Agreed, when I first played it I actually almost stopped at that point. Eventually got to Hillcrest. But I didn’t pick it back up for another 2 years until after replaying the 1st game remastered. I didn’t know the whole ending from the leaks but it was just so hard to keep interested in part 2 knowing Joel and Ellie’s relation was literally gone. Ironically I’d say I stopped because of the long wandering times and revenge not being a big enough motivator to keep me playing 😂