How would you rewrite the story of The Last of Us Part 2?

The subplot of Ellie figuring out that Joel lied about what happened at St Marys Hospital was briefly touched on in TLoU2 was, imo, a decent story. I think exploring this relationship further would have been much better.

I’d have probably separated the game into three acts.

Act 1 would start off with Ellie and Joel on good terms going on some adventure to kill the infected. Maybe an extremely tough creek route. Introduce the Rat King. The end of this act would be Ellie confronting Joel and figuring out that Joel lied about what happened at St. Mary’s hospital.

Act 2 would be Ellie becoming distant to Joel and Joel attempting to rekindle their relationship through character dialogue. I’d introduce the main enemy faction (not Abby). The end of this act would be that the main enemy faction would kill off Joel in a manner that’s dignified and noble, something similar to Wolverine in Logan.

Act 3 would then insert the revenge plot. Ellie would be distressed that she ghosted Joel’s attempts at rekindling their relationship and would never be able to take that back. So Ellie goes to fuck up that enemy faction.

Act 4 would be, you then control the enemy faction and get to pet dogs and play fetch with dogs before brutally attempting to slaughter Ellie. Just Kidding. It ends at Act 3

Maybe this story is shit but whatever, I came up with it in like 5 minutes.

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