[SPOILER] The Last of Us 2: among the cut contents there is also one dedicated to Joel's past

With The Last of Us Part 2 now available on the shelves of all stores, some members of the development team are unbuttoning some of the content cut from the game, among which there seems to be a very interesting one.

The sequence in question concerns the sentimental interest of Joel in the period between the first and the second chapter of the Naughty Dog series. According to game director Neil Druckmann and screenwriter Halley Gross, the flashback in which we see Tommy teaching Ellie how to use a sniper rifle had to take a totally different turn. In the final version of the game we see Ellie and Joel going in search of guitar strings, but the original idea was to make the two move towards the house of Esther, the man's partner. According to the developers, the two would have reached the apartment and then discovered that the woman had been bitten, so Joel asks Ellie to go get some water and, on the way, you can hear the sound of a projectile exploding. So the scene ends, leaving the player with the doubt as to who put an end to the woman's life: Joel or herself. Eventually, however, the scene was removed, as its short duration did not allow it to tune into Esther enough to feel the weight of his death.

About extra content, did you know that Naughty Dog has confirmed that The Last of Us Part 2 will not have any DLC?