Current Events > Ellie's Mom was an idea for a spin-off The Last of Us game *spoilers*

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https://www.cinelinx.com/news/the-story-of-ellies-mom-was-once-a-the-last-of-us-prequel-game-idea/

In an interview with io9, recapping the finale (and more), The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann revealed hes had this idea for a story about Ellies mom pretty much since they wrapped up the first game, and has been wanting to do something with it ever since. These efforts even included trying to make a prequel video game about Anna
Then we were talking to another game company to potentially do it as a whole other game. That deal fell apart to tell that story then.

Apparently, the idea was fleshed out enough to have some more details, and would even include Ellies father (to which the games give no hints about). I will say there was some stuff written for the mom and the dad, Druckmann said. Again, we were talking to this sort of game studio to potentially do a whole Anna game, the climax of which was this scene. So Im reluctant to say anything about it because as I now found out several times, stories that I think are failures and will never see the light of day, sometimes see the light of day.

Maybe in the universe where the Vita succeeded this existed.

Yeah, he mentioned in the podcast that he'd also been in talks with a studio to do an animated short about her, but the deal fell through.

Theres potential there for seeing more of the world in the immediate aftermath of the outbreak, more locations to see as well.

A prequel about the past 20 years with Joel would be interesting

Thinking about it has there ever been a playable pregnant protagonist in a game before?

Heather Mason.

Um.

Sort of.

Punished_Blinx posted...

Thinking about it has there ever been a playable pregnant protagonist in a game before?

I'd be willing to bet there's some indie or flash game out there where you play as a pregnant chick who can fire babies at enemies as an attack.

Google says you play as a pregnant person in Amnesia: Rebirth

I wonder what the deal with her father is?

Doom_Art posted...

I wonder what the deal with her father is?

He was an alien, that's why she's immune.

In fact, it was probably Jak and it's a secret crossover between the two ND franchises.

pegusus123456 posted...

In fact, it was probably Jak and it's a secret crossover between the two ND franchises.

lol why Jak? If we're aiming for realism here then the father is clearly treasure collector Crash Bandicoot