This is game is just bad, I don't know what happened from how amazing the first one was, but this game was just a horrible piles of trash that destroyed the love and care set up from the first game. It focused too much on outside trends instead the actual game itself, and as said by many, 'a game shouldn't be made to satisfy those who don't play it' and a truer thing has never been said. The story telling is just bad, with different flashbacks and plot points being in the complete wrong areas or not even making sense at all. There are points that make no sense until long after we even saw them, which makes them completely irrelevant as well.
The ending is utterly horrible, it is so unsatisfying and disrespectful. It again is horrendously written, with zero care or research seen in it's wake. Not going into much detail, but the whole 'revenge bad' and 'im sorry' thing kinda loses its muster after killing dozens of people before hand.
And on top of all the bad things in this game that I haven't even given the time to explain because I don't feel like it, Joel's death is one of the most disgusting, disrespectful, and tasteless endings to an amazing character. The lack of respect shown to such a beloved character as well as the community is astounding. It's pitiful and completely disregards everything about his actually personality and individual character. This is in addition to the embarrassing manor of death and I can't help but compare it to that of Arthur Morgan of Red Dead Redemption 2. That of a beautiful meaningful send off of a man who's changed, and even with plot points aside, and main character such as these deserve a WELL WRITTEN death scene at the very least. But no, it's awful and disrespectful, and a truly sad continuation of what once was.
RIP TLOU franchise, much like everything else in world today, you too have fell victim to outside sources