The Official TLOU Part 3 Speculation/Ideas Thread

[Deep_Black_Conscious]

WARNING MAJOR SPOILERS


I beat TLOU: Part 2 and I think it's a GOTY contender even though the story is a little roller coaster

After beating Part 2 I can't believe Ellie let Abby live. I get the big picture in the moment Ellie realized she would just be continuing a cycle of violence and chaos e.g. Lev would seek vengeance She experienced the cost of vengeance and realized killing Abby wouldn't bring her peace. She probably even understood why Abby killed Joel

But after going through all that, ND couldn't replace Joel with someone else and get the same ending?
Imagine Kill Bill finally getting to Bill and going...nah

ND should have given player's a choice x, choice circle option between forgiveness and vengeance

I predict Part 3 will build on the open linear gameplay of Part 2 and combine it with wanderer RPG open world elements. For example, hunting for food, shelter, traveling the US, etc.

There should be alternate set pieces that give the game replayability.
e.g. choosing to go through one city vs. the other in a segment of the game, leading to completely different encounters, set pieces, and cut scenes
that could be just one example

How will Tommy feel and react? What happened to Dina and the baby? Ellie going back to Jackson or becomes a wanderer?

I expect Part 3 will be about Redemption. Ellie will give herself up for a cure, or ND will give us an open ended depressing nihilistic ending

What do you guys expect ND will do with Part 3 and what do you want out of Part 3?

 

[HiiiPower]

2-3 years?

and I’m not one of the people who hated Abby, a lot of her parts were great, but I do not want to see her or Lev being a big part of 3, they’ll probably have her in it since she made it in the end, but please kill her off early or something and make part 3 a good send off for Ellie

 

[Diondon]

A Joel prequel before he met Ellie that focuses on what a piece of shyt he was
I dunno I just get a tickle seeing cacs up in arms about Joel

 

[Deep_Black_Conscious]

2-3 years?

and I’m not one of the people who hated Abby, a lot of her parts were great, but I do not want to see her or Lev being a big part of 3, they’ll probably have her in it since she made it in the end, but please kill her off early or something and make part 3 a good send off for Ellie

yes 2-3 years. Most likely 3. If they started working on it right now, I can see it releasing Fall 2023
Developers say the PS5 is easier to develop for than the PS4 which will shorten development time

 

[HiiiPower]

yes 2-3 years. Most likely 3. If they started working on it right now, I can see it releasing Fall 2023
Developers say the PS5 is easier to develop for than the PS4 which will shorten development time

Never 3 years lol, 5 minimum

 

[Deep_Black_Conscious]

Never 3 years lol, 5 minimum

Most likely the pattern continues and it releases the end of next gen
But there are hints they will release sooner rather than later
ND said they don't know what their next game will be and if the game continues to do numbers and continues to sell fast they will work on Part 3 as their next game, especially if their and Sony's shareholders become money hungry after seeing the sales
4 mil in 3 days is ridiculous
They will also want to ride the wave of the HBO Last of Us show
Can't do that if the game releases in 2027
Development times will be shorter on the PS5

 

[HiiiPower]

Most likely the pattern continues and it releases the end of next gen
But there are hints they will release sooner rather than later
ND said they don't know what their next game will be and if the game continues to do numbers and continues to sell fast they will work on Part 3 as their next game, especially if their and Sony's shareholders become money hungry after seeing the sales
4 mil in 3 days is ridiculous
They will also want to ride the wave of the HBO Last of Us show
Can't do that if the game releases in 2027
Development times will be shorter on the PS5

I thought that in terms of the show overtaking the games plots which I don’t want, but I think it’s very unlikely it’ll be 1 season equals 1 game

if we assume the show is going to follow closely to the game like they have said, especial TLOU2 since that game is presented like a tv show, it could be like the following..

Season 1: Outbreak Day - Left Behind - Joel being Impaled (Ends With Ellie Trying to get Joel to safety)

Season 2: Winter - Hospital Massacre - Reaching Jackson (Ends with Joel giving Ellie her guitar)

Season 3: Joel Death - 3 Days - The Farm (Ends with Ellie going to find Abby)

Season 4: Santa Barbara, all of the events here could be fleshed out a lot for TV, Ellie traveling there, Abby enslaved ect.

We’d be at least a good 6/7 years away from it ever getting here

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

They’d be better serve doing a prequel rather than trying to come up with ideas for a 3rd game. Based it around what happened with Tommy/Joel leading to the events of the first game.

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

They’d be better serve doing a prequel rather than trying to come up with ideas for a 3rd game. Based it around what happened with Tommy/Joel leading to the events of the first game.

yeah especially after this story getting killed

I personally don’t see what is left for Ellie now outside of finding a way to give herself up for the cure. But how do you make a interesting 25 hour story ?

Also agree with OP there’s no real reason to kill Joel and give us that ending could of easily spent that first part of the game establishing Dina as her lover/friend and Abby and them killing her. Then she goes out for revenge with Joel and they try to fix their relationship . Literally every side character in the game was there to feel like Joel

 

[old pig]

thinking ahead but it’s possible we may not see a part 3 (assuming they’re working on it) until the end of the next gen so maybe 2027???

TLOU came @ the “end” of the PS3 cycle...part 2 came @ the “end” of the PS4 cycle so I’m assuming the next installment will be @ the end of the PS5 cycle

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[Kairi Irving]

Tommy, Joel, Tess scumbag prequel


part 3 Elli, Abby and Lev team up on some Hobbs & Shaw shyt

Part 3 (2nd idea) - Abby and Lev are the new Joel/Ellie, turns out Lev is immune like ellie and history repeats itself as Abby has to make the decisions as Joel did for Ellie.

 

[HiiiPower]

part 3 Elli, Abby and Lev team up on some Hobbs & Shaw shyt

Part 3 (2nd idea) - Abby and Lev are the new Joel/Ellie, turns out Lev is immune like ellie and history repeats itself as Abby has to make the decisions as Joel did for Ellie.

you can’t be in the spoiler thread calling the writing shytty but coming up with shyt like this bro

 

[Kairi Irving]

you can’t be in the spoiler thread calling the writing shytty but coming up with shyt like this bro

Its most likely what Neil Druckmann will write

 

[NoMorePie]

Tlou1: 2013 release
Tlou1 remaster: 2014 release

Dont forget about the dlc in 2014 too

Tlou2: 2020 release
Tlou2 master: 2021 release(I bet)

Definitely this shyt coming in like 2026 2027

I can see some kind of dlc coming soon too

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

yeah especially after this story getting killed

I personally don’t see what is left for Ellie now outside of finding a way to give herself up for the cure. But how do you make a interesting 25 hour story ?

Also agree with OP there’s no real reason to kill Joel and give us that ending could of easily spent that first part of the game establishing Dina as her lover/friend and Abby and them killing her. Then she goes out for revenge with Joel and they try to fix their relationship . Literally every side character in the game was there to feel like Joel

I honestly believe they were grasping at straws and initially had no plans for a 2nd game based my previous post about not wanting to make Tess a villain. I would have even been fine with them killing Joel and ending the 2nd game on a cliffhanger which would lead to Abby/Ellie in the 3rd game.