the-pi-guy said:
A lot of people loved the ending because it was ambiguous. If they decide not to do another story with Joel and/or Ellie, I'm fine with that and a lot of people are actually asking for that. For some people the best part of the ending was that it was ambiguous. They didn't give you all the answers, it was something you had to piece together, something that you had to build on yourself. Many people seem to dislike the ending because it felt incomplete to them, but I think that it was one of the strong suits of the story. It wasn't just "I'm done with this game now, no more." It put me in a place where during the credits, I started to think about it. I've never thought about a story after it was finished before, either because they never impacted me or because they were already explained. |
While noted, the ending really was leading to a second part as in the end of a season. They do the same thing on most tv shows now. They leave you without an answer to most of your questions but at least an end to the main villain at the conclusion of the first season and then leave a statement to tease the next season.
The ending was incomplete but with good purpose. Expect another game in the next two years.
If you think about it the duration of The Last of Us was equivalent to a 15-17 episode season.
