Last of Us Part 1 launch trailer needs a spoiler warning – yes, even after a decade
The Last of Us Part I may be almost 10 years old, but the launch trailer is going hard on spoilers.
First released on PS3 in 2013, you might think we're safely out of spoiler territory for The Last of Us now. But you'd be wrong. With a PS4 remaster and now a PS5 remake on the way, it's safe to say that Naughty Dog is courting a new audience with each iteration.
The game is fantastic, but it's hard going in terms of plot, visceral violence, and harrowing events. It's not something you'll be popping on to unwind for an evening, is what I'm saying. If you're making a revamped version for every console generation, it's going to be for players who missed out the first time around. Because they were literal children.
A decade and two consoles later, there's a whole new generation of gamers ready to embark on Joel and Ellie's adventure for the first time. Which is why it's wild to see so many late-game spoilers in the launch trailer for The Last of Us remake.
The trailer straight up kicks off with segments from the latter portion of the game. Ellie is skulking around in the snow, taking out fully-grown men, while Joel is interrogating an unfortunate soul to find out where she is. In terms of showcasing the new look, the selected scenes aren't the best for that either. They're dark and dingy, which is perfectly appropriate in the context of the game, but hardly in the realm of eye candy.
The rest of the trailer is a montage made up of gameplay, and snippets of cutscenes that are both brief and vague enough to avoid giving too much away. The original story trailer(opens in new tab) did a great job of setting up the plot without showing its hand. Similarly, the E3 2013 trailer(opens in new tab) was as brilliant as it was brutal.
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