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  1. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    How did it end up like this? I didn't think it was possible to go from 100 to 0 so quickly, but Naughty Dog did it. A complete 180 in storytelling and direction. Both games shall be remembered: The Last of Us as a testament to storytelling and setting, and The Last of Us Part II, how to butcher a legacy in record time.

    This feels like a fever dream. How can this be real?
  2. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Amazing gameplay, graphics and animations. Terrible plot and the ending.
    The plot and the ending are the worst ever.
  3. Jun 22, 2020
    1
    Em algum lugar dessa bagunça havia potencial para uma grande história, mas infelizmente ela é atolada por tramas secundárias desnecessárias e escolhas desconcertantes de personagens. Infelizmente, os gráficos não são suficientes para salvar este jogo por si só. Para um jogo de sequela, em vez de construir no primeiro, parece querer apenas derrubar tudo. Os gráficos e a atenção aos detalhesEm algum lugar dessa bagunça havia potencial para uma grande história, mas infelizmente ela é atolada por tramas secundárias desnecessárias e escolhas desconcertantes de personagens. Infelizmente, os gráficos não são suficientes para salvar este jogo por si só. Para um jogo de sequela, em vez de construir no primeiro, parece querer apenas derrubar tudo. Os gráficos e a atenção aos detalhes são algo a admirar, mas para um jogo baseado em histórias que se concentra mais em fazer o jogador se sentir infeliz, esse jogo falha espetacularmente. Expand
  4. Aug 30, 2020
    2
    Played the game start to finish. Could not believe it was named last of us part2. I have waited 7 years for this game. The first one for me was the best game ever created with incredible characters and story. I finished it 16 times honest. Everything that made ma love the first one is missing in the second one. Characters i was excited to see again are acting like different persons, theyPlayed the game start to finish. Could not believe it was named last of us part2. I have waited 7 years for this game. The first one for me was the best game ever created with incredible characters and story. I finished it 16 times honest. Everything that made ma love the first one is missing in the second one. Characters i was excited to see again are acting like different persons, they even have less screentime than the new ones. And the new ones ? They are incredibly bland and uninteresting.. And for the record i dont minde lesbians, female characters or anything. Its just that it doesnt work in this game. It was supposed to be about Ellie and Joel, period. What this game suffers from the most is the shock value. Somehow masters of storytelling, at least until this game Naughty Dog did the absolute cheapest and lamest decision in order to shock us. I expected much more from them.. Well at least this game taught me to never again be excited for something when it comes to good storytelling and never again trust Neil Druckmann as a writer. PS: 2 points for graphics and voice acting. Expand
  5. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    is this 95 score? seriously?
    I can't believe Naughtydog released this, tell me you're lying PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE
  6. Jun 26, 2020
    0
    I feel like a clown... i've paid 70 euros for a downgraded game, with a poor history, and a fake trailer...

    This is ridiculous
  7. Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This game is not worth your money! Messed up such a good game. I expected a better sequel than this. Awful, just awful. SAVE YOUR MONEY!
  8. Jun 25, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing graphics, sound and gameplay but the story is just a big pile of dog sh!t, spoiler ahead......

    1st fked up part: 2 fking hrs into the game and the most beloved character from the first game got killed disrespectfully
    2nd fked up part: play as the mother fker who've just butchered Joel
    3rd fked up part: in the end, somehow Ellie spared the life of that fker after a few flashback of Joel and ended up losing 2 fingers
    so basically, what the hell did we do the whole game?
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  9. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a huge fan of the original I was hoping for a good story with a satisfying conclusion, Unfortunately that is not what I received. I heard about the leaks before playing so I was curious to see what was true and I was deeply upset to see that most of them was true. 30 mins in and we get a weed smoking scene. Are you serious? By this point I already dont care about ellie or her friends. Shortly after Everyone's favorite, Joel is killed, and in such a disrespectful way, to see him treated like that was not a good start to the game, then I get an eyeful of..gay? sex, my how progressive we have become. It looks just so awful with these rendered models that the 30 second it was on screen was enough to hurt my eyes. So now we control Joel's killer in some attempt to sympathize with.. her. This is where I want to stop playing, such an unlikable character already but okay let's see this through. A bunch more characters dies that no one cares about. We have to kill several dogs, in a sad attempt to tug on the heartstrings. In the final moments of the game ellie decides to save Joel's killer, then ellie then changes her mind another 2 times and decides that killing is bad, after killing a hundred people to get to her, just get your **** revenge jesus. Abby eats ellie's fingers, she cant play guitar so sad the end. Joel is basically in the game just so they can kill him and defile his corpse. Definitely wont buy another naughty dog game. Graphics are good, games is same as previous game, except you can jump now. This game is a failure and doesn't deserve the high scores it received. Expand
  10. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    It looks amazing. One of the best looking games I’ve seen but that’s where it ends. If you’re a fan of the first game don’t bother with this game.
  11. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Just for developers,not to use politics in games.They killer my favourite 1 part.Dont buy anymore games from naughty dog till the Neil Druckman will leave the studio
  12. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    The new low in terms of implementing social propaganda in videogames. The absolutely horrible story with the most disgusting "plot twist" ever - way to subvert our expectations, Neil. This Part 2 **** all over anything good that was created in Part 1, if you liked TLoU 1 then stay the hell away and save your money.
  13. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. From a technical standpoint it is an incredible achievement. As a story driven sequel, it is the worst story I have ever seen in a video game. Expand
  14. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    7 years waiting for a bad story and boring characters. I am angry and sad .
  15. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    developers created this game not for players. they developed it for people who do not play any games.
  16. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    The graphics on this game where truly beautiful and the fighting style did have minor improvements but in this story oriented game, it lacked every single aspect. If I had to sum up the story without spoiling anything, all I would say is that this story is just one huge dumpster fire and that I would not recommend this 60$ game to anyone, this for me was a waste of my money and a waste of my time.
  17. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    The story was written by mentally ill, gore loving, sick person. Anyone who enjoys this kind of violent trash, should let his head checked at the nearest hospital.
  18. Jun 20, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The writing in this game is an affront to storytelling akin to GOT season 8, the circumstances that lead to Joel's death in the first hour are so far out of character for him its not even funny. Then you spend the whole game absolutely despising abby, waiting for the chance to kill her was the only thing that kept me going. Then you get to the end and you don't even get to kill the **** because the game forces you to spare her out of some sort of misguided idea of what Joel would have wanted. Pretty sure Joel from TLOU would have been fine with you murdering the 'women' who beat his **** head in with a golf club as a reward to him for saving her life. Game sucks ass waste of 60 quid gameplay is identical to the last game so a 3. Expand
  19. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Just for the sake of good old times. Otherwise it's ruined. This doesn't exist and TLOU ended on first part.
  20. Jun 23, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love the first game. I have the Joel edition for the ps3 and the remastered edition for the ps4.I also have the dlc for the ps3. I really liked it.

    When I saw psx, I think in 2017... I **** cried. I've seen that interview... Idk, maybe 40 times. I just love Troy and Ashley. And part when Troy said "don't let fear be the reason why you don't do something".... oh boy.

    So yeah, I'm not here just because they **** up the franchise of my favorite game of all time. I'm here because I have seen everything. And I really hate it.

    I don't hate the game because they kill Joel. That was something that they had to do. But the way they did it. You can clearly see him totally out of character. Doing and saying stupid things that a survivor as him would never say or do. And then there's Abby. Oh boy......

    You can feel the agenda from the beging. All white males are bad. The only two white males are off the picture as fast as they can get them out. Then you have the lesbians, the hulk and the trans (and the asian soy kid...). And yeah, you have lots and lots of talking about kisses... and feelings.... and sex scenes...... I mean.... really? Who the **** wants to see Abby's man titis? What the **** is this? This should be a continuation of the story, but it isn't. The narrative is veeeery bad, the gameplay is repetitive and boring.... What a waste.
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  21. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    I made an account just to do this.
    All in all the game itself is not bad, the acting, the graphics, game engine, the beautiful views, it's all there but the story is so unbelievably awful, all these incredibly terrible decisions. I can't believe that this is what we get as a sequel to such a masterpiece.

    GRAND DISAPPOINTMENT.
  22. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    The Last of us II is a perfect example of why politics and agendas should not be included in games
  23. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s just a terrible game compared to the first part, and I was simply enraged by how ineptly Joel was killed, as well as the imposition of feminism, tolerance, and much more, 0 out of 10 and that says it all Expand
  24. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Let me ask you one thing, why was The Last Of Us special? Its graphics were tremendous but quickly surpassed by next-gen games, and the gameplay wasn't something groundbreaking.

    The biggest reason was the story. A dad loses his daughter, loses hope for years, until he gets a straight forward mission to help an innocent girl. Both of them embark on an adventure and explore the world
    Let me ask you one thing, why was The Last Of Us special? Its graphics were tremendous but quickly surpassed by next-gen games, and the gameplay wasn't something groundbreaking.

    The biggest reason was the story.

    A dad loses his daughter, loses hope for years, until he gets a straight forward mission to help an innocent girl. Both of them embark on an adventure and explore the world at the same time as the audience/gamers. Eventually, both of them became emotional towards each other. At this point, the audience/gamers see them as a father and a daughter. When the time comes for the finale, the man is put in a similar situation to the beginning, where he is about to lose the girl like he lost his daughter, but this time he couldn't let that happen again. So he helps her—cycle complete.

    With The Last of Us Part II, the story has taken a backseat, without a spoiler it is all about revenge. And it is not even a good revenge story. So all the game is left with is Good graphics and decent gameplay. Both of which are not enough to play through the kind of damage you'll receive for loving the characters in the first game. Moreover, if you're a forgiving type of person this game will force you to do things you didn't want to do.
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  25. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. For me story will always be heavier weighted vs gameplay. The experience needs to be worth the journey. I just finished the game and I'm heartbroken. Joel and Ellie's optimism from the 1st game were thrown away and you FORCED me to play as the worst character in game history, WHY would you think anyone would chose to play as the person that killed a beloved protagonist?!?! Game LOOKS beautiful, gameplay is top notch. I will be lending this out to EVERY person I know so no extra $$ go to Nitwit Pup Expand
  26. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. .Storyline was brutally murdered, just like joel
    The first game was a masterpiece, this one is clearly a lame excuse to pass on agendas and political correctness..
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  27. Ucn
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Worst script ever. It’s like they wanted us to feel hate by infusing hate to the developers. I’ve avoided the leaks for so long but starting to play this game, I wish I had seen the leaks and I would not spend $59.
  28. Feb 2, 2021
    10
    ottimo gioco con contrasti di luce e colore degno di un film oscar, le espressioni facciali sono talmente realistiche che talvolta mi dimenticavo che fosse un videogioco, poi non c'è nessun bug o almeno bisogna starci veramente attento per trovarne soltanto uno; infine la storia a molti non gli vanno giù il fatto che Joel sia stato ucciso ma secondo me è una storia che si deve basare sulottimo gioco con contrasti di luce e colore degno di un film oscar, le espressioni facciali sono talmente realistiche che talvolta mi dimenticavo che fosse un videogioco, poi non c'è nessun bug o almeno bisogna starci veramente attento per trovarne soltanto uno; infine la storia a molti non gli vanno giù il fatto che Joel sia stato ucciso ma secondo me è una storia che si deve basare sul vero; quindi non bisogna pensare che i protagonisti non bisogna ucciderli, poi Elly che esprime la sua omosessualità questo rende un videogioco ancora più amato ma allo stesso tempo discusso, a mio parere è una scelta del tutto rispettabile e giusto. Expand
  29. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    I couldn’t keep playing. I hated it. This game is an insult to the first game and I wish it hadn’t been made. Back to playing mobile games.
  30. Dec 5, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Play the game for yourself. Though not for evryone, still it's a masterpiece. Expand
  31. Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This 2 points are for graphics and gameplay, and nothing else. They completely dismissed the lovable relationship between Ellie and Joel, and replaced it with awful SJW stories, nobody in their right mind simpatizes with Abby and nobody cares about the transgender character in this game. This also proves that you can NEVER trust any journalists review, Im looking at you IGN.
  32. Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Perfeito, eu acho que o povo está com muita merda na cabeça de criticar esse jogo .. eu não zerei até o momento .. mas fazia tempo que um jogo me deixava cheio de emoções assim
  33. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    You can't change the category of the game like this we had loved the game at the first but now you used us to publish your ideas and what this company look forward to if you want to do this make another game credited about what you want to publish
  34. Aug 16, 2020
    10
    One of the most beautifully written stories to ever grace the video game industry.
  35. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Ha! Ha! Ha!
    mmm...
    The story behind is no longer curious.
    The story development wasn't as delicate. The preparation period seemed to be short.
  36. Jul 18, 2020
    0
    Ohh boy, it's hard to say all that I want to say without making this too long, but I'll try. The game has amazing graphics and the level design is nice but it has a ton of flaws.
    The easy difficulties are just... too easy and the hardest difficulty still has the random checkpoins that make the game easy as **** The gameplay it's clunky as **** and feels like you are playing an early 2010s
    Ohh boy, it's hard to say all that I want to say without making this too long, but I'll try. The game has amazing graphics and the level design is nice but it has a ton of flaws.
    The easy difficulties are just... too easy and the hardest difficulty still has the random checkpoins that make the game easy as **** The gameplay it's clunky as **** and feels like you are playing an early 2010s game, it's hard to believe that these guys progammed the Uncharted 4 combat system.
    In the other hand there is the story, The last of Us was a game about the last humans trying to survive in a savage world, this game ditches all that story and it's only about humans doing human things, the virus has lost all of it's weight in the story and it's just like a very secondary plot. The writers also make a titanic effort to make you empathize with the new characters and too little to actually develop the old ones, there are parts of the story that feel too long and others that feel too rushed but the worst part is that they reutilice a lot of locations and scenaries just to make the game longer in things that they could add in a cinematic.
    This is going to be the most overrated game this year for sure.
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  37. Jun 19, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you were impatient to continue the deep stroy of TLOU focus on the bond between Ellie and Joel you might get disappointed with this game. While the gameplay is an enhance version of the original its repetitive when you are 15 hours into the game, with fewer puzzles and simply succession of infiltration, escape and murdering sequence. The graphics and audio are amazing, but the realism become sometime unbearable with extremly violent scenes throughout the game and also a few sexual scenes (which were poorly handled). The big disappointment however come with the story. Its simply a classic revenge plot, which make you follow Ellie for the first half, while the second half focus on a new character Abby who stole the spotlights, despite being the antagonist and the person to kill in the first half. And don't hope to continue your adventure with Joel. False advertising may show him in various sequence, but it was actually another character in this sequence or flashback. Joel is killed from the beginning, with no hope to save him, and the ending doesn't even give you the satisfaction to make revenge for Joel. Instead you let the murderer get away, and you watch Ellie abandonned by everyone, and thinking about killing herself to create a cure.

    Depressing and bad story kill this game for me.
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  38. Jun 27, 2020
    0
    Casual review
    I didn't play the first one. I played the first 2 hours and got kinda bored. Looks great from a technical stand point but not for me in terms of the boring game play loop and the boring from what i've played . I should have saved the 60 for ghost of tsushima
  39. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    The Gameplay is fantastic besides that it is just awful, the story is beyond trash.
    The first Game was a masterpiece, the second one is like an Vice article made into a videogame.
  40. Jun 28, 2020
    10
    El juego es una pasada, no entiendo tanta critica a esta maravilla, vale que no es mejor que el 1 pero un juego de 10 hombre ya y punto en boca
  41. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    I’m giving this the highest possible low score simply because the graphics, gameplay, and main cast performances were all still good. But dear god, the writing. I’m moving forward with the mindset that TLOU 1 is a one and done game.
  42. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Ya me jodería que te gustase semejante mierda. El primero ya estaba sobrevalorado por todo el mundo, y este solo por la increíble cantidad de propaganda.
  43. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    You Get What You **** Deserve
    -Joker
    This franchise is all about the story. Without the story the game means nothing. This game does have great visuals and great gameplay, but the main focus needs to be the story.
  44. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Rot ebal noty dog, sony sosat, witcher 3 best game, and fortnite. nil dracman monkey. LGBT trash, ez bro, ez life
  45. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story is so poor, we spit on everything that was built during TLOU 1. Joel was a real T-800 during the first adventure, remember the ambush scene with the truck? That's Joel, a guy who doesn't fall into traps and doesn't trust anyone.
    And in TLOU 2, suddenly, after rescuing a stranger, he finds himself in a dark room with a dozen people armed, reveals his real name as if they were his buddies and gets shot. writing 0/10.
    And because above all TLOU is a game that has succeeded thanks to its story and characters, as well as a keen sense of detail, destroying this legacy because of some kind of nauseating anti-vengeance/non-violence moral forced down the throat is absolutely unacceptable. It doesn't matter if you put trans or gay people in the game, we don't care, but stop forcing your political agenda in games where it doesn't belong. Do you really think that in a situation where society is collapsing as a result of a virus that creates zombie fungus trans people would be a topic for discussion?
    - "you're gay, you're trans, you're both at the same time? I'm happy for you, now let's find some food to survive." That's what it should look like. It should never be the main topic of this **** story. Unfortunately, it is, with this stupid anti-trans cult (who gives a **** and these empty characters who are just there to act as a token so that everyone can feel represented. TLOU 2 never existed. naughty dog, die.
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  46. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    They ruined it. Nothing to say. Naughty dog why. Why did you do that. I hate you guys.
  47. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They really had the audacity to kill Joel like that and after that the game goes downhill just shocked wow! Expand
  48. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Stupid sjw trash. they introduced politics into art, this is a mistake. this game will never be good while it is made for propaganda purposes.
  49. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The most disturbing and disgusting game that ever existed in the gaming history, I feel like puking just looking at her face alone!!!
  50. Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Good and smooth gameplay, very detailed and immersive environments.
    It's just like the first game, minus the story.
  51. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    I just finished playing through this game and I have never wished I had not played a game more. The story ( in particular the ending) was terrible. I am disappointed that I got my hopes up so much for this game.
  52. Jun 28, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fizeram com que todo o hype fosse totalmente descartado. Deram um dos piores finais que poderia ter e mataram um personagem que muitos jogadores amavam. Expand
  53. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ruined by stuff that shouldn’t be in any video game. We loved the first one and the second should have been great. but why adding some unnecessary ideas that could change the video game industry for the worst.


    Spoilers:

    Killing Joel at the beginning and not having the revenge after all this? Why? This is stupid and unacceptable.
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  54. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    The biggest disappointment. They killed everything that was the las of us. What a waste
  55. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Sometimes you have to take risks to make changes to the story of a game and make it more interesting, but this time the change made the story worse,The Last of us, which for me was the best game in story mode of all time, introduced new characters that were atrocious ruining a video game that was excellent.
    Graphics are acceptable
  56. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Writing of this game is plainly bad. Some decisions of characters are total nonsense. Game is enforcing some political ideas instead of giving us story. Save yourself time, money and sanity, do not buy and pretend this game never existed.
  57. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Everything in this game is great but the story is trash and half
    game as Abby is another trash to US who wanted to see Joel and Ellie story not Abby story about **** revenge for her father and this game dont have multiplayer so you play half game as Ellie you happy the second half and end you are thinking why a play this **** :D
  58. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Um um jogo bonito, mas cansativo, 28 horas jogadas pra ela simplesmente não concluir a missão principal, repito cansativo, lutas cansativas, dialogos cansativo, mapa tecnicamente grande mas vazio, esse é o resumo completo do jogo, ellie com suas expressões que podem se dizer humanas (bem feita) mostra que matar centenas porque não dizer milhares de "zumbis" simplesmente não consegue matar abby. Além desperdício de horas jogas me provocou sono acumulado, parabéns Playstation por esperar anos pra nada. Expand
  59. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    The story is bleak, the gameplay is boring and the characters are extremely unlikable.

    Last Of Us series was perfect but Part 2 destroyed its legacy....
  60. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is an insult to the of the first game. The history is depressive and ridiculous. You play as the killer of Joel and fight against Ellie, only to have the worst ending of all times.... Horrible Expand
  61. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Good graphics? YEP Good voice acting? YEP Good combat? YEP
    Sometimes **** my pants? YEP
    Good Story? NOPE I liked that they tried to show both perspectives but like mostl every death felt rushed and it looked like Naughty Dogs tried waaay to hard to get certain feelings out. A godlike story can carry a bad production but not the other way around
  62. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    At first.. i avoided the spoilers just because i liked the first game.. and i wanted to try the second so i can gave it a fair try and judge it myself.. but damn now i wish i haven't played nether of these games..
    I wonder what's gonna happen to Naughty Dog and Niel Cockmann now..
  63. Jun 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Невероятная игра, пробирает до мурашек. Сцены насилия сделаны слишком реалестично, от них становится реально страшно. Игра страшная, но не как хоррор с классическими скримерами, страшно становится от крови, трупов. Отличный сюжет, невероятная постановка диалогов и боя, отличный стелс.
    Из минусов, очевидно, часть игры за Эбби, персонаж неинтересный.
    Так же мне кажется что в игре стало слишком много ресурсов, по сравнению с первой частью, где ты входил в бой с 1-3 патронами. Проходил игру на сложном уровне, при этом в каждом здании было не сложно найти кучу вещей для крафта и с десяток патронов.
    Из-за этого не 10, считаю что 1 часть была лучше, но и во 2 рекомендую обязательно поиграть.
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  64. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game is a disgrace to the first one, absolutely **** on the story as a whole and is empty and meaningless in the process
  65. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    На это противно смотреть, игра напичкана фем идеями, а это очень отталкивает.
  66. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dont buy this game!!! I lost 69 euros for this crap i hated it so much that i couldn't finish it. Expand
  67. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Historia muy sacada de la manga y predecible , para que al final Ellie le perdone la vida a Abby y así " acabar" el círculo de violencia , ya para que después de ver a Ellie hecha una máquina de matar despiadada a través de todo el juego. GRÁFICAMENTE 10/10 , GAMEPLAY 10/10 , HISTORIA 1/10 Expand
  68. Jun 21, 2020
    1
    A couple hours into this game, and all I can think of is the movie Irreversible. Although it generally looks good, it hasn't made significant strides from the TLOU1, but that is fine as they are trying to squeak better performance out of the same system. On the other hand, the so-called story is just a bunch of shock scenes designed to defy fan expectations is just a huge turn-off. TheA couple hours into this game, and all I can think of is the movie Irreversible. Although it generally looks good, it hasn't made significant strides from the TLOU1, but that is fine as they are trying to squeak better performance out of the same system. On the other hand, the so-called story is just a bunch of shock scenes designed to defy fan expectations is just a huge turn-off. The other funny thing is that if you changed the sexes of the characters, there would be huge outcry from the journalistic and reviewer communities. Hard pass on this one. I'm requesting a refund.

    ** UPDATE ** Tried a bit more. It only got worse. Getting money back.
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  69. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    عطيتها صفر بس عشان اقهر حكوم ما انصح احد يلعبها قصه خايسه جرفكس خايس تحكم خايس كل شي خايس ما لعبتها
  70. Jun 21, 2020
    3
    Leaks were right. Characters are unlikable and fake. Story is awkward and full of plot holes. The views, scenery and visuals are pretty good though. Not much has changed in general gameplay and mechanics, they feel the same like in the first game.
  71. Jun 19, 2020
    3
    Graphics are great but the story is trash. Destroys what I loved about the first game & was hard to finish the game. Very disappointing after 7 years of thinking we would see the next chapter of Joel and Ellie story of survival. This game forces political agenda at every stop at the expense of quality story. It’s like the last Jedi of video games for what it does to these belovedGraphics are great but the story is trash. Destroys what I loved about the first game & was hard to finish the game. Very disappointing after 7 years of thinking we would see the next chapter of Joel and Ellie story of survival. This game forces political agenda at every stop at the expense of quality story. It’s like the last Jedi of video games for what it does to these beloved characters from the 1st. Expand
  72. Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Allow me to simply deconstruct this game, just as Naughty Dog deconstructed the characters that we loved and forced us to play as one of the worst characters ever written. First off, I don't necessarily believe this game belongs in the 0/10 - 1/10 range because in my opinion, both the graphics and music are so good that they single-handedly lift the rest of this game to a below averageAllow me to simply deconstruct this game, just as Naughty Dog deconstructed the characters that we loved and forced us to play as one of the worst characters ever written. First off, I don't necessarily believe this game belongs in the 0/10 - 1/10 range because in my opinion, both the graphics and music are so good that they single-handedly lift the rest of this game to a below average experience. The graphics are beautiful, we all know that, but the music is hauntingly introspective and really follows the policy "less is more." I really believe Gustavo Santaolalla deserves more credit, as this is some of his best work. period. That being said, THE STORY IN THIS GAME IS ONE OF THE WORST I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED. Allow me to take you back to 2017, where I finally got my hands on the Last of Us Part 1. I had already seen the game on youtube, but I didn't care, because I didn't see all of it, and I had heard how good this game was, but I wasn't sure if having the game spoiled for me would lessen the impact of its story on me. Oh, how was I wrong. From the likable yet insane hobbit that was Bill, to the duo of brothers in Henry and Sam that just screamed "double trouble," to the fatherly redemption story arc that was not a new story, but one of the best written stories ever told. The Last of Us was about a broken man, who had his daughter taken from him in one of the most tragic, one fell swoop moments in video games period. This event caused a shift in his life to become the hardened, lonely smuggler we knew him to be, and it was about this same broken man learning to trust, learning to confront his greatest fear that he could have a family again. The hope of the world of the Last of Us has been sucked from it due to the outbreak, yet Ellie embodies what hope there is left, hope for the world, and hope for Joel. From the death of Sarah, to seeing Bill's reaction to Frank, to Henry and Sam's demise, all of these were designed to represent the brutal nature of the world. Yet this violence, these deaths were all used in different ways that made you feel different things, and both after the death of Sarah and of Henry and Sam, I had to set the controller down and sob, because it made me reflect on the personal tragedies of my own life and helped me relate to Joel, my favorite video game character period (well, Tied with Arthur Morgan, they're really similar in some ways lol). The death was used in ways that made you think, in ways that made you look at the Last of Us not as a video game, but as a story I could relate to. In this plot, the characters have all turned emo, the world is so intentionally bleak it is worse than the Metro series of games, and the violence, good Lord the violence is so overwhelming that instead of making me think, it just made me cringe. Yes, we all understand that Joel killed hundreds of Fireflies and Hunters in the original game, but that was due to his remembrance back to Sarah, and we were able to identify with his struggles. Here, Joel is reduced to an idiot who trusts everyone he sees, and the characters you grow to like, such as Tommy and Jesse, are killed off (well, at least Tommy survives) so suddenly and abruptly that I was LAUGHING in what was supposed to be one of the climaxes of the game. What I'm trying to say is that even though the goal of this game was supposed to make me think, it ended up desensitizing me to the violence that was going on because of how it killed characters off in such a comedic way, rather than with the weight that it did so in the first game. Ultimately, I am going to try and blot this game out of my memory and hold out hope that we can get a remaster of the original for PS5 and be done, no sequel, just the masterpiece that was the first game. Expand
  73. Jun 27, 2020
    8
    It's a good game but people attached to some characters won't like the game.
  74. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game killed the first part in a very disrespectful way.. And in the end was so thoughtless after all that killing. Expand
  75. Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Simply magnificent, the best game I have ever played in my entire life. A must have for ps4 owners and a reason to buy it for those who don't. Gameplay significantly improved compared to the first chapter, with some of the best animations ever seen in a video game. Simply perfect on a technical level. Considering the years of the PS4 hardware, this game is a real miracle! The narrative isSimply magnificent, the best game I have ever played in my entire life. A must have for ps4 owners and a reason to buy it for those who don't. Gameplay significantly improved compared to the first chapter, with some of the best animations ever seen in a video game. Simply perfect on a technical level. Considering the years of the PS4 hardware, this game is a real miracle! The narrative is the most mature I've ever seen, perhaps for this reason many didn't like it. However, avoid all the negative reviews and give it a chance if you haven't done it already. Such a masterpiece deserves to be experienced first of all, beyond what will be the final judgment. Expand
  76. Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Can't believe I just played a "Naghty Dog" game. I'm just destroyed and disappointed.
  77. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Can't even call it "straight" up stupidity after that motion captured sex scene Expand
  78. Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ultimately, Neil Druckmann did the same to the fans of the first game, Owen did to Abby, he raw dogged them dry Naughty DoggyStyle. Who the hell thought seriously that it's a good Idea to kill a main character using a complete unlikable brat, nobody knew or wanted in the game? Gameplay-wise TLOU2 doesn't offer much new, but it's good made. I give one point for the great graphic and animations, and one point for the effort with the actors and sound effects. Also one point for the atmosphere. And that's it. I'm not impressed. Expand
  79. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    It can't get any worst. They simply destroyed an almost perfect game with beloved characters to fulfill an agenda. This is where the gaming industry takes a turn for the worse. Character development makes no sense, story doesn't add up and its full of holes. But at least it has good graphics, so they got that going for them
  80. Jun 19, 2020
    3
    Благодаря этой игре я пожалел, что не родился геем. Белые гетеросексуалы - бич нашего мира, прости меня Нил Дракман и Анита Саркисян. Простите.

    P.S. Графика прекрасна.
  81. Jun 21, 2020
    1
    अब्बे यार क्या चूतिया गमे था ये। आखिर में एबी को मारने का मौका नहीं मिला। किसलिए खेले इतना सब। रिफंड देना चाइए सोनी हमें
  82. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolute **** they got rid of everything that made the 1st game great. THE CHARECTERS! Joel and Ellie legit don't have an interaction with one another throughout the game excluding the flash backs. And not even 2 hrs in Joel dies. I dont have a problem with charecters dying but the way they killed him was an absolute insult to the players. And the ending what the hell! your telling me you killed all these people to end up not killing the person responsible for Joel's death. And naughty dog is trying to make me feel sympathy for a charecter (abbey) in a 20 min cut scene and who literally killed one of the best things if not THE BEST thing about last of us. Maybe if we played as abbey before she killed joel it would be more forgiving as I wouldn't have to be forced to play as her.Joel's transformation of a cold hearted survivor to a loving father figure it's a journey we will always remember i couldn't care less about the message about the game "revenge"who bloody cares its so on the Damn nose why not have a revenge story for every single person Joel has killed. I dont mind having a key message for a game but it shouldn't be so blatant and so good Damn forced. I think a message in a game should be the cherry on top not the Damn core of the game. The only good qualities are the graphics however gameplay is still the same and not much has changed . I apologise if my wording is bad this reveiw was written in anger by a long running fan. Expand
  83. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story is very bad We had been waiting for this game many years and thats it ! Expand
  84. Jun 27, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They could have talked about side stories which further explain the tlou world such as Ellie's mun's past, Joel's and Tommy's and the two females' (i.e., Firefly's) past. But they decided to make a cliche revenge story which is not related to the tolu world except the characters.

    They could have given Joel and Tommy common senses that they got from years of dangerous life. But they decided to take away their awareness to dangers. They could have given Joel or Tommy a meaningful death. But they decided to give Joel a pathetic death and make Tommy into a useless naggy middle-aged man. The could have kept the cliche story generic but functional. But they decided to give it deep meaning, meanwhile, failed in writing such a script.

    I'm speechless.
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  85. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    +1. Graphics and sound is really good. Game play is very similar to the first game, with some improvements. Story is the games biggest problem. Its so bad that I wanted to stop playing the game. The ending is so bad it makes playing through the entire game feel unsatisfying and a waste of time.
  86. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    They make fans wait 7 years for a lazy story and forced narrative. The ending sucks and makes no sense.
  87. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    I never wrote a review before because I thought I didn't need to. But when the critics/paid liars start giving 10/10 for bad unfinished revenge story and micro improvements in game mechanics. That really goes too far.
    I loved the TLOU because it had an amazing story and and great ending. However, TLOU2 could had have a great story if a certain character wasn't killed of disrespectfully
    I never wrote a review before because I thought I didn't need to. But when the critics/paid liars start giving 10/10 for bad unfinished revenge story and micro improvements in game mechanics. That really goes too far.
    I loved the TLOU because it had an amazing story and and great ending. However, TLOU2 could had have a great story if a certain character wasn't killed of disrespectfully and really way unnecessary too much plot relating to SJW stuff. Also the ending could have been satisfying if the score was settle just like a certain character who did settle the score to keep someone they love safe.

    Next disappointment is the game mechanics, the only improvement for the player is only the movement capability. TLOU2 still have the same combat mechanics and same stealth gameplay.
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  88. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    The game has good graphics and good mechanics but the story is not captivating in the slightest and leaves a lot more to be desired. Terrible.
  89. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Amazing graphics, below sub Par story. I believe some critics have said it themselves the story is a fanfiction mess that destroys the legacy the first game left. Naughty Dog created a beautiful product but destroyed fans love for the series while doing so.
  90. Jun 19, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overall great visuals that collided with a terrible plot. Who wants to play as the unlikable (not in a good way) antagonist for upwards of six hours straight? Also, in what media do people like it when the protagonist kills hundreds of people but is unable to kill the baddie in the final minutes, especially when the protagonist loses everything leading up to that moment? Expand
  91. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La nota se la doy por los acontecimientos que le ocurren a joel y como el.juego maneja de forma absurda dicha muerte Expand
  92. Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I'm very confused, who was this game made for?
    These development teams can't be that out of touch to realise that the intended audience would react the way they have, the first game is a brilliantly crafted story with incredible atmosphere and pacing this story is all over the place with dated repetitive boring gameplay it makes absolutely no sense from beginning to end I struggled to get
    I'm very confused, who was this game made for?
    These development teams can't be that out of touch to realise that the intended audience would react the way they have, the first game is a brilliantly crafted story with incredible atmosphere and pacing this story is all over the place with dated repetitive boring gameplay it makes absolutely no sense from beginning to end I struggled to get through it even after completely avoiding spoilers the critics reviews make no sense did they even play it? Were they paid to give it strong reviews? Overall very disappointing I'm gutted to be honest was expecting so much more avoid at all costs or wait until its in the bargain bin. Shame on naughty dog for showing such disregard for its audience hopefully they learn from this and accually start making great games again that real players want to play.
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  93. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joel getting killed off like this by some random new character and the player having to play as this character is enough to give this piece of crap game a 1 out of 10 score. WTF? Expand
  94. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    An excellent game destroyed for trying to politicize it.
    What a pain, Joel maybe he could die but it was an insult the way and even worse that later you play with the person who killed him.
    A shame.
  95. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After waiting 7 years for this sequel, to say I’m disappointed is an understatement. First, the positives. The acting is phenomenal. The graphics are great. Yup.. Oh and you get to pet the dog. The negatives. Listen, the concept of fighting both sides of a revenge story is actually really cool and interesting. But DON’T do it for a sequel to a story that has 2 characters we have loved and been attached to for 7 years and expect us to enjoy playing a character that kills one of the two, and then we as the player have to actively try and kill the other character we love. Like seriously.. did they expect us to have the same attachment to Abby as Joel/Ellie? I expected Joel to die in TLOU2. I think all of us did. It’s incredibly cliche and predictable, which is arguably a flaw in its own right, but what I despised is the way he was murdered. It’s disgustingly violent and slow. And the fact we are supposed to sympathise with Abby after she did such a thing, and murdering him like that in front of his ‘daughter’, completely degraded her story of getting revenge over her dead dad. She refused to see how murdering a ‘father’ in front of his ‘daughter’ is beyond evil, even after she experienced losing a father herself. There’s no sympathy shown, so how are we so sympathise with such a person?

    Now, I’m not saying Joel and Ellie are angels, but Ellie’s violent actions in TLOU2 would’ve been avoided if it wasn’t for witnessing Joel’s awful death. Joel’s murdering of the Fireflies in the first game was something I always thought to be purposely made for a sequel, because if he threatened or found another way to not mass murder them then there would be no suspenseful set up for a part II. Regardless, he did murder them, and although it was definitely wrong, there is a bigger picture to it than just that. And so, even though he committed such an act, the majority of players still loved him as a character and treasured him even after all these years. THATS what good character writing is. There are many characters written to be villains but are still likeable because of certain characteristics that make them feel human and understandable, even if you wouldn’t act as they did. When it comes to Abby, I wanted to try and feel sympathy. Where Naughty Dog failed was the way she furthered violence instead of seeking closure. Now, I understand from a writers perspective Joel had to die for there to be a purpose in TLOU2 blah blah blah. But what lost me any sympathy for Abby was HOW she reacted. She could’ve killed him to get her revenge for story reasons BUT she could’ve showed hesitance during the killing, or killed him quick so he wouldn’t suffer, or showed heavy regret and pity for the pain she caused. That would’ve made her more real, more likeable and less of a cold murderer. This game is depressing for the sake of being depressing. It feels as though Naughty Dog wanted to create this game to get praise from critics because of the heavy atmosphere and concept rather than care about the fans who have waited 7 years to see their beloved characters. They’ll continue to retweet positive reviews and ignore fans criticism. I will add the only other ‘good’ thing I liked was sparing Dina (lmao this sounds so pathetic) as I just wanted some sort of happiness left for Ellie. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, this is just mine, and I choose to pretend this game never existed:)

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  96. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i was so hyped for this game 20 and something hours later i finished the game and all i can say is this is one of the most disappointing games i have played this year and here why

    pros:

    - the visuals looks great every detail and everything is just wow

    - sound is top notch from the music to the sound of the zombies

    - voice acting is really good

    -the world building and map design is really up there

    cons ( oh boy here we go)

    - the sheer amount of plot holes is just laughable

    - story writing is trash

    - forgettable characters

    - the way they handled some characters is just ridicules

    - AI is still stupid af

    - ending was a piece of hot garbage

    -antagonist is basically useless and gets away with way to much

    - devs basically destroyed everything they built in the previous game

    as you see this game is divided into two parts gameplay and story the gameplay of this game improved so much and props to them but the story just took a deep nose dive and ruined the whole franchise and because the story is the important part because this is a story based game the game just fails miserably
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  97. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    A spit in the face of the original.
    What a way to end the franchise...
    the worst work of Naughty Dog
  98. Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Guys please spread this so others can see. This game is actually a blessing since we could spot all the lying paid up channels and "reviewers" that gave it a 10, I've already unsubscribed to all the ones that i had before. I hope as a community everyone would do the same and punish them for literally robbing people of their money and scamming us, feel free to start with ign. Sure it's myGuys please spread this so others can see. This game is actually a blessing since we could spot all the lying paid up channels and "reviewers" that gave it a 10, I've already unsubscribed to all the ones that i had before. I hope as a community everyone would do the same and punish them for literally robbing people of their money and scamming us, feel free to start with ign. Sure it's my dumb brain that believed them in 1st place but what can we do really? People are bored in their homes looking for anything to take their minds off to and these guys could play it before us i can't believe naughty dog actually spent that much money for fake advertising aswell this is all just too wrong and sick and needs to stop its about time we make them lose money aswell Expand
  99. Jun 26, 2020
    3
    Graficos 10/10
    Jugabilidad 8.5/10

    Narrativa 2.5/10 Una gran decepción para todo lo que nos prometieron, se olvidaron de lo más importante "LA NARRATIVA".
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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]