The visuals are fantastic, but the casting is my biggest gripe with the show. The race swapping of multiple characters is uncalled for and unacceptable, but somehow thats not even the worst part about the casting. Bella Ramsey has zero resemblance to Ellie's look and voice. Tess is 20 yrs older than she should be, Sarah is black when she was a white blonde girl. Just endlessly bad decisions on casting.

Also Ellie's dialogue has zero resemblance to that of the game. In the game, Ellie was obedient and thankful to Joel and Tess from the start. She was never rude or overly sarcastic. She was cute and innocent, not brash and self-righteous.

The impressive visuals cannot save this garbage. If you never played the game, you will probably enjoy this series, but as someone who played and adored the story of the game, I cannot recommend this.