless provided a stunning conclusion to a nuanced and layered story. Gameplay has been smoothed out and improved upon in many ways, as well.īut what I really care about is Ellie and Joel. As expected, it looks fantastic, showing just how far we’ve come from the PS3 original. Naughty Dog has proven itself to be a developer that deserves the benefit of the doubt, and I had few concerns that The Last of Us Part II would succeed on a technical level.
It’s an emotionally exhausting, grim, violent trek, but that despair is worth enduring to experience the beautiful, broken, post-pandemic world and the bond between its equally broken survivors, Ellie and Joel.Įarly trailers, comments from director Neil Druckmann and an extensive preview last fall confirmed that The Last of Us Part II would be bigger, more violent and more grueling than what came before. The Last of Us is my favorite video game of the last decade. To say that I’ve been looking forward to playing The Last of Us Part II is an understatement.
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