The Last of Us Part 2 game director Neil Druckmann spoke out about the inauthentic trailers used to promote the game, especially those that featured Joel, the main character of the first chapter.
Druckmann admitted that he had mixed feelings about this approach. According to the game's creator, Joel was deliberately placed in scenes he wasn't in to maintain plot surprises, but the studio wanted to protect the narrative's suspense. She hadn't fully thought through the consequences for fans when they learned of Joel's fate. This realization made him regret the poor interpretation of events. situation. Fans began to speculate about Dina's fate, which led to unpleasant messages addressed to Woodward. The controversy moved on to discuss the change in character models, with Druckmann, Ashley Johnson and Woodward discussing the transition from Jesse to Joel in the official trailer. Druckmann emphasized that his main goal was to avoid spoilers in the story, which unwittingly caused mixed reactions from fans who felt that the promotional materials were misleading.