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Left Behind é uma adição extremamente bem vinda ao universo de The Last of Us pois nos aprofunda no conhecimento de quem é Ellie Williams e como ela chegou onde chegou. Paralelamente, vemos o nível da relação construída com Joel ao longo do primeiro jogo e como a garota está obstinada a manter isso. Ao final da ópera, Left Behind é um potencializador das dores que sentimos ao jogar o segundo título da franquia.

A beautiful, emotional prologue to the main game's heroine. The full extent of Ellie and Riley's relationship is never made abundantly clear but what is blindingly obvious is the love they hold for each other and I adored it. I would've preferred if they had just left it as the flashback sections rather than Ellie's journey through the mall, but even then I can't complain as it is an extra chance to play through even more of The Last of Us' excellent combat. It is a testament to the main game that this was the first time I was genuinely stumped by a puzzle as the main games' puzzles were easy to figure out but didn't treat you like an idiot. An excellent expansion, one that I will revisit on future playthroughs of TLoU.

The Last of Us: Left Behind is a really solid prequel DLC that really builds onto Ellie's character as a whole, and makes her even more likeable. This game has such a great story in it, and is very emotional in it's telling.

It's not as fun as the base game, and I do believe the base game is a better game overall, with a better story. But for a DLC, this holds up really well, and by far beats out most DLCs, because it actually holds up to the base game as a good prequel that feels in fit to the main game, and doesn't feel disrespectful to it at all.

Just a really good DLC, it is short but it's fine if it is. Also a must play, if you have played The Last of Us, you need to play this.

Overall: 8/10

It's a nice DLC but It's honestly very short.
There are some great moments in it, and Ellie's relationship with Riley is very well written.

Also I personally liked how Ellie feels weaker than Joel, so killing enemies is more challenging.

Overall I liked it a lot, but it doesn't really add anything new except from some more backstory to Ellie.

Final Rating: "Decent" ~ 6/10.

A delightful slice of the Last of Us story beautifully interwoven with playable memories from Ellie's past.

I was so happy to return to this universe, to these characters and to their stories in this expansion. Best of all the writing is on par with the base game, often a stumbling block for additional story content in games.

It's a short expansion which is easily beaten in a short 2hrs and probably best enjoyed in one play session. Personally I'm absolutely fine with the length of this, for the story it tells it felt it was well paced and perfectly sized. Rather than expanding the world of the last of us, Left Behind feels more like the missing piece of the puzzle you didn't know was missing. For some that's a disappointment but for me, it couldn't feel more absolutely fitting.