The Last of Us Creative Director Neil Druckmann and Game Directior Bruce Straley responded quite a few questions from the fan during an Ask Us Anything session
on Reddit. Besides sharing a lot of information on the design philosophy and inspiration behind
The Last of Us and its story DLC
Left Behind, the two developers shared a few tidbits of information on the teams future.
First of all Druckmann
mentioned that theres a 50% chance for the team to develop a sequel to
The Last of Us. In the same reply he also confirmed that the team working on
The Last of Us is separate from the
Uncharted team.
If youre asking about a sequel right now Id say its 50/50.
He also explained that Sony has
complete trust in Naughty Dog, and gives them full freedom in deciding whether to create a sequel or moving on with something else.
Sony has complete trust in us. Its really up to us to come up with something that will keep the team inspired for the next several years which is why we dont take the decision of what well work on next lightly.
Straley also
mentioned that the team didnt have much time with the PS4 yet, but hes excited about the additional memory coming with Sonys new console.
Dunno really the DLC is on the PS3, so we havent gotten a whole lot of time with the next-next gen hardware. But Im excited about having more memory, until we use it all up again!
So there you have it, were probably still far from knowing whether
The Last of Us will have a sequel or not, but the responsibility for that decision rests (almost?) entirely on Naughty Dogs shoulders.
Personally, Im a bit conflicted on the issue. While I loved
The Last of Us and I most certainly wouldnt dislike the idea of a sequel, Id also love to see the studio tackle another entirely new IP. What about you?
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