I am a huge fan of the first one and a huge fan of this one. To all the haters, you clearly didn't understand or appreciated the philosophical undertones to the plot, the character development and beauty of the graphics and game play. We knew going in this time it was Ellie's turn, we had our time with Joel in the first game. I personally found that Joel was still in the game for a decent amount of time through out. When I asked my friend what he thought, his words were "beautifully brutal and masterfully poignant," which is the perfect way to describe this game. This series will forever be in my favourites and I will never stop playing. Thank you Naughty Dog once again for another masterpiece!