The Last of Us Part II

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  1. DDBoss1984
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    When you play a game that makes you fell anger, hate, sadness and a vengeful satisfaction, is because, it has, indeed, a skillfull script. This game takes you through a sequence of unpredictable events, events that will light up an emotion inside you.
    Sure, far from the perfection, you will find a lot of mistakes, however, a good gameplay that could do better and a story with some    When you play a game that makes you fell anger, hate, sadness and a vengeful satisfaction, is because, it has, indeed, a skillfull script. This game takes you through a sequence of unpredictable events, events that will light up an emotion inside you.
    Sure, far from the perfection, you will find a lot of mistakes, however, a good gameplay that could do better and a story with some argumental holes, does not makes this a bad game. Sadly, the whole community is rating low this games for the first couple hours and the last couple minutes, but everything in the middle matters, a lot.
    It, absolutely, deserves to be played.    … Expand
  2. Elektri
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    Я остался довелен игрой во всем, для меня она стала отличным продолжение первой части и закончила историю Элли и Джоэла
  3. gigiunit4020
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    This game is just wonderful.
    The scenario is just amazing, one of the best game scenario ever !

    Let haters hate and ignore the ignorants...
  4. Vlad77
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Потрясающая графика и детализация окружения.Интересный геймплей гармонично сочетающий стелс и агрессивное прохождение.Интересный сюжет (для тех кто не нахватался спойлеров) с несколькими неожиданными сюжетными поворотами.В общем я в экстазе.Гениальная игра.Потрясающая графика и детализация окружения.Интересный геймплей гармонично сочетающий стелс и агрессивное прохождение.Интересный сюжет (для тех кто не нахватался спойлеров) с несколькими неожиданными сюжетными поворотами.В общем я в экстазе.Гениальная игра.
  5. UematsuFF7
    Jul 6, 2020
    8
    Great game in general, I think the unpleasant aspect of it was playing as the main "villain" character but you get used to it and even empathize with both sides ot the story. It doesn't deserve all the hate it's getting, c'mon guys. 8/10 all in all, great music by Gustavo Santaolalla, improved game-play and awesome graphics for a console game.
  6. chrisynelred
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    You have to be seriously biased or dishonest to give this game a rating of 0. A rating you would give to games full of bugs, with outdated graphics and a horrible gameplay. TLOU2 is the exact opposite of that. People have forgotten they were playing a game... but of course since half of the people who rated badly this game have only watched it on a stream, that explains a lot...
    I will    You have to be seriously biased or dishonest to give this game a rating of 0. A rating you would give to games full of bugs, with outdated graphics and a horrible gameplay. TLOU2 is the exact opposite of that. People have forgotten they were playing a game... but of course since half of the people who rated badly this game have only watched it on a stream, that explains a lot...
    I will not repeat what was already said by many others, the game is a masterpiece and gave me emotions that I have never felt with a game, ever....
    Go blind, and dont listen to the haters, TLOU2 will be remembered as one of the best and most daring game of its generation.    … Expand
  7. v0dyryvs
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    This game may receive lots of criticism for political reasons, I am just appalled and the disrespect this game showed towards the first one. Would not recommend
  8. PhilSchneider
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Best game I‘ve ever played. I feel sorry for the developers of this beautiful game, its a pity that their work is not being honored as it should.
  9. xannaia
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. esta buenísimo el juego, no entiendo tantas quejas de caprichosos que vi, se centran tanto en los detalles que no disfrutan la historia, me gusto jugabilidad. los escenarios , las animaciones. yo espere al lanzamiento del juego no vi spoilers ni nada filtrado del juego.me gusto, asi no mas.… Expand
  10. Aviv356
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    The last of us 2 is good game A plot with a vengeance message leads nowhere and excellent gameplay
  11. AlbinoDino
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    One of the best games I have ever played. Probably the best story in a game yet. The original is a pretty bland story told perfectly, but this is a much more emotionally and structurally complex game. A game has never made me feel such deep emotions. If you didn’t like the story I recommend you try again, and at least try to empathize and care about Abby. The world building immerses you soOne of the best games I have ever played. Probably the best story in a game yet. The original is a pretty bland story told perfectly, but this is a much more emotionally and structurally complex game. A game has never made me feel such deep emotions. If you didn’t like the story I recommend you try again, and at least try to empathize and care about Abby. The world building immerses you so far into this amazing world Naughty Dog has created. This is also one of the most technically impressive games to date. It’s insane how good this game looks on 7 year old hardware. The game-play is also amazing. ND took the pretty good gameplay from the first, and improved on some of the worst elements. Overall, this is an incredible game. Even if it's incredible divisive, they knocked it out of the park for people like me.… Expand
  12. Very_honest
    Jul 6, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a last of us fan I have to say I am deeply dissapointed.First of all,the way Joel got picked off in the beginning is just insane to me!I absolutely loved Joel and I couldn't wait to buy the game to see my favourite character again and how he evolved.He evolved...just backwards.The gameplay in general is just not as fun as it used to be.The AI is just more dumb than it was in tlou 1.There was almost nothing new brought to the table except for the big infected at ground zero.Don't even get me started with the ending!One of the worst endings I've ever seen!It just left a sour taste in my mouth.After Abby killed Joel not only do you not get to kill her but they make you play as her for a long time?!??!!Who thought this was a good idea????I've never been more hyped for a new game and for the game to dissapoint me this much is just insane.Save your money and don't buy the game.You're better off without the knowledge of last of us part 2.If you played the last of us 1 just let it stay like that,you will enjoy yourself more that way.This is just such a dissapointment I cannot even describe it.The ending is what made it all worse.Such an unsatisfying end.… Expand
  13. MarcoPPPP
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    story is good but noting you like if you want something like TLOU 1 is story
  14. felipecuevas
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Obra maestra, los gráficos son de otro mundo, la jugabilidad es excelente, el ambiente, la banda sonora, etc, hacen que sea una experiencia súper memorable. Los personajes son super reales, no hay ningún héroe, todos son personas y pueden morir en cualquier momento, dado un punto de la historia ya nadie es buena persona, pero podes empatizar con todos. Tiene una historia que te atrapa y si sos sensible este juego no es para vos; es "controversial", personajes lgbt, los cuales son criticados por ninguna razón, como si una persona no pudiese tener otra sexualidad que no fuese heterosexual, como si un director no pudiese desarrollar un personaje hasta ese punto. Admito que tiene fallos en la historia (y no hablo de la muerte de joel porque en mi opinión era necesario y si le pones un 0 a este juego porque no querías que joel muera honestamente no deberías ser capaz de votar en tu país xd). Ya estoy hablando solo de lo malo, el final pudo haber sido mejor aunque me satisface, y por eso le doy un 9 y no un 10, el juego no es un fan service para que los fanáticos de este juego se pongan contentos, por eso es el lo que es, por eso tiene estas reseñas asquerosas, la gente compró el juego para un fan service con joel como el héroe pero se encontraron con que no es inmortal y que es un personaje súper real. Esta es mi sincera opinión sobre mi juego favorito :D… Expand
  15. SolidN
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    If you’re someone who feels entitled to a story because you payed 15 - 60 bucks for a game and liked it, then don’t play this game.
    If you’re a homophobic bigot who “doesnt want politics in his game” then dont play this game.
    If you read the leaks and didnt like what you read, actually play this game because playing it is not the same as reading it. If you like a rollercoaster story,    If you’re someone who feels entitled to a story because you payed 15 - 60 bucks for a game and liked it, then don’t play this game.
    If you’re a homophobic bigot who “doesnt want politics in his game” then dont play this game.
    If you read the leaks and didnt like what you read, actually play this game because playing it is not the same as reading it.

    If you like a rollercoaster story, then play this game.
    If you want to see the PS4 pushed to its limits, then play this game.
    If you want another story about the relationship between Joel and Ellie, then play this game.

    Also, I emplore everyone to play their 1st playthrough on Survivor difficulty, this game seems built for that.    … Expand
  16. Matiaslopezch
    Jun 25, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Everything that was built in the first game was destroyed on this one. They took everything you loved from the first one and ripped it apart. Making you play as Abby to create empathy did not work. Made more displeased. They really try to push you to like it, but FAILED.
    Good technical aspects and decent soundtrack.    … Expand
  17. d4n5t3p
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    This is an awesome game. Gameplay wise it is much better than the first game in terms of mechanics, balance, enemy and weapon variety etc. Level design is a huge achievement for Naughty Dog, they jumped very high in this one, maybe even too high. There is a lot things you may say about the gameplay, but for some reason most of the people don't and they don't seem to care so let's goThis is an awesome game. Gameplay wise it is much better than the first game in terms of mechanics, balance, enemy and weapon variety etc. Level design is a huge achievement for Naughty Dog, they jumped very high in this one, maybe even too high. There is a lot things you may say about the gameplay, but for some reason most of the people don't and they don't seem to care so let's go straight to the story.
    The story is great. People who say about plotholes or smth didn't pay much attention during their playthrough, pretty much everything is explained, even things you might not care about. The storytelling sets a new mark for cinematic videogames, I'd even say that not every movie achieved so much in terms of cinema language. The story is told with the rule - show, don't tell. Pretty much every action and character motivation is shown and not told to you verbally, so you have to think and try to understand the characters by paying attention to all the things they say and do, all the flashbacks shown to you etc. Many people weren't prepared for this, especially after the first game which was pretty easy to understand. Actors in this game play their roles flawlessly and every cinema aspect from camera angles to dialogues is made beautifully. Also story structure is very nonstandard not only for a videogame but for a movie too, but I won't spoil anything, you should play the game for yourself. I give it 10 out 10 because it was one of the most unique experiences I've had in videogames. I tried to not spoil anything so you would get the whole experience for yourself because this game deserves it.    … Expand
  18. Cazafrank
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    This game sucks. I can’t even believe they did this. (I played the game btw)
  19. RamonPB171
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    O jogo é incrível, a gameplay é muito melhor que a do primeiro, assim como as animações, expressões faciais, gráfico. Algumas partes das história poderiam ser melhores msm mas é muito boa sim. Vale muito a pena!
  20. Coravp
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    El juego es genial pero muy diferente al 1, vemos a una Ellie deprimida con muchos problemas tratando de superar un trauma, la sensación que te transmite más que unos pequeños flash con Joel, no son de felicidad, el juego busca hacerte sentir incómodo, triste y lo logra por eso mi nota, y solo estoy hablando de la historia porque gráficamente es un deleite y la jugabilidad hermosa pone unaEl juego es genial pero muy diferente al 1, vemos a una Ellie deprimida con muchos problemas tratando de superar un trauma, la sensación que te transmite más que unos pequeños flash con Joel, no son de felicidad, el juego busca hacerte sentir incómodo, triste y lo logra por eso mi nota, y solo estoy hablando de la historia porque gráficamente es un deleite y la jugabilidad hermosa pone una valla alta a los nuevos juegos que vengan, mi nota es un 9 porque repetir un 10 como el primero ya era muy difícil por la originalidad del momento aún así vaya juego que lanzaron, recomiendo jugarlo y no ver gameplays ya que no sentirán lo que transmite jugar con Ellie y Abby, lo que es estar en sus zapatos.… Expand
  21. SoupGuy_
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    I think that I have never thought so much about a story in videogame. The Last of Us Part II is wonderful piece of art. Until the final few hours of the game I wanted to rate it somewhere between 2 and 5 out of 10. But final hours have changed my mind. GG Naughty Dog
  22. Solatras
    Jul 6, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was very dissapointing. The story has a lot of plot holes that dettach from the statements of the previous game. The gameplay didn't really improve that much and the mechanics of some things were awful. The graphics and the musical score is the only thing that stands tall at the end of the day. And last but not least important, replayability. This game has zero replayability and there's no reason that you would want to play this game again. 0/10 would not play again. NEVER.… Expand
  23. Neo_kazemi
    Jul 6, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Incredible Gameplay and Graphics, but such a poor writing that makes you hate this game.… Expand
  24. Tbomb47
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I didn’t like the game at all. I understand the story and the parallel they tried to draw between Abby and Joel at the end was a coin toss. Either way I’m not giving this a higher score because of how beautiful it is, I expected the game to look beautiful and violent. TLOU was always about the story and when you can’t deliver it, you lost.… Expand
  25. charls_0404
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    The game is really good, and everthyng in it like the gameplay, the details, cinematics, transition between cinematics and gameplay, landscapes, levels design, the "bosses", and also the story are really good. Tecnically the game pushes to the limits the maximal potencial of the ps4, it is a delightfull.

    But, Be aware that the story is a sad one (that is no the same to a "bad story"),    The game is really good, and everthyng in it like the gameplay, the details, cinematics, transition between cinematics and gameplay, landscapes, levels design, the "bosses", and also the story are really good. Tecnically the game pushes to the limits the maximal potencial of the ps4, it is a delightfull.

    But, Be aware that the story is a sad one (that is no the same to a "bad story"), just reflects (or try to reflects) the path trought vengance that characters are going.

    Maybe thats the problem, we are so used to stories in which "the good" guys always win, or where the "evil forces" always lose.    … Expand
  26. MIKEMAC1210
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    The concept of this game should not work when you explain it to someone. Breaking down to the simplest explaination you would have to be crazy to think anyone could like it. Which I won’t get into as it’s spoilers. But once you go from beginning to end, what a journey you go on that brings out so much emotion. Anger, sadness and happiness. This is the most realistic game I’ve ever played.The concept of this game should not work when you explain it to someone. Breaking down to the simplest explaination you would have to be crazy to think anyone could like it. Which I won’t get into as it’s spoilers. But once you go from beginning to end, what a journey you go on that brings out so much emotion. Anger, sadness and happiness. This is the most realistic game I’ve ever played. And the story did what it was supposed to, make you think about it for days. A gripping story that just stays with you in any medium is what you want. In a book, movie, game. Anyone who hates this story, I get it. It’s very divisive. But you HAVE to play till the end and not quit after 2 hours like some did. You know it’s insane when you hate a character so much in the beginning to not wanting them dead at the end.… Expand
  27. Stevecruz90
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Amazing video game that really should be played. 10/10 gameplay 10/10 visual effects and the story is also great.
  28. Johnsonson
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    This is hands down one of the most lovingly crafted video games I have ever played. The story is amazing, the game play is unreal the writing is top tier. everything about this game is incredible, please don't stop giving us incredible experiences Naughty Dog 10/10
  29. ArktizTeufel
    Jul 6, 2020
    1
    its so boring and lost of time and money, they really need a scriptwriter, the duration is too long for what they want to count.
  30. Rohwsilva010
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo me surpreendeu muito me prendeu demais do início ao fim.
    Gostei muito da sensação.
    E da lição que o jogo nos dá com certeza uma obra prima.    … Expand
  31. Camillygm
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Melhorou aspectos do primeiro e ainda conseguiu trazer uma história que faz você sentir uma montanha russa de emoções a respeito dos personagens Gostaria que o final fosse mais feliz para a Ellie mas entendo a mensagem que o jogo queria passar
    Minha única reclamação é que a morte do Joel foi muito cedo acho que deveria ter mostrado mais algumas cenas com ele antes dela mas isso não fez com que eu gostasse menos do jogo    … Expand
  32. SheikhSheeraz
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Played the game
    Liked how,the developers allowed us to play from both the characters for us to understand the story more
    Loved it
  33. BonJovy
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Кто сам не прошел,а слушает кого то,просто ворует сам у себя.
    Единицы в игровой индустрии делают подобное.
    Невероятная проработка всего и вся. Геймеры которые что то гонят на игру,просто собственноручно хоронят индустрию,показывая что будущее за ф2п,мобилками,онлайн дрочем и вот всем этим с одноклеточным сюжетом. стыдитесь. вы убивает всё хорошее в играх и сами того не понимаете.    Кто сам не прошел,а слушает кого то,просто ворует сам у себя.
    Единицы в игровой индустрии делают подобное.
    Невероятная проработка всего и вся.
    Геймеры которые что то гонят на игру,просто собственноручно хоронят индустрию,показывая что будущее за ф2п,мобилками,онлайн дрочем и вот всем этим с одноклеточным сюжетом. стыдитесь. вы убивает всё хорошее в играх и сами того не понимаете.
  34. gj667cc
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    8.5 but I'm rounding up. This review is geared for others who have beaten the game.

    Overall, an unforgettable and hard-hitting experience. A stunningly beautiful game, incredible combat, and a dark and brutal story with some, in my opinion, annoying but forgivable flaws. For context, I had played part 1 3-4 times prior, and did my first ever playthrough on Survivor (fresh, not NG+)    8.5 but I'm rounding up. This review is geared for others who have beaten the game.

    Overall, an unforgettable and hard-hitting experience. A stunningly beautiful game, incredible combat, and a dark and brutal story with some, in my opinion, annoying but forgivable flaws.

    For context, I had played part 1 3-4 times prior, and did my first ever playthrough on Survivor (fresh, not NG+) before immediately starting Part 2. So it was very fresh in my mind and that influenced my take on this game.

    ***Visuals: 10/10
    It's Naughty Dog, did you expect anything less?

    ***Gameplay: 9.5/10
    I just replayed the first game prior to starting this, and I'd give that an 8.5 on gameplay for comparison. For reference, I played Part 1 fresh (not NG+) on Survivor, and started Part 2 on Survivor but switched down to Hard about 25% of the way through. Very few complaints. In particular, stealth was perfection. Compared to the painstaking sneaking required in part 1 Survivor, there were so many more options with crafting arrows and pistol silencers. I loved the addition of dogs to force you to move, and I loved the additions of grass and prone movement to expand your options. The level of tension I got in some sections on Survivor was just excellent

    ***Story: 7.5/10
    I thought Ellie's part of the story was damn near flawless. Joel getting killed by vengeful Fireflies sucked but was very believable. No way he could've gotten away with that massacre without anyone hunting him down. Perfect motivation for Ellie's quest for vengeance and letting them show the cost it has to her as a person. Right down to Ellie leaving Dina to hunt down Abby in Santa Barbara. I wanted so much for Ellie to stay and have a happy ending, but ND made me buy it.

    I appreciate what they were trying to do with Abby. Her motivations for killing Joel were certainly believable, and I get that they wanted to show her as a fellow human with feelings and stuff to make us question Ellie's blind rage. But her story was too long, I kept waiting for the flashback to be over until realizing that I was going to have to play through the past 3 days her. Then having us control her as she BEAT ELLIE AND DINA TO NEAR DEATH? That was not cool at all and I really could have done without it.

    They could have humanized Abby with so much less time, and it felt like it was driven by game design choices of not wanting to develop her combat less than Ellie's. If we'd played as Ellie finding her on that beach barely clinging on to life, would it have been any less impactful when Ellie threatened Lev and still tried to fight Abby? I don't think so at all. What Ellie did there was wrong, and we didn't need to know really anything about Abby as a person to realize it. She could be an irredeemably evil villain from our perspective, and we'd know it was bad for Ellie to go through with it.

    Following from that, it makes the key part of the "Abby's not a completely bad person" plot sort of fall flat. Yara and Lev felt very forced in. I am extremely sympathetic to the social message behind that plot, but it felt like ND were trying to do too much narratively here. It was a very cliche take on a character questioning their own identity, parents/community rejecting them for it, and didn't really add anything to that conversation that hasn't been done much better in other fiction.

    The missing piece, in my opinion, is that we never really see Abby internally reckon with what she's done and whether it was wrong for her to kill Joel. She gets consequences, sure. Ellie and Tommy kill basically all of her friends who were involved in killing Joel. But she never has to reckon with WHY she faced those consequences. She never has to understand Joel's motivations for saving Ellie, or put herself in his shoes and ask whether she'd have done the same thing. She has quite the parallel when she has to kill her former comrades to save Lev, but we never see her think about it. If ND is going to give her so much time, give her a redemption and forgiveness arc. Have her beg Ellie for forgiveness, and make Ellie reckon with the choice of whether to grant it. THIS would've humanized her and given us much more time to play as Ellie and explore her psyche. We never really got to see Ellie reckon with the fact that her quest for vengeance cost her friend his life and left Tommy with a severe injury or disability. Less Abby, more of that, and the story would've been perfect.    … Expand
  35. II_Bilbo_II
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    Lixo panfletário, não passa de mais do mesmo, roteiro genérico, muita lacração desnecessária... Jogo feito pra militante q nem consume o produto, nota negativa é o minimo q esse jogo deve ganhar.
  36. Gruxie
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    To whoever reads these user ratings. Ignore the noise. Most haven’t even completed the game or they are merely pissed about the characters and the plot not going their way.

    This story is absolutely one for the books and you need to play this game. It is an emotional rollercoaster that will take some huge twists and turns. It is a great sequel and a great Naughty Dog game.
  37. Alyster43
    Jul 6, 2020
    3
    This game is like slapping a completely worthless story that constantly contradicts itself, with a slew of non negotiable choices made by the game studio instead of the player, onto one of the most renowned and beautiful game engines with the potential to be the greatest game of all time. The story telling is elementary at best, at no point was I stricken with awe and wondering howThis game is like slapping a completely worthless story that constantly contradicts itself, with a slew of non negotiable choices made by the game studio instead of the player, onto one of the most renowned and beautiful game engines with the potential to be the greatest game of all time. The story telling is elementary at best, at no point was I stricken with awe and wondering how someone came up with this plot. Shock value for the sake of shock value is meaningless, they changed way too many key plot points and designs for this to even be considered the same game with the same characters. The only scene I felt like I was playing The Last of Us was in the Museum flashback. They also destroyed the best PlayStation exclusive and I could see this actively damaging the sales for the PS5. If you were expecting another Last of Us game with Joel and Ellie actually behaving like themselves instead of morphing into completely different people, this is flat out not it.

    The graphics in certain parts and the feel of tension from the engagements with enemies are the only reasons I’m giving this a 3 instead of a 0.    … Expand
  38. OJR
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Its (by far) the most realistic, beautiful, enjoyable and envolving game ever made! Fun as hell! All the haters need therapy...
  39. Fastbros
    Jul 6, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Naughty Dog for me is always one of the top game creators/developers out there. I've loved every game they have created up until The Last of Us 2.

    I wanted to like it, I knew that there was no way Joel would survive this game (I just didn't know at whose hands... or club... he would be ended). But I played because I truly enjoyed the dynamic that Ellie and Joel had together. But this game is not about Ellie and Joel; its about Ellie, her new group of friends, and an 'antagonist' searching for vengeance.

    At the end of this day this game is a revenge story (I LOVE revenge stories). But as is typical in revenge, you don't come out the other side the same. This game saw the mutual destruction of both parties, both virtually alone and crippled in the end.

    My issues are with the characters in this story. You have Ellie who is uneven throughout. She will kill tens of hundreds of people without emotion but then after one or two certain deaths she loses control.... then proceeds to kill a few hundred more. Some lives had more meaning than others of course, so its not completely nonsensical, but it was a bit confusing.

    New character's are continually introduced and its as if the writers are screaming at the top of their lungs "CARE ABOUT THIS CHARACTER!" but, I just didn't. It took an entire game of the original for me to care about either Ellie or Joel, I'm not just simply going to care about a random guy who dated Ellie's girlfriend and shared some funny moments with us (sorry Jesse).

    Now the obvious issue for me was playing as Abby for half the game. I get the idea, the thought is that you want to understand the motivations of the 'antagonist' (I'm using quotations because the antagonist truly depends on your point of view in this game). The problem is, I understood the motivations the second they were looking for Joel, you know the motivation is revenge for friends/family. This again ties back to the writers wanting you to care about Abby and I just didn't. She in the matter of about 45 mins crushed the skull of the character I'd enjoyed so much from the original (and being hopeful to see the conclusion of his story for years).

    I want to just take minute to say it wasn't all bad... The graphics are some of the best I've ever seen, visually the game is stunning on my PS4 Pro/4K television. The gameplay is just as fun as its predecessor with some new fun twists and puzzles which you know Naughty Dog will excel at, and the emotions the game makes you feel is truly unique. There are moments you almost need to quit playing because its so heavy and weighs on you.

    Here are my final thoughts as I see the game...

    The thought of doing a sequel was probably overly ambitious. They should have had you play as Abby for basically the entire game. I think my disappointment is because I was expecting this to be all about Ellie and Joel, this needed to not sell the player on being Ellie or Joel at all. I think having Abby be the protagonist who is seeking vengeance for her father, being hunted by Ellie across the country was a better choice. Then at the end, they could have switched back to Ellie and even kept their ending. There are too many fluff characters, so many I could hardly keep track. I think Dina, Owen, & Mel should have been the focus as far as side characters go.

    I want to just mention that I applaud Naughty Dog for making a game with strong female characters, there aren't nearly enough of those out there. I'm not in the group of people who disliked this game for other motivations.

    I had high expectations for Naughty Dog with TLOU2, expectations they have earned with some fantastic games. This one for me missed the mark. I know many people still enjoyed this game and that's the beauty of art. I look forward to the next Naughty Dog adventure.    … Expand
  40. RecepAya
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oyunu oynamadım ama çok güzel görünüyor oynasam fikrim değişmez gene güzeldir. Joel ölmeseydi keşke ona çok üzüldüm o yüzden 9… Expand
  41. WhitentBoi
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    I really enjoyed this game. There are some mistakes, but to be honest where not ? :)
    Story 8/10
    Graphic 10/10
    Game-play 10/10
    Music 10/10
    Emotions 10/10
  42. Xeus
    Jul 6, 2020
    6
    Demasiadas incoherencias, nos engañaron en los trailers... No nos mostraron lo que en realidad pasa en el juego.
  43. cameron_c44
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is absolutely stunning in every aspect. Visually incredible, attention to detail is incredible, level design has improved drastically since TLOU1. I know lots of people complain about the story, but in my opinion I don’t agree with almost all of the complaints. Joel had to die in this game. People complaining about this overlook the events of the first game. It cannot be simplified down to one line, “revenge bad”. The game takes us through a story of complex characters changing as we go, and to see them grow and evolve as well as the subtle details really make the story come to life. It is a truly human story and I loved all of it, BECAUSE of us having to play as the villain. The game did something bold, and it is very complex. In my opinion, that’s what makes the game great.… Expand
  44. Lenchik_o
    Jul 6, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Хорошоая графика
    Классная Боёвка Красивые локации
    Если играть на последнем уровне сложности, то противники очень даже интересные. Очень жалко что у Элли такая судьба выдалась, я бы хотел увидеть другой сюжет)
    Необоснованно занижать баллы игре из-за одного аспекта , а особенно делают это те , кто даже не играл в неё)
    И жалко что ND прогнулись под феминизм    … Expand
  45. byecds
    Jul 6, 2020
    7
    considero que the last of us 2 es un juego donde la mayor virtud y algo que logra de manera arriesgada es generar odio respecto a algunos personajes, aunque como videojuego recae en varias secciones donde el juego no puede brillar en la manera que deberia y pedazos de la historia son simplemente innecesarios pero a su vez convenientes para que la trama avanze y usa el tiempo justo para queconsidero que the last of us 2 es un juego donde la mayor virtud y algo que logra de manera arriesgada es generar odio respecto a algunos personajes, aunque como videojuego recae en varias secciones donde el juego no puede brillar en la manera que deberia y pedazos de la historia son simplemente innecesarios pero a su vez convenientes para que la trama avanze y usa el tiempo justo para que te encariñes con alguno de estos, este es un juego donde reina la tristeza y el odio por parte de los personajes donde las consecuencias de las acciones seran innevitables, donde invita al jugador a estar consciente de que no es un juego complaciente, graficamente es un juego muy bien llevado que es capaz de sacar la potencia de una ps4 y mecanicamente no innova en mucho pero si refina lo suficiente para que sea una experiencia disfrutable y violenta, bajaria mi nota mas de lo que esta, pero no considero que el juego se nefasto como lo hacen ver por aqui, aunque este juego esta muy lejos de la perfeccion y brillantez que tenia el primer the last of us e incluso su juego antecesor que fue uncharted 4 aunque no deberia ser comparable ya que son dos juegos con tematica y contexto diferente, the last of us 2 es un juego que en fin se comprende un poco el odio que tiene debido a practicas nefastas e injustificables de la empresa pero ya las cosas estan hechas y asi se quedaran… Expand
  46. Ximmmik
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Пишу этот отзыв под гитару из титров. Мне игра очень понравилась, она является идеальным продолжением 1 части . Только вот жалко саму Элли за такую судьбу.… Expand
  47. Vovaomyt
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Лучшая игра этого года. Огромная работа, замечательный проект в который нам удалось поиграть. Спасибо разработчикам за этот шедевр.
  48. Vinisk
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    The best game experience i ever had in my entire life, it was very intense and it made me think a lot about love, loneliness, sadness, rage and revenge.
  49. russianvoodoo
    Jul 6, 2020
    8
    What a great and huge game. The only cons for me were flashbacks, an order of some events, problems with pacing, and some weak characters. But when you the game it feels damn good. No regrets. Took me almost 42 hours on survival difficulty which is the best choice to play this game. I don’t know how else you’re gonna feel all the pain and fear of you have 20 billets for every single gun.
  50. PabloSL
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    A mediocre game, that is not just mediocre, but it is also political and in a bizarre way, I've had enough of this type of games, they're supposed to be made for fun not to send a **** message nobody cares about
  51. AndrezPlus
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    Graet Game, but.... JOEL
  52. Batdrew
    Jul 1, 2020
    9
    Powerful, tough, touching, intense, beautiful, deep experience and a worthy TLOU sequel.
  53. AlwaysHerm
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The perfect sequel to a work that is already "complete" in itself, almost untouchable but of which, after all, we all wanted a sequel.
    The whole story seems to have revenge as the protagonist, to go deeper and deeper and making us understand how much the path to get there makes you lose everything you care about. Abby loses all her friends, even before Ellie kills all of them, because this journey of hers towards the murder of Joel will totally change her. Ellie herself, in seeking revenge for Joel changes, while the game-play makes us feel her lightness and agility, her work is very similar to that of the strongest and most ruthless Joel, who, however, does not belong to her. In fact, we see her lose everything she cares about, her partner Dina, her bond with Joel given by the guitar, her mother's knife and she’s losing herself. Several times we would like to end the adventure, go back to Jackson and see her in peace and happy but we must continue with the adventure.
    We will eventually reach the confrontation with Abby, with Ellie who can finally make her revenge, which, however, none of us craved anymore. While Ellie is slowly killing a weak Abby, but, after all this adventure, she understands that what made her feel bad wasn’t his death as such, but the fact that she never managed to forgive him after what happened at the St Mary's Hospital. It is precisely at that moment that she manages to forgive him, let him pass, and let Abby live.
    Ellie is still left alone, she has lost everything, and it is the thing she most feared in the world, but more importantly, she hasn’t lost herself. At the end, we’ll see her walking alone, towards part 3.    … Expand
  54. Elnota
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esta madrugada me pasé del tirón el juego, sobre las 2:30 cuando me he levantado a las 7:30 para ir a currar. Y me mantengo en lo que dije anteriormente, es el mejor juego al que he jugado y amplia y mejora aún más la excelente primera parte. A nivel técnico, en todos los sentidos : gráfica, artística y audiovisualmente y también de rendimiento, es lo mejor que hay en ps4 incluso que Rdr2 ,aunque para mi es el 2 en el top.
    Jugablemente es una delícia, amplia y mejora todo lo del primero, añadiendo la agilidad del personaje. Y narrativamente, no hay otro juego que que te haga sentir tal nivel de empatía con los personajes, de emociones de todo tipo (rabia, culpa, comprensión...), mejorando incluso al primero que ya es decir. En cuanto a la historia, lo pondré en spoiler evidentemente, me parece brutal y solo rezo para que la futura serie de HBO tenga una temporada 2 y sea sobre esta continuación, además que espero sepan captar el tono de las 2 partes.
    Lo importante de la historia de esta segunda parte, al igual que en la primera no es tanto su calidad o complejidad sino cómo está contada. Aunque ha crecido en ramificaciones e historias paralelas, sobretodo por todo el arco argumental de Abby, lo que la hace excelsa es la manera que tiene que te implique con los personajes y sus emociones. A parte de la valentía de usar un medio en el que casi la totalidad de los argumentos son blanco y negro, es decir de buenos y malos, para hacer ver al jugador el punto de vista del otro y consiguiendo algo inaudito en este medio, humanizar al "malo" poco a poco al manejarlo e ir conociendo su historia, pasada y futura. Y de una manera magistral, sin grandes alardes o explicaciones te muestra las consecuencias de una obsesión malsana, aunque muy humana, como la venganza. La venganza y lo que se desprende de llevarla acabo cueste lo que cueste es el motivo, el motor de toda esta segunda parte. Y aun así, incluso cuando Ellie retoma la senda del odio y la venganza, empatizas con ella, te hace cómplice de la culpa y el dolor de perder a Joel y sobretodo de poderle haberle dicho que lo perdonaba. Y al final cuando Ellie está a punto de perder del todo su humanidad, llega el acto de redención cuando es capaz de perdonarse a sí misma (a Joel ya lo había perdonado hace mucho) y ve reflejada su historia con Joel en Abby y Lev, al final puede emparizar con ella al igual que nosotros lo hemos hecho. Y te hace ver, al igual que en la vida real, que lo normal es que ni haya buenos y malos, blanco o negro, sino humanidad y una enorme escala de grises. Que aquel al que odias tanto, se parezca más a ti mismo que de lo que crees. Después de este tochazo, sigo viendo que podría hablar mucho más sobre lo que han conseguido en este videojuego.

    Para acabar, este last of us parte 2 junto con el primero son lo que fué Watchmen para los cómics, un golpe en la mesa para que este medio, los videojuegos, se vean como algo más allá de un simple entretenimiento para adolescentes y Peter Pans.    … Expand
  55. Tormund2593
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Muy bueno me gustó buena trama y historia lo supieron llevar bien buenos gráficos ambientación, todo de diez… Expand
  56. Craggymoe
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a masterpiece, never before has a video game had me so torn between different emotions.

    I’m sad that Joel was killed off and the way he was, but he was no hero himself and the narrative of the story is how violence breeds more violence. The fights between Ellie and Abby had me killed a couple of times just because of my hesitation to not wanting to harm either of them. I for one love the fact a game can do this to me.

    The gameplay is much the same with several slight improvements but I like the game mechanics anyway as they suit a survival horror.

    It seems you will either love or hate this game due to the nature of Joel’s death and playing as Abby but you will just have to try it for yourself.

    In the words of Gandhi “An eye for an eye will make the world blind”. I think the story plays along this narrative beautifully and you must play the game to the end to appreciate.

    Can’t wait for Part III    … Expand
  57. marioviews
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    It's a great game. Period. You might not like it but it is a great story with deep lessons. I am a fan of these characters but I'm also a fan of great narratives and this is one of the greatest. It is not perfect, but it's amazing.
  58. Hungryfrogs
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Absolutely amazing game!! Put me on a very, very emotional rollercoaster, but loved every moment of it! Definitely one of my favourite games :)
  59. rickeary
    Jul 6, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. S***** game. A bit couse of gameplay that haven't evolved from the first game. 2013 GAME. If i can endure first 10 hours because of Elly, because of nostalgia but 2nd 10 hours (or MORE) I can't. INCLUDING SPOILERS. Ofcourse I don't want play for Abby. This is just disgusting character (outward, manner of speech, her friends). This game want me to perceive her environment like Ellie's environment, but i CAN'T. They empty, they hideous. In the same time Ellie's friends (that i know from the 1st game!!!! and LOVE) is a good persons. i don't give a **** about LGBT suppoena. I just don't like this past-gen game… Expand
  60. Pavelprof
    Jul 4, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What's a pitty to play as a Joel killer... I felt disgusting! I give 3 points just because of in-game great level design and lighting. Soundtrack is also a weak part of the game. Storytelling is ragged and dull.
    I always respected this company but now it is hard not to be disappointed from that...    … Expand
  61. OthoCastle
    Jul 6, 2020
    2
    Estou fazendo essa segunda conta pra avaliar o game, pois, segundo o Meta, eu não poderia fazer uma avaliação devido as minhas anteriores. Vamos lá: Metacritic, mais respeito pelos usuários. Quem são vocês para dizer quem pode ou não avaliar um jogo? Sobre o jogo: LIXO COMPLETO! História, gráficos de PS3, BUGS frequentes, lacração desnecessária, enfim, não vale o preço! Se você veio aquiEstou fazendo essa segunda conta pra avaliar o game, pois, segundo o Meta, eu não poderia fazer uma avaliação devido as minhas anteriores. Vamos lá: Metacritic, mais respeito pelos usuários. Quem são vocês para dizer quem pode ou não avaliar um jogo? Sobre o jogo: LIXO COMPLETO! História, gráficos de PS3, BUGS frequentes, lacração desnecessária, enfim, não vale o preço! Se você veio aqui pensando em comprar o jogo, Não Compre!!!! Não jogue seu dinheiro na lixeira.… Expand
  62. DarkVertigo
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    An exceptional sequel. Simple plot but beautifully told, not understood by many since it distances itself from the usual videogame narrative canons. Incredible, deep, varied and fun gameplay. Graphically is something stratospheric. A masterpiece of this generation.
  63. Arash4real
    Jul 6, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The 2 points that i’m giving is just for the gameplay, to hell with the damn story
    How could a baby child named abby kill a man who traveled across the whole US in the first part just kill him with a **** gulf stick,Think about what amazing things you did with joel in the first part, how many people and zombies you killed all by your own, just killed in his **** home? If you want to kill joel just kill him good not in his own **** territory and With a **** gulf stick, the writing sucks, i can’t believe i waited all these years for a piece of crap    … Expand
  64. Berlim07
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    Terminei o jogo e já sendo direto, é uma obra prima! Por tanto tempo de espera, por tanto tempo de desenvolvimento, valeu a pena, ND entrega um jogo bem jeito em todos os aspectos: trilha sonora, gráfico, história, narrativa, personagens carismáticos, jogabilidade... É um dos melhores jogos dessa geração, é pra fechar com chave de ouro no PS4.
    Confesso que não me emocionei e nem me prendi    Terminei o jogo e já sendo direto, é uma obra prima! Por tanto tempo de espera, por tanto tempo de desenvolvimento, valeu a pena, ND entrega um jogo bem jeito em todos os aspectos: trilha sonora, gráfico, história, narrativa, personagens carismáticos, jogabilidade... É um dos melhores jogos dessa geração, é pra fechar com chave de ouro no PS4.
    Confesso que não me emocionei e nem me prendi muito na história do jogo depois que eu joguei, isso devido de vários spoilers que eu peguei, porém mesmo assim conseguir compreender a proposta da história do jogo, mostrando como o mundo após apocalíptico funciona no The Last of Us, sendo um mundo violento onde as pessoas lutam pra sobreviverem, assim tendo uma boa história.
    O game me surpreendeu em tudo. Recomendo muito.    … Expand
  65. SonicEuan
    Jul 6, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I know why people are upset with this game. The beginning of the game seemed alright until Joel’s death. That’s when I wanted to stop playing. It was a bad way for him to die and his character was written wrong there’s no disagreeing on that. But after that Ellie’s story gets really good and she has become one of my favourite game characters. She was written well. Abby’s story went downhill a little as it wasn’t bad but just wasn’t as Interesting as Ellie’s and I think one of the reasons for this is because we hate Abby. The game tries to make you like and tries to show she is changing as a person but i still **** hated her. Another bad part I thought was when you have to fight Ellie as Abby just so Abby can win. To be honest I think tlou2 is a really good game and all comes down to Joel’s song where he says “if I ever were to lose you, I’d lose myself”. That’s exactly what happened to Ellie in my opinion which is why she probably let Abby go as she knew Joel was right with what he said and didn’t think she’d be any better than Abby getting revenge but she realised it was too late when she got back home as Dina left. Ellie also said her fear was ending up alone which is exactly what happened. The games just a dark story about how revenge isn’t always right even if you hate Abby. It took risks and I respect. Good game but not as good as the first game.… Expand
  66. Todmomamu
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Absolutely stunning. Great writing. Chemistry between characters is out of this world.
  67. IG_23
    Jul 6, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us Part ll... Графическая составляющая, внимание к деталям и мелочам просто на высоте, ничего не скажешь. К сожалению для меня, на этом сильные стороны игры заканчиваются. Все впечатление испортил сюжет. Если описать его парой слов, получится что-то вроде: месть за месть... вау... В первой половине игры события развиваются вполне логично, исходя из концовки первой части, но так глупо...Теперь мы не ждем 3 часть, молодцы создатели, вы потеряли и фанатов, и деньги.... Понимаю, почему главные герои ищут возмездия, но какой ценой? Насилие и убийства всех и вся, что встает у нас на пути. Что, что за деградация полюбившихся нам персонажей?!!! Что вытворяет Элли по ходу истории?! Она уже больше не подросток с горячей кровью, она слишком многое пережила для своих лет. Мы помним ее другой, она была рассудительнее и смышленее для своего возраста. Куда все это делось? Все это перекрылось ненавистью и отключились мозги? Персонажи, напавшие на нас в самом начале игры, тоже общаться не умеют? Им крайне необходимо было натворить дичи и, ничего нормально не объяснив, нажить себе врагов?! А как же завязать сюжет? Это что, лучшая идея сценаристов?! Идем дальше. Вторую половину игры я не проходил, я пробежал. Бой, не бой, артефакты... все это было не важно и не интересно. Нашему вниманию предоставили нового персонажа, за которого заставили играть. Мне не симпотизирует новая героиня ни характером, ни внешностью. Как бы ее поступки не оправдывали историей ее жизни, это не цепляет. Да, посочувствовал, принял новую информацию, но мне по-прежднему все равно. Кто сказал, что нам будет интересно наблюдать за войной ранее неизвестных нам группировок. Экшен, экшен, экшен? Как в затертых и надоевших боевиках. Да, вы показали ужасы войны и утрату - это всегда страшно, тяжело и оставляет в душе брешь... но это чужая история!!! Для нас The last of us - это история Джоэла и Элли! Ведь еще столько всего не рассказано про них, еще осталось так много вопросов. Мы привязались к ним, мы пережили вместе с ними все трудности их пути в первой части, мы готовы продолжить и дальше делать это. Музыкальная составляющая тоже потеряла свою изюминку, только лишь создает фон, но не ведет историю, она просто есть. А ведь именно музыка в первой части была сильной стороной. Она нас вела, усиливала драматические моменты, нагнетала, предупреждала... сейчас остались лишь слабые отголоски. Не этого я ждал 7 лет. Игра - разочарование...… Expand
  68. zerobahamut
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    Honestly a really good game. All the zeros for being a "political" game are nonsens. Ellie came out as a lesbian in the DLC. There are some rainbow flags in a street. Not everyone is a white male. That's about it. Zero? Come on. The music, voice -over, graphics, level design are really good. Gameplay and mechanics are expanded upon the first game, but it is not revolutionary. I wasn't intoHonestly a really good game. All the zeros for being a "political" game are nonsens. Ellie came out as a lesbian in the DLC. There are some rainbow flags in a street. Not everyone is a white male. That's about it. Zero? Come on. The music, voice -over, graphics, level design are really good. Gameplay and mechanics are expanded upon the first game, but it is not revolutionary. I wasn't into the game until i switched to Hard, then i was engulfed in this materpiece.… Expand
  69. KasperMajestic
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    This game is far more engaging, thought-provoking and memorable than the original, which is saying quite a lot. The plot will upset a lot of people, especially seeing as many people who have read the leaks want to hate the game to defend their ego. I think for anyone with an open mind and who is not a delusional fan boy of some of the characters in the original (to the extent of wrongfullyThis game is far more engaging, thought-provoking and memorable than the original, which is saying quite a lot. The plot will upset a lot of people, especially seeing as many people who have read the leaks want to hate the game to defend their ego. I think for anyone with an open mind and who is not a delusional fan boy of some of the characters in the original (to the extent of wrongfully considering them a saint) this game is a strong game of the year contender and one of the most unique and best stories in gaming,… Expand
  70. squidofdoom
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    Just made an account to rant here, this is the worst story telling ever in any piece of media, Neil Druckman and company should take as example on how to make the story work in tandem with the game design from Metal gear solid 3 or even master storytellers like Fincher or Spielberg. This game sucks story wise
  71. BenjimanTheBoss
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Un truc que j'avais une idée de la vidéo de la merde comme tu le mets en ligne et toi J
  72. Renatobiopet
    Jul 6, 2020
    5
    Simplesmente acabaram com a franquia. Roteiro horrível e enredo confuso.
    Só existe um 1/3 de jogo, o resto é enche linguiça para terminar uma bosta.
  73. edgard1axl123
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Está no top 5 dos melhores jogos de todos os tempos, a história é envolvente, empolgante. Os gráficos em uma TV 4k não ficou melhor que god of war, mas é lindo.
  74. drummer613
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    I literally made an account just to give this a zero. Don't believe the fake reviews. This game is absolute trash. I've never felt so empty after beating a game. No character development and everyone is in a far worse state at the end of the game. The only person that gets a good ending is the antagonist. Did they want the player to feel like **** after you beat it?!?
  75. Drewroux
    Jul 6, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game deconstructs every positive about the first games story. The story is shallow and in satisfying. It has killed my desire for any sequels. I would have prefered they not made a sequel. TLOU2 would have been much better off telling us a story of a new cast of characters rather than using joel and ellie. The story feels as though it was made and the characters were forced to act it out as opposed to being an organic view of how these characters would react i given a certain conflict. It feels as though this story was made about someone else, somewhere else but they used the same characters to get sales up… Expand
  76. JorgeMorales
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Even after all the bad critics and the really painful story, this is one of the best games ever created and at least for me this one is better than first part.
  77. HitmanStryker
    Jul 6, 2020
    7
    Rating: M for Blood, Gore, Drugs, Brutal Sequences of Killing, Decapitation, and Extreme Violence with Vulgar Language and taking the Lord in vain and sexual content featuring some nudity.

    “Revenge is a dish best served cold!” The thing about revenge is that it slowly strips away your humanity. A plot of a game based on revenge is a hard road to follow, especially when the game    Rating: M for Blood, Gore, Drugs, Brutal Sequences of Killing, Decapitation, and Extreme Violence with Vulgar Language and taking the Lord in vain and sexual content featuring some nudity.

    “Revenge is a dish best served cold!”

    The thing about revenge is that it slowly strips away your humanity. A plot of a game based on revenge is a hard road to follow, especially when the game FORCES you to play as Abby, a character that savagely murders a central character to the game that in turn compels Ellie venture on a revenge mission.

    Four years after their perilous trek across the treacherous post-pandemic United States, Ellie and Joel have returned back to Jackson, Wyoming, where for all intent and purpose, live in a safe compound. However in the world of the Last of Us, safety is an illusion that can easily reveal itself, as while out on patrol with her girlfriend Dina, Ellie’s world is shattered to pieces and she vows revenge on each of the perpetrators.

    Abby Anderson is a playable character from Seattle Washington that treks across the dangerous journey to Jackson where they hash out their plan for revenge. Once she finds the person she stops at nothing to destroy everything sacred to Ellie.

    Ellie leaves the safety of Jackson and travels to Seattle Washington where she has to deal with infected, the Washington Liberation Front (WLF is also known as “Wolves”), and the Seraphites, called Scars by the WLF.

    The Wolves are a strong paramilitary group that in the early days of the outbreak overwhelmed the military and scored a foothold in Seattle. They are well armed and their structure enables them to control most of the area around Seattle where they maintain control and patrol most of the area with their way of justice.

    The other faction is a cult-like group calling themselves the Seraphites. They live in trees and abandoned basements or up in the skies. Most of them use arrows, spikes, knives, and other homemade weapons. Only the leaders have guns but most of the firepower is with their modest weapons and stealthy ways. Their way to communicate is via whistling and the first time you hear it sounds kind of ominous and creepy.

    Ellie arrives in Seattle and finds herself in the midst of a turf war between the Wolves and the Scars. She must defend herself and survive between the hordes of infected, the Wolves, and the Scars.

    The infected have also evolved, as now you have a new infected known as Shambler and the hulking menacing Bloater infused with other forms of the infected identified as the Rat King.

    At the risk of spoilers, the game is broken into three days in Seattle period where you first play as Ellie, and then you play in the same three days from Abby’s perspective. Naughty Dog is ramming Abby down our throat trying very hard for the player to feel sympathetic for her, almost as an explanation for her actions in the very first section of the game.

    We can emphasize with Ellie, we have an emotional connection with her and Joel, but in my playtime with Abby, I could care less. Additionally, the Ellie of this game isn’t that likable either. She can be cold and ruthless and lacks emotion. The game wants us to form an emotional connection with her based on everything she’s been through, however, she is a shell of the sweet and feisty Ellie that we loved in the first game.

    I do not care for the gay agenda that Naughty Dogs wants ram down our throats. If the relationship between her and Dina is relevant to the story is warranted then that is one thing, but it seems to me that this wasn't warranted in the game.

    The ending of this game also makes you wonder why we played this game. We went alone on this killing spree for hours only for the game leave us on an ending that made regret putting the twenty to twenty-five hours into an emotional rollercoaster of feelings that at the end made no sense.

    I cannot give this game a zero but by the same token, I cannot give a ten. Originally after giving it an eight, I must reduce my score to a seven based on other factors of playing a new game plus.    … Expand
  78. gorkemyilmaz
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    This game breaks you. Over and over again. And it does it so perfectly that you feel angry, sad and satisfied at the same time. It is a masterpiece.
  79. Ruditop123
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Игра замечательная с какой-то моралью она намного лучше первой части и конец заставляет задуматься а праведьно ли? Игра шедевр на века 12/10
  80. marioem
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    las graficas excelentes con texturas adecuaddas, la historia es basura, ya veo a nintendo acabando con mario en algún juego.
  81. sthyoumiss
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    I feel like most of the people who hate the game did not really understood the story. Yes it's about revenge but it's just a part of the entire story. This game makes you come out of your comfort zone and did something no other game I have ever played has done before. I felt uncomfortable a lot while playing but at the end I felt different. If you are not willing to come out of yourI feel like most of the people who hate the game did not really understood the story. Yes it's about revenge but it's just a part of the entire story. This game makes you come out of your comfort zone and did something no other game I have ever played has done before. I felt uncomfortable a lot while playing but at the end I felt different. If you are not willing to come out of your comfort zone and widen your vision on everything and every character you will hate the game for sure.
    The story made sense. We don't like to see that our heroes have flaws or to sympathize with our enemies. But in the end the world is not black and white.    … Expand
  82. Thetwlguy
    Jul 2, 2020
    1
    Gameplay and graphics are solid, sadly I played it for the story and it was a total dumpster fire.
  83. Parabola73
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    Il gioco è graficamente stupendo, la trama è parecchio coraggiosa e tratta temi difficilmente trattati da altri giochi nello stesso modo e questo giocare molto con i sentimenti del giocatore l'ho trovato molto azzeccato per un gioco di questo calibro anche se in alcuni momenti sembra forzata. A livello di Gameplay il gioco è migliorato parecchio, aggiungendo nuove meccaniche come loIl gioco è graficamente stupendo, la trama è parecchio coraggiosa e tratta temi difficilmente trattati da altri giochi nello stesso modo e questo giocare molto con i sentimenti del giocatore l'ho trovato molto azzeccato per un gioco di questo calibro anche se in alcuni momenti sembra forzata. A livello di Gameplay il gioco è migliorato parecchio, aggiungendo nuove meccaniche come lo strisciare, saltare liberamente e infilarsi nei posti stretti in modo da rendere gli enigmi ambientali molto più complessi e non banali, pure lo shooting è migliorato grazie a nuove armi, un nuovo sistema di "crafting" e un azione molto frenetica in quasi ogni combattimento. Pure la musica è parecchio ispirata anche se alcune canzoni non mi sono piaciute e trovate anonime. L'unico vero lato negativo che posso riscontrare nel gioco è la durata, il gioco dura 30 ore ma di gameplay, la trama dura massimo la metà… Expand
  84. DiavoloGR
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    One of the best games that i played in my entire life!! Solid gameplay.. superb graphics.. dont care about lesbians or things that bother other people.. story is not for everyone but for me it was stunning!
  85. Ke4a
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLOU2 is not different from part 1 in a good way. The story got me emotionally hooked and I really cared about the characters. Gameplay is also almost identical. If you liked it before, you won’t be disappointed.

    All the hate this game received is 100% not deserved. If seeing a moderately muscular woman or a lesbian or a non-cisgender person hurts your fragile masculinity this much, you need to calm down an re-evaluate your life. The story revolves around revenge, anger and being able to let go the past. It is very far from LGBT fanservice as some haters trying to paint it.    … Expand
  86. ZEROKER99
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    The game is incredible, from the settings to the characters, the only problem is the order of events, the story is sad and implicit, leading to complex morality. (value your loved ones, because you do not know when they are no longer)
    The game is a masterpiece that does not convey the same message as the first game, but rather conveys the consequences of the acts carried out in tlou 1.    The game is incredible, from the settings to the characters, the only problem is the order of events, the story is sad and implicit, leading to complex morality. (value your loved ones, because you do not know when they are no longer)
    The game is a masterpiece that does not convey the same message as the first game, but rather conveys the consequences of the acts carried out in tlou 1.
    The game, the settings, the villains, characters, story is perfect.
    (personal opinion)    … Expand
  87. Fondantcookie
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    Great game. I wasn’t happy with all the plot points but I can understand and appreciate why some decisions were made. Emotional rollercoaster from start to end. Gripping game. Loved it!
  88. tijnborm
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    This is a mind blowing game for the full 28 hours that I invested. Having played the Last of Us part I 4 years ago I was really looking forward to this game and Naughty Dog delivered massively.

    Again the storyline was sublime, it was a rollercoaster ride from love to revenge and from self hatred towards pity for your opponents. How this game makes you as a player part of the story is    This is a mind blowing game for the full 28 hours that I invested. Having played the Last of Us part I 4 years ago I was really looking forward to this game and Naughty Dog delivered massively.

    Again the storyline was sublime, it was a rollercoaster ride from love to revenge and from self hatred towards pity for your opponents. How this game makes you as a player part of the story is something that no other game of film ever does.    … Expand
  89. sherrys
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    hace mucho tiempo que no jugaba a un videojuego que me afectara tanto emocional y físicamente
  90. CerranoChan
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    Que clase de naruto es esto lo único bueno son sus gráficos y el tema de volver a ver a joel y ellie ya un poco mas grandes
  91. BrandoNation23
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    The Last of Us Part 2 is on par, if not better than Part 1. From story, to graphic and game play, this is one of the best video games ever made. I finally beat it yesterday and had a night to sit and think about it. It has one of the best stories that challenges your viewpoint in many areas. I can understand why some people may be upset about certain choices but for the narrative they allThe Last of Us Part 2 is on par, if not better than Part 1. From story, to graphic and game play, this is one of the best video games ever made. I finally beat it yesterday and had a night to sit and think about it. It has one of the best stories that challenges your viewpoint in many areas. I can understand why some people may be upset about certain choices but for the narrative they all make sense. The ending is thought provoking just like the end of the first game. I'm extremely glad this game was made and i look forward to another installment, if Naughty Dog chooses to stay in this world.… Expand
  92. Jcritt14
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    This is just a genuinely very good game. I really don’t understand the hate that some people have for it.
  93. brokenhearth
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How many years have I waited for this, only to find this horrible story? They destroyed everything they created in the first game and the worst part is that even with all this, Ellie didn't complete her revenge, she killed hundreds to get to Abby but still didn't get her revenge? After killing so many you don't want to kill her? rly devs? My only consolation is that in the future there is the possibility of one more game ... "the last of us 3", Ellie wakes up in the middle of the night and everything that happens in this game was a horrible dream, so she goes to Joel's house and forgives him ... and A GOOD STORY begins...
    My disappointment is immeasurable and the history of my favorite game is ruined.
    Shame on you devs :(    … Expand
  94. Spieltrieb89
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Awesome Game!!!! Unverständlich so schlecht bewertet. Es nimmt einen richtig mit. Charaktere sind sooooo gut gemacht.
  95. Darwinpol
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Far-left propaganda. Sad. I remember funny Crash Bandicoot... why enter in politics?
  96. Olpo
    Jul 6, 2020
    6
    Bad story/writing, never before seen graphics and above average gameplay. I still would recommend the game. It is really beautiful to just look at and admire.
  97. Atomix
    Jul 6, 2020
    1
    This game does not deserve 10 and the title of the best game.
    This evaluation to compensate for the false evaluation from the press.
  98. spence101287
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Don't usually leave reviews, but seeing what's happening with this game I feel like I should. I think it should he noted that the game is going to be divisive. It's not an easy story, but it is a strong story well told. Many of the reviews you are seeing here are posted in bad faith by people who haven't actually played/finished the game and are reacting to a bullet point list of theDon't usually leave reviews, but seeing what's happening with this game I feel like I should. I think it should he noted that the game is going to be divisive. It's not an easy story, but it is a strong story well told. Many of the reviews you are seeing here are posted in bad faith by people who haven't actually played/finished the game and are reacting to a bullet point list of the events. But a list of events is not a story, and I believe if many of these reviewers experienced the story, they would feel differently. It is a difficult game. It takes place in a brutal world and things happen that you may not want to happen. The gameplay is exceptional and tense, and the graphics are as close to photo-real as this generation will get. I was completely riveted by the game from beginning to end, and look forward to one day playing it again. I took a point off because, after a certain point, the misery of it all is laid on a bit thick and it can be a bit of a struggle to carry on. I feel like they went a little too far on making the point they want to make, but that's subjective and you may find you don't have a problem with it. I would recommend playing the game, even if you read the leaks and we're angered by them.… Expand
  99. annapompeu
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    A masterpiece just like the first one. The story this time is more compex and it might leave whoever is palying frustrated at times, but at the end it's all worth it.
  100. sjgotswag
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    The graphics of the woods in Jackson and the detail added in the making of the Seattle map was beautiful. The game had a better gameplay and fighting system than the previous game. The addition of new type of fungus zombies added a twist to the game and the puzzles were harder this game than the previous one, allowing the player to have a harder challenge to play. The game was beautifulThe graphics of the woods in Jackson and the detail added in the making of the Seattle map was beautiful. The game had a better gameplay and fighting system than the previous game. The addition of new type of fungus zombies added a twist to the game and the puzzles were harder this game than the previous one, allowing the player to have a harder challenge to play. The game was beautiful because it allowed the different perspectives happening during the events of the last of us part 1 and part 2. The story may have not been as great as the first game, but it was definitely close to it. I think it was a wonderful game, but a lot of people were really fast to talk trash about the game without even playing it. I definitely recommend this game to everyone, even if they don’t own a PS4.… Expand
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  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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