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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  2. Mixed: 8,550 out of 161975
  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. Cristoferoga
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    A parte mais importante que era a história , erraram em tudo kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
  2. TheBakerNation
    Jul 8, 2020
    2
    Worst sequel possible! Can't believe that after such a delightful first game, the second couldn't honor it properly, not even close. This game is so disappointing and bad that it upsets me to the core. The story doesn't make sense at all and it's horse site. 2/10 because it has good graphics.
  3. jk8yhoih
    Jul 1, 2020
    0
    Made an account just to express how frustrated after playing this game. The system doesn't evolve a lot; the storytelling is way worse than the previous game; the characters are unlikable, especially the change of Allie's attitude toward Abby (although I already guessed what she would do, based on the pattern of how the story is written). Generally a disappointment. I don't know why itMade an account just to express how frustrated after playing this game. The system doesn't evolve a lot; the storytelling is way worse than the previous game; the characters are unlikable, especially the change of Allie's attitude toward Abby (although I already guessed what she would do, based on the pattern of how the story is written). Generally a disappointment. I don't know why it received such praises from most of the media, but I do know that IGN Japan, Game Revolution and GAMINGbible are some of the most honest ones among them all.

    Also, Sony/naughty dog is freaking racist and double standard. The writer has tons of ways to express that Ellie is not into Jesse, but they chose that race joke. They added so many political correctness thingies, pretending that they care but they do NOT. Deep down they are still a bunch of racists and always trying to pick on a race with the lowest risk. That joke wouldn’t be there if Jesse was black or gay.    … Expand
  4. iEdgardo
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Two things that this game did well, the graphics and the voice acting. The character models and scenery is beautiful, and of course, the voice acting was very well directed.

    As for the story, it's just bad. I believe 'The Last of Us' is about Joel and Ellie. It's clear Neil and Naughty Dog pushed both of them aside to make room for all these new characters, but at the end of the day it    Two things that this game did well, the graphics and the voice acting. The character models and scenery is beautiful, and of course, the voice acting was very well directed.

    As for the story, it's just bad. I believe 'The Last of Us' is about Joel and Ellie. It's clear Neil and Naughty Dog pushed both of them aside to make room for all these new characters, but at the end of the day it just doesn't tie in well nor do we get the same character development for the new characters as we did for Joel and Ellie in the first game. You're simply not going to feel the same attachment for any of these people the same way you did for Joel and Ellie.

    Gameplay: It's The Last of Us 1 but you can jump, dodge attacks (time is slowed down when an enemy initiates an attack so it pretty much forces you to dodge before you can counter), and go prone. This gameplay design was already outdated when the first game came out back in 2013 as other games have simply done it better, and now it's even worse to the point where you get bored
    while playing the game.

    It's incredibly disappointing to say the least.

    I can babble on about how much I hate this game, but i don't have the energy to do so after playing that mess.

    If you really want to know what happens, watch the cut-scenes on youtube. Triple AAA games nowadays are not worth $60 and this is one you should only pick up when it's on sale for $20.    … Expand
  5. Wouloak
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Basura que tira a la mierda la historia para llevar a cabo su agenda política progre. Todo por satisfacer a los estúpidos SJW y colectivistas.

    Y antes de que salgan con sus pendejadas. Existen juegos donde hay personajes con otras orientaciones sexuales, pero no se le da un enfoque política o sobre exaltación de estos rasgos de manera absurda, y no infieren en la decisión de a dónde    Basura que tira a la mierda la historia para llevar a cabo su agenda política progre. Todo por satisfacer a los estúpidos SJW y colectivistas.

    Y antes de que salgan con sus pendejadas. Existen juegos donde hay personajes con otras orientaciones sexuales, pero no se le da un enfoque política o sobre exaltación de estos rasgos de manera absurda, y no infieren en la decisión de a dónde llevar la trama.    … Expand
  6. Gamer1619
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game was only made to make money. It has nothing to do with the wonderful original story and its characters. It's a shame how this storyline turned out! It makes me feel like they completely changed the authors.
    Graphic isn't everything.
  7. Ahmed_Fahmy96
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    You can easily say that This The worst most awaited game of this generation by far...

    The story line is **** simply But everything else is good
  8. Mogore
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Very disappointing. An insult to the first game. Do not buy this and support this ****
  9. Striker_Naiker
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game never happened. The story sucks ... very disappointing. The first one was way better.. the writers should be fired for creating this.. this was like playing through a dumb fan fiction..… Expand
  10. Jax2000
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    The first Last of Us has a very special place in my heart and is my favorite game of all time. After completing this I feel heartbroken. It did not do the original game justice and did an injustice to the intelligence of Ellie and Joel. I ask that whoever reads this does not waste money on this game. My first game review ever.
  11. Niiko
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics are decent.
    Story is bland. No personality.
    Game-play is what you'd expect.
    No replay value.
    Waste of money/10.    … Expand
  12. Loken257
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is of two parts for me.
    The first is the graphics and overall gameplay which are amazing, the scenery adds to the overall bleakness of the settings perfectly, the character models are done with an attention to detail missing in most games, the overall gameplay loop gets slightly repetitive nearer the end but generally is enjoyable.
    Unfortunately what lets this game down, and is seriously disappointing to say having waited years for a follow up, is the story (the main reason I play games), ignoring the controversy before launch, the story is dull, its all about how killing is bad and violence begets violence. I understand this is an important lesson but should have been a backing note behind an immersive story following characters I genuinely care about. Instead new bland unlikable (probably because the story is so terribly written) characters are introduced and favourites are killed off early (badly done, purely for shock value) removing one of the most enjoyable aspects of the first game. The characters have barely developed and in some cases have regressed. To sum up the story is badly written, badly paced, with very little care or attention given to the aspects of the first game which made it so popular.
    I've rated this game so harshly because for me the story makes the game, and the disregard given to this games story is painful. The game is a shadow of the first, all of the darkness but with none of the light to balance it out.
    p.s. the Game Directors multiple different cameos just stink of a massive ego and its distracting from the game. Neil Druckmann is no Stan Lee, Quentin Tarantino or Hideo Kojima so stay out of the game.
    p.s.s the trailers for the game have scenes created for the specific purpose to lie to the gamer, showing the gamer what they wanted and then changing them in the actual game.    … Expand
  13. moarblues
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Absolute unconcern from developers to musicians and music itself. Maybe a cover song stealing was ok in their opinion, but one character puts a guitar out of a case, plays it and leaves it on open air with complete indifference, that guitar will turn unplayable. Maybe musicians should join some right-demanding movements to make some rich boys to value them too?
  14. makhoof
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    They should refund everyone who wasted their money. Awful Awful Awful Awful Awful Awful game
  15. Tetoman290
    Jul 20, 2020
    2
    It can have all the great gameplay and graphics you want, but if the story is bad and disrespectful like this, it's a 0 for me.
  16. oleja322
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    I was completely disappointed in this game waiting for her and waiting for a masterpiece but got this something very boring and banal story dumber I think it was impossible to come up with. absolutely unnecessary lgbt line
    But there is this plus too - cool graphics and very beautiful locations and that's it!
  17. mosanio
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game plays well but the main focus "the story" makes the final season of GOT looks like a masterpiece especially if you loved the first one like I did… Expand
  18. Aliusone
    Jul 5, 2020
    2
    This game, like a lot of movies and games today, throws away the story and characters and legacy of what came before. This is a “sequel” in name only. If you’re looking for a good follow up to a very good game, keep looking, this isn’t it.

    It is very disappointing that this kind of re-imagining keeps happening to popular IPs, and the high critic score just illustrates how much they    This game, like a lot of movies and games today, throws away the story and characters and legacy of what came before. This is a “sequel” in name only. If you’re looking for a good follow up to a very good game, keep looking, this isn’t it.

    It is very disappointing that this kind of re-imagining keeps happening to popular IPs, and the high critic score just illustrates how much they don’t know about the products they review and instead are reviewing the narrative they want to see pushed.    … Expand
  19. sald
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    The first Last of Us was a 10/10 to me. This sequel has great game-play and visuals, but the story is not very good. I would have rated the game as a 3 or 4 out of 10 if it just ended around 12 hours in, but it forces you to switch roles and you have to play an additional 10-12 hours as the antagonist that most people don't care about or want to play as. I was not willing to do this andThe first Last of Us was a 10/10 to me. This sequel has great game-play and visuals, but the story is not very good. I would have rated the game as a 3 or 4 out of 10 if it just ended around 12 hours in, but it forces you to switch roles and you have to play an additional 10-12 hours as the antagonist that most people don't care about or want to play as. I was not willing to do this and continue down this messy, boring road to the end of the uninteresting game (that I just wanted to end at this point at the 12 hour mark) so I uninstalled and lowered my rating down to a 1 because I just couldn't even continue. It was the equivalent of walking out of a theater because a movie is so bad. It's the least imaginative story I've ever seen and it all feels unnecessary… Expand
  20. georgemccauley
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    I’m gutted with what Naughty Dog have put out here. We have been victims of false advertising and pure lies. From the trailers we were shown, we were expecting a game about Joel and Ellie. We didn’t get this and to make matters worse, the story is terrible, it’s jumbled together and the writing and pacing is so far off the first game, it’s almost like there has been a completely differentI’m gutted with what Naughty Dog have put out here. We have been victims of false advertising and pure lies. From the trailers we were shown, we were expecting a game about Joel and Ellie. We didn’t get this and to make matters worse, the story is terrible, it’s jumbled together and the writing and pacing is so far off the first game, it’s almost like there has been a completely different team writing this story.

    The only good thing about this game is the gameplay and graphics. The level of detail that has gone into this is brilliant, at times I thought I was looking at real humans. The world of the last of us is great, but in a story driven franchise, when it’s not up to par, it will drag everything down with it. The ending of this game will leave you feeling angry and upset, there is nothing satisfying about it and nothing gets cleared up. It appears Naughty Dog have tried to do something different with this game, but it doesn’t work and it’s a mess. It feels like a big political statement and a message about revenge is bad being shoved in our faces.

    In my honest opinion I had to set the difficulty to very easy after the first couple of hours into this game just to get through it, it wasn’t a good experience at all. We was told by Neil Druckmann himself that the Last of Us is about Joel and Ellie, this game isn’t. I bought it as I had to play it as I consider the first game the best I’ve ever played. However, after this I will not be purchasing anything Naughty Dog put out in the future. Save yourself £60 and don’t buy it.    … Expand
  21. LoneAssailant
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Poor story, decent gameplay. Really disappointed with this sequel compared the masterpiece of a game the original was.
  22. GreyGod
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    I went in completely blind, seeing no spoilers and only watching trailers. That means I saw everything thay happens in this game in context and I finished it a few days ago and have sat on it to let my immediate reaction pass and write this logically. That being said, this game is a total waste of time for the player. The story is an -okay- concept that is delivered extremely poorly andI went in completely blind, seeing no spoilers and only watching trailers. That means I saw everything thay happens in this game in context and I finished it a few days ago and have sat on it to let my immediate reaction pass and write this logically. That being said, this game is a total waste of time for the player. The story is an -okay- concept that is delivered extremely poorly and heavy handedly. A complete assassination of the characters of the original game that ends in a mean spirited and unsatisfying way. If you enjoyed the first game for the relationship between ellie and joel, pass this one up as it has nothing to do with that. It manages to make you hate everyone in it and leaves you feeling empty after finishing it. Definitely overstays its welcome for about 15 hours too. Graphics are obviously great and gameplay is basically the same just flashier with a few new toys. Pass this one up guys, dont let the hype get to you. Not even going to go into how there are literally character skin swaps and false lines recorded just to be in the trailers to mislead the consumer about what this game is about. Naught Dog and Niel Druckman **** this one up. Big time.… Expand
  23. Vova6na9
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    Disgusting! The plot, gameplay, idea - all minus! The game should primarily be a game, and not the promotion of their ideas by one specific person who does not give a damn about the fans of the series!
  24. Popeye_tv
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    It’s just sad how they treated some of the most lovable characters in all of gaming history, and make us play for most of the game with the character that pretty much humiliated them both.
  25. pinehills1
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    As a big fan of the 1st Last of Us game. It's astonishing to me how the people at Naughty Dog really dropped the ball on the 2nd. The graphics are spectacular, the game play is descend, but the most important to most people, which is the story, is absolutely utterly ABSURD! How this game got the metacritic score that it got is beyond me. This game is an utter... SH*T... SHOW!!! I waited 7As a big fan of the 1st Last of Us game. It's astonishing to me how the people at Naughty Dog really dropped the ball on the 2nd. The graphics are spectacular, the game play is descend, but the most important to most people, which is the story, is absolutely utterly ABSURD! How this game got the metacritic score that it got is beyond me. This game is an utter... SH*T... SHOW!!! I waited 7 years for this?! I will never buy anything with Naughty Dog's name it ever again. I...KID...YOU...NOT!!!… Expand
  26. ChristianJM
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    To be clear and concise, this gave has a few good points with a majority of bad points that would lead long-time fans of the game wanting. For one of the last games to be released on PS4 before its end it takes full advantage of all the capabilities provided to give a fair quality to the graphics and landscapes of the game. The forest scenes, and vibrant landscapes of nature and city ruinTo be clear and concise, this gave has a few good points with a majority of bad points that would lead long-time fans of the game wanting. For one of the last games to be released on PS4 before its end it takes full advantage of all the capabilities provided to give a fair quality to the graphics and landscapes of the game. The forest scenes, and vibrant landscapes of nature and city ruin give fans a feel of deep immersion in a realistic possibility of the future. Combat was exactly what fans of the serious have come to expect with small instances of similar glitches happening in place in different environments, smashing an infected head into a wall to only then smash air with the blood splatter as well as body of the infected being slightly below the implied area. Weapons crafting and perks were rewarding and if a player was tactical enough to gather resources as they went granted a scaling factor that made the player feel a late game strength as oppose to an early game weakness. All these factors above I believe granted this game its 2 points shown above. However, where the game seems to fail and seems to be the main focus of issue with major fans is the fact that the story seems to be inconsistent with the thought processes of our characters and instead a story the went on a heavy tangent of what fans were expecting. User game play is divided into uncomfortable segments that abruptly stops that storytelling momentum but instead forces fans to wait and engage with a completely different moment with little commit and or care. Fans may at times struggle to even empathize and engage with the story and have moments in which the question their own intentions of continuing. All-in-all, the Last of Us Part II strikes as more of a platform in today's media to connect and question as oppose to a self-fulfilling universe existing in fantasy and awe. It is a game released for them as oppose to fans of the series.… Expand
  27. WhoKillsJoel
    Jun 27, 2020
    1
    The game-play is ok, the environment is ok, the graphics are ok.
    LG BT and SJW agenda from all over the whole game - not ok, love and other **** - not ok, outwardly unappealing heroes - not ok.
    The plot is full of crap.
    Play only as a tribute to the 1st part
  28. Oussama313
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good graphics and environment but bad story and caracter development. We waited 7 years for this story?! Joel shouldn't have died like this and this early.… Expand
  29. tshrimp
    Aug 2, 2020
    0
    I almost never review games. I actually created an account to do so here. What was ND thinking? I thought they made games, but instead they seem to be propaganda pushers. They were not even subtle about it. Run away from this game. If you think you ran far enough...run further. Take a jet if you must...just get away from it. The first game was one of my all time favorites, but now theI almost never review games. I actually created an account to do so here. What was ND thinking? I thought they made games, but instead they seem to be propaganda pushers. They were not even subtle about it. Run away from this game. If you think you ran far enough...run further. Take a jet if you must...just get away from it. The first game was one of my all time favorites, but now the series is officially ruined. I have written enough, so time to get back to real games.… Expand
  30. Plawa
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When I saw the first trailer, I was amazed about the things the game could offer me. I decided to give it a try, I played the first one and I felt empathy with Joel and Ellie. They were trying to survive the desolation, destruction and bleak landscapes and cities. Joel was a pesimistic character and Ellie was a strong girl with attitude, Both characters were meant to each other, to support each other in order to survive and find a meaning to their journey, enduring hard choice and taking risks, and they made it but a what cost. So I wanted to see them again, to see what is the future this game prepared for them, together. BUT WHY THE F#:$'@ did you kill Joel on the very 2 hours of the game and forced me to play with a Shi#@y stupid character that killed him in front of Ellie. OH WOW SHOCK VALUE, AM I RIGHT GUYS? It works 1000% of the time. How this time could possibly fail? Well Neil, let me tell you... I played the game to play with Ellie and Joel, not with characters that belongs to a teenager telltale game with dull story and non-existent character development. You tried so hard to push a **** propaganda. I support diverstity, I'm gay but something I learn is that I don't have to shove to the face my beliefs or ideas, I need to educate, to make people aware, to show them that is normal to encounter people with different ways of thinking and living. But you instead pushed a really ankward relationship and a lot of unnecesary tension between Ellie and Dina. What make it worse is the driving plot of "I Will avenge Joel but at the very last minute I will show that killing is bad because that will make me a better person".... Dear god, if I only had trusted those leaks. You know what? I will request a refund. There is no replay value or fun, or even a decent story... Its just a shallow shadow sorrounded by darkness. Sorry for my large review but man, I really feel cheated and sad because I know for things like this, another TLOUS is not going to happen... ever. Only thing I liked, the graphics. That is why I give the game 2.… Expand
  31. Katericata
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Such a disappointment. The first game was such a masterpiece compared to this one. I regret playing it.
  32. HMNuke93
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    Worst Game of the year. Naughty Dog was much better in the 90's when they owned the Crash Bandicoot's IP.
  33. DarkPhoenix77
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    I made an account just so I could comment on this game, I admit I haven't played it yet because I am on a PC and not PS4, however, I have watched streamers play this and watched all cutscenes so I have enough information to voice an opinion. There is review bombing and review brigading going on, so my advice is to ignore all scores of 0 and 10. This game is not a 0 and is far, far, farI made an account just so I could comment on this game, I admit I haven't played it yet because I am on a PC and not PS4, however, I have watched streamers play this and watched all cutscenes so I have enough information to voice an opinion. There is review bombing and review brigading going on, so my advice is to ignore all scores of 0 and 10. This game is not a 0 and is far, far, far from a 10, I would give it about a 2.

    For the bombers: Be honest with your scores please, the game deserves at least a point or two for the graphics, music and sounds.

    The controls are from what I heard not up to par as they are basically the same as the first Last of Us, with minor improvements (like a jump function) so average at best.

    The story on the other hand, oh man....where do I even start. In short it is a complete and utter train wreck. A dumpster fire of epic proportions, anyone who wrote this trash and/or signed off on it or had influence on it needs sacking...sorry but it is true. I won't go too much into the story so people who don't want to be spoiled aren't, but I will say calling it a disappointment is a huge understatement. You took choice out of the player's hands and forced them down the rails of the story YOU wanted to tell and the story is total excrement. The game could have possibly been salvaged if you allowed players choices in how the game unfolded, made it possible to have multiple different endings based on choices the players made. If you were not going to do this then you needed to make sure the story was something that everyone would like. Deaths of main characters need to have meaning, showing mercy to others needs to have a logical reason behind it, violence needs to have reasons for it other than just for the shock value. Characters must remain true to their personalities/intelligence established in the previous game. In short you messed up the story on every conceivable level, and you should be called on it!

    For people leaving the 10/10 ratings, you are either not being intellectually honest or you have not played the first game. Don't give this game a 10 just because....no game is perfect and sorry but this one doesn't come close! Also, no, I am not a bigot, before you make that assumption...I loved the first Life is Strange in which the protagonist who was either bisexual or lesbian. That game had a good story and great music in which there was 2 possible endings. For me, even though graphics/controls wise it is very dated now, was an infinitely better experience to play than this game was to even watch being played.    … Expand
  34. ZEROTH
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    The game is just god awful like how you going to force all these changes expecting everyone to accept them like really grow up nobody wants your political view let alone want to play that trash ass character name abby
  35. Skull99
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horrible game!¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Expand
  36. CatFish135
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is Game of Thrones Season 8 all over again. Season 8 of GOT was the most beautiful looking show that received the highest tv viewers for the last 6 episodes. Guess what, nobody talks about GOT anymore because the writing was inconsistent and bad. That is what will happen to TLOU2 due to bad writing. Graphics were great, but the game falls through if you want to kill a character in this game that you have to play for half the game.… Expand
  37. noreg0390661
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    According to preview, this is the Part2 story of Ellie & Joel. However the true is that it's the Abby story.
  38. Dxtree
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    disappointing, who is a real fan knows what I'm feeling right now, a game that only brings you sadness.
  39. xburner337
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
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  40. ronnieronb
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is an extremely bad game. While the graphics are top notch and the gameplay is smooth, the story is complete garbage. Joel, the main protagonist from the first game, is brutally murdered by Abby. Most of the characters from the first game act contrary from how they were in the first game. You are forced to play as Abby in a petty revenge story even after brutally murdering him. Ellie kills most of the group that hunted down and killed Joel. In the end, Ellie, after losing everything lets Abby go. This is so ridiculous. The story is one of the worst I've ever encountered in a video game. The marketing was also manipulated so that players thought that Joel was still alive and would play a bigger role in the game.… Expand
  41. BlakeB97
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    Game is garbage. Absolute joke of a story. Not worth the money or time. Don’t buy
  42. SmashKicks
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    The last of us 1 is a really nice game, so funny and have a nice history with god arguments, but the last of us 2? Oh my god it's really really Boring, the history of this 2nd part is really bad, no have arguments, so i think i dont want still playing this game because is just a shadow of the first part
  43. epicname159
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    how do you ruin a game like this? lmao, journalist are a joke giving 10/10 to this trash, don't ever listen to them
  44. Bailey99
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a huge fan of the first game, I was excited, and even giddy when I heard there was going to be a sequel. I avoided all the leaks, and went into the game wanting to love it. What I got was a slap in the face to myself, and any other fans of the first game. Though the graphics are easily the best I think I’ve ever seen on the PS4, and the gameplay was improved, and very fun, it unfortunately does not make up for a horrible story. Naughty Dog betrays it’s fans by completely changing the characters in ridiculous ways, flooding the narrative with propaganda, leaving an insane amount of plot holes, and (quite literally once you play the game) spitting on the corpse of the best thing about the story. Naughty Dog has made an objectively horrible game, but since the game is loaded with forced, in-your-face diversity, ND just blows off honest criticism as “trolls” or “homophobes.”

    Imagine if in the first 15 min of Spider-man 2, the daughter of some thug that Spider-man put in jail shows up, brutally kills Peter Parker, then the whole rest of the movie follows that kid as the protagonist, as she hunts down Mary Jane to kill her to. And then when people complain, they’re called bigots for some outlandish reason. THAT’S the Last of Us part 2    … Expand
  45. aydin_f76
    Jun 25, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So in the end Elie basically decided to travel almost half of the country to save Abby (who had killed joel) ,ask her to cut 2 of her fingers and then let her go :-). Well done naughty dog… Expand
  46. risspartan117
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    I have been saying this since 2013 - the gameplay mechanics of The Last of Us are TERRIBLE! And they have not improved that at all. At least the first game had a decent story to push me through those long, boring ladder sections and clunky gunfights. TLOU2 however, is awful. You probably already know what is wrong with this game from a narrative point of view and there isn't much else forI have been saying this since 2013 - the gameplay mechanics of The Last of Us are TERRIBLE! And they have not improved that at all. At least the first game had a decent story to push me through those long, boring ladder sections and clunky gunfights. TLOU2 however, is awful. You probably already know what is wrong with this game from a narrative point of view and there isn't much else for me to add. It was always boring, but now its f-ing bizarre!… Expand
  47. Lordkiller7000
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game graphics and design is awesome and never has seen before but they wasted the opportunity to make such a great game by killing a really loved character by all the fanbase(joel),on top of that they forced us to play as the antagonist who killed joel (abby) and tell us what exactly happened to abby to make her kill joel in the first place,the ending was very very bad.
    Naughtydog wasted a really good story and a great opportunity.    … Expand
  48. Kungfu72
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    Well I'm pretty sure everyone else has already said what's wrong with this game So I will simply Say that this game is Utter Trash!!!! Save your money Don't Buy it!!!
  49. LachlanPeake
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is visually stunning and has great gameplay elements to it. But the story drags and destroys the legacies of both original characters and I found myself wanting the story to just end multiple times during my playthrough. The original last of us is one of my favourite stories in the media. The story in TLOU2 falls on its face. I wish it wasn't so bleak because naught dog has produced some of my favourite games of all time... Let's hope they redeem themselves in TLOU3. (Just a little note. I kept away from leaks and I had no idea they were going to unceremoniously kill off a fan favourite character. I do note support The review bombing this is just my OWN PERSONAL opinion. I really didn’t like the direction.)… Expand
  50. Beks_N
    Jul 5, 2020
    4
    Technically a masterpiece, with great graphics, sound and fun gameplay, but the story was simplistic and banal... a huge letdown after the emotional impact and complexity of its predecessor.
  51. sinyu0773
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 無法接受喬爾隨便的死去，角色智商語能力無法與一代相比，以及後半部的劇情跟結局，簡直跟屎一樣，但音樂美術遊戲性是無話可說，會失敗給低分的地方就是因為使用了最後生還者這個遊戲IP… Expand
  52. Tcarr0121
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    Gameplay would be good if it was a 2014 game. Story is not coherent at all, and ruins characters from the first game. Thank you naughty dog for ruining a franchise that i loved, and started my playstation with. Please do not make a part 3 as to not ruin it any more
  53. AsmolBlueberry
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    The graphics are great but the gameplay is bland in my opinion and the story is horrendous, the characters are forgettable, the pacing is a bit weird and the ending is one of the worst I've seen out of any video game, movie or TV show.
  54. Kimochidesu
    Jul 1, 2020
    0
    Please don't waste your time and money in this game. This game shouldn't have existed
  55. wang765550395
    Jul 1, 2020
    2
    i love 《The last of us》，i wait it five years，but now，i only want to forget about this game.
  56. Dimi619_Ab
    Jul 1, 2020
    0
    What a terrible story. It's like they had 100 points and spent them on the graphics and the ganeplay and 0 points for the story. Pity.
  57. Jeremybilliams
    Jul 5, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Awful story. Naughty Dogs first game that I’ve hated. Great graphics, but empty storytelling.… Expand
  58. Vox1488
    Jul 24, 2020
    0
    The worst game of century.
    А great IP, destroyed by Druckmann.
    Just dont play this peace of code, its so bad.
  59. mozedk
    Jul 7, 2020
    2
    The last of us was about a good story.
    Part 2 is just so badly written and boring that it was a pain to go through.
    The controls are fine, the world is decent
  60. Mindsplicer
    Jul 11, 2020
    2
    Dumpster fire story. Level design is top notch and zombie killing fun but clear political agenda being pushed and the story makes no sense and has no purpose. One of the most frustrating and terribly written games I’ve ever played in 30 years.
  61. BillFan0407
    Jul 28, 2020
    2
    Finished the game, the plot is terrible and nonsense. The combat and graphic were ok. Not expecting for part 3 or any games that will be relate to this game. Hope Naughtydog can make a new title and change the style of storytelling.
  62. kojie1221
    Jul 24, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Poor writing and pacing... Joel don't deserved that death! Worst ending!!!!… Expand
  63. Temp1973
    Jul 20, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I had really high hopes for this game..But I gotta say the story really hurt this game. The graphics of course was superb. The game play was a bit repetitive. I wish there was more of the infected in the game you can fight instead of people. It saddens me in the way they killed Joel not with bang but wimper. This game left a bad taste in my mouth. I don't think I'll buy any naughty dog games in the foreseeable future.… Expand
  64. Eddie_
    Jul 21, 2020
    2
    That “must play” icon is the best joke I have heard all day. After suffering through this travesty I recommend that everyone stay farm away from this game.
  65. demort
    Jul 22, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра невероятно надоедает своими локациями, иногда нужно ходить по 10 МИНУТ(!) пока ты не дождешься подсказки. Пока играл заметил много багов, тестеры видимо багов не искали, а просто играли в игру. Стелс далеко вперед не ушел, но щелкуны стали намного умнее! Конечно, бывало что они зажимали меня к стенке, и я ничего не мог сделать. Механика клацанья кнопок ушла назад, теперь чтобы открыть что то, я должен зажимать треугольник, а не тыкать по нему.
    Графон меня очень сильно порадовал! Моя слимка справляется с игрой очень хорошо, и даже сильно не шумела(В фортнайте она у меня и то шумела сильнее). Я наделал очень много классных и красивых скринов!
    Теперь о сюжете. По поводу сюжета у меня язык не поворачивается сказать что то нормальное, это полный провал игры. Я не буду ничего говорить про фем-лгбт повестку, это уже все и так давно знают. Джоэла убили самым глупым способом, при том что Эбби знала только имя Джоэла и то что он живет в Джесконе. Но, самое главное, что Эбби НИКОГДА НЕ ВИДЕЛА ДЖОЭЛА! Концовка это вообще отдельный вид искусства, Элли кромсала всех направо и налево, в конце она может убить Эбби, но она её отпускает! И не нужно говорить что тут есть "сакральный смысл", Элли не знала всей истории от лица Эбби, она должна была прийти и убить её!
    Ну, я сказал все. Моя оценка игре 4/10 2 балла за графон, 1 за механику, 1 за сюжет.
    UPD: Про сюжет немножко обманул. В игре были хорошие моменты, но это только тогда, когда нам давали поиграть за маленькую Элли.    … Expand
  66. Yesitsmeali
    Jul 28, 2020
    2
    If you want to make propaganda for a political agenda, dont disguise it as a game. Also dont charge me $60 for it. Specially when I dont want it.
  67. Benmasters10
    Aug 10, 2020
    0
    I hated this game the agenda that it pushes on us the bad writing. I loved the first game and straight up felt betrayed by naughty dog
  68. aRandomBloke
    Aug 19, 2020
    3
    This game spends a solid 10 hours making choices for you and forcing you towards certain actions.they also wasted 10 hrs on the game making you play as a character that to most fans is irrelevant, annoying, obscure and honestly not very relatable since we haven’t met them in the previous game, they just cropped up now. No story driven game made me this frustrated
  69. Shellbullets
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game is **** vile. We went from extremely good pacing, amazingly well written characters- to suddenly punishing those characters for decisions they made in the first game, just absolutely **** unnecessary. TLOU was the greatest game in the last decade for me. This **** actually hurts
  70. ScavengerDragon
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game is horrible. It's not really anything I haven't already seen before. Comparing it to the original TLOU, this one feels bland. Don't get me wrong the visuals look stunning. but the story is awful and kills off most of what made the original TLOU so captivating. Bad gameplay, bad story...just...overall bad.
  71. grreaper
    Oct 7, 2022
    3
    3/10
    Disgusting plot, disgusting agenda, average gameplay and great graphics and attention to detail.
    Ordinary employees did their work at 5+ points, which can not be said about their main screenwriter. He literally stuffs his vision into your throat. His sexist vision, I really did not expect this in the 21st century. Without spoilers, unfortunately, the plot cannot be described in more    3/10
    Disgusting plot, disgusting agenda, average gameplay and great graphics and attention to detail.
    Ordinary employees did their work at 5+ points, which can not be said about their main screenwriter. He literally stuffs his vision into your throat. His sexist vision, I really did not expect this in the 21st century. Without spoilers, unfortunately, the plot cannot be described in more detail, but believe me - if you liked part 1, it is better not to play in 2. You will be amazed at what is happening, amazed in a negative way.    … Expand
  72. NPuoti666
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Gameplaywise it's okay but not as good as first game. Lack of multiplayer and really badly written story make this one an awful game.
  73. Danielk1p
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I hated the game after seen the spoilers,the game was on sale, i told myself " give it a chance, maybe you are wrong " i played it, i got mad and felt cringe while playing it, and the new characters are flat.
  74. eRaphael
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Naughty dog fez um ótimo trabalho em quesitos visuais, o game é lindo e isso é inegável. Mas o que fez a maioria de nós gostar do primeiro the last of us foi sua história e principalmente seus personagens, ambos são desrespeitados nessa sequência. Com personagens agindo de forma muito diferente do primeiro game e decisões de roteiro no mínimo questionáveis a história de last of us part 2 éNaughty dog fez um ótimo trabalho em quesitos visuais, o game é lindo e isso é inegável. Mas o que fez a maioria de nós gostar do primeiro the last of us foi sua história e principalmente seus personagens, ambos são desrespeitados nessa sequência. Com personagens agindo de forma muito diferente do primeiro game e decisões de roteiro no mínimo questionáveis a história de last of us part 2 é de longe seu ponto mais fraco.
    Fica claro, principalmente depois do próprio diretor do game Neil Druckman admitir em uma palestra, que o jogo se propôs a empurrar uma agenda política progressista e completamente fora da realidade em um mundo pós apocalíptico com zumbis, zumbis esses que ficam em segundo plano nessa jornada de vingança.
    Vemos aqui presente o clássico clichê do 'ciclo de violência', mas a abordagem de Druckman é diferente, subverter expectativas e acontecimentos é o seu diferencial, já vimos esse tipo de roteiro em franquias como Star wars the last jedi e Game of thrones season 8, parece agradar bastante parte do público enquanto enfurece a maior base dos fãs.
    O gameplay é bem parecido com o que vimos no primeiro jogo com algumas melhorias e adições como a esquiva e o botão de pular, nada de muito inovador e em determinados pontos chega a ser repetitivo demais.
    Em conclusão, a naughty dog entregou um jogo belíssimo, com um mundo imersivo mas falhou no que the last of us tinha de melhor: sua história e personagens. Os personagens previamente estabelecidos tomam ações duvidosas e os personagens novos são rasos e desinteressantes. O jogo tem essa atmosfera pesada e depressiva, com breves momentos de leveza que não duram muito. O final é bem depressivo e deixa o jogador sem nenhum tipo de recompensa, se perguntando, valeu realmente a pena?
    A resposta é não.
    P.S.: Ao rever os trailers e teasers do jogo, fica claro como a naughty dog manipulou estes para passar a impressão que o jogo seria uma coisa que não é, chegando ao ponto de alterar vozes e personagens em determinadas cenas.    … Expand
  75. Aus0l
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What is that game !! what nau-thy dog or may be ("agenda dog" i think that better than the name they call themselves by it) do that for them ? just for praising them & let all they love the last of us part 1 why ? why ? why the story too too bad really i mean who wrote this b s
    but the game play is mixed not good not perfect of course because "agenda dog" always the game play of these games always normal but the story not always but be good so that it s need really perfect story to hide any problem in game play but is what is happens is the opposite
    i think if you play days gone (bad game) better than you play this s
    & i want to know why IGn & the others gave this sh (not a game of course) 95/100 but i think its rating is trash/10000
    i m sorry but i don't like this game & thank you    … Expand
  76. Torrin
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Absolutely horrible game. Complete fall from grace with the plot line the original had. I felt complete apathy after finishing the game and admit it you will too. The ending and Joel’s logic for trusting complete strangers makes no sense. Save your money and spend it on a game and company that deserves it. Also Ellie sparing Abby’s life is the laziest writing I’ve seen for the sake ofAbsolutely horrible game. Complete fall from grace with the plot line the original had. I felt complete apathy after finishing the game and admit it you will too. The ending and Joel’s logic for trusting complete strangers makes no sense. Save your money and spend it on a game and company that deserves it. Also Ellie sparing Abby’s life is the laziest writing I’ve seen for the sake of “Subverting your expectations”. There is no love for the original characters and they try so hard to emotionally manipulate you to like Abby, even though she has no regrets about killing people like Ellie does… Expand
  77. ReJyQI
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Эта игра наплевательски относится к фанатам первой
    Начиная с того, что Джоэл умирает в первом часу игры, продолжая тем, что Элли просто мстит и не развивается как персонаж и заканчивая тем, что нам вручают ужасную мужеподобную бабу, которая ничем не отличается по геймплею от Элли. Эбби, очевидно, вводилась в игру только для громких слов, вроде: "Это наша самая длинная игра, она проходится целых 30 часов!"    … Expand
  78. Brian30678
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Really suck!!!!!!
    suck suck suck!!!!!!
    **** u TLOU2!!!!!!!
    30678mdfkash!!!!!
  79. Rudolf_K
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don’t like the decision Naughty Dog did. Real hard what happens after 2 Hours playing the Game. It’s disgusting and annoying what they have done to one of the best Videogame ever!
    If we talk bout how it’s look it’s brilliant, no discussion for that; but there Is so bad and character and storytelling; also the message behind all don’t compare with the end and part 1. And how the Producers act with us Fans! We made the rich and big; not only the Games; The Uncharted Series are amazing and one of the Best Games worldwide, also The Last of Us 1!! But you also need a Community or Fans out there; and probably sometime you should listen to them! For me it is one of the worst storytelling Game ever. Charactertelling - >1/10
    Story -> -1/10
    Gameplay -> 3/10 but for 7 years to less innovative
    Graphics -> 10/10    … Expand
  80. o9000889
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    For Joel

    So, this game is really really bad. It makes NO sense that Ellie act how she acts in certain parts of the game but that isnt even the biggest thing about why its bad. The reason is: character development. If you kill one of the most beloved characters early in the game (Joel) and want to bring in new main playable characters like Abby, you HAVE to bring WAY more backstory in    For Joel

    So, this game is really really bad. It makes NO sense that Ellie act how she acts in certain parts of the game but that isnt even the biggest thing about why its bad.
    The reason is: character development.
    If you kill one of the most beloved characters early in the game (Joel) and want to bring in new main playable characters like Abby, you HAVE to bring WAY more backstory in order to make the player feel with her.    … Expand
  81. NikoEst
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Neil Druckmann, or whatever this guy name is, for some reason came up with Idea to create unnecessary sequel to the great TLOU.

    Aight m8. I can tolerate this whole SJW **** but it wont make a game good.
    Here is some tips for you buddy. Good character development, good plot and motivation does.
    But Neil forgot about we live in the real world and this Biggot sandwich - Boy on steroids - Lesbian transsexual really works as good plot in his own world of make believe.
    But heres is a some real **** buddy. Nobody cares about minority and your sjw bull****.

    People wont like this game cuz u **** up with plot and characters.
    Flashback on falshback and the whole story is about revenge that does not even there in the end.
    WOW WHAT A STORY!! A REVENGE, WOW. NEVER SEEN THAT ONE IN 20 YEARS OF watching movies and playing games. WHAT A MOTIVATION FOR PLAYER A CHARACTER. Even this simple as hell plot was **** up.

    Pls, Neil, get your brain out of your ass, this game is trash. 70% of studio that were working at this game is left cause it is **** I praise the leaker who saved my money. Im prasing streamers who made walkthoughts.

    Gameplay 5/10
    World 7/10
    Plot 0/10
    Characters 1/10 (poor Joel)

    I started hating golf and gyms.    … Expand
  82. JamesFox87
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm real person and was a big fan of ND for years! I still can't believe how you and Druckmann destroy such masterpiece like TLOU! Why did you do this to your fans and our loved character? The story of the game is really BAD. It's such crazy like if you played 10 hours as David just after killing and eating Ellie in the first part of the game. And Joel forgave him at the end, and after that David became new protagonist in TLOU. This is madness.
    The only one thing that is good is graphic. Not even gameplay, it's almost the same like in TLOU1
    I rating TLOU2 in next way
    0 for story
    3 for graphic
    1 for gameplay
    BUT thanks to ND disrespectful behavior and lies to fans i cant rating this game more than 0
    I hope some day ND will fix it and create real TLOU2 but not what they did    … Expand
  83. leche_paterna
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La historia es peor que horrible, tiene un downgrade respecto a los trailers enorme y una jugabilidad normalista.… Expand
  84. Motermar
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    Odio como trataron a mis personajes favoritos, ELLOS NO SON BASURA PARA SER TRATADOS ASI!
    El Gameplay es una copias del primer Juegos sin cambios, solo que usas el cuchillo para todo.
  85. LoveSony1989
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    I loved the first game but this is just such a trainwreck. The story what Last of Us is known for is ruined leaving only medicore and linear stealth action for you with nothing much improved over the original game.
  86. Unforcritable72
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Good gameplay although its kinda outdated and really basic, amazing graphics and cutscenes but all of this doesnt cover up the mess it really is and the bad story, feels like acquiring all the infinity stones just to not snap it, bad revenge story... didnt enjoy any bit of the story only 2 characters are interesting .... and they are not the main
  87. Mrcp
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Story was nonsense. Game play was basically same. Only thing that improved were visuals.
  88. massta31415
    Jul 7, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is poorly written game.
    I mean, after 2 hours of playing when Joel is beaten to death by someone I don't know and don't wanna know, game ended for me. Outrageous!!!
    relationship between Ellie and Joel was outstanding in the first episode. You've ruined it big time    … Expand
  89. Zartharn
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    A perfect specimen of art being corrupted by identity politics.This game is a tarpit of political pandering with disregard to its predacessor and its fans Also can y'all stop deleting reviews like mine??? I payed for this game and I demand you take my review!!!
  90. Arya76
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Cant be worse. Full of politics. We cant trust metas anymore. Dont buy this nonsense.
  91. Nico_Kaneo
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Last of us 2 kinda sucks. It's so **** boring. I don't care about Ellie or Dina. The people you kill are supposed to be "real people with names" but there's no option to talk to them or figure out another way. Just kill them. Whatever. The director Neil Druckmann is so in love with himself that he's in the game 3 times. Once as credited writer and director in the opening. Once as a villainLast of us 2 kinda sucks. It's so **** boring. I don't care about Ellie or Dina. The people you kill are supposed to be "real people with names" but there's no option to talk to them or figure out another way. Just kill them. Whatever. The director Neil Druckmann is so in love with himself that he's in the game 3 times. Once as credited writer and director in the opening. Once as a villain npc. And once as a rare collector's card. **** you. You love the smell of your own ass. You're no Hideo Kojima. Even Kojima knows not to piss off his **** fans.

    This game starts with a very brief glimpse of life in Jackson, Colorado and then immediately you're thrust into a revenge mission which seemingly lasts the remainder of the game. The intro is so short that I feel sorry for the animators who created the town of Jackson. There's absolutely no time given to breath and play around in a town of respite before it's all taken away from you and you're sent on a revenge mission, one you don't really want to go on. And other characters join, seemingly, for no other reason than "why not?" This is so incredibly boring, and a lazy story setup. Last of us 1 sent us on a long adventure across the country and was visually and thematically different from each location. I'm six hours in on last of us 2 and I'm still running around downtown Seattle, exploring pockets of set pieces, and just looting and killing creatures and people, for no reason. Ellie could easily capture and question one of these enemy NPCs to find what she's looking for, but instead she decides to just wing it, and look for her objectives by eye.

    The graphics and the gameplay are amazing, but I just don't care. The story is just doing nothing for me. And I shouldn't have to wait six hours for it to finally get good. I'll play it to completion, but right now, I would not recommend it. It just feels like such a chore to play.

    I've finished the game, and my score still stands. It's amazing technically speaking, but I know it's because of worker's crunch time. The story, for what it is, is told fine I guess. By the end, I just felt empty, like Ellie. I wanted more from this story. And we didn't get a second of time as Joel, except the beginning. I don't know why they decided to go in this direction, or why Sony approved it, but here we are... Last of us 2 is a divisive, polarizing game. It succeeds in many facets, and fails in others. This will be a damaging game to many. I don't see Druckmann or Naughty Dog recovering from this from the majority of their fans. While fun, I dread its story. But sales will sure condemn this game a success.    … Expand
  92. roughlysour
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    Oh god, i was actually so hyped for this game. But the result is a comeplete garbage game. Gameplay is good combat feels satisfying to the end. Animations and camera angels are almost perfect. But i dont care about it. I care about the story and its **** garbage. Thank you neil druckmann.
  93. 2FckdUp
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Awfully forced minority agenda, just awful, don't play this, if they want to give the game to you as a gift, just take it and re sell it on gamestop's.
  94. graewd
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    What a terrible follow-up to the first. Anyone who leaves a positive review is paid off. AND WHILE THIS SITE IS STILL ACCEPTING NEGATIVE REVIEWS THEY BLOCK NEGATIVE REVIEWS AND FORCE THE GAMES RATING UP. IT HAS JUMPED FROM A 3.4 TO A 4.6 IN A WEEK.
  95. Usikava
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. tl:dr
    Graphics: 8
    Animation: 8
    Atmosphere: 9
    Gameplay: 4
    Story: 1
    Narrative: 1
    Critics claiming this game is masterpiece: -10

    First of I don't really think this game deserve 0 score, though it's the only way of showing protest against "paid" reviews of so called critics.

    Now let's get to why it's bad. Long and point by point.
    First of gameplay. It's dull, it's repetitive and it's absolutely boring.
    For a first quarter of the game you playing stealth game without any means to make stealth interesting you don't have skills(which by the way you should find in the means of magazines scattered around the so called world which is more of a tunnel with enough side turns or dead ends that will eventually lead you to a same point and still those magazines can be missed) and if you do, you don't have skill points to open them up soon enough to avoid this getting boring you don't have silent weapons and the only way to make it as it's intended to is by crawling in a grass and bushes with 1 button gameplay which is boring. Then we move to the second quarter of the game when you finally have tools but if you play on a highest difficulty the resources are so scares that you don't really have means of using them which again forces you to the point of either changing difficulty or continue boring bush crawling with 1 button playstyle. Then we move to the third and forth quarters of the game where you again striped out of means of doing the gameplay interesting and even of the mechanics as you play as Abby who is a part of wolves which were using dogs that made it at least a bit interesting and didn't allowed you to just sit on spot smashing stealth kill button. And instead of giving you a synergy with a dog and moving onto a new mechanics they just remove them from the game as a factor so the second half of the game is even a downgrade from already boring stealth gameplay. Again dull, poor and just plain uninteresting.

    Secondly story.
    I was never a fun of TLOU1 so I don't have any years long love for Joel or Elle. Though they were developing during the game, characters were evolving and that lead to controversial ending. Here we have a flat characters that don't do this. They just don't develop still at the end they take a drastic turns against everything they stood and fought for it's just a poor written drama of a broken characters that don't do anything in terms of what ending brings us to.
    Prologue and Joel's death make no sense at all. He stumbles upon Abby and her group just as they shows up in the region, saves them, tells his name, lead them to a safe house and can't understand where is this going to. No matter in the first game he saw through such characters by a single glance of an eye and then again Elle magically shows up just in time to see what is happening.
    Epilogue is even more stupid as Tommy instead of helping Elle as his brother would've probably wanted wanted sets her up on a vengeance path AGAIN. Then Elle finds Abby saves her and Lev, fight with Abby and let them go. Abby knows where cicadas are, have Lev by her side and get everything. Elle looses everything even her new family with Dina though she is the one braking vengeance circle she didn't even started in the end.
    Even with this BS story they could have done it better by parallel playing for Abby and Elle, or even by totally swapping the two halves of the game instead they try to make you understand Abby when you already don't want to, when you already hate her and just don't give any Fs about why she did what she did.

    And thirdly is a narrative.
    You don't make strong female characters by just showing how weak and bad male characters are, you don't make good gay characters by showing how pathetic and cruel straight are, you don't make a strong trans character by showing that for some weird reason(sarcasm) tribal, postapocalyptic, religious group don't agree and don't accept this chatacter being trans. The only thing this achieve is creating hatred towards this characters and,or there counterparts for the matter and towards the writers that just can't represent them by any means other then hatred. They must stand out by what they do and not by others that do wrong.

    And lastly you don't buy or otherwise force critics to say that game isn't what it is. A dull, boring, weak, old and underdeveloped in terms of gameplay and story pile of garbage. You don't make metacritic to start showing some weird server errors that occurs only for this game. You don't lie in promotional materials. You don't censor some games and leave others with a full out sex scenes.
    Again this game doesn't deserve a 0 score, it's 4-5 at least for it's graphics and detail obsession. But when I see 95 critics score for this I go for 0 to balance it out.    … Expand
  96. NemNomeEuTenho
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Muita lacração, conseguiram acabar com a franquia história porcaria , conseguiram acabar com o game querendo empurra causa lgbt a qualquer custo nos consumidores, uma grande porcaria de game.… Expand
  97. joxique
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Like for gameplay, 2 points maybe deservedly, but I want play Elly, Tommy or Joel but not this person which appears in second half, this is not interested - minus 2 points. This just like fanfic 12 y.o. girl, nothing linked with last of us(2013), but this really funny I often laughing, nice rofl… Expand
  98. iAxX
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Halfway through the game you get forced to play a character that has done something horrible to understand their motivations. But the thing they've done is so horrific that you won't care what their motivations are. The only pleasure you derive from that half of the game is seeing every one of her death animations.

    At least the gameplay's good.    … Expand
  99. Yomomoto
    Jul 1, 2020
    0
    Pros:
    - gameplay (first hours)
    - graphics (its ok)
    - atmosphere (again, first hours)
    - sound (its good)
    - music

    Cons:
    - story (absolute unlogical)
    - character development
    - character design (no worries for heroes)
    - plot holes (no comments, if u want check this, just try some YouTube passing)
  100. Neonardo
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    strong and independent...how you **** up ...The plot in the middle of the game is just stuffy, quickly bored with the game.She hasn't been around since the first part..
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Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 113 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
  3. Negative: 0 out of 121
  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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