The first one had this really special dynamic between Joel and Ellie that pushed the player to keep going and see what happens next. In Part 1 I felt like I had active motivation as a player to see the story unfold and get to the ending. The Last of Us Part 2 made me wonder when it was going to end. This entry lacked any of the charm, interesting characters, or gripping narrative to win me over. The story tries to do that thing where it forces you to do bad things and kill people while constantly telling you the cycle of violence is bad, which ends up feeling like a waste because all the killing you do ultimately surmounts to nothing. Ellie isn't a very interesting character here, nor are her friends. Abby's half is MUCH more interesting and enjoyable to play, but I didn't care about anyone in the game other than Lev.

All in all, while TLoU P2 is a graphical masterpiece, it falls short on every other aspect for me. I just couldn't like this one :/