Yeah, i think that the Last of Us 2 didn't deserve the Game of the Year award.
The games wasn't bad but not good either, it was fine.
It really did receive a lot of negative opinions but the essential stuff was there:
-the gameplay remained the same so it can't be considered bad.
-the story is there but the execution is terrible
-the art, music and sound were fine
I think these facts and the fact that A LOT of people played this game made the voting jury ignore the bad opinions because in their eyes there aren't any flaws.