It’s been such an exciting time for us right here at Naughty Canine, particularly as we’ve welcomed so many aged and new followers of The Final of Us into the franchise. To have a good time your whole assist, we’ve a shock within the type of a free replace hitting The Final of Us Half II Remastered at present!
Obtainable for gamers as a part of a downloadable replace at present, we’ve launched a brand new approach to play the story of The Final of Us Half II like by no means earlier than – chronologically.
Those that have already performed will know its story is informed non-linearly, as Ellie and Abby’s motivations, realizations, and emotional stakes unfold throughout myriad flashbacks and present-day storylines. Whereas this construction could be very intentional and core to how our studio wished Half II’s themes and narrative beats to influence gamers, we at all times questioned what it will be prefer to expertise this story chronologically. And now lastly, we are able to reply that query.
By the brand new Chronological mode, we consider gamers will achieve even deeper perception into Half II’s narrative. Gamers will have the ability to see how Ellie being gifted a guitar flows so neatly into her studying to play, for instance, whereas the journey by way of Seattle will showcase the fascinating parallels between Ellie and Abby’s crisscrossing journeys. You’ll see simply how shut they arrive into working into one another, how their actions influence one another, and extra.
It was no small feat to convey The Final of Us Half II’s story chronologically collectively, on condition that Half II’s story is so meticulously put collectively. We’re grateful to the builders each at Naughty Canine and our companions at Nixxes to make the Chronological mode as clean as attainable. And whereas we in fact suggest gamers nonetheless new to the sport to play by way of Half II’s story as was initially developed, the workforce’s laborious work has paid off with an interesting new approach to take pleasure in this chapter.
And we additionally wished to reward gamers for leaping into this new, transformative method to our story. Along with new trophies tied to finishing the narrative expertise in chronological order, doing so will even unlock two new, maybe surprisingly acquainted skins…
Sure, that’s proper, play as Joel dressed as Nathan Drake and Tommy as Sam Drake in No Return. Notably as we have a good time Naughty Canine’s fortieth anniversary this 12 months, we love getting the possibility to highlight and share within the historical past of our studio that we love as a lot as we all know you do. These skins shall be unlocked for finishing the narrative in Chronological, and shall be usable in No Return, Half II Remastered’s thrilling roguelike survival mode.
A brand new replace for The Final of Us Half II Remastered is obtainable at present on each PS5 (through Patch 2.1.0*) and PC through Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer (through Patch 1.5**), bringing with it the Chronological mode, in addition to a number of extra bug fixes and efficiency enhancements.
We right here at Naughty Canine are so grateful for all of the love and assist we’ve seen from The Final of Us followers these previous couple of months. From the launch of The Final of Us Half II Remastered on PC, to The Final of Us Full on PlayStation 5, to seeing your weekly reactions to season 2 of the tv collection, it’s been such a pleasure to have a good time this second with you.
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