The Last of Us Part II

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  1. raphay
    Jun 27, 2020
    6
    Part II nails a number of things that make most games great. The controls feel incredibly tight and fluid. The presentation is remarkable, and will likely end up being the best of this console generation. The voice acting and motion capture is top-notch, as we've come to expect from Naughty Dog over the past decade. Yet despite all of this, I can never see myself replaying it. In fact, IPart II nails a number of things that make most games great. The controls feel incredibly tight and fluid. The presentation is remarkable, and will likely end up being the best of this console generation. The voice acting and motion capture is top-notch, as we've come to expect from Naughty Dog over the past decade. Yet despite all of this, I can never see myself replaying it. In fact, I would struggle to recommend this game to anyone; especially not fans of the original game.

    In many ways, the Last of Us Part II falls into the same mistakes that made The Last Jedi reviled by most fans of that franchise. In an attempt to be subversive, Naughty Dog loses sight of what made the first game so universally loved by critics AND fans. In an attempt to be poignant, they just come off seeming pretentious.

    To make matters worse, the latter half of the game amounts to what is essentially an aimless side-quest, with the only motivation to push through coming from the promise of a pay-off in the finale which never comes.

    Part II is a visually stunning game, but when the glitter wears off, all we're left with is a story for masochists who enjoy being taught a lesson they already know.    … Expand
  2. Tzanegmr
    Jun 30, 2020
    7
    Game is good. Story... not that much. It has its ups and downs, but overall it falls short. But goddamn, it looks absolutely breathtaking the whole game.
  3. Berserk9
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    Great gameplay and amazing story... I loved and enjoyed the gameplay ignore the haters experience the game and be yourself the judge
  4. ALonelyOrphan
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After playing through the entire game I can safely say that this is one of the darkest and depressing games I have ever played. Let me break down my thoughts about this game in individual categories as a huge Last Of Us fan.

    Graphics 10/10: I don't think anyone will argue that this game looks like a work of art. One of if not the best looking PS4 games we have ever seen. No complaints here.

    Gameplay 9/10: The game runs and plays exceptionally well. I beat the game on the hardest setting and the last few hours of the game was a real test of ammo conservation and stealth. I loved the little details like each npc you kill in the game shouting their friends name after you kill them. The hand to hand combat also is superb all your punches or slicing and dicing feels extremely organic and real Naughty Dog really built on the first game and delivered in this category as well.

    Story 4/10: Now this is where some controversy may set in. Let me first start off by saying I completely understand what the developers were going for and if you view this game as a tragedy you really can appreciate the twisted and dark nature this game is all about. HOWEVER with that being said this comes as the expense of the original Last Of Us cast that we have all come to know and love. Obviously (SPOILER WARNING HERE ON OUT.)

    I really enjoyed the relationship between Ellie and Dina the beginning of the game plays out really well help build that relationship (THE REASON I DIDN'T LIKE THE STORY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH LGTBQ REPRESENTATION). Of course this all gets demolished by the end of the game but we will get to that later.

    The problems with the game begins only a few hours in when Joel, who at this point in the story is a shell of his former self after he has told Ellie about what really happened in the end of the Last of Us 1. Along with Tommy find Abby, a unknown strange survivor we just met and rescue her. They flea back to Abby and companies hideout because of the massive hoard of infected chasing them. Once inside the hideout Tommy and Joel just willingly give up their full names and location of their hideout to these complete strangers they just met. This moment effectively makes Joel and Tommy look like total idiots and not only goes against their beliefs of not trusting anyone because (they're you know wanted men and such) but ultimately is the reason for Joels downfall as he is killed. Not only this but Joel is killed so violently that you just want to play as Ellie and rip Abbys head off.

    At this point in the story it goes back to Ellie and Dina going around trying to find clues about Abbys location which I really enjoyed! It showed how Ellie and Dina has great chemistry and they complimented one another really well. Than everything goes down the drain after about the halfway point of the game.

    The game completely changes focus from our two protagonists and now shifts solely on Abby yes the same Abby who viciously beat and murdered Joel one of the most loved characters in the franchise. Now had Abby's story happened prior to the events of Joels death this could of worked SO MUCH BETTER. Instead the game asks you to forgive and forget what happened to Joel because Joel killed Abbys father at the hospital (Despite Joel killing hundreds of people prior to this that one person really mattered they try and convince the player) This doesn't work at all because of how out of order the pieces are you already hate Abby and they expect you to take her side over Ellies. There is a clear favorite here in the fans eyes and it's Ellies not Abby. Did anyone actually enjoy beating Ellies face in at the theater I would love to know?

    Finally the ending... oh boy. Ellie so overcome with grief and regret with the tragic loss of Joel during a time in which Ellie was just starting to forgive Joel for lying to her that she risks destroying her family she has made with Dina that she goes out on one final request for vengeance (which the game has been all about up to this point) Both Abby and Ellie have killed several other characters in the game like Jesse, Owen, Mel, Tommy (Yes I know he didn't die but he should be dead) ect. just to get to one another. Ellie leaves Dina and their home finds Abby and Lev (Lev is a great character just sadly introduced with Abby who everyone already hates) Ellie fights Abby one final time and right as she is about to kill her lets her go... Just says you know what screw it not worth it despite losing literally everything she has ever had and I do mean everything.

    This kind of finale satisfies nobody. Abby sales off having lost her father, friends and lover. While Ellie loses the same than credits role. Now one can argue that the whole final act is what they intended and wanted to show how much each character lost with zero gain but IF that is the case than we needed to care about Abbys character which sadly I didn't at all. Wish I could write more but I'm out of characters =(    … Expand
  5. personalgrab
    Jun 26, 2020
    5
    Technically, the game is a master piece, dragged down by a cliche revenge story that goes nowhere in the end. The game mistreats character from old game and introduces loads of new unlikable characters that are super boring to the point where you end up speed running through their sections just so you can get back to the real main protagonist. The game play is old and boring, only slightlyTechnically, the game is a master piece, dragged down by a cliche revenge story that goes nowhere in the end. The game mistreats character from old game and introduces loads of new unlikable characters that are super boring to the point where you end up speed running through their sections just so you can get back to the real main protagonist. The game play is old and boring, only slightly improved version from the previous game. If you like a tunnel games where you go from point A to point B for 30 hours with no story pay off then this game is for you, but I'd wait couple of days to get a second hand copy for cheap. If the game wasn't so much story focused then it would get higher score for me, but since it is so story focused, and the story is the selling point of the game, it can not be ignored.

    Wasted potential.    … Expand
  6. jr00102
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics and gameplay are approved. Gameplay wise there not a lot to complain about but the horseback riding can be glitchy when going in between objects. And the switching menu can feel very slow when going from gun to heath pack or other objects. Now the biggest problem of the game the story. I'm ok with Joel getting killed off but I don't like the way the did it, and it don't really feel like it need to happen. And now Abby, I don't like or want to play this character. When you play as Abby you kill Joel, Jesse, and almost kill Tommy, Ellie, and Dina. The attempt to humanize Abby fall flat on me I don't care about her. But I did like Yara and Lev. In all honesty if you leave Abby in the game still as the main villain but take out all her playable story and you still can find out why she killed Joel/ maybe change the way she killed him. And put all the time they put on Abby toward Ellie and Dina relationship and their journey to Seattle, and maybe you can also try to put Yara and Lev stroy in there as well. It would have been a better story in my opinion. I also have a problem with how Abby find Ellie in her hide out. I don't think Ellie dumb enough to write where she is hiding out on a map. The ending had me disappointed to say the least. I loved the original last of us but hated the ending. I guess I can say I like this ending more but it's still bad, she lost Dina but I don't care to much about their relationship because they didn't really build it up. It's like you really didn't lose anything other than Joel at the end and what happened to Tommy did he go after Abby again or stay home. The game isn't as bad as people are say but it's no where as good as critics are saying. It's a shame this could have been a amazing story/game but they just didn't make the game that they should have.… Expand
  7. lizzardtdl
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Naughty dog forcing you to play with Abby and trying to kill Ellie makes me wanna cry. I always loved this game, i've waited for 7 years and naughty dog just killed all the sense of justice. We have never asked for a philosophy lesson, we wanted a revenge against a relentless villain with an epic ending… Expand
  8. RasmusHansen89
    Jun 26, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay 9/10
    Graphics 10/10
    Story 4/10
    Characters 4/10

    The way Naughty Dog is handling the critic is by laughing and using slurs and pulling out the homophobic and transphobic card on you if you hate their game. Truly pathetic.

    The thing that didn't sit well with me, was that after rescuing Abby, she kills Joel. After some time, you will play as Abby for a whole 10-12 hours. If you hated how she killed a beloved character, this early into the game and how it was executed, your experience playing as her, trying to sympathize with her pain will be atrocious. To me, I had a really bad time

    The game's characters are easily forgettable. I was already heavily invested in Joel and Ellie, that none could even hope to match them. Jesse, Manny, Mel, Nora, Owen? Didn't give a second thought about any of them.

    You've done better, ND. But taking the piss out on your customers and disregarding their critic because it doesn't suit your little world of happiness and sunshine? Get real.

    If you're one that loves a good story, I recommend you avoid this game. They basically flushed the franchise down the drain and mock its community.    … Expand
  9. odin1010
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all I am not a Russian Bot. I am not a Chud, so I am not a white, racist, fundamental christian and I am not a homo- or transgender phobic being.

    Graphics / Lighting / Effects / Animation -> 9.5 out of 10.0
    The graphics are beautiful. The landscape and the surroundings look astonishing. The lighting especially inside of buildings with direct light, indirect light and defuse light is one of the greatest I've ever seen in a video game up until today.
    Sound / Sound effects / Music / Voice Acting -> 9.5 out of 10.0
    The sound and the sound effects are on top f.e. the sound of the rainfall is impressive or the sound of the wind howling through the tall grass. Yes, you can actually hear that. The music, the score is beautiful and emotional and adds perfect to the visuals.
    The Voice Actors have given their best to make their characters come to live on screen.

    Game play / Mechanics / Controls / AI -> 6.5 out 10.0
    The game play and the mechanics haven't changed a lot from the first part and they still feel like 2013 and a bit outdated in 2020. There a more possibilities for modifying the weapons and the abilities of the character you are controlling/playing. But that also means that the flaws of the first part have found there way into the TLuO2. The gun play still feels a little bit clunky and so the spare ammunition is sometimes wasted in a game where every bullet counts. Sometimes the camera positioning isn't quite right, so that suddenly a clicker instantly takes you out unseen and in a stealth section your character may act uncorresponding or in an unintended fashion, because some buttons are tied to different functions simultaniously. Apropos stealth; the enemy AI is sometimes shifting between good to dump like a rock. You can flank nearly every enemy even groups in in a circular motion, so you can kill everyone or everything off from the end of that chain.

    Story / Storytelling and Pacing / Characters and Character development -> 1.0 out of 10.0
    The problem with TLoU2 is the story and the way it is presented. TLoU1 was a story and character driven game. That was the reason the fans loved that game so much. We played 90 % of that game as Joel and 10 % of the main story as Ellie. Then there was the DLC, which focused more on Ellie and her "coming out" and her relationship to Riley. So the fans of the first game cannot all be homophobic as Neil **** now tries to imply upon the ongoing so called "Review Bombing", which by the way happens in both directions.

    The new characters are not introduced in a believable way.
    The known characters from TLoU1 act completely out of place -> the way Joel dies. Ellies reaction to being lied at by Joel about Salt Lake City.
    The Story is not believable. -> Abby spares Ellie and Tommy on two, different accounts.

    They way the story is presented is awful. All the flashbacks are destroying the pacing of the story and the game play as well. Sometimes through all these flashback you even don't know in which timeline you are right now, when you continue to play. These time lapses and flashbacks are also interfering with any character development or introduction in this game, so that every identification or understanding of any of these new characters and there motivation is nearly impossible or not believable. And unfortunately the very good voice acting cannot safe that.

    There is no build up in this story to a real climatic moment, only shocking moments of violence, which are also presented in an awful way, so that it seams, you are watching a low budget action- or horror movie.
    A movie with a completely unknown cast and the one actor you know has only a minute of screen time, just enough to push the sales, because you can put him in the trailers and in the marketing like Robert Englund's appearences in so many low-budget horror flics.

    In addition some of these violent scenes and acts are forced upon the player. The player has no choice, because all this is scripted and even worse, some of this scenes are intended to manipulate the player in the way he sees and feels for these characters. That is a real cheap trick by the way.

    The linear, scripted and time lapsed broken story and gameplay is in my opinion a complete failure and is outdated in 2020. Naughty Dog has proven that they are not able to deliver a game in which you as a player have the choice, what you want to expercience. They are only capable of forcing you to play what they want you to play in a linear, restricted fashion.

    And I am absolutely sure, if Naughty Dog would have given the player the choice and freedom to play Abby or not, most of the players would have disagreed and skipped this possability, because of the way her character was introduced or “injected” here in this way.

    Here is the real Final score -> only 5.0 out of 10.0    … Expand
  10. NoFuture619
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Let me put it into perspective for you, for those of you who don't already know, okay?.....

    I specifically created this account JUST to rate this game!!! No, I am not a 'review-bomber' or Russian bot, contrary to what the gaming press or ND may tell you lol. I've been a gamer for over half my life and The Last of Us 1 is one of my favorite games of all time. This game is such a radically    Let me put it into perspective for you, for those of you who don't already know, okay?.....

    I specifically created this account JUST to rate this game!!! No, I am not a 'review-bomber' or Russian bot, contrary to what the gaming press or ND may tell you lol.

    I've been a gamer for over half my life and The Last of Us 1 is one of my favorite games of all time. This game is such a radically different departure from what made that game great, and not in a good way.

    For one, the narrative is SUPER disjointed. There are time jumps all over the place and we are introduced to many, many new characters that we are supposed to care about, but there is very little to no development whatsoever invested in building these characters up. It's almost as if they are only there to drive the story forward.

    Neil and Gross, it seems, have deliberately shoe-horned their own ideologies into this, and it shows. Big time.

    Let me say, I do not mind playing as a female character. I don't even mind that the character is homosexual. Fine. But there is a very clear motivation in this game's story (without getting too much into spoilers), to present and almost force, social justice issues. It's uncomfortable, unrealistic, and comes off as straight up silly considering this is supposed to be taking place in a future apocalypse!!!

    The game's presentation is really its only redeeming quality. The graphics, sound, gameplay, music, and voice acting are all top notch. However, this is weighed down significantly by the weak narrative and extended gameplay sections that feel forced and bloated.

    I honestly do not know how so many critics gave this a glowing 10 out of 10. To me, that is just mind boggling. Clearly, there is a bias and I believe it involves a combination of things- access media (companies wanting to be on good terms with Sony), and the political motivations shared by the overall gaming press that are highly skewed and misrepresentative of gamers as a whole    … Expand
  11. Knowsaseye
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    I have to keep telling myself that this is just a game and it shouldn't bother me so much that for the last 6 hours of this experience I couldn't wait for it to be over.

    On top of that I actually felt horrified when the invitation to "enjoy" a new game plus popped up. I am not sure why anyone would want to experience a 25 hour long, nihilistic, black hole of a narrative in the first    I have to keep telling myself that this is just a game and it shouldn't bother me so much that for the last 6 hours of this experience I couldn't wait for it to be over.

    On top of that I actually felt horrified when the invitation to "enjoy" a new game plus popped up.
    I am not sure why anyone would want to experience a 25 hour long, nihilistic, black hole of a narrative in the first place, never mind return to it for a second helping.
    Which sucks because everything else is so beautifully done in this game. Environments, character animations, combat mechanics and sound design are probably some of the best I have experienced in my past 30 years of gaming.
    All of these elements scream for second and third play-through but at this stage I don't think I could stomach replaying the first game. Which speaks volumes, as I have loved going back to it at least once a year since finding out that the video game medium can truly deliver a complex, nuanced narrative on par with books and television.
    The Last of Us 2 however, in my opinion, does not deliver anything remotely as complex or thought provoking as the first game.
    It is a painful, apathy inducing grind of watching underdeveloped characters getting brutally killed in vivid detail by other characters, who's natures are not so subtlety subverted to deliver a message:

    "See here player. All this blood and rage and sadness that we have made you participate in. It really isn't worth it. Revenge is an empty pursuit."

    I have gleaned more wisdom from a cat poster than this bizarre experience.    … Expand
  12. Adelyne
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    I don't get why there is so many fake reviews...
    great graphics and good gameplay but the game is story focused and how can anybody like this story?
    Lame, boring and uninspiring.

    Stop making fake 10/10 review. Everyone can make a bad game even Naughty Dog, just accept it.
    The game is nothing more than a 5/10.
  13. Mjn88
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    I’m sad to say this but I didn’t enjoy the game the way I thought I would. There were many different aspects of the game that just turned me off. The game looks visually stunning and the details naughty dog put into visual fidelity is amazing but beyond the graphics, this game lacks heavily everywhere else especially the story. I could not jump on board with what the developers wereI’m sad to say this but I didn’t enjoy the game the way I thought I would. There were many different aspects of the game that just turned me off. The game looks visually stunning and the details naughty dog put into visual fidelity is amazing but beyond the graphics, this game lacks heavily everywhere else especially the story. I could not jump on board with what the developers were suggesting where the story was going and they lost me from the beginning. It’s just not believable what they had Ellie doing, trying to justify it by using a really sorry teenage level revenge story. I’m sorry but this game deserves better writing and more evolved game play! The game play is serviceable but I was hoping for a more developed/evolved and matured last of us. The studio only seemed to have added a few new game mechanics including a dodge button, jump button and going prone. They also failed to add any new enemies outside of the “shambler” which is a really lazy one at best. I was really hoping that naughty dog hit this one out of the ball park but sadly they really dropped the ball on this one FOR ME. Maybe my expectations were too high given it took them 7 years but that’s what I expect from AAA studios in 2020. I was really hoping that the narrative would have pulled me in just like the first game did but I could not find it in me to do so. All the characters were acting so out of the ordinary even the new ones didn’t seem to have realistic decision making. I feel like I’m being critical but I have to be given how big the title is and how bad Naughty dog screwed up. They have all the winning elements but they just didn’t put it together correctly. If they just told a more dare I say “generic” story that we all wanted with Ellie and Joel, maybe this would all be different but this is what happens when you take a risk on going woke and fail. It falls flat, especially because the last of us is such a narrative driven game, having a bad story really hiders itself from being anything great. Anyway, i hope they can bounce back with something better or a new IP that is more engaging and fun. This one wasn’t for me. Sorry...… Expand
  14. Cleomer
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Gameplay was never the greatest strength of The Last of Us, but this time, despite some graphics/animations improvement, it got worse - bigger and longer stages of doing the same things will often have you wishing for it to be over already.

    The story, however, was the strongest thing about the first game. This time it's significantly worse - too pretentious, too preachy and zero player    Gameplay was never the greatest strength of The Last of Us, but this time, despite some graphics/animations improvement, it got worse - bigger and longer stages of doing the same things will often have you wishing for it to be over already.

    The story, however, was the strongest thing about the first game. This time it's significantly worse - too pretentious, too preachy and zero player agency, forcing your constantly watch your character make very bad decisions.

    Looks like the devs are just trying to lecture you about how bad hatred and violence is, and nothing else mattered while writing the plot. They would stick to it, even if that meant having every character in the world acting like some sadistic moustache twirling villain. And somehow they thought that would make the story "deep".    … Expand
  15. reviewer121
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In this review I will be as honest as possible. Many people are angry at the game and are giving scores of 1 or 0. Does this game deserve them? Absolutely not. Does this game deserve the snobby false 'woke' reviews from the critics? Absolutely not. This game in my eyes is a classic example, much like Wolfenstein young blood and battle field V of a game which tries to force modern day issues and characters into their games to portray the characters in a positive light. Although nothing wrong with that in the slightest, poor execution of such a forced concept can inherently come back to bite you, this game is exactly that. It spends so long trying to force an emotional connection to the new characters but fails to realise that the characters themselves are not only boring and have a disingenuous back story, they also do not even have a fraction of the appeal of the old characters (Joel and Ellie) in terms of personality, likeability and emotional bond between game character and game player. I honestly felt as though the desire to care even slightly about the new characters was being rammed down my throat with mild back stories and forced interactions. What made the LOU great was arguably its characters its story, the magic of which is completely lost. They tried to take the franchise in a new direction at supersonic pace but sadly crashed face first into a wall.

    The game play element of the game is amazing though, despite the criticisms of the story, the game is visually striking. Apart from reusing a lot of generic GTA V looking NPC models which is a serious letdown based on how amazing the rest of the game looks the game itself is arguably single-handedly carried by the environment and map design and appearance. Yes there are elements of the gameplay which are boring, however it really pushes the limits of the old console systems to deliver a visually impressive game despite being run on a dated system. If this game were to have released on the new console right now the visuals may have even carried this game to a 7/10, however here we are. With a broken franchise that tried too hard to drive a story with no legitimate foundation that left me as a player completely unable to connect and justify the actions of the new characters and not at all wanting to see any more of their story.    … Expand
  16. merdemoiii
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I made an account just to drop a review, so here it goes. I decided to finish The Last of Us on hard tonight to sit with a fresh revival of the story before I began the second part, I was left with the bitter-SWEET ending we’ve all grown to adore and love, and started the second with a bit of a bitter and more dark recounting of the ending (with Joel telling Tommy how they reached Jackson I’m assuming not long after the end of the first game) and leaving us with more guilt and doubt regarding the actions of Joel’s decision to rescue Ellie. This is by far the best writing and storytelling you’re gonna get out of the game. The epilogue lmao. Gameplay is fun and the hordes and human enemies are fun to fight. That’s about it, it’s quite depressing but ThAtS tHe pOinT. No sweetness in this one. None at all.… Expand
  17. CajuCorner
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    People say its either the best or the worst game ever. The gameplay was alright and the graphics were amazing but the story put me off. I think naughty dog fooled people about the game making fake trailers. for Neil Duckman to say "don't like it don't buy it"!? who are you kidding? You're a liar
  18. WizardOfMewNoz
    Jun 27, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Visuals were great. Gameplay was mostly solid. Story choices made me regret buying the game. I appreciate that naughty dog took a chance, but it just didn't work for me. Sad because I liked the game until the switch to Abby and realizing I'd have to play the next 3 chapters as her with no break.… Expand
  19. kurum1n
    Jul 6, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was a good game there is no doubt about it. The music is very good and it adds a special effect to the gameplay. The graphics are amazing and the scenery is just beautiful. The story was alright. Most of the new characters are boring and the old ones are not recognizable. The gaming experience is very nice but as a last of us sequel the story was a bit disappointing. Obviously, it is their story and they can decide whatever they want. But throughout the game I was constantly doubting the characters weird decisions and it didn't feel believable.… Expand
  20. Sm0keyTarantula
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    I waited 7 years for this! What a disappointment.

    Now, the graphics were a solid 9/10. The gameplay was more of 8/10 for me. It was fun for sure but unfortunely, there was nothing innovative in part 2 and the fighting does get repetitive. But the story, uff..... 2/10. It was brave what Druckmann & co. tried to do, but it didn't work. I don't mind the death of a certain character,    I waited 7 years for this! What a disappointment.

    Now, the graphics were a solid 9/10.

    The gameplay was more of 8/10 for me. It was fun for sure but unfortunely, there was nothing innovative in part 2 and the fighting does get repetitive.

    But the story, uff..... 2/10.
    It was brave what Druckmann & co. tried to do, but it didn't work. I don't mind the death of a certain character, but my problem was how and when it happened. It was out of character and felt rushed. And the Abby story? My gosh, I really couldn't care less about Abby and her friends and just wanted to run through her story as fast as possible. At one point they showed a friend of hers in a body bag, and we were supposed to feel sad or shocked he was dead. But honestly, I had no clue who the dude was. That's how little character development these guys got.

    Dina and Ellie were definitely cute together, I just wished the built up Dina's character and her relationship to Ellie more because until the farm with JJ, they had very little chemistry.

    Oh and the Abby and Owen scene (you know which one I'm talking about) was pure cringe.

    All in all, this game is a 5. Bec the story is way more important to me than graphics and gameplay in a game like this, it will also weigh in heavier.

    I think I would have been happier with Ellie and Joel's story if LoU2 never happened.    … Expand
  21. gamerupnorth
    Jun 22, 2020
    6
    I think it’s a beautiful game with next-gen graphics, however, I didn’t feel any attachment to the characters in this game. I tried to like the game but it didn’t stick well with me. Some of the older characters doing something that they would never do in the first game rubs me the wrong way. but I could see a trend happening in the game, all the male characters are relegated to disposableI think it’s a beautiful game with next-gen graphics, however, I didn’t feel any attachment to the characters in this game. I tried to like the game but it didn’t stick well with me. Some of the older characters doing something that they would never do in the first game rubs me the wrong way. but I could see a trend happening in the game, all the male characters are relegated to disposable characters which strike me as odd. I evaded leaks and all that BS, but now maybe I should have done that. The story was good, but unrewarding which would make you wonder why you even went for the quest in the first place. Can’t get a refund which would make anyone feeling bitter if they didn't like the game. I gave it a 4/100. I didn’t enjoy the game. It was boring. I literally almost slept in my own playthrough which is a first to me. it didn't exceed my expectations, it's just an edgy game trying to live up to its prequel. I just wished it had more depth in it with a better ending. I was playing this game with some friends who had watched the spoilers and by the end of the game they laughed at the grimace I made, I don't think I have ever cringed so hard in my entire adult life but this is the last time I buy anything on day 1. Edit:I replayed the game and I ended up getting a different experience. I think that the fact that I hasted the game made me judge it too harshly. It didn't get better, I just realized some significance of some events which I didn’t in my first playthrough. All in all I don’t look forward to any last of us 3 any time soon. Do I recommend the game? No, definitely not on this price. However I do recommend buying it if on sale.… Expand
  22. TOTOLY
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    I have finished the game a few days ago. And in my opinion about this game is that is a huge disappointment. The story is just not interesting at all. The writers did not found more interesting than a revenge story. And the story in this game count for about 70% of the game. It is what you keep move on in the game. I think they failed to tell a good story.
  23. TomasCardoso
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Me considero gran fan del primer juego y por eso debo darle esta nota como puede ser que le hayan hecho esto a uno de mis personajes favoritos y dios mio el final que de decir de el simplemente no puedo vivir pensando como ha terminado este juego y lo que podría haber sido para una futura entrega… Expand
  24. Musafa_Kemal
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Would rate it 10/10 if I get the choice to kill abby at the end I mean the last game why didn't Joel just spared that doctor I mean I still feel bad for him.… Expand
  25. MarkdaMax
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    I played the original and had my chance to experience the second and I got to say the second game I had high hopes for. There’s just a few things that I feel are forced in the storyline and certain aspects in my opinion makes no sense to me. But overall the new experience, emotions, visuals, appearances, new terrain are all absolutely beautiful and great job done to the developers hardI played the original and had my chance to experience the second and I got to say the second game I had high hopes for. There’s just a few things that I feel are forced in the storyline and certain aspects in my opinion makes no sense to me. But overall the new experience, emotions, visuals, appearances, new terrain are all absolutely beautiful and great job done to the developers hard works in it.… Expand
  26. VerycoolGuy420
    Jun 20, 2020
    7
    Not that good this reviews are crazy I don't know it's painful to watch the cutscenes and the strong lady is kinda cringe Soo that's my review byeeeee
  27. golf_club
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    The theme of revenge could have been served perfectly, but while the script was being written for a game that was waiting for a lot of people, the writers were Smoking, playing for the brutal Hulk (Abby) caused only resentment and a question (Why did you do it this way).Full disclosure of revenge is in the films (I saw the devil) and (law-abiding citizen), but this topic is not finishedThe theme of revenge could have been served perfectly, but while the script was being written for a game that was waiting for a lot of people, the writers were Smoking, playing for the brutal Hulk (Abby) caused only resentment and a question (Why did you do it this way).Full disclosure of revenge is in the films (I saw the devil) and (law-abiding citizen), but this topic is not finished here.The game is visually very beautiful, sorry about the plot can not be said so. sorry the potential and depth of Ellie's experiences are beaten to death with a Golf stick… Expand
  28. Supahawt
    Jun 26, 2020
    5
    Great Graphics!! Great Gameplay!! but story not make sense i'm waiting 7 years for this **** off
  29. Suronal
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Hmmm... Clearly I'm missing something here.. I just started tonight, so i am about 5 hours in ... and from what i can tell Graphics are amazing.. Sound/Score amazing.. Acting is very well done.. some of the most "real" human characters i have ever watched in a video game. Clearly something bad happens at the end that are making the fanboys turn with 15,729 negative reviews, but i am goingHmmm... Clearly I'm missing something here.. I just started tonight, so i am about 5 hours in ... and from what i can tell Graphics are amazing.. Sound/Score amazing.. Acting is very well done.. some of the most "real" human characters i have ever watched in a video game. Clearly something bad happens at the end that are making the fanboys turn with 15,729 negative reviews, but i am going to hold my judgement until the end and then give it a final review and update the score, for now though its getting a 5 from me until i finish. I will say though that the game play does feel completely re-hashed in terms of "Not much new". but that's ok when there is a great story, so far 5-6 hours in i'm held, i just got to Seattle .. well see where this takes me.… Expand
  30. fjaime080688
    Jul 11, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very good gameplay, graphics are stunning but the story is not good ...once you finish the game it kind ok makes sense but many plot holes and a forced story to try to teach you that revente is not good, a lot of unecesary violence and i stop playing when you change charatcers to abby what crap is that is supposed to be ellies and joel story, ok you wnat to make a point about abby just release a dlv or maybe some cutscenes should worked.. at the end ello not killing abby and forgivibg is **** ok if you are in an etics class but dude its a game.... and you already killed docenzs of people.. But my major problem and tedious was to play as abby that long if just make the abby play time shorter could be a better game..… Expand
  31. sv_sup
    Jun 19, 2021
    5
    Graphics 10/10
    Voice Acting 10/10
    Story 6/10
    Character Writing 5/10

    5/10
  32. chewblacka
    Jul 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Boring as hell! Had to force myself to finish the game. They did Joels character dirty and just a poorly written story. Still feels like the first game, nothing innovative. they force players to play the most boring and unlikable character Abby. other than that the graphics are beautiful and fun gamplay mechanics.… Expand
  33. Ne_0N
    Jun 26, 2020
    5
    Story and characters are the most important things for this game. So, we've got ridiculous storytelling and **** character development. I was just angry when playing %90 part of the game. I gave 5 for graphics, gameplay mechanics, soundtracks and atmosphere.
  34. OneDon
    Jul 8, 2020
    6
    Ok ok, the overall Game is pretty good but Goddamn wtf, the story is **** mentally draining and **** depressing. How the **** you go from the best game that I would say in a Decade to **** up the entire game in part 2.... The game play is a 8, the Graphics is a 10, the mechanics is a 8 but the **** story and plot is just **** horrible.
  35. Wardaddy1
    Jun 29, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First, the good: Graphics, Acting, World-Building and level-design are all 10/10, the facial expressions are on-point, being probably the best I've ever seen. That's it. The Bad: this game doens't shine where it's supposed to: the story. Is it *BAD* ? No... But it ain't good. Some decisions made by characters in the story's key points are simply too off-character. three examples: 1) Joel walking in a house full of strangers. This makes no sense. Joel is a hardcore apocalypse survival and he didn't survive over 20 years by trusting strangers like that, the first game makes that clear. 2) Abby sparing Ellie after losing all her friends. We're talking about a woman that remained obsessed for years with killing a man that murdered her father, to the point where she even took up body-building to make sure that if she ever got the chance, she'd make short work of it. And you're telling me that this very same woman meets the person that murdered: a) her lover, b) her friend who is pregnant with her lover's child and c) the rest of her friends who might as well be her family at this point, and she let's this person lives?! Did Gandhi's spirit possessed her or something? This makes no sense. 3) Ellie sparing Abby at the end. This is also complete BS for 2 reasons: a) **** Climax: Can you imagine playing God of War 3 only to reach the end and witness Kratos not kill Zeus? Yeah, this is what this game will give you. b) Completely Off-Character: Throughout game 1 and 2 of the franchise Ellie establishes herself as a pretty violent person (as anyone with the grit to survive in an apocalyptic world would have to be), she brutally murders a lot of people along the way (I can't remember her killing anyone who didn't deserve it either because they were evil or because they were attacking Ellie herself and thus making it a self-defense situation, but that's another matter), which proves that killing, at this point in time, comes naturally for her. She also carved her way through half a post-apocalyptic continent pursuing her vengeance only to give up at the very end? If this isn't off-character I don't know what is.
    All of these three points could easily be fixed by: 1) Giving more screen time to Joel & Ellie, showing how life in Jackson has made him soft (bonus: this would also be a much welcome fan-service; since Joel and Ellie's relationship is what made the first game special). 2) Show Abby not getting what she expected from revenge. Show her learning that "Vengeance is a fool's game", as Arthur Morgan would say. Not only that, but the way she tortured Joel also took a toll on how her friends relate to her and so she learns from the fallout of her actions that she needs to change and then she vows to be different just before finding her friends dead... This still isn't enough to make her spare Ellie, but you can make their fight ending a draw-like situation where both parties give up since they are both too **** up from their fight. 3) Show the toll of killing a pregnant woman has taken on Ellie's life. She feels immense regret for it and she's just not the same anymore. She still goes after Abby and the player is given the choice whether or not Ellie kills Abby or not at the very end.    … Expand
  36. MaduroDictator0
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    don´t buy this crappy awful game, it´s an insult for the first game abby sucks.
  37. TheVoyagerGR
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    I wasted 70 euros on this goddamn game.DO NOT BUY THIS PILE OF GARBAGE.the story is **** **** this game.
  38. tatopotato4
    Jun 26, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I hate to say that this anticipated game wasn't up to par with what I and many other fans expected as, this game had its positives and its negatives (mostly surrounding story). First lets get the positives out of the way, this game has incredible graphics a type of beauty I haven't seen much in other games as it always captivated me in the playable locations. Talking about locations, another positive are the levels where you play at although still somewhat linear this time they offer you many ways to approach a situation such as combat plus this game gives you more options to explore which I loved as in some levels I found myself usually taking more time looting than going to the main objective. Also I would like to say that the game play or combat was alright as I was hoping for more innovations but i really liked the new addition of the prone as it really helps with stealth. Lastly I would like to shine some light on the accessibility that this game offers as there are many options to fit anyone and any difficulty, With all the positives out of the way now the negatives. The negatives are basically the story but even though it is one negative compared to many positives it can't be brushed off so easily. Especially with games like this , they rely to much on the story hens why its such a huge problem. First off the death of Joel: The fact that Joel died wasn't really why I hated this but more so how early on it is and the way it happened. The way Joel dies is such a disgusting and disrespectful way to take out such a beloved character especially after how much time we have spent into seeing him grow as a person and how much time he has spent surviving just to die like this. Another part I hated was Abby: The fact that the game tries to make you sympathies with her just doesn't work as no matter what she does people will hate her for killing Joel and the 8 to 10 hour of game play with her were the worst parts of the game as all you can think of is just wanting to kill her. Unforgettable characters: The new cast of characters are unforgettable as they have little to no characteristics and apart from Dina you don't get to see much of them. Especially on Abby's side as the whole way through you hate everyone who Abby is friends with apart from some characters and when some of them died I didn't care about their death as they really weren't established. Lastly the ending: By the ending the devs probably thought that you might care for Abby which is probably why Ellie lets her live because I see no other reason that Ellie would let her live as she caused so much pain and damage to her loved ones and her. I think they should have at least given you the option and I hate how the revenge is bad theme leaves Ellie with no one and no thing. In the end i think this game tries to hard to be physiological but instead of doing that right they just paint things as just bad or good. There are many other games that have tackled the same message of revenge being bad as this game does the message terribly in my opinion. This was my personal review of The Last of Us Part 2.… Expand
  39. veritas1282
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    1) the graphics are just great
    2) gameplay - the level of development of many aspects is simply amazing, but in general, I already got bored in the middle of the game, there is very little variety
    3) the plot. in the middle of the game you started playing as if it is DLC.
    what is the result? wait for the discount and buy this game
  40. Justinb21
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    It’s insane to think this is the type of sequel we got for imo to me one of the best game story told and could have just ended there I personally wish it would have this is a disgrace to og tlou fans and it’s my favorite game. Waited 7 years for a “revenge is bad” type of story that don’t even really get that right it’s like they ran out of ideas to many time jumps flashbacks even thoughIt’s insane to think this is the type of sequel we got for imo to me one of the best game story told and could have just ended there I personally wish it would have this is a disgrace to og tlou fans and it’s my favorite game. Waited 7 years for a “revenge is bad” type of story that don’t even really get that right it’s like they ran out of ideas to many time jumps flashbacks even though that was the only decent bit and player swap. What was naughty dog thinking?! that ending is the biggest f you to fans like it was intentional it’s like they just forgot or just hated everything about the original and destroyed it. gameplay improved graphics are great but this is a story driven game I remember Neil his self said Joel and Ellie is the last of us idk just let down after 7 years just to come up with this? and to see it getting 10/10 every where I don’t get it I still don’t know how to feel about this been 2 days what a let down lol… Expand
  41. Treephone
    Jul 2, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My opinion on this game. This game fails to keep the character's consistently written. Joel's behavior leading to his death doesn't match his character from the last game. Yes, I've heard people saying he has let his guard down because he was in safe settlement for 4 years. Dude , who would let the f@cking guard down, follow a group of strangers in a world where murder is a common occurrence. Wait there is more, Tommy knew the place that Abby's friends were staying at the start of the game (the lodge) which means they've been there and had probably marked it down as a clear building with no infected nor other humans. And when they arrive at the lodge they don't question who they are where did they came from, Tom and Joel are just chilling with complete strangers. This is not the first time characters are being stupid or making stupid decisions that could cost there f@cking life. That could be seen also with Abby close at the end of the game where Abby finds a radio and tells a complete stranger her location, her name, that she is a firefly . Moreover back to joel, from the start of the first last of us you could see Joel didn't want to to take any unnecessary risks. I remember this scene from the start of the game before the infection took over the world where Tommy , Joel and his daughter were in a car and Joel didn't want to stop and pick up a family that were in random road alone ,he knew they would be a burden. So don't tell me Joel just changed as character all of the sudden . There a lot more I don't like about the storyline this video is how I feel the storyline should have been : (no linking)
    Graphics for me for a PS4 console look amazing 9/10
    The gameplay in its core feels like the first last of us with some changes of course ,you can go prone, stealth in grass the AI is greatly improved from their last games. There are some bosses that makes it feel like you are playing resident evil.
    Gameplay 8/10 I did like the gameplay feels fun
    I feel bad for the people who worked on this game for days to make it look good, run well, detailed so much of the environment , the cinematography is really good the only problem is the writing it is not consistently realistic as the first game was.    … Expand
  42. Gaspacho
    Jun 30, 2020
    5
    Beautiful looking game, amazing music, abysmal narrative and mediocre direction. Good idea, poor execution.
  43. v_3n0_m
    Jul 31, 2020
    7
    I've waited a week to allow what i've played sink in. Digesting it all. For me, graphic fidelity, animations, environments, atmosphere, game mechanics (stealth, crafting, progression) are top notch for me. ND deserves praise for that. I get the direction that ND was trying to tell...each story is like a 2 sided coin.

    but what brings my rating down is the story delivery and pacing. I    I've waited a week to allow what i've played sink in. Digesting it all. For me, graphic fidelity, animations, environments, atmosphere, game mechanics (stealth, crafting, progression) are top notch for me. ND deserves praise for that. I get the direction that ND was trying to tell...each story is like a 2 sided coin.

    but what brings my rating down is the story delivery and pacing. I hate saying this because i want more of ND, but extending the story to play a character i have no investment of playing, didn't make it enjoyable for me. And being force to play her made me continue to ask myself, "why do i care?"

    This wasn't a masterpiece in my opinion, even if i agree with the story delivery.    … Expand
  44. JAKETAD
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gave this game a 5/10.

    The Gameplay Mechanics were great, Visuals were amazing and the Soundtrack was nice. That's pretty much the only positives I have.

    The Pacing is slow, Story is quite poor, some of the characters deaths were poorly done and some characters are poorly written.

    This game could've been a lot better even with the same story by doing a couple of things differently.

    Did not enjoy playing as Abby, As soon as the characters switched from Ellie to Abby after the Cinema scene, The game got extremely boring. I really didn't care about her story or her friends. I also didn't find her or her friends story sad either, Especially Mel. That's actually one of the reasons I made the score a 5/10. It would've been a 6/10 if we played less as Abby.

    I would've loved to have traveled with Tommy more or maybe travelled with him instead of Dina. I think that would've made the game much better.

    The ending I would say wasn't bad but it wasn't good. I still would've preferred to kill Abby. That's what we spent the whole game doing.

    That's about it, 5/10 for me. Wasn't a bad game, Wasn't good. I was actually enjoyiing playing as Ellie right until we had to play as Abby. After that, I had to force myself through it until the end. By the end, I couldn't really care much about the game anymore which is one of the reasons I said The ending I would say wasn't bad but it wasn't good.    … Expand
  45. tuxxut
    Jul 13, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Visuals 10/10:
    high quality textures, nice details (notes being wet after swimming), easter eggs (Gustavo Santaolalla (music producer) at the beginning of the game) and motion capture for characters make TLOU2 one of the most astounding games ever made even prettier than most AAA games for pc.

    Audio 10/10:
    no matter what you get on the screen the audio is always appropriate and high quality.
    Sounds like gunshots and voices can change depending on the enviroment.

    Gameplay 8/10:
    Good visuals and audio make the game very immersive. Also mentionable are the good physics like blood behaviour. Guns feel allright but not topnotch. Melee fights feel good with many types of finishing moves, the dodge ability and the variety of weapons. The levels are linear and you often can see an upcoming fight only based on the amount of cover. Enemies are a big positive point: natural movement, behaviour (looking after a fallen companion), changing fight tactics and variety make enemies challenging and enjoyable. Crafting and skilling is well made motivading you to search every corner for loot.

    Story 4/10:
    The only reason why this game gets a bad rating from me. As a storygame the story is the most important part and has way more impact on the end score than gameplay etc..
    Its a story about revenge and forgiveness. After Joel gets tortured, killed by Abby in front of Ellie Ellie goes to Seattle for revenge with Dina, Tommy and Jesse. After slaughtering our way through hundrets of fungi, WLFs, dogs(!) and Abbyfriends as Ellie we are confronted with Abby instakilling Jesse. Now we get a 10 hours long flashback of Abby and her perspective having nothing to do with Ellie. ND tries to make Abby more likeable and understandable by showing her "nice" side. This attempt to show the other side of the coin fails badly. Abbys action of avenging her dead father (doctor we killed as Joel) by travelling thousand miles only to torture Joel who has saved her life from zombies minutes ago infront of a familiy member who beggs for merci is unsympathetic and tells the audience that Abby is an evil psychopath not able to forgive an act that happened 4 years ago. In the flashback we can see that Abby knows of the actions of the Fireflys to kill Ellie without her and Joels consent. By that she also knows that Joel only defended his daughter making her vengeance even more absurd and cruel. As Abby we also get to know Abbys collegues who confirm my opinion about the WLF being a bunch of scumbags. The WLF is at war Scars aka. an aggressive religious scumtribe. After Abbys story showing how she changes from a cruel killer to a nice person within 2 or 3 days we get back to the final fight playing as Abby. Now we can see that Tommy got shot in the eye by Abby after saving Ellie from a bullet. Now we fight against Ellie and win. As we are about to kill Ellie Dina attacks us with a knife. Luckily Lev is here to save the day by shooting Dina in her arm. As we are about to kill Dina Ellie tells Abby that Dina is pregnant. She responded with "good". The only thing that stopped her is Lev. The game tries to make us understand and forgive Abby for 10 hours straight but the only thing it achieves is confirming our prejudices about Abby being a cruel psychopath. After the fight we get a big time jump to Ellie being together with Dina and her child in a nice farmhouse. As it turns out Tommy is alive. He comes along showing Ellie where Abby currently is. After she refuses to avenge Joel Tommy gets mad and calls her a coward. Thats straight up **** Tommy was the guy who has gone out for revenge without Ellie because he worried about her. He even told his wife to lock Ellie in Jackson and now he suddenly doesnt care about her even though she has more to loose than ever before. Now Ellies ptsd comes back and she cant let go of Abby. She goes after her knowing she lost Dina and her child with that descision. After she meets Abby in a horrible condition prisoned by Rattlers she fights her. As she was about to kill her she thinks about Joel how she forgave him and realises that revenge wont make her happier so she lets go of Abby which is quite unrealistic considering she murdered hundrets of people only to get to Abby. Now she turns back home where nobody is left. She then tries to play her guitar but with only 3 fingers left she isnt able to (Abby bit them off). So she leaves her last memory of Joel behind.

    A dark story where everybody looses because of revenge. Especially Ellie even though she spared Abbys life. Main problem is a lack of character developement, plot holes and the game trying so hard to make Abby likeable but achiving the opposite. Because of that the game feels very unsatisfying.
    The idea of a revenge story where both sides of the coin are shown is good but executed poorly.
    I could live with a sad story (even though its not my taste) as long it is greatly written.
    Its a shame they didnt spend more time making a good TLOU2 story.    … Expand
  46. TenLetterz
    Jul 1, 2020
    7
    Graphics are great, sound is amazing, and game-play is fun. The story is where it falls short for me. It feels messy and I just couldn't buy in. There are plenty of intense moments to experience and a lot of the good elements from the first game are here and better. I guess it just depends on the player on whether or not they’ll enjoy this story line.
  47. santagria
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLoU 2 was trying its best to recreate the success and brutality of Game Of Thrones, and even have a "red wedding moment", and instead - only succeeded in recreating the failure, and futility of Game Of Thrones, Season 8.
    The good: The stealth gameplay in TLoU 2 is a massive improvement over the first game. Feels more polished and evolved, like me sneaking around in Metal Gear Solid 5's open world. Its a shame, because this gameplay would suit a slightly more open-world survival/stealth game. Especially with how GOOD this game looks and animates and plays. I was often face-first into walls, trying to zoom in on small details, and reading old posters, menus. Looking around and exploring what was left of some persons old bedroom, or house. The VISUAL craft and design did a great job at world building...
    But lets move onto how the narrative starts to get in the way of this improved gameplay and world-building. TLoU 2 is constantly trying to drip-feed you narrative, from conversations you overhear from NPC's (which some were fine), to the hundreds of hand-written notes left on every preset dead body, in every house, or building... requiring you to stop and read to tell their mini-story in this post-apocalyptic America. This works fine if done sparingly, but this game inundates you with letter-after-letter, from some person who was about to die who decided to write a full page journal entry on whatever scrap-paper they could find; to even groups of people communicating together, by what seems like letter-only, who clearly lived in the same neighbourhood together. It ends up accomplishing the opposite, It goes from world-building, to immediately pulling you out of the game once the heavy-hand of the narrative makes itself too pronounced in the world around you. I was bored when Doom 3 did this over 15 years ago. This bleeds into the patrolling enemies talking out loud EVERY time you're within ear-shot, trying their hardest to make you feel guilty about the person you're about to kill. It becomes almost laughable after a certain point. The game is trying so hard to MAKE me feel a certain way, and never earns it. "Society is crumbling and people are turning on eachother" "one mans hero is anothers' villain". That nameless NPC you're about to stealth kill actually has a name, a dog, friends AND a girlfriend. It becomes over-saturated. This trope has been done to death in the zombie genre. It seems weird for it to become the LASER focused premise of the sequel. By the end of the game, I felt like I was being bludgeoned over the head by the writers at Naughty Dog . Yes, I got your point . Now where is the good part?

    The first game was a shorter, concise narrative, that built up to an emotional ending it EARNED. I understood everyone's perspective, and motivations, even Marlene and the Fireflies. But this sequel, TLoU 2, does not earn any of the emotions it's TRYING to get out of the player. The writing is inconsistent, changing the characters personality and motivations and having them make decisions that don't make sense.
    And with how progressive Naughty Dog seems to be politically, which is reflected even more in this sequel, has me questioning why they would build up one of the gaming industries only prominent LGBT protagonists like Ellie, a character that even the sexist "gamer-bros" fell in love with and rooted for. To go from successfully normalizing having a gay, female lead, and then simply destroy all that, destroy that character, just to re-tell the same old "revenge bad" story. Seems like a such a wasted opportunity to do much more from a progressive standpoint. And without getting too much into spoilers, lets just say that by the end of the game, Joel got it easy - Ellie's character is not only destroyed within the narrative of the game, she's also destroyed in fandom sense as well, her icon was taken down a notch. And if Naughty dog thinks "BUT THAT WAS THE POINT" my response is,
    "well, your point kinda sucks, and you missed a great opportunity to platform a gay character and raise them up to iconic status."
    To summarize, TLoU 2 is a technically impressive game, that suffers massively from its narrative in two ways - the narrative itself is unsatisfying and depressing, (again, reminding me of torture porn and futility of a movie like 2002's french film "Irreversible") and because the narrative is so stilted, the gameplay-loop also suffers from that compartmentalized story that jumps not just from character-to-character, but goes into flashbacks within flashbacks. It never really establishes a good flow.

    5/10    … Expand
  48. Kirase
    Jun 30, 2020
    6
    All technical aspects qualify for a 80-95% rating in their respective categories.
    The base foundation of the game is pretty good.
    What has been built on this foundation not so much. The writing, characters and storyline fail to sum up to something worth being released under the name of this brand. The chance of getting disappointed by this game is quite high. So my advice for anyone    All technical aspects qualify for a 80-95% rating in their respective categories.
    The base foundation of the game is pretty good.
    What has been built on this foundation not so much.
    The writing, characters and storyline fail to sum up to something worth being released under the name of this brand.
    The chance of getting disappointed by this game is quite high.
    So my advice for anyone who wants to check out what this game is about is to first of all not expect too much and maybe consider getting a used copy.    … Expand
  49. backInBone
    Jul 1, 2020
    7
    Stunning visuals but disappointing story. I grew very impatient in the second half of the game and just wanted to get it over with as quickly as possible.
  50. Jakuzi
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    I couldn't believe all this work and creativity of many Naughty Dogs workers was wasted by tons of crappy agendas and bad plot. I was stunned not by graphic itself, but by amount of work that lies in every room in this game. There is literally every room have unique models and planning. But plot, characters, plot twists and other is just so bad that i could not enjoy this game. And theseI couldn't believe all this work and creativity of many Naughty Dogs workers was wasted by tons of crappy agendas and bad plot. I was stunned not by graphic itself, but by amount of work that lies in every room in this game. There is literally every room have unique models and planning. But plot, characters, plot twists and other is just so bad that i could not enjoy this game. And these 10 hours with character i don't care about... TLOU 1 in of my top 5 best games list but this game feels like fan fiction. Sad to see what these people done with masterpieces heritage.… Expand
  51. CallofDoobie
    Jul 8, 2020
    6
    Not as bad as the haters say, not as good as the people who love it say. It's just an okay game people.
  52. fireyfists
    Jul 18, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story feels as if the script was dropped on the floor and it was picked up in a hurry to make sure no one noticed. The game has potential but screwed the pooch majorly by having everything happen at the wrong time. Why should I feel sympathetic to a dog I killed 12 hours ago? Or a character I murdered in roughly the same time? Why are you trying to make me like Abby when she murdered Joel in front of us, let the rage sizzle for 14 hours, and then try to convince us that she's relatable and likeable? This game would have been amazing if the story would have just panned out right, but honestly, the game just feels like it was mashed together in a hurry without the tinder care and planning of the first, and is just using the name of the first game to try and get it through.

    For all the people giving this game a 10/10 I have to ask, would you even care about this game if it wasn't a sequel to one of your favourite games? Does the story actually feel smooth and beautiful to you, or do you just want to love it because you don't want to tarnish your love for the series? I seriously thought about giving this game a 0/10 just to combat all the people who I really think aren't giving their honest opinion about that game in order to keep the idea that their favourite game's reputation wasn't tarnished, or who loved it just because it showed LGBTQ+ support, or think disliking the game automatically makes you seem like a bigot, but I'm going to give my honest opinion.

    Now for the positives, the graphics are beautiful, and this is one of the most accessible games of all time. I'm nearly convinced I could go blind and there would be some option that would allow me to play the game, but other than that I'm honestly disappointed. This was not an ideal followup to one of the best games of all time. If this was any other game, it would have just been an above-average popcorn game that people would have forgotten about in 2 years. I pray that Naughty Dog listens to constructive criticism and fix the problems with this game in a third entry.    … Expand
  53. tomyvengeance7
    Jun 23, 2020
    7
    Graphics , visuals ,sound is almost perfect ......but the storyline !! jesussssss!!!!!
  54. Sara_Galaxe
    Jun 26, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I finished the game today (06/26) and cried a lot, not because of the story but because I waited six years for it and remembered how happy I was when I saw the trailer at E3. Well the first thing that frustrated me was the level designs. In the world of The Last of Us Naughty Dog showed us that unforeseen events happen, after all the world is in pieces, buildings fall, few resources but as a player, I felt that they happened a lot to increase the gameplay time in TLOU 2, for me this was very clear and they didn't need to extend the game like that. I would prefer to see how Joel got so different from what was shown in TLOU 1. To summarize a little, I felt that I did not know the new Joel and did not know what made him let his guard down for strangers who were close to Jackson. I agree with his death and I believe that it really gave meaning to part two, after all, he killed and destroyed several groups on his journey with Ellie, but he was not even cautious with those people he met (Abby's group) and it broke my experience. Moving forward, I felt very tired with the gameplay of the game, in many ways the gameplay from the first to the second is improved, the crawling part is very interesting and matches well with the style of the game, the player sees each object being placed in Ellie or Abby's backpack and despite being a small detail, they make the game look real. However, I spent hours going through infected, scars, and WLF without feeling the reasons to do that mainly in Abbie's gameplay, the island part of the scars was a deplorable example of that, and the part that Ellie went after Abby. Honestly, I didn't want either of them to die, despite having to make a big effort to like Abby's plot since he was depicted without emotion by the scenes and art direction. I really loved the fact that Ellie and Abby had mirrored sufferings, that would be much more interesting if the deaths of the loved ones were portrayed with impact by the writers. The Last of Us Part II has an identity crisis, tiresome gameplay for the game itself to make the player go from side to side to have more hours of gameplay. However, the plot itself is extremely dense and interesting, but for me, the way the situations were put together was confusing, with no impact when they should have and badly developed characters emotionally.… Expand
  55. RafaelKaito
    Jun 23, 2020
    7
    O povo exagerou (e muito) nas notas "0" e nas "10" também, mas ninguém é obrigado a gostar de um jogo supervalorizado. É bom ter opiniões próprias.
  56. MassEffectrocks
    May 21, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Extremely controversial game. A lot of misandry and tons of feminism. Story, writing, direction and characters are garbage. On a technical level it's perfect, amazing graphics, gameplay, sound design, soundtrack and cinematography. One of the most hated, controversial, spiteful and sadistic characters ever does something horrific, unforgivable, inhuman and unacceptable in the beginning and it sets the tone for this miserable and bleak journey and destination you have to go through for many hours and grind through to get to the conclusion.

    Sympathizing and empathizing with a vicious ruthless murderer is not really a concern of mine neither is playing as that person for the vast majority of the game (You play like 50% as Ellie, 49,9% as Abby and 0,1% as Joel a brief horseback riding no combat or anything). Joel is widely known by real gamers and fans as one of if not the most legendary and beloved characters to have ever existed in video game form yet he gets treated like crap here.

    Ellie sides with a rude, ignorant and a jackass hostile bartender in a dance (who tells Dina that she is a lesbian in a very vulgar and an attacking way) over her father figure, protector and savior Joel. Side characters feels very much like filler, I didn't care for Jesse, Yara, Lev, Manny, Owen and Mel. Dina is helpful and probably the only character who isn't completely mentally unstable. Tommy is as reckless as ever and is a lot like Ellie in this title vengeful and hateful.

    Some cameos were neat and some funny minor characters hop into the plot but don't serve a lot of purpose other than cannon fodder for the so called "hero protagonists". Ellie guilt trips and berates Joel a lot in this title for no reason other to give him past trauma and making him feel low about himself. You can tell who Naughty Dog wanted you to root for and think who's a monster even if it's completely untrue, false and a lie.

    Odd romances, uncomfortable and an awkward sex scene that happens in a boat after Abby tried to attack and potentially kill Owen over an argument and a disagreement they had which turns into a heated lustful banging because Owen pulled Abby's braid. No nudity shown except for Abby's and Owen's nips.

    Almost feels like forced sexual abuse (maybe rape) on Abby's part, completely takes advantage of Owen and she makes him at the same time cheat on his pregnant girlfriend secretly, discreetly and be disloyal to her without Mel ever knowing. Mel discovers nothing about it when the story is finished it's never talked about. That's something only a horrible and an unlikable, terrible and an egotistical person would do. It's weird.

    Similar romance happens between Dina & Ellie early in the game except they are partially clothed private areas covered and Ellie forgets to be on watch and patrol for walkers and unwelcomed strangers (like Abby's group) because of it. The intimacy is very forgetful. The writing is very confusing and doesn't make sense a lot of the time.

    Shock factor plays a big role unfortunately which is most of the time lazy writing considered especially when it's been overused to the point that media shouldn't be using it as much at this point. Almost every male gets treated badly in this and is either shot, brutally murdered or used as bait courtesy of Neil Druckmann. Combat is improved from previous game, upgrading is an unique addition to your arsenal and polishing your weapons.

    Cinematography is fantastic almost to no cuts in either cinematics or gameplay itself. It's very fluent. Graphics look amazing and realistic, feels like watching a live action movie it's beautifully made. Gustavo is incredible on the banjo as usual and most of the sound design is very cool and often shocks you at how good it is.

    For a sequel it's massively disappointing. They changed way too many things in the narrative and the fact that they have the audacity to take out by far the best character in the first 2 hours of playing is insulting and disgusting to the fans and the players who have anticipated this sequel for years. Naughty Dog shot themselves in the foot in the worst possible fashion and kind of ruined this franchise for a lot of folks. If there's a Part III coming up I'm not terribly interested mainly because of how they treated a beloved heroic character from its predecessor.

    Neil Druckmann is a beta cuck who needs to look himself into the mirror and think "What have I done?" or this series is buried deep in the ground regardless of how great Abby and Ellie are doing. It feels nonsensical, disturbing and cruel to do this to a loyal fanbase and supporters of the company.

    So many questionable things about this game and a mixed bag overall. Many positives and many negatives which leaves it in a mediocre dramatic completely over the top package. If they don't remake this game properly I'm not interested in continuing in a third part. They can't just pretend nothing happened here and ignore everything.    … Expand
  57. mikailhome
    Jun 22, 2020
    6
    I gave 5/5 for the technical aspects of the game and 2/5 for the story. This game took me 28 hours. 28 hours to say that violence is bad.
  58. FinalVersus
    Jun 29, 2020
    7
    This game is NOT for all. Maybe especially not for FANS of the first instalment.

    The productions value better or equal with the best games on the PS4. It looks and sounds fantastic and feels even better when playing it. Yes, it's ultra-violent, just like the first game was. But why is this not game for all the fans? The answer is the story and your personal taste. If you enjoyed the    This game is NOT for all. Maybe especially not for FANS of the first instalment.

    The productions value better or equal with the best games on the PS4. It looks and sounds fantastic and feels even better when playing it. Yes, it's ultra-violent, just like the first game was.

    But why is this not game for all the fans? The answer is the story and your personal taste. If you enjoyed the first game's story of friendship, love and hope. Then you might not feel the same then story focus on selfishness, hate and forgiveness.
    Actually I would argue, that most people who have played the first game, would call it a "feel good" game, despite the dark universe and the gruesome events the characters had to endure.
    The Last of Us Part 2, has no feel-good moments, it goes darker then any game has gone before, and it keep hammering in the same points again and again. Hate generates Hate!

    Personal I feel The last of us (1) is one of the best games and stories ever told. I fell the Last of Us part 2, could have been just as awesome a game, if not for the choice to force the story on to characters of the first game. And I hate the game for that.
    They could easily fit the story on to new characters, as the initial reason for Hate, is so generic that it does not matter from where it springs.

    Do I like the game... definitely! I would especially recommend it to everyone how have NOT played the first game. Not something I've had ever stayed before.    … Expand
  59. ChrisUK
    Jun 29, 2020
    7
    I completed Survivor difficulty, and collected everything. Took 50+ hours. Some "professional" reviewers have been saying ignore user reviews, but that's not helpful, and seems they are looking to assert their own perceived importance as "official" mouthpieces rather than be open to discussion.

    Explore all the options, including “accessibility”. Try increased movement / aim sensitivity,    I completed Survivor difficulty, and collected everything. Took 50+ hours. Some "professional" reviewers have been saying ignore user reviews, but that's not helpful, and seems they are looking to assert their own perceived importance as "official" mouthpieces rather than be open to discussion.

    Explore all the options, including “accessibility”. Try increased movement / aim sensitivity, and set camera distance + field of view to max. I was regularly adjusting brightness to see clearly in the (many) dark spaces. The flashlight does not treat your eyes kindly, and for such a long game, this can be painful. I understand this is the world, but I wish developers would be a little more considerate of players’ health.

    Do not play this on Normal or Easy. I wasn't going to play twice, so chose Survivor: You can not "run and gun” – it will play more stealthily, with limited resources / ammo. It was not too challenging, although a few of the bosses did have me dying a few times. When I succeeded it was rewarding. Enemy AI is poor, especially later in the game. I often just made noise or killed one, hid, and drew them all towards me.

    Those whining about political correctness / sexuality need to get over themselves. Some comments aimed at the other new main character are totally unacceptable. I enjoyed seeing the story from different perspectives, although it could have been streamlined without sacrificing the narrative. Some of the new characters were quite flat, and others interesting. One explicit scene on a boat I think could have been cut and was overly in your face; a subtle approach could have achieved the same effect. There are some sweet moments, although few and far between. The game is extremely violent, but I was actually expecting it to be worse. At the end I wasn't left feeling cheated but wish the gameplay had been pushed further.

    You can break glass, climb ropes, swim, and lie flat, but it does not challenge any established systems. Why not let Ellie or the other character befriend a dog + direct its actions? More NPCs in the world who you can interact with? Mini games other than the guitar playing, like carving wood statues, drawing, fishing, playing darts? Yes, it's the story of you surviving in a world that has fallen apart, but there is definitely more scope for inventiveness. Levels look great but layout is simplistic.

    Enemies are not very interesting. The infected could have taken more shapes / sizes. The only one I found frightening were the "stalkers" who hide and creep up on you. Bloaters and Shamblers look nearly the same, and a boss near the end of the game is just another larger version of other enemies. Human enemies are similarly passable. The much talked about name calling lent a more comic aspect than any sort of empathy for them or their dogs (who also don't feature often).

    Visually the game is impressive, and art direction is generally excellent. There is some variation in environments (snow, beach, forest, city), although I would have liked to see more of this + a shorter game so you can better appreciate the time spent in each location. Characters and animals look very good, and detail on clothes and accessories is excellent. Concept art is interesting, as it shows how final characters differ from their original designs. I did encounter some glitches, but not too many.

    The game is an "on rails" experience; you are guided through it exactly as the developers intended, with very little room for your own input. Your only real choices are whether to play on easier difficulties and gun everything down, or play on tougher difficulties and play stealthily. If you are not a closed-minded bigot, then there is something here to enjoy. The gameplay can feel lacking and linear, opportunities were missed to make it more fresh and varied, the story does drag on, and some non-playable characters are flat, but overall I am pleased I "experienced" this. I'm not sure if I played it or it played me, but it's an interesting experiment in the medium, and a fine way to end this generation of consoles.

    Lots has been made of the ending, with many people offering simplistic views. In the final scene, look at the expression on the character's face. There is a moment of realisation. It was not "all for nothing". It's not good defeats evil, but the characters end up at peace with themselves, after suffering so much, and what could be more of a victory than that?

    Extras = disappointing. Just concept art + character models. Not good enough. The models are nice, but the art isn’t exciting. Should be included: Ellie’s journals, viewable directly from the main menu after you complete the game. Behind the scenes / “making of” videos. And have the guitar playing parts unlockable too, with the ability to select the location in the game where Ellie finds them to practice in. Wouldn’t be difficult to do that and would be cool to have it accessible from the main menu.    … Expand
  60. CoreGamer1408
    Jun 30, 2020
    5
    Not 10/10, but not 0/10 either. TLOU1 to me was never that great masterpiece like others claimed it to be. So I have no fanboy or hater dog in this fight. The good is that the graphics and animations are cool. The overall gameplay nothing of major innovation. Even though ND had a seven year hiatus to think of and develop better stuff.

    As this is a story driven game that wants to play on    Not 10/10, but not 0/10 either. TLOU1 to me was never that great masterpiece like others claimed it to be. So I have no fanboy or hater dog in this fight. The good is that the graphics and animations are cool. The overall gameplay nothing of major innovation. Even though ND had a seven year hiatus to think of and develop better stuff.

    As this is a story driven game that wants to play on players emotions for the characters in the first game. The set up for Joel doesn't work, because Joel does some very un-Joel things and it breaks his character. As for Ellie she seems to have learnt nothing from the first game. So both Joel and Ellie don't develop as characters. They both regress and in a unconvincing way narratively.

    The ending has all the build up and no pay off. Which makes me think oh no not a direct sequel to this? Or maybe another DLC cash grab later to wrap things up?

    As for the new playable character Abby the way she dropped in the time line of the game really didn't help us the player get behind her in any way. As for the emotional manipulation with dogs seriously fts. I have been attacked and bit by a large dog to the point of hospitalization. So in my case I have more PDST than feels for attack dogs on Ellie case.

    As like the first game more miss than hit gameplay, but with weaker characterisation and story this time around. The gameplay was never the hook or draw with this series. It was the story and characters, but this time they failed to deliver on the meat and potatoes story. Leaving us sipping on the gravy game play.    … Expand
  61. Chexs1990
    Jul 31, 2020
    5
    It's an okay game.

    Pros: - Combat - Animation and graphics -Audio - Great level design - Infected.... I mean, come on, they creepy as hell and pretty awesome! Cons: - Ellie's depth is gone. - Weaker writing than the first; The characters are less compelling and the story is essentially split into a "have base, go kill target " cycle. - The ending has a message, but it comes off as    It's an okay game.

    Pros:
    - Combat
    - Animation and graphics
    -Audio
    - Great level design
    - Infected.... I mean, come on, they creepy as hell and pretty awesome!

    Cons:
    - Ellie's depth is gone.
    - Weaker writing than the first; The characters are less compelling and the story is essentially split into a "have base, go kill target " cycle.
    - The ending has a message, but it comes off as strongly disillusioned in contrast to what came before it.
    - Pacing issues; Flashbacks has a tendency to take over the game and stops the flow of events in the present.

    Overall it's an okay game. There are some things in there which are 10/10 worthy, but they are lopsided by some aspects which doesn't work at all in context.    … Expand
  62. Awil2208
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    Good Graphic, Okay Gameplay, **** Story because they kill off Joel by a unlikable Character we dont care about.
  63. Nightiscold
    Jul 7, 2020
    7
    Compared to the first part this game suffers from its boring (and irrational) characters. Furthermore, the complete story is to weak to rescue the game.

    On the other side this game has an amazing and immersive world with an excellent atmosphere (really enjoyed the first 2/3). Interestingly, large parts of the game appear to have been developed long time ago for the PS3 in first place.    Compared to the first part this game suffers from its boring (and irrational) characters. Furthermore, the complete story is to weak to rescue the game.

    On the other side this game has an amazing and immersive world with an excellent atmosphere (really enjoyed the first 2/3). Interestingly, large parts of the game appear to have been developed long time ago for the PS3 in first place. The linear game-play and combat is similar to the first part, but it is simpler.

    On one side I liked the grim dark aspect of the future, on the other side i was quite disappointed at the end after nearly 40h on hard difficulty. I think game developers should really consider to hire better writers for such kind of projects.    … Expand
  64. DuffySteffanni
    Jun 28, 2020
    5
    BUYER BEWARE!!!
    I literally was super stoked and I can honestly say I dig the story. Yeah it should get a sequel for the huge plot holes. The gameplay was also pretty good. Astounding graphics and animations that are fresh til the finish. Of course with one complaint in the violence.
    I love shooting ,destroying things, and blood as much as the next guy. However when you feel the need for    BUYER BEWARE!!!
    I literally was super stoked and I can honestly say I dig the story. Yeah it should get a sequel for the huge plot holes. The gameplay was also pretty good. Astounding graphics and animations that are fresh til the finish. Of course with one complaint in the violence.
    I love shooting ,destroying things, and blood as much as the next guy. However when you feel the need for a what seems like a 10 second real life death rattle for every kill (excluding instand head shots) it gets to be a bit much. I’m Do not buy this broken game and waste 60$ Just yet. Everyone is having corrupted saves. Some can’t start it. Lets hope sony pays more mind to the ps5 and we dont waste 500+$ on a broken system. I’d love to give this game a 10 but the crashes were overwhelming, definitely pushed the PS4 to the limit as it looks like it should be a ps5 title. If you do get it you are on for a wild ride and sadly a frustrating one    … Expand
  65. LeoChikis
    Jun 23, 2020
    7
    I have played most of the game, and what I think is.... the story es kinda bad, but I'm enjoying the rest of the game, the game play is as solid as the first one, the graphics are incredible, really really good, the AI is also really good. The game itself is good, but the story just doesn't click with me, and it's really disappointing, to me right now the game is a 7.
    And maybe it    I have played most of the game, and what I think is.... the story es kinda bad, but I'm enjoying the rest of the game, the game play is as solid as the first one, the graphics are incredible, really really good, the AI is also really good. The game itself is good, but the story just doesn't click with me, and it's really disappointing, to me right now the game is a 7.
    And maybe it deserves a 8, but I feel is a 7 right now.    … Expand
  66. aliharris
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    I wanted to love The Last of Us Part II, especially because the first game is my favourite game ever. However, it’s hard to ignore the many issues with this game, and the fact that Naughty Dog handled their marketing in an unethical manner. You can have a dark, mature story, with the appropriate themes and messages. Games like Red Dead Redemption 2, Life is Strange, The Walking Dead SeasonI wanted to love The Last of Us Part II, especially because the first game is my favourite game ever. However, it’s hard to ignore the many issues with this game, and the fact that Naughty Dog handled their marketing in an unethical manner. You can have a dark, mature story, with the appropriate themes and messages. Games like Red Dead Redemption 2, Life is Strange, The Walking Dead Season 1, and many more. They all concern themselves with mature themes, stories that are dark, and unhappy endings. Yet, unlike The Last of Us Part II, they’re able to manage all these elements together without faltering.

    Read the full review here: https://thegamesflix.com/2020/06/25/the-last-of-us-part-ii-critique/    … Expand
  67. CaliostRa
    Jul 21, 2020
    7
    Первая половина игры зашла очень хорошо, играл не отрываясь,а вот дальше мучался с приевшимся геймплеем и абсолютно бредовым, для постапокалипсиса, сценарием. В ТЕХНИЧЕСКОМ плане игра великолепна и однозначна к ознакомлению !Первая половина игры зашла очень хорошо, играл не отрываясь,а вот дальше мучался с приевшимся геймплеем и абсолютно бредовым, для постапокалипсиса, сценарием. В ТЕХНИЧЕСКОМ плане игра великолепна и однозначна к ознакомлению !
  68. vittorioviegas
    Dec 23, 2022
    6
    This could have easily been a 9/10 but the game overstays its welcome by the midpoint.
    Also, when it could have ended in a good way it once again pushes our patience to make the ending worse.

    Gameplay is the same as the original, nothing amazing but I honestly like it.
    Graphics are mind blowing, so if you like your games to look pretty, you can't complain here.
  69. Siome
    Jul 5, 2020
    5
    Story is poor, characters are stupids. Game try hard to be a lesson of good thinking and forget to put the gamer in a real story. Scripting make the gale easy as hell. No challenge, no surprise. Too mant inconstancy in the background, too many useless flashback. Illogical ending. "All that dor that ?" Is what you'll think at the end... technically the game is beautifull but the design,Story is poor, characters are stupids. Game try hard to be a lesson of good thinking and forget to put the gamer in a real story. Scripting make the gale easy as hell. No challenge, no surprise. Too mant inconstancy in the background, too many useless flashback. Illogical ending. "All that dor that ?" Is what you'll think at the end... technically the game is beautifull but the design, character design and lebel design is average.… Expand
  70. Sumbyv1
    Jul 6, 2020
    5
    Mind boggling to understand what they were thinking......THAT 10 hour section made all love for this game die a slow death. Up until that point i had explored every corner and had every collectable....during that 10 hour section i got to the point where i just sprinted through area's, healing when needed......i just didnt care.....
  71. Nikeliquid_72
    Jun 24, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Lat Of Us Part 2 is easily the most controversial game of the entire year, and has divided gamers, some people hate it, others love it for what it is. The Last Of Us 2 is not a terrible game or the worst game ever made like most people have been saying. It is definitely disappointing in some areas but it is not the worst game ever made. The rest of this review contains spoilers.

    Con one: Joel's death. I think we can all agree that since the game was announced that we were excited to get see our iconic duo once again and see how their relationship has developed since the first game. And I think I speak for every fan of this series, that we were upset when Joel was killed at the two hour mark in one of the worst ways, getting his skull bashed in by a golf club. I think we wouldn't have minded if Joel died in this game if it were towards the end of the game and it was because he was protecting Ellie. His death felt cheap and had no impact, unlike Sarah's death from the first game.

    Con Two: Playing as Abby. I don't know why Naughty dog thought it was a good idea to put in a section where you have to play as Abby, the woman who killed Joel, who in my opinion is one of the best written video game characters of all time. I didn't like her story line at all and playing as her just rubbed me the wrong way and it felt like her story line was just filler to make the game longer then it needed to be. I wanted to play the entire game through Ellie's eyes. Yes it explains why Abby went to kill Joel but I think we would've been fine if we saw her only three times. First at the beginning where we see her kill Joel, second time at the movie theater, and the final time for the final fight at the beach. It puts Ellie's revenge plot on hold and takes away from the overall plot.

    Con three: The fireflies. Before Abby gets captured towards the end of the game, she ends up coming into contact with people who are rebuilding the fireflies. I don't like this because it takes away the emotional weight from the ending of the first game, Where Joel literally kills the remaining fireflies and their leader to save Ellie. Now they make that ending not matter now that the fireflies are back. so it makes the ending of the game feel pointless.

    Con four: Ellie And Joel. This is the biggest problem I have with this game, Ellie is angry with Joel the entire game. Yes they later explain why but that doesn't excuse the fact the entire first game is now pointless. The whole first game was about the bond between them and how they basically become father and daughter. Now that doesn't matter now that Ellie hates Joel for the whole game.

    A lot of cons right, makes the game sound terrible and the fans shouldn't play it. But that's not the cause. Lets talk pro's.

    Pro One: Ellie's Motivation. Like i said earlier even though Joel's death was a weak, it makes sense story wise because it gives Ellie motivation to get revenge on the people who killed basically her father figure. And you believe that motivation since we all know how much Joel meant to Ellie.

    Pro Two: The Characters. Even if you hate the story like most people do, the characters hold the game together. Everyone has their own character arcs including Ellie. Ellie goes on a quest for revenge and will do anything she has to find and kill Abby and kill anyone she has to get to her. She uses her anger as her main weapon. However when we reach the end of the game and Ellie is drowning Abby in the water, she realizes even if she kills Abby it won't bring Joel back. So even though some people hate that you don't kill Abby in the end, it makes sense for Ellie's arc and to show that the violence we use on others to make ourselves feel better, won't solve the pain and loss we witnessed or went through.

    Pro Three: Graphics And Gameplay. The graphics in this game is beautiful and is one of the best looking PS4 game of all time in my opinion. Everything looks great from the foliage growing around us, to the amazing detail on the characters. The gameplay is smooth, every violent action you do as either Ellie or Abby was fun to do and amazing to watch. Small details from the blood from Ellie's victims squirting out onto her face whenever she would do major damage to their body, to hiding under cars and waiting for the right moment to strike at your enemies.

    In conclusion this is not a terrible game, this is not the worst game ever made. It is definitely disappointing in some areas, but not enough to take away from your enjoyment of the game. This is a great game that I would not only recommend to the fans but to newcomers who just want to hop in and see what this game is all about. I suggest to play the game for yourself and develop your own opinion on it and not just go off what you've heard or read on the internet.    … Expand
  72. zzkaiser
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Juego gráficamente muy bonito, sistema de combate, simplemente delicioso, pero, la historia, como poco confuso, yo creo que hay mejores contar la historia, me vale que se maneje a 2 personajes, pero, cuando le coges el gusto a un personaje, te saltan sin sentido alguno al otro y así, continuamente
  73. prezodzic
    Jun 22, 2020
    7
    Technic is good, graphics is good, “some” characters is good but story is bad. SO BAD!
  74. Godinex
    Jul 7, 2020
    7
    Luego de jugar la primera entrega, tenía muy altas las expectativas con respecto al juego. Muchos glitch, historia pobre, personajes poco creíbles. Gráficos y jugabilidad al 95, pero con tremendo predecesor esperaba más.
  75. amusetech
    Oct 3, 2020
    7
    Decent gameplay, though it didn't improve significantly over the first game. Stunning graphics, technological masterpiece, but the plot sometimes fall down to the level of some stupid teenage drama in post-apocalypse setting, like you watching another The 100 or The Walking Dead. Nice game overall, but as a sequel to the first TLOU - sucks.
  76. Galix
    Jul 15, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un juego del que esperaba mucho tras lo que fue el primer juego (para mí una obra maestra) pero que me ha supuesto una de las mayores decepciones que jamás me he llevado con un videojuego. Aún así le he puesto un 7 porque el juego tiene una serie de puntos fuertes que me parecen indiscutibles.

    Lo bueno:
    - Visualmente es una maravilla. No solo por los gráficos tan bestias sino por el grandísimo nivel de detalles que podemos encontrar en todo el juego.
    - La jugabilidad, si bien es bastante continuista con respecto a lo que fue el primero, sigue funcionando muy bien y además han metido algunas cositas nuevas que se agradecen.
    - La crudeza del juego en los combates es magistral.
    - El juego te incita a la exploración y te recompensa por ello. No solo con suministros y coleccionables sino también con armas que de otro modo se pasarían por alto.

    Lo malo (todo a nivel argumental):
    - El maltrato continuo a Joel. No solo porque lo maten de forma rastrera y miserable sino porque, salvando el flashback del museo, siempre que aparece es para ser despreciado por Ellie de una forma o de otra. Todo porque Ellie considera que no la tuvo en cuenta en su decisión al final del primero. Bien, y si lo que hizo te parece mal, qué crees que debería haber hecho entonces¿? Esta pregunta no se responde porque es imposible hacerlo sin caer en el ridículo. Todo porque nos intentan vender que lo que hizo Joel al final del primer juego estuvo mal.
    - Las muertes de Jesse y Manny. Ambos personajes parecían medianamente importantes pero se los quitan de encima de repente. No solo nadie llora su muerte sino que no se les vuelve siquiera a mencionar en el resto del juego.
    - Relleno. El juego dura más de lo que debería, y eso se nota especialmente en la parte de Abby, donde las misiones están estiradas a más no poder solo para que su parte dure tanto como la de Ellie. Pero donde más se nota el relleno es en la recta final, cuando volvemos a controlar a Ellie. Como no podíamos encontrarnos con Abby y ya está, el juego se saca una nueva facción de la manga que nadie conoce y que a nadie le importa en la que todos son malos malísimos porque sí y nos ponen a masacrarlos para arañar unas horas más de juego.
    - El cambio de parecer sin sentido de Tommy. Cuando están todos juntos en el teatro, Tommy habla con Ellie y le dice algo así como que Abby sigue viva pero que ya han tenido suficiente y que es mejor volver a casa. Tiempo después Tommy aparece en casa de Ellie para decirle que ha localizado a Abby y que tiene que terminar el trabajo porque se lo prometió. Un cambio de opinión que no viene a cuento pero que necesitaban para avanzar la trama.
    - Ellie y Dina en el mundo de yupi. Ambas se retiran a vivir en una especie de granja en mitad del monte aisladas de todo. En un mundo post apocalíptico en el que en cualquier momento te puede llegar una horda de infectados y destrozarte la vida no tiene mucho sentido. Es cierto que aquí los infectados han pasado a un tercer plano, pero esto ya es pasarse.
    - La historia de Abby. Lleva tiempo con los lobos y además todos parecen conocerla (muchos le saludan cuando entra en las instalaciones), pero conoce a un par de niños de la facción contraria y dos días después (literalmente) no tiene problemas en traicionarlos y matarlos. Niños a los que no se ha hecho mención anteriormente, que no conozco y que no me importan. Para rematar, Isaac que parecía un personaje importante (cualquiera que se fuera leyendo las notas durante la parte de Ellie estará de acuerdo) es asesinado de repente y una vez más no se le vuelve a mencionar. Lo dicho, historia flojísima y además con relleno.
    - El personaje de Abby en general. Y no, el problema no es que esté mazada o que parezca un tío, sino como se presenta el personaje. Tras matar a Joel de forma miserable habiéndole salvado la vida, no solo nos obligan a controlarla durante casi la mitad del juego (algo que me causó una enorme repulsión) sino que encima el juego pretende que te caiga bien. Lo siento pero no. Después de matar a Joel de la forma en la que lo hizo no puede caerme bien este personaje, independientemente de sus motivaciones o de su historia.
    - El final. Tras masacrar a cientos de personas Ellie decide perdonarla. No era difícil de predecir, pues el mensaje del juego estaba claro desde el principio. Luego tenemos otro flashback en el que Joel vuelve a ser despreciado por Ellie y una escena final que nos muestra que Ellie lo ha perdido todo por la venganza (que finalmente no ha llevado a cabo). Después de que el director dijera que había llorado con el final me esperaba algo bastante mejor. No veo donde está la parte lacrimógena, sinceramente.    … Expand
  77. Lost-Sock
    Jun 28, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't want to get too in depth so I'll list a few pros and cons then explain a little why I gave 6/10

    Pros
    - fantastic graphics - excellent music and sound design - better level design than 1
    - slightly better companion AI than 1 Cons - woeful enemy AI
    - Clunky outdated controls and animations - 6-10 hours too long - cheap storytelling, boring revenge plot, poorly fleshed out characters
    - feels like it could have been a PS3 game gameplay wise - tacky manipulation tactics made for you to feel empathy yet none of the characters warranted it. All in all I was hugely disappointed with the game, I finished it today and I'll be trading it in later on. The story is terrible, I honestly think one of the clickers could have come up with something better than this generic trope riddled monstrosity. I didn't care about Ellie OR Abby, just two bits of crap with different coloured glitter. The gameplay was mind numbingly dull, 10 minutes of gameplay followed by either an overly long cutscene, or an hour of going round and round a larger map finding crap to craft neccesary things with. Take away the wandering around all over picking up bits of scissors and the game itself would be around 7 hours I bet. The awful doom music everytime you got into a combat scenario got so annoying too, as did the silly noise whenever someone was close to spotting you (seriously it's relentless even when you're in cover) The combat mechanics were better than TLOU1 but not much, it felt very last gen, as did the gunplay which is Uncharted 1 levels of awful. It's not a bad game by any stretch, but neither is it the 10/10 masterpiece so many sycophantic pseudo-intellectual reviewers paint it as with their pompous waffles. It's a decent enough stealth game at times with a garbage story, awful writing, horrible characters and gameplay from the last gen. The only thing it really excels at is the graphics, sound design and voice acting. The rest of the game is simply mediocre truth be told. Would I recommend it? Only a deep sale, it's not worth more than £15, luckily I'll get most of my money back in trade - I feel for players that bought it digitally.    … Expand
  78. Galliec
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    I waited for this game for so long and was disappointed by it so fast.
    The gameplay is too repetitive for such a long game. What NaughtyDog introduced as new gameplay mechanics for the main playable character looks ridiculous or is removed in the second part of this game.
    Beloved characters from the first part are washed down the toilet. They are really dumb down to move the plot further    I waited for this game for so long and was disappointed by it so fast.
    The gameplay is too repetitive for such a long game. What NaughtyDog introduced as new gameplay mechanics for the main playable character looks ridiculous or is removed in the second part of this game.
    Beloved characters from the first part are washed down the toilet. They are really dumb down to move the plot further by acting completely out of character. The ending is unsatisfying without a proper conclusion.
    Graphics, animation, and music on the other hand are superb, the only good thing in this game.
    This is a story-driven game with a really bad story. In the end, it was all for nothing.    … Expand
  79. PokeBluedude
    Jun 23, 2020
    7
    Just finished The Last of Us Part 2. Here's my 'brief', spoiler free take on it:
    Visually it is the best looking game on the PS4. You can tell the amount of hard work and attention to detail that has gone into making this game look stunning. The lighting in particular is next gen and I truly believe will be a benchmark for other triple A titles to hit.
    The soundtrack was noticeably    Just finished The Last of Us Part 2. Here's my 'brief', spoiler free take on it:
    Visually it is the best looking game on the PS4. You can tell the amount of hard work and attention to detail that has gone into making this game look stunning. The lighting in particular is next gen and I truly believe will be a benchmark for other triple A titles to hit.
    The soundtrack was noticeably absent for a lot of the game. When it was present it had the familiar feel of the first game, but it was hardly present. there were still some fantastic scenes that were made by the sound and music direction, but they are few and far between.
    Voice acting was on point throughout the entire game. Cannot really fault it.
    The Story! Oh dear lord this is where it gets very tricky. Thematically, it should work very well but it sadly falls flat. Many of the characters introduced in this game I just don't care about. They have somewhat fleshed out stories and history, but sometimes they just feel kind of unnecessary. This is also meant to be a story about revenge and how it can become all consuming, a message that the game constantly throws at you. The problem to this of course is that in game we have no choice but to try and enact our revenge. there is no 'Spare the life' option of any of the human enemies you fight. the only option there is, is to either continue playing the game, and have it try and make you feel bad for the decisions you are making, or stop playing the game altogether.
    The game is also too long. A few times came natural stopping points for the game, a final showdown if you will, but trying to end the game there just gets you the 'game over' animations and throws you to the start of the encounter again. It just feels weird to play through it! I cant go into too many details without posting spoilers, but for a game that heavily relies on the story, this does fall quite short. I think it would have worked better as a 3quel or maybe a couple of separate games as parts of the story are disjointed. Either they had two many ideas and tried to cram them all in or the story was changed late in production as some of it just doesn't quite fit.
    Overall the game is great to play and I couldn't put it down. But that seemed to be in spite of itself at times.
    SCORE: 7/10    … Expand
  80. Kipper
    Jun 27, 2020
    6
    A really disappointing sequel considering The Last of Us has one of the best video game stories ever made. This story is full of inconsistencies, constant out of character decisions, and plotholes. The game looks beautiful. The first 8 hours were enjoyable, especially Seattle Day 1, but it declines steadily over the course of the game, which is far too long by the way. It's nearly 30 hoursA really disappointing sequel considering The Last of Us has one of the best video game stories ever made. This story is full of inconsistencies, constant out of character decisions, and plotholes. The game looks beautiful. The first 8 hours were enjoyable, especially Seattle Day 1, but it declines steadily over the course of the game, which is far too long by the way. It's nearly 30 hours if you take the time to explore everything, but could have easily been cut down to 20, especially when you consider the last chapter was completely unnecessary and did more harm than good. The gameplay is fine, I enjoyed the survival and crafting mechanics especially at higher difficulties. Hardly any replay value but I might play a new game+ then stop at the halfway point. All things considered I'm very disappointed, this game had so many better options as to where it could have taken it's story.… Expand
  81. THIRD3YE06
    Jul 5, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Resident Evil 2 for ps1 has stood the test of time as being my favorite game ever(obviously better games exist but my favorite game is based more on the experience i had with the game and how much I enjoyed it at the time)
    So I dont say this lightly or with any bit of hyperbole This is my favorite game of all time....ive never had a deeper more emotional experience with a game in my life....and im sure there will be very few times anything even comes close.
    This is why I play video games....this is what im looking for every time.    … Expand
  82. marcelmonterol
    Oct 2, 2020
    7
    Completamente asesinados los personajes, sin duda una de las peores historias que he visto en un videojuego con personajes tan ricos.

    Se perdió por completo la identidad de cada uno de los personajes, hay momentos en que vas en contra de lo que tienes que hacer para que el juego siga porque no hay más opciones. Siento que perdí el tiempo jugando este videojuego, ni siquiera se alcanza a    Completamente asesinados los personajes, sin duda una de las peores historias que he visto en un videojuego con personajes tan ricos.

    Se perdió por completo la identidad de cada uno de los personajes, hay momentos en que vas en contra de lo que tienes que hacer para que el juego siga porque no hay más opciones. Siento que perdí el tiempo jugando este videojuego, ni siquiera se alcanza a lograr el objetivo, pero después de todo estos personajes no son nuestros ni mucho menos. Tiene una jugabilidad exquisita y eso es lo único rescatable, con unos gráficas dignas de lo esperado.

    Me arrepiento haber gastado mi pasta en este videojuego, siento que mejor me hubiera quedado con la experiencia del primero, no entiendo cómo se tomaron 7 años para lanzar la parte 2.

    No lo recomendaría nunca si lo que quieres es meterte en la historia, pero si quieres solo por juego está más que bien; personalmente para mi un videojuego tiene que tener una buena historia de enganche y este lamentablemente no lo tiene.

    Es triste lo que han hecho pero no hay más.    … Expand
  83. felipguilera10
    Jul 8, 2020
    7
    Por donde empezar? Creo que voy a empezar por lo fácil. El juego técnicamente es una BARBARIDAD. No hay ninguna discusión posible. Las físicas, las animaciones, todo lo referente al apartado gráfica es de 12/10. Y lo más espectacular de todo esto es que, todo esto lo mueve una jodida PS4, cosa que me parece un jodido milagro. Ahora bien, en cuanto a lo malo, lo peor sin duda es laPor donde empezar? Creo que voy a empezar por lo fácil. El juego técnicamente es una BARBARIDAD. No hay ninguna discusión posible. Las físicas, las animaciones, todo lo referente al apartado gráfica es de 12/10. Y lo más espectacular de todo esto es que, todo esto lo mueve una jodida PS4, cosa que me parece un jodido milagro. Ahora bien, en cuanto a lo malo, lo peor sin duda es la historia. Para mi opinión no esta a la altura. Lo de meter a Abby con un calzador tan exageradamente ridículo, me parece mal. Y luego, la historia, no tiene jodido sentido y la veo mal estructurada. Por no hablar del final, que me parece tan decepcionante. Osea, creo que es uno de los finales más decepcionantes que se recuerden. Me recuerda muchísimo al final de Mass Effect 3, que fue algo jodidamente decepcionante. Y escribo esta reseña desde la tristeza, no por ser un final triste, sino por la decepción tan grande que me he llevado al jugarlo. En fin, que se le va a hacer, una pena la verdad. Y me duele muchísimo no poder darle un 10 a este juego, pero es lo que hay.… Expand
  84. DasEker
    Jun 27, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I honestly don't understand why this game is getting so much hate. I think that the story is amazing and extremely engaging, although a little too long, and I don't understand why the death of Joel causes fans to hate this game. Though loved by the fans, not all the in-game NPCs have to love him. He is not a hero, he is an anti-hero at best. He killed so many people for his personal gain of keeping Ellie alive. Yes his death is incredibly tragic and depressing but it would not make sense to keep him alive no matter what.

    Overall, the game is amazing. Story and Game play are both really good, especially the stealth in this game. The biggest let down of this game is the truly terrible editing. The problem is not what happens in the cut scenes, because the story told is really good, but the order in which it is shown to us, that is the real problem. The second half of playing as Abby is just terrible because we can't build a connection to her because we know how all of this is going to end.

    There was a lot of potential which made the game shine in the first half and the ending but the second half sadly is just terribly paced. However, this does not mean the game itself is "a disgrace to the first one". It is a lot of potential badly executed for half the time.    … Expand
  85. Haltsu
    Jul 7, 2020
    5
    I really wanted to like this game. Me and my friend who got it from day one played the game and finished the game; and we were left dissapointed.

    Lets get the pros out of the way. The game looks beautiful, the sound design is excellent and the voice acting and motion capture are on point. However to me those don´t make a great game. What makes a great game for me are the story and    I really wanted to like this game. Me and my friend who got it from day one played the game and finished the game; and we were left dissapointed.

    Lets get the pros out of the way. The game looks beautiful, the sound design is excellent and the voice acting and motion capture are on point. However to me those don´t make a great game. What makes a great game for me are the story and game-play. While I feel the game-play is overall good its the story I have issues. I get what they were trying to go for; I really do. It could have worked if it were told differently but they took a risk and in my opinion they fell flat. I did not like how they handled some of the characters and their fates ( anybody who has the game knows witch characters I am talking about ).

    Is this game a 0 out of 10? No. Is this game worth of the all the 10 ratings it has been getting? No.    … Expand
  86. PatryKing16
    Jun 25, 2020
    7
    Mediocre just like the first one. No significant improvements in gameplay. Let's wait see if part 3 will improve anything, otherwise it's going to be a 3rd mod of uncharted.
  87. movompomoh
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    Amazingly developed game sullied by game director's interference. This game has been crafted beautifully. The graphics. environment, animations, acting are all top notch. Unfortunately, the game director has infused his personal political opinions in such a haphazard way that the entire experience becomes sullied to the point where it's not worth playing. If you ignore the poor story, allAmazingly developed game sullied by game director's interference. This game has been crafted beautifully. The graphics. environment, animations, acting are all top notch. Unfortunately, the game director has infused his personal political opinions in such a haphazard way that the entire experience becomes sullied to the point where it's not worth playing. If you ignore the poor story, all that's left if a nihilistic murder fest, which also completely upends the point of the entire story. A true tragedy.… Expand
  88. phantom123
    Aug 19, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's so fascinating how people are still fighting about this game and how divided the fan base is but if it wasn't clear before it should be now for all level headed people . The Last of Us 2 is not a masterpiece and it's not the worst game ever deserving of anything under a 4 (I get that people are trying to be heard but come on)

    So here's a few hot takes of mines as well since everyone has chimed in . Let's start of with some facts

    Is Joel disrespected in this game? No
    Is Abby a terrible character and a Mary Sue? **** Yes
    Are the side characters bad? Yes
    Is the pacing off and the game too long? Yes
    Is the story unsalvagable and/or complete trash? No
    Is the ending bad? Yes...somewhat
    Is the game woke? Yes
    Is the gameplay good? Absolutely
    Is the attention to detail award worthy? Most definitely

    Now let's break down those statements shall we?

    First of all Joel is not disrespected in this game in the slightest . Was the false trailers and fake interviews a **** move? Yes , is the slight retcon of the final events of the first game a ploy to further demonize his actions? Yes but that's as far as it goes . The entire story is dedicated around Joel and he is used to motivate you to do what you have to do and if that wasn't enough the end credit song if you pay attention to the lyrics is both sad and incredibly beautiful for both Ellie and Joel

    Second most talked about aspect of the game is of course Abby . Once again Neil Druckmann was caught lying that you only get to play as Ellie and that's undoubtedly a **** move no matter how you try to justify it but that wouldn't have been a problem if the character was you know ....good . I could go on and on with all the contrivances and **** plot points the game has to make you care for her but I'll just say that Abby is a Mary Sue and kindly direct you to TV Tropes just to see how many character trait boxes she checks . If after reading those you still aren't convinced then we have nothing further to discuss

    Thirdly we go the side characters who are mostly terrible . Dina is just OK and her relationship with Ellie has zero chemistry , Jesse is a pointless character and only there to be a sperm dispenser and a body for someone to kill (Seriously what happened to the teased love triangle?) , Tommy is all over the place being a badass the one second and a buffoon the next , Abby's friends are all annoying and you are glad to finally kill them despite the games efforts to make you care and the siblings are fine for what they are but their relationship with Abby is forced , manipulative and badly paced

    At number four we have the pacing/length . A lot of people liked the first open area with Ellie but I ****ing hated it as it was way WAY too long for it's own good and kills the opening hours of the game . Abby's trip to the aquarium also takes way too ****ing long and the pointless flashbacks do nothing but regurgitate stuff we already knew and beat you over the head with "hey they aren't so different after all and perspective matters" stuff which are fine in moderation but they took it way too far

    Fifth is the story and is it all bad? No but the writing is all over the place as you truly question if subsequent scenes were written by the same person . You go from cringe , to emotional to cringe , to compelled rinse and repeat

    Sixth is the ending and is it bad? Yes due to Abby's poor character development and the games super fun combat which gives mixed messages . I get the sentiment but boy it didn't work . The ending credits song salvaged it though but I doubt that they have the balls to do what the lyrics imply

    Seventh is the game woke? LOL at pregnant women on the field , the Abby sex scene and the baby in general

    Eight I'm going to combine the final two points into one . The Last of Us Part II is a blast to play and literally every game after it will feel like **** in comparison mostly due to the amazing animations . Graphics , attention to detail? Best in the business especially because it was created for an even by 2013 standards underpowered console . Sound design? Excellent , Cinematography? Fantastic , Voice acting? top notch ...

    The Last of Us Part II is flawed game but a good one nonetheless . Add to all the above the fact that it released without bugs or massive day 1 patches and all the accessibility options and I can see how people appreciate it more than others . At the same time covering your eyes and ears to the games problems and calling everyone that disagrees with you a phobe like the fanboys , journalists and numnuts like Troy Baker like to do is also pathetic    … Expand
  89. leonid123
    Jun 27, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Сама по себе игра не плохая, где-то на 8, но только первая ее половина, но после разработчик заставляет нас проходить игру за убийцу Джоэла. Якобы для того чтобы ознакомить нас с ее историей и показать, что она не так сильно отличается от Элли, но Элли мы знаем с начала первой части, и лично мне за эти 10 часов игры за Эбби она не показалась мне интересным или глубоким персонажем с интересной историей, эта посредственная не интересная история которую попытались уместить в 10-15 часов, только для галочки, все время игры за нее я сидел и мечтал что в итоге Элли ее убьёт и больше не придётся видеть этого ужасного персонажа, но нет, ее оставили в живых, я надеялся на интересную игру хотябы на уровне первой, но она до нее вообще не дотягивает, она могла быть лучшей игрой но ув. Я ценю огромный труд разработчиков которые проработали малейшие детали, но лучше бы больше заострили внимание на персонажах и сюжете.… Expand
  90. MohammedMedic
    Jul 22, 2020
    7
    Technically impressive and beautiful game in terms of appearance and a story may be the smartest game stories, but I do not think that story that I have been waiting for years and the observed frequency in the game environments may be one of the most prominent negative aspects of the game and some may notice some types of propaganda that were It is better to avoid them in this game
  91. Juba88
    Jul 17, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us part 2 is a game filled with tregedy. This ranges from the multiple stories it tells, to the way you deal with you enemies or your enemies deals with you.

    The game does great building suspense and keeps your heart rate level elevated throughout its many dangerous encounters, however the way in witch these encounters are presented, does become repetitive after a while.

    The greatest tragedy told by this game, is in its story. Now that I have finished the game, I believe the game was killed off, by the killing of Joel. Everything after the game's opening 2 hours, just became a lot of background noise and senseless actions and questionable decisions by the other characters of the story.

    Many times later in the game, especially when Abby's story got told, I was feeling that the developers are now just trying to drag out something. I did not associate with any of the characters in Abby's crew, besides the dog. The only sympathy I had at the end of her story, was the killing of her dog, and that's it.

    Unfortunately, there can be no way back for this what should have been an exceptional game series from here.    … Expand
  92. MrLvost
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLOU is a masterpiece. Part 2, not so much. While the gameplay is great along with visuals and sound - the story is a mess. Everything that was built up from TLOU part 1 was completely thrown out the door. Literally 1-2 hours into the game Joel is brutally murdered by "Abby", a shemale basically. And for a good 3rd of the game you are forced to play as Abby. And in the end, Ellie let's her go because "Revenge is bad". The game has a lot of flashbacks...A LOT.

    TLOU Part 2 through interviews and some footage was portrayed as a "Joel and Ellie" adventure. And now you can understand why the community was in flames when the leaked info was out and now that the game is out, it's even in more flames. The story was just all over the place and most of it didn't make sense.    … Expand
  93. Holliday47
    Jul 5, 2020
    5
    aahhhh naughty dog you was so close and i mean so close!!! to making hands down one of the greatest games ever. you had everything lined up but missed. i came in to this game with a negative mind, not gunna lie, but was quickly rerouted with the compelling story and brutal death of you probably know who. furious and driven i played for hours and hours straight hell bent on revenge. anywayaahhhh naughty dog you was so close and i mean so close!!! to making hands down one of the greatest games ever. you had everything lined up but missed. i came in to this game with a negative mind, not gunna lie, but was quickly rerouted with the compelling story and brutal death of you probably know who. furious and driven i played for hours and hours straight hell bent on revenge. anyway the bottom is for you naughty dog if you care to look. (which you probably never will because some people are insane and make death threats when they dont get their participation trophy)

    now for anyone else looking to decide whether or not to purchase the game this is my opinion. mild spoilers but i mean they are everywhere right now right?
    i personally want to give this game a lower rating because of how upsetting the story is and that you have to play as abby with such boring lifeless characters around you. but the picture of rage fueled revenge is painted out perfectly at the begin. even as upsetting as it was it fits perfectly. playing as adult ellie was an absolute blast. (much better character than anything naughty dog has created and my first game was crash so ive been a long time fan.) gameplay was well done not perfect multiple times as abby i would attempt to walk across a ladder or plank and fall to my death because i somehow missed lol. camera being to close when uderwater so i couldnt see anything. aiming with auto aim snaps you around and aiming without it is not smooth at all but still better. alot of good scares and intense moments in this. magnificent job their. now if you are not a very story oriented player or expecting a magnificent story or did not play the first game then this game will be great. go ahead and give it a try.

    aahhhh naughty dog you was so close and i mean so close!!! to making hands down one of the greatest games ever. you had everything lined up but missed. i came in to this game with a negative mind, not gunna lie, but was quickly rerouted with the compelling story and brutal death of you probably know who. furious and driven i played for hours and hours straight hell bent on revenge. but just in the height of everything things switched up. a little upset and continuously dying on purpose because thats what this witch deserves it finally got interesting. you made such an accomplishment with making abby out to be the bad guy that we all hate her then you make such an annoying attempt to make you feel compassion (which occasionally works at times) for abby. but mostly they are trying so hard to recreate that loveable rough around the edges bad guy with a heart that they did with joel in the first one. in almost the exact same way. once we switch, hours of hatred has not been forgotten about and storyline players are now going through the motions to basically get it over with which has affected reviews on the story.
    the only real issue with the overall story being bad is in the final fight. nothing get accomplished!?!? she bits off ellies fingers which is an emotional low blow considering the trailer for how long was ellie playing the guitar and joel promises and does teach her to play guitar. i assume thats what your going for but she just up and decides to let abby live. for what reason, what explanation fits. its like you said "she didnt killer her she cried, went home lost everything, even two finger. the end" and slammed the book shut.

    the reason the hate about this game is so high because you did such a good job on abby as a bad guy beating joel to death. that we all hate her. you then try to make us like her and play as her. the wolves characters besides owen stink. she never even shows remorse for beating him to death. never shows understanding of ellie being like a daughter to him and he didnt want to lose her. he wasnt in the right but anyone can understand that. the ending is very emotional its rough but the problem is that it doesnt make sense, its sad, and its unfulfilling.    … Expand
  94. fluffybutt00
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    I don t think it deserves all the ones and the zeros..... but definitely not the nines and ten as well.
    Gorgeous graphics and amazing sound.
    Good gameplay i guess nothing anynone hasn t seen already with some nice touches here and there. Story is a huge disappointment as well as my whole experience with the game. In the end i would say that it wasn t bad or good it was just....... really    I don t think it deserves all the ones and the zeros..... but definitely not the nines and ten as well.
    Gorgeous graphics and amazing sound.
    Good gameplay i guess nothing anynone hasn t seen already with some nice touches here and there.
    Story is a huge disappointment as well as my whole experience with the game.
    In the end i would say that it wasn t bad or good it was just....... really disappointing and i think this is even worse.
    I honestly don't want to replay it.    … Expand
  95. efNacht
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    Игра исполнена на высшем техническом уровне. Наверное лучшее что есть на рынке. Однако про сюжет и режиссуру. Все. Очень. Плохо. Местами сделано хорошо, напряжение, страх, ощущения от происходящего. Но это местами и только за Элли. Это важно, ибо:

    СПОЙЛЕР - большую часть игры ты за Эбби. Из 24 часов примерно 13-15 ты за нее. Ветка с Элли откровенно недожата, есть чувство того, что ее    Игра исполнена на высшем техническом уровне. Наверное лучшее что есть на рынке. Однако про сюжет и режиссуру. Все. Очень. Плохо. Местами сделано хорошо, напряжение, страх, ощущения от происходящего. Но это местами и только за Элли. Это важно, ибо:

    СПОЙЛЕР - большую часть игры ты за Эбби. Из 24 часов примерно 13-15 ты за нее. Ветка с Элли откровенно недожата, есть чувство того, что ее просто оборвали и все. А Эбби...я просто не понимаю зачем? Для чего? Бездарно написанная, бездарно втиснутая в сюжет. Структурно очень плохо проработанная по схеме «убийство-бэкграунд-пожалейка». Вдобавок Дракманн любит резко в один момент акценты сместить и ты забываешь о недавних событиях.Он жонглирует ненужными событиями написанными на уровне русских мелодрам (и это самое уместное сравнение сюжета игры с хоть чем-то). Эбби - не нужна можно сказать. Если так горело впихнуть ее - хватило бы часу за нее. Но считай продвигать игру как продолжение, везде в промо Элли - но по факту играть за перекаченного трапа, извините, это нагло.

    Ключевой твист игры в самом начале выжат из пальца, его просто могло не произойти. Ничего не предвещало даже. И боже как местами все тупо и держится на условностях. Игра в гольф головой Джоэла ну это просто бред. Какого хрена? В постапокалипсисе опытный мужик, называет реальные имена левым чувакам. А у тех будто просто триггер на имя Джоэл и они сразу его убивают. Джоэлов в мире мало? Ни разобраться, ничего. Главный толчок сюжета - из ничего. Понимаю что игра это условности, и допустим то, что бензин не портиться - это нормально, но то, что все там беременные бегают, и эти беременные спокойно марафонят забег через несколько кварталов, попутно прыгая по заброшкам с высоты(как там выкидыш не случился) и убивая заражённых - это мягко говоря странно. Причем самое смешное, создаётся ощущение что логика у сценаристов как у авторов фанфиков. "-О, а пусть она беременна." "-Хм, а идея, а давай по другую сторону сюжета тоже сделаем беременную - так-то вам!" "-А давайте добавим пожалейки и неожиданных убийств". Ну чистой воды фанфик. Да собственно как и весь сюжет игры.

    Под конец я возненавидел бездарность импотента сценарного - дракманна. Так убить серию и потенциал. Загубить все на корню. И объективно хотел похвалить только кодеров, поставив 4/10. Но последний час так и быть - хорош. Чувство неподдельного пиз**ца, внезапный посттравматический синдром, изображение безумия и раскаяние - это было неплохо. Этот момент выбивается из всей игры и срежисирован очень хорошо. Ради него так и быть 6/10.

    Ненужная игра, вот абсолютно ненужная. С очень плохим сценарием и его логикой. Но при этом наверное самая технически крутая и красивая на рынке. Но сюжет идущий с ним это блин позор. Отдавать за это деньги в наше непростое время - нафиг надо.    … Expand
  96. me12
    Jul 10, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i like the game the story was compelling and fun for me i did not mind playing as Abby and no i don't care about the controversy and i know people hate Joel dying but i have theory if they make a last of us 3 i think Ellie is going to give herself up to the fly flies so they make a cure yes that would mean Ellie dies but in end she would be with Joel the only thing i did not like is that Ellie did not kill Abby in the end… Expand
  97. Super_xxx23
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was a huge fan of the first game and i waited 7 years for a second game and my expectations were high and when i finished playing the game i was left disappointed by the story direction not only does it shove political agenda into the game but you killed off one of the best characters in gaming just so we can play as his killer like really and ending just un do everything you just played 25 hours to see.This is a game that should’ve never been made the only great thing about this game was the gameplay and graphics and voice acting Abby isn’t even interesting at all she even looks like dude I’m just so mad that this is what i waited 7 years to play and also explains why 70% of naughty dog company is gone because of Neil druckman and his ideas are really awful this is the last game i would play from naughty dog.… Expand
  98. Nikitry
    Jun 24, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Прошёл игру и теперь точно игра хорошая, но не шедевр. Не смотря на то, что это не то что мы ждали, сюжет в общем хороший.
    Самое худшее для меня, это персонажи, которые не интересны. Дина самый слабый персонаж, можно было вырезать из игры и все стало бы лучше.
    Так же ноти доги прогнулись абсолютно перед всеми, кроме тех перед кем реально нужно было. В игре одни фемки, трансы, лесби и чёрные. Нет ни одной симпатичной девушки, почти нет ни одного сильного мужика лидера, с если и есть, то его обязательно выпилят, например Джоэл или Мэнни, моя оценка 7/10
    Графон-10/10 венец творения всего игростроя
    Сюжет 7/10
    Персонажи 3/10
    Геймлей 8/10    … Expand
  99. SRL88
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok, so having played through it I'm going to give an honest and fair reflection of the game.

    First off, the game is visually stunning. It's absolutely beautiful to look at. The graphics are amazing. I did enjoy most, not all, but most of Ellie's play through. It was something I wanted to do after TLOU and I'm pleased to have had the opportunity to do so. My praise however, does stop there.

    Joel, Jesus that mess. It isn't the fact that he dies, it's just given the importance of the character, and the attachment people have to him, his death, at the stage in the game and HOW it happens literally makes no sense at all. If it came later in the game after playing as both Abby and Ellie for around half the overall gameplay then fine, but 2hrs into the game, in what is his second scene? No! Also, this is a man who spent the entire first game not trusting a sole, and then he's like, 'oh hey person I've just met, I'm Joel and this is where I live'. It just doesn't make sense at all. It isn't believable and the game lost me completely from there. Abby is not a likeable character at all from the very beginning. Whether you knew the leaks or not, her motive was given away within 5 minutes of her being on screen. There was no build, nothing, so you instantly had this dislike towards her, and then to have to play as that character? It doesn't make the game fun in any way. You can't relate to her at all because she isn't likeable. I can relate to Ellie wanting revenge for Joel. I could relate to Joel in TLOU for trying to protect Ellie. I can't get into the character of Abby at all and it takes away A LOT from the game. The ending also. Oh jeeez! The ending makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Am I to believe that I'm playing as Ellie, a character who has seen the person she practically see's as her Dad killed, Jesse killed, Tommy nearly killed, Dina bludgeoned to near death and have her fingers bitten off in the climactic fight, she lets the person who did all that walk away? It just doesn't make sense! Away from the story, the gameplay is exactly the same as TLOU, and the one gripe I had with that game is the mechanics felt clunky, and at times it feels worse here. The AI is also ridiculously stupid still. Much like Bill and Ellie in TLOU, Dina runs round like a headless chicken when infected and enemies are near and it's really frustrating. There's no doubt it's a political game. It's riddled with it, and there are a lot of moments where you roll your eyes and think, 'was that really a necessary addition'.

    The first game lived and died by the development of its characters and the story. Unfortunately, this game just doesn't have it. It's a major disappointment to the fans of the original, a huge kick in the face, and there's a certain stand-out moment during Joel's death where it felt Neil Druckmann was spitting directly in my face (go back and replay/watch it if need be, you'll get it).

    I think giving it a 4 is a fair assessment. The storyline and poor game mechanics alone have it that low, and I can't stand politics in movies or games when it doesn't add to the story, but the graphics deserve high praise and that's what keeps this game from being rated lower from me. Will this game make a lot of money? Yes, but not a chance in hell is it the 95+ that the 'critics' have it rated at.    … Expand
  100. OppaiDragonFan
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    Finished the story and truthfully I can’t replay it again, for the simple reason of how bad the story is. Continuous plot holes, terrible decisions, and dumb characters make this game one of the biggest disappointment of the year in my opinion.The gameplay is what makes me not give it a terrible score. Some sections are very intense, while keeping you on your toes. The combat and stealthFinished the story and truthfully I can’t replay it again, for the simple reason of how bad the story is. Continuous plot holes, terrible decisions, and dumb characters make this game one of the biggest disappointment of the year in my opinion.The gameplay is what makes me not give it a terrible score. Some sections are very intense, while keeping you on your toes. The combat and stealth sections are good, but too over bloated in certain parts of the game. At the end of the day I don’t recommend this game, and if you’re gonna buy it, I suggest waiting for a sale instead.… Expand
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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
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  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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