Its not out of the blue when Ellie decides not to kill Abby. She has her life in hand drowning her. She remembers Joel at that moment. The scene where they talk on the porch is played and then she realises (and me too) that Abby doesn't deserve to die. Because just like she remembers him she doesn't want another kid to lose their adoptive parent and be in such pain as Ellie is. That's at least my interpretation. Of course it's a lot deeper than just this shallow interpretation in my comment but that's the gist of it.

The point is: if the game doesn't scream into your face every two seconds about how aRtHuR iS ScArEd or how aRtHuR "mr redemption" Morgan changes because he returns fish back into the river like tlou doesn't, the point of the story flies above people's head. And the anon from the green text only looks at Ellie and sees her killing people so he thinks she must be a psycho.

Yes the rdr games are about redemption but if the point about Ellie mowing down people bringing down the story applies to tlou then Arthur mowing down people has to bring down the story of rdr2. They are the same stories in concept. Two people who think they are doing the morally good thing but realising at the end when it's too late that they were the bad guys all along. And the gameplay is the same too. Nobody addresses this argument ever.

You summarise the story od rdr2 with some funny remarks but fail to adresa that core issue with the argument.

I agree that killing 100 during gameplay takes away from the story but enough to warrant a bad rating of the game. Tlou2 is not perfect but this is certainly not the problem. Ellie didn't decide out of the blue. Arthur mows down people just as much as Ellie does and does so without good reason he is not hated. Nobody addresses that point you all just keep repeating how there is an honor system in the game.