Sooooooo.....the most controversial game and the sequel to a game that many consider a masterpiece. And it's one of my, if not my favorite game of all time. As you guys know, I was really hyped for this game.

Then those leaks happened and everyone turned against the game. I didn't read the leaks as I wanted to find out for myself when I got to play the game.

Now that I've played it and beat the game, y'all are probably wondering what my thoughts were. Well....I thought the game was okay.

Let me explain, there are parts I loved about this game and there are parts I really didn't like in this game (I'm sure one moment you guys know which one I really didn't like). I don't think it's a Masterpiece as those game reviewers gave it but I don't think it's total garbage either. I think it's kinda in the middle.

Sad thing is, I can see a good story in this but I think the execution was off and the pacing was off as well. I don't think the game should have been as long as it was, it should've been at least 15-18 hours long, like the 1st game.

And the ending to this game....honestly, I expected worse. And I will say as I was getting closer to the ending I had a feeling that that was gonna happen. It kinda reminded me of the All Out War in Walking Dead with Negan and Rick. So the ending didn't upset me as much as everyone else was.

So, all in all, I think the game is decent and I might go back to play parts of the game but it is not a Masterpiece like the 1st game was.

The combat and Gameplay, I will say I had a lot of fun with. I feel like that part was better than the first game. And the animation of Ellie working on her guns on the workbench was so cool to see. The bow and arrows were probably among my favorite weapons, which is funny as it was my least favorite in the first game.

This is kinda hard to say without spoiling the game, so here we go!

SPOILER ALERT

SPOILER ALERT

If you haven't played this game or watched your favorite YouTubers play it all the way to the end DO NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT!!

Okay, we good? Good.

MY MAN JOEL DESERVED BETTER!!!

Sorry, I had to say that but Joel's death, I REALLY didn't like it. Not that he died, but the way he died and that he died so early in the game I really didn't like. I had some inkling that he would die in this game but just not that way or so soon.

It felt more like it was for shock value than to tell a good story.

And I hate Abby so much as a character. And I want to say Fuck you Neil for trying to get me to sympathize with her while playing the second half of the game as her. I don't care about her at all! And fuck you, Neil, for also having me play as Anby and beating Ellie up.

Also is it bad everytime I got Abby killed I was happy and kept saying That's for Joel?! I'm sorry if I'm happy about the character I'm playing as dying, something is wrong.

I think if we cut out all that stuff with playing as Abby and just mainly focused as Ellie and got a different ending, this would've been a better game maybe a Masterpiece like the 1st game.

Also the flashbacks with Joel were my favorite parts of the game. It was just heartbreaking on playing those and seeing Joel again.

As for the whole SJW crazy leftist thing people complained about, I don't think it was that bad or in your face. I mean, it wasn't like shoved in your face. It felt like it was said then not really brought up again.

As for the new characters, the only ones I really liked was Jesse, Dina and, to some extent, Owen. Jesse and Dina I thought were pretty likeable, I thought Dina and Ellie's relationship felt real and was pretty good. Jesse was also a decent character.

Also I want to shout out to Tommy for being a badass and going on that one man army fight to Seattle.

Owen was the only one of the bad guy group, I kinda liked as it felt that he was reluctant to help Abby with her revenge mission against Joel. And he was pretty likeable

Oh yeah, the reason Abby kills Joel is because her dad was the Doctor that was gonna work on Ellie to extract a cure from her. So yeah, Joel killed him and that's why she goes after him. Okay, understandable.

Also the infamous sex scene in this game, I don't think was that bad. I was thinking it was gonna be waaaay worse from what I've heard people saying how they thought it was awful. I think that was another scene to be used for shock value.

And now let's talk about the ending. So after going through all of this, killing all these people, getting leads on where Abby is, Ellie finally catches up to her and her and Abby have a fight. Ellie gets the upper hand and is about to drown Abby until she gets a small flashback of Joel then stops and let's Abby go.

I understand that people are very upset with this ending, but the reason I'm not as upset as everyone else is that, I kinda had a small feeling that that's the ending they were gonna go with. Also I was expecting a much worse ending, like Ellie does something stupid and Abby kills her and leaves or something else.

But like you guys I would've preferred a different ending, like her killing Abby. And then maybe have her realize that, this changed nothing that she feels nothing. She doesn't feel satisfied or whatever.

I also think they went with this ending cause they wanted to be controversial just like the ending of the 1st game was to alot of people.

But that's just my theory.

But like I said, there are parts I like about this game and other parts I didn't like and it's sad cause I can see the potential for this being an amazing game. And it's just an decent game. I don't regret getting the game and I'll probably go back and play it but probably not all the way through. Probably the first half and then that epilogue ending, just skip that whole Abby section.

All in all, that's my opinion. Let me know if you guys liked the game or not! And please let's be civilized about it! And if my opinion about the game makes you upset, then I'm sorry that's your problem not mine. This is MY opinion! If you didn't like the game, I understand. But me personally, I didn't love it but I also didn't hate it, I'm just in the middle of it.

And to be clear, I don't love it as much as the 1st game. The Last of Us will always be my favorite game.

As for my fan fics, I'm sure everyone is wondering if I'm gonna follow the game. I can assure you that I will NOT follow the game. There are some aspects I'll keep but not all of it, I'm gonna kinda rewrite the story and make it more satisfying, hopefully.