Episode 1145
The Last of Us Part II
Sun, 2020-Jun-21 02:04 UTC
Length - 2:01
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With 287,858 views on Saturday, 20 June 2020 our article of the day is The Last of Us Part II.
The Last of Us Part II is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. Set five years after The Last of Us (2013), players control 19-year-old Ellie, who comes into conflict with a mysterious cult in a post-apocalyptic United States. The game contains survival horror elements and is played from a third-person perspective. Players can use firearms, improvised weapons, and stealth to defend against enemies and cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus.
The six-year development of Part II began in 2014, soon after the release of The Last of Us Remastered. Neil Druckmann returned as creative director, while Gustavo Santaolalla returned to compose the score. The game was announced in December 2016 and delayed twice, first for further development and then due to logistical problems arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. It was released on June 19, 2020, and received a near universally positive critical response. Praise was directed at the improved gameplay over its predecessor and visual fidelity, while its plot and the presentations of its themes through violence received a polarized response.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:04 UTC on Sunday, 21 June 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see The Last of Us Part II on Wikipedia.
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