The problem with suffocating human misery is that it doesn’t suffocate enough. Sometimes I have a nice lunch, go to the garden center, or hang out in the amber cornfields in the dappled evening sun. Well, no more!When the bleak, post-apocalyptic The Last of Us finally hits PC March 3 (opens in new tab) Next year, it will be playable on the Steam Deck, so you can suffer whenever and wherever you want.
This news comes straight from the creator of TLoU (and co-president of Naughty Dog). neil druckmann twitter (opens in new tab)In response to a fan asking about deck compatibility in the game, Druckmann replied:[TLoU protagonists] Ellie and Joel grace the Steam deck…don’t worry! ”
Rest assured that your vulnerability to darkness on the go will be overcome when the game releases on PC next year. Of course, Druckmann doesn’t say how well it works, so you might end up taking a hit to framerate or fidelity to make it work in the palm of your hand, but that’s impressive for the deck anyway. We’re proud of it. On consoles, The Last of Us Part 1 is one of the relatively few games that claims to run only on the PS5 (although this is likely due in part to the fact that there’s another game out there). possible). TLoU gashup version for PS4 (opens in new tab) already). The fact that the deck can keep up with this current generation masterpiece is a testament to its capabilities.
Sony (and a few others) have set the default price for new games at $70/£70, TLoU is nostalgic $60/£50 on Steam (opens in new tab)I can’t wait to get my hands on it. The original wasn’t the best game ever made, as some have suggested, but it was a tense and exciting story with great performances and a solid narrative. It’s good to see you free from it and free to roam with your PC and, yes, your Steam Deck.
This isn’t the only PS exclusive to land on our shores. Sony also announced that the roguelike shooter Returnal is coming to PC. (opens in new tab) in the near future. However, there is no firm release date yet.Currently listed as vague Coming Soon on Steam (opens in new tab)but if SteamDB is any indication, it could run on deck whenever it releases (opens in new tab)If you ask me, now is a great time to be a PC gamer.
