Spoilers: you spend a good chunk of The Last of Us: Left Behind in an abandoned mall. Here's the really, eerie bit, though: the derelict shopping centre appears to exist in real life. Cleveland-based photographer Seph Lawless recently snapped some shots of the snow blanketed Rolling Acres Mall in Ohio, which was shuttered in 2008. The bizarre thing, however, is that it looks almost identical to the one that Ellie is forced to navigate in Naughty Dog's survival horror opus.
This isn't the first time that the abandoned building has been caught on camera, so it's possible that the Californian developer used the original images as inspiration for its layout. But with snow on the ground, the likeness is almost uncanny. We suppose that most shopping centres tend to adopt a similar layout, but this particular building's elevator centre piece makes it feel frighteningly familiar. Is this the beginning of the end, folks?
[source sephlawless.com, via laughingsquid.com, reddit.com]
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Always really weird seeing abandoned buildings and how nature has effected them.
Im waiting on the PS5 4k version to play Last of Us but it does look like a scene from 12 Monkeys, which I always assumed must have somehow influenced the game.
Sammy baker knows **** on video games his trophy's are weak as ****
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@Matthewhayes1 http://psnprofiles.com/get2sammyb
@HylianJowi there weak as **** www.psnprofiles.com/Matthewhayes1
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@Matthewhayes1 I got more plats
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@Matthewhayes1 I don't know why in your head the number of plats you have is at all related to how much you know about games... and plus why be disrespectful? If you don't like what one of the editors has to say then don't read the article.. go back to getting more trophies instead of actually enjoying games for what they are!
@HylianJowi go back to Nintendo you don't belong here
Cuz under his post said he's a PlayStation veteran I'm a PlayStation veteran been on since 2008
@Matthewhayes1 Well I know I'm not alone when I say that I come here because I am interested in the articles all the editors put on here for us.. if you don't like it go away! and also 2008? LOL! The original playstation came out in 95' so actually no that doesn't make you a playstation veteran....
Of online portion lol I own all the PlayStations in life and still own them all
@Matthewhayes1 Criticise my Trophy count all you like, but I'll lift your ban when you're ready to contribute in a friendly manner.
@Matthewhayes1 and yet all you are worried about is trophies... however did you cope before sony introduced trophies? end of the day it doesn't matter how long you have had a playstation or how many trophies you have, if you want to be rude and childish go do it to the person in the mirror.. if not how about growing up a bit and showing some respect for the people that create this site for people like me and you!
Haha some people.......
My Dad's better then your Dad at video games.
Awesome article I love abandoned buildings and yeah it really does resemble the mall on left behind
@Matthewhayes1 you make yourself sound like an idiot chatting about trophy counts
Weirdness indeed...... trollers gonna troll.
On topic: this reminds me of when someone noticed that Silent Hill's doodads were inspired by the background in Kindergarted Cop. This is way creepier though, there are just abandoned malls in America? Yes.
http://www.destructoid.com/silent-hill-based-on-kindergarten-cop-confirmed--219513.phtml
@get2sammyb I wish there was a like button for your post.
What a moron he is. As if spending hours and hours grinding at games you don't even like to get the highest trophy makes you any sort of expert on gaming.
That Matthewhayes1 kid sounds like a reasonable, well-adjusted young fella.
Aaaaaaanyway, it really saddens me to see such buildings being abandoned - especially when there are so many homeless folks around. Such a senseless waste...
Here is a link to a whole bunch of pictures of said mall. http://www.weather.com/travel/news/abandoned-malls-seph-lawless-photos-20140408
As a kid I loved going to the mall. There were arcades and pet stores and playgrounds and movies. Now they are either deserted or full of clothing stores. Sad.
Damn....some weird folk on the net, 1st time I've really seen a troll crawl from under his bridge on here tho. Anyway, games developers scout locations just like film companies do...so it's really not surprising to see an existing location in a game. They did an amazing job with capturing the bleak beauty of dereliction in TLOU....but I don't have any platinum trophies so despite my being PS since the PS1 I'll just declare any opinions null and void
@charlesnarles Silent Hill 3 references the psychological horror film Session 9 which was filmed in the derelict Danvers state psych hospital...one of my favourite games referencing one of my favourite films....yay lol.
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