When an enormous console recreation lastly involves PCs, three issues occur in roughly this order: PC avid gamers complain concerning the port, hackers tear it to items, after which modders go to city, creating distinctive experiences you will not discover on the console variations. Case in level: a brand new mod for The Last of Us Part 1 that turns the gritty survival motion title from a indifferent third-person expertise into an immersive first-person nightmare.
The Last of Us takes place in a darkish, dreary, and harmful world, and the third-person perspective can assist the participant keep away from the creeping panic that may simply set in when sneaking round to keep away from zombies and hostile people. Moving the sport into first-person removes that additional buffer, and it seems to be like it will probably make the motion all of the extra brutal and horrifying.
We say “seems to be like” as a result of we have not really tried the mod for ourselves. In reality, nobody has exterior of the creator. We’re not even positive the mod really exists in a type that could possibly be conveniently shared. The movies demonstrating the sport performed in first-person are described by the creator as “idea showcases”, and they’re virtually completely fight gameplay in a single stage of the sport.
It could be attainable to create such a video utilizing digicam hacks and management tweaks, so we’re not really clear how a lot “modding” is going on right here. The creator describes the gameplay as such, although, and says that the mod is a “work in progress”. There is a little bit of animation strangeness seen within the movies, and neither cutscenes nor scripted occasions (like Joel boosting Ellie up over a bus) are affected.
