Editor’s Note:Some late-game spoilers forThe Last of Us Part IIare present in this article. Read at your own caution.
The Last of Us Part IIis a game filled with plenty of Easter eggs. Not only does it feature some callbacks to Naughty Dog franchises of yesteryear such asUnchartedandJak & Daxter, but it also contains quite a few secrets of other kinds, too. Now, it seems as though one player has discovered yet another previously-unknown secret that is tucked away near in the game’s final hours.
Spotted over onRedditby u/SpiderChundi, it seems as thoughThe Last of Us Part IIdirector Neil Druckmann and co-writer Halley Gross both play character roles within the game itself. While not actually going as far to do motion capture work like actors Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey, and Troy Baker do forThe Last of Us Part II, Druckmann and Gross instead seemed to have lent their talents with their voices alone.
In a video shared on the Reddit post, which you may watch below, Druckmann and Gross seem to play the role of two WLF members that are conversing over the radio. This sequence transpires in the final hours ofThe Last of Us Part IIwhen Abby finds her way into the theater to eventually face off with Ellie. The conversation between Druckmann and Gross in-game even seems to end with Druckmann’s character, who is named Briggs, either dying or being overrun by opposing forces. It’s a brief sequence and is one that I imagine most players could have easily missed given where it happens in the story.
I might be tripping but that lowkey sounds like Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross over the Radio. If someone from ND somehow sees this please tell us if you know.fromr/thelastofus
And in case you don’t believe that this is actually Druckmann and Gross' voices that you hear during the game, Druckmann himself seems to have confirmed as much. In response to the post,Druckmann replied via his official Reddit accountand simply said, “Good ear.” The voice cameos for both Druckmann and Gross are their second such appearances in the game in some capacity that we know of, as the writing duo also has twocards based on each as well.
While it remains to be seen if there are any other appearances from Druckmann, Gross, or other members of the Naughty Dog team inThe Last of Us Part II, the title is surely filled to the brim with other Easter eggs that fans haven’t found just yet. Just like in this instance, we’ll surely start to see more of them revealed over time as even more players continue to experience the game.
