The Last of Us 2 video proves Abby is invincible, even with mods

A Youtuber tries to change the story of The Last of Us 2 with mods.

Can Joel’s terrible fate in The Last of Us Part 2 be prevented? Can Ellie kill her nemesis Abby in the all-important battle on Santa Barbara Beach? Normally, of course, both questions have to be answered with a clear “no”, after all we cannot actively influence the linear story of the Naughty Dog adventure. But can mods change what is happening in TloU 2? Youtuber and myth hunter Speclizer has now investigated this question.

Youtuber dissects The Last of Us 2 story with mods

Speclizer is usually known for his Out of Bounds videos, where he moves the camera freely, revealing details and mysteries in The Last of Us Part 2. In his latest video, however, he dares an interesting experiment: Can the story be influenced with mods?

The somewhat sobering answer in advance: No, even mods cannot change any key scenes in the story of the post-apocalyptic adventure.

What is happening in the video? However, the video below is definitely worth seeing because it takes a wide variety of story moments ad absurdum. Like when Speclizer equips Ellie with a machine gun during the fight against Abby in Santa Barbara. The young woman shoots at her opponent, she falls to the ground and should actually die. But almost zombie-like, Abby gets back up and keeps fighting, precisely because Naughty Dog didn’t program Abby’s death at all. She should survive because the story wants it that way.

You can watch Speclizer’s video here:

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In the video, Speclizer also tries to save Joel. But that doesn’t work either. Still, it’s exciting to see how, thanks to the mod, Ellie slips through the door into the basement in the video and fails to shoot down Joel’s torturers. This creates an unexpected tragedy.

In the video we also see that it is possible to kill Mel and Owen in the aquarium before Ellie does it in the cutscene. However, the two are then simply revived for dramatic cutscenes. In that sense, Mel and Owen can even die two deaths. Kind of macabre.

Which events in the story of The Last of Us Part 2 would you change if you could?