How much of the game does Abby's story take up? If it will be all of Season 3, why'd they not have a second unit shooting those scenes while Ellie's side of things. Was it because of the strikes, or was the series only recently greenlight for a third season?

[–] accideath@feddit.org 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

About a third of the game is played from Abby‘s perspective, so it makes sense that the majority of season 3 will focus on her. I would assume though, that the end of the season will focus on Ellie again.

Having both parts be told in parallel within the same episodes does not make sense within the story the game wants to tell. They need to be separate and in this order.

As someone who played and liked the game, I’m looking forward to season 3.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

That's cool to hear, yeah I can't imagine that they'd show Abby's story in parallel with Ellie's, but they could have shot those scenes for season three while filming Ellie's scenes for season two, especially since the locations may overlap. That way we wouldn't have to wait 2 years for the next season.

[–] accideath@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

I honestly prefer waiting and them doing it with care instead of squeezing it in.

But yea, I don’t wanna wait either

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I've never played the game, but it's clear to me that season 3 will be heavily Abby focused.

I'm guessing the last episode (or two) will be more even and wrap up the story of the second game.

Now why do we need to wait two years? That's a production issue. Could they have filmed then at the same time, possiblity.