The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 161975 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. dogfoodtaco
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Do not ever trust a single reviewer ever again that rates this game any higher than a 1/10.
  2. nemnem_
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Made an account just specifically to tell everyone to save their money, this game does not deserve it. The creators do not care about the fan base and ruined a legendary could be franchise. The storyline is terrible and lazy, unlike the first game. You will be disappointed. Nothing in this game is good but the graphics.

    To start off they kill the main character in the most nonsensical way imaginable. Then they make you play as the antagonist trying to appeal to her reasoning, which we’ll never understand. And to top it all off, Ellie goes on a rampage to kill everyone to kill said antagonist, just to let her go free.
    Wish Naughty Dog had more respect for their fan base but this game proves they couldn’t care less.
    Rated a 1 out of respect for the first game.    … Expand
  3. LeonLaCroix
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hands down the WORST game of the year. Graphics was good but thats to be expected, everything else was trash. What were you thinking nauty dog? Im rethinking ever buying from nauty dog again.
    I watched a full playthrough on YouTube so THANK GOD i didnt waist any money on this.
    First of all (sorry for the language) but **** ABBY!!! and screw you for killing Joel. 7 years ive waited to see the outcome of the first game. Now i dont even consider this fanfiction.
    Utter dissapointment. Im not only sad about this game. Im pissed!!!    … Expand
  4. SamuelJHC
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    I would have rather opened the game case and found a smushed dog turd there instead of the game. I would rather have paid someone 60 dollars to pepper spray me and then kick me in the junk... Save your money!!!
  5. matthewmattb
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    About the game: They ruined the sequel of a beloved franchise by inserting woke ideas, further insulting the fanbase by spitting on our beloved character not once but three times.... at leastSpoilers (ellie insult joel's feeling, making joel a wimp, murdering joel with a random npc)

    About the company: Underpays their employees while increasing the hours overtime. People working for    About the game: They ruined the sequel of a beloved franchise by inserting woke ideas, further insulting the fanbase by spitting on our beloved character not once but three times.... at leastSpoilers (ellie insult joel's feeling, making joel a wimp, murdering joel with a random npc)

    About the company: Underpays their employees while increasing the hours overtime. People working for them that doesn't agree with their agenda will be isolated. attacking whoever dares to criticize their game with dmca attack (even on memes), further insulting the fanbase with false reviews (like whoever doesn't give a good opinion will lose early access to new games)

    About the reviews: Most negative opinion will be deleted due to sony's demand. Most positive reviews does not include any opinion about the game itself but the idea (agenda) of the game, what kind of rubbish of a review they trying to shove into the comsumers    … Expand
  6. tai86
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    gameplay 8 score
    dog **** story and ending -10 score

    what a shame Neil Druckmann.
  7. Qwerty_gentil
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pesimo , ojala nunca hubiese existido , se prestaron a la porqueria de los lgtb .. es sinceramente para pedir una devolución del dinero.… Expand
  8. Ghost67
    Apr 5, 2022
    1
    Whew, one of the worst games I've played. Bots continue to artificially raise the user score, unfortunately.
  9. HarmonyCat
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    It's totally a piece of **** You ruined a classic series in the video game history...It's totally a piece of **** You ruined a classic series in the video game history...
  10. RoManHD
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Волосы в подмышках. Клюшки для гольфа. Мышцы Эбби. Смерть любимого героя. Пропаганда толерантности.
  11. shangoat
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This game did not happen. It will be part of 2020 that never happened.

    End of story. 0/10
  12. Grazhopper
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    Calling this game a Masterpiece or even the "Best Game of ALL TIME", is completely ridiculous.
    It's not even in the Top 10 of 2020 imo.
    Bad story, unlikeable characters and mediocre gameplay (for a AAA game that's been released in 2020) Good graphics alone, don't save this garbage, but i guess i must be a sexist, homophobic, alt-right racist, or just a russian bot to have such an    Calling this game a Masterpiece or even the "Best Game of ALL TIME", is completely ridiculous.
    It's not even in the Top 10 of 2020 imo.
    Bad story, unlikeable characters and mediocre gameplay (for a AAA game that's been released in 2020)
    Good graphics alone, don't save this garbage, but i guess i must be a sexist, homophobic, alt-right racist, or just a russian bot to have such an opinion.
    Dear shill media ! ...hope you enjoy your woke lil game.    … Expand
  13. ioneil1
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    The graphics and environments are phenominal. But unfortunately that is where my enjoyment ended. The writing was laughably bad in my opinion. The narrative and direction felt entirely forced and unnecessary. The game play is slightly improved from the first game but there is not much innovation to be had in general. It's sad for me to say these things because I loved the first game.
  14. archenemyxx
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow, I just can not believe they would kill off both main characters. WHAT A DUMPSTER FIRE OF A STORY! Game was a little better than the first, but this god awful story ruins the game. Plus that one scene made me want to vomit seeing Neil.… Expand
  15. rre22
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    You massacred the best thing about the first part, which is the story. Well done.
  16. Silver_Wolf
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    Its a complete waste of time, what they to to Joel and Eliie its atrocious, from the start til the end an insult to the fans of the first game, a really forced woke agenda.
    Una completa perdida de tiempo desde el principio hasta el final, lo que le hicieron a Joel y Ellie es un atroz, insultante, indignante, un insulto para lo fans del primer juego, una agenda de progresismo forzado en    Its a complete waste of time, what they to to Joel and Eliie its atrocious, from the start til the end an insult to the fans of the first game, a really forced woke agenda.
    Una completa perdida de tiempo desde el principio hasta el final, lo que le hicieron a Joel y Ellie es un atroz, insultante, indignante, un insulto para lo fans del primer juego, una agenda de progresismo forzado en pos de la agenda de los colectivos de la misma naturaleza, que desgracia estuve esperando por esta secuela despues de la joya que fue el primer juego.    … Expand
  17. maxentropy
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Scenario is a disaster. It's better to imagine that part 2 never existed at all.… Expand
  18. Corvomortal
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    Esto deberia llamarse como destrozar una exelente franquicia el juego,en cuanto a gameplay está bien pero en cuanto a historia deja mucho que desear,las ideas del director como sus dichos se ven reflejadas en este juego que tal parece que el 1 dejó la vara demasiado alta
  19. Jrrgu
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    There were couple of good part not gonna lie, but the writing was off. Everything was too much. And the dissapointing ending was horrible.
  20. farhanarif
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Keep your political agendas to yourself naughty dog. No more can i withstand your bs and
  21. severaltimes
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Se suponía que este juego debía ser increíble y lo han destrozado con una narrativa con propaganda políticamente correcta nwo, han maltratado a los personajes más queridos y han hecho lo que han querido, todo para mal
  22. Phenom800
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Its really sad that not even games are left out of politics these days. Look at how many 10s and 0s this game has gotten. This is what happens when you force issues and tries to "educate" people that dont need or want to be educated. You divide people into camps and get ratings that has very little to do with actual gameplay.

    The game is visually stunning as expected. Unfortunately thats    Its really sad that not even games are left out of politics these days. Look at how many 10s and 0s this game has gotten. This is what happens when you force issues and tries to "educate" people that dont need or want to be educated. You divide people into camps and get ratings that has very little to do with actual gameplay.

    The game is visually stunning as expected. Unfortunately thats where the positives end. The combat is as stale as it was in 2014 but this time the story and the characters are nowhere near strong enough to carry the game on their own. Theres a zombie apocalypse going on but the characters are too busy bickering to notice. If you want to escape reality for a while dont get this game. The writing is not good enough. The Last of Us - Part 2 tries to be something its not and never should have aspired to be.    … Expand
  23. Harbaron
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I’m gonna cut this short, because you probably feel the same way I do. The graphics and sound are good, not as good as they showed earlier and compared to the first game which came out 7 years ago, but still good for a game. The characters and story are pitifully bad. So bad that I can’t stomach talking more about the subject before seeing red and losing my **** I don’t mind mainI’m gonna cut this short, because you probably feel the same way I do. The graphics and sound are good, not as good as they showed earlier and compared to the first game which came out 7 years ago, but still good for a game. The characters and story are pitifully bad. So bad that I can’t stomach talking more about the subject before seeing red and losing my **** I don’t mind main characters dying or whatever, when done well, it works. But this isn’t anywhere near well. Far from it. New characters that they try to shove down my throat are badly done fan fic quality trash. Don’t get me started on the Neil Druckmann insert sex scene. 2020 continues to be an abomination on all fronts. Oh and one last thing, all the 10/10 reviews showed me that 95% of the game journalist sites are either bought out or wouldn’t know a perfect game if it came and bit them on their ass. Either way, massive hit to their credit. Massive hit to gaming. What a **** show this is guys. Shame.… Expand
  24. NamelessDread
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    I can't imagine how the characters of Ellie and Abby weren't made to be as intentionally repulsive as possible. Everything about them is crafted impeccably as to be unlikable as possible. Whether it's Ellie's indignant attitude and lanky, 15-year-old-boy body or Abby killing the main character of the first game and her comically large arms. Every design choice here was made seemingly toI can't imagine how the characters of Ellie and Abby weren't made to be as intentionally repulsive as possible. Everything about them is crafted impeccably as to be unlikable as possible. Whether it's Ellie's indignant attitude and lanky, 15-year-old-boy body or Abby killing the main character of the first game and her comically large arms. Every design choice here was made seemingly to show complete contempt for the player base. It's hard to imagine what Neil Druckmann's intent here was. Why would you kill such a beloved character in such an unceremonious way without any kind of final catharsis?

    And what is up the sex scene? Was Abby born male or not? Why does it look like they are having anal sex? Did Neil make this entire as inside joke and was hoping to ride on controversy? I guess it worked to some extent.

    It's a shame that the game is so repugnant because it seems like the game engine and graphics are very solid, albeit made on system that was outdated even at the time of it's release. I think this game would truly shine on PC or PS5 so that the framerate can really bring out the animations in this game (which are admittedly pretty impressive).

    But as a game that is sold on its story, it's just too awful and offensive to pay the price of admission and the contempt which it shows for its players is enough to warrant it a 3.    … Expand
  25. MohammedAL
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Gameplay is fun, but nothing new. Graphics and music are the best what's offered in the game. Story which is the main part is broken
  26. AngelicSophist
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This game ruined The Last Of Us for me. It took the outdated gameplay loop , polished it a tiny bit more and handed it back to us. Combat only requires spamming square near an enemy with no tactics in play. Ai have nice animations but are still dumb as ever. Staying at areas i've long since vacated. The story is full of plot holes with little to no character development and a horribleThis game ruined The Last Of Us for me. It took the outdated gameplay loop , polished it a tiny bit more and handed it back to us. Combat only requires spamming square near an enemy with no tactics in play. Ai have nice animations but are still dumb as ever. Staying at areas i've long since vacated. The story is full of plot holes with little to no character development and a horrible "sex scene " I say that in quotation marks as it is more of a photorealistic horse mating session. The Characters themselves are not given enough time to develop or show any likeable traits. There is a brutal death in the game not used to add any sadness to the narrative but purely to just shock the player. This game is full of discrepancies and while there is ambition here. ND has made too many failures in execution and plot to call this game a success… Expand
  27. Lcne343
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Terrible story, a real insult to those who fell in love with the first game. They stripped away everything that made the first game incredible. Do not buy.
  28. Shivasen
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story 10/2
    Graphics 10/10
    Gameplay mechanics 10/8
    Soundtrack & Musics 10/9
    Characters (New) 10/6
    TLOU 1 better than this This game disappointment for me    … Expand
  29. Snacker
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't understand. Joel's punishment is being judged. The character who makes the judgment is the same outlaw. So far. I understand. But While controlling such an outlaw to the user, Gimmicks that demand political correctness do not make sense. What do you guys want to say to users?… Expand
  30. JayJay1227
    Jun 24, 2020
    4
    The story is complete garbage. They do not care about their fans. They lied about the trailer, they lied about the leaks, they mistreated their employees with crunch and what comes out? A pile of terrible storytelling, no new gameplay usage.
  31. Rdsss
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Worst script ever written in games history
    Neil screwed one of the best games ever This is a shame for sony 2 years of passion and waiting are gone and wasted on this **** game
    You should sell it for free and wish someone gets it
  32. Cody45
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is just awful I don’t know why you guys did this all it was just not done well I am sorry it needs to be changed How did you think that this was ok for a game I just don’t understand the first game was amazing but this one was just bad maybe you should have not made a sequel and after all that **** ellie did you decide for her to let abby go worst ending ever… Expand
  33. Logan77br
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is technically good, but the producer uses a cowardly tactic of using a successful franchise to impose his political vision. They make a poor revision of the original story that made the franchise successful, trying to generate sympathy for their political "causes" by creating a hate story, with script holes just to justify a bad plot.… Expand
  34. AlphaYatagarasu
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    And here i was thinking that Overwatch's story is bad. I can't believe that it took a team 7 years to make this crap.
  35. KachoFugetsu
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    Good graphics.
    Common game-play.
    BAD STORY.
    Hypocritical media public relations.
    This is not an entertainment product, this is an ongoing disaster.
    The Social Justice Warriors and Political Correctness destroyed this game.
    If we keep silent, The S.J.W. and P.C. will control the whole industry.
  36. GrumpyStump
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    The gameplay, visuals, acting, and music were all incredible. Naughty Dog did it again in these departments and even exceeded the first game in some of these regards. But the story, the keystone that carries the whole franchise on its back is absolutely horrid. The characters don’t act like themselves and all the relationships they’ve created in the first game are thrown out the window. IThe gameplay, visuals, acting, and music were all incredible. Naughty Dog did it again in these departments and even exceeded the first game in some of these regards. But the story, the keystone that carries the whole franchise on its back is absolutely horrid. The characters don’t act like themselves and all the relationships they’ve created in the first game are thrown out the window. I really wanted this to be a 10/10 but the story is dragging the project down to where it can’t be brought back to what made the first installment great. I feel the original story wasn't respected, and the small details and character moments that made that game great are sorely missed. A decent game to play, but hopefully forget.… Expand
  37. Looperted
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Back in 2013, I could not have been more hyped for the original game. At that point there was no game I had anticipated more. And when I played it, I absolutely loved it. The world building and storytelling was great, I developed such an attachment to Joel and Ellie. Seeing the initial conflict between them, with them eventually getting to be like daughter and son. To be honest, I almost cried when Joel fell and got impaled, as I thought he died. I loved the first game so much.

    But for TLOU2, man am I disappointed. The world and detail in the game is great, the facial animations are top tier. The graphics aren't quite as impressive for the time as they were for the first one, but they're still good. However, the trailers and ads for the game were so misleading. They made it look like Joel would play a big part in the story with how often they showed him. But nope, killed off by an angry buff woman with a golf club. The writing and story is just HORRIBLE. And why do we need sex scenes? They add nothing in this game. In the original DLC when Ellie realized she was lesbian, whatever I don't care. They just harped on it a bit much. This entire game is "Subvert your expectations" and its awful. I don't want to spoil the ending, despite how terrible it is. Let's just say the ending will only piss you off more.    … Expand
  38. Bloodyfart
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    The best aspect of its predecessor was the story, it has been completely obliterated on this sequel, you can thank naughty dog for ruining such a once epic franchise, well done ND, WELL DONE...
  39. Ja234
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    10/10 for the graphics... For story though... 2/10, this game is completely ruined for me
  40. Electricky
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This story could have been amazing. Joel's death could have been amazing, even at the hands of Abby. But instead we have somewhat solid gameplay with a terrible, poorly written, and unrealistic story.

    I was very dissapointed.    … Expand
  41. PyePsycho
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    the graphics is amazing very cinematic game like everyone was hoping for but the story is garbage
  42. GabeLogan
    Jul 2, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game does not improve on the gameplay department. 7 years later and we got a story that tries to make you feel bad for not supporting lesbian/trans. it tries too hard to push that agenda. A big disappointment for those of us that waited all these years expecting an improvement but instead we got a game that we wish would have been fine to never have been made in the first place. Characters in the game you don't care about unlike TLOU1. Just a sad game all the way through from beginning to end where as the first game you have some heart felt moments.… Expand
  43. rjm950
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The worst story I ever played, they don’t let us do what we wanted, we prefered ellie than abby… Expand
  44. Henko
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Я ждала эту игру почти 7 лет! Последние 2 года следила за всеми новостями о второй части и такой плевок в лицо по итогу. Сюжет отвратителен, трейлер изменили и вместо ожидаемого путешествия любимых героев мы получаем скучнейшую историю перекаченной недобабы и пустую, как персонажа , Дину. Не знаю какому человеку в голову пришло убить главного героя, который вывозил весь сюжет, да еще и любимую лошадь зачем-то. Но сразу после таких отвратительных поворотов захотелось сломать диск с игрой, как некоторые и поступали, а не проходить ее дальше. Игра не имеет смысла без того тандема, что был в первой части. Новая подружка Элли является лишь болванчиком, не более, привязанности к ней нет никакой. Хоть заменили бы на что-то стоящее, прежде чем ломать то, что есть и все любят. Понятно, что авторы хотели дать Элли цель для мщения, но не такой ценой же. Ту же Дину убить было лучшей идеей. (Объяснило бы мотивацию Элли для мести, а мы бы продолжили наслаждаться тандемом Джоэль+Элли. Итог: продолжение истории отвратительно и пусто настолько, что остальные достоиства игры блекнут на этом фоне. Судя по твитам разработчиков, они на то и рассчитывали: специально заруинили такую игру, чтобы словить хайпа. Спасибо за такое отношение к фанатом игры. Слов нет. (Приличных)… Expand
  45. kimilin
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 一個被「議題」毀滅的遊戲，Neil Drakman請你離開！你已經毀了一切，如果你只想當自己的英雄，請你去參加選舉，別來糟蹋遊戲玩家的時間、金錢和智商。 「滾回家吧~Neil Drakman」(給0分的選項被限制???)… Expand
  46. theprinceofbang
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Sjw propaganda, **** story. Do not buy this game, dont support this ****. I wish I could return the game.
  47. allie_b
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 7 years for this garbage???

    How did this story ever leave the writer’s room? HOW    … Expand
  48. Maksimus42
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    только за графику и детали,о сюжете даже говорить неохото
  49. K3VIN999
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Y es así que gracias a lo políticamente correcto arruinan otro gran juego. Gracias malditas feministas y Neil Transmann
  50. jackc5
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Clear political agenda affected the characters and story, the game is TERRIBLE!
  51. Elconvertido
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Straight up garbage! Hate this game so much, nobody should support ND on this one. They messed up my favorite game of all time
  52. chilldir
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    надеюсь сценаристы прийдут к своему финалу так же как и джоел
  53. Madi5
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This game was disappointing and made just some **** moves to early and made the overall story not so great for the rest of the game and now all i have is a bad experience with good graphics and they don't cancel each other out im just left with a bad taste in my mouth. I'd advise to watch someone play it and l honestly wish i did but now i have a 60$ door stopper so head my Warning.
  54. Knyami95
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. personally that they serve so many nice things in the graphics and others if the story is horrible… Expand
  55. Lkvj1706
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esperar tanto tiempo para llevarse semejante decepción... Todos esperábamos un final más digno para Joel.… Expand
  56. skipperbent
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    The game's story is so bad and WOKE that you'll have to be asleep to find it good. This is how to destroy your franchise - pander to the ideology of the few, but expect everyone to love it.
  57. Pjcost
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    Major disappointment. If you were a big fan of the first one mainly for the story then you will not like this game. The story is abysmal, nonsensical, incoherent, depressing, sadistic, just bad in every way. There are no redeeming qualities here. I will never again purchase another Naughty Dog game on day one. Nor will I put any more faith in critic scores but instead use user scores toMajor disappointment. If you were a big fan of the first one mainly for the story then you will not like this game. The story is abysmal, nonsensical, incoherent, depressing, sadistic, just bad in every way. There are no redeeming qualities here. I will never again purchase another Naughty Dog game on day one. Nor will I put any more faith in critic scores but instead use user scores to aid me in my purchasing decisions. Such a shame to have such great a legacy ruined so thoroughly.… Expand
  58. Saffren
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    Only advice i can give after i end this piece of gameplay,save your money.
    12/10 and 10/10 rating is nonsense.
  59. Longinus77
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Loved the original game, but couldn’t even make it through half of this one. Went online to see how it played out and realized I made the right decision to stop, and the wrong decision to even waste money on it. Why would anyone want to spend time playing characters you absolute hate. And trust me just about every character in this story is unlikeable. ND thought they were being clever,Loved the original game, but couldn’t even make it through half of this one. Went online to see how it played out and realized I made the right decision to stop, and the wrong decision to even waste money on it. Why would anyone want to spend time playing characters you absolute hate. And trust me just about every character in this story is unlikeable. ND thought they were being clever, but forgot the basic requirement is to make a game people actually want to spend time with. I’d whether beat my head with a hammer for an hour because at least that ends quicker then playing this horrible mess of a game. Save your money on this, it isn’t even discount bin worthy.… Expand
  60. PEZE360
    Jun 26, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all; I don't think any game can ever reach a perfect 10 / 10 or 0 / 10. But if one game could get 10 / 10, it most certainly wouldn't be The Last of Us Part 2.Everything has been said already, and the leaks checked out not only to be totally true and descriptive of events and «story», but it doesn't really show how truly horrible and bleak The Last of Us Part 2 really is. After having watched through the whole game, I wouldn't dream of ever playing it. 

    Who did they make it for?

    I REALLY loved the first game, but there's nothing left here but the name of the game and the names of the characters. 
    «WHY?» is the only question I'm left with, or «I don''t understand?» as PewDiePie said. 
    «Kill, loot, kill, loot, boring cut scene, kill, loot, kill, loot, ultra violent cut scene, kill, loot, kill, loot, graphic sex cut scene, kill, loot, kill, loot...» for 25 hours, if you rush it. 
    Naughty Dog spent «at least 100 million $» to make a repetitive, gory, sadistic murder simulator. Without a plot, story, or characters to care about. 

    I give it 4 for graphics, voice acting and gameplay.     … Expand
  61. Teardrp
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    Are you here because of ads and whatever nonsense mainstream media put in their reviews? Well, it's bad they've stop playing the game after 2 hours (which are good 2 hours btw). Because in the next 20 hours devs randomly kill and torture each and every significant character you care about for the sake of stitching together pieces of the "masterpiece" revenge story... Which is actually bitsAre you here because of ads and whatever nonsense mainstream media put in their reviews? Well, it's bad they've stop playing the game after 2 hours (which are good 2 hours btw). Because in the next 20 hours devs randomly kill and torture each and every significant character you care about for the sake of stitching together pieces of the "masterpiece" revenge story... Which is actually bits of obsession (Ellie) or heroism (Abby) mixed with pettiness... And ends with a cliffhanger... And then reboots with a fastforward bullcrap and more killing as if we're not tired anymore. And revenge once again.
    Unfortunately, the sheer amount of drama related to LGBTQ(put more letters cause I don't fckn follow who is who anymore) makes this game immune to criticism in mainstream media. It's not subtle, it's not an optional side story to explore, it's definitely not a psychological dilemma. It is "we know better" one-sided crappy opinion shoved in players' mouths and they have to swallow it. Dare to badmouth it and SJW will gank up on your editor-in-chief and force you, as an author of the review, to leave with a brand on your forehead.
    Feel bad for programmers, artists and environmental designers. Game looks gorgeous, just script-writing makes it unplayable after 2-3 hours.    … Expand
  62. Miguelon89
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    game hace terrible history, the plot is just bad the characters deveolpment is almost non existent
  63. Ishbilir
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Even my 4 years old child can write better story. It is completely garbage. This game killed joel and LAST OF US LEGEND. Don't believe critic review points. Because, if you say garbage to sony's any game, that company doesn't send new game codes anymore. If i had only one chance to give zero point it would be definetaly last of us 2.… Expand
  64. QuarterToDeath
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    O yes, this game is very about hate. Ellie hates Joel, Abby hates Joel, and gamers hate Druckman. How is that possible, you had 7(!) years to develop this game, it could be a **** brilliant, but no, we gonna force gamers to walk through love triangles in Santa-Barbara style, gays, lesbians, transgenders, killing main character, becauss he is white heterosexual man, **** you Druckman, ****O yes, this game is very about hate. Ellie hates Joel, Abby hates Joel, and gamers hate Druckman. How is that possible, you had 7(!) years to develop this game, it could be a **** brilliant, but no, we gonna force gamers to walk through love triangles in Santa-Barbara style, gays, lesbians, transgenders, killing main character, becauss he is white heterosexual man, **** you Druckman, **** you Naughty Dog, I'll never ever buy any game from you and I wish you fast and furious bankruptcy, and personally good luck, for you Druckman, at your new job in McDonald's.… Expand
  65. popo15
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    反正我是不接受，头一次玩儿个游戏觉得这么恶心、愤怒。强行喂翔。最后悔的预购的数字版，实体版还能转手买了……掰碎了也行。死活不让我评分是怎么回事，其他游戏分分钟打分，这个不论等多久、刷新多少遍都提交不上。
  66. Ukrainianman
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    a miserable sight, as developers are trying to please minorities, regardless of the plot. just ruined an awesome story
  67. Tirpitz_
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    gameplay is good,graphic is good and story is s**t...and that , in a story driven game is a big problem
  68. jloness
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    Neil Druckmann wanted his 10 minutes of fame! and he is on twitter laughing at us, saying he broke records more than the first one. this game is everything all of us user reviews are saying, I just finished it, maybe ill take the time to put every single little thing that is wrong with this game after my anger get down, but playing it a cried at the end of impotence, I was wishing so hardNeil Druckmann wanted his 10 minutes of fame! and he is on twitter laughing at us, saying he broke records more than the first one. this game is everything all of us user reviews are saying, I just finished it, maybe ill take the time to put every single little thing that is wrong with this game after my anger get down, but playing it a cried at the end of impotence, I was wishing so hard it wasn't real. is another Ellie everything its other feeling, is like the goal was to destroyed the franchise. we pay to see a franchise butchered... graphics: 10, gameplay: 7, plot: Cero.

    you dont know how many times while playing i was rolling out my eyes so bad it almost pop out.    … Expand
  69. saib0t
    Jun 26, 2020
    4
    I'm happy to let the developer tell a story whatever that may be, it is theirs to tell and I'm happy to go on that journey, trusting that they will do right by the player to tell a story worthy of the trust we put in them. I was sold initially, I thought that The Last of Us Part II would live up to the previous game and improve upon it significantly in both gameplay and story so I stayedI'm happy to let the developer tell a story whatever that may be, it is theirs to tell and I'm happy to go on that journey, trusting that they will do right by the player to tell a story worthy of the trust we put in them. I was sold initially, I thought that The Last of Us Part II would live up to the previous game and improve upon it significantly in both gameplay and story so I stayed away from the rumors, leaks and even trailers so that I could form my own opinion of the game by playing it instead of being influenced by other peoples biases and opinions.

    But after approximately 30 hours of gameplay I have to ask - what story where Naughty Dog trying to tell?

    I was willing to put aside the cruel event near the start set things into motion, disrespectful as it was to the characters that we as players have grown to identify with and have an attachment to, I felt that the decisions made by a character in the first game; not to mention the unpredictability of the world they live in caused the events of the second game to take place but that same characters' actions were also the catalyst for the overarching theme behind setting both of the primary protagonists down a similar path. That theme was vengeance, or so I thought and this is why I ask - what story were Naughty Dog trying to tell?

    From the beginning of the game and throughout, the characters that the player already identifies with and has some emotional attachment to, feed the players with a lust for revenge but when you, playing as Elly are finally standing in front of the people she has sworn to kill she is held back by her creators (by which I mean Naughty Dog) which means that we as the player can't help but feel deprived of any real satisfaction and the journey of vengeance that we were sold on and coaxed into just results in frustration and anger for the player at the inability to take any meaningful action. There is no satisfaction to be had, no outcome where the person sitting in front of the TV feels any less angry at how these interactions play out. The closest thing to what we as the player expected is probably the Nora event and even that tried to blueball us.

    And it just goes on from there, knowing that at crucial moments, the game takes the control out of your hands and at a certain point you may as well watching a movie because the player feels completely powerless.

    The other half of this is Naughty Dog providing us context in the form of the other primary Protagonist, Abby by providing perspective and her backstory. I can only assume they did this because they wanted us, the player to empathize with her on some level. Props to Naughty Dog for the attempt but her story should've been nutshelled because putting the player in her shoes for half the game in a bid flesh out her story to get us to identify with her or forgive her in some way or even understand her actions didn't pan out. She felt 2 dimensional. She's a human, she has emotions and feelings and a personality but where was any of that? It needed to be expressed in some way but that never really happened. Everyone has a story, everyone has their reasons for doing the terrible things they've done and none of that matters because in their world people live and die and bad situations are waiting around every corner. That is their reality. So again, while I let that crucial and cruel event at the start of the game go, why was Abby's story necessary? I didn't relate to her any more at the end of the game than I did at the start, it changed nothing and added nothing and to be brutally honest, Abby's story felt like a waste of time, it felt like a story that didn't need to be told at least in half a game.

    Why a score of 4? I didn't have any particular issues with gameplay or mechanics although some non rope throwing or ladder moving puzzles would've been welcome while exploring the game world. So this game based off of the graphics, audio, immersion, collectibles and effort put into the game to make it feel special would've earned it at least an 8 or 9 right? The last of us had one crucial ingredient in it and that was its story. It held everything else together and I could look past any niggles I had with any aspect of the game BECAUSE OF THE STORY. I absolutely adored the few interactions between Elly and Joel in this game, they were wonderful and I wanted more of that but instead we had a weird clown gun taped to our hands and when we pull the trigger it would fire bullets and kill as many of the inconsequential enemies infected and human alike but when it came time to pull the trigger against the real antagonists, from the players perspective a depressing dribble of water would come out instead.    … Expand
  70. wyndir
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    Graphic very good. Story flat and in some parts nonsense how the Charakter behave and the choices they made. Trailer with false Material. Beginning and End of the Game unlogic and just out of place. Like its another Studio that don't feel the Charakters from Part 1.
  71. markj
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    Nice gameplay, Nice art. Poor storytelling. It was an uncomfortable experience because the game forced me to like Abby. I understand she had her own reason, but the way of storytelling ruined my experience.
  72. GrafZeppelin
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    The weakest story i have seen so far the last year. Just 18 Long hours of modern days politics and publicity.. Paid money to see that propaganda, hell no!
  73. unpollo95
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    even without good graphics and decent gameplay, the experience was ruined by the story, deception, and lies. They tried to force their opinion instead of making you think about the plot of the game.
    The first one was focused on 2 characters and tell the story about what love and loss is.
    I see the second like trying to build something on the corpse of the one you loved, forcing you to    even without good graphics and decent gameplay, the experience was ruined by the story, deception, and lies. They tried to force their opinion instead of making you think about the plot of the game.
    The first one was focused on 2 characters and tell the story about what love and loss is.
    I see the second like trying to build something on the corpse of the one you loved, forcing you to play the murderer. I imagine the company created this game like spitting on the person who taught me what love and loss is, one of the valuable lessons I didn't learn from my parents. I will never forgive them because of this.    … Expand
  74. luciDream
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    The in-game physics and graphics make it a good game without doubt. But the terrible narratives and plots in this sequel totally ruined . The more deep you love TLoU, the more disgust and abomination you will experience playing-through TLoU2.
  75. antifa322
    Jun 26, 2020
    4
    TLOU2 is for video games what the "The Last Jedi" was for the Star Wars lore.

    Everything you knew, everything you loved so far, gets destroyed sadistically, and without a believable purpose just to force an "inclusion"message, and other social agenda bs down gamers throats. This is supported by the fact that in key moments the player has no means of choice or reaction as they cannot    TLOU2 is for video games what the "The Last Jedi" was for the Star Wars lore.

    Everything you knew, everything you loved so far, gets destroyed sadistically, and without a believable purpose just to force an "inclusion"message, and other social agenda bs down gamers throats.
    This is supported by the fact that in key moments the player has no means of choice or reaction as they cannot follow another approach other than the pre-determined narrative = social agenda.

    Now, for those not interested in the story, yes the graphics in part 2 are amazing no doubt, the sound is awesome,UI works well and everything from a technical perspective is well polished, but it is the story that made the first part an epic example of solid storytelling in gaming history. Unfortunately TLOU2 is a letdown.    … Expand
  76. sweetcatto
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 7 years we have waited for this sequel and there have been through those 7 years a lot "Stolpersteine" like unethical crunch times, drivin creative employees aways simply because they had their own mind and finally those leaks by employees.

    Thats what happens when you let a not a bit creative talented biased activist taking over a well established brand. its sets it on fire till there is nothing left but ashes.

    i had hope this game may become one of the best games so far but as the leaks showed up i tried whatever i could to avaid them but yeah its the internet and when i got some of it there was little hope left for me that it may be out of context.

    oh boy when i reached that moment when they killed Joel in a crude and twisted way on top of that as a last act of progressive and truely neil cockmann artistic style made them spit on his remaining with the words: "burn in hell pendejo" while you have to had to play that exact same man/woman "cant quite tell about abbys gender so i call it "it" most of the secound part. Joel was so out of his role, that man that survived so long simply because being cautious and never trusting stranger, just gives all informations to a bunch of stranger which then buchered him.

    not enough? i was already massivly frustrated and the next shock, that sex with abby which could be based on Greta Thunberg, had almost to throw up my lunch.

    graphic 6/10

    gameplay 3/10

    story 0/10

    total =2/10    … Expand
  77. ps4gamerr
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    Huge dissappointment. Developers tryin to be woke and shoved in my face. Didnt even get half way through.
  78. Chedro
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Im gonna compare this to a Xbox exclusive so you can have an idea what im talking about.
    I remember playing halo 5 and being like, the story is bad but gameplay is awesome and some part of the story, well i enjoyed them overall an 7.5 for me

    this game graphically is good but storytelling just sucks, worst thing i have seen in quite a while.
    Hope this is remembered as one of the worst games ever.    … Expand
  79. reaver1138
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLDR: Gameplay is fun, it's the last of us but better, story is hot garbage, nihilistic, full of cliches and "how convenient" moments. 4/10, gave it a 0 because of the positive review bombing it's getting. Game is not a 10, but that's all of the positive reviews. if you want a longer more thought out explanation of my thoughts, watch upper echelon gamings review on this, matches me pretty well, can't link apparently.

    For hardcore fans of the first game, do yourself a favor and give this a pass. I played through the first "the last of us" 4 or 5 times over the years and have no intention of going back to this one. I'll make a list of pros and cons but in short, gameplay is fun as ever, expanded stealth mechanics and melee made the game much more engaging and fun. That being said, the plot was some of the most contrived cliche horse dung I've had the displeasure of playing, and that's saying something considering the first game had it's fair share of unbelievable moments. And this isn't me griping about X or Y character died, or didn't die etc, I actually wound up liking the ending more than I thought I was going to half way through the game, but the story was just tiring by the end of it, and i just wanted it to be over. Literally I took a two day break from playing and forced myself to finish it, just so I got to experience how it ended rather than read it. They GoT season 8'd this one.

    Pros:
    Stealth is much more engaging, being able to go prone and hide in grass, crawl under obstacles was a welcome change.

    Some added mechanics made gun fights and running from enemies more entertaining like squeezing through cracks in the walls. (though some seem like they could have just been cut. The removing the arrow thing they showed off in trailers? I actually had to do this a whopping 3 times the whole game) Some weapons get new ammo types, you can make a suppressor for your pistol etc.

    The game is gorgeous as expected, creeping through dark infested areas were as tense as ever, and getting a good view of an area is awesome.

    Added some new enemies, good and bad, stealth infected, heavy melee wielding humans, and they all feel mostly organic ( i like that they call out a name if someone dies or they find a body, but how many Amir's and Skylar's can there really be?)

    Cons:
    (first off spoilers) Story is the big one here. Characters do things that just do not make sense, even for naughty dog touting that they want to make characters act like people and not characters( maybe it wasn't naughty dog that said this but still) People just happen to be the perfect place, some fights make no sense at all, when abby has to fight ellie, the fact she doesn't get obliterated by the girl who still has all her weapons on her, and is known for traps and stealth is astounding. Truly. Tommy is shot in the head but alive?? Looks like they were going for "oh it went out his eye" Yeah and Jesse got blasted in the eye and he's toasted. Nonsense.

    End Spoilers

    Enemies: while some of the new ones are refreshing, some of them just get tiring, the big heavy melee guys I mentioned, should not be able to take multiple shots to the chest from a hunting rifle, just because they're big. You've got a punctured lung, shot in the gut, a bullet lodged in your sternum, plus a few more holes that missed vitals, but that's still a lot of blood. You're not infected, so you're not superman, just go down my man.

    Marketing, which I can only describe as deceitful, I'll try to avoid spoilers, and this kind of ties back to the story. A big character is dead, early on, but they released trailers, one in particular where they are clearly alive, and with ellie after she sets off. But, when you get to that moment, they just swapped them for a different character. I get trying to avoid reveals in trailers, but that's nothing but trying to deceive and build hype for the game. Additionally, I had no idea there would be a character swap in this game, never had I seen any indication of this. And besides that, it's like they went out of their way to make this other character dislikable, but still force you to see their part implying "see? They have struggles too, they have people they love too, they're the same!" Or some **** and to that I say F**k off. The first scenes of the game make it clear how that character will behave, and we're supposed to feel sorry for them or something? Give me a break. This isn't game of thrones, and even if it was, did anyone feel sorry for Cersei?

    Flashbacks: Oh my lord, not much to say here other than please, for the love of god, stop with the flashbacks. I would have enjoyed this game a lot more, if they had just told the story in order. And that would have reframed a lot of the conflict of the game rather than just be told later "oh see this? They were a kid too!" No **** naughty dog.

    In short. Their themes all fall flat due to weak manipulation attempts and plot contrivances.    … Expand
  80. HeadlessBlonde
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    Though the graphics and controls are good what makes this game so unbearable is the narrative and the characters interaction with it. The "Last of us" as a franchise is heavily story driven and focuses on character development. The first game smashes this out of the park, however, part 2 seems to abandon the progress that was made with the characters from the first game and diminish theThough the graphics and controls are good what makes this game so unbearable is the narrative and the characters interaction with it. The "Last of us" as a franchise is heavily story driven and focuses on character development. The first game smashes this out of the park, however, part 2 seems to abandon the progress that was made with the characters from the first game and diminish the integrity of the characters, and forces you to play as a character you just don't like. Part 1 was a masterpiece with it's character creation, development, and interaction with one another, I don't understand why they abandoned that process which clearly worked. If you never played part 1 then I can imagine none of this would be an issue but for those who have, it is clearly an issue.… Expand
  81. Joaovalente300
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Infelizmente queria ter dado 10 !! porém este jogo estragou de diversas formas minhas experiência, principalmente com uma narrativa fraca, sem objetivo, Perdida e com pouco sentido. Mataram o protagonista dessa história e ainda obrigaram a ter que aceitar jogar metade do jogo com a assassina dele. TLOU 1 foi o melhor jogo da minha vida, TLOU 2 manchou tudo que eu amei no primeiro. Por sorte que a gameplay salvou este jogo de um zero.… Expand
  82. jKherty
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    Worst game I've ever played. The gameplay is awful, the story is boring and cliché. tl;dr, really the worst game I've ever played.
  83. Nixxon
    Jul 24, 2020
    4
    I went into the game with only knowing of " the main spoiler " ( i hate golf ) which was leaked, I avoided everything else about the game luckily. I felt that helped my anxiety of playing not knowing when and enhanced my experience overall. As the game went on I started losing interest in the story, characters and the mid way point it felt a chore to carry on. The game made me put down theI went into the game with only knowing of " the main spoiler " ( i hate golf ) which was leaked, I avoided everything else about the game luckily. I felt that helped my anxiety of playing not knowing when and enhanced my experience overall. As the game went on I started losing interest in the story, characters and the mid way point it felt a chore to carry on. The game made me put down the controller soon after halfway and I never had any interest to pick it back up. Not for me. 4/10. But hey, it looks and sounds good..... But thats about it. Average game.… Expand
  84. Viniprud_cf
    Oct 7, 2020
    0
    Naught Dog managed to ruin a great game. Bad storyline, terrible characters, no positive point saves this game from disaster.
    If you don't want to spoil the good impressions of the first part of TLOU don't play this crap.
  85. MrSaberDZ
    Apr 8, 2022
    0
    Agenda = 0

    Propaganda = 0

    What a Dumb decision to make,This is unacceptable.
  86. Anchor99
    Apr 7, 2022
    0
    Gameplay repetitive, forced a terrible story... Obviously tried to be shocking... Came across as soon stupid though.
  87. HassanS
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is not a 0 or 10 rating game. It depends on your style. I'm single-player focused. I play games for their visuals/atmosphere, play style, and most important storytelling.
    On visuals/atmosphere this game is phenomenal. One of the top in this gaming generation. Respect on that front.
    On play style, the game style is interesting at first but reverts to stealth kills or smashing square in most cases This gets boring very fast. Replayability is out the window. Its a one and done if you can get through it.
    On the story side, this is where the discussion starts.
    Whenever a game has to force a character out of character to make the story go forward, I lose interest. Whenever events don't make sense, I lose interest. Let me say, I lost interest big time.
    Normally I don't review games, however, this mess of a storyline compelled me, specifically because of all the hyped 95-100 reviews by critics (hacks).
    Say we keep the events as is, the method of telling the story is massively mistaken. Had the game started with Abby's story, her emotional turmoil of losing her father, her hunt of Joel leading to killing him, then switching to the story from Ellie's side, I might have been inclined to appreciate her point of view.
    However, seeing Abby killing Joel, then switching to her side, there is no chance of me liking her. Whether I play 10 hours or 50 hours. I've already made my mind.
    Forcing me to kill a dog, then reprimanding me after the fact, by forcing me to feel guilty, cheap storytelling tricks.
    Killing 50+ humans, then feeling bad cause the last human I killed was pregnant. How does that make sense?
    Killing every human in sight, then stopping at the last one, suddenly makes things ok?
    Leaving a great life, to go kill someone. Killing everything in your path, then letting them go? It is soo out of character that it feels extremely shoehorned. The character of Ellie acts 2 dimensional in such an unrealistic way that it doesn't feel real.
    It makes me think of Season 1 of Arrow, where Arrow kills 30+ bodyguards, but only wounds the leader. Why is this 1 person more important than the other 30 I've brutally beaten/murdered?
    In my opinion, the story was deliberately set in a way to mess with people, for pure shock value thinking this is great storytelling.
    TLOU 1 was a great story, it built characters, built attachments, made me care about 2 fictional characters. It made me like Ellie and Joel so much, that I didn't care that Joel's choice stripped humanity of a possible cure. Screw the cure, I like these 2 characters and their interaction. That's powerful storytelling and character-building!
    TLOU2 did nothing for the characters. Beyond Ellie, who I liked cause of the 1st game, there is not a single character that made an impact on me. Sadly enough, had I known Ellie from TLOU2 only, I'm sure I wouldn't have liked her either. Her actions are incoherent and give no closure.
    This is where my scoring of the game goes to a 3.
    No character attachments.
    I won't remember this game positively.
    If someone mentions this game to me, I'll advise them not to play it.
    Sad to see a game with such great potential being wasted for mere shock value and cheap storytelling tricks.
    Great storytelling will make a game live forever. Nice graphics won't. I'd play a remastered TLOU1 anytime, there is absolutely no way I'd play a remastered TLOU2 at any stage.    … Expand
  88. Ib2deadly
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    The gameplay was mind-numbing dull. The story was meh. The game was seemingly trying too hard, and it looks like the developer forgot that games are better when they are FUN.
  89. GABRIEL1030
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. .....this game es garbage, pure political garbage......what are you doing Sony?… Expand
  90. jakool998
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    To be honest, this game have some pretty cool moment. But it also have boring gameplay, sjw bull crap, some shady practice by the devs to limit criticism (dmca abuse, deleting bad review, stealing from artist).
    If you wanna try it for yourself, I recommend renting or buying this game used so naughty dog don’t get paid...
  91. Kritos
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. welches dramaturgische Potenzial in Spielen steckt, welche emotionale Identifikation über… Expand
  92. mike299
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    Excellent graphics and music, average gameplay, terrible terrible story and characters. It will leave you a foul taste at the end rather a good one :(
  93. ballistic
    Sep 3, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played the first part through in the lead up to this release. It was the fourth time I've played it through and I thought I'd overdone it by playing it again but I was blown away by the pacing and story telling yet again. It is easily the best story game ever made, even now.

    Any chance of this game succeeding ended immediately when Joel was killed. The original game is basic copy of Die Hard: an extremlely determined tough guy (with the help of Ellie) overcomes enormous odds to deliver a young girl to a hospital to save the world. That's pure entertainment.

    The sequel to this game would be to do something similar. That's the expectation people have for a sequel. Somebody needs to tell Naughty Dog this. What we have here it the equivalent of John McClane taking a bullet in the first 5 minutes of Die Hard 2 and his wife going on a rampage through the streets of New York killing every single person just to get to the one bad dude who killed McClane. After 20 hours you flip to play Hans Gruber for a further 20 hours and by the end you love Hans Gruber and hate John McClane. Yep, that's the story in a nutshell. And yes, it fails miserably.

    Postitives
    - The best visual design and graphics I've seen in a game
    - Incredible motion capture
    - Set-pieces. There's some really cool events that really keep you on your toes.
    - Flash backs to earlier times. It reminds you why you loved the first game, but makes me sad that they still had the skills to make a great sequel but chose not to.

    Negatives
    - Narrative. It's long, slow and dumb. They try to convince you that one or the other character is good, the short of it is that you're falling and out of love with mass murdering psychopaths. The game is meant to be cheese, if you take it seriously as a form of art then you're sympathising with murderers.
    - Characters. They're unlikeable and miserable.
    - Art Direction. Ellie and Joel have become considerably uglier, is there some kind of new virus making people ugly?
    - Length. It's 4 times longer than it should have been. This game could have been released years ago had someone looked up the definition of "editing". I feel sorry for the software developers who spent years of their lives meticulously crafting abandoned environments, they did a fantastic job. It's such a shame they were let down by the top man.
    - The new "dodge" mechanism. It doesn't work properly, you still get hit even when dodging. The directions for how to use it are misleading. It's utterly infuriating to fight characters using it. I punched my controller into a chair in frustration while repeatedly dying from it. I haven't done this since I was a teenager (which was a long time ago). I wasn't expecting this shoddiness.
    - FPS. It has frame rate issues (on the standard console version). This isn't something I recall seeing in a Naughty Dog game, and it's just sloppy. It breaks the 4th wall everytime it happens and it destroys the immersion.
    - Gameplay. The game is too difficult in Normal mode, I died probably 100 times in the playthrough. When you do succeed it feels like a fluke. The guitar feature is trash, how can I play a guitar skilfully with one big dumb ass button?

    This game teaches a good moral lesson. Don't pre-order games!
    This game isn't enjoyable. Please cannon this story or move on to something else ND!    … Expand
  94. harinder1827
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Worst Story...fk Naughty Dog...fk Neil...no revenge....after Joles torture, Ellie lose her fingers to fking Abby
  95. SebbyMak
    Jul 18, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review contains spoilers. The Last of Us 2 is a true testament to how not to make a sequel for a game. While gameplay received better animations and such, it mostly remained the exact same and becomes monotonous and predictable over the 25+ hour story. While it’s not bad, you'd hope for a much bigger upgrade or overhaul of crafting and other gameplay mechanics, but many remained completely untouched. But the gameplay isn’t what causes this game to be a failure in my opinion, because that’s not what people really play TLOU for anyways. People play for the characters and story, which is nothing short of disappointing and misguided in this game. The utter lack of respect toward previous or even new characters prevents the player from getting invested in them, and the game fails to utilize the one relationship the player was already invested in going into the game. Instead they demolish that relationship, and never really show it getting back to anything of what it used to be. Most other characters in this game are stagnant and replaceable, and while they have good performances, fail to make me care about them in a meaningful way. That is, until they get brutally murdered on a quest for revenge. By the end of the game I was so numb to violence nothing shocked me anymore, and I’m not sure what the game was even trying to say through all this violence and misery. What I do know is that I feel devastated for Ellie and deep hatred for another character. I truly hope Naughty Dog lets this franchise die in the pit they dug for it. I absolutely loved the first game, but this train wreck wants me to feel depressed for nothing. Some of the lessons it tries to teach seem so stupidly simple I asked myself if I was even hearing it right. All I can hear now is the ringing in my ears after listening to one of my favorite games get pillaged and massacred in the name of “Subverted Expectations”. Do not recommend.… Expand
  96. madFlasher
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Gameplay mechanics are great - enemies behave so naturally!
    Graphics is absolutely awesome for currentGen!

    But please, stop pushing this SJW propaganda everywhere. I'm from Russia, I don't event want to know your political preferences, I just wanna explore post apocalyptic world, not all this sh*t.

    So, only 2 for now because of propaganda...
  97. Kenshinzen
    Jun 25, 2020
    4
    TLOU was a game about humanity, TLOU2 is just torture porn with badly written characters.
  98. e0068
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    The story is garbage, characters are empty, and the gameplay feels a decade old. Graphics are nice. Senseless and hateful
  99. GsusxChrist
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I decided to create an account just to review this game specifically. The divide between "professional" video game critics and your "typical" gamer is appaling and surreal. That's right, I'm looking at you IGN, AGAIN. Why in the world are the ratings so polarized? Are big video game critics afraid to go against a "progressive" game that make use of "non-traditional" protagonist in fear that they will trigger some media outrage? I am convinced big video game critics are pressured into a biased approach which unfortunately renders them useless. People don't trust big companies like IGN for video game reviews.

    On a good note, the acting/voice acting was good. The technical aspect of the game was good as well. The art behind the game was amazing and stunning. Unfortunately, people don't usually play video game to stare at the amazing decor.

    On a bad note, the game's story literally makes no sense. I have no idea what the writers behind this story were thinking. I don't give a damn about the fact that the game really tried to push this "SJW" ideology onto the player. Gay, trans, lesbian, man, woman, deer, I don't care what the character identify as. It's all fine by me and its probably the case for the vast majority of players. A lot of response to this well deserve criticism will obviously be brushed off as "trans hate, LGBTQ hate, etc". That's not the case. The story was utterly butchered to the point where I didn't care anymore. The last 2 hours of the game are useless and kill the game. Even if the story was trash, It should have ended at an OBVIOUS point but it didn't. I dont understand why you guys tried to push it that far again. It didnt have to go there and it was obvious. On top of the bad story, the story telling was so disorienting. After playing as the 2nd protagonist for multiple hours, you enter a state of mind where you don't even care about the main storyline. I get what you tried to do but it practically did not work.

    Anyways, I'm going to stop here and give it a 4 out of 10 out of pity for the technical and artistic team because they actually did theyre job properly unlike others. Try focusing on a good organic storyline like you did in the first game and the rest will follow through.    … Expand
  100. TheSpitfire
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay is fine but repetetive, the exploration is nice and the graphics are fantastic. HOWEVER, fans love the first game for it's amazing characters and well told story... none of that is in this game. Graphics are 10, gameplay is a 6 but the story is a big fat Zero.… Expand
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Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
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  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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