10 Video Games That Blew Your Mind (Without You Realising)

The Last of Us: Part 2 is one of the most graphically intensive, obsessively detailed games on the planet, but one moment in particular blew every industry professional away: the scene where Abby takes off her shirt. Let me explain.

See, that just kinda doesn't happen, not in real-time gameplay at least. Character models are typically made with their clothes already on their body. It makes things easier in a myriad different ways. But this is The Last of Us 2, where the personal lives and mental/physical health of its devs is just kind of an afterthought, so naturally Naughty Dog went above and beyond.

Using the same graphics and character models as regular gameplay, Abby slowly and arduously removes a blood and sweat-stained shirt, showing that the clothes on Abby's character model are completely separate objects from her body. This tiny little detail is one of the most mind-blowing feats of graphical prowess in gaming history, and it's demonstrated in a 10-second scene in a multi-hour-long game, blowing the minds of everyone who played it, without anyone being immediately aware of it.