With the countdown to Naughty Dog’s The Final of Us Component two officially underway, the enterprise and its several developers have been sharing lots of facts not only about the title, but also about the improvement procedure itself.
One particular of these folks is TLOU Component 2’s Narrative Lead and Co-Writer, Halley Gross, who lately spoke with PlayStation Official Magazine (December 2019, concern 168) [via WCCFTech] about her perform on the game.
Speaking especially on Ellie and her character improvement, Halley explained that ND has definitely place her by way of the wringer this time.
“Obviously Ellie experiences this deep trauma, it has an effect on her that is going to influence how she engages with the globe. That is going to influence her tone as we sort of descend by way of that. That getting stated, Ellie is driven by like. It is like that sends her on this mission for justice. It is like that she feels for Joel, for Dina – these moments that buoy her,” stated Halley.
“What we’re definitely attempting to do is challenge Ellie to see who she can come to be when she grows up in such a hostile atmosphere.
“And aspect of writing is, pretty sadly, torturing your characters, placing them in difficult conditions, and testing their values and testing their drive. So when we like Ellie, and we’re definitely excited to see her develop up, we’re definitely not going to coddle her.”
From what we’ve noticed of the game so far, Ellie certainly has grown up considering the fact that the very first game. Now 19 years old, Ellie is seasoned killer and the second game will stick to a revenger mission which is broadly believed to be spurred on by the death of her like net, Dina.
Featuring new enemy forms, new gameplay functions and getting about 50% larger than the very first game, The Final of Us Component two is set to be a single of the greatest games of all time.
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