Naughty Dog has been a boon to Sony, cutting their teeth with Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter before moving on to the Uncharted series and, finally, delivering their biggest hit to date with The Last of Us in 2013. Such a touchstone game was sure to have a followup and The Last of Us Part II dropped in 2020. Creative force Neil Druckmann has that while The Last of Us was a story about how far one would go for love, Part II is about how far one will go for revenge for that love - inspired in part by Druckmann's experiences growing up in Israel and the violence he encountered there. While a very loud minority tried to sink the game, it had little effect as it has become a critical and commercial success, selling over 10 million copies as of June 2022 and winning over 320 game awards - a ... |
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