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The Last of Us Part II Remastered Dev: Players Are Not Ready for How Stressful the Survival Mode is

The Last of Us Part II Remastered Dev: Players Are Not Ready for How Stressful the Survival Mode is - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 January 2024 / 5,086 Views

Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Naughty Dog are set to release The Last of Us Part II Remastered later this month for the PlayStation 5.

The remaster of the PS4 game included a new roguelike survival mode called No Return. Del Walker, senior character artist at Naughty Dog, via Twitter stated that players are not ready for how "stressful" the survival mode is and does not recommend it for those who have "weak hearts."

"I don't think you guys are ready for just how STRESSFUL the survive mode is for our [The Last of Us Part II Remastered] title," said Del Walker. "Not recommended for weak hearts."

The Last of Us Part II Remastered will launch for the PlayStation 5 on January 19, 2024.


A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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14 Comments
DonFerrari (on 04 January 2024)

I certainly don't like permanent death in gaming =p

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VAMatt (on 06 January 2024)

I'm definitely not ready to play the game if it is truly stressful.

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LivncA_Dis3 (on 06 January 2024)

Try God of War Ragnarok Valhalla on hardest difficulty and Penalty of breaching then we can talk Naughty Dog.

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2zosteven (on 04 January 2024)

someone is speaking for us here

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KratosLives (on 04 January 2024)

I think videogame developers need to start questioning the meaning of life and video games in general, if we've gotten to the stage where games make you stress out. If you're not having a good time, your just wasting your life away.

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Runa216 KratosLives (on 04 January 2024)

You don't get to decide what other people value, what drives them, or what brings them joy.

I also don't like this sort of thing but clearly people like it and there's a massive audience for it. Your tastes do not define the enjoyment others do or do not get out of an experience.

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KratosLives Runa216 (on 05 January 2024)

There is nothing to be enjoyed ifyour stressed. Conflict of interest. You can find somethinf challenging and enjoy figuring it, but if your spending that much time stressed out, and less time enjoying, people need to reevaluate what theyre doing

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Pajderman KratosLives (on 05 January 2024)

I enjoy getting stressed out in video games. Half the point of playing horror-oriented games for me.

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KratosLives Pajderman (on 05 January 2024)

Fair enough. I play them for the atmosphere and story.

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Mr Puggsly (on 04 January 2024)

Are they gonna fix the reasons this game sold a lot less than the original?

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DekutheEvilClown Mr Puggsly (on 05 January 2024)

Unfortunately there is no fix for Incel behaviour

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hellobion2 (on 04 January 2024)

The sequal we never wanted

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CosmicSex hellobion2 (on 04 January 2024)

Seems like a forced opinion.

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KratosLives hellobion2 (on 04 January 2024)

The greatest of all time

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