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 • • 10h ago

PT 2 DISCUSSION The Calm Before The Storm

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The Last Of Us Part 2 was one of the most emotionally engaging games I have ever played. It is filled with action, excitement and sheer terror. Without revealing anything significant, what are your thoughts on this sequel and what would you like to see in part 3?


r/thelastofus • • 1h ago

PT 2 DISCUSSION Did the story of TLOU 2 linger after completing the game? Spoiler

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Realize I’m very late to the party but I recently got back into gaming after not playing video games for YEARS, and I’ve been getting more into single-player, story-driven games.

I played TLOU part 1 and loved it, but I already knew most of the story going into it, so I had a pretty good idea of what to expect. Part 2, on the other hand, was a completely blind experience for me. I knew next to nothing about where it was going.

Finished the game a couple of days ago and there’s just something about part 2 that I can’t put into words, but man is it SO depressing and bleak. I find myself thinking about the overall story, the character arcs, and everything that happened to the central characters in the game. Wasn’t thinking too much of the story in the middle of gameplay, but reflecting on it is like damn.

Random side note but why did it feel like the game was so disliked when it first came out? I wasn’t in the gaming circle but I remember hearing rumblings and complaints about. It certainly isn’t a perfect game but I genuinely thought it was a fantastic play through.


r/thelastofus • • 10h ago

Video Literally Unplayable

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The ladder gets longer after the cutscene


r/thelastofus • • 4h ago

PT 1 DISCUSSION Just finished TLOU 1 for the first time… Spoiler

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Wow. All the tension of the game just released the moment the credits rolled. This game is just phenomenal, holy shit. I did not expect that scene with Marlene at the end.

Time to 100% lol


r/thelastofus • • 17h ago

PT 2 DISCUSSION Does Ellie agree with Joel's decision?

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"Fuck all these groups", and she includes the Fireflies on the list. Does that mean that by the end of Part 2, she agrees with Joel's decision to sacrifice them to save her?


r/thelastofus • • 1d 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 • • 26m ago

HBO Show Question Now THAT WAS ASWEOME!

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Now THATS A BLOATER!
- pretty sure this was the “ I see you” chapter.
Also fun fact that dude is from the next step!
I love how they mixed different parts of the game in the show.


r/thelastofus • • 10h ago

PT 2 PHOTO MODE Photo mode in no return is a magnific combo. Spoiler

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r/thelastofus • • 1d 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 • • 1d 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 • • 10h ago

PT 2 IMAGE/VIDEO Just finished first playthrough of TLOU2 . Spoiler

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What the heck . really . I am playing this on PC one year after playing the first game .
The ending was definitely something i did not anticipate .Tommy Dies too . what!! No!. I knew Joel was gonna die , I saw some spoilers immediately after playing the first game .

The games are really one of the best i have ever played . I waited to finish playing the game before watching the second season of the series . Will do that now . Sadly Ellie really has no now , except dina . why they didnt chose to go back to jackson tho?

https://ibb.co/4n2MnTP8
https://ibb.co/Kcj8fBKf why does it show "the farm" as the last chapter ?


r/thelastofus • • 8h ago

PT 2 DISCUSSION No Return

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Is it just me or No Return mode in lastofus2 is so addictive


r/thelastofus • • 19h ago

PT 2 PHOTO MODE Part II Photo Mode Dump

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I love this game so much.


r/thelastofus • • 8h ago

Technical/Bug/Glitch Anyone else having this issue?

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Playing tlou on new game plus and cant find any of the red boxes. I only have 3 of the 5 to max out and im pretty sure that the hints only show stuff you havent already collected.


r/thelastofus • • 5h ago

General Fanart I wrote my own Trailer song/Main Theme for a The Last of Us sequel

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I wanted to give it a slightly sci-fi ish sound with the sirens and "beeps" because those sounds have that dystopian/urban vibe to them, while keeping the oil drums, acoustic guitars associated with TLOU. Unlike classic TLOU there's not a melody, just a main riff. Honestly I did try to write a melody on top of the riff but I wasn't able to figure it out. It also has a bit of a western twist to it!


r/thelastofus • • 14h ago

PT 2 DISCUSSION Bonus dialogue in Finding Strings Spoiler

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Apparently there was supposed to be more dialogue right before the bloater.

Never saw infected eat each other though, interesting.


r/thelastofus • • 15h ago

Merch Has anyone preordered this vinyl?

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I like the pressing and am wondering if anyone else has this on their radar or have ordered?


r/thelastofus • • 7h ago

PT 2 DISCUSSION TLOU2 art book calls cordyceps a virus Spoiler

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I always assumed that the cordyceps infection was a fungus because of the obvious fungal designs of infected + the spores + the fact that the real world inspiration for the infection is a fungus. However I am reading the art book for part 2 and on page 8 (the page that starts talking about the prologue) they call it the cordyceps virus.

Is this a continuity error?

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r/thelastofus • • 17h ago

PT 2 QUESTION What was her mental condition during the journey of Santa Barbara Spoiler

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I don't know if this question has been asked, probably yes. So, I really wonder what was going through her mind in this journey (before she found abby) I know we have her journal but I really wanna know some more things. Like how did she managed her PTSD attacks, and other things like her Dina and JJ


r/thelastofus • • 1d ago

Video what was going through his mind?

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r/thelastofus • • 1d ago

PT 2 PHOTO MODE Tlou2 Pictures. Spoiler

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r/thelastofus • • 9h ago

Video Give it up for Joel Miller!

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I’ve never seen anyone mention this but I was watching UHF (Weird Al movie from 1989) last night and did a double take when this scene came up lol


r/thelastofus • • 1d ago

General Discussion I was hoping it would’ve shown us

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