Just HOW EASY is The Last of Us Part II's easiest difficulty?
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After taking on The Last of Us Part II on grounded difficulty and permadeath mode, I decided to blow off steam with the very light difficulty. Here's how it went.
The Last of Us is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players control Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie, across a post-apocalyptic United States.
The Last of Us Part II is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. Set five years after The Last of Us (2013), the game focuses on two playable characters in a post-apocalyptic United States whose lives intertwine: Ellie, who sets out for revenge after suffering a tragedy, and Abby, a soldier who becomes involved in a conflict between her militia and a religious cult.
The Last of Us Part I is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. A remake of the 2013 game The Last of Us, it features revised gameplay and controls, including enhanced combat and exploration, and expanded accessibility options. The single-player story follows Joel, who is tasked with escorting the young Ellie across a post-apocalyptic United States and defend against cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus. The game also includes the expansion The Last of Us: Left Behind, a single-player campaign following Ellie and her best friend Riley. The original game's online multiplayer mode is omitted.
The Last of Us is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for HBO. Based on the 2013 video game developed by Naughty Dog, the series follows Joel (Pedro Pascal), a smuggler tasked with escorting the teenage Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across a post-apocalyptic United States. The supporting cast features Gabriel Luna as Joel's younger brother Tommy, Merle Dandridge as resistance leader Marlene, and Anna Torv as Joel's smuggler partner Tess.
The Last of Us, said to be the largest television production in Canadian history, was filmed in Alberta from July 2021 to June 2022. It is the first HBO series based on a video game, and is a joint production by Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, the Mighty Mint, and Word Games. The first season consists of nine episodes written by Druckmann, who wrote and co-directed the original game, and Mazin. The score was composed by Gustavo Santaolalla, who composed for the game, and David Fleming.
The Last of Us premiered on January 15, 2023. It received acclaim from critics, who praised the performances, writing, production design, and score; several called it the best live-action adaptation of a video game. Across linear channels and HBO Max, the series premiere was watched by 4.7 million viewers on the first day-the second-biggest for HBO since 2010-and over 10 million after two days.
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Let me know your thoughts on the difficulty modes in TLOU2 below! 👇
I like that TLOU2 lets you make custom difficulties. I often do runs on survival difficulty but with more resources. Makes it more of an action game
Good idea, i will probably do that in the remaster. Lack of resources is probably what made survival boring for me, because i had to basically sneak and melee kill most of the game.
That's what I do too! Flick all the settings to Grounded and turn the resources to medium. I love the gunplay in this game but the higher difficulty's resources force me to almost never use them.
Me too!
Enemies grounded and player very light, plus infinite ammo
In Spider-Man 2 I play as a glass cannon, enemies go down in a few hits, but if I can’t dodge attacks, I go down fast too
This is a really cool concept of looking at games at their most accessible. I’m so used to hearing how hard something is that the notion of pain staking grueling difficulty is just boring but funny enough easy and smooth is really exciting. Great vid man
@@blake7587 then dont turn it on? Its for people with disabilities
@@blake7587 it's not an issue? achievements don't give you any real advantages. it's a flex at best to say you have platinumed something, nothing more
ellie being hard to fight regardless of difficulty is makes that sequence even more amazing than it already is. if it were easy on the easier difficulties (my mediocre combat skills had me playing on light mode in my first playthrough), it would defeat the purpose of playing as both ellie and abby for so long. ellie is hard to fight because the player themselves is the one who made her so strong throughout their playthrough, and it makes the fight all the more terrifying and nauseating. despite getting strong as abby, it's incredibly difficult to surmount your own work of making ellie strong. you just have to think, "i was the one who made this monster." if the ellie fight was easy, then the casual players would lose a core piece of immersion and thrill. people knock on this game for both valid and not so valid reasons, but this isn't an area of the game i think can be critiqued much. it's masterfully done.
As someone who is new to gaming, I found this difficulty pretty tough, especially the Ellie fight as you said! Anyway, great video! 🔥
Dont ever go on grounded then😂
Lmao
@@Mr_van_Der_Linde they could just work their way up the difficulties if they plan to replay it
I'm not really new to gaming, but I'm not very good. I played on the easiest difficulty, with no plans to play on higher difficulty, because I want to enjoy my time with the game and enjoy the story, not get frustrated and rage quit (which I still almost did a couple of times). I also have very little time for gaming, so even on the easiest difficulty (which I did find tough), it took me six or seven months to finish the game. Similarly, it took me two years to finish The Witcher 3, the first RPG I ever got all the way through.
Honestly, I do love that modern games have such a variety of difficulties for everyone. For the new gamers mentioned here, it seems like Very Light was actually a pretty good difficulty for them.
I thought this video was very interesting. I knew this difficulty was easy, but not that easy. It's also interesting to see how Ellie went against you considering the difficulty. I'm gonna watch the one you made for Part 1 for fun now because this was way more entertaining than I expected it to be.
Yeah, it was surprising. When I've eventually done all difficulties I'll have to compare them.
@@AKblackandredYT That will be interesting for sure. I'll be looking forward to that. It's really surprising to see the jump that Part 2 makes from Survivor to Grounded as well. Maybe it's just me, but Survivor isn't super hard on Part 2, but Grounded for me is.
@@Konner2222. No, you're right. Even on TLOU Remastered, my first attempt on grounded I had to drop to survivor in the coal mine (cause unlike the remake it lets you) and just in that bit the difference felt massive.
@@AKblackandredYT See! That's what I thought. It's so weird how different they are, and does that mean Survivor NG+ is it's own difficult? Because when you do a new game plus of one of them, it's almost like going to the base of the next difficulty, does that make sense? Like Normal NG+ is basically just playing Hard mode for the first time. At least that's how I view it. Now I'm rambling on, and on. It's weird that Survivor and Grounded are so different. I've never had that be the case in a game where it's a jump up, and there's such a difference.
@@Konner2222. They say the plus difficulty is harder than the new game difficulty. But I've not really found that tbh, dunno if that's cause if the upgrades.
My preferred way to play is custom difficulty; higher difficulties for stuff like enemies and stealth, easier difficulties for ammo and supplies. The fun part is turning off the HUD, which imo adds so much to combat. If anyone is looking for a fun challenge that doesnt require upping the difficulty slider, maybe try taking your reticle off. You actually end up using a lot of that ammo you get on easy, scopes become super useful, and landing a good shot w/ no reticle is sooooo satisfying.
I always play on easy mode, I hate how I get told "you’re not a real gamer" because I don’t play on the hardest difficulty. But then I remember the custom settings and being able to choose how hard a game is is great for people who want a more laidback play through, I play more for the story which is why I have it on easy :3
I don't get why people like to gatekeep like that. I enjoy challenging myself on harder difficulties if it's a game I really like the gameplay of (or for trophy hunting on certain games) and it doesn't hurt or affect me in the slightest if other people prefer to play on easy.
Just play how you wanna play - it’s called play for a reason lol. I love harder games but I’m all for accessibility too.
I love that they allow gamers of all skill levels to play and enjoy the game. But the only way to play this game for its true experience is Grounded Mode with at least the lowest form of permadeath. You can’t reset sections due to the penalty of restarting, and you must adapt on-the-fly if you mess up. Getting through each encounter is extremely rewarding and clearing chapters, too.
As someone who tends to play games like tlou on the easier difficulties (me no like aiming with joysticks) this video was a blast. And yes, I got stuck on Ellie’s last stage for a frustratingly long amount of time. I also beat her via a fluke and I was overjoyed enough to accept it as a few times she had gotten me on a fluke (she broke a vase as I was sneaking up on her and somehow triggered her own aggro and immediately zeroed in on me hiding around a corner, and that was just one of the times). Other than that, I really do enjoy my games as slower paced but still intense stealth experiences, and I really love how tlou allows you to do that in a variety of cool ways. Awesome video!
as someone who barely plays games these days (no time, as i'm a full-time student), i love the lighter difficulties of TLOU2. this is the only game i've played other than a little bit of BG3 since my school year began, and being able to cruise through the combat without too much stress while still having the experience of playing the game (as opposed to just watching a playthrough) is awesome!
Funny this showed up today, I just finished playing it on it's hardest difficulty last night. It was so insanely challenging and very rewarding, there is no healing when you feel like it, or shooting enemies that you can take down using stealth. Resources are so scares, Every bullet and every bar of health counts, and you spend most of your time trying to figure out how to take out enemies without using firearms. That said, playing a game on Easy can really be fun, and it's awesome they have these modes for people who just want to enjoy to the story. Something Souls Games could learn from if they want to reach a broader audience.
Nah, from soft games don't want wider audiences. The players that enjoy easy controls and hard mechanics are their audience imo.
How tf do you beat the resort😭i did it once on grounded when it first came out but im trying it again and i cant seem to get past the final resort mission😭😂
Awesome video dude, don’t find a lot of content like this around, you should do something similar for Part 1 or even Part 2 Remastered when it comes out
Thanks! I've done this for Part 1 already, here: czcams.com/video/Qf9MCXZMl5o/video.html
The Ellie fight fluke is weird, because I watched another stream (on normal diff I assume) a few days ago where the exact same thing happened.
Must be something with her targeting and not registering sight of you until you've already triggered the animation.
I mean it can't be that easy, poor Joel couldn't even make it past the first few hours.
That's cause Abby was the one playing on Very Easy.
i normally see you on tiktok, so it was a nice surprise to see you pop up on my recommended!! great video!
If you are used to the game in hardest difficulty, of course the very light one will be a breeze.
But when you're new to the game, not used to play in difficult modes, then very light doesn't prevent from death, I actually died a few times. The Ellie fight being the worst.
Oh I can imagine. I remember how bad I was the first time I played on normal, believe me. This is 500+ hours later.
5:48 this looked like Ellie catching a piece of a deserter wolf's brain
Haha, it really does!
Bruh I was scratching my head for 5 minutes trying to figure out what in the hell happened there, now I realized it was the supplies on the table being picked up 😅
I played through tlou2 several times. First easy then normal and so on. On my survival mode playthrough, i noticed how much harder the game is on that difficulty. Never having any ammo and enemies being way harder actually took most of the fun outa the game for me. I'm still trying to complete the story on survival difficulty but am struggling. I didn't struggle like this on any other difficulty. I won't be playing on grounded. I'll stick to hard or normal difficulty from now on. Great video thanks.
I played tlou part 1 through on grounded permadeath chapter on my first playthrough, and finished it in about 16 hours. I then replayed it on very easy and enjoyed it a lot more. For me difficulty is less about accessibility and more about how you want to play the game
No right or wrong way! I ended up putting the resources up a little along with other (more difficult) sliders. I didn't enjoy constantly having no bullets but wanted to find a middle ground. Such a superb game. This video has made me want to go replay it lol
Just finished my first grounded play through and it’s sort of unbelievable how unaware the NPCs are on very light and how little damage you take. A well placed bullet only took away like 5% of your health and with how many snack there are, I’m pretty sure going through the game without med kits on very light would be a moderately difficult challenge as long as you don’t get too overconfident
Yep. And the added challenge on hard and above is that a shotgun, rifle or el diablo enemy can one shot you in half a heartbeat.
Thank you for the cool info🙂👍
I hate passive allies in games that are there just for the story, so I like that I can customize the difficulty and use agressive and more realistic allies even in high difficulty.
I think I need this. I haven’t played TLOU2 yet but I don’t have the time to be playing it on hard difficulties like I did with the first one.
If You don't cheat by locking game modifiers on grounded,that one is the truly hardest challenge yet(even harder that Resident Evil Invisible enemies modes).I had in total of 46 deaths,but second run on permadeath-grounded was better with only 9.
Yeah, I'm currently working towards a grounded permadeath completion with no deaths. 8 is my current PB.
I think this just shows me how bad I am at playing video games....Because I had a hard time even on Easy 🙃
In fairness though, I have like 500 hours in the game.
@@AKblackandredYT you don't have to make me feel better hahaha, love the breakdown :)
@@AlexChristianglad you enjoyed it!
I remember almost wanting to activate lock on aim my first time playing TLOU 1 on moderate difficulty. Thank god I didn’t cuz I would’ve never learned to make headshots the way I do these days on TLOU 2
It's not easy, but it's not impossible either. It's perhaps the best easy mode a video game has to offer, other than TLOU1 Remastered
Doddle count is hilarious
Came about entirely by accident when I noticed myself saying it a lot, haha.
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tlou is my first ever game… so im playing it in this mode til im used to play with joysticks and stuff, tbh its kind of difficult for me but not that much just for me to enjoy the game!
mostly aiming is almost impossible to me😭
Adjust the aiming sensitivity and practice with it until you find one that feels more your speed. Might help a bit on that front.
The problem is that difficulty adds to the experience. You are missing out if you play on easy! Trust me!!!
I do generally play on grounded. But this was fun to blow off steam, and it's good players can customise to suit their skill levels.
Do you use a colorblind filter? The UI looks green to me. Maybe I'm the colorblind one
No, I changed the UI to green. I just prefer it. I have the Part 1 HUD red to contrast with winter.
, how many play throughts was that on ? Try fighting rat face on yiur 1st playthrough with no explosives...brutal
I've done that. It was terrifying my very first time.
Ellie boss fight still gives me nightmares
Sweats, every time.
Man I love the scouse accent haha
Yeah, the lock-on aim is honestly more trouble than it's worth.
why not go to the Accessibility options and enable everything?
That might be an interesting topic for another video...
If you really want to have fun put on a easy difficulty and then play with unlimited ammo and resources modifiers super fun 😂
You can choose one difficulty plus Perma? I'm doing this speed run to test God's love for me. 😂
Let me know how you get on!
Wish the game gave you the option when making customized runs IE, on Survival but the resources are set at maxed, it gave the option to add more enemies to chapters, mainly because in my latest causal playthrough, the lack of enemies in certain areas makes the game feel sooo slow and boring
This was always my problem with running through the game again, sure there was different ways a situation could go, but the one thing that stayed the same was the amount of enemies you would battle, which is why the roguelike mode in the remastered version is the perfect answer
I did Very Light for the permadeath trophy… I know, I’m a puss.
Hey, so did I for the trophy. That was long before I even considered doing runs on the regular.
Nah i've only played this game on grounded. Enemy ai is far too good to tinker with the difficulty.
the green hud is so weird
The real question, was it fun
Very, tbf.
This is really great game and I love it but I will never understand how your opponents are stupid. Example, you're jumping outside the window breaking glass in the process and they're walking nearby and they don't hear nothing. In this video sometimes you see Ellie killing one guy, the other turns around and doesn't even notice his colleague is dead. I mean how stupid is that? There are multiple moments like these in the game both in Part 1 and Part 2.
Enemy intelligence and awareness is adjusted for the difficulty. On grounded, they hear you if you reload too close.
@@AKblackandredYT Normal should be like that, that's what i'm saying.
@@creativeopinion3113 I get you. Game is good for providing an accessible ramp up from one difficulty to the next, but its one shortcoming in difficulty design is that I reckon it doesn't properly push you into its systems till hard difficulty.
easy enough for a game critic
I'm still suck enough to die a hundred time :D
why the green hud? did someone really enjoy fallout? haha
I just prefer it to white.
In the same way that I watch some movies almost every year, usually during the holidays, I regularly replay TLoU on an easy difficulty and actually skip combat when possible because I want to keep the pace up; I use a cleared game and don't need resources or to find notes, etc. It isn't really a speed run, it is a story run. Sadly, TLoU 2 is a game I don't want to experience as a story ever again, so the easy difficulty isn't particularly helpful unless you just chapter pick for the good Ellie flashbacks, etc.
Just to be clear, Yara was the best new character in TLoU 2 and they literally wasted her. I would buy and play a DLC of Yara and Lev before meeting Abby. They ruined Ellie and failed to make me like Abby, so yeah, I'm in that camp. TLoU as a series is pretty much dead at this point and a mostly cutscenes version of TLoU Remastered is still better than the HBO series. They might make TLoU3, but there is no point.
It's honestly way too easy
ellies fight was the easiest shit ever and i played a harder difficulty then u
Okay. I've beat it on grounded, but okay.
Umm im pretty sure it would be the easiest if ur playing it on the easiest difficulty duh smh
Lets be clear on something.
The gameplay in this game is not and has never been amongst its many problems.
In the original game, the gameplay mechanics are pedestrian at best, but the writing and character development is so good that we can forgive the gameplay.
In the sequel, the gameplay is far more interactive, but the writing and characters are so bad that the gameplay could never compensate for all the other shortcomings.
"Let's be clear on something" is a really odd way to introduce a bunch of subjective opinions.
@@AKblackandredYT and???
Its also a way to kick off discussion.
I could just do like everyone else on here and participate in an echo chamber, but I went a different direction.
If anyone wants to "share opinions", I'm here.
If not, I'll know to mosey on and that this isn't the forum for original ideas.
No big deal.
@@markbrowning4334 okay, so it comes across as argumentive. Especially, as I say, using that phrase (which implies you're about to speak truth to power) as preamble for subjective opinions, not objective facts.
I don't mind discussion. I have plenty of interesting, civil discussion in my streams. But it's not an "echo chamber" if people don't want to constantly be faced with a row for *liking a video game*. Especially as this is a video about gameplay on a specific difficulty, not the story.
I'm just saying, it's a bit odd.
@@AKblackandredYT In this specific case, you'd be correct.
I just despise the story and characters in this game so much that I can't resist speaking my case any chance that comes up.
This game is such a betrayal to its fans and the original game.
Did you really actually say the words, "more fun." In this video?? This literally looks like the worst most boring playthrough ever. And hearing you talk about how you sneak past encounters normally is sickening.
This isn't souls