The Last of Us Part 2 writer and co-director Neil Druckmann announced that Ellie will be accompanied by an NPC in the upcoming game. So far the only gameplay of Ellie we`ve seen is of her fighting solo against a murderous group of enemies, but apparently that isn`t representative of the full game. The news broke during a Buzzfeed interview.Druckmann didn`t confirm who the NPC would be, saying, `Well, so, Ellie used to be an NPC, but she`s the protagonist in this story, so the player is controlling Ellie. It`s safe to say with the game that we made in the past that there will be some NPC with you in this story, even though we`re not showing [the NPC] in this demo.`Fans are already beginning to hope that Ellie`s companion will be Dina, the woman she kissed in the E3 2018 trailer. However, it could also be Jesse, Dina`s ex, who spoke to Ellie at the beginning of the same trailer and seems to patrol on the outside of the protective community like Ellie does. We doubt that Part 2 will pull a switch on the original game`s dynamic and make Joel the accompanying NPC, but anything`s possible at this point. It might be one of the women from that unsettling Paris Games Week trailer we got last year, or someone we haven`t even been introduced to yet.The Last of Us Part 2`s release date hasn`t been announced, but we know that the game is launching on PS4. Read up on everything we know about Part 2 so far, and check out our pre-order guide if you already know you want to buy the game.
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