Find out how to play the guitar in The Last of Us Part II, what difficulties await you, what you need to do to complete the goal, read in our guide.
The Last of Us Part II is a third-person action-adventure game with elements of the survival horror genre. The player moves through post-apocalyptic environments such as buildings and forests to advance the story.
This page of our The Last of Us 2 game guide explains when you can play the guitar as part of the mini-games and if you can use the guitar to play any song in TLoU2. This tool appears in certain stages in which you play as Joel and Ellie. Abby can't play the guitar and she will never use it.
How to play guitar in The Last of Us Part II?
The guitar is Joel's favorite musical instrument (from The Last of Us). As you progress through the story of TLoU 2, you will be able to visit Joel's house. On the ground floor, there is a music room where, among other things, you can find different types of guitars hanging on the wall.
Joel taught Ellie how to play the guitar even before the events of The Last of Us 2. During the story campaign, the main character picks up the guitar several times to play a song or a few chords. Some of these episodes take place during cutscenes. However, TLoU2 features partially interactive scenes and a full guitar mini-game.
After unlocking the full guitar mini-game, the controls are as follows:
- The L1 and R1 buttons are used to select chords from the rotary menu.
- Sliding your finger across the controller's touchpad mimics the movement of your right hand across the strings of a guitar. The Dualshock 4 touchpad is clearly not very accurate, but it is able to recognize which part of the panel has been touched and what movement has been made. Such action will be properly reflected in the game.
Theoretically, in The Last of Us Part II you can play any song on the guitar, although a lot depends on your skill and self-determination.
When will I be able to play guitar in The Last of Us Part II?
The guitar as an interactive instrument appears in the Prologue scene, and then Joel will play it for a short time.
The first place where the full version of the guitar mini-game is available is the Valiant music store. The opportunity to visit the music store appears during the Downtown stage - a mission in which you have a lot of open space and places to explore.
After finding a guitar in a music store, Ellie will play the song of the famous band A-ha - Take On Me. After the cutscene ends, you can interact with the instrument again and practice your guitar playing.
The second location with a guitar and a mini-game is the theater building. Dina and Ellie will come to this place after escaping from the infected in the "Tunnels" stage.
Ellie will find the guitar on the stage in the Theater level.
The ability to play the guitar freely appears in the "Hillcrest" and "Road to the Aquarium" stages. In both cases, you can play the guitar before leaving the theater and heading to another part of the city.
And that's all there is to know about how to play the guitar in The Last of Us Part II.
