As “The Last Of Us” is just a few months away, Sony are starting to delve deeper into the game for those eager to find out more. There’s going to be a series of five developer diaries, and we’ve got the first one for you right here.
In the video you’ll find out a little about the origins of the Infected, with Phillip Kovats talking about the game’s spooky audio and creative director Neil Druckmann namechecking – as we all know by now – that BBC documentary that kickstarted the whole project.
The developers re-iterate a few things we know: that the real evil is the fungus, not the people; that communication and location is done via the clicking sound you’ll have heard and how the infection spreads through the inhalation of spores.
The video’s fairly spoiler free – there’s some lingering location shots and lots of concept art in among a few snippets of gameplay, so don’t worry too much if you’re wanting to stay free of anything story-based. Expect more in the series soon.
TheSixthAxis played the latest build of the game recently and liked what we saw – find out what we thought of it in detail by clicking here.
Porcupine_I
I think Sony and Naughty Dog have learned a lesson from Uncharted 3. It was sort of anticlimactic to show so much of the game before release. i like this approach a lot better, showing only bits and pieces and leaving the discovery for the actual game. i hope they keep it like that.
KeRaSh
Yeah, all the pre release footage kind of spoiled most of the great set pieces in UC3. I think they are doing a great job promoting TLoU while still keeping things secret.
leeroye
Cool, will the site be posting the rest of the developer vids?
Bilbo_bobbins
Nice post, great info in the video.
LTG Davey
Any news on if there is going to be a Last of Us PS3 console (like the recent GOW:A silver one?).
Was talking with the other half last night and one option we are considering is leaving the “next-gen” for a couple of years while the prices drop a bit and maybe getting a cheap ps3 in the meantime to catch up on all the games we’ve missed over the past couple of years.
Would personally really like the GOW:A one but I doubt I will be able to afford one by the 15th March and I doubt it will still be available come June time.