Enable Naughty Dog has outlined what the latest The Last of Us Part 2 patch will contain, and it’s good news if you enjoy punishing yourself with ultra-difficult game modes.
The latest update to Naughty Dogs hit PS4 exclusive will see the return of Grounded difficulty and will introduce a permadeath mode.
The Last of Us Part 2 Grounded Difficulty
According to the Naughty Dog website, Grounded Difficulty in The Last of Us Part 2, represents the ultimate test of skill. This difficulty raises the stakes considerably, by making enemies deadlier. Ammo, upgrade and crafting materials are also made extremely scarce with Grounded difficulty.
With the latest update, Grounded will become a base difficulty option. So there’s no need to have beaten the game beforehand.
For the love of Christ, don’t die
If the Grounded difficulty didn’t sound insane enough, The latest patch, which is due out Thursday, will also add a Permadeath mode.
With Permadeath mode activated, if you die, it’s back to square one and you need to start the entire game over from the beginning. However, if trying to complete the entire game without dying is just a wee bit out of your comfort zone, you can opt to enable Permadeath mode on a per-chapter or per-act basis.
If you choose to put yourself through the pain and suffering of Grounded difficulty and Permadeath mode – and manage to survive – your efforts won’t go unrewarded.
There will be two new trophies added, one for beating the game on any Permadeath setting (You Can’t Stop This trophy) and one for beating it on Grounded difficulty (Dig Two Graves trophy).
New Graphics, sound and gameplay modifiers
In addition to the new Grounded difficulty and Permadeath settings, The Last of Us Part 2 patch 1.05 will also feature some cool new modifiers to mess around with.
Naughty Dog is adding almost 30 new graphics rendering modes as well as new audio modifiers. These will allow you to change how the game looks, feels and sounds.
Naughty Dog is also adding gameplay unlockable gameplay modifiers. Things like One-Shot or Touch of death will enable one-hit kills or infinite ammo. Thre also infinite-crafting and infinite listen mode modifiers as well.
Check out the list of modifiers below.
- Mirror World
- Mirror on Death
- Slow Motion
- Bullet Speed Mode
- Infinite Ammo
- Infinite Crafting
- Infinite Melee Durability
- Infinite Listen Mode Range
- One-Shot
- Touch of Death
- 8-bit Audio
- 4-bit Audio
- Helium Audio
- Xenon Audio
- Saves now display playtime up to the second
- Film Grain Adjustment option
- Disable Listen Mode option
- Motion Sensor Function Aiming option
- Arc Throw HUD Display option
- Aiming Acceleration Scale option
- Aiming Ramp Power Scale option
- Accessibility improvements to Ground Zero encounter, collectable tracking, Enhanced Listen Mode for collectables, and rope gameplay
New game improvements and Gyro aiming
Naughty Dog isn’t stopping with just difficulty settings and graphics modes with this new update. They are also introducing some much asked for improvements to the game.
The improvements include the option to disable listen mode, reduce film grain and more accessibility options.
Here’s some fo the new game features that will come with the Grounded update.
- Saves now display playtime up to the second
- Film Grain Adjustment option
- Disable Listen Mode option
- Motion Sensor Function Aiming option (Gyro aiming)
- Arc Throw HUD Display option
- Aiming Acceleration Scale option
- Aiming Ramp Power Scale option
- Accessibility improvements to Ground Zero encounter, collectable
- tracking, Enhanced Listen Mode for collectables, and rope gameplay
You’ll find these options under Gameplay Modifiers in the game menu.
The Last of Us Part 2 Grounded update should drop sometime tomorrow, Thursday 13th August.
Source: Naughty Dog
