The Final Chapter ✧ The Last of Us Part 2 First Playthrough ✧ Part 14
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- What an incredible journey it's been! This game has made me feel so human, going through the full spectrum of emotions from start to finish. I can't believe it's all led to this moment. I appreciate you all for joining me.
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How did homegirl play the ENTIRE game without realizing the resources were divided into quarters lol
Haha I just made a similar comment. Amazing.
entire 2 games
I played both games multiple times. Never knew it either, until your comment here.
what does that even mean? divided into quarters?
@@Theorangecrushgamer All the resources for crafting in both games are picked up as 1/4, 1/2, and full circles of the item. You need a full circle to equal 1 full resource. When Eralia picked up the blade resources, they were only a 1/4 each.
I'm just so glad that in his dying moments, Joel knew that Ellie didn't hate him.😊
And equally it makes Ellie’s motivation for wanting Abbie dead so much more weighty. It’s not just the fact she took Joel. But considering Ellie forgave him literally hours before Abbie took away the chance of any redemption of their relationship.
Yeah! It seems Joel was smiling at the end
Damn, why is it raining in my house?
@@karlwilker579 I feel you man that ending where Ellie wants to try and forgive Joel always gets me teary eyed
Exactamundo. I was quick to hate this game for surface level reasons when it came out, but it took subsequent watches of playthroughs from people more empathetic than myself to really give it a chance to say what it was. Lots of people are quick to say "Oh god, a typical tired cliché about how revenge bad." It really is about forgiveness.
Ellie’s greatest fear in part one was ending up alone.
Also ironically Abby and Lev would be dead if Ellie hadn’t left to find them.
As Joel and Tommy,if they not found Abby..
Ironically Abby and Lev wouldn’t be alive if Abby hadn’t spared Ellie a second time.
It's the cycle of complex consequences. ❤❤❤
It's so weird. Part of me obviously wishes Ellie would've stayed with Dina on the farm, I'm sure she would've improved over time there. But I also wouldn't want Abby and Lev to die out there on the poles. I just wish the two would've had a proper talk instead of that fight. They're both just some traumatized kids and could probably relate much more towards each other than they would think.
@@Dark__Thoughts in another timeline they would actually make good friends.
That last scene with joel always makes me tear up. Sorta like THE ENTIRE GAME
:')
I very rarely cry to stuff but when Joel was lowkey crying at the end, it was hard not to. Something that always makes me cry is seeing another man cry.
@@sirfrancisgaming9438 Especially a man as strong as Joel is.
This'll be long but bare with, The ending is really poetic. Ellie spared Abby, not because she decided revenge was wrong, rather she realized that her hatred for Abby came from a very different place. Ellie hates Abby for ruining her chance to forgive Joel for what he had done. She, like Abby, had tortured Joel in one way or another by pushing him out of her life for what he had done and this haunted Ellie. Ellie never had time to forgive Joel and accept his actions. Ellie viewed killing Abby as a sort of penance that would absolve herself of her own sins against Joel which she had projected onto Abby to remove herself from the guilt. In the end, as she had Abby fighting for her last breaths, she reflects on who Joel really was. She remembers the man that became her family and the good in Joel. She reflects on the night before his death when she made the first step towards forgiveness and acceptance before that came to a sudden halt with his death. She realizes that killing Abby changes nothing and finally reaches deep enough to remove some blame from Abby and place it upon herself. People are confused when they think she forgave Abby because she didn’t in that moment. Ellie forgave herself and Joel. She finally came to terms with Joel’s decision and the fallout that occurred after it. This is clear when she returns to the farm and plays his guitar for the last time. She plays the song Joel played for her when he introduced the guitar to her. “If I ever were to lose you, I’d surely lose myself.” This line reflects both Ellie and Joel’s feelings about their relationship with each other. Joel would’ve lost himself if he left Ellie in the hospital and Ellie lost herself after he died. Ellie restored herself by sparing Abby and maintaining an ounce of the humanity that is so prevalent in Ellie during the TLOU1. Every time she strings the guitar I thought of Joel and that special moment we get in the first half of the game. When she plays it for the last time, the song represents the very essence of who she is but this last time it is broken due to the loss of her fingers but also a loss of something much more. The music is symbolizing the restoration of Ellie and her and Joel’s bond but also this new brokenness reveals a missing part of herself that will always be gone now that she has accepted that Joel is gone. The loss of this important part of her life can be heard through the broken sounds of the guitar strings which sound so tragic after hearing that beautiful rhythm throughout the game. It is such a tragic and beautiful message of coming to terms with loss and finding forgiveness within. It’s a shame that some people do not understand the ending and simply confine it to “revenge is bad.” It is so much more than revenge and hatred. It’s about love and forgiveness. Personally, I think Joel would be proud that Ellie found herself through forgiveness rather than following through with revenge. He sacrificed humanity since he believed they had no cure for their inhumanity. Joel found the missing humanity in Ellie, and she proved him right in the end. Lastly, after Ellie strums the last few notes of Future Days, she leaves behind the guitar which symbolizes her newfound ability to move forward with her life, and assumably returns to Dina in Jackson. This game is a masterpiece for me.
i couldn't agree more to your statement. This game is indeed a masterpiece for me too
Thinking that Abby has a more valid point for revenge because it was her dad killed..Joel was not Elliie'dad ,and this is the true problem,even if they have respect and love friendship too..if Joel was Ellie true dad ,events were totally different.
Ellie and Joel are two broken person,trying to repair their heart broken.
Love what you said,Ellie finally find peace at the end but it cost her everything..
Well said, and saves me the trouble of trying to break down the ending and themes of this brilliant, challenging, exhausting and rewarding game. Thanks for putting so much work into this comment!
God, that was such a perfect interpretation and summary, it makes me want to screenshot your comment and send it to every person who writes this game off as another "revenge is bad" story. You 100% nailed it, thank you.
The song is for sarah
22:28 Joel wouldn't get involved in a vengeful quest in the first place. We find a note in a shiv door in the first game written by a grieving mother who takes up arms and swears revenge for her son who was murdered by FEDRA. Upon reading this Joel simply says, "Well with that kind of thinking, no one wins."
When Ellie says that "Joel would be halfway to Seattle already", Tommy says, "No, he wouldn't."
He's right. Joel's violence is pragmatic and comes from a place of survival and protection. He didn't kill the Fireflies because it was something personal, he killed them because they were a threat to Ellie, and an obstacle in his path. Joel isn't one for vengeance.
Joel didn't go for the army guy who ordered the shooting of Sarah either, probably also because he more so blamed himself for it. He also said to Ellie during the birthday flashback that she shouldn't always get so riled up by other people. However, I'm not sure if he wouldn't have gone for Abby is Ellie was the one getting murdered, after all they went through, including him at the hospital. He couldn't let her go at that time either, not just for her but also for himself. I also think that Tommy said that in that moment more so to protect Ellie. He did not want her to go, so he tried to bullshit his way through to get her to stay to protect her. That makes the farm scene with him being such a bitter bastard even sadder.
@@Dark__Thoughts well like it’s kinda how we was he go’n figure out who he was I think 1000% if someone murdered Ellie and he knew who he was like let’s say David he would most definitely go and find and kill David.
I think, ultimately, it doesn't matter what Joel would've done. Ellie doesn't go after Abby because that's what Joel would have done. That may be what she's telling herself and those around her, but she's doing it for herself and her own reasons. Joel may or may not have done the same thing; there are arguments to be made for both cases. But, if anything, we know that he would never have wanted this for Ellie. He knew it would ruin her the way it did.
you're 100% right. I thought the same thing. Joel didn't even want to deliver Ellie to the fireflies and the reason he kept going was because he couldn't go back and Tess was gone. When they were in Salt Lake City, he wanted to go back to Jackson. He didn't see the point in going forward. Joel is the kind of guy who would not take unnecessary risks. Going to Seattle was just that. Tommy knows Joel very well. He's Joel's brother and they've survived together for years. Tommy is 100% right.
joel will definitely seek revenge for Ellie if that happened to her, and that was shown in the game part 1, when they kidnapped her, and in the end of the game also, when he killed everyone stand in his way only get to her . Mostly, because he actually can't handle another loss of this kind.. it might kill him for real
A lot of people didn’t notice that the song Ellie played when she was about to leave is the same song that’s playing during her and Dina’s first kiss. It’s what spurred the flashback.
Crooked Still - Ecstasy instrumental version. There's a cover by Tammy Lima that uses Ellie's chord progression. /watch?v=SOy5EpEX7tc
That song sort of encompasses Ellie's last moments of true happiness before everything went to shit. Thanks to that entire journey I really can't listen to that song without everything flashing back to me. :(
AHHHH AMAZING
There's a trigger for one of the earlier flashbacks as well, but I've never seen anyone notice it. When Jesse first arrives at the theater, he says "Nothing a little sleep won't take care of," when Dina asks if he's okay. Then we get the flashback about going to the music store when Joel and Ellie encounter a bloater. After they kill it, Ellie asks Joel if he's good and he says, "Ain't nothin' a solid night of sleep won't shake off."
It’s crazy how easily this story can shape your emotions. When she was playing Abby’s side, she shot at Ellie without hesitation, and now that she’s playing Ellie’s side, she supports Ellie’s choice to avenge Joel. This game has such a powerful story. It definitely will give you some emotional whiplash 😓
Sorta. I think that came under the condition that this would help her, but when it came down to it I think she saw that this was pointless and not the way. Luckily Ellie realized that in the last moments too.
:')
Man, what a good and just cozy series.
I know she has a cozy and chill vibe kinda like gabsmolders
😂 SO COZY
Such a cozy series indeed 😂 😂
There's SOOO much symbolism and nuance in the last scene with Joel and Ellie and the window scene. They're not on an equal level when we walks out but he then puts himself on her level by leaning down. Then he stands back up unequaling them again when he says he'd do it all over again, then he leans back down. Not to mention all the facial expressions and voice acting. And the window...Ellie finally forgiving and moving on. The little dead plant shows that he's still there even if he's gone. The open-ness between them on the porch and Eliie being open to forgive shown in the open guitar case. The moth on the guitar represents Ellie, she was stuck in the dark (case) for a long time. And now she's in the light finally, healing. The cracked paint on the window showing all the scars from the journey but in the end she's still there and can live on.
how awesome!!
A simple revenge story on the surface unveils itself as a story regarding the importance of identity and grief, more specifically how we tend to cope with grief in a time of sorrow and suffering. This story’s branching pathways helped me see how similar the two women actually were. Abby finally found a new meaning to her life the moment she took Lev and Yara under her wing. All the pain, all the sadness and the realization of how useless her tracking Joel and killing him was were swept away upon cementing and finding a new purpose….A real one. Ellie, on the other side, wasn't really seeking revenge and she wasn’t so much mad at Abby more than she was mad at the fact that Abby took away the chance for her to reconcile with Joel. She finally had the strength to try and forgive him but he died the day after….and you kinda have to admit he had it coming. Killing Abby was just a objective to focus on, to evade the thought of how badly she pushed away the man that she loved the most, the father that she never had, tormented by the thought of him thinking that she hated him while dying. It took one moment, a single glimpse of him while trying to drown Abby to remember the gift he gave her that night, a real precious one: How to forgive, how to forgive the man that took her chance of saving the world and to forgive the woman that killed him, seeing how that once fierce warrior was crawling in the dirt to save that scrawny little kid. At almost the cost of her life, she ended up giving back to her worst enemy, exactly like Joel did with her years ago….
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A brilliant part of this game is the QuickTime sequence during the Ellie/Abby fight. On one hand, as Ellie, you are trying to stab Abby, but at the same time, you can feel like you’re tapping that square button as Abby fighting Ellie off. This moment further drove home the parallels of these two girls. What Naughty Dog did by making you feel for both people is incredible imo
I didn't feel for either. Abby is a piece of shit that I don't like, ellie became a piece of shit that I don't like. They could both die in the first hour of part 3 and I wouldn't feel a thing.
i hated that scene because of how difficult it was to play, emotionally!! which is also why i loved it!
@@eralia it must have been difficult on the slow thumbs too!! Happy you’re back!
I never, not for a moment, felt for Abby. Not for a second. When the game forced me to start playing as Abby, I deleted it. I watched some play throughs and my disappointment was confirmed on every level. I'm glad some players enjoyed the game but I don't think it should exist.
@@mckrackin5324 what a sad life you must live
I LOVE THIS GAME. It teaches you that there is no good or bad side, everyone just had their problems and it shows you both sides so you can understand Ellie and Abby . It is a constant dilemma and if a game gives you so much feelings, it means it's an incredible game.
Well, to me Joel is the bad side. He not only did something completely selfish in robbing humanity of a cure, he did it against Ellie's wishes, which was why he repeatedly lied to her about it. Add to that that he killed a doctor/surgeon when there can't be too many of those left in the world.
The idea that "the only thing that matters is what matters to me" is one of the reasons why the US is so divided right now.
joel wasn’t about revenge. “shit happens, and we move on”. even in the beginning, she said “if it had been one of us joel would’ve been half way to seattle by now”… tommy says “no, he wouldn’t have…” (most underrated comment on joel in the whole story).
ellie’s mission was all about the guilt that she had for not being able to finally forgive joel and mend things with him.
what an interesting take! joel would've just been happy with his sheep, ellie, and his guitar. :')
im sorry but nobody can convince me if ellie got killed in that fashion in front of Joel that he wouldn't seek revenge. that's all he had.
@@ghostyhype_btw4303 there is a deleted scene where tommy said to ellie that joel didnt seek revenge for sarah, his suicide attempt in the hbo show cross confurms that.
@@vault29a wym? tommy literally killed the person who killed sarah?
@@ghostyhype_btw4303 in the game tommy confronts ellie eho want to go in seattle like joel wouldve, tommy aid "no he eouldnt" there is an extra to this scene ehere he explains that joel got drpresed after saras death and didnt gone rampage on fedra.
51:39 Abby says "Scooch", which is a callback to TLOU1 when Joel tells Ellie to scooch so that he can get back on the horse
Which itself was a callback to the start of TLOU1, when Joel comes home and Sarah is sleeping on the couch.
@@aceldamia9114 Wild to think that Lev has probably killed more people than Sarah, but probably has no idea what hard-core drugs are.
@@karlwilker579 One of the many potential naive cute questions he could ask Abby. Lev exploring & learning about the old world stuff with Abby was so funny.
@@aceldamia9114 Missed that, so cool!
insane!!
50:50 yup, this game, this game… there’s a reason why we all keep watching these playthroughs
Player: Can I let the Infected loose?
Developers: *GRINNNNNN*
😈
When Dina says "I'm not gonna do this again" she's referring to Seattle. When she was sick, Dina had to stay behind in the theater while Ellie went on her hunts for Tommy or Abby. Dina was stuck there, sick, pregnant, and alone, worrying about Ellie. It's the same thing when Ellie leaves for the last time to finish off her revenge journey. Dina refuses to be put in that situation again; waiting for someone who may or may not be dead, when she has a baby to take care of.
I really enjoyed experiencing this again through the lens of eralia, thank you for your kind heart and mind. It takes empathy to truly understand this game. I always tell people that there are 4 underlying themes to this game... 2 per story arc. Abby's are regret and redemption, while Ellie's are revenge and forgiveness. This game will stick with you for a long time, trust me. Thank you again!
thanks for watching!!
The thing with the 4 underlying themes is extremely beautiful. I didn't even thought that way. But suddenly I just loved this game more than before, and it was already my top favourite!
Thank you!
The windchimes hanging from the front of the farmhouse are the exact same ones that can be seen at Joel's house in Austin. We see them briefly when Tommy, Joel, and Sarah leave the house. I am guessing Tommy brought it with him along with Sarah's photo because it prob had some sentimental value (my headcanon is that maybe Sarah & Joel made it together as a crafts project lol). Those same windchimes can be seen AGAIN at Joel's house in Jackson. And now they're at the farm.
Managed to notice this during my first playthrough. That windchime has had one hell of a trip lol
More likely Ellie. She also has Joel's wood carved animals in the farm house, which Dina also put into her room at the end.
One of the greatest games I've ever played, I understood and sympathized with every character and I respect the writer's for not letting people off the hook and making them answer for there actions good or bad. Everything about this game was great. The music, the graphics, the game play, story, the acting,. You really made me think about different perspectives in every situation
thank you for watching and joining me! :)
2:12:51 "Wow... WTF... [claps]" - YES. OMG finishing this game was such a moment in my life. I will never forget it. Standing ovation.
Even though I've played through the game dozens of times, I have thoroughly enjoyed watching you experience it for the first. Thanks for sharing your journey!
aww this means a lot to me! thank you kinja!! :D ❤
30:06 I wasn't expecting that. Absolutely beautiful.
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I literally spend my evenings in your company! In particular, I loved the playlist of The Last of Us Part 2 so much, and being a huge fan of the game, I was struck by the passion and dedication you put into playing it. From the theories you constructed to the songs you sang (you have a wonderful voice), you conveyed every single emotion you experienced during the storytelling. It's needless to reiterate that your videos are the only thing that truly makes me feel at home. Never stop doing what you do because the dedication and passion you have are not at all taken for granted. Thank you for being there, Eralia ♥️. Greetings from Brindisi, Italy 🇮🇹.
The song Ellie wrote into her diary thingy is actually out . Shawn James - The Guardian (Ellie's song)
i found it after i finished the game the first time and it s amazing! sooo much feel in that song, especially for someone who played the game. Go and check it out, won't regret it : )
I don't think that's anything official, just a song based on her lyrics from her journal. Basically a fan creation from a musician.
"Sometimes that's the best you can do... If you can't forgive them, you can just try to move on." What a great reaction to the entire game, Eralia. Such a pleasure to watch!! Thanks for making me cry. AGAIN! 😍
❤ thank you for joining me!!
Seth is the luckiest man in the entire series ….. wanted to go up against Ellie and Joel …. Two of the greatest killers in the series
Yeah, he should have been terrified of Ellie. Lucky for hin, Joel saved him.
Be careful ,we don't know this Seth,mmaybe a dangerous spychopath..lol
Yeah I was thinking something similar thing during this reaction. Someone needed to remind Seth at that moment that they send Joel out to end things. He's got one response to conflict and it's devastating. Surely it's understandable that Seth wouldn't know how lethal Ellie and Dina are (even by just underestimating them as teenage girls)... but I imagine word must have gotten around over those 4 years that Joel puts bodies down. But of course Ellie has probably caught more bodies than Joel across the 2 games, and half of them up close and personal with that knife. Seth is a lucky SOB three times over.
Maria saved that man's life!
57:40 - "We're in flavor town!" has never been said with a more appropriate level of *distress*. 😂
LOL
I just want to give my little thing that give me hope for Ellie to you guys. In California Ellie didn't have Dina's lucky bracelet, but at the farm in the end she did. Gives me hope that she already went back to Jackson to reunite with Dina and JJ before she went to the farm.
Nope, how could Ellie know Dina went back to Jackson? It makes more sense that Ellie went to Jackson after the farm is empty, not the other way around c'mon. 🙄
Her way she approaches the farm comes across otherwise. Not that she looks surprised, but resigned to the reality of what she found. I think her putting the bracelet on shows her hope that she'll find Dina, and leaves the farm for Jackson when she doesn't to go look for her. But she put it back on to represent that she's moved on from her vengeance and is ready to get back to living HER life, imo.
@@carlospandette8001ina said she wasn't "going to do this again" pretty safe to say she wasn't gonna wait around for Ellie and caring for a farm and a baby would be hard for one person. If she'd go anywhere it would be Jackson where Jesse's parents are. Also, I'm not saying that is what happened. It's just an idea that I like even if it probably isn't the reality. Open ended finish so people can thing whatever they want until otherwise is said.
it's safe to say she goes back to Jackson to find her, after the farm.
@@carl_consumer.of.reality I'm not sure about that to be honest. You'd think the main gate with the path there leads to Jackson, but Ellie leaves out through the back and into the forest.
damnnn this game never fails to make me cry, fr had tears rolling down my face during the final fight between Ellie and Abby and then the scene between Joel and Ellie in the porch😭 i really hope we get a 3rd game one day 🙏
thanks for watching!! one of the most emotional experiences i've ever had :')
i’m so glad to have gone through this journey with you Eralia! i’ll definitely still be hanging around the channel after this series. Highly recommend the Uncharted franchise if you have yet to indulge in it, definitely need the old naughty dog charm after this game, peace be, love ya!
thank you so much!!
Such a beautiful singing voice Eralia ❤. Also, I'm sorry but I couldn't help but laugh at how much finding the scissors pissed you off, knowing that Abby would never get into combat with anyone other than Ellie again! (I think the in-game resources are meant to be bits of things rather than the whole item, hence you have to find several instances before you get one whole part). Anywaaay... Great playthrough series and I pray we get a part 3 one day!
haha thank you nick! ❤
Never have i watched a playthrough that made me laugh so much but also cry so much. I have no idea how you made it through this game with the complete lack of looting you did. It's actually hilarious. Just overall very entertaining to watch and i barely got any work done when i had you playing because i couldn't look away.
There's nothing i could say here about the game that everyone else hasn't already said, but it's clear that you took from the game exactly what you're supposed to take. Some people play it and never see anything other than "Revenge bad," but you understood that this was a game about the minds of two very damaged young women dealing with trauma in a super horrible world. Trust me, I've watched dozens of first time playthroughs of the game, you'd be shocked how many people don't engage with it beyond that.
Great playthrough, enjoyed it a great deal. Thanks for making me laugh a lot.
I'm guessing a 3rd game would be about the Fireflies regrouping and maybe Ellie getting the chance to decide her own fate again. Excellent playthrough! The difference between modern playthroughs vs playthroughs when the game first came out are much more open minded and I appreciate you analyzing the story for what it is. It's brutal and so personal that it takes that kind of retrospection. One of my fav games of all time.
agreed!! thank you for joining me :')
There is no fucking medicine that can cure narcissistic psychopaths who are ready to cut little girls into pieces in abandoned hospitals in order to get another portion of lies likestyle: “she went became soup for a reason, for a big purpose” or “today we ate that cool guy because we have faith” )) Humanity is the only fucking cure for a lost world. For the rest of the freaks only silver sword)) Only Joel knew this, perhaps Ellie understood it through empathy. Grow up already, humanoids.
The third game will merely be about Abby and lev. Ellies storyline is over, she's in tommys city living a happy life with dina and their baby.
Unless they make abby, ellie and every other faction have to be in the same side vs some sort of all out war vs the infected
Having just finished this game a week ago, I'm so glad that it had just as big of an impact on you. I feel like I could write an essay on this game. Definitely need to add the Uncharted games to the list!
I think uncharted would be pretty disappointing after playing tlou, they are more like comedy action fantasy movies (until the 4th game) whereas tlou is deep and emotional storytelling
Yeah, can't play uncharted after playing that😅
the first games are kind of meh for me. fun though they are. it's the fourth one that is more like tlou in terms of how the characters and the relationships are more in focus, because it was written and directed by the same person. i will say though, that i think playing them in order (they're pretty easy to get through) might make you appreciate the characters more. i didn't, i played the fourth one first and played one, two and three after, i still enjoyed it. but it's also just a completely different genre, think indiana jones or something like that.
Don't listen to those other guys, definitely play Uncharted! It's nowhere near the story/character depth of TLOU but they are wonderful games regardless.
@@mikeyb0121 I was told to try Uncharted after I finished TLOU2. oh boy. I jumped into the first one and it was ROUGH! I'm told it was revolutionary at the time but now it's just dated as hell. Played a few levels but haven't gone back to it. Not sure if I can just skip ahead to the 4th chapter.
Abby ended up with Lev who is like Ellie from part 1. Abby lost everything but got a reason to live from Lev. Just like Joel. Ellie recognised it at the end. But she still couldn't let Abby go because of her obsession. What really made her so bound for revenge was that she was angry at herself for torturing Joel mentally, just as Abby had tortured Joel physically. And she had never reconciled with him before he died. In the end what saved Abby was the image of Joel at the porch. Ellie realised that she HAD, in a roundabout way reconciled with Joel. It wasn't perfect, but life is messy. What's important is that Joel knew she still loves him. Why else would she "like to try"? And Joel was not about revenge, he would not have wanted Ellie to go after Abby. He would have wanted her to stay right there--where she is safe. Because Ellie is the one thing he cares about more than everything else put together. Which is why he "would do it all over again".
Thanks for playing, it was really cool to see how you would react to everything, especially the ending 👍😉
But you nailed it with your thoughts at the end, it is about forgiveness and empathy and less about revenge.
Ellie and Joel singing during the credits was such a nice addition.
You are a good human being, take care 🙂
This is just my two cents on Ellie's thought process in Santa Barbara + the overall ending:
After Abby spares her + Dina and gives Ellie the chance to experience a peaceful family life with a partner and child, Ellie finally starts to experience the fulfilling life that Joel wanted her to experience when he saved her from the hospital, not for her to waste it on grief and regret. And when Tommy shows up at the farmhouse, Ellie at that point isn't full of anger like she was in Seattle. At least a year has passed, so she's not reeling from Joel's recent death and has had time to process her true feelings about him and Abby. And Ellie realized within that time that she wasn't mad at Abby specifically, bc she's accepted that she was angrier at herself this whole time for not mending her relationship with Joel soon enough, bc he was the person she loved the most. But she's still depressed and suicidal, and she doesn't know any other way to cure her PTSD except to look for Abby and possibly kill her if that's what it takes. Bc proper therapy doesn't exist in the apocalypse to help her deal with her grief, and Dina's method of talking about Jessie to his parents and JJ isn't how Ellie feels comfortable talking about Joel yet.
Abby was in full control during their prior 2 encounters and was the one who decided to spare Ellie, not vice versa. But SB is when Ellie finally has agency over Abby's fate for the 1st time. And when she finally has Abby essentially 'defeated' and drowning, Ellie has the option to finally kill her. And she realizes doing all this isn't curing her PTSD as she hoped, instead, she's thinking of all the time she wasted getting there and the family she left behind (like how she kept saying in her journal that she missed JJ and Dina). Thus Ellie's flashback of Joel pops up of when he 1st showed support for her relationship with Dina, a part of her identity that she was scared that Joel would judge her for (bc this whole time he thought she was straight). It was a final reminder that abandoning Dina and JJ is the last thing Joel would've wanted for her life. So Ellie spares Abby to give herself closure, as the first act of self-forgiveness, and moves on to seek real help for her PTSD in Jackson. Bc the best way she could honor Joel's love for her would be to not push away the other people in her life who loved her. It's hinted that Ellie reunited with Dina in Jackson before that farmhouse scene at the very end, bc Ellie is wearing Dina's evil eye bracelet which she didn't previously have with her when she left for SB.
You uploaded the final chapter one day before the 10th Anniversary of THE LAST OF US. That's spectacular timing!
i don’t want it to end 😭
I'm 31 min into the video and you started singing.
Love the emotion. It actually made me cry.
Now I'm gonna finish the rest of the video.
For us early adopters this is a bittersweet moment. It was nice going on this journey with you which started in the winter for myself. I was going through some things and your content was much needed and appreciated. Thank you.
Now let me watch this lol. 😊
thank you for being here for the journey! glad i could help make you smile!
I’ve played this game so so many times and still love watching people play it, I think you’ve had the most emotional reactions to anybody I’ve seen play this game and it was a real pleasure to watch you experience this game. If you didn’t know the sail boat on the beach which is the new Home Screen is letting the player know that Abby and lev made it to Catalina island.
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What I've always found really touching about Joel's story arc is that he isn't very present in a game that is entirely about guilt, and at that final moment he says he "would do it all over again", shortly after which he accepts his fate "Get this over with" in front of Abby. He stands by everything he's done, even though he carries the most guilt, he feels guilty almost half his life for not saving his daughter who was his entire world, and he is in the Joel/Abby/Ellie narrative dynamic the only character who knows just how selfish what he did was, and how he swiftly discarded the fate of the entirety of the human race.
He essentially pushes mankind in a new era, one that wasn't started at all by the arrival of the cordyceps pandemic, but by the selfish act of one single broken man, an era in which mankind is essentially doomed. I believe that he'll never forgive himself for either, but when Ellie visited him on that porch that very last night, and when she was still by his side when he died, he is appeased to know that mankind isn't doomed as long as there is something worth dying for.
Fantastic game and playthrough it was awesome to go through the emotions of this game withoUT feeling the guilt of pressing the buttons this time around. I'd be really interested to see you play other Naughty Dog games (Uncharted) but also games that ventured into very emotional moments (GRIS, Nier, Spiritfarer, etc. to name a few) as I particularly enjoyed your ability to instantly empathize with Abby ( who a lot of people straight up despised and never cared for her half of the game ) and Owen ( who the rest of the people seem to hate simply because he cheated and overlook the entirety of his character) despite their wrongdoings.
Have a great rest of the week !
Great insights , and I certainly don't mean to take anything away from it. I just want to interject a thought. Many years later, humans are still surviving. It doesn't take much away from the selfishness of Joel's decision, but humanity is not necessarily doomed. Much of struggles of humanity in the aftermath are because of their own decisions, not the cordyceps. But, yes, the vaccine *could* have provided humanity with a big boost - but those other issues could just as easily have rendered the vaccine ineffective. Humans would still be trying to kill each other - they'd just be immune now. Or one group could have hoarded the vaccine to create their own version of a new world.
Still can't believe all this came from 2 amazing video games :-)
thank you so much for this comment! it was very pleasant to read, and was very well-written. i enjoyed hearing your perspective, and thank you for enjoying mine! cheers 😊
@@eralia I dislike the idea that the world is "doomed." I think part of the reason we see Jackson is to show us that the world is NOT doomed; people can still thrive when they come together and love each other. Y'know, don't try to make the world into what it used to be, just learn to live in the new world.
Bit of a READ lol: In my opinion, understanding & TRULY empathizing with Ellie at the end, I believe, is that hardest challenge the game presents to the player. Even harder than having to see things from Abby's perspective, or empathizing with her. I feel like anyone who truly puts themselves in Abby’s shoes for a moment can see things from her perspective. It took me a simple, 15 minute break from playing the game to set aside my anger, and begin to commit to her section of the game lol.
Ellie has sooooo many things going on in her mind in the prologue: PTSD, IMMENSE guilt re: Jesse’s death, how she left things with Joel before his death, feeling unfulfilled, feeling like she can’t fix herself, feeling guilty about being a burden to Dina, feeling like she’s bad for her family, feeling the deep loss of agency at every major moment in her life (the situation with the fireflies, abby taking her chance to fix things with Joel, abby then taking her chance to simply walk away at the end of day 3), feeling utterly trapped in her position. And then Tommy comes and opens those old wounds AGAIN.
The trip to Santa Barbara is a suicidal one. She doesn’t see a way out in her situation (doesn’t help that there aren’t therapists in the post-apocalypse lol): she isn’t sleeping or eating well. The inghtmares are fairly constant, and she feels like she is becoming too much to handle. Time isn’t fixing whatever is wrong with her. So, she leaves, hoping to maybe get some closure, to maybe regain some of the agency that’s been robbed from her all her life. Hoping to fix her trauma, guilt etc one way or another. She incorrectly believes that going after Abby will fix what’s wrong with her. She was, in her mind, slowly dying at the farm anyway, so she might as well try this and succeed, or die in the process.
I love that at the very end, at the beach… she lets Abby go. She recognizes that Abby has suffered greatly, and is okay with letting her go. But her sense of guilt & trauma drives her to violence. She says, “I can’t let you go.” “I can’t”, not “I won’t.”
I was very worried that she’d kill Abby cuz I knew that once she killed her and felt NOTHING… she’d TRULY hit rock bottom, and be in DEEP trouble (mentally). Thankfully, she finds the resolve to let it go. Abby had Lev to help her to not cross that line (with Dina and Ellie), and throw away the work she had done towards being better. Ellie had no one but herself (and maybe a little help from a memory of Joel).
I really don’t think she forgives Abby, like a lot of people believe. She simply lets her go because she realizes it won’t fix anything. Certainly wouldn’t help her to forgive herself (which is what she TRULY needs, even if she doesn’t realize. She needs to let go of all the guilt she is feeling, something that Joel wouldn't want for her one bit. All he wanted was for her to be happy & safe). Her quest for revenge was ultimately coming from a place of wanting to express her love for Joel, while trying to alleviate the deep guilt she felt. In Ashley Johnson's words, Ellie feels absolutely NOTHING in the mooment where she is strangling Abby. This scares her.
And at the end… She thinks back to her last conversation with Joel, with sadness, some regret, and above all… a DEEP sense of love. She’s always felt that she doesn’t matter, and Joel tells her (via subtext) that her life DOES have value. He did what he did out of love for her, after all (and cuz he didn’t want to lose her).
She lays him to rest, spiritually. I hope that she can now begin her journey towards healing, being better and finding a new purpose for herself.
“No matter what, you keep finding something to fight for.” - Joel
“I'm not going to lie, this is a pretty messed up world. It won't be easy. The thing you always have to remember is that, life is worth living! Find your purpose and fight for it. I see so much strength in you. I know you'll turn out to be the woman you're meant to be.” - Anna, in a note she wrote to Ellie
Unfortunately, I think a lot of Ellie's turmoil comes from her belief that if she'd died at the hospital "at least her life would've mattered," and not realizing that she doesn't have to make a vaccine, be immune, or die for her life to matter. She matters as a person all by herself, with no qualifiers, and I think Joel felt that after coming to care for her. I think when she realizes that and then recontextualizes all the things Joel's done for her, she'll be able to be at peace with everything, including finding her forgiveness for him. Ugh, such a great storyline.
Thanks for playing it! Honestly, best playthrough of this series I could've prob picked to watch
I'm so excited to see the "lost levels" get adapted for the HBO series, especially to elaborate more on how Mel felt going into a relationship with Owen, knowing his history with Abby... as well as to elaborate on Tommy's complete turnaround from discouraging Ellie in the beginning of the game, to ruthlessly trying to rope her back into taking revenge, for his sake, it seems, at the end. That might be trivial to some. It's just that I understood all the rest of the characters so well from the story we were presented with. Those are just the two I was always left with wanting a little more clarity on. Can't wait to see what they come up with for part III...
The poem Ellie writes in her diary is a song. They released it as "Ellie's song" with singer Shawn James, it's a very beautiful song for anyone who wants to look it up.
Such an amazing story, thanks for sharing your experience with it!
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The greatest tragedy of this franchise is what Ellie does to her family in the last couple hours of this game. She has everything. She survived Seattle, has a wife and son, and just can't let go of the past. And because of that, she loses everything. My hope is that we get Part 3 and she somehow manages to get it back in the end.
i agree.
I think part of the reason she had to leave is because she doesn't actually want to live a peaceful domestic life. She wants to explore and travel. It comes out in her love of space, in her conversations with Dina... at one point she even specifically says she wouldn't want a farmhouse. Ellie is trying to be something she's not, she's trying to be the perfect girl FOR DINA but she's just not like that, they have different ideas about how to live.
I don't know how many times I've seen, talked about, written about, and dissected that final scene between Joel and Ellie. It's a Master Class in everything - writing, performance, animation, staging, lighting, pacing, plotting. I get choked up as soon as I hear Joel's guitar.
My favorite moment is after Joel says, "I"d like that." There's a pause. Ellie says, "Okay" and almost glares at him as if to say, "Is that all you've got? Of course it's all you've got. Why would I expect anything different? Of course I'm going to have to do the lion's share of the talking and emotional lifting in this reconciliation. But. This is what I signed up for. I knew this."
JJ= Jesse and Joel
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on the porch she says she could never forgive him, but would like to try...the memory of the conversation on the porch in her mind, her forgiving him, and him Joel forgiving Abby...the two become one, how crazy is that! ! that's why this game has won over 300 awards...!
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Thank you for this awesome playthrough. I've enjoyed every moment of you experiencing this game. The beautiful parts, the difficult parts, its such a journey and I've really enjoyed your commentary and your heart for what the characters are experiencing and going through. I can't wait to join you for more playthroughs and reactions! Much love!
thank you so much ;~; i'm gonna cry!! lol
Loved your play through, I always wait to the final episode so I don’t have to wait and I can watch it all in a couple of sessions. I’m glad you came up in my suggested feed, love your content.
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I love watching these from you the amount of emotion you show is a lot better than anyone else I’ve seen play this game!!!!
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I've played through this game twice; and watched many play-throughs. I have to say, it's one of my favourite games ever (not because it's perfect, but because when it hits, it hits for the moon and more often than not reaches it). I really appreciated your playthrough, and your very visceral (heart on your sleeve) reactions. I hope that you did have a good time, and while I'm sure there are many games that resonate, it would be interesting to see how well this game holds up for you (and whether you actually find, like many people, that it has a very deep hook that keeps you coming back to explore).
The one thing I'd add (and I'm sure it's been said before); I think that while Ellie and Abby's shared much in terms of their story; this also represents a sliding doors moment; where we see both Abby and Ellie go on their vengeance journey; but that Abby finds something to fill the void - her bond with Lev - whereas Dina/JJ are never quite able to do that; until perhaps the end when Ellie is able to put down the guitar, the hold her pain has on her, and look forward perhaps to forgive herself most of all. For me, I have to say that Abby's story resonates most for me, and it's a positive uplifting tale of redemption. That's why she goes back to help Lev and Yara... not for Owen; but for her soul. I always well up with tears playing/watching this game. Yes, it is emotionally manipulative - that's the art of it. And ND did such a great job of touching something deep in many of us.
In the ending when Ellie says "Go. Just take him." She wasn't just referring to lev, but she was referring to Joel. This is where ellie accepts that abby took joel away from her and the past can't be undone.
So I just finished your play through, it’s one of the best ones I’ve seen because you understand both sides. You wanted both to find their happiness which is where the conflict comes in and it hurts to see these characters not get what they need. Also your talking and exploring is 100% awesome, so don’t feel bad about that. It is why I watch these playthroughs, to gain a tiny bit of experiencing it for the first time again through someone else’s eyes. It’s the closest I can get to that, because sadly I can’t erase my memory and play it for the first time again, but yours was a great experience and quite close to my own feelings about the characters. So it was quite fun to watch in this respect.
As for my thoughts on the game… which likely will be lost in all these comments, but nevertheless I’ll put them down. There were so many times I wanted, wished for some mutual enemy to rise up and for Ellie to realise her enemy isn’t the priority and that they need to fight together and then do the cliche thing of realising “we’re not all that different.”
I’m glad they didn’t do that cliche, no matter how much I wished for it. Because they do in fact a have a mutual enemy, their own messed up need for revenge. However they yin-yanged each other.
Ellie’s inability to play the song at the end hurts, and she leaves it behind. Sort of like a metaphor for leaving behind part of her, moving on finally. The question we are left with that I still wonder today, did she wander off alone like her self fulfilling prophecy of her fear she confessed to Sam, “ending up alone,” or did she head back to Jackson…
Time will tell I guess if we get a part three that continues her story. I’ll be there day one if that happens, no matter the story. Of course we’d prefer to to be done finally with revenge, going back and seeking forgiveness from Dina, perhaps she’ll get the same response Ellie gave Joel, that Dina doesn’t know if she’ll forgive Ellie for leaving her and JJ, but she’d like to try. That’s all we can ask for from others, that we try, try to mend wounds, forgive, move on, hope they and we can be better than we were yesterday, and in that note we leave our “hero”, much like them in a fog of grey, not knowing what will happen, just life, which is hardly ever black or white.
On a final note, your falling in love with Naughty Dog as a dev and your words leave me with the hope that you tackle their other great franchise, Uncharted. Here’s to hoping you do so someday, and if you do, I might as well also throw my own recommendation in regarding the 4.5 games, start with the first one, there will be some who say to skip it because the gameplay is very dated, and it is, but the story is worth it to start from the beginning.
thank you for this comment, it did not get lost!! i never really verbalized my thoughts about the idea of a mutual enemy, but it would have been so nice (albeit, cliche) for them to just see each other's sides and unite. but c'est la vie. i'm glad it wasn't traditional story behavior, much like you said. it was realistic.
cheers!
It’s been such a pleasure to follow you through this journey, Eralia! I’m very pleased to have found you. Excited to see what comes next here ❤
thank you so much!!
One of the best playthroughs i've ever seen of this game and i've watched way too many of them. Well done and thanks for sharing your experience! subbed for sure for the long haul
thanks so much!!
Annnnd one of my absolute favorite moments in the game is 1:37:38 when Ellie drops into the pool area of the resort. This introduces “Young Men Dead” playing like The Doors at the end of Apocalypse Now. The music choice was so perfect. It’s Ellie’s final descent into hell.
I also love how after playing 30 hours of shades of gray the developers give us an arena to destroy objectively horrible people. It’s a great catharsis.
But wow. Between “Ecstasy” and “Young Dead Man” they covered a lot of ground musically. :-)
they really did!!
This is the second time I’ve watched this episode and maybe the dozenth time I’ve seen the ending of the game and I’m a pile of tears. This play through was special. As someone with PTSD, I feel close to Ellie in a way I never have with a fictional character. Her pain is so real, Ellie has been rejected, abandoned, abused, adopted, betrayed, redeemed, and has failed in so many ways, I just can’t even express how much I relate to her. You really took the ride with these games and I am so grateful for your candor and vulnerability in your reactions. You totally rock and I can’t wait until you can get back to gaming.
MUCK this was so sweet!! thank you for joining me!! ❤
What a journey. Loved your play through. Thank you, eralia.
thank you, george!
I watched the whole playlist of you playing, I don't regret it one bit, your reaction and charisma made everything better.
Thank you so much for playing this amazing game series, and I am so excited to see what happens next for Ellie and Abby. I loved your perspective and open mindedness surrounding the plot. This was one of the most respectful and entertaining playthroughs of this game on youtube. Really can't wait to see what games you play next, id love to see you play To The Moon (very emotional) and Outlast (V scary). Thank you so much for these videos, theyve been a bit of a lifeline for me when ive been pretty depressed recently so it's very appreciated. Thank you Eralia
i'm glad i could help cheer ya up! thank you for joining me! ❤
When you pick up any item for crafting such as the scissors, they don't always give you 1 of that item. Pay attention in your crafting menu at the item. There's a circle around it. When you pick up an item it may only fill up 1/4, 1/2, or 3/4 of that circle. But once the circle is full, you'll have 1 out of 3 of that item. Hope I'm making some sense.😂
thank you for this journey.. I loved it to rewatch the games and show with you
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This was a hell of a journey Eralia! Im glad we got to the end and Im really proud of you! Been watching your videos since you played the first TLOU and I loved it all. And yes I think youre right. Joel would go to the deepest parts of hell to get revenge if Ellie was killed, but he would like her to live her life instead of going after revenge. Thats what it points out. And in the end we can see that Ellie finally forgave Joel and could remember him the way he deserves to, and not just in a pool of blood. I see hope in this finale, even tho Ellie lost everything, she still has her life and a town to go back to. And she will always remember her father figure. Thanks for the ride Eralia! Looking forward to seeing you play another story driven games like this. Love!
thank you so much, paulo!!
It really is a bitter sweet ending eralia this has been such a joy to watch🤗 full of your happiness & insightfulness at playing this series 🙌 thank you & look forward to all the adventures you have for us next, take care & sending good vibes and sunshine smiles 😻💜🌻🌻🐝
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I’ve played through this a couple of times, but seeing you being you so emotionally invested made it worth watching all over again. Thank you
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That was an awesome playthrough Eralia. Your emotional state really brought it all back even though it's been like 2 years since I first played this game. Well done on finishing this absolute masterpiece 😁👏👏👏
thank you!!
Thank u Eralia for this playthrough✨
Thank you for the awesome playthrough and letting me relive this incredible game one more time... what a journey.
thank you!!
Was awesome your playthrough you're so great, can't wait to see you playing the part 3❤
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Ellie after letting Abby go: Go. Just take him.
Excellent example of why I love this writing. The quick interpretation of “him” would be she was referring to Lev. But a deeper interpretation could be she was also referring to Joel. No interpretation is wrong. Fucking brilliant. I love the TLOU games, especially TLOU2 so much.
And I can’t say enough about the mo-cap in the game. The way the light was hitting Dina’s eyes as she’s begging Ellie to stay blows me away every time. Such a masterpiece of a game.
Why would Abby take Joel?
I'm pretty sure Ellie is meant to say goodbye to Joel there at the end, leaving his guitar behind and herself moving on.
@@Dark__Thoughts I don't mean literally Abby taking Joel. It's Ellie finally accepting the loss of Joel by the hands of Abby and letting it go. I don't think it's accidental that just before Ellie stops trying to drown Abby she gets a flash of Joel playing the guitar on the porch. Which is the scene where Ellie begins her path of forgiveness for Joel. "I don't know if I can ever forgive you, but I'd like to try."
At least that was my interpretation. If that's not how you see it, that's fine too. Neither of our interpretations wrong or change the narrative. Just adds to it in our own ways for our enjoyment.
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That was an amazing ride with u in this game !! I'll be waiting your next playtrhought, love u and good vibes !!❤
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Loved watching your reactions to this! It's such a masterpiece of a series. Thank you.
thank YOU!
Thank you Eralia for the extremely entertaining walkthrough!!!
thanks for watching!!
Your so adorable! I enjoyed watching you play this series, the emotions made it great! This is one of my favorite games of all time! Thanks for the entertainment 👍🏼👍🏼
It was a journey! Thank you for this.
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What a ride! Thanks for sharing this playthrough/ reaction Eralia!
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Damn… when e sings Future Days, that was such a nice moment. “Clip that”
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Just wanna say thanks for sharing your playthrough of both games. Made me, kind of, experience the whole story again for the first time and I cried like a baby with you. I needed to get it out after not crying a single time after 16 playthroughs.
that's awesome! thanks for watching ❤️
I'm gonna miss this series so much, but I'm sticking around your channel 'cause you are amazing. Much love to you Eralia 💜
AAAH thank you!!
Just wanted to say thanks, and was awesome to have you on this epicly tragic journey to get your awesome feels and reaction keep up the great work 🤗, looking forward to you finishing the show 🤗
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It’s insane how many cults or clans exist after the outbreak in TLOU like: the fireflys, the rattlers, the scars, the WLF wolfs & lowkey the fedras too all they stories are so addicting interesting..
It’s not that insane. Humans are tribal, they’re just much smaller tribes after the outbreak.
I mean, what else would you expect? Cults exist even in the real world
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100% Ellie calling JJ, "such a big boy, that's my buddy" That is ABSOLUTELY Ashley as Pike talking to Grog xD
That singing playing part was beautiful made my day❤
Wow wow wow wow😢!! Been watching your LOU videos the past 2week and was a awesome journey... everytime you cry..... I cry😂 love your channel..... from South Africa 🇿🇦
1:37:01 hahaha, the way you just blew that popsicle stand and yeeted out of town. I've honestly never seen it done that way. You played this game like an 80s action movie. No slowing down for ammo, no reloading, no looking back. I can't tell if it's crazy, impressive or just crazy impressive.
LOL thank you!! i cackled at this comment :)
Eralia singing if i ever were to lose you BROKE MEEEE
6:15 Fun Fact! If you stay around the house without triggering the sheep sequence, the record plays all of Side 1 of the album. Then it just repeats.
This includes the song “Ecstasy” that they kissed to on the dance floor. Please look it up. It’s such a powerful track. The light runs of banjo/mandolin instantly take me back to seeing the dance and kiss clip they released before we knew anything.
It’s also the song Ellie starts to play at 31:28 before the dance scene flashback.
It’s an overtly Christian song, but I think it’s told tongue-in-cheek, wishing for proof of faith and how nice that would be if only to have it. That really fits Ellie.
It’s my favorite discovery from the game.
awesome!!
i know i’m hella late to this play through, stumbled upon your channel like a month ago. binged your TLOU series and wow your insight and openmindedness is a god send. most people don’t understand the narrative druckman tried to drive here. a story about complete dread, desd set on revenge the ENTIRE time, and finally an ending with forgiveness, too little too late? maybe, but either way i’ve seen many people play this but i haven’t seen one quite like yours. enjoyed crying my eyes out with you in this episode haha, keep up the good work
Thank you so much for doing this playthrough, I really love this game and I always get emotional in certain parts in the game, specially in the beach at the end, that fight is very difficult to play through and to watch, both of them are broken and I sympathize with both of the characters. Truly this game is a gem, it's about real human emotions, about revenge and forgiveness. Cannot wait for part 3. Once again, I enjoyed all your episodes and hope to follow you in another play through of a different adventure. Saludos y que estes bien ✌🍄
thank you!! muchas gracias!!
I absolutely loved watching you play this 😊
Ahhh I loved following this playthrough
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the way you cry is so hilarious to me and it makes the sad scene we are watching oddly funny and I didn't expect that. lmao. again, best play through I've seen of this game. And I've watch an unhealthy amount of playthroughs.
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Thank you so much for this gameplay. You and TLOU get me through the day sometimes. Can't wait for the next gameplay. I know life is hard sometimes, but know you make at least mine a little better. Love you ma'am. 🖤😊
thank you for watching!!