I can say that without a doubt I have never been so distraught about playing a game and so emotionally invested in characters. I don't know why people are saying that Season 1 was a lot more depressing than Season 2, but perhaps they played them a separate times and had to wait for episodes to be released. If you have just bought both and play through both all in one go like I did then by the time you get to Season 2 your starting to feel really depressed.