It’s simple to follow, sure, but it really felt like gameplay quests being completed in whatever sequence rather than an actual story being told.

I know it’s based on a game and should resemble it as such, but if it’s not appealing to those who never played it, they are missing a huge part of the potential audience.

For instance I’ve also never played The Last of Us, and that series was absolutely brilliant.

And yes, with pointless I mean bad writing and extremely poor character development. In the end I liked none of them.