Developer of The Last of Us remake tells why the game isn't a "cheeky way to drain your money"
Robert Morrison is an animator who worked as part of PlayStation Visual Arts on the remake of the first The Last of Us. He has now moved to another studio within Sony, but still expressed himself about the upcoming project: as if the remake was not born simply out of a desire to earn more money.
"This is not an attempt to snatch money.
In fact, this is the most carefully thought out and well thought out project I have ever seen or worked on in my entire career. The highest level of attention to detail possible"
Gamers have reasons to distrust Morrison's claims:
- A game developer is a person who is interested in praising their game.
- The remake of The Last of Us is sold at a new price - $69.99. the original cost $59.99, and the PlayStation 4 re-release is $49.99. At the same time, multiplayer was included in the original and re-release, but it is not in the remake. It seems that there will also be no plot additions in the remake - only the graphics will change (although not very significantly). It turns out that in the remake, users pay more for the game, which will have less content.
Therefore, under Morrison's comment, a controversy flared up: is the remake of The Last of Us really worth the price, and how true are the reproaches from the developer? Morrison replied:
"Yes, I work for Sony. I was also a lead animator at Microsoft Game Studios. I have PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo consoles and a gaming PC. I support all platforms and I've said this many times before. Games should be fun" .
"I can't influence the price of the game, and the value for each person is subjective. You can decide for yourself whether you want to buy it or not. All I want to say is that I am impressed with the work done by the wonderful team of the project. They invested in it an incredible amount of love."
Finally, Morrison set a reminder for September 2, 2022 - apparently to see how much reviews of The Last of Us: Part O would change after release.
