The Last of Us Original Ending Art Revealed

Creative director Neil Druckmann recently took to Twitter to reveal how the original ending for The Last of Us, Naughty Dog’s recent critically and commercially acclaimed action adventure title, was to go down. Check it out below.

See how it originally ended as @bruce_straley and I re-pitch The Last of Us for you. #PAX http://t.co/N9p7fbylMm … pic.twitter.com/b9jRDAI5R0

— Neil Druckmann (@Neil_Druckmann) August 5, 2013

We’ll avoid spoilers, since you really need to play the game for yourself, but the ending that is now in place for the game saw Joel get the better of his attackers. However, the ending itself was meant to be more of a parentheses than a period on the adventure of Joel and Ellie. And while it has been discussed and critiqued enough, there’s no denying that Naughty Dog nailed the emotion inherent.

Check out our review of The Last of Us here to see just why it’s being touted as one of greatest games of all time, with some of the best characters of all time, and even some of the best music of all time.