The Last of Us 2 developers reveal an even bloodier alternative ending, and I'm just glad they didn't go for it
Jan. 24, 2024Things could have ended very differently for Abby and Lev
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The Last of Us 2Remastered’s director commentary has revealed a very different ending for theNaughty Dogsequel, and I’m so glad it didn’t turn out this way.
As reported byKotaku, in The Last of Us 2 Remastered’s director commentary, the game’s narrative lead Halley Gross and director Neil Druckmann gave fans an insight into developing the game’s story and revealed some surprising alternate endings - which definitely don’t pack the same punch that the actual ones do.
This article contains major spoilers for The Last of Us Part 2.
The pair reveal that one possible ending for The Last of Us 2 would’ve seen Ellie drowning Abby during their Santa Barbara battle. After this, Ellie would have headed back to her hometown of Jackson (with all five fingers intact) and encountered a hostile NPC that we wouldn’t have met before this point.
This character wouldn’t have any connection to Abby or her friends and was instead the parent of a character the player killed in a combat encounter earlier in the game - demonstrating to Ellie, and the players, that this revenge cycle was never going to end. This fight would have been where Ellie lost her two fingers and, in my opinion, would have felt like a much more lackluster ending.
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I’d love to find out what happens to Abby and Ellie after the events of The Last of Us 2, but we’re still waiting to find outif The Last of Us Part 3 is even on the cards.
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