(SOME SPOILERS)
if i could give it a 0, i would.
the trailer seemed neat, but it was baited. naughty dog LIED to us about it. but that's what bait is, right? lying to convince? putting joel in place of jesse, and older ellie walking away from joel when it was supposed to be a younger version of ellie. the gameplay wasnt that bad it was just really drawn out and too dramatic (for me anyway). but what set me off was the way they made joel go down. that wasnt right. it was too traumatic for the players. he should've went down swingin'. and naughty dog didnt give us that. oh, i almost forgot...ellie wanting to avenge joel by killing abby? yeah, that didnt happen. i/we were so hyped about this game when the trailer came out. it was a joke. there was no need for a sequel. part 1 ended just fine.
i dont wanna compare this to another game, but joels death was similar to the way cayde died in destiny 2. except you actually got revenge and killed the ones responsible for his death.
regardless, if anyone's reading to this point (and im talking to new people wanting to play part 2), im begging you to save yourselves from the trauma. it's not worth it.