sophisticaden_ t1_jad48yz wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:04 PM

It would have killed a lot of the emotional weight and momentum. 2 is phenomenal as a thematic conclusion for the series and it mostly works because it builds off of and resolves 1.

BigMacDaddy_YT OP t1_jad5ume wrote on February 28, 2023 at 4:15 PM

I'm gonna be honest, I enjoyed 2's story but I did not feel a lot of emotional weight and/or momentum on my playthrough. I felt during 1 I had such an epic journey where it all came down to a climax and Joel made a huge impactful decision, while in 2 when I was on Ellie's journey, all I kept thinking was "turn back, turn back, turn back"

Blackwolfe47 t1_jade8km wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:09 PM

More like destroys it completely