![]() When you have the image of a character in your for a long time like Ellie from TLOU or the more recent issue with The Little Mermaid being a black girl now. The new actor will probably be fine, but it's going to be uncomfortable for a while. Imagine a new actor playing Wolverine after nearly 20 years of Hugh Jackman killing the role. It's harder with long-term designed things as well. Batman knows this a lot because you've had several actors play the character and every time a new actor is announced the audience cringes until the move actually comes out and people see the job the new guy did. Hell even a recasting of a actor for the same role can jar people. It is a little jarring whenever a character goes through a redesign, no matter the media. With this new version they feel more like a cynic and a slightly lesser cynic. It's a pretty significant difference considering Ellie and Joel's dynamic is supposed to be all about him being the jaded cynical grump contrasted with her more bright-eyed demeanor. ![]() With this new Ellie moments like her handing Sam the robot toy take on a much sadder undertone, coming across as less sincere and more like putting on a happy face. ![]() But again, Ellie's entire character arc in part 1 is a coming of age story where she becomes more self-reliant and confident, so a more childish design fits that kind of story better IMO.And a lot of teenagers' faces are at some point in that awkward spot between looking like an adult and a child (like having an adult's face on a teenager's body), and this design captures that perfectly. But on the other hand that makes complete sense considering the world she lives in and what she's been through. I don't get much of an innocent vibe from the new Ellie, she seems way more harsh, sad and jaded. Ellie's design in the original had a distinctly childlike look, which reinforced the whole "innocence in the face of horror" aspect of her character.You could already tell in part 2 that it was clearly Ellie from the original, just grown up, so you can ask if making this new design look closer to that was even warranted.But on the other hand this design looks decidedly different, which raises a whole discussion about art preservation and which version will be considered the "definitive" version in the future. There was also the whole "she's just Ellen (Eliot) Page" thing with the original, so I guess they'd want to avoid that the second time round. They wanted to make part 1 Ellie to look closer to how she looks in part 2. And I'm left kind of torn on it overall, bouncing between points against and for each design. ![]() Having watched a stream of this game, I was surprised at how much this redesign seemed to affect my perception of the character. Bill actually looks a bit more spry IMO, with pronouncedly less dark circles around his eyes.īut easily the most noticeable of these is Ellie, who looks decidedly different. Tess looks a bit more haggard and older, which makes sense. One instantly noticeable thing this shift has brought are some slightly changed character looks. There's not much to say about it, it's just TLoU again with much prettier graphics. The (egregiously priced) remake of The Last of Us came out some time ago under the name The Last of Us: Part 1.
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