A remake would do TLOU a lot of good, and I say that knowing TLOU is already my second favorite game of all time. It's still perfectly playable, but there's a massive gap between how well it plays and how outstandingly well TLOU2 plays. I've played it over 20 times now and have become too well-acquainted with the many bugs and combat issues. But the jank is so incredibly undeniable. It is absolutely showing its age at this point.ĭon't get me wrong, I believe it's aged very well. The remaster came out barely a year after the initial release and all it really did was polish textures and bump the frame rate. 10 years is an incredible length of time for software, and TLOU only has a year and a half to go before meeting that checkpoint. This was something Schreier himself talked about in a podcast a little while ago, I believe.Īlso 'not even 10 years old' is a pretty dishonest way of putting it. This actually gives the crew something to do while they hash out a roadmap for the next game.

I mean, I wouldnt blame them if that was the case, Page is a great actress, but I dont think it was deliberate, mainly because Ellies concept art looks a fair amount like the final product rather than the 'Page Look. Whereas a remake - especially one that can reuse all the assets already generated during the production of TLOU2 - can essentially skip all that. But anyway, while the original Ellie does resemble Ellen Page, I dont think thats what they were going for. Any new game Naughty Dog could be working on will still be in pre-production as we speak. Moreover, I think anybody who thinks it's somehow an inappropriate use of resources to focus on a remake instead of a full-ass new game has a misguided understanding of how dev cycles generally work. It was a Schreier leak, and his hit rate is pretty unmatched. Well, the remake is happening either way.

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