the-pi-guy said:
wilco said:
Yup, the ending was absolutely perfect just the way it is. I was actually skeptical of TLOU because I had played The Walking Dead Telltale Game and I really enjoyed that. TLOU looked like more of the same but it actually suprised me quite a bit. As much as I enjoyed TWD, that game was very emotionally manipulative. TLOU could have easily gone the same route but in the end they went for something way more chilling and unexpected. The Ellie character is great but her becoming a lead in a sequel would ruin the original for me.
If TLOU proved anything it proved that its possible to do an ambiguous ending that is still satisfying. An example of a really bad ambiguos ending would be the Sopranos series finale, that was just lazy. TLOU on the other hand has an ambigous ending that works perfectly.
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I know a few people said that's what they liked about the ending, though at the same time some people didn't even for the same reasons. I'm fine either way, though. If the sequel does have Joel and Ellie, and someone doesn't like that, just pretend it doesn't exist. Then they'd get the ambiguous ending and everyone else would get the "completed" ending they wanted.
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I hate anticlimactic endings. Its the exact reason psychologically most show directors have people by the balls when it comes to watching episodes. Instead of sating your hunger for a beginning to end episode (or even season) they prod and tease with great storytelling, but one that baits and switches on you on the risk of another season.
