This brings us to the Seattle portion of the game with Ellie and Dina tearing through the city and occasionally finding some of Abby’s crew. We know Tommy is every bit as vengeful as Joel, learning he too, has done some nasty things and not in the name of survival. We learn Tommy has gone after Abby’s group, just as Ellie has planned to. She grew up surrounded by violence and her travels with Joel exposed him as a vengeful man, this makes her anger easy to justify, as it’s all she’d known. The grief Ellie goes through is portrayed well and so is her drive for revenge. Abby and Owen let Ellie and Tommy live, this then brings in the question “Do they know about Ellie’s immunity and are they trying to exploit it?” At this point in the game, I was excited to find out what Joel had done to deserve this fate but knew he must have deserved it. The player doesn’t know anything about this group but it’s not difficult to see why they would want Joel dead, he isn’t a good guy. This is the first time she’s seen him throw in the towel, which makes his death hit so hard. By this time Ellie is present and knows Joel is the type of guy to fight until his last breath. He could have tried to fight and maybe even kill someone but he knows he wouldn’t be able to help Ellie with his leg. I interpret this in the way that he has gotten to a good point in his life and experienced happiness, he doesn’t need to fight for that glimmer of hope any more. Joel knows he can’t win this fight and after his leg is severely damaged by a shotgun blast, he has accepted his fate. This leads up to Joel’s murder, which I think was handled well. (Here is your last chance to back out before the major spoilers hit!) We get some interactions with Ellie and Dina during their patrol but playing this entire sequence instead of cutting to Abby a couple of times would have disarmed the player. Playing as Abby and being rescued by Tommy and Joel first would have made the twist hit a bit harder. Who is this girl? Why are we playing as her? Of course, we find out pretty soon that she and her team are after Joel but I think this sequence should have taken place before the horse ride with Tommy and Joel. As Ellie departs on her patrol with Dina, we get our first cut to Abby. The game opens up with a brief summary with Joel talking to Tommy about what happened to Ellie was a neat touch, riding to Jackson showed off how pretty the game was and the interaction with Ellie and Joel was great. To find out what we thought of the game, check out our Last of Us Part II review. This feature contains spoilers for the entire plot of The Last of Us: Part II. Let’s take a look at the major story beats and see if Naughty Dog nailed it. The Last of Us: Part II has one hell of a strange story, which deserves its own breakdown.
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