It is a harrowing watch even as a player and Ellie is understandably left traumatised by the incident.
After Joel’s death, she sets out on a quest of vengeance that takes her to Seattle.
This takes us to the second Lost Level, Seattle Sewers.
This exploration takes Ellie through a tight pipe complete with a Clicker enemy obscuring part of the way forward.
you’re able to see this moment in play below.
Known as The Hunt, this level sees Ellie tracking an injured boar.
She’s still experiencing these PTSD moments," Neil Druckmann explains while introducing the Lost Level.
Naughty Dog developer Banun Idris elaborates on this further.
There would be no mention of the boar."
you’re free to see how this would have looked in the video below.
One of Ellie’s journal entries describes this moment of hunting the boar.
“It happened again,” Ellie writes.
“I was hunting this boar and I’d cornered it in this old gas station.
It was bleeding out, screaming.
Then I couldn’t get the images out of my head.
I left it there, dying.
My skin hurts.”