![]() ![]() He’s not a good man we know this long before the ending. This time around, I related a little more to Joel, as the parental figure in this story. ![]() (I’d forgotten how funny this game can be, but Ashley Johnson plays Ellie so brilliantly and with such superb light sarcasm.) Back then, I thought Joel was a typical gruff male video-game protagonist: he was a foil, and most of the time I wished that I could be playing Ellie instead. And after having experienced a real pandemic, the whole setup hits differently.įirst time around, I related powerfully to Ellie, the traumatised but openhearted and wryly hilarious teenager who shares this adventure with Joel. I wasn’t a parent when I first played those jaw-droppingly awful opening scenes, in which Joel’s young daughter dies in the first hours of the fungal zombie pandemic that devastates the world. Personally, playing it again has made me think about how the world (and my own life) have changed in the last decade. It really does look and feel like a modern game. People have praised Naughty Dog’s dedication and attention to detail on this remake. (If you haven’t played it, or the 2020 sequel: I’ll be talking about them in some detail, so best to skip this section if you want to avoid spoilers.) There’s been a lot of justified grumbling about whether a nine-year-old game – which has already been remastered for the PlayStation 4 – can justifiably be sold again for £70 for most players, no graphics upgrade could ever be worth that much. Of course, he never made it.I’ve been playing The Last of Us Part 1 this week, a PlayStation 5 remake of Naughty Dog’s landmark horror classic, first released in 2013. ![]() It’s later revealed in a smuggler’s note that Frank contacted someone to try to smuggle him into the Boston Quarantine Zone, as that’s where he was trying to go. If they do, Bill reads it and becomes upset with it, saying, “So that’s how you feel. Joel discovers his suicide note, which the player has the option to give to Bill or not. But on his way back to his hideout, he ended up getting bitten and he killed himself before the illness took over.īill and Joel discover Frank’s body while looking for supplies in a nearby home. We learn more of their backstory as he talks with both characters and calls Frank his “partner.” We later discover that Frank became upset with Bill’s ways and tried to leave, taking some of Bill’s things. We meet Bill when Joel and Ellie arrive in Lincoln. However, his partner Frank was infected and hanged himself before it took over. Video Game: Bill is still alive when we meet him. Liane Hentscher // HBO Episode 3 Bill and Frank’s Backstory After a few failed attempts, she manages to light a spark before dropping the lighter and causing the building to explode as Joel and Ellie safely watch it happen from the outside. As the remaining infected start to overtake the building, Tess tries to use her lighter to start a fire. Tess tells Joel to take Ellie over to Bill and Frank’s place to keep her safe and help “set everything right.” In order to buy Joel and Ellie time, Tess decides to stay back and try to distract them by using the gasoline and grenades in the building to blow it up. After one of the Fireflies wakes up and tries to attack them, Joel shoots them down, which causes the rest of the group to wake. That’s when Tess reveals she has been bitten and can’t go any further. Tess tries to come up with a backup plan to transport Ellie, but Joel wants to give up and return home. TV Show: The group reaches the capitol building and discovers the Fireflies are dead and were killed by someone who got infected. ![]() In the show, we don’t know exactly why Joel and Tommy separated, but we do know that Joel is looking for him. In the games, Tommy joins the Fireflies, which causes a big rift in their relationship and they don’t speak. TV Show: Joel’s reason mostly has to do with his brother Tommy, whom he hasn’t heard from in a while. Video Game: Marlene is still partially the reason Joel and Tess decide to leave the Quarantine Zone, but it’s mostly to get their weapons back, which she says they’ll be able to get from the Fireflies if they safely transport Ellie to the capitol building. However, in this version, parasites do exist and are a main cause of the virus’s spread. TV Show: Spores don’t exist in the show, which means Ellie’s immunity isn’t proven until she is bitten and isn’t affected. In the games, Ellie’s ability to breathe in spores allows Joel to further accept her immunity against the virus. Video Game: In the game, an airborne version of the virus called “spores” is a big challenge for both Joel and the players in their quest for survival. ![]()
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