However, bringing the game to the PS4's more PC-like architecture is still a challenge for Naughty Dog, and Druckmann expressed worries over being able to fit the game - as well as a handful of its DLC including the Ellie-focused narrative Left Behind - on a single Blu-ray Disc. The PS4 version will also include improved lighting, and some enemies that looked 'a little blurry up close' will be fixed, according to Druckmann. 'If we hadn't done that, we might not have made the call to bring it over to PS4.' 'We don't build it with high assets in mind to then port it, but it did give us a leg up,' Druckmann said, explaining the PS4 is allowing developer Naughty Dog to use these higher-quality assets by default. For the PS3 original, these detailed renders were used only in cutscenes, then swapped out for lower-resolution versions when transitioning back into gameplay - a trick designed to make the game's more cinematic, dramatic moments look better.

In the magazine's latest issue, as reported by CVG, cutscene-quality character models won't be restricted to cutscenes the graphical power of the PlayStation 4 is allowing Naughty Dog to use them freely throughout the game without worrying about the game's visual fidelity.

More detailed high-resolution character models will be the standard throughout The Last of Us Remastered, with developers using renders previously used only in cutscenes for the game's PlayStation 3 version, creative director Neil Druckmann told Edge.

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