I would argue that part 2 is about forgivness in a world, where nothing is forgiving. It seems obvious, but what I like/love about it is the indirect fourth wall break Naughty Dog is making by forcing players into the role of Abby, so the actual player is adressed to forgive her. This exactly the reason (at least for me), why so many people seem to dislike it, even though there are other points to rightfully criticize in the game (like you mentioned in the video).
This is a solid take, definitely - ludonarrative dissonance gets bandied about to much, but I think ND did want to bend the "rules" in order to force the player to really think about what they were doing.
I would argue that part 2 is about forgivness in a world, where nothing is forgiving. It seems obvious, but what I like/love about it is the indirect fourth wall break Naughty Dog is making by forcing players into the role of Abby, so the actual player is adressed to forgive her.
This exactly the reason (at least for me), why so many people seem to dislike it, even though there are other points to rightfully criticize in the game (like you mentioned in the video).
This is a solid take, definitely - ludonarrative dissonance gets bandied about to much, but I think ND did want to bend the "rules" in order to force the player to really think about what they were doing.