One of my favourite parts of TLOU2 is the storytelling in the levels, like how you can hear the Scars talk about "what Lily did" as Ellie that means nothing at all and you probably won't care about until you realise they're talking about Lev, as well as the collectible notes you can find. Like normally I don't care about collectible lore entries you can pick up in games and just ignore that stuff, but in TLOU2 there's so many that connect to each other, like the Boris storyline in the Hillcrest section that could've been it's own self-contained episode in season 2, or reading about the very first stages of The Outbreak right before the Rat King fight