![]() ![]() So, when the next game was released in 2020 and people swarmed in so that they could get their hands on it and continue with Joel and Ellie’s story, it came as a surprise to no one. With the intense combat encounters, Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker’s brilliant voice acting, the amazing emotional storytelling, and incredible visual detail, there was no question that the younger sibling to the Uncharted series had become a beloved game. The US game The Last of Us Part I has been a hit with gamers since it first hit the shelves back in 2013. RELATED: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 3 – What We Want In The Sequel But what can we expect from the follow-up game? Rarely have I played anything as powerful.Naughty Dog‘s The Last of Us Part 3 will probably be the final chapter in Ellie and Joel’s epic story. ![]() But it tells a different story, one that's more compact and more affecting for it, and it shows that Naughty Dog has serious emotional range. Left Behind does nothing new with The Last of Us' tense and exhilarating gameplay rhythm you're always either in intense danger, or fearfully anticipating the next moment of intense danger. They show which parts of her have stayed the same. The two timelines don't emphasise how much time and experience have changed her. There were flashes of this in the main plotline, but here it's the whole story. Without Joel in the frame we can get to know her better, see how she handles herself alone. This is a day in Ellie's life that profoundly shaped her.Įllie was always the star of The Last of Us for me - funny, resilient, endearingly rebellious, capable even when she's scared. Knowing is almost unbearable at times, when Ellie and Riley are joking around together. If anything, knowing the outcome imbues the whole thing with extraordinary poignancy. If you were paying attention during The Last of Us' main plot, you'll already know how the story ends, but how it plays out surprised and deeply saddened me nonetheless. It doesn't feel overblown, either, which is impressive considering the subject matter it's deftly handled. Theirs is an ordinary and beautiful teenage friendship under extraordinary circumstances, potently relatable despite the shambling infected and ruined urban landscape. This is the first portrayal of a friendship between adolescent girls that I've ever seen in a video game (excepting Gone Home's documented one), and it's wonderfully done. Throughout, you never leave Ellie's point of view. ![]() It flashes back and forth between time periods, exerting the same masterful command of tension and pacing (and your heart-rate) that Naughty Dog established in last year's full-length game. The Last of Us: Left Behind is the story of Ellie's relationship with her best friend, Riley, back in Boston, intertwined with a lesser-explored period of Ellie and Joel's journey across the continent years later. The Last of Us played on this theme as well, telling the story of a gruff, reluctant guardian and a 14-year-old girl who doesn't need looking after, but this downloadable side-story focuses on a friendship instead. The one dynamic that games have been most interested in exploring is that between parent and child The Walking Dead, Bioshock Infinite, even Pikmin, all are parenting games to an extent. A lthough there's a slowly gathering flock of interesting individual characters in video games, there is still a dearth of interesting relationships. ![]()
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