One thing they did was retcon the fact that the surgeon gowned up to operate on Ellie in an effort to rescue humanity from its living nightmare was none other than Jerry Anderson, Abby’s father. Something Neil and the team sought to do was demonstrate the game world’s cycle of violence.
While I think Abby Anderson, portrayed to some acclaim by Laura Bailey, allowed the team to subvert expectations and take some risks with the sequel’s narrative, to say the results were divisive would be an understatement.
Although The Last of Us Part I makes its share of changes to the original to improve upon the foundations and bring it up to standard with Part II, there’s one particular detail in the game’s final act that players are sure to notice.
