Last Of Us Game's BTS Singing Ending Is Still The Best

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’ behind-the-scenes singing ending is still better than the presented original version. The Naughty Dog title’s official last moments are considered some of the best in the medium's history. Overrode by rising tension and emotions becoming more clear, Joel invades the Fireflies’ operating room to save Ellie, taking the surgeon’s life and then leaving with her in his arms.

The controversial decision of choosing to save his surrogate daughter's life over the prospect of a cure for humanity’s mind-altering fungal infestation is a remarkable one. This is especially true considering that one of the most emotional moments in happens so close to the end of the game. However, filming the motion capture for Joel's final confrontation with Marlene wasn't exactly straightforward, and the original shooting sessions saw different approaches to the scene, one of which could’ve given players a singing ending in .

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In one of the alternate endings recorded for, Joel would walk into the operating room and take one of the three doctors hostage, while telling the other ones to step away from Ellie, who is lying on the table. At this moment, ’ Marlene would walk in and try to talk Joel into letting the Fireflies perform the surgery. After the well-known dialogue, Joel would shoot her and the three doctors and take Ellie away from the base, thus ending the story after their short interaction while hiking toward Jackson.

What is surprising, however, is that one of the recorded sessions actually saw a singing ending for. As revealed by director Neil Druckmann in a PlayStation advertising video, shown at the game’s panel at PAX Prime 2013, he was satisfied with the sessions but