I think you really missed so much of the point of the game. You really should go listen to the HBO podcast for the show where Neil Druckmann, one of the game's

I think you really missed so much of the point of the game. You really should go listen to the HBO podcast for the show where Neil Druckmann, one of the game's creators talks about many of the ways they chose to tell certain parts of the story in the show. If you think Ellie was "weak" in the game you're so dead wrong it's not even funny. She's strong from the get go, whether you notice it or not.