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<\/a>The Last of Us<\/p><\/div>\n
Our story takes place in one of the last remaining quarantine zones with protagonist Joel, who is in his 40\u2019s and still remembers the world before the infection. Joel is hired to smuggle a 14 year old girl, Ellie, out of the quarantine area. Naughty Dog is not ready to talk about the reasons that Ellie must be evacuated, but this will supposedly unfold later into the broader story arch.<\/p>\n
As Ellie and Joel push out and begin to explore the ruins of civilisation, they discover a world both decrepit and beautiful. Naughty Dog wants The Last of Us to stand separate from other post-apocalytic fiction, and part of this will be creating a world that, while in a constant state of decay, is also beautiful and lush.<\/p>\n
In true Naughty Dog style, the developer has thoroughly researched the background elements that will form part of the game\u2019s environment designs. Subways will be flooded, because apparently New York city pumps thousands of litres of water out of the ground every month, and if if they stopped doing so for just 2 days the entire underground rail system would be flooded.<\/p>\n
As the underground begins to flood, the structural integrity of buildings begins to wear down, and nature begins to move in throughout the city.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The Last of Us<\/p><\/div>\n
Against the background of a lush, decaying metropolis, Naughty Dog plans to tell a compelling character driven story about a modern plague decimating mankind. \u201cNature encroaches upon civilization, forcing remaining survivors to kill for food, weapons and whatever they can find,\u201d said Naughty Dog president Evan Wells.<\/p>\n
The Last of Us is going to be released excusively on PS3, and is expected out either in the final quarter of 2012, or early in 2013.<\/p>\n