Worse on a replay. Abby's day 2 and 3 are still brilliant, the combat loop is still wonderful, there's a lot of very good cutscenes in this video game. But the structure is such a trainwreck, you can feel the rewrites. Hops back and forth between flashbacks and protagonists so unceremoniously you get whiplash. Why the hell is the dance cinematic at the end of the game? Who put that there? Why does the story reach a climax like 4 separate times? Why is there a 10 minute bit at the end where you play as Abby? Why is there an open ended exploration section 5 hours in and then never again? Why do they do the Abby flashback thing and then never use the opportunity to take you to a location Ellie recently obliterated?

Very hyped for season 2 of the TV show because I have no clue how they're going to adapt this.