While Naughty Dog's incredible follow-up, The Last of Us Part II, mostly stands out in our minds for the intensely violent nature of some of its more fraught scenes, PlayStation (and, by extension, Sony) thinks it could make for a pretty decent holiday season IP, provided you squint hard enough.
On X, the official PlayStation account shared a carefully cut trailer for the cinematic game, which is primarily concerned with destructive cycles of violence. The undeniably depressing title could, however, soon become a reason to gather the extended family around.
«Any game can be a holiday season classic if you want it to be,» the PlayStation account ominously suggests. We're pretty sure Grandma hasn't had the opening act's biggest surprise spoiled yet, so this holiday season, we look forward to introducing the entire family to one of gaming's most brutal sequences.
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What do you think? Should The Last of Us Part II be considered a Christmas IP, considering the events that take place in Wyoming over the holiday break in Naughty Dog's take on 2038? Stay optimistic in the comments section below.
Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With six years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
I hope not. There are literally millions of games thru history, so I don't see any reason why should be holidays ruined exactly by this extremely overrated IP.
Yeah, I like TLOU a lot but no, not that much. It definitely does not deserve something like that lol.
Haha I love it! That video is hilarious
I play Hitman in my Santa outfit, that's a Christmas classic for me.
Happy holidays everyone!!!
Well, Joel does look a little
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