r/TLOU

I wish someone would have talked Abby out of killing Joel once Ellie got there.. I get her wanting revenge for her father.. but she just killed someone else’s’ “father” right in front of her as if she didn’t think Ellie would feel the same way she did and would want revenge. #ellie #joel #tlou

My boyfriend and I just finished playing The Last of Us part I and II, looking for recommendations on what to play together next.
So far we’ve played Cyberpunk 2077, Until Dawn and The Quarry and the dark pictures games, and some couch co-op games. I’m playing RDR2 on my own and he’s already played it.
We’re liking story driven games right now, The Witcher 3 is my favourite game of all time but boyfriend doesn’t like fantasy (boo

I know this might get downvoted into oblivion, but I just finished Part 2 and I need to get this off my chest.

The first game is a masterpiece for me—tight pacing, incredible chemistry between Joel and Ellie, and a story that balanced hope and despair perfectly. Part 2, on the other hand, felt like a slog in places.

Here’s why I think it’s worse:

Pacing issues – The switch to Abby right at the climax of the theater sequence killed all momentum for me. I understand what they were going for, but playing as Abby for 10+ hours after that cliffhanger was frustrating.

Overstretched length – The first game was lean and focused. Part 2 feels bloated, with repetitive “clear the room” encounters and flashbacks that could have been trimmed.

Ellie’s arc – I appreciate a dark revenge story, but by the end, it felt like misery for misery’s sake. The final fight on the beach left me empty, not in a profound way, just exhausted.

Joel’s death – Not that he died, but how it was handled. It felt rushed and disrespectful to a character we spent an entire game bonding with. The flashbacks helped, but too little, too late.

That said, the gameplay is smoother, the visuals are stunning, and the performances are top-notch. I just don’t think the story holds a candle to the original.

Am I alone here? I’m not saying it’s a bad game—just a massive disappointment compared to TLOU1. Let me know your thoughts (but please keep it civil).

I watched TLOU gameplay a few days ago and now I finally have a chance to play it. Should I still play the game even though I have already watched the gameplay and I know what's going to happen? Will I feel bored by it?

P.S. I really enjoyed the gameplay.

I'm going to say this, I have no idea how to make this conversation work so just assume I'm just talking about the broader games of the last of Us and walking Dead series

Major spoilers for both The walking Dead and The last of Us part 1 and 2.

Lee even though he is not a dad in the traditional sense, was a way better father to Clementine than Joel with Ellie.

Now am I saying both dads are bad, no both of them are good dads to have in any apocalypse. It's just when it comes down to actually being a father figure Lee checks more boxes than Joel. Now I haven't played any of the games but I do admire the man so here's what I believe

1. Lee was honest from the beginning

We was a convicted serial killer after killing a state senator who slept with his wife. During the intro to the first episode we immediately get a sense of who he is and when you're in the drugstore, and Carly confronts you Clementine is also in the room. She asks about it and you can either ask truthfully or not, Joel not only lied to Ellie which fractured their relationship before he passed, I assume she never forgave him. Now, did Joel check boxes as a dad Yes multiple times that we couldn't, he helped Ellie in many scenarios, and genuinely had a redemption with her.

2. Lee taught her the basic needs

In the last episode of The telltale walking Dead series, a dying Lee, tells Clementine a bunch of stuff that will help her. I'm going to go off what I said to Clementine when I played season 1, keep your hair straight, stay away from cities, find omid and Crista and I love you. Not only did Clementine follow some of those rules exactly, throughout the series Clementine actually tells characters Lee mentors her in her mind probably some psychological thing or whatever, that he told her what she should do.

3. Deaths

Now if you already see this post and you're down to number 3, and you're wondering oh deaths oh no if you didn't read the title that said this was a last of Us part 2 discussion, then what are you doing here. Also major spoilers for the end of the first season of telltale's walking Dead but in the final episode >!Lee gets bitten, and throughout the entire episode you get choices to cut these arm off make peace with certain characters, and try and save Clementine!< At the end you're giving a choice leave Lee there, or shoot them. It's a very nihilistic and melancholic way to end the series if you ask me. But it's a very sad beat to leave the first season on. Joel however >!Not only told his name to a group of survivors he had no idea who they were, after he said that he was knocked out and beaten severely and then when Ellie tried to save him, he was beaten to death by a golf club right in front of her!< You want to know what's worse for both kids they had to watch the father figures they love die. But Ellie was forced, Clementine was given a specific set of rules by Lee on how to live her life, and how Lee wanted to go out. While I'm not saying the last of us is terrible or the telltale walking Dead games, both are amazing series to talk about and debate people about.

4. Legacy

After both of their deaths, who did they leave behind. Clementine wandered around with two people she trusted and lost one of them to abandon, the other one she has no idea whether they lived or died in the second season of The walking Dead she meets an old friend of hers but is forced to make an impossible decision at the end involving a baby and a fight. In the third season she is looking for that baby who she is grown to care about and when she finds out where he is she goes there. In the final season mirroring Lee she mentors the young kid whose name is AJ, and teaches him valuable life lessons, and does so to great effect. Ellie, so consumed with rage went on a revenge spree, only to settle down and then go on another revenge spree. Both times >!she failed and not only did she fail she also got her hands mutilated, but ultimately she did go of the rage.!< Both are very interesting characters to look under the microscope. While I'm not going to add more fuel to this potentially hate filled post to the last of us, I will say this Ellie might be more powerful than Clementine, but clementine is more mature than her. If you look up one of the endings you will realize why.

i won't write an essay even though i could if prompted, but after a few years of being a diehard tlou fan and replaying the game countless times, it eventually put things in perspective and made me realise how bad of a path ellie really took, in turn fucking up abby's life.

think about it, abby was a firefly, had a nice boyfriend, an awesome dad, then one day an old man storms their hideout and murders most of her friends and associates, her dad included.

obviously it was a very traumatic experience, so she gets consumed by guilt, hunts down joel and kills him. obviously its brutal but if you were in her shoes, you'd get carried away too, she even spares ellie and tommy.

in turn? ellie and tommy hunt down and kill all of her friends, including a pregnant woman (obviously ellie didn't know, but still) and murder 1/3 of her settlement (the wlf).

abby, IN MY OPINION, is the victim.

So tlou pt1 is on marketplace for $25. But ps+ is extremely likely to go on sale in the next 2-4 weeks. And tlou is on ps+ so should i just wait and save money or buy the disc?

i played the last of us part 1 and part 2 in just 6 days and since then i feel so empty, i watch tiktok edits, it making me cry. This game made me feel something i never felt, i cant think about nothing than the last of us.

i dont know how to really handle this, i really miss the game so bad but i dont know if i should start a second playthrough of both games. First playthorugh is only 6 days ago..

otherwise you guys got some more game recommendations for me? i want story games that making me emotional.

I've been stuck on the deer hunt in Tlou 1 for three hours. Any tips or advice on how to kill it?