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If you havent heard,SonyandNaughty Dogare re-releasingThe Last of Us.
No, not Part 2s PS5 re-release.
Not Part 1, either.
Nor the PC port.
The Part 1 re-release also coincided with the first season.
I know, I know, its a whole $10 cheaper than if you bought both remasters separately.
Yes, $10 goes a long way in this economy.
And yes,remasters and remakes bring in the money necessary to fund single-player games.
But good god, its impossible not to roll my eyes whenever this specific game is rereleased.
The jokes write themselves.
This feels like fans making a mountain out of a molehill, to be honest.
Were basing this all off marketing for a collection.
Completedoesring of finality, andNeil Druckmann has said that a Part 3 isnt guaranteed, but its a rerelease.
Its all marketing jargon.
Lets stop wetting ourselves for a second and consider that maybe it isnt that deep.
And if itisthat deep, heres my take: it doesnt matter, because the collectioniscomplete.
I cant know how to hear any more about discourse.
Its reflections on cycles of violence, when taken on its own terms, are valuable and meaningful.
People stilldebate the ethics of its characters choicesyears after launch.
This isntHorizon, which has an increasingly bigger world to explore with each subsequent instalment.
The loneliness is the point.
This is the natural stopping point, the result of Ellies single-minded focus on revenge.
The Last of Us as it stands tells a story of action and consequence.
We have seen the consequence.
If you really want that, Neil Druckmann is still here.
Many of us are attached to Ellie and her struggle.
The duology is complete.
We should let it, and Ellie, rest.
