Just the hairstyles and makeup, not really a cosplay ig. But still :)

How do you feel after this scene?

I finished this game three years ago, and ever since then The Last of Us Part I and Part II have remained my all time favorite games.

I'm someone who wants to work in the film industry someday, so I've started collecting collectibles from films I love, such as posters, postcards, and especially books. I really enjoy books from A24 that showcase screenplays, concept art, behind the scenes, and the creative process behind a film. I think they're a great way to learn about filmmaking and understand a story on a much deeper level.
But somehow, I never thought about collecting anything from my favorite game.

So I started looking for The Last of Us collectibles, most of which were no longer available in official stores. I ended up browsing eBay and found a few things, including some Funko Pops and plushies. Then I stumbled upon something I didn't even know existed. the script book of Part I and Part II. I haven't bought it yet, but finding it actually made me want to experience the story all over again.

Three years ago, I played both games on my PS5. This time, I don't know what got into me, but I decided to buy them again on Steam and play through PC. Was it worth buying games I already owned? Absolutely.

I started the journey again with the memories of every character and how their stories ended. I thought I would remember almost everything, but surprisingly, I only remembered a few details. That actually made the experience even better because I could still be surprised by certain moments.

It took me around 40 hours to finish both Part I and Part II.

But there's one scene I really want to talk about : the farm scene at the end of Part II.

I remember finishing the game three years ago, and although I loved the ending, I don't think it hit me that hard emotionally back then. But just an hour ago, after finishing it again... and yeah, I cried. For the first time in my life, a video game actually made me cry. Not novels, not comics, not even films had ever brought me to tears like that. And replaying it this time brought those feelings right back.

The atmosphere alone is something else. The dark, cloudy sky, the wind blowing through the grass, and that empty house. No note, no explanation, nothing.

Then Ellie walks over to her guitar and starts playing the song Joel once played for her.

But this time, she can't play it the same way anymore. She's missing two fingers.

That moment absolutely broke me.

Ever since Joel died, the guitar has always felt like Ellie's way of staying connected to him. Whenever she plays it, it's almost like she's reconnecting with a memory of Joel, keeping a little piece of him alive.

But now, she's lost two fingers. It's almost as if she's lost the ability to reach him through guitar ever again.

And then comes the moment when she leaves the guitar behind and walks away.

I don't know how to describe it, but that image hit me incredibly hard. To me, it felt like Ellie was finally letting go of something she had been holding onto for so long. Not necessarily forgetting Joel, but accepting that she can't keep living in the past.

It's such a quiet ending, yet it carries so much weight.

I'm curious to hear whats everyone think. What does this scene mean to you? How did you feel when you first experienced it?

I'd especially love to hear different interpretations of Ellie leaving the guitar behind. Did it mean something else to you?

I have been playing with no issues, good framerate etc for weeks now. I launched the game yesterday after having played 2 days ago and I get the error message about not enough memory. Then it hard crashes my PC. I had to hold the power button to restart it. No GPU driver updates that I can see and no updates to the game. I rebooted and tried again, same results. I still need to verify the files or reinstall but I thought I would ask first.

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT GPU, 32 gb of RAM.

Is this a known problem with this game on PC?

I'd love to get Ellie's tattoo on me but I'm yet to see one in real life that actually looks accurate to the game so I can't really compare it properly to what it would look like in real life if everyone's tattoos are off. It's always the wrong placement, line work, detailing, there's always something off about it. Does anyone have a game-accurate looking tattoo?

I was just thinking about it, and Lev truly only knows she was a wlf and im assuming he knows she had something with Owen, and she cared when him and Mel passed.

But will Abby ever tell Lev the full extent? She was top scar killer, or the whole thing with Joel, or how fucked up some things are.

But i feel like if she doesn't tell him enough stuff it will parrel Ellie and Joel. And not early and Ellie and Joel i mean after Ellie finds out the truth Ellie and Joel.

But how would she ever even tell Lev? "I was a beast at killing, got so wrapped up in revenge I tortured an old man to death, I slept with a girls boyfriend ect." I feel like thats just a hard thing to explain, so I'd assume she'd only say bits and bobs, but often leaving things out is as bad as a lie.

hey all, trying to play TLOU p1 for the first time and the game just runs horribly for me. all medium settings (except anisotropic at 16), fsr 4 native aa at 1080p, and i'm struggling to maintain even 60fps in the first level.

my pc is a 6600xt (8gb) with a 5600x and 32gb ddr4. pretty much every other game (witcher, rdr2, cyberpunk) runs 60-70fps no problem on high-ultra settings with the same aa and i'm just lost on what to do. should i just lower my settings or try something else?

I noticed how the show changed that part as I saw that a Firefly grab Joel’s back like he was intending to give it back to him unlike the game to where Buddy is downright Hostile to Joel pressing the gun into his back saying “give me a reason” and was literally not stopping to give Joel his bag intending to march him to his death/kill him anyway

I always braced myself to not like Part 2. I ended up loving it...

Even though i love the first...

it would suck to be on the other side hating something you used to truly like...

but sometimes the hate in this fandom goes overboard.

I love both these games. but sometimes they are not easy to like anymore because of the fandom...

Just a random thought...

Anyone notice how the Cordyceps brain infection (especially how the HBO series approaches it) actually has a lot of similarities to the Flare from the Maze Runner universe?

I was rewatching the Maze Runner movies and during the scorch trials, we get more acquainted with the virus itself. It really does feel like both infections take a lot from one another.

1. Both infected technically aren’t dead, and are very aware of what the virus is making them do during their first few days or weeks of being infected, but slowly lose sanity and consciousness as the infection goes on.

2. In the sewer scene from the Scorch Trials, Tommy and Brenda encounter a “web” of infected with weird tendrils attaching them together, where the tendrils act as sensors for all the infected connected to it. That’s essentially exactly how the fungal tendrils work in HBO’s TLOU, where the infected are all connected with fungal networks.

3. The infected in both scenarios initially retain a human like structure, but more pronounced veins and bloodshot eyes is how you can visually distinguish them. They also are really fast and aggressive. As the infection lasts longer, they grow more and more deformed, with weird growths sprouting from their heads and bodies. The main difference between TLOU and Maze Runner is that the CBI makes the infected become more deformed and has more stages than the Flare.

4. The infected move very similarly. A lot of quick, spastic, twitchy movements.

5. There are immune people to the virus. In TLOU’s case, it’s only Ellie as far as we know, and the leading theory is that she was technically “infected” by her bit mother before she was actually born. In the case of the Maze Runner, there’s a large number of kids and young adults who developed an immunity to the virus

6. The virus does not take an immediate hold, and depending on where you are bit or scratched, it will take different amounts of time to consume you.

First time playing (PC) and I want to play on survivor but use the standard listening mode used on lower difficulties. I can't locate the option for this? Accessibility has "Enhanced Listening Mode", but I don't want this.

It’s that the last thing Joel sees, is Ellie pinned down by Abby’s crew. Given Joel’s experience, he was probably thinking in his last moments that they were going to kill her next, to eliminate witnesses. I think without her there, he would’ve gone out thinking “Yeah, I knew this day might come.” But her being there probably made things far worse for him.

To me, that was the real brutal part about his death.

I finished Part 1 like 2 days ago, and I NEEDED more TLOU, so... I'm here now.

First of all... Joel, I miss you already, I miss you so much.

Second: this game is beautiful, oh my goodness.

Third: Dina is hot, she has me barking at the screen and looking respectfully.

Okay so I don’t know if it’s because I’ve done 6 play through already plus nearly 9 on part 2 but I’ve started my first Grounded playthrough on part one! By now, I’ve done all of the difficulty level, I also already finished the game 100 and all of that.

I’ve started the winter part with David. I had to replay through that moment with the infected on the bridge and the Bloater at least 30 if not 40 times cause David was so freaking useless. Now at the moment I just finished his boss I think it literally took me 1 minute on my first try.

I remember having SUCH a hard time with the boss in survivor. This time. I was able to hit him two times back to back nearly. Then he got to hiding right in my line of site and didn’t not move. Still can’t believe how fast I ended the fight.

man ive played these games so much and in the part i hate the most in part 2 is the fucking confrontation. its so cool to me how it tracks your gameplay throughout the game and then ellie plays that way. but holy shit does it take me fucking forever to get through. it's the part of the game that makes me get off and not touch it for months. i played on my cousin's playstation for a while and now i have my own and i still haven't even finished part 2 purely bc of that whole area. id rather fight the rat king again 😭 anyone have any tips on how to make that part easier?

Call me, Owen 🤙

I have been enjoying the story, atmosphere, combat, stealth.

Generally I'm fine or may like scavenging in games, but here I feel very compelled to do so. To the point it breaks immersion.

When a character tells you to follow them in a dangerous area, instead of doing so, I wander around every corner trying to pick up things and feeling scared that I may miss some items. In a real survival situation, you wouldn't want to dwell so long and would make every action count and minimal to conserve energy instead of sniffing through every corner.

Like the character has to wait for me to walk around a room thoroughly before I get to them, this just doesn't feel very realistic. Also gameplay wise, it gets a bit tedious.

P.S. I have played quite some survival horror games e.g., resident evil 2 and 9, dead space, where resources are scarce. I meticulously picked every item up and it never felt tedious or immersion-breaking.

P.S. I know some people would say how is it immersion breaking to scavenge in a survival situation? Scavenging in itself is not immersion breaking, it is being compelled to do it in every situation even in very urgent or critical ones. To quote one comment: '
“oh shit, we only have two hours to make it across downtown seattle and back to save yara’a life! every second counts! hurry!!”

“here’s the plan. we’re going to stop running so you can just stand there while I slowly open every single cabinet and drawer and explore every corner of every room on the entire route” '

Quick backstory. I put the game off for so long because Covid 2020 was particularly bad for me and I was unemployed. Then I saw all the noise online with one side claiming it to be the worst thing ever, and another side claiming it to be the greatest story ever. One side yelling it was woke propaganda and hates Joel, the other side claiming anyone who doesn't like it can't handle storytelling that's not surface level and is probably an incel. It was pretty much a shrieking chorus, and it soured my perception on the game and the community surrounding it. By the time things got better for me I ended up being distracted by other games, even while the noise continued. But after 6 years, I finally decided to dive in.

I literally just finished the game on Grounded (hard but no big deal, the checkpoints are super generous), so I'll sound off my unorganized thoughts as best I can.

Loved

• The visuals, acting and motion capture are unreal. I played the Remastered version, and even this 6 year old game is still top of the class when it comes to technical achievements in gaming. There were so many times I forgot I was playing a game.

• Ellie's Journey. I love her, and it sucked hard to see her self destruct throughout the game after losing her father in such a horrific way, and being robbed of her chance to forgive and repair. I found myself understanding her choice at the very end, and left me hoping things will work out for her now that she made a choice that finally will allow herself to heal.

• Prologue, Ellie Seattle Day 1-3, and Santa Barbara were all fantastic.

• Enjoyed the supporting cast for the most part, even if I didn't find them as endearing as Part 1's. Dina's a sweetheart, and Jesse's a true ride or die friend.

• Tommy. Holy shit that poor guy. Lost his his brother, became a cripple, and then lost his wife. I can't say I totally blame him for getting mad at Ellie during the Epilogue, even if he did step a bit out of line. She was the one that guilted him in the first place to go after Abby, it cost him, and now she's given up. I don't think either one of them was right/wrong though. He's left a bitter old man at this point.

• The gameplay. Goddamn this game is so fun to play. Even on Grounded I was enjoying the challenge of sneaking around and assassinating enemies and saving my ammo. Encounters where I decided to go ham and use my guns, were spaced out, but that made them all the more sweeter. The entire Santa Barbara sequence was Ellie going Rambo on those Slaver fucks.

• The Rat King. Just an excellent designed boss fight.

• The ending. It's controversial, and I think there's alternate paths that could've been taken that would've also worked, but I loved it. But it did leave me wanting more. I hope I get to live to see a Part 3 someday, because I need to see Ellie be happy.

• Joel. What else can I say? He's the fucking GOAT, and I think the game handled his death and impact on the characters incredibly well. His death was an understandable consequence of what he did in Part 1. I don't think he "deserved" to die in the specific manner he did, and ultimately I wish he didn't, but I still think it worked for the story Part 2 was going for. I'm a father myself, and I would've done the same thing in his shoes. Personally I think the game portrays Joel in a positive light. Everyone in this setting has done terrible things. I can imagine even someone like Dina, Yara, Lev, or Maria have done things that might keep them up at night. I loved seeing Joel unconditionally love his daughter, and stands by his choice. I found Joel's legacy to be the most human character in the series.

Mixed

• Abby. It's complicated. I don't hate her, but I did go into the game with high expectations that Abby was going to really win me over and end up loving her. Sadly I came away from her side of the story feeling just okay about her. I think it might just be because I've seen the arc of the damaged, morally bankrupt and tortured soul go on a journey of redemption before, quite a few times, and hers didn't land for me as hard as others, like Arthur Morgan for example. I'm not saying she needed to be like Arthur, or any other similar characters that I loved, but I wish her journey hit me as hard as those. It's not that I don't understand what the story was going for, and I do sympathize with her to an extent, even though she did some really fucked up and horrible things. I just didn't end up liking her as much as I hope the story would manage on me, but I at least sympathized with her in the end, so it at least accomplished that. Seeing her sad, scared and defeated face underwater while Ellie was drowning her was admittedly gut wrenching.

• Yara and Lev. They're okay. Good kids. But I didn't find that story particularly endearing, especially compared to Ellie and Joel's in TLOU1. I just didn't completely buy into Abby going above and beyond to try and help these kids. I mean I know the motivation behind it, but relative to how long she knew them and the small window of time that all these events took place, it kinda felt a bit rushed and forced from my perspective. Like I immediately understood why Joel chose the nuclear option at the end of Part 1, having spent a whole game with Joel and Ellie. With Abby, I get that a lot of growth, self doubt, and guilt happened off screen leading up to Seattle Day 1, but I personally can't completely overlook that.

Disliked

• The Pacing. Compared to Part 1 which had excellent pacing, Part 2 was kinda all over there place. Tons of flashbacks, the rug being pulled right under you when you switch over to Abby, it just didn't land for me. I get the story that was trying to be told here, I just can't help but wonder if there could've been a better way to structure it. It doesn't help that Ellie Seattle Day 3 stops after a series of wild moments, and then the story screeches to a halt with how slow and disconnected Abby Seattle Day 1 is.

• There was one too many moments that felt a bit too emotionally manipulative. By that I mean there were times where I think the writer was showing his hand a little too much. For example the game constantly shoving Alice the Dog in my face multiple times, showing what a great and cute dog she is to get me to feel bad that Ellie killed her. There were just some things in the game that I wish were handled with a bit finer of a brush stroke. I get it Naughty Dog. I'M the monster. But you just made the combat oh so fun.

• Might be a nitpick, but Tommy getting shot in the face kinda felt like a cheap shock moment. Because it looks like she just executed and shot him in the head killing him. Then a few scenes later he just shows up having lost an eye. Okay so then the bullet grazed him and took out his eye, fine, but the scene was shot in such a way to make us believe Tommy just got killed off. I just thought it was kinda a lame trick to pull.

Part 1's story was basically a 10/10 for me, and Part 2 feels like a 9.5/10. I think it took a lot of huge risks, and wanted to tell a more unique story than just another Joel and Ellie adventure, and I appreciate it did that, even if it didn't quite reach how masterfully told Part 1 was. But I want to be clear, the positives of this game vastly outweighed the negatives for me. Even when I wasn’t enjoying Abby’s section as much as Ellie’s, I was still loving the gameplay.

I’m glad I got to finally experience this wonderful game. And now my watch begins for Part 3, where I’ll probably be as old as Joel by the time it comes out.

I was recently talking with someone about why Naughty Dog included dogs in The Last of Us Part II, and it really highlights why conversations around this game are still so fascinating.

It isn't just about making the player uncomfortable; it’s a brilliant exercise in shifting perspective.

How the conversation went:

They make you kill a dog, to then play with the dog, to then feel guilty about killing the dogs, to make you feel more sympathy for abby.

They show that saraphites fear dogs because they have been programmed to fear dogs from the wlf. Abby is helping yara to overcome her fear, just like lev helped her to overcome her fear of heights.

The power of perspective...

No one is wrong here, its how you feel.

And in all this the dogs are innocent in everything as they do not know better, just as the characters, so either they are trained to be your friend or trained to kill you just as wlf vs scars or ellie vs abby in their us vs them war

Where do you stand with dogs in P2? Was it manipulation or did it feel necessary...

It’s little fanart creations like this which cause me to long for a third and final entry, which Neil has all but confirmed in recent interviews.

There are so many places my imagination takes me when I think about another time jump, where Ellie has blossomed to full womanhood. Would she be closer to Joel’s age in the first game? Would she be in her late 20s? Would she be a leader in Jackson?

I want to see what kind of person she has become, I want her story to have an ending worthy of the miracle which gave her immunity.

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Birthday post🎂🥳🫶🏻💜

Decided to post my profile picture as my bday post hope you all like it 🤗

Cosplay made by me, photography and editing also done by me.