The Last of Us 2 and diversity: it's magical to see people identify with the characters'
Ashley recently spoke on this topic Johnson and Neil Druckmann, during an interview with the BBC. "I'm so incredibly proud to play this character. - said the actress - I love Ellie and I think it's really important for people to see characters like her in video games. Having a young lesbian woman as a protagonist makes it real". Widening his reflection, the face of the protagonist of The Last of Us Part 2 shared his hope on the evolution of the medium: "I think things are slowly starting to change. I would like the world of entertainment to develop in one direction able to make this approach an initiative that is no longer perceived as risky ".
Neil Druckmann, Director of the game Naugty Dog: on the same wavelength:" Some of the things we have done with the first game, even putting Ellie on the cover, they were a bit of a controversy. I don't think they should have, but at the time it went like this. " But this did not limit the creative freedom of the software house, which chose to offer the widest possible representation of society. "This does not automatically make the story better. - Druckmann explained - But something magical is generated when people recognize themselves in a video game, it widens our audience and I think it is important".
the reception of The Last of Us Part 2 was triumphant, and the game is about to pass into the hands of the single critical gaming to those of all the fans. Druckmann is hoped that, if the game is successful, it will be an example and a reference point for smaller teams , that do not have behind them the resources of Naughty Dog and the possibility of risk that comes with it.
