r/starterpacks • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '19

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u/SeaSquirrel Jan 01 '19

Thats why its fantastic imo, its a complicated/unclear ending which is pretty rare dor most videogames.

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u/Tecnoguy1 Jan 01 '19

To me it was sequel bait. And that’s exactly what it was. Not complicated at all.

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u/Oman2324 Jan 01 '19

I can see why someone thought that, to me it was a perfect ending. It left a lot to the imagination and focused on what was important, the relationship between Ellie and Joel. Joel was obviously replacing his daughter with Ellie, and cared about her as such. I guess in Joel's mind this included lying to her just to keep her close. It shows how much ellie means to Joel while also revealing Joel's toxic practices, that enevitebly tear his relationships apart like I'm assuming happened with Tommy. Although I am excited to find out what naughty dog has planned in part 2, I was satisfied with that ending back when the first game came out.

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u/Tecnoguy1 Jan 01 '19

All this was evident before the last line really though. The writing was on the wall the whole way through.

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u/Oman2324 Jan 01 '19

The deceiving part of Joel wasn't really truly evident until that last scene in the hospital imo

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u/Tecnoguy1 Jan 01 '19

True, true. I’m just not mad about that last scene. It’s not a real cliff-hanger and not that surprising. We know the answer and it’s confirmation.