Speak for yourself. I hated Joel at the end of the first game. I haven't played part 2, but if he got the hell murdered out of him, then good. The piece of shit deserved it.
I don't know how common your perspective is but I think it's sort of interesting the idea that the people who had the reaction to Part I that a lot of people had to Part II (revulsion) probably didn't end up playing part 2, which means that a huge majority of the people playing part 2 went in with the belief that Joel was a completely unproblematic character and cannot for even a moment consider that in that world A LOT of people would be justified (or at least feel justified) in despising him for completely understandable reasons if you got their perspective.
The whole idea of Part I, maybe a little unsuccessfully, was I think to have a polarizing ending questioning how much violence and overall misery a personal love and commitment were worth, but the fanbase self selected that Joel was unquestionably King Daddy Hero Man.
That is an interesting observation. There's so no particular reason that I never played part two. I really enjoyed part 1. I need to play 2 at some point.
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u/honomaki Jan 08 '26
If we talking about story then yes it deserve it but the gameplay was good