USGamer: The Last of Us Part II won’t have multiplayer (update: Naughty Dog responds. See threadmark)

[Neat]

Much more at the link:
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-last-of-us-part-2-no-multiplayer-mode-faction

EDIT: Confirmed by Druckmann himself in a preview/interview piece with The Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/...t-2-exclusive-interview-neil-druckmann-ellie/

EDIT 2: It should be noted that, despite this piece of news, Naughty Dog currently has open (and recent) job listings for multiplayer programmers specifically for The Last of Us Part II, so take that how you will.

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EDIT 3: Naughty Dog responds

 

[darkwing]

nooooooooooooo

 

[MillionIII]

Oh WOW, the mp was pretty fun :(

 

[Kyora90]

But that was the best part from the first game.

 

[Deleted member 58846]

That is totally fine. Just give me that unforgettable campaign, and we're golden.

 

[Turkoop]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[EVA UNIT 01]

Wow..but meh

 

[Voke]

damn that's extremely disappointing. Don't they have an entire team dedicated to MP? Are they working on something else?

 

[Yinyangfooey]

Good, now Sony can't shut down servers after 2 years if there aren't any servers to shut down

 

[ghostcrew]

EXCUSE ME?

 

[BeaconofTruth]

Wack, that mp was good.

 

[Dougieflesh]

This is terrible news.

 

[SUBZERO-08]

Glad to hear they're not wasting resources on multiplayer. Probably played 15 minutes of multiplayer in the first one before calling it quits.

 

[Tophat Jones]

Hm.

That sucks.

 

[Alucrid]

that sucks. i really liked the mp

 

[NHarmonic.]

Shame for those who liked it. I'm perfectly happy with the SP campaing though.

 

[Toumari]

So no multiplayer trophies. Cool.

 

[verygooster]

A shame since it was really well received in the last game.

 

[EssBeeVee]

2 disc SP game or did they already mention what the other disc is?

 

[TheInfinityGauntlet]

That's a shame, the multiplayer was great

At least it means they can't continue the bullshit microtransactions that ruined the first

 

[ron_bato]

Disappointing. I really loved factions. This is a huge fucking bummer.

 

[PlayBee]

Fine by me

 

[TheMrPliskin]

That's a real shame. The MP in the first game was one of the most enjoyable multiplayer modes in recent memory.

 

[Ocean Bones]

The last of us had legit good mp. Really bizarre decision here. Somethings up.

 

[Mirage]

Shame for those who liked it. I'm perfectly happy with the SP campaing though.

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Pretty much how I feel. Never touched it but sucks for those who liked it.

 

[Van Bur3n]

Oh no, not the multiplayer part of a Naughty Dog game!

 

[Blizzcut]

I have zero issue with this, full focus on a great singleplayer campaign, I think that just sweetened the deal even more for me.

 

[MarauderShields]

Glad to hear they're not wasting resources on multiplayer. Probably played 15 minutes of multiplayer in the first one before calling it quits.

Click to shrink...

Yeah I hate when devs make stuff other people like

 

[Sleve McDichael]

I hope they do a stand-alone MP component and release it with DLC.
The first is one of my favorite MP games ever.

 

[Lant_War]

Personally, I only play these games for the singleplayer so if this means a meatier campaign, good.

 

[Roosevelt]

Good, was hoping they would put all their resources towards the singleplayer mode.

 

[ApeEscaper]

Guess this is a rent then, or pass completely or probably just watch a playthrough online just don't want to support this shit decision with my money.

Fuck this so much people was looking forward to TLOU 2 MP

 

[krae_man]

Twist: Soon it will be revealed you can play the entire game co-op!

 

[Stairouais]

For once, I have to say, this sucks.

TloU 1 mp was amazing.

 

[i-hate-u]

It's totally coming with the PS5 port. So obvious.

 

[LifeLine]

Damn. TLoU multiplayer was one of the best multiplayer games on PS3.

The game was literally doing PUBG style resource gathering gameplay and R6 Seige like team play before those games came out.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

This is very disappointing.

My hype deflated after this news. Not entirely but yeah.

 

[dancingphlower]

So no multiplayer trophies. Cool.

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Is it bad that that was my first thought too? lol.

 

[Deleted member 437]

Damn......

That legit sucks.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

That sucks was looking forward to MP.

 

[Deleted member 18742]

Oh no, not the multiplayer part of a Naughty Dog game!

Click to shrink...

So true lmao

Glad ND can use the resources to make the SP even better

 

[Rellyrell28]

Good I prefer games of this nature that's story driven to not have multiplayer.

 

[joefro]

Damn. I played the multiplayer for months post TLOU campaign on PS3. This sucks.

 

[Arkeband]

Yeah I hate when devs make stuff other people like

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How many people actually played TLOU's multiplayer? Serious question, it seems like modes like that require some kind of social component and most people interested in that kind of gameplay would, I assume, rather play games actually known/meant for it.

 

[Lukar]

That's actually kind of disappointing. The multiplayer in the first one was a pleasant surprise.

 

[Strafer]

Good.

Naughty Dog is best with the narrative stuff

im so happy

 

[Deleted member 923]

Goddamnit

 

[Abudiix]

That makes me really sad

 

[EVA UNIT 01]

So a 2 disc campaign. Awesome

 

[F4r0_Atak]

2 disc SP game or did they already mention what the other disc is?

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Maybe it will be like RDR2: one install disc and one game disc. 🤔