It also led the 19th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards with 15 nominations and eight wins, [142] and the 21st Game Developers Choice Awards with six nominations, [d] of which it won one. The Last of Us Part II was originally planned as an open world game with hub worlds, but later game transferred to a more linear style as it better served the narrative. It also won Best Action-Adventure Game at the British Academy Video Games Awards, [139] and The Escapist, [181] as well as Best Action Game from Hardcore Gamer [182] and Adventure Game of the Year at the D. Anthony Newman and Kurt Margenau were selected to be co-game directors for Part II, [26] overseeing gameplay elements such as level design and mechanics. E. Awards with 11 nominations, [140] of which it won two: Outstanding Achievement in Animation and Outstanding Achievement in Story.

The game's Photo Mode allows players to capture images of the game by pausing gameplay and adjusting the camera freely. Ghost of Tsushima стала игрой года по версии NAVGTR Awards"[Ghost of Tsushima named NAVGTR Awards Game of the Year]. While its zombie skeleton brings immediate comparisons to The Walking Dead, its beating heart is more in line with last year’s Station Eleven, with which it shares a surprisingly steady and meditative pace.Its smaller storylines might not scale those heights, but they broaden its reach and enrich our understanding. Early story concepts for The Last of Us Part II were conceived during the development of The Last of Us in 2013.

Overall, it was the sixth-best-selling game of the year in the United States; [156] it was the third-best-selling for PlayStation consoles, and the best-selling PlayStation 4-only game. It was praised for its improved gameplay, [1] [2] [76] graphical fidelity, [2] [5] [75] cast performances, [74] [77] [78] characters, [1] [5] [7] audio design, [5] [77] [79] and music, [75] [80] [81] though critics were divided on its narrative and themes. By August 2014, the game had sold eight million copies: seven million on PlayStation 3 and one million on PlayStation 4. In the hospital, Marlene tells Joel that Ellie is being prepared for surgery: in hopes of producing a vaccine for the infection, the Fireflies must remove the infected portion of Ellie's brain, which will kill her.Believing in Ellie's importance, she sacrifices herself against pursuing soldiers so Joel and Ellie can escape. It was nominated for 13 awards at the 17th British Academy Games Awards, the most in the show's history, [138] winning for Animation, the publicly-voted EE Game of the Year, and Performer in a Leading Role (for Bailey). Matt Helgeson of Game Informer wrote that the relationship felt identifiable, naming it "poignant" and "well drawn". Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968), with a lead character similar to John Hartigan from Sin City (1991–2000).

Naughty Dog replaced and altered characters in the trailers to conceal story events; Druckmann cited the marketing of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001), which concealed its protagonist in trailers, as an influence.Naughty Dog is shutting down multiplayer servers for Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3, and The Last of Us on PS3 later this year". Welsh of Eurogamer found Johnson's performance as Ellie to be "standout" due to her depiction of "rawness, vulnerability, and rage".