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now as playing the game i think it is definitely almost as good as the first last of us. i say this because the first one had and emotional connection to it and with Joel's death it definitively gave me an emotional trigger and i felt like i could see me playing as both Abby and Ellie and when Abby fought Ellie I wanted to get revenge on Ellie and same fighting Abby as Ellie at the end in the ocean i wanted to kill Abby.i really cant wait to see what the have for dlc
i would definitively nominate this game of the year