Newcomer Yaani King is perfect as Riley, Ellie’s good friend. Ashley Johnson returns to the game, and yet again is amazing as Ellie. Hint.ĭon’t expect a lot with Joel, though you do see the ‘hero’ of the original campaign. The DLC does a nice job of switching at important moments in both stories – and makes the total story theme work perfectly – fighting for life, for love, for friendship – being all poetic. If you’ve played the original campaign, you should know what I mean – his injury right before winter. That is one half of the DLC, the other focuses on the immediate period following Joel’s big injury. If you played through the original campaign, you might remember Ellie talking about an old friend – mentioning how she got bit. Also, know that the original game campaign will also be SPOILED somewhat. Now, as we move on – please be aware – this coming post is SPOILER filled. Hell, maybe they’ll get to that in a later game. Don’t get me wrong, I love Ellie – but Joel’s feel was special to me, and I would have loved something like a story DLC focusing on the twenty years prior to him meeting Ellie.
It did not help when I was told one would play as Ellie throughout the game. Going into this story DLC I was very much afraid of it becoming too similar to the Tomb Raider feel, and I was really worried that they potentially would ruin parts of the game campaign I absolutely loved.Īs you know, The Last of Us was a 10 out of 10 for me, and I was worried about how I would really react if they released something below average. I was really, really worried. Now, I’m not a huge DLC-gamer, I tend to stick to the originally released story. Naughty Dog recently released downloadable content for its new potential super-franchise The Last Of Us.