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[Corpsepyre]

Just confirmed by Neil at the PSX panel. Also, she's 19 in the game. Interesting. I really enjoyed her part in the first game, and I can't wait to see where this goes.

The game's theme is 'hate'.

 

[darkwing-buck]

Shit's about to get dark.

 

[Chindogg]

The game's theme is 'hate'.

So we're gonna make the only likable character in the first game completely unlikable like Joel in the second?

 

[Corpsepyre]

Shit's about to get dark.

Looks that way. I don't see this releasing till....2019, I think. I absolutely cannot wait.

 

[bcLand3r]

So we're gonna make the only likable character in the first game completely unlikable like Joel in the second?

Idk, Joel was pretty likable.

 

[Elitist1945]

In my veins.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Voice actors have been keeping this secret for 2 1/2 years?

 

[DBT85]

A main female lead on a AAA game. Oh the comments will be delicious.

EDIT: People seem to be misinterpreting my post.

There will be lots of crying about the fact that its a female lead, is what I meant. I don't get it either, but there will.

EDIT 2: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1322017

 

[Corpsepyre]

So we're gonna make the only likable character in the first game completely unlikable like Joel in the second?

I don't think he was unlikable at all. What game did you play? The character made tough choices. There is no black and white.

 

[Kazuhira]

Yeah,Joel is totally dead.
She was playing the guitar next to his corpse.

 

[JDB]

And then in the winter section BAM you play as Joel

 

[jmaine_ph]

FANFUCKINGTASTIC!

 

[HStallion]

So we're gonna make the only likable character in the first game completely unlikable like Joel in the second?

It worked well enough for Breaking Bad.

 

[JordanKZ]

A full female lead on a AAA game. Oh the comments will be delicious.

Ellie is a fantastic character, I honestly don't see why anyone would think this.

 

[Shambala]

I'm so ready man. I can't wait

 

[Neoxon]

Oh, neat. It's a nice change of pace now the Ellie is probably more competent by this point in the timeline.

Also, wasn't it Joel who walked in?

 

[Corpsepyre]

A main female lead on a AAA game. Oh the comments will be delicious.

Umm, it's going on a lot now. Horizon? Chloe in the new Uncharted standalone game? Hellblade too, even though that's not exactly AAA.

 

[Wollan]

Intriguing

 

[Eidan]

So we're gonna make the only likable character in the first game completely unlikable like Joel in the second?

I'll never get this fixation people have with a protagonist being "likable".

 

[Kolx]

So we're gonna make the only likable character in the first game completely unlikable like Joel in the second?

Or maybe Joel is dead and she is imagining him and trying to kill the people who killed him (probably the fireflies), so the hate isn't really towards joel but the complete opposite.

 

[echoshifting]

Sounds like a rough ride. I can't fucking wait to get started.

 

[CriterionDog]

Awesome!!! I CANNOT WAIT!!

 

[LordofPwn]

Looks that way. I don't see this releasing till....2019, I think. I absolutely cannot wait.

They're probably aiming for Fall 2018, but I could see summer 2019 being the actual release date

 

[Japanmanx3]

Someone messed with Ellie... Savageness is about to be waaaaaayyyyyy up!

 

[Audioboxer]

A main female lead on a AAA game. Oh the comments will be delicious.

?

People fucking love Ellie.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

So we're gonna make the only likable character in the first game completely unlikable like Joel in the second?

what? Joel was very liked.

 

[Zombie James]

A main female lead on a AAA game. Oh the comments will be delicious.

Horizon?

*thinking back further*

DIno Crisis?

 

[Nev]

You'll play as Joel at some point, that's 100% guaranteed. Probably when he gets killed. Hopefully it's early in the game.

Druckmann will try to say otherwise though. Remember when Ellie was not going to be playable at all in The Last of Us Part I according to them? Yeah.

 

[jett]

Well of course, ghost Joel can't be a playable character!

 

[SunDimension24]

A main female lead on a AAA game. Oh the comments will be delicious.

Horizon?

 

[Soma]

RIP Joel!

 

[IgotElbows]

MAIN meaning Joel will be somewhat playable right?

Also 19 I didn't realize it was such a big time gap. How old is she in TLOU again?

 

[RedEther]

Expected still pumped either way

 

[echoshifting]

MAIN meaning Joel will be somewhat playable right?

Also 19 I didn't realize it was such a big time gap. How old is she in TLOU again?

Fourteen

 

[RootCause]

Awesome. I like Joel, but playing her was pretty intense. Hopefully they have the hardest difficulty unlocked from the get go.

 

[ActWan]

With Gravity Rush 2, Horizon and the Uncharted spinoff having female leads it's great to see how Sony are handling that.

 

[Nowise10]

A main female lead on a AAA game. Oh the comments will be delicious.

Don't really think many people actually think this way. And specially with a character like Ellie.

 

[giancarlo123x]

MAIN meaning Joel will be somewhat playable right?

Also 19 I didn't realize it was such a big time gap. How old is she in TLOU again?

Maybe the first chapter of the game has you controlling him and shit happens and now ellie is the captain.

 

[Jocund]

All this sounds ace. Naughty Dog having a principal theme is...encouraging? I don't know how to describe it.The Last of Us was a game built on vignettes, so writing the script with a theme in mind probably helps with structure.

Shit's about to get dark.

"Get" dark?

 

[Neoleo2143]

what? Joel was very liked.

I understood Joel. I didn't like him. What morally redeeming traits he has are derived from his relationship with Ellie and Tess and even then he gets rough (such as the end of the 1st game). I think that's fine and dandy. But I hope they avoid turning Ellie into Joel 2.0. That's all I ask for.

 

[Gorillaz]

Getting this weird, MGS V, vibe around it. In terms of the whole revenage, angle it might take.

 

[LelouchZero]

OMG this is going to be a masterpiece!

 

[Corpsepyre]

MAIN meaning Joel will be somewhat playable right?

Also 19 I didn't realize it was such a big time gap. How old is she in TLOU again?

Maybe I worded it wrongly. Neil said that we played as Joel in the first, but here we play as Ellie.

 

[Zombie James]

RIP Joel!

That's what I'm thinking.

 

[RootCause]

They need to fix the level select too. It was annoying. :/

Maybe the first chapter of the game has you controlling him and shit happens and now ellie is the captain.

Look at me. I'm the capitana now.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

A main female lead on a AAA game. Oh the comments will be delicious.

EDIT: People seem to be misinterpreting my post.

There will be lots of crying about the fact that its a female lead, is what I meant. I don't get it either, but there will.

You missed Tomb raider?

 

[Nokagi]

Ghost Joel playable on new game plus.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

 

[cordy]

Watch.

We'll find out Joel actually died in Fall and Ellie's been grieving the entire time. She's now a writer.

 

[razors4edge]

I hope you can choose Joel when they are doing things together. I liked Ellie in the last game, but the fistfisting Joel had was an aspect that made him best for me. So I really hope we still get to play alot of him also.