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What's on my shopping list? The Last Of Us tabletop game
11K View2022-11-06It's that time of year, the holiday season! The time when the retail world is revving in anticipation for the Christmas shopping season, and everywhere you go, they're saying, Shop! Shop! Shop! Commercialism aside, in the gaming world, it's the time of year when we see some big releases and sometimes... some unique ones. Case in point, the recently announced tabletop game The Last of Us: Escape the Dark.
It seems like Naughty Dog keeps rolling with the Last of Us announcements. If you're keeping track, Naughty Dog released a remake of the original game for the PS5, The Last of Us Part I and The Last of Us HBO series is rumored to be coming in January. Then there's also The Last of Us multiplayer project, which got a small teaser this past summer.
To add to that list, we now have The Last of Us: Escape the Dark. A board game featuring black and white illustrated chapter cards that players work to solve together. There will be 1-5 players that can take control of Ellie, Joel, Tess, Bill, Tommy, or Marlene as they attempt to reach safety while exploring an open-world map. If you've played Escape the Dark Castle, produced by Themeborne. The same company Naughty Dog has partnered with to create The Last of Us: Escape the Dark, the mechanics are very similar.
I'm not complaining. I love The Last of Us, and it wouldn't be the first game series to be turned into a board game. It was just announced that Elden Ring is also getting a board game release. The Last of Us: Escape The Dark will feature locations from the original Last of Us, including the Suburbs, Sewers, and University, and a combination of human and infected enemies. I can easily see myself whipping this out at a party night, if only for some laughs, and as a fan of the series, it'll be cool to see how the game translates to the new medium.
The Kickstarter campaign starts November 8th. Naughty Dog has stated fans will get a closer look at the game and a chance to secure a collector's edition when the campaign goes live. Could this all be just another cash grab? A chance to grab as much dough from fans of the series as possible? It's entirely possible, but given the history of Naughty Dog, I think they deserve the benefit of the doubt. They've produced quality work since Crash Bandicoot, and there's no reason to believe they won't put the care into this product that they do with their other titles. Keep your eyes peeled. It might just be worth it.
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The last of Us was a very very bad PlayStation game nobody really wanted to play the first one was somewhat okay the second one sucked horribly. Hopefully they give up on everything with this dumb game series that they've destroyed. I would say out of all the gaming series in the world The last of Us was the biggest one to fail worse than cyberpunks release lol
2022-11-07
Was one of PlayStations best games, they ruined the series with the second one, and milked the first one as much as they could.
2022-11-07
Nice I love that it’s kinda good with the taking the box off theirs photos form the game or not but it’s cool
2022-11-07