… After all, you control Abby during the game’s opening for some minutes as well as Joel. In the same way Do you play as Ellie again after Abby? You play as Ellie in The Last Of Us Part 2 for about 12-hours before switching over to Abby. Yes, Lev is born as a girl, but appears to identify as a boy named Lev when we meet them during The Last of Us Part 2’s story. She is a native of New Jersey, a lifelong gamer, and a former gaming YouTuber.This leaves us begging the question: « Will there be a ‘Last of Us Part 3’? » In short, the answer is « yes, » though there is more to the story than that. Kaity Kline is a columnist for NPR's Join the Game and a producer on 1A. I don't think I'm going to be able to look at the original game the same way ever again. I wasn't expecting it to be a happy game by any means, but I could have never predicted just how intense an emotional experience it was.
It's easy to get lost in the darkness of the world, but it's necessary to look at the things that bring you light.
It made me very aware of the little things in my life that I take for granted, the kinds of things you don't appreciate until they're ripped away forever. I think The Last of Us Part II has changed me a bit as a person. It's not easy to understand why I felt like that until you play the second half of the game, the part I can't tell you about. But afterward, I kept bursting into tears every now and then, when my mind wandered to little moments in the game. I thought I'd gotten it out of my system. I did nothing but sob hard for about an hour. I started avoiding combat whenever possible, and spent a lot of time trying to sneak around dangerous humans instead of confronting them.īy the time I finished this emotional rollercoaster, I was a weeping mess. It's crushing to hear Ellie's targets talk about their own hopes, fears, and futures when she may soon have to kill them. I did nothing but sob hard for about an hour.īut you also feel for your enemies.
But loss has turned her into kind of a heartless monster, willing to sacrifice others for her own goals.Īnd since this is still The Last of Us, you'll be admiring the gorgeous, expansive world - full of puzzles, challenges and things to explore - as Ellie travels through it on her awful mission.īy the time I finished this emotional rollercoaster, I was a weeping mess. Ellie started as a person willing to sacrifice her life to save the world. And when that happens, Ellie heads for Seattle to get revenge. Since this is still The Last of Us, you know the new normal will be ripped away pretty fast. She also thinks it's odd to be in a quarantine zone without hearing constant gunfire and explosions - and talks about the first time she killed somebody like she's talking about the first time she drank a beer. And she really loves her friends, her crush Dina, and Joel, despite their newly tense relationship. Her diary is filled with entries about girls she is dating. She thinks corny jokes are hilarious and collects trading cards hiding around the map. But loss has turned her into kind of a heartless monster, willing to sacrifice others for her own goals.īut she loves playing guitar, comics, and movies.