Amid query marks about the way forward for The Last of Us online game sequence, followers are questioning the place the story may go subsequent after the HBO sequence Season 2 and three cowl off the second online game. Earlier this month, sequence creator Neil Druckmann solid doubt on the prospect of The Last of Us 3, saying: “I suppose the one factor I might say is don’t guess on there being extra of ‘Last of Us.’ This may very well be it.”
But if there’s no The Last of Us 3, would Naughty Dog and Druckmann maintain the TV present going previous the video games?
That’s the query IGN put to Druckmann himself in a current interview, and he replies to say that whereas he has an ending of The Last of Us story in thoughts, as a result of he’s unsure if he’ll get the prospect to make The Last of Us 3, he’s leaving nothing on the road.
“I’ve to have an ending,” Druckmann stated. “When I made The Last of Us 1, I didn’t know if there was going to be a sequel, in order that needed to be a definitive ending. When I labored on Uncharted 4, I don’t know if we’ll ever get to do it once more. I would like it to be a definitive ending. Last of Us 2, identical means. All this stuff must line up.
“I don’t know the way lengthy I’ll maintain doing this or whether or not I’ll be given one other alternative. So I depart nothing on the road.
“Right now it’s like, we’ve an ending in thoughts. And that ending shall be it. That ending shall be it for this story.”
One query hanging over Druckmann is that if he’ll even have the time to make The Last of Us 3, have been it to be inexperienced lit for manufacturing. That’s as a result of he has his fingers full with The Last of Us TV present, which is about to round-out the occasions of The Last of Us 2 online game with Season 2 and Season 3, and the just lately introduced PlayStation recreation Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.
“As far as every thing else, and also you’re asking me about future video games, my time a lot is, we’ve to complete this season,” Druckmann continued. “We’re not fairly completed. We’re virtually there. Knock on wooden we get to do it once more. Season 3, there’s much more story we’ve to cowl, as with recreation two.
“And then my fingers are fairly full with Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.”
In February 2024, Druckmann teased a “idea” for a possible The Last of Us 3 on the finish of Grounded 2: Making The Last of Us Part 2, noting that there is “most likely yet another chapter to this story.”
“The first recreation had such a clear idea of like, the unconditional love a dad or mum feels for his or her little one,” he stated. “The second one, as soon as we landed on this concept of the pursuit of justice at any value, justice for those you like, we felt like, ‘there is a clear idea right here and there is a throughline from the primary recreation, about love.’ If we by no means get to do it once more, this can be a high quality ending level. Last chew of the apple, the story’s completed.”
“The wonderful thing about working at Naughty Dog is that we do not have to,” he added. “It’s all the time like, ‘we’d love one other Last of Us, however should you guys really feel you are captivated with one thing else, we’ll help this different factor.’ Very privileged place to be in, I by no means take that without any consideration. I’ve been simply enthusiastic about it, ‘is there an idea there?’ And for now years, I have not been capable of finding that idea. But just lately, that is modified, and I haven’t got a narrative, however I do have that idea that to me is as thrilling as 1, as thrilling as 2, is its personal factor, and but has this throughline for all three. So it does really feel like there’s most likely yet another chapter to this story.”
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
