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When players are about to begin their new adventure inThe Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, they must choose a difficulty preset. The game offers a wide range of difficulty options, catering to a wider playerbase. Choosing the right difficulty will determine how smoothly your clicker-infested adventure will go. If you stumble along the way,TLOU 2also allows you to change the difficulty settings on the fly. Let’s explore all the difficulty options in the game.
All Difficulty Options in Last of Us Part 2 Remastered
There are six difficulty options inThe Last of Us Part 2 Remasteredthat players can choose totune their gameplay experience. Let’s check out all the difficulty presets in the game.
Who Is It Best For?
Very Light
Explore and experience the story with a lighter combat challenge. Camera and aim assistance are enabled by default.
For players who want to focus solely on the story ofThe Last of Us Part 2 Remastered.
Light
Less challenging than Moderate. Resources are more common, and enemies are less dangerous.
For players who don’t want things to get too easy, but still like to focus on the game’s narrative elements.
Moderate
Provides an overall balanced experience. Resources are limited.
A well-balanced mode where players can experience a reasonable challenge in combat and resource management.
Hard
For those looking for a greater challenge. Resources are very limited, and enemies are more dangerous.
Players who want to experience tough enemy encounters and the intense survival mechanics of the game.
Survivor
An intense, demanding challenge. Resources are extremely scarce, and enemies are deadly.
A more challenging version of Hard mode, that makes enemies a lot deadlier and pushes a player’s survival skills to the limit.
Grounded
The most challenging and realistic experience. Listen mode, HUD, and other gameplay elements are altered in this game mode.
Meant for players who’ve already completedThe Last of Us Part 2once. It significantly changes the gameplay mechanics. Players will need to rely on stealth and avoid combat where possible to survive.
Although there are six base difficulty options inTLOU 2, players can add an additional layer of difficulty byenabling Permadeath. The mode disables manual saving and limits how much game progress will be saved on death. There are three Permadeath modes you can enable inThe Last of Us Part 2 Remastered.
Completing the game while having any Permadeath setting enabled will unlock theYou Can’t Stop This trophy inThe Last of Us Part 2 Remastered.
The Last Of Us Part II Remastered
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EXPERIENCE ELLIE AND ABBY’S EMOTIONAL JOURNEYS, REMASTERED FOR PS5 Play the winner of over 300 Game of the Year awards, remastered for the PlayStation®5 console. Relive or play for the first time Ellie and Abby’s story, now with graphical enhancements, new gameplay modes like the roguelike survival experience No Return, full DualSense® wireless controller integration, and more. Five years after their dangerous journey across the post-pandemic United States, Ellie and Joel have settled down in Jackson, Wyoming. Living amongst a thriving community of survivors has allowed them peace and stability, despite the constant threat of the infected and other, more desperate survivors. When a violent event disrupts that peace, Ellie embarks on a relentless journey to carry out justice and find closure.
