The Last of Us Rip-Off Spotted on Nintendo eShop and It Is Called ‘The Last Hope – Dead Zone Survival’

The Last of Us Part 2 and Horizon Forbidden West’s allotted budget were recently revealed in redacted court documents. They revealed that more than $200 million was spent to develop each of these games. These crazy figures were spent on developing these AAA titles. After IGN’s report of the budget, developers across the industry have been sharing their thoughts about the budget involved for these games.

Developers react to The Last of Us Part 2 budget

One of the developers mentioned how even a tenth of that amount can develop “20-30 incredible indie games by super cool devs around the world.” There were several developers, sharing the same opinion about indie games and other promising projects, and hoping that those games an also receive good financial support from investors and publishers. “Imagine what most of us Indies could do with just $50-100k? There would be so many more amazing games out there!”, wrote another developer on Twitter.

While some developers agreed, others made it a point to highlight how these AAA titles get the budget based on the success they bring back for the publisher. It is no surprise how commercially successful and critically acclaimed The Last of Us franchise has been for Sony. “Giving a budget to one of your biggest and consistent first party studio is hardly a bet”, tweeted a developer.

The Last of Us clone Nintendo game

In other The Last of Us news, there is a rip-off of Naughty Dog’s game on Nintendo’s eShop website. The game called “The Last Hope – Dead Zone Survival” is pretty much a clone of Naughty Dog’s game from 2013. Not only does it feature a heavily-copied version of poster, this clone features a variety of elements from the original game including the post-apocalyptic setting, a clone of Joel and Ellie with similar character design. Furthermore, the game’s ‘Eva’ looks an identical rip-off of Ellie. Check out the trailer of this clone game below.