I actually wanted to see the leaks myself because I had an odd feeling about the whole game (premonition, I suppose). And when I did, the reality hit me, lol.. You're right, the whole Abby thing was all bad, like a plot filler, but the thing is, they made her a protagonist and the whole story basically revolved around her. So they made a huge mistake there, setting her in the centre of everything with such poor writing.
I was totally hoping to see the continuation of Joel & Ellie's story in the sequel along with the side characters like Bill and Tommy being involved in it again (or at least referenced), but none of that happened (bloody hell, they even completely discarded the importance of Ellie's immunity). It seemed to me like they wanted to annihilate them all and spit on Joel just because he was a strong white male character. Y'know how it is, politics are getting everywhere and players hate to be told what to think or not to think (and I totally get it).
We could see Joel's emotional growth and evolution in the first game and I loved his story, so yeah, I was also perplexed by how they made a fool out of him.. The Joel we knew would never tell his name to some group of strangers, let alone leave with them..
Yeah, I'm actually enjoying discussing it now! Good talk.
I haven't tried those yet, but they do seem quite well done.
its certanly a divisive game, but overall it left a mark on me than no other game has, its not a game meant to be funny and enjoyble, its and experience like no other and fucking hurts, thats why it is awesome
