Considering I've been to jollier funerals, it's a little odd to call The Last of Us Part 2 a victory lap. But for PlayStation 4, that's exactly what it was. The PS4 had smashed it, with constant great first-party games like Spider-Man, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Bloodborne, along with excellent third party support. The Last of Us Part 2 was clearly intended as one last hurrah before the PS5 arrived later that same year.
So why is its remaster one of the defining games of PS5? Well, that PS4 victory lap never really ended. We've had slightly conservative sequels to Horizon, Spider-Man, God of War, and Ghost of Tsushima. Some good, some great, but none of them as brave a roll of the dice as The Last of Us 2.
