Neil Druckmann is “actually curious” about how viewers will react when The Final of Us season two debuts subsequent month.
The Final of Us’ second season is about to air in simply over two weeks time, and can choose up the lives of Joel and Ellie a number of years after the occasions of season one. Together with awards and reward, in 2023 the first season was reported to be the most-watched HBO Max present in Europe, and as such, there are some fairly excessive hopes for The Final of Us’ second season, mine included.
Nevertheless, as those that have performed Half 2 will know, there are some plot factors which will shock and shock viewers unfamiliar with the supply materials. So, is Naughty Canine exec and showrunner Neil Druckman nervous or scared concerning the reception, particularly given a few of the unstable abuse following The Final of Us Half 2? Properly, no, he is not.
“After we’re making it, we’re simply so targeted on making it that I strive not to consider what the response can be, however I am very excited and curious to see what the response can be from people who find themselves not accustomed to the story and people who find themselves accustomed to the story, going over similarities and variations,” Druckmann advised GameInformer.
“I cherished that dialog over season one, and I am very a lot trying ahead to it throughout season two.”
Throughout the identical interview, Druckmann mentioned he “was extra involved with fan response”, including he had “skilled the worst of it when [Naughty Dog] had the leaks and Covid hit with the second sport”, however has now “stopped caring” about all that.
“I’ve at all times operated underneath that, ‘I am not going to be fearful about what the fan response goes to be. I haven’t got any management over that so I am not going to be fearful about it’.
“What I do have management over is the crafting of the factor that is in entrance of me and main a crew to try this. So I wish to guarantee that we make one thing we’re extraordinarily pleased with, that we’re very considerate in making. After which we put it out into the world and the response is lower than us. That is as much as our followers and the way they react.”
As to that explicit second which will provoke reactions (will not spoil it right here), nicely Druckmann kept away from commenting on whether or not or not that can characteristic within the second season. He dodged the Ellie-phant within the room, if you’ll.
“I am not confirming or denying something,” Druckmann mentioned.
The second season of The Final of Us will kick off subsequent month, on thirteenth April, and can comprise seven episodes, with a type of episodes being “fairly huge” in size. Spores have additionally been confirmed for The Final of Us’ second season, with the showrunners promising viewers “a distinct evolution” of an infection.
Earlier this week, the showrunners mentioned the introduction of recent character Abby (performed within the present by Kaitlyn Dever), and why it is going to be totally different from The Final of Us Half 2.
