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Nice storytelling, realistic gameplay and definitely very good acting, sound and graphics. A sorrow and depressing, bittersweet story.

The ending is also pretty good.

(My opinion on if Abby, Ellie and Lev are good people down below; Pretty lengthy.)

Abby deserves to live, she deserves to be free and care for Lev. They deserve happiness on Catalina island, there was no reason for Ellie to kill her at the end, even Ellie knew it. Yes, when Abby killed Joel i wanted Abby dead, but going further into the story we learn how good of a person Abby really is, and the fact that she was plagued by revenge. The same thing with Ellie, she is plagued by revenge to kill Abby, but once Ellie meets Abby at the beach, Abby is in a HORRIBLE state, because of the amount of slave work and torture she went through at the hands of the rattlers. And after fighting and stabbing Abby a good amount, she realized with a flashback that killing Abby would be the same thing Abby did to Joel, and Ellie knows better, she knew how much Abby had suffered and also knows that Lev relies on Abby just like Ellie relied on Joel when she was a kid. Ellie sees the similarities and then spares Abby, because she realized that killing Abby wouldn't have done anything at that point other than make her feel even worse for killing the only parent figure Lev has.

I can see why people were and are so attached to Joel, but this story wouldn't have worked without killing Joel. You just have to kill a main character early or late sometimes to make a story work. Yes his death was gruesome but it shaped the whole story about revenge and Abby and Ellie's story.
(Okay that should be it)

Now for the ending for both sides.

Ellie got a happyish ending, she went to her house and found Dina and JJ gone with all their stuff, but Ellie just goes up to her room and plays the guitar (With 2 fingers missing, so she cant really play it which is really fucking sad) then a beautiful flashback plays where Joel says to Ellie he would save Ellie all over again from the hospital even if it means no cure. And then Ellie saying she will try to forgive Joel and Joel saying "I'd like that" But, they never got to make up and Ellie never got to forgive him before Joel died. Flashback ends and Ellie is in her room where she places her guitar and we see her taking her backpack and leaving the house to go to Jackson back to Dina and JJ and Tommy and all of them.

Abby's ending was luckily very happy. Her and Lev made it safely to Catalina island, as you can see on the title screen after finishing the story. It shows their boat and Catalina casino which then clearly means Abby and Lev sailed safely to Catalina island and found the fireflies, and are now living a peaceful life and get fed and exercise and enjoy their life.

I have small problems with it at times though so there's that.

Reviewed on Dec 26, 2023


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