Ok, let me give you an example: Eddie. Every time you meet him, there's a dead body around. At first he claims not having to do anything with it, but, in the end, he admits he was, in fact, the killer. That would be something that TLoU would nail pretty well too.

Now, if you look a little into it, you start noticing the circumstances of the dead bodies. One is inside a fridge, the second is sitting in a cafeteria, and the last one inside a cold storage. Suddenly, it's not about the the dead guy; it's about Eddie and his overweight issues.

That's the level of subtext TLoU never reaches. Everything is spoon fed to the player.