I finally finished it just a few minutes ago, and I must say...wow. It actually lived up to all the hype. It's easily one of the best video games I've ever played.

I really feel mixed on the ending. (SPOILER)It's bittersweet for me really. I mean, by the time the game was over I cared about Ellie and Joel so much that I was really dreading either of them dying. I was glad they both survived, but Joel's decisions in the end seemed incredibly selfish and he went from protector to flat out selfish almost. I mean, it's like what Ellie would have wanted became miniscule next to the fact that she had became his surrogate daughter, which she also had little to no choice of. On top of it, he kills a woman she considered a friend and flat out lies to her about the circumstance surrounding it in the end. And when she ask him to swear it true, he does. And you know what? She trusts him, and believes in him so much, that that's good enough for her. Yet at the same time, she has that lingering bit of question and disbelief in the back of her mind about it.

It really is a fantastic ending to a fantastic game that I didn't see coming at all. I can't remember the last time, if ever, a video game's conclusion provoked me with so much thought. Bravo.