10 Video Games That Exploited Your Nostalgia
4. The Last Of Us: Part I Remake
Now, remaking the classics isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it really comes down to whether they need it or not. For example, there was only six years between the original Resident Evil and its much loved remake and the difference is night and day. The Last of Us, first released for PS3 in 2013, is hardly weathered by time. It’s still pretty and still very much playable.
Regardless, Naughty Dog used the words “from the ground up” to talk about the remake which made some sense. The Last of Us Part II had improved the exploration, puzzle and gameplay elements of the first and if this rerelease was to bring the two more in-line with each other then perhaps it was a worthy endeavour.
But clearly that’s not what the company meant and our first real look showed the gameplay essentially unchanged. Instead, The Last Of Us Part I remake was more about graphical fidelity, divisively swapping out character face models and… well, scamming your consumers.
It costs how much?!
Of course, the biggest head-scratcher about this one is why anyone would fork out a full $70 for a remake of a game that is already available on PS5 in the form of it’s still very good and much more affordable remaster.