Sony Interactive Entertainment has released a new ten-minute PS5 features trailer for “The Last of Us Part I” – breaking down the upgrades the full remake of the original PS3 game will have.
The full 4K/60fps trailer and accompanying blog post come as rampant leaks about the game have happened online in the last few days with low-quality footage and screenshots, often poorly tone-mapped, spreading.
As the game is a known entity though, the situation hasn’t quite mimicked that of “The Last of Us Part II” which saw massive spoilers and huge chunks of gameplay released early online.
As seen in the clips, the environments and characters have all undergone massive upgrades with exponentially more detailed character models bringing out more of the original performances along with looking better during gameplay – allowing for more seamless transitions between gameplay and cutscenes.
The art direction has been overhauled to offer better lighting and shadows. Physics are majorly improved with far more movable and destructible objects. Enemy and Friendly A.I. is now far stronger and built from the second game’s base. Sadly the dodge and crawl abilities from the second game don’t appear to have made it across.
There’s an ‘evolved’ photo mode, Permadeath mode, Speedrun mode, many more unlockables, a model viewer, and a ton of accessibility features including an audio descriptor mode. The game will also make strong use of 3D audio and the DualSense controller plays a big part in the immersiveness.
“The Last of Us Part I” will be released on September 2nd. A PC release date for the title hasn’t yet been announced.
