The Last of Us Part I (2nd September 2022)

Julius · August 31, 2022

Early review scores are in:

And the Digital Foundry tech review is a beefy 50 minutes long:

EDIT: watched the Digital Foundry review earlier, in which John kind of squashed any questions over the effort put into this remake. It looks spectacular. Definitely a couple of things I'll be keeping an eye out for when I play through it myself, though.

I'm still not a fan of Joel's look, especially his hair; it just looks way too light compared to his original look, much more a light brown than a rougher mix like it was before. There are also a few times in the DF review where John mentions a focus on natural lighting, but didn't really mention the fact that Naughty Dog have changed the lighting in some scenarios entirely by punching a very literal hole in the ceiling which wasn't there before (as shown in some side-by-side shots comparing it to Remastered in the review), so that's something I'll be keeping an eye on too. The atmosphere and tone is something I'm a little worried about, as the muddy greens, greys and browns that the original game felt like it was built on - in the ground and in hazy areas - seem to be pretty much gone.

Edited August 31, 2022 by Julius