What happened with The Last of Us Part I in its expected version for PC has no name. We already told you when the first comments about it began to arrive and, as the days have gone by, it has been confirmed that the work carried out by Iron Galaxy is up to (and even exceeds) what it did with the PC ports of Batman: Arkham Knight and Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection. And in case you do not know both cases, to leave no doubt about it, even today they areThey continue to be remembered as examples of poorly done work.
We have been able to see, in recent days, comparisons with other notorious fiascos in the world of games, such as the initial releases of No Man’s Sky and Cyberpunk 2077, or Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy, the highly anticipated remastering of GTA III, GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas. Obviously there is a point in common between these three titles and The Last of US Part I for PC, and that is that they have all reached the market offering much less, and in much worse conditions, than they promised.
However, there is a very important nuance between No Man’s Sky and Cyberpunk 2077, which differs substantially from what happened with the remastering of the GTA classics and with TLoU Part I, and that is that the first two were new releases, games that saw the light for the first time at that time, while the last two were, in the end, just a technical adaptation of developments that had already been completed previously. And yes, in all cases there was a sin of anticipation and carelessness, but the truth is that NMS and CP2077 have known how to redeem themselves and are, to this day, highly valued titles by the vast majority of users.
The same has not happened with GTA and, except for surprise, we can predict a similar future to The Last of Us Part I for PC, at least in the short term. It is not worth going back into the disquisitions about everything that is wrong with this portWell, we already talked about it both when the launch took place, and this morning, when I asked your opinion about ports as poorly executed as this one. What concerns us now are the consequences of such a disaster and, as we can read on Reddit, one of the most notable is that Steam is allowing The Last of Us Part I to be returned, with the consequent refundeven if the disappointed players have exceeded the time that is normally allowed for it.
This is wildly unusual. For example, when the initial launch of No Man’s Sky failed, even though the reviews were wildly negative, the Valve Store clarified on the game page that no exceptions would be made to its refund policy, and that the puncture was sounded. This, without a doubt, is one more example that this launch has entered, headfirst and through the front door, into the history of great fiascos.
