The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered’s No Return roguelike mode revealed in new trailer

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Sony and Naughty Dog have released a new trailer for The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, giving a look at the roguelike survival mode, No Return. The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered will be coming out for PS5 on 19th January 2024.

If you were a fan of The Last of Us Part 2’s brutal combat, then No Return looks like the game mode for you. This is a roguelike that will challenge you to overcome a string of randomised encounters at locations drawn from the main game, building up to a final boss battle.

Each encounter will have some kind of goal or unique elements, so you might be hunted by humans in one area, be assaulting a camp in another, trying to defend or capture a location, and more. We also noticed some intriguing modifiers, so one snippet of gameplay featured an invisible enemy.

You’ll be able to play as Ellie and Abby, as well as a cast of other unlockable characters including Dina, Jesse, Lev, and Tommy, each of which has unique traits that can lend them to different playstyles, and unlockable skins to show off your accomplishments. You’ll also be upgrading your weapons along the way to give yourself better odds. You’ll absolutely need them considering the monstrosities you’ll eventually be facing off against!

Even with a new game mode, there were plenty of eyebrows raised when The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered was first rumoured, and then announced by Sony. The game first launched in 2020, right at the end of the PlayStation 4 generation and just prior to the launch of the PS5, and considering there’s full backward compatibility, TLOU Part 2 was immediately playable on the new hardware, and quickly enhanced with support for the DualSense controller’s haptic feedback and triggers.

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