It's little over a month away from the release of The Last of Us Remastered on PS4, and the team currently hard at work to improve performance and squash the last performance bugs affecting the game.
Naughty Dog Head of Technology Christian Gyrling has left the studio after 17 years, only 4 months after stepping into the role.
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Boy oh boy what indeed is happening with PS Studios."
Mismanagement, obviously.
Hermen Hulst is ol Jimbo´s sleeping agent ruining everything at Playstation Studios. Now that Connie is gone, he´ll probably get his mistress Angie Smets promoted yet again to fill Connie´s position.
Amid so many layoffs and uncertainty, the working environment at Playstation Studio could have become unbearable for him to continue on. Then, after just 4 months ahead of his new role, he didn´t felt motivated enough to continue on.
Anyway, another major loss at Playstation Studios. Totoki must find Ryan´s replacement ASAP!
@Obscure
Do you spend most of your day making up stories in your head to help you sleep better at night?
Can you tone it down for once? Way too much assuming and Hyperbole in your comment.
The shift to LS workforce will indeed have growing pains nobody said it would be easy transition.
You should change your name to Chris Van Dusen cause you just create unrealistic drama.
Just so you know, Microsoft laid off more than 10000 employees this year which, according to you, must mean they are just falling apart and having lots of mismanagement. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/0...
I don't now why I even bother showing you this, no chance you are actually going to change your belief system even if there is hard evidence against it.
Clicked this article thinking "I wonder how close to the top of the comments obscurer is"
There he is. In good form as always.
Dude stop spouting nonsense.
Naughty dog has been in trouble since Neil druckman took over. They were always able to deliver with something pretty consistently...Neil isn't talented ...so obviously people will continue to abandon ship. They probably don't like the progressive direction either.
@North Obscure is blessed with an amazing gift. He is able to fabricate amazing scenarios and can literally trick his brain into believing they are the actual real truth
Dude you sound like a complete nut case calm down and stop acting like you care what goes on at PlayStation other than to try and make your doom and gloom comments.
Ah I knew it. Before I even finished the headline my first thought was. No doubt obscure is one of the first comments spouting bs he pulled out of Phills backside again.
It's not healthy obsessively thinking about Sony and Phill 24/7.
"A lot of folks sure are leaving Sony as of late."
Yeah... It seems that rumor about devs from first party studios getting unhappy with Playstation´s current GaaS focus is accurate.
I know, right? Time to move on to Microsoft's GaaS studios now. Or maybe WB? Or EA? Or Epic? The options are limitless.
In this case he's actually accurate about the rumor.
https://www.xfire.com/first...
I also read that there's "Civil War" going on at Sony with Connie Booths departure due to gaas focus. The shift to LS isn't sitting well with Sony's Studios.
Of course it's a rumor we'll never actually know of course.
Yeah. Looks like it's sonys turn to suck for a bit. Every company goes through it.
@Lightning Just a simple question....if Connie Booth left because of the GAAS focus, why did Sony then go and cut down on their plans after she left. She's not in the picture anymore so why cut back....if she was the one standing in the way?
They must obviously agree with her views then that they were pushing GAAS a bit too much....not so? As it stands it seems they like they are first going to test the waters instead of jumping in the deep end like they were planning
@Charlie they're not cutting back on their plans nor are they changing course they're delaying the other 6 LS games because they weren't meeting internal expectations.
The first half will release up until March 2026 while the other half are TBD.
***In this case he's actually accurate about the rumor. ***
I read that whole article and it said nothing other than that developers aren't happy but zero quotes or the like at all. It's mostly just historical references on GaaS plans and the like. Almost like they're creating that news themself and not reporting it.
Now just fire Niel Cuckman, get Bruce Straley back, and make the real The Last Of Us 2.
On a serious note, how many times have you replayed the "critically acclaimed" success? Don't get me wrong, graphics 10/10, gameplay 10/10, music 10/10, story 0/10. I could not get myself to play this "critically acclaimed" game a second time, it's utter torture.....that's got to mean something.
It's a story game, why would I replay it once I've played the story when I can move on to something else. You didn't like the story, I thought it was fantastic.
@andy82 The Last Of Us 1 is my favorite game of all time, I've replayed that game at least 8 times over 3 generations. The fact you can't even get yourself to reply part 2 again a second time proves my point, the story is utter garbage. Waisted all that time and talent at Naughty Dog.
Go watch this video, then you'll understand where I'm coming from. https://www.youtube.com/wat...
I played 3 times, thanks for asking. Even platinumed the game. Once Part1 is on sale ill play that and then replay part 2 again.
Just because you couldn't get into it doesn't mean others arent. Also this is a story driven game. Not open world with side quests you know. But still replayabilty is there in the form of select encounters.
"Wait, so you've never played The Last Of Us 1?"
I played 1 on ps3 like 4 times. Platinumed it and the multiplayer.
I was talking about the new Remake "Tlou part 1"
Yo, Go watch this video, then you'll understand where I'm coming from. https://www.youtube.com/wat...
“ I could not get myself to play this "critically acclaimed" game a second time, it's utter torture.....that's got to mean something.”
Same here, during more than 15 I’ve been waiting for something to finally happen.. it’s just “it’s blocked, let’s find another way” and then how to pass the monsters.. there was zero engagement to me so I gave up with this game way before the end.
Druckmam is just an arrogant guy.. he should def leave next and bring back the good old days.
ND aren’t what they used to be.
And this one has closet ALT left all over it. You know it when someone is critical of something and an individual begins to accuse them of stuff out of their delusional head.
"And this one has closet ALT left all over it. You know it when someone is critical of something and an individual begins to accuse them of stuff out of their delusional head."
I think leftists are naive idealist, but they do not sympathize with inbreeding and are not against some form of mutualism, so at least on the biological side of things the left is correct.
If you deem the term "cuck" to be more than emotive posturing, then you have more necessities than you think.
Yolo Go watch this video, then you'll understand where I'm coming from. https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Don't even bother. You're spot on that everything but the story was well done....and this is where Neil druckman had the most influence .
Many will defend the studio because of how awesome they've been but don't realize that it's likely over because the instrumental people have left. This is a different naughty dog and their next game will show what they can do now. However, they do still have a lot of talented devs...don't think they'll ever be as great in the story department as they were before.
So you mean to tell me you've gone through your entire life and literally never given positive or negative feedback for ANYTHING, unless you've conceptualised, designed, produced, created, cooked, etc, it yourself at least once?
An even more big brain take that Anast, up above. Well done sir/ma'am.
3 times and will do 4 once i start playing part 1 Remake
Enjoyed every minute of it.
It's an amazing game and one of the very best ever made and equal to part 1
I know this comes from a place of love for the first game, but you should just let it go, mate.
You are right, I know I should, maybe one day. It's not like it's keeping me up at night, but when these kinds of articles pop up I realize I'm not over it.
Make savage starlight and in the game you have to fix the timeline or not. This causes yhe whole naughtydog timeline to be in flux. Let gamers decide and do a reboot . 🙂
"Yo, Go watch this video, then you'll understand where I'm coming from. https://www.youtube.com/wat...
The fact that..thats "where you came from" is proof enough. You had to follow a youtube video to make your point. Sorry i played the game myself and can form my own understanding and opinion.
The Last of Us never dreams of insulting its audience’s intelligence. And the best example of this is, of course, is its ending.
Shit the beginning was to. I'm not sure how I would feel if I didn't have kids but having them it broke my heart to see.
Yes. The beginning and ending…how they break you, make you think , question things etc. so impactful.
And yeah, I have a son (he’ll be going to college here next year) and just feeling Joel’s pain, heartbreak, loss…it hits you differently when you have a kid (s) of your own.
I didnt have kids when i played it and the beginning had me sobbing. That story left an impact on me
The story was a rollercoaster from start to finish. Probably my 1st or 2nd most favorite game on PS3 (the other being MGS4).
I agree with you. MGS4 was truly special, I wasn't the biggest fan of the long cutscenes but I understand is part of Kojima. Great game nonetheless.
Best Metal Gear game, coming from a HUGE fan of the series. I bought a PS3 JUST for MGS4. And got the collector's edition too. Worth every bit of money.
Yes, the cutscenes can be very lengthy. But a lot of it was quite necessary to really tie things together. Previous games had some longer cutscenes as well. It's just that they were trying to wrap everything up with MGS4. So, it's understandable that they'd have to throw some info dumps into the game here and there.
The cutscenes are long indeed, every Kojima game sets a new record there :P
But the game was awesome, the second they showed that first E3 demo, it was clear it was going to be something special.
I still remember being mind blown by the Octocamo. It was also the first third person shooter game where I felt like the controls and aiming etc all went smooth / fluid and weren't janky. Hard to explain in words, but it felt 'natural' to aim, move etc in it.
I thought the game went on a little too long and it started to wear thin. It should have stopped at Winter. That would have been a great way to end that game with the sequel continuing from there (if necessary).
I loved it however the ambiguous ending was kind of ruined in the sequel
The first game had this conflicting grey area of Joel's actions, a decision to let you think it over and discuss it with people, however the sequel created a narrative that "OMG JOEL 100% DOOMED HUMANITY...HOW SELFISH" and making out Ellie wanted to die in the hospital even though 1) She didn't know she was going to die and 2) She was ready to see Joel once she got out of surgery so he could teach her how to play Guitar.
For me he did the right thing, I mean they pretty much attacked him when he was trying to save Ellie, they lied to him and said they were going to kill her without thinking any other decision out or asking Ellie herself and they pretty much were going to throw him out onto the street without any of his weapons/gear where he could have probably died. There was no guarantee a cure could be made with these guys, it was all "chance".
Exactly. He made the first good decision and this time around the girl he took care of didn't die while escaping...which alluded to the beginning of the game. He was prepared this time.
Like I just don't know why the Fireflies (and now Jerry in Part II) didn't think about any other tests, it was literally "Yeah this bitch has gotta die". You're telling me they couldn't wait for more blood tests, think of new ways to approach it? The worlds been gone for decades, it's not going to collapse even more by waiting, the damage is done.
If they woke Ellie up and asked her but Joel also told her what they did and were going to do to him I don't think she'd really want to sacrifice her life for these guys compared how she suddenly reacts in the sequel.
Even the hospital setting in the original game was run down, dirty and literally the best they could do, that alone didn't inspire confidence they had the tools to distribute a cure let along make one. I know the sequel and remake kind of retcon it where it looked cleaner, brighter and newer but again I'm going off the original, the first time I played it. The Fireflies at the end of the day were not good people, they were still terrorists with their own ambitious goals in mind, I don't think they would have been fair handing out the cure if they did get it made
It's a work of fiction, and more than once Bruce and Neil stated that the cure was a given, it was a sure thing and they regret not making it more clearly. If the cure wasn't a thing, the ending wouldn't ne nearly as impactful as is.
Think the reason why she was going to die was because the guy was a vet, not a doctor
Yet suddenly was the only person who could create a cure
"We deffo need to kill her"
"Wait...WHY"
"Trust me....I'm a vet"
Jerry was a doctor. A lead doctor. His bio makes it clear that he attended Northern Utah Medical University. He just happened to like animals. I wonder if people really pay attention to the games they play anymore (if they played, it’s a toss with TLOU2’s critics)…
TricksterArrow
You should play the PS3 version. Once you do, you'll realize that the ending was retconned because Jerry wasn't the surgeon that was going to kill Ellie.
He was not in the original version of the game but the "Jerry" that Joel killed in the original clearly wasn't someone that acted professionaly or inspired confidence because he was willing to work in a dirty operating room and was wearing boots.
Jerry was a minor unnamed role that got expanded on the sequel and also got recast, not unlike any TV series and games before this one (such as Resident Evil, in which Claire, Leon, Carlos and Chris all look considerably different from one iteration to the other). Also, still not a vet. And also unsure what argument you are trying to make by “dirty room” and “wearing boots”. He is still a doctor that has the ability to develop a cure, it doesn’t matter what he is wearing or what tools are at his disposal, the story is what it is.
I think when you realize he's a vet, Joel's decision feels a bit more justified for those who played both games. Just playing, since you're in Joel's shoes, you don't really question it. Then playing the second there's a justification that doesn't take away from Joel's decision but for the player should reinforce your understanding of it.
You said it in the second comment. "The Fireflies at the end of the day were not good people, they were still terrorists with their own ambitious goals in mind." That's why they just went along with killing her cause they didn't want to figure out some other way.
Foxtrot
I think they just tried to show you how Joel's decision affected more then just Joel and ellie . Just showing different angles and a bigger picture. I think Joel did the right thing.
The story had me emotionally engaged. Gaming for 40 years it was the first time a game story messed with my emotions in the way movies do. As far as the game and gameplay? Not so much lol. It wasn’t bad in my opinion but the game itself was ok. It was the storyline that kept me going in TLOU 1 and TLOU 2.
“As far as the game and gameplay? Not so much lol. It wasn’t bad in my opinion but the game itself was ok.“
What exactly did the game do that qualifies it for just being ok? And same question for the gameplay?
That’s a tough question because I could ramble on and on as to why. I’m speaking for myself because I usually pass on survival horror type games. So instead of getting into a debate as to why I found the gameplay to be ok. I originally commented on how the narrative had me emotionally sucked in. Especially the opening segment. So much that I purchased a game I would never have purchased if not for the story. It’s more kudos to the developer for getting people like me out of my comfort zone to play a game I wouldn’t usually play.
I know some people were upset with Joel lying to Ellie (friends of mine) that they felt it should’ve given the player an option to have Joel either
A. Lie to Ellie or B. Tell Ellie the truth. Type of situation, which just makes no sense. The game nor its story doesn’t given the player any control to have/make any choices that change the direction or outcome of ANY of these characters in this unforgiving and dark world.
I don’t blame Joel for doing what he did.
1. Ellie became the “Something” that he needed to keep fighting for, beyond just living day to day, simply being survivors.
2. Marlene gave orders to that no -name guard to kill Joel if he tried anything…you just done pissed him off all the more with those words. I wonder, if Joel had been killed and Marlene ever came across Tommy again (Joel’s brother) would she have the guts to tell him “Listen Tommy, we need to talk! About Joel…I couldn’t waste this gift. Tommy “What the hell you talking about, Marlene??” Marlene “I had Joel killed, if he” Tommy “YOU SON OF A BITCH!” Got carried away there lol. You get the idea tho. To my point, it wasn’t guaranteed that Ellie was the cure, and after all Joel did, went through, not even allowing Joel to see Ellie, just talk with her, that’s messed up.
3. Of course looking at the actions Joel took in the hospital and how that has major consequences in Part 2 for him, Ellie etc. it’s not like there wouldn’t have been a big threat later on at some point. This world is wicked, dark, unforgiving and everyone’s growing up, has their own WANTS. NEEDS. DESIRES. Solely for themselves, loved ones, or group. All while trying to survive.
Joel I think knew when he said “I Swear” that he’d done something much worse than when he actually saved Ellie from that operating room and possibly causing death to humanity (as if it would be appreciated anyways.
Yes, he lied to the one person who gave him purpose to live, purpose to have hope, purpose to be that father again (which he of course wasn’t looking for, but it just naturally happened upon him) like he was to his daughter Sarah all those years ago. And to him, maybe in that moment, lying would be worth the little bit of time, the years they’d have together creating memories, seeing Ellie grow up before his eyes etc. rather than lie to her and see a reaction in words and deeds in which she might’ve ran off losing all hope and trust in him etc. I mean, she did lose trust in him all those years later etc. but as we saw, she was willing to work with him, try to repair what Joel broke, and he knew it wouldn’t be easy, as did she. But with time she understood I think why he did what he did.
It’s just sad in the end, his lie, the time they lost with his betrayal, and than horrific death, caused Ellie to go seek revenge in a way in which Ellie changed, she kept chipping off more of herself along the journey, scary and sad thing to see, and exhausting. But powerful storytelling throughout it all.
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Past 60fps now, 120fps OMG!
So they confirmed locking onto 60 frames, and pushing past 60fps like 90fps or something.
A locked 60 frames would be very nice.
Is this game that demanding??? I played it on ps3 and the graphics were amazing but it wasn't really long or the areas weren't wide open. Why do you guys think this game is giving Naughty Dog some hassle to get it at 60fps?
Adding lots of AA and more graphic features might be a lot cooler than more FPS
, don't remember having a problem with 30 FPS on the ps3 version but I did remember the lack of AA and some graphic features that bugged me a bit ( pc gamer as well as console ) either way should be good game tho, hope the big fixing goes smoothly.
The Last of Us could very well be running up to 90/ 120 FPS, and meanwhile the XBone can't even run a poorly done Tomb Raider port at a steady 30 FPS XD