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The game was not a complete disaster; it had absolutely mind blowing graphics and excellent character facial expression. The gameplay was fun but it started to get repetitive. The problem is not the game whatsoever, it was the narration... so I begin;
This game is a narrative disaster. Some places it felt like characters had short memory. Ellie an team were on the path of revenge but most parts they seemed totally fined to me. Like this part before Abby shows up, they were normally having a convo about returning. Ok? But why are you thinking of returning when you didn’t eeven get your revenge and not knowing the reason of his death. When someone close to you passes away in high times, all you feel is void. Leave alone the loved one being murdered right in front of you. No matter what he did, he did it for Ellie and this is how she returns the favor. Firefly pushed Joel too hard in the first place. How do you expect someone who lost his daughter, not to build a relation with Ellie. Plus, how much was it guaranteed a vaccine developed would be successful? The same story could've been said many times better with a few changes. Honestly it felt like Joel was hated by the developers. You put him in a position like this for what outcome? They didn’t show us Joel’s detailed explanation to it. He had so many reasons for it and explains nothing to Ellie. He owes nothing to her so why was he so hesitant? He said he could do it all over again so he wasn’t guilt, yeah? So he could list down his reasons. The way we think it is he was betrayed by firefly and he couldn’t risk losing Ellie after losing Sarah which is deep and a controversial step But the way it was portrayed by the developers was that Joel was selfish and did it for himself. He wasn’t selfish!! I know most of you think we hate the game for it being too rushed but that’s not the point. Abby killing Joel was one way to go, and seeing it from her perspective, she wasn’t wrong at all. Also, Joel dying at the beginning wouldn’t be a problem if Abby’s revenge was explained earlier. You can’t force me to play a POV who killed my fav character and don’t even tell me why he was killed. And then later on, I am explained. A few things weren’t realistic at all. Mel was pregnant but went for runs while WLF had too many people but no one to replace her. About Ellie not getting her revenge was also not a big deal only if it was narrated the right way. Ellie chose the path, all angry, ruining Tommy’s plan who almost had Abby killed and then back off because of Dina? What was the point when you lost her too? She wasn’t going for revenge anyway but Tommy came in, angry and crippled, who wants the revenge so bad but can’t get it, entrusts someone else with it and that person comes back to what? Forgiveness is a strong message, but sweetheart this is not how you convey the idea of it. I will kill everyone involved but the last person? Nah I will forgive her. Like ok? The plot holes ruined it all. It’s like someone had good bulletpoints for a story but didn’t know how to put it in words and the outcome was TLOU2. For all that I give it a 2 only.