Will ‘The Last of Us Part 3’ Make ‘Part 2’s No Return Mode Obsolete?
It’s clear that there’s plenty of material related to Part 1 that No Return could incorporate, if Naughty Dog wants to maintain the roguelike mode in good shape for a long time. However, due to the unclear direction of the franchise post The Last of Us Part 2, No Return as a game mode might find itself on uncertain ground. Essentially, Naughty Dog faces a decision: either include a No Return mode in Part 3 and make Part 2’s redundant, or exclude it from Part 3, instead focusing on adding new content for Part 2 while potentially developing Part 3.