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  1. Aug 31, 2022
    0
    Worst story ever, nonsense, weak, disgusting, not worth playing at all. Trying to make “deep” story dosn't mean you have to rely on nonsense events.
    Not well written at all! Hope Neil Drakman giveup writing stories which are sucks.
  2. Sep 3, 2022
    0
    This was a let down. they chose to scrap their beloved charters in exchange for a new one that wasn’t interesting or likable at all. I understand that Joel had to die but they way they sent him off just seemed like the new director personally hated the character and everything the franchise stood for. I really wish Matthew stayed on to direct this one cus more love and care probablyThis was a let down. they chose to scrap their beloved charters in exchange for a new one that wasn’t interesting or likable at all. I understand that Joel had to die but they way they sent him off just seemed like the new director personally hated the character and everything the franchise stood for. I really wish Matthew stayed on to direct this one cus more love and care probably would’ve went in to the charters including abby. her character development was rushed and the pacing didn’t really allow most people playing the game to sympathize with her character because of the way the beginning of the game was setup. had they let you choose to kill her most people would’ve because you frame the game as a revenge story. despite the constant flashbacks and bs sex scenes the game tries to throw at you to like her you feel nothing for the character only anger and confusion. Neil thinks sex is a good way to get sympathy from a female lead and that isn’t true all you need is good writing a characters, something that Matthew knew a lot about. I’m so glad I waited until this game was free to play it I’m sorry for any one who spent their money and was disappointed. Expand
  3. Sep 4, 2022
    0
    Unplayable stinking turd of forced wokeness and shame on you Naughty dog forcing a war on new medium as tv and movies wasnt enough.We got to be brainwashed by political agends even in games.
  4. Sep 4, 2022
    0
    **** you you killed the lou!!ababbaabababbabaababsasbasbasasasadsadsadsadsadsa
  5. Sep 4, 2022
    0
    No matter how beautiful the game looks or how immersive the gameplay is, if you dont have a good story it all goes to waste, but here they not only made an awful story, they disrespected the characters that made us like the first game and our intelligence saying the story is "Deep", a Bad Story is Bad PERIOD
  6. Sep 5, 2022
    0
    Muito hype pra pouca merda, jogo superestimado demais. Jogo é uma completa agenda progressista, só ganhos essa quantidade de prêmios porque alguns foram comprados e outros porque cumpriu com a agenda de merda. Esse jogo nunca devia ter saído do primeiro
  7. Nov 3, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Killing of Joe at the begining of the game just to move the plot with a vengeance is a retard level move. Expand
  8. Dec 15, 2022
    0
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  9. Jan 1, 2023
    0
    This is the first time I wish the company made this **** just disappear in the world. Naughty Dog should close their company, release their world’s best game engineers from the torment of making a good game for the ****test plot in human history. Neil/Nil or whatever bull**** you called, congrats, you succeed, you hated those who bought the Last of Us back in 2013 so much, that you had toThis is the first time I wish the company made this **** just disappear in the world. Naughty Dog should close their company, release their world’s best game engineers from the torment of making a good game for the ****test plot in human history. Neil/Nil or whatever bull**** you called, congrats, you succeed, you hated those who bought the Last of Us back in 2013 so much, that you had to torture us all with your ****y plot. You did it!!! You brutally tortured every single one who loved the Last of Us. Expand
  10. Jan 9, 2023
    0
    It looks like a mix between a soap-opera, a teen drama, a homosexual film ... all seasoned with some zombies ... a really bad and meaningless story.
  11. Jan 12, 2023
    0
    I think The Last of Us Part II is a good game. People tend to expect this game to be exactly the same as part I, but they are wrong, this is a game that teaches us, just like some movies or TV shows, that real monsters are human and not zombies or infected if you want to call them that.
  12. Jun 1, 2023
    3
    Stupid Story and stupid Figures
    Npc Recycling
    Gameplay okay but outdatet
    Graphic is good
    Sound Design is good too
  13. Feb 1, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This feels like it was written for people who hate the original Characters. The concept and moral behind the story is interesting but I feel the writer underestimated just how much people love Joel and Ellie. Killing Joel like that might be forgivable but forcing you to play as his killer and trying desperately to make you like her is just gross. I quit playing after watching she hulk pummel Ellie in the face. Thats MY Ellie! I seriously wanted Abbie to die in a fire. If you love the first game then maybe just pretend this game doesn't exist. Expand
  14. Feb 1, 2023
    2
    This game is disgusting and really frustrating! It's not possible to make a piece of art and a piece of propaganda at the same time, that's the only achievement of it...
    I can't believe how they got rid of the main character of the first game in less than 2 hours, and 7 years for this, the game was carried away by the inclusion.
  15. Apr 23, 2023
    2
    Just replayed The Last of Us 1, better than I remembered. I wrote a review on MC and gave it a 10, I'm giving this game a 2. It's only getting a 2 for graphics and gameplay polish

    I've written several paragraph-long rants on why this is a broken story, I'm not gonna do that here. If I could describe this game in one word, it's this: Disrepectful. It disrespects the original story,
    Just replayed The Last of Us 1, better than I remembered. I wrote a review on MC and gave it a 10, I'm giving this game a 2. It's only getting a 2 for graphics and gameplay polish

    I've written several paragraph-long rants on why this is a broken story, I'm not gonna do that here. If I could describe this game in one word, it's this: Disrepectful.

    It disrespects the original story, its characters, and its fans. There are several plot holes but people circlejerk the brand so hard that they just overlook them. I'm a huge PS fan, I'm a huge fan of Last of Us 1, but I can't just lie to myself and say this was a good sequel. I think a 5.8 user score is too high, deserves a 2 or 3 imo
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  16. Jun 25, 2020
    1
    gameplay and graphics are good but the story and characters .... its trash/garbage ! abby character is terrible game force you to play half of the game as that freak on steroid ! female like that would NEVER have exist in word like that no food people eating other people and she looks more buff then Kraots WTF ?!!!! Jole is NOBODY in this game Druckmann spit on him literally andgameplay and graphics are good but the story and characters .... its trash/garbage ! abby character is terrible game force you to play half of the game as that freak on steroid ! female like that would NEVER have exist in word like that no food people eating other people and she looks more buff then Kraots WTF ?!!!! Jole is NOBODY in this game Druckmann spit on him literally and figuratively ! he hate Joel thats why he murder him that way ! lgbtq and sj psycho propaganda ! lazy writing like bigot sandwiches or who are you ? guess ! WTF ! Halley Gross one of the writers say in an interview "the thing that Neal care about is honoring Ellie and Joel specifically and their journey together" lies after lies and false advertising ! the ending is even more terrible ! but NOTHING is more disturbing than abby sex scene.... beyond disgusting ! 7 years for NOTHING ! Expand
  17. Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Why oh why on earth would u ever want to do that to us!! I mean the visuals and audio are definitely one the best ou there, but damn it is that much how u hate you're own characters? and what is wrong with the charcter design i couldn't assume the gender of pretty much half the characters involved in the storyline and especially abby!
    Now I'm scared **** to ask if there's tlou3
  18. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    I have long been waiting for this game, continued. By pre-ordering, I decided to support the developers, because they promised a lot. I realized that I was deceived. the game is not worth the money. I have almost no gameplay, this was the most important aspect in my opinion. in general, this is an open hack from the developers. I am even very disappointed. I will never buy the Naughty DogI have long been waiting for this game, continued. By pre-ordering, I decided to support the developers, because they promised a lot. I realized that I was deceived. the game is not worth the money. I have almost no gameplay, this was the most important aspect in my opinion. in general, this is an open hack from the developers. I am even very disappointed. I will never buy the Naughty Dog game again. But if they add multiplayer, then I will forgive them everything. But I doubt that they will do it. Expand
  19. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    I don't even know where to start. The good things: same game-play, landscapes and nice graphics. That's it.
    Such an awful, lazy, nasty develop of characters. Abby is just one attempt to include a minority just because, and I don't have anything against the Trans community, but it seems that you didn't even had the first game as reference. This is the final act of an astonishing story, and
    I don't even know where to start. The good things: same game-play, landscapes and nice graphics. That's it.
    Such an awful, lazy, nasty develop of characters. Abby is just one attempt to include a minority just because, and I don't have anything against the Trans community, but it seems that you didn't even had the first game as reference. This is the final act of an astonishing story, and you blew it up in the worst way possible.
    What people wanted about this game was the story of two of the most beloved characters in video games, their relation and the steaks they have to endure to survive, together or alone, and just introduce some person to hunt them down and kill them, and even worse, forced the players to play as him.
    I can't imagine how much you payed reviewers to leave a good one.

    Awful game, awful experience.

    Shame on you, naughty Dog.
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  20. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    druckerman has substituted everything you'd expect from a naughty dog narrative for a politically driven social commentary, which he was unable to embed seamlessly into an engaging story, resulting in a hollow virtue signalling disappointment.
  21. Jun 23, 2020
    1
    Quite possibly the worst game released this year. Dreadful linear and repetitive game play with no variation. Terrible story and characters.
  22. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How can you make almost every media lie? It's more wise to spend $60 on a real dog. Expand
  23. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    The story drags like a dachshunds balls.
    The game kicks you in the genitals repeatedly, and gives little payoff. Perfect for Dark Souls fans that suck at the game or in other words total masochists.
    The visuals are good, but far from revolutionary. The game-play mechanics are basically the same as the first game. Not worth the time let alone the price, unless you're a masochistic
    The story drags like a dachshunds balls.
    The game kicks you in the genitals repeatedly, and gives little payoff. Perfect for Dark Souls fans that suck at the game or in other words total masochists.
    The visuals are good, but far from revolutionary.
    The game-play mechanics are basically the same as the first game.
    Not worth the time let alone the price, unless you're a masochistic completionist. Although even then, you could just watch the cut-scenes on YouTube if you must know what happens.
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  24. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    They just scrap the one thing that we want in this game. And poor writing to one of the best characters in gaming all time. Please don't put politics on game.
  25. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The worst case scenario at how you can destroy a perfect game. This sequel is a shame for the first title. Too bad. I cry for the amount that I pay. Never again pre-order for ANYTHING!!!
  26. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    How in the hell did naughty dog mess this up, the critics have once again proven that they are entirely unreliable. People have been waiting for ages for this game just to be met with this. The biggest factor that makes it bad is the bloody story, the only thing that is good is the graphics but the negatives heavily (I MEAN HEAVILY) outweigh the positives, nothing innovative here. PleaseHow in the hell did naughty dog mess this up, the critics have once again proven that they are entirely unreliable. People have been waiting for ages for this game just to be met with this. The biggest factor that makes it bad is the bloody story, the only thing that is good is the graphics but the negatives heavily (I MEAN HEAVILY) outweigh the positives, nothing innovative here. Please save your money and spend it on a good game or something else entirely. Also the leaks were right too, no big surprise there. How in the hell are these critic reviews not paid. If its not that it just shows me how SJW and woke they are overall. Expect them to downplay the user reviews. Expand
  27. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. last of us 2 writen from tommy wiseau developed from naughty doggystyle!ohh hi mark how about your sex life?if you wanna a cringe fest this is your game.i know some fans and the fake famous media will be annoyed trying to give positive reviews with bots, but guys please show to them that they cant control us or destroy our beloved videogames.you have to give negative reviews in order to learn whos the boss here, cause we are the boss we consume their work with our money they cant make us pay for their agendas or cheat us anymore! be strong guys and stay away from this cringe monstrosity with outdated controls. Expand
  28. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Rubbish. Next time Naughty Dog should think about what gamers want as they're the ones buying the game.
  29. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Beautiful but bleak an some really questionable actions and scenes!
    For amount of gameplay... price is iffy takes what they built in the first game an wipes the board clean!
  30. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    An insult to fans of the first game. This game is giant **** joke. Expectations subverted indeed.
  31. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Не понравился сюжет, не доработанные персонажи Expand
  32. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Never have I made a account just to rate something. Except Yelp.
    Game was good starting off out as Ellie. Then that fken scene in the Mansion ruin everything I felt for the game. Took away feelings I grew for the first game. I hope everyone stands up and voices their frustration to Sony and Naughty Dog. Pushing their ideas on to others. We want to enjoy a game. Not be upset towards the makers of it. Just very upsetting.

    What was the point of the trailer when it was first revealed? Joel was alive and Ellie was looking for revenge. Why take him away so easily.
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  33. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    **** PC, **** Story, **** Ending, This is a betrayal of previous series and fans.
  34. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Absolute **** trash, wanted to play a nice survival game, got a golf simulator.
  35. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Metacritic removed my last review for this and won't let me copy/paste the old one. Oml. So basically Naughty Dog and Sony are sending false copyright strikes onto popular youtubers giving accurate spoiler free reviews. Nearly two years of hyping the game and using the return of Ellie and Joel only to have their story ruined in a **** plot twist derived from a choice based event from the first game. Remember the medical room? You left him alive? Well now he's dead and you're somehow to blame. Killed everyone inside? They still somehow know it was you. Expand
  36. Jul 3, 2020
    1
    This game has good parts to it. The levels design graphics and game mechanics are very good but aren't very evolved than the first game. I give this game a 1 because I literally had to stop playing because of all the political viewpoints being spat In my face. I play video games to escape and the story is positively horrible. It reads like a bad fanfiction and totally disrespects theThis game has good parts to it. The levels design graphics and game mechanics are very good but aren't very evolved than the first game. I give this game a 1 because I literally had to stop playing because of all the political viewpoints being spat In my face. I play video games to escape and the story is positively horrible. It reads like a bad fanfiction and totally disrespects the character from the first game. The new characters have nothing likable about them. They are hollow shells with terrible writing attached to them. They are simply there to fill a diversity checkbox instead of being written from the ground up to be interesting or thought-provoking character's. Save yourself the 60 dollars and buy ghosts of Tsushima when it releases in a month. (yes I did regretfully finish this game) Expand
  37. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Absolutely TERRIBLE Story. The game is NAUSEATINGLY Bad. You as the Player are literally Held down and Beaten/Tortured, and you get NOTHING in the way of Revenge. they Raked the first games name over the coals for THIS!? If i could meet the "Director" of this game in Person id do to him what "Abby" did to Joel. If Ghost of Tsushima isn't FANTASTIC, the PS4 (And 5) are in deep trouble.
  38. Jun 28, 2020
    0
    I will pretend that this game does not exist.
    don't spend money on this crap,
    go and spend your money on a better game
  39. Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very disappointed with the direction they took with this game. The Last of Us Part 1's story was arguably a masterpiece, but this game is filled with a clear agenda to pander to the LGBT community. We get it... Elle's a lesbian, but we don't have to be reminded of it every other minute. Serious plot holes in this game. The gameplay is good but the story is boring. For the most part, you're just walking around finding supplies waiting for the next cut scene. And the way they killed off Joel early on in the game is ridiculous and to make us play as the character that killed him off was absolutely disrespectful.

    A great story is what makes or breaks a game...and I put more weight on the story verses graphics because good quality graphics should be the standard...I'm giving this game rating a 1 because of the graphics and gameplay. However, this is a classic case of how to ruin a game franchise 101.
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  40. Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Completamente decepcionante.. De haber sabido que la historia sería tan mala, llena de odio y pura venganza, no lo hubiera comprado.
    lo único que hacemos es matar. No hay de sentimiento que nos identificaba con cada personaje. Es un sentimiento totalmente diferente al del primer juego. Arruinaron una de las mejores franquicias de Play Station.
    Jugaré el primer The last of us . Haré como
    Completamente decepcionante.. De haber sabido que la historia sería tan mala, llena de odio y pura venganza, no lo hubiera comprado.
    lo único que hacemos es matar. No hay de sentimiento que nos identificaba con cada personaje. Es un sentimiento totalmente diferente al del primer juego. Arruinaron una de las mejores franquicias de Play Station.
    Jugaré el primer The last of us . Haré como que nunca existió la segunda parte
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  41. Jun 24, 2020
    0
    The game has a very weak narrative. If you need one hundred flash backs to explain the story with unlikable characters doesn't make the game a pleasant experience. Instead of focusing possibly finding new way for a cure or vaccine they went the good old revenge plot that other movies or shows have executed this them better. The graphics and gameplay are great, but the story is what soldThe game has a very weak narrative. If you need one hundred flash backs to explain the story with unlikable characters doesn't make the game a pleasant experience. Instead of focusing possibly finding new way for a cure or vaccine they went the good old revenge plot that other movies or shows have executed this them better. The graphics and gameplay are great, but the story is what sold this franchise. I get it people not every character needs to be likeable; however, not one character was actually likeable. Even Ellie as a once lovable character was forced to lose her personality. Expand
  42. Aug 30, 2020
    0
    They killed a good story. The real hook should be the characters, no just the graphics and sounds.
    It would have been so easy to write something good... there is a good effort to do something bad here.
  43. Jun 27, 2020
    4
    It's hard to give this game less than slightly above average due to it's technical accomplishments in nearly every department. From the voice acting and character models all the way down to the lamp on the table everything is masterfully done. The combat is good enough to carry you through a great story except there isn't a great story. This isn't the Witcher 3... you wont come out withIt's hard to give this game less than slightly above average due to it's technical accomplishments in nearly every department. From the voice acting and character models all the way down to the lamp on the table everything is masterfully done. The combat is good enough to carry you through a great story except there isn't a great story. This isn't the Witcher 3... you wont come out with fond memories and characters you'll love and cherish for all time. Instead you'll be frustrated about the direction characters take and hate all the characters involved. By the end you'll probably wonder why you wasted your time here with these terrible people. There won't be a 10 year anniversary video for The Last of Us 2 like the Witcher 3 got. You'll be ready to move on immediately to wash the taste out of your mouth.

    As time has gone on I only hate the game more and more. So much so that my original score of 6 makes me angry. I can't give technical accomplishments in graphics that much of an impact when my feelings are so negative to the game. Moving my score from mixed to negative.
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  44. Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Beautiful graphics, absolute trash on everything else. The story, characters, and plot are abysmal.

    I can't believe Druckman self-inserted into the game for a sex scene with an imaginary character. I'm still **** laughing.

    Really glad I bought my ps4 for persona instead of this.
  45. Jun 22, 2020
    0
    I regret not reading the spoilers for the game because I would have canceled my preorder of the collector's edition. After the first 2 hours, the rest is so predictable. Really great graphics and sound don't make up for where they decided to go with the story, which is the whole selling point of The Last of Us. It's like they sat down and said "What do people like about the first game?"I regret not reading the spoilers for the game because I would have canceled my preorder of the collector's edition. After the first 2 hours, the rest is so predictable. Really great graphics and sound don't make up for where they decided to go with the story, which is the whole selling point of The Last of Us. It's like they sat down and said "What do people like about the first game?" and decided to do the exact opposite every step of the way.

    It took me a bit over 20 hours to finish the game on moderate difficulty, and I have no interest whatsoever in playing it again. The last 10 hours were just a grueling race to finish the game in which I had no interest whatsoever in that part of the story.
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  46. Jun 29, 2020
    1
    One of the worst games of 2020
    Gameplay is bad as always, characters got worse In comparison with the first part.
    2/10 for animations.
  47. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    They destroyed the entire legacy of the first game. The characters, the gameplay and story: its like if you gave total freedom to someone who not only hated the first game but also grew up with some kind of irrational trauma against it.
  48. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Not worth evaluating.
    Pour manure into the game.
    Pornography was more normally expressed in political correctness.
  49. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    never have i been more disappointed by a game in my life.
    absolute travesty of storytelling, all writers of this game should go back to fanfiction.net
  50. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    **** Story I am so disappointed what they did. Such a shame for all gamers who waited 7 years
  51. Jul 7, 2020
    3
    It is hard to imagine what went on in the Naughty dog development studio all these years. To make up a story as ridiculous as this in all these years is mind boggling. A game where the story is everything suffers way too much from this. Unlikeable characters, unnecessary new characters, out of character choices, ridiculous plotholes, the list goes on and on.

    Next to that the gameplay
    It is hard to imagine what went on in the Naughty dog development studio all these years. To make up a story as ridiculous as this in all these years is mind boggling. A game where the story is everything suffers way too much from this. Unlikeable characters, unnecessary new characters, out of character choices, ridiculous plotholes, the list goes on and on.

    Next to that the gameplay feels very outdated and everything that has been added on is useless. It is an absolute chore to play this game.

    The game does look good and the level desginers have done a good job. Too bad it cant save the absolute trainwreck that is the rest of the game.
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  52. Jun 22, 2020
    1
    The first The Last Of Us was amazing, very good, but this one, really bugged, frame drop a lot, I felt like my PS4 Pro could fly anytime. But the worst was the I felt the history very short, much more about being a leftist propaganda than an post-apocalyptic game background like the first one.
  53. Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Seriously no explanation needed for this low score. They ruined the franchise.
  54. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This game is absolutely horrible storywise, characters are blank, gameplay is just OK. This game disrespects everything that the first game was. Don't buy this carbage. Just don't
  55. Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The ending is soo bad that it ruins the general game. And the gameplay is very similar to the first game Expand
  56. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ce jeu est une daube sans nom , j'espère que Neil druckman et son équipe de clowns ne seront plus jamais au commande d'un jeu naughty dog , ils ont ruiné la licence avec cette histoire de vengeance a dormir debout ou devinez quoi ? Il n'y a même pas de vengeance ... Aucune satisfaction 7 ans d'attente pour rien , je vais faire comme si ce jeu n'avais jamais existé absolument atroce Expand
  57. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. História horrível,pra galera que tá achando que é por conta da ellie ser bissexual,isso n tem nada haver ramo no século 21,ninguém se importa mais com essas parada,a história de TLOU2 QUE É UMA BOSTA MESMO Expand
  58. Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Extremely boring...I would not recommend it to my worst enemy, seriously think about it.. Expand
  59. Jun 21, 2020
    1
    When creating propaganda, you forgot to create an interesting story and gameplay.
  60. Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Completely disappointing for anyone expecting a sequel to the first game, as reporters' comments were paid for by Sony and that is sad. The gaming industry no longer has as much credibility Expand
  61. Jun 22, 2020
    1
    Stop deleting scores!!!
    And why are you not deleting the 10s too???
    I shouldn't have bought this piece of junk
  62. Jun 27, 2020
    2
    It's just not the sequel that this game deserved, good graphics, mediocre gameplay, awful and forced plot.
  63. Jan 3, 2021
    3
    This game is an okay game. The gameplay, acting, graphics, weapons overhaul and enemy development are all excellent. Contrary to that, the narrative is a bit discombobulated, in my opinion. People loved the original for the deep, meaningful narrative. I also found that I personally was not connected to any of the characters within TLOU2, in comparison to the original.

    There’s been a lot
    This game is an okay game. The gameplay, acting, graphics, weapons overhaul and enemy development are all excellent. Contrary to that, the narrative is a bit discombobulated, in my opinion. People loved the original for the deep, meaningful narrative. I also found that I personally was not connected to any of the characters within TLOU2, in comparison to the original.

    There’s been a lot of controversy regarding the whole gender perspective, specifically regarding a particular character you meet throughout the game. Abby is also built like a unit so, there’s speculation that she was designed with a gender bias (I’m not one hundred percent sure).

    People who don’t like the gender movement in the game have been seen as phobic but, that’s not necessarily the case. The game is based in an apocalypse, so people are unsure why gender is even a ‘thing’ in the game.

    However, people are more pissed off (including myself) as Naughty Dog seemed to have used Joel as leverage regarding the TLOU2 trailers, when in reality, Joel plays a very small part of the game. This is why people are so annoyed because, it seems that there has been a deliberate intention to destroy this whole ‘toxic male masculinity’ (mentality that men are supposed to have), by making Abby built like a heavyweight bodybuilder, and other aspects of the gender equality movement, specifically regarding a particular character in the game, and how Joel was killed by Abby earlier on in the game.

    The whole reason why people loved the original TLOU was based on the narrative between Joel and Ellie, and their father daughter relationship. TLOU2 rips that perception apart, totally and deliberately.

    Personally, I thought the game was okay but, I was not emotionally captivated as I was when I played the original. I felt the soundtrack and narrative was just up in the air, as you play Ellie and Abby throughout the game; Abby’s play through feels like a glorified side quest as she has no motives - her motive was achieved at the very beginning of the game which created an anticlimactic play through.

    The characters you meet in the game are also very hard to like. Not that they’re ‘bad’ or anything but, I just felt the game design didn’t allow anyone to really attach to anyone. In the original, you meet Bill and I loved him because he was funny, moody, angry, sarcastic - there was so much substance to his character - this isn’t the case in TLOU2, unfortunately.

    If you loved the original based on the narrative and bond between Ellie and Joel, then there’s a good chance you may not like this game.

    The game is excellent in terms of build quality and graphically but, TLOU was built on the companionship between Joel & Ellie and their journey together.

    This game is just a game without a great plot. Although it’s a good game, I got to a point where I just wanted to complete it to see if the ending would have made me feel, as the original did. Unfortunately, the ending did nothing for me, at all.

    My score is 3/10. This is a The Last of Us game but, it felt like a completely different franchise. I also felt that the game was deliberately designed for a particular movement, disregarding the fan base of the original.
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  64. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    I went in this game blind and with high expectations as I have been waiting for over 7 years for this. Although the game is very well crafted the narrative felt a bit forced and unnecessarily long. I personally did not enjoy the story and at times I just wanted it to be over. I don't recommend listening to the game journalists and critics score because I did and I regret listening to them.I went in this game blind and with high expectations as I have been waiting for over 7 years for this. Although the game is very well crafted the narrative felt a bit forced and unnecessarily long. I personally did not enjoy the story and at times I just wanted it to be over. I don't recommend listening to the game journalists and critics score because I did and I regret listening to them. The game was not at all as advertised. If you liked the first game you may not like this one. Expand
  65. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Сони дала слишком много контроля над игрой Нилу Дракману. Вместо того чтоб сделать хорошее и интересное продолжение 1 части, он наполнил эту игру темами которые интересны только ему и людям, которые эту игру никогда не купят. Я очень надеюсь что они одумаются и начнут делать игры для ИГРОКОВ. Геймплей вообще с 1 части не изменился. Крафт такой же. "ЩИКАРНОГО" интеллекта врагов я неСони дала слишком много контроля над игрой Нилу Дракману. Вместо того чтоб сделать хорошее и интересное продолжение 1 части, он наполнил эту игру темами которые интересны только ему и людям, которые эту игру никогда не купят. Я очень надеюсь что они одумаются и начнут делать игры для ИГРОКОВ. Геймплей вообще с 1 части не изменился. Крафт такой же. "ЩИКАРНОГО" интеллекта врагов я не заметил. А еще очень тупо в линейной игре не поощрять игрока за то что он убивает врагов. Это не игра для геймеров, это игра для Нила Дракмана. Единственное что в ней хорошо, так это графика и музыка. Снег просто шикарен. За такую цену брать не рекомендую, подождите скидки.

    JoEL baD GuY AbBy GoOD GUy
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  66. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Wow did this game ever suck.... I want my money back.... Dont buy this game!!!! The story was so bad... I cant believe they did that......
  67. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Poor writing and good gameplay, but nothing special. subvert expectations at his finest.
  68. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This sequal is a disgrace to video game industry unlike the first one
    Garbage story telling
    Garbage new characters
    Same gameplay
    Just some political messages 0/10
  69. Jun 22, 2020
    0
    The story is just bad. Any why the hell did we have to play as those new chars. Wtf garbage. Go home with this. Sony should issue refunds
  70. Dec 1, 2022
    3
    Well, I guess this is what social justice does to a game, story, and characters completely ruined, for me the last of us was always about Joel finding a new daughter in Ellie and this is about pushing LGBT propaganda, thanks but no thanks.
  71. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Last of heteros 2 we hunt last hetero guyand kill him! İf he able to cut his dick of he defintly survive but no! He even have children before apocalypse! He will destroyed of course! Expand
  72. Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Trust me when i say that i really really wanted this game to be another masterpiece like the first one but after finally completing the game i realised all the wasted potential that this game has, all i can say is that the production value, sound design, acting, all of that is excellent in this game, the major problem comes in the form of the main story which is a massive let down thatTrust me when i say that i really really wanted this game to be another masterpiece like the first one but after finally completing the game i realised all the wasted potential that this game has, all i can say is that the production value, sound design, acting, all of that is excellent in this game, the major problem comes in the form of the main story which is a massive let down that doesn"t live up to the original game, and in a story based game like this that is a huge flaw. Expand
  73. Jun 27, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. On a technical level, the game is extremely good. Graphics, atmosphere, soundtrack, and the voice actors are top-notch.
    Which makes the following even harder to write.
    The story is NOT. They tried very hard to make you feel bad at every step. From the ruining of beloved characters, both physically (Joel) and as a character assassination (Ellie), to simple things like the killing of dogs in a very graphical way. I get what they tried to do but failing to make the new characters relatable the whole story flops in a major way. Maybe the problem was that the actions of Joel at the end of the first game were already morally dubious and there was really no shock value. Maybe the problem was that the script team misunderstood the problem completely - we kill a lot of people in games this has no shock value at all for the player.
    The real problem there was - maybe I ruined the chances of humanity for a cure.
    Not that I killed a few nameless characters that tried to vivisect Ellie. Nobody really had a problem with that. So Abby starts on the wrong foot and never manages to recover.
    To summarise - you destroy the old characters, you fail to make new ones and you very very hard try to make the player feel bad about actions that he has no influence over - you don't have a choice NOT to kill all of those people.
    Now how is that 10 out of 10? The majority of the players will have trouble finishing this game and why would they.
    For me, this game represents a betrayal of all fans and betrayal of one of the best if not the best teams in the history of the industry. 7 years of work for them are wasted. Their image will never be the same.
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  74. Jun 25, 2020
    0
    I hate this game, don't buy this game, better spend money on a prostitute!!!
  75. Jun 21, 2020
    1
    Great visual, sound. Gameplay same as first part (good). But it has very poor story, boring and looks like it was written by 7 years old angry kid. Also it propagand vilence and chauvinist (thats why 1 score). Main charackter enjoy killing people and dogs (!!!). It is unopropriate and disgusting. Who wrote this just a psychopate.
  76. Jul 2, 2020
    0
    Игра обесценивает сюжет первой части и пытается превратить чёрное в белое
  77. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    If you love the story in TLOU 1, don't bother buying part 2, save your money for other games.
    The character development is complete disaster.
  78. Jul 10, 2020
    2
    The more you play the more you see this game as a garbage. Seems like people who made it lack the understanding of what made the first game so special. It's like you play for some unknown to you characters. They all look the same, but everything's off.

    There's a lot of bugs and glitches during the game. Game-play is mostly the same as in the first part but there's so much of it. Most of
    The more you play the more you see this game as a garbage. Seems like people who made it lack the understanding of what made the first game so special. It's like you play for some unknown to you characters. They all look the same, but everything's off.

    There's a lot of bugs and glitches during the game. Game-play is mostly the same as in the first part but there's so much of it. Most of the time you see uninspired cutscenes with poorly written characters you feel no empathy to or aimlessly walk around empty spaces. The game would benefit from being twice shorter, I think then they could polish it and get rid of the repetitiveness, but even that would not save the mediocre plot.
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  79. Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This game is not worthy of a 95, not even close. In fact in almost every regard it's inferior to the original that's 7 years old. Naughty dog clearly has philosophy for this game make it as sappy and emotional as possible to draw a reaction but take a back seat and look how cheap the story (and game play) really is.
  80. Jul 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is good, but plays like it's 2012, controlling Ellie feels like driving a tank. Between that, the close up camera and 20-30 FPS this game doesn't feel fun to play. I didn't have this problem with RE2, but maybe because it was 60FPS on PC, not sure. After seeing all the review sites and shows giving this game awards, I finally decided to pick it up on the ps4. What a big mistake and waste of money that was...... I was expecting some amazing storyline with amazing gameplay but that is not what this game is at all.
    incredible gameplay, a tough, cruel, sad, but great story, the only thing I can criticize about the game is that it forced us to hit ellie with abby and well that hurt because ellie is our character main and the one we love, it hurt every blow we gave him with abby since this almost killed her.
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  81. Jul 24, 2020
    0
    Worst sequel to the LEGENDARY gamе, no need to spend money on this game if you have at least a little intelligence.
  82. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Conseguiram o que queriam, estragaram o jogo, tanto tempo esperando pra zerar me perguntando (que merda foi essa?) Não sei como tanto site teve coragem de dar nota 100 pra isso, só mostrou que essas notas é a mesma coisa que nada.
  83. Jul 7, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game is just a mess top to tail. No storyline and splits the play of Ellie and the antagonist, blatant false advertising in the trailers. I can't put into words how bad this game is. Expand
  84. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    It’s F **** that’s comes from tumbler **** that’s What’s happening here I don’t how it’s 96 rating
  85. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This is one of the worst writings ı've ever seen.Graphic are top class tho.But doesn't matter cause my budgie can write a better story than this
  86. Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Una historia que comenzó genial, parecía ser una maravilla... Lástima que los churros telenoveleros hicieron eco y arruinaron todo, sobre el gameplay es indiscutible el 10/10, pero una historia con diálogos forzados, una tonta decisión de Joel que le costó la vida y un desenlace que re deja con un malísimo sabor de boca son lo que hacen que una obra maestra se haya ido a la basura. Expand
  87. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    I could type a long, fleshed out argument for why this game is bad, but that would be too much of a waste of time--much like my time spent on the game.

    The Last of Us II can be summed as 7 years of disappointment. The game leaves you hollow from the beginning to the end with its pathetic excuse of a plot.

    But decent console graphics and game mechanics.

    1/10
  88. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game had really poor writing, and this is a very heavy statement as it is a game that *should be* driven by story. The motives are unconvincing, forced cliche, and made no attempt to improve upon the previous game, and absolute insult to the fans of the game.

    If you came here and read my review, if you loved the first game, just don't buy and don't play this.
  89. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    the last of us'ı güzel yapan şey iki ana karakterin aralarındaki etkileşim ve oyuncunun üzerinde kurduğu empatidir. yoksa oynanış namına yeni hiçbir şey getirmemiştir. hikayenin en önde varolan olgu olduğu bir yapımda, "teknik açıdan iyi ama hikaye kötü işte" diyip savunabiliyorsanız, alın o soy gülümsemenizi de gidin amına koyayım. sanki biz oyun oynamadık bu yaşımıza kadar.the last of us'ı güzel yapan şey iki ana karakterin aralarındaki etkileşim ve oyuncunun üzerinde kurduğu empatidir. yoksa oynanış namına yeni hiçbir şey getirmemiştir. hikayenin en önde varolan olgu olduğu bir yapımda, "teknik açıdan iyi ama hikaye kötü işte" diyip savunabiliyorsanız, alın o soy gülümsemenizi de gidin amına koyayım. sanki biz oyun oynamadık bu yaşımıza kadar.
  90. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    That make-a-wish writer must be having a time of his life. Gameplay was boring too. Don't buy.
  91. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Such an awful disrespect to the original story and the fans, i get that they wanna make some of the "people" ugly but making them looking that uncanny is sick, just avoid this game!
  92. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Oh my goodness what have they done to Joel and Ellie. Did the original writers get sacke? I didn't like their story at all and won't be playing this again, in fact i am going to trade this in asap and hope to get some money back.
    Dreadful, dreadful story.
  93. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I was 9 when I finished Half Life Episode 2, and I got Alyx as a reward of my waiting just on the day I turned 22. Talk about 'Time Flies' The difference is: Alyx was worth the wait even after 13 years, but 7 years of anticipation, marathon-ing the game on grounded, watching documentaries and lore videos of weeks in anticipation just for this **** to happen. I will never support ND again.I was 9 when I finished Half Life Episode 2, and I got Alyx as a reward of my waiting just on the day I turned 22. Talk about 'Time Flies' The difference is: Alyx was worth the wait even after 13 years, but 7 years of anticipation, marathon-ing the game on grounded, watching documentaries and lore videos of weeks in anticipation just for this **** to happen. I will never support ND again. **** naughty dog, hail Valve, hail CDPR. Expand
  94. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    It's not what NaughtyDog is good at, 7 years wait and it just doesn't live up to the hype of the first game. If you want a good last of us experience then play the first game again.
  95. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    The characters are uninteresting, the plot is bleak, the writing is awful, i could rant about this game all day long
  96. Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a terrible sequel. It is riddled with plot holes, most notably in one of the biggest moments of the game, Joel's death. If you are going to kill Joel off in such a controversial fashion, the very least you can do is explain it well. it is lazy. The game is also structured awfully, they waste about 6 or 7 hours on flashbacks for Abby, clearly trying to flesh out characters like Owen, Mel, Manny, etc, but it doesn't do anything because they were killed hours ago, nobody cares about them anymore and the death doesn't have anywhere near the impact it could have had. It doesn't do anything for Abby either, because she has already killed Joel and fans have made up their minds about her. It doesn't help that these flashbacks are repetitive and boring. Also, so many of these characters that are killed are never mentioned again after their deaths, how are we supposed to care about them if the writers and the other characters don't care about them?

    Abby, the character they make us play as for half the game, is a horrible person. She brutally and mercilessly kills Joel despite the fact he just saved her life, there's no inner conflict, she is so one-dimensional. She takes pleasure at the prospect of killing Dina, who she knows is pregnant. She sleeps with Owen knowing his wife is due a baby soon. And this is the character they make us play as? This is the character they make us fight Ellie as? Who made that horrible decision? Who wants to play as a character you despise, where is the motivation to keep playing? Despite that, they still try to make Ellie out to be the bad guy. Abby pets dogs and is kind to them, compared to Ellie who is forced to kill dogs and you can clearly hear them in pain, Ellie kills a pregnant woman, Ellie murders people whilst they loved ones mourn and cry. Compared to Abby, who has to defend herself against evil transphobic jungle people, Abby, who saves kids. it is so cheap and manipulative. Speaking of cheap and manipulative, the false advertising in the trailers is so scummy.

    The game tells this generic story of revenge and how bad it is. It has been done so many times before and been done far better. Revenge only seems bad when it comes to Ellie though, Abby seems to have no problem taking revenge, because she is one-dimensional and badly written She is the person who takes revenge, but she is also the one who walks away with a loved one. Makes no sense. Many of the major plot points are also badly written, and don't make sense.

    Ellie is just straight up cruel to Joel. She used to understand people, she understood emotions, she understood Joel. So why does she not realise why Joel saved her? She knows how much Sarah meant to Joel, Joel does not want to go through that again, he doesn’t want to lose another daughter. All those years of protecting Ellie, thrown out of the window because Joel didn’t want to lose her. Because Joel gave her a choice of life or death, and Ellie doesn’t like that. The writers don’t seem to understand the first game at all, they don’t understand what made it compelling.

    The gameplay is fine, although they don't significantly change anything from the first game, the visuals are great, but that is not what I play TLOU for, I play it for the story, and the story could not have been worse. This sequel should never have been made. What a disappointment.
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  97. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    The story is appallingly bad, this sequel brings nothing to the existing cast of characters and instead revolves around a lame revenge plot (with a VERY frustrating ending). And no, this isn't about lesbian hate or anything like that. This story ruins what was set up in the first game. Newly introduced characters are not relatable, and violence is just there for the sake of it.PleaseThe story is appallingly bad, this sequel brings nothing to the existing cast of characters and instead revolves around a lame revenge plot (with a VERY frustrating ending). And no, this isn't about lesbian hate or anything like that. This story ruins what was set up in the first game. Newly introduced characters are not relatable, and violence is just there for the sake of it.Please naughty dog, don't make a third one...
    But hey, at least graphics are great...
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  98. Jun 26, 2020
    3
    Worst experience i've ever had in gaming, they really couldn't have come out with a worse story for the sequel. Whoever wrote the story should be fired, totally ruined one of the best franchises in gaming.
  99. MTB
    May 31, 2021
    2
    Why yes I made an account only to take a dump on this game, thank you.
    Originally I was going to post some trans-phobic joke for **** and to see if twitter lefties would screen-shot it an effort to make an argument, but I'm not doing that, I'm going serious.
    I own a PS2, 3 and 4, I got to play a bit of the original TLOU in PS3, then lost it, years later, the remastered version was free
    Why yes I made an account only to take a dump on this game, thank you.
    Originally I was going to post some trans-phobic joke for **** and to see if twitter lefties would screen-shot it an effort to make an argument, but I'm not doing that, I'm going serious.
    I own a PS2, 3 and 4, I got to play a bit of the original TLOU in PS3, then lost it, years later, the remastered version was free for PS+ users, so I bought it, and I loved it, the game got me truly enthusiastic for the sequel.
    Then I saw the leaks back in April, and my absolute hype for the game, turned into absolute hate.
    I didn't and I still don't care if Abby is a mutilated 41%-ass individual, or if Ellie likes to scissor with women whose actresses got their boobs nerfed, what enraged me is how dirty they did Joel, a character that everyone fell in love with in the previous game.
    Some time later, I kinda got over it, but I still wasn't going to play it, and when people got the game early VIA pre-order, I got even more goddamn enraged.
    They torture the main characters like the absolute worst villains in history, Tommy gets divorced, one-eyed and limping, mad about the fact that Ellie promised him to kill that woman and now is hesitating about it, Ellie herself hallucinates about Joel's dead body and with how she couldn't save him, which inspires her to finish the job and fight Abby on an even fight where both of them are emaciated as hell and she DOESN'T KILL HER BECAUSE OF A FLASHBACK OF JOEL PLAYING THE GUITAR (Which absolutely contradicts what she said about Joel killing Abby if Ellie was the one killed and not him), then the game ends with Dina making a meme out of herself and taking the kids, and Ellie making a failed attempt to play the guitar with three fingers on her left hand, she's alone, she did Tommy dirty by having the chance of finishing the job, and HESITATING about it, and she made a complete fool out of herself by killing a bunch of people trying to find Abby and NOT finishing off the person you killed so much to find, ending the game with an unsatisfying climax, tbh it would have been slightly less bad if Abby just finished Ellie in the theater.
    Good job, Neil, you got what you wanted, a game that literally no mentally stable person likes, and you are getting what you deserve because of it, I hope mocaping that scene with your self insert banging Abby was worth it.
    I'm giving it a 2 only because of the REALLY slightly improved gameplay, and I'm being really forgiving with it.
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  100. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    I'm just here to offset shill reviews from shill reviewers in a shill industry that has no regard for integrity. Nobody should trust reviews from companies that get to make indirect money from their pandering or posturing outside of gaming and in the politics of social media, and get to ride the marketing and the hype wave of the games they review.These critic reviews are not incentivizedI'm just here to offset shill reviews from shill reviewers in a shill industry that has no regard for integrity. Nobody should trust reviews from companies that get to make indirect money from their pandering or posturing outside of gaming and in the politics of social media, and get to ride the marketing and the hype wave of the games they review.These critic reviews are not incentivized to give consumers an idea about the product. They are astroturfing for these companies, and that is dishonest and misleading marketing practices, which is illegal in almost every country on the Earth. Journalists aren't supposed to be in the back pocket of those things they are claiming to "review." These are Lets Plays at best, and shouldn't be counted as anything more than an influenced view of the product.

    Unless consumers start looking at truly independent opinions instead of the schmoozers and those that will compromise their ethics for a trip to a convention and a ham sandwich, they will get what they are given.

    "Consumers get what they are given. Users find what they need." -Datum
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Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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]