Quote Originally Posted by Ouch! View Post
(SPOILER)For all of you who thought that there was a chance Joel was telling the truth (seriously, were you even paying attention?), Naughty Dog has confirmed in interviews discussing the ending that Joel was lying. It was meant to be obvious that he was lying. Originally, the ending had been written that Ellie believed him wholeheartedly and they rode off into the sunset together, but they rewrote it slightly when they realized that Ellie had too good of a nose for sniffing out bulltrout to entirely believe him.
(SPOILER)If that was at all directed at me, I did adress I had this odd bit where there was a scene that dragged on longer then other copies, giving a different impression then others, so I realize the chance he was lying wasn't really there like it looked like for me originally. Doesn't change that the events that took place make a bit more sense if he was, in fact, telling the truth. Which comes to be my problem with the ending.