A beautiful, emotional prologue to the main game's heroine. The full extent of Ellie and Riley's relationship is never made abundantly clear but what is blindingly obvious is the love they hold for each other and I adored it. I would've preferred if they had just left it as the flashback sections rather than Ellie's journey through the mall, but even then I can't complain as it is an extra chance to play through even more of The Last of Us' excellent combat. It is a testament to the main game that this was the first time I was genuinely stumped by a puzzle as the main games' puzzles were easy to figure out but didn't treat you like an idiot. An excellent expansion, one that I will revisit on future playthroughs of TLoU.

The Last of Us: Left Behind is a really solid prequel DLC that really builds onto Ellie's character as a whole, and makes her even more likeable. This game has such a great story in it, and is very emotional in it's telling.

It's not as fun as the base game, and I do believe the base game is a better game overall, with a better story. But for a DLC, this holds up really well, and by far beats out most DLCs, because it actually holds up to the base game as a good prequel that feels in fit to the main game, and doesn't feel disrespectful to it at all.

Just a really good DLC, it is short but it's fine if it is. Also a must play, if you have played The Last of Us, you need to play this.

Overall: 8/10