Now, learn all the differences between the trailers and the game The Last Of Us Part II in its final version. The masterpiece from Naughty Dog ?
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Announced in December 2016, and available for only a few days (June 19, 2020), The Last Of Us Part II is already one of the biggest boxes of the year in the sale of video games. The game that divided a lot of players for its bias by Naughty Dog (the developers of the game) has exploded a lot of records as one of the biggest number of preorders for an exclusive to PlayStation, and the game is the most sold and quickest way for an exclusive PlayStation (all consoles combined, not only the PS4). Among the many biases, Naughty Dog has decided to change some of the scenes of his game. Here is the list of its scenes and why the studio chose to do this.
WARNING : many spoilers will be discussed in this article. Therefore, it is recommended not to continue reading if you have not finished the story of the game.
The Last Of Us Part II – The cunning of Naughty Dog
The Last Of Us Part II is a part (as most of the games Naughty Dog since 2007 and the release of Uncharted Drake’s Fortune) games only single player (no multiplayer), that are regarded as ” narrative “, because they put forward a great story worthy of the best Hollywood movies or the best series Netflix/HBO/Amazon Prime (indeed, The Last Of Us will arrive soon in the series on the side of HBO).
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As most of the games narrative, the most important beyond the gameplay, this is the story of the game and what it brings. Its ability to surprise the players and dive into the heart of the story of the game. Thus, as many film producers, but also of video games (Hideo Kojima with Metal Gear Solid), Naughty Dog has decided to fool the players for the best surprise.
In September 2019, Naughty Dog unveiled a trailer to announce a first release date of the game. A trailer which is quite strange since many fans were able to see that a very important scene of the game had been changed by Naughty Dog. This scene, this is the last of the trailer where Ellie finds Joel in the suburbs of Seattle.
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In the trailer, Ellie turns and discovers Joel. While in the game, Ellie finds her friend Jesse. In September 2019, Naugty Dog has made this choice surprising to dupe the players and hide at the maximum the death of Joel, which occurs at the beginning of the game. This is the scene that has made the most ” controversy “, as many players felt betrayed and misled by this decision quite daring on the part of the studio.
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The other little anecdote is that in many sequences of the last trailers, Naughty Dog has hidden the presence of the Dina in numerous occasions. During our test of the game, the studio has sent us catches video of the ” Seattle — Day 01 “. In these catches made by the studio, it is discovered that Dinah is not present. While in the game, Dina accompanies us throughout our first day in Seattle. Again, the idea was to allow the press to perform their test and show the game… But without spoiler and without indicating to the readers and to future players that they were going to do this trip with.
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In a scene from the “Story Trailer” of may 2020 this time. We see once again the feint of Naughty Dog to hide the presence of Dina. In the trailer, Ellie discovers the corpse of Leah, a girl that she wanted to interrogate him for information. Unfortunately for her, everything is not going to go as planned. In the game, you find this scene with Dina.
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Always in the “Story Trailer” of may 2020, we see a scene between Ellie and Joel. The two characters seem older in the first game. Alas, again, this is a tour of Naughty Dog, and in the game we discover that he is in fact a memory of Ellie.
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Always in the same trailer, we had again an image of Joel with Ellie, where again, they were both rather aged compared to the first opus. Again, this scene is a little distorted as we learn in the game that it is in fact the introduction of the game, which takes place a few days after the end of the first The Last Of Us. The scene takes place in Ellie, just after the first cutscene when Joel returns home to Jackson to offer him a guitar.
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The penultimate scene takes place at the end of the trailer may 2020, but also at the very end of the game. This is the final fight between Ellie and Abby. For this move, Naughty Dog has only changed the skin of Ellie, as well as his clothes. The young woman is more lean, older, with a different haircut. The idea was to avoid to prepare the player to this scene. At the end of the game, when we arrive on the beach, it is difficult to say that we are going to have this portrait marking of Ellie that has marked many of the players on the trailer.
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Finally, the last scene that we will be able to include small deceptions of Naughty Dog, this is without doubt one of the most important of the game. The one where Ellie discovers the terrible truth-and the terrible lie of Joel that he must carry on his shoulders since the first episode. Again, in the trailer we get the impression that Joel and Ellie are older and in Seattle. In reality, they are younger and they are in Salt Lake City, in the old hospital of the fireflies where Ellie was close to losing his life at the end of the first game.
In total, six scenes that have been modified by Naughty Dog between September 2019 and may 2020 to avoid spoilers, the players or the idea of the mislead. A decision that, for some, is genius, and which, for other, is a scandal and a deception. If the final answer is up to each of us, we must admit that this is daring and rather well played to surprise the players. And that Naughty Dog is not the only ones who chooses to do this.
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