Having experienced more than a year of isolation and loneliness, wandering through the wreckage of the old world of Seattle proved to be a more impactful experience than I could have expected. However, what it does do is offer some indication about how we all could maybe one day recover from a world-altering event.
The way the people have adapted and made a new life for themselves in any way they could is not what one could call hopeful. It is a bleak portrait of humanity and yet, there are pockets of salvation to be found amidst the shadow of the city that once was. Highways have begun to fall apart, buildings have collapsed, and the remaining survivors have been left to fend for themselves however they can. The years of conflict stemming from the collapse of society as we know it have inexorably altered the city’s landscape. By the time of the events of the game, they have done just that, though they now face threats from a primitivist cult known as the Seraphites who control the area surrounding the city proper. However, the people of the city began to grow unhappy with their overseers and proceeded to form the Washington Liberation Front (W.L.F.) in order to regain control. When an initial infection began to take hold, the city became a Quarantine Zone run by the Federal Disaster Response Agency (F.E.D.R.A.) and the military.
Spoilers AheadFor those unfamiliar, The Last of Us: Part II takes place primarily in Seattle over several days seen from the perspectives of two opposing characters: Ellie and Abby. It was only later, after almost a year of not being able to see the familiar landmarks and streets I enjoyed wandering, that I found an unshakeable urge to revisit the game. I hadn’t been to the city in-person for almost the whole time despite living nearby I had been locking down and just taking it day by day. I was enthralled with the game and its story, only wanting to keep progressing forward.Īt the time, which was a year ago this week, it had only been several months into the pandemic. I found myself sprinting through the Seattle neighborhoods and settings without a care in the world about the detail that went into every single part of capturing the city. Note: You will need a Shiv to open the door.When it was released, I played through The Last of Us: Part II faster than I have any other game of such scope. At the second floor of the library go to the Rivers Cafe and right beside it is a locked door, open it and get the artifact inside.
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