Sony launched a ten-minute-long trailer for The Last of Us Part 1 on Thursday, the place the sport’s administrators discuss via some of the enhancements coming within the PlayStation 5 remake of Naughty Dog’s iconic sport. The trailer takes lots of alternatives to point out off the improved graphics (which look as good as they’ve within the leaked screenshots, nevertheless it’s not like the sport was ugly on the PS3 or PS4), however probably the most attention-grabbing contain adjustments to the gameplay — Naughty Dog says that the AI for enemies and companions shall be improved, that there shall be some further gameplay modes, and that the sport’s cutscenes can have audio descriptions for accessibility.
When it was initially launched in 2013, The Last of Us’ AI was nothing particular. The remake, nevertheless, apparently builds off of The Last of Us Part 2’s extra trendy system for controlling NPCs, making them higher at working collectively and arising with ways extra advanced than “run straight at the man with the shotgun.” According to Neil Druckmann, inventive director of each Last of Us video games, this makes for extra intense fights. Your companions’ AI has additionally apparently gotten an improve, which ought to hopefully keep away from immersion-breaking experiences the place Ellie or Henry run proper in entrance of an enemy who then has to behave like they didn’t discover.
In phrases of gameplay modes, the remake will apparently embrace a permadeath mode for individuals who need to actually attempt their hand at surviving a zombie (er, sorry, “infected”) apocalypse. There’s additionally a speed run mode, although the trailer affords just about no particulars on that apart from that the sport will show a timer within the higher proper nook.
The trailer includes another neat particulars as effectively — apparently the character animation system has gotten an overhaul, the sport can have improved haptics that’ll supposedly make it really feel such as you’re really petting a giraffe in that one well-known scene, and Naughty Dog particulars some of the issues it’s doing with the adaptive triggers, one of the PS5’s finest options. If you’re in any respect within the remake I’d advocate checking it out.
Personally I’m nonetheless undecided whether or not all of this is sufficient to make me need to replay the sport (I’ve already gone via it as soon as on the PS3, and then performed the PS4 remaster), nevertheless it does seem to be it’ll be price selecting up for individuals who have by no means skilled it, or who’ve been in search of an excuse to do one other playthrough. The Last Of Us Part 1 is about to launch for PlayStation 5 on September 2nd, and for PC in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later.
