2013年最後生還者發售後Neil訪談 (那結局 - PS

2013年的陳年報導
https://www.theverge.com/2013/9/19/4744008/making-the-last-of-us-ps3

The power of failure: making 'The Last of Us'
失敗的力量：製作《最後生還者》


1.The Last of Us 的故事原本是Neil大學時代一個遊戲製作project的延伸

2.「活死人電影」之父 George Romero是當時project導師的朋友

3.Neil當時的故事受到三大啟發：PS2遊戲ICO、Sin City主角、還有上述的活死人電影

4.在最原始概念中，保護者原本設定是警察，但有心臟病
　所以他保護的女孩在最終會轉過來保護他

5.後來Neil進到頑皮狗後再次將這塵封的概念拿出來（想畫成漫畫未果）
　受到漫畫《The Turning》的影響　原先設定的警察變成了失去女兒的罪犯
　後來主角要保護的女孩　在最後拯救了被原本犯罪同夥抓走的主角

6.在公司內結識 Bruce Straley（後來 The Last of Us的導演）後常常聊新的創意
　結合上述的主意＋冬蟲夏草（昆蟲界的殭屍）概念
　他們做了一個提案叫 Mankind　這個就已經跟後來的遊戲滿接近了
　不同的是那個蟲草病毒只感染女性　Ellie是已知唯一免疫的女孩
　Joel要保護她到研究室去製造病毒疫苗

7.頑皮狗的多位女性員工覺得這什麼病毒啊根本厭女症吧　卻下

8.在2010年，兩人又試了更接近後來成品版的故事，但一樣沒有成功
　Joel在最後被綁住虐待，Ellie為了救他必須選擇殺人
Neil後來的評語是「這不符合角色的成長弧線」

9.在多次試行錯誤後，The Last of Us 終於成為我們現在眼前的樣子面世
　（這個遊戲的結尾想必大家已經都很清楚　不再多說）
故事在Ellie聽完Joel的解釋後的那句「Okay」中結束，片尾credit rolls浮現。


本篇2013年的報導在這裡迎來如今看來最有趣的部份：

It was a conclusion that was designed to be open to interpretation. What does
Ellie do next? Does she really believe him? Druckmann has his own ideas on
that front.

這可說是一個被設計成開放式詮釋的結尾。
到底之後 Ellie 會怎麼做？她真的相信 Joel 的說法嗎？
Neil Druckmann在這方面有他自己的想法。

"It's Ellie waking up for the first time and realizing that she
can't rely on him anymore," he explains. "She knows that she has to leave
him, and make her own decisions and her own mistakes."

「這是 Ellie 第一次覺醒，認識到她不能再一直依賴 Joel 了。」
「她知道她必須離開他，自己做決定，自己犯錯誤。」

For Druckmann, who became a father during the development of The Last of Us,
turning Ellie into a strong, capable character was no accident.

對於在開發《最後生還者》其間成為人父的 Neil來說，
將 Ellie 轉化成一個堅強而有能力的角色並非偶然。

"I had this secret agenda," he
said during a talk at the Toronto chapter of the International Game
Developers Association. "I wanted to create one of the coolest,
non-sexualized female video game protagonists. And I felt that if we did
that, there's an opportunity to change the industry. I know it sounds
pretentious, but that was my goal."

He then showed a slide featuring multiple young girls cosplaying as Ellie.
"The Last of Us has only been out for a few months," he explained, "but I'm
pretty proud of the impact it's had so far."


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文章原題：
The power of failure: making 'The Last of Us'

副標：
One of the PS3’s best games was an idea nearly 10 years in the making

──THE VERGE, 作者 Andrew Webster，2013年9月19日

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