TLOU 3 Appears Inevitable As Druckmann Teases ‘One Extra Chapter’

If, for no matter purpose, you weren’t glad with the hopeful ambiguity of The Final of Us Half II’s ending, it seems like Naughty Canine nonetheless thinks there’s at the least another bullet within the chamber for the sequence. Director Neil Druckmann has revealed within the Grounded II: The Making of The Final of Us Half II documentary that he nonetheless thinks there’s a 3rd chapter on this story. And god, I want he would simply let protagonist Ellie kind her life out in peace.

Within the documentary, Druckmann defined that whereas he was beforehand quoted saying that Naughty Canine had an overview for a 3rd Final of Us recreation, this wasn’t truly the case again in 2021. At that time, he was referring to a aspect story that targeted on Tommy, the brother of Half I protagonist Joel, who ends in a revenge-fueled rage with no closure. That idea has since been shelved, and Druckmann truly has an idea for a possible third recreation (thanks Gematsu).

“The primary recreation had such a clear idea of the unconditional love a mother or father feels for his or her baby,” Druckmann mentioned. “The second, as soon as we landed on this concept of the pursuit of justice at any value, justice for those you like, it felt like there’s a clear idea right here and there’s a through-line from the primary recreation about love. If we by no means get to do it once more, this can be a nice ending level. The final chew of the apple, the story’s executed.”

“I’ve been fascinated about, ‘Is there an idea there?’ And for now years, I haven’t been capable of finding that idea,” he continued. “However just lately, that’s modified. I don’t have a narrative, however I do have that idea, that, to me…is its personal factor, but has this through-line for all three. So it does really feel like there’s in all probability another chapter to this story.”

Regardless of my vehement dislike of the reductive method Druckmann talks about The Final of Us, I do discover Half II to be a worthwhile continuation of The Final of Us’ story. A part of me trusts that the crew may do proper by each character and story concerned in a 3rd recreation. However I additionally was so content material with the full-circle ending Half II provided with its deal with forgiveness over grief-driven violence. My concern is that as a result of AAA video video games carry the expectation of fight, a hypothetical Final of Us Half III must undermine a few of the classes discovered on the finish of the second recreation to justify its existence in some folks’s eyes. My best third Final of Us recreation would haven’t any fight in any respect. It might present Ellie strolling by way of Jackson, discovering her estranged girlfriend, Dina, and seeing if bridges might be rebuilt.

However I don’t assume I truly must see that. I like ending The Final of Us at Ellie leaving the ache of each video games behind and looking for one thing within the items which are left. However capitalism dictates that large online game franchises should be dragged again onto the meeting line. Right here’s hoping no matter Naughty Canine has deliberate manages to really feel like a pure continuation of what’s come earlier than.

No matter The Final of Us Half III is, it’s not Naughty Canine’s subsequent challenge. The crew is engaged on a brand new IP, which is the primary time the studio has executed so because the authentic Final of Us in 2013.