r/thelastofus • • Apr 29 '26

General Discussion The Last of Us Part III – Theories, Wishlists & Speculation MEGATHREAD

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With rumors, leaks, and speculation around The Last of Us Part III picking up, we’re consolidating all discussion into one place.

Use this thread for:

  • Story theories / predictions
  • Character arcs (Ellie, Abby, new characters, etc.)
  • Wishlist features (gameplay, mechanics, setting)
  • “What should Part III be about?” posts
  • General speculation and rumors

To reduce repetitive posts and keep the subreddit readable:
Standalone posts about Part III speculation will be removed and redirected here.


r/thelastofus • • Jan 20 '24

Technical/Bug/Glitch TLOU2 Remastered bug/glitch unofficial report thread

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Unfortunately, the TLOU2 remaster seems to have introduced quite a few bugs that were not present in the original release. This is fine, since some things are always missed, but I thought I'd make a thread for people to post any of the bugs they've run into in game to hopefully increase the chances that Naughty Dog will learn of these issues and patch them. So far, I have experienced or seen people mention the following:

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  • In No Return mode, some characters are unable to change their weapon skins for some reason. If you try to select any of the different weapon skins, the game will make the "locked" noise and you'll be stuck on whatever skin you had equipped at the time of the glitch occurring. I've personally seen this with Jesse, Yara, and Mel so far, but it may happen with other characters too.

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  • Enemy dialogue that would play at the start of and during Abby's brewery encounter on day 3 no longer triggers. The WLF soldiers would call out Abby for betraying them and talk about Owen doing the same briefly, but now none of the enemy dialogue throughout this encounter triggers at all. (I'm also wondering if there's any other missing/broken dialogue).

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  • Ellie's "Boston" skin from promotional material seems to be missing from the game entirely. It's unable to be seen or selected in any of the menus. While it's possible this was cut prior to release, it would be very strange since the skin looked finished and was very recently seen in the marketing prior to release. Additionally, Abby's Santa Barbra skin does not use the correct backpack model despite the menu indicating that it should.

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  • Skins seem to not be applying for multiple users correctly in story mode.

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  • The main menu won't change back to the original boat in the water look after starting a new game.

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  • I've not experienced this myself, but No Return seems to cause major frame drops for many players. Personally, I'm really curious what's causing this as it only seems to affect some people.

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  • Some users report being unable to escape from grapples despite mashing the square button as prompted by the game.

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If you know of any other bugs, please feel free to list them here! I'm not sure if Naughty Dog often responds to support requests, but you could still try filling out one here. Most of these bugs aren't game breaking, but hopefully Naughty Dog still learns of them and takes the time to fix them as some of these are pretty unfortunate.


r/thelastofus • • 4h ago

PT 1 FANART Ellie as a trex and Joel as a songbird

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Little sketches of them I made


r/thelastofus • • 1h ago

General Discussion Neil's acceptance speech for TLOU winning Kinda Funny's Greatest game of all time out in their top 100 list is worth watching.

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r/thelastofus • • 3h ago

PT 1 DISCUSSION Kinda Funny Games names The Last of Us as their greatest game of all time during Top 100 Greatest Games of All Time

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r/thelastofus • • 12h ago

Video what was going through his mind?

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r/thelastofus • • 4h ago

PT 2 PHOTO MODE Tlou2 Pictures. Spoiler

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r/thelastofus • • 22h ago

General Discussion I was hoping it would’ve shown us

154 Upvotes

It ended a bit sooner than I expected I was hoping to see Riley die and then see how Ellie gets to Marlene.


r/thelastofus • • 1d ago

TLOU 2 IRL I know that it’s been discussed a million times already but I can’t get over how surreal it is to play your favorite game and see landmarks from the street your job is located at

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The mall in Ellie day 3 is literally connected to my job’s building. It’s crazy how accurate it is


r/thelastofus • • 19h ago

PT 2 FANART Ellie and Dina silhouette fanart by me Spoiler

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Made the silhouette symbolise "Home".

CJ: at least it was before I f*cked everything up.


r/thelastofus • • 22h ago

Link co-op for No Return in The Last of Us Part II Remastered (PC)

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edit: added a new video shot during bug testing

I've been working on a mod that adds two-player online co-op to No Return. Right now it syncs:

• player movement and animations
• weapons, the backpack and flashlights
• melee, including grabs, stealth kills, knockdowns and finishers
• enemies and their AI, both human and infected
• damage and deaths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK3IAwtHEv0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbafbqzUA58&feature=youtu.be

The first goal is fully working co-op in No Return. After that I plan to bring co-op to the single-player campaign, then a PvP mode.

Stay tuned. In a future post I'll show enemy sync in action: loading into a map, playing through it and finishing an encounter together.

There's no download yet. When it releases, it will be completely free and open source. This is a fan project, not affiliated with Naughty Dog or Sony. The mod won't include any of the game's original code or files. It will require a legitimate copy of the game. We don't support piracy and never will.

This mod is built from scratch and isn't based on Specializer's mod.


r/thelastofus • • 7h ago

PT 2 NO RETURN Which character/variation in "No Return" is it possible to unlock Tipsy Bison? Spoiler

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Jackson


r/thelastofus • • 14h ago

Image My part 1 collection

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r/thelastofus • • 21h ago

General Fanart Wanted to show off another of my LoU toy photography shots. I love this scene.

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This and the giraffe scene are my favorites from the series. Thank you for looking!


r/thelastofus • • 1d ago

General Discussion Be honest, what moment in part 1 or part 2 got you scared the most

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r/thelastofus • • 19h ago

Link Ragdoll and Blood Refinements for The Last of Us Part II Remastered

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r/thelastofus • • 18h ago

PT 2 DISCUSSION My first kinda speed run for the "You can't stop this" achievement Spoiler

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I had some trouble with abby in day 2, over all a nice playthrough


r/thelastofus • • 1d ago

PT 1 PHOTO MODE Its just too beautiful of a game

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r/thelastofus • • 1d ago

General Discussion This is pretty cool!

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r/thelastofus • • 1d ago

General Discussion What’s something you wish was different/expanded upon about the infected?

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r/thelastofus • • 1d ago

Small Detail Why is there a British 3 pin plug on a vending machine in Seattle?

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Just after emerging from the building in The Descent, with Lev, Seattle Day 2.


r/thelastofus • • 14h ago

PT 2 QUESTION I don't fully understand how these infecteds are able to see me, aren't them fully blind? Spoiler

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Sadly I don't have a previous clip where I could crouch (while pressing Ctrl to make little sound) right in front of one and it didn't see me at all, but here it seems like I just got spotted in a instant. Idk if this just a coincidence of another infected was watching me (weird because I took the time to watch them walk and memorize their pattern) or maybe I just don't understand how it works.

Btw sorry if I don't say their names in English I have no idea, I just saved the clip, popped up reddit and made this post.


r/thelastofus • • 22h ago

PT 1 DISCUSSION Some Ellie shots !

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r/thelastofus • • 1d ago

PT 2 DISCUSSION Attention to detail in this game is crazy Spoiler

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r/thelastofus • • 1d ago

PT 1 VIDEO Dear god...

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"This is a nail bomb."