Still, trekking through the mall as Ellie – with Riley in tow – is a nice change of pace from the more danger-filled haunts that she later finds herself in with Joel. After all, everything they know about the pre-Infected world comes by way of stories from older folks and their own observations of the decaying world around them. There’s an important touchstone to the past here, even if neither Ellie nor Riley necessarily knows that. A majority of Left Behind takes place in a mall, which I loved simply because two girls going to the mall is something that happens with regularity in the real, pre-apocalyptic world. And there are a ton of other surprises, to boot. ![]() We get a true taste for Ellie’s connection with Riley, and how that helps form who she’s become by the time she meets Joel. It’s a thoughtful and meaningful prologue to the events of the original game, fleshing-out Ellie’s origins through the lens of her friendship with a girl named Riley (who’s first introduced in the companion comics, American Dreams). The real beauty of Left Behind is that it isn’t derivative of The Last of Us’ campaign, nor is it an afterthought or a cash-in (though, at $14.99, it’s a tad bit expensive).
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