It’s rather disturbing to see what Ellie became after Joel’s death, seeing her in the first game as a shy, yet rebellious young teenager. Then in the second game as a murderous, careless terminator that seems at times she doesn’t give a fuck or feel pain. Joel’s lyrics greatly describe her situation, “If I ever were to lose you, I’d surely lose myself.” Which implies that if one were to pass, the other would lose their mind.

Kinda sad to think that in the 1st game, Ellie says that she's afraid of ending up alone, which is what ends up happening in the ending of the 2nd game, she loses pretty much everything she had and ends up alone..

the whole game was so emotionally EXHAUSTING kinda want a DLC that just consists of joel & ellie flashbacks / an open world on the jackson settlement

As a guitarist, I was so fucking happy to see that they captured the actual fingering on the guitar, I could pick up a guitar and play along.

This game doesn’t deserve the amount of negative criticism, it’s an incredible game.

This is actually really fascinating to see, I can appreciate hard work when I see it

This game is the perfect example of how revenge can be so hollow

This game is like there are no winners at all, just losers who tries to survive in that apocalypse world

I just finished the game and talking to my therapist. My appointment is for tomorrow and will continue for a month. Thanks NaughtyDog.

I like how the comment section isn't just full of hate

Lmao imagine how awkward was Abby and Owen's romance part

This game will have a special place in my heart. I hope some day we get a third one just to see Dina and Ellie reunite.

This game is literally a playable movie and it’s not even that bad it’s really good, people simply hating cause it didn’t go the way they wanted but if you just LISTEN nd pay attention to the characters expressions it makes a lot more sense, you also need to be able to have the ability to view things from others perspectives cause the game HEAVILY resides on the points of views of alll the characters.

Brace yourself. The story of this game was emotionally devastating. 10/10.

I don't get how people can't empathise with Abby, she was in a similar situation as Ellie too. Maybe I'm just weird, but part of me felt bad for her and I didn't want to kill her.

The hate this game received was unjust. This game is incredible. Some people just can’t comprehend what it would be like in this game world. Joel is a man and not invincible. Just because you love a character doesn’t mean they can’t die.

“The pressure of survival” i killed myself 10 times with Abby

You developers are hidden superstars, I salute you all for creating this masterpiece. This game will be a part of me throughout my life.

10:26 "I dont care" "Get dressed"

This game ripped my heart to pieces. The first game was a pivotal experience in my life, I can so vividly remember how it made me feel, how it made me cry, laugh, scream. And the second game completely exceeded my expectations. By the end of it I couldn’t stop crying, I deeply understand and love both characters and was audibly yelling at the screen in the Abby vs Ellie combat scenes. And by the end of the game I truly couldn’t pick a side, I love Ellie and Joel but now I love Abby and Lev as well and even now the brutal visual of Joel dead truly affected me. A beautiful game. A truly beautiful game. I can’t wait to see the future of the game.

This game ripped my heart out and put a magnifying glass above the nature of humanity.

Ellie is such a badass in tlou , never have I respected a female character as much (in addition she is pretty)

You know what’s impressive about this game though... the dodging design ! I love how it flows and feels natural

it's ridiculous how much hate this game gets- the heartbreak of it is what makes the story. and the way ellie projects her own guilt and self hatred on abby is such a good narrative. it takes the whole story for ellie to realize that killing abby will not bring joel back, nor make her feel any better. the emotional aspect of this game is phenomenal.

I really enjoyed the game, while the ending wasn't what I expected nor what I wanted, the game as a whole was nothing less than perfect.

imagine if the real Ellie's actress existed in real life...omg

Joel looked angry in the first game, now he's seen... sad(?

This game almost made me cry many times and this was one of the first games to do that to me. This game was great and I might replay it cause it was good

This game looked like it took sweat and tears and I can see they worked hard on this and they deserve everything good that came there way

Absolute masterpiece. Love everything about this game. The story is a emotional rollercoaster.

pro staffs spent years, worked hard, and carefully made the game amateurs spent hours with the leak : "this game is trash"

Now i know why they keep saying "putting you on the shoes of...... Ellie".... Coz they don't want us to get disappointed saying, "putting you on the shoes of... Ellie... And most likely... With Abby"😂🤣

It was the most amazing and magical experience that I've ever felt. I felt everything, I lost something with Ellie on her persue for revange, and in the end I felt the anger, the guilty, and the powerless because I hate Abby, but I couldn't kill her too. Now, I'm so emotionally exhausted that I can't play again. Will take a while, maybe long, to this empty and sorrow disappear enough and than maybe I can play Joel's song for Ellie now that she can't do it anymore.

I really felt like i was Ellie when i played as abby and was trying to kill Ellie. That was so weird just like i was trying to kill myself it felt so surreal and, I don’t think any other game will make me feel so many feelings at the same time. Absolutely amazing. And at the beginning i was very angry at abby cuz you know she fucking killed Joel but, when i got to play as abby I started to feel for her. And I understand why she killed Joel. If you look at her point of view you would probably do the same and react the same way. But that does not change the fact that she killed Joel and still pretty mad at her for that. And also I absolutely love this game it felt so real playing it and the story is so beautiful. At the end when Ellie really couldn’t kill abby because she thought of Joel and that he wouldn’t wanted her to do that is so fucking sad she realized that she had become a cold, ego, monster, she just left dina and their cute little potato and for what? To come home realizing both of them are gone, she had nobody. Her life was truly fucked up and traumatizing poor Ellie:(

The game absolutely blew my mind. You guys are amazing

Does anyone actually have a link to a video that actually has the behind the scenes

**SPOILER** Why did they hide as much as possible that you were gonna play as Abby for a very long time?

18:20 that instrumental playing in the background is 🔥. I pray its on the official music score!

So how did they do the ummm ... you know scene

It's really awesome to see the amount of hard work that was displayed into the making of this game. That's why I loved it so much. The passion of all the artists involved truly resonates throughout the entire experience. Even if some parts of the gameplay with Abby weren't that compelling, I still think this game will be a freakin' classic in the future. Thanks for the video!

Was it just me or did the first trailer make it look like Ellie's girlfriend got caught, hurt badly (👀) and killed by some rogues. So Ellie went out for revenge and found Joel.😑😑☝ Oh and the game was amazing. I love this behind the scenes.❤

I don’t see why people don’t like the ending. It seems like the whole point was to kill Abby, but ending makes sense because she doesn’t. It would have been so anticlimactic and you would have gotten nothing from it, but she realises how much of a monster she became and said to herself, “I shouldn’t do this, because no one will gain anything.” And yeah it might have made sense if she killed Abby and then realised that she wasn’t satisfied, but both of them make sense and there would be no development of the character after that sequence, even if it’s small.

Bruh not even lying I full on cried when Joel died, it was literally Ellie’s father figure, technically she lost two fathers. Like come on it made me feel like I was Ellie

The Last of us 2 - what an amazing, exciting game!! The story is just breathtaking and so emotional! The landscaping looks so real and is designed so lovingly and true to the detail! Joel sings “Future Days” from Pearl Jam on guitar for Ellie, and later she plays “Take on me” by A-ha for Dina, just goose bumbs! The music is extraordinary like in Part 1, Gustavo Santaolalla did an awesome job! The review with Joel and Ellie at the Wyoming Museum was so touching especially the scene with the staged rocket launch! It`s very moving to see how Ellie grew up and developed as a person in this brutal, unforgiving environment but still be able to smile and to find love! In this fascinating story, Neil Druckmann and his team showed us in a great way how small the difference between good and evil can be! Why is one murder justified and the other is not?! It`s an important lesson to learn, that even the people we love and glorify make mistakes and are far from perfect! Joel and Ellie became our heros, our idols, and no matter what they did or said, we accepted it. Every human being is capable of horrible things when his life is at stake! The murder of Joel was shocking and left us helpless and speechless, so of course you hate Abby at first with a passion! But when we see her point, when we play her and walk in her shoes, our minds change. We develop understanding and compassion and even cheer for her and suffer with her! We judge and condem people in seconds instead of taking some time to understand them and their behavior. It`s more easy to hate and despise other people then to get to know them! But books like “The Count of Monte Cristo”, “Moby Dick” and the movie “Nevada Smith” with Steve McQueen show us that revenge isn`t so easily! The walkthrough with Abby in her town was impressive. The review with her and Owen in the Aquarium was nice. The dialogue on the boat where Owen is talking about that he is tired of fighting and killing was very emotional! The scene where Abby almost got her intestines cut out by the Scars was cruel! The walk with her and Lev at the skyscraper and inside the buildings was interesting and funny. “See the good side of your fear!” The first big confrontation with Abby and Ellie in the theatre was overwhelming and so emotional! You are so conflicted between them and the fight is so brutal and merciless! Thank God Abby didn`t kill Dina! You then watch relaxed the peaceful scene on the farm and think it`s gonna end now but Ellie doesn`t find peace and have to face Abby again! Meanwhile, Abby and Lev are searching for the Fireflies and got brutally beaten up by the Rattlers. The final fight between Ellie and Abby is so tragic and sad! Both are so weak, so emaciated, only shadows of themselves at that moment and it hurts so bad to see them fighting against each other in this ruthless and savagely battle! But then luckily, Ellie decides to let Abby live and she disappears with Lev in the Ocean. The enddialogue between Joel and Ellie is just heartbreaking! What a game, what a story, what an experience! You need a couple days to understand it and to comprehend the whole message! Neil Druckmann and his team did an awesome job and they were very courageous and bold! Ellie and Abby are both strong, deep and complex characters who grew up in this harsh, brutal world. They both did things that aren`t very nice but still they both were able to preserve and retain their kindness, their humanity and their enjoyment of life! And that means a lot, even in our world at this current global crises!

who else was getting flashbacks when they were talking about different forms of infected from the blob in the hospital

20 years of gaming, playing the last of us is first time I have ever got so emotional with the storyline. I just felt those fictional characters in the game are real humans. Incredible game

the amount of thought put into this game never ceases to amaze me oh my god. them having the player make choices that they then have to live with and making different almost like easter eggs that some players will never see if they only play the game once is so cool. the fact that you can play the game five times and have different things happen or notice different things on each playthrough is what makes this one of my favorite games

This is the best video game ever made, and by far the best I've played. I will love this eternally.

"The principle of the game was to put yourself in Ellies shoes" *Makes you play the villain for 10 hours +*

the best detail that naughty dog provided was when you kill the owner of a dog, the dog starts crying 😞, i always try to leave the dogs alone

the team put in so much effort and I appreciate it so much, very interesting to see the bts of the making of the game!

25:45 one of the biggest shocks of my life

just one word MASTERPIECE

This game is a masterpeace, at the end i was so emotionaly destroyed i couldn’t believe a game could have made me feel this way

This game wasn’t what I expected. I loved the graphics, the characters, and gameplay. This game was great overall. I was on the edge of my seat at all times. The ending wasn’t the greatest, but I’m really hoping a third one comes out for further explanation, but great work on this game.

*SPOILERS IN THIS COMMENT* i really enjoyed the game, and i loved the ending, i get why people wanted the revenge but it was a big risk that for me payed off. we got to experience the tiring nature physically and mentally of constantly feeling the need to brutally kill people, and that last fight was exausting. ellie had been fighting for so long, hunting abby down for so long, they'd had their brutal encounters, but for me the fact that she chose to let her go was realistic. for me, she realises even with all the violence and this long exausting fight with abby, isn't going to bring joel back. i think for ellie, it's a point of realisation, that she needs to let go of the violence. the violence has never brought much good, just hate and anger, it won't bring joel back, she'll still have to live with the fact that he's gone if she kills abby or not. she kind of knows, both her and abby have suffered and been through so much and how is killing abby, especially knowing she's now caring for a child, going to make her feel better. i think ellie just wants to go home, back to her child and dina and live a peaceful life. her entire life has been surviving, she just wants to live. i hope i managed to convey my throughts exactly how i feel them through writing this. and i hope i'm not the only person to think of the game this way. i'm just going to add, i know people have different opinions on this game, it seems very much like marmite. but can we please keep any discussion civil and respect the opinions of others. let's not start insulting eachother based off of our interpritations of the game, no matter if you agree with my personal take away or not, thank you x

I just finished this game today and I loved it, well worth the wait, great story line, great characters, I just loved everything about it. Great work NAUGHTY DOG!!!

The "fictional" story of this game is a little TOO REAL right now and it makes me feel queasy & uneasy and downright scared! Please, treat YOURSELF AND OTHERS with Love, Compassion, Empathy, Sympathy, Understanding and a willingness to learn from and about others while also teaching them about yourself and your people. We all need to spread Love!!✌🤗💖😎

The pacing of the game is so well done, the downtime moments are by far my favourite thing about it, beautiful job!

Cause Ellie she choose to be alone.. that is why.. I just love this game so much! I love it! I really appreciate everything they pored in this game.. I felt that everything is real while playing this game that's why I like it!..

People seem to forget that, if we are this much affected, insulted and even disappointed by the story of part 2, then Naughty Dog did everything they needed to do. We believe the story, we are fully emerged into it, we love and completly hate some caracters. They built a whole world that we always wish we kept knowing more and more. This is where the masterpiece part of the story takes place. Love it or not, the second part is a perfect extension of Ellie’s caracter.

this game was incredible. i truly cant elaborate or this would turn into a 10-page essay so i will leave it here. a MASTERPIECE

I absolutely love the discussion of the designing of the game mechanics and the thought processes the team underwent to bring the gameplay to its fullest experience. Brilliant.

Love this game series! So torn the whole game 💔💙😭💜

Incredible game. everyone behind the production did an awesome job

This game is amazing. They've done a really good job. Too bad that there are many people out there who don't appreciate their attempt at creating a story that is truly unconventional but still amazing. Too fixated on certain characters to really enjoy the game. I feel sorry for these people.

I feel so blessed to have these guinous hardworking crew making up a masterpiece.

I appreciate the team and all the great work to give us such a beautiful game. Just finished it

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Best game I've ever played seriously cool asf

I finished the game yesterday, it was the best gameplay I’ve ever seen ! Really appreciate the hard work !💕

I just finishes this game. It hit me right in the feels. Woww. Number one game for me atm. Well done.

Countless hours of research and effort you know you'll get a masterpiece

Coming from somebody who genuinely enjoyed this game, I couldn't help but laugh at when Druckmann said 'If a group has survived this long they must be dangerous. You have to be dangerous if you want to survive, otherwise you will end up as someones victim.' Try telling that to and applying that mentality to Tommy before he spouted out his own name and Joel's to a group of random ass strangers. Shit was dumb

honestly I'm so glad that they got the video games award. it deserves it bcuz of the animation and graphic that definitely payed off.

I love the way that the creators of last of us stuck true to the realism that you can put into video where you can make the player feel like he discovered it's the most amazing thing that's why I love The can't wait to see what this company does with more survival horror

I love this game so much because it shows no one is in the right, its just the cycle of revenge and Kellie eventually realizes this when fighting abby.

I understand the message of the game and I appreciate what they did to make it happen. But, I personally think they did it all backwards.We should've played as Abby for half the game BEFORE she killed Joel, because even though we see her flash backs and understand her reasoning, it's hard to forgive what she did because this was a character we didn't know, nor' had any attachment to. I also think they shouldn't have killed Joel the way that they did. I don't mind he died, nor' do I mind how he died, I'm only bothered by the pacing of it. He died within the first two hours of playing. Understand? He died within the first 2 hours of a 35 hour game. It seemed they rushed to start the story. I think what could've been better, if Joel died a heroic death, maybe fighting Abby to protect Ellie or something. Only thinking that because, part 2 disrespected Joel's character. Made him dumb just for the sake of the story line. There were so many ideas they could've gone with, but they chose the most disappointing choice. Also, just a piece of personal opinion on Joel's death, he didn't deserve what happened to him and why? Because he killed the fireflies and the surgeon whom were threatening to kill his baby girl. And they didn't even bother to wake Ellie up, whilst still unconscious, they drugged her to keep her asleep to continue the surgery. Which is pretty fucked up. I mean, Ellie says now that she would've preferred to die if it meant a cure could be made, but maybe at the time, she wouldn't want to. Joel saved a little 14 year old girl from being killed whilst being drugged, unconscious after already almost dying. The fireflies weren't even giving Ellie a choice, that's why they didn't want her awake to consent to it, because what would they do if she decided against it? And for what? To make a cure that most likely isn't possible to make or if they did, how would they distribute it? Joel is and always will be the real MVP.

I love this videos, that's so good for sleep or chill 🎃🔥🧡

Whoever came up with the whistling for the Seraphytes is a genius

This game is amazing all the hard work leads up to this fantastic also one thing Why did you kill off Joel

Absolute masterpiece of a game....

Possibly the best game story ever written. It's like greek tragedy: as every character acts in the only way they can while being true to themselves, it as lleads towards darkness.

I can feel your hardworking tm... 🔥❤️ it's gold

The Last of Us 3: Waking Up Wish it was just Ellie's dream 😭

I CANT WAIT FOR THE 3RD MASTERPIECE

Man… the amount of time and energy spent into making a game of this caliber is unbelievable. Props to naughty dog

This just looks amazing

Ever time I play this game it’s different everytime

I greatly enjoyed this game.

That theme in the background at 1:50 is so lit while playing.

This was such a beautiful game and I'm excited to see what the future holds for video games.

I find it fascinating how much Ellie has changed after Joel, and how through Abby's perspective, how Ellie ends up as the antagonist, luckily she too sees that and stops thankfully, theres still hope for her.

You guys at Naughty Dog made an emotionally devastating MASTERPIECE. No mean feat!!!. Amazing developers and Director.

Thank you for this epic game! It's so intense :) beautiful scenery, beautiful atmosphere , great characters, great story

This game wasn’t like playing a movie - it was like playing an entire TV series... I’ve never had such a unique video game experience as this. The amount of work that clearly went into bringing this world and these characters to life is staggering. I can’t fault it and while it may have taken me about 25 hours to get through it I can’t wait to play through it again.

This game make me fall in love

I think both games are absolutely amazing. I love the storyline although some of it is really sad. I really hope they make a 3rd game and ellie will get her happy ending.

Just completed this .immense!

Been a long time fan of TLOU so thank you for Part 2 Naughty dog and team! This game really made me reevaluate my relationship with my father, who just like Ellie we have never been emotional/close and distant. It made me see that everyone has their own traumas they carry and how that carry on to others when you pass away (hence making peace with Ellie after their big fight) At the end, just like Ellie left joels guitar, we must leave our traumas in order to move toward forgiveness, without self doubt or shame. Looking forward to the next one!