The Last of Us Part II

The Last of Us Part II
Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Platform: PlayStation 4 Released internationally: June 19, 2020 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused objects. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused sounds. This game has debugging material. This game has hidden bonus content.

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The Last of Us Part II is the sequel to The Last of Us, starring Ellie as she goes on what the advertisements refer to as a "roaring rampage of revenge" against Joel's murderer. Though the third-person shooter gameplay is as solid as ever, its story and several game design choices have made it... somewhat contentious among fans of the first game.

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Find a way to load net and other unused menus and view its contents. Find a way to load blockmesh levels. Scale up menu size to match previous titles. Enhancing Readability. (possible, see below.)

Debug Menu

To enable this, you'll need a jailbroken PS4 (exploitable firmware). The offsets to unlock it through executable hex editing are:

1.00 0x1D6398 75

1.07 0x1D66B8 75

Menu Scale:

1.00 0x362339 C7056585EE020000803F

1.07 0x363709 C705B570EE020000803F

This modifies menu scale to match ones found in previous titles.

Dev Menu

Quick Menu

A lot of "Faction Mode" files and information can be found. Additionally, "t1x" files can also be seen in the game files. T1x is the codename for the rumored remake of the first game. [1] (to be continued, feel free to participate)

Blockmesh levels

In previous Naughty Dog games, the blockmesh stages were removed from the retail disc. But luckily for us, it seems they forgot to do so with this game. There are 177 'levels' on disc with blockmesh maps. To see these maps for yourself you need to have access to the dev menu (see above). You then need to edit pak68.txt and replace the list of regular maps with blockmesh maps, so you can 'trick' the game to load them in. These stages are mostly just conceptual level design before the art team comes in, but sometimes additional parts of the level can be found which ultimately weren't included in the final game.

Santa Barbara

It seems originally that the Santa Barbara area was supposed to have more playable areas, particularly in the "Pushing Inland" and "The Resort" chapters. You can see some of this in this video, starting from 5:40.

Jackson Festival

The dance cutscene was supposed to be playable in which you could talk to different characters, play pretend as a clicker with kids and much more. It was ultimately cut because it didn't progress the story, according to the writers. [2] A very early concept of this festival in-game can be found in this video, starting from 3:00.