The final fight really demonstrated to me how much I’d shifted round to being a fan of Abby - when it was Abby vs Ellie I didn’t really care if Ellie died (maybe because it didn’t feel like the final fight although I had no idea of the Abby second part) but Ellie vs Abby was gut wrenching for me. I just didn’t want to fight her. I stopped fighting. I couldn’t kill her. But I loved the game forced you to do it (or make you think you were going to). No choices here. You’re going to feel bad for all the hurt you’ve caused and the final bit of misery you’re going to inflict because you know it’s wrong. I’ve never felt stunned by a video game before (or even to a movie tbh) in that way.
To me Abby was always the more humane between the two of them - she let them go after they killed Joel as they weren’t a part of it. She’d gotten her eye for an eye. Ellie was after fucking everything. I know Abby wasn’t an angle (Scars not being an issue to her) but wisened up quicker. I loved seeing her in Santa Barbara with Lev having the kind of chats Joel and Ellie would have. I hope it was the fireflies on the radio and she found a safe place with Lev.
Ellie returning to the empty house was pretty devastating though. Why couldn’t they just get together and form a Mini Viva like pop duo

The first time at the house before SB I was more than sure a sniper bullet was gonna come ricocheting through the windows and kill the cutest baby in the world ever
Absolute yes to Haven burning down as your gallop through on the horse. When it breaks through the forest and you enter the wide expanse of the field was utterly utterly stunning.
Another part I liked graphically was the stadium when you go into the stands to leave. It looked stunning. I’ve never ever seen anything of that scale in a game. It just looked so imposing and MASSIVE but at the same time tangible, like you could go to any part of it.
I also enjoyed guessing the moments where Ellie and Abby may have crossed paths. Loved playing as Ellie when you kill the dog Alice at the aquarium and you don’t think anything of it. It’s just an enemy. Same for when you see the body parts on the operating table. You just think “God these WLF lot are fucking scum!!“ then as Abby you slowly see the parts coming together.
As for mushroom man boss it took me a fucking while but I got there. Think I used everything up trying to kill it. The thing that fell out of it was even more problematic for me.