![]() There’s no reason to hate him, as you might hate Abby for killing Joel. He’s one of the few heroes who gets out clean. Unfortunately, the rules for Abby are reversed here. Playing as Abby was not just a cool twist or a clever story development, it was a complete inversion of gaming’s ’might is right’ mentality, and forced us to face the fact that we as players have been not just controlling, but rooting for, an irredeemable creature propelled by mindless revenge. With the triple-A scene so keen to repeat formulas that have worked and play safe to the masses, switching to Abby’s view was a major risk in ways I still don’t think are fully appreciated. Not only does Abby kill Joel in the opening exchanges, we spend the latter half of the game playing as her to experience Joel and Ellie as villains from her perspective. The most controversial figure in Part 2, on the surface at least, is Abby. But now the show has new characters to introduce, and our attention is focussed in the wrong places. If you did, congratulations on winning a second, matching house, which is how I assume those bets work. ![]() ![]() Add in HBO’s typical loyalty to its investments and TLOU’s runaway popularity and you could have put your house on it. Though the show is only three episodes old (and just two at the time of renewal), an excellent cast, well directed, off the back of strong source material was always going to be a winner. As was inevitable, The Last of Us’ TV show has been renewed for a second season. ![]()
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