I simply disagree with the notion that killing a character you like is automatically a bad story decision. From that first moment, it seemed pretty clear to me that it was likely that some group had killed Joel, and even if Joel did appear in some spots later on, I figured those were either flashbacks or “imagined” appearances. Yes, I heard the leaks, but well, well before that ever happened, the very first trailer showcased that Ellie was on the warpath, out to get revenge. It is also not terribly surprising, if you ask me. I am talking, of course, about Joel’s brutal murder at the hands of Abby and her WLF/former Firefly contingent, where he’s captured and beaten to death right in front of Ellie. One impetus for anger in these early reviews is a plot point that I am willing to say that many players have probably reached (I am less convinced these many thousands of people have all reached the end in the first game, so if they experienced the ending, it was just through a leaked cutscene). But if you’ve made it through the first 2-3 hours, you know the “trauma” I’m about to dive into. So turn back now if you haven’t played at all. I have to go into early spoilers here, a bit, because it is more or less impossible to talk about the game without mentioning what is effectively the entire driving force behind the plot. And yet the issues with the game are nowhere near enough to offset the good so far, so something else is clearly at play here with everyone screaming about how much it sucks and they hate it.
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