[HN Gopher] The Last of Us Part II - Seattle Locations Tour
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The Last of Us Part II - Seattle Locations Tour
Author : lenocinor
Score : 41 points
Date : 2025-06-23 15:40 UTC (7 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (docs.google.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (docs.google.com)
| lenocinor wrote:
| FYI, I made this tour in case anyone has any questions (or
| corrections, etc.)
| donflamenco wrote:
| Awesome doc. I've taken some pictures of real life in
| comparison to the game, but not to the extreme level you have.
| Any fans of the game who wants to visit Seattle this summer,
| this is the doc for you!
|
| In Abby Day 1, I'm pretty sure she goes through the Home Depot
| on 1st Ave and spends some time going through SODO. Not sure
| where that building with the boat is. That part seems missing
| from your doc.
|
| Also, you do see the Space Needle pretty closely on the
| Seraphite island. In real life the Space Needle and the TV
| station (where the WLF people are strung up) are right next to
| each other. In the game, not so much.
| lenocinor wrote:
| Thank you! I especially appreciate the detailed feedback.
|
| I definitely thought about putting in Home Depot. The problem
| is that, according to Begeal's map ( https://www.google.com/m
| aps/d/u/1/viewer?mid=1pcItdmVeC6Rj24... ), which I almost
| always agree with, Abby's around 5th Ave. and Main St. at
| that point. I haven't doublechecked that location myself in
| game recently, but looking at a playthrough, the FOB appears
| to be almost directly east, and I'm pretty sure that was
| meant to be Harborview. This roughly tracks with what Begeal
| shows on their map.
|
| That's pretty far away from Home Depot in SoDo, which is a
| little ways south of both stadiums, and here in the game you
| actually seem to be north of the stadiums by this point.
| Also, as you exit in the game, the garden center seems to be
| on the northwest corner of the store, not the northeast, and
| the parking lot seems different too. Given that the game has
| generic stores all the time that don't exist in real life,
| I'm inclined to say "not quite close enough" personally. But
| I should put all this in the document for people to judge on
| their own, so thank you for prompting me to do that! I'll add
| it in a minute.
|
| I thought so too re: the Space Needle on Seraphite Island.
| But I tried to take pictures every time I saw it appear, and
| I could never get a good shot. (And I really tried!) If you
| know of a good screenshot online, though, I'll be happy to
| include it and credit the original source.
|
| EDIT: Oh, and yeah, the Space Needle definitely is not in the
| right place in the game at least some of the time, which the
| TV station in the game (and the guide) makes obvious.
| donflamenco wrote:
| Thanks for the insight. I'm glad you thought the Home Depot
| store and your interpretation makes sense.
|
| I don't have a good save, but starting at the 28:43 mark in
| this YT video there is some dialog about heading towards
| the Space Needle. 28:53 shows it looming large.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htTJFRQxU1U
| rangestransform wrote:
| A significant amount of the locations in the show are actually in
| Vancouver, they even used some SkyTrain Mk1 cars for the train
| zombie fight scene underground
| muststopmyths wrote:
| It's mentioned in the doc that this is for the game, not the
| show.
| glouwbug wrote:
| Being in Vancouver everyone's made the "It was filmed on East
| Hastings" line
| absurdo wrote:
| The commercialization and exploitation of this game made it
| basically unplayable for me. I'm hoping they won't do the same
| with Uncharted since I've yet to play the last sequel.
| racl101 wrote:
| Just wait until GTA the movie lol.
| nprateem wrote:
| You're not missing much. Just when you've slogged through it
| and you think you're done you realise you're only half way
| through.
|
| Such a disappointing game. It's basically one long downer,
| unlike the first (obvs awesome).
| yieldcrv wrote:
| In what ways? How does it detract from the gaming experience?
| wilg wrote:
| The commercialization of it? It's a AAA video game, it was
| commercial from the jump! All they did is made a well-received
| HBO show out of it.
| 0points wrote:
| https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1464335
| mikestew wrote:
| EDIT: I can at least read it now w/o the dialog blocking the
| view.
|
| The doc is getting hammered at the moment, throwing a looped
| modal dialog. Not sure what the fix is, other than putting it on
| another host.
| lenocinor wrote:
| Sheesh, that's a bummer. I figured Google Docs would do fine
| with this, but maybe not. Let me know if it continues to not
| work, and I'll investigate other ways to host. Open to
| suggestions!
| mikestew wrote:
| Yeah, I was surprised by that. I can read it now (with a _try
| again /cancel/dismiss_ banner at the top).
|
| Anyway, good work on the doc; I found it interesting as a
| Seattle-area resident.
| lenocinor wrote:
| Thank you! That means a lot to me. I've been here in
| Seattle almost 10 years, but I feel like I still have so
| much to learn about this city. Making this guide taught me
| a lot!
| buildbot wrote:
| I've lived in Seattle 90% of my life and still finding
| and learning new stuff! It's an awesome city (So are
| Portland and Vancouver BC!).
| sharkweek wrote:
| I live in Seattle and adored playing TLOU2 in my home city. Was a
| total trip playing set pieces in areas where I used to work
| downtown.
|
| I could get nitpicky about a few areas that didn't really make
| sense (and I'm still not really sure where the Seraphite camp was
| in act three given geography or what our actual aquarium looks
| like inside) but given how much I enjoyed the game I didn't
| really care.
| lenocinor wrote:
| In theory, the Seraphite island is supposed to be Queen Anne +
| Magnolia after flooding separates them from the mainland. But
| you can read lots of internet posts talking about the issues
| with that, like
| https://www.reddit.com/r/lastofuspart2/comments/1kzicba/figu...
| .
| n00bskoolbus wrote:
| Related but filming locations for season one of the last of us:
| https://www.travelalberta.com/articles/explore-alberta-locat...
| shikshake wrote:
| The Last of Us Part II is an incredible experience, I'm happy
| there's still a thriving fan community doing stuff like this. I
| appreciate how detailed this guide is, when I visit Seattle I'll
| definitely try it out.
| SunlightEdge wrote:
| The Last of Us Part II is a very marmite game - people either
| love it or hate it. Personally I didn't like the direction the
| story went down even if the gameplay and the graphics were
| amazing I was left cold. However I do respect that the story
| itself was pretty original and was catering to female/lgtb
| audiences (that's cool). Just not my thing.
| skyyler wrote:
| In what ways was the story catering to female/lgtb audiences? I
| haven't played it, but I played the first one.
| shikshake wrote:
| It really wasn't, it just had a lesbian protagonist. There
| are still many prominent sympathetic male characters with
| agency. Plenty of women enjoy action movies targeted towards
| men, I always find it confusing when men feel they can't
| enjoy media with a woman in it.
| A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 wrote:
| Huh? Lara Croft, female Shepherd ( that is how I played it
| anyway ), Bayonetta all featured female protagonists. The
| difference between then and current crop and the games were
| enjoyable to its audience.
|
| I personally disliked 2nd last of us, but that it is
| because, unlike the first one, it was missing something
| from the original. I absolutely disliked the 2nd act as the
| former antagonist despite understanding the need to include
| their portion of the story in the narrative.
|
| I am lukewarm towards the end message despite it, oddly,
| aligning with my own personal views. It felt it was
| preachy.
|
| And that, I think, some find off-putting. It is supposed to
| be entertainment.
|
| Hell, Wick just released Ballerina that features strong
| female protagonist and.. people don't hate as much as other
| forced entries. I have theories as to why, but those, I
| think, can only derail this thread.
| koakuma-chan wrote:
| I definitely enjoyed Stellar Blade
| PaulDavisThe1st wrote:
| You mean that the central romantic relationship was between two
| women? Or that the main action characters are female?
|
| Does that mean you'd describe 70-90% of other visual
| storytelling as "catering to male straight audiences" ?
| oceansky wrote:
| I mean, kinda?
| dyauspitr wrote:
| Yeah I generally have zero interest in anything that caters to
| a female audience. Usually the motivations and outcomes are the
| exact opposite of what I tend to look forward to in
| movies/games in that case.
| tomcam wrote:
| I will get downvoted for this, but note that many of these
| locations are... a bit rugged. Probably best to avoid this tour
| at night unless you have a large party and to be careful using
| your phones.
| lenocinor wrote:
| I mention in the guide that you should do it during the day for
| best results, so in general I'm with you on that (and the guide
| backtracks after Macy's to avoid 3rd, on purpose). But I will
| say that I've been walking all around downtown / ID / Pioneer
| Square / Belltown for a number of years now, and I've never
| felt unsafe, though there are plenty of unpleasantries
| (yelling, drug use, people walking erratically, etc.) I even
| walked through 12th and Jackson today, and it's not great, but
| I didn't feel unsafe, either.
| stronglikedan wrote:
| > yelling, drug use, people walking erratically, etc.
|
| People that are not used to that would definitely feel unsafe
| in that situation.
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