As I'm sure you have heard, this game is bad. And even though I know that the story of vengeance or vendetta has been used and told so many ties before, it can still be entertaining to fuel a story with revenge, only to have it end with a satisfying villain death. This game, however, is such a waste of potential. The characters and story really had something going, for example, the fatherly figure Joel portrays to Ellie, like trying to make up for the daughter he lost. That was heartwarming and great, like a little chunk of heart in a cruel and unforgiving world. But this game got rid of that in the very beginning.
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Alright, don't get me wrong, the story can have main characters killed off. This gives the story more depth and emotion that every tale needs. As I'm sure we all know, early on in this game Joel get's killed by Abby as revenge for him killing her father in the finale of the first game. This sets Ellie into a vendetta route and you spend the rest of the game getting revenge and killing Abby's friends and allies. At the end of this game you track down and are about to kill Abby, but Ellie suddenly changes her mind and decides not too. This is such a letdown and dissapointment most people disliked, myself included.
All in all, the graphics are phenomenal. As well as the new enemies and settings. Th gameplay is similiar to the first game, meaning it's pretty decent.