- There it is!
That's when I was like, "Woo!"
- I thought the first game was graphic.
This is taking it to a whole other level.
♪ (punk rock intro) ♪
- Oh, is this The Last of Us?
- Wait, is this Last of Us, the second one that they're making?
- (laughing) Yes!
Oh, I've been waiting for this game forever now.
- I literally watched this the other day
and I was like, "Hey, I wonder when I'm gonna react to this."
- I was literally watching this in the bathroom at work
when it came out and I was like... (tearing up).
- (Jesse) Your old man really laid into me today.
- I just wanna see Joel.
I literally don't care about anything else.
- (Jesse) It's funny how involved he gets whenever
you're scheduled to go out.
- That makes me think that Joel is still alive because
they talk about him in the present tense.
- I swear, if he's not alive, I'm gonna quit.
I'm gonna cry and quit.
- (Jesse) She's putting on quite the show.
- Who's this, Ellie?
- Does she like her? I hope so.
- (Dina) Hey!
- And what's so crazy is it looks like a movie.
- I can't stop staring at the graphics.
That's crazy.
- Is this that new girl she's with?
- (Jesse) Hey, don't forget! We leave at first light,
so get some rest. - Ellie's gonna snatch her.
- (Dina) Okay, I have a very serious question for you.
♪ (gentle music) ♪
How bad do I smell? - (chuckling)
- That's a weird question to ask but okay. (laughing)
- (Ellie) Like a hot pile of garbage?
- (Dina) Oh. Okay.
- The sweat. The sweat on her.
It looks good.
- (Dina chuckling softly) - This is so cute.
- This is adorable.
I love the character development for Ellie.
She's just become gayer and I love it.
- (Ellie) Every guy in this room is staring at you right now.
- She's so cute. How adorable.
- (Dina) Maybe they're staring at you.
- Oh my god, the graphics are so real.
- This looks like, I don't know, an introduction to a whole movie.
- Games are becoming like movies.
It's weird. It's really weird.
- (Ellie) I'm just a girl. I'm not a threat.
- The soundtrack is still so mood setting and everything.
- Ooh, that kiss.
- How cute!
- There it is.
That's when I was like, "Woo!"
- They're so cute!
♪ (unsettling music) ♪ - Uh...
(man grunting in pain) - Oh.
Now it's getting intense.
- Ooh! - (man struggling)
- Oh, [bleep].
- The way The Last of Us goes from cute cutscenes
where you're making connections, and then back to just
the grittiness of it all, I would love that because
then you get the best of both worlds.
- Ooh, now some gameplay.
- She still has her switchblade. Did you catch that?
It's the same switchblade as the first game.
- (hanged man screaming) Holy [bleep]!
No! No! No! (screaming in agony)
- Oh my god.
- (hanged man gurgling)
- (groaning)
- (exhaling) Jeez!
- Jeez. There are intestines just falling out of him.
- That's probably the last way I would ever want to die.
- Okay, so it's a little bit more extreme than last time.
- This is already so gory and violent, like, so quick.
I feel like this one's gonna be incredibly intense.
(gun shot) - Oh, that's cool!
You can shoot under cars now?
- (Ellie groaning in fear) - Uh-oh.
- (assailant) You brat! - (Ellie grunting)
- Jesus. - (Ellie) Mother[bleep]!!
(gunfire) - Oh gosh.
- Ah, Joel raised a monster. I love it.
(explosion) - Ooh!
(gasping) Explosive arrows?
- That person literally exploded. - (assailant snarling)
- That was awesome.
- Oh my gosh!
(glass shattering) - Jeez Louise.
- That's crazy good graphics.
- It just looks so smooth and good.
And I want to know where Joel is.
Did I mention I want to know where Joel is?
- I'm sorry, but there's no way that the actual gameplay
could be this seamless like this.
- I forget how little she was in the first game.
This is a very, very different Ellie than the one in the first one.
- This girl never catches a break though.
I feel like she's been running for her life for how many years now?
- (Ellie screaming) - Ugh!
- (Ellie panting) - (groaning)
I thought the first game was graphic.
This is taking it to a whole other level.
♪ (dreamlike ballad) ♪
- Oh, and then we're back to the romantic cutscenes.
- (Dina) See? I told you.
They should be terrified. - Oh my god!
I can't wait for this.
I've replayed the first Last of Us seven times.
♪ (folk music) ♪
- I want this game so much.
- I'm very hyped for Last of Us because that's probably
one of my favorite games of all time.
- How long ago did I play that?
And they're now just coming out with part two?
- Last of Us was the first game that really got me
into story driven games.
This is probably one of the most hyped I've ever been for a video game.
- (FBE) That was the trailer for The Last of Us Part 2.
- That's so cool.
- It looked really real.
I don't think I've ever seen a game with that good of graphics.
- At first, I had no idea it was a video game.
I was like, "Oh, I'm about to watch a movie trailer."
- The facial animation, the lips, everything looks great.
They keep making it better and better somehow.
- If they didn't finesse the audience and fake the gameplay,
which happens a lot, especially at E3 stuff,
if they got combat like that awesome looking,
then props to them.
- I'm wondering, okay, where's Joel?
Is he dead or alive?
How old is Ellie in this one too?
And where are they at because this is a whole new environment
and new people they're encountering.
- (FBE) So for many, one of the most significant elements
of the game is the fact that Ellie, the protagonist,
is both queer and female. - Yes.
I remember when we were playing it last time,
we were like, "Oh, she totally likes her
Like, there's no way."
But we didn't actually think they were gonna put
that into the game."
- (gasping) - (both squealing)
- Oh my god!
- We were so excited.
- There's a certain part of every gay person that
is watching at TV show and they're like,
"Make a character gay" because I want to be able
to relate on a deeper level to that character
and then we were playing that middle one with Mikaela
and there was a kiss in there and I was, "Oh, [bleep]!"
You never actually get that kind of, you know, gratification.
- (FBE) How different is that not only for an action video game,
but even just in entertainment property in general?
- Yeah, I mean, I guess I never really put thought to it,
but if I was in that community and I was like, "Man,
why is there no games like this," I would be pissed.
- Most of the times, you do see it being male,
so bringing that basically into the exact same thing
for video games, having the main protagonist
be a female and also be lesbian, which is crazy, and I think
that's definitely a reason for people to want to go out there
and buy the game.
- Everyone can identify with what we already have
to a certain degree, but to take it to the next level
and be like, okay, this character, not only do I identify with her
because she's a woman and she's strong willed,
but she is actually part of the LGBT community,
which I am as well.
It's opening up all opportunities for everyone from all walks of life
to find someone they can resonate with,
which is really cool.
- Video games especially, I think, has always been so male centric,
or that's the way the video game industry
has always kind of liked to see it, kind of forgetting about
the female gamers and what they want,
so having a queer female character is awesome because it's like,
"Finally, you've given us something that's representative
of a lot of people and finally we can love
and play as this person."
I just love the fact that she's this strong female character.
A lot of gamers don't really get to see--
and a lot of male gamers are excited to play as,
which I think shows a lot of gaming companies,
hey, you can have female protagonists and it will still be a successful game.
(clang!) - (voice-over) Truth!
- (FBE) So with many entertainment properties, there's a lot of buildup
and multiple stages to the marketing campaign.
The Last of Us sequel is no exception with the first game
coming out in 2013. - It's been that long?
- (FBE) There was another trailer that dropped in 2016,
and now here another trailer dropped in 2018,
and we still don't even have a release date for the game.
- Wait, 2013? Holy crap!
So it's been a minute since the last one came out.
But you know what? It looks really good,
so they took their time on it.
- They took a while on this game because I remember
when my friend was talking about it and then he's like,
"Dude, I can't wait."
And then it was 2015 and he's like, "I can't wait
for the next game to come out."
- (FBE) Do you like that they continue to market it,
even though they're not even necessarily close,
or would you rather they just start marketing a product
when they actually are close to being able to release it?
- No, I kind of like the teasing.
It's like, I don't know, it's just like you find out
a little bit more about the game every time they tease it.
- I love the hype.
I mean, of course, it would be great if they released a trailer
and then they were like, "P.S., the game's gonna be out
in a week," and we're like, "Woo, now I don't have to wait."
- Multiple stages makes someone more eager to want the game.
It's gonna keep them occupied on wanting to figure out
when are they going to drop the date.
They're kind of like the Beyonce of the game world, like, you know,
I'm gonna announce something, but you don't know
when the date is.
- If you're gonna release a trailer and full gameplay like this,
I would at least expect you to kind of be like,
all right, coming 2019.
It frustrates me but it's also working so well on their side of this.
And now I just want it more and I just want Naughty Dog
to throw me a bone here and give a release date.
- (FBE) So, finally, The Last of Us Part 2
does not have a release date, as we mentioned,
but when it does, do you think you'll be buying it?
- I will be playing it. Definitely will.
- I'm gonna say if it comes out in two years, I'm gonna buy it.
- Honestly, I might.
I'm gonna have to find out everything that goes on.
- Oh, I'll for sure be playing it and I hope I play it
on the React channel.
- I definitely will buy it and I will play it.
- I would honestly do anything to get my hands
on this game immediately because I've been waiting for this
for so long and, honestly, I just can't wait.
Naughty Dog, if you want to throw us that pre-release, please!
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