Originally Posted by Strafer (Post 5557636)

Abandoned cities reclaimed by nature. A population decimated by a modern plague. Survivors are killing each other for food, weapons; whatever they can get their hands on.

Joel, a brutal survivor, and Ellie, a brave young teenage girl who is wise beyond her years, must work together if they hope to survive their journey across the US.


SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA ANNOUNCES THE LAST OF US, A NEW PLAYSTATION®3 EXCLUSIVE DEVELOPED BY NAUGHTY DOG

LOS ANGELES, December 10, 2011 – Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC announced today The Last of Us, a new franchise created exclusively for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. Developed by Naughty Dog, the creators of the highly acclaimed and best-selling UNCHARTED™ series, The Last of Us was unveiled in a world premiere trailer at the Spike TV 2011 Video Game Award Show.

The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements to tell a character driven story about a population decimated by a modern plague. Abandoned cities are being reclaimed by nature and the remaining survivors are killing each other for food, weapons and whatever they can get their hands on. Joel, a ruthless survivor, and Ellie, a brave teenage girl who is wise beyond her years, must work together to survive their journey across what remains of the United States.

“We are excited to finally unveil The Last of Us, a project the team has been working hard on for some time,” said Evan Wells, Co-President of Naughty Dog. “Naughty Dog’s mission is to change the way people experience videogames. We are confident The Last of Us will take a leap forward in cinematic gaming and storytelling, providing gamers with an experience unlike anything else in the industry.”

The Last of Us is developed by some of the industry most talented game designers including Bruce Straley, game director, and Neil Druckmann, creative director. Naughty Dog advanced to the forefront of the videogame industry in 1996 with the successful introduction of Crash Bandicoot on the original PlayStation. The developer extended the franchise with Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped and Crash Team Racing, selling 22 million copies worldwide and led to Naughty Dog being the most successful video game developer in the United States for that console generation. The team then created the Jak and Daxter franchise including Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy®, Jak II™, Jak 3™ and Jak X: Combat Racing™. All four titles are PlayStation®2 “Greatest Hits”. In 2007 the team released UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune® and followed with UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves™ and the recent November launch of UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception™. Having currently sold over 13 million units worldwide, the UNCHARTED franchise represents some of the most impressive graphics, sound and processing capabilities found on PS3.

Further information about the game as well as images and videos can be found at http://www.lastofus.com and http://www.naughtydog.com. The Last of Us is (RP) rating pending. For more information about the ESRB visit http://www.esrb.org.

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Originally Posted by mhg83 (Post 11038181)

It's supposedly Ashley Johnson:

http://twitter.com/#!/TheVulcanSalut...75226334760960

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424534/

Originally Posted by starseed1981 (Post 11039381)

Reminds me of Enslaved.

Originally Posted by RocShemp (Post 11039461)

All I know is that thanks to her resemblance to Ellen Page, I'm gonna be crushing on a video game character. :blush:

Originally Posted by starseed1981 (Post 11039381)

Reminds me of Enslaved.

Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt (Post 11038105)

Great trailer. Graphics look amazing. Hope this isn't another Dead Island but with Naughty Dog I think it'll be pretty good.

Originally Posted by Sonic (Post 11040285)

Graphics are gorgeous especially the scenes outside. :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by dvdjunkie32 (Post 11040573)

Did I miss something? The trailer looks all CGI, no actual gameplay.

Originally Posted by kgrogers1979 (Post 11039472)

She looks like she is 13-14 years old.

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Originally Posted by Hayabusa85 (Post 6243597)

* While Naughty Dog stressed that there will be no multiplayer, they also mentioned "there will definitely be some kind of online integration".
* Melee works like an expanded version of Uncharted's melee, where you hit the punch button to begin a "Struggle", and then you hit square to punch while hitting triangle to counter. However, enemies seem to telegraph way less and combat seems much faster.
* The game takes place over a period of several years, with each mission being set in a time period ala Mafia 2.
* Ellie will age throughout the game, ending at around 19 or 20
* Your choices will affect the personality she grows into - she'll be cold if you kill lots, psychologically damaged if you do unnecessary brutal things, etc
* There will be driving sections, but you won't be able to drive cars unless the mission puts you in one
* Stealth and non-lethality is a completely viable option - the section showed at E3 could have been entirely without ever being seen
* It's possible to pickpocket things from enemies - The example Naughty Dog used was you could skip entire firefights by sneaking up on a guy and stealing his keys.

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I am so damaging her fragile little mind http://forum.blu-ray.com/images/smil...ted/ohnoes.gif:p

Originally Posted by Groucho (Post 11263088)

Can't wait to take the athletic guy and the smart girl on their odyssey to the west.

Originally Posted by Groucho (Post 11263088)

Can't wait to take the athletic guy and the smart girl on their odyssey to the west.