The Last of Us Part III - Making Predictions
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- The Last of Us Part II is one of my favorite games of all time, and I love it to the extent that I've made a prediction video about the potential next game in the series: The Last of Us Part III. In this video, I break down what I think we're going to see in Part III: ranging from who the main characters will be all the way down to some very specific plot details. I can't say for certain that I'll be right, but using supporting details from the games and from the mouths of the writers themselves, I hope to see some of these predictions come to fruition.
Section One: Main Characters - 2:07
Section Two: Time-Skip - 6:22
Section Three: Theme - 9:06
Section Four: The Setup - 13:52
Section Five: Humanity's Inhumanity - 26:41
Section Six: The Infected - 31:26
Section Seven: Locations - 32:49
Recap: 34:35
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About The Last of Us Part II: Five years after their dangerous journey across the post-pandemic United States, Ellie and Joel have settled down in Jackson, Wyoming.
Living amongst a thriving community of survivors has allowed them peace and stability, despite the constant threat of the infected and other, more desperate survivors. When a violent event disrupts that peace, Ellie embarks on a relentless journey to carry out justice and find closure. As she hunts those responsible one by one, she is confronted with the devastating physical and emotional repercussions of her actions.
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Just wanna share my own idea that I think could create a new arc for TLOU3. I'm curious what you'll guys think.
1. Ellie's immunity is caused by mutation of the infected who bit her.
2. If this infected mutant bit another person, he would also be immune.
3. Vaccine can be created from the immune person, which will kill him.
4. Vaccine can also be extracted from the infected mutant.
Immunity is not so widespread because those who are bitten either kill himself, turn to infected, or get killed by his team.
Feel free to expand on this plot and share your own idea. I personally think that TLOU3 should build a story around Ellie's immunity.
I believe the rattlers will be in 3.
My take on the end of the game was that Ellie was leaving the farm to go to Jackson to find Dina and JJ
I think that the stories tied in together very well, the writers should center part 3 around Ellie going off to find JJ (Dina’s son), as JJ (a young teenager in part 3) has gone off to try and seek revenge against Abby for killing her father Jessy.
Tommy, who is playing sort of an antagonist in this role, is still seeking revenge for the death of his brother Joel. That it is why Tommy convinces JJ to go off and try to kill Abby (because Tommy is injured and can’t do it himself).
In sort of a redemptive role, Ellie goes off to save JJ. This may redeem her mistake in abandoning her relationship with Dina in order to seek her own revenge. This may also be a way of Ellie’s character ark coming full circle, as she has now gone off to try and save and protect a young vulnerable person in the way that Joel had been there to try and protect (and ultimately save) Ellie.
Whether or not there is a vaccine (cure) made by the end of the story may be implied, I have a feeling that the character of Liv (whom Abby had earlier saved) may be immune, thus putting Abby into a difficult dilemma whereas she has to decide whether or not Liv’s life is worth gathering a vaccine and making her relive the moment where Abby and her father had discussed whether her father would sacrifice Abby to make a vaccine, which Abby had said would be the right decision.
Perhaps they will not find a cure, or maybe they will. One thing is for certain though; Ellie has gone on to be the hero that we all thought she would be by saving JJ, thus redeeming Joel in a cathartic way too, proving his decision to save Ellie was the right choice.
(Who knows, Ellie may even wind up saving Liv (who is immune herself and may just be the cure that the Firefly’s assumed Ellie to be)).
Another interesting take is that I believe Nora was Eugene’s daughter. When Ellie and Dina enter Eugene’s lair, there they find a photo of him with a daughter and another woman. Nora would been younger at this time as it implies that Eugene had gotten older (73) and died. This would match up to Nora’s age, as she was a younger girl in the photo. Nora working in the hospital may have been her following in her mother’s footsteps, her mother being Marlene from part 1.
I’m glad I’m not the only one still thinking about the game haha
It's too good!
It’s March and so am I
I think about it every day
U not alone
@@breidyseverino2720 then don't, you might as well let it go
I like your predictions. I definitely think Ellie is going to search out the fireflies. That's why the writers use a moth for her symbol. It's a creature that searches for the light in the dark.
I hadn't thought of that! That's actually a really good connection and makes it feel more and more like Ellie is going to do that
Maybe but at the end she let go of Joel and her identity being tied to her immunity. She might just try to live her life and try to find the light in doing good things.
@@sablemae8853 Are you sure she completely let go of Joel? Her clothes look pretty familiar.
@@introbe1 not completely but she's letting go of the negative parts of him. Plus it's a process and at the end of part 2 was the beginning of that
@@sablemae8853 She's letting go of the negative parts of Joel? She is where Joel was at the beginning of the first game. She wears his clothes and she even has a reminder of loss on her wrist. The only real character arc for her is a redemption arc. The writers wouldn't have said multiple times (in both games) "when you're lost in the darkness, look for the light" and have a protagonist with a moth symbol (as well as a loading screen with moths circling a light source in the 2nd game) on accident.
If they don't make a part 3, at least make a DLC that gives Ellie some sort of peace of mind. Either show her finding Dina again, or living on her own and finding some kind of happiness.
@@Chriztefur did you read Ellie's journal on the farm and pay attention to what she said? She has suicidal thoughts, feels intense guilt. She can't sleep, can't eat and believes the only way out of this misery is confronting Abby again. She has nightmares and not thinking about what happened for 1 day is a success for her. Both Ellie and Dina did what they needed at this time. Ellie needed to confont it again to find peace, and Dina needed a break.
A ray of hope is Ellie wearing Dina's bracelet and Dina's favourite vinyl album you can see on Ellie's guitar case in the ending.
I think they’ll make a Part 3, it’s just gonna take a long time. Another 7 or more years wouldn’t be unlikely. In the meantime, I would love a Left Behind-style prequel DLC focusing on Ellie and Joel in the between time of the two games.
Jessika, I’m confident ND will make a third part and they will move Ellie forward, along with Abby and Lev. They created a much too meaningful and layered character pairing with Abby and Lev to let that go, and I strongly believe their path is linked to Ellie’s.
How they go about progressing the story, and bringing it to a finale (could take more than three major installments, for all we know) is something I’m sure only ND could do for us. 😉👍🏻
@@maxshaw1330,i wonder if ANNA is the prophet Lev&Yara believe in throughout TLOU2...i think that the "Jackson Kid"is Lev,who settled in with Abby,after Ellie allowed them to stay...Ellie s decision will bring her the animosity of Tommy,but Ellie will do it out of remourse from killing Mel...it would be nice to see how other countries fared after the CBI outbreak(Romania,Serbia)i wonder what would Licuricii(the Fireflies)do if they discover a Romanian/Serbian man/woman sharing Ellie s"armour"
@@jamesverner9132 how old are you? Your statement makes it sound like you’re in the throes of emotional upheaval associated with puberty.
Just because a character (or real life human, for that matter) goes through a dark and traumatic period doesn’t mean others wish them ill.
Actually, it usually means as the witness (or real life observer/friend) we want all the more for them to find peace and happiness…
Whatever you are reading into people, through statements like the one you made above, are projections of your own emotional confusion.
I still think about this game every day.
never has a story as well as the actions the characters within it take been stuck in my head this much, its so good
@@eliohhh I think you’d like my opinion about the final fight. I commented on this video. Tell me what you think.
Same.
Tragically Beautiful.
Me too.
They kinda hinted that the Seraphites are immune since there was a note Abby read about their ceremony where they cut the young members' faces with what sounds like infected knives, supposedly. It's hinted they do this on purpose to weed out who is "strong" and who is "weak" ie. who inherited the immunity. That's my take but I always suspected Lev was also immune and I think this will come to light if Abby finds a faction of fireflies. This, of course, will force history to repeat itself and Abby will be faced with whether to kill Lev or not ultimately forcing her to understand Joel.
And then she meets ellie who is the leader of the new fireflies
only problem is in artifacts we can see seraphites kill themselves when they are bit in order to not turn so this would prove that they do not become immune
Maybe they just mean they tested who showed the most pain during cutting their faces, not immunity. why does it “sound like infected knifes” what does it say?
I hope if abby comes to the Situation that Joel was in I hope that she and ellie meet after just so abby can apologize for not understanding how big Joels decision was and that it was just a human choice
Wow, thanks for all your responses! I could definitely be wrong, just my take. Who knows 🤷🏻♀️
I hope to God they will make a Part 3 that has an ending to this series. I don’t even care how long it takes, I will definitely pay money to play it after completing both games and being a huge fan of the franchise.
Great video, hopefully Part 3 will be confirmed some day in the future.
Edit: A story outline has been finished according to writers Neil & Halley as of 4/28/21. I do not know if this is going to be Part 3 or something else.
But I am now hyped.
Me too! I trust that Naughty Dog will make something great, so I'm being as patient as I can possibly be lol
@Rodrigo Fernando Durá Espinoza what?
Naughty dog reported that they will make 5 parts to the last of us
@Rodrigo Fernando Durá Espinoza mayeb
Yeah I am hoping they don't repeat the same mistakes issues with Part 2.
I definitely think the Jackson kid idea is a possibility!
I think it's one of the likelier predictions I made! I toyed with the idea of the Jackson kid being one of the kids from the snowball fight from Part II, but it felt too specific and those characters didn't have any names to my knowledge, so it could always just be some other random kid and it'd still have the same effect
@@ReginaldWrites i believe one of their names was alex
@@tediousgreat Ahh, thank you!
Isn't it kinda redundant tho? Ellie losing someone dear at the start of the game, having to say goodbye to Dina and JJ again, embark on a journey to look for fireflies...
@@alessandroguastella9793 Yeah I don’t think it’s gonna play out like that.
I can’t get enough of this game
Remember when we were teased that Abby was Ellie's mom?
@@Blitzo2876 was that all from fans speculating, I remember hearing that a lot but never from naughty dog, I kept hearing that this Abby character was Ellie’s mom and I always had the same reaction to it… um, No
I’m surprised I’m not the only person who thinks another immune person could be introduced. I cannot wait for part three(If it gets confirmed)
Another immune kid could give some clarity to Joel’s lie, that she wasn’t the only one. That maybe Joel did make the right choice, however this diminishes Ellie’s main arc and importance so that would have to be handled delicately to not ruin the saga and importance of ot1 and it’s ending
It's not completely out of the realm of possibility considering it's not Ellie that is special, but her fungus, which for some reason developed differently than the cordyceps usually does. The fungus inside of her mutated in a way that stopped growing, but it's still "active" and alive.
might be interesting if the fungal pathogen inside her is killing her and Ellie is running out of time.
Abby is immune
@@SGhosht its still growing in her skull which is not exactly good for you lol
I actually liked the game it felt so much darker fr. I actually liked Abby as much as Elli lol I kinda wish instead that ellie fought the rat king tho
Ellie fighting the rat king would be cool considering her weapons, and its good to see someone who also likes abby. I liked her story too
Some of my thoughts for Part 3:
1. I think, given your scenario, the "Jackson Kid" should probably be JJ. We're already invested in him and so is Ellie. It'd be an easy sell. Something terrible happening to JJ would be the push Ellie would need.
2. Abby, after finally making it to Catalina Island and re-joining the Fireflies, word gets around that there is someone who is immune, and Lev just blurts out, "Yes, we've met her." This causes pressure to Abby to come clean. The Fireflies goal was always to restore society and so it would make sense for Abby to lead the Fireflies to Jackson.
3. Part 3 should have a "battle of the five armies" in The Hobbit type of conflict as the people of Jackson, a group of Hunters, WLF, Scars, and Rattlers (along with some other groups as well possibly) now all know there is someone immune and they all descend on Jackson. This puts Maria, Tommy, Dina, Ellie, and JJ right in the middle of an intense conflict where loyalties are tested as people (even within the same group) have different agendas. Some want the cure for all, some want to weaponize the cure, and others want no cure because they want things to stay as they are. And all of this set against newer, even more deadly infected as the world grows more beautifully in nature, but more horrific in types of infected.
I like these ideas! The "battle of the five armies" thing sounds especially intense--and I really think we're going to be seeing something that catastrophic in Pt 3
@@ReginaldWrites ... I could also see Part 3 going international. Ellie and Dina talk about Jesse wanting to see "giant waterfalls" in Canada which is clearly Niagara Falls; also, Lev and Abby talk about going to other countries while in Santa Barbara. Personally, I think The Last Of Us should stay in the US, but in reality, I wouldn't care if it went international.
Some other things I wanted to mention: 1. I'd love to see the game (if it stays in the US) shift to the midwest or southeast of the US. 2. Maybe find a way to bring Part 3 full circle and come back to Boston where we meet Bill again. 3. There is also a way Part 3 could pay off the museum scene and end with a cure and Ellie joining a re-established NASA and finally making to space. But like you said, I'll leave to the extremely talented folks at Naughty Dog because they're better writers than I'll ever be.
I definitely think that the Jackson kid should be JJ. This would make Ellie’s humanity and love the cause for her journey rather than revenge. This way Dina and JJ would be traveling together. Rather than Ellie leaving Dina again for some quest if it’s not for the family/JJ Dina would feel like she is choosing someone else over them again.
@@ninajain5996 If JJ is old enough to go on patrol though, we've skipped at least 14-16 years ahead which is just a way too big time jump for the Ellie's characters after we've already spent 5 years with her. Such a time jump is only effective if the character at hand, is a pretty blank slate, like Joel was in Part I when it skips 20 years ahead.
@@disturpierced I was more thinking JJ would be like 10. He would be waaay too young to go on patrols, but he would want to. He'd sneak on one and end up getting bit. Or he would just sneak out as a young kid and get bit.
I think it could be interesting if they developed a vaccine without killing Ellie, but quickly realised they would have to trial it on children, and turned to JJ as an option. That way Ellie would be faced with the decision Joel had to make in the first game
Damn that’s genius
Maybe a Villain who doesn't have immunity but has the ability to control the infested would be quite cool.
@@nomorecocopuffs9565 hell no too sci fi
It should be Lev that's immune, making Abby pull a Joel.
i dont understand why the fire flies didnt try to recreate the circumstances of ellie becoming immune its not like marlene didnt know the circumstances.
I still think about Part 2 regularly. If that doesn't say something about the power of that story, I don't know what does. Great video!
Yep--it definitely says a lot! Thanks for watching!
@no info You're right, it's a great story.
@no info Okay.
@@danielwareking I like this response 🤣
@no info the storytelling and characters were virtually flawless actually. Anyone who hated Abby for killing Joel are biased incels that don't want good writing they just want to play as their beloved character no matter how villainous he was. This game was damn near perfect, clearly above your reading level maybe stick to bugsnax or fall guys.
The thought of seeing Las Vegas in this world makes so giddy!!!
Yeah it seems like such a cool location to visit! I'm really hoping they go for it even if it's just for a little bit (or in a DLC for Part II)
I live in Vegas so I’ve been wondering that from the start! That sounded so awesome in her journal.!
@@kieranarmstrongproductions4743 Same. Seeing Ellie and other characters we love traversing The Strip in a post apocalyptic setting IN The Last of Us universe... man, sounds so sick.
It would be pretty cool to see how the desert reclaimed the city
I would really like to see New York in part 3
Seeing a destroyed New York would be so interesting to see if Ellie is able to go there!
I feel personally New York would be even more chaotic and crazy than Seattle and I would def love Ellie traversing there
That would be cool, as a biased Cali native I personally hope it stays on the west coast. If not then a city like Vegas or New Orleans with cool structures would be awesome too.
Yes please! I have never been to america, that would be awesome 🤩
New York day 1 2 and 3
Villian new York 1 2 and 3
You mentioning cutting hair and spiritually, it's to release negative energy, but also Abby's cut hair at the end of part ii is "cutting hair was used as a punishment for those who had been enslaved or conquered, ridding their identity and denoting inferior power"
This Prediction was fantastic and i think when tommy and ellie leave jackson it should be on harley motorcycles as a callback to when tommy drove cross country with joel for his birthday years before
That would be an awesome way for that to go!
I thought part 2 would resolve my obsession of the first game for the last few years, but it’s genuinely only made it stronger, glad I’m not the only one 😂
I know I’m late to the party, but, I think Ellie realized that Joel knew his time was limited after he did what he did. Joel made the decision ,knowing it would eventually kill him ,to be able to give Ellie what she never had. Someone who wouldn’t leave her no matter what. Give her a life, be a father to her and help her find her reason for living, and in that she was able to forgive Joel and Abby because Joel died to give her life.
I'm glad that im not the only one who loved the story
Most people did bro. Trust me. The haters are just a loud minority. Thats why it may seem a lot of people hate the game. When in reality, its the other way around. 107 GOTY awards voted by the public/users. Enough said.
I didn’t like it initially but by the end of the game I was fully invested with all the characters and didn’t want the story to end
The story is okay (still have a massive grudge against it) but it’s not bad it just really pissed me off.
I don't think people see that ellie and abby have the same motivation because in the first game joel killed abby's father and abby just want revenge and ellie wants revenge to because abby killed joel so the story of part 2 is revenge and I don't think people see's that
@@SpeciiA
No lmao. 5.6/10 score. People hate this game. Deal with it.
I 100000% thought immediately after beating Part 2, that Part 3’s theme will be redemption. Glad we agree 😁
Neil watching this: write that down WRITE THAT DOWN!
'I'm sitting on the balcony reading Flannery O'Connor with a pencil and a plan - Nick Cave Carnage.
Was honestly shook by the bracelet theory. Made me think of more theories again.
Am i the only one who cant stop playing and thinking about it?
You're definitely not the only one!
@@ReginaldWrites i hope it
I love it
played it 4 times already since the week it appeared :| sometime I wonder why I even like this game.. because I didn't like the story too much, it always makes me so sad.. and I still play it. I must be crazy.
I think about this. game every second of the day. we need a part 3
The first one will never be equalled in my opinion. The depth of feeling contained in that story caught me off guard, especially the giraffe scene. The birthday spaceship scene in 2 was touching as well, maybe the most I've ever come across in gaming. Sure, the story in 2 was a mish mash, but still way better than anything else. I wonder if gaming will ever get to these heights again.
One of the best games i've ever played, both Part 1 and 2. You should definitely make a The last of us lore videos. Great job.
I've only gotten into this game/series for a few months, and I've been addicted to it ever since. I probably should have played it when it came out on 2013 lol.
Same bro. I was 10 and too scared to play it back then. Played it last year for the first time and it was the best.
This was a masterpiece to watch, thankyou for making this
Thank you for watching!
I think Ellie will certainly have to properly earn her way back into Dina's life as she put Dina and JJ in a pretty vulnerable place when she just packed up and left. I would love to see lots more of Abbey who should be with the fireflies now, perhaps in a leadership role. I have full faith in ND as the 1st and 2nd game were absolute gold. They are adult games for mature gamers. They both really kicked my ass, which is what you want really, even if you dont agree with the direction of the story. The 2nd game got a huge response from the gamers.
I’m hoping they don’t take too long on making part 3 like they did with part 2 but there is still so much unresolved that we can’t be done with ellie and Abby yet. I also believe that Ellie will finally try and make it right and seek out Abby and the fireflies for a possible cure.
Yes, I'm hoping it comes soon too! I'm definitely on the same page with you
If tommy kills Abby in part 3, for me, that would be a masterpiece
I really hope Ellie finds Dina and the baby again to apologize. Their little slice of the story was short but so emotional for me. It was heartbreaking when Ellie left the farm
@@Lalo09589 Ellie wouldn’t let him.
@@Zarathustr Of course, BUT Tommy first will kick Ellie's ass for Lying him for 10 years
Omg I never noticed Ellie wasn’t wearing the bracelet in California- the fact that Ellie didn’t return straight to the farmhouse is an idea I hadn’t considered before and the fact her and Dina might have reconciled was something I would completely disagree with until you talked about it. Thanks for making me think about something I’d never thought about before!
Even as someone who did not enjoy the story, i would still be incredibly interested in seeing a Part III.
God I hope they’re working on a part 3 🙏🏻
Ellie hair being long would be a huge change
Of course.
Wouldn’t really make sense in a zombie apocalypse where zombies can grab on long hair be better to keep it short
what if the very last scene is JJ waking up on in his bedroom due to some disruption (identical to that scene with Sarah) and he’s calling out to Dina and Ellie only to find them outside celebrating that the United States has zero cases of cordyceps
This is my headcannon now, thanks
33:20 I thought this was the tall round building that Ellie just set aflame ffs
Awesome detail - mindblowing
I have to say I LOVE these predictions for Part III and I hope they end up doing something close to everything you said. Not only do all of your predictions make logical sense, but they all would fit really well and realistically into the story as well. Great job with this video!
I may never get over this game and the emotions it made me feel
Fantastic prediction! This would make a great game. Ellie, Abby, and Tommy’s character arcs have not come full circle. This narrative for Part 3 I believe would complete it. Very interesting. Really, it wouldn’t surprise me if Naughty Dog was thinking the same thing. I believe there needs to be one more game to finish the story.
Thank you! Yes, there def should be one more game to finish the story, and I hope that Naughty Dog's next game is TLoU 3--I'm really impatient to see what happens next lol
@@ReginaldWrites I hear ya. With the incredible success of TLOU Part 2 it would seem prudent their next game would be Part 3. I still think about this game quite often, it’s an experience like no other I’ve played. There’s two other you tubers I watch: Wolf of Thorns and TLOU Strategist. They both gave predictions as well. I like yours the best though, not to take anything away from them, they are both really good, but I think yours would make a compelling story and would connect the themes from the past two games well. Their predictions are similar, but a little different.
@@therevealingscience Yeah it's so hard not to think about this game and how much of an impact its story has. Thank you very much for the compliment! Once (if) Part 3 is out, I'm def gonna go back and look at everyone's predictions and see if anyone got it lol
This was a really great, well-edited video. I've been just as curious about how Naughty Dog would tackle a story for Last of Us Part 3 (I even made my own video about the subject), and I really like the ideas you've presented. I really like the idea of making the theme about redemption, especially with characters such as Tommy and Abby. It feels like a really fitting conclusion to the world and Ellie's story. Your ideas make it feel like the story has come full circle. I think it will be a while before we get a Part 3, but if it's anything like your ideas, it will be worth the wait. 😁
Thank you! I definitely have to check out your video--we've got a long time to wait haha
dude i can’t stop thinking about tlou2. i hope we have closure
An interesting idea. I’d certainly take it. I do however have a theory of my own where The Last of Us Part III may go:
Abby and Lev have rejoined the Fireflies and they have grown in numbers over the years. Some of the Fireflies get wind of Ellie’s existence and that Abby knows where she may be located. They want Abby to help track her down but she refuses as she doesn’t want to reopen that door of pain and hatred. So the Fireflies force her to help them track her down.
The player will control Lev who learns of what is going on and decides to track the Fireflies down and save Abby. Lev also wants to track down Ellie and warn her as he believes it’s the right thing to do but Abby is reluctant to.
Ellie has gone into isolation and cut off contact with everyone as she can’t bear the pain of losing anyone she loves anymore.
This would also be a super interesting way for TLoU 3 to go! I love how dark and heavy the games get, and this is definitely up that alley and the plot would be super intense
That's interesting. I've been wondering how they would get Lev to cope with still having assigned genitalia while going through puberty during an apocalypse.
Hope it doesnt happen but sounds interesting
2024, what a great story idea! Only gripe is the idea of possibly finding another immune person as Ellie’s immunity was such a rare situation (TV show way)
I want a prequel game showing us what Joel and Tommy did to survive
Same but I doubt this will happen unfortunately
This guy's voice is so calming and really good to listen to dude please do more of these and also the last of his part two is a f****** masterpiece I really hope that they do another one and it will be the end of the series
Wait hold up you did not just say that the Last of Us 2 is a master piece 😂 NO way I read that correctly
Damn. I'm 10 minutes in and I wish this video were 10 hours long. It's just so good, a masterpiece I'd say. I had to let you know. This content is super appreciated, I have played TLOUP2 last year, when it came out, months have passed and I still can't wrap my head around how good and lifechanging tha game was. This kind of videos really helps putting things into perspective.
Thanks a lot!
15 minutes flew by without me realizing it lol
Very intriguing video, Reginald! The editing is incredible too, people seem to forget how hard it is to make a video of this quality. Keep at it my man :)
This is very appreciated!! Your videos continue to be great, too :)
Hey man, I just found your video and I’m glad someone shares the same passion for this masterpiece as I do. Keep up the content and same as you, I do hope we get a Part 3 in the future!
I can't remember when it was, but at some point, if you look in Ellie's journal she has an entire page with just a single line of lyrics from her and Joel's song:
"All the promises at sundown, I meant them like the rest."
IDK why but that always stuck with me.
During the setup talk, I love the idea of Tommy and Ellie being the focus mainly because I want to know more about what he and Joel did those first few years of surviving after the outbreak. I wanted that when I heard there was DLC coming out for the first game and I hoped they would touch on it in the second game. So hopefully I get that in the third.
I Love this game so much i literally just started playing it again a week a go. Its pure perfection.
Dam out of all the Last of Us 3 predictions, this is hands down the best one.
and how the hell do you only have 37 subs
Thank you for the compliment! I hope the channel grows eventually haha
If you’re wondering, yes, there will most likely be a 3rd game, mostly because Neil druckmann said during an interview that he’s writing the first version of it
I love this idea so much!!! This sounds like a really fun game. I do hope Abby plays a very big part in the game as I really like her character. I hope her and Ellie can become Allies and understand each other’s past, maybe even become friends (tho unlikely).
Just discovering your chanel today with this video. It's a very impresive works about the serie and and a great writing theory . Well done !
Holy cow you're seriously underated!
You deserve to get to 1k subscribers at least
That firefly person Abby was taking to on the radio sounded diabolical as fuk, def the villain in #3
I do agree that Redemption will play a central role in part 3. And closure. Definitely closure.
When Ellie bit Abby it made her immune. Abby will find out when she gets bitten in the beginning of part 3 and realize it, then try to find Ellie. We're definitely gonna play as Jessie Jr too.
I think it's not how it works, Ellie said to Dina "I can't infect you or make you immune either" (probably meant kissing and other "stuff" like that, but I think a bite counts too). In TLOU1 she bit David to escape but killed him soon, so also no confirmation here. We still don't know how Ellie's immunity works, the doctors didn't know it either and they were just... guessing? There's also a theory that she was infected with some different, less dangerous type of cordyceps which made her immune, and although it's still a theory it's very interesting. Whatever the reason is, it's weird, maybe we will never know 😀
@@513Anonimka good point about her biting David but killing him soon after! I know it's not realistically how vaccines or cures work, but the infection is able to spread through bites. If being infected by a mutated strain is what caused her immunity, wouldn't it still transfer from bites? The thing is it would have had to mutate IN the infected person that bit Ellie for some reason, otherwise they would have been immune too. I can't think of another reason for Abby and Ellie to reconnect in part 3, other than another doctor being found or trained who could possibly create a vaccine from Ellie's infection. It's more likely a genetic thing. Maybe Ellie will have some donor sperm baby (it's likely they'd be encouraging reproduction in Jackson's society at this point) to raise as Jessie Jr's sibling, who will also be immune.
@@olbabybeard Yeah logically the infection should transfer. Also notice the clicker bit Ellie's hand again near the end of the game and soon after that Abby bit Ellie's fingers off! Just imagine if clicker's infection was still in her blood and Abby got infected lol. 😅 Pretty sure they wouldn't do that and she didn't get infected (because other mysterious reasons), but just a thought. 😀
About the genetics thing I don't know, that would mean Ellie's mom was immune too. And honestly, using Ellie for breeding feels kinda fucked up to me. I mean, she thinks all the time that it's only her immunity that matters and without that she has nothing to offer, but the game shows that people value her for many other reasons. I think that was the point of showing her battle with survivor's guilt, maybe it was never about "saving the world" ☺
@@513Anonimka lmao I didn't mean forced breeding. I just mean repopulating would probably be a common goal so the town might be able to facilitate it. I could imagine Ellie wanting another kid. Plus if we played as an older brother Jessie Jr protecting an immune kid, it'd be sort've like a Joel role.
@@olbabybeard haha ok 😅😂
I only disagree with one thing you said.. that the naughty dog writers could do a better job.. I think you should be writing for them. What I really appreciate is your research details giving us the psychological reasons as well as historical reasons things happen. Gives the whole story so much more depth. ! Thanks for this thoughtful narrative.
That Jackson kid idea is something else.. im just saying it better be in part 3 or i'll be disappointed, what an idea! Bravo sir
I think something will draw abby to help ellie for some reason like the fireflies will come after her again and abby will help her figure out another way to find the cure
0:10 Maddening and fulfilling is actually a great way to describe the story of The Last of Us Part II.
Really enjoyed this. Think you’ve made some really good suggestions overall
I really enjoyed listenning to you, the way you explain everything shows the level of emotional inteligence you have, bravo!
(THE LAST OF US) the name of the best game I've ever played in my entire life
love the analysis! this will be stewing in my head for the next 7+ years until the next game is out
Amazing quality for such a small channel. Just subscribed!!!
Thank you so much!
Omg it’s like he described my current life in a video game way. It true that love alone can’t solve all my problems.
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I have so many ideas of my own for Part III that I don't think I can fit in one comment box but I'm glad to have heard you're ideas!
Great video! You have some fantastic ideas, I do hope Abby and Lev are big parts of the story too. I don't get how people can hate her after learning her story arch. She is another great character stuck in a terrible world, like Ellie
No 2 games have ever effected me so emotionally
My prediction for the overall story is that when Ellie's finger got bit off by Abby in the final of Part 2, she accidentally infected Abby with the mutated version of the virus that Ellie has.
Abby will then get bit at some point during Part 3 and will not turn.
When she gets to the fireflies, they will realise this is the cure.
Seems to simple for naughty dog, it sounds like the ultimate happy ending tho. Imagine the cure being that you need to bite an immune person 😂
Not me just wanting a prequel for the first game that just show what Joel and Tommy went through during the early stages of the pandemic😭
I want one where Joel and Tommy save Sarah. Before the Pemdemic ever happened. Maybe from some Mexican cartels in TX. Lol
That would not make sense they would just be living life
amazing video, how do you now have more subscribers. the way you analyzed everything. just wow!
Thank you! Comments like this mean a lot :)
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I'm liked you story opinion, it's very good and realistic...and I'm love how there's music in all the video!!
Great video, thank you.
I know it might be dumb, but I'd love to see one of the cannibals from David's Town in part 3,maybe someone who escaped Ellie and Joel's killing rampage
..So, what you're saying is you want them to rehash what they did in part 2. I mean, each to their own I guess.
@@coffeepowered6033 not completely, I feel like it could work in a way with one the survives being a pregnant woman who told her child about Ellie, and paints hers as a psychopathice monster with no remores, probably victim blaming her as well to say she did it with no reason
I would imagine Ellie would be the main character and maybe a few segments as Dina. I would also imagine a little segment were you play as JJ when he’s a little kid (don’t know how it will work) and then at the end have either a few moments we’re you play as an older JJ or a little cinematic that hints that JJ will be the 4ths (if there is one) main character. Also Joel’s decision was absolutely right, how you might ask? Well the infection is a fungus, specifically The fungus in game is a real world fungus that acts somewhat similar to the game. The thing is even in our world of the world that isn’t in ruins there is no cure to a fungus, So I highly doubt that some doctors in the post apocalypse could make one
Omg a Maria return ! I’m here for it !
For me, cutting hair is definitely a couping mechanism for me when it comes to my ptad
I like the direction you're going in with your prediction, but hope there's involvement by Abby and Lev..I would like to see Ellie and Abby join forces per say
I LOVE this idea. I want Ellie and Abby to end up having to be on the same side. Tommy would need to meet her to fully make piece, and I think Ellie and Abby could help each other heal and make amends with their pasts.
i remembered the day that this game came out, like everyone else, i hate this game then my uncle said to me "I'll buy you the game, it might change your opinion" so i played it and finished it, i fucking love it. Still cant get over this game till today
Tsk, now you know never blindly follow other people’s views.
Best to form your own.
@@hostileenvironment6107 right
@@peterpiper57 Pointless comment, is pointless.
@@hostileenvironment6107 Huh?
Thank you bro awesome work. I just will wait next part and hope it will be soon
underrated video!
Thank you for watching!
Excellent scenario for The Last of Us Part III. I enjoyed every minute of the video.
I have a comment about Tommy's leg recovering over time. Tommy's walking impairment was caused by his brain injury. So without proper physiotherapy and medicine, it is highly improbable to recover.
However, Tommy being a playable character in part III may offer varied game mechanics, such as stealth focused or some ranged sniping chapters..
So there's something I want to share with you. This is just an opinion some of them are from my own thoughts the others are from different analysis comments from various Ellie vs Abby Final Fight videos:
When Ellie sees Abby in her slaved, tortured, and malnourished state, Ellie decides it does not feel right to fight. In addition to the fact that Ellie went to California not because of revenge, but because of her PTSD (there's an interview with Neil Druckman about this). As Ellie witnesses how Abby runs straight to Lev to save him and to comfort him "I got you, I got you", Ellie wonders if this is how Joel must have looked like when he was saving her at the hospital, judging by her facial expression. Abby tells her "There are boats this way" instead of ignoring her or threatening her, so Ellie suspects that Abby's vengeance and hatred towards Ellie, Tommy, and especially Joel are gone.
However, when Ellie sees blood she has the flashback of Joel and she cannot bring herself to let Abby go. One should note that Ellie says "I can't let you leave" and the tone is very desperate. If Ellie wanted revenge, she would have immobilized Abby by shooting her in the leg or would have said something more violent like "You're dying here, don't think it's going to be slow". Ellie's PTSD and guilt are slaving Ellie to fight. Since Abby already let all the maliciousness go, she refuses to fight Ellie. Even in the interview with Laura Bailey, she said Abby understood how Ellie felt. My take is that Abby would have let Ellie to kill her. On the contrary to what Abby suspects, Ellie is not seeking revenge; Ellie is looking for a way to escape her PTSD. Thus, Ellie threatens to kill Lev because she is so desperate.
Ellie fights Abby and barely manages to overpower her. As Ellie drowns Abby, Ellie has the flashback since the first time Ellie has killed someone, it was to save Joel from "drowning". That's why Ellie is crying. She is becoming the same person who is killing Joel. I still don't have a clear idea what triggered Ellie to have "good" flashback, but I can only assume it's because the end (of her revenge, of her PTSD, of her journey, etc) is near, she remembers the final moment with Joel.
"I don't think I can ever forgive you for that. But I would like to try."
Abby finally becomes equal to Joel when Ellie was drowning her. So when Ellie has the flashback of her final conversation with Joel, this sentence is not only to Joel, but also to Abby (I think to herself as well; forgiving herself of wasting 2 years to reconcile with Joel and treating him like shit when they finally have a conversation of a sort since she figured out the truth).
"Go. Just take him."
For the longest time, I thought "him" meant Lev. But now I can see that "him" was referring to "Joel". Ellie is finally able to let Joel go. The one who has taken Joel from Ellie is right there. So I think this sentence truly means "Go, I can let go of my vengeance. I can move on now. I'll let Joel/you go." I believe at this point. Ellie is 99% free from PTSD. The final step is to truly say good-bye to Joel. Therefore, the one last time Ellie plays the guitar and remembers the final conversation with Joel one last time. Then she leans the guitar on the wall instead of packing it back into the case (letting the guitar/Joel to be free instead of trapping it back inside). Now all Ellie has to do is to reconcile with Dina, JJ, and Tommy.
According to Neil Druckman's interview (I forgot the time stamp but I can give you the link if you'd like), I doubt Ellie reconciled with Dina before visiting their old farm. The first draft of ending is Ellie returning back to the farm only to find that Dina left with JJ and left Ellie nothing. Ellie plays guitar for one last time and she packs JJ's elephant toy (I forgot the name) in her backpack before leaving the house. Neil changed the scene because he thought Ellie packing the elephant toy gives too much away and he wanted to make the ending look as vague as possible.
I have to admit, I thought the story of this game was so fucked up despite hating Joel. However, throughout the time I realized more and more what a powerful masterpiece this game is. I wouldn't call it a 10/10 but definitely 9/10. With this game in mind, I will never ever judge something until actually having to experienced it myself.
Great thoughts/analysis! I agree with you on all parts. I can also agree with you that it's highly probable that Ellie hasn't reconciled with Dina, though I like to think that she did (since it's so vague, I'm just going for the more positive spin lol)
@@ReginaldWrites I appreciate your reply! I strongly believe the two have not reconciled YET. But I'm sure Dina will eventually forgive Ellie and they could be happy. I believe the same would happen with Tommy and Maria!
something else to note, when Ellie puts a knife up to Lev's throat, if Abby is Joel, and Lev is Ellie, it almost felt like Ellie threatening to cut ties with herself in a way, with her humanity. Killing a child who has no idea what's going represents the whole theme of "sins of the father" going through these games, generational suffering due to the actions of those that came before. If Ellie had killed Lev, solely out of vengeance due to Abby's actions which Lev had no control over, she would be no better than Abby's father or even Joel in her eyes. At least the doctor would have made a cure, at least Joel did it because he loved her, but killing Lev would have been just plain evil and selfish. I think that's what stops Ellie from killing Abby, when she sees Joel again, she realises that forgiving Abby is just as difficult as it was to forgive Joel, only this time it's not too late to forgive, and that she can choose to end the cycle of sins, vengeance and hatred instead of perpetuating it. If anything killing abby would have turned Lev into another Ellie, a child seeking vengeance and losing himself in the process due to the undeserved weight of the sins of those that came before.
she also struggles throughout with realising that Joel wouldn't have wanted her to avenge him, in her notes she says at one point "is this even for him anymore ?". She realises that Joel wanted her to have a meaningful life, yet her guilt for wasting her years with him for so long before forgiving him weighs heavily on her, so she's driven to keep moving. When she sees him, and remembers their last conversation where he says "I'd do it all over again" she realises that even if she did waste her years with him, Joel was happy with whatever time he got to have with her no matter how brief, and all that matters to him is that she gets to live, to love and to be loved. That realisation is at the core of the ending, as she realises that like all fathers, Joel wouldn't want her to be like him, it's implied at the beginning of the game when she says "if it were me or you, Joel would be halfway to seattle already". Ellie thinks by being more like Joel she would be honoring him, when in reality he wanted her to be better.
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I still think about this game, and the journey I had with it and what it taught me. I can’t wait to play it for a second time, I’m just hoping there’s a PS5 graphical update, but it already looked amazing on base PS4
It doesn't look that much different
@@RndmGames I know but I want 60 FPS
great video, it was a pleasure to hear your stories :)
Thank you!
I think having tommy with ellie like you said would be really nice, not entirely a replacement of joel but it will fill in that void. It be awesome if we could play as him too, he is gonna be filled with hatred and violence it would be cool to see how Ellie handles that.
Part 2 set the bar too high in every category. It's hard to surpass this game with another sequel, but hey, this is the same narrative people had in 2013 (the release of tlou1)
Don’t think it set the bar too high I think it’s a really good game but it’s not as good as the first game. Like the first game was a 10 and the second game was an 8 to 8.5
@@dulizardglasses3170 part 2 is literally better in almost every way aside from the story which is still debatable. In terms of accolades, part 2 smashes part 1.
@@dulizardglasses3170 u dummmb
@@dulizardglasses3170 I agree, I think you can’t even compare the two games, the narrative is so different. Part 3 has to differ in themes from part 2, just like part 2 did from part 1. I think it wouldn’t be that hard to surpass part 1 and 2.
I love this but here is my own version;
The game will start 2-5 years later from part two. It will start with ellie following a path to jackson, with the hope to recover her life. And as jacksons front gate opens to let ellie in, the first person there to recieve ellie is maria, who is very happy to see her. Maria will show ellie jackson, wich has developed a lot along the years. Its longer and langer, with twice as buildings and many more people ellie did not know. In the way maria will show ellie dinas house from the outside. In that moment ellie stops infront of the door for a long moment. In that moment we move to a flashback from the 2-5 years ellie spent alone, where she in her way crossed with the museum she and joel visited when it was her birthday, this will make ellie think about how she would love to take jj there and wake new memories. This reminds ellie of how much she missed dina and jj. Then we would move to abbys pov who has becomed a very well known firefly with lev. At this time, the fireflies are focussing on a way to stop the spread of the infection and in their way cross over the idea of a cure. Abby thinks about telling the fireflies about ellie but isnt sure if ellie wants to give her life up. Because ellie lets abby live at the end when abby could have easily died, abby considers keeping ellies inmunity a secret untill she is sure ellie agreeds to give up her life for a cure. This will start abbys and levs trip to jackson, they will inform ellie about the news and make sure she is okay with all the conditions. Ofc, there would be somechallenges in the way.
Ellie and dina will have their discusions but they will overcome the past and start a new life with one another, and this time they will do everything in their power to keep their lives like this, with one another. Because ellie is now in jackson and there is now many people, the people require more food. Because of this, there is not only patrols but hunting squads, wich is the people who go outside to hunt for food. Ellie will become part of this and will be paired with a young teenager. It will show ellie getting closer and closer to this young teenager, wich reminds ellie of hers and joels relationship. However, one day in a normal hunting patrol, the kid gets bitten, and is ellie herself who has to share the news to the kids family and friends.the kids death hits ellie really hard. This will show ellie that no matter that she had already had gotten over joels death, the world was still broken. This will start ellies feeling of obligation to help the world.
After a lot of time and an extremly large travel ,abby and lev get to jackson. Of course ,they are seem as villains wich makes people want to atackt them, but ellie stops them. Ellie and abby talk and ellie talk. Abby and lev tell ellie about the cure, and by the surprise of everyone, ellie stops and thinks about it. She started thinking that this was the way she could help the world, but she also thought of the life she had with dina and jj and how she couldnt give that up again. She had a family, a home, a life, the life that she wanted ,but she also wanted a world free of fear and pain, free from infected. She thought of jj, and knew that she wanted her son to live a life without fear. She asks abby if there is any option other than dying. Abby asks this on a radio connected to the fireflies, and the fireflies do they research. The fireflies tell abby that the research will take about 2 days. During these two days ellie and abby talk, eventually saying sorry to each other for all the things they did. They are not friends and they will never be able to be because of how much they took from each other, but they understand each other.
The two days pass and the fireflies inform that if there were two immune persons, they could do the surgery without having to kill any of them. However, as long as ellie and abby know, she is the only one thats immune. This leaves ellie without option. She tells dina this and shes heart broken, but she reminds dina that shes doing this for their family.
Ellie, lev and abby are almost halfway to the fireflies base when abby gets bitten. Lev is extremly sad and ellie doesnt know what to do. However, 3 days pass and abby hasnt turned. She was immune, just like ellie. Abby informed this to the fireflies and they started setting things up for when ellie and abby arrived.
They arrive, and both enter surgery, working together for an equal goal, a better world. Abby and ellie have a conversation before the surgery, talking about how 3-6 years before all this, they would have never guessed they were going to work together.
At the end will get a glimpse of ellie coming back to her family and abby and lev getting a house of their own. That will be followed by a glimpse of abbys and ellies family a few months later,when the cure has already spread and infeted are clearing out. It will show both ellie and abby getting ther happy ending. At the end, ellie will get a last flashback/vision from Her travel across the country with joel, with him saying "you did it, baby girl. You did it. You saved the world." Then ellie will hug him, and we will see the last hug of ellie and joel. Joels guitar will sound and we will see ellies hapoy face for a last time, nowing that our babygirl is finally happy
They have to make a part 3!!
Agreed!
Of course
@no info
Why should I leave this story alone?
I did not get what you mean
@no info
You mean, like, saltines and their ilk, eh? Well, surely his story should not be like the previous seasons His story will definitely be different
@no info First of all, Neil said himself that he wanted the focus of the games to be something different, for example, the first game was centered around love, this game was more focused on hate and revenge. Therefore, the third game would be something entirely different. Also, there is nothing wrong with a female-centered story, take that misogyny elsewhere.
Great prediction video I think the story beats work you laid out may work, I do like the idea that FEDRA will come back as recurring antagonists since we haven't seen them since Part I. Also the Infected, Part 3 would be a good opportunity to lay out new Infected types.
My only issue is the setting. I don't mind Jackson coming back and going back to Catalina Island but going back to California as a main setting just seem repetitive, I would like the idea the Fireflies going to a different location because Catalina is not safe, why not move to other parts of the American southwest such as New Mexico and Texas (in fact Texas would be good symbolically as a call back to the first game especially how it started but also a good end point for the third), this setting will give the emotional impact it needs between Tommy and Ellie's relationship. Not to mention going back to Joel and Sarah's old house would be a nice addition for Ellie and Tommy to connect to Joel one last time.
Man i hope we get part 3 before the next uncharted, even though i like uncharted more, im too invested in the story
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For me I believe that tlou3 will take place 10 to 15 years later either lev or JJ leaves to find something or someone lev or JJ will find a new fraction the crows and or thunderbird
Lev or jj will try to find a doctor to help dina, Ellie or Abby
It'd be a really interesting dynamic to see JJ (or Lev) having to deal with things! I definitely thought about this happening since there's a lot that the next game could do if they decide to do that
@@ReginaldWrites like they could go to a desert place like New Mexico or something or we play tlou3 as dina in Santa Fe and see her backstory with her sister