(Joel is drowned by a bandit and he tries to reach his hand for a gun. Ellie grabs this gun and shoots at the bandit)
How did I blow his brains out?
- Yes, that's right.
- Well, at least you didn’t shoot me in the head, damn brat.
- You know what, Joel? I would say: “Ellie, I know that it’s not easy for you, but you did it. You saved my life"
Wow…
- What?
- For the first time on the ship.
- And if he was still on the water ...
- Well, at least something.
Did everyone have ships before?
- Yes. I have my own yacht.
You guys are great, what can I say.
- Pf... Joel and I are pros.
Ellie and Sam talking
How are you not afraid of anything?
- Who told you?
- What are you afraid of?
- For example... For example, scorpions. Uh… Loneliness. I'm afraid to be alone.
- Well, what about you?
- All these creatures. What if there are people inside? Prisoners in a body that no longer obeys them? Will this happen to me?
Wow… What is it?
- This is a hydroelectric power plant.
- Hydra-who?
- She… turns the energy of the flow of water into electricity.
- How does she do it?
- Look, I know what she's doing, not how.
You have no idea what loss is.
- Everyone who was dear to me, either died or left. Threw! All. Except you! So don't tell me I'll be better off with Tommy. With Tommy, I'll be even more scared.
- You're right... You're not my daughter, and I'm not your daddy. This is where our paths diverge.
So people lived here and just studied? Even if they are adults?
- Yes, they studied, had fun, searched for themselves. Decide what they want to do in life.
What do they want to do in life...
And what should we do?
- Well, fight back.
- There are other options?
- Take a breath.
What is this?
- Deer.
- In half with human?
What to say to the rest now?
- Ellie.
- What?
Tell them Ellie girl broke your fucking finger.
Crap. Barely fought back.
- We will survive in spite of the universe. Don't break us.
Ellie jokes
Maybe we can try to pass here!?
"Last time was awesome!"
- All right, I'll be quiet.
Well, how are you? Fine?
- In what sense?
- While you breathe?
- Like yes. Only very often.
See gnomes.
- I had a whole book with them.
- As a child, I simply adored them.
- And there are no fairies. They are dark.
Are you going there?!
- Maybe I'll find something useful.
- Find my corpse. When I die of a heart attack.
What do you deliver?
- This brat?!
- Haha. Yes, you went!
Yes, you are a young genius! And how did I not guess that you can fix these machines?
- Come on. Don't piss.
(Ellie pulls out an adult magazine)
- There is nothing to read, but the pictures are entertaining.
- Ellie, this is not for children.
- Wow! How… how does he even walk around with that thing between his legs?!
- Throw it away now. I…
- No, wait. I'm wondering what all the fuss is about. Oops, the pages are stuck together...
- Eh...
- Yes, I'm over you joking.
Looks like these goats are sleeping here. That is, sleeping
(Look at the model girl on the poster)
- How skinny she is!
- There used to be a lot of food.
- Well, yes. But some tried not to eat.
- Why?
- For beauty.
- Pfft. Idiocy.
If I die of hunger, it's your fault.
(Ellie gave the name of the horse)
- Corn, stop. And what is this nickname - "Corn"?
- You didn't ask Tommy what her name was.
- Hah. Corn.
(Joel opens the door to the university lab and sees the monkeys)
- Well, at least not clickers.
- Yes. No cicadas. Maybe as a result of the experiment they became macaques?
CVG: 10 out of 10
The Last of Us is an impressive achievement, and one of those rare occasions where you won't want to stop playing until you've seen the ending. A dynamically developing story will leave food for thought even after the final credits, but the creators do not forget that they are making a video game, not a movie. It's the perfect marriage of script and gameplay, and it's also Naughty Dog's best game yet.
Official Playstation Magazine (UK): 10
A work of art in which every detail is designed to evoke an emotional response, to convey a sense of adventure in a world on the verge of an end. Naughty Dog has finally squeezed all the juice out of the PS3. Your turn, PS4.
Edge: 10
Naughty Dog has created one of the most addictive, intense and emotional adventures on the outgoing console generation. Sometimes it seems to us that expensive blockbusters have too much at stake to experiment with risky ideas, but sometimes games like The Last of Us still grow through cracks in the pavement, like timid grape shoots - green as a cut emerald.
SFX: 5 out of 5
Sometimes it pays to just admit the obvious: The Last of Us is the pinnacle of traditional storytelling in any interactive art form, and one of the best games ever made by mankind.
Kotaku: must take
On the one hand, The Last of Us is subject to all the limitations of a linear game made according to the rules of cinema - for a number of reasons, the gaming industry is not yet ready for a big-budget game about emotions without some violence. Because of this, the developers go to various tricks, adding zombies and shooting to the prescribed characters. Naughty Dog has been very successful at this: they have managed to create a game that is a step forward, a game that not due entirely on genre principles.
They say that art is not what is created and how . The Last of Us, not in last turn thanks to its spectacular ending, it reflects the seriousness of the creators' intentions. Before us is an incredible combination of history, design, style and performance. As it turned out, good games can stand out from the usual clichés, even using them to the fullest.
Next Gen Gaming Blog: 10 out of 10
Few games can delight in both story and gameplay, but The Last of Us excels at both with ease. Some scenes will remain in your memory even after passing - they are so strong in terms of emotional effect. The game does not just revive the genre, whose reputation was tarnished by banal handicrafts, the main advantage of which is “zombies in the title”; it redefines it and sets the gold standard. As a game, The Last of Us is both a great example of entertainment content and yet another masterpiece from Naughty Dog.
ShopTo: not rated
The Last of Us by Naughty Dog is a work of art, a classic that awaits your attention. Don't miss this game, it will be talked about for a long time.
God is a Geek: 10 out of 10
The Last of Us is great in every way. Ellie and Joel are great characters, and few competing projects are able to create such tense moments by playing in semitones and maintaining almost complete silence.
Polygon: 7.5 out of 10
There are traces of a clear message from the writers in The Last of Us, but they compromise too often for their message to be noticeable enough. Naughty Dog has a distinct tone of storytelling that makes every detail in the game both better and worse. The studio achieves incredible emotional involvement, which, however, is not permanently preserved due to banal plot moves that do not fit into the game world. Survival in a post-apocalyptic world requires sacrifice, but The Last of Us sacrificed too much.
TheSixthAxis: 10 out of 10
The Last of Us contains an impressive and captivating storyline, as well as well-developed characters that will remain in your memory even after the end credits.
IGN: 10 out of 10
The unsurpassed level of performance raises the bar set by the Uncharted trilogy to a new, unattainable level. The script, acting and gameplay allow the project to become one of the main contenders for the title of game of the year.
GameSpot: 8 out of 10
One unforgettable character proves to players that all of humanity deserves to be saved in the cruel and dark world of The Last of Us.
Forbes: 9.5 out of 10
The Last of Us showcases Naughty Dog's talents in an unexpected way. The studio has already made beautiful games, but they weren't as beautiful. Their characters had previously pleased the players, but did not have such emotional depth. Their games were fun to play, but The Last of Us combat system was a breath of fresh air. It's good to see that the last major PS3 exclusive is not just another God of War or Uncharted game, but something really new and groundbreaking. Try it yourself and see if I'm right.
Eurogamer: 10 out of 10
While blockbusters suffer from tight development deadlines, banal gameplay, and broken storytelling logic, The Last of Us demonstrates what a modern game should really look like. Starting for health, the authors do not end at all for peace - each element is precisely adjusted to each other, giving rise to something amazing in the end. An elegy for a dying world becomes the hope for an entire newborn genre.
In this article you will learn:
Ellie Williams (Ellie)- the girl with immunity from the game "The Last of Us".
Childhood in a military school:
Ellie was born in Boston in late 2018, six years after the fungal infection spread around the world. She grew up in a quarantine zone in Boston, so her knowledge of outside world were very scarce. The girl's mother, Anna, died, writing in a posthumous note that she trusted her to a certain Marlene, whom she had never seen.
When the girl was 13 years old, she was sent to the military preparatory school like all teenagers her age.
At that time, the heroine was smart, witty, impulsive, temperamental and constantly used profanity. She did not know how to swim and had never even seen a boat, she knew how to use a bow, firearms and explosives. When Ellie was nervous, she rubbed her nose hard. Williams had brown hair, fair skin with freckles, green eyes, a scar on her right eyebrow, and a slender waist. Her height is 160 cm.
One of the soldiers who had looked after her for a long time refused to take the girl with him, choosing to take care of his own family instead of taking care of the hooligan girl as well. Ellie said she could take care of herself.
Death of a friend
At school, the girl met and became friends with. With her, they often left the school grounds, wandering around the ruined shopping center.
The girls even helped the terror group "Cicadas" escape from the military. They were soon captured by them. The leader of the "Cicadas" turned out to be the one to whom Ellie's mother entrusted the girl, so the girlfriends were released. Marlene also gave Williams an envelope - a letter from her mother and a knife.
Five weeks later best friend girls, Riley disappeared from school and the heroine thought that she had died, but soon she appeared saying that she had become one of the "Cicadas". Riley led Ellie outside the quarantine area, where they were bitten by the infected. Riley succumbed to the infection, but Ellie miraculously survived despite her bites.
–Let's just wait! We'll go crazy together! It is so romantic!
The beginning of the way:
Upon learning of this, Marlene, whom Ellie considered her friend, wanted to use the girl to create a cure by going to the Capitol. Ellie agreed to this, in honor of her friend Riley, realizing that she would probably die as a result of this.
Three weeks after the bite, Marlene hired mercenaries and Tess to get her out of Boston and take her to the Capitol, as the military was hunting the Cicadas and Marlene was injured.
Arriving at the Capitol, the trio found only the bodies of the Cicadas. Trapped by the military, Tess was infected and sacrificed herself so that Joel and Ellie could escape and find Joel's brother, Tommy, who once worked for the Cicadas and knows where their base is.
Together with the mercenary, Ellie has come a difficult way. Joel replaced her father, and Ellie became a replacement for her daughter, who died many years ago.
Henry and Sam:
During the fight with the thugs, the mercenary and the girl met the brothers Henry and the boy Sam. With them, they continued on their way, breaking through the enemy ring.
Ellie admitted to Sam that the only thing she fears is being alone.
One morning, Sam woke up infected and attacked Ellie. Henry killed his brother, killing himself in a moment of desperation.
Tommy Miller:
Joel brought Ellie to Jackson County, where his brother Tommy lived, in a small community.
Ellie was eager to find the Cicada base, and when she found out that Joel had asked his brother to finish the job for him, she mounted her horse and rode away. Joel on walked her in the house, reading a book, wanting to finally put an end to their relationship.
– You're right! You are not my daughter! And I'm not your daddy! This is where our paths diverge!
Having calmed down, the mercenary decided to take Ellie himself, having learned where the Cicadas were - the University of Colorado.
Joel's injury:
Upon arriving, Joel and Ellie learned that the Cicadas had moved to Salt Lake City.
At the university, the mercenary and Ellie were attacked by bandits and severely wounded Joel. The girl pulled him out of trouble and took care of the wounded man for a long time, hunting rabbits and deer.
On the hunt, Ellie met David and James, with whom she wanted to trade meat for antibiotics. She was captured by them, having learned that they were cannibals. They wanted to cut the girl into pieces, but she managed to kill their leader David before Joel came to her rescue.
"Cicadas":
In the spring, after a long and difficult journey, Joel led Ellie to the Cicada base in Salt Lake City.
Marlene was going to make a cure, extract it from Ellie's brain, kill it. But Joel couldn't let that happen. During the journey, she became like a daughter to him, and Ellie treated the mercenary like a father. She was unconscious when Joel saved her from death.
Ellie woke up only in a car that was heading away from the city. he lied and even swore that there were a lot of children like her with immunity and they were of no use.
Together they returned to Tommy, trying to get back to normal.
Quotes:
(Ellie pulls out an adult magazine)
– There is nothing to read, but the pictures are entertaining.
Ellie, this is not for children.
- Wow! How… how does he even walk around with that thing between his legs?!
- Throw it away now. I…
- No, wait. I'm wondering what all the fuss is about. Oops, the pages are stuck together...
- Eh...
- Yes, I'm over you joking.
(Look at the model girl on the poster)
–How skinny she is!
“There used to be a lot of food.
- Well, yes. But some tried not to eat.
- Why?
- For beauty.
- Pfft. Idiocy.
–Yes, you are a young genius! And how did I not guess that you can fix these machines?
- Come on. Don't piss.
