Abby vs. Ellie (Part 1)
The Last of Us Part II is full of moments that make you want to stop playing entirely, and the first major fight between Ellie and Abby is definitely one of them.
By this point, you’ve already seen the story from both perspectives. You can understand Ellie’s wrath after losing Joel and her regret for not being able to mend their relationship before he died. Likewise, you can understand Abby’s own pain from losing her father and the guilt she felt over dragging her friends into her revenge plot. There’s no good guy in this scenario, and the fight is just painful to go through.
The game makes it even more unbearable by putting players in control of Abby, essentially forcing you to hunt down Ellie, who’s become one of the most iconic faces in video game history at this point. It’s painful, and things get worse when Abby gets the upper hand is literally about to kill Dina right in front of Ellie.
Even after Abby decides to spare them both, the hurt on Ellie’s face is evident, and you just find yourself wishing you could go back to the days where she was still 14 years old – still young and innocent, and still protected from all this trauma.
