Well, I only saw some parts of leaks prior and am still standing by with Joel's decision from saving Ellie from that lying ass fireflies.
Still don't know much about Abby's perspective, and how good of a father that doctor was - who also has a daughter of similar age and still decided to kill Ellie for the sake of the possibility of cure for mankind, I would never understand... but for that reason, I am mildly interested - but not enough to fork out $60 bucks for it and spending 50+ hours. (My play pace is quite slow - that I found my typical playtime of game is about twice longer than the average).
I did see the ending though.. and I figured it would have to be some sort of Ellie and Abby forgiving each other in some manner - and I kinda get it. Ellie and Joel's talk... that "I can't ever forgive you (in the ending, I guess it means both Joel, and Abby) for what you did... but I would like to try" and Joel replying to "I'd like that" (unless I misheard)... and that's the redemption, I guess... but for what price and all? It feels quite nihilistic and vain - and such wasted energy as well as opportunity to truly make a powerful story.
Since Joel's conflict was pretty much resolved, while I was shocked and saddened by his death - but the way he went out, is just simply disrespectful. Realism or not - I would have preferred to have some cliche'd death of some sort of heroic gesture, or at least had some last parting words in Ellie's arm or whatnot.
Original was quite draining for me, although I found the whole experience was quite rewarding in the end... but with this kind of nihilistic storytelling, I think I will play it when it's dirt cheap on sale at $4.99. That's the price I'm willing to pay for this game.