The Last of Us Part I

This article is about the remake. For the original game, see The Last of Us.
The Last of Us Part I
Ellie looks somberly to the right in the background, with a smaller image of Joel looking down in the foreground. The white text on screen says "The Last of Us Part I".
Cover art design by David Blatt[1]
Developer(s)Naughty Dog[a]
Publisher(s)Sony Interactive Entertainment
Director(s)
  • Matthew Gallant[b]
  • Shaun Escayg[c]
Producer(s)Waylon Brinck
Designer(s)Christian Wohlwend[d]
Programmer(s)Travis McIntosh[e]
Artist(s)
  • Erick Pangilinan
  • Sebastian Gromann[f]
Writer(s)Neil Druckmann
Composer(s)Gustavo Santaolalla
SeriesThe Last of Us
Platform(s)
Release
  • PlayStation 5
  • September 2, 2022
  • Windows
  • March 28, 2023
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

The Last of Us Part I is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. A remake of the 2013 game The Last of Us, it features revised gameplay, including enhanced combat and exploration, and expanded accessibility options. Players control Joel, who is tasked with escorting the young Ellie across a post-apocalyptic United States and defend her against cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus. The game includes a remake of the 2014 expansion pack The Last of Us: Left Behind, which follows Ellie and her best friend Riley. The original game's online multiplayer mode is omitted.

Development was led by game director Matthew Gallant and creative director Shaun Escayg, who replaced original directors Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann. Part I was rebuilt to take advantage of updated hardware, requiring new animations, art direction, and character models to align with the vision of the original development team. The visual departments analyzed the original cutscenes and narrative beats to identify crucial storylines and their original direction and purpose. The team expanded upon the gameplay, technology, and accessibility features of The Last of Us Part II (2020), using its game engine and building upon it with the updated technology. The cutscenes feature audio descriptions, for which the developers collaborated with Descriptive Video Works. Part I supports 3D audio, as well as the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers of the DualSense controller.

Following several leaks, The Last of Us Part I was announced in June 2022 and released for PlayStation 5 in September. It received positive reviews, with praise for its graphical enhancements, facial animations, artificial intelligence, and its added accessibility, audio, and controller options. The response to its gameplay and level design was mixed, and several critics questioned the necessity of a remake, especially considering its price. It received an award at the Visual Effects Society Awards, and nominations at the Game Awards and Golden Joystick Awards. The Windows release in March 2023 was marred by performance problems and received mixed reviews.

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