The Official TLOU Part 3 Speculation/Ideas Thread
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Just follow Abby. Ellie/Joel story is done
I can't wait to read these 
I'm completely good with ending at 2, but I was also good with ending at 1 
if they have a story they wanna tell I'll hear em out
I'm completely good with ending at 2, but I was also good with ending at 1 if they have a story they wanna tell I'll hear em out
humminbird
Veteran
I saw a good one that the 3rd one could be Abby going to find Ellie because the fireflies want to make the cure.
Jmare007
pico pal q lee
I mean, gameplay wise they can do how many games they want with this 
Story wise...they clearly exhausted the revenge theme (I fall on the group that loved what they did with it) and part 1 is basically a redemption story.
Not saying Naughy Dog isn't capable of doing another compelling theme for part 3 but they insisted in that this game was "part 2 of the same story" and kept selling the idea this wasn't a sequel per se. I guess a third game could be about the cure and a bigger setting but I don't know
Story wise...they clearly exhausted the revenge theme (I fall on the group that loved what they did with it) and part 1 is basically a redemption story.
Not saying Naughy Dog isn't capable of doing another compelling theme for part 3 but they insisted in that this game was "part 2 of the same story" and kept selling the idea this wasn't a sequel per se. I guess a third game could be about the cure and a bigger setting but I don't know
Deep_Black_Conscious
Superstar
Season 1 is based on Joel and Ellie
There are no prequel seasons
Future seasons after that will be based on Part 2
Like I said it releasing in 2027 is the most likely release time but ND could easily make their next game TLOU Part 3 if they feel like they can finish the story sooner rather than later
Especially if the game sells much quicker than Part 1 and Uncharted 4
Money talks and money walks
ND will split their teams they don't dedicate their entire team to one game
Like I said if it comes out 2026/2027 so be it as I want quality but the story for the second game fell apart and left a lot of questions
Part 3 is coming but they have to decide when
Deep_Black_Conscious
Superstar
same way people felt about part 1To be honest I felt this wasn't going to get a part 3
i honestly thought Ellie's girl got killed/raped when some group ran through Jackson and destroyed it
I didn't know it would be Joel
But after experiencing the ending, ND might have fukked up
Now people are going to say why Joel?
The first game and lore of the game is built on Joel and Ellie's relationship
People wait 7 years for this, you mislead them (and me) in trailers, just to kill of Joel, a major part of why people were pulled in by the first game
ND underestimated how much of an impact killing off Joel would have this ain't Game of Thrones
The deaths have to make sense and the ending doesn't make Joel's death make sense to a lot of people
To some people it will feel like ND was just going for shock and emotion to try to capture the feeling of the first game and it pissed a lot of people off
Jmare007
pico pal q lee
same way people felt about part 1
i honestly thought Ellie's girl got killed/raped when some group ran through Jackson and destroyed it
I didn't know it would be Joel
But after experiencing the ending, ND might have fukked up
Now people are going to say why Joel?
The first game and lore of the game is built on Joel and Ellie's relationship
People wait 7 years for this, you mislead them (and me) in trailers, just to kill of Joel, a major part of why people were pulled in by the first game
ND underestimated how much of an impact killing off Joel would have this ain't Game of Thrones
The deaths have to make sense and the ending doesn't make Joel's death make sense to a lot of people
To some people it will feel like ND was just going for shock and emotion to try to capture the feeling of the first game and it pissed a lot of people off
I had no issues with the story but this game's ending was even more definitive that Part 1, imo.
Like, TLOU could've been 1 classic game and be done with that, I absolutely agree. But you at least got the question "how will Ellie and Joel's story continue? will she find out what he did? when and how?" with a lot of possibilities. I loved what they did in part 2, but if felt like it had a bigger closure than 1.
With this second game the questions are "did Ellie went back to Jackson to try to find Dina? did she just went on her own to stat a new life?" or "did Abby and Lev find the fireflies? what will de do next?" (Druckmann heavily implied they did). All of those I'm not sure they warrant a third game.
Like I said, finding a cure - which was something that didn't even matter in part 2 - could be the for third part but idk.
They could also just take a completely different story and just place it in TLOU world though.
Deep_Black_Conscious
Superstar
I can see Part 3 having multiple stories converge on each other like in Part 2
Abbie and Lev, Ellie, could have been Tommy if he didn't get injured, and maybe someone else
I can see Abby searching for Ellie with the Fireflies and Ellie chillin in Jackson or leaving Jackson because she is not wanted there by Dina and Tommy
I can see Tommy being involved in some fukkery that will set shyt off after that
There is a lot of places they can go for Part 3
We will most likely play as Abby again in Part 3 but I felt we should have played as Ellie more in part 2
So Abby/Ellie will be playable in Part 3 most likely with their stories converging again
I also wouldn't mind if Abby never came back either
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Calibrated
Superstar
There is only one thing left for Ellie to do and that is try to find a doctor that could create a cure. A return to the original reason this journey all started. Her father/daughter relationship with Joel is done, her romantic relationship with Dina is done, her relationship with two of her fingers is done.
Deoji
All Star
Yeah Ellie will give herself up for a cure in the beginning of Part 3, then shyt will go awry. The doctor may be on some shady shyt or working for the Rattlers against the Fireflies. Or Jesse Jr will somehow be immune. I feel like the story will revolve around the cure.
Yeah Ellie will give herself up for a cure in the beginning of Part 3, then shyt will go awry. The doctor may be on some shady shyt or working for the Rattlers against the Fireflies. Or Jesse Jr will somehow be immune. I feel like the story will revolve around the cure.
Have Abby and Lev make it to Catalina Island and tell the remaining Fireflies there that Ellie is still alive. Would essentially be a retread off the 2nd game though and not enough to content to fulfill a 3rd one.
Kairi Irving
Here Comes A New Challenger
Yeah Ellie will give herself up for a cure in the beginning of Part 3, then shyt will go awry. The doctor may be on some shady shyt or working for the Rattlers against the Fireflies. Or Jesse Jr will somehow be immune. I feel like the story will revolve around the cure.
I smell alternae endings
Sacrifice Ellie so JJ can live or sacrifice JJ so Ellie can live
Abby and Lev don't need to be a big part of the next one. I don't mind a cameo, but this is Ellie's story and the focus needs to be on her and receive closure. Druckmann got his little MGS2 out of his system and that's great. But I'm good on character switching in games. Abby/Lev can get their own game like a Lost Legacy or something.
Deep_Black_Conscious
Superstar
Character switching isn't bad if done right
The problem is they spent way too much time on Abby's section and it didn't help she got some of the coolest sections IMO
Next game should be all Ellie and like other posters said revolve around a cure
1st game - Joel and Ellie
2nd game - vengeance
3rd game - the cure
It makes sense
I wouldn't mind if Abby and/or Lev or other characters are playable as long as it's no more than 20-25% of the game
I didn't wait 7 years to play as Abby for half the game.