The Last Of Us Part II will feature more explicit content than its predecessor, as it will be the first Naughty Dog game to contain nudity and sexual content. Naughty Dog used to be known for developing family-friendly platform games, such as the Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter series, but the company moved into developing games with more adult themes in the PlayStation 3 era, with titles like the original The Last of Us and the Uncharted series.

There have been plenty of Naughty Dog games that include graphic violence, with the original The Last of Us being a prime example of a title that was filled with gore, but the company's games never went too far into the realm of sexual content. There was plenty of innuendo and comments related to adult content in Naughty Dog games, including some jokes in The Last of Us Part II demo, but the games never went the whole way.

It seems that The Last of Us Part II is going to be the first Naughty Dog game to include nudity and sexual content, at least according to its ESRB rating. The official page for The Last of Us Part II on the PlayStation Store has been updated to include the age rating for the game and it has been rated M/17+ like its predecessor, but it has "Nudity" and "Sexual Content" listed in its advisory guide. The Last Of Us only had "Sexual Themes" listed in its guide. According to Gamesradar, this is the first Naughty Dog game to receive these content warnings from the ESRB.


It should be pointed out that Naughty Dog did include nudity in a game that predated the creation of the ESRB. In 1991, Naughty Dog released a game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive called Rings of Power, which was a video game that secretly contained nudity. It was possible to see a topless woman on the main menu by inputting a secret code, which is why it went undiscovered for many years.

The question that fans are now asking themselves is how these adult themes will be incorporated in The Last of Us Part II. Fan know that Ellie is the main character and that she is now an adult, so it seems possible that the sequel could focus on this aspect of her life. The trailers for The Last of Us Part II have revealed that Ellie is romantically involved with a woman named Dina. The fans are expecting Dina to die in The Last of Us Part II based on the content of the trailers, so the story could follow Ellie going on a rampage after the woman she loves is killed. We won't have to wait long to find out, as The Last of Us Part II is due to hit store shelves in just a few months.

The Last of Us Part II will be released for PlayStation 4 on May 29, 2020.