I'm only around 4 hours into the game and I love it so far. I think the story is great and the gameplay is so much fun. I wish people would just share their opinion about this game on its own and stop comparing it to the first one. The only thing I'll say about the first one is that I always wanted to see what happened to Ellie and here we are able to play her character and venture on this journey with her. The game looks beautiful and the world that was designed for this game is amazing. Although I haven't completed this game yet, this is, to me, going to be one of the best games of the year.