Sony launched a ten-minute-long trailer for The Final of Us Half 1 on Thursday, the place the sport’s administrators speak by way of among the enhancements coming within the PlayStation 5 remake of Naughty Canine’s iconic recreation. The trailer takes loads of alternatives to point out off the improved graphics (which look as good as they’ve within the leaked screenshots, nevertheless it’s not like the sport was ugly on the PS3 or PS4), however probably the most fascinating contain modifications to the gameplay — Naughty Canine says that the AI for enemies and companions can be improved, that there can be some additional gameplay modes, and that the sport’s cutscenes may have audio descriptions for accessibility.
When it was initially launched in 2013, The Final of Us’ AI was nothing particular. The remake, nonetheless, apparently builds off of The Final of Us Half 2’s extra trendy system for controlling NPCs, making them higher at working collectively and arising with ways extra advanced than “run straight on the man with the shotgun.” In keeping with Neil Druckmann, inventive director of each Final of Us video games, this makes for extra intense fights. Your companions’ AI has additionally apparently gotten an improve, which ought to hopefully keep away from immersion-breaking experiences the place Ellie or Henry run proper in entrance of an enemy who then has to behave like they didn’t discover.
When it comes to gameplay modes, the remake will apparently embrace a permadeath mode for many who need to actually attempt their hand at surviving a zombie (er, sorry, “contaminated”) apocalypse. There’s additionally a velocity run mode, although the trailer provides just about no particulars on that apart from that the sport will show a timer within the higher proper nook.
The trailer contains another neat particulars as effectively — apparently the character animation system has gotten an overhaul, the sport may have improved haptics that’ll supposedly make it really feel such as you’re really petting a giraffe in that one well-known scene, and Naughty Canine particulars among the issues it’s doing with the adaptive triggers, one of many PS5’s finest options. For those who’re in any respect within the remake I’d advocate checking it out.
Personally I’m nonetheless unsure whether or not all of this is sufficient to make me need to replay the sport (I’ve already gone by way of it as soon as on the PS3, after which performed the PS4 remaster), nevertheless it does look like it’ll be value choosing up for individuals who have by no means skilled it, or who’ve been in search of an excuse to do one other playthrough. The Final Of Us Half 1 is about to launch for PlayStation 5 on September 2nd, and for PC sooner or later sooner or later.
