The Last of Us 2 is as beautiful as a blockbuster, here’s why

After a few teaser trailers before the launch, The Last of Us can’t help but make gamers stunned by the game’s insanely beautiful graphics. Every detail is so realistic that it makes fans feel like they’re watching a live-action movie. The latest episode of the documentary “Inside” by Sony with content dedicated to The Last of Us 2 has revealed to us how Naughty Dog can do this.
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In pursuit of the ambition to make The Last of Us 2 one of the most beautiful games in the virtual world, Naughty Dog has indeed put a lot of effort in the development process. The company even accepts to spend time and effort to build its own technology in order to raise the game’s graphics to a new level. For example, when a character is angry, we can observe their eyes start to bleed, veins appear on the face, skin changes color – vivid details just like real people.

This is not limited to Joel and Ellie but even the enemies in The Last of Us 3 have these emotional shades. They will display anguish when one of their teammates falls or instinctive violence when attacking Ellie.
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Not only stopping at the character, Naughty Dog also takes care of each context and environment in the game. The development team even spent time researching about small things like each foliage, architecture. They had to walk the Seattle trail, which Ellie passes at various times of the day, to recreate it as realistically as possible. Moreover, Naughty Dog also studied very carefully about the theme of the game through books, movies, etc. After that, the company sat down and began to outline the story of The Last of Us 2.

With all the effort and enthusiasm, The Last of Us 2 promises to be the most explosive blockbuster this year. The game will launch for PlayStation 4 on June 19, 2020.​