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Surprise The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Update Lets You Play the Game’s Story Chronologically

JUL 8 – The free update introduces a linear narrative, new trophies, and Uncharted-themed skins, enhancing player insight into the story and improving performance on PlayStation 5 and PC.

  • On July 8, 2025, Naughty Dog launched a complimentary patch for the PS5 and PC versions of The Last of Us Part II Remastered, introducing a new story mode that presents the narrative in chronological order.
  • The update responds to the original game’s intentional nonlinear narrative by offering a mode that presents the story events in chronological order.
  • Players will experience Ellie and Abby’s journeys without time shifts, revealing how their actions and paths closely intersect throughout the story.
  • Naughty Dog explained that the update allows players to better understand how Ellie’s receiving a guitar naturally leads into her development of musical skills, offering enhanced narrative depth.
  • The mode aims mainly for returning players and rewards completing the game in chronological order with Uncharted-inspired skins, while recommending new players try the original first.
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For those who had difficulty understanding, Naughty Dog and Nixxes added a new game mode that allows to play the remaster of The Last Of us Part II in chronological order of events. It happened today in the form of a patch for the game. Some bugs were fixed in passing,

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GameLuster broke the news in on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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