The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Tabajara00
    Jul 8, 2020
    10
    Um ótimo jogo com uma história que foge do padrão Hollywoodiano ótimos gráficos jogabilidade a história se compreendida munda completamente a sua visão sobre vingança e te faz buscar a redenção
  2. Aisling42
    Jul 8, 2020
    9
    Très sympa , allez voir le lets play de Lusty (YouTube) pour un aperçu du jeu. Le rythme est sympa ainsi que les dialogue ainsi que ses graphismes.
  3. Alireza480Ra
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Masterpiece.Simply sensational. Adding Abby as a playable character was a huge gamble that Naughty Dog handled in an incredible way. All the characters, even the secondary ones, are gorgeous and real, everyone travels to complete their goal. All accompanied by a sensational story telling and worthy of the successor of one of the video games that marked history… Expand
  4. oce4n_man
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    This game blew me away from start to finish... I really have never felt so much emotion while playing a videogame. It was an incredible journey, different from everything I've experienced in all my gaming years.

    It is really easy to hate this game, actually most of its runtime is basically you hating everything that's going on, and that's the whole point. The game forces you into a    This game blew me away from start to finish... I really have never felt so much emotion while playing a videogame. It was an incredible journey, different from everything I've experienced in all my gaming years.

    It is really easy to hate this game, actually most of its runtime is basically you hating everything that's going on, and that's the whole point. The game forces you into a perpetual state of emotional claustrophobia that lingers all the way through the very (cathartic) ending, where you are able to understand what the story is trying to tell you, where you can "breathe" again. It goes way beyond the whole "revenge bad" thing a lot of people seem to take out of this game. I just felt incredibly provoked by its story, like the game wants to show you something you really don't want to see or you just don't care enough. But I personally like being provoked by any piece of media. I like trying to come to terms with something I don't care for, because most artists are only able to tell a certain story by annoying their audience, in a good way. It's like, you can only reach the true artistic value of said piece of media when you go through all of the stuff that the artist is trying to convey.

    The Last of Us Part II is, by all means, an incredibly frustrating, depressing, sad journey about love. The love you have for these two characters, the love you have for your relatives, your friends, for your father, your mother, your brothers and sisters... It's almost sardonically fitting that this game came out in such a hateful time, in a time when people should stand by each other to defeat this really threatening virus, but instead we were never so apart. The United States are, currently, dominating the number of deaths and coronavirus cases, mainly because of one leader who was unable to unite his people. Although we are quarantined, that doesn't stop the systemic chain of racism and hate crimes, as we could see from the brutal murder of George Floyd by the police. This game came out in an absolutely hateful era, and it couldn't have come any other time. A provocative game for the worst of times. I think sometimes we must be provoked so we can learn to do better, we can learn what love, forgiveness and true art can do to ourselves and the ones around us.

    That's why I love this game so much, it's easily become one of my favorites of all time. And I think everyone should play it for themselves! 10/10    … Expand
  5. mregr
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When the Last of us part II release and the reviews reached one hundred thousand distribution score on Metacritic which contain a lot of negative comment mostly by people somewhat frustrated with the developer (Which I’ve read include death threats to the director and some of the actors) I immediately bought the game to see what the fuzz is all about.

    It turns out to be the best game I’ve played in any console ever and let me tell you the reasons why:

    Gameplay is better than the first one, it enhanced slightly to be more enjoyable and challenging at the same time. More fun and thrilling than the uncharted series I must say.

    Now the story was the one that make the internet fumes with anger and I understand that people would hate the story (I’m not going to judge for the ones that hate it). It deals with the theme of loss, revenge and anger, a very brutal and dark game and I think it’s very well fitted with the last of us story.

    The developer take a huge risk on this game to challenge players for not using the media subjectively. Killing of your beloved characters, make you play as the antagonist while hunting down the main character and more importantly the ending is the example of the risk that they took to challenge how the players feel. by the end of the game I don’t know how my feelings were about it until I took the time to write this review. I understand now why is very much debated and why it got tons of the reviews in the online community, that is how polarizing this game really are.

    Don’t get it wrong, this game is not perfect, it has some flawed. It’s not the game that many people want nor expected and yet it contains scenes that were unforgettable for most players in years to come. Hopefully many studios would still be bold to make something different after the back clash and death threats in recent times. I’m not saying it’s a perfect masterpiece but it deserves for me to be considered as a flawed masterpiece.    … Expand
  6. Gilarabrywn
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    Brilliant game. Don't know why it's being review bombed. Must be jealous xbox and pc fan boys who wish they had a game half this good. But if you enjoyed the first, you will like this. The story can be dividing for some, but I understand why they did it. It will make you think and challenge you. And in the end it is awesome.
  7. magykone
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    Game of this generation. Don't believe the review bombers and play the game to completion before forming an opinion.
  8. KonshuKnight
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    This game (if you can call it that) is a putrid mountain Everest of decaying stinky diarrhea FILTH to be disposed of, burned, and extinguished with piss. Another game that falls victim to "our game is not fun" Neil Druckmann did just what Kojima did with his steaming pile of puke covered horse defacation that is Death Stranding. Worst game naughty dog ever made hands down no contest andThis game (if you can call it that) is a putrid mountain Everest of decaying stinky diarrhea FILTH to be disposed of, burned, and extinguished with piss. Another game that falls victim to "our game is not fun" Neil Druckmann did just what Kojima did with his steaming pile of puke covered horse defacation that is Death Stranding. Worst game naughty dog ever made hands down no contest and it's not even close. worst playstation exclusive of all time by a landslide and it's not even close. Undoubtedly the worst game of 2020. Gameplay is a walking simulator, Spam square simulator, follow the path simulator, open the dresser droor simulator, with clunky janky stiff amateur 3rd person shooter controls that feel horrible. couldn't tell if I was playing a AAA title or a indie developer mobile game from the google play store, the cure for insomnia, and the most obvious, non-challenging and poorly structured bland, simplistic, repetitive filth to ever exist. it is an outdated boring uninspired disappointment at best from a mechanical standpoint objectively speaking and that is simply irrefutable fact based entirely off logic. Graphics are overrated at best, Red Dead Redemption 2 and God of War 2018 are better. Story is overflowing with nonsense, coiencidences, out of character behaviour, plot holes, retcons, underdevelopment, mental manipulation, and inconsistencies, worse story than the rise of Skwalker, the last jedi, Artemis Foul, Batwoman, Dragonball super, Charlie's angels, birds of prey, Game of thrones season 8, Batman V Superman, Justice Leauge, all combined and multiplied to the 11th power. Just generic unoriginal predictable repetitive mediocrity that we have seen one thousand times over all around through and through. This is an embarrassment to the name of video games, an embarrassment to the name of playstation. If you own this game please pour some gasoline on it, take a big lighter, put it to your butt and flame fart this filth to ashes. because thats what this is. its a fecal fire. And if you like this game please unplug your console, climb onto the roof of your house, spike that thing to the hardest piece of concrete on the ground like you just scored a super bowl winning touchdown, and follow up with a flying elbow drop off the roof to finish it off, and never even think of touching another video game again because you don't deserve to play games cuz ur not a real gamer. 0/10 0/100 0/1000 HORRIBLE VIDEO GAME.… Expand
  9. Aygoblue123
    Jul 21, 2020
    2
    Amazing story moments, mechanics and combat ruined by forcing you through repetitive filler content to stretch the game out producing a game that is far too long for the narrative and nature of the game which really ruined the experience for me and I loved the original. Ending was completely frustrating with no control over events with the highlight being to herd some sheep... As I saidAmazing story moments, mechanics and combat ruined by forcing you through repetitive filler content to stretch the game out producing a game that is far too long for the narrative and nature of the game which really ruined the experience for me and I loved the original. Ending was completely frustrating with no control over events with the highlight being to herd some sheep... As I said full of filler material. Such a disappointment.… Expand
  10. RomanLtv
    Jul 22, 2020
    10
    Just a piece of art!
    Bad reviews are from youtube players, people witch didn't even played.
    Don't listen anyone just play.
  11. EugeneB21
    Jul 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра графически - шикарна, сюжетно - очень спорная, самая запоминающаяся сцена - день рождения Элли. Вторая часть игры бесит. Дракман - ты Клюшка)))… Expand
  12. Danielre
    Jul 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story and gameplay are better then anything I’ve ever experienced before on the PS4 or any other system. I understand why this game is divisive, it’s challenging and asks hard questions that have even harder answers. But the characters the Naughty Dog team creates are so real and multi dimensional that I was consistently shocked I was experiencing this level of storytelling in a video game instead of on TV or in the theatre. Don’t read anything more then you need to before playing this game. The surprises will keep on coming. Enjoy… Expand
  13. Marckman
    Aug 18, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Después de los sucesos del primer juego es de imaginar que algo grande se espera, pero este nuevo juego se hace pasar como si fuera un capítulo sin meterte y llegar a estimar a los personajes como en el primero. "La prensa especializada" puede dar una opinión, pero sólo son un puñado comparado con los millones que aman el juego. Ellos lo hacen porque es su trabajo, todos los demás lo hacen porque les gusta y esperaban una trama igual de buena como la primera.… Expand
  14. Chromaticat
    Oct 28, 2020
    10
    Ater reading hundreds of reviews, I gather people hate on this game for the following reasons:

    1. "The characters feel different to the first game" Ellie was a child in TLOU, she is a teenager in TLOUII. Please go ahead and tell me you were as cheerful and positive as a 14 year old than as a 24 year old. Also, Ellie through part 1 is a character with a purpose (saving humanity with her    Ater reading hundreds of reviews, I gather people hate on this game for the following reasons:

    1. "The characters feel different to the first game" Ellie was a child in TLOU, she is a teenager in TLOUII. Please go ahead and tell me you were as cheerful and positive as a 14 year old than as a 24 year old. Also, Ellie through part 1 is a character with a purpose (saving humanity with her inmunity). THE WHOLE POINT of this game is showing what becomes of Ellie after losing her purpose. You can SEE and FEEL the incoming change at the end of TLOU. Her purpose in this game changes to one of revenge -- a compeltely negative, violent, dark purpose fueled by hate. OF COURSE her character has changed, THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT. The same applies for what we see of Joel: motivated by helping Ellie/Humanity in TLOU, absolutely ravaged by guilt in the second part due to his actions and Ellie's reaction to it. I mean, the entire point of putting the flashbacks in is for you to see how much the ending of TLOU and the decisions thereupon taken affected the characters.

    2. "Its too dark/brutal/depressing". Again, thats the point. TLOU presented two characters on a quest to save the world who developed a beautiful relationship in the process. It was an overally "hopeful" game, except for the finale: the finale is all about the loss of hope. Yes, sure, Joel's actions are beautiful as regards him seeing Ellie as his lost daughter and wanting to save her at all costs. But its a horrifying thing he does, and we know by Ellie's face in the last shot that he has probably ruined her life. TLOU2 just takes things further from there, showing the devastation brought on by Joel's decision. It shows the horrors in this world. But if you stick your head out of your ass for a while, you'll be able to glimpse through how this game does the exact opposite from TLOU: it goes from absolute horror and devastation to a glimpse of hope. Thats the beauty of the journey. You wanted a cheesy, cheerful sequel about Joel and Ellie out for a second cure? You didnt understand the first game at all.

    3. The SJW agenda. Its there, but its neither exaggerated neither is it "meaningless". There's a point to it in the story. If you are seriously hurt by having a character be LGTBQ to the point of it spoiling your gaming experience, please visit a psychologist.

    4. The lack of evolution in gameplay. I think the whole point of the game is its simplicity and its "realness" and you wont get a more realistic game than this. ¿What where you expecting? ¿New weapons? ¿Super bosses? This is not a resident evil game.

    5. "We are forced to like Abby when she is a horrible character" I absolutely loved Abby, despite initially furisouly hating her (as Naughty Dog intended). I probably even took to liking her more than Ellie by the end. Hating her because of her initial actions and failing to see how she is a perfect equivalent to Ellie (without the benefit of an entire first game to know her better) shows a lack of maturity and open-mindedness needed to fully understand this game's story.

    This game surely has its falws, but in my opinion its a strong GOTY contender. Its an amazing game, the story hits incredibly hard and its super fun to play. Unlike games like KH3, which mantain that nostalgia of childhood but feel "inmature" when playing them as an adult as compared to playing them as a child, TLOU2 feels like it has grown with me. Its an adult game, based on the first game's consequences. Its beautiful.    … Expand
  15. Talitor
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    I won't go into spoilers, so you can feel free to read this without worry. The Last Of Us Part 2 delivered mechanically superior game to it's predecessor. The sound design is excellent, and the gameplay delivers exactly what you'd expect. It's just too bad that the story and the writing doesn't hold up, and the only thing that could fix it would be to write it again. It really is that bad.I won't go into spoilers, so you can feel free to read this without worry. The Last Of Us Part 2 delivered mechanically superior game to it's predecessor. The sound design is excellent, and the gameplay delivers exactly what you'd expect. It's just too bad that the story and the writing doesn't hold up, and the only thing that could fix it would be to write it again. It really is that bad.

    While there are shining moments, that usual Last Of Us quality, the overall story and the arc will quickly drop you off, never to pick you up again. It gives you just enough to keep playing, only to result in a journey you wish you never took. Naughty Dog finally dropped the ball. Despite being very solid game in its technology-side, the story should've been the biggest catch especially after Part 1. The user score you see before you is indeed what you get: the fanbase isn't lying.

    If you're really desperate to play it for yourself, rent it, borrow it: just don't buy it. Don't support this shameless product.    … Expand
  16. shiny313
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    Game of throne s11

    별 그지 같은 게임 만들어 놓고 정신 승리에 제작사랑 피싸게들 모아서
    집단 딸딸이에 리뷰 조작같이 하는 니거저능아 게임
  17. williammckay
    Oct 31, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the most disappointing sequels ever made. From a triple A developer like Naughty Dog who were the kings of videogame scriptwriting, it's deeply sad that they've written one of the most flimsy, insulting and plot hole filled stories ever to be released.
    I saw the leaks for the game but I still had trust in ND to make the story work, but sadly the story was even more disappointing when I actually saw it unfold. Previously well written characters are reduced to dull one note contradictions that oftentimes change their motivations on whim and only because the weak script needs them to.

    It's as if the writers didn't know where to take the story next so it relies heavily on shock value twists in order to mask the truthfully weak and paper thin story that it really is. The reason why the original game worked so well is because it told a simple story, but the whole point was to build a relationship with two characters that culminates to the last act and everything that happened before makes perfect sense. The sequel very much feels like it has no real point, and even though the game is even longer than the original, most of what happens feels like padding and this doesn't help the awful pacing issues.

    Positives? Visually it can be impressive, though I've still been way more impressed with other games, but it looks good. Gameplay can be fun, I like stealth games so when I'm sneaking in the grass trying for the perfect silenced headshot, the game can be satisfying.

    Sadly overall the game is just a gigantic letdown, and it's clear to me that the original game should've been left alone and never needed a sequel.    … Expand
  18. Wozman23
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    If I had to choose between living in the world of The Last of Us or living in a world filled only by the idiots posting low user reviews scores, I'd take my chances among the Clickers.

    I can't fully elucidate why Part II must be played without discussing the spoiler-y bits, but it simply must. It's a bold, emotionally exhausting tale, equally impressive with its technical prowess and    If I had to choose between living in the world of The Last of Us or living in a world filled only by the idiots posting low user reviews scores, I'd take my chances among the Clickers.

    I can't fully elucidate why Part II must be played without discussing the spoiler-y bits, but it simply must. It's a bold, emotionally exhausting tale, equally impressive with its technical prowess and attention to even the smallest of details, and every second of it feels painstakingly crafted to form a near perfect experience.

    Naughty Dog pushes the medium forward once more.    … Expand
  19. Vigil
    Jul 25, 2020
    1
    Despite the early leaks I still went into this game hoping that Naught Dog didn't completely break what I loved about the first game; turns out I was bitterly disappointed. Everything I loved about TLoU was butchered beyond belief (all within the first three or so hours), and the amount of hard-left political grandstanding was extremely immersion breaking. It's like the devs completelyDespite the early leaks I still went into this game hoping that Naught Dog didn't completely break what I loved about the first game; turns out I was bitterly disappointed. Everything I loved about TLoU was butchered beyond belief (all within the first three or so hours), and the amount of hard-left political grandstanding was extremely immersion breaking. It's like the devs completely forgot what made TLoU special and interesting in the first place - although, I'm led to believe that this complete change in tone and direction was, unfortunately, intentional. The first game had nuance and characters which made you invested in the story, but there's none of that to be found in the sequel.

    It should be noted that the presentation is excellent. The artists at ND are absolute wizards at environmental art, and they are to be commended for that, but the gameplay doesn't improve greatly and it plays almost identically to the first game. Aside some minor traversal mechanics which honestly add nothing but padding, ND haven't improved or iterated in any meaningful ways.

    Overall I'm bitterly disappointed with TLoU2. The best part about the original was the relationship between Joel and Ellie, and both of those things are gone. What's replaced those characters are thoroughly unlikable shells which serve nothing more than to push a horribly written narrative, full of explotiation and plot holes. I refunded this game after completing it in roughly 26 hours, and now I'm writing this.

    Do yourself (and the industry) a favour and skip it. Watch some reviews. Read the millions of comments. Caveat emptor.    … Expand
  20. cubsfan4life
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. We cant have strong Male characters they all have to be dumb so we prop up the female characters. That's lazy story telling lazy writing. You kill off a beloved character in the most unsatisfying way. Then have ellie chase down the character just in the end to not kill her. Neil druckman ruined this game after 7 years this is what we get.… Expand
  21. Jordie
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    A sequel that insults its predecessor with an atrocious plot that undermines the first game.

    The marketing campaign lied with edited cutscenes to make a character seem like they appear more when they are actually killed off at the start. (this is the reason for the 0 review, the game delivered is not the game advertised) If you enjoyed the first game, do not sour that memory with this    A sequel that insults its predecessor with an atrocious plot that undermines the first game.

    The marketing campaign lied with edited cutscenes to make a character seem like they appear more when they are actually killed off at the start. (this is the reason for the 0 review, the game delivered is not the game advertised) If you enjoyed the first game, do not sour that memory with this pathetic "revenge" plot sequel.    … Expand
  22. Nogard123
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This is how you destroy a good game and give the middle finger to all the fans.

    RIP
  23. chronohill
    Jul 16, 2020
    10
    This game is a test. A test by ND to see if gamers have two things. Embathy and emotional intelligence. It is possible to not like a game..But is impossible to have those two things and not apreciate this proof that videogames have matured and have taken the next step towards art. It presents violence in an extend that is never presented before..and in the end through that, it gives us aThis game is a test. A test by ND to see if gamers have two things. Embathy and emotional intelligence. It is possible to not like a game..But is impossible to have those two things and not apreciate this proof that videogames have matured and have taken the next step towards art. It presents violence in an extend that is never presented before..and in the end through that, it gives us a lesson..that everything is in our minds and when we get to reconciliate with ourselves we are going to do that with the others...This game brutally presents that when we do something its ok, but when someone else does it...we cant put ourselves in their shoes...I m grateful that i have played this masterpiece..i hope more games will take such many risks and brake more emotional walls...… Expand
  24. Catesfan
    Aug 10, 2020
    10
    I steadily finished the game at 27 hours. I need to make a remark here: I am not against LGBT nor do I particularly adore it. We are all people, aren't we? What I do not like is when instead of telling a story people try to attach some agenda to it and make it look like it was always there. In other words when it is not sincere. Now back to the game.
    First thing that you notice is the    I steadily finished the game at 27 hours. I need to make a remark here: I am not against LGBT nor do I particularly adore it. We are all people, aren't we? What I do not like is when instead of telling a story people try to attach some agenda to it and make it look like it was always there. In other words when it is not sincere. Now back to the game.
    First thing that you notice is the graphics. It is clearly the best looking game of its generation. I don't need to tell you that at the same time it does not freeze and it does not have loading screens apart from initial one, though it takes a staggering amount of your hard drive.
    Gameplay has evolved since the first game: you can dodge, brawl is more viable than in the first game. YOu can craft more things and instead of scarce manuals you have about 5 skill trees with 5 skills in it. All the skills are passive, but useful. Upgrading weapons looks really neat: all modernizations are visible and character performs them real life style.
    The most controversial thing is game plot. I really tried to avoid spoilers before playthrough and actually managed to do it. Now, when I have finished the game, I have to say, that the plot is mostly good. The scenes are built in a way that you sometimes left hanging and wandering how this situation ends, but plot drives you through many events leading to this, showing you different perspectives before you see its end. It drives you mad, but in a good way, just like in crime novel when you see many interesting events, but still want to get to the end faster to find out what happens. That is definitely a good pacing and the most story complicated and diverse game for Naughty Dog. The bad thing here is that there are many chapters that you go through alone and it makes them somewhat tedious, because there are no dialogues, no inner dialogue, just silence and action/exploration. There is a reason for that, but it still looks like somewhat step back from first game where characters were always chatting about something.
    I felt that the game is somewhat easier on the HARD difficulty, than the first game. Maybe I am just more experienced after beating the first Last of Us. Going back to the LGBT agenda I have to say that it surely does not take the central part of the plot, actually not even near. That is why it saddens me so much to see so many angry reviews where people refer to the game only as a lesbian-agenda-game. It is as if you say that Max Payne is only about f-ng subway. The important part for me is, going back to what I said in the beginning, here relationships are shown in sincere way. which is important for me.
    Mostly I have to show respect to Neil Drukmann for making it a non-compromise second part of a two-part story instead of making a standard sequel, that we see every year in October-November.
    I think, that most people would love the game, that is only if you are open to new experience, though if you want something particular and feel uncomfortable having something differ from what you expect, you might not be interested. Good luck to everyone reading this, hope you have a great day!    … Expand
  25. Daveman
    Jul 5, 2020
    4
    TLOU2 has the makings of a great stand alone game. As a sequel, I found it rather disappointing.

    The graphics, sound design and acting in this game is on another level. It's incredible to actually see this kind of graphical fidelity on such old hardware (I have a regular first gen PS4). The sounds are well captured and immerse you more into the environments of the game. The acting is    TLOU2 has the makings of a great stand alone game. As a sequel, I found it rather disappointing.

    The graphics, sound design and acting in this game is on another level. It's incredible to actually see this kind of graphical fidelity on such old hardware (I have a regular first gen PS4). The sounds are well captured and immerse you more into the environments of the game. The acting is top notch and worthy of an academy award.

    The gameplay is largely the same as its predecessor, with the addition of jumping and going prone to explore the landscape. Melee combat now has a dodge mechanic, which can make those tense showdowns a little easier to manage. I do find getting melee kills in this game a bit too easy though, as you don't have the same depreciating craftable weapons from the first game. I also find it disappointing that you can't pick up a fallen enemy's weapon, which kills some aspect of realism as well as emergent gameplay.

    The story and characterization is where I'm truly divided with the game. I expected certain deaths here and there, but I believe it was executed poorly. The narrative is also very confusing with all the flashbacks and timelines. I think they tried to take the Pulp Fiction route in changing up the timeline of events and trying to make it self-referential, but it ended up being a convoluted mess in my opinion. There is also a large section of the game where it switches up the character you play as, and although I enjoyed certain aspects of the character, I could not resonate with the character on a personal level like I could with Ellie. It seems like the narrative is torn on who they want to portray as the protagonist of this game, and it really makes a mess of things from the eyes of the viewer.

    Even worse is as I continue playing as the new character, I can feel myself slowly losing interest in playing the game and have to force myself to complete it. The game's pacing takes a bad turn here and becomes another conspicuous problem for the game. In the previous game, the banter between Joel and Ellie kept things interesting at least. Here, I was dragged out in long sections by myself, and even when I did have a companion, I did not find them interesting.

    TLOU2 was a game I was really looking forward to, and while it really shined as an achievement in aesthetics and acting, the game's narrative, characters, and pacing really weigh down everything great about it. Had TLOU2 not been such a story and character-focused game, those issues wouldn't have been much of a problem. But as it stands, the game feels like wasted potential, and that pains me a lot to say that because I really loved the first game and had high hopes for this one.    … Expand
  26. Johnnersuk
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    For a game about hate there appears to be a lot of hate around here. Loved the first game but I enjoyed this one more. Improved game play and I enjoyed the story. For me this one wasn’t as emotional as the first game but it is the best story I have played in a game. I can see why it might not be exactly what people expected but seriously, 0 or 1 out of 10 doesn’t make sense. My scoringFor a game about hate there appears to be a lot of hate around here. Loved the first game but I enjoyed this one more. Improved game play and I enjoyed the story. For me this one wasn’t as emotional as the first game but it is the best story I have played in a game. I can see why it might not be exactly what people expected but seriously, 0 or 1 out of 10 doesn’t make sense. My scoring is simple, I enjoyed this more than any other in the last 2 years so it gets a 10 from me.… Expand
  27. friendgood
    Jun 28, 2020
    8
    All of the zero scores here on this are ridiculous. I understand that many don't like the story, but to say that's the only bad aspect and ignore everything else for a total zero score is stupid!
    I'm still playing this, so I will give it an 8 with a possible future update when I'm finished. Love the graphics, gameplay improvements from Part 1, and I'm really liking the changes to skill    All of the zero scores here on this are ridiculous. I understand that many don't like the story, but to say that's the only bad aspect and ignore everything else for a total zero score is stupid!
    I'm still playing this, so I will give it an 8 with a possible future update when I'm finished. Love the graphics, gameplay improvements from Part 1, and I'm really liking the changes to skill upgrades. I will say that I have been a little let down with how Ellie is written/performed so far - too dour and moody compared to part 1, and I don't completely agree that just because she's older that explains it all; some of that feistiness should have been more of an inherent trait, imo.
    Anywho, looking forward to finishing this. And the social injustice warriors leaving zero score reviews officially suck!    … Expand
  28. Nanoflex
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    18 Hours in , gameplay the same as first one , story is extremely bleek and boring , Worth only a Very Average rating
  29. Sidx13
    Jul 2, 2020
    10
    Great game, great graphics with a great story. Last of Us part 2 is breathtaking when it comes to it’s visuals and the atmosphere! Haters gonna Hate
  30. MohammadHD
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    7 years been waiting for this ?
    Naughty dog couldn’t focus in the story because they were focusing somewhere else..

    We don’t want game with messages to support certain causes related to minority or majority.. We just want a good game like the previous TLOU I am really sad for what happened to TLOU
  31. aplehanov
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Как поклоннику первой части мне очень грустно смотреть во что превратилась часть вторая. Мне не нужна игра с повесткой и самовыражением моральных инвалидов. Эта игра не для меня.
  32. fistpump57
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Ruined the series, repetitive, forced agenda, and a lot of "golfing" makes you wonder how much naughty dog payed reviewer sites.
  33. Windolicker
    Jul 4, 2022
    0
    I am convinced that this game is an effective litmus test for whether or not you are a seriously disturbed individual with broken morals or major intellectual deficiencies. Unbelievable....the writing is just horrifyingly broken.
  34. jcareb
    Jul 16, 2020
    10
    A masterful story of revenge and hatred accompanied by excellent gameplay and a story that left my jaw dropped on the floor. While I knew most of what was going to happen going into the game, the way it plays out was still shocking and brilliant. The ending is one of the best endings I've ever experienced in a game. It's quiet and subtle and I am still thinking about it three weeks afterA masterful story of revenge and hatred accompanied by excellent gameplay and a story that left my jaw dropped on the floor. While I knew most of what was going to happen going into the game, the way it plays out was still shocking and brilliant. The ending is one of the best endings I've ever experienced in a game. It's quiet and subtle and I am still thinking about it three weeks after beating it. The first game is one of my favorites of all time but I think I actually preferred this to the first one. Sue me. This is an amazing satisfying sequel that subverts expectations and gives the players something haunting yet thought-provoking. No way this doesn't end up being my game of the year.… Expand
  35. vanessap
    Jul 5, 2020
    9
    This game is amazing, one of the most intense I've played. The story is not easy to take but is really good
  36. Vanretten
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    I will not talk about the fraud of the promotional video and the fraudulent behavior of the game introduction without mentioning the new protagonist. The story line is very conventional. Even when it looks like a forbidding or some characters appear, you can guess the plot trend casually. If it weren’t for the naughty dog logo, I think this is a bootleg game.
  37. 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
  38. medium_boss
    Jul 16, 2020
    10
    This game is better than the first one in so many levels - emotional, visual, gameplay involvement. The game challenges controversial ethical choices, shows that there is no black and white, it is possible to be bad and good at the same time, to be right and guilty from different points of view, and that all actions have their consequences. Great story, great characters, great game.
  39. qazibhai
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I feel like naughty dog is mad at us for liking the first game. The franchise was what it was (before this game) because of the narrative of the first game. Doesn't matter how much you dress up the package with nice graphics and decent gameplay, the core of the experience is the story in the Last Of Us franchise. Naughty dog fails to deliver a story halfway decent compared to the firstI feel like naughty dog is mad at us for liking the first game. The franchise was what it was (before this game) because of the narrative of the first game. Doesn't matter how much you dress up the package with nice graphics and decent gameplay, the core of the experience is the story in the Last Of Us franchise. Naughty dog fails to deliver a story halfway decent compared to the first game. Even if for some reason naughty dog just had to kill Joel off, this has to be worst possible way to do so. What makes this game utterly garbage for me is the fact that you are forced to play as this new character at times which you despise because you liked the first game. The game could have been a lot better (still not the perfect) if you were allowed to play as Ellie alone to hunt down Abby and not have her run over all the characters like a jacked up deranged maniac. I would be happy if this game was erased from the canon and chalked up as a mistake. Naughty Dog forgot the fact that at the end of day, people play games for fun. There are plenty of ways to tell a dark story while ensuring the experience is fun to engage with. This game is not fun, you were correct in saying so Niel druckman. It has no business being an entertainment project.… Expand
  40. Stalkerxkid
    Jul 2, 2020
    10
    Don't know how to start to be true...
    Credits are just playing right now, I'm sitting here in tears.
    Well, yes, Gameplay's much same same but different but also: Never change a running system, right? Story, what should I say, first is that I liked it a lot even if it's over large parts very quiet and just go straight up in the moments we're it have to do it and then it do it    Don't know how to start to be true...
    Credits are just playing right now, I'm sitting here in tears.

    Well, yes, Gameplay's much same same but different but also: Never change a running system, right?

    Story, what should I say, first is that I liked it a lot even if it's over large parts very quiet and just go straight up in the moments we're it have to do it and then it do it extraordinary good.
    And if we are honest, Part One wasn't different in that.
    I am an empathic as hell and I felt and understand every move that was taken by the Charakters, even if I don't like every move that was made, but If I were them, who can tell if I don't do the same things. I am crying because I am as torn apart, sad, weak, exhausted after seeing all of this as the Charakters are after all they've gone through and how couldn't this be a masterpiece of a game if a game make all of this with you.

    Ellie's Sexuality was clear since the DLC, and I'm fine with that, God everyone who isn't is just a.... Well, welcome to the 21st Century U......
    So much to this from me.

    The brutality and gore, yes I think this game needs exactly to be this hard to transport the emotions, the feelings and the roughness that world brings with it. The fighting scenes and some gore effects are tough to watch but not one Charakter have done a thing I wouldn't do in a fight of live and death and I wasn't enjoying these scenes I was FEELING them.

    The graphics are superb, I have NEVER seen anything like this in a Videogame before and I can't wait for all what's to come in the Videogame Scene. So at the end now, there's just one last thing to say.

    Thank you, Naughty Dog, thank you for this Journey you took me again and I can't wait to see Part 3; and u know that u have to do it.    … Expand
  41. KushAstronaut
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    10/10. can't wait to do my second playthrough! So many children won't enjoy it because of manufactured outrage, and it really puts a smile on my face that people that ignorant won't get to enjoy something as amazing as this! Btw, the elements of the story that people are criticizing all can be or are explained properly and logically, and it's clear that they go in wanting to hate it.10/10. can't wait to do my second playthrough! So many children won't enjoy it because of manufactured outrage, and it really puts a smile on my face that people that ignorant won't get to enjoy something as amazing as this! Btw, the elements of the story that people are criticizing all can be or are explained properly and logically, and it's clear that they go in wanting to hate it. If I took the time, I could dissect each and every one of their arguments as to why this game is bad and turn it around to prove how childish they actually are.… Expand
  42. freeeeeeeeeeeee
    Jul 21, 2020
    1
    The game is terrible the story is bad. Abby is a terrible character. They broke the new characters killed Joel in like 30 minutes or something like that. terrible
  43. brandoncargill1
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    (Skip to bottom for final assessment)... This review is in progress.... I thought the review bombing was out if hand, and wanted to give it a real chance. Tried my best to avoid spoilers, and went in with an "open mind."... this is all I have to say right now.... Joel is my favorite video game character of all time. My dogs were named after Joel and Ellie.... and after what I just watched(Skip to bottom for final assessment)... This review is in progress.... I thought the review bombing was out if hand, and wanted to give it a real chance. Tried my best to avoid spoilers, and went in with an "open mind."... this is all I have to say right now.... Joel is my favorite video game character of all time. My dogs were named after Joel and Ellie.... and after what I just watched happen... I don't even want to finish the game. 3/10 so far.

    Update: I've played a bit more, and the game is solid. Not much story wise, other than Dina taking jabs at killing "bad guys." There was a touching guitar moment, but nothing solid story wise. Gameplay and setting are top notch though. Up to 4/10.

    Update: Joel moments are well done, but also highlight what could've been. Up to 5/10.

    Update: Playing as Aaby is fun...is. 6/10

    Update: Just finished the game. My final score is an 8/10. I hated the story, the combat drags a bit, but the story ending wasn't bad. It was just depressing and not what I wanted. .That being said, I will never pick the game up again, and it was so manipulative that I won't buy another PS4 title and I'm trading in my PS4. I'll be buying a Nintendo Switch and play actual games with the intent to have fun. Incredibly depressing experience that killed my love for the medium. So they did a good job I guess, if I feel that strongly.

    Updated to 0 for bs.    … Expand
  44. br3ndanp
    Jun 28, 2020
    4
    Such a disappointment. I bought this game to see more of Joel and Ellie, which is what they sold the game as, and got some random NPC's story that I care nothing about. The gameplay and graphics are phenomenal, and I would like to give this a 7 or 8, but the Last Of Us is a game that's focused on the story and this story is just awful.
  45. Yas667
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    Oh Dear,

    Judging by the amounts of negative reviews i might be in the minority here but I think for me Naughty dog have outdone themselves. I am going to try and explain the truth around the disparity between user-score and review scores by the simple fact - the game was too popular and big to be made into the monster it turned out to be and that is too difficult for many to swallow    Oh Dear,

    Judging by the amounts of negative reviews i might be in the minority here but I think for me Naughty dog have outdone themselves.
    I am going to try and explain the truth around the disparity between user-score and review scores by the simple fact - the game was too popular and big to be made into the monster it turned out to be and that is too difficult for many to swallow or perhaps even comprehend the complexity this game presents.
    for example imagine the first game as an avengers movie and this one being there will be blood. both are excellent however to make that transition from one to the other with the same characters is for the few not for the many.
    I think naughty dog would knew the reception it would get and I am glad they stuck by it. If you are reading this and going to play it for the first time, one big recommendation- go in with a fresh mind, persevere and by the end you I hope you will see the light at the end of tunnel just like I did.
    10/10    … Expand
  46. Maeghgorre
    Jun 29, 2020
    9
    This is a game, that made me feel very unusual feelings. The story is tight and sends it's message gracefully and without moralising. If you want a game, that is not just another "kill bad guy, save the girl" but tries to work with the narrative the way only videogame can, you should not buy. But playing it won't be easy because of this
  47. LucianoMarinho
    Aug 6, 2020
    9
    Gostei muito do game. Acredito que nunca antes eu havia visto tanta qualidade técnica em um game. A jogabilidade é perfeita. Os gráficos são fenomenais. As expressões faciais dos personagens são um show à parte. Para mim, o que decepcionou um pouco, foi a questão do enredo um tanto quanto "apelativo". No geral, esse game é uma obra de arte.
  48. snakeisback
    Aug 8, 2020
    9
    Its an amazing experience and an emotional roller coaster!! I didn't give them a solid 10 because , i think that this game will truly shine on ps5 !!
  49. Flerbus
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    what made the first game great is gone. it was never about game mechanics or graphics, it was the story that made TLoU one of the best games of it's generation...so , if you take away the good story, what have you got left. horrible, just horrible
  50. Gurdur
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    I really don't understand the bad reviews, this game shook me to the core. It conveys the brutal life in post apocalyptic USA in a painful but honest way. The gameplay is great, the graphics are magnificent, the characters are deep, the story feels real. This might hands down even be better than the first game.

    The developers made some real gutsy moves with the story and characters    I really don't understand the bad reviews, this game shook me to the core. It conveys the brutal life in post apocalyptic USA in a painful but honest way. The gameplay is great, the graphics are magnificent, the characters are deep, the story feels real. This might hands down even be better than the first game.

    The developers made some real gutsy moves with the story and characters which probably alienated some people. Make no mistake, the story gets real dark and depressing, but to me this just adds to the feel of the harsh reality in world the game is set. To me it seems the "haters" have missed the message in the story all together. Who you care about is relative. You have to make yourself emotionally available enough to understand why the characters do what they do. Not everything is black and white, good or bad, not everyone is a hero or a villain, not every death is grand and dramatic, not every person is remembered, not every person matters. It's all relative. This game deals with how we as humans act in extreme situations and how it polarizes society. There are no winners in a revenge game.    … Expand
  51. ricardopaixao
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    GOTY 2020!!!

    I was disappointed when I read and saw the leaks!
    It was very connected to the first story, and for me TLOUS was Joel.
    ....
    in the first hours of the game I was disappointed with what I was seeing but thankfully I continued to play, it is without a doubt the best game I played for now!!! ( Not the best gameplay or performance ) yeah 30fps
  52. jeff101
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    it looks nice I'll give it that but that's all I'll give it gameplay feels copy and paste from 2013 and story is bad

    get Spongebob rehydrated instead you won't regret it
  53. cf4000
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    It breaks my heart to write this, but I really did not expect such a poor story after all these years of waiting. While there were a few genuinely good moments, majority of game filled up with plot holes.
  54. 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
  55. edscript
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    Good gameplay but the story is really awful. An absolutely waste of money, not worth it...
  56. lucasbitencourt
    Jul 2, 2020
    10
    - História bem contada e sem pontas soltas.
    - Melhores gráficos já vistos na geração.
    - IA excelente. - Conseguiram melhorar todos os pontos do primeiro. - Ótimo desempenho mesmo no PS4 padrão. - Ótima dublagem. - Acessibilidade. - Nível de dificuldade totalmente personalizável. O jogo é um divisor de águas e claramente um grande candidato ao GOTY, o único ponto fraco é que    - História bem contada e sem pontas soltas.
    - Melhores gráficos já vistos na geração.
    - IA excelente.
    - Conseguiram melhorar todos os pontos do primeiro.
    - Ótimo desempenho mesmo no PS4 padrão.
    - Ótima dublagem.
    - Acessibilidade.
    - Nível de dificuldade totalmente personalizável.

    O jogo é um divisor de águas e claramente um grande candidato ao GOTY, o único ponto fraco é que qualquer triplo A após o TLOU2 vai precisar lutar muito pra se destacar diante do que foi realizado.    … Expand
  57. laut03
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    Worst ending at all. The problem is the ending. Literally the ending destroys the game.
  58. cubia59
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. At first I didn't know if people were trying hard to give bad scores to the game (I was still waiting for my copy to be shipped) so I wasn't sure what to think about all of this.

    I started playing few days ago (done now) and while the game has some good points (graphics, level design etc.) the most important part (the story) is all messed up. Last of Us's key element is its story and I don't know what they were thinking. I understand they all live in an apocalyptic world, which means some people will eventually do bad things to survive, but many points do not make sense at all. Let's break it down :

    They kill Joel in the first 2 hours of the game. It's something that could actually make sense, but the way they did it, it doesn't. Why ? First, they kill him WAY too fast and by some random character we don't even know about. Then, it's the way they kill him that doesn't make sense too. Joel has more experience and trusting such a group at the beginning of the game just to get killed few minutes later makes no sense too. He had to be on guard, eventually wait outside, call for help or whatever. But to join a random group just to get killed? Yeah... excuse me but that's a very bad way to handle it.

    Now let's talk about Abby, the newly introduced character. When she's about to kill him, Joel doesn't seem to recognize her or anything and from our player's standing point, it's just confusing. Joel's reaction : ok, let's do this quick, just finish me. WTF ? Come on man, fight for your life, try to understand what's going on at least. Joel looked so weak, damn.

    If Joel died trying to save Ellie or a natural death (even a bite), I wouldn't mind that much (even if I loved that character), but to kill him like that? Nope... I can't accept that.

    And if you think about it, Abby killing him has no meaning and for one more reason : if Joel had to get killed by all the father's daughters he eventually killed in the previous game, there'd be an army hunting him down. So why Abby? She barely has anything special, it's a random character we never heard of, anybody else that got killed could have an angry son/daughter to go after Joel. I'm so disappointed by this non sense that I'm losing my word, so I'll skip to the next part : Ellie's choice.

    So during the game, you basically destroy innocent people that never touched Joel, you kill hundred's of enemies and in the end, Ellie's like : you killed Joel? Nah it's okay, let's move on, happy ending for you Abby!

    As mentioned, we kill hundreds of enemies just to let her go... Who the hell decided this? Oh and I forgot to mention, I bought the collector's edition and Neil Druckman had a letter for us saying something like : "how far you would go for revenge?".

    Okay, how far would I go? It goes both side. How far Abby would go (she decided to kill Joel) and then comes Ellie's turn. As a player, why you NEVER gave me the choice to DECIDE BY MYSELF? You ask us how far we'd go just to decide for ourselves without giving us any options. Do not ask uf what we would do if we're condamned to follow Ellie's bad choice to let Abby survive. It was your decision as a game creator to not to as far as revenge, so why bother ask us? If our decision doesn't interest you, just don't ask, ffs.

    I can't give a 0 to the game because some things are actually good, but as I've already said, the narrative part of the game (the most important one) has been ruined. If TLOU was my grave, Neil Druckman just spitted on it.

    I'll give one point for the graphics, one for the music, one for the gameplay.

    And please, I beg Naughty dog, if there's a 3rd part, don't let that man work on it unless you want to release another bad story.

    From now on, I'm just going to forget about this game and will consider that everything's over at TLOU's ending.    … Expand
  59. uncle-mak
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    The game is really mediocre. The gameplay is boring, the plot sucks. I expected much more from the game.
  60. pierreluc102
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    Forget the company and snowflakes drama. The GAME itself is AMAZING! Gameplay, graphics, story and audio is top notch.
  61. L2PlayJ
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    You BLEW IT Naughty Dog. Unless you have the 3rd installment of this ready to go, and we get revenge for everything that happened in this game... I WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING FROM YOU AGAIN.
  62. logan1087
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Un videojuego pésimo, no soporte la historia y tantas referencias LGBT, está plagado de temas políticos y deja de lado la diversión. Es lamentable lo que hicieron, le regale mi copia a un tipo que lo iba a comprar y solo le pedí que si no le gustaba lo regalará a otra persona, solo para quitar una unidad vendida a está compañía que tiro a la basura un título tan esperado.
  63. Brabbit
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is all about how to make TLOS1 worth nothing. So much social justice warriors content, game play experience not even close to the part 1.… Expand
  64. Holuipro
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kak je zaebali SJW games, vernite mne zaebatye games bez pidorstva i "silnyh nezavisimyh". Kuda mir **** ya hueyu. Prihoditsya igrat v japanese games, potomu chto tam net etoy huyni. Ot ebli trapa v sraku chut' ne blevanul. Kakaya ge merzost', a ne game, prosto ubludstvo. Tak prosrat' suget horoshey pervoy chasti, eto nado sovsem pizdanutym byt'.… Expand
  65. FredWinkler
    Jul 4, 2020
    10
    O jogo vai além de cumprir seu papel com belíssimos gráficos ou gameplay divertido ! Ele torce nossa cabeça, ele coloca a gente pra pensar...
  66. axelAXEL
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Не слушайте никого, этих ссаных еубков ставящие оценки не играя в игру. Чуть услышили про ЛГБТ, все, пиздец, игра говно. ДА, я конкретно против ЛГБТ, этих пидаров которые сасуться на улицах нужно пиздеть, а если они сидят дома, а на улице не проявляют свою любовь прилюдно, мне тогда насрать на этих, но что то я ушел от темы. Но там две довольно молодые девицы, которым требуются в крайнеНе слушайте никого, этих ссаных еубков ставящие оценки не играя в игру. Чуть услышили про ЛГБТ, все, пиздец, игра говно. ДА, я конкретно против ЛГБТ, этих пидаров которые сасуться на улицах нужно пиздеть, а если они сидят дома, а на улице не проявляют свою любовь прилюдно, мне тогда насрать на этих, но что то я ушел от темы. Но там две довольно молодые девицы, которым требуются в крайне короткие сроки повзрослеть, ведь в их мире царит ужас и страх и кто мы такие, чтобы их судить ?… Expand
  67. TheBeardedNinja
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Disappointing game. The way the main character from the 1st game dies is just annoying. I stopped playing after this.
  68. andlz
    Jul 24, 2020
    9
    The gameplay is awsome and about the story, they did something different and for me worked, i totally understand though people that did not liked it
  69. Dragon7
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    The combat in this game is amazing. Disappointed in some parts of the story but none the less still a good story.
  70. BoxingFan
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    Calling this game a masterpiece is like saying a Morris Minor is a sports car, only fools and horses.
  71. SainxtrichX
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    Jugué este juego y lo estaba disfrutando mucho, pero me parece una falta de respeto el trato que le dieron a los personajes. La basura woke no tiene nada que ver, simplemente es la mala narrativa y como trataron la historia lo que duele.
  72. paulvanjaf
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics are good, nothing new or amazong. But what i really hate was the story development of the characters and the sensation of torture of playing the wrost story ever. Is like playing the last chapter of Game of Throns in a longplaygame combined with Birds of Prey and Captain Marvel… Expand
  73. leo_dodgers
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    7 years and this is the best story they could come with... That is sad. Pure garbage
  74. JarredardStark
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us, more so than any other, was a game about people. It emphasised people inhabiting a post-apocalyptic world from different perspectives and how those perspectives shape their actions. People weren’t portrayed as good or bad, they were driven to their morally ambiguous decisions from either love or tribalism in these survival-of-the-fittest circumstances. On more than one occasion; whether through npc dialogue or a character like David, it was explicitly pointed out that we are NOT just killing npcs ala Call of Duty. Every person killed is related to someone else, has friends, wants, needs, agency etc, even if WE, as an aggressor or defender don't personally know the people we are killing.

    Joel is driven to kill a surgeon in cold blood to save his surrogate daughter, just as the surgeon is driven to kill a girl on the operating table without her consent in order to obtain a cure for mankind to ensure his own daughter’s safety in the future.

    By having the rising action of the entire narrative derive from a nameless npc Joel murdered, TLoU2 perfectly accentuates a tangible feeling of actions having consequences. You had no choice but to kill the surgeon because Joel had no choice. You’re not meant to reflect on your own actions (the game forced you to do it anyway), you’re meant to feel the weight of Joel’s actions and their consequences. To have someone who's state of life was ruined by Joel, come back and exact revenge is a very confrontational way to tackle a theme, and TLoU2 holds no punches in doing so. It doesn't stop and end at the story itself, either. It's ingrained in the design of the game. You aren't supposed to feel dopamine while killing/hurting people. When the game forces you to press Square repeatedly to choke Ellie (a character who the player’s sole objective in the first game was to love and protect), the game is meant to make you feel uncomfortable because Abby the character feels uncomfortable losing her humanity again in that moment after finally regaining it in the 3 days leading up to it thanks to the innocence of her child companion Lev. For me, seeing the game switch to Abby wasn’t annoying at all, it was more like “oh wow, this game is actually going to try and make me empathise with the psychopath who killed and tortured my favourite character? I’d love to see you try, Naughty Dog!” — which then prompted me to continue the game based on that intrigue alone. I just don’t get how anyone can suddenly become uninterested at such a challenge the game presents to them. I thought part of what made video games so appealing to people was the challenge; wether it’s the satisfaction of overcoming a hard boss battle or, in a revolutionary first-time attempt thanks to TLoU2, an exercise in empathy through the ludonarrative. How the game uses Abby’s half of the story as a parallel to Ellie’s is a genius dichotomy used to illustrate her deteriorating relationship with Joel — something that was foreshadowed as being the emotional hook of a potential sequel with the first game’s final scene. TLoU2 delivers on that promise in the game’s final Joel and Ellie flashback. Joel is stating that no amount of revisionist history would change his choice. He'd do the same act all over. Ellie never really came to terms with what Joel did and why, and her blame and frustration lead to them distancing in the final years of his life. During this scene, Ellie takes a step forward to extend a hand and try to begin a reconciliation process, which is also her trying to understand what he did or to empathise with it even if there's still a fundamental disagreement. Empathy would shift her anger and frustration from seeing Joel as someone who robbed her life of purpose, or as a selfish man, to someone who committed the act out of love even if it’s still a violent, questionable act in of itself.

    The reason this takes place towards the end is that it takes Ellie hitting rock bottom to finally come to terms with this. She spends most of the game committing acts of absolute monstrous inhumane violence in the name of her love for Joel — which she feels she needs to physically prove since she never got to reconcile with him in the end. They're awful, irredeemable acts, but it is only in the climax, when Ellie has nothing left, that it hits her that this expression of pure, unconditional love is what also drove Joel to do what he did. The reconciliation is post mortem, Joel is dead and that'll never change, but Ellie has developed a sense of awareness of Joel's actions that she was once so angry about, and in turn, is able to stop herself from doing what’s more than necessary.

    Ellie's memories of Joel are thus no longer violent and unfinished, laden with frustration, confusion and guilt, and instead replaced with memories of how much he loved her.    … Expand
  75. Infrexius
    Jul 8, 2020
    10
    Sad it gets such bad reviews. If you look at the score from people who actually played it it gets really good scores.
  76. Starkarl
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    Only those who are not confident want to evaluate the message, not the work.
    So criticizing the work makes it look like it's against the message.
    It's just poor quality!
  77. WolfSnake88
    Nov 8, 2020
    10
    They improved in every way. Story is powerful and absolutely brutal. Loved it.
  78. ASTURK
    Jul 7, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoilers Alert!!:
    I cant understand Neil Druckmann!! Why anyone needed to kill Joel and this storyline?! Its disgusting like piece of **** It makes you reallyyy dissapointing I understood what would happen to the ending and if you want to remove some characters nothing really happens I swear!! Like Dina at the ending I thought at least Ellie will kill Abby but nothing freaking happens Ellie needed to kill Abby at least to make story better and why to they lied to us!! There is a freaking marketing lie we thought Joel woukd help us in the game but 30 seconds later we saw Joel was killed by Abby b.tch but if we screw storyline and characters everything is perfect like gameplay, voice actors, soundtracks, artificial inteligence are almost perfect! Just there is something I need to say most of gaming channels said that the counterattacks are really hard to do but it was really easy for me I think because of I play Batman Arkham games a lot nevermind and if you punch you can feel it really good, if you want toplay stealth, survivor theme Tlou2 is the best option for you but you need to screw storyline...    … Expand
  79. NanoThunderGod
    Jul 1, 2020
    0
    The Last of Us part II isn't what I wanted. I wanted The Last of Us part II to continue the journey that Joel started, that bond of human nature we all have. It took a turn in a different direction but let me tell you one thing. This game should have another title, this is not The Last of Us, this is Ellies Story. I know people will not understand my point of view, but imagine Toy StoryThe Last of Us part II isn't what I wanted. I wanted The Last of Us part II to continue the journey that Joel started, that bond of human nature we all have. It took a turn in a different direction but let me tell you one thing. This game should have another title, this is not The Last of Us, this is Ellies Story. I know people will not understand my point of view, but imagine Toy Story without Woody!… Expand
  80. CraZdead4115
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    What happened, to the **** story, seriously, what the hell happened, there is no substance, just pure impulsive death after death after death. You go the whole game trying to get revenge on someone after losing everything and don't even get that satisfaction at the end.
  81. Rodro
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    Me lo he pasado muy bien jugando The Last of Is Part II, excelentes gráficos, excelente jugabilidad,excelente narrativa, y excelente historia, aunque uno espera un poco mas del final, éste no es malo. No hagan caso a los llorones de internet, es un juego que vale la pena probarlo.
  82. Likerok
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Великолепная игра, Naughty dog, как всегда держат планку, проделана очень большая работа в плане лицевых анимаций, в графическом плане тоже все выполнено невероятно, скурпулезный подход к мелким деталям не перестает удивлять,игры от этой студии знак качества и пример для других,вот как нужно распоряжаться большим бюджетом… Expand
  83. MadKingMaric
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To be honest, the middle of the game is fantastic, if you liked TLOU 1 then good news, heres more! Unfortunately the writers got into the sugar cereal and had a meltdown in the story department. I have no problem with killing off main characters, especially to inspire you to follow through the game until the end, but to make you play as the killer of someone you pent 100s of hours with building a relationship with and getting attached to? To be frank, are you high? This is just first and foremost poor story telling and to put this out on the market thinking it was a good idea was a horrible mistake. The only reason i didnt give it a 1 is due to its gorgeous scenery and solid gameplay.… Expand
  84. enesnaci10
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Most disgusting game Story ever made.It's like a joke.Save your money guys and watch gameplay videos on youtube.… Expand
  85. zumlin
    Jul 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра по факту - интерактивное кино. это не экшен, это именно кино, с вкраплениями экшена. И к этому экшену есть вопросы:
    1. что с камерой? камера ведет себя очень плохо - посмотрит в DS-серию, как надо делать камеру
    2. что с управлением? то не прыгается, то не бьется. то можно бежать, то нельзя. по мобам - фиг попадешь. вроде бы это смесь DS + кино, но для DS слишком плохое управление, слишком.

    окей - далее - коль кино - значит важен сюжет. ктото топит что мол ЛГБТ - да пофиг, к эту претензий ноль. минус в том, что все очень непоследовательно. вот она пытает, а вот не может выстрелить. вот она валит людей пачками, а потом не может. обе - взрослеют - но все также идут на поводу мести. хотя по факту это все забывает за год. и эти все чувства разносят в клочья кучу выживщих, поселения и прочее. это какая то сказка, но которая подана как реальность. это повествование учит быть непоследовательным, не держать чувства в узде, убивать по первой прихоти и тут же - не убивать. очень все старанно... не рекомендую. это кино оставляет кучу вопросов и удивление... кино как быть нытиком и истеричкой. и это про всех, не только про девченок. и диким дырами в сюжете... вообщем - Детроит лучше. а в это не играете, не надо...

    плюсы - игра красивая. если бы не злая линейность, то все было бы хорошо... вот и все плюсы.    … Expand
  86. Ernest_Figueroa
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    Estructura de videojuego es mediocre, tiene mucho gore pero los diálogos son de un juego diferente dirigido a niños de entre 12 a 17 años, su calidad en el gameplay es igual a la primera entrega con algunas mejoras, trata de mantener vigente lo que son las secuencias de pelijuego en rieles disparando a donde indique la camara. El guión es un insulto a la inteligencia porque al parecer laEstructura de videojuego es mediocre, tiene mucho gore pero los diálogos son de un juego diferente dirigido a niños de entre 12 a 17 años, su calidad en el gameplay es igual a la primera entrega con algunas mejoras, trata de mantener vigente lo que son las secuencias de pelijuego en rieles disparando a donde indique la camara. El guión es un insulto a la inteligencia porque al parecer la vida vale menos que unas cuerdas de guitarra, tomas los máximos riesgos por el premio más estúpido e insignificante. Gran parte del juego se puede omitir, muchas secuencias y escenas se pueden eliminar completamente y no pasaría nada, no cambiaría nada porque son relleno puro y duro. Personajes odiosos, personaje jugable inútil y es poco flexible a la hora de superar escenarios. Lo positivo es que si resistes y te empeñas a obviar el guión basura, personajes basura, motivaciones basuras, si obvias todo esto, te queda un juego de exploración pasillero sin meta, sin alma, no te dan ganas de respetar su universo y solo tratas de correr para ver si hay algo en el juego que valga su precio. Los gráficos son buenos, las animaciones están bien, la inmersión está más o menos, la IA es mediocre y muy simplista donde se resume en seres sin inteligencia que van a por ti apenas te detecten y los seres inteligentes que te rodean y tratan de flanquearte como patitos de feria, sin cubrirse y enviando perro para ponerte nervioso, los cuales mueren de un tiro sin más, simplemente es muy básico, lo difícil es darles headshot con el maldito dualshock 4. La valoración real debería ser de un 3, puro grafico y mucha exploración sin sorpresas con ningún giro en la trama, es demasiado soso, simplon, la sexualidad de los personajes fue vendida como si fuera importante en la trama y esto es falso, no hay nada de la sexualidad que haga mella en la trama o haga un giro o tenga algún impacto en el espectador, da igual, la trama venezolana de amor me es muy ñoña, está un pelo por sobre el death stranding. Muy mal juego, terminado 100%, no lo recomiendo, es una tontería gastar un euro por el juego, luego si no te gusta el primero, el gameplay te va a gustar.… Expand
  87. EclipseDurg
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    From the moment I started playing, all the way to the end, I wanted to know what happened next, and by the end of it I was so sad. Usually I end up playing and completing games and then thinking about the next thing to move on to, but as the story wrapped up, I only wanted to know more, for the story to keep going. This game will be the most unforgettable for me this year.
  88. ClemVKG
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    If you dont care about details, or if you are not here to read a lonnng review, just read those first lines to understand why so many people hate that sequel:

    In short, character developpement is catastrophic, plot justification are lacking, and for more than anything, the gameplay has barely evolved. The first one was so much better, in many sense. More than the weird feeling you get    If you dont care about details, or if you are not here to read a lonnng review, just read those first lines to understand why so many people hate that sequel:

    In short, character developpement is catastrophic, plot justification are lacking, and for more than anything, the gameplay has barely evolved. The first one was so much better, in many sense.
    More than the weird feeling you get when the character you learned to love are displaying unfitting behaviors, its the general atmosphere of the game that failed to make feel attached to it.

    Storytelling is such an important part of how a game or a movie touches its audience, yet it seems to have been completely forgotten here. The character writing especially is somehow downgraded exponentially from the first opus, with potent character being written off like they got discarded at a casting, while other "new" empty character got a surprising amount of spotlight (not the good kind of surprise). This resulted in a most of the storylines and quests being meaningless and unexciting. And since this is supposed to be the heart of the game, that why I cannot give it a decent grade.

    I dont even care that the gameplay is just a loop of repetitive similar challenges and situation, for which you get bored after a couple of hours. Thats not even the point.
    The point is that a story telling game got so lost in social virtue that its own soty telling has been killed. I was looking forward for that game so much and end up givin this kind of review only a day after release. This game will stay an example of how incerting politics and social issues into games can destroy good story telling, and divide its fanbase.    … Expand
  89. Pathogen-74M
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    It's just disgusting. A boring story with the addition of trends such as LGBT propaganda and feminism.
  90. Pascamp
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. jogo horrivel, historia lacradora, muito caro e grafico de playstation 3, um dos jogos mais sobrevalorizados dessa geração.… Expand
  91. KnightMerrick
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    The gameplay is good, but repetitive. The story did not like me at all, argumentatively there are things that completely contradict the previous game. The personality, the actions, it's as if Ellie had not matured anything and what they did to Joel ... I don't believe it. I am very sorry, the game itself is good, but the story and the argument they gave it ... It is a pity, but im notThe gameplay is good, but repetitive. The story did not like me at all, argumentatively there are things that completely contradict the previous game. The personality, the actions, it's as if Ellie had not matured anything and what they did to Joel ... I don't believe it. I am very sorry, the game itself is good, but the story and the argument they gave it ... It is a pity, but im not convinced at all. I came for the story but now a go away with a great disappointment.… Expand
  92. Sfon
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Do you feel bold now? Brave, perhaps? Doing what must be done? Justice? Do you feel you are changing the world? Because I don’t feel any of that.
    I feel nothing, emptiness.
    This is not art.
    You just made a statement.
    Now listen what the world has to say about it.
  93. PiranhaPlant
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    Spoilers, This game is an absolute garbage fire and it was made to push an agenda instead of being a proper, faithful sequel. The marketing and trailers made it seem like certain characters would be more important just for certain specific characters (Joel) to get killed. This is known as false advertising. Fans didn’t know they would play half the game as a villain that nobody likes. It’sSpoilers, This game is an absolute garbage fire and it was made to push an agenda instead of being a proper, faithful sequel. The marketing and trailers made it seem like certain characters would be more important just for certain specific characters (Joel) to get killed. This is known as false advertising. Fans didn’t know they would play half the game as a villain that nobody likes. It’s only redeeming quality are the graphics. They kill of characters in so they can build a new relationship. If this game came out maybe 2 years after the 1st game it would make more sense for the terrible story and would generally work better at pushing their agenda but it’s too late now, the game made a lot of sales and there is nothing you can do. This game is a punch in the gut that makes it seem like it was written by fan fiction writers… Expand
  94. BUZZBEAN
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game company has damaged the honor of the previous work, and critics are trash who write only using the honor of the previous work. If you have really played the game, you will only have 3 out of 10.… Expand
  95. UncleChad
    Aug 6, 2020
    10
    Spectacular. Some quibbles, but extraordinary in all respects. Ignore the trolling, dishonest reviews that follow the same phony formula. Just play this game and enjoy.
  96. jchrisperrault
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Terrible, thé story doesn't make sense. The new characters are horribly written and developed
  97. DannyC_pt
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    The Last of Us Part II is the Apocalypse Now of video games. Some people just aren't ready for that. A powerful journey that addresses the conflicting nature of perspective(s) and reality - and how two seemingly valid perspectives can clash, violently, if one is unable to see beyond himself.
    This game, like the first one, will become a cult classic, transcending its value as a mere    The Last of Us Part II is the Apocalypse Now of video games. Some people just aren't ready for that. A powerful journey that addresses the conflicting nature of perspective(s) and reality - and how two seemingly valid perspectives can clash, violently, if one is unable to see beyond himself.
    This game, like the first one, will become a cult classic, transcending its value as a mere mainstream entertainment object, and becoming a true cultural event. The noise of fake outrage will die down. The Last of Us Part II will endure and survive. To be played with an open mind by unbiased, unpolluted gamers, with love for good storytelling and powerful emotions. Truly a masterpiece.    … Expand
  98. Drkstr51
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This game is a huge disappointment, I would go into examples which would be spoilers but I think its important for people to see for themselves and know this Neil Druckmann replace Amy Hennig who was the real talent for TLOU and Uncharted and look no one says anything that a man replaced a more then qualified woman. Other problems is they take beautiful woman and alter them to look moreThis game is a huge disappointment, I would go into examples which would be spoilers but I think its important for people to see for themselves and know this Neil Druckmann replace Amy Hennig who was the real talent for TLOU and Uncharted and look no one says anything that a man replaced a more then qualified woman. Other problems is they take beautiful woman and alter them to look more like men and claim its because men are attracted to women and that is bad while people dont realize they are being misogynistic and sexist in the process because they think a women looking like a man is better??? Just know they want to use us and our anger to make them all money and dont be fooled by people dressed a sheep claiming to be on your side just buy their merch to show you dont agree. I hope this madness stops soon before its too late and those who use us for their personal gain gets theirs. We dont care who someone sleeps with or attracted too and of course people are born that way and its not their fault because DNA is a program that sometimes creates a male body but programs it as if its a female body and it ranges from kinda to full blown. We have knowledge now and cant be fooled but everyone is so desparate to be seen that they will ignore logic for vanity.… Expand
  99. theonlyone21
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. alright so you made joel look like a idiot in the first game he is carfull and does not even trusting marlene and killing her because he knows she will come back for vengence. but then in the sequel i cant even call it cannon they make joel look like a stupid old man in the old game he knows a ambush is coming but here hi guys im joel. no no no he would never do that and how they exectued his death is so **** you can kill joel because of the actions he did in tlou 1 but you dont just make a character we have not know before just come and kill him and then you force us to play this character we hate then. the ending does not make sense lets not get vengence on abby when you have killed all those people in your way and not kill her after all that? its like kratos not killing zeus at the end and saying lets forget it. 2 out of 10 because it ran on the ps4… Expand
  100. Castel
    Jul 23, 2020
    10
    It is a good game, people do not like it because Joel died, you know how is this new porcelain generation. but games must get reality, heroes can die as well. for me is a great game, it is a game that gives us different feelings you do not who is bad and the good guy
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 113 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
  3. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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