She provided players with a viewpoint that allowed them to see the atrocities Ellie was committing. If someone wanted to do a little psychological digging, this fact is probably part of the reason so many gamers took issue with Abby’s role in the first place. Ellie Williams, as Japanese gaming manuals like to call her, was not the hero of The Last of Us Part II. In fact, it almost feels like the most recent game went out of its way to set her up as the heart of a hypothetical third installment. And yet, despite all of this, she may be the franchise’s best shot at an actual happy ending. She brought out the worst in everyone’s favorite protagonist, Ashley Johnson‘s Ellie. For a lot of fans, she is the person who killed Troy Baker‘s soulful southern brute, Joel. Even if a lot of that hate comes from less-than-desirable places.

Laura Bailey‘s Abby Anderson is not the most universally loved character in the history of video games. As a studio, what do we want to commit to? Because it’s a huge commitment – monetary, time, passion, talent, so you think about all the opportunity costs that come with that.I imagine that a lot of people clicked on this article out of anger, and I sort of get it.

I like to fully explore all of those, then look at, like: okay, we have all of these ideas in front of us. 'After we finish one of our big titles,' Druckmann explained, 'we take a long time to explore different ideas, whether it’s going to be Last of Us III, whether it's something new, whether there's some old franchise we want to go back to. With two games, now there’s starting to be a pattern – now I feel like there are some structural and thematic themes you'd have to stick to if you're making a third game.' It seems that Naughty Dog is currently exploring what to do next. With one game, there’s no pattern of what a franchise is. 'We’ve now had two games that I feel speak to something universal as well as telling a very personal story for these characters. , I've been thinking about it for seven years, between when the last game came out and when this came out You want to make sure you’re jazzed by the idea that you have, it feels like it’s challenging. Play Druckmann says there's been 'quite a bit' of discussion internally about a Part 3, but pointed out how much work is involved in making a game like this a reality: 'These games take so much to make.

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