Although it was first released almost 12 years ago, The Last Of Us has had a resurgent cultural impact over recent years, largely thanks to a critically acclaimed TV adaptation from HBO. The game’s sequel arrived in the summer of 2020 just as covid was picking up pace (awkwardly appropriate given its subject matter) and it hit players hard. This was adult storytelling that made the original game look like Sonic The Hedgehog; its complex narrative took full advantage of the medium’s interactive nature, forcing players to confront a number of hard truths (the ugly fallout of which spilled out into the real world in toxic online discourse).

Now, the game is about to break out of the PlayStation ecosystem and jump to PC, just over a week before its own adaptation hits the small screen. Players will continue the story of Ellie and Joel as they eke out an existence in a broken world, while the implications of Joel’s fateful decision at the end of part one gradually manifest into an explosive new destiny for the pair. Here’s hoping the PC port has a better launch than its predecessor, a disaster that made the Cordyceps outbreak look like a case of athlete’s foot.

The Last Of Us Part II Remastered is out on PC on Thursday 3 April; out on PS5 now.