Can gamers control Joel in The Last of Us 2?

Since The Last of Us 2 announced, rumors about Joel – the main character of part 1 died, causing the fan community of this game to fall into a state of confusion. These rumors are further confirmed when all the trailers so far of The Last of Us 2 both lack the shadow of Joel, especially at the last E3, the gameplay demo trailer of The Last of Us 2 only showed the appearance of Ellie and absolutely no sign of Joel.
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While many gamers are still wondering if Joel will die or not, many gamers who participated directly at E3 recently can be sure that, even if Joel is alive, this is not a character that players have. controllable. This is really sad news for players who love this character.
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This is based on the words of Neil Druckmann, the creative director of The Last of Us 2 – who revealed a lot of information about The Last of Us 2 on the sidelines of E3. As Druckmann points out, “Ellie is the only playable character in the game.” This has more grounds for players to believe the rumors that Joel is dead. Of course, it’s possible that Druckmann is intentionally misleading fans, and Joel may actually be a playable character when the game is officially released to surprise gamers. Similar to controlling Ellie in a mini-player in the original Last of Us.
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Not sure when Naughty Dog made the decision to make Ellie the only playable character in The Last of Us 2, but this may have been the last plan before the game’s release. Ellie has been mentioned a lot in the marketing process for this product, right from the first images published and with Joel almost “missing”. Of course, the fact that Ellie is the main character of The Last of Us 2 is something that anyone can guess, but this is the only main character that the player can control, which is what makes many gamers. surprised.
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Although Ellie is the only playable character in The Last of Us 2’s story play, it is likely that other characters will be playable in Multiplayer mode. At the moment there is not much information about this game, but it is certain that this mode will be basically the same or better than what was in part 1, meaning there will be a traditional deathmatch game mode with additional features. other novelty.
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Information about The Last of Us 2 as well as about the character Joel will be revealed when the game is officially released. Emergenceingame.Com will continue to update information about this game in the near future. The Last of Us 2 is still in development and is platform-specific PlayStation 4.​