2y ago

The Last of Us multiplayer project officially cancelled by Naughty Dog

www.eurogamer.net

Say what you will, but last of us 1 factions was one of my all time favorite mp games. Really sad to see this cancelled

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Silver lining is players can finally be free instead of constantly being strung along year after year wondering if this is the year it will come out.
Feels like I've been hearing back and forth forever about whether it's going to happen. I never tried the multiplayer personally, but I know this is sad news for many
- It had some pretty good aspects to it, but their reasoning behind cancelling (would need to "shift to a live service model") it is pretty unfortunate and telling of the industry.
  The game solely exists as a multiplayer team death match with the gameplay mechanics of The Last of Us. It was like Max Payne 3 meets Gears of War.
  It was fun for PS3, I could see it faring well enough today but if their plan was to monetize it then it's better off dead. Especially considering the state of the PC release, it just wasn't the type of game to feasibly monetize. What can you do, skins? So any fun free unlocks are now paid or locked behind a battle pass, nice. What else is there, game enhancements? There were consumables so, we could have been paying for packs of those! Truly, we're missing out.
- Is it really? I thought the entire point of this game series was delivering a tightly scripted singleplayer narrative. That's what attracts people to it. I think the overlap with people looking for some kind of multiplayer shooter is fairly small.
  
  Used to be our favorite single player games came with multiplayer modes attached to them. You didn't expect them to get years of content. You just enjoyed them for a little while with some friends and then moved on. Not only is that totally fine, I'd argue it's preferable.
  
  It's a really good, well done stealth game that rewards very deliberate action and awareness of your surroundings. The multiplayer in the original was unique and really fun.

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