I've heard the same sentiment when I finished the game and heard some spoiler-talk, and I felt it too. How well did Naughty Dog do with making you not want to play as Abby when it reverted to day one for you guys? When I got to that part, I was thinking 'Ugh... Are you kidding me Naughty Dog? Do you think you can make me care about Abby? That's not going to happen.' I wasn't really into the game at that point, even to the point of not wanting to explore the world as much, and it took some time for me to come around. It wasn't until she meets up with Lev in that 'torture porn' cutscene that I started getting into it, and by the end of the game when it was Abby vs. Ellie, I didn't want either one to die. That said, I still like Ellie more considering how much time we've played as her throughout all the games. I felt like they were shoehorning stuff in to make me feel for Abby and I wasn't into that, but by the end, yeah I didn't dislike her.
Oh! And I'm also curious, did anyone else get the game spoiled? Before playing it, I knew that Joel gets killed with a golf club and that you play as the character that kills Joel. I also thought that Ellie was going to die (so, you know, a nice surprise). I read that Abby fights Ellie, and Abby seemingly wins, which did happen, but not in the way I thought. That said, and I think it was the same for many that read the spoilers, I assumed Joel was going to die near the latter half of the game, so it came to my surprise that he died two and a half hours into the game. It also surprised me that you play as Abby so early on.
Okay, I was going to end it, but I also have to add that I loved going to the convention center and Paramount Theatre. The theatre looks a lot like the real-life one. Some things are switched around, and the design details are different, but it was close enough to make me know exactly where I was. Even the colors of the carpet and chairs were correct. It's weird to stand near the stage and look up at the seating I was sat in. I thought the convention center was a little less impressive when comparing accuracy to the real-life one, mainly because the interiors weren't as explorable, but outside was great. The situation of the Space Needle confused me though.
The story overall, it's one of those where I didn't like everything that happened in it, but not in the 'well this isn't well done, and it's worse for it' way. It's merely down to what I wanted to happen as opposed to how it was presented. I liked it, and I ended the game feeling more depressed than when I left the first game, but the first game had moments that would make me want to tear up; two had great moments that made me smile and feel strong emotions, but not on the same level as one. I have to agree though, one, while extremely well done for what it does, was perhaps a little less complex and more straightforward.
The first game is arguably my favorite game of all time, so I can't say I like two more, but in many ways, I think two is a better game. Lastly, just to add on to how I was thinking the story might end when you leave and go to Santa Barbara. I thought, as an optimist and always hoping for a happy outcome, that it would seem like Ellie was going out to try and kill Abby one last time, but in the end, she was going to say in person that she forgives her, and in discovering that Abby and Lev are trying to find the Fireflies, she treks along with them, and this time perhaps they could cure everyone without killing Ellie. And everyone can sing kumbaya. So it's a story filled with hatred and revenge, but ends with forgiveness and understanding and letting go of that hatred. Hahaha. Yeah, probably would be dumb, but still.
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