The story is hot dogshit because of the literal and figurative character assassination of Joel. Remember how he instantly knew the guy he passed in his car wasn't hurt in the first game? He never would have trusted the f**kers who beat his head in with a golf club. They just wanted to kill him off to make Ellie a lesbian girl boss with no father figure in the way of that. The story is shit if you even remember the tiniest thing about the first game's story.