this game has damaged me beyond repair...| THE LAST OF US PART 2 FINALE
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SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG. It was a hassle gettin this vid up. What a game! I hope you guys enjoyed the series! So grateful for your support🖤
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I’m glad it won goty the year it came out
Thank you for sticking with this game. Would you ever consider reactions to the TV show even though it's non-gaming? It's also got a lot of new stuff story-wise and it's very reaction worthy.
Almost definitely a way bigger headache for UA-cam/copyright/fair use stuff... but I'm still gonna throw the idea/request out there.
Edit: I just got up to Jettro's "I still got to watch the damn show!" Now my hopes are way up that it's for the channel, too!
I'm sure we will bro
Nah it doesn't matter how long it takes jett, as long as it comes out at some point, we'll always be here to watch it.
“This better be the best revenge game ever” to “i just really want her to go home”
Jettro goin thru some character development
Yeah it was even funny how when he was fighting Ellie as Abby he wanted to swap characters so bad but when forced to fight Abby as Ellie he wanted her to go home and was pleading with Ellie to spare Abby.
The game is basically a test for emotional intelligence. This guy passed.
@@nathandts3401right? I fully believe that those that hate the game lack empathy and have pea sized brains lmfao. They just don’t get it
@@basketballbeast755tbf some of the criticism is fair, but it’s true that many didn’t give it a choice bc they killed off Joel, and instead of navigating the story as the game plans to, they have a prejudiced-mindset throughout the entire run. Itself unfortunate because it’s such a rollercoaster if you let it encapture you.
I always interpreted Ellies rage as her being mad at herself. For waiting so long to forgive Joel. And the day after she said she'd like to try, he dies. So heartbreaking.
Self loathing is what both Ellie and Abby both suffer from. Ellie for not being able to forgive Joel, and Abby for realizing that she basically ruined all of her relationships while also getting no closure from killing Joel. Ultimately the game is about forgiveness in the end.
Yeah Ellie is mad at herself. You can look at Abby as a force of nature: no matter what Ellie's relationship with Joel would have been, Abby was going to come and kill him. It could also have been a heart attack or a Clicker. The point is that Ellie wasted the time she had left with Joel being mad at him. She couldn't control what Abby did, but she did control was she did. To realize that hurt too much so she went after Abby and only in the end is she able to accept it.
i agree :(
#1 Theme of TLOU2 by far: GUILT.
she was literally going to ask him to go watch a movie that same night, too, in an attempt to rebuild their bond or at least try to in a very casual way. so heartbreaking
To me, I understood immediately what was going on with Tommy's behavior.
Tommy went through a lot on this journey as well. Loosing his brother for one, but seeing the brutality in Seattle loosing Jesse to Abby. Dina and Ellie beaten within an inch of their lives. But I think the Shot to his head (and leg) that basically crippled him. He was a sniper and a valuable member of the community and now he's lost everything. He's useless and a burden. Head injuries can also cause severe anger and depression issues. He probably came home, bitter, angry, crippled. Maybe drinking a lot. And then, the last thing he has left, his wife Maria leaves him. So he channels all his energy, his anger into this obsession. Getting Abby. He's not the Tommy level headed we knew before. He's a broken man.
Joel would be pissed knowing Tommy spoke to Ellie like that and pressured her to leave-
@@Honey70708oh hell yeah, because I was pissed with how Tommy was speaking to her.
Tommy was really a tragedy. I felt like a lot of people latched onto him after Joel was killed. He was level-headed, skilled in combat and More light-hearted than his brother.
And in the end he becomes something most of us don't want to see him. Broken, bitter, petty and limping. I think a lot of people hate this game simply because they just can't handle a tragic story that doesn't have a happy ending
he remembered me kenny form the twd games
So fucked up man. Tommy was my favorite. As much as I like Abby, they really make it hard for me to. Her revenge on Joel had so much collateral damage including her own friends
One thing to note about Ellie’s behavior, it is driven by trauma. Notice how she never said she wanted to do any of it, but that she HAD to. And when she confronted Abby, she said “I can’t let you leave”.
Exactly.
"I can't let you leave"
vs.
"I won't let you leave"
Also crazy to think that Joel was the reason she wanted to kill Abby, and... The reason she ended up letting her live.
Honestly, I don't think I would've had the mental strength and soul Ellie had. I would be too concerned that the cycle would keep going, I don't think I would've let Abby and Lev walk based on that idea.
Ellie is stronger than anyone for that forgiveness and clarity she has.
An eye for the eye really left so many blind.
Ellie said her greatest fear was ending up alone..
People don’t remember that’s Ellie’s biggest fear. When I walked into that house after Santa Barbara my heart broke.
@@elixgaming114everyone remember that and this comment got copied everywhere
@@humohumo9910 ok? Now what
The greatest comment on here… my first play through I was too full of damn near every emotion you can have and I forgot about that.
@@elixgaming114copy paste bot…
Only time we ever see Joel cry was when Sarah died in the first game and when Ellie said she would like to try to forgive him.
You can also see a few tears after Ellie kills David.
I’m pretty sure Joel also slightly tears up during the birthday flashback when he asks Ellie to close her eyes in the space shuttle 😢
also where Joel on Ellis birthday he say :close ur eyes :
When you realize that if Ellie stayed home, she would have had a happy family and Abby would have actually died in a horrible way, probably more painful than Joel
That's the only reason I'm ok with Ellie going to Santa Barbara.
For her it would've been better. Though Abby didn't deserve that. Her and Ellie were very similar
thats my issue, they tried to recreate ellie and joels relationship in three days IF that@@michaelarias3310
Nigga what family its not her son
Thing is Ellie couldn’t have stayed home, her PTSD was crazy and she couldn’t even do something as simple as putting sheep in a barn. Her mental health was messed up and the only way she thought to fix it was to hunt down Abby
Mind you, Ellie is 19 as this is all happening. Shes still a kid bro, my heart…
19 is not a kid
@@Jarjar2270
19 is for sure still a kid.
19 is young but still not a kid @@ThaKingJay
@@Jarjar2270while true, I’m 32 and to me 19 is still a kid. Obviously an adult but she’s hella young and brains don’t fully develop until mid 20s
@@stevenburrows240 19 is still a kid. I'm 34 and regardless, there are 19yo's still in high school if they had to repeat a grade. 19yo's are still children. They've only lived the first 4th of their life. That's nothing.
This community has been such a breath of fresh air. No toxicity, just people talking about the game with no hate. Just sharing their experiences. Love this
I see people say criticism is hate. I disagree, I like the game, but I won’t deny that there’s are some things that are very dumb. Mainly one thing, the insane plot armor, there’s several times in the game where our characters should have died, but get saved last minute by a Deus Ex Machina.
@@JamesJome123well said
@@JamesJome123true tho some people like to approach their ‘hate’ or criticism so aggressively
@@JamesJome123Absolutely. The worst example example to me is when Abby and Lev fall off the skybridge and miraculously land in a pool, it's a bit too lucky for them. There's also tons of times where the characters are like a second away from being shot or stabbed before something gets in the way of that. This works fine in Uncharted, because the games are a bit less grounded in their action, but it doesn't translate as well to TLOU.
TLOU2 is still great though, really like the story overall :)
@@Todarainfor me it’s when Tommy is sniping Abby on the bridge. Like there’s no fucking shot she should’ve made it outta there alive
1:54:52 that hit hard for me personally. For years I was mad at my dad for something that "ruined" our family. Then when I was finally ready to rekindle our relationship, he died not even a month later. It was before Christmas and I called him, he was shocked I even called him because I wanted nothing to do with him. I asked him to take me shopping for my mom's present and I could hear how happy he was that I wanted to go somewhere with him. We were only out for 45 minutes but it meant so much to him. A couple days later he was hospitalized, then a couple weeks later he passed all alone (hospital was giving us a hard time about going to see him because of Covid) in a hospital bed without knowing I wanted to apologize for it all. While we were at the mall shopping for my mom, he pointed out this watch he really liked, so a few days later I went with my mom, and we bought it. I still have it, same Christmas wrapping paper, to dad, from me written on it from 2021.
virtual hugs 🫂🤍.
real sorry to hear that man. i am glad that the two of y'all got to have that nice 45min together. i am sure it meant quite a lot to him. much love.
oh man this hits hard, so sorry for your loss i hope you’re healing well. sending you a hug 🫂🫶
Sending hugs dude, seriously. I'm glad you could have that time with him before he passed.
I just want you to know that I've been in a similar situation and I understand you deeply.
I have nothing but love for you and I hope you're doing better now.❤
The worst thing about this is that in Part 1 Ellie tells Sam that her biggest fear is being alone. Tess is dead, Sam and Henry are dead, Joel is dead, Jessie is dead, and Tommy and Dina are on bad terms with Ellie, so her biggest fear became a reality.
U right
Dont forget riley
She chose to pursue revenge over staying and raising her family. She deserved to be alone. I really hope for the sake of the story that she was never seen or heard from again and not the she just returned to jackson, dina forgave her and they lived happily ever after
@@BasilFawlty3Sheesh that’s harsh but you might be right.
@@BasilFawlty3 She suffers from PTSD a whole year after the Abby fight and she figures that the only way to deal with all the mental trouble is to hunt down abby, because she cant even live a normal life with her family. In her mind she thinks she cant even function as a normal person without getting the revenge she needs
in the last fight ellie loses her only memory of joel (her fingers and the ability to play joel's song) and her only memory of her mom (her switchblade)
She loses her connection to him (being able to play his song) but she actually gains her memories of him back. Because up until that point every time she thought of Joel she thought of his broken and battered face. It's only after she felt that she had truly avenged him that she was able to actually gain back the happy memories she had of him.
The same way Joel sacrificed Ellie's trust and the world/humanity's salvation just so she could remain in his life (in part 1). She sacrificed her family and fingers just so she could see the good parts of him again.
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Tommy lost his brother,
he is permanently injured
and divorced with his wife.
He has nothing. The only meaning of life left to him is revenge
That’s why his wife divorced him 💀
And he can’t even get revenge because of his injuries. I don’t agree with what he said but I do understand him.
Yeah but that doesn't mean he guilt trips and manipulates Ellie into going when a literal infant is in the picture now.
@@mamagherbear7082 Unfortunately he is a wounded soldier know. He is a broken man, you can see in the way he acts and speaks that there is not much left of the man he used to be.
@707kitty he went because of Ellie at first then he lost his wife leg and eye for that thats why hes pissed at Ellie
Got to leave this here bro... You've got to be my favorite creator now. You pour your personality in every reaction, in every connection with every character, without following the usual profile or pattern of most creators, which consists in similar opinions or behaviors towards the game. They're all kinda predictable and afraid of sharing their emotions as truthful as you do. You're not afraid to cry, you're not afraid to untangle you thoughts and understand your emotions; you're not afraid to laugh; you read the characters with a kind heart and bond to them through their best characteristics.
At the end of the video, you said you're just a goofball, that you love to make people laugh. But you're in fact VERY human, and you make people laugh and love it precisely because of that. Usually, the kindest hearts tend to approach comedy on a special way, and feel truly accomplished when seeing and making other people happy. That's why you're getting so much support, people crave humanity and empathy. Don't EVER lose that bro. Hope you see this, cheers from Brazil!
U get it fr, i feel the same way
Very beautifully written bro 💙
amen to that
Virou meu criador de conteudo favorito por causa dessa série tbm, espetacular.
Articulated the way I, and I’m sure many people here, felt. When looking for an escape, that human feeling from a shared experience that we all enjoy is unmatched
Thank you for your vulnerability. You are a rare person. Not many people are so tuned in to their emotions as you are Jett. Thank you so much!
Absolutely. It was a heartwrenching experience, but so worth it, to relive this story through his eyes!
@tldrSF agreed! A few years removed from my initial feelings and I feel like I have even more perspective on the brilliance of this story. It's the most I've felt with any consumable media.
Yeah! This is the first video I watch by him, hadn’t heard of him before I pressed this video. He is super cool.
Was JUST thinking bout this, I'm ready to watch from the beginning
Honestly, I think he was just able to use his heart with tuning to his head. It's why he actually GOT the point of this game: the cost of hate and revenge, paid in blood.
Jett is a good dude.
His reaction to Tommy's request is so good
His reactions throughout the whole game have been amazing. Easily the best one I have seen on UA-cam
Agreed. I've watched maybe 6-7 full playthroughs, and this has by far been the best.
I'm so glad he reacted the way the creators wanted the players to react. I've seen too many playthroughs of just nonstop hate. So many people think the plot is just revenge is bad when it's so much more than that. I honestly loved it more than the first one because it made me feel so many different things.
agreed
@burstingpyr0640 actually isn't it so many people think "revenge is good"? All the haters basically just want to kill abby at the end because "she deserved it"
Don't get why tommy switched up so fast he was fine leaving them alone
Hey, about Tommy’s injury! When you check the moment Abby shoots him, he turns his head to the right as he tries to get up, and Abby shoots basically his temple/eye socket bone above his cheek, and it was at a bit of a wide angle so it was more of a glancing blow. Didn’t touch his brain at all.
EDIT: many people who shoot themselves with small caliber weapons end up surviving and living a much harder life than they would’ve had if they didn’t make that choice
W explanation
@@littlebitsostuff963 you’re too kind lol
what luck!
Imagine how that messed with Tommy's head (No Pun Intended). He comes all this way, nearly kills Abby, gives up on it, then she comes back right as he's about to leave and he only survives by chance. Now he can't do anything because he's permanently disabled, and his wife left him.
@@karlwilker579 I have to guess he’s also probably an alcoholic
Those two flashbacks hit so hard for completely different reasons. The first one at the dance breaks your heart, because it makes you think Ellie pushing Joel away after trying to help was the last time she ever saw him. And you think the whole reason she goes after Ellie is because of the guilt she feels. But then you see the next flashback on Joel's porch, where Ellie tells him she'll try to forgive him. And you realize it was a different kind of guilt. Ellie realized that she had wasted so much time being angry at Joel, and literally the day after she decided to patch things up, Joel was taken from her. And all of Ellie's rage, self-destruction, and suffering instantly makes more sense. What an incredible game.
Also, as I commented separately, you see why her thinking about it brought her peace too. Because there's no such thing as wasting time with a passed loved one cause there's no such thing as enough time. She didn't forgive him, but in that moment she reassured him. And Joel died knowing after everything his daughter still loved him. He was okay. And realising that she can be too.
Even though he didn’t know Abby was going to spare Ellie and Tommy. He literally died thinking he fucked up and failed to save another daughter.
@@supermom543 I mean being tortured that whole time and they didn't touch Tommy other than leaving him knocked out, he probably figured they were just there for him.
@@LangkeeLongkee honestly, I disagree. You gotta remember, Joel died lying on the floor of that ski lodge across from Ellie, most likely thinking that after they killed him, Ellie was next. Bro was NOT "okay"
@@romilrh again, they had been torturing Joel for a while. He was very aware that they didn't hurt Tommy. I'm not saying 100% he knew she was fine, but I think it's far fetched to say 100% he thought she was next. Cause clearly Joel knew he was targeted cause they didn't actually hurt Tommy they just knocked him out, and they only reacted to his name. If they wanted to kill Tommy they would have done it before they killed Joel. But they purposely knocked him out and left him there. Remember we go from seeing Joel get pinned to the next time we see him he's near death's door, but he was there a WHILE. A long while to leave Tommy alive if they wanted to hurt him. And they also could have just shot Ellie when she came in (like Abby shot Jessie) but they didn't. He would have obviously seen that.
And when I say Joel was okay, I meant with his relationship with Ellie. She didn't ruin anything. He wasn't upset with her, he didn't feel like they wasted any time. That was okay. He's dead. OBVIOUSLY I don't mean he was PHYSICALLY okay. But he died on good terms with Ellie, but Ellie didn't think it was good enough until the end of the game.
My father passed away in December 2019, and my mother passed three weeks later in January. When this game came out several months later, it had an unexpected effect on me: it helped me process the grief I was feeling (or more correctly, that I was bottling up, because along with my sisters I was still dealing with their estate, and other practical matters).
TLOU2 makes you feel emotions that just aren't associated with entertainment media like video games. And now with the passage of years, I empathize somewhat with those that bounced off of it, because some people just aren't prepared or willing to go down that road, and that's ok (I still, of course, have no patience for those who hate the game out of bigotry, which is a small but very vocal faction, I'm afraid). It's not pleasant, but this game is a gift: it allows one to encounter some uncomfortable truths about society and the human heart in a safe way: through a story well told.
This video is my first exposure to your playthrough, but I'm so impressed with, well frankly the maturity, open mind and heart you brought to the story, that I'm subscribing so I can go back and watch earlier parts. Thank you for this!
It’s crazy how a game can change our perspective and look at life on a different way
Omg I’m so sorry. Well said this game really pushes the boundaries of what gamers are ready to handle.
I'm sorry for your loss, friend.
I’m soo sorry for your lost , hope your doing better ❤
Thank you! It's so nice of you to reply. Yes, while I still miss them every day, the intensity of the grief does subside, thankfully!
The sun rise scene after the credits is what gets me. I know that’s Abby’s boat. That building is the where the fireflies are. She made it. She and Lev made it.
After Ellie found them at the pillars, Abby carried Lev just like Joel carried Ellie. I wanted to feel that kind of relationship again. Abby had something to fight for while Ellie had nothing to lose. She lost herself.
I hope both of these characters find peace.
The act of Ellie sparing Abby was a way to save little Ellie from the first game
I'd like to think that the ending symbolizes Ellie's chance of finding that "something to live for" like both Joel and Abby were able to, now that she's free of the shackle of revenge of potentially survivor's guilt
Tht building is the rattlers where u break her out of
@@JoseGamer2465for real. She might have let Abby go but she saved her soul.
@jl4759 not even close to the building the building in the scene much larger and a way different design
You can tell Jett got a good heart man. All of our hearts broke to see Ellie this way, but I've never seen it affect anyone this much. You a good dude bro
And to see how he cared abt abby
Truly emotionally intelligent
Yea bruh this why Brodie gettin to a mil been here for awhile watching him grow its refreshing
The fact that in the first game Ellie told Sam that her biggest fear is to end up alone, and that is exactly what happend makes the ending even more heart breaking
And it's so tragic... She lost her friends, Dina, and JJ; more than that she lost her connection to her mother (her knife) and her last connection to Joel (her ability to play the guitar). She really did end up alone...
@@rafaeltapia8833holy fuck bro u just made this much worse lmao
If it makes it better Dina takes Ellie back in the end. You can see Dina’s bracelet on Ellie’s arm at the end when it wasn’t there in Santa Barbara. Also her reaction (or lack thereof) seems to indicate she knew no one was there.
Just posted this before I saw you beat me to it. Oops😁
@@WPC799She doesn’t take her back, she’s gone
Bro you truly are a real one.
I've never seen such compassion, growth, intuition, and openness to learning how to understand, instead of simply knowing.
After watching you and seeing the simple, ignorant people on the other side again, they seem so pathetic and hollow and actually feel sorry for them that they didn't allow themselves to experience this story like you did.
From the first time clicking on your video until this one I have definitely grown in appreciation for you and your channel as well.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to experience this game again, with you.
nailed it bro. so many people play this game with hate in their heart and it shows. Jett clearly understood the various perspectives the story shows you and was reasonably torn at the moments of conflict. funny how this game is a litmus test for empathy and media literacy lmao
i completely agree with you. i've never seen someone play this game with so much empathy, everyone else gives me major red flags because of their complete lack of it.
Ellie’s motive for revenge is based on her believing that Joel was killed before she ever got to rekindle their relationship and tell him how much he means to her.
But it was that final flash back when she’s talking to Joel , that Ellie finally realized: Joel knows how she feels ❤️
And her leaving the guitar was symbolic for her finally letting Joel go (it was the guitar he gave her)
I am not ok and I will never be until someone decides to erase my mind after playing this gut wrenching, soul crushing game. Literally changed my personality and im not even kidding, this whole game had me on chokeholds !! It never gets old and im here for it tbh.
@@bibigame1007🎉
@@bibigame1007I will never play this game
It’s also so heartbreaking when you realize that in TLOU 1, Ellie talked to Sam about her biggest fear was ending up alone. She REALLY ended up alone with practically everybody she love/loved are gone..
They’re really not tho
It's also saying: where was that thing about Ellie's cure? I still remember the false advertising of Neil Crunchman with Joel's image. This game is dead.
@@kenryu4157Dude, get a life! How can someone be so full of hate towards some game developer?
Tommy’s still alive
@@lowkey2155 I think Abby is imune
"Revenge is a fool´s game"
- Arthur Fucking Morgan, 1899
Also: Ellie´s fear came true in the end. Remember what she said to Sam the night before he turned? Her biggest fear was to end up alone.
IT'S JOHN MARSTON MICAH!
@@nana_konu It's over Abigail. It's all over.
Last of us 2 is like playing as micah after he kills arthur so much bs lol
“You eat babies!”- John Marston
@@xanthezen310you’re a silly man john marston
I’ve watched so many play-throughs of this game that I’ve lost count, and this was the most enjoyable one I’ve seen by FAR. Theres definitely other UA-camrs who understood the game and didn’t taint their videos with thoughtless hate, but the way you can /see/ Jettro fully emotionally plant himself in the shoes of each character is so fucking refreshing. Especially since he didn’t rely on subscribers to explain it to him like other UA-camrs I’ve watched, dude actually put so much thoughtfulness and compassion into this run right off the bat and I adore that. Cried along with him the whole time. So glad I found this series and channel
most people who played this game were all blinded by hate for abby even after they found out why she did it, i think you’re one of the first i’ve seen to see both sides, and love both characters, gotta love that ❤️
Cycle of violence is outrageous 😥
I don't think it was most, but a vocal minority for sure. After the pre release hate train died down most people who play the game love it.. The issue is streamers playing it to an audience who want to hate watch it. The game isn't designed to be play infront of a live audience.
Personally there’s only one UA-camr that made a sensible video in regards to valid criticism to the game story, Tissan Young. Everything he said in his video was exactly how I was feeling and thinking when playing.
After we got some time with Jett playing as Abby and coming to terms with the fact that he was growing to like her.
I didn't even need to question it. I knew Jett would understand and get the ending
Who has the legit beef? I think that’s what developers wanted. Over the course of the game you realize that Abby was supposed to be hated right off from the beginning. Eventually you agree more with Abby than Ellie. She let her live a few times. I was tired of Ellie by the end. She just couldn’t move on. Excellent game.
Love how you're so emotionally connected to these characters that you're feeling the pain so viscerally
Jettro...
When I say this, I mean it from the bottom of my heart. This was one of, if not the best raw, emotional playthrough I have seen.
Thank you for your dedication through this challenging experience. Thank you for giving this game a chance and thank you for being a pleasure to watch.
You have earned a subscriber and a new consistent watcher.
This was so meticulously planned by the developers... it is a masterpiece. You are supposed to feel awful about all this. This is something only videogames can do. By giving you the controller and demanding from you to play through this awfulness is the very best way to convey the message the developers intended to. TLOU2 is not an "enjoyable" game. It is a very powerful one though, a masterpiece. Something that will stick for you forever and get the point across in the most impactful way. What a masterpiece...
Well Said.
This game is truly one of a kind.
Lol mediocre writing and somehow it’s a masterpiece😂
@@brobro9169 it won a ton of awards for its direction and writing so you have to be an impressive clown to think that your opinion is worth anything, especially considering the arrogant and know-it-all manner in which you phrased it. 🤡
@@brobro9169 if this is "mediocre", tell me which one you consider"masterpiece" and what make that game superior than this.
I don't think I've ever seen a game push somebody to their limits in this way. It wasn't a matter of skill. It was a matter of emotional resilience. I don't think we'll ever have a game that messed with people's emotions in such a way again.
Suicide Squad: "Hold my beer...."
@@Lougie2u oh... right...
Good! Lmaooo
@@Lougie2u What happened in Suicide Squad? Never seen the movie but I pictured a more comedy/action movie.
@@Lougie2u yeah but Suicide Squad wasn't aiming to do that, and the only important emotion it got out of the general public was rage. But this game? It broke us all. Some haven't even recovered yet even after all this years, they either despise it or just pretend it doesn't exist altogether. Me personally? I've never felt more... Hollow after completing a game (or any story at all), and I think that's what makes this game so unique
Both TLOU games are masterpieces of storytelling. The first game is more straightforward with its moral questions whereas the second is nuanced and complex in its attempt to break generational cycles of violence. They both are messy and brutal stories because… well… life is messy and brutal and unfair. I love them.
Not to mention the gameplay is SUPERB.
TLOU at its core is a game about humanity. Both the first game and a second game are examining different sides of what it means to be a flawed human being, which we all are.
The second is not a masterpiece by any degree, it loses the moral ambiguity the first part had for the sake of telling the audience over and over and over “revenge bad, it hurt people u care about”
Yeah I almost feel bad for the people who didn't understand the second one, almost. They act like assholes way too much for me to have any real sympathy, despite what this game actually taught us 🤣
@@lightningmonky7674there’s assholes on both sides mate. Don’t be biased.
@@aced4fun”revenge bad” is all you guys can ever say to make this seem like the most shallow thing ever when it’s really only a piece of the overall picture haters willingly seem to miss. for some reason. part 1 is just as shallow if you say “love good.” but that sounds stupid doesn’t it
This is by far the best playthrough of this game I've ever seen. It's just so refreshing to see someone else actually fully experiencing this game the way the creators intended. Seeing you get all the nuances and being impacted by all the emotional beats and all the stuff that flew right over lots of people's heads is fantastic. Thank you for this.
Edit:
I know you're pretty much burned out emotionally with this game but I do think it would be really nice for you to react to the Grounded II documentary Naughty Dog just released. It has lots of interesting stuff about what was going on in their minds when they made this game.
everything you just said. i cried with jettro like it was my first time ever experiencing tlou
This is the absolute best playthrough on UA-cam, love how you pay attention to everything, while also still entertaining everyone. You got us emotional with you bro
1:58:24 JUST when Jettro finished this game and can't take it anymore Neil Druckmann confirmed that there WILL be a Last of us Part 3.
i keep hearing this but where's the confirmation!!??
@@JRenaeKisn't it in the new Grounded II documentary that came out today?
yea where is this confirmation
@@Enthucia the new documentary
All he said was “Theres probably one more chapter to this story”. That’s not confirming anything, he just has a potential concept in mind for what the game would be. But there’s absolutely nothing official yet
Btw, the menu background screen with the boat on the beach symbolises, that Abby and Lev have actually made it to Fireflies on Catalina Island
I must be tripping because is the building in the background not the Rattlers’ HQ??
@@MikeP828 As far as i know, even the game’s director, hinted that these might be different buildings, and the one on the menu screen is the Catalina Casino, where, allegedly, the Fireflies are stationed. So that might be kind of a lead up to PART III
@@koshtaballati I gotta look this up because I swear that’s the same tall round building where Abby and Lev were held at
@@koshtaballati just looked it up. It’s the real life Catalina Casino on Catalina Island. Wow that’s actually crazy.
@@MikeP828 yeah, that menu screen alone gave players so many hints and theories on where the story will go next
SPOILERS IF YOU HAVENT WATCHED
19:30 if you re-watch his "execution" she does hit the orbital and not his brain area. She shoots on his right side when he's looking that direction. He got lucky, basically.
It was foreshadowed in the museum when Joel told Ellie Tommy has a thick head lol
Best play through by far no one can ever make a better tlou play through. I’ve never seen anyone get so invested and fully immersed while playing a game and I just love the way you emphasize with all the characters and open your mind to all different perspectives and how you’re not afraid to get emotional on camera and show your true raw reactions. Amazing thank you so much for the videos please keep making more! I would love to see you play life is strange, Detroit become human, until dawn, and many more ❤
BRO. I just sat down for supper. THE IMMACULATE TIMING IS REAL.
By the way, we NEED a playthrough of TT’s Walking Dead. BEGGING.
ME TOO
AND rdr 1
Every video has these comments bro is just that good legit has the best schedule for us
Bro no we need rdr1 NOW gotta change the subject
I know he’s said before when playing red dead 2 he hates the pressure of choice games 😭😭but I hope so too
The last fight was Ellie’s theater moment. She had to learn how to walk away from the violence by herself
I just love how you get so invested in these games. That it's kinda rare to find gameplay like this. I would love to see you play like The Quarry or Until Dawn. I think you would have so much fun playing those. The stories are so good!
YESS until dawn would be a good playthrough
Omg YESS I freaking love those games especially until dawn!!!
Jettro, I've watched maybe half a dozen full playthroughs of this game, and yours was the one I connected with the most. You were emotional mature and intelligent throughout. 4 years ago, I saw the leaks for this game and fell for the outrage, and I ended up hating the game until just recently when I decided to watch a playthrough. Yours, though, was incredibly well edited, funny as all hell, and pure-hearted. I even realized a few more things about the story through you talking about your thoughts and feelings (and I know this story front to back, now). Thank you for sharing your experience with this very emotionally difficult game, and all your hard work editing.
This game really made u feel how Ellie would have felt 14:20. People who have never have ptsd really can’t understand it, but Naughty Dog did a brilliant job of making u understand it through Ellie.
Pain (ptsd) is pain. Lesser. Greater. Middling. Makes no difference. The degree is arbitrary. If I'm to choose one pain over the other, I'd rather not choose at all.
@@ryanli8371 Bro thinks he’s Geralt 💀
@@ThorntonNoir I had to lol.
This is so true. People who hadn't experienced it, can't fully understand how much we can relate to Ellie. It swallow you whole and creeps up in every crevice of life. You sleep with the memory in slow motion and wake up with the aftertaste. You look at the cabinet you hid in and remember your only countermeasure is a birdshot.
Everyone makes you feel like you were in the wrong just to protect the image of perfection not knowing the feeling of being shot. PTSD is crazy.
As someone with PTSD Naughty Dog portrayed it perfectly. If a door so much as slams too hard I flip tf out so again they did amazing.
6:12 i love how jett thought that JJ knew how to talk but didn't realize it was Ellie doing a baby voice 😂
So many youtubers thought it was the baby talking 🤣🤣🤣🤣
LMAO ITS SO FUNNY ESP ELLIES VOICE LOL
my first playthrough, my dumbass thought it was JJ as well. Ashley Johnson is great at doing baby voices I gues lmao. I was surprised, I was like, "damn JJ! You talk already?!" lol
Omg i learned this fact just now wtf? 😂
@@ElChuntyCabraITS NOT THE FUCKING BABY??????
I love how open you are with your emotions. It’s refreshing to see a man not being afraid to cry, and feel things. This game is certainly a journey, and a hard one at that.
You put yourself out there, and you put yourself into these games. That raw feeling doesn’t come from just anywhere.
You’ve got so much heart, and I can’t wait to see where you go. You’re doing great. ❤
Honestly, even more so for a black dude. There's still a lot of toxic masculinity being present within black communities and even how they're presented in the media.
@@Dark__Thoughts FAX man
@@Dark__Thoughtsfax my brotha
The way you experienced this game and learned from it and opened your mind to changing is exactly how the creators intended it. You had me crying with you so many times throughout. This was the best playthrough I think I'll ever see.
Jett, I loved how you played it, with an open mind, understanding everyone's perspectives and everything, you're an example.
If you didn't play it yet, i recommend life is strange, it won't hit you mentally like this one, but is one of the best stories ever told in videogames (and it gives you choices)
YESS
YES PLS I LOVE LIFE IS STRANGE AHH
~A Comprehensive List of Games This Man Should Play:~
Red Dead Redemption 1 (if we want him to close off that chapter)
The Walking Dead Quadrilogy (if we want him to cry more)
the Mass Effect Trilogy (if we want something long running and high quality)
any Elder scroll or Fallout game that he hasnt played (because bangers also brings in a new audience for him which would prolly be beneficial)
The Metro series (EXTREMELY slept on post apocalyptic franchise, very well made, very heartfelt, actual bangers)
Persona 5 (if he hasnt already played it)
The Ezio Trilogy of assassins creed games (a series everyones gotta experience)
Prey (scare tf outta him)
Bioshock series (idk man just good)
The new Tomb Raider Trilogy (refer to my previous answer)
Firewatch (emotional and fantastically written)
Until Dawn (scare tf outta him (feat) baddies)
Final Fantasy 15 (he liked 16 and i love the previous equally)
Final Fantasy 7 remake (refer to my previous answer (feat) baddies)
Detroit: Become Human (i know hed love it)
Thats all i got. personally id love to see any of these but heres my personal top 5 in no particular order: Skyrim, detroit, rdr1, until dawn, ezio trilogy. i would say others like twd series but im kinda tired of seeing this man cry sm i want this mf to laugh again poor guy. i think hed have a lot of fun in these and theyd be good watched. lemme know what you guys agree and disagree on or give him other recommendations i missed :)
on a real tho love u jett brother
Perfect list, almost all the ones I was thinking of!!
@@bcxorigins i spent like 20 minutes scraping my brain of all the games i ever played
omg i'd die for him to play until dawn.. but he hates horror games so i highly doubt it'll ever happen lmao
Uncharted would also be a very fun series
Bro Literally said as soon he is done Naughty Dog will announce TLOU3 and fucking did today itself in their new documentary 💀
I am not excited
ok @@apotheosis1660
@@apotheosis1660Weirdo
Naughty Dog has lost ALL good will and now panders exclusively to the modern woke leftist retards with it's DEI and identity politics
TLOU3 will NOT have the hype surrounding it as TLOU2 did before launch.
It will be full of more pandering, divisive politics, and obvious emotional manipulation
Only fools would continue to support this ONCE legendary development studio
Let it all go down in flames
do we fucking care? nah, I don't think so@@apotheosis1660
TLOU 1 and 2 broke all of us. The best games ever made IMHO. I bought a PS5 just to play it
Acting, Script, Soundtrack, Gameplay, Cast, Presentation.
I've never played a game where I didnt want to press the buttons. I screamed at the TV without even realising I was doing it, I so in the moment.
Thank for the series you reacted like we all did.
🫨 You made a good point. Just realizing that even after the whole game is finished, Ellie never knew that the surgeon was Abby‘s dad. Like you said… She never knew that it was personal between Abby and Joel which might have lessened her need for revenge. She could never forgive herself because she always thought it was just about her/the world being robbed of the cure. 🤯
She DID know. Nora told her.
@@MikeP828she didn't tell her about abbys dad. she only told her abt the cure/hospital itself not that the doctor who was gonna operate on her was abbys dad who joel killed
In the end, I like that Ellie doesn't know because I don't think it would've mattered. Nora implied that they were after Joel because of what he did at the hospital. Ellie agrees that what Joel did was wrong, Ellie knows what he did is egregious and in her eyes it's the worst thing he's done, but she still won't relent. She's hellbent on revenge anyway. Because in the end it didn't matter to Ellie *why* Abby did what she did. It was just the fact that she did it.
The fact that neither of the girls actually know each-other's stories is one of my favorite details.
Yea if I was Abby, I would’ve probably said something to Ellie in the theatre about it. I’m surprised she never brought it up once. It was her entire motivation for going to Jackson.
if you remember Ellie and Sam's conversation right before Sam turned on the first game, she said her biggest fear was ending up alone. Welp...
stopp
She can go back to Jackson
@@PIayer_01let’s be real people Neil Drunkman probably set that mf on fire and has clickers invaded inside
I just keep telling myself she can go to jackson, and see Dina even if they are not together.
@@PIayer_01 I mean, sure but Joel is dead, jesse is dead, tommy would be mad at her because she didnt kill abby and dina left her so i dont think she would want anything with her rn, although i do think that both are solvable, as things stands, she has no one
Jett had me checking his channel everyday
Real talk
Same bruh
Frrrr
One of my all-time favorite games, ever.
Hearing Joel's voice again broke me in pieces 😭😭💔
I played this game on release day. 7 long years of waiting. Pre-ordered the Collector’s Edition 6 months prior.
Summer vacation, 2020. This day is engraved in my memory like no other. Mid-pandemic. Hadn’t seen my friends for 3 months. The release day was the first day I was ever with them again. Me and the boys promised each other we would be there, no matter what. We, as a group of proud nerds, were from 7AM to 10AM in front of MediaMarkt, just to get the game.
I went home, unboxed the goodies, prepared lunch and sat down. Blinds fully closed. Headset on, max volume, locked in. From 2PM to 7AM I got up from my seat twice - once to get dinner, once to go to the bathroom.
That night, I remember not being able to fall asleep because of anxiety. I ended up waking up at 1PM, after getting some rest. I heat up my lunch, and sit down for another 9 hours. The last few were especially long.
I remember finishing the game,
screaming at Ellie to stop. I couldn’t take it anymore.
I was in pure shock. Complete disbelief. I had *NEVER* felt such pain and numbness in my entire life.
I sat in my bed, back against the wall, knees up, crying my eyes out for 2h30. I had no more tears left, but I couldn’t stop sobbing.
My emotional state was in a whole time low. I had never felt this broken beyond repair in my entire life.
This game, and series, really, has taught me a lot. 10 long and warm years. I won’t ever be the same after experiencing this.
I was really sad with the mixed reception the game got in the beginning, but as time passes, I see more and more people loving this story. Even people who hated it to begin with. It truly inspired me to be a better version of myself.
I’m really glad to have found your channel and that I was able to take this ride with you.
This is a deeply personal story, one I never really told anyone, but I felt that I knew what you were going through. It felt real.
Thank you so much for this, really.
For more great stories to come ❤
I love how everyone has a great story about their first time playing Last of Us 2. I know I'll never forget my first playthrough. It took me the better part of a week starting on release day, which allowed me to emotionally process the entire story. I have not gone a single day since without think about it. I now have Ellie's tattoo on my forearm as a reminder of this game and the experience it gave me. Literally my favorite piece of art ever
@lopesmorrenofim Your avatar and your comment makes me think you're a formidable person. I don't know you but I love you. I wish you happiness.
I can agree that this game was truly difficult to get through and was emotionally scaring. I don't think I'll ever forget this experience either.
However, if this game made you feel the worst you've ever been, then you must live a pretty damn good life ☠️
@@sarusthelorevore523 I’m two months late, but these words just made my day! Thank you so much, good sir. I love you too. Hope you have the greatest life, with all the happiness you deserve :) Thanks for spreading positivity
I think Jettro is one of the best examples of how someone was intended to experience the story. He started with wanting revenge, to the complete opposite, and that 180 happened at the PERFECT time (After Seattle, before Santa Barbara). Santa Barbara onwards is where you're SUPPOSED to disagree with Ellie's choices; the fact that people didn't or for some reason can't disagree with Ellie going after Abby is where I think a lot of the hate for this game comes from.
I also really enjoy how Jett can very clearly disagree with characters he loves and not dislike the story, which I see happen quite a bit.
Yea is not new but I feel like it’s more prevalent lately especially with gamers where they have a strong sense of entitlement to having a game’s story go exactly the way they want it to go. There’s a time and place for games that are just pure fun and satisfaction but there’s also a place for games that challenge your perception and your ideas and don’t just give you the thing you want.
@@tf6026REAL ‼
Yes! I think recently a lot of people think that disagreeing with a character’s actions means the game is bad, which is an… interesting leap lol. Someone being toxic or not making the same choices you would doesn’t make the story bad lmfao
Yes, you're supposed to disagree with Ellie's choices. But you're also supposed to have deep empathy for her.
If anything, that is, imo, the toughest challenge of the game. Seeing Abby's side of things, one can logically understand that she was justified, just as much as Ellie was in going after Abby initially. You're supposed to have understanding and/or empathy for Abby.
At the end of the game, however, we are presented with Ellie. She's on the same journey that Abby was, just at an earlier state.
She's hurt herself, and her family (because she's mentally unwell and suicidal). She will do things you might not agree with and become much darker.
Can you show her that same empathy and understanding? Not want to enable her, but want better for her?
I felt like a disappointed parent at the end of the game. But I was also VERY proud of Ellie for not hitting rock bottom, for walking away from, what is basically, her addiction. I was proud of her for choosing a better path to move forward.
this was powerful to read I very much agree with all of it. it is SO refreshing to see a TLOU 2 comment section like this one@@SidPhoenix2211
Ellie lost everything and has nothing to show for it. Now she’s like Joel at the beginning of the first game, a lost and broken soul. Alone. This is how she’ll learn to understand, and therefore, truly forgive him. I liked this game A LOT more the second time through. Idk how this works, but everything felt fresher with an open mind.
Wow, never think about the ending that way. Thank you.
Naughty Dog was on *demon time* making this game. Had us on the most vicious emotional rollercoaster in gaming. 😈
Imagine how their gonna do part 3
@@Higherup01 Absolutely, I can’t wait to see what they do. 🙏🏿
Got a video on my channel you might be interested in, going into detail with just *one out of many ways* I see the TLoU3 playing out 🌿🩸
@@Higherup01I feel like part 3 is going to be the final chapter, and I’m scared, I don’t think they can top the emotions I felt in this game.
@@UncreativeHandle48 They won’t be able to top it emotionally, even if Ellie dies, because most of the conflict & emotional baggage is resolved, but that’s okay.
I’m thinking the game should be more cathartic & calmly therapeutic, with a good amount of violence, like TLoU1 had. Less violence than 2, more wholesome like 1.
my favorite part of the ending is the symbolism! like yes, the guitar being abandoned at the end could mean that ellie was moving on, but at the same time you realize that she couldn't play the song anymore because, thanks to her choosing the path of revenge for the last time, she lost the only thing that still bonded her to joel.
it's sad that *most* people who didn't like the game don't get its message.
The symbolism can be so multi-layered: leaving the guitar is Ellie moving on; unable to play guitar again is the consequences of her own chain of decisions, meaning she has lost a very important part of her (she had been writing music, and now she can't play anymore); walking away from the home is Ellie now faces the world anew, even though she now has to do it on her own, and that this is where she can begin to start "finding something to live for", like both Joel and Abby did.
The people who don't probably don't deserve it anyway lol
Nah I got the message plenty but I still don’t like the story
@@SoloSlater key word being “most”, my guy.
She just needs a left-handed guitar and she'll be fine. She still has those guitar skills, which is the actual thing that bonds her to Joel - the things she learned from him. The memories.
Leaving the guitar behind isn't necessarily about leaving Joel behind - it's about letting go.
The more interesting symbolism is the moth on the guitar. Ellie lets go of the moth - a being that is always attracted to the flame, that burns out and dies.
Jett, you might be the first person I’ve seen to have a better reaction than Berleezy to Lev getting punched 1:01:35 😂 the editing, and the execution of the “DAMN”
My dad passed away about a month after I played this game when it first released. That experience I think brought me closer to the themes of grief in this game, and in some odd way, this game is a comfort to me. I was also not processing things I needed to forgive my dad for, and also dealing with feelings of guilt. TLOU2 is brutal, but honestly one of the only games I have ever played that is rooted very realistically in the human experience of grief. I enjoy watching people experience this game for the first time, so thank you so much for sharing your playthrough
mine my dad passed away before a week game dropped. I feel you exactly the same 😢
1:50:29 Bro I felt that. What tears me up the most is when I think about how Ellie told Sam in Part 1 that she's afraid of ending up alone. Then here at the end of Part 2, that is exactly what happened :(
Exactly... that's what I said... just different from your words!
I have to say, this entire series comment sections have surprised me.
I am more than used to people being completely close-minded and just overwhelmingly rude. But i have not seen a single comment like that in this entire series.
Just rational people who love this game sharing what they love about it.
This channel's community is just a breath of fresh air. Jett, thank you so much for uploading these videos.
You dont need to apologize for taking "too long" in between uploads because your videos are always worth the wait ❤
(By the way, 1:04:15 is my favorite part of the entire playthrough. Completely encapsulates what this game can offer if you allow it to do so.)
Also, Jett is very genuine so that helps too! Love the dude.
Lol there's been so many comments. Especially episode 1. every new playthrough on youtube after Joel's death is where the haters flood in....practically begging the player to hate the game. Jett was one of the many playthroughs who like the game, and thus the haters gradually slink away.
@@armstrongQB1if we tried to be nice to them and not make fun of them, further dividing the community, maybe they’d come around, but that’s not what you want is it? No no no, you wanna feel like you’re a smarter, better, more emotionally mature person by making fun of others, real adult like bro.
@@JamesJome123I completely agree with your message, but you are also making fun of them in your reply.
You are not following your own advice in your message.
Don't fight under this comment please. I was so happy I finally found a little safe place to discuss about one of my favorite games :(
@@SlasherFrenzy0 fair enough, I just really want us ALL to be one big community again, and it hurts when either side says stuff like this.
bro honestly jett you’re amazing, you were the ONLY person i’ve seen that gave the game its time, gave abby a chance, i enjoyed every single bit of this series and you ABSOLUTELY made me laugh bro you’re hilarious. hope you know we all appreciate you ❤️
Is my music I make beats
I think this is the only UA-cam or person that recorded vid that actually didn't cut there emotion out and showed what they were feeling and expressed how and what they were thinking and going throught and paused throught the game to unfold and I love that abt jettro and I respect him and can't wait for many more vid in the future
I've seen a lot of people describe this game as a revenge game, but if you look at it differently, it's really a story of forgiveness. When Ellie and Joel were having their last conversation, Ellie stated she would like to try and forgive Joel. And in the end when Ellie left his guitar, I think it was symbolizing her finally letting go, and forgiving him. I could be wrong! But that's what I think. Jett, I absolutely LOVED your playthough, everyday after school I would always check if you posted, I would be ecstatic when you did, love you man KEEP IT UPP!!!
i absolutely agree with this!! it’s a story about forgiveness, it’s ellie’s journey of letting go. it really breaks my heart
Forgiving the unforgivable. Hits like a truck.
So to me I feel like Ellie saying she would like to try and forgive Joel was effectively her forgiving him. When you are out on patrol with Dina at the beginning of the game Ellie talks about watching a movie with Joel later that day (sadly didn't happen for obvious reasons) and so her mission became to rebuild her relationship with Joel.
But why did it need to be rebuilt? Well Joel lied to Ellie as we all know and Ellie felt betrayed and angry over it which then led to her distancing herself from Joel and psychologically torturing him to sort of make him pay for what he robbed her of with that lie and so on.
*I think at the end the one Ellie is forgiving is herself.* She feels horrible over how she treated Joel those last couple of years and being so stubborn to not forgive him sooner so she could spend more time with him while he was still alive. This is also the delusion that keeps Ellie going back to the revenge quest as Abby symbolises the thing that kept Ellie away from rebuilding her relationship with Joel. Abby took that from her. But ultimately Ellie seeing Abby in that sorry state kind of snapped her back to reality at the last moment. There is still some of Ellie left in there.
I AGREE TO THIS SO MUCH MORE@@Blag_Cog
Since rdr2, I've never seen him this emotional. Props to you Jett 💪
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Yo jett just letting you know that your last of us playthrough is what introduced me to your channel and lemme just say, you've gotta be my favorite youtuber now. This is the best playthrough of this series hands down. The emotion and open mindedness you had during the game is so refreshing it literally felt like i was playing the game for the first time again with you lol. I went into this thinking that you were gonna have the same opinions (mainly about abby ) as others towards the end but you genuinely opened your mind to understand and love abby which is so cool
Also if your looking for more games im suggesting the walking dead if you havent played it already. Its more of a story driven choice based game but imo its a really good story game
Man, I am one of those people that never comments on videos. I just feel like whoever it is won’t see it and I’m not funny enough for it to be worth it. But I don’t care if Jet ever sees this I just need it said that this guy is absolutely hilarious and an incredible editor. Jet, when you eventually stop making videos, I will wish you the absolute best and only ever hope that you leave up the videos you made up to that point. Hands down - no questions - no contest - by a landslide - my favorite creator on youtube. You are an inspiration my friend, and I can only hope you keep up the great work.
I saw your comment, man. I agree with you. His edits were perfect.
Ellie’s ending is really sad cuz in Part I and Part II her worst fear was being alone and now that Dina and the baby is not there and after chasing Abby hoping for things to change made her life worse
I read somewhere that she's with Dina, because of her bracelet, she wasn't wearing it when she left for Santa Barbara, and in the close up of her hand she has it, which means that she already talked things through with Dina.
Believe it or not, if you survive a gunshot to the head, there’s not a lot of surgical work that can be done, you just bandage the wound and let it heal on its own if the bullet passed through. The human body is insane
True but last of us world means no chance lol Tommy got lucky because Neil likes him 😂
@@littlebigmarclast of us world is our world lol you can still bandage a wound in the last of us
@@uhuhuh1966didn’t know there were zombies running around. By your logic HALO is our world, so guess I’ll go get my Mjolnir armor and kill some Elites.
@@JamesJome123 ….the cordyceps fungus is a real thing in our world dude. What it’s doing to humans here it does the exact same thing to ants. The number 1 descriptor ND uses for this world is GROUNDED. Do you even know what that word means? Look up some synonyms 😂
@@JamesJome123 …the cordyceps fungus literally exists in our world lol it does the exact same thing to ants that it does to humans here. The main descriptor ND uses for this world is “grounded”. Do you even know what that word means? Look up some synonyms 😂
anyone else just really appriciate that his finale videos are always a little longer than his other ones? you can tell that once he gets near the end, he just doesn't wanna stop. i love this dude.
For some reason I got recommended this last episode first so I watched it and was so pleasantly surprised by how emotionally intelligent you are and how you allow yourself to be honest about what you're feeling. I love that you were so incredibly conflicted at the end; I went through an extremely similar experience where I almost couldn't finish the game I was so upset, nervous and angry, but was still loving both Ellie and Abby. It was an unforgettable journey. I'm kinda like you... I've played the first TLOU multiple times, but TLOU2 only once, and though it's definitely one of my favorite games I don't know if I'll ever play it again. (Maybe years down the road.)
Totally understand your thought process on this. Great episode! I'll go back and check out the others 💗
I have watched so many let's play's of TLOU 1 and 2 and yours are hands down the best I've every seen. I constantly chase that feeling of reliving the games for the first time cause they are so important to me and watching you experience it for the first time really gave me that feeling again.
This is literally the best TLOU 1 and 2 playthroughs on the whole YT.
I think Jett, you need some time to rest after a few games that emotionally dried you
Jettro in case you don’t know, the new main menu screen shows that Abby and lev made it to Catalina island where the fireflies home base is. Been a pleasure sharing this journey with you man, I think this game is incredible & it’s gonna be strange not having any future episodes. Abby is one of my favourite gaming characters in general now I think she’s awesome and I’m curious to see what direction the next game goes in eventually
That last scene with Joel gets me every time too...
It's such a great scene. Both of them are finally vulnerable and honest with each other...for the first time in years. Joel gets to have a relationship with Ellie. Ellie has to now find meaning with her life. Such a great, great, great scene.
27:31 Dude, right after Tommy said he'd let her live, she made him FUCKING disabled. He can barely walk and is blind in one eye. He also separated from his wife. OF COURSE he wants revenge. Yes, I agree, he is wrong. But I can completely understand him.
They really massacred that Character that was once beloved ^^
people also sometimes forget that ellie was the one who got mad at tommy for not fighting for revenge in the very beginning of the game and he even goes by himself to do it so there’s no problems in jackson, but when he asks ellie for revenge all of a sudden he’s a pos, dudes a literal broken man with no brother, wife, and permanent injuries
@@peIuches It felt like Naughty Dog hates that Character lol
Nah. I dont sympathize with that. Especially considering the fact that we murdered her friends.
@@blackwolf4653he was an idiot
I once read on Reddit a theory about Ellie going to Jackson before the last time you play as her. It's about when you realize she lost two fingers. If you look closely to the other wrist you'll see a bracelet. And people where saying she went to Jackson to meet Dina and Baby JJ (that would explain the bracelet) so what we see and experience is actually Ellie closing the Joel thing and let everything behind once for all.
I haven't checked if this theory was dismissed by ND, but I'd love to believe she ended up having a good life. A hope this message helps you heal your soul, because this game broke mine back in 2020 when I first played it and it still hurts.
This helped a bit actually, thanks for that stranger
No way, isn't this how most people interpreted it? I saw the bracelet the first time and everything was cleared out already and so I interpreted it as her leaving some of her stuff behind because it she wanted a new start in Jackson. I mean why else would she have Dina's bracelet.
Or at least if she has Dina's bracelet, she wants to believe in her or the future, moving forward rather than the past (whether she is back in jackson or not)
Dina gave her the bracelet when Ellie left for the hospital in Seattle, so I honestly think she just let her keep it. I wouldn't be surprised if she never returned to Jackson again tbh
That's the best part of it, it's open to interpretation and I sleep better believing Ellie had an okay ending rather than an awful one.
@@majatesarova1618 im a few months last but ellie takes off the bracelet after the events in seattle and doesnt wear it on the farm or whilst looking for abby in santa barbara. more theories to suggest she is living in jackson is she doesnt have any weapons on her while she visits the barn
This story is about Ellie and her relationship with Joel but it’s also about every other character in the game. They are all layered and multidimensional. Abby was important because she was Ellie’s foil. Her counterpart in the story. Both Ellie and Abby started the game in different emotional states and motivation and ended it with a different emotional state and motivation. They both change through the game. The gameplay was very important to the story, learning more about Abby and seeing Ellie , Tommy and Joel through her perspective adds a lot of layers to Ellie, Joel and Tommy. Playing as Abby makes you see Ellie, Tommy and Joel as a complete whole and not just from one sided perspective but from both the extremes. You get to know Ellie in every way and from different perspectives.That boss fight with Ellie? It added so much depth to how I see Ellie and the same with the mysterious sniper moment with Tommy and Abby. Every moment in gameplay and every place in the environment was rich and added layers and dimensions to the world,story and characters. Ellie felt extremely guilty the whole game. If you understood anything about Elie in the first game , you should have understood that her greatest wish was for her immunity to save humanity. She felt deep in her heart that Joel was lying to her and they show you how she subtly questions Joel hoping he will tell her the truth by himself but he never did. She went and discovered the truth and it literally destroyed her. Joel took away her greatest desire , she wanted her immunity to mean something. She feels guilty being the only person with immunity and yet it means nothing for humanity( survive’s guilt very realistic) She loves Joel with all her heart but she can’t just easily forgive him for what he did. With time , she was slowly trying to mend what was broken between them and just when she started to forgive him he was taken from her brutally and in front of her eyes. She doesn’t only feel guilt about her immunity now, she feels guilt towards not being able to save Joel and she feels guilt towards the state of their relationship before his death. The PTSD here is damaging. It starts with anger and revenge , with time the guilt cripples her specially after she kills the pregnant lady. Now faced with Abby she feels all the guilt come back. The way she told her “ You don’t have a cure because of me, I’m the one you want” this just shows you how conflicted Ellie is. She feels guilty toward Joel and towards all of humanity including the fireflies. She took away their salvation. A world where these monsters are no longer there. Abby leaves Dina alive thanks to lev. Ellie tries to move on but she still feels so guilty over Joel. She can’t stop hearing his screams. She just wants that feeling to stop. She goes after Abby again and when she’s finally between her hands she understands the feeling of guilt will not stop even if she killed her. Ellie will just add a new guilt to her long list. That boy with Abby Lev , is just another Ellie with another Joel now. Joel used to be a merciless killer , meeting Ellie changed him for the better. Meeting Lev did the same for Abby. Ellie lets her go and that’s the first step in healing. Both Abby and Ellie understand now why Joel did what he did , Abby would do the same for Lev in a heartbeat and Ellie saw Joel and herself in Abby’s and Lev’s relationship. It’s all connected and it all serve the story. It was brilliant and phenomenal storytelling. It’s very rare for us to know our characters so intimately inside out and from different perspectives. Ellie leaving Abby alive was never about Abby herself. It was completely about Ellie and her realization. She didn’t need to see everything from Abby’s pov , all she needed was general knowledge of her circumstances to understand. Playing as Abby was important for us to see Ellie, Tommy and Joel in more complete ways. In ways we usually put in the back of our minds while we focus on how they see themselves instead of who they are as a whole.
Abby was not presented in a good light. Even her friends and the people around her called her out for her brutality and her unpleasant personality. She was called out for torturing Joel instead of just killing him even when he saved her life. She was called out for ruining her relationship with Owen because of her aggressiveness but still got in the way of him moving on. She slept with a drunken man who was already with someone else and after she planted hope in his heart she pretended she cared nothing for what happened. She was called out for being Issac’s top killer with no remorse.The only reason she helped Lev and Aya was to make herself feel better because she knows she a scum of a human. That’s what the game presented. It’s only at the very end that she changed after she burned out all her bridges. She changed for real when she went through the village with Lev and Yara … that’s when she understood Joel because she would do anything to save Lev . She would do what Joel did. She understood she is just like him. She killed her own group to save Lev. It’s all connected and told beautifully.
bro dropped the greatest dissertation on a game on youtube comments
great introspection bro🤌🏾
Thanks.
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Every emotion naughty dog was trying to provoke, as well as almost every conclusion, was achieved in this incredible play through. Which is super rare on youtube. I actually teared up a little at the scene where Ellie has ptsd and your reaction was like, "Why did you have to show me that, I had almost forgotten". Which is perfect, because so had Ellie. Thats how ptsd works. It can hit out of no where, just as you thought you were in a good place with it.
I cannot really like a game unless it actually breaks my heart. That’s why I love this game.
I am not here for comfort food.
Kudos to you. Its not a lot of people who are willing to eat "bitter" foods. Then again, there is already plenty of those "comfort foods" to indulge on. Strange on how people are more willing to go back to the comfort of things in life than we are willing to admit.
The last of us one and two have ruined other games for me. No other game makes me feel emotion like they do.
@@PetalsFourArmorhave u ever played the rdr series?
@shellshockedant2356 Check out a Plague Tale Innocence and it's near masterpiece sequel Requiem.
Man since tlou2 it was hard to Catch me... I was depresso for 2 weeks after finishing it. The only Game that got me again, Not to a tlou2 Point tho, was God of war Ragnarök. I cried a lil at this Game 😅
watching your TLOU playthrough made me feel like i was experiencing the game for the first time again, it was so fkin cool man thank you jett
It's been 84 years....finally the finale is here
Isn't that from that boat Movie ?
@@John_Knolastnameyeah, Titanic 2: Electric Boogaloo
This is the first Last of Us content I've ever watched and holy shit I was crying with you at the end. Thank you for being open enough to see both sides of the coin, and not just be blinded by hate for Abby and see that Ellie has also done some not smart things thru out her path. Thank you for being emotional and vulnerable and caring so much!!
That shift, from Ellie, Joel and Tommy as "the good guys" to to tmw you realize that everything is sliding inevitably toward the opposing end, where your dogs are the baddies and your enemies are becoming better people. Agonizing and intriguing from a storytelling perspective. It hurts for real, but its such an impactful and heartbreaking realization.
It's more like they are/were getting stuck in the same tragic mindset Abby was in. But yeah, they're essentially switching places.
I disagree.
I don't think that there are any good or bad guys in this story. That's kinda the point. Ellie isn't worse than Abby and Abby isn't worse than Joel. These are all fucked up people in a fucked up world that's dictated by violence and pain.
@@X5J2UY 100% this, because all of this in both games, from the stories and fates of the main characters, to that of the side characters (even starting with what happened to Sarah), to the stories you read on notes or through environmental story telling. It's all there to highlight the importance of Ellie's role as the cure. Hell, even the possible grim future of little kids like JJ fall into this.
Her immunity is what could heal the world again, slowly drive us away from savagery and possible extinction that the infection brought us, towards something resembling a modern society again, saving so many lives and relationships.
That's why I think if they make a Part 3 they should go back to that topic, but this time have it go down on Ellie's terms. Have her a) realize that she matters as a person itself, regardless of her being the cure. And b) become this leader type figure that herself seeks out a way to create a cure together with the Fireflies, sacrificial or not - although I think a self sacrifice on her terms just makes more sense narratively, but this could be quite a few years in the future.
As for the Tommy thing, since I know you're confused on it. Tommy has nothing left anymore; his brother's gone, he and Maria aren't together anymore, he has no eye, can hardly use both legs, he's completely lost himself. The ONLY thing he has now is this hunt for Abby, and due to his leg, he's unable to go down that suicidal path himself, so he instead guilts Ellie into going on it instead not realizing or even trying to realize that Ellie has lost just as much, if not more than he has at this point (In his pov, Ellie's losses were covered up by that big nice farmhouse, as well as Dina + JJ).
You may ask something along the lines of, "But wasn't Tommy okay abandoning this revenge mission at the end of Seattle Day 3?". Yes, he did say that, and mean it however the circumstances between then and on the farm are completely different. Tommy back in Seattle could still fight, and Dina was very sick via her pregnancy. This matters because at that point Tommy thought that once they got back to Jackson he could at some point go back after Abby, but this is of course NOT how it played out.
Tommy never gave up his revenge mission for Abby, he simply intended to postpone it.
This is the best play through I’ve watched in a hot minute. This game has such a special place in my heart man thank you.
Hoo boy. I've been affected by replaying and rewatching this game for four years, and yet watching it again with you has been so rewarding all over again. Feeling your raw emotions was a great way to see it through new eyes. Most importantly, you immediately keyed into the journey Naughty Dog created, from hate to perspective. I appreciated that so much.
I remember so clearly not wanting to push forward on the stick when it switched to Abby's side. In the Home Depot section when it became clear she had her own skill tree and weapon upgrades, I was with everyone else - I did NOT want to play this chick. But I trusted Naughty Dog. I knew what they were going to try to do then, and I had to see how they'd pull it off. Abby's half of the game far exceeded those expectations and contains my favorite parts.
It's simply a masterpiece that's beyond a game, more than a movie, almost a form of literature. It is its own thing, and it only becomes richer with each playthrough.
Fun Fact, the rattler with an arrow through his body was played by Logic the rapper.
So refreshing to watch someone play the game and actually let the story develop rather than throwing a hissyfit, throwing Abby off a cliff for hours as soon as they get control of her and then quitting the game!
Yep, that happened, except it didn’t, you fanboys and the haters gotta start meeting in the middle and stop demonizing each other.
thats up to them and what they dislike though. You just heard jett say he would just discount everything he chose to accept if ellie was killed and then he too would hate this game. So like bruh everyone has their point. For some it was joel, jett could get past it but still not like it but his breaking point would be ellie. People are allowed to dislike things. i gauran damn tee there is something in your life many including myself would look at you and think you are having a hissy fit. which is why in the end actual intelligent people don't shame others for their reactions because we know there is things about ourselves that others could point and laugh at or shake their head at. I KNOW there is something in your life that would make you look like a little bitch to other people so maybe be quiet on calling out other people just because their 'hissyfit' comes in the form of something you can't get behind.
brother theres literally an entire subreddit of people talking about how they do this sort of thing and there's entire "abby dying" compilations on youtube.@@JamesJome123
@@guitarman0365 found the loser that threw Abby off the cliff and quit the game!
@PureSkyeblade found the one who extrapolated false information for a gotcha moment and resorted to ad hominom instead of arguing the point. Always the tactic of the loser of any discourse. Don't know if you know but you just showed to everyone you are the loser immediately when that is the first response is to attack the person and not the argument. Soooo......nice one bud. I also played all the way through as well without doing that and love the gameplay myself. But you don't care about truth only gotchas. Because that is what real losers do. Have a good day and continue being you, it's all you can do.
If Jett found this game emotional, he isn’t ready for telltales the walking dead.
Edit: I don’t mean to say the walking dead is more emotional than this, just the fact that Jett couldn’t handle ANOTHER sad game.
I feel like this is the same tier for sadness
He gotta cop the Definitive Series on PC, that letsplay would be a 10/10 💯
tlou2 is wayy more emotional than twd
Please! I want him to play TWD!
Hell no 😂😂@@elliaj2
Great reaction. I was right there with you on "Ellie, stay yo ass HOME!" This game really puts everyone through the ringer! Fun fact, the Rattler with the baseball bat and who got chomped was voiced by Logic :D.
Oh shit. I didn't know that was Logic. I knew the big one was Laura Bailey's irl husband, though. That's crazy.
@@Gr13fM4ch1n3, oh wow, I didn't know about the big guy. That's awesome!
@@tldrSFwho is Logic?
@@dilanhos2499 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_(rapper)
Jettro, man THANK YOU for such a wonderful play through. The BEST on UA-cam. I so appreciate you taking your time thinking through the story, your emotions, and really examining every part you can. This game needs that kind of thought to really impact you the way it’s meant to… I know you’re relieved it’s over but I’m sad! I’ve really enjoyed watching these. Thanks again.
Jared... who's that? Is that Jett's real name?
@@Mr_T_Abe lmao! Phone autocorrected didn’t notice
I could listen to you talk about this game for hours.
This and Red dead redemption 2 are the best games I’ve ever played but for me TLOU2 is probably the only game that reached me in away no other game could I really felt every emotion you could possibly feel during my first playthrough and had such a connection to all the different characters we met along the way
TloU2 is such an enigma to me because on paper I should love it just as much as I do rdr2, and I love rdr2 a lot. Heavy story, lots of characters, good music. but where rdr2 made me feel “full” for weeks after the end, I stepped away from TloU2 feeling like I got scolded(?) or yelled at if that makes any sense. maybe some players liked that novelty
Some fans insisting I had an empathy screw loose didn’t help but on release tensions were high. at this point I chalk it up to different tastes in narrative
Hey bro, I happened across your chanel through this game. Just want to say I am so refreshed by your outlook and acceptance to all the story, difficulties, and characters in this and you've truly been a breath of fresh air. So honest and genuine. Take time for yourself now you've finished this game now. I needed therapy after I finished playing this. It hits different and hope you're OK. Massive love and respect