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Last Of Us: Ellie or Abby? Which Character Do You Like More?
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Abby. I don't know this Ellie she's crazy man. I still love her in Part 1 but she is despicable in Part 2. I don't see how people can possibly think Abby is just as bad as Ellie but yet I keep seeing that weird opinion all over the internet.
You mean the one who didn't threaten to murder an unconscious kid in her thirst for revenge?
Abby clearly regretted doing what she did. Joel did not. The reasons are pretty obvious I think.
Ellie was suffering from PTSD in a post-apocalyptic world, she's a victim too.
Abby.
Hate is a cycle, and I understand why Ellie isn't able to let the past go, but Abby is much more of a sympathetic character by the end of the game.
By the end of it when you're fighting her in the water, I wanted to lose to Ellie and was fearing I'd be forced into killing Abby.
Hate is a cycle, and I understand why Ellie isn't able to let the past go, but Abby is much more of a sympathetic character by the end of the game.
I don't think you understand what "poor writing" means.
Also, I definitely like Ellie more, but Abby's sections in the game were better for both gameplay and environments.
This is a hard one. I really enjoyed both characters and felt strong emotions for both by the end of the game. I appreciate the person Abby has become by the end of the game and have more conflicted feelings about who Ellie is becoming. On the other hand I have multiple play-throughs of time in the first game spent with Ellie and that time embedded her far more deeply into my heart than Abby.
None of the poll options capture those emotions.
Ultimately I hope we receive a conclusion to their stories in a third game. That will ultimately decide my true feelings for both characters.
I am very hopeful for a redemption for both Abby & Ellie.
None of the poll options capture those emotions.
Ultimately I hope we receive a conclusion to their stories in a third game. That will ultimately decide my true feelings for both characters.
I am very hopeful for a redemption for both Abby & Ellie.
The intention was to make them unlikeable, so how is poor writing to achieve that?
Two Horrific people engaging in the most heinous decisions and violence in search for revenge.
Ellie is more detestable because she went a lot further in her quest for revenge and Abby focus her rage only on her singular intended target.
Looking at the characters specifically through the lens of the second game and not the first, both are extremely dislikeable. Abby less so, but remembering the time spent with Ellie in the first game balances out that bias.
Very little to like about either.
Ellie is more detestable because she went a lot further in her quest for revenge and Abby focus her rage only on her singular intended target.
Looking at the characters specifically through the lens of the second game and not the first, both are extremely dislikeable. Abby less so, but remembering the time spent with Ellie in the first game balances out that bias.
Very little to like about either.
Apart from that one thing, Abby was pretty likable to me throughout the whole game, so I might vote for her.
Ellie for me, but damn is it close. Had that ending played out differently, it would be Abby 100%.
It's a bit late to regret your actions when you travelled a thousand miles by foot specifically to kill someone. That ain't some spur of the moment thing, which you can at least give Joel. It must have taken Abby months to reach Jackson from Seattle and she never once considered that maybe it wasn't worth it. It wasn't until she caved Joel's head in and realised she wasn't enjoying it as much as she thought she would that she began to regret her choice, but by then it's too late. You can't take that back.
That's why Ellie choosing not to kill Abby is so powerful because she finally understood that you don't kill because you want to, you kill because you have to. Yes, Joel killed a lot of Fireflies to save Ellie but they would never have let him leave with her peacefully and Marlene would never have stopped hunting them. In order for Ellie to live, they had to die, and all of that would have easily been avoided if Marlene had simply waited for Joel to wake up so he could hear Ellie say she was okay with the surgery.
Ellie wasn't very likeable in part 2, but I still like to see the character redeem herself. Abby I really didn't care for, since she wasn't part of part 1, so playing as her was weird, and somewhat annoying. But at the end of part 2 I liked Abby more than I liked Ellie. I would say I like both equally though.
Ellie is a good person. I wish I could have liked Abby, but her enjoying torture is a step too far.
Also Owen sucks so any part of the story he was in was insufferable.
Also Owen sucks so any part of the story he was in was insufferable.
When playing through the game the first time it didn't even register to me that Joel was the one making the decision. I felt like I was the one who made that choice to save Ellie. Evidently many looked at it differently and condemn Joel for doing what he did. Anyway, you're replying to me as if I am one of those who is in that camp. I'm not.
I didn't find Abby likeable at all. Gamewise she had some more interesting (and fun) mission areas or whatever you want to call them, but as a character she seemed overly contrived in order to be a counterweight to Ellie.
That said I think her story was fine if we're just talking about how it played out and why it started. I just prefer Ellie's much more.
That said I think her story was fine if we're just talking about how it played out and why it started. I just prefer Ellie's much more.
Team Ellie. Abby's story would have been better as a side story within TLOU's universe rather than forcing it to be somehow attached to Ellie and Joel's story. I also feel like if they planted Abby and Ellie's connection in TLOU1 with the intention of making it be the "big to do" in TLOU2. Instead, it just sort of came off as way too convenient for me to really get invested into Abby's story. I see the appeal for it but it wasn't for me. I also hated playing most of Abby's story.
They're both really fucked up. Abby is unquestionably more fucked up and heinous than Ellie since she's spent years doing the horrible shit that Ellie only does for a couple days, but her half of the story is, overall, a lot more emotionally engaging and rewarding. I also really love the Abby segments a ton; that's not necessarily indicative of the her character, but it helps paint her portion of the game in a more favorable light.
I chose Abby. Both are an equal foundation to the story, but I thought Abby was the most surprising character I ever played. Started the game hating her, ended the game thinking she's the best characters of the series.
I think using only an outside perspective, judging their actions based on our own ethical view in the current real world, is a hindrance to understanding what they were going through. Their individual perspectives and trauma were at the center of that story, and we needed to make an honest effort to feel the characters from their perspective. Abby got through much earlier and figured things out long before Ellie.
I think using only an outside perspective, judging their actions based on our own ethical view in the current real world, is a hindrance to understanding what they were going through. Their individual perspectives and trauma were at the center of that story, and we needed to make an honest effort to feel the characters from their perspective. Abby got through much earlier and figured things out long before Ellie.
I like both equally but Abby's parts of Part II are superior and she has the best sequence in the entire game and the moment that elevated the entire experience for me.
Though question. I have more attachment to Ellie since I have seen her have a more rich and involved character arc, but it's impressive how ND managed to create an amazing and complex character as Abigail Anderson in a few hours.
My answer is Abby, but mainly because I ended up impressed that I got to love a character that I could easily would have ended hating. The complexity of what ND pulled off with this game will be marked in my brain for many years.
My answer is Abby, but mainly because I ended up impressed that I got to love a character that I could easily would have ended hating. The complexity of what ND pulled off with this game will be marked in my brain for many years.
