The Last Of Us Remake Isn't Changing Much And That’s Definitely A Good Thing
The Last of Us Remake doesn’t need to happen. I’ve said as such before and stand by how heinously unnecessary it is for Naughty Dog’s masterpiece to be revived when the original game and its remaster are still readily available on modern platforms. It isn’t a forgotten classic or a neglected gem, but one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful games ever made.
But fuck what I think, it’s coming out in September exclusively for PS5 with a premium price tag. It was leaked ahead of Summer Games Fest and acted as the showcase’s final reveal, although it seems to have gone down with a relative whimper. I love The Last of Us - it’s one of my favourite games ever - but even I can't justify the presence of a high budget remake when Sony could be allocating its resources to more creative places instead of retreading the same ground over and over again in pursuit of safe, guaranteed profits.
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Yet there’s nothing we can do about its eventual arrival, so I’m going to enter simp gamer mode and get excited for it like all the other losers out there. When this project was first rumoured I expected it to be a more comprehensive offering, or one that would reimagine entire gameplay sequences or see performances recorded a second time in order to update the game for modern audiences, despite the fact it is still very much that in the first place.
If anything the remake is a more subdued affair that is leaving every single story beat and cutscene untouched, opting to throw a ‘Part 1’ on the box so it can stand alongside its successor with the same gameplay systems and visual quality. It ain’t broke, so there’s no need to fix it I suppose, but if
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