Chapter 761: A Lot of Spoilers (Four Changes)
Many reviewers of well-known game media at home and abroad are also experiencing the plot of "The End of America".
At the beginning, these reviewers didn't take it too seriously, after all, the promotion of the game was not very careful, and there were not too many surprises in terms of subject matter.
But as the game progressed, everyone got hooked.
It's an extraordinary gaming experience, desperate yet real.
Especially for a number of foreign game media represented by TGN, because the story takes place in the United States, for them, this game gives them an inexplicable sense of intimacy.
Many scenes seem to be familiar, and many concepts are empathetic.
The scene, including the Capitol, is exactly the same as the real Capitol, giving people the illusion that "The End of America" is a real event, and everyone in it is a living person with their own personality.
Moreover, the English name of "The Last of Us" also made them feel related.
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Joel and Ellie find Bill and want to get a car from here. But after a long run to his destination, Bill discovers that his belongings are missing. Joel and Bill have an argument, but that's when Bill discovers the body of his companion Frank hanging from the beams.
Frank takes Bill's parts and fixes the car to get out of here, but is bitten by a zombie. The poor man was hanged in despair, but the repaired car saved Joel a lot of trouble.
Joel finds Frank's letter in his room, a goodbye letter to Bill, saying that he was tired of the town and decided to leave, and helped Bill fix his battery.
If the player finds Frank's letter and gives it to Bill, a special scenario will be triggered.
Bill's voice trembled when he saw the letter: "This is how you feel? you, Frank. you idiot. ”
Although Bill was a rude lunatic, it was clear that he was very sad when he saw the letter.
After leaving, Bill, who had had had many arguments with Joel, said frustrating words like "You can't do it" and threw Joel some gas, kindly reminding him that there was not enough gas in the car.
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Arriving in the town of Pittsburgh, Joel is attacked by a group of so-called "hunters" who make a living by attacking other humans, and the scene is littered with piles of clothing, apparently stripped from the victims, and a list of looted supplies can be found after the attack. Beneath a wall, Joel found a large pile of corpses burned to ashes, many of whom were apparently uninfected, but who had also been killed by the "hunters".
Here, the number of "hunters" is completely unbelievable, and Joel still intends to go down and fight his way down alone, but Ellie thinks that if she helps, she will have a better chance of winning. Joel hands Ellie the shotgun he just got and teaches her how to shoot.
Joel didn't think much about it, but she didn't expect Ellie to be unusually reliable. Whenever Joel shoots an enemy, Ellie will help shoot it, and she is very accurate.
After taking out the enemies here, Joel changed his attitude and handed Ellie a pistol.
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In the ruins of a residence, Joel meets a pair of black brothers, Henry and Sam. They were the only survivors of a small group, but they were separated by the "Hunters", leaving only the two brothers, and the two children brought Joel and Henry closer, so the four decided to go along.
At the toy store, the younger brother tries to take a small toy and is stopped by Henry.
The four of them decide to find the military radio station and continue their search for Firefly's whereabouts.
While jumping on the heights, the ladder breaks, and the black brothers leave Joel without hesitation, but Ellie jumps off without hesitation.
When the four of them met again, Joel was furious, but he also understood that Henry didn't want his brother to take risks, and if it was Joel on top, he would not hesitate to make the same choice.
When passing through a gate, Ellie happened to be separated from the other side, so Joel and Henry could only take Sam and Ellie respectively, which was equivalent to swapping partners. During this time, the players have a strange feeling, and although Sam will help as much as Ellie, the players still miss Ellie even more, and some can't wait to see Ellie again.
Finally dealing with the zombies and hunters, the four of them came to the foothold.
Joel and Henry were cooking food, chatting about the world before the plague, chatting about locomotives, and everything seemed very warm.
Ellie gave Sam the toys he wanted to take with him, but after Ellie left, Sam threw them on the ground.
On his leg, there was a clear scratch that had deteriorated.
In the morning, Sam fell ill, and Henry committed suicide in despair.
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The plot is simple and desperate, and although it is a logical death, it still makes everyone feel so sudden.
Unconsciously, Joel's attitude towards Ellie has changed slightly, and the players can clearly feel it.
Joel is no longer as cold to Ellie as he used to be, and risking his life to escort her is no longer just a transaction, but more of a mission.
Came to Eastern Colorado University and continued to search for Firefly's lab, but it was still empty, and all the people in Firefly Lab had been evacuated.
On the way out, Joel bumps into a hunter who has arrived here, and during the battle, Joel falls from a great height and is impaled in the abdomen by a steel bar.
Joel became so weak that she would fall to the ground and splash blood everywhere when she climbed over the wall, but Ellie volunteered to rush forward to deal with the enemies she encountered, helping Joel to move forward.
It's not a long journey, but Joel is already struggling to move with a serious injury and excessive blood loss, and the player's vision is the same as Joel's, becoming trance-like, falling to the ground, and even going black from time to time. Ellie held Joel by her arms, talking to him to keep him focused.
At this point, the player suddenly realizes that Ellie is no longer the little girl who can only follow her ass and do nothing, she has really become a reliable helper, or rather, a reliable companion. Perhaps for Joel, he is also beginning to identify with Ellie, treating her like a daughter.
Eventually, the two men rode away, but Joel fell to the ground due to blood loss and lost consciousness.
After a long period of black screen, the time also came to winter.
This is the first time Joel has encountered such a critical life-and-death crisis.
In the past, although Joel was an ordinary person, he handled every zombie and enemy with care, and was always able to save the day very thrillingly.
But players are well aware that this injury cannot be solved with a few bandages.
All the players seem to be as worried about Joel's safety as Ellie.
After such a long journey, Joel and Ellie have become two inseparable people.
Many players are already fully immersed in the story, and they want to know if Joel will recover, and if they can find Firefly and develop a vaccine against the virus?