u/Andreif5

I saw many, many cry about the fact that Ellie let Abby go, so i decided to make this post as proof that the choice that Ellie made is right and realistic.

This is not bad writing, this is what a real, complex person would do. In Seattle, Ellie was driven by pure rage and the desire to revenge Joel.

But by the time in the farm, she has changed. She didnt went to Santa Barbara for the same reason she went in Seattle. She has trouble sleeping, eating and ptsd. She looks she has the perfect life with Dina, but underneath she is not well, not at all. She thought finishing Abby would make this go all away, let her heal.

Another reason is that all through the game after Joel scene, she only remembered him in that very brutal image, she couldn't draw his eyes and all that. But when she was choking Abby, she saw him, on the porch, a good memory of him, maybe the last. That is the moment she realized that she doesnt need to kill Abby to heal and to get over Joel's death.

Also, we know Ellie began the process to forgive Joel right before the cabin incident. But sadly, she never got to forgive him. By letting Abby go, she forgave him in a way. Joel stole the big purpose of Ellie's life, we saw how affected she was when she learned the truth, it's like he stole a part of her. Now, Abby did the same when she did Joel very bad. So, in a strange way, she saw these events being the same, and she decided to forgive Joel by letting Abby go.

Another one, i think, is that she saw her and Joel in Abby and Lev. She was Lev and Abby was Joel. Ellie was so afraid of losing Joel. We can see that in the hotel in Pittsburgh, where she kills that man to save Joel. This is further shown in the ranch, during the big fight between them. I think this is the first time Ellie says that she cares about Joel, in a direct way, not indirect. Being so scared of being alone, she does not want the same thing happening to Lev. She saw herself in Lev, a child with no one else around and she knew how bad that is. Even though Ellie showed she is capable of violence like Joel, deep down she is not like that. She is the same child who wanted to save people, with empathy, with joy. She does not want Lev to go through what she went.

Of course there is not only one reason why she did that, there are so many factors that influenced her in making that decision. Maybe there are more that i did not mentioned here. This is not like fast and furious movies or some other where the protagonist goes after the bad guy, kills him and the good wins. This is a game that shows the nature of humans, the complexity of relationships and of love. Its a complex and beatiful game, not a shallow revenge story, like some wanted.

I know, everyone liked Joel, myself include, i never liked to play Abby, but i understood her perspective, why she did what she did. Joel killed who knows how many people in that hospital and we think that no one will come back for revenge? It doesnt work like that. Now, you may say Ellie should have done the same thing, no? Yes, she did. She killed Nora, Alice, Owen and Mel. Tommy did a trickshot on Manny. And now, Abby has to live with all that. I think that is worse than death.

To end this, i will use a quote i quite like, some of you might know it.

"My mercy prevails over my wrath"

Arata mai bine ca 90% din toate masinile electrice din ultimii 10 ani. Are si 500 de cai. Pacat ca e si 500k de dolari

I know this is grand theft auto, but still! Have you seen the car variety?!

We have sedans, hatchbacks, premiums, sports cars, suvs, muscle cars, offroads, trucks, vans, bikes, motorbikes, even a supermarket thing on 4 wheels for fat people (sorry i am not american to know its name).

So many things to drive, to grand theft auto. It is just beatiful.

I will drive for hours without a destination like i did in rdr2 with my horse ( Arthur you will always be remembered).

So exciting

The red circle is just random, i stole this picture from somewhere

So i found this photo made by me in rdr2. I was looking at this and i said, hell, you show this to most people and they will think this is real life.

Its looks so natural, so beatiful,. And to think this is a 2018 game, made for ps4. Its crazy

And now i am thinking, gta 6 will be above this. That is mindblowing for me

After dead city and s4 daryl dixon, what is next?

A show where rick and daryl finally meet? A show like avengers, with everyone back doing one last stand against a big threat?

A brand new show with a new story, new characters, new everything?

An adaption of telltale game? That would be fun. Or a sequel to clementine story? Starting of course from s4, not whatever the comic books are.

So many thing possible

We are in the apocalypse, working cars are very rare.

Each chance that Clementine had at driving, she crashed the very rare working cars!! She got poor old Kenny too!

What did tellate devs wanted to express by this? Could this be a simbolic gesture?

First of all, i know this is talked every week and is getting repetitive, but i have a thought about this.

It would be so cool to get a new game playing with AJ and the first scene would be picking up the hat from this spot.

The caravans Clem talked about could be a possible story, maybe Aj going to check them out and something happens.

I heard that Skybound made those comic books canon, but what if they make the next game starting from here, ignoring the comic books?

I know this is a stretch, but i dont believe that Skybound would abandon this series, considering how many fans there are. Maybe one day, far away, we will get something.

This game would focus on AJ story, not Clem. Still, Clem would appear and be important, but we would not play as her anymore. We would see Lee teachings to Clem, and Clem teachings to AJ. Full circle

So i was thinking about gta 6 release and all that stuff.

I went back in the past and i was thinking about the best open world game ever made. In my opinion, rdr2 has everything. A beatiful story, graphics, you have world building, nature, animals, plants, a living ecosystem, people just living their life. You have an entire living world in the game.

How many games have this level of detail all around? Yes, there are games with better stories, with better graphics and so on, but nothing has the feeling of rdr 2. No matter how much ray tracing they throw in new games, they will not reach the level of this game.

Cyberpunk is a close call, maybe even on the same level, but rdr 2 still hits me harder. Maybe its just subjective after a certain point.

In the end, i am really excited to see how gta 6 will be compared to rdr 2. If this masterpiece was made in 2018, on ps4, how will gta 6 be in 2026 with all the new tehnologies?