The Last of Us Part 2
There may be change on the horizon forThe Last of Us Part IIas developers at Naughty Dog cryptically rag that Ellie might be the secret plan ’s only playable character . With 2013 ’s original being a two - part gameplay experience where fans insure both Ellie and the case-hardened survivor Joel , fans again find themselves asking the unthinkable , " Is Joel about to be kill off ? "
Despite Joel ( vocalise by Troy Baker ) being the star ofThe Last of Usup until players took restraint of Ellie in the winter segment , the sequel has already pushed focus onto her expanded role while Joel has sit on the out of bounds . Despite there being little to go on up untilE3 ’s beautiful prevue forThe Last of Us Part II , various rooter theories have already tip Joel for an early grave . As the plot ’s developers weigh in on the outlet , it face more and more likely that Joel will be back for a cameo as best inPart II .
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Speaking behind closed doors ( viaIGN ) , designer Richard Cambier delivered the generic,“We are n’t saying anything about that yet"when ask if Ellie will be the only playable character . Although Cambier offered nothing for patient fans to go on , creative director Neil Druckmann went a little further and boldly declared,“Ellie is the only playable character in the plot . ”
While this does n’t of necessity mean Joel is six - feet under , it implies that if he is a part of the story campaign , it will be a role transposition of his relationship with Ellie in the original . true , Druckmann could be using a dexterity of hand to cast players off the scent and top to sensationalist headlines that Joel is emphatically all in . The other option is that he has choose his word carefully and Ellie really is the only playable character , give an choice for Joel to be playable in a DLC - possibly to even separate the account of how he came to pass away or fill in the blank between the first game andPart II .
Either way , Joel is part of the secret plan somewhere as Baker late say the title ’s playtest was"looking awesome . “Heading back to 2016 ’s PlayStation Experience laggard forThe Last of Us Part II , many picked up on Joel ’s unusual phrasing when he aver to Ellie,“you really going to go through with this?”instead of using"we . “There are hypothesis that Joel is simply there as a phantasmal visage to guide her and the pistol he carries is actually the one he used to kill himself . It all sounds moderately bleak but would certainly be in celebrate with the game ’s dark aesthetic .
Elsewhere , interview run across Ellie sharing a kiss with Shannon Woodward ’s Dina in the E3 reveal , but Druckmann apparently reduces her to also being an NPC addition . With Druckmann apparently confirming Ellie is the only playable character , The Last of Us Part IIcould be a much lonelier game for fans . Considering there is still no release date forThe Last of Us Part II , the agonizing expect to see what character Joel and has in the game continues .
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Source : IGN
