What happened to The Last of Us Part I in the expected PC version has no name. We already told you when the first comments about it started coming in, and as the days went by, it was confirmed that the work Iron Galaxy has done is on par with (and even surpasses) what it did with the PC ports of Batman: Arkham Knight and Uncharted : Legacy of Thieves Collection. And if you don’t know both cases, make no doubt, they are still todayThey continue to be remembered as examples of a job poorly done.

In recent days, we could see comparisons with other notorious fiascos in the gaming world, such as the first editions of No Man’s Sky and Cyberpunk 2077 or Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy, the highly anticipated GTA III remaster. , GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas. The common thread between these three titles and The Last of US Part I for PC is that they all made it to market. they offer much less and on much worse terms than they promised.

However, there is a very important nuance between No Man’s Sky and Cyberpunk 2077, which is significantly different from what happened with the remastering of the GTA classics and with TLoU Part I, and that the first two were new versions, games that saw the light at that time for the first time, while the last two were ultimately just technical adaptations of previously completed developments. And yes, in all cases it was a sin of expectation and carelessness, but the truth is that NMS and CP2077 knew how to redeem themselves and are still highly regarded titles for the vast majority of users.

The same didn’t happen with GTA and, surprisingly, we can predict a future similar to The Last of Us Part I for PC, at least in the short term. There is no point in going back to the analysis of everything that is wrong with it portWell, we’ve already talked about it both at launch and this morning when I asked your opinion on ports as poorly executed as this one. What worries us now are the consequences of such a disaster, and as we can read on Reddit, one of the most notable is that Steam allows you to return The Last of Us Part I for a refundeven if disappointed players have exceeded the time normally allowed for this.

This is totally unusual. For example, when No Man’s Sky first launched despite wildly negative reviews, the Valve Store clarified on the game’s page that no exceptions will be made to its refund policyand that the puncture was announced. This is without a doubt another example of this startup entering the history of major fiascos headfirst and through the front door.