You’d be better off just replaying the first game. They managed to make the apocalypse woke.
Level design and gameplay are both quite good.
The issue is the story. Which is a massive issue because it’s a very story driven game. The first game was a touching story of 2 loners developing a close bond under dire circumstances. Awesome. This game eliminates that in favor of teenage relationship drama between mostly unlike able characters and a stretched out revenge plot.
Also whoever does the villain’s (Abby) character model must have never seen a muscular woman. If you need an example of such a woman simply look at the female fighters in the UFC. But instead of that they made her look ridiculous, making any scene she is in look comical.
I get it. You are trying to give women a powerful role in video games. Cool. This issue is how you did it.
Hopefully the make a Last of Us 1.5 set before this disaster.
I have played the first game countless times, I uninstalled this one once credits rolled