Quote:I just finished the game and started Left Behind.

 

This was probably one of the easiest game of the year awards to hand out.  The story is one of the best, if not best in gaming - and holds its own against other genres as well (TV, film, whatever storytelling medium you choose.)

 

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I was VERY frustrated at the end that there was no moral choice left for the PLAYER to make.  Actually, quite angry.  When the doc picked up the knife... I decided that mankind deserved the cure and backed away.  I stepped back out the door.  But there was no choice but to follow through.  I disagreed with his choice.  I think Ellie would have agreed to complete the extraction, as her desire was to "finish this" and go "all the way."

 

Instead, he lies to her and made the selfish decision.  Mankind was given a death sentence because of his selfish move.

 

All I can hope is that there are more like her, and that the lie becomes true as they continue this story.  Otherwise, that will remain a bitter taste to what was such an otherwise delicious story.

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I think a large part of the story is that there are no good people left in the world anymore. There's the military which effectively shoot on sight and summarily execute anyone suspected of being infected, as a counter to that you have the Fireflies who have no qualms about slaughtering soldiers in some sort of attempt to restore civilian government. Then there's the hunters in Pittsburgh and David's group in Colorado both of whom are unequivocally bad people even if what they are doing is purely to survive. Even Tess and Joel are shown to have no qualms about murdering other people in order to protect their own interests. The only group that approaches "good" in the world of TLOU is Tommy and Maria's settlement and their version of good is "We warn you to leave before we shoot you".

 

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