Is Left Behind a good enough reason to dive back into the cordyceps-infested USA? It depends. The voice acting is stellar as always, although yours truly failed to see why Troy Baker was credited with voicing Joel, since no new lines of dialog are heard from him throughout the 2-hour experience. The ambient sound always has you checking for threats, even though when they come, you’re never ready. They look and feel used, old, unsettling. If you liked TLoU’s decaying urban landscapes and malls, you’ll feel right at home. Since this is DLC, there’s not much to talk about in terms of presentation. And just as you feel ready to have some fun, you’re back alone fighting the infected. Not having a weapon in the flashback sections takes away from the relaxed tone, since you’re so used to be ready for combat at all times in the main game. The contrast is stark and confusing, especially the first time you play. Alone you’re back with TLoU’s roots – careful crouching, tactical combat, resource management and so on. With Riley (Ellie’s friend) you will mostly walk around, throw bricks at car windows, fight with water guns and otherwise play and have a post-apocalyptic equivalent of a girls’ night at the mall. These differences play even a bigger role in gameplay.
One other sore spot is that the flashback story feels unfinished. If you can look past that, though, the great writing and subtle differences between little girls having a fun night and a mature teen trying to save her mentor create a very rare experience. While the two side stories themselves are great in their atmosphere and differences from one another (see below in gameplay description), the parallel pacing doesn’t work in their favor it’s confusing to crawl carefully through snow and infected at one section, only to have the game expect you to be making all kinds of noise in the next. While she’s at it, she has flashbacks of the night she and her friend Riley got infected, showing us how it all began for the teen. With the main protagonist Joel wounded and barely alive, his sidekick Ellie sets out to find medical supplies. The add-on takes place between the Fall and Winter acts of The Last of Us. Is it enough to satisfy the hunger, or should you keep moving? ( Warning: Spoilers for the main game follow) A lot of people wanted more and they got some last February in the form of Left Behind Downloadable content. The constant tension, danger and, at times, isolation made you crawl your way through the game carefully and slowly, cutscene to cutscene. Say what you want about The Last of Us, but what the game got right was its immersion.
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