The Last of Us Part II

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  1. chj915
    Jun 30, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoiler alert... Great visual, great action, great CG and Characters design, but...
    If the studio wants to keep sharing the same game title: The Last Of Us, they'd better concern more about how the players would react to how the game is turning in PART II.
    I don't mind if the story designed Joel's death in the game, but at least not at the first couple of hours of entering the story. It ruined the player's tie with the main character. We have all invested emontionlly into Joel throughout the first LastOfUs game. Framing Joel's death in the first 2 hours in PART II? That just ruined my mood for the rest of the game play. I have no enjoyment at all. I did not care how Ellie and Dina explore the city of Seattle at all. All the time they spent in the city were waste of time in my opinion. Yet, getting the revenge isn't what I care either. There is no close tie between the game characters and us - the true player behind the controller. The PART II has lost what made it popular in PART I.
    I appreciate the game developers who put their time and efforts in developing this game, but I believe they would be appreciated much much more if the story wasn't what it is right now. There are a lot gaps and holes in the way how the game tells its story. Constant memory flashback did not change the fact that as player I have no interest in going any further with the game.
    To respect my money spent on this game, I at least want to finish the game once so I have played through the whole game before start writing my reviews and comments. I am giving the score of 5 for the whole game. But if scoring only the story telling and structure, I would give 3 instead.
    Next time, I won't trust any reviews came out prior to the release date. It appears all of those popular reviewers are afraid of putting negative reviews. There are definitely "controllers" around this. I don't like the false review, especially for the games that I loved.    … Expand
  2. SurrealRabbit
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Played the first one 3x and loved it. The second one...not as much. Graphics and sound are great. The story isn’t that memorable, which is the most important part to me. I don’t care that she is gay, but they will remind you that Ellie is homosexual every 5 minutes, because obviously you forgot the last 45 times they told you. Just wish they would have focused more on the story and less on the sexual orientation of the characters.… Expand
  3. Saintynot
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Se pasan con las notas, ni de coña es un videojuego de un 0. Es cierto que tiene más o menos tantos puntos negativos como positivos por eso le doi un 5/10, es un videojuego regular y ya, no se merece esos ceros aunque comprendo la grandísima decepción con todo el hype que había. Al menos con la parte de los bugs seguro se acabarán solucionando poco a poco con actualizaciones.
  4. JordanJ11
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    I'm so disappointed of this game... waited 5 years for this and honestly is far behind of what I expected. I rate the game 5/10 because of the graphics that are insane, amazing job on that area and the gameplay that is quite good. But dude, the story is just so badly written and executed that it doesn't make sense, the idea they had was good but they executed it horrible. The newI'm so disappointed of this game... waited 5 years for this and honestly is far behind of what I expected. I rate the game 5/10 because of the graphics that are insane, amazing job on that area and the gameplay that is quite good. But dude, the story is just so badly written and executed that it doesn't make sense, the idea they had was good but they executed it horrible. The new characters just don't connect with you in the process like Joel and Ellie did in part 1, you just think "Ok, it's just another character" and there are a lot of plot holes. I could continue because there is a lot to talk about this game but I'm just sad to see how a great game came to this.… Expand
  5. aliharris
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    I wanted to love The Last of Us Part II, especially because the first game is my favourite game ever. However, it’s hard to ignore the many issues with this game, and the fact that Naughty Dog handled their marketing in an unethical manner. You can have a dark, mature story, with the appropriate themes and messages. Games like Red Dead Redemption 2, Life is Strange, The Walking Dead SeasonI wanted to love The Last of Us Part II, especially because the first game is my favourite game ever. However, it’s hard to ignore the many issues with this game, and the fact that Naughty Dog handled their marketing in an unethical manner. You can have a dark, mature story, with the appropriate themes and messages. Games like Red Dead Redemption 2, Life is Strange, The Walking Dead Season 1, and many more. They all concern themselves with mature themes, stories that are dark, and unhappy endings. Yet, unlike The Last of Us Part II, they’re able to manage all these elements together without faltering.

    Read the full review here: https://thegamesflix.com/2020/06/25/the-last-of-us-part-ii-critique/    … Expand
  6. IRONAGU
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Although I like the game-play and all of that but you find the problem in the story where you play **** 25 hrs with Abby to explain his story I don't mind about that **** also killing Joel like that he didn't deserve it, what I expected of this game was a great sequel like uncharted but when you fired the writer of the first last of us is when all the game went to **** in that story iAlthough I like the game-play and all of that but you find the problem in the story where you play **** 25 hrs with Abby to explain his story I don't mind about that **** also killing Joel like that he didn't deserve it, what I expected of this game was a great sequel like uncharted but when you fired the writer of the first last of us is when all the game went to **** in that story i could still be talking of the game but im disappointed… Expand
  7. jhollis977
    Jul 1, 2020
    5
    I mostly enjoyed the first half of the game playing as Ellie. I mostly hated the second half playing as Abby. The game play mechanics and graphics are improved, but the story isn't enjoyable, and they kill off characters you loved from the first game and replace them with less likable characters. Overall a mixed bag for me.
  8. VahNabooty
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Disappointing story that sadly can’t be saved by its great gameplay and beautiful visuals. The story feels as though it was written to try to make a big statement, but that statement ends up falling flat and the terrible writing takes center stage instead. Gameplay is tainted by its direct connection to the story, which worked perfectly in the first game, but here it is made very hard toDisappointing story that sadly can’t be saved by its great gameplay and beautiful visuals. The story feels as though it was written to try to make a big statement, but that statement ends up falling flat and the terrible writing takes center stage instead. Gameplay is tainted by its direct connection to the story, which worked perfectly in the first game, but here it is made very hard to care about the characters and what will happen next.… Expand
  9. MaxSlattery
    Feb 9, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There’s so many narrative issues. Abby isn’t a good character. She shows no remorse for her friends deaths, other than Owens I guess. She doesn’t care about anyone but Lev. She’s extremely dislikeable and it’s so obvious in the writers manipulation to get the audience to like her in her storyline. Her storyline consists of side missions basically.. Getting medicine to amputate an arm???? Going off to rescue a transgender boy confronting his mom?? What the **** Who gives a **** My problem isn’t with Joel dying. It’s how he died. It wasn’t deserved or earned. It’s obvious the writers should’ve worked in a different way of killing him because clearly, with all the backlash, they didn’t do it right. Great graphics and gameplay but that story sucks man. And oh my god, why is there a pregnant **** running around in the apocalypse?? Dina is about as interesting and engaging as watching paint dry. All I know about her is she’s Bi and she’s a Jew. Jessie, Dina, and Yara are three throwaway characters. Jessie is there to be a dumbass and get Dina pregnant. Dina is there as a love interest. And Yara is there to get her arm cut off and mowed down with assault rifles. Abbys storyline is a waste of time running errands for characters who aren’t interesting. Lev is transgender, that’s great, he’s still boring damnit. Ellie has changed so much, part of that I can understand as it’s been a few years and she’s grown up. But man she is just a sad, boring mess. Only reason I cared about her is because I consistently reminded myself why I liked her in the first game. The portions with Joel and Ellie were perfect and it all worked. I don’t know why they couldn’t have just made that Part II and have this story as part III. This entire game blows.… Expand
  10. SickCoont
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    While the new additions to gameplay are fun, this game is held down by a polarizing, miserable story that overstayed its welcome.
  11. esdrasfera
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us 2 com certeza foi um dos jogos mais esperados do ano e até da geração. A continuação do primeiro que por si, já era uma obra de arte, era muito aguardada desde o anúncio da existência de sua criação. Passaram-se 3 anos e meio até que tivemos ele em mãos e, meus amigos, eis que a decepção foi gigante. A morte de um dos (ou até mesmo "do") personagem principal deixou a história chata. Inicia-se uma história de vingança que aos poucos vai perdendo sua vontade e acaba que faz o jogador passar horas pra nada. A personagem principal tem seus motivos, mas deixa a história com um gosto de "sacrifício à toa". As belas frases "faça cada tiro valer a pena" e principalmente "não pode ser em vão", são jogadas na lata do lixo com essa continuação. Naughty Dog tinha um tesouro precioso em suas mãos, onde tinha inúmeras outras coisas bacanas, mas optou pelo arriscado e divisório. Sim, pelo menos pra mim, o Joel e sua relação com a Ellie é que davam a "graça" do jogo. Só que essa "graça" foi jogada fora com cerca de 4 horas de jogo. O restante da narrativa é chato, o fato de estarem num mundo pós apocalíptico é deixado de lado e os infectados viram meros coadjuvantes num jogo sobre uma personagem que, embora tenha suas razões pra fazer o que fez, não tinha a necessidade de ser incluída. Inserindo personagens assim, a Naughty Dog pode fazer um jogo "infinito" (onde personagens são descartáveis e a cada edição do jogo, conta-se uma história diferente). Pra não dizer que tudo no jogo é ruim e até justificar minha nota 5, temos gráficos espetaculares que me deixou de queixo caído, tanto pelo gráfico em si, quanto pelas expressões faciais dos bonecos. Outro ponto em que a Sony capricha é em sua localização. As vozes e emoções foram muito bem repassadas em sua versão brasileira, digna de aplausos. Gameplay foi evoluída em relação ao primeiro jogo e continua bastante agradável. The Last of Us 2 ensinou algumas coisas: Personagens favoritos podem morrer, jogos favoritos podem ter continuações decepcionantes e pré-venda de jogos... nunca mais.… Expand
  12. jirb1234
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    The gameplay is ok. The story sucks balls. Instead of continuing the awesome plot of the first one, Niel **** tries to be bold by referencing today's social issues such as trans and gay. I wanted to see more about how Ellie's immunity to the virus would play out. But, I got nothing. Remember kids, REVENGE IS BAD!
  13. CynicalIdealist
    Jul 20, 2021
    5
    Just a very meh game. The story is mediocre and the new characters are bland and forgettable. The music is also not very memorable. The gameplay is serviceable but gets old halfway through the game. The graphics and art style are exceptional and performances are stellar. Not much more to say.
  14. Vanta77
    Nov 17, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Was exciting to play through but i hated playing as Abby. Best part about her part was the creative ways you let someone end her or jump of a cliff etc. Not because she's buff but because how she was written and how she was forced upon the player for 12 hours while the game focuses everything into getting me to find sympathy for her. She likes dogs, Ellie kills dogs and so on, it was very annoying.
    i just wish the story would've been about someone else than Joel and Ellie (If you have to do it like this)

    Worst parts of the game was just another flashback with Owen and how much Abby loves him and has an affair with him and then doesnt care if she's kills unborn babies, just found her creepy and annoying. Didnt care for her and i blame the writers. I loved the sniper part though and some aspects, i just wish it would be shorter and the rest would be a DLC. I would've loved a good story involving Joel and Ellie, instead we get a mediocre, badly paced one but a crazy emotional one, which was the positive part. I would've loved to take out good chunk of her playtime and play Tommy instead, shoot Manny and Abby and people would be like whoa Abby was crazy but she's over.

    This is an amazing world that could've cast new characters and it would've been such a better accomplished game if it wouldnt have been this needless sequel imo.
    The graphics, music, stealth system and everything is so good, i loved proning and taking down the entire team while crafting more arrows, just everything was so fluid. Ellie was really cool and obviously people change and all that, so i enjoyed the ride, i just dont agree with the story direction, the endless drama of every single thing, pregnant medic mothers going on missions because why ?

    Who is this stupid to allow that to slow the team down in the first place ? And then 2 pregnant dramas that happen after that, forced social politics and the length of Abby's nonsense, how ND thought this move would be popular is beyond me. The subverting expectations and the exaggerating drama scenes for the sake of drama, was a tad bit much for my taste. I felt it was absolutely perfectly written in the first game and Left Behind but i feel the 70% staff leaving ND had something to do with the pacing,writing for this game. Also the co-writer of the first game and Left Behind had nothing to do with this game, so it was just Neil and his new Westworld TV show writer.

    I love how many female characters are in this game, i just wish the ideas for them wasnt always reprisenting some social politics, its a female character so she has to have an agenda, this one is gay, this one is also gay, this one is trans and this one is bulky.
    Nothing wrong with having that in game but it felt so forced and it bothered me. Im pretty sure all the expendable straight women were killed because they didnt reprisent some agenda, yet magicly the reprisentatives none of them got killed, not even Bill in the first game lol loved that guy. My complaint has nothing to with being gay etc in general, its just how its implemented.

    Game definetly has its strengths though, the flashbacks between Ellie and Joel were by far the best moments in this game, gameplay wise its phenomenal and the graphics, the audio is absolute world class, i dont think ive had as good audio in a game before. Shows that their crunch really paid off for this game to look good, also concerning how the new president is desperatly trying to restore ND image because of controversy happening there and 70% of the staff leaving. But regardless i feel this was an uneccessary sequel, its so bad and its so good.

    I want to give it a 7 because it was quite the ride but i also wanna give it a 3 because there so many stupid decisions made in making of this game, especially how the workers were overworked, and regarding the game itself how boring the new characters are and how poorly paced the story is, how this revenge story sucks (Just like Neil was told when he wasnt president) and how the shock value and subverting expectations was prevalent in every single scene. It could've been so much better but ND got stuck in the trenches and had to finish their product in the end with Sony breathing down their necks.

    TLOU1 followed by Left Behind was an absolute masterpiece and this is just a more brutal and exaggerated spin-off that doesnt even cast the same characters. The old characters are nothing like themselves, its like Neil either forgot ( since its been over 10 years since the other game was in development) or he doesnt care. It doesnt feel like a Part 2 , just a poor sequel that i cant bring myself to play again.    … Expand
  15. MechZahnSlayer
    Feb 8, 2022
    5
    The low key sequel to Manhunt1/2 we didn’t ask for, 5/10 stars. Gameplay did not match story being told in a mindful way. I do not recommend it to fans of the first game.
  16. ZOHiiR
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    1-Bad Story
    The story is very bad, and Joel's death was not a good choice from NaughtyDog , playing with a transformative character is disgusting and insluts to the name of the game
    2-Anomalies
    We are in a zombie game and we have no time for anomaly
    3-Graphics The graphics and animation were good, but they weren't the perfect thing
  17. DavidFCorreia
    Apr 14, 2023
    5
    The reason why TLOU2 was a shot on the foot from a studio that is masterclass on storytelling:

    - The Last of Us Part 1: We don't even know Joel, but we know that he is a worker on a normal world. World that goes kaboom and the first random persons appearing on the game (a couple with a kid) Joel said "don't stop" to Tommy. From here you started to build a character that don't trust no    The reason why TLOU2 was a shot on the foot from a studio that is masterclass on storytelling:

    - The Last of Us Part 1: We don't even know Joel, but we know that he is a worker on a normal world. World that goes kaboom and the first random persons appearing on the game (a couple with a kid) Joel said "don't stop" to Tommy. From here you started to build a character that don't trust no one and this isn't even in the apocalyptic world we will see.
    In another scene Joel sees a man asking for help and he immediately knew it was an ambush.
    Joel kills numerous people in Part 1, so he knows that is ass is asking for revenge of someone.
    Joel uses fake names.

    - So Part 2: In middle of the game Abby said she got a lead, suggesting that they don't know where they are, and in any part of the game is showed they know how Joel or Tommy looked like.
    But Abby and the group found the town, Joel saves Abby. In the middle of a runaway Tommy had time to make introductions and said their real names. This don't make any sense, Tommy learned from the years in this world to don't do that, he was a firefly, and killed people too, and knew that Joel killed many people.
    They go to Abby's hideout and things start to be very bad in terms of contradict character build:
    1 - Everyone or many of the Abby's group are with guns in hand, Joel and Tommy leaved theirs on horses.
    2 - Joel stands in the middle of all group, a guy that don't trusted a couple with a kid, killed hundreds of people and know how ambushes work.
    3 - Tommy again slipped is name, but don't says Joel's name.
    4 - If this, for you, is not a shot in the foot of ND, or is a spit on one of the best characters in industry of gaming this is:
    5 - Joel standing without a gun, surround by a group he don't know, helpless if something happened said his real name "Joel".

    ND, or should I say, Neil Druckman don't give a **** about Joel's character, if this don't prove to you that, this should:

    He makes you play half of the game, or even more with the person who killed Joel. But if this is even not enough for you, put it in this perspective: Imagining play half of the game with any daughter, mother, wife, of some random npc or character Joel killed.

    Believe when I say that TLOU Part 3, if it comes out, will be a failure. Because now ND and Neil Druckman can't put Abby's character on the trash can, so or you will have to play with her again or they don't bring her in the third game and that will be another shot on the foot because you literally made a game around her and now you toss her out so people will question "why do you did that in Part 2 and know Abby isn't even here?"

    I'm not saying that Joel didn't deserved to die or that I wouldn't accept that he dies. But you do it without breaking is character core and definitely don't force fans to have to play half of the game with his killer.    … Expand
  18. Alejarroniz
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    Manda a la borda todo lo que hizo brillante el uno, un juego que abusa del flashback y que desvía la atención del espectador, su protagonista (Abby) es insufrible.
  19. morningland
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us was the game that re-introduced me to modern gaming. It showed how we are in a golden age of gaming where they are practically interactive movies. I was so excited for this game.... then the leaks happened.

    For context, I'm a progressive person who is sympathetic to the LGBTQ community and I laughed at the overly sensitive conservatives who automatically assumed that Abby was a transgender person. But I was also frusterated when I learned what the game planned to do with the beloved characters of the first game. Still I decided to try the game with an open mind.

    Is this a good game? Yes, absolutely. Is it a good sequel to "The Last of Us"? Absolutely NOT and I honestly wish they had never even made this game because it's a story that didn't need to be told. For starters, Sony and Naughty Dog straight up LIED about what this game would be. There is a trailer that clearly shows Joel joining Ellie on her quest at some point but that was a complete LIE. When the scene plays out in the actual game, it is a different person who you don't even care about. Ridiculous and I honestly can't believe more people aren't calling them out for that specific lie.

    Here's the deal, I thought I was going to hate playing as Abby but here story line was the only thing I found truly compelling in the game. They made Ellie so unlikable and foolish in this game that that's the reason why I wish they'd never even bothered making this game. All in all, the story leaves you feeling hopeless because it was totally meaningless and not well executed. If this game was marketed differently, as a game set in the universe of the Last of Us but not a direct sequel I think it'd be easier to forgive, but the current game just trashes what made the game special in the first place

    Another problem I have with the story; who was the moron that decided it was worthwhile to have you kill dogs? For the most part you have a choice in killing them but at one point in the game, you are FORCED to kill a dog. The worst part is that the game has the nerve to guilt trip you for something it FORCED you to do! Just such lazy story telling.

    lastly, the game play is improved but still weak. The Last of Us never had great game play but it was servicable and held up mainly by it's story. Here, the story is just poorly placed garbage so all you are left with is a slightly refined combat system that wasn't special in the first place. By the last hours of the game, I'd had enough and turned the difficulty down all the way so I could just run past every enemy encounter to progress the crappy story.

    For the positives, the game is obviously beautiful and there are some amazing 10/10 moments in the game, but when you mix crap with ice cream all you end up doing is ruining the ice cream and making the crap marginally better but still not palatable. Lastly, I LOVE and appreciate how Naughty Dog added so many well thought out customizations. This is truly awesome and something I wish every developer would do.

    Want to adjust the difficulty? You are allowed to customize almost every game play element to your liking. For me, I made the enemies extreamly weak to my bullets but I made myself extreamly weak to theirs, creating an almost one shot one kill game. I also made the game much more leniant with supplies so I could have more fun with shooting guns.

    I hated trying to aim with a controller (my fault, not the games) but I was able to implement a slow down mechanic to help make it a little easier. When you compare this to a game like Red Red Redemption 2, which is amazing in almost every way but so incredibly poor how the developers let you actually play the game I really think Naughty Dog should be applauded for this one area of the game.

    Outside of that, I finished this game and now I just want to forget the whole experience. The only reason this isn't a fully negative review is because of the few great moments in the game and the care they took in the customization features    … Expand
  20. kiba12
    Jun 30, 2020
    5
    The Last of Us Part 2 makes two huge mistakes in its narrative structure. One massive, the other unforgivable.

    As per my promise of no spoilers in my review I will share that this game's narrative structure could have worked and left a compelling and thought-provoking impact on the players but with the two issues alluded to previously it falls apart and from those points forward, the    The Last of Us Part 2 makes two huge mistakes in its narrative structure. One massive, the other unforgivable.

    As per my promise of no spoilers in my review I will share that this game's narrative structure could have worked and left a compelling and thought-provoking impact on the players but with the two issues alluded to previously it falls apart and from those points forward, the game loses any emotional impact and is finishes with an unresolved and unearned conclusion.

    Games as an experience are perfectly welcome, but without proper narrative structure, the experience falls flat.

    Unfortunate. I hope they don't make these mistakes in the future.

    Golden seals for the acting and the visuals of the game. Ashley Johnson as Ellie being the main focus performed flawlessly and deserves the praise. Everyone else, they were fine, no real complaints from the performances.

    The characters of The Last of US Part 2 were much more narrow and unfocused than Part 1. Which really hurt any connection one might develop to them and certain character deaths remain without impact.

    Despite Laura Bailey's incredible work with Abby, the character was simply set up to be despised from the start. And all the attempts to make her understood failed miserable. I again refer to the poor narrative structure that caused this.

    I congratulate the economical success this game is. But, as a player and fan, I am immensely disappointed.    … Expand
  21. Makishima
    Jan 3, 2022
    5
    - The gameplay was completely copied from the first part, without changes (improvement of weapons, character abilities)
    - The plot is interesting only until the Death of One Character, after which boredom begins for 15-20 hours and an undisclosed ending, a bunch of unreasonable actions of the characters that do not lead to anything.
    - I'm generally silent about the parkour of a woman 9    - The gameplay was completely copied from the first part, without changes (improvement of weapons, character abilities)
    - The plot is interesting only until the Death of One Character, after which boredom begins for 15-20 hours and an undisclosed ending, a bunch of unreasonable actions of the characters that do not lead to anything.
    - I'm generally silent about the parkour of a woman 9 months pregnant, complete nonsense, by the end of the supply trip, a miscarriage is guaranteed.
    - And yeah, Ellie wasn't revealed, Deana wasn't revealed, Tommy wasn't revealed, and to recall the names of the others, you need to google it, because they are not remembered at all - they’re empty or, again, they were not revealed. The rest of the characters forget instantly, after 5-10 minutes after the dialogue with them.
    + Good things about this game: VFX (wind, fire, brains on the wall, and etc.), physics, the work of the character artist, animation, and environment artists who created the beautiful world around them.
    It's sad, folks    … Expand
  22. JRKMAN
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    لعبة جيده و لا ترقى لكل التطبيل الحاصل و على كل حال اسمتعت في العبه مع شعور بلملل في بعض الاحيان
    العبة جدا عاديه
  23. greenisgood
    Jul 6, 2020
    5
    TL;DR - A lot has been said about this game so I am not gonna bother with the details.
    After the credits rolled I felt like I was looking at a Magnificent and Beautiful picture puzzle but the pieces of the puzzle were all in the wrong order.
    On Numerous occasions I could see what True Beauty the picture puzzle holds but the pieces are all haphazardly just mashed together that this    TL;DR - A lot has been said about this game so I am not gonna bother with the details.
    After the credits rolled I felt like I was looking at a Magnificent and Beautiful picture puzzle but the pieces of the puzzle were all in the wrong order.
    On Numerous occasions I could see what True Beauty the picture puzzle holds but the pieces are all haphazardly just mashed together that this Possibly Masterpiece of a Picture which would probably reach into your soul and leave a mark never manages to do so.

    This is a clear example of why Pacing and Editing plays such an important role in media which is something widely understood with Movies and TV shows and in games as well for that matter but pacing and editing was thrown away for a self indulgent pat on the back.
    This is probably the worst paced game I have every played along with being one of the worst Editing in Story and Screenplay I have experienced.
    The most heartbreaking aspect is everything was there for another Soulful Experience; all the effort, all the passion, all the good story that the whole of Naughty Dog worked so hard on but Story Execution is in the worst possible order that it really damages the overall experience.

    This game is an imperfect gem in the rough that would have been a beautiful Jewel in Naughty Dog's amazing legacy but sadly the decision and cost of being shocking and subversive never allows it to reach the level of adoration it deserves.    … Expand
  24. keracretin
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'll get the negatives out of the way. The game was repetitive. You find yourself surrounded by infected and you die. You try again. You die. The game dumbs down the AI and you win. You move on. Then you find yourself in the same situation. Rinse, repeat, rinse repeat. It got pretty boring.

    The game really tries to force you to make quick bonds with the new characters. And I didn't just click with them. I didn't like Dina, I found her annoying and didn't really care for her. Jesse though. He was amazing. Really wished he stayed around for the possible trilogy they were hinting at the end (I'll talk about that in a bit).

    Some aspects of the story had feelings of cut-and-paste from a fanfiction post. Like... It felt a 13 year old was trying to imitate 50 Shades. And THAT scene... Very unnecessary and didn't understand why they felt it had to be included.

    But now for the good stuff:

    I liked how very unsafe all the characters were. Everyone was at risk of being axed from the game. Why is everyone surprised that Joel died? I was totally expecting it to happen. Joel can't be around for very long in the game. It makes some sense to me.

    The graphics were obviously amazingly beautiful. It's Naughty Dog. They're good in that department.

    Some of the puzzles were a bit confusing but I liked how much detail they put even into rooms that were hardly involved with the story.

    I really liked the idea of playing Abby. Seeing everything from her perspective was very eye-opening. Beforehand you were rooting for Ellie and hoped she got her revenge. But then ND forces you into Abby's shoes and to experience her side of that fateful day in the hospital. And her side of events in Seattle. I was like damn. I don't know who to side with. And I know Naughty Dog were aiming for that angle. I think they did that perfectly for me anyway.

    The game left you wanting more. When you stopped to play so you can grab some dinner or run errands, LoU2 was the one thing constantly on my mind. I had to play it whenever I could. Sometimes for hours well into the night.

    The ending, however, made no sense whatsoever. I mean... Why did Ellie and Dina decide to live in a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere? And why did Ellie spare Abby when she wanted her dead? Tried drowning her and then goes nah mate just go. So many plotholes that I'm sure were intently put there so we're screaming for The Last of Us Part 3.

    I agree with a friend of mine who sai that Naughty Dog wrote it how they wanted it and they weren't afraid to really push buttons with the story. They didn't mind killing off main characters and shoving new ones in. They unapologetically made the game their way, no matter how unpopular it may have been.

    The game wasn't so bad that it deserves a review bomb on Metacritic but it wasn't great either. It was an okay game. I'm glad I played it and waited when I did.    … Expand
  25. Cyshox
    Apr 23, 2023
    5
    The gameplay is better but the story is very awkward. I loved the prequel but TLoU2 potentially ruined the franchise.
  26. friceperd
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Mediocre game. The graphics are good, but nothing to really boast about. Gameplay is pretty much the same as the first game. Music is good for the most part and sound design is great. Story is pretty bad. Druckmann is a hack. Bring back Amy.
  27. Payphone
    Jul 6, 2020
    5
    What a masterpiece. A work of art that elevates the name "game. A unique story, created by masters of storytelling. Thank you naughty dog.
  28. Shadow1995
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    Political trash I came close to putting down many times but what finally did it was when that "boy" is actually a girl they hinted s*** a few times before that but I let it go I knew to expect this kind of crap in this day and age but that part nah forget it. I didn't bother to finish the game just googled the ending seems to me I saved myself a bit time anyway. Neil or Drunkmann orPolitical trash I came close to putting down many times but what finally did it was when that "boy" is actually a girl they hinted s*** a few times before that but I let it go I knew to expect this kind of crap in this day and age but that part nah forget it. I didn't bother to finish the game just googled the ending seems to me I saved myself a bit time anyway. Neil or Drunkmann or Druckmann can shove the game up where the sun doesn't shine. Great graphics though but that is not enough to save this game from its terrible story.… Expand
  29. XxSasah101xX
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game should never have received a 95, the fair score for it would be 50 or 60. I played 28 hours and I can speak with all sincerity, this is an average game. Don't get me wrong, but the story of this game is so porously constructed and directed that there are moments that you get lost and tired. Neil Druckmann wanted to implement a whole political agenda within the game, and I succeeded. On the positive points, I can quote 3.



    1° Graphics

    Basically, it's all the power of PS4, it's the game that most abuses the capacity of the console, even having downgrade compared to what the naughty dog showed in 2018, is still very impressive and wonderful



    2° Playability

    The gameplay of the 1st game was already very good in 2013, here in this game, there was a reuse, expanding and improving what was already stabilized in the franchise.



    3° Violence

    The graphic and verbal violence in this game is on another level, everyone is angry and distressed, when you finish a person with Ellie or Abby, it's always with enough anger and in such a violent way that you notice on the face of the characters.



    These three points together, they score 40 for the game, but what **** it all up is the story

    History would have greater potential if it weren't for all the mess made by the script. Starting with Joel's death, in this game clearly his only use was to do marketing so Sony could sell the game to the community that is a fan of the character and the old game. Ellie, here in this game, completely changed Ellie's personality, I left that funniest and most spontaneous person and an angry and serious adult came in, which didn't agree with her.

    Dina, a completely disposable character who doesn't care if she existed or not.

    Abby, her story could be something created in a DLC, it would save time and not leave the game so dull and dull. Everything about this character is in exaggeration, Naughty Dog wants you to have that feeling of empathy but you can't feel empathy with this character. She's very rude, very authoritarian, there's no way to empathize with her. They put the key point of her story (Joel's death) right at the beginning of the game and will only explain why she did it and with so much violence after more than 10 hours of gameplay, besides it is not explained why she is so strong, she is very disproportionate, as in a post-apocalypse a woman finds supplements and anabolic to get that size, she is stronger than any male character that appears, it becomes even comical.

    But the cherry on the manure cake is the end, it means naughty dog that after we kill all those people, after we lose everything and everyone we had and still lose 3 fingers, you just let Abby go. Why did I spend more than 20 hours killing, stealing, running, all this for nothing?

    The last of us 2 is an expensive game that has an ending to a self-help book that costs 1.99. I'm very impressed with the corruption that Sony does when buying these journalists.

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  30. ServusDei
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    Шедевр спору нету, но своё ЛГБТ уберите с экранов, я не хочу чтобы мой ребёнок это видел. Это бич, а вы это показываете как норму. Потому, что у власти сидят такие же больные люди.
  31. yusuf_dgn
    Jul 9, 2022
    5
    Last of us 2'nin hikayesi çok berbat olmasına rağmen oyunun ilk yarısından, yani ellie ile oynadığımız kısımdan keyif almıştım. Ama oyunun ikinci yarısında Abby ile oynadığımız kısım inanılmaz sıkıcıydı.
    neil druckmann ilk oyundan sonra kendine çok güvenmiş ve çok katmanlı bir hikaye anlatmaya çalışmış ama eline yüzüne bulaştırmış. Last of us 2 ortalama bir oynanışa sahip. Oynanışın neden    Last of us 2'nin hikayesi çok berbat olmasına rağmen oyunun ilk yarısından, yani ellie ile oynadığımız kısımdan keyif almıştım. Ama oyunun ikinci yarısında Abby ile oynadığımız kısım inanılmaz sıkıcıydı.
    neil druckmann ilk oyundan sonra kendine çok güvenmiş ve çok katmanlı bir hikaye anlatmaya çalışmış ama eline yüzüne bulaştırmış. Last of us 2 ortalama bir oynanışa sahip. Oynanışın neden bu kadar çok övüldüğünü anlamadım. Last of us 2'yi satın alırken oyunun yarısını Abby ile oynayacağımı bilmiyordum. Bundan sonra naughty dog stüdyosunun çıkaracağı hiçbir oyunu satın almamaya karar verdim.    … Expand
  32. Nimarus
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This is supposed to be a negative review, but Metacritic is currently blocking ALL negative reviews. Graphics look great, facial animations during cutscenes look very realistic. However, the story is horrible and the choices some characters make seem inconsistent. Everything that made Part 1 so great is destroyed in the first couple hours of the game. Fans of the franchise are angry andThis is supposed to be a negative review, but Metacritic is currently blocking ALL negative reviews. Graphics look great, facial animations during cutscenes look very realistic. However, the story is horrible and the choices some characters make seem inconsistent. Everything that made Part 1 so great is destroyed in the first couple hours of the game. Fans of the franchise are angry and blasting it with negative reviews. The anger is so universal that Metacritic and Naughty Dog think it's bots when it's actually heartbroken fans. They took The Last of Us and slathered it with hot garbage. Possibly the worst part is that Naughty Dog dismisses all criticism, no matter how valid.… Expand
  33. Demeter_Kornel
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    It's an "okay" game. Not bad, but not great. The grapihcs is good, but the story is nothing special.
  34. Jaysography
    Aug 30, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game evolves in every way; the story line is absolutely awful. How in Odins name do you destroy something that is so easy to keep free of stupidity and nonsense. Very disappointed.… Expand
  35. simonwux
    Dec 25, 2020
    5
    To be honest, great game, great picture, fun to play, **** story. Really controversy to write a story like this.
  36. Comradely
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This is still the gold standard of triple A games in terms of gameplay. It took the simple game mechanics of the first and improved on them immeasurably, utilising them in an infinitely more dynamic world with satisfying and gorgeous level/encounter design.

    [MINOR SPOILERS FROM HERE] However, since The Last of Us, there have been a lot of releases that have been superlative    This is still the gold standard of triple A games in terms of gameplay. It took the simple game mechanics of the first and improved on them immeasurably, utilising them in an infinitely more dynamic world with satisfying and gorgeous level/encounter design.

    [MINOR SPOILERS FROM HERE] However, since The Last of Us, there have been a lot of releases that have been superlative storytellers. From Red Dead Redemption 2 to Outer wilds to even something as expansive as The Witcher 3 to gorge yourself on. Part 2 never reaches the heights of the first game and is subordinate to even more comparable releases in this regard. The "if you're out for revenge, prepare two coffins: one for your quarry, and the other for yourself" storyline is done to death in infinitely better westerns than TLOU2 and it mostly feels like Naughty Dog has a load of emotional check boxes it wants to fill, giving the story a less organic feel.

    I don't understand this recent, I think, desire that writers often have to show the humanity in all of the monsters that they create. The sequences with Abby are arduous for this reason. I simply don't care about the connection that her and her group had with the dog that I killed earlier on in the game, which they realistically brought out with them to either a) die b) maul Ellie's face off. It's so lazy. Yes, Abby’s a person trying to survive in a world only slightly more hostile than our own, but anybody can appear sympathetic, you don't need to debase and derail the momentum of a narrative and take me on a massive gameplay diversion (10+ hours easily) just to tell me that.

    [MAJOR SPOILERS FROM HERE] The final act synthesises one of the worst and most egregious ludo-narrative dissonances between authorial intent, what the game is actually asking you to do at any given moment and how it’ll make you feel that I've ever seen in a video game. For e.g. a fail-state existing in the final desperate confrontation between Abby and Ellie, so that if you mess up in dodging a strike or two, you die and have to beat Abby over and over again until you get it right, is just torture porn. Nothing more. Particularly after it’s actually Ellie that forces the fight from Abby, who is to too weak and tired to care anymore, no doubt written this way in acknowledgement that there were still going to be some players who wanted their shot at harming Abby for what she did to Joel. Developers/coders probably missed birthdays and stuff under crunch for this kind of **** and that’s embarrassing. It tries so forcefully to emphasise a liberal idea of shared humanity during some of the most monstrous moments that it actually comes across as not caring about the fate, wellbeing or audience goodwill for *any* of the characters (aside from Joel but he has long-since passed). They’re simply empty vessels for a consistently manipulative game, to the point where it relies heavily on flashbacks to hold any true emotional weight, reminiscing on a time when Naughty Dog had loftier goals than this tripe.

    Having said all of that, the very, very final few tender moments–the game drags and has about 10 presumed endings like Return of the King– I could see working and hitting the right note if the 20 hours (of a 30 hour game) that preceded it was better-written. Also, Ellie and Dina are mostly great and the banter that they share together outside of the cutscenes is sweet. That's it. Those are the only redeeming qualities for the majority of Part 2.

    I basically never agree with review-bombs like this in user scores. They're almost always infantile and reactionary. However, in this instance, I'm inclined to agree. Though there certainly is a lot of "this is SJW fanfare", I think they're incoherently touching on the sense that TLOU2 is awfully ham-fisted and moralising in a tacky way. And they're right. Every games journalist who has touted this as a masterpiece for the pleasure of £60 a pop is a bare-faced liar because make no mistake, if you cared about Ellie and her essential goodness: Naughty Dog is taking you for a fool. If you like dogs: they are laughing at you as they p*ss in your eyes. If you wanted a sequel that was greater than the sum of its parts and had something actually meaningful to say: Naughty Dog wants you dead.    … Expand
  37. Se7enUA
    Dec 13, 2021
    5
    This is truly outstanding game. Game mechanics are solid, visual design on some magnificent level. Each punch with different tool feels like you hit it by yourself.
    The storyline also very strong, and in some moments very sad.
    Dogs did a good job with passion. But they spoiled everything with LGBT theme. That was completely unnecessary and disgusting.
  38. LMarci
    Jun 7, 2022
    5
    A decent story very poorly paced. This game feels like someone dropped the script and then put the pages in a random order.
  39. sinnoh
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    The problem is, it wouldn't even be good if it wasn't a sequel to something because the plot is just too weak. It izz what it izz and it izz neither a good sequel nor a good game
  40. Neockwon
    Apr 9, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's not that Joel died, it's how he died, and then Naughty Dog tried to make Ellie to be the Villian after seeing Abby cave the skull in of one of PlayStations best exclusive characters. And then it doesn't even give you the choice at the end, for what Abby's fate should be. Violence has consequences, unless you're Abby. Gameplay is good though, and it looks nice.… Expand
  41. EnglishVan
    Jul 31, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLOU II is a total mixed bag. It does certain things amazing (gameplay, graphics) but also is terrible with the story and getting fans excited. We wanted a game where you play as Ellie and where Ellie can be flawed but not evil. Instead, they turned Ellie into a monster, Joel into a bumbling fool, and a sadistic murderer into a heroine. The ending was depressing, and I felt worse after finishing it, not better.… Expand
  42. LucasDomingues
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    Parabéns a produção jogo espetacular
    Gostei muito da Abby, mas a briga final achei desnecessária e a Abby acabada daquela forma
  43. DJKrimson
    Aug 26, 2020
    5
    Great graphics. Okay gameplay even though I'm getting tired of these slowpaced clunky controlled stealh games, both moving around and aiming is awkward. This type of gameplay was fine in the first game because it was more linear and more of a cinematic experience in comparison to this game, where you run around side exploring huge areas most of the time. Storytelling is a disappointmentGreat graphics. Okay gameplay even though I'm getting tired of these slowpaced clunky controlled stealh games, both moving around and aiming is awkward. This type of gameplay was fine in the first game because it was more linear and more of a cinematic experience in comparison to this game, where you run around side exploring huge areas most of the time. Storytelling is a disappointment and can't even be compared to the first game.… Expand
  44. dave31
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Soooo boring. I hardly hear any music and killing the zombies feels like a chore. On the plus side the puzzles are pretty interesting.
  45. Emberzius
    Jun 27, 2020
    5
    Visuals: 10/10
    Gameplay: 6.5/10 (It gets pretty stale half way through and the AI is still ridiculously forgiving)
    Story: ...2/10 (Flashbacks are the highlights of this game) Unnecessary sequel, plot holes, a loss of potential, a 'good' ending (The farm house scene) that was shrugged off for the sake of dragging out the game and giving us a **** one instead, almost every character    Visuals: 10/10
    Gameplay: 6.5/10 (It gets pretty stale half way through and the AI is still ridiculously forgiving)
    Story: ...2/10 (Flashbacks are the highlights of this game)
    Unnecessary sequel, plot holes, a loss of potential, a 'good' ending (The farm house scene) that was shrugged off for the sake of dragging out the game and giving us a **** one instead, almost every character becomes or IS unlikeable...the list goes on. Such a disappointment.    … Expand
  46. ProDaylos
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    Good job Naughty Dog, if you even did it on purpose, people won't remember this game as something really good. Story is boring, doesn't make to it's price, and this game has been destroyed by SJW and LGBT community. Guys, if you really want - save money for real potential for Game of the year - Cyberpunk 2077 - but. not. this. one.
  47. EmilCioran
    Jul 23, 2020
    5
    Gameplay 7/10 (jumping is not an exciting game mechanic)

    Graphics 10/10

    Story 0/10
  48. grovian
    Aug 27, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It starts strong but quickly becomes a chore.
    Gameplay has not near enough depth to support such a long game. Human AI is good, but I spent most of the game time looking for resources to craft stuff. Graphics and sounds are awesome.
    The world building is quite poor. The zombies did not make any sense (how on earth are they walking without food for many years underground?) When I saw they don't freeze in the blizzard while I am dressed in winter coat broke the world for me and was never able to believe anything ever again. Iterations were needed and sorely missed. When building a world it has to follow its on rules and everything else in this game follow real world physics and biology, Except for the zombies and this shows.

    Story is nonsensical. Both protagonist are clinically insane; murdering a bunch of people indiscriminately. The two love triangles are laughable and the game fails to make me care about the characters. I just did not spend enough time with anyone to form a bond and they die randomly anyway.
    This game badly needed reality check during development.

    The game is just plain boring. They should have cut the Abby story-line out as it is filler and remove some useless characters like Dina.    … Expand
  49. Inugamiamdog
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    1. Геймплей - копипаста первой части с наворотами. Как в анчах.
    2. Геймдизайн - топ
    3. Саунд - топ. 4. Графений - топ. 5. Технологиченость - ничего нового. 6. История: а. Персонажи уничтожены. Элли не похожа на Элли. Томми вообще не видим. Любовница хорошая, но не более. Её бывший помер раньше, чем успели узнать интересный он или нет. Эбби просто есть в качестве объекта для мести и    1. Геймплей - копипаста первой части с наворотами. Как в анчах.
    2. Геймдизайн - топ
    3. Саунд - топ.
    4. Графений - топ.
    5. Технологиченость - ничего нового.
    6. История:
    а. Персонажи уничтожены. Элли не похожа на Элли. Томми вообще не видим. Любовница хорошая, но не более. Её бывший помер раньше, чем успели узнать интересный он или нет. Эбби просто есть в качестве объекта для мести и не более. Дети скучные.
    б. История про месть подано неинтересно. Сама месть недожата. Закончилось ничем. Понятно что хотел сказал Дракмен, но в итоге накрутил, перемудрил с метафорами и обосрался.
    в. Есть интересные момент во флешбеках.

    Итог. Разочарование года.    … Expand
  50. Epic-jakeyo
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Edited this review after 9 months to fully reflect on it and it's the only game I've ever played that's soured over time. My initial rating was 10. Just no. Naughty dog you had 7 years and in that time you added proning and an abysmal story.
  51. tahaamr
    Feb 5, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just got past the golf mission, if you played the game or saw the spoilers you know exactly what am talking about, it felt sooo cheap the way that that sh*t happened, it's like they wanted to get rid of Joel! 7 years in the making and that what the writers came up with? Very embarrassing and disappointing! not like that you kill a very dear character to your fans' hearts just so the story continues and Ellie goes on a revenge mission.
    Bottom line the story (so far) feels cheap and just simply bad.
    (rating & my opinion is subjected to change after i finish the game)
    Edit:
    Taha from the future: naah the game is good, pretty good    … Expand
  52. adik283
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Пожалуй я тоже вставлю свои пять копеек.
    С технической части игра очень хороша, графика на высоте и работает прекрасно, геймплейно так же все хорошо, ну как бы особых отличий от первой части мы не имеем, но в принципе геймплей не устарел со временем первой части как по мне, в основном все эти пять баллов и отходят аниматорам, художникам локаций, всем кто занимался геймплеем и технической    Пожалуй я тоже вставлю свои пять копеек.
    С технической части игра очень хороша, графика на высоте и работает прекрасно, геймплейно так же все хорошо, ну как бы особых отличий от первой части мы не имеем, но в принципе геймплей не устарел со временем первой части как по мне, в основном все эти пять баллов и отходят аниматорам, художникам локаций, всем кто занимался геймплеем и технической частью.
    Мы имеем дело с сюжетноориентированной игрой, и я считаю что в идеале история должна была получиться на уровне оригинала как минимум, но в итоге мы получили наверное одну из самых тупорылейших историй в ААА играх последних лет, я не буду спойлерить, но это было очень очень плохо. Дракман не соврал что в конце мы будем плакать, но плакать от просранного времени. Подводя итог могу сказать, что игра не заслуживает тех оценок которые мы сейчас видим, это среднячок в котором в идеале нужно вырезать одного из персонажей и изменить концовку, тогда бы мы получили пусть и несколько банальную, но очень неплохую историю про месть. Но увы как получилось так получилось.    … Expand
  53. LuneyN
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Let me start off by saying this. The game graphically and animation wise is top notch, one of the best looking games out there and this is done on 7 year old hardware. Where this game falls short is in its story and gameplay. The gameplay has been improved upon from the first game but not by much it still feels extremely outdated. The story is the huge breaking point for me personallyLet me start off by saying this. The game graphically and animation wise is top notch, one of the best looking games out there and this is done on 7 year old hardware. Where this game falls short is in its story and gameplay. The gameplay has been improved upon from the first game but not by much it still feels extremely outdated. The story is the huge breaking point for me personally though especially since this is a narrative driven game. The story feels like a huge slap in the face to the last of us 1 fans and all the decisions made in it are pointless by the end and just doesn't feel worth it. Lastly all the new characters added just aren't very likable unfortunately and I didn't care about what happend to them. They even make me dislike Ellie by the end of the game.… Expand
  54. Carlos38841
    Jun 26, 2020
    5
    You cant gave a bad review, but the game is so mediocre, than i feel is bad
  55. AvailingBark
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    Технически игра прекрасна, первая половина игры не понравилась,т.к. затянута и однообразна, вторая половина более менее. Сюжет говно.
  56. AyliWalker
    Jun 27, 2020
    5
    The reason i play story driven given games is because it gives me a context and a motive to do what i do in the game. The story is supposed to match my state of mind as a player and drive me to act. The last Crap part 2 has none of that. The game forces me to play as a character i loath and thinks giving me a flashback of them will make me sympathize, but i don't care.

    The best thing i    The reason i play story driven given games is because it gives me a context and a motive to do what i do in the game. The story is supposed to match my state of mind as a player and drive me to act. The last Crap part 2 has none of that. The game forces me to play as a character i loath and thinks giving me a flashback of them will make me sympathize, but i don't care.

    The best thing i can say about this game is that it's delusional.
    If you played the first one you are gonna hate this one, if you didn't play the first one, you might enjoy this one because u have no attachment to the characters. .

    Naughty Dog didn't take a risk to create something amazing like Death Stranding, they didn't try something different, they just decided to appeal politically to an ideological group that doesn't even play video games. And sacrificing the Legacy and the fans was okay to them. Never trust a studio, trust the game maker. Naughty dog died after Amy Hennig left.    … Expand
  57. Darkoholic
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    Great game ❤️ a great sequel :) :) :) :) ::) :) :) :) :) :) :) ::)) :) :))
  58. NicoCC
    Jun 28, 2020
    5
    Loved the first game. For this one, I actually tried to understand the developers and what they were trying to do. So let me start with the good: graphics and mechanics are spot on. The bad: Unfortunately, the game story is very important to me, and they really screwed up here. The death of certain characters was done in poor taste. And they had to insert a bunch of cultural Marxist SJWLoved the first game. For this one, I actually tried to understand the developers and what they were trying to do. So let me start with the good: graphics and mechanics are spot on. The bad: Unfortunately, the game story is very important to me, and they really screwed up here. The death of certain characters was done in poor taste. And they had to insert a bunch of cultural Marxist SJW feminist bs, that I just can't stand. It is basically weak soyboys everywhere living along the manly or insanely tough and smart women; they even had a pregnant woman go out in the field, fighting. Why? Basically Antifa chumps inserted into the game. It is pathetic. I also didn't like that Ellie and Dina didn't have any chemistry. But I did like them as characters in general. Niel needs to get fired. We need some better writers and people that don't hold a certain ideology or agenda.… Expand
  59. GamesXpert
    Oct 7, 2021
    5
    The graphics of this game are on another level comparing to the first game. Naughtydog did a very good job on this part as well as the music. However, the plot's many paradoxes failed to capture the audience's interest. If the scenes were placed on a different order, maybe the outcome would be somewhat better.
  60. Hamurai
    Jun 30, 2020
    5
    The game itself is gorgeous and the gameplay feels much better than the first game. While I loved the first game for the story and not so much the gameplay, the reverse is true for Last of Us 2. The story is poorly written, leaves the player frustrated as you are forced to slog through around the half-way point with a character you hate (story-wise) and the conclusion of the game isThe game itself is gorgeous and the gameplay feels much better than the first game. While I loved the first game for the story and not so much the gameplay, the reverse is true for Last of Us 2. The story is poorly written, leaves the player frustrated as you are forced to slog through around the half-way point with a character you hate (story-wise) and the conclusion of the game is wholly unsatisfying.… Expand
  61. mjccalvo
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Buy or not buy?
    Do you like only graphics, acceptable gameplay and great animations? Then you will likely be happy/ok with this game.

    If any of the following questions is a yes then avoid this game.
    Do you like good story telling? We start having issues.
    Did you love the original characters of the first game? Then you will be heavily disappointed.
    Do you dislike rape fantasies? Even if they include a character that looks similar to the game director having violent sex with a person of dubious sex that looks like a steroid user?
    Do you dislike a company that tries to censor and get banned youtube channels and twitter accounts because they posted info about their game?

    Considering that one of the main values TLOU was the story, I would recommend avoiding this game since the experience is subpar in that area.    … Expand
  62. daikonavenger
    Jul 1, 2020
    5
    This is an honest review and spoiler free for those who have rated the game a perfect 10 there is no way this a perfect 10 at all. As a person who has finish the first game and enjoyed every single part of the game this second part is an insult. As the graphics go the game is as good as it gets as the first game but that doesn't make a good game. The gameplay remains much the same withThis is an honest review and spoiler free for those who have rated the game a perfect 10 there is no way this a perfect 10 at all. As a person who has finish the first game and enjoyed every single part of the game this second part is an insult. As the graphics go the game is as good as it gets as the first game but that doesn't make a good game. The gameplay remains much the same with abby being a little too overpowered and unrealistic for the game compare to every other character in as able to fight the undead in bare hand to hand combat. This game is nothing short of a terrible story written as poorly as the star wars force awakens. Nothing makes sense and everything you heard or went through the first is thrown out the window just like the new stars wars movies. None of the new characters introduce in the game feel interesting or barely any development in them besides being killed off. So if you are expecting going into this game as good continuation of the first game prepare to be disappointed.… Expand
  63. njraven
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Take off that must play sign from game it is ridiculous
    Game story is terrible, best known game for its storytelling and it’s complete failure, they tried smth different turned out garbage, main character death is forced and done for shock value, ending is bad, for new playable character lack of sympathy, Ellie’s love story is not shown much, would be great if it was more, feels like lacking chemistry between her and Dina. Joel gone as a protector and Ellie growing up its missing last of us 1 formula, which was loved because of that by millions of people around the world, u sympathize characters and relationship development is beautifully done, this whole dynamic is lost here. I understand if main character has to go but like that, its BS, treated Joel like crap and it happens literally in first 2 hours of the game, so early and then u play after that 20 hours, wooow, forcing yourself playing as Joel’s killer Abby and trying to sympathize her, nobody cares. A great example how beloved character goes away is in Walking Dead season one, where Lee dies by the end of the game defending Clementine, thats a great way to go, but here its delivered stupidly for shock value and doesn’t make sense. Lot of inconsistencies Joel and Tommy being portrayed as dumb bricks giving there names and surrounding themselves with complete strangers locked in room, that would never happen, knowing from last of us 1 Joel having all those survival skills, he would never put himself in that kinda situation. Ellie’s vengeance road is what makes u play game but before ending which sucks, all characters u kill no back-story, completely forgettable, and story as a whole garbage, but hey what i know, to appreciate the game u need to have high iq to understand its themes and messages lol
    only good thing about the game is Joel and Ellie flashbacks, the graphics itself best Naughty Dog done, world around and improved gameplay elements.    … Expand
  64. BelmontX
    Oct 15, 2021
    5
    Gran apartado técnico.

    Buen combate y exploración. Muchísimas opciones para personalizar la dificultad y experiencia de juego y accesibilidad. Sin embargo es un juego que vive o muere por su historia y en esta oportunidad han hecho un trabajo pésimo donde el accionar de los personajes es incoherente con lo que conocemos de ello. Poco creíble y encima falla en transmitir el mensaje que    Gran apartado técnico.

    Buen combate y exploración.

    Muchísimas opciones para personalizar la dificultad y experiencia de juego y accesibilidad.

    Sin embargo es un juego que vive o muere por su historia y en esta oportunidad han hecho un trabajo pésimo donde el accionar de los personajes es incoherente con lo que conocemos de ello. Poco creíble y encima falla en transmitir el mensaje que se propusieron generando rechazo.

    Por eso le doy un 5, el gameplay es muy bueno aunque más variedad de puzzles se hecha en falta pero arruinaron la trama.    … Expand
  65. basbazooka
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    I ignored the leaks and hate, but after playing through the game in its entirety I must agree that The Last of Us Part II is a disappointing sequel.

    Pro's: -The game starts off really strong, we meet our beloved Ellie and Joel a few years after the ending of the first game and things start from there. I really liked this part, the relationship between the two is written really well and    I ignored the leaks and hate, but after playing through the game in its entirety I must agree that The Last of Us Part II is a disappointing sequel.

    Pro's:
    -The game starts off really strong, we meet our beloved Ellie and Joel a few years after the ending of the first game and things start from there. I really liked this part, the relationship between the two is written really well and I started to get really invested in the story. The first few hours are engaging and I really did not get why people hated this game so much, but after a while things started to take really strange turns and eventually it even got to the point of me despising the game and the things it made me sit through.

    - Graphics and Sound are top tier. You cannot say this is a bad game on a technical level, the level design, sound design and overall look is amazing and you get really immersed in the world.

    -Gameplay: if you like the first game's gameplay loop I guess you will like this as well. It's basically the same thing just with a few new extra things added on to it. I feel like they could have been more creative on this front but I guess it's an okay system if you want the sequel to have the same feel.

    Con's:
    At a certain point the game makes you play as a character you absolutely despise, and tries very hard to make you feel sympathy for this character by showing their side of the events that unfold though the game. This really really doesn't work and made me want to quit the game multiple times because I could not stand playing as this character for 5/6 HOURS. I only finished it to get my money's worth but the final quarter of the game is an absolute slog to get through and I would not blame anyone to quit at that point.

    Basically this last part ruined the game, if they cut it out or maybe made it just 1 flashback scene and changed the ending the story would feel more tight and rewarding. And even though it wouldn't be as great as the first game's story at least it would have been an okay overall plot with a few strong highlights.    … Expand
  66. emmfor
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Although it has it's bright spots, The game's story is very pessimistic and cynical, it does not reward the player for playing it all the way through, the ending is extremely depressing and it does not satisfy like the first game did, one must ask why did they choose to make Ellie, this character we love, end up so miserable, why even tell this story all just to show us something we already know which is "revenge is destructive to ourselves and other"… Expand
  67. Shurikenbos
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    Atmosphere, sound, ultra violence and gore, environment design all are top notch outstanding! Story, character development and their actions, repetitive animations, no noticable improvement on ai are absolute let down. As soon as I saw the credits immediately unninstalled and next day went to cash in the disc. Now im doing my third play through of the first part. I feel overallAtmosphere, sound, ultra violence and gore, environment design all are top notch outstanding! Story, character development and their actions, repetitive animations, no noticable improvement on ai are absolute let down. As soon as I saw the credits immediately unninstalled and next day went to cash in the disc. Now im doing my third play through of the first part. I feel overall disappointed by second part.… Expand
  68. MadMeister87
    Jun 26, 2020
    5
    I hated the story. Plain and simple. Graphics, gameplay, and audio are AMAZING. But The story is such a polished turd that I cannot recommend this game. I honestly think the second half of the game could be removed and I would have gave the game a much higher score. Abby is the most garbage written character, and the plot twist about why Dina is sick is laugh out loud bad. I feel like ifI hated the story. Plain and simple. Graphics, gameplay, and audio are AMAZING. But The story is such a polished turd that I cannot recommend this game. I honestly think the second half of the game could be removed and I would have gave the game a much higher score. Abby is the most garbage written character, and the plot twist about why Dina is sick is laugh out loud bad. I feel like if they made this game all about Ellie it would have been so much better.… Expand
  69. eimf
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Fantastic graphics, but the plot and the characters are really bad. The game-play is good, play in stealth is really cool, some action scenes are awesome, but sometimes the game-play is tedious. The ending is predictable and really bad. I prefer replay the first part than this new game.
  70. Siome
    Jul 5, 2020
    5
    Story is poor, characters are stupids. Game try hard to be a lesson of good thinking and forget to put the gamer in a real story. Scripting make the gale easy as hell. No challenge, no surprise. Too mant inconstancy in the background, too many useless flashback. Illogical ending. "All that dor that ?" Is what you'll think at the end... technically the game is beautifull but the design,Story is poor, characters are stupids. Game try hard to be a lesson of good thinking and forget to put the gamer in a real story. Scripting make the gale easy as hell. No challenge, no surprise. Too mant inconstancy in the background, too many useless flashback. Illogical ending. "All that dor that ?" Is what you'll think at the end... technically the game is beautifull but the design, character design and lebel design is average.… Expand
  71. Gamer-2004
    Dec 10, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Disgusting story full of **** agendas absolutely noone would ever like this game if they really cared about joel and ellie joel dies a meaningless death his death isnt avenged after 20 hours of **** Just a joke of a game… Expand
  72. Icespike20
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    This game is visually stunning while also having great ai and smooth game play. However, while combat is smooth it doesn't really add much.Naughty dog put most of their effort into the story.While the presentation quality of the story is great, with its great level of voice acting from a fantastic cast.The actual story is not one that I personally enjoyed and I cant imagine too many othersThis game is visually stunning while also having great ai and smooth game play. However, while combat is smooth it doesn't really add much.Naughty dog put most of their effort into the story.While the presentation quality of the story is great, with its great level of voice acting from a fantastic cast.The actual story is not one that I personally enjoyed and I cant imagine too many others would enjoy either.Without spoilers the game tries for you to empathize with its villain,However while this is not a bad idea on paper.Naughty dog fails to have you truly empathize for them.The villain never feels like they have ever stopped being the villain, yet the game acts like your suppose to care about them. Therefore it is hard to get behind this idea, and the game suffers greatly because of this.… Expand
  73. Kennysteny
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So first of all this game is visually awesome like nautydog always do. Also the gameplay is more refined but is basically the same of the first, not much of improvement there but its not necessarily a bad thing cause the first is good. But the story is where this game falls apart completely trying to be a Kojima thing trying to be controversial. But trying the player like a character that kills by TORTURING the main character of the first game that saves her life seconds before, and then demanding the player to play with her and see her version? I had fun on this game but this is not a 10/10 i paid for this full price, and and if was a 8 i would paid too but i was ready for a master piece, meta critic should investigate the IDs of the "specialists" that gave perfect scores of a trash story telling like this, the only channel that if was to give 10/10 is digital foundry because of the tec behind the engine and even there is not a ten.… Expand
  74. muha1024
    Jul 23, 2020
    5
    To be concise the game is boring.
    The story is boring and also annoying due-to ludo narrative dissonance.
    They kill the most important character in the franchise at the beginning leaving people who are nothing but boring idiots. Also they add new characters and make us love them, but they are so marginal that you merely don't care. You don't care about the characters you play for in    To be concise the game is boring.
    The story is boring and also annoying due-to ludo narrative dissonance.
    They kill the most important character in the franchise at the beginning leaving people who are nothing but boring idiots. Also they add new characters and make us love them, but they are so marginal that you merely don't care. You don't care about the characters you play for in TLOU... that the most stupid thing they could archive and they did it!
    Because of the latter you become tired of gameplay quite soon and it becomes a torture to you.

    In the result the game gives you a perverted joy when you finally finish it.
    P.s. Most of the players have the same feeling, and this is the case when you can trust majority.    … Expand
  75. ClaytonK
    Jul 1, 2020
    5
    The graphics are fantastic! Animation is fantastic! Everything EXCEPT for the story and writing is fantastic... There are so many things wrong with this game storytelling wise, that explaining why I feel that way..would be exhausting. I also dont want to be labled as a bigot, because apparently if you dislike this game you are one.
  76. adriantorres
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This game is alright at some point the story could be better the ending sucks. the gameplay is the same from the first one.
    The graphics are amazing as usual
  77. ShaamaanPL
    Jul 6, 2020
    5
    This game manages to nail almost everything right... except the narrative (and, to a much lesser extent, the gameplay). Unfortunately, narrative and story are paramount in a story-driven game, especially one with nearly no replay value, so no amount of visual fidelity can save this. Couple this with a somewhat boring gameplay and you have yourself a solid 5 - a mediocre game which you willThis game manages to nail almost everything right... except the narrative (and, to a much lesser extent, the gameplay). Unfortunately, narrative and story are paramount in a story-driven game, especially one with nearly no replay value, so no amount of visual fidelity can save this. Couple this with a somewhat boring gameplay and you have yourself a solid 5 - a mediocre game which you will play once, and probably never return to.
    Is it a 0/10? No, absolutely not. But equally it's not a 10 (nor anything nearby).    … Expand
  78. Spider-Cat
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There is a saying. “When you’re lost in the darkness, look for the light”. In the first game, there was a light to find. The main point of the story was still an ‘A to B’ story, but done extremely well. The gameplay was serviceable, at best, and enemies were extremely dumb. Where the mastery in the first game lied was it’s story.
    Joel was such a likable protagonist that you were able to get behind anything he did, even his actions at the end, which were ultimately selfish. Ellie was a likable side character that helped Joel open up to people, especially her. She became a surrogate daughter to him, after he lost his own daughter 20 years ago. The game ended on a lie, and Joel did it to keep Ellie safe.

    Fast forward 5 or so years, and things have changed. Ellie’s relationship with Joel is strained, and they barely talk to one another anymore. This makes Joel’s immediate death about an hour or so into the game so goddamn stupid. It’s not even that he died, but the way he died is not only disrespectful but incredibly idiotic. The build up to his death is so poorly written that you could watch a porn cartoon and have better written dialogue than this. An hour or two into the game, he dies. Whatever. He was dead weight. Fast forward a little bit, and Ellie is an emo. She doesn’t seem to want to talk to anybody, clearly affected by Joel’s death (even though their relationship was strained at the time, so she shouldn’t care as much.) I only ever found this to be a minor inconvenience, as they can do whatever the hell they want.
    I would go over the bulk of the story and discuss the pacing issues and mission placement, but we would be here forever. I’ll give you the basics on what they should’ve done better.
    -keep Abby’s 10 hour story, but mix it in with Ellie’s so that they both build up to the fight at the cinema. This would probably keep the players investment in the game, wanting to play as Ellie but not as Abby but having to progress through both at the same time. This solves the mission placement issue.
    -(they should’ve) removed a lot of stupid content they shouldn’t have added, keeping the playtime low, solving the pacing issue.
    -have the ending just be Abby and Ellie trying to fight in the water, as the other, but have both kill each other. This is just an ending that I’d find entertaining, at least Ellie and Abby would be equal in terms of loss.
    Honestly, I feel like this game, despite it’s problems, is worth playing just once. It’s nice to have a game that takes risks, rather than playing it safe. Although, the marketing certainly doesn’t give the company much praise, especially because it shows they aren’t proud enough of the project they made to advertise what they actually made, and instead advertised the game people actually wanted to play, which just makes them look bad. That means all they want is money, not to tell a story that nobody wanted but still can be enjoyed, but instead hiding a well told story behind what could’ve been a masterpiece that not only took risks but advertised it as such. Overall... is this a good GAME? Yes. You’re a moron if you think this game is just a failure in every regard, because it isn’t. It gets a lot of things right. But to those giving this game “PERFECT 10/10” are also just a part of the problem. This game in no way is a masterpiece, and never will be. It had glaring pacing problems and story issues that will bug people who bother to look for them. But, the gameplay almost makes up for it and the story is so daring that some people can just avoid all that and enjoy it for what it tried to be. This is a good game. Good story? It’s a subjective question, but I believe yes, if it was an original game. Is it a good TLoU2? Hell no. This story shouldn’t have ever been told in this universe, because it doesn’t belong. But I think that some things can help me look past all that, as the graphics are stunning and the gameplay is smooth and functional.    … Expand
  79. AjStyles01
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    Excelente Gameplay, desenvolvimento muito bom, Gráficos e expressões Surreais, porém deixa muito a desejar na história e na forma como denegriram a imagem dos personagens que foram criados e trabalhados no 1° jogo, simplesmente ignoraram tudo para apenas fazer a lacração de sempre...
  80. mrgreentoad
    Jan 1, 2022
    5
    I want to start by saying that I love Naughty Dog! I played all the Jack and Daxter games back in the PS2 era. I played uncharted 1, 2 and 3 & ofcourse The Last of Us in the PS3 era. I played the The Last of Us remastered & uncharted 4 on my PS4. I was beyond excited to play Last of Us Part 2 when it released, however, for the 1st time playing one of Naughty Dog’s games, i did not enjoyI want to start by saying that I love Naughty Dog! I played all the Jack and Daxter games back in the PS2 era. I played uncharted 1, 2 and 3 & ofcourse The Last of Us in the PS3 era. I played the The Last of Us remastered & uncharted 4 on my PS4. I was beyond excited to play Last of Us Part 2 when it released, however, for the 1st time playing one of Naughty Dog’s games, i did not enjoy my experience. I can understand what they were trying to do, but for the life of me, I could not get in to the second half playing as Abby. It did not feel as enjoyable as switching between Joel & Ellie in the 1st game. Much respect to you guys @ ND, but i just played my Last of Us remastered & am choosing to have this be my TLOU experience.… Expand
  81. Sumbyv1
    Jul 6, 2020
    5
    Mind boggling to understand what they were thinking......THAT 10 hour section made all love for this game die a slow death. Up until that point i had explored every corner and had every collectable....during that 10 hour section i got to the point where i just sprinted through area's, healing when needed......i just didnt care.....
  82. 6play
    Sep 17, 2021
    5
    La jugabilidad me gustó un pichazo pero la historia se para de en las mas grandes
  83. zzkaiser
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Juego gráficamente muy bonito, sistema de combate, simplemente delicioso, pero, la historia, como poco confuso, yo creo que hay mejores contar la historia, me vale que se maneje a 2 personajes, pero, cuando le coges el gusto a un personaje, te saltan sin sentido alguno al otro y así, continuamente
  84. Trofim
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    What do you need for a succesfull AAA game? You need:
    - a AAA budget
    - a AAA story for mass market - a AAA graphics and effects - a AAA gameplay - a non-liner story - a AAA sound and dubbing - a AAA AI - variability of actions - NO POLITICS - Handsom/Beatiful and interesting characters - High price What TLOU 2 has: - a AAA budget * 3 - a AAA graphics, effects and sound - a    What do you need for a succesfull AAA game? You need:
    - a AAA budget
    - a AAA story for mass market
    - a AAA graphics and effects
    - a AAA gameplay
    - a non-liner story
    - a AAA sound and dubbing
    - a AAA AI
    - variability of actions
    - NO POLITICS
    - Handsom/Beatiful and interesting characters
    - High price

    What TLOU 2 has:
    - a AAA budget * 3
    - a AAA graphics, effects and sound
    - a D liner story for very limited audience (read: 'first fanfic of 6 year old')
    - a C gameplay
    - a C AI
    - POLITICS!
    - Boring and unattractive characters
    - HIGH PRICE    … Expand
  85. Hichou90
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nice game in his actions but in story i prefere part one i liked the pure love between ellie nd joel but hated the death of joel .. the scene of his death suppose to be like hero not like any prsn in the game… Expand
  86. AustinFriend
    Jul 15, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game...kinda sucked. I loved the first game so much, but the writing for this was so bad and the characters weren't interesting. And after killing a major character with ZERO buildup 5 minutes into the game, plot armor carried the story forward, that and random events and violence with no name AIs. I stopped playing 2/3rds of the way through because i was so bored. The best parts of the games are the flashbacks with Ellie being Ellie, and Joel being Joel. This game was so boring, and 7 years later, it has the exact same mechanics as the first and adds nothing new, can be fun, but there's no story and boring ass characters, so it becomes extremely repetative insanely quickly. I constantly found myself wanting to kill Abby (and doing so) just to get back to maybe some interesting part of the game. Hell they could've made Dina and Tommy really interesting but they said screw that, I'm going to force feed you the most terribly written character of all time. Druckmann should be ashamed of himself...graphics were great and AI enemies were smart though, which is why I gave it a 5.… Expand
  87. Axxypie
    Jul 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us part 2 lacks nuance.

    This story may seem like it's about revenge... but it's a tale about forgiveness. As the player you immediately hate certain characters and want blind revenge.
    In the end it all comes together and wants to show you that no matter what happened, you can still forgive people and find peace in yourself, even without fulfilling your vengeance; which wouldn't leave you satisfied anyway. If we're all driven by revenge, we will never find peace. Find it in your heart to forgive your enemies.

    Up until the ending, the entire game is filled with death; useless and mostly without purpose. I didn't feel for most of the characters; like at all. Jesse was, for example, a funny, witty and like-able character. He was killed off with a snap. Soooo... okay??? Super edgy...

    There's a HUGE disconnect between the story they wanted to tell and how they told it and what it ended up making the player feel. The game made me feel like **** throughout about 60% of it. Not sure if that was the goal, but you can't tell me a game is great when I just want the 'pain' to end and see the ending. I waited 7 years, was hyped for more than 2 of those, just to literally sit there and consciously WANT the game to end... Yikes.

    It feels like I'm playing for a message; not the story in of itself. Also, you can't tell me they were so passionate when they left behind (no pun intended) multiplayer, just to have the only thing being a message shoved down our throats, because that's what the whole thing boils down to: Revenge bad.

    As it's own, standalone experience: Very strong 5 for me.
    As a sequel to the first one: Probably a 1 or 2. If you did things well in the first one, you have to be criticized if the sequel doesn't manage to at least do what the first one did.

    I feel like a moron for judging something before having finished it, although human beings are easily manipulated and the illusion of choice and cleverness can be achieved with the right knowledge.

    Also, what the **** is up with the **** and manipulative trailers??? Non-pre-rendered cutscenes are dangerous man. Go back and change things without any amount of effort...    … Expand
  88. Dneprovskiy
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Был обманут фальшивыми трейлерами игры, которые использовали Джоэла, чтобы продать мне игру, а потом обмануть и подсунуть мне историю не Элли и Джоэла, а историю женщины мужского телосложения и мальчика, который девочка. Спасибо, больше не буду покупать игры от naughty dog.… Expand
  89. Edswitch
    Jun 28, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Enredo fraco , gameplay repetitivo , nada que justifique 7 anos de produção .
    A forma que o evento principal desse game acontece é automática demais , quase instantânea .
    Achei legal a mecânica do violão e explorar Seattle , mas não foram o suficiente para compensar o péssimo enredo    … Expand
  90. Xingshouaguai
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    正经的说，顽皮狗犯了两个致命的错误，一是乔尔的死，其实在末世里要乔尔死没有任何问题，任何原因都可以，死于防毒面具漏气都行，但一定要把乔尔风光大葬，作为整个故事的高潮，赚足观众的眼泪，而不是安排成一个楔子。
  91. RoxasIrving
    Jun 26, 2020
    5
    Great graphics Same gameplay as before but with some Improvements
    But the story is all over the place with mad flashbacks It’s not a masterpiece and it’s not horrible it’s just Average get it on sale
  92. Nintendero97
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    La mayor decepción en una secuela de un videojuego que he jugado nunca entre eso y el crunch que ha sufrido el estudio, le doy un 5 por el trabajo gráfico que tiene el juego, la historia es mediocre, se han cargado a los personajes de la 1 parte el cariño que uno les tenía ha desaparecido por completo, hay momentos ridículos y muchos encuentros que están muy forzados, el final es
    una    La mayor decepción en una secuela de un videojuego que he jugado nunca entre eso y el crunch que ha sufrido el estudio, le doy un 5 por el trabajo gráfico que tiene el juego, la historia es mediocre, se han cargado a los personajes de la 1 parte el cariño que uno les tenía ha desaparecido por completo, hay momentos ridículos y muchos encuentros que están muy forzados, el final es
    una decepcion mayúscula, el mundo semi abierto le sienta mal al juego se te hace por momentos aburrido porque está todo muy vacío faltan enemigos o cosas por hacer, en resumen historia le doy un 0 es una enorme decepción, gráficos un 9 animaciones un 8 y diversión un 6 me sale una media de 5-6 si no hubieran cagado tanto la historia le hubiera dado un 8'5 pero no va a ser así    … Expand
  93. jbutrica
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    Esperaba mucho más del juego, lamentable la historia, gráficos espectaculares y un game Play bueno.
  94. Fellini70
    Sep 17, 2020
    5
    This is a game that could have easily been great, if not epic. But some writer had this 'idea' or 'concept.'.
    And so we get just a mess after like, for me, 18 hours of game play, totally with it. What a great game!
    But no, not in the final acts, just a stupid reach.
    Very naughty, dog. Spare us next time.
  95. Jhonatan345
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLOU2 es un juego hermoso en gameplay y en gráficos me sorprendió el nivel de detalles en mi ps4 pro pero todo lo anterior mencionado no es lo que hace memorable al primer the last of us si no la historia sin lugar a dudas el final es uno de los peores que me ha tocado jugar la muerte de uno de mis personajes favoritos sin dudas fue la peor parte y obligarme a controlar a la asesina… Expand
  96. elmen18
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    pro:
    Gameplay
    banda sonora
    Gráficos

    Contra Mundo semi abierto muy vacío Historia decepcionante, hechos ocurridos mal elaborados
  97. TurboChards
    Jun 28, 2020
    5
    Visual spectacle like Halo 5 was and apparently with same writers

    The visuals in this game are exactly as required for a masterpiece this late into the generation. The sounds are precise, the weather and water is top notch, and the voice acting is great. However you can draw a wonderfully detailed picture of a circle and it’s still a circle. I did fall asleep, mostly from working too    Visual spectacle like Halo 5 was and apparently with same writers

    The visuals in this game are exactly as required for a masterpiece this late into the generation. The sounds are precise, the weather and water is top notch, and the voice acting is great. However you can draw a wonderfully detailed picture of a circle and it’s still a circle. I did fall asleep, mostly from working too much, but mainly because the story did not draw me into the “what is going to happen next” excitement I get from great stories. The actual story falls well short of my expectations for a follow up to a top notch written story such as The Last of Us.

    I spent time after the first murderous blunder up to the end waiting for the story to self correct, just like Cortana becoming evil, to come full circle only to be extremely disappointed. The creation of a new character is like Locke in the same very game I can’t believe is so relatable. Those who embolden this game as the next best thing since sliced bread are just as feeble minded as those who thought Halo 5(the campaign) was fantastic.

    The drawn out lackluster ending after playing both sides up to the end was aggravating and slow. Here you can tell the writers just threw whatever they could at the wall on top of their horrible story itself. The game play is simple enough and relatively smooth however I noticed many frame drops on my pro, that affected my personal experience of the game play. This occurred early on in the game riding the horse to switching and during cutscenes. The only open world part of the game is the very beginning when you arrive to Seattle and after that it is all linear story telling. That alone diminished my perspective on a game that touted an open world system, though they did not say how much.

    I don’t care for or against the political statement regarding same sex couples at the end that seems to fuel anger among others. That part of the story is not my issue. I feel like I spent too much time watching a movie that lacked the needed, let alone the expected, story to follow up the first games masterpiece of writing.

    Overall I would grade this on 3 levels as follows:

    Gameplay: 6
    Graphics : 8
    Story: 2

    Overall 5.5    … Expand
  98. Astroglide
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So I was pretty hyped for this game. It starts strong with a lot of good character development and setting up the start of your adventure. It goes well till the 2nd half where you take control of another character who is not as interesting as Joel or Ellie. It is interesting to see the world from another point of view but this character comes off shallow as do her companions minus the dog. I love how the world has ended but trans rights need to be talked about. It killed the immersion because it feels forced and not natural. Just like the build of the 2nd character but it is what it is. I like the new infected types but you didn’t fight them enough. With the new more out there types it makes me excited with where they may go with them in the future. Combat felt the exact same as the first minus the dodge. Naughty dog isn’t known for its super deep gameplay but more so about how it brings gameplay and story together. In last of us 2 the story is strong but not the whole time and gameplay hasn’t improved very much. Forcing your political opinions regardless what side of the aisle you are on is something I’m not a fan of. Iv seen this compared to episode 8 of Star Wars and that is a fare assessment. Also the glitches. With all of this I don’t understand all the high scores but there is some good stuff here but we also have equip parts bad so to ke a 5/10 seems fair.… Expand
  99. celsolog2012
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Cara eu curti o game na maioria do tempo, em alguns momentos achei que ficou um pouco maçante e extenso demais.
    Realmente foi um misto de sentimentos e confesso que me apeguei bem mais a antagonista.
  100. rafdoom
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    historia lixo lacradora sem sentido e tenho ps4 e pc n da pra defender isso
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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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