The full plot details I read make it seem not nearly as bad as the original leaks. Doesn’t seem like you play half the game from Abby’s perspective hunting down Ellie, and a lot of the details were flat out wrong.
Still seems like a ton of misfires. Killing Joel is fine, even essential, but they do it in the dumbest way. Also Ellie not finishing off Abby, and rendering the entire game pointless, besides some “murder is wrong” finger wagging at the players, just isn’t how to do it.
Now it seems like it’s just a heavy handed mess more than a complete disaster.