The Last of Us Part II Remastered - Director Commentary - Full Cinematics [4k 60fps]

Director commentaries are so cool no matter what game. Ever since the original Portal, I've loved hearing them.

The commentary is the best part of the remaster

1:51:03 never noticed after Ellie kills Owen and Mel they have Joel say Ellie when Tommy says it cuz she’s freakin out that’s such a subtle detail

Ahh… what I would do to play TLOU II for the first time all over again.. this game is truly amazing.

3:34:56 What's sad about what goes on in this scene is that by losing the purpose of the Fireflies mission (where many sacrifices were made to get there), and losing Joel, on top of failing to avenge him (and Jesse) in Seattle, I think she really does feel empty. Even if Tommy had not ever told or given her the information the scene before, there's a real chance she would have done something horrible. Depression on a scale Ellie would experience would be visceral, and even with what life with a loving partner and child she could stake, there were just too many reminders of how she never got to make things right with any such loss. So I agree with the commentary: she is just talking to the grief. Maybe that's the only way she can muster something in her to do anything, no matter how reckless, to make things right.

Thanks a ton for sharing! I've played The Last of Us 2 countless times and I still can't get enough of it. The story is just so gripping. Neil really doesn't hold back, like when he decided to have Joel killed to really drive home the theme of hate. And now, listening to the cast break down each scene is just incredible. I've been having a rough month, but watching that video and hearing the cast members chat actually made me smile for the first time in ages. Thanks again for sharing!

4:16:48 "But the interesting thing to me about it is this game is so much about tribalism and saying, 'I'm right and you're wrong.' And losing the nuance of that conversation. And so much of the conversation - years later now! - people are still arguing about it on that level and not seeing the irony that they're kind of proving the point of the story. "The way they're arguing about it, whether Joel was right or Abby was right or Ellie - and it's like, no one was right. No one was wrong. It's just messy and gross in the way that these conflicts usually are." Say it louder for the fans in the back who cannot get a grip - especially the ones who attacked the actors (Laura Bailey - she showed more grace than any of them deserved, honestly) and the creators of this beautiful game. Get. A. Grip. Beautiful lesson <3

4:04:40 She left the guitar behind because she's done with that part of her life. Joel is dead, Deena is gone, Tommy is gone, the Fireflies are gone, Abby is gone, and most importantly, the self loathing is gone. It's time to start over. I think the 3rd game will see Ellie far away in a new settlement, living a regular life, but somehow get pulled into a new story due to the one thing she can't let go of ... the survivor guilt of being immune.

Thank you so much for uploading this 💚

Thank you for uploading!

Thank you for this🙏🙏

1:49:55 I laugh out loud every time I play and this scene comes up. Ellie just one punches Owen, stunning him enough to make him lose his grip on the gun so she can shoot him. I think the director confused Ellie with Abby there.

After replaying the game a few years later I’ve gained a lot more respect for it. I don’t like a lot of the choices the directors made but I respect the risk and effort they put in to make this game . SPOILER ALERt it use to bother me at the end of the game when Ellie didn’t kill Abbie , because after everything it didn’t make sense to me, but after replaying and seeing Ellie’s ptsd and her having a panic attack mid fight I think her reaction makes sense at the end she was just completely drained by that point

Neil noting that Laura and Ian's chemistry is what encouraged them to spare Lev, which eventually led to Abby living by the end, really cements why I think Abby Day 2 is probably the best section of the game. Not only do we get amazing setpieces (traveling across skyscrapers, the crane passages, the hospital Ground Zero and the Rat King), but we also get great character devlopment between Abby and Lev reminiscent of Ellie and Joel from the first game. The bond they forge is a mirror of what Ellie once had with her dad, the small happiness in a world where whay remains of humanity is likely the last of us. That’s the little hope we get by the game's very end - the bond between Abby and Lev survived, and they got to Catalina. They got to live, and hopefully be happy together for even a few years at least. I doubt we'll ever see them again, but I'm glad we have this bright spot at the end of this dark tunnel: there is still something beautiful in this broken world worth fighting for, maybe even a future. It's a nice contrast to the first game's more optimistic story and melancholic ending with Joel lying to Ellie. Instead, it's a melancholic story with an optimistic ending, at least for Abby.

2:14:30 Isaac eats some of the apple 2:16:10 Apple magically disappears from Isaac's hand 🤔

I was always curious how much time passed in all those time lapses in the end. Neal said it was somewhat a year between fight in theater and Ellie leaving the farm. But how much time Abby and Lev spend in captivity? How much time Ellie spend on that last quest? Her fingers looks like fully healed.

If I didn't have bfs who only watched the show and I can't risk spoiling them, I would be obsessing over this remaster

For me... this was an amazing piece of art that I was allowed to be a part of and experience! It was traumatic and there was pain and confusion in relation to how I felt about it all..... but wow, what an ride! Thank you!!

3:48:48 "But again she’s not gonna stop" "She can’t……..Not yet……." Chills. 😮‍

Great commentary! About the game I always wonder how people still have gas for vehicles and working batteries for flashlights if nothing is in production on every level. And even if you could find some of those around they would not last forever...