I was a huge fan of the original game. It was one of the best stories I've ever experienced so you can imagine my disappointment when hopping into this game. First of all, the main characters of the first game are completely butchered by stupid writing. Everything from, trying to avoid spoilers, traditionally careful and experienced characters who've shown in the first game that they know how dangerous strangers can be and to not trust anyone but in this game they're now automatically trusting of people they've never met to go as far as to even tell them they're names and where their settlement is within 4 minutes of meeting them.
That's just one example of the poor writing in this game and trust me when I say there's plenty more to complain about but to avoid spoiling anything I'll just say the game makes bold decisions in its story. The problem is the execution was done so poorly as it obviously was trying to be bold for the sake of being bold and ignoring good story telling. I recommend you pass on this. If you're a fan of the first game, just pretend this game never came out. You'll be far happier with the bittersweet ending of the first game and believing that to be the definitive ending to Joel and Ellie's story.
That's just one example of the poor writing in this game and trust me when I say there's plenty more to complain about but to avoid spoiling anything I'll just say the game makes bold decisions in its story. The problem is the execution was done so poorly as it obviously was trying to be bold for the sake of being bold and ignoring good story telling. I recommend you pass on this. If you're a fan of the first game, just pretend this game never came out. You'll be far happier with the bittersweet ending of the first game and believing that to be the definitive ending to Joel and Ellie's story.