Please people, do not believe the hate. Yes, the game takes about 2 1/2 hours before big action, as opposed to the 20 minute intro for the first game, but for good reason. I believe the majority of the haters do not understand the Art of character development, the need for a sequel to take a different approach in the beginning, it can't all be hordes of rabid infected laying waste to cities. I played through TLOU1 about 7 times, it's in my top 5 games. That being said, I'm only 6 hours into this game and I can honestly say it is superior in many ways to the first. I read the hate comments and almost regretted buying it until I actually started to play and I have been enthralled with every detail of this sequel so far and look forward to many playthroughs!