Love the series or leave it alone, The Last of Us Part II Remastered is a stunning game and a perfect way to showcase the power of the PS5 Pro. In a new trailer, developers from Naughty Dog explain why this is the ultimate, definitive, absolutely ideal way to play; we got distracted thinking about how many versions of these games we've played at this stage.
Activating our current annoyance, Naughty Dog extolls the virtues of the sequel while making an implied dig at the base PS5 ("PS5 Pro allows us to make an emotional journey rather than a technical one"). Our bugbear is that it's not immediately clear whether the update is live from the trailer itself. Support was added last month, in case you missed it, and The Last of Us Part II Remastered does thankfully have a bespoke "pro mode" rather than simply supercharging the existing performance and fidelity modes.

Descending into the comments section, it seems we aren't alone in this thinking: "Don't forget to remaster it on the PS6," says the top-rated quip. "I was literally expecting a remake of the remaster," admits another. But it was user Flursh who best managed to capture our current sentiment: "It feels like there have been 90 different remasters for both games. We get it. Just give us something new already."
Are you up for another run at The Last of Us Part II Remastered on PS5 Pro? Let us know in the comments below.
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"developers from Naughty Dog explain why this is the ultimate, definitive, absolutely ideal way to play"
... Until they remaster it on PS6 lol.
“We were so stressed by making this on the PS4, and then the PS5 limited us SO much, but now…NOW we can make an emotional game. Freed from the constraints of making a PS4 game somehow better on that peasant-class PS5, we have finally achieved peak-until-PS6 TLoU2! Bow down before us, peons, and be thankful we aren’t charging you ANOTHER $10 to play this enhanced on your Pro console! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!
…okay, that went a little bit off the rails, but this is now my head canon on how they presented this.
I get the feeling that the PC version and more info about Season 2 of the TV show will be at the Game Awards.
@dskatter You must have access to PlayStation's secret playbook. You watch...PS6 will have a bunch of $10 PS5 Remaster upgrades, too!
"PS5 Pro allows us to make an emotional journey rather than a technical one"
Talking rubbish. ND went out of their way to make TLoU2 an emotional journey by ruining Ellie and Joel for the sake of making the game entirely based on cheap, senseless emotions.
"Somewhere in the back of everybody's head is this FOMO, fear of missing out. You're not playing it the perfect way for the perfect scene."
Oh please, give me a break! I've never once experienced FOMO over that! 😂
@ChingChengHanji we already got a game about what would happen after an apocalypse with the first game, that included all you mentioned. We've had loads of games like that.
I can't think of any other sequel to a hugely popular game or film that went out of its way to make much of the fanbase hate it. And all in the name of brave risk-taking? No, it wasn't brave, it's hubris of the highest order. It's exactly the way Disney and Marvel have been acting the last few years, not giving fans what they want, but feeding them crap because they got high on the smell of their farts and think they're more important than the fans.
But, you like it so I'm glad about that. My view is my own, it may be shared by a lot of people but that doesn't make it right by default. I'm heavily biased by how wonderful the story was in the first game that didn't rely on stupid character decisions, a contrived plot and a relentlessly negative experience to deliver a game.
I guarantee you that if TLoU2 were the first game it would've sold far less and would not have a TV show made because of it. It's inferior in every way.
Skyrim gets a bad name for being remastered every 5 seconds but Sony have gotten just as egregious. At least the Skyrim Special Edition was due to a lack of backwards compatibility, Naughty Dog just clearly can’t help themselves.
There's not enough Prozac and Jack Daniel's in the world that could get me to play this slog again. The core game play was fine, but hoo boy, it was a masterclass in what NOT to do in the pacing and character building department.
The best games I can think of this generation — mixing personal opinion with general consensus — have been Breath of the Wild (and Tears by extension), Super Mario Odyssey, Pikmin 4, Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, Hades, and Psychonauts 2. What they all have in common is a commitment to design and mechanics above fidelity and performance.
I guess what I'm saying is: why do gamers care so much about this stuff? I'd still sooner play Doom above 99% of modern shooters, and you spend that whole game shooting at cutouts. I mean, hell, look at that list up there. We have some of the most beautiful games ever made coming out right now (as long as you don't have an eye for art direction, at least). Yet I could only think of a few games that I would consider masterpieces.
Can we stop scrutinizing FPS and start rewarding innovation and design execution first and foremost?
Unwarranted tangent over.
Oh no, I have had the cold, technical experience until now!
These guys have their heads so far up their ass they can smell next week's farts
Emotional journey haha get *****😅
Well, I was planning on playing both The Last of Us games, so this is quite nice.
PS4 version running in back compat is vastly superior. It doesn’t have that god awful rogue lite mode shoehorned in where it doesn’t belong, along with poorly thought out, mandatory trophies forced down everyone’s throats.
I played this on the ps3 and then the ps4 and as much as I acknowledge that it's an awesome game it's just not "me." I admire the quality of the game and I can see exactly why people love it in the same way I love my souls like games but I just found it so boring. I recently played the ps5 version as it was included in my sub and yes it looked very,very nice but it was still boring and I found myself perusing my backlog to find something more interesting to play..something more visceral rather than cerebral..roll on the ps6 and ps6 pro editions..
Wow. I had no idea I played an unfinished, nigh unplayable game. Incredible that they managed to turn things around, and make it an emotional experience. But...point taken. Never ever buy naughty dog games until they're 1½ generation old.
The last of us franchise is to Sony what skyrim is to Bethesda.
At least the first game got a proper ground up remake even if if it was way over priced
Meh, it was technically excellent already on normal PS4.
Think I've played it through 3 times already, no more for me.
I can see it now, TLOU II rehash £19.99 PS6
Wow, this game looks promising
Can't wait to find out what grand adventure and tales of high sea that Joel and Ellie will get up to🤠 I wonder if if 'Sully' makes an appearance.
'The Last Game You'll Ever See Abby II Remastered Pro remake* of the Remastered Remake' (TLGYESA2: RPRotRR). The title is the best part.
This is no different from:
They are creators who have made a nice improvement to their game through the availability of more powerful hardware, for free, and are happy about it. I'd rather send **** the way of the low effort devs who seemingly have forgotten what QA testing is.
"PS5 Pro allows us to make an emotional journey rather than a technical one"
That has to be one of the single most meaningless and pretentious quotes I've ever heard.
Didn't they say the remastered version was the best way to play it when it came out earlier this year does Sony think people are idiots
Emotional rather than technical 😑 is why naff music sells well
It was a a great game anyway, but how come I had a better experience in the original palystation 5 than the ps5 pro, it's another lie than sony has promised but failed on miserably, some games have underperformed on ps5 pro despite there promises. Expensive paper weight
This console era is the remasters era for games, there has been a few okish ones. most games they have remastered we didn't want or need.
@Balaam_ Lol with the trophy hate again.
How did you play games before the 7th generation, genuine question.
@GamingFan4Lyf $10? In THIS economy? They’ll be $20 at least! And you have to sign a document declaring TLoU2’s PS6 upgrade to be the most empathetic emotional technical upgrade since Aerith died!
@Balaam_ If only you didn’t have to care about the trophies or could somehow block their popping up visibly.
IF ONLY.
@SilentBluntman More like promoting first party.
The Pro is definitely a major improvement. It's very noticeable. It actually feels like the system the OG should have been at launch. Even lighting system/reflections stand out more. When it was originally pushed as a selling factor on the None pro units. I barely noticed it and felt like a baby' upgrade. (dynamic lighting system was more noticeable, but reflection were weaker) but now both of them have been cranked up 3 to 4 times so they actually delivered and more in your face. But it's like how all the reviews have been saying, now the waiting for a patch for some games. Outside of that, it's just more stable frame rate wise.
PorkChopExpress wrote:
Yeah, same. With the sheer amount of re-releases and updates of the TLoU games, I sincerely wonder just how many times they expect people to replay them.
Kidfunkadelic83 wrote:
Heh, wanted to say exactly this — beat me to it
@SilentBluntman I'm not refuting your point. I was adding to it. Basically saying that there are actual improvement.
The silent Hill issue was already patched today or yesterday night. So that was what? three whole days? The problem is when you have a brand new system that's better than the original model. There's no way you can speak about it without downplaying the other because you can do things on the new one you couldn't on original. I'm not saying you, but people are taking it way too personal when they're doing comparisons of a new pro model versus the original. It goes with the territory. It is superior and it's very noticeable.
That doesn't mean it's garbage, it's just unavoidable when you're doing comparisons. I was also one of those people that thought it was over hype but I ended up pulling the trigger and it is very noticeable comparison night and day.
Everyone forget that you're essentially beta testing the original PS5 also which had bugs and many games needed to get patched. It happens to all console. That PSSR wasn't common in every single game except for maybe one or two? Now this one's been patched. The price tag is the major problem but bringing up a problem with brand new tech is kind of expected, but like everything else it's already been patched.
Remember when the original PlayStation five had a problem that it kept switching automatically into gaming mode? Then there was no way to disable it and you had to magically do every single time on the television? Or when Devil may cry auto switched to 1080p? People complained about that also.
I’m playing through this now on PS5 Pro and it’s definitely one of the games that shows some highlights of what to expect with the PS5 Pro. Best way to play the game clearly assuming you are playing on the right setup. I do have a decent size tv that supports 120hz and VRR. That said, it’s one of the games that there is a clear combination of visuals and fps in my opinion.
@dskatter Don't worry, that $20 upgrade fee will be entirely justifiable because it will have 3D Audio 2.0 and even more sensitive adaptive trigger - oh and the game will have a new Commentary option when you play the game - plus it will really, really, really run a 4K/60fps this time.
It will retail for $80 - but it's such an understandable and amazing way for Sony to bring in new fans of the series and train new developers.
This has to be the most controversial "big" game ever released. Finally it can piss people off in the way the developers fully envisaged.
@SilentBluntman oh yeah, no doubt. It happens still with all the system. The new system is definitely gonna get attention. The thing is that I've noticed a lot like to rag on the console saying that oh you're a beta tester ! like they completely forgot how the experience was for the original PlayStation 5, including games currently in 2024. I'm tired of mid upgrades. I feel like they should really do away with them if they had the original PlayStation five Pro as the original launch model would've been perfect.
I was never a fan of having to choose 4K quality stuck at 30 FPS, which in high action games it feels slow or not responsive or like in black myth performance 50fps but at 1080p which is tolerable but the graphics even though they're visually updated because the assets are more detailed you lose the ultra sharpness and the effects took a hit plus down grade in light/reflections.
It's like gaming companies are trying to tell you yeah 4K gaming and that's pretty much a major selling point but if you drop down to performance, you took a visual hit. Stellar B had the same issue. 1080p (P) or 4k (30fps) which was almost impossible on something that requires exact precision timing.
I did find out a neat trick on a gaming forms that were a combo PC if you switched to 120 Hz on the pro. HDMI doesn't output full color spectrum which ends up darker looking. Manually switched your PlayStation five Pro to thousand 80 P on that specific game. It allows HDMI to now I'll put full color resolution which reverse the color being bright and detailed while maintaining 120 Hz then if you switch the performance it generally has PlayStation spectral 4k its super detailed like 4k. That's another thing I hope Sony fixes it unlocked the HDMI to full high speed. Even the orginal had its HDMI capped via firmware.
Sooner or later I will play this darn game. Must be doing something good to piss off all the alt-righters 😛 I found the first one a very emotional but very basic game but maybe the gameplay will be more surprising in the sequel!
@GamingFan4Lyf gotta say that in a generation of endless fill price Nintendo remasters and ports because they couldn’t even manage to maintain the same store system for 2 consoles, the many fee updates and the few 10$ ones are nothing but a good thing 🤷🏼♀️
yeah, I haven't followed up too closely, but last I read it is an actual HDMI capable unit, (Pro/PS5) but locked on a firmware level. Which makes no sense. I don't see them unlocking until maybe 1 from now, or save it for the PlayStation 6 now they can brag about full color spectrum with 120 Hz.
I thought I read a long time ago that it had to do with the heat it was producing, but they've already upgraded the models for both the regular console, including the pro, which generate less heat.
I love Sony, But the PS5 is the worst Playstation console, ever!
I'm so sick of hearing about this damn game.
Can we just move on now?
I feel like Bill Murray, being stuck in a time loop.
@riceNpea "Ruining" lol. Nah nothing was ruined apart from fragile boys upset their Daddy figure met the consequences of his actions. Ellie was never ruined and felt completely in character of who she was by the end of Part 1.
Question, I'm so confused with all these different remastered versions. If I have the Last of Us 2 digital edition on PS5, will that give me access to this or is there a charge to upgrade to the remastered version? Also when is this available?
@SilentBluntman I think when you need to sell your products you need to adverstise it. And the Pro is a better product then the PS5 eventually now lets hope they can figure out the glimmering with the third party titles.
@BrettAwesome You should listen new tech makes things better. I never heard him say the PS4 version was bad I think a lot of PS4 games even look better then some new PS5 games because of optimisation.
@riceNpea For me the worst thing about the second part is that people ruined the story three days after releasing it this site by spoiling it.
There are only 2 versions available on disc and digital. PS4 version and PS5 Remastered version.
I had the digital PS4 version and paid £10 for the upgrade to Remastered PS5 version.
@DennisReynolds If you think by the end of part 1 Ellie's character had changed from sweet, caring and uncorrupted to homicidal, psychotic, relentless psycopath capable of murdering even pregnant women, I have no idea how you came to that conclusion. If I'm a fragile boy for not liking the second game then by your logic you're an evil, blood-drinking, horned, devil worshiping, clown-faced, Antony Faucci for liking it 😄
@thebizniznizbiz Its just a Pro patch for the PS5 version there's no new version.
@riceNpea You think Ellie was still the sweet and innocent girl by the end of Part 1? Her innocence was long gone by then. Also congrats for missing the point of how unhealthy revenge actually is and how it can turn you into something wrong, i guessed you completely missed the themes of the game. Did you think Joel was a cold remorseless killer prior to Sarah dying? Almost like things can change you especially the death or in this case murder of a loved one.
@DennisReynolds I didn't say I thought she was still sweet and innocent by the end of the game, I said the signs were not there that she would turn into a deranged murdering psycho.
And Joel was an ordinary man before the outbreak. He didn't turn into a survivalist capable of killing because Stephanie died, he did that because he had to: kill or be killed. To his credit, he didn't revel in it and didn't let the inhumanity of a post-apocaltytic world turn him into a monster. He still knew right from wrong and it still haunted him when doing wrong is the right thing to do to survive.
That's what made Ellie special. She wasn't tainted by that mindset in the first game. And by the end of part 1, Joel's betrayal of her wishes was not the prelude to her transforming into a nutcase hellbent on murder and revenge. She was angry and resentful, as expected, but there was no correlation or causation to what she became once Joel was killed. I found it contrived and ridiculous in part 2 that Ellie still felt that way against Joel so many years after it happened and treated him poorly like an entitled brat. She wasn't that petty and heartless. For her to hold a grudge for years felt artificial.
Ellie changing into a crazed murderess happened in due course as part of TLoU2. And I really disliked it for the reasons I said previously. ND deciding to split the fanbase so they could pat themselves on the back for being so clever.
I also said in my conversation to others that my view is not definitive or correct by default and that if others like TLoU2 I'm not here to tell them they're wrong to. Such a shame you can't do the same.
We could discuss our thoughts on the story in civilised fashion if you prefer. Be nice to exchange views without condescension from you.
@riceNpea She witnessed Joel brutally murdered and it came after her and Joel had barely reformed their relationship meaning she was also dealing with guilt and regret. Again the themes of revenge and how toxic it is are strong with it. It only takes one small thing in life to completely change and alter who you are and Ellie's thing was huge, my Dad's death to cancer years ago completely reshaped my reality and how i view life and death so i can only how it must be to see your "Dad" brutally beating to death right in front of you while you helplessly watch. Ellie was driving by revenge just like Abby before her, its made clear this is not who Ellie or Abby really are.
@DennisReynolds I'm truly sorry to hear about your father. My father also died of cancer two years ago, I empathise with you Dennis. None of this matters, I don't want to go on about it anymore. I wish you well, and my deepest regrets for your Dad passing.
Would have been the best version to play if they fixed the trash ending.
@DennisReynolds "you're an evil, blood-drinking, horned, devil worshiping, clown-faced, Antony Faucci for liking it 😄." Sounds like my kind of party..
@DennisReynolds having lost my mother to cancer this year I can appreciate your world view and have my upmost deepest condolences and respect.
"Somewhere in the back of everybody's head is this Fear Of Missing Out. You're not playing it the perfect way for the perfect scene"
lol i never even thought about this, i was too busy enjoying the gameplay and the mood of the game
@riceNpea It was years ago he died so its ok and thanks for your empathy. I'm just saying i get why Ellie acts the way does. Also i'm sorry to hear about your loss as well, it sucks and it only makes you realise parents won't be there forever.
@Northern_munkey Thanks and i'm really sorry to hear about your loss as well. It was years ago though its not recent for me.
I loved how the guy used "FOMO" and then fully explained the abbreviation for us. Mate, in case you feel you have to explain FOMO to your audience, don't use it…
@nessisonett they’ve been up there on the “we’re man children” list over the last year for sure, alongside Bethesda and blizzard. Rod Ferguson got fussy about PoE2’s livestream dwarfing Diablo’s, the Swedish (I think) guy got fussy about Starfield not being as well received and let’s not forget Guerilla getting upset about Elden ring outselling forbidden west. These companies need to either force their devs to sign a gag order for a certain amount of time or just punish them for being obnoxious, it’s bad for business.
Naughty Dog have gone full caricature
@DennisReynolds thankyou.
Lost track of how many times I've played through this game (and part 1) but man, I could go awhile without hearing about a new edition. I really could.
Additionally, as a huge fan, what a kick in teeth to be told I didn't go on an emotional journey because apparently one can't enjoy this game's story on account of a fps deficit or something. Like bruh. Cool, hawk your new console but don't insult me geez.
@zupertramp since you were the last comment on here , its more then just your comment, but honestly if people don't want to read certain articles about certain games or the ps5 pro. you could just ignore the articles and not click on them. there are a lot of articles on this site , and not all of them need to be of interest of you.
@Balaam_ The PS4 version is objectively inferior; load times are longer and there's no DualSense support. An entirely optional game mode and some additional trophies thrown in doesn't detract from the experience in any way, shape or form.
@torquex @DennisReynolds Thanks for the info both 👍
@twitchtvpat yeah I hear you but I wasn't so much directing this at the article or number of articles. It's more about this being the only dead horse Naughty Dog has to flog at this point. Reporting on it is fine. It's just, every time I turn around there's a new definitive way to play this game. It's kinda silly.
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