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Tell me about it. I feel closer to Ellie than anyone I know, and she's a character in a video game.DEM FEELS
Sorry I'm confused.... Do you agree or not? You really need to be more clear :3Yoda said:I want to agree with and like that, so I've liked it and stated here that I agree with your post.
I agree with your post.
WHY AM I AN ORAANGE!?!? GAAAHYoda said:I see no negatives in my above post, your confusion is orange!
Curing the disease would not be to save those already infected, it would be to ensure that no others could get infected. Rebuilding society with any sort of freedom would require that the society not be built around doing everything possible to prevent bites and the disease spreading. If spores and bites were not something you had to worry about, it would be possible to then rebuild society.People are like OMG JOEL KILLED MILLIONS but to be fair, most are beyond a curable stage and the main focus should be about rebuilding society, so really the fireflies are damaging the chances of human survival more than helping it.
If I was put in that situation I would have saved her too. The life of a young girl who is immune is worth more than curing some braindead humans. The fungus attacks the brain so even if they were cured they would have brain damage.
All in all....best game for story in the past 10 years IMO.
Curing the disease would not be to save those already infected, it would be to ensure that no others could get infected. Rebuilding society with any sort of freedom would require that the society not be built around doing everything possible to prevent bites and the disease spreading. If spores and bites were not something you had to worry about, it would be possible to then rebuild society.
If I were put in Joel's position, I would have prevented the operation (though hopefully without killing everyone) and then asked what Ellie wanted. if she wanted to live, we'd go on our merry way. If she wanted to sacrifice herself to cure the plague, then that would be her choice to make.
I do still love the ending, because it is certainly original, and I did not see it coming. One of the best games ive played in a long time.
Joel was not in the state of mind for that. I have significantly different thought processes and priorities than he does. No reason to assume I would not be in a state to reason.You weren't really in a position to make a reasoned decision like that. As you approached the hospital you were talking with Ellie about how you're gonna teach her how to fish, and how to swim, and basically thought of her as your daughter.
Not to mention that Ellie doesn't wake up from the anaesthetic until what seems to be several hours after you were fleeing from a horde of angry Fireflies with assault weapons.
If that was what she wanted: yes.Assuming you'd been through what Joel had been through with Ellie, would you really want her to die at the climax of the quest? Months of toil, terror, and near-death injury, all for this one girl, who then has to die?
Anyways, you'd no doubt get shot up if you returned after killing all those dudes.