finished after like 23 or 24h. Yea, the last third didn't get better for me, perhaps it just gor worse, especially the ending. It was like watching the Bride from Kill Bill killing everyone and at the end not killing Bill. I really loved the first game, not cause of the gameplay, but cause of the story and every single character in that game was interesting. Here, i got nothing from no one. I didn't like anyone from Abby's side, even tho the game really want you to feel bad for her, but it just didn't do it for me. I did think I'd like Ellie, cause she was great in the first part, but here, she's kinda boring, same goes for Dina. Jesse was cool, but he had too little to do, just as Tommy. I'd love to have played as Tommy for a portion of a game and not with Abby for like 10+ hours. Killing Joel at the beginning also didn't help. Now if they killed him at the end and if it was made in a smart way then I wouldn't have a problem with it, but here it was just random. I remember the first trailer and the comments it got. People were thinking Joel would die 4 years ago, so to me this was like Han Solo dying in Force awakens. I expected it and was not surprised at all. Anyhow, the game looks great and the game mechanics are fine, nothing special, but also nothing to about. Unfortunately i don't care for graphics, especially in a story driven game and this is the worts story driven game i have ever played in my 24 years of playing games. It's not the worst game i have played, cause the gameplay is still fine and stealth kills are kinda fun to do, but story just sucks for me. I was thinking that after finishing it i'll try to beat it on grounded, but i have no desire to do so. I'd rather just play the first game, or any other Naughty Dog game. My rating for this would be disappointing. I hope others are having way much fun than i did.