GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
I love the fact that people 'assumed' there would be another TLOU and then when it's confirmed they say 'We already knew'.
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Nolan North says Naughty Dog is making a sequel to 8+ mil selling game The Last of Us
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ND has stated that if there was a story they wanted to tell and it was worth telling, they'd make TLoU2. My hope is it doesn't deal with Joel and Ellie. In my mind, at least, that story is over.
Doesn't mean one can't write a compelling story with a prequel though. Especially if it's ND. I think there is room for a prequel here, especially in regards to explaining Ellie's
immunity
The Artisan
Member
she kind of already is, isn't she? along with joel?
nocturnalis
Member
He needs to say important things like spoil who Charles is.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
I would say Drake, Kratos and Sackboy are all bigger mascots right now.
Stiler
Member
I think a sequel could be great.
My idea of how it could work:
Even then, a sequel doesn't actually HAVE to be about Ellie.
What if the sequel was actually based around Ish? (The guy from the Sewer area in TLOU)?
I think that'd be quite amazing, to follow his sotryline from there into what "happened" to them all.
I mean in TLOU we know that:
My idea of how it could work:
Have the game take place years later where TLOU ended. Ellie is grown up now (In her mid-late 20's), Joel is older and something happens nad he ends up kicking the bucket early in the game.
Then after this Ellie decides to finally follow through with what she wanted to do. She tries to track down the scientist (or what she can find) so she can help them try to cure the disease
Then after this Ellie decides to finally follow through with what she wanted to do. She tries to track down the scientist (or what she can find) so she can help them try to cure the disease
Even then, a sequel doesn't actually HAVE to be about Ellie.
What if the sequel was actually based around Ish? (The guy from the Sewer area in TLOU)?
I think that'd be quite amazing, to follow his sotryline from there into what "happened" to them all.
I mean in TLOU we know that:
Ish survives, makes it out of the sewers along with a few other people. After that we don't know anymore, so it's an open book on what happens to them an dI Think it might be good to see them base a storyline on that, even somehow have it tie back into Ellie's storyline or something down the road (Maybe have Ish end up partnering with Ellie after Joel and they try to help get her somewhere to find a cure).
tioslash
Member
Not really surprising. Aside from this and the Linkedin profiles, one of ND´s co-presidents confirmed in a interview in June 2014 that they have another project on the scale of Uncharted in very early pre-production stages (I would assume it´s TLOU2).
If I had to guess, I would say TLOU 2 will be released anywhere between Holiday 2017 and Summer 2018, and then we´ll finally see a new IP.
If I had to guess, I would say TLOU 2 will be released anywhere between Holiday 2017 and Summer 2018, and then we´ll finally see a new IP.
The Artisan
Member
they've all been mascots since the 7th gen, but with tlou showing up late and on Ps4 as well, I think she's solidifying her place.
btw...there needs to be a psasbr sequel.
3rdamention
Member
Yep, I would love a new story, with new characters, under the same name... Similar to True Detective..
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Verendus hinted we will get another PlayStation mascot fighting game. I don't think it will be a direct sequel though.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Could be a prequel and sequel. An idea I had was an old ally of Joel coming back. Flesh out Joel, Tommy, and the villain with flashbacks, while an older Ellie has to deal with the villain.
The Artisan
Member
Maybe that is a good thing. If that means that it won't have the same title and the same game mechanic (only super power means kills) then I'm all for it. But for all intents and purposes it'll be interpreted as a sequel by the masses.
I hope verendus confirms Dart.
Cave Johnson
Member
TLOU "2" doesn't have a ring to it. If they were to go back to this IP, I'd rather they put up a subtitle instead.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
What is Dart?
The Last Of Us: Retribution
The Last Of Us: Revelations
The Last Of Us: Revengeance
Arondight
Member
I would be interesting if they made a direct sequel
but sped it up 30 years making Ellie probably the same age as Joel and see the changes not just to Ellie's personalities and views as a character gone through all those years but how the environments has changed.
I feel the Joel/Ellie relationship is about as much explored as they can get. One same character but different relationships or just go with different characters but felt like TLOU was kind of setting it up for Ellie.
I feel the Joel/Ellie relationship is about as much explored as they can get. One same character but different relationships or just go with different characters but felt like TLOU was kind of setting it up for Ellie.
levyjl1988
Banned
Nathan Drake in the Last of Us, that would be some crossover. Would be interesting to see how two completely different dynamics would turn out.
Turbowaffles
Member
I love Ellie and all, but I would be severely disappointed if TLOU2 didn't heavily feature Joel as well. It's always been weird to me how he's the main character of TLOU yet he seems so underrated.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Joel may be the character you play as
most of the time
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
LOL. The blasé reactions in this thread are hilarious. And yet:
E3 2016
Black screen
Three clicks
2017
And the crowd would go wild.
E3 2016
Black screen
Three clicks
2017
And the crowd would go wild.
FutureZombie
Banned
I'm not too excited about a sequel. To me, what made TLOU a good game was the fantastic characters. Specially, Ellie really carried the game. The gameplay though was very average. What are the chances that they replicate what made the last game great? I say pretty low. I certainly don't have a hankering for more slowly walking past clickers. Not every game needs a sequel.
Oh yeah, that newspaper headline easter egg in U3... would be interested how Drake handles the outbreak. The tone of the two games are so different that I have a hard time imagining it right now.
The Last of Us 2: Electric Boogaloo
StrongBlackVine
Banned
I hoping they would go wild with sequel on PS4. Like all kinds of mutated animals and shit. Would make for some crazy boss battles. Didn't they want that in the original, but PS3 couldn't handle it?
pixelation
Member
Does he have no fear?, Druckman about to strike!!!
Good thing mascots are meaningless in this era of video games, because holy fuck are those the worst stable of mascots of any video game company.
I mean, Sackboy is okay, but Kratos....
FUCKING KRATOS
Also, if Drake dies at the end of Uncharted 4, there goes that.
Gray Matter
Member
I think the next game should stay close to the characters. Not saying it should be Joel and Ellie, but have them involved in some way, as NPC that you see a few times during the the course of the game.
Corpsepyre
Banned
Kratos fucking rules, OK?
I really doubt they'll include Joel and Ellie in the sequel - if they do you won't interact with them directly. The world they created is rich enough for hundreds of stories. I'd love to see a game set in the first weeks and months of the outbreak for example.
Only when David Jaffe is involved.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Taking the circumstance and the characters into consideration we would have to conclude that Ellie would be something of a loner in the camp. Joel has already told here that she shouldn't mention her immunity and Ellie would see that as good advice. This would mean relationships are going to be complicated and she would have to constantly hide her secret. Baring in mind she has an affinity with wild life (it reminds her of innocence after the rape attempt. Before that it WAS innocence.), she would seek out sanctuary in the wilderness. This is where I think the next story will take us.
I DO NOT want them to make the story too obvious. It would be so easy to have her exposed which would lead to a simple 'pursuit' plot. If she chooses to be alone, there are far more interesting things to explore about Ellie.
Corpsepyre
Banned
Hmm, well.....he WAS the best in the first game, so I can't disagree.
Corpsepyre
Banned
No Joel or Ellie. New characters, please.
The Handsome Llama
Banned
Honestly I was hoping for a space game from ND.
Maybe, but continuing with Ellie runs the risk of the
Liar revealed
I fucking hate that cliche.
The Last of Us: Terror From the Deep
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Yes, they need to avoid that and I have faith they will. It serves the character of Ellie better if they allow it to create internal conflict. We know she's gutsy, determined and honourable, so how would it effect her if she had to sustain a lie and never have a relationship with anyone else other than the person she knows lied to her? That's one hell of an interesting proposition to me.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
They have to be very very careful. I see no reason why this parasite couldn't also make the jump to animals but they have to be careful with that too. Seeing an infected giraffe unable to stand and writhing in pain would be a devastating scene for Ellie to witness but a great 'echo' and mechanic for changing Ellie.
Well yeah, chains of olympus -> Ghost of sparta kratos isn't an irredeemable piece of shit, but I kinda like that about Kratos.
Nolan North, Troy Baker... eh!
Hype! If it's true, would be excited to see what they come up with.
From a business perspective the first game must be getting close to being a 10M seller by this point. That's huge for a single game, and it's bigger than Uncharted relatively speaking. They'd be stupid not to make another chapter.
From a business perspective the first game must be getting close to being a 10M seller by this point. That's huge for a single game, and it's bigger than Uncharted relatively speaking. They'd be stupid not to make another chapter.
lukeskymac
Member
Stopped reading there. Did we play the same game?
Serpens007
Member
Why wouldn't they? That ending wasn't anything but a way to make a sequel.
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