He doesn't really enjoy the gameplay much (as it's "fine" to him), but that was known. He said that if you like TLOU1, then you'll like the gameplay of TLOU2 because it is better but only slightly. He liked the story and characters from the 1st game so I don't see why he'd be predetermined to go into TLOU2 in the mindset that "this is going to suck" storywise and then puts too much weight onto the negatives thereby not liking the story (aka self-fulfilling prophecy).
I'm not sure why Desperados 3 (or these style games) are described as RTS or RTT games. It basically plays like a typical stealth game but it's isometric and the fact that you can switch between characters. Well over 90% of the time you're just moving one character at a time through the level (hiding in bushes, taking the upper path on rooftops, etc.) just like you would in say Splinter Cell. With the multiple characters, there's times when you obviously want more than one character to do be acting at the same time, which is the only times I feel the RTS/RTT description even fits at all. However, you have the Showdown mechanic so you never have be fast with the mouse and keyboard to be able to input commands super fast or anything and the game plays perfectly fine with a controller.
The reason I chose to play Desperados 3 over TLOU2 is because I know Desperados 3 is giving me top-notch core gameplay of its ilk whereas TLOU gameplay is probably a 7/10 for me and it has to be uplifted by things like a compelling story that are a far from a given. Both games are obviously not at all like a 1:1 comparison to where anyone would ever say Desperados 3 is a better TLOU like say how people are calling Temtem a better Pokemon, but both are generally stealth games.
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