This is nothing compared to what I did in Hitman with my sweet coins.
Yes, agreed. But coins is all you need.
Look, I am not arguing complexity and options, but your 'vastly superior' and 'wipe the floor' wording is what makes me wonder.
you still have to launch the coin and follow the guy.
in tlou you can stay at the edge of a cover and accumulate cadavers with the press of a button without the enemy being capable of doing nothing, and this work an all difficulty level because it's more of a mechanic than an ia exploit (i mean the ia is pretty stupid because he see a lot fo bodies and still come in the same way), the only thing that you have to do is being fast with the fingers because the prompt for takedown from cover endure for just a second or less.
and to be honest, i was not the one asking for a better stealth than tlou2 (that is not even out yet), and if we take tlou1 as an example many many games are superior or at least more varied than that game, and the only real new mechanics in tlou2 are dogs, going prone is not a new thing for stealth games, i recently played sniper elite 4 where you can go prone.
maybe mediocre is a bit harsh, but compared to the best in the genre, tlou1 doesn't come out very good to me (again if we talk about stealth, i love the combat)