It’s been such an exciting time for us right here at Naughty Canine, particularly as we’ve welcomed so many elderly and new followers of The Final of Us into the franchise. To have fun all your assist, we now have a shock within the type of a free replace hitting The Final of Us Half II Remastered right this moment!
Accessible for gamers as a part of a downloadable replace right this moment, 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 may be very intentional and core to how our studio needed Half II’s themes and narrative beats to influence gamers, we at all times questioned what it could be wish to expertise this story chronologically. And now lastly, we are able to reply that query.
By the brand new Chronological mode, we imagine gamers will achieve even deeper perception into Half II’s narrative. Gamers will be capable 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 operating into one another, how their actions influence one another, and extra.
It was no small feat to deliver The Final of Us Half II’s story chronologically collectively, provided 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 potential. 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 crew’s laborious work has paid off with an interesting new approach to get pleasure from this chapter.
And we additionally needed 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 can even unlock two new, maybe surprisingly acquainted skins…
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Sure, that’s proper, play as Joel dressed as Nathan Drake and Tommy as Sam Drake in No Return. Notably as we have fun Naughty Canine’s fortieth anniversary this yr, we love getting the prospect 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 will likely be unlocked for finishing the narrative in Chronological, and will likely 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 right this moment on each PS5 (by way of Patch 2.1.0*) and PC by way of Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer (by way of 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 sequence, it’s been such a pleasure to have fun this second with you.
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