The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Man_of_duty
    Jul 22, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ellie is an adult now and we get to see her again after several years. However her story is plain and isn't anything much more but an ordinary revenge journey. She is conflicted almost by anything during the adventure whether it's her closed ones telling her to abandon the revenge or a few minor flashbacks that make her quit.

    Abby, who is immediately being antagonized by the game in the first hour, is trying to be redeemed with her own story. Players then should have an idea on how she feels. Her story is more diverse than Ellie's but the characters involved with Abby are not likeable and doesn't make the players invest more interest in them. You simply cannot make players to love the bad guy! Even if you give her an entire story on how she saves other people it still cannot be justified with how she brutally kills someone who players love the most from the first game.

    The best part of the game for me was the relationship of Ellie and Joel. We get to see many emotional moments and even the following confrontation about Joel's decision from the last game. These flashbacks look like some form of a grief present for a death that was written quite badly. I still believe that Joel should have died in a proper way than simply being bashed by a golf club. Perhaps it's just the game's main intention as not everything is your cliche superhero game, many characters just simply die.

    Ending is unfortunately disappointing. It feels prolonged rather than completed. Ellie didn't achieve anything but loss and Abby is the only character who would benefit from this fiasco. All things aside this is definitely not a bad game, it just cannot live up to the hype or the quality of the first game.    … Expand
  2. m0rteza
    Jul 22, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Until today i loved this game but you killed all of my good emotions about it . i hate abby's character and i don't want to play with her . why you did that with us?!
    and also most characters are bad and ugly why??? My rate is just for :

    ☆Game play

    ☆ Graphic ☆Voice actors

    ☆Music    … Expand
  3. Mihail_
    Jul 23, 2020
    5
    Разработчики обосрались с этой игрой.

    Геймплей сильно затянут(играть попросту не интересно, с первой части ничего не почти не изменилось). Сюжет банально туп и прост ,легко угадывается. В техническом плане игра хороша (видно что над ней старались но пришёл дракман и все испортил). P.S мне плевать на повестку.    Разработчики обосрались с этой игрой.

    Геймплей сильно затянут(играть попросту не интересно, с первой части ничего не почти не изменилось).
    Сюжет банально туп и прост ,легко угадывается.
    В техническом плане игра хороша (видно что над ней старались но пришёл дракман и все испортил).

    P.S мне плевать на повестку.
  4. Ride-Kaze
    Jul 23, 2020
    5
    Fun Gameplay nice Graphics all Good but Not the Story it is just Not like the First Game
  5. WintryLand
    Jul 23, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. On thinking back on the story in the weeks after slowly savoring it, it's too easy to praise the idea of the story while forgetting how it unfolded. It is easy to remember the warmth and allure of wintertime Jackson, Dina and Ellie's friendship, the moving sorrow of the flashbacks, Ellie's grief and trauma, and the poignant look into the destructive nature of revenge. I have thought on that moral lesson, that revenge prevents loved ones from growing old together and sharing experiences over many years of life.

    However, thinking back on the experience of the story weeks after playing it brings one danger: my imagination will make those good qualities I listed in the last paragraph seem better, more fleshed out, or more subtle than they actually were while playing through. So, while my idea of the story (or my memory of it) will dwell in the simple life of wintertime Jackson, remember Ellie's friendships, the sorrow of the flashbacks, and Ellie's grief and trauma, those aspects were in reality glossed over. In retrospect, my memory might praise the moral lesson on revenge by making it seem as if it were more subtle than it actually was, but the message was not subtle: it required half the length of the game, and that half tearing our attention away from the engrossing emotional life of Ellie, who is perhaps the most beloved character of the PS3/4 era.

    Therefore, I gave a 7 for the fact that the game teases the player with the allure of wintertime Jackson and the promise of being with Ellie through the stages of her grief and trauma, but instead, rushes past these aspects. We had no glimpse whatsoever into the progression of Ellie's grief during her and Dina's cross country journey to Washington. Such a journey, which is the allure of the TLOU world, was happily skipped; not one moment of that journey was shown, which disoriented me. For a game about the cycle of revenge, glossing over the early stages of grief, which could've at least had one dedicated section in say Idaho in the cross country trip, was a huge missed beat. How can I align myself with Ellie when she had a 3-4 month time skip to process her grief, whereas I had but a few minutes? Being enslaved to their narrow theme of the degrading nature of revenge, the game puts the player in a cannon, so to speak, while we are still enjoying our winter patrol and rushes to shoot us past everything between that section and Ellie's confrontation with Abby in Seattle.

    By putting Ellie's burning desire for revenge front and center for most of the game, we don't get to explore other aspects of her inner, emotional life, which would give more weight to her destructive revenge. Because we don't get to dwell in a segment showing her simple life in Jackson (going to the sledding resort or lake with her friends for example), we don't fully appreciate what she gives up in her revenge mission. Because we don't see enough glimpses of Ellie's emotional turmoil between Joel's death and Seattle, we aren't made to appreciate the fire behind her revenge. Those are left to the imagination. And when TLOU2 teases us with the greatness of their visual and emotional fidelity in their characters, I can't help but feel disappointed that those moments are left to my imagination rather than fleshed out with cutscenes and playable sections. Leaving what I think are crucial elements to Ellie's development to the imagination is worthy of a 7 no matter how good the journal entries are. Relegating Jackson life and the cross country to journal entries was a big slap in the face.

    Lastly, Abby's section would've worked as a shorter segment not only to spare time for Ellie's emotional development early on, but also to enhance the moral lesson of the story by being more subtle. Any work that is didactic to whatever degree cannot hide its didactic nature from the audience. Making the player play 10 hours as Abby, introducing and focusing on five of her friends throughout, not only weakens the moral lesson by being overt, but takes away from the intimacy that made TLOU1 great. That sense of intimacy, which makes the world seem bigger, scarier, and relationships cozier, is watered down when there are too many characters added. Not to mention that most of that 10 hours is spent trudging through some of the most dense shoot-em-up sections in game, which add no depth to her story at all.

    TLOU2 teased at aspects of Ellie's inner life that should've been explored, but never did. Relegating important aspects of Ellie's emotional world to journal entries (for Jackson life and the cross country journey) is disappointing. The time spent trying to flesh out Abby's five friends could've been used to delve more into Ellie's emotional development. Here's a quote from the Pali Canon to sum up my views on spreading the story thin across too many characters in a game founded on intimacy:

    One alone is like Brahma,
    two, like devas,
    three, like a village,
    more than that:
    a hullabaloo.    … Expand
  6. George7336
    Jul 24, 2020
    5
    I give to this gave a generous 5. The sory was absolutely pointless from start to finish. I regretted that I spent 60$ on this trash story. 10 hours of abby !!! WTF??
    On the other hand the graphics were stunning.
  7. Jakarta
    Jul 24, 2020
    7
    Its a good game but the Story is kinda trash gameplay wise 10/10 they threw some potential away and opend up many plot holes
  8. Lilizz26
    Jul 24, 2020
    6
    I don't know how I feel about the game it was good gameplay wise but the story was pretty rough it makes no sense but trying to look at it different ways kinda helps but again still mix feelings first game 100 times better
  9. Grantoine
    Jul 25, 2020
    5
    The cinematography, the details, the story, the gameplay.
    It truly is one of the most impressive game I've ever played. Instead of making you play an angry character, the game makes YOU angry. It forces you on a path you can question.
  10. Kinglex
    Jul 26, 2020
    5
    Huge disappointment. Technically and visually great game but this is a pointless franchise killer with no hero. The Original game was a masterpiece and some of us have been waiting for years to reunite with the characters we love. This is not what happened. Bad story, unlikable characters, being forced to kill dogs, forced to play the vilain, not even being sure who is the vilain,Huge disappointment. Technically and visually great game but this is a pointless franchise killer with no hero. The Original game was a masterpiece and some of us have been waiting for years to reunite with the characters we love. This is not what happened. Bad story, unlikable characters, being forced to kill dogs, forced to play the vilain, not even being sure who is the vilain, pointless story, characters making decisions that can't be explained, no fun, no joy, no hope, no refund and no buying Last of us 3.
    The writers are forcing an absurd story on the characters and the gamers. Hard to believe people in the apocalypse would have time for things in this story rather than surviving. Huge disappointment. Much better games out there.    … Expand
  11. Halcyonm
    Jul 26, 2020
    5
    The Last of us Part II feels like the work of an incredibly talented crew working with a very, very average captain at the helm who doesn’t like to listen to anyone and steers the ship all over the place thinking he has discovered his own personal treasure.
    Does the world need another TLOU2 review? Probably not, but did the world need a sequel to what is still one of the best games of    The Last of us Part II feels like the work of an incredibly talented crew working with a very, very average captain at the helm who doesn’t like to listen to anyone and steers the ship all over the place thinking he has discovered his own personal treasure.
    Does the world need another TLOU2 review? Probably not, but did the world need a sequel to what is still one of the best games of all time? It would appear that it did not either.
    To give the game a zero, as so many have, is really not giving credit where credit is due. There are things to like about it; the gameplay to cutscenes are very smooth, the dodge button is a good addition, the graphics and motion capture are spectacular, and the voice acting is fantastic.
    Even the worst characters are very well voice acted.
    The lighting is cold and somewhat menacing, the stealth mechanics are all there from the first one and the infected are even more terrifying than before.
    So with all of this good, what makes this a game many people (including this reviewer) deeply regret spending their money on?
    The game takes about 20-25 hours to play through. Around a vast majority of those are unbearable. Some games require grinding or tedious activities for a reward at the end. This was just a disappointment from start to finish. The wasted potential of the team who made this game is just heart breaking.
    It seemed someone forgot that games are supposed to be fun, not some kind of hate simulator, where the player and the characters involved are the target.
    The story was absolutely hackneyed, even to the point where the most “shocking” scene was basically ripped right off a well-known zombie tv series / comic book. You could almost feel the conceit of the writers coming out of the screen, which if frankly something that I have personally never felt from a game before.
    I did not enjoy this game, it was ugly, hateful and violent, and no where near as clever as it thought it was. This really felt like it was written by an angry teenager who despised the first game so passionately, that he wanted to tear it down and spit on its remains. The first game was about something beautiful in a cruel and bleak world. A story like that is difficult to get right but TLOU part One achieved it with flying colours. The sequel seems to have all of the artistic value of a 90s slasher or exploitation film but some kind of disaster-artist-like smugness.
    Without giving anything away, someone kills someone who kills someone and then someone else goes after them. In the end there was apparently a message about breaking the cycle. The families of the five hundred anonymous henchmen who were murdered for the sake of this realisation may disagree. And that’s it, it sounds simple because it was. I understood Mulholland drive the first time I watched it, so I doubt I missed anything that was too nuanced.
    So, can I respect the effort and skill that went into making this game? Absolutely.
    Would I recommend it, or play it again? No, I truly would not. As with all things, games are subjective. Maybe buy it on sale if you fancy yourself a nihilist or want to wear a beret and tell people they didn’t get it because it was too profound, otherwise your time could be better spent.    … Expand
  12. Shanks1233
    Jul 26, 2020
    7
    It’s ok. The gameplay is almost exactly like the first one but still pretty fun. Got bored after half way through. The story doesn’t keep you coming back like the first one. Graphics are awesome.
  13. Jalan
    Jul 28, 2020
    6
    This game is personally very disappointing and it all stems from story, pacing, and character decisions in the writing of this game. The gameplay is good and more refined than the first entry. The graphics are amazing as is the soundtrack. The acting is also very good. Unfortunately, I do not care for the new characters and the game drags on way too long.The twists to the story feelThis game is personally very disappointing and it all stems from story, pacing, and character decisions in the writing of this game. The gameplay is good and more refined than the first entry. The graphics are amazing as is the soundtrack. The acting is also very good. Unfortunately, I do not care for the new characters and the game drags on way too long.The twists to the story feel contrived and the whole story feels rather pointless. I wish Naughty Dog had just left The Last of Us as one and done and not made this sequel.… Expand
  14. Thegamegg1
    Jul 31, 2020
    6
    Tiene un gran gameplay y buenas graficas, sin embargo la historia resulta decepcionante. No lo recomiendo para los fans de la primera entrega.
  15. LeefMeAlone
    Aug 1, 2020
    5
    A fantastic sequel that's more of an extension of the first than a sequel. The mechanics of the first one are greatly improved and never have I been so glad to have a knife. The story is gut wrenching and deeply invests you in the characters and story that builds upon the first in meaningful ways that enhance it
  16. hernan1
    Aug 2, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have not played it, but for the thousands of videos that I have seen in detail, the gameplay is somewhat similar to the original, the weapons are good if you use them well, I really liked this and I think that in other games they do not have and it is that when updating the weapon an animation begins to insert that update everything in detail is BEAUTIFUL.
    and history have. I know they are going to get mad but it's the truth. Can you put drugs in a video game? yes. but not as a reason to have sex or to kiss. I have no problem that the protagonist is Lesvian. the most everything all right
    the end. again. I know they are going to get mad but it's the truth I'm just going
    To say this, REVENGE FEELS GOOD BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE JUST LIKE THEY JUST LET IT GO. And I know that you are creating false profiles to give criticism with empty words and give positive to the game all for shooting down ghost of tsushima, how ridiculous are you not ashamed? They look like 3 year olds.    … Expand
  17. AxskuII
    Sep 6, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was such long wait for this and the execution was just so disappointing. All the new gameplay mechanics, beautiful environments and crafting items are very top tier. But the story was so poorly executed and that's when it fell short for me. You play Ellie for revenge on the death of Joel yet never get that satisfaction and you lose everything in the end what a joke. Players should have been able to choose to kill Abby or not. Something Ghost Of Tsushima really did well near the end of the story.… Expand
  18. Alee12
    Aug 24, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La verdad The Last of Us part 2 es un buen juego, nada que decir sobre su estilo de combate, nada que decir sobre sus increibles graficos y paisajes verdes como lo es el juego, pero vengo hoy a criticar la narrativa de este esperado juego luego de haber esperado 7 benditos y malditos años. Nadie se espero un juego así, esperamos 7 años para otra aventura de ellie y joel sobre su vinculo que tuvieron el primer juego, pero la verdad es que la cagaron totalmente de haber asesinado a joel al inicio del juego. Con eso el juego se fue para abajo de inmediato, no digo de que Joel muera de manera heroica ni nada de ese estilo, la verdad no tengo idea de que podría morir Joel, minimo si quieren matar a Joel por venganza de otra persona mínimo que sea mas adelante, COMO M-Í-N-I-M-O. Entiendo de que este juego se llama "El ultimo de nosotros" este juego nadie es malo ni bueno, nadie es especial en este juego, pero lo encuentro una falta de respeto para la comunidad del juego, matar al protagonista del primer juego en las primeras 2 horas de juego. Prácticamente a mataron nuestro padre, mataron unos de los mejores personajes de la historia de los videojuegos, 7 años a la basura! Felicidades Neil Druckman, tuviste una gran perdida de tiempo, la peor excusa de matar a un personaje exitoso es que "Joel se acostumbre tanto a la tranquilidad de jackson que se le olvido de que puede haber gente buscandolo" y mas encima lo mata una señora musculosa imposible de lograr en tan pocos años y con un palo de golf, POR FAVOR NAUGHTY DOG!!. Abby para empezar no sirve como personaje, me vas a decir de toda la gente que Joel traiciono...y me vas a decir que Joel muere por la hija del Doctor que matamos en el primer juego? ¬¬

    Ok, la historia de abby es entendible cuando vas avanzado luego de jugar miles de horas con ella!!
    En lo personal abby no encaja como personaje en este juego y nunca lo va hacer y no...no critica a la actriz como otros tontos lo hacen, es un juego, es mas que un juego...es una pelicula, una trama que pudo haber sido una obra maestra como merece, se confirma que es una obra maestra? Si...pero para los fans, no. Neil druckman, si lees esto...Te felicito por sorprendernos con este juego después de 7 años, jodiste la narrativa del juego?, Si. LO LOGRASTE HERMANO! y no digas de que si no jugamos tus juegos eres una basura, asi mismo lo dijiste. Espero que con la serie de The Last of Us sea una discupa, pero despues de los sucesos en The Last of Us parte 2...Lo veo difícil hermano....te deseo mucha suerte y espero que arregles el error que cometiste, a un que no creo que seas capaz.    … Expand
  19. tony4critic
    Aug 8, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Alright, just finished part 2... yes, I was crying like a little girl when Joel died during the FIRST 3 HOURS!! of the game (just fuken bananas). I really tried to give this game a chance, like I really wanted to find out where the story would take me since Joel had just been bludgeoned to death in front of Ellie (even now that sounds unbelievable)... So I did. I gave this game a chance. At first I was totally confused as to why I was playing as Abby???? Like, ok this is new, I'm supposed to build an emotional bond with this character I suppose (all the while thinking about Joel). I cried in this game, many times. I really wanted to love this game, and honestly I do. I think Part 2 is about growing up. Abby went from WLF back to her roots as a Firefly and found redemption by saving Lev. Ellie... she finally grew up out of the shadow of Joel (in the most cruel way possible), and she found peace with herself in the end. It was Joel's image that stopped her from killing Abby. I believe Ellie found peace and it cost her everything, her two guitar playing fingers, her girlfriend (with the big booty) and even a new baby. At least Tommy (sooooo happy he was alive, crippled by alive) will be happy to see Ellie. I guess, part 3 can still have Tommy, Dina, Ellie, and the baby. Maybe in part 3 we play as the baby, we can spend countless hours crawling on the floor and chewing on plastic toys.. in Santa Barbara of course.
    In all honestly, coming from a true TLOU fan, and not expecting anything from part 2 but a continuation of Joel and Ellie's adventures... I give this game a solid 7 out of 10. I don't think there should be a part 3, if there is a part 3 don't even bring Ellie into the game, she might end up getting killed off by the writers. Alright, that's about all I have to say about that.
    Oh, one last thing... after playing this game and finishing the game, The Last of Us part 2, I must say this... why couldn't have Joel just stayed home?????? Like, just NOT get killed in this story? The game could have been about Ellie, her pregnant girlfriend, Tommy and his hunting skills, Maria and managing the camp, literally anything else could have been a great main story, heck even Abby searching for Joel and finding redemption by saving Lev and his sister WITHOUT killing Joel off. That is the one thing I hate about this game, JOEL DID NOT HAVE TO GET KILLED to make a great story! He could have been out of town on a mission or just sick in bed recovering from a broken leg, or anything else. Anyway, that is why this game is a 7 out of 10. And now I go to sleep with a heavy heart.. may Joel Miller rest in peace.
    -Tony    … Expand
  20. carsmiley
    Aug 12, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I absolutely loved The Last of Us. I think it's one of my favorite games. The Last of Us Part II however is something different entirely.

    At first I thought, "Why are so many people complaining about this game, it's great!", and it was, for the first hours. Then it kept going, and going, almost without purpose. Then when I thought I was going to see a climactic ending where maybe Abby was going to explain the reasons why she did what she did. Maybe, just maybe even do a little gameplay part with Abby. That little gameplay-part with Abby lasted another 12 hours. 12 hours of the game seemingly wanting to do little else than to show that Abby is a person too and that she's not all that bad and that she does have reasons for travelling the entire country to murder Joel.

    I mean, in the end, it did kind of work. I liked Abby at the end more than in the beginning, but did it have to last THAT long? The story with Abby is interesting and such but there just seemingly wasn't any goal. The goal was only to get to place A, then get to place B, then to place C and so forth.
    I don't get what Abby's drive was, I don't get why Abby suddenly doesn't mind turning against her own people AND not minding to kill anyone that the game so desperately tried to tell you she liked and cared for so much, in the beginning for two people she just met. Suddenly she cares so much for those people even though it puts her and her friends in danger. In the first The Last of Us it was so logical since Joel didn't have anyone else and since Ellie reminded him so much about his daughter but with Abby, why did she care so much about Lev?

    To be honest, I wouldn't really mind that much if only it looked like the game was trying to tell something and not just look like it was making up a story on the spot. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that the game just seems way to long for as little as it ends up saying. The first The Last of Us I played through 4 or 5 times, it's also easy to play all over since it isn't that long, about half as long as The Last of Us Part II. And that always seemed worth it, for the experience, for the story, for the characters, kind of like re-watching a movie if you, like me, happen to also like doing. That's just not as inviting as The Last of Us Part II because of the length and the little story it has in those 26 or so hours I first put into it.

    Then, obviously there's also a lot good about the game. The gameplay has improved tremendously. I like the weapons in Part II way more than in the first one. I also loved upgrading and that you have to get creative and adapt to what's happening, more so than the first one. Part II has more interesting environments, I think, and also lots more and different kinds of enemies, humans and infected alike. Like the Stalkers, which I'm sure everyone hates, not even necessarily in a bad way. Say what you want but the fact that there are so many different kinds of enemies, each requiring a different approach, makes it interesting. Especially when the game puts different kinds of infected, or even humans and infected, together.

    The game looks amazing too! Even better than The Last of Us. Environments are more lush and often times more vast than The Last of Us. Naughty Dog also clearly tried to make The Last of Us Part II's environments at least, much less linear. Part II feels much more real because of the overgrowing plants everywhere and that the path you should take isn't always as obvious as The Last of Us. Further, nothing can compare to the sunny Santa Barbara at the end when you've been playing in dark, grey alleyways for a long time before that. Or The Farm before Santa Barbara, which was also a nice change of scenery, and pace too.

    Without judging the ending, which in the end, I did kind of like. I would much rather play The Last of Us Part III with only a single character, Ellie preferably of course. And a The Last of Us III we will get guessing by how indefinite, and somewhat disheartening Ellie's ending was. I might even call it cruel how Naughty Dog left Ellie after getting us to like her so much after two games.

    That leaves us with my score, 6/10. Maybe the game deserves even slightly more, so make that a seven if you wish. But it doesn't deserve any less. Even though I don't always agree to how the story was tackled and the messages it's trying to send, the gameplay and aesthetics of The Last of Us Part II make up for much of it. Definitely since I would still recommend everyone to try the game for themselves.    … Expand
  21. Kmnpfml
    Aug 13, 2020
    7
    At first I watched the game and I hated it and hated Abby making me lose interest in playing it until my cousin gave it to me for free so I gave it a shot and I have to say it moved me in a way I didn’t think I was gonna get from a game. I understand everything about the game yet deep down I don’t care but at the same time I kinda do. I also cried and I really don’t cry but the stuff theyAt first I watched the game and I hated it and hated Abby making me lose interest in playing it until my cousin gave it to me for free so I gave it a shot and I have to say it moved me in a way I didn’t think I was gonna get from a game. I understand everything about the game yet deep down I don’t care but at the same time I kinda do. I also cried and I really don’t cry but the stuff they put Ellie through made me so emotional and afflicted that I couldn’t hold it in especially in the end. There are some small things that I would love to change about the game but who doesn’t? All in all the game wasn’t what I waited for Sense middle school (I’m in high school) but I’m still gonna play it and try to love the good things about the experience like the graphics and small chapters with Joel Making it feel like I’m playing the first game again…… Expand
  22. CyberSoldierE
    Aug 13, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pretty simple game to review... The mechanics and the graphics are awesome and made my full play through generally enjoyable but sadly the forced story narratives that treats their pre-existing characters like their dumb morons with no previous survival experience and don't get me started on the fact that you spend half the campaign as Abby...… Expand
  23. DSK_
    Aug 18, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Since I don't like review bombing but I still didn't like this game, I'll try to give an honest review.

    Gameplay wise, the game is great. Graphics, animations and everything related to technical stuff is great aswell. Naughty Dog does an amazing job in that sense, just like they did with Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us 1.

    But the story in this game is terrible. Period. I only give the game a 7/10 because of the gameplay and technical stuff I mentioned before, because, story wise, it is a 3/10 at max. I'm okay with Joel dying because many games kill their main character, and it's fine as long as it means something, but the problem is that here his death is for nothing. Why does Ellie forgive Abby? Because 'killing is bad and revenge is bad'? How about the hundreds of people Ellie killed while searching for Abby then? Makes no sense.

    Finally, the 10 hours we are forced to play as Abby are simply boring. I'm not interested in her. The game tries to make you bond with Abby by making her play with dogs and showing her human side and her conflicts. Look, I understand everyone has a human side and their reasons and motivations, but she killed one of my favorite characters, sorry but I'm not going to bond with her.    … Expand
  24. Magical_Aids
    Aug 20, 2020
    5
    The game is beautiful, Music score is one of the best. Innovations in gameplay for a sequel not bad hoping for more. Lied to us in the trailer making us think Joel was more involved in the the story. GG Neil Druckmann big mad.
  25. MatadorHYP3
    Aug 20, 2020
    7
    Juego con ideas progresistas y transgenericas, buena historia aunque con un final que deja mucho que desear, tiene algunos bugs bastantes molestos y en general es un buen juego, pero no cumplio mis expectativas.
  26. Massito54
    Aug 23, 2020
    5
    10 for graphics, audio and gameplay.
    0 for the plot holes, disgusting ending and dumb choices by the characters.

    Druckmann really hated Joel and Ellie, and we hate Druckmann. I hope this is the last videogame he makes. I'm so sorry for all the art wasted thanks to his horrible writing.
  27. Mirsha
    Aug 23, 2020
    5
    Este juego me hizo reflexionar mucho sobre la vida y lo que representa el bien y el mal que nadie es bueno ni malo, un juego que me dejó pensando algo que ningún juego me había hecho plantearme
  28. MikeyAlexander
    Aug 25, 2020
    5
    Build your own thouhgts about the game, but for me it was an emotional ride. Waring: You definitely will experience a strong psychological test by playing this game. My point of view is that games surely can creat some kind of message in a story, but to use that against the players emotions and force them to do stuff just to make an example isn't not the right way. Games are there to beBuild your own thouhgts about the game, but for me it was an emotional ride. Waring: You definitely will experience a strong psychological test by playing this game. My point of view is that games surely can creat some kind of message in a story, but to use that against the players emotions and force them to do stuff just to make an example isn't not the right way. Games are there to be fun to play, to have a meaningful ending as well as to have a strong desire to play it again. Not to destroy that matrix so you can say we did something different. That is not how you deal with a beloved product. But anyway, graphic, sound design as well as the level design was nuts.… Expand
  29. Therealdeal15
    Aug 25, 2020
    5
    Best game ever it has a deep storyline and it is literally a game I would play over and over till game 3 comes out if we are getting.
  30. Farziiin
    Sep 3, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Everything is perfect but the story can be better and more logical, how abby spare ellie!!!… Expand
  31. Chadwicky98
    Sep 4, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. From a technical stand point, this game hits most key aspects. The world design and attention to detail is outstanding and deserves all the praise. Gameplay is a little weak, many missed opportunities to utilise Ellie's immunity by incorporating it into the combat. The story is poorly written, the characters are bland and inconsistent. The characters feel like a puppet to the narrative rather than driving the plot forward themselves. The sequence of events are poorly managed and remove from the climax. All together, the story comes off as pretentious and trying to preach a narrative that it doesn't believe in itself… Expand
  32. Smitty1914
    Sep 10, 2020
    5
    Loved every minute of this game, can't wait for more .
    Great addition to the first game.
  33. Guynamedjb
    Sep 10, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’ve played last of us part 1 a numerous amount of times and it’s easily one of my favorite games of all time. Therefore, my excitement for this game was through the roof, I couldn’t wait to finish where the first game left off. However, the approach they took in telling this story in part 2 is absolutely terrible. The story is unnecessarily convoluted and pointless. What made last of us part 1 beautiful was it’s simplicity and the evolving relationship between Ellie and Joel. But for insanely strange reason, they completely destroyed what made the first game so beloved. I still can’t believe they deviated from what the first game built up.There’s are so many issues with the story that I could go on for hours about but this is all I feel like typing.… Expand
  34. FabiCracker
    Sep 15, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Daré una opinión completamente objetiva del juego, el juego es buenísimo y malísimo a la vez , depende de lo que esperas y lo que buscas en el juego, por mi parte puedo decir que si, efectivamente la historia esta muy mal dirigida, guión horrible, el final deja mucho que desear y ese giro al principio de la historia es sinceramente perjudicial para todos los fans de the last of us, como es posible que a Druckmann se le haya ocurrido matar a según mi opinión el mejor personaje de the last of us, simplemente inconcebible, hubiera preferido que Joel tuviera una muerte mas digna, pero dejando de lado la historia, el juego es simplemente muy innovador en todos los aspectos, los gráficos son una completa obra de arte, la banda sonora es una completa obra de arte nada más ni nada menos que por el maestro Gustavo Santaolalla, la jugabilidad es un poco parecida a el juego anterior, pero sin duda se disfruta bastante, le doy un 5 a este juego ya que la historia me parece un elemento sumamente importante que la verdad fue desperdiciado, pero gráficos, jugabilidad, y sobre todo banda sonora son simplemente impresionantes, impresionantes un buen juego que resulta ser arruinado por su malísima Historia, una pena.muerte… Expand
  35. Opalokjb
    Sep 22, 2020
    6
    Tiene buena mecánica y escenarios detallados pero la historia no era lo que esperaba
  36. Dany8
    Sep 24, 2020
    5
    Destruyeron la historia que se había entretenido con Joel. El juego no es malo pero los videjuegos viven por y para los fans
  37. MjolnirDan
    Oct 29, 2020
    5
    beautiful graphics tiring story i finished now after all flame hate and i believe it is not for that much but it has its sins the main thing is the game want to give abby some feeling and feel pain with ellie's panic attacks i felt watching dark series netflix Seattle day 3 2 4 1 Seattle Ellis Abby grr finished for pre-ordering and after months nothing
  38. ruddiman_
    Sep 28, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay is amazing, visuals are unreal, AI is insane, but my issue lies within the execution of the story. The last of us is one of my favorite game of all times, like most who played the sequel. While I knew Joel was probably going to be killed off, I hated that they did it so early. I get it was for shock, but it took them a decade to finally release a sequel and they just rip the guy out immediately. They could have done so much between the two characters they spent the entire first game establishing, but they decided to kill on off for shock value, and introduce one by really forcing in the presence of someone who they didn't acknowledge in the first game. The ending of the first was so iconic but then they just casually changed it for the sequel to make sense. Yes, Joel killed everyone to get Elly back, but the gameplay I performed wasn't what happened in the flashback in the second. Really took me out of it and made me hate the rest of the game. Including trying to get me to feel for the Abby character, which I didn't at all. Hated playing as her and I hated the switching between characters when I was hoping for a more RPG gear build up of one character.… Expand
  39. Arcadias
    Mar 15, 2022
    5
    This game is extremely negative, full of death, sadness, and has a horrible ending. I bought this thinking there's no way Naughty Dog could mess up an amazing IP, but sure enough, they did. If you want to feel depressed after finishing this game, then play it. Otherwise, you aren't missing much besides a ton of swearing, violence, and gore.
  40. ZangBang
    Oct 24, 2022
    7
    75/100
    The Last of Us Part II takes the gameplay foundation laid by the first game and expands on it, but not always in positive ways. The cycling of human and infected enemies still keeps the experience pleasantly variegated, and to each group new classes have been added. These additions aren't unique enough to meaningfully shake up the experience, but the new ways in which we can    75/100
    The Last of Us Part II takes the gameplay foundation laid by the first game and expands on it, but not always in positive ways. The cycling of human and infected enemies still keeps the experience pleasantly variegated, and to each group new classes have been added. These additions aren't unique enough to meaningfully shake up the experience, but the new ways in which we can approach them definitely do: dodging and counterattacking are rewarding new mechanics that make melee offense a much more worthwhile option, layering combat significantly, just like hiding in the tall grass, underneath vehicles and underwater amplifies the strategic options for stealth. Alas, these improvements, and combat as a whole, is severely undermined by the overwhelming size of areas. Levels are much bigger than they were in the first game, and although this might seem like a clear improvement, it becomes apparent after a while that their bigger size often makes the experience significantly worse than before. Areas are now so big that it often becomes extremely, embarassingly easy to alert the enemy only to then run away far enough to make their AI lose your tracks. By repeating this, the player can easily trivialize a significant chunk of the game, only because areas are so big that they allow you to. Nonetheless, many areas are contained enough to prevent this, and the human AI is notably improved since the first game. Plus, exploration is always rewarding thanks to the hunt for materials, greatly immersive, and environmental puzzles are now decently creative, if still repetitive. The characters of The Last of Us Part II retain the same level of believability and psychological depth that made the first game special, but the story itself lacks the same spark, being thematically repetitive as it is entirely devoted to a moral lesson that is extremely overused in media.    … Expand
  41. ThinFoilSeb
    Jan 10, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay is great and the graphics are top notch but the story is really badly written especially when compared to the first one.
    Joel is downgraded, Ellie has lost all charisma, Abbie is just not engaging.
    I have no problem with gay characters as there were a lot of them in the first chapter too and they were well written but now a minor transgender smells a lot like pushing the woke agenda and it was of no importance to the plot.
    Really not worthy of the predecessor at least at the plot level    … Expand
  42. OwenBeRollin
    Jan 16, 2023
    7
    Its story could’ve been better. Other than that the game is fine. Part 1 is infinitely better.
  43. airusenpai
    Dec 20, 2022
    7
    It would be proof that the American video game industry is tainted by poly-college. I'm not looking for "social justice", I'm looking for a beautiful and inspiring story.
    TLOU2 has definitely tarnished the series.
    But the beautiful background design is nothing short of amazing, and It was work of greatness and ugliness, so I give it score 7. ''OK''
    It's never GOTY.
  44. Cancelled4k
    Dec 27, 2022
    6
    This game is NOT a masterpiece. For a story that heavy realies on its story to carry the game. This game did a terrible job.

    Everything in the game was great as expected but the story structure was terrible. And thats what most people r mad about. What writer gets to the climax of the story only for them to then get u to restart back at the beginning. Terrible and lazy writing. This is    This game is NOT a masterpiece. For a story that heavy realies on its story to carry the game. This game did a terrible job.

    Everything in the game was great as expected but the story structure was terrible. And thats what most people r mad about. What writer gets to the climax of the story only for them to then get u to restart back at the beginning. Terrible and lazy writing.

    This is why game journalistsneed to actually play the **** gamesthey writeabout    … Expand
  45. bardiapsh
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Part1 is the best game in history but part2 story and ending are .... . There is so much wrong about this game for example joel’s death!!! In part1 he ran over someone because he didn’t trust him and didn’t believe he is hurt but in part2 he trusted a girl and his group!!!!???? What!????? Why should we play abby ?!!! What the hell????? Why should we play someone that killed joel????? WhyPart1 is the best game in history but part2 story and ending are .... . There is so much wrong about this game for example joel’s death!!! In part1 he ran over someone because he didn’t trust him and didn’t believe he is hurt but in part2 he trusted a girl and his group!!!!???? What!????? Why should we play abby ?!!! What the hell????? Why should we play someone that killed joel????? Why should we play abby and shoot ellie !????? What???? Why should we hurt ellie????? They wanted us to understand abby?!!!! No one cares about abby! Whyyyy should we play someone who killed joel and hurt ellie so bad ??! I think we played abby around 10 hours !!! What??????? We will never hurt ellie and we will hate abby until we die and we wish abby die always . what was this!!!? We love ellie and joel more than anything!!!!! And we care about them more than anything we just want to play as ellie and sometimes dina or tommy . Not abby bit** . Fu** abby bit** . We wish abby dies . Make part3 fast please and just make story brilliant as part1 . Please we need part 3 . At least give us a trailer really fast . Ellie❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️… Expand
  46. Leonardo_etec
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Gameplay sólida , gráfico bons , um ótimo level desing , porém o enredo do jogo é uma m*era , os personagens são ruins , a história geral é tosca diálogos cringe , e momentos LGBT demais pro meu gosto
  47. Ragul
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    The low rating I have given for this game is just for the awful story and lazy writing of the beloved characters from the previous instalment.
    Other than that Last of us part 2 has definitely far superior graphics and very good gameplay mechanics.Another major issue of the game is we play has a new character for half of the game,with which I had zero connection and was waiting to get past    The low rating I have given for this game is just for the awful story and lazy writing of the beloved characters from the previous instalment.
    Other than that Last of us part 2 has definitely far superior graphics and very good gameplay mechanics.Another major issue of the game is we play has a new character for half of the game,with which I had zero connection and was waiting to get past this portion of the game asap. Had naughty dogs treated the OG characters with much more respect the game could have been much much better.    … Expand
  48. elserath
    Jul 5, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics Look Next gen.Sound effects sounded true and brutal.Gustavo songs far and few.my favorite songs came from all of ellies guitar playing,the song that joel plays for her in the beginning of the game.ND has found a great way of using the swipe bar on the PS4 controller allowing you to play guitar.The combat the same as the first game and is frustrating at times.the melee system is kinda clunky,the shooting is very slow and inaccurate.If anything i feel the prone button came in way more useful then the jump and they should have hyped that up more because it was extremely useful and long overdue feature that was finally added.The dogs was a very bad choice in my opinion.Now the story.The first half playing as ellie was more or less fine.The joel death scene in particular should have been done a different way if he wanted to do that story.First off joel and tommy save abby and within 5min of gametime i think it was shes blowing his leg off and playing golf on his head.That specific part felt rushed, and not fleshed out.It was also out of character for tommy and joel to just reveal their base along with their names .The flashbacks in my eyes stole the show and really hit an emotional beat.My issue with this is they were far and few between.The first one in particular was sweet and a feel good sad moment for the player.So for ellies side of the game neil wanted to convey that she wants revenge for joel but it becomes pretty clear that is not the only thing that is bugging her.Throughout the flashbacks you find out that she is beyond upset with joel and finds out he lied about the hospital incident.So all the time your playing as ellie you slowly see her get worst and worst descending into darkness.They honestly could have just done ellies side up until she hunted down abby and exacted revenge. I felt the game did not need much of abbys side story at all.You could have just told her story via cutscenes throughout ellies trip to finding ellie.I did not enjoy playing as abby at all once i was forced too.As i got more into the cult part with lev i did take a tiny bit of interest but nothing huge.To me abbys section of the game felt almost like another game entirely.You find out that lucy(lev) was actually the trans player people were referring too.I dont think there was an agenda here.Lev becoming trans fit into the story of the seraphites not accepting him and hunting him down.So i dont feel that trans was forced into the game.i feel like ellies relationship felt true and honest,my only complaint is that ND chose to focus on fleshing out an unlikable character abby instead of a likeable character dina.I think the story would have been alot better exploring ellies and dinas relationship further as ellie slowly loses her mind to hate.Most of the charachters on abbys side i hated.Owen had good character ark and is the only one outside of yara and lev that i actually felt somewhat invested in.Now the ending parts of the game.You are forced to fight ellie as abby after she just killed jesse and what appeared to be a gunshot to tommys head.Trying to recreate that father/daughter relationship joel had just annoyed me and made me dislike abby more.no fault to laura bailey did a very good job and trying to make abby relatable and have empathy for.Then they show ellie back on the farm with dina.Tommy gives ellie all this info and wants her to finish abby.She doesnt think she can and tommy just starts hating on her because of it saying stuff way out of line.Whether its grief that he had or brain damage thats causing him to act like that it defintely does not feel true.the ending scene with abby and ellie fighting it out.The scene it self was well done.Sadly it ends with ellies 2 fingers getting bitten off and then letting abby just leave.This felt unsatisfied and pretty much made me question why this game was made even in the first place. If he was going to do that then he needed to spend more time emphasizing ellies departure into the darkness and how she just cant let the hate go instead of a side story about abby's fight with the seraphites.The ending scene when she arrives back to dina and the house is empty was pretty sad and did a good job emotionally but there was so much more room to emphasize with ellie they could have done to really bring a tear to your eye.I only got teary eyed during the final scene with joel and ellie talking about she just cant forgive him.This scene needed more because it was on the verge of being really emotional but its like the writers just decided to hold back.just an ok game and makes me sad that they chose to flesh out abby rather then focus on the true stars of the game joel and ellie.The game would have benefited more from flashbacks showing more of the anger she slowly kept getting towards joel finally leading up to an emotional ending scene where she finally tries to forgive him.Hell it would have been even better to have tommy give ellie a final letter from joel. An OK game… Expand
  49. SynthBer
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    I was left disappointed so I had to create an account to give this game a review, gameplay was barely an upgrade over the original the only thing that salvages it is the fuild and realistic animations. The story was a mess that makes no sense as the charatcers don't even act as themselves compared to their original versions, the new characters were horrible and hard for me to feel empathyI was left disappointed so I had to create an account to give this game a review, gameplay was barely an upgrade over the original the only thing that salvages it is the fuild and realistic animations. The story was a mess that makes no sense as the charatcers don't even act as themselves compared to their original versions, the new characters were horrible and hard for me to feel empathy for them which is weird seeing as how they nailed that in the first game. I would recommend you to pick this game up when in sale if you like cinematic experiences, the game likes to the control away from the player a lot.… Expand
  50. hcliffed
    Jul 6, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Visuals and controls were outstanding. I thoroughly enjoyed every fight! Heck, I liked just smashing car and building windows. The problem was not necessarily the story itself, but how it was edited and/or directed.

    It feels like it never hit the editing floor, and though I had some fun playing Abby, I never truly felt empathy for her.

    Who travels 871 miles... just to murder one man? Even her friends' motivations for going with her didn't make sense, especially after the fact. They all seemed to regret it, except for that moron Manny.    … Expand
  51. Wolf359
    Oct 30, 2021
    6
    O jogo não é ruim, mas também não é bom, é um game mediano no quesito história/roteiro. Mas possui gráficos excelentes e, apesar da história ser fraca, o fato de ele buscar a inclusão de representatividade é um ponto positivo para o jogo e para o mundo dos videogames como um todo.
  52. Steliosisright
    Jun 19, 2020
    7
    Everything about the game is incredible except for the story. Killing off Joel in the first two hours by a new character that you get to play as was a stupid decision. But still I really enjoyed it
  53. JUANKP23
    Jul 2, 2020
    5
    Después de la obra de arte que es The Last of Us no puede creer como pudieron contar una historia pésima y con un final ridículo que hace que el viaje de Ellie sea inútil.
    Jugabilidad: 10/10
    Gráficos:10/10
    Banda sonora:8/10
    Historia: 5/10
  54. MakZak
    Jun 30, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay: 9/10
    Graphics: 10/10
    Story: 5/10

    explain to me the cheap death of joel. How a main character, so smart to have survived 25 years simply gets inside a house full of strangers with his same experienced veteran brother, both give out their names. Explain why we played as Abby half of the game when all we wanted was see her suffer. Explain how the game could have ended at peace but ellie decides to go after her again (thankfully), yet when she is just about to kill her finally, she has a stupid flashback of Joel (what makes me mad is that another flashback made her go after Abby again)and decides to spare her. In the end, ellie lost everyone, 2 fingers, didn't get revenge, but Abby got her revenge and got a happy ending with Lev. Wasn't this game abou Ellie's revenge? Didn't you want Ellie to get revenge? Who gives 2 **** about Abby honestly. **** that trash game. Neil **** and his stupid "deep" meaning ideas. If the game solely consisted of Flashbacks of Joel and Ellie like those from the museum, it would have been a masterpiece. For me this game shouldn't have existed, it all have ended in the first game. Period.    … Expand
  55. Deathsubtractor
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    I played the vast majority of this game.I found it very difficult to play because the story was abysmal.graphics were top notch.gameplay was not expanded on.
  56. Vjbabu21
    Jul 11, 2020
    6
    Low scores only because of story. As everyone knows they messed it up trying to keep it spoiler free. If anyone ever cared for joel in LOU 1. Then this game is disappointing its tragic to see such a beautiful franchise loosing its path. I personally feel the game missed a big opportunity in terms of story. They could have done a much better writing. The gameplay mechanics and graphics, aiLow scores only because of story. As everyone knows they messed it up trying to keep it spoiler free. If anyone ever cared for joel in LOU 1. Then this game is disappointing its tragic to see such a beautiful franchise loosing its path. I personally feel the game missed a big opportunity in terms of story. They could have done a much better writing. The gameplay mechanics and graphics, ai stuffs are amazing. But story wise nah. I feel like i want to know more what happened. I feel they mushed two games into one abby could have been a seperate game and ellie could have been a seperate game too. I dont belive this game deserves 10 out of 10.… Expand
  57. Invers3
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    I rate five because it is this game has blatantly lied to the players and they gave us a mediocre game in history
  58. Pexo10
    Jun 29, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perhaps by the end, that Ellie could no longer play the guitar, she will be left alone and in the end do nothing I did not really like, some forced parts but outside of that the story was detailed with references from the previous installment and sad moments of remembering Joel is a roller coaster of feelings.… Expand
  59. Pedram05
    Jun 30, 2020
    6
    The first half of the game's story is great, but fell way off in the second half. More specifically, in the second half the flashbacks are extremely overused and most times pull you away from intriguing scenes before they conclude. The game is also stretched out by an immense amount of filler with Abby's story who, I would argue, is not a good character. The conclusion of the story alsoThe first half of the game's story is great, but fell way off in the second half. More specifically, in the second half the flashbacks are extremely overused and most times pull you away from intriguing scenes before they conclude. The game is also stretched out by an immense amount of filler with Abby's story who, I would argue, is not a good character. The conclusion of the story also left me questioning certain decisions that Ellie makes that arguably don't make sense, but I won't go into detail so I don't have to tag this as spoiler alert. The story telling or writing style in this part just feels very different than the writing from part 1. The gameplay however, with the new types of infected and there even being boss fights with infected who's new abilities caught me way off guard, is pretty damn thrilling. Overall, this is a good game that was unfortunately still disappointing because of how much better the first one was, which for me personally created an unmet expectation for this sequel. Still, I couldn't see myself playing through this game a second time.… Expand
  60. chrisking86
    Jul 6, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A really poorly written game, with decent gameplay and beautiful graphics. You can't help but think the creators wanted to force every agenda in the past decade into a game. You betcha they would of loved to have included the BLM movement in there somehow.

    Poor dialogue, poor storytelling, characters from the first behave differently in second.

    I now know why people are so disappointed.

    I really wanted to love this game. Bitterly disappointed.    … Expand
  61. santiaskas
    Oct 1, 2020
    5
    its not a bad game,it just mediocre
    ok im going to write another **** because i have to
  62. Betoide18
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    Immersive world and gameplay with beautiful graphics, but the poor story and writing didn’t let me to enjoy it.
  63. Xmarscki
    Jul 16, 2020
    6
    Game is great. I’m not against LGBT but guys.... it’s all over the game, it’s too much.
  64. Xae12
    Jul 25, 2020
    5
    Gameplay and art is great, story was stupid. Structurally bad and just uninteresting. Had super high hopes and kept an open mind while playing the whole game.
  65. nicksiciliano
    Nov 19, 2020
    6
    Brutal as much as it is brave, Last of Us 2 presents revenge to the player, but it's not something that we necessarily want
  66. Ricki0711
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only reason I’m giving it a 6/10 is because the gameplay is a still amazing, the graphics are amazing, and the acting is amazing. The downfall is the absolutely horrible story they gave us for this. The characters aren’t the same from the last game and this game literally dumbed down Joel and had him get killed like a rat in the first two hours and then they try to make Ellie seem like the antagonist when she’s not and they try to make you care about Abby when a majority of the people who played through the story can’t stand her for the way she killed Joel. Oh and not to mention she killed Jesse like nothing too. Jesse was the only new character I was interested in and they kill him like that. Abby killed Joel, killed Jesse, almost killed Tommy and Dina, and she bit off Ellie’s fingers. Ellie’s killed lots of people trying to get to Abby and then she just lets her get away with killing Joel and Jesse and biting her fingers off. And at some point in the game when you play as Abby Ellie is a boss battle which no one wanted to play as Abby and every person I’ve seen play through this let Ellie kill them as Abby multiple times. This game could’ve been a masterpiece if it wasn’t for this horrible fan-fiction story telling. They can either remake this sequel entirely or they can redeem themselves with a third last of us with better story telling and not his fan-fiction bs!… Expand
  67. xecubek
    Aug 11, 2020
    5
    the graphics are amazing, as expected from naughty dog slaves, but the plot was horrible ...
  68. chocobo1198
    Oct 10, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I finished the game in 40+ hours first-run and mostly on Hard mode. My review includes SPOILERS.

    I arrived at the score based on the following point deductions: -0.5 for glitches and enemies seeing thru barriers for hiding, -0.5 for over-emphasis on the sexual themes and messages, -3 for story.

    I don't need to talk about the glitches and the over-emphasis on sexual themes. For me, these together caused a deduction of 1 point in total so it's not a big issue.

    IMO the story was quite annoying because it put me in the driver's seat as a player rather than as a viewer. Perhaps it would have worked better if I was watching a movie or show instead? RE story I say the following:

    First, it was very distasteful for me to have to use Abby after witnessing her kill Joel. Imagine someone spit some phlegm in your face and you try desperately to get it off asap, but you can't, and it becomes a slow and painful test of endurance. That's how I felt and I didn't like it. You are trapped using Abby for maybe 40% of the game. When it first hits you, you wonder when you are done with her so you can get back to Elly. I am a thorough gamer and I want to explore every nook and cranny. I mentioned my hours of play right away and you can see that I took like 3 times longer than the average gamer to finish. I suffered and endured the Abby scenario lol.

    Second, Abby spared Elly twice and spared Dina and her baby. Elly killed Abby's pregnant friend. Let's say the dads were a trade-off (considering Joel a dad). The only reason why Dina and her baby survived was because Abby spared them at the behest of Elly. Why would Elly still pursue Abby after that? I thought majority wouldn't, but perhaps I'm wrong. It also turned Elly into a bloodthirsty monster. It was difficult for me to accept.

    Third, this is the first game where I had a tremendously difficult time pressing the square button because of the story. This happened at the two Elly vs Abby sequences. I had so many openings to strike with the square button and I just didn't want to press it. This is what I meant about better to watch this story than to play the story. When I was Abby, I really didn't want to hurt Elly. The same applied vice versa. It was a driver's seat that I didn't want to be in.

    Final thoughts... I gave the game a full chance. I headed in not knowing the spoilers. I reluctantly endured the Abby scenario. For those that found Abby fun to play the entire time, kudos. I'll admit I developed a soft spot for her at the end, but it took a lot of endurance. If I had known this before I started, I wouldn't play the game unfortunately. I'm sitting on the fence 50/50 on whether I would play LOU3.    … Expand
  69. keredd1010
    Aug 12, 2022
    6
    I want to start off that I was never a big fan of the original game's gameplay. I found it a bit dull and repetitive and it never really made me want to play it again. I only played my second play through recently so that I could have the storyline fresh in my mind before playing part II. The story on the other hand was very well done. I would give the original an 8 overall for a score.I want to start off that I was never a big fan of the original game's gameplay. I found it a bit dull and repetitive and it never really made me want to play it again. I only played my second play through recently so that I could have the storyline fresh in my mind before playing part II. The story on the other hand was very well done. I would give the original an 8 overall for a score. Part II pretty much follows the exact same gameplay and I again I found it dull and repetitive. It gets really boring when 40% of your gameplay is scrounging for supplies. I also think they should have had more development with the monsters. Whenever they stuck with that it was scary, tense, and fun. I think the most fun I had with the gameplay was fighting that big monster. It was different and it caught me by surprise. Fighting mostly humans got boring quickly.

    Graphics/Sound

    Graphically the game looks amazing. There is a cutscene where it shows Abby waking up and it looked so real I thought it was a video. I also like realistic violent animations they added. A lot of people complained about that but I loved it. I also loved the little touches of humanity they sprinkled in such as people yelling their comrade's name when they died or when Ellie sneaks a stealth kill and she whispers things like "Got you f**ker!" I chuckled every time after a kill when Ellie would say something like, "Dick!" . LOL It was so Ellie, I loved it. The sound of people gurgling and choking on their own blood as you sliced their throats, it was so creepy and awesome. Job well done on that front. The music was great and the guitar playing was also a nice touch.

    Acting

    Top-notch as expected. All of the actors involved are triple A VO and they even had Jeffery Wright who is a triple A Hollywood actor in a bit part. I thought that was cool.

    Story

    This is where the game falters, I think. The overall story and morale were good it was just executed quite poorly. A lot of the mistakes made by the characters were just so strange it made it hard for people to believe it. Even though I loved playing as Abby it just didn't feel right switching over to her character when you reached the crescendo with Ellie. I heard someone else say it might have been better if they alternated chapters and I agree. I think that would have worked. I also think they were quite heavy-handed with the debbie downers (depressing aspects). It's like the game's main mission was to make you feel as miserable as possible. I like a sad story but this was just a bit over the top.

    Conclusion

    Mediocre gameplay with little improvement from 8 years ago (which wasn't that great to begin with) coupled with a flawed narrative, plants this game firmly in Meh-sville.

    6 outta 10    … Expand
  70. Lykanthia
    Jun 23, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a huge fan of this franchise, some things bothered me about the game (mainly plot related). However, I can’t deny that Naughty Dog did an amazing job with the gameplay and graphics. Overall, I did enjoy the game.… Expand
  71. coistmunt12345
    Jul 25, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. -Joel save Abby
    - Abby kills Joel because she is butt hurt about her daddy getting killed(even though a cure would do nothing)
    - Ellie kills people then feel supper bad about it(displays human emotion rather than irredeemable malice)
    - Abby kills people and feels nothing at ( they have pet doggies to make not seem like a murderous psycho
    - ends on note that revenge is dumb and achieves sweet fresh air

    #justice for Joel
    #justice for Jessie    … Expand
  72. mohammadba
    Jun 23, 2020
    7
    things could have happen differently and with better choices but at the end was a Good good game.
  73. SkySal320
    Jul 1, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let’s imagine there was NO part one of this game, we’re introduced to this new character Ellie who see’s her friend Joel getting killed and then sets on this journey to seek vengeance. We play as Ellie and then as Abby.. This game would probably get 8-8.5. It’s by no means a perfect game, but it’s fun, not too bad of a story, great graphics, fun combat. However, Playing this game after the original game is definitely a disappointment. We’ve already built a connection with Joel and Ellie, and now we see Joel getting killed and then Ellie losing everything at the end of the game AND on top of that have to play for 10 hours as the character the killed Joel and expecting us connect to her! It felt exhausting and pointless, I just didn’t care about Abby, no matter how many times I interacted with the dog or played as her when she was young or went to the hospital where her father was killed! I DID NOT CARE. SHE KILLED JOEL. I played through the original game at least 5 times, probably 10. I finished part 2 and will never touch it again, that sums up the difference between the experiences we go through. Considering all of the above, it’s still not fair to give the game a 2 or 3, it’s clearly a well done game (mostly) and that’s why it’s a 6 for me.… Expand
  74. Laudrac
    Jul 1, 2020
    7
    I can just say the same as all other’s, if you played the first part and you liked it the don’t play this one I just destroys everything. Sorry guys You just killed the franchise for me. Take a psycho and another franchise and I’m fine with the story, but don’t put Eli in the role of this psycho and get here nuts till the end to the
    Point I can not even watch the **** anymore. Corrected    I can just say the same as all other’s, if you played the first part and you liked it the don’t play this one I just destroys everything. Sorry guys You just killed the franchise for me. Take a psycho and another franchise and I’m fine with the story, but don’t put Eli in the role of this psycho and get here nuts till the end to the
    Point I can not even watch the **** anymore. Corrected the rating from 2 to 7 to be fair as the game is good just the story is hard to take.    … Expand
  75. juaniinob
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    History is **** I give it 5 just for the effort of the workers, for the amount of graphic details, mapping, etc.
  76. dusktilldawn666
    Jul 17, 2020
    5
    Gameplay is good, story not so great.
    A lot of work has obviously been put into this video game but the direction is confused and disappointing. This is a game made by a writer instead of beng made by a game-designer and it shows. The occasionally fantastic, yet drawn out gameplay seems un-important to the the disjointed soap-opera like cut-scenes. Original characters feel pointless to    Gameplay is good, story not so great.
    A lot of work has obviously been put into this video game but the direction is confused and disappointing. This is a game made by a writer instead of beng made by a game-designer and it shows. The occasionally fantastic, yet drawn out gameplay seems un-important to the the disjointed soap-opera like cut-scenes. Original characters feel pointless to the main objective. Additional flashbacks redeem it from total loss. I commend the attempt but it does not play out well for me. As a sequal to a beloved story driven game it disappointingly comes of as force fed teenage fan fiction.    … Expand
  77. Domi23
    Jul 10, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its not the most perfect game and its definitely a far cry from the original. But the art and gameplay are fine. Its just the story is kinda meh. I see what they were trying to do but it wasn't executed well to me.… Expand
  78. ReikaSilvers
    Aug 1, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics are a 10/10
    The soundtrack is a 11/10

    However, the story is a 5/10 for me. Ellie and Dina's relationship developed really nicely, I must say. However, Abby's introduction into the game is so meh. I couldn't connect with her character in any way. Joel's dying didn't even bother me. It was the way he died that felt so out of place.

    The game is also unnecessary long. The story keeps dragging and dragging for no reason. The writing is mediocre and at the end, the message of the story didn't even get conveyed properly.

    A lot of people bought the game for the story. So if the story isn't that good, what's the point?    … Expand
  79. Pask5855
    Oct 9, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a solid game but the way she threw the fu**ing spliff away when it wasn't eaven half smoked really infuriated me.… Expand
  80. Gonzi
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    A perfect technology, old gameplay loops, bad pacing and a poorly written storyline that actively does everything in its power to make you really feel the full effects of ludonarrative dissonance (what you want to do vs what the game forces you to do vs what your character does in cutscenes).

    "Only winning move is not to play".
  81. Ghoster
    Jun 29, 2020
    7
    Game starts great following great story, gameplay, voice acting, graphics and music just like in first game. Unfortunately they made it too long (all gameplay after first boss fight is not necessary), going to the end game looks much like uncharted or tomb raider than TOLU (car chases, shooting like COD) and ultry stupid ending. Generally I like story and how it begins, but going to theGame starts great following great story, gameplay, voice acting, graphics and music just like in first game. Unfortunately they made it too long (all gameplay after first boss fight is not necessary), going to the end game looks much like uncharted or tomb raider than TOLU (car chases, shooting like COD) and ultry stupid ending. Generally I like story and how it begins, but going to the end they lost it leading to stupid ending!
    GFX: 10
    Sound/Voice acting: 10
    Gameplay: 8
    Story: 6    … Expand
  82. bestintheworld0
    Jul 26, 2020
    5
    Gameplay is the same fun stuff as the first one, but the story is just poorly written and even poorer in its delivery. Written to seem deep and thoughtful but just a very shallow generic tale.
  83. Gofrein
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    I do not agree with all this 0s and 1s. The game is not so bad. It is just mediocre. I would like to pinpoint pros and cons.

    Pros 1. It is a new LoA game after all from Noughty Dog. 2. It is nice to see old faces again. 3. The game is very friendly to all people in terms of accessibility. 4. The graphics are ok ( but they are not much better from LoA) 5. You can ride a horse. Cons 1.    I do not agree with all this 0s and 1s. The game is not so bad. It is just mediocre. I would like to pinpoint pros and cons.

    Pros 1. It is a new LoA game after all from Noughty Dog.
    2. It is nice to see old faces again.
    3. The game is very friendly to all people in terms of accessibility.
    4. The graphics are ok ( but they are not much better from LoA)
    5. You can ride a horse.

    Cons
    1. Plot - I will just skip this point. After chapter 6, I had strong desire to turn this game off. I made myself to finish it.
    2. Game mechanics - they are just the same. 7 years passed - maybe ND could ad something new?
    3. Level Design - the weakest part of the game. They put so much efforts in creating all this environment, but it is completely dull and empty. First open world o location Seattle shows us the whole lack of ideas. Corridors and rooms with enemies. 4. I can not explain why, but it is not fun at all to kill infected any more. It is just stupid stealth and that’s it. Melee fights are not fun anymore. It is a big disappointment. It is like Star Wars episode 7 we saw everything before, graphics became better. But everything feels completely broken + your favourite characters die. I feel that Druckmann might not be creative director of the studio after this game (    … Expand
  84. Rickispanish
    Jul 16, 2020
    6
    This is not what people have been waiting for for 7 years.
    This is what the Author has in mind .
    Everything about mechanics and Graphics. 1010
    Plot and its presentation, 210
  85. ArashGamer
    Dec 1, 2020
    6
    I expect more. The first one was much better. The story was too simple, the graphic was as same as previous generation and after a while the game play became boring.
  86. D0nki
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lets get the obvious part out of the way. Visual, sound and acting ... all top tier so there really isn't anything people can complain about in terms of these 3.

    Gameplay wasn't the highlight of the first game either. It is a very basic action and stealth gameplay, with light survival elements. Since this basically the same passable bare-bones gameplay loop with slight tweaks, that adds little to none to the experience and is there to fill out the actual gameplay sequences between cutscenes.

    Now the bread and butter of the first game was its story. The actual setting wasn't anything new. But the thing is that the setting itself played secondary role to the actual characters. It just served the purpose if instigating events that would lead to Joel and Ellie meeting.
    From there on, the actual story of a dead world, and the possibility of a cure was way overshadowed by the simple but effective dynamic between the two.
    Joel could be the father he never got the chance to be, and Ellie finally felt like someone cared for her.
    It was simple, but the small bits of bliss in an otherwise dark world kept people stuck to their screens.

    The Last of Us Part II has almost none of that. It has 2 very short flashback sequences where the charm of the original game got to shine trough, but that's all.
    The Last of Us Part 2 basically boils down to one major shock factor, that is showed in fairly early into the game, and the rest is a bore-fest of following the uninteresting new character, or the bleak revenge story that leads absolutely nowhere.

    It has been said before when the first game was released, and sequel emphasizes this, but the first game was a wholesome story and experience, with a proper ending.    … Expand
  87. Joydnoah
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. aside from all the bad scores the game itself is not that bad, the issue is that it is not perfect.

    The game excels at some points, it has a really high technical level, the graphics are gorgeous the gameplay is an upgraded version of the gameplay on TLOU 1, definetly there are some things the game industry should learn from this game, but there is one thing that nobody should learn from this game and this is how to make a good story.

    The story alone is not bad, its just not good, but what makes this story worst that others is that i follows a really good one. The characters on TLOU 2 feel out of place, they dont think or act the way that we learned from the first game, with any other characters without context this story may work but since they are using ones with a really strong background that makes everything break, aside from that the story fails in show itslef, the way the director changes the order of some events trying to hide from the player some info that the character knows really does not work, there are many cases in which an action of the character would be explained if we just knew what happened in the past, and the moment we get to know what happend it is already to late, this is a mayor spoiler but its almost known by everyone that joel dies, but the moment in which he dies is just out of place, the feelings of Ellie may be clear in the future, why is she so angry why is everythin worst, all of that we get ot know in the end of the game but its to late for us to relate to ellie, the most impact we get from some scenes its the scene itself, there is no context or background for us to feel anything, we just get to know the other side of ths story later on.

    So yeah, maybe the game its an excelent showcase ok thecnical skills, but fails in what made TLOU a game to be remembered, its just a mainstream story told in the worst way posible, still it does not deserves the score most people are givin. I'd say that the game is not the wors but also is not the best it should be remembered as a failed attempt to make something great.    … Expand
  88. Veiled
    Jul 23, 2020
    7
    El juego es una muetra mas de como ha degenerado Naughty Dog, ha pasado de hacer juegos vibrantes como Jack and Dexter o Uncharted 2 a hacer soporiferas películas interactivas, mas de 11 horas de CGI`s, ritmo lentisimo, personajes insufribles y un guion que parece escrito por aficionados. Juego decepcionante del todo, lo he dejado a los 12 horas asqueado del ritmo insufrible y lasEl juego es una muetra mas de como ha degenerado Naughty Dog, ha pasado de hacer juegos vibrantes como Jack and Dexter o Uncharted 2 a hacer soporiferas películas interactivas, mas de 11 horas de CGI`s, ritmo lentisimo, personajes insufribles y un guion que parece escrito por aficionados. Juego decepcionante del todo, lo he dejado a los 12 horas asqueado del ritmo insufrible y las constantes interrupciones.

    añado: está repleto de bugs y problemas gráficos y el downgrade es vergonzoso, escenarios vacíos con texturas mediocres en el 90% de casos, todos los escenarios buenos gráficamente se enseñaron en la promoción .

    Le pongo un 4 y porque le guardo cierto cariño al primer juego que es de 10.    … Expand
  89. theU17
    Jul 21, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Summary: While it has better gameplay, awful pacing ruins the story and makes a narrative driven game suffer as a result.

    There is no easy review of this game. The game isn't a ten nor a zero. It functions well, and has some improvements, but it isn't flawless. Not even close. The fact this game relies heavily on the story instead of gameplay really drags down the overall score.

    Story wise, it's biggest problem is pacing. It is **** awful. The current pacing of the story is: Be with Joel and Ellie until Joel's Death. Split between Ellie and the new character Abby, with a little more emphasis on Abby. Multiple flashbacks, and even flash backing in flashbacks (never do that ever.) Then the climax. The pacing is awful and should've been rewritten. Here's how I would've done it.

    Start off as Abby searching for a cure
    Finds out it doesn't exist because of Joel
    Goes on a manhunt for Joel (but doesn't know who it is)
    Switch to Joel and Ellie
    Battles not only zombies, but also these slave traders that are in the game
    Crosses paths with Abby
    Abby, not knowing that is the right Joel, befriends them
    Joel and Ellie have their argument
    Ellie tells Abby about Joel's decision (from LOS) in frustration
    Abby realizes that is the Joel she is searching for
    Abby (or someone else) kills Joel (Abby feels regret for doing so)
    Ellie goes on her revenge trip
    Abby gets captured
    Ellie finds Abby and have their final battle
    Player decision to either forgive or kill Abby.

    Puts that whole story in different context doesn't it? But that's just my thoughts.

    Gameplay, Naughty Dog did improve it. Some tweaking with the aiming, and Abby is a good laugh to play as. She feels pretty OP, and it is a blast. Punching zombies, her unbelievable speed (with her body type), she's hilarious and fun. I feel like it gets forgotten about because of her storyline.

    Anyway. It deserves the score it gets.    … Expand
  90. djape
    Jun 20, 2020
    7
    excellent representation from Naughty Dog yet again
  91. EmilCioran
    Jul 23, 2020
    5
    Gameplay 7/10 (jumping is not an exciting game mechanic)

    Graphics 10/10

    Story 0/10
  92. muha1024
    Jul 23, 2020
    5
    To be concise the game is boring.
    The story is boring and also annoying due-to ludo narrative dissonance.
    They kill the most important character in the franchise at the beginning leaving people who are nothing but boring idiots. Also they add new characters and make us love them, but they are so marginal that you merely don't care. You don't care about the characters you play for in    To be concise the game is boring.
    The story is boring and also annoying due-to ludo narrative dissonance.
    They kill the most important character in the franchise at the beginning leaving people who are nothing but boring idiots. Also they add new characters and make us love them, but they are so marginal that you merely don't care. You don't care about the characters you play for in TLOU... that the most stupid thing they could archive and they did it!
    Because of the latter you become tired of gameplay quite soon and it becomes a torture to you.

    In the result the game gives you a perverted joy when you finally finish it.
    P.s. Most of the players have the same feeling, and this is the case when you can trust majority.    … Expand
  93. Astroglide
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So I was pretty hyped for this game. It starts strong with a lot of good character development and setting up the start of your adventure. It goes well till the 2nd half where you take control of another character who is not as interesting as Joel or Ellie. It is interesting to see the world from another point of view but this character comes off shallow as do her companions minus the dog. I love how the world has ended but trans rights need to be talked about. It killed the immersion because it feels forced and not natural. Just like the build of the 2nd character but it is what it is. I like the new infected types but you didn’t fight them enough. With the new more out there types it makes me excited with where they may go with them in the future. Combat felt the exact same as the first minus the dodge. Naughty dog isn’t known for its super deep gameplay but more so about how it brings gameplay and story together. In last of us 2 the story is strong but not the whole time and gameplay hasn’t improved very much. Forcing your political opinions regardless what side of the aisle you are on is something I’m not a fan of. Iv seen this compared to episode 8 of Star Wars and that is a fare assessment. Also the glitches. With all of this I don’t understand all the high scores but there is some good stuff here but we also have equip parts bad so to ke a 5/10 seems fair.… Expand
  94. Olpo
    Jul 6, 2020
    6
    Bad story/writing, never before seen graphics and above average gameplay. I still would recommend the game. It is really beautiful to just look at and admire.
  95. EznoRoman
    Jul 16, 2020
    7
    The story is cluttered but the risks they took with it and some of the concepts were pretty bold for this sequel and there's a lot that falls short but the gameplay is very fun, brutal, and satisfying and the graphically this game is phenomenal. Acting wise everyone does a fantastic job. The game is solid
  96. Reinhard07
    Feb 22, 2022
    6
    Bueno, antes que otra cosa, para poder dar una buena opinión es necesario haber terminado el juego primero y no caer en los errores de los haters sin fundamento.
    Despues de terminar el juego puedo decir lo siguiente:
    Sin duda el desarrollador es uno de los mejores que tiene Playstation, ya que los graficos y escenas mostradas son de una calidad soberbia, la jugablidad, las mecanicas no    Bueno, antes que otra cosa, para poder dar una buena opinión es necesario haber terminado el juego primero y no caer en los errores de los haters sin fundamento.
    Despues de terminar el juego puedo decir lo siguiente:
    Sin duda el desarrollador es uno de los mejores que tiene Playstation, ya que los graficos y escenas mostradas son de una calidad soberbia, la jugablidad, las mecanicas no tienen ningun reparo desde mi punto de vista y eso que lo jugue en la PS4 slim al cual le cambie el HDD por un SSD que ayuda mucho en los tiempos de carga. Por ese lado puedo decirles que Naughtydog es de los mejores y no defrauda en lo tecnico.
    Por otro lado... actualmente vivimos en un tiempo donde todo contenido debe elaborarse con cuidado para no herir susceptibilidades y ofender por accidente a alguien que tal vez ni es gamer. Con esto no quiero decir que las empresas y jugadores no sean inclusivas o que sean intolerantes, pero por volver cada cosa nueva en algo "politicamente correcta" se sienten los cambios muy forzados y solo para dar gusto a alguien, no permiten que las obras concebidas continúen de una forma mas "organica" y se vea con contenidos forzados que manchan una historia que pudo ser sublime.
    Tristemente eso paso con la historia de este juego tan bello , que nos llevo a un nuevo apocalipsis donde en el primer juego todos sufrimos y reimos con Joel y Ellie, sangramos con ellos, sufrimos con ellos, lloramos con ellos...
    Solo en sueños podre imaginar lo que pudo ser de este juego que espere por una generación entera, y que logro decepcionarme.
    De todas formas agradezco a NaughtyDog por el primer juego que logro ser el mejor que jugué en mi vida y mis condolencias por TLOU parte 2, se que no fueron ustedes y que solo recibían indicaciones de terceros al hacer este titulo.    … Expand
  97. YotaXD
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    ALL THE PEOPLE SAYING YOU GIVE IT NEGATIV REVIEW AND HAVENT EVEN PLAYED IT.
    WHERE IS YOUR PROVE YOU PLAYED IT ? BTW WHY DOES THE GAME HAVE 5000 5 STAR REVIEWS ON PLAYSTATION LIKE 1 WEEK AGO ?

    THIS IS MY HONEST REVIEW. GRAPHIC 9.5/10 , GAMEPLAY 8/10, SOUND 7/10, STORY 1/10
  98. ParkChangMin
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I do not think the game is too bad. Gameplay and Visuals are great except bad story narration. I was really bored while playing as Abby and I can not sympathize with her even at the end of the game. Quite disappointing.… Expand
  99. dzieks
    Jul 2, 2020
    6
    Technical side is very good, only game is unbalanced, and AI sometimes is stupid.
    Story? good idea for a story, but really really badly written, and it could be a dlc instead of a main game.. If you expect a heart touching story which includes relationship between Joel and Ellie, you'll be dissapointed as much as I am.
    A lot of plot amor And this game tries really hard to make you feel    Technical side is very good, only game is unbalanced, and AI sometimes is stupid.
    Story? good idea for a story, but really really badly written, and it could be a dlc instead of a main game.. If you expect a heart touching story which includes relationship between Joel and Ellie, you'll be dissapointed as much as I am.
    A lot of plot amor
    And this game tries really hard to make you feel for Abby, and make Ellie look bad, so manipulative    … Expand
  100. KeirAndo
    Jul 5, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Summary: Not a bad game, but not that amazing either I found that it was basically just a copy of Tomb Raider but with more annoying characters.

    I thought the graphics were amazing, and the sound was also excellent.

    The big let downs here were the writing, combat system and searching for gear.

    Searching for gear was a huge pain in the arse. Loot isn't obvious and the button to collect only appears within 1m or so of the gear. So you end up having to walk up and down along every set of cupboards in every room of every shop to make sure that nothing as well. You occasionally come across strange items that you can pick up and examine, but they don't do anything else.

    In terms of gameplay I just found the weapon system way too clunky. You'd try to go into stealth mode, but instead changed weapons, or try and do a quick heal but get stuck there. it also seemed to me that when an enemies bullet hit you, you recovered a lot more slowly than the enemy did.

    Finally just on the script, whilst it definitely seemed it was written as SJW bingo, the bigger failure is just making all the characters unlikeable. The only characters who were vaguely likeable (Joel and Tommy) are either killed off early on or get very little screen time.
    I can understand what they were doing with the Abby backstory part of the game, but she just comes across as such a revengeful, angry character that I just wanted her part to end.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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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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