Though Esther never made it into either game, Naughty Dog wrote an entire scene in Part II about her. ADAD“The reason that got scrapped was because we just didn’t have time to establish Esther,” Gross said. The dance scene was originally playableNaughty Dog also cut down certain segments that fleshed out new characters from Part II, including Ellie’s ex-girlfriend Cat. The early scene where Dina and Ellie hook up in an abandoned marijuana grow-op was especially tricky to get right. “We’re constantly using conflict and finding ways to use conflict as exposition and conflict to bring characters together,” Druckmann said.

Source: Washington Post June 24, 2020 19:43 UTC