Naughty Dog’s insane attention to detail

Ellie changes the way she answers Dina depending on whether you’re crouching or walking.

[canniloni]

(and yes, Abby’s husband is the Rattler who beat her and Lev up. Also, when Joel killed the doctor, Abby was technically present as a nurse)

[Alec.V.]

It’s just like how in the Spider-Man games, he sounds more out of breath when he’s swinging and normal when he’s standing still. I love it when the game developers care about details like that.

[MM-hi]

Another cool detail - when Ellie/Abby are not in combat, they breathe with their mouth open, but when you are in combat (stealth) they close their mouth and breathe through their nose

[bandie]

like in rdr2 when ur riding with a member of the gang and you start to go fast than them n they start to yell at each other because of the distance.

[LucyWhiskers]

That was like when Ellie was in the middle of saying something and she got cut off by me clicking something. So after that conversation ended Dina was like “so what were you saying before?”

[SunBunz]

Oh, I had to rewind it a few times to get it. Her voice sounds a bit more strained as she crouches and stands up saying the same line. Wow! Almost unnoticeable until you pointed that out!

[lampshark]

My favorite is still how Abby hyperventilates when you get hear near the edge of a sheer drop

[SerbianMeerkat]

This game has got to be the weirdest love hate relationship I’ve ever had with anything...

[blueflare]

Say what you want about the story, but no one can deny the fact that a lot of effort went into making this game.

[simonreed]

Ah nice find! My favorite thing to point out is Ellie overhears gunshots when entering the hospital grounds after killing Whitney. The two WLF members comment that they hope it isn’t fellow WLF being killed when it is most likely Abby fighting The Rat King!

[kevinroy]

This is so cool! The tutorial section (Jackson) has a lot of TLC like this. For example when you meet Joel and Tommy as Abby there's a like 10-15 second window where you can fire your gun down the hallway. If you do, Joel's usual line of "Do you have a gun?" becomes "Hey, are you any good with that gun?". It's nuts the work that they put into this

[crumblyairship]

something i will never get tired of noticing is abby's pulse and breathing picking up when she's near a high ledge to illustrate her fear of heights

[elliekizatonami]

I love how they put work into this even tho these are things that "no one would notice" 🥰

[corvid_k]

Yeah I would NOT have noticed had there not been a description lol

[kurtrexrodt]

good to see people finally realize that this game is better than the previous, I am relieved.

[yvngnngn]

Insomniac did something similar in SMPS4 and Miles Morales where they sounded like they were exerting themselves whenever they swung and talked vs when they were standing still. Very nice and I hope we continue to see more of this

[Surgequake]

Naughty Dog is just incredible. There is a video on YouTube how in The Last of Us 1 Joel and Ellie have to get a gate open, Ellie climbs over and opens the door for Joel; there is a clicker standing still nearby, if you leave him alive Joel and Ellie will whisper their dialogue, if you killed the clicker they talk normally. Blew my fucking mind. I believe the video is called "Dialogue Recorded Twice in The Last of Us".

[may___]

This is insane.. I can't imagine how much time and work it took to implement all these small details that the vast majority of players will never notice. It's incredible.

[orangebananaaaa]

Insane.
Whatever the haters say, I'm just so grateful that I get to experience this game.
Truly the masterpiece.

[rolandsmash]

Naughty Dog is doing some of the best performance-capture in the business.