Your First Time With The Last Of Us Doesn't Need To Be The Remake
The Last of Us Remake is here and critical reception seems universally positive. Its visual improvements are more impressive than initially expected, small gameplay improvements are subtle yet welcome, and a new selection of accessibility options make it so much easier for more people to experience this masterpiece. We didn’t score our review, but our thoughts align with the majority of critics out there - this is an ultimately unnecessary but undeniably excellent remake of an already beloved game. Still too expensive though.
But do you need to play the remake to really experience The Last of Us? Putting aside the additional bells and whistles, at its core this is the same story of love, tragedy, and hope all of us fell head over heels back in 2013. Naughty Dog has simply developed a lofty hubris surrounding its accomplishments, believing it must be continually modernised and adapted because it fears moving onto something new, or that this legendary benchmark doesn’t stand a chance of ever being met again. This is the best version of a masterpiece, but don’t beat yourself up if your first time is with older hardware or without a fancy new coat of paint.
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The tale of the apocalypse told throughout this classic is evergreen, and could be adapted into any medium - it’s getting there anyway let’s be honest - and still have a similar impact on its captive audience. Joel and Ellie are two wayward souls who come together on a journey that puts them through hell, but despite everything they still manage to mine happiness from unimaginable circumstances. The world in which they call home arguably isn’t worth saving, littered with the very worst examples of human
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