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The Art of the Cinematic Gaming Experience: The Last of Us Part II Remastered on PS5

There is a moment in The Last of Us Part II Remastered that has stayed with me long after I put down the controller. Ellie is walking through a flooded hotel lobby in Seattle, and the light from a broken skylight hits her face just so. Rain streaks the glass. The carpet is waterlogged. It is a scene that could have been a throwaway environmental transition, but it is not. It is a deliberate piece of visual storytelling that reminds you, moment by moment, how far this medium