The Last Of Us Remastered all over again?
I understand the disappointment regarding lack of meaningful upgrades. I was personally hoping for E3 2018 caliber character models and enhanced motionmatching myself, but I really dont understand TLOU remastered comparisons or the $10 upgrade fee.
I'm talking about the mediocre PS4 version of TLOU PS3 port as a visual comparison and they did the exact same thing almost 11 years later.
That game cost $60. This is a $10 upgrade. Right off the bat, it is $50 cheaper.
There's nothing of value for those who buy games on disc and which are worth a $10 upgrade unless you're swimming in the sea of money and don't know what to do with it. TLOU2 is primarily a story-driven SP game and always will be. Moreover, PS4 version is almost exactly the same visually, just like the PS4 version of PS3 port of TLOU was, hense I've mentioned it and compared it to the mediocre PS4 port of TLOU2 to PS5.
TLOU Remake for PS5 100% worth the asking price at launch on disc, cuz it's way more than just GFX upgrade, even though gameplay-wise the game is almost exactly the same which was intentional. The PS4 port of TLOU simply is not even that, it's the same exact game visually with performance mode you already have with the PS4 version on the PS5. TLOU Remake is the best TLOU version in existance, unless you'll start thinking about some things the first season of the HBO show did better and the reason why is pretty obvious.
The Last of Us Remastered also didnt come with a rougelike mode. It had packaged in DLC that we had all paid $15 for just months prior to launch of the remaster.
Forget about $10 upgrade. Who honestly cares about this horde mode that much to buy the game on disc? People care about the story and characters, cuz that's what TLOU is all about. I will argue that some people who bought the $10 upgrade will probably play this mode for a couple of days and then forget about it as if it never even existed. I just think that for people who buy games on disc, there's just zero reasons to buy this PS4 port, which simply can't be said about TLOU Remake if you'll remember how bad the PS3 port was.
I mean, it's the same exact engine we're talking about here, it's not some new engine they've built for their PS5 only games. They could've upgraded original game with better assets, lighting, character models they already have (in cut-scenes no less, all of which were in engine), work on PS5 version until TLOU Season 2 release on HBO and release the game then, but nope, quick cash grab is what they decided to make instead. Again, TLOU2 is amazing looking game on PS4, but goddamn TLOU Remake is even better and TLOU2 deserves to be on par with it as well. I mean, I know I'd make sure for it to be that way if I'd knew anything about game development and could make this decision.
The thing that is even more disappointhing, is there's very, very high chance that the PC version will be exactly the same cuz it's a simple PS4 port and they can't allow for it to look miles better on PC and what can you even do to make it look better? They can't add RT cuz pretty much the whole game is baked from top to bottom when it comes to lighting conditions, time of day and stuff like that. To make it happen they need to rework the whole game just like 4A did with Metro Exodus to add proper RT lighting to the game and it's just not gonna happen.
PC port will probably have DLSS, but given that Uncharted collection still has the same ugly problems as original game when it comes to shadows from light sources, the sun etc., I highly doubt it'll be much different when it comes to the TLOU2 PC port cuz 100% of the time nobody cares to add an options for much higher resolution shadows from lighting and various light sources, nobody cares about such things. But here's the thing, if you already have PS4 version of the game and even if you have hardware to run the PC version at 4K 60, it's still not worth the full price.
They've fucked it up big time, man. There's no way around it. What they've added is nothing more than equivalent to special features on Blu-Ray and horde mode, which nobody will even remember in two 2 weeks time. I can't see myself buying this PS5 upgrade for $1 even and I fuckin' love both games to death.
