The Last of Us 3 has a basic plot outline, creative director Neil Druckmann has revealed.
Speaking on the
Script Apart podcast with fellow co-writer Halley Gross (and first spotted by
IGN), Druckmann revealed that there's been "quite a bit" of discussion within developer Naughty Dog about The Last of Us 3. "I don't know how much I want to reveal... [
Halley Gross] and I did write an outline for a story, that we're not making – but I hope one day can see the light of day – that explores a little bit what happens after this game. We'll see," the director said.
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We've now had two games that I feel speak to something universal as well as telling a very personal story for these characters. With one game, there's no pattern of what a franchise is," Druckmann continued. "With two games, now there's starting to be a pattern – now I feel like there are some structural and thematic themes you'd have to stick to if you're making a third game."
"After we finish one of our big titles, we take a long time to explore different ideas, whether it's going to be Last of Us 3, whether it's something new, whether there's some old franchise we want to go back to. I like to fully explore all of those, then look at, like: okay, we have all of these ideas in front of us. As a studio, what do we want to commit to? Because it's a huge commitment – monetary, time, passion, talent, so you think about all the opportunity costs that come with that," Druckmann concluded of the sequel talk.
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