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Twitter account Naughty Dog Central also shared some screenshots of the remake, with direct comparisons to the original. And while no one’s going to deny these do look prettier, a quick glance at the tweet’s comments reveals the tenor of some of the sentiment surrounding this latest remake project.

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“Yeah, no, this is OUT OF LINE!! Especially for naughty dog. I am NOT paying 70 bucks on a simple graphic enhancement with NO MULTIPLAYER” read one reply. “Simple graphic enhancement” is certainly a gross oversimplification of the real labor going into this project, but the remake is indeed a refresh of a nine-year-old game without its original multiplayer, and Sony is charging a full 70 bucks for it. There has been pushback from Naughty Dog against describing it as a “cash grab,” but it’s easy to understand folks feeling underwhelmed about the project.

People have never stopped obsessing over the changes George Lucas made to the original Star Wars movies, if for no other reason than it sort of ruins the “moment in time” that those movies inhabited in the ‘70s and ‘80s. I feel the same about The Last Of Us. It was a cool enough PS3 adventure and a nice way to wrap that generation up. A sequel felt somewhat appropriate, but I now feel like the “moment in time” of the original is now spoiled a bit thanks to this unnecessary-feeling remake trying to make itself relevant.