The Last of Us Part II Remastered announced - January 19th 2024, $10 upgrade path

[Abby_TheLastofUs]

 

It's been rumored for a while now, with the composer leaking its existence back in July, and more recently a dev at Naughty Dog listing the remaster on their LinkedIn page. With the game now up on the PSN backend, the game's PlayStation store page has shown up PS Deals along with some screenshots.

 

And now the remaster has been oficially announced.

 

Mods can merge this with one of the leak threads if they think a new thread is unnecessary.

 

 

 

 

Edition includes:
The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered full game for the PS5® console

Experience the winner of over 300 Game of the Year awards now with an array of technical enhancements that make The Last of Us Part II Remastered the definitive way to play Ellie and Abby’s critically acclaimed story.

Native PS5 enhancements
 

Built for the PS5 console, The Last of Us Part II Remastered enhances the original PS4 game in ways not possible before, including:
• A host of graphical improvements bring the beautiful-yet-dangerous world to life.
• Visual performance now outputs at 4K in Fidelity Mode.
• Improved loading times more quickly let you jump into action.
• Full DualSense™ wireless controller integration.

No Return – A Roguelike Survival Mode
Experience The Last of Us Part II’s deep combat via an entirely new mode! Survive as long as you can in each run, as you choose your path through a series of randomized encounters. Play as a host of different unlockable characters, some never-before playable in The Last of Us franchise, each with unique gameplay traits. The variety of challenges feature different foes and memorable locations from throughout Part II, all culminating in tense boss battles.

New ways to play
Delve deeper into this beloved adventure and learn how the original game was created.
• Lost Levels lets you explore early-development versions of three new levels not seen in the original.
• Enjoy hours of new developer commentary to hear insights into Part II’s development as you experience the game.
• Live up to your musical potential with Guitar Free Play, which includes new unlockable instruments, or take on the new Speedrun Mode* and post your best times.
• Descriptive Audio** and Speech to Vibrations have also been added to Part II's suite of accessibility features.
• The Last of Us Part II Remastered also features brand new unlockable character and weapon skins for players to use for both Ellie and Abby.

*Game progression required to unlock.
**Only available for audio supported languages

 

You can learn even more about this remaster at Naughty Dog's website.

 

Edited November 18, 2023 by Abby_TheLastofUs

[JPtheNeurotic]

No return sounds amazing 

[TheStark700]

According to Insider Gaming, it's supposingly coming out in January 2024

 

https://insider-gaming.com/th-last-of-us-part-2-remastered/

[G4Knight]

Extra playable characters is drawing my attention.

[BlindMango]

Naughty Dog has to be pissed that their stuff keeps getting leaked so often lol

 

Here's the highest res version of the artwork I could find by changing the store image URL. I gotta be honest that the game icon and boxart for the PS4 game was pretty ugly, but I like this art

 

Edited November 17, 2023 by BlindMango

[DesmaBR]

The Roguelike mode seems pretty cool, but it's not a game I'd personally buy again.

 

It's a one-and-done for me

[sepheroithisgod]

I enjoyed the gameplay, but not the story. The No Return mode sounds cool, if it comes on PS Extra at some point I'd give it a try.

[WiktorM101]

7 minutes ago, G4Knight said:

Extra playable characters is drawing my attention.

Back in the day skins in games weren't attention worthy.

 

I don't think anyone was very exited they could play as Sullyvan or Navarro in Uncharted.

 

Like cool but to pay for the game second time for this? Nah

Edited November 17, 2023 by WiktorM101

[Treilio]

I don't know why so many people were so quick to write this off, when we had zero information about the game. This seems pretty cool to me, but I don't think I'm going to get it at release because I have no money lol. Probably will get Tekken 8 and Dragon's Dogma II instead if I have the money to buy them.

[willmill97]

I was going to buy this anyway, now I'm actively hyped. Thank you Naughty Dog

[jonesey46]

No Return sounds cool but this game does not need a remaster. It's still the best looking game out there and actually looks better than the remake of the first game (which also didn't need a remake)

 

That artwork is dope af tho. 

[G4Knight]

10 minutes ago, WiktorM101 said:

Back in the day skins in games weren't attention worthy.

 

I don't think anyone was very exited they could play as Sullyvan or Navarro in Uncharted.

 

Like cool but to pay for the game second time for this? Nah

You’re being dramatic. You don’t have to buy it if you don’t want to. Also, the comparison you made sucks

[TimeKeeper60]

Man, imagine if this No Return mode had co-op in it. That would have been so cool. 

 

What are the chances that the Factions Part II gameplay mechanics are being repurposed in this edition of the game? I could see the "unique gameplay traits" being selectable traits before going into a multiplayer match in Factions II. Same with unlockable instruments, which could be played in a sort of hub area that you can set up if there's base building mechanics. 

 

"Play as a host of different unlockable characters, some never-before playable in The Last of Us franchise"

Jerry Anderson and JJ gameplay let's fucking goooooo!!!!!

 

I also gotta say, I love how the boxart for the Part I remake and the Part II remaster mirror each other. 

Edited November 17, 2023 by TimeKeeper60

[mega-tallica]

Unlike the first game, Part II doesn't have the same high replay-ability. The story is just too depressing and draining to want to experience it over and over again. The game itself and levels just aren't as memorable either. 

 

I rather recently replayed it on grounded difficulty and I skipped all the cutscenes. I couldn't put myself through that again.

 

I couldn't care less about graphics updates, the original already looks stunning and still holds up today and the roguelike mode sounds cool but not enough to justify the price tag this remaster will probably have. The PS4 version still goes for $40 (it's still a relatively new game after all) so this remaster is going to be at least $60 and I wouldn't be shocked if they go the full $70 like they did for the Part I "remake". 

[Snake2410]

I hate roguelite/like games, so the new mode isn't of interest here.  Hoping that if they give it any trophies they make them easy, maybe let you customize difficulty for it or something and not have difficulty trophies for it.  If they do this, and offer an upgrade path along with save transfer with trophy pop then maybe.  But if they go hard-core on the new mode I'll likely skip it.  I liked the game less than part 1 so there is that as well.

[SnakeSound222]

No Return and the lost levels got my attention.

[Dreakon13]

If I didn't already do my TLOU marathon earlier this year with Part I (PS5) and Part II (PS5 patch)... I'd definitely consider this.  But I'm all TLOU'd out for now.  Maybe in a few years when the mood strikes again and this is on a relatively deep sale or included with PS+.

 

 

46 minutes ago, TimeKeeper60 said:

I also gotta say, I love how the boxart for the Part I remake and the Part II remaster mirror each other. 

 

The remasters art next to Part I makes it look even cooler.

Edited November 18, 2023 by Dreakon13

[TimeKeeper60]

30 minutes ago, mega-tallica said:

I couldn't care less about graphics updates, the original already looks stunning and still holds up today and the roguelike mode sounds cool but not enough to justify the price tag this remaster will probably have. The PS4 version still goes for $40 (it's still a relatively new game after all) so this remaster is going to be at least $60 and I wouldn't be shocked if they go the full $70 like they did for the Part I "remake". 

Maybe I'm just being way too naive and overdosed with hopium, but I can't imagine them not including a $10 upgrade path. In fact, almost all the PS5 remasters have been this way, and there was always something to sweeten the deal. Spiderman Remastered upgrade for $10 gave you the DLC even if you didn't have it for the PS4. Death Stranding not only had a bunch more content like improved combat, new story missions, car racing, new buildables, training mode, etc, but you could upgrade directly to the deluxe version of the game for 10$. Even Naughty Dog's own Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves required you to own only 1 of the 2 games, and upgrading gave you both of them, so if you only had U4, you got Lost Legacy for free. 

 

Who knows, maybe it will be a $50 or $70 or $100 game this time around, but I really don't think it's gonna happen. 

[G4Knight]

$10 upgrade, everyone! 🥳

[JPtheNeurotic]

Oh wow ok I legit wasn’t expecting them to do a upgrade path fuxk yes 

[Cybermonk39]

 

Here is the trailer !

Edited November 18, 2023 by Cybermonk39

[Jacko_the_lad]

I remember the days when Naughty Dog used to make new games.

 

Now they just add a survival mode to an existing game and are like "hey, buy this again".

[Breakingthegreen]

For 10$ or presumably £9, it is certainly a tempting offer (Certainly better than every other paid upgrade.) The only time I've bought a paid upgrade previously, I got a film ticket for Uncharted. 

Edited November 18, 2023 by Breakingthegreen

[the1andonly654]

I'll wait for the PS6 remake that looks like TLOU part 3. Who knows, maybe it'll output 4k in performance mode? 

 

Or The Cordyceps Collection on the PS7. 

[Virtua_Vince]

I'm not going to bitch about a $10 fee to get a native PS5 version of that game.  Heck no!  Plus the extras sound beefy to me.