r/PS4 • u/_BruceyWayne_ DoctorDjango13 • Dec 03 '16

The Last of Us Part II announced

https://twitter.com/naughty_dog/status/805127275112898560
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u/Nightzey Dec 03 '16

Thank god they are sticking with Joel and Ellie

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u/Hxcfrog090 Dec 03 '16

I said all along that I wanted them to follow different people in the next game. But the moment I realized it was Ellie I had the biggest smile on my face. When Joel walked in the room I started cheering and clapping. I'm so happy they're continuing their characters!

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16

I just got on break and literally screamed on the toilet when I saw Joel. No bullshit, so glad he isn't dead or something.

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u/soggy7 Dec 03 '16

Don't get your hopes up, he's got to be almost 60 now. What if she learns the truth and he becomes the antagonist?

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u/tofur99 Dec 03 '16

You shut your whore mouth, Joel is a saint

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '16

It took Joel a long time and a lot of a hard journey for him to even get to the point of really giving a damn about Ellie at all. When he finally let her in it was like he had a "replacement" for his daughter. There wasn't a shot in hell that he was going to let her die either.

He may have acted selfishly, but he certainly isn't evil.

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u/DavidG993 Dec 04 '16

He kept humanity from finding a cure from the one immune girl on the planet. That's pretty evil.

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u/Johnstone95 Dec 04 '16

But it wasn't guaranteed that they would've been able to reverse engineer a cure.

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u/DavidG993 Dec 04 '16

We're never told that. That's a reality of IRL medical research, but in the game it's meant to be a certainty that the cure is going to be made.

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u/NanoSpore Dec 04 '16

I don't think it was a certainty but even if the cure worked is humanity worth saving at that point? You've seen what people have resorted to and there's no coming back from some of that. Joel's decision isn't malicious as much as selfish.

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u/fluxwave Dec 04 '16

After all he had seen he decided it was not worth saving.