That is, until about a third of the way into Joel, Tess, and Ellie’s journey. Of course, we’re still left with the question as to why Ellie is so important - why she has to be smuggled to the capitol. Thus, the face of the rebel group, Marlene herself cannot take Ellie westward, never mind to the capitol of the Fireflies. The Fireflies, of course, are public enemy number one, a main target of the government. We learn that Marlene was friends with Ellie’s mom, and so she agrees to take the girl under her wing after the apocalypse worsens to the point that schools become a thing of the past. That is, up until about a year ago, when she met Marlene, leader of the Fireflies. Throughout nearly all fourteen years of her life, Ellie has experienced nothing but strict rules and unbelievable physical training under America’s government-run military schools. We don’t learn right away the exact reason why this young girl is so important, but for the payment of ammunition, Joel and Tess take on the challenge. The leader of the Fireflies, Marlene, proposes an offer to Joel and his partner in crime, Tess: smuggle a young girl across the country to the Capitol of the Fireflies.
Money, meaning guns for protection, ammo, food, clothes, etc. However, as he has grown to be a cold, emotionless man, he prefers to stay out of politics and focus more on simply staying alive any way he can - which means, mostly, getting money. The fact that his daughter is killed at the hands of a government shooter (for no good reason, I might add) should fuel Joel’s desire to overthrow the government and thus he should fit in with the Fireflies. We learn from the prologue that Joel has been through a lot with the zombie epidemic, from not only losing his life as he knows it but also losing his daughter. In short, the only real basic plot line that prevents this game from sounding like just another episode of The Walking Dead lies within the dilemma between main character Joel and the rebel group known as the Fireflies. Indeed, the government in this post-apocalyptic America is more concerned with stealing rations for themselves than actually doing any good. People are constantly being bitten and turned into mindless half-alive carcasses while others are struggling to merely survive without the help of a sufficient government.
#THE LAST OF US CHARACTERS FULL#
Where to begin? Let’s start with a brief summary for those who need a refresher: The Last Of Us is a third-person action-adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world where the zombie epidemic has taken full reign. Instead, this game by far focuses more on humanity, on vulnerability, than anything else. Sure, the world might be ending, and there are zombies everywhere, and in any other universe, the focus would be put on escaping death, disease and worse.
It’s a story about the human emotions: good versus evil, hope in hopeless places.
The Last Of Us is a story not just about a zombie apocalypse, but something so much more - something so much more frightening. It’s the way these characters establish their personalities, how they execute them, how they take form before our eyes as real, raw people who don’t fit our current model of society. There are so, so many things that make The Last Of Us so great from the development of the relationship between the two main characters to the individual character development of either of them to the nitty-gritty details that make the characters absolutely come to life. Now that I’ve walked through every little level and optional dialogue, I think it’s safe to say my opinion on the game: goodness, does the game truly live up to its critical acclaim. Indeed, the uproar of praise has been so loud that I sold my Nintendo DS just to scrape together enough money to purchase a PS4, alongside a copy of The Last Of Us: Remastered. After months of pestering from avid gamer friends, a few cans of red bull, and an embarrassingly long Youtube playlist of tutorials, I finally finished playing “The Last Of Us.” I know, I know, the game has been out for five years, and, to this day, people continue to rave about just how amazing the story is.
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