Replayed after playing The Last of Us Part 1 and I can say the story was a lot more understandable why people hated Abby's story line and the ending overall but I still loved it and experiencing the difference between P1's combat and this games combat is such a nice change to experience. It is far more fluid and feels like you have far more control over the shooting and how you engage both head on and stealth wise. Along with this the increase in variety of the animations in both the parkour and combat is a very nice change. Overall this game improved in a lot of ways and did have some downgrades from the first game but I still think this is a fantastic game that everyone should at least try at some point

My feeling for this game my entire time playing it were always changing. I originally bought this game to see if it really is as bad as everyone says it is and for awhile I stopped playing because I really did believe it was as awful as everyone said it was. I was unwilling to look past what Abby did for so long that it stopped me from being able to even play the game for multiple months but then I saw a video on the game a couple days ago and it made me realize some of the story elements that I was just unable to understand and see because of my blind hatred for Abby. After gaining a new perspective on the game it honestly was one of the most fun gaming experiences I have had. If you are willing to look past what Abby does at the start of the game and try to understand her you will not hate this game but if you are a die hard fan boy of the game refusing to play it because its not enough Ellie your experience in this game will be miserable because the 2nd part of playing as Ellie is honestly not as fun as Abby and a lot of the best experiences in the game come from Abby's part of the game with Manny, and Lev. I won't get into detail about the story but my main complaint with this game is the last part there is a part in the game where they had an amazing spot they could have ended it but they didn't and when you the player realize this it makes the last few chapters feel like a drag but even though they feel like a drag I still really enjoyed the game as a whole even the start of the game as painful as it is was a great moment in the game