Now I love the first one and starting the second one was hard. I had to watch joel get killed I literally paused my game and actually cried for a minute or 2 because you had so much feelings and connections with him. We know what ellie is going through and we get to see how she's reacting to this. I'm not saying it's a bad nor good. I'm saying it's an interesting story to watch as ellie grows up. So if you love the first one atleast play through the second because there are some good parts in the game. Overall it's a really sad story but a good one.