Game storyline, as well as the relationship between the two main characters, joel and ellie, made exclusively for the ps4 system. the game features a combination of combat, exploration, stealth, and platforming game mechanics. although joel and ellie are both residents of a post-apocalyptic world, they have had different experiences that affect the way they see the world around them, and feel about what they see and do. joel had a life before the, while the world of the is all that ellie has ever known. as part of joel's job to smuggle ellie out of the quarantine zone, players have to make choices in how they deal with enemies, which include, roving gangs of human scavengers not unlike themselves, military elements and infected civilians.