It's a very relatable human emotion at it's core, even though it takes place in a sci-fi zombie apocalypse. You can empathize with it even if it would never happen in real life.
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The Last of Us begins with this guy who loses his daughter and becomes hardened and defensive as a result. It isn't until his journey with Ellie that he starts to let himself feel again, and his journey finishes when he sacrifices everything/everyone to save her.
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In a lot of video games, comics, and films, the story would have been about Joel taking revenge for his daughter's death. He'd kill every last Fedra soldier until he found the very person who ordered her shot.
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The thing is, that would be almost as much of a fantasy as the zombie virus. While everyone experiences loss and trying to recover from it, very few people become revenge murderers. When it does happen we tend to be horrified rather than to empathize and relate to them.
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Part 2, I think, is still somewhat relatable but mostly in the context of a video game playing culture that has embraced revenge plots. It's kind of pointing at it and criticizing it a bit, but its message only makes sense in a context where they have become expected.
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And at its core, it's about two separate people committing revenge murders and coming to terms with how it's made them lose their humanity. It's not completely uninteresting, but it's also doesn't speak to experiences that each and every human has - it's more a fantasy scenario.
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So for me, this is what makes part 1 more compelling. It explores human emotions in ways that feel more relevant and real, despite the zombie apocalypse veneer.
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SPOILERS (for a game that came out seven years ago)!
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I just replayed it after TLOU2. One thing I got on the second playthrough was that he pushed Ellie away because he knew that if he let her get close, he'd kill anyone he had to to protect her. His last line to Marlene says it all.
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