![]() ![]() It's clear that Joel blames Marlene for "turning his brother against him," and despite how badly things ended is working on leaving the quarantine zone to reunite with him. It is also shown that Joel spends some nights trying to track down where his brother may have ended up, further solidifying his plans to find him one day. While things may have ended badly, Joel aims to get a truck to go and reunite with his brother after multiple years apart. Joel and Tommy argued over this path and parted ways on bad terms, with Tommy sneaking out of the Boston quarantine zone to fight for the Fireflies at other locations and no longer have to live under the rule of FEDRA. In fact, it’s not even the same man that brought Ellie to see his brother Tommy and at the same time I didn’t feel like the same player that started on the couch with Joel and Sarah - and that’s the beauty of The Last of Us.At the peak of Joel's brutality and FEDRA's control, Tommy spoke to Marlene, who convinced him to join the Fireflies and fight back against FEDRA. It’s obvious that this isn’t the same man that sat on the couch with his daughter Sarah. He gets the info he needs and yet he still kills both men. There’s a scene during winter in which Joel tortures and kills two people in order to find out where Ellie is. But lucky for us, it’s not a decision we have to make. I just know what I would’ve done without thinking of any video game consequences - like if it would affect the ending or not - and if what happened with the nurses is any indication, I would have felt justified by my end choice. Now I’m not saying that if you chose not to kill them then you probably wouldn’t have killed Marlene - I don’t know what you would do, that’s between you and your god. I didn’t care to cure and help the rest of the world. As she became the most important thing to Joel, she also became the most important thing to me, the player. I would’ve killed Marlene and I would’ve lied to Ellie about it if the game gave me the options. So when all is said and done, I know I would’ve done the exact same thing Joel does at the end. This wasn’t about survival - this was an act of murder. If the option of killing an “innocent” came up earlier in the game, I know I wouldn’t have done it, or at least I’d think it through, but after everything that happened that has lead to this point and the intense bond I felt with Ellie, I didn’t even need to think about it. This wasn’t for humorous purposes or because people were in the street while I was driving, it was because these people were about to kill someone I cared about and - unarmed or not - I was angry. Granted, I’ve mowed down countless bystanders in Grand Theft Auto, Saints Row and Infamous, but this felt entirely different. Now this is most likely me just making more of a deal out of a nothing “choice” in the game, and it won’t affect your ending one way or another, but it’s weird - and a little scary - to me that I didn’t see anything wrong with it. As you can see from the screen at the bottom, it’s entirely possible to leave them alive and walk out with Ellie yet I chose not to do so. If I’m not mistaken, this is the one and only time you have the choice on whether to kill someone unarmed and I didn’t hesitate. I didn’t feel endangered or threatened, and yet I still brutally killed them both. The thing about it is, that I didn’t think that they would somehow be armed or charge at me with a scalpel. I walked up to them and shot both in the head without even thinking about it. These are two characters that are unharmed and scared. Then you have the option of releasing Ellie right away, or killing the two nurses beforehand. As he opens the door, the doctor lunges at him and is stabbed in the throat by Joel. He feels nothing for anyone but Ellie, and has no remorse for the things he’s done to protect her. He’s come this far, killed countless of people for her and he still may be seconds too late. ![]() During the hospital scene at the end of the game, Joel has to go through countless Fireflies in order to finally reach Ellie, who’s prepping to go under the knife. ![]()
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