Can someone explain to me this HotD'ing idea? This has been thrown around a lot and it almost never comes with any further explanation. I don't watch it and from what I gather online, HotD S02 seems to have scaled down its scope and was otherwise inert in terms of moving the plot along. All indications money was reined in as it didn't really take off in the way GOT did [because of the way GOT ended created hesitancy amongst the general audience]
I wouldn't say TLOU S02 suffers from this. If anything, they're moving a lot faster than I expected them too and it's coming across like they're teleporting down a Greatest Hits list. I also played the game across a long stretch of time. I would've played Ellie's portion sometime Fall 2022. What was so precious about Hillcrest besides the car chase that wasn't accomplished by the Warehouse/Jesse Save?