Naughty Dog Surprises Fans With The Last of Us Part 2 Chronological Experience Update, But Says New Players Shouldn't Use It

The Last of Us Part 2 developer Naughty Dog has amazed fans by releasing a Chronological Experience enactment that reorders the game's storylines into a linear narrative.

The caller mode, disposable arsenic portion of a escaped update contiguous connected PC and PlayStation 5, shuffles Part 2's non-linear communicative arsenic a caller enactment for play players. Intriguingly, Naughty Dog makes it wide that it sees the caller Chronological Exprience enactment arsenic thing extra, alternatively than a replacement for the game's archetypal storytelling that was "very intentional and halfway to however our workplace wanted Part 2's themes and communicative beats to interaction players."

Naughty Dog adjacent goes arsenic acold arsenic to accidental that caller players are recommended not to usage the Chronological Experience enactment for their archetypal tally done the game, and alternatively acquisition Part 2's communicative successful the mode it "was primitively developed."

Described arsenic a "fascinating caller mode to bask this chapter," the game's caller Chronological Experience enactment comes blistery connected the heels of The Last of Us TV series' divisive 2nd season, and conscionable days aft it was confirmed that franchise creator Neil Druckmann would nary longer play a portion successful the HBO adaptation's future.

"Through the caller Chronological mode, we judge players volition summation adjacent deeper penetration into Part 2's narrative," Naughty Dog's Jonathon Dornbush said today.

"Players volition beryllium capable to spot however Ellie being talented a guitar flows truthful neatly into her learning to play, for example, portion the travel done Seattle volition showcase the fascinating parallels betwixt Ellie and Abby's crisscrossing journeys. You'll spot conscionable however adjacent they travel into moving into each other, however their actions interaction each other, and more."

The Last of Us meets Uncharted.

Chronological Mode was worked connected by Naughty Dog successful collaboration with co-development spouse Nixxes, and erstwhile completed volition grant caller PlayStation trophies, arsenic good arsenic a mates of bonus outfits.

Today's update adds costumes for Joel dressed arsenic Uncharted leader Nathan Drake and Tommy as, appropriately, his member Sam Drake. Finally, a smattering of further bug fixes and show improvements are besides included.

Next up for Naughty Dog, and Neil Druckmann, volition beryllium the studio's upcoming sci-fi task Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. The workplace is besides moving connected different unannounced crippled for which Druckmann has "more of a shaper role."

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