Wild Last of Us Mod Turns It Into a First-Person Game

 

An ambitious modder for The Last of Us Part 1 showcases how the game would look and play like within a first-person perspective.

 

A rather ambitious modder overhauls The Last of Us Part 1 to accommodate for a first-person perspective. This mod was showcased in a new video that showcased the game's encounters within this new viewpoint. This mod was possible due to the PC port of The Last of Us Part 1 from earlier this year, and the modding community has been rather busy ever since its release.

Much like other PlayStation exclusives that got PC ports in the last few years, the modding community for The Last of Us on PC has been rather active. The mods include one that allows players to go through the game as a beloved Last of Us NPC Bill, and another that overhauls the combat encounters to be more difficult or make things more realistic. This first-person mod was created by Voyagers Revenge, who similarly created some mods for the game that tweaked some of the battle scenarios. Their latest mod showcase is rather cinematic, taking the realistic and gritty edge of the game to a whole new level when experienced in first-person.

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The video is a showcase of the game's brutal encounters, where they fight through hordes of the Infected in familiar areas. This includes Bill's town, where fans are treated to the sight of walking around through the eyes of Joel, wielding a variety of weapons. The video also aims to make things as cinematic as possible, making things intentionally tense with edits spliced around to the beat of the droning music. The new perspective and cinematic touches make things feel more like a survival-horror game than before.

The mod does end up shifting POVs sometimes, such as when Joel gives Ellie a boost, where it changes to the normal third-person perspective to show her being taken up to the top of the bus. The cutscenes are also similarly not rendered in first-person, likely to keep the story pace flowing naturally and not to disorient the player, despite the cutscenes being rendered in real-time as opposed to the pre-rendered videos of The Last of Us' PS3 and PS4 versions.

This mod for the PC version is still in development, with no release window currently slated yet. This mod for The Last of Us Part 1 was also possible thanks to a variety of tools from the community, which the modder credits in the description. Fans who saw this showcase were very impressed with Voyager's work, with many wanting to play this mod for themselves, or hope that Naughty Dog will implement something similar in the future.

The Last of Us Part 1 is currently available for PC and PlayStation 5.