In the DLC's mall sequences, a flashback for present-day Ellie as she tries to keep Joel alive, it feels almost like an interactive exhibit called "The Life of Ellie." There's virtually no combat, no real objective other than to explore stuff with your friend and let the narrative play out as it's supposed to. The game is made up of two contrasting sections, which can be jarring as the player moves back and forth. The ending is both satisfying and revelatory for Ellie's character, and definitely worth it for anybody engrossed in 'The Last of Us' fiction.īut there's a problem. The two spend their time marveling at various atrocities of consumerism and debating Riley's decision.Īgain, the writing is both incredibly detailed and lush with characterization, the differences between these two both nuanced and obvious, their relationship clearly special to the both of them in different ways. She reveals that she's joined the Fireflies, a rebel group relentlessly seeking a cure, and must leave Boston within the day. And so much like the original content, it's a delight to see how somebody born of this terrible environment might be fascinated in the shadow of the past, this time accompanied by the confident Riley.
They do go to a mall, a tattered remnant full of miscellaneous crap for which Ellie can't help but remark her confusion for why people would spend their money. They dance and they flirt with boys until their cell phones ring with their respective loving mothers on the other end, asking that they come home and enjoy a voluptuous meal with their loving families. Without getting into spoilers, Ellie and Riley, after reuniting upon Riley's return to Boston, slip away to the local mall to do some shopping. This time around, Ellie and childhood friend Riley take center stage, with their relationship revealing another layer of mud and paint in the life of everybody's favorite post-apocalyptic teenager. It's expected then that 'The Last of Us Left Behind' would continue these themes. 'The Last of Us' ended on a somewhat somber note with the necessities of a demolished world leaving us with a simple truth, survival comes first, humanity second. In 'Left Behind,' character building is taken to another level as past events shine a new light one of gaming most memorable worlds. 'The Last of Us's other lead, Joel, sits this one out as chronologically, the game takes place during a period in the campaign where Joel is incapacitated. In this two to three-hour single-player campaign, the game's strongest character, the post-apocalyptic grown Ellie, revisits a past trauma as she struggles to survive on her own in the present day.
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