It hits especially hard since, immediately before that final scene, there is the dance as a flashback cutscene. #LastOfUsPartII

https://youtu.be/0Y0x5Os768c?si=h-TZrEfqerKEcU-u

Just remembering back, it’s wild to think that the reason I’m playing The Last of Us at all can be traced back to me wanting a blu-ray player circa 2008.

Back in the day, the PS3 was the best blu-ray player, so I bought a bundle from the Sony store that included Uncharted 1 (another Naughty Dog game). I’d never heard of Uncharted, but ended up really liking it (the first, and subsequently the full series).

So when Naughty Dog released The Last of Us, I was raring to see what they had made. Loved it. Later, when #LastOfUsPartII was announced, and it was revealed Ellie was the protagonist, I was already sold on it (I’m a sucker for story-driven games and strong female protagonists). Now I apparently play it once a year, at least 😅

Taking a break from playing #LastOfUsPartII to watch a two hour making-of documentary about it that just dropped 😅

https://youtu.be/SC3C7GMMfDU

This was an impactful scene to me, with Abby realising what her found family is (and that it ain’t the Wolves that took her in). Also that the cycle of revenge killing needs to stop—Yara and especially Lev show her a different path. #LastOfUsPartII

(This scene was after another PTSD flashback of her running through the hospital where her Dad was murdered, but instead of seeing him dead on the floor of the OR as usual, she sees Lev and Yara instead)