The Last of Us is a survival horror action-adventure video game developed by the American company Naughty Dog and distributed by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 in 2013. The plot describes the experiences of Joel and Ellie, a pair of survivors of a pandemic in the United States that causes the mutation of human beings in cannibalistic creatures.
Its development began in 2009, shortly after the release of the previous Naughty Dog game, Uncharted 2: The Kingdom of Thieves and fell to Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann. One of the central aspects of the game's narrative is given by the link Among its protagonists, played by actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson, some of the influences that allowed establishing certain concepts of The Last of Us include the documentary Planet Earth (2006), the books The Road (2006), The World Without Us (2007) and City of Thieves (2008), as well as the films No Country for Old Men (2007) and Gravity (2013). Gustavo Santaolalla, Andrew Buresh, Anthony Caruso and Jonathan Mayer were in charge of the composition of the soundtrack.7
Its revelation in December 2011 generated considerable public expectation, mainly due to the developer's reputation with the Crash Bandicoot and Uncharted series. After its premiere, it was credited with mostly favorable reviews that praised aspects such as the narrative, the game mechanics, the visual and sound design, the characterization of the characters and the way in which the female characters are represented. considerable sales that ranked it as the best commercial reception for an original game since LA Noire in 2015 and the console's fastest-selling title that year, plus more than 240 awards to its credit for “Best Game of the Year.” Over time, Naughty Dog released several downloadable content packs that expand the original content, among which stands out The Last of Us: Left Behind, which recounts the experiences of Ellie and her best friend, Riley, before the events of The Last of Us. In mid-2014 The Last of Us Remastered, an improved version for PlayStation 4; and, two years later, the sequel The Last of Us Part II was announced, which was released on June 19, 2020.Ellie is the second playable character and the protagonist of The Last of Us: American Dreams, The Last of Us and The Last of Us: Left Behind. Fourteen-year-old survivor, Ellie is quite "mature for her age" because of the circumstances in her environment. Ellie is the only known human immune to infection. Actress Ashley Johnson puts her voice and movement.
