The Last of Us Part II

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  1. TLOG
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have been waiting this game for **** 7 years and then they kill the protagonist of the game.
    Tlou was one of my favorite games and with part 2 i feel that they shouldn't have to make a second game.
    Naughty dog please do something.    … Expand
  2. Descole
    Jun 22, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Last of us 2 Review:
    I needed around 24 hours for a normal playthrough with 184 collectables found. This game is something special, positive and negative. Positives first: Big step up in gameplay in comparison to the first game, amazing sound design and soundtrack, amazing level design(the places feel like real places and not combat areas), the groundbreaking animations and the amazing acting, especially by Troy Baker, Ashley Johnson and Laura Bailey. These aspects are better than Tlou in every scene and level. They set new industrial standards. Negative aspects:
    The difference between story/theme and gameplay. The moral of the story is that revenge is bad and the killing of innocent people isn't worth it, but the gameplay has a different opinion about it, it forces you to kill a lot of enemies in the most brutal way, if you want or not. You can't progress without killing at least 80% of all enemies in a area. I only finished one level without killing everyone, and I tried to save as many lifes as possible. It's a contradiction between story and gameplay in a way i have never seen it, it destroys the theme of the game. The handling of a lot of characters is also disappointing because 1. they have no character development and 2. they behave like different people. Part 1 and part 2 has the same characters but they have different personalities. You play half the game as a different character than Ellie and these segments are strange. You play them after playing them with Ellie but earlier in the timeline. These level are too long, specially because you start from the beginning where you have to work yourself back to the climax. The three in game days are interesting but the story is stretched and feels like they want to hold you back. If you don't like the character you are playing these segments feel really long (I almost quit the game for that reason, it felt like work to progress and not like fun). If the chapters where like Seattle day 1, day 1, day 2, day 2, day 3 and day 3 it would feel better to play because you work with both characters on the climax and not like one finished her arc and the other starts hers after that.
    Verdict:
    The last of us part 2 is an amazing game in terms of animation, Gameplay, acting and sound design but the story stops the game from being a masterpiece like its predecessor. If i would include the horrible working conditions and leak handling, the game would rank lower. What has been achieved, a higher technical bar in the industry was paid by the health of the worker at naughty dog. Was it worth it?
    Any questions left write me on Twitter @descole_luca    … Expand
  3. Ed_2268
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Todo perfecto pero la Narrativa y el gameplay con abby arruino el legado no conformes dejan a ellie sin dos dedos que fatal un juego debe gustarme cada que juego no hacerme sertir mal como terminan mis prrsonajes.… Expand
  4. Rav3
    Jun 30, 2020
    6
    Ironically, the best thing about The Last of Us Pt 2 is how fun the gameplay is. It’s only ironic, because Neil Druckman didn’t want his audience to consider the game ‘fun’. Ultimately, this is an exhausting, poorly written game. Characters are simply not given the proper depth and development to bring in the same emotional punches of the first entry. Pacing, and a bloated ending reallyIronically, the best thing about The Last of Us Pt 2 is how fun the gameplay is. It’s only ironic, because Neil Druckman didn’t want his audience to consider the game ‘fun’. Ultimately, this is an exhausting, poorly written game. Characters are simply not given the proper depth and development to bring in the same emotional punches of the first entry. Pacing, and a bloated ending really made this game feel like a drag, and truly keeps it from achieving the same level of greatness as the original.… Expand
  5. Metroyt696
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    No me agrado lo que hicieron con ellie parece un monstruo sin sentimientos, en cuanto el gameplay es bueno y la historia está muy bien narrada
  6. dneprromen
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphic is stunning, the music and sound are amazing, attention to details is incredible. But the story and message is weak, at some point of the game I just didn't care any more. I didn't finish the game (60%), quit playing when I realized that I would have to play for Abby (Joel's murderer) for 10 hours straight. NO!
    I still enjoyed the game, but it had much bigger potential, than what we got.    … Expand
  7. Mguedes
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    Tlou2 Disrespects all the fans, the story is very horrible, but the gameplay is awesome. 7
  8. Wolf359
    Oct 30, 2021
    6
    O jogo não é ruim, mas também não é bom, é um game mediano no quesito história/roteiro. Mas possui gráficos excelentes e, apesar da história ser fraca, o fato de ele buscar a inclusão de representatividade é um ponto positivo para o jogo e para o mundo dos videogames como um todo.
  9. Conmaxanhle
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. People rate this game 0 are stupid.
    Graphic 10/10
    Voice acting 10/10
    Story 6,5/10
    The way game dev try to express the game 0/10
    So many mentalillness, Abby, pregnant, revenge. Joel get what he deserves but gold cub with buff girl. Really??    … Expand
  10. Thesgnuk
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    To be honest, game is fine.
    The graphic is amazing, the best the end of this generation can offer.
    Gameplay also is good

    But...
    I just wanted a little choice.
    To witness the end as intended by naughty dog or end the cycle of revenge with actual revenge.

    Finished the game and everything felt...unresolved.
  11. XLazer
    Dec 15, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overall - 5.5/10

    Graphics - 10/10
    This is easily the best looking game running on ps4 and it is a technical achievement for it to be running smoothly on a 7 years old console
    Music - 8/10
    This had some really great songs and osts but they decided to no use them during gameplay moments, would have loved to listen to them if implemented correctly like death stranding
    World Building - 9/10
    Always used to just stand and awe at the sceneries, this game has one of the best map design but also felt repetitive coming near to the end
    Gameplay - 6.5/10
    Its the same **** gameplay from the previous game, there is barely anything new added to make the gameplay feel any better. It felt good enough for the first game but they should have tried something new. Also the **** rope man, that **** is awesome and they didnt decide to use it much, they could have made such good puzzles from it, and what happened to the traps? they were there for the first few hours but they removed it completely from the game after it. Some of the set pieces were the highlight of the game but there were only few to keep me interested, just like marvel spiderman(ps4)
    Story - 3/10
    Oh boy, the story is less than mediocre, the simple revenge is bad tactic applied all over in the game. If this game didnt have the last of us attached to it then it would have been an average game. The story didnt feel right with the last of us universe, all the time i didnt feel like i was playing a last of us game, joel died, that was a great shock point but they kept doing the same **** again and again, you meet a new person, you develop some connection and then they die too, halfway through the game i couldnt care about anyone since i knew the game is going to kill them anyways. and wtf the game used the pregnant card 2-3 times, why tf was mel even parkouring while being 7-8 months pregnant lmao, the whole story, it felt like a kid wrote it and they were too confident with it and decided to move on with it. The flashbacks were the only times i felt like yes this is part of the game but they **** it up too, they jumbled everything, they were ordered very poorly. People say the story was intentional, if it was, it was executed very poorly. There was no outcome of the story, everything got worse till the end and i only felt disappointed at the end, there could be **** millions of children, like abby, of the people joel/ellie killed, now will they make millions of sequels? Even if they dont, im not going to play the sequel anyways.

    overall the game makes you feel frustrated alot, upset from the beginning to the end.
    Enjoyment - 4/10    … Expand
  12. Danigol
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us Part II is technically maybe the best game ever created. The combat and the character progression are incredible. The graphics are amazing, a NaughtyDog classic mark, and the details of the maps are astonishing. The AI is improved from the first one and the enemies are very well developed. The sensation of hitting an enemy on the head with the bow is still incredibly fun. As I said, everything technically is great, but everyone who plays TLOU plays it because of its story, and this is the part we should talk about.

    The beginning of the game reminds us the great story told on the first part, it is touching and exciting to see our favorites characters back again, especially on the guitar scenes. But the first problem appears with Joel. In the first part, Joel is skeptical, he distrusts everyone even Ellie in the beginning. But inexplicably he trusts in a stranger who is with her group, that they never heard about, in a camp beside their city. He and Tommy go there, and Joel is tortured and killed. But OK, although convenient, that is the motivation of the game. After that, Ellie parts in a journey of anger and revenge.
    Ellie´s story is actually nice, until the middle of the game. You understand her anger and as she, you want to kill Abby no matter what. The exploring in Seattle is fun and the encounters with her enemies are brutal and emotionally incredible, it seems like you are living that with her. But then starts Abby´s story.

    Before talking about Abby. I´d like to talk about the tsunami of politics implicit in the game. It seems like everything is about the politic opinion of the director. There are things forced and pass the limits in several times. Two girls having sex in the middle of a marijuana plantation in a house with a snowstorm in a zombie region, really? A girl who is discovering her sexuality, shaves her head and is pursued to the death by a religious cult (that is weirdly not explored at all in the game), like they have nothing better to worry about, like killing zombies, fighting for supplies, trying to survive a war with a highly armed rivals. Of course, homophobia is a problem in our society, but the game explores it in a wrong perspective, nothing is educative or awareness, it is all provocative and brutal. None of it is putted in the game in a soft way or scripturally convincing, everything is pushed, forced in an unnatural way. It looks like it was made to please a minor radical part of the society. Honestly, we don´t need this right now, our society is completely divided. Everything is politicized, even the brand of toilet paper. This is bad. Politics discussions are not healthy today, they are toxic and hurtful. Nobody will change their mind after playing TLOU II, it will only generate hate.
    In the first game, homosexually was treated in a perfect way. We know for seven years that Ellie is a lesbian and nobody cares, in the contrary, everybody loves her. Just because it is natural, the script is well written and it is logical that she be that way, just like Bill. In this game homosexually is treated in a provocative way, with nothing corroborating to the story, it is there just to provoke and stir up fights, adding nothing to the story. But enough of this political ****

    Now, Abby´s story. In short it is like in Harry Potter you being Voldemort. He has his reasons and, in his way, he would appear right, but it does not mean he is the hero or the good guy. It is not cool playing her side. I understand the view that the developers wanted to show, but it is not nice. The characters on this side are forgettable, with no charisma, boring. And the worst part, We have to hit Ellie, WE HAVE TO TRY TO KILL ELLIE!!! WTF??? She is a symbol of a generation, millions of people around the world loves her, we watched her growing up. I don´t want to kill her, I don´t want to play that part ever again. Maybe Abby´s part could be a DLC, I don´t know, but it just not seems right.
    Well, finally, the end of the story is at best disappointing. It is nice seeing Ellie living with Dina on an incredible ambiance, but the second part of the journey is nothing but a **** conclusion. At the end of the game, including both journeys (Seattle and St. Barbara), Ellie kills HUNDREDS of people, most of them INNOCENTS, hundreds of infected and several DOGS to arrive at the beach and LET ABBY GO. WTF?? In short, everything you do in the game, everyone that dies in the game, EVERY 30 **** HOURS YOU SPEND PLAYING THIS **** IS POINTLESS!!!
    At the end:
    Joel dies
    Jesse dies
    Tommy is **** up and lost his marriage
    Ellie doesn´t end with Dina
    Ellie doesn´t get her revenge
    Ellie can´t play guitar anymore.

    OK, I was not hoping for a good end, but I was not hoping to be so disappointed with this game, that I´ve waited for 7 years.

    Congratulations NaughtyDog, for the worst story you ever made    … Expand
  13. dgm_nixtoon
    Dec 30, 2020
    6
    good mechanics, good playable experience, what is the game of the year? nobody believes it.
    bad narrative, a disgusting disorder, many unnecessary interruptions in the story the neck takes you the want to play, and the worst, that they are sermoning you with ideologies that are not going to the **** case, the characters are well, their development is well some more than others but they    good mechanics, good playable experience, what is the game of the year? nobody believes it.
    bad narrative, a disgusting disorder, many unnecessary interruptions in the story the neck takes you the want to play, and the worst, that they are sermoning you with ideologies that are not going to the **** case, the characters are well, their development is well some more than others but they are there, the scene of eli's bride with her father is another sermon that does not provide absolutely anything, the game is clear that it is not a why, i like it, but that they do this kind of things like sermoning to the player as if we are treated about unclean objects and that the directives are the new religion to take the win of playing from us. the game returns vague and narratively unevertendable, this is not the second part we want, it is only malitic and forced political. ..
    finally, many errors and interruptions    … Expand
  14. Cleomer
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Gameplay was never the greatest strength of The Last of Us, but this time, despite some graphics/animations improvement, it got worse - bigger and longer stages of doing the same things will often have you wishing for it to be over already.

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

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

    Looks like the devs are just trying to lecture you about how bad hatred and violence is, and nothing else mattered while writing the plot. They would stick to it, even if that meant having every character in the world acting like some sadistic moustache twirling villain. And somehow they thought that would make the story "deep".    … Expand
  15. JumboJenkins
    Aug 12, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fantastic gameplay. The new standard for both accessibility options and visual detail. The animations and sound design are the best I've ever seen in the game, upgrading guns is exciting just to see all the clicking and clacking of the weapons in detail under the harsh workshop lamp. Some brilliant story moments and character-building near the start of the game. Then the narrative and gameplay pacing begins to fall apart as you get past Ellie's Day 1.

    Her flashbacks with Joel are lovely and give the game a *very* needed sense of levity. Even though dramatic moments still come up within them, they don't feel as soul-crushingly as hopeless as the time spent in Seattle. Up until the end of Ellie's Day 3, I felt the game had its problems but I was enjoying it. Then you start as Abby and it's just not executed well.

    I don't mind the idea of playing as Abby but forcing you to play through the previous 15 hours from Abby's perspective *without warning* with characters you either hate or don't care about did not keep me engaged at all. The important part to take note is that it really is a surprise, I would've been more likely to enjoy and be open to Abby's sections of the game if you swapped off between characters at the end of each day. But forcing you to play as Abby at the emotional climax of Ellie's journey feels unnecessarily antagonistic, like the switch is there to spite the player when they're finally ready for a conclusion. There's a lot of hypothetical changes you can throw out there but there's a lot of issues I have with Abby's days would require more than just reorganising how you play them. Long story short I did grow to sympathise with Abby but I never liked her, or her friends for that matter.

    I don't think the story is bad but I'd argue the way it's told certainly is. Abby definitely has the most varied level-design: the spooky forest clearing where you meet Yara and Lev, and the Island sequence stand out. And I really enjoyed Ellie's final level through Santa Barbara; it provides a really nice change of aesthetic to the grey wind and rain of Seattle, contains interesting encounters and *most importantly* is the most well-paced level in my opinion.

    I ended up finding the ending quite provocative but did find it to be *too* hopeless. The final flashbacks to Joel had me weeping like a little baby, 10 out of 10 moments for me. But the 23 hours previous have a bigger impact on my enjoyment of the game than the sparse moments of great story-telling between characters I *do* care about.

    It's a tricky one to discuss and video-essayists have made much more in-depth videos than anything you'll see in a Metacritic user review. It's a game I'm glad I played and would like to play again because I do love the gameplay so much (replaying encounters is a god-send for me), but after getting to the start of Ellie's Day 2 on a second playthrough I don't think I can bring myself to be engaged with the story now that I know what comes afterwards.

    With the game's erratic quality I can see people giving this game anywhere from a 4 to an 8, but I can not understand how someone could give this game a 10 or a 0, because even if you hate it there are moments likely to hit you in a way no game ever has. Critics seem to think it is perfect. I think professionals in the industry like to think that games have as much artistic credence as books and movies and so if a game tries something different or controversial then it must be a well-executed subversion of story-telling and a "new paragon of narrative design". When, in fact, maybe it was just something that *did* try hard but didn't quite hit the mark. Although I very strongly suspect if this game came from any other studio than Naughty Dog those review scores wouldn't be quite as high.    … Expand
  16. cappuzitos
    Jun 27, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. if they rearrange some parts and fix others... it could be a masterpiece.. like change the parts of Abby to the start of the game, TO TRY, AT LEAST TRY, to get people to feel sympathetic to her... put more chemistry between Diana and Ellie, about the teenage stuff of weed... was a little CRINGEY but okay? I feel like this game was way too mainstream and that's why is soo divided, they wanted to put stuff that some people didn't like... and put stuff that other people like. The people giving negative reviews actually liked some parts of the game (like the parts with Joel)... but not the complete game, that's why you have to be open minded to play this game, this game isn't made for old fans... or even new fans... it's trying to be in the middle... and you can tell that in a lot of parts in the game.

    Abby and Ellie makes a lot of bad choices.. and you the player feel that.. but you can't control any of it. It's like you are watching your character do bad actions and you command them to do those actions... without even a choice, uninstall the game or play it. The game make you feel miserable because of that, you are punished because of an action you didn't even had a choice of, makes you kill a dog, and play with the same dog with Abby. Yeah!! make the player control someone that they hate to fight the character they love... awesome!

    How I'm supposed to feel sympathetic to Abby? because of a thing that happened in the first minutes of the game, everything you throw at me won't work... she is not a bad character, but I mean.. the game forces you to hate her and forces you to try.... un-hate her?

    Abby just don't even try to understand why Ellie is so triggered and doesn't fell bad that she killed Joel... the character that we loved and liked died with a slow and cruel death, because Joel deserved, because he killed her father?
    (her father accepted to kill the child of someone to save the world, but disregarded to accept to kill his own child to save the world)

    The sex scene... really?????? at this point I just felt that this game is trying so much... SO MUCH to say I'M DIFFERENT! LOOK AT ME PLEASE!!!

    The game is trying to say that revenge is bad, but it just doesn't make sense Ellie do revenge in the first point, and they try to justify that making her change... in the last second? why didn't she stayed with Diana in the first place? actually why didn't you just stayed put Ellie? because of the plot, if Ellie didn't wanted revenge then this game would not exist.... JOEL DIDN'T WANTED YOU TO DO THAT ELLIE! and i knew that from the start.. now you can't play guitar, the thing that connected you with him.. and saved the person that caused all that. Abby would die naturally... what was the point Ellie? seriously? what you are trying to prove?

    This is not The Last of Us, it just doesn't fit in a single bit... this is a completely different game, with completely different characters, and completely different meaning. With that in mind you will for sure.. love this game and give it a 10/10 rating.

    But if you think this is The Last of Us 2, only disappointment will come to you.    … Expand
  17. alexandrumna
    Jan 25, 2021
    6
    Considering the first game is one of my all-time favorites, I had to give this one a go, despite all the negative reviews. Words cannot explain my disappointment.. I will not post any spoilers, but what they did to an amazing story and some of the best characters in video-games (imo) is beyond sad.. After THAT scene, they had the audacity to to make you play that second half of the game. IConsidering the first game is one of my all-time favorites, I had to give this one a go, despite all the negative reviews. Words cannot explain my disappointment.. I will not post any spoilers, but what they did to an amazing story and some of the best characters in video-games (imo) is beyond sad.. After THAT scene, they had the audacity to to make you play that second half of the game. I hoped that at least the ending would bring some kind of satisfaction, but it went worse than I imagined. I cannot rate the story more than 3/10 at best. But taking other things into consideration, it is definitely a piece of beauty. The scenery, voice-acting, music, graphics, gameplay.. everything other than the story is damn near perfect. It just adds to the bitterness of that story.. But to give it a fair rating, we have: graphics 10/10, music 10/10, sound 10/10, gameplay 9/10 and story 3/10. For that I'd rate it a 6. It's bad because this is a story driven game. You can have the best graphics in the world, but if the story is bad, you can't have a good game. If you don't care about the story, character development, political agenda that is present in the game, I suggest to give it a go.… Expand
  18. Azurovydrak
    Aug 4, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us Part II is a classic sequel that has the almost impossible ahead of it: to match or, if possible, to overcome the original game. Unfortunately, given the fantastic and complex story that the first game was able to tell, this one would probably not have surpassed this milestone anyway, even if it were flawless - and it is really far from that. My simple verdict on the game is: TLOU 2 is a perfect craftsmanship that pays off for some bad story decisions.

    I'll start with what probably bites everyone the most from the beginning: the death of Joel. A lot of people say they don't mind the twist as such, but they are dissatisfied with the circumstances - that an experienced and hardened survivor would not be so foolishly trapped, that he would not tell his name to a gang of armed unknown thugs, and so on… however, I do not agree with this. Joel's name was revealed by Tommy, who had always been a little naive, and I don't think they had any other choice of escaping from the rolling hordes of infected than to trust temporary comrades, albeit foreigners. No, in terms of logic, everything is fine. I'm just bothered with that it even happened.

    Joel's relationship with Ellie was at least 90% of all TLOU. That was the magic, the geniality of the story. While playing, I was not looking forward to killing the infected or exploring beautifully depicted natural locations, but to more and more interactions and verbal skirmishes between the two main characters. By destroying this basic pillar, the game loses at least half of the interesting things.

    Fortunately, this gloomy hundred-times boiled journey of revenge is saved by a new addition to the party - Dina. Or not? Dina is a well-written and well-drawn character, but she simply does not have the care and kindness uncompromisingly hidden under the mask of Joel's harsh inaccessibility. I didn't enjoy her dialogues with Ellie for the most part, and many times did she seemed to me as a story-imposed love object. And although I wasn't thrilled by it at first, I begin to appreciate the innocent Riley, who had at least some depth of character.

    Unfortunately, most of the other characters aren't much better off either. The interesting Maria has practically zero space, Jesse shows up almost halfway through the game and ends just as quickly, the only remaining fighter from the Miller family is moved to the other track and it's a shame to talk about Abby at all - she is perhaps the least likeable character, which I have met so far in the games. So in the end, Ellie has to pull it all by herself again.

    The second half of the game focuses on Abby and wants to show us her human side, that not all bad guys are bad and that they have their reasons - which doesn't work for four reasons: (1) Because when you just introduce someone as absolute evil, rotten bastard who beats your brain out of your favorite character, you can't expect everyone to forgive him for a few intentionally touching flashbacks. I just don't want to play as a jerk that I still hate just as much no matter how hard the game tries to make me like it. (2) Because the game tries to convince you by force that everyone who used to be "good" is somehow bad and evil - including Joel and Ellie. In fact, he's trying to make you stop loving Joel, or at least start doubting him. But I don't want to - I don't want anyone to ruin the image I created about him. I don't want to think that Abby´s dad was just an innocent doctor and Joel the bastard who killed him without mercy - he may have been a nice guy, but he was also an idiot who went with a scalpel against an armed man. If he didn't intervene like the other doctors, he could have survived… (3) Because then the game loses even the weak drive it had until then: if Abby isn't bad, then who is the villain? So who do we really want to kill? What do we want to achieve? They are all so terribly forced in shades of gray that the game lacks real evil.

    In the whole game, I really liked only flashbacks to Ellie's past - especially "Birthday Gift". That was all I wanted from the game, and I don't think I was alone.

    And what about the end? The ending is a chapter in itself, but I'll just say that Neil Druckmann's explanation "We had to let Ellie spare Abby to stay human" comes to me at least smiling. So Ellie kills dozens, hundreds of people along the way - cuts her necks, stabs in the stomach, shoots brains - kills a pregnant woman - but will she stay human if she doesn't kill the biggest scum in the game, which is directly responsible for all her suffering? Somewhere I read the analogy that it is as if Thanos found all the stones, but did not snap. Just whaaat? AT MINIMUM I would give a choice to kill/spare when it already has to be, but I find the ending as it is now a disappointment. The fact that the end of first game came to me as an absolutely brilliant and logical conclusion, perhaps one of the best in video game history, is this a decent armband.    … Expand
  19. MinaGamer98
    May 11, 2021
    6
    Graphics: 10/10
    Gameplay: 10/10
    Story: 4/10
    For Me Any game Is About Story Graphics And Gameplay If One of Those 3 Is Bad The Game Will be bad too really part II Story so so so Bad The last of us 1 Was So Awesome Part 2 disaster
  20. ALonelyOrphan
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After playing through the entire game I can safely say that this is one of the darkest and depressing games I have ever played. Let me break down my thoughts about this game in individual categories as a huge Last Of Us fan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    This kind of finale satisfies nobody. Abby sales off having lost her father, friends and lover. While Ellie loses the same than credits role. Now one can argue that the whole final act is what they intended and wanted to show how much each character lost with zero gain but IF that is the case than we needed to care about Abbys character which sadly I didn't at all. Wish I could write more but I'm out of characters =(    … Expand
  21. Barnes_Jake
    Nov 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics - 10/10
    Sound - 10/10
    Gameplay - 7/10 - The gameplay is good, but is largely remains the same from the first game. There are some small changes, like going prone and crawling when in combat, dodging when in melee combat, and new enemy types such as dogs who can track you and some other infected (but probably not enough)

    Story - 5/10

    This game in my opinion is insulting to fans of the first game. If you loved the first Last of Us game, you probably won't like this one. In my opinion, this game needlessly tears down the characters of the first game and what made the first game special.

    The game takes place 4-5 years after the end of the first Last of Us. Joel and Ellie live in a settlement in Jackson, Wyoming. About two hours into the game, Joel is killed by a character named Abby with a golf club. This sets the main events of the game into motion as you play as Ellie (for the first half of the game), and hunt down Abby and her friends because of what they did to Joel. Later on in the game it is explained that Abby and her friends are former fireflies and that Abby's father was the doctor who was going to perform the surgery on Ellie at the end of the first game, and that Joel killed him when he saved Ellie. Now I understand that there are two sides to every story and that actions have consequences and that there are moral gray areas, especially in the world of The Last of Us. I get from Abby's perspepctive why she killed Joel, and I get that in many ways Joel had it coming. My problem is that the game handles this issue in a very biased way. Yes Joel saved Ellie and ended any chance of a vaccine for the world. I get that he killed a lot of fireflies, but anyone else in that situation would have done the same thing. Also, realistically, the fireflies took and drugged Ellie and gave her no choice in the matter. He saved someone that he loved. If the fireflies did create a vaccine, then realistically they would have kept it for themselves and not given it to everyone else. Anything that can be such a great use for society is always weaponized in some form. I get that it's a morally complex issue, but my biggest problem with this game is that it portrays Joel, Ellie, and even Tommy in such a negative light in favor of these new characters. If the point of the game is to show it from different perspectives, why is it that it feels as though one side is clearly favored over the other? The game could have explored both sides equally and could have portrayed Joel and Ellie in ways where the end of the first game could have been addressed without spitting on Joel as a character and doing the same to Ellie. After Joel dies, Ellie seeks revenge. You play as Ellie for 3 days in Seattle, and them you are forced to play As Abby for those same 3 days. This is where the game really lost me. During Abby's playthrough, the game feels very manipulative in that it tries desperately to make you like and care for Abby and her friends. Instead of presenting it as an equally fair portrayal of revenge, the game makes Ellie seem like a killing machine who is traumatized by her actions, but then goes out of their way to make Abby seem really nice. I get that Ellie and Joel had the first game to flesh out their characters, but this just feels unfair. Abby also gets better weapons and more epic gameplay moments than Ellie does. Naught Dog lied when they made it seem like Joel would have a bigger part to play in the game, and that this would be more of Ellie's story this time around, but that's not really the case. When I played this game, I had no sympathy at all for Abby and any of her friends in the story. Even if I understand their motivations, I did not care one bit about them as characters. Ellie never even gets revenge against Abby, because after everything that happens in the story, Ellie decides to let Abby go. I'm leaving out some details of the story that I can't get into here because I don't have enough room to type about it, but at the end of the day, my consensus is that The Last of Us Part II is one of the most disappointing games that I have ever played. Do not give Naughty Dog your money for this game. If you are a big fan of the first game, then this isn't for you. The story could have been so much more. Again, this game could have explored the complexities of Joel's choice and Joel and Ellie's relationship after the end of the first game in more detail and exploring the other side of the issue without making it feel so one-sided. And if Joel had to die, his death could have been tied to the end of the first game, while still giving the character some justice. Maybe he does get killed by the fireflies, but he does it in a way to give his life for Ellie or something like that. This game could have been so much more. I would ultimately give it a 6 out of 10 because other than the story everything else is done so well, but the story is just too much of a mess.    … Expand
  22. Sinmaker
    Dec 9, 2021
    6
    The game isn't bad, but isn't good either. It falls short from first title in the franchise. It didn't improve on the weaknesses of the previous game and got worse in the main feature that is the plot.

    --> Strengths - graphics - From the plot it is possible to extract a series of philosophical themes that remain relevant in the contemporary world. Ex: man is the wolf of man; politics;    The game isn't bad, but isn't good either. It falls short from first title in the franchise. It didn't improve on the weaknesses of the previous game and got worse in the main feature that is the plot.

    --> Strengths
    - graphics
    - From the plot it is possible to extract a series of philosophical themes that remain relevant in the contemporary world. Ex: man is the wolf of man; politics; fragility of human life; selfishness;

    --> Weaknesses:
    - Plot. The plot is shallow, it doesn't have the same quality as the previous game. Basically, it's an arbitrary and meaningless revenge cycle.
    - Characters motivations and inconsistency with the world environment. It's so hard to get a favorable situation in game world, but for anything the characters throw everything away. Example: a character crosses the city in the middle of a civil war and kills 100 people on a journey that the chance of survival is minimal just to have a 30 minute sex with a guy that she rejected several times.
    - Combat. It didn't improve anything compared to the 2013 game.
    - Lack of consistency with physics. A 19-year-old girl weighing 110 pounds is stronger than a beefy 200 pounds guy. Ellie's body composition does not allow her to do a pull up, but in game she has Kratos' strength.
    - Forced inclusion of minority groups.    … Expand
  23. Landoram
    Jul 3, 2020
    6
    It was certainly ambitious. I don't think the story is necessarily bad although they added too much "filler" time, but the real problem is the way the story is told. It was a mess to me. Flashbacks inside of flashbacks. If they reordered the story it might have been an 8. I saw it through to the end but it was tough. Also the 30 fps really bothered me and I felt like it had to have droppedIt was certainly ambitious. I don't think the story is necessarily bad although they added too much "filler" time, but the real problem is the way the story is told. It was a mess to me. Flashbacks inside of flashbacks. If they reordered the story it might have been an 8. I saw it through to the end but it was tough. Also the 30 fps really bothered me and I felt like it had to have dropped lower at times. In 2020 that's not OK.… Expand
  24. istanislav
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    The game is not the same. The developers did a great job, but they ruined everything with same-sex relationships, there is no pity for the characters. There are no jokes that were in the first part. Joel and Ellie had a special relationship, and the new Duo looks pathetic. But this game is a technological breakthrough and I would advise you to buy this game, the Studio produces great games
  25. hibs
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    The technical aspect of this game is really cool, good attention to details, and we gotta praise the audio-visuals artists and engineers for their amazing work to bringing those visuals to life, especially the characters, I really enjoyed the smoothness of their facial expressions and physical abilities. The actors on the other side, brought those characters to life in such a heartbreakingThe technical aspect of this game is really cool, good attention to details, and we gotta praise the audio-visuals artists and engineers for their amazing work to bringing those visuals to life, especially the characters, I really enjoyed the smoothness of their facial expressions and physical abilities. The actors on the other side, brought those characters to life in such a heartbreaking way, especially Ashley, this woman always works hard to deliver an authentic performance, and now she was joined by Shannon Woodward, who as well we gotta praise her for her amazing performance/ I loved it.
    The story:
    I couldn't asked for a better opening to this game, the first 2 hours into this game were really beautiful, the flashbacks were really touching and such a thoughtful idea from the writers. The transition to 4 years later was epic, i loved how we dive into Ellie's new world, and we get to witness this conversation with her new people, jesse was a good addition to this small journey we had at the beginning, their conversation had some mystery as we get to discover what Ellie is up to as they talk about Dina who we haven't met yet, so the beginning here is something i have enjoyed, I enjoyed the acting so much and their small trip/ then we get to play as a character we don't know, and then I started losing interest, i signed up to play as Ellie and joel for this game not Abby, and if the creators thought we would feel sorry for abby as we play her, they thought wrong, we could have understood her pain through Ellie's perspective, this game could have been about forgiveness!
    I wasn't against the idea of joel's death, but it was brutal, and happened way too soon!
    I loved the company of dina through this revenge journey, very cool idea, what i didn't like is tommy going first!!!
    Then again, neil gave his Ellie unnecessary trauma and pain for nothing, he could have given her a happy ending and end of story i wouldn't be mad right now that he ruined a character i cared about!
    so i hated playing as the enemy, i don't see any philosophy behind this stupid 2 perspectives, and at the end they could have given us the choice of killing her or not!
    plus it was selfish of neil to destroy those characters, there was no open mind for me, and abby was a useless addition, plus anger takes of her when joel is died, so again we were angry and we HATE HER. anyways why Ellie had to lose 2 fingers, isn't this fiction for god's sake?
    This is neil's story and he said fu to the fans, like literally! this is not a game for the fans, this is him being selfish!
    This gam
    again for all those 0 reviews, fu 2, don't be a **** this games doesn't deserve 0 because joel died, there are good things about it, again fu for giving it a 0, you're just as stupid as neil druckmann!    … Expand
  26. PlutoIcecream
    Jun 29, 2020
    6
    Political correctness doesn't make a good story. Extremely preachy game trying to push a political agenda rather than making a good story.
  27. RandoPerson
    Jul 13, 2020
    6
    After 22 hours with this game, I can now give my honest opinion. It is not as bad as everyone originally said but that does not mean it is good. This game is a solid 6 or 7 no higher no lower. The combat was fun (the was is important later), the graphics are beautiful, the environments and level design is amazing, and the voice acting is impeccable. However, the reason why this game is a 6After 22 hours with this game, I can now give my honest opinion. It is not as bad as everyone originally said but that does not mean it is good. This game is a solid 6 or 7 no higher no lower. The combat was fun (the was is important later), the graphics are beautiful, the environments and level design is amazing, and the voice acting is impeccable. However, the reason why this game is a 6 or 7 is purely due to the gameplay and story. The combat was fun. The first ten hours in you enjoy the combat and its a blast to play but eventually, it becomes a tedious drag similar to red dead redemption 2. The AI is laughably bad, I'd argue its nearly as bad if not worse than assassin's creed AI. This brings the game automatically to an 8 or 9, but now its the story. I really don't want to go into detail with this simply because it would require a whole essay to describe all my problems with this game. The simple facts are the reason why this story is bad is due; 1) Abby, 2) Character inconsistencies from the last game (Joel and Tommy), 3) the revenge bad plotline, and 4) pretty much every new character actually.… Expand
  28. umutsrcO0
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So one night Neil got drunk and wanted to make a sequel to The Last Of Us, after a long 7 year later, this "Game"(according to them) comes. Now when I played it. The first 2 hours were actually going fine then bam! They killed of Joel. The badass Joel that we knew dies like a p***y. I said okay, now at the end of the game as Ellie, we're going to take our revenge even though Ellie doesn't like Joel. After hours, we begin to play as the one who killed Joel for a big amount of time. Well done Naughty Dog! But even though they didn't add much to the gameplay, the details of the ones that we kill are well designed.
    5/10    … Expand
  29. julian300045
    Sep 22, 2021
    6
    en los aspectos de gráficos, jugabilidad y banda sonora son sobresalientes pero la historia es mediocre y no dan muchas ganas de seguir jugando
  30. HRChan
    Jul 30, 2020
    6
    I personally didn't like the game (well just the story), if the scenes were rearranged then I could of liked it but I really felt like playing as Abby was a chore, I didn't really care about her group or anything. But this game doesn't deserve all the hate it gets, this game proved to be Naughty Dog's most ambitious game, anything technical about the game is amazing so huge props to them.I personally didn't like the game (well just the story), if the scenes were rearranged then I could of liked it but I really felt like playing as Abby was a chore, I didn't really care about her group or anything. But this game doesn't deserve all the hate it gets, this game proved to be Naughty Dog's most ambitious game, anything technical about the game is amazing so huge props to them. The AI on this game is great, hearing the human NPCs scream their friends name is just horrifying and killing dogs is just sad. The options of how to approach an encounter are limitless, it's so fun to stealth a section of the game. I just don't like the review bomb of this game, I may not have liked the story but it doesn't mean it's a bad game this is really a 6 or 7 game if you want to read legitimate reviews for the game read the reviews of 5 and above those people know what they want to talk about.… Expand
  31. MoonStrike
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 要理解整个剧本，先要找出两条线索。一条明线是爱莉和埃比的对应，这条是给玩家看的；一条暗线是埃比和乔尔的对应，这条则是给爱莉看的。 明线的对应应该说是显眼到有些刻意了——爱莉的乔尔被杀了，埃比的父亲也被杀了；爱莉的女朋友怀孕了，埃比的队伍里也有孕妇；爱莉的朋友被杀了，埃比的朋友也被杀了；爱莉的马被杀了，埃比的狗也被杀了。通过流程中刻意安排好的种种桥段，编剧很明显就想告诉一件事，你不是喜欢爱莉吗，你不是跟爱莉共情气到摔手柄吗？埃比也是一样的，看看她们多相似啊！如果你同样玩完这两份西雅图前三天，却对其中一方仍有偏爱，是不是说明你这个人有失公允？游戏玩家，是一个对于设定严谨度接受很宽松的群体，一不留神就被鸡贼编剧给道德绑架了而不自知。 但是事实上她们真的可以划等号吗？在埃比篇的开头，剧作就露出马脚了。在火荧办公室里，埃比父亲被质问“如果这是你的女儿你还会做手术吗？”的时候，他是答不上来的，心里当然是不愿意的。后来埃比进门，老大做出决断，这个时候对着本来心里有愧的医生父亲，埃比说了一句什么？“如果是我的话，我会做。”这话听起来多么深明大义，多么正义凛然，但是你是实际上你是爱莉吗？你不是啊！火荧老大这么问，只是想激发医生的良心拷问，并不是说你埃比的生命就可以和爱莉划等号啊！难道你轻飘飘的说一句“我愿意”，看不到明天太阳的就是你吗？说到底自己的生命难道不应该只有爱莉自己可以决断吗？在替父亲道德开脱的时候，埃比早已成为了这起谋杀未遂的共犯。 再回头讲一下暗线。埃比线实际讲了个什么故事呢？肌肉发达的白人女救世主试图拯救两个愚昧无知的亚裔换皮印第安人。这个既视感超重的路线最终目的就是成为一个微缩版的乔尔救爱莉。如果说第一部给玩家留下了什么印象的话，那就是一个人对于另一个可以有多重要。无论你是什么老奸巨猾的走私犯，还是军事组织的头号杀手，只要你去爱人，那救赎之道自在其中。在第二幕的结局里，爱莉因为恨而忘记了爱，失去了重要的爱人与孩子，甚至失去了弹奏吉他的能力，而吉他在这里，正是乔尔留给她爱的象征，是仇恨吞噬了这一切。爱莉在杀死埃比前的最后一刻，看清了这条写给她的暗线，于是放下屠刀，这不是她的救赎，她已经失去的无法挽回并因此失去了更多，这是她送给埃比的救赎之路。 但是暗线最后是怎么交代的呢？直 接 给 了 个 闪 回 ！当你有30个小时来讲你蓄谋已久的主题的时候，却选择了最简单直白最弱智的方法来揭示。太 低 级 了 ！如此一来你作为游戏叙事的优势又何在呢？要知道第一部的剧情是没有这种结构框架的，只是单纯通过春夏秋冬的漫长旅途来慢慢培养起角色之间感情上和生活上的相互依赖。这可是只有游戏能办的到的优势，因为时间真的太长了，3个小时和30个小时的区别就是量变引起质变。而这一部大纲拟好之后，所有剧情和设定都在为明暗两条线服务，但是暗线时长能有多久呢？5个小时？里面有那么多生死相依肝胆相照吗？有一些，但远远不够。反正游戏玩家要求低，只要给出设定他们大概也会接受。第二幕为了这种愚蠢的格式对照，而放弃了第一幕最为精彩的细水长流的叙事体系，这也是为什么第二幕的失败，是剧作上的失败。 其实为了结局放下屠刀，在前期剧情里加入了很多细节来铺垫。比如这一代被枪杀的人叫得格外凄惨，比如在地铁求饶的防毒面罩男，还有岸边玩ps4的亚裔女孩（甚至出现了两次），他们是如此能引发共情，结果却是你不杀他们他们还是要杀你，这游戏说到底不给你选择的，甚至后面还出现了操控埃比砍爱莉这种匪夷所思的剧情要求。你逼我用暴力的方式解决前置问题，却不让我解决最终问题，还要使我反思，这样的做法我相信不是每个人都可以获得共情的。 乔尔的死已经不想讨论了，剧本创作要他死，可以，但是以这种不入流电视剧的水准去死，只能送顽皮狗一句活该炎上。至于某些通关之后反过来为之拍手叫好的人，我只有一个问题，当你在维护顽皮狗的时候你在维护什么。… Expand
  32. efvty
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    If I wanted to move ladders and throw bricks, I'd get into construction. This is definitely another attempt to get players to cope with certain social aspects that are just not relevant to games, sony or the 21th century.

    Would definitely not play it again.
  33. pravdorub
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    6 из 10, можно взять только из-за картинки и визуала, гейплей посредственный, сюжет никчемный, поиграл за Элли, а когда мисс Олимпия появилась, после пару часов, играть стало не интересно.
  34. easternwind
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game's gameplay and details are very amazing but story is ridiculously bad. How can the character with such a beautiful character development be killed absurdly in a snap? The whole game progresses in revenge but in the end we cant see a revenge in a funny way… Expand
  35. aeroaviation
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    One of the most disappointing sequels in video game history, if you enjoyed the original game for its characters and story then this game will not be for you, if you disliked the nonsense plot of Star Wars The Last Jedi or the lazy writing of game of thrones season 8 then once again, you will be disappointed playing a game that takes the story in narrative directions that should never haveOne of the most disappointing sequels in video game history, if you enjoyed the original game for its characters and story then this game will not be for you, if you disliked the nonsense plot of Star Wars The Last Jedi or the lazy writing of game of thrones season 8 then once again, you will be disappointed playing a game that takes the story in narrative directions that should never have left the writers room, the game is FILLED with unlikable petty characters who are forced down your throat as the game tries make you sympathize with them while also spitting on the beloved characters of the original in the name of SUBVERSION. The game is simply just substanceless misery porn that employs cheap shock tactics to make the player feel sad and angry although it will probably just leave you disappointed and confused in the end because it is one of the most anti-climactic stories I have ever witnessed in any medium.… Expand
  36. D4ny_R3tr0
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This game with beautiful graphic and with ordinary gameplay has stupid plot, which ruins all atmosphere of the first part... Please, can someone say Naughty Dog, that players want to make choices and may don't like Gachimuchi... 6 fingers out of 10
  37. Ragul
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    The low rating I have given for this game is just for the awful story and lazy writing of the beloved characters from the previous instalment.
    Other than that Last of us part 2 has definitely far superior graphics and very good gameplay mechanics.Another major issue of the game is we play has a new character for half of the game,with which I had zero connection and was waiting to get past    The low rating I have given for this game is just for the awful story and lazy writing of the beloved characters from the previous instalment.
    Other than that Last of us part 2 has definitely far superior graphics and very good gameplay mechanics.Another major issue of the game is we play has a new character for half of the game,with which I had zero connection and was waiting to get past this portion of the game asap. Had naughty dogs treated the OG characters with much more respect the game could have been much much better.    … Expand
  38. Michaelmyers85
    Jun 9, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The writing was bad but technically this game is a masterpiece. Good acting, but character’s actions are inconsistent with anything we have learned in zombie apocalypse media and even TLOU Part I. The idea of “trust no one and especially strangers” is thrown out the window. All new characters are forgettable and some get killed off so unceremoniously it was laughable like something akin to the Walking Dead TV show. The only new characters that were redeemable were Abby and Isaac. The latter of which is barely given any character development. Abby’s actor is great and that should not be ignored because of the sub par writing. If you take the writing away, this game is great. But when you are doing a sequel to one of the best written games of all time it’s impossible not to consider it in rating this game. I’m glad I played it without having it spoiled for me, I think it did help me appreciate some of the story moments more. I believe if you did read the spoilers it will hinder your first experience with the game for sure.… Expand
  39. Leonardo_etec
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Gameplay sólida , gráfico bons , um ótimo level desing , porém o enredo do jogo é uma m*era , os personagens são ruins , a história geral é tosca diálogos cringe , e momentos LGBT demais pro meu gosto
  40. MRHuevonXD
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love the graph and the sound background, but what i've found awful its the ending in which show us sth that was really unnecesary… Expand
  41. MB2003
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    A disastrous disappointment:
    The Last Of Us Part 2 is a beautiful looking game albeit a narrative failure. With improved gameplay and visuals, the game is beautiful to look at and exploration is incredibly immersive. However, the story is a complete flop which disregards and disrespects the fans that made the first game what it is. The game feels more like the final part in a trilogy more    A disastrous disappointment:
    The Last Of Us Part 2 is a beautiful looking game albeit a narrative failure. With improved gameplay and visuals, the game is beautiful to look at and exploration is incredibly immersive. However, the story is a complete flop which disregards and disrespects the fans that made the first game what it is. The game feels more like the final part in a trilogy more than part 2. There are five years of untapped potential that was completely wasted and confined to 2 hours worth of flashbacks. It’s a bad sign when the flashbacks that have very little gameplay are better than the actual story. Naughty Dog have taken what made the first game amazing and a storytelling masterpiece and turned it into a plot hole filled disrespectful and nasty game which even messes up its own message: That violence and revenge is wrong. Characters are wasted and not fully developed. New characters are bland and don’t serve any purpos.

    A massive disappointment for anyone who plays, Even The visuals and voice performances can’t save you from wanting to put down the controller after half way through. This is Game of Thrones season 8 levels of writing/fan fiction.    … Expand
  42. Branvalis
    Nov 15, 2020
    6
    Sometimes the desire to impress your public becomes a double-edged sword that will ultimately strike down all you hard work. Graphics are amazing, and overall it did justice to its first entry as a sequel, except storywise... it was just too much, too rushed and too forced.
  43. maurztuia11
    Jun 28, 2020
    6
    The Last of Us is a series that was known for its masterfully crafted storytelling and unique and rich characters. The game got so big that a sequel was inevitable whether we wanted it or not. The Last of Us Part 2 is a game that is based around perspective. And the games main purpose in order of successfully telling this story is to ensure that you as the individual can empathize withThe Last of Us is a series that was known for its masterfully crafted storytelling and unique and rich characters. The game got so big that a sequel was inevitable whether we wanted it or not. The Last of Us Part 2 is a game that is based around perspective. And the games main purpose in order of successfully telling this story is to ensure that you as the individual can empathize with both sides. Within this game, you play as fan favorite Ellie and as a newcoming character named Abby. Ellie's journey is that of revenge while Abby's is that of redemption. Ellie witnesses a horrific event leading to her hunting down Abby as well as anyone who gets in between. Ellie's tale is actually one I personally enjoyed, as you really understand her anger from the beginning. As you have grown with her, you tend to root for her as she takes out her adversaries one by one. Abby on the other hand is really where this game can be hit or miss. Abby committed a horrific act(which is why Ellie hunts her) and when it comes to her side of the story, the writers really try to make you understand where she was coming from and empathize with her. Personally it just didn't work for me. I didn't care enough for what she was fighting for nor her friends. So to me the story felt good for the first half and for the second half had me bored. What about the gameplay? That is where the game can really shine. TLOU2's gameplay is a much more improved version of the first entry. You know exactly what you are getting into. Looting and using your resources to craft various tools to help you while you brave through areas of infected or one of the new factions. Stealth is something that feels way more important this time around. As every bullet of your gun counts, you should really save it for moments that you need them. Stealth can be really fun as there are a lot of opportunities for you to take down your enemies, using vehicles, holes in walls, and tall patches of grass to get around the area unspotted. There are new enemies that also really help to mix up your experience. Dogs, are new enemies who force you to constantly be on the move to evade them. In terms of infected, there are stalkers who are a weaker version of Clickers that like to sneak up on you and alert other infected around you. The human enemies are also really interesting this time around as they will now call out to their mates and make sure that everyone around them is still okay. The pressure is very much felt within these stealth sequences. Combat is improved as well with a new dodge button being added. And although it isn't a mind blowing addition it is a welcome one. The dodge button really feels like you have a chance in combat, when it works. The only issue with this button is it sometimes feels delayed and even when you're sure you hit the dodge button at the right time, you still end up getting hit. Friendly ai also add quite a bit to combat and stealth sequences. Unlike the first game, the allies will actually help you kill enemies or even spot them out to you. And they can either feel useful or feel like they are weighing you down. Thats one of the biggest issues I have with the game in terms of gameplay/mechanics is the AI can be really good, or really bad. The allies suffer from this, constantly getting in your way and making dumb decisions(ex. I got spotted by a clicker and an ally came and shut the door behind me, resulting in my death). The enemies are no different, they sometimes feel blind or just stupid half of the time. When the AI works, it feels great especially when the enemies start coordinating with methods of how to attack you. In terms of boss fights, there aren't much but they have some good ones(with one being awesome). The graphics are also really good but can sometimes look off. The scenery is incredible! There were plenty of moments where I would just stop and admire the world. And the sound design is phenomenal; when I first heard the clickers in this game I got chills. With a played time of about 26 hours, there's a lot to dig into. But having loved the first game so much, and with the first games influence on me being so massive, I just couldn't find myself to care for the story despite the fun gameplay.… Expand
  44. Ilikedogs
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Still can’t believe DRUCKMANN have killed Joel, the best character of the decade. Saving from death the wrong guy leaded to his death. The next **** part is that we should play for the murderer who is vile to a player. Why should I empathize with abby? Because Joel killed her stupid father? Because she saved incomprehensible kids? WTF? I don’t care about her life. Druckmann introduces new characters and I can point only Jessy, the guy I really loved but he was killed too. This game is senseless cruelty to the characters of the game. Totally madness… Expand
  45. LianMorn
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game have astonishing graphics, interesting gameplay and knows how to set the character in certain situations limiting the amount of ammo that you can find better then the first game, the sound design and voice acting is perfect BUT....

    The game is a story game, a story that once was around the relationship of a man who lost his daughter and a girl with no one and the cure for the disease, the father and daughter situation was the best part of the first game, Joel and Ellie was the 2 points that hold the first game together, warming the hearts of those who played it, when the game turns around in a different perspective trying to teach us something that we know and we appreciate actually (the fact that we aren't a hero and we did bad stuff too) its just dumb, we know that and the game tries to over explain something with this new character, that we don't care. the story of the game had a bunch of flaws, poor writing and stupid plots, the game tried to do something they call showing us that hero is a matter of perspective, but they just betrayed us, and feeling betrayed is not good at all, this was a basically game of thrones season 8, nonsense, bad writing, 6/10 even should been lower, Devs WeirdChamp.    … Expand
  46. MackiePro
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Recently I have finally finished the game, and I am very conflicted. I wanted to love this game but unfortunately I don’t. The gameplay is reminiscent of the first entry in the franchise. Although the character animations were greatly overhauled, the gameplay lacks innovation and feels almost outdated in 2020 nonetheless it was serviceable and fairly enjoyable. However, it quickly becameRecently I have finally finished the game, and I am very conflicted. I wanted to love this game but unfortunately I don’t. The gameplay is reminiscent of the first entry in the franchise. Although the character animations were greatly overhauled, the gameplay lacks innovation and feels almost outdated in 2020 nonetheless it was serviceable and fairly enjoyable. However, it quickly became tedious, the game lacks action set pieces like uncharted series which provide some variation. The world is absolutely stunning and looks cruel and unforgiving. This is definitely the best looking game on PlayStation. I particularly enjoyed the more open areas where I could explore the ruined buildings and gaze at the amazing details. The atmosphere is dark, charmless and inhospitable which greatly helps you to immerse yourself in this beautifully crafted world. The voice acting likewise is extremely good, the actors did a phenomenal job. However, the first game was not praised for its cutting edge graphics or revolutionary gameplay but for its immersive and truly groundbreaking storytelling. The Last of Us 2 story is an unmitigated disaster, the game fails to form a connection between the player and the new characters the way the original did. The plot is full of horror and outrageous scenes just for the sake of it and lacks narrative cohesion. What I disliked the most was the constant jumping between flashbacks and current time events, although the flashbacks were arguably the highlight of the game, it took away from the immersion, it would have been great if the game started off with the flashbacks and then played out as a continuous story. The characters undergo almost no development throughout the game and as the player we do not get involved in their individual stories and experiences. Most of the characters returning from the original game are almost unrecognisable. The game reminds of Game of Thrones season 8 and Star Wars: the last Jedi where ‘subverting expectation’ was more important than creating a compelling storyline. If you enjoyed the original game because of the gameplay, you will have an absolute blast with this game. However if you were looking for a continuation of one of the best video game stories ever, you are in for a huge disappointment.

    The game is NOT garbage nor a masterpiece. I enjoyed certain aspects of this game but the story was not one of them. I highly recommended waiting for a sale or buying a pre-owned copy. You can pick one fairly cheap off eBay. The place is flooded with this game.    … Expand
  47. Jack89
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This game is a slap in the face for all the fans,there is not a payoff in this story, the ending is a mess that doesn't even make sense, and all the characters are so annoying and unlikable, I'am disappointed beyond belief.
  48. JimPickens
    Nov 20, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I went in to The Last of Us 2 expecting nothing, yet still I am left disappointed and feeling empty.

    TLoU2 attempts to say a whole lot, but ends up saying nothing new, meaningful or emotionally resonant. The entire concept of "the cycle of revenge is bad" is not new or profound, yet can be still be told well, this game however, does not tell that story well. When the game drops the meaningless BS about revenge it really shines, I like pretty much every character here, even Abby. Abby, Lev, Ellie, Dina, Jesse, they all enhance this game tenfold, but unfortunately much of Abby's story is spent trying to force you to like her, rather than letting it happen naturally. Having you play with Alice the dog as Abby but forcing you to kill her as Ellie, making Abby's dad some paragon who helps zebras and loves his daughter, and wow everybody loves him so much, it feels forced and unnatural. When Abby is left with Lev, a young boy she befriends, she's great, their chemistry is amazing and it's the closest the game ever gets to feeling like The Last of Us again, but it is a relatively short part of the experience. Jesse unceremoniously killed in a blink and you'll miss it scene, and it kinda sucks, Dina is sidelined HARD and rarely gets to be a character again afterwards, Tommy is also there but hardly interacts with Ellie outside of the start and end, where he's turned into a jaded c*nt, oh boy, thanks game, it's not enough that you killed the characters I liked, you gotta f*ck up one of the only ones you left alive, cool, great, thanks. Then there's Ellie, she starts off strong, her chemistry with everybody is great, Dina, Jesse... Joel... But it's all either cut short or underutilized to a depressing degree but by the end, she makes two of the most bafflingly stupid decisions and choses to not only abandon everything she has with Dina and their kid J.J, which I believe is Jesse Jr. though I don't think it's ever explicitly stated, to travel to Santa f*cking Barbara, to kill Abby, but also chooses to not even kill her at the end, so Ellie is left with literally nothing, Joel is gone, Dina and the baby are gone, Jessie is gone, Tommy sucks and she can't play the guitar anymore because Abby bit her fingers off. It's just misery porn by the end, and it's not even good misery porn, it's just deflating and frustrating. I didn't want Abby to die, I like Abby, **** it makes no sense for Ellie to let her live after she's carved through countless WLF members, Scars and Rattlers not 10 goddamn minutes ago.

    The game also fails miserably to use the fact it's a video game to it's advantage at all. Like I said earlier the theme of "Revenge bad" is not new or profound, but can be told well, and TLoU2 had a golden opportunity to use it's medium and the interactivity that comes with it to make it profound, yet it doesn't. The one time it does do this is with a dog named Bear. You can kill Bear as Ellie, though it is not required, it's a choice you the player must make, and later as Abby, you can play with Bear, again, you don't have to. So both times you interact with Bear are optional, and it's great. I did kill Bear and I felt awful about it because for ONCE the game used my choices as the player to make me feel bad and it worked amazingly, so why does it never do this again? It gives enemy NPC's names now and they're rarely repeated, except for the Scars, I heard the name "Angel" like 5 times, but for the WLF, I don't think I ever encountered duplicate names, but it never talks about "Jeff" who got his face blown off by some chick with a tattoo, not once, not ever, it only tries to guilt trip you about things out of your control, which fails because it wasn't my choice to stab Mel and kill her and her unborn child, it was Ellies, I didn't do that, so why should I feel bad? The game fails to give you reason to regret your actions more than once because every action it tries to make you regret, was not your action, it was the games.

    The gameplay is actually pretty good, it's really fun so at least the game is fun, which is one of the most important aspects in my opinion. Gunplay is brutal and satisfying, you can clean house with Ellie's shotgun and at times you feel unstoppable, the gore is suitably disgusting and graphic, and had me stop a few times to just stare in morbid fascination with how well this dudes brain designed. Graphically the game is a technical marvel, it's jaw-dropping, I just wish we didn't have to resort to crunch to get there.

    In conclusion, TLoU2 is not without merit, but I think the bad far outweighs the good with a bad story, disappointing characters and some downright awful character assassination for both Ellie and Joel. To sum things up: I'm not mad, just disappointed.    … Expand
  49. link_Abysswalke
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Listen i'm not here only to either hate or fanboy over this game blindly this game was pretty disappointing to be honest.This type of games have mediocre gameplay and basically a movie that depends on the story.Unlike that last of us 1 who got carried by the story and graphics this one sadly did not.This game had amazing graphics even tho i had alot of fps problemes but i get it its on console so not that big of a deal,the animations,voice acting were really well done but in this type of game it doesnt stand out because the sotry was so bad in my personal opinion the new character abby was really trash. Its not about her being mascular(or people claiming we didnt like it because of that) i actually like that part since it makes sense for her to survive but her killing all those characters and then giving us her backstory trying to make us feel empathy for her didn't work.The worst thing was ellie forgiving her and saying she doesn't want to be a murder after all those people she killed was so contradictual.… Expand
  50. volt176
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    the game did not live up to its expectation, the dumb death of the protagonist
  51. zoomer666
    Sep 7, 2023
    6
    technically very impressive.

    a complete mess in the writing department.

    i'm probably one of the few people that appreciated Abby's story beats more but that's only because Ellie is completely insufferable.
  52. Gamerquad
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The developer has put really hard work on this game, I have only issue that they gave us false trailer to promote their game, the game is good otherwise.

    Its a revenge story and both sides played their part and it eventually ends well, Beautiful graphics
    Beautiful music
    Story is good a little stretched though    … Expand
  53. Suppik
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Критики подсасывают разрабам, больше 5-6 эта игра не заслуживает и шедевром точно не является. Графика не очень, стелс тоже. Консоль пыхтит как сучара.
  54. Mengo_mengo
    Jun 22, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Revenge bad, congratulations druckman you made a game with incredible graphics, but a overwalmingly simple stealth and a terrible lore, you just took great characters like joel and killed them just to fuel this terrible plot, you try to make us empathetic with abby and lev and the game as a whole, but damn, the only thing i fell is disgust… Expand
  55. greenman44
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Pretensions Rant coming:
    Last of us 2 is highly diverse; I believe this happened on purpose because of hubris. Last of us 1 was known for its great realistic story and characters, and fun for the time game-play it is the main reason it got was a masterpiece in a year of masterpieces(2011: batman Arkham City, Skyrim, Dark souls, etc). But that was nearly a decade ago, times have changed    Pretensions Rant coming:
    Last of us 2 is highly diverse; I believe this happened on purpose because of hubris. Last of us 1 was known for its great realistic story and characters, and fun for the time game-play it is the main reason it got was a masterpiece in a year of masterpieces(2011: batman Arkham City, Skyrim, Dark souls, etc). But that was nearly a decade ago, times have changed and How do you make a sequel to a masterpiece, that these not need one?

    Graphics:
    Are amazing, of course, they are going to be amazing; it been decade it should be amazing.

    Gameplay:
    the gameplay was all right, it these improve from original; it has not improved with the times. In-game that hellbent doing risks with the story; I would say that mechanics are too safe.

    Story: I'm not going to spoil the story, the story is probably going to decide if you like the game; but everybody as pretty much spoiling it anyway, so most people have an opinion on both sides. But why is the story so diverse? because they changed the tone, themes and characters, which lead this major shift.
    These are nothing wrong about changing all three at the same these in some others game, like persona where these no real story connection to past entities, but when this connection to past games, like in mass effect 2, there will be some problems if you did this.
    However, This can be seen as artistic and brave to some, like when tomb raider did it. Tho, to others, can be seen as disrespect to fans and the original game, like Bomberman: act zero. In the end, it comes down to context, to how it executed.

    Then finally I answer the question of why this happens? I believe two things are to blame, the original no real criticism and Hype going they and fans head. I believe because the original had no criticism, it had no need to improve; which lead to the reason why the gameplay doesn't; but hype and the acclaim because the story, lead to an echo chamber that made the story.
    The story came from thinking they can do whatever they want, what they wanted was to tell a different story, and not the story fans fell in love in.

    The let get this out of the way if the game was not last of us 2, would people care about the story, probably it's 25-hour game at that length in a story-driven game, it needs to be good, but It would not be as diverse as would be no hype.
    Most other reviewer masterpieces either start with predecessors that had criticism work off of like witcher 3 or breath of the wild or suppose to be one-off that has no sequel like portal or Limbo. Nearly all games that are an acclaimed masterpiece have one predecessor or a sequel that is not as good as that for multiple reasons; Last of us 2 is that game.
    However, they were a high chance Last of us 2 would have never live up to fans expectations, the hype was nearly at the end of the universal, and I think most would have been a little disappointed no matter.

    That why I'm giving this game 6 because if it was not last of us 2, this game is a 7 out of 10; be this is last of us 2 and I'm going to be honest; I'm also disappointed.    … Expand
  56. Vatar_17_user
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    А фемки постарались, половину игру засрали, но ставить из-за этого 0 или 1 я не вижу смысла ведь остальное графика, стелс, атмосфера, геймплей всё это положительно а вот, спасибо КОЕ-КОМУ за то что погубила проект.
  57. Razosharp
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game may look good but the fact that the first game was praised for the story was what i expected for the second game. Unfortunately this was not the case. The story is a mess. The characters action does not make sense in comparison to the first game. Overall nothing made sense and the point the game tried making just fell apart. 0 for execution… Expand
  58. gamerupnorth
    Jun 22, 2020
    6
    I think it’s a beautiful game with next-gen graphics, however, I didn’t feel any attachment to the characters in this game. I tried to like the game but it didn’t stick well with me. Some of the older characters doing something that they would never do in the first game rubs me the wrong way. but I could see a trend happening in the game, all the male characters are relegated to disposableI think it’s a beautiful game with next-gen graphics, however, I didn’t feel any attachment to the characters in this game. I tried to like the game but it didn’t stick well with me. Some of the older characters doing something that they would never do in the first game rubs me the wrong way. but I could see a trend happening in the game, all the male characters are relegated to disposable characters which strike me as odd. I evaded leaks and all that BS, but now maybe I should have done that. The story was good, but unrewarding which would make you wonder why you even went for the quest in the first place. Can’t get a refund which would make anyone feeling bitter if they didn't like the game. I gave it a 4/100. I didn’t enjoy the game. It was boring. I literally almost slept in my own playthrough which is a first to me. it didn't exceed my expectations, it's just an edgy game trying to live up to its prequel. I just wished it had more depth in it with a better ending. I was playing this game with some friends who had watched the spoilers and by the end of the game they laughed at the grimace I made, I don't think I have ever cringed so hard in my entire adult life but this is the last time I buy anything on day 1. Edit:I replayed the game and I ended up getting a different experience. I think that the fact that I hasted the game made me judge it too harshly. It didn't get better, I just realized some significance of some events which I didn’t in my first playthrough. All in all I don’t look forward to any last of us 3 any time soon. Do I recommend the game? No, definitely not on this price. However I do recommend buying it if on sale.… Expand
  59. Eldest65
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    I think that this sequel has not brought justice to the original characters. While I've appreciated some sequences, the choices that Ellie made during her quest for revenge doesn't make you feel you're really into her inner struggles. And for the new characters... They are too much stereotyped, but I'm not interested if they're LGBT or not, that's not important. They lack credibility, inI think that this sequel has not brought justice to the original characters. While I've appreciated some sequences, the choices that Ellie made during her quest for revenge doesn't make you feel you're really into her inner struggles. And for the new characters... They are too much stereotyped, but I'm not interested if they're LGBT or not, that's not important. They lack credibility, in the end all that matters in a story of apocalyptic survival are the crude emotions (negative or positive) transmitted through a medium (in this case the survivors themselves) of the dying world, and this game failed to do so, gives only emptiness… Expand
  60. ironlung1988
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Graphics: 10
    Sound: 8
    Gameplay: 5 Story: 2 I can't say anything against graphics. I caught myself starring a lot of times admiring how nice it all looks. Sound: Baker an Bailey did a great job, as expected of them. Gameplay: Upgrade of gameplay system from part 1, but it got boring to me halfway in. Violence can be off puting to some, but I personally wasn't bothered by it.    Graphics: 10
    Sound: 8
    Gameplay: 5
    Story: 2

    I can't say anything against graphics. I caught myself starring a lot of times admiring how nice it all looks.

    Sound: Baker an Bailey did a great job, as expected of them.

    Gameplay: Upgrade of gameplay system from part 1, but it got boring to me halfway in. Violence can be off puting to some, but I personally wasn't bothered by it.

    Story: I just couldn't resonate with characters. Doing a genocide is good through the game, but somehow killing is bad when telling their story. Half of the game story feels like a bad sidequest from rpgs, implememeted just to have higher playtime.

    TL:DR If you liked 1 one for gameplay, you will probably enjoy this. If you enjoyed 1st one for story, you will cringe with characters with more plot holes than swiss chesse    … Expand
  61. Uler
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    7 years, for this. Turns out it all was for nothing. The gameplay, voice acting, graphics, sound design, and soundtrack are fantastic, top tier. However, the story, holy hell it's awful. Take every character from the first game and just switch them, make them do things they wouldn't in the first game for the sake of it. Without getting into spoilers, which I believe you should because it's7 years, for this. Turns out it all was for nothing. The gameplay, voice acting, graphics, sound design, and soundtrack are fantastic, top tier. However, the story, holy hell it's awful. Take every character from the first game and just switch them, make them do things they wouldn't in the first game for the sake of it. Without getting into spoilers, which I believe you should because it's worth spoiling your self just so you don't have to play this. Anybody who loved or just enjoyed the characters/story in the first game has a high chance of disliking this. If you're new and for some reason randomly playing this and not the first, sure maybe it's good if you have no idea about the characters. Even with the weird and downright cringe dialogue but I was hoping the combat and overall production of the game would maybe make it easier but it didn't because I was so frustrated with the story. If anything it made it worse, because of how great this game could've been with a solid story.

    It's so disappointing Druckmann went the "subvert expectations" dumpster fire route. People wanted more of what made the first game so good but no. Also, the false advertising, model swapping is gross. If there's a part 3, I won't be buying.

    If you play this, I hope you find a way to enjoy it.    … Expand
  62. loopy_dooper
    Jun 26, 2020
    6
    Kind of hard to get through at first, but I eventually got back to finishing it. I think some new parts of the game are unnecessary and can taken out. This game isn't amazing or groundbreaking, but it is an okay game that I will never play again.
  63. n0niz
    Jun 26, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Biggest gaming disappointment in my life

    I expected more knowledge about the virus, zombies, the pandemic of humans disappeared, the reason of ellies immunity and making a vaccine. But there is no mention about that anywhere. Its a big female drama. Transgender and female problems were tried to squeeze into a zombie apocoplyse, which wouldn't even matter for the story. The topic of revenge and violence has influenced the writers to much, that they ruined it for the player. Its not new, not fresh, it's the present picture of movies and series. It's sad they had to kill the franchise with that.
    Graphics: 10/10, looks like a PS5 game
    Gameplay: To much looting, but great combat improvment with dodges. Realistic reaction, AI is quite good, even as comrade.
    Sound: Super nice sound on the point. Maybe to quiet at some places, where nothing happens

    Overall gameplay, graphics and sound make the most out of this game. Many people worked on this and without the story, this is top game. Most annoying for me, they ignore the apocoplyse story completley.    … Expand
  64. nextJin
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Rating this game a 0 or 1 is completely asinine and simply review bombing. The Last of us Part 2 is a story of revenge where the first one was about love and character building using Joel and Ellie. TLoU part 1 was truly a one of a kind masterclass in character development and story telling. There were few plot holes, everything made sense. In part 2, if you expect to see the same thingRating this game a 0 or 1 is completely asinine and simply review bombing. The Last of us Part 2 is a story of revenge where the first one was about love and character building using Joel and Ellie. TLoU part 1 was truly a one of a kind masterclass in character development and story telling. There were few plot holes, everything made sense. In part 2, if you expect to see the same thing you’ll be disappointed. To be honest if part 1 was Modern Family, part 2 is throwing that series into the Walking Dead and killing off years worth of character development. The problem here is not the SJW or whatever people are screaming about. If TLoU part 1 was praised for story, character building, graphics and animation, part 2 will be praised for its graphics and animation only.

    The gameplay feels old. Yes you have an uncharted 4 rope mechanic at times and you can utilize your environment a bit more (under cars) but the actual gameplay, puzzles, etc seem like they were just refreshed for PS4. Was it a stylized choice? I’m not sure, I can see the argument but adding jump and dodge doesn’t seem like it’s breaking out on its own even for this world.

    The graphics and animation are simply superb, I can’t stress enough how good it runs and the prowess of ND developers are in this regard even on PS4 Slim.

    What makes the outrage so big in this game is that Naughty Dog took what made the first game so special and killed it off. Both the story, character development and pacing are not up to the same standard as the first game.

    It’s a shame this is the route they took, there were all sorts of possibilities and I feel this was one of the worst ways to go.

    That said, the multiplayer on PS5 if it happens will be amazing and I hope Naughty Dog rebounds for the eventual DLC.    … Expand
  65. LACRANDO
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Aquela Lacrada pra deixar brilhar precisa matar igual ao cachorro quem carregou o primeiro jogo nas costas! ND não ganha 1 real do meu bolso. Tinha tudo pra dá um fim digno ao Joel e Lacrar para Mostrar o Mundo LGBT foi mais importante do que matar ele de forma mais "Gratificante"...
  66. wonderking
    Jul 4, 2020
    6
    Well... what can I say? I'm just disappointed... didn't expect this story to go like that at all.
    First of, I loved The Last of Us Part 1. The world and the characters were so believably
    und well written and most people loved it for that. You dived into this world and it was so exciting and thrilling! I was so emotionally invested in it, because I could relate and understand the    Well... what can I say? I'm just disappointed... didn't expect this story to go like that at all.
    First of, I loved The Last of Us Part 1. The world and the characters were so believably
    und well written and most people loved it for that. You dived into this world and it was
    so exciting and thrilling! I was so emotionally invested in it, because I could relate and understand
    the characters and I felt how they felt, they really grew on me.

    This is not the case for The Last of Us Part 2 unfortunately.

    But first I want to start with the positive things of this game.
    The Graphics and animations are beautiful, breathtaking even.
    I loved to explore and look at all the details and surroundings, it is really amazing
    how much work was put into all of this!
    The gameplay is pretty fun and very much like the first one,
    if you enjoyed the gameplay from the first one, you probably will have fun with this too.
    You can also play a lot with the difficulty settings and adjust the difficulty to challenge yourself
    if you like that. I really wish I could say more positive things for this game, but it ends here.

    The negative things are unfortunately the things that I loved the most in the first part.
    The world, characters and their relationships. I wanted to see more of that and
    you can only imagine how excited I was for the second part, hoping to see my beloved characters again and seeing another adventure with them.
    But Naughty Dog had other plans. The trailers didn't represent the real game,
    it hides a lot and even changed some of the scenes completely.
    They even said "This game will honor Joel and Ellie".
    After finishing the game I really don't understand how they can say something like that.
    Since when is spitting on your characters and destroying them completely, "honoring" them?
    I can't really trust Naughty Dog anymore after seeing everything they did to misguide their
    own fans and destroying most of the things that their fans loved.

    Our characters feel like they were swapped out, they do a lot of very uncharacteristic things
    and I couldn't believe that the same writer from The Last of Us 1
    wrote this story. There are a lot of plotholes and unrealistic things happening and
    it destroyed the immersion for me, I can't dive into a game that is so unlogically written
    and spits on everything that I loved from the first game.

    The story and the ending is just pointless and sad, you lose everything.
    This isn't a satisfying ending for this series.
    It would have been better if The Last of Us ended after the first Part.
    This is not a worthy successor.
    I personally don't recommend this game for passionate fans from the first one,
    but if you want to play it anyway, experience it for yourself and maybe you like it.
    Unfortunately don't, I will just pretend that there is no Part 2, otherwise I can't really cope with this.

    Sorry for typos, english isn't my main language.    … Expand
  67. Kelleheruk
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is just sad. I loved the first game, it was a beautifully crafted masterpiece that excelled on some levels with its storytelling and its ability to make you love the characters, despite their obvious faults. I want to say though from the off that I think Neil Druckmann is a good writer - he wrote the first one after all - and I don't mind the idea of being inclusive. Ellie being gay was never a problem with me and anybody else who played it. What I do have a problem with however is when its forced and unbelievable.

    The Last of Us 2 picks up after the first game, and it's clear it's a nmore somber tone. A heavy burden hangs over Joel's head, and a heavy doubt over Ellie's. Both are slight tarnished by the first game, but despite this they make a life living in the community of Jacksonville.

    Its feels great to see these two on screen again after 7 years, and I wont pretend I didn't know Joel's fate before stepping into this but man, his last scene's just feel disrespectful for the character and the fan base. Joel needed retribution no doubt, but it plays very out of character compared to how sharp he was in the first game. He walks into a trap that TLOU 1's Joel would have been very suspicious of, and it just feels like Neil wrote this in to progress the larger story of revenge at the price of believability.

    I wont go into Abby as she is a deeply dull character with almost no charisma or redeeming factors, but the annoying thing is the game to me didn't 'sell' the reason she killed Joel like she did to me. Her story is sad in a paint by numbers kind of way, but it didn't justify the brutality of his murder.

    Anyway I'm rambling - I think a 6 is fair based on the effort obviously put into this game. Its just a shame the story went 'The Walking Dead' route rather than focusing on humans versus the infected, and Ellie and Joel versus the tension created from the first.    … Expand
  68. fallacies8899
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    This is my third time revising a score and review that nobody will likely ever read. I have now finished the game.

    I'm giving it a 6 because I'm averaging the 2 scores on game-play and story. Normally I would rank game-play as far more important than story but because this game is so story-driven and full of cinematic scenes, I think it should be weighed 50-50. Starting with the    This is my third time revising a score and review that nobody will likely ever read. I have now finished the game.

    I'm giving it a 6 because I'm averaging the 2 scores on game-play and story. Normally I would rank game-play as far more important than story but because this game is so story-driven and full of cinematic scenes, I think it should be weighed 50-50.

    Starting with the story. I'm giving it a 4. It should be less but the visuals in this game are stunning, so that helps. I found the interactive cut-scenes overabundant and tedious but I'll acknowledge that some of them did manage to play with my heartstrings a bit, which is something. The whole guitar theme was too much. Seemed like they were really milking that one line from the first game about Joel teaching Ellie to play guitar. It felt forced. So did the lovey-dovey stuff in the first half. This game tries hard to contrast joy and suffering by having a lot of happy scenes spliced between the brutal game-play. It failed to be profound and just ended up being tacky at times. The unskippable cut-scene of Ellie serenading her girlfriend to "take on me" almost made me quit the game. I've heard a lot of people complain about various parts of the game but nobody seemed to be as offended as me by the tacky stuff like that. Seems like there is a lot of stuff to dislike about this game even if you don't have the same disagreements about the main direction of the story.

    Here's the thing though: I really didn't like Abbey and I didn't want to play as her for as long as I did. She grew on me a little bit by the end of her segment though I'll admit. But dude, why did they feel the need to show me her bewbs? That sex scene was almost as bad as the "take on me" scene, but at least it was short and skippable. What's worse is that by the end of Ellie's arc, I disliked her more than Abbey. They also made me dislike Tommy. I get that they were trying to give her character layers and nuance and all that, but she was just irredeemable. What Joel did in the first game was selfish, but understandable. Throwing everything to the wind to try and kill someone who has already had 2 opportunities now and every reason to kill you but didn't, that's arguably just lazy writing. Story wise, the game should have ended sooner than it did. Not because it would have been a more happy story, but because it would have been a better story. The last act was pretty fun game-play wise though, so I'll give it that.

    The game-play gets an 8. There are a lot of really awesome moments but if you don't have the willpower to get to the later parts of the game, you'd be temped to say that it's all the same repetitive encounters. I was playing in survivor mode, which made some moments super fun and riveting, but with such low ammo and item supply, I got flashbacks to the Arkham games, where you're slowly creeping around waiting for enemies to turn their backs and trying to memorize their movements. I like the Arkham games, but they are repetitive and tedious. There were some parts where I almost stopped playing because it seemed like I was just doing the same stealth challenges over and over, but I'm glad I kept going because there were definitely more rewarding moments sprinkled throughout.

    The level design is impeccable. I prefer the richly detailed linear design to the bland open world environments that are currently plaguing most AAA games. The only thing I didn't like was sometimes you'd unknowingly advance to the next area and be unable to turn back unless you had created a manual save, which means you can leave behind key items that might have been stored in a safe, which is an obsessive completionist's nightmare.

    I want to finish by calling out the people who are saying this game is being "review bombed" and implying that there is something wrong with that. These people paid money, and they deserve an opinion, regardless of whether or not that opinion is level headed. If it's not a reasonable opinion, they are entitled to it. Especially if they paid full price for the game, which most of them did. Paying money for a disappointing product is as good a reason and motivator as any to leave a scathing review. There were definitely moments in this game that I felt people were trying to check off items on a diversity quota. It wasn't that bad, and it didn't bother me much, but I definitely got that vibe more than once. It made me feel bad for the devs who were putting their heart and soul into creating riveting game-play mechanics to think that their colleagues were sitting around a desk deciding which character should be having conflicting thoughts about their gender roles and how they could tie that into the already convoluted story.

    So the average of 4 and 8 is 6. This game gets a 6 because overall, it's just ok, pretty good even, but not a must-play. They should consider a mode where you can just choose which action sequences you want to play, like a "challenge mode".    … Expand
  69. Nevqo
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    I passed the game after about 21 hours. In terms of graphics, designed world is probably the best game on ps4, there are small bugs, but I do not like how the story was run, here the game deserves 4 max 5/10. In terms of gameplay, there is nothing revolutionary here, I would say that it is simply boring, just such a development of the first part. I had the impression that the game is a bitI passed the game after about 21 hours. In terms of graphics, designed world is probably the best game on ps4, there are small bugs, but I do not like how the story was run, here the game deserves 4 max 5/10. In terms of gameplay, there is nothing revolutionary here, I would say that it is simply boring, just such a development of the first part. I had the impression that the game is a bit long (by the plot) and was starting to tire me because in the second part of the game how it was presented to us was not very interesting to me. In my opinion, the potential that was hidden in it was wasted, maybe it's not wasted 7 years because the game outside the story and gameplay looks really good. But is graphics in games the most important? NO. That's why I don't understand why NaughtDog decided to lead the narrative like that. It could have been an outstanding game but unfortunately in my opinion it is at most good. The game does not deserve 0 but as well as 10. To sum up, the game did not meet my expectations, and I do not know where these 10/10 are from.… Expand
  70. hashemennab
    Jun 28, 2020
    6
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  71. SleepySasquatch
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    - There are no spoilers below. -

    Absolute technological marvel from the whole technical team at Naughty Dog. The level of quality and skill of craft is seen from beginning to end and I cannot praise this high enough. Even on the base PS4 you will be in awe as you explore the varied environments over the course of the game. The world comes alive from trash on the streets, clutter in the    - There are no spoilers below. -

    Absolute technological marvel from the whole technical team at Naughty Dog. The level of quality and skill of craft is seen from beginning to end and I cannot praise this high enough. Even on the base PS4 you will be in awe as you explore the varied environments over the course of the game. The world comes alive from trash on the streets, clutter in the houses, light sources that react to everyday materials and nature, textures and meshes that mimic real life, foliage breaking through cracks of a collapsed society, and sound design that brings you into the brutal world you know from the first game.

    Unfortunately, the experience is ruined by poor writing and story telling from the first death to the last, through hundreds of infected, humans, and even animals. The progress of story telling jumps all over the place, characters are dull and only introduced to throw into the meat grinder, and everything is misery for the sake of shock. Characters from all representations are introduced over the course of the game which is a great step forward for all groups, but actually sympathizing or caring about them will be a hard sell for many. You will be angry, frustrated, and wanting to rush through much of the story in attempts to bring back focus for another character.

    The game reads like an attempt to be but falls on its head with a hard fail of an ending that is left open for more of the same in the future. Some major restructuring would have done this game some benefits and likely avoided how it is being absolutely **** on right no by the general majority. Is this saying that review bombing is good in this case? No. I want to warn people; The trailers cannot be trusted and have edited footage for pushing sales.

    I cannot recommend this game. If you were a fan of the first just leave it as that. If you come into this you will feel like walking away by hour 3. You will have half of the 25 hours playtime (on average) in this state of mind. This is by-design and in no way to the benefit of the player.

    The Last of Us was lightning in a bottle and will not happen again at the Naughty Dog studio under the current director and writers. Violence is bad and we all know it and this isn't introducing new concepts or becoming an instance classic. You are hurting your existing brand and will only be remembered for that.    … Expand
  72. Punpun19
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    The game is beautiful .

    The gameplay is okay and repetitive.

    The story is really bad.

    if you are only interested in the story , you should probably just watch a walkthrough on youtube.
  73. Spacenuts24
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After actually beating the game, unlike most of the reviews, I can say that the first half of the game is really great but at the climax of the game where abby and ellie finally come together the game takes a huge drop in quality entirely as you basically start the game over but with worse characters, pacing, story, **** everything.… Expand
  74. RevengeBad
    Jun 26, 2020
    6
    I want to give it a 0, but that's not fair. It's a solid 5 or 6/10 game. Everything is amazing, but the story, and in a story-driven game if the story isn't good, then it's not a good game.
  75. JamesWong47
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Story is just bad. I am not saying that main character can’t die but the writing, the execution is just bad.

    Gameplay wise, not much is improved. It’s quite plain and quite outdated in today’s standpoint. I really had a hard time finishing the game. The game mechanics is not very interesting. Also, there are too many jump scare and this thing gets annoying quickly. 6/10 mainly because    Story is just bad. I am not saying that main character can’t die but the writing, the execution is just bad.

    Gameplay wise, not much is improved. It’s quite plain and quite outdated in today’s standpoint. I really had a hard time finishing the game. The game mechanics is not very interesting. Also, there are too many jump scare and this thing gets annoying quickly.

    6/10 mainly because most of the critics failed to convey the flaws of the game, which cost me money and time.    … Expand
  76. LastofUsisTRANs
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Shame shame shame. All that backlash and hype. And where did that bring you all? Back to kissing the feet of Naughty Dog. This game PROVES that FAKE RAGE and negative/mixed reviews mean NOTHING if your actions don't back up what you say. I am pointing my finger at EVERY SINGLE YOUTUBER AND PERSON who purchased/played this game. You are all the reason why gaming will not improve or getShame shame shame. All that backlash and hype. And where did that bring you all? Back to kissing the feet of Naughty Dog. This game PROVES that FAKE RAGE and negative/mixed reviews mean NOTHING if your actions don't back up what you say. I am pointing my finger at EVERY SINGLE YOUTUBER AND PERSON who purchased/played this game. You are all the reason why gaming will not improve or get better. What is there to say about this game? It's mediocre just like the first one. A.I is worse than the first one, the story telling is all over the place and the gameplay is repetitive/boring. The game is mostly comprised of cutscenes and exposition after exposition. If you want a more in depth/kissy wissy/white knight defending perspective of this game, check out all of the Youtubers that reviewed this game in any shape or form. Get some popcorn, read the comments and accept the fact that you all are SIMPS for these companies. Have better standards, fight for better and raise your self-esteem. These games are not your LIFE! Work out! Read books! Go back to college! Let these companies like Naughty Dog burn burn burn! Or you can continue to deal with mediocrity for the rest of your lives. #BLM #COVID19sucks #ALM #Abbeydidnothingwrong Hate this review or like it, the truth will always prevail. Last of Us is DEAD! Let it stay dead. Stay hypocritical! ;)… Expand
  77. mblanc
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    I was sure that it was nearly impossible to surpass the 1st game story, although, I didn't expect such an abysmal difference. New characters don't produce any empathy, even though the game tries to do it very compulsively. Besides of that, the second half of the game is absolutely unnecessary.

    Technical aspects are impeccable (graphics, sound, environment, performance, etc.) I won't    I was sure that it was nearly impossible to surpass the 1st game story, although, I didn't expect such an abysmal difference. New characters don't produce any empathy, even though the game tries to do it very compulsively. Besides of that, the second half of the game is absolutely unnecessary.

    Technical aspects are impeccable (graphics, sound, environment, performance, etc.)

    I won't give a very bad review just for the effort put into it. It's a pity that the writers have f*** everything up.    … Expand
  78. MephistoNukushi
    Jul 19, 2020
    6
    I don't know what to say, I loved the first game but this is difficult.
    The graphics are amazing but the story is so bad! This game is not for me!
  79. divanchik1
    Jun 30, 2020
    6
    As a character, Abby is more interesting than Ellie. The ending is good, I don't know why everyone didn't like it.
  80. xDeadmanshandx
    Jun 22, 2020
    6
    A BAD story and no multiplayer. I played Last of Us and loved it. I dont know why this franchise went this way! A tragic waste! I will seek return and refund!
  81. Leo5251
    Jun 26, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I just don't get it, gameplay is good(at best decent) graphics are good(which was expected) but this game is more about story and zombies which I found very poor.
    Please make some good storyline and storytelling, and if want to kill beloved character kill him like Arthur in RDR and make his worse than a horse in RDR.
    He was phenomenal character and father figure(although not perfect but look upto).    … Expand
  82. Chadstar
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    I'm putting my review in the middle because I admit, like all these bad reviews should, that we haven't finished the game yet. Clearly this game has twists, like it's predecessor. We don't know how the story plays out. NaughtyDog had everyone, myself included fooled on what we thought the first twist was gonna be and it confuses us. So this all has happened.

    But if there's not a really    I'm putting my review in the middle because I admit, like all these bad reviews should, that we haven't finished the game yet. Clearly this game has twists, like it's predecessor. We don't know how the story plays out. NaughtyDog had everyone, myself included fooled on what we thought the first twist was gonna be and it confuses us. So this all has happened.

    But if there's not a really good reason, by the end of the game, for what just happened in the story THAT EARLY in the story... I think this game is gonna tank for the reason of being called "liberal propaganda" etc...    … Expand
  83. daddyam
    Jun 27, 2020
    6
    Gameplay, Graphics, Music, etc. are the greatest you'll ever get to see on a PS4 (Pro). But the story, it feels like, tarnishes all beloved characters from Pt. I w/o hesitation. The message the game wants to tell you (in general, as well as in individual scenes) feel very transparent, cheap and cheated. There are many noticeable plot conveniences that you can see right through, which takesGameplay, Graphics, Music, etc. are the greatest you'll ever get to see on a PS4 (Pro). But the story, it feels like, tarnishes all beloved characters from Pt. I w/o hesitation. The message the game wants to tell you (in general, as well as in individual scenes) feel very transparent, cheap and cheated. There are many noticeable plot conveniences that you can see right through, which takes away some immersion.

    As a massive fan of the first part I feel violated and manipulated, it feels like some scenes were done because ND knew that they'd get emotions out of fans like that easily. The overall tone of the game is just extremely sad and depressing. Neil Druckmann in an interview even said, when asked whether the player is deliberately made feel bad, that yes, players should not have fun with this game.

    In the end everything that was great about the first part has been tarnished for no reason, no conclusion and most importantly a (what feels like) really cheap and cheesy message.

    If you liked the first game for the characters and their relationships, this game is probably not for you. I hate myself for saying this, but I wish this game was never made. Again, as a huge fan of the first part it pains me so so much, if however you're new to the franchise or loved the first game for its gameplay this'll be a great (as far as a depressing story can go) experience for you. In the end, I neither hate nor love this game, it's just okay.    … Expand
  84. daalga
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Eu não gostei da história do game por isso dou nota 6 pra ela,acho que estragaram a história que era do primeiro jogo pra esse,poderiam ter feito de outra maneira de forma épica!Em relação ao gráfico minha nota é 9 e gameplay 8!
  85. Vicente_Guerra
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Las graficas son impresionantes, la jugabilidad también. Supero con creces en esa parte a The Last Of Us 1. La historia no es mala como tal, pero son 25 horas decepcionantes comparadas con el primer juego, Joel muere en las primeras 2 y es imposible que al final no se cumple lo que todo jugador quiere: matar a quien mato a Joel. Ademas de eso el desarrollo de personajes nuevos fuera de Dina es pesimo. En cuanto a la muerte de Joel, un superviviente experto, no puede ser que haya confiado de manera tan facil en esos desconocidos mas aun tomando en cuenta lo desconfiado que es ("habia estado en los dos lados"). En pocas palabras, historia decepcionante, desarrollo de personajes mediocres, jugabilidad y graficas extremadamente buenas.… Expand
  86. Somegoodguy
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This games gets two points, one for graphics and one for having some improvements to the gameplay. The story itself is terrible, I find myself unable to like anyone in this game. Was this story even written by the same person who wrote the first one? If so, what were they smoking! Put simply, this naughty dog peed on the carpet, destroyed the sofa cushions then sat there and waited for aThis games gets two points, one for graphics and one for having some improvements to the gameplay. The story itself is terrible, I find myself unable to like anyone in this game. Was this story even written by the same person who wrote the first one? If so, what were they smoking! Put simply, this naughty dog peed on the carpet, destroyed the sofa cushions then sat there and waited for a treat. Bad dog...bad!… Expand
  87. SRL88
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok, so having played through it I'm going to give an honest and fair reflection of the game.

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

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

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

    I think giving it a 4 is a fair assessment. The storyline and poor game mechanics alone have it that low, and I can't stand politics in movies or games when it doesn't add to the story, but the graphics deserve high praise and that's what keeps this game from being rated lower from me. Will this game make a lot of money? Yes, but not a chance in hell is it the 95+ that the 'critics' have it rated at.    … Expand
  88. Ddarko1
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Once again the story is amazing. I've got a lot a emotions playing this master piece...
  89. maiisen
    Jul 24, 2020
    6
    It's a good game, but not a TLOU.
    -This is terrible writen, there's alot of contradictions and plays with fake scenes that we're showned in the trailers so you can earn more money.
    -It's a waste of potential, 'cuz the graphics, mechanics, and flashbacks are well maded, it's a shame, cuz with the same resourses, and the same characters you've could done a well MADED WRITEN story.
  90. Caj93
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    The gameplay has improved from for the first game but the story is much worse in quality. Visually it's one of the best games I've ever seen.
  91. J_sh_h
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review contains *SPOILERS*.

    The Last of Us 1 is a game that has been loved by many for three specific reasons:
    Graphical beauty, character development and storytelling.
    Joel and Ellies complexed relationship was fascinating and made the motive of the story intriguing and captivating, and the core of the game lies in the Storytelling.
    The Last of Us 2 takes place years after the first happening. It is a visual masterpiece, the VA's are on point, and it almost feels like watching a movie at times. ....But here comes a problem.
    Neil Druckmann, the writer and director of the game, knew that without a specific happening, this new game would eventually stagnate. Neil Druckmann needed a strong plot, so what would be better than something very infuriating?
    Neil Druckmann went ahead to kill of the gameseries most beloved character.
    This choice will bring Very divided opinions. I am standing inbetween.
    I understand that letting us, along with Ellie, watch Joel getting tortured and executed will fire our passion. Passion for Revenge.
    The problem doesn't fully lie in that Joel died. The problem lied in the Way he died and how Early he died. Creating a game while trollbaiting its fans that they will play as Joel and Ellie again, only to kill Joel off within 3 hours of a 25 hour long game is unfair. Not just for the hardcore fans but also those of us who simply created a bond with Joel in the first installment.
    In other words, in order to Successfully kill Joel off, Neil had to make the rest of the story Intense and Passionated. It needed to be about revenge... and i am Not saying it wasn't.
    I am saying that it was too little, too late.
    The first 7 hours after Joels death was stagnating, filled with paddings and "mini-puzzles" (For instance, when you have to find safe codes, move something out of the way or turn on generators).
    It doesn't help that the relationship between Dina and Ellie barely progress or develops, which kind of sucks since you Want to like Dina. When you finally think that the game reaches a turn of event, from the slowpaces tempo it held for so long, you suddenly no longer play as Ellie, instead you get to PLAY as Joels MURDERER.

    Halfway into the story, we get to follow this person, Abby, and her point of view.
    Why she kills Joel, what she does up til the point of the decisive battle.
    It is Very hard to care about Abby, and the whole plot feels Forced.
    We get it, Joel killed her father, but the same father wanted to do an operation on Ellie that definitely would have killed her, Yet knowing he would Never have done that same operation on his Own daughter. (His hypocrism makes it difficult to pity his death at all)
    Then all of a sudden Neil Druckmann wants us to care for Abbys lovelife and friendships. He fails.
    Ironically the second part of the game has the most interesting actionscenes, and the grittyness can get very intense at times, almost Too real.
    On that note, it is important to mention how incredibly wellmade some details in the fightingscenes are. When you for example strangle an enemy you litterally see their facial reactions to it, including their restless panicked eyes and the screams from someone that you just shot sounds unnervingly realistic.
    In other words, when the action gameplay works, it WORKS.
    The problem is that the STORYTELLING lacks creativity and enough motivation to go on.
    The passion is gone, and while playing as Abby you don't fully know what you are supposed to do. It is like a milelong padding filled with actionscenes.
    On top of that there is multiple Flashbacks. Not only mentioning the main flashback for Abby, but we also enters flashbacks within flashbacks within flashbacks, and eventually the whole plot is lost in a maze of different timezone with little to no reasons to be told at all.
    The only part worth mentioning is when Abby meets Yara and Lev. Both contribute well to the story imo.
    Now that we have reached the Present again, and expect us a decisive battle where you kill Abby as Ellie, you gets to play as Abby trying to kill Ellie instead. As if the whole game hasn't been a big slap in the face already. At this point you simply don't care anymore.
    After the fight ends, Abby and Ellie goes their seperated ways and Ellie settles down with a pregnant Dina (How convenient).
    HERE the game should have ended. Simple and clean after an already failing storytelling... But NO. Now Ellie wants to hunt down Abby again.
    I don't even want to dig into the ending, since it makes no sense and feels more like Neil wanted to throw in some "final fortress", but the story ends the same way as before anyways.
    I think Neil Druckmann desperately tried to copy both classic Homeros and cult-director Hideo Kojima. He did not make it.
    For those that loves action and graphics but couldn't Care about storytelling, this is the game for You.
    For us Others who loves storytelling... this was simply a mediocre Disappointment.    … Expand
  92. Akravator
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    Gameplaywise TLOU2 is a very solid game. More on the stealthy end than a survival, item managing one. Game always makes sure you'll end up with enough stuff in your pocket to deal with the various situations (mostly a team of bandits) and if everything fails you can just cqc them. Elimination isnt' always key, though. What hurts this direction are scripted events where enemies just won'tGameplaywise TLOU2 is a very solid game. More on the stealthy end than a survival, item managing one. Game always makes sure you'll end up with enough stuff in your pocket to deal with the various situations (mostly a team of bandits) and if everything fails you can just cqc them. Elimination isnt' always key, though. What hurts this direction are scripted events where enemies just won't die until something happens. It couldn't scream louder "hey kids, it's just a game!". We had that in TLOU1 too but today in our time it just destroys the illusion of an actual living world behind the screen. And speaking of kids, if you play the game, they should be sleeping. TLOU2 is brutal. And not the fun, DOOM way of brutal. It's miserable. People scream their lungs out if they die and our charakter looks often like a complete "nonstabil person" covered thick in blood which could make your stomach turn. Grafics, soundtrack and atmosphere are superb. 30FPS aren't a problem cause the frame rate never breaks in. What isn't superb though is the convoluted story. The elephant in the room. And I'm not talking about the "controversy", where you just role your eyes for a moment and move on. No the story is not working on a basic level. "Last Jedi Luke throws his Lightsaber away" kind of not working. In a franchise that is story driven this effects everything and it simply destroys. Even its own message. What also hurts is the constant back and forth via playable flashbacks but in the light of the non working plot this comes off rather as an inconvenience. It's 25 to 35h long depending of your playstyle but the last 10h or so you just want to get over with it cause of all the plot nonsense happening. Last time I felt that depressed and hollow was probably The Evil Within 2. Which I never ever touched against since. There we are now.… Expand
  93. Dontew
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It starts off slow takes about hour or two to see some real action but it will pay off. I didn’t like how they just killed off Joel for Story. Story could have better writing.… Expand
  94. Puch
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Gameplay was quite interesting but at some time a little bit boring. I have to praise ND for making amazing cinematography but I was disappointed that the story came out to be from a different perspective than what we have seen in trailers that made us hyped for it and now it just pisses me off tbh. They should have made more work on the story as gameplay as well as cutscenes does notGameplay was quite interesting but at some time a little bit boring. I have to praise ND for making amazing cinematography but I was disappointed that the story came out to be from a different perspective than what we have seen in trailers that made us hyped for it and now it just pisses me off tbh. They should have made more work on the story as gameplay as well as cutscenes does not compensate for everything which shows off perfectly.… Expand
  95. WildBadjin
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    We live in sad times. I would have once, bought the Official Playstation magazine and other computer gaming journals and would use the reviews and their scores to determine what game was best deserving, for me to part with my hard earned money, and buy. And now we have the internet! Woo hoo!
    Isn't it though, a crying shame that we can no longer trust review scores, and that people like    We live in sad times. I would have once, bought the Official Playstation magazine and other computer gaming journals and would use the reviews and their scores to determine what game was best deserving, for me to part with my hard earned money, and buy. And now we have the internet! Woo hoo!
    Isn't it though, a crying shame that we can no longer trust review scores, and that people like myself, now have to go out and purchase a game, essentially going in blind. For that reason, The Last of Us Part II is now in my collection...but not for much longer. It is destined for a pre-played bargain basket, somewhere in Sydney.
    If it was a stand alone game, let’s call it The First of Them Part 1, I could have emerged myself in the beautiful visuals and reasonable gameplay, and just made a cuppa tea during the bleak cut scenes (and one cringe-worthy - please gouge my eyes out - sex scene). But this was a sequel to one of the best, heartfelt stories ever told. It has totally spoilt The Last of Us, for me. Now I know, how it ultimately continues/ends, I don't think I'll ever be able to return to it (the original Part 1) ever again.
    Imagine The Shawshank Redemption Part 2, where Andy and Red's, now homosexual, relationship is revealed to an unsuspecting audience. Andy is killed by the Granddaughter of Warden Norton and the remaining plot has Captain Hadley chasing down and trying to kill Red, who in turn is trying to chase down and kill Warden Norton's Granddaughter. Would that get an IMDB score of 10/10? Probably. Because like I said, you just can't trust review scores anymore.    … Expand
  96. Jokpo
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    Gameplay is solid, same as Part 1.
    The cutscenes and the world look good.
    The story is awful. Really, Just like Picard or new Doctor Who season: No, the problem is not the sexual orientation of a character or the color of their skin or whatever. It is bad writing. Bad, lazy writing, full of plotholes, characters don't behave as themselves und just disrespectful. Stuff like "oh, i have    Gameplay is solid, same as Part 1.
    The cutscenes and the world look good.
    The story is awful. Really,
    Just like Picard or new Doctor Who season: No, the problem is not the sexual orientation of a character or the color of their skin or whatever. It is bad writing. Bad, lazy writing, full of plotholes, characters don't behave as themselves und just disrespectful.
    Stuff like "oh, i have changed my mind after 10 hours of going to that point", for no reason.    … Expand
  97. Killerrobots
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There are genuine criticisms to make about this game. Why is there a society that communicates via loud whistles when the infecteds main sense is hearing? Gameplay could've been cut by like 5 hours, some of it seems to drag for a long time. Some of the dialog is awkward and unnatural, and it feels like it was written by the writers of Riverdale. The game should've started with the flashback scenes, it felt out of place with them thrown into the middle of the game. It felt like the infected where an after thought in this game and weren't really a focus at all, and the main big guy you fight felt like something from left 4 dead, not tlou. The gameplay seemed a bit outdated. Overall its obvious the game was written by a different team, it focused less on the natural aspects to their original infected design and it isn't as immersive as the original game.

    As for the things done well: I liked the additional puzzles, and breaking glass. The graphics are very well done. The flashback scenes felt like they were written by someone else entirely, and I very much enjoyed them even if they seemed misplaced in the game. The new weapon slection is pretty cool. Rating breakdown:
    Graphics: 8/10
    Gameplay: 6/10
    Dialog: 3/10
    Storyline: 5/10
    Infected enemies 4/10
    New enemies: 6/10
    New characters: 7/10
    Pacing: 4/10

    Overall its an average game.    … Expand
  98. Liam0o
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Amazing graphics and atmosphere, on par with the original, TLOU, however the gameplay was much more boring this time with a less captivating and abrasive story.
  99. Yapare
    Jul 17, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La verdad el juego no es un 0 pero tampoco un 10
    No se puede llegar a querer a abby después de la introducción del personaje que nos dieron y lo hace con la humillante forma de asesinar a joel con el palo de golf
    Por que el primer juego la decisión final de joel es egoísta pero llegamos ya a querer al personaje    … Expand
  100. braystr
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Games pretty good once I got past the part where the story took a 180 turn to where I wanted it to go. They really **** Joel’s character arc. And for what.
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  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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