I feel sorry for people who didn't play the game and only experienced The Last of Us for the first time with this show because the show doesn't do justice to the source material.

The hopelessness and danger of just walking around places they are not familiar with was barely captured in the show. The only time I felt a horror thriller vibe from the game was the clicker scene in Episode 2.

This sense of brutality, danger and desperation is crucial because without it, you barely feel tension and development between Joel and Ellie and Ellie's wishes to save humanity no matter the cost. Thriugh the journey she saw the world as a truly horrible place and that she wanted her death to mean something by making it better.

The show took away from the gravity of Joel and Ellie's decision in the end. We haven’t seen a full progression of Joel and Ellie’s relationship. The final episode is rushed like the Game of Thrones finale.