And boy, we’ve seen an unfair amount of deaths over the years.
Death isn’t a nice thing, that much is true.
And yet, witnessing a character succumb to such an unavoidable fate first-hand hits that much harder.
Games that immediately spring to mind, unfortunately, are the following.
His love, of course, rested with his late wife, Maria.
And those final words shared between the twoboytear-jerking stuff.
The reason why Joel’s death hit us harder, of course, was the nature of it.
It wasn’t gentle, or even considerate; it was barbaric, unjust, and pretty darn depressing.
And to think, we all thought we’d be playing as Joel from beginning to end.
In reality, the prologue really was the first and last moment we shared together.
By using teamwork to shovel their ways through the unknown, the story eventually reaches its climax.
The rest, well, I think you might probably string together.
Not quite the bang we expected him to go out withbut a pretty heartbreaking one nonetheless.
Jord is acting Team Leader at gaming.net.
