3/4 of the way done.

Joel touches the face of his watch when he tells Ellie that you need to find something worth living for.

where the brothers meet their end to that last death

David is a real phsyco!! That was a tough "level".

Taking control of Ellie at some point when Joel started showing Ellie how to use weapons.

Having to kill the doctor and take away the last hope for humanity . What a selfish prick

Given all the journals along the way (particularly Marlene's journal and voice recorders found throughout the hospital), I had no sympathy for the Fireflies. All throughout the journey it was clear to me they didn't know their ass from their elbow when it came to the infection and vivisecting Ellie was a Hail Mary at best. And even if they got her brain, I wouldn't trust them not to fuck it up. The doctor you shoot had a really cliché God Complex and Marlene's journal made it clear she wasn't interested in the cure for the sake of humanity but rather that she'd be seen as a hero (given the losses she suffered she was being viewed as a "dumb grunt" and she desperately needed a win to save face).

Basically, the Fireflies had become as ineffectual and inhumane as the military they were fighting against. It's not wonder Tommy gave up on them. And, in the end, Joel's choice mirrored Ellie's. Which is why she chose to accept Joel's lie (it's pretty obvious she knew he was full of shit).

partner

Ish. As far as I could tell, he actually survived (I found a journal in a house that seems to have been written after the sewer ordeal) and his is a pretty dark tale with what happened to that family that joined him in the sewers.

"You have no idea what I've been through I've been through worse than you" or something to that effect

Yes, it felt like a movie. But that was a good thing for me. Really immersive and emotional. Yeah, I suck at stealth games, so I died a lot, and took me 19 hours to complete the game. But I also felt really accomplished in some parts where I didn't kill some infected, and just make them move to another part of the map, so I could advance. I think it would be more helpful if I would have researched how to attack the different type of infected, that could have saved me at least a couple of hours.

About the characters, both mains were great. I think Ellie's acting was superior, though. They grow her character more in the game.

I loved the last third of the game. In the Uncharted games the last third of the game is a big chore, I just want to finish. In this game I was in awe. Ellie was just awesome. Joel is a badass.

Yes, I killed the THREE fucking doctors, I thought for a second about checking about what could I do, if I could ask questions or something, but decided to just become Joel and kill everyone. Thankfully the designers didn't limit my options there

The ending with the question was great. The lie. And she knew he was lying. And she's ok with that. Awesome!

Can they make a sequel without Joel and Ellie? Sure, but I'm not sure if it can be as great.

I have the dialogue turned on so I know what they are saying even when the audio is weak or its noisy....right after Ellie kills the guy with the machete to the head, Joel runs up and hugs her. He says something to here but the audio was super low and the captions never displayed. Was this on purpose? Like Lost in Translation/Bill Murray thing?

I agree with the person above that the fireflies were kind of dumbasses and the doc wouldn't have known what to do with the brain. I also got the impression from the doctor's audio log that there were other folks who were immune but they still hadn't found a cure...so I don't think they would have gotten anything out of killing Ellie and I agree with Joel here. So at the end, he only partially lied, I do think there were "others like her" even though they didn't really stop looking for a cure.

The dialogue was deliberately muted in that part.