It’s The Last of Us so gonna rate it the same, but since it already has a remaster that’s playable on PS4/PS5 and still holds up perfectly fine, there was little reason for something like this to be made yet here it is…
While this is considered a “remake”, they’re very technical with their definition here. I went through a chunk of it just to see how significant the changes were, and aside for the visuals it’s pretty much the same game I’ve played numerous times already. There’s a notable improvement with more refined gameplay animations and much better audio, but the level design is completely unchanged, I didn’t notice much difference with AI, and there’s no additional mechanics from Part II that would’ve made this much more interesting to revisit
That’s not to say this is a low effort re-release, as the graphical facelift for PS5 does look fantastic to their credit. Facial animations are stellar with real time cutscenes and the general jump in fidelity brings this in line with Part II, making it one of the best looking games out right now. There’s also the usual DualSense features and a wide amount of accessibility options which are nice to see
But to me there isn’t much incentive for existing fans to get this unless they really want to replay it for the visual upgrade. For new fans sure, this is the definitive version of an already excellent game so no reason not to go for it if interested. But even then, the remaster’s also there for much cheaper (and has Factions which this disappointingly doesn’t include)
While this is considered a “remake”, they’re very technical with their definition here. I went through a chunk of it just to see how significant the changes were, and aside for the visuals it’s pretty much the same game I’ve played numerous times already. There’s a notable improvement with more refined gameplay animations and much better audio, but the level design is completely unchanged, I didn’t notice much difference with AI, and there’s no additional mechanics from Part II that would’ve made this much more interesting to revisit
That’s not to say this is a low effort re-release, as the graphical facelift for PS5 does look fantastic to their credit. Facial animations are stellar with real time cutscenes and the general jump in fidelity brings this in line with Part II, making it one of the best looking games out right now. There’s also the usual DualSense features and a wide amount of accessibility options which are nice to see
But to me there isn’t much incentive for existing fans to get this unless they really want to replay it for the visual upgrade. For new fans sure, this is the definitive version of an already excellent game so no reason not to go for it if interested. But even then, the remaster’s also there for much cheaper (and has Factions which this disappointingly doesn’t include)