The Last of Us Part II

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  1. lilacthedork
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Hiya!
    I know that some people may come to here to find out if the game is worth playing. And to see most of it just be review bombing may be disappointed. So if you're looking to find out, go ahead and give mine a read.
    I'll make it very clear that i HAVE NOT PLAYED IT. However, i know what i've seen from the leaks from before release, and these are my first impressions on the game,    Hiya!
    I know that some people may come to here to find out if the game is worth playing. And to see most of it just be review bombing may be disappointed. So if you're looking to find out, go ahead and give mine a read.

    I'll make it very clear that i HAVE NOT PLAYED IT. However, i know what i've seen from the leaks from before release, and these are my first impressions on the game, what it does, and if it's worth it.

    To put it short- no. I don't think it is. But, why? Well, let me explain.

    I can't speak for the story of the first one- but i get the vibe that it was generally unforgiving, yet held some positive themes, mainly Joel and Ellie's relationship, having someone to care about and protect in a situation like that. At the end of the day, it was unforgiving, but seemed like it had some feel good parts.

    2 doesn't have any of that. But that substance isn't placed anywhere else, either. Any enjoyment or any proper theming seems completely lost, in favor of a thin veil of progressiveness that barely, if at all, covers the fact that this game exists for nothing but to revel in the same gratuitous violence that the rest of the industry does, whilst also getting to insult their players.

    I'm not usually the Anti-SJW kind- in fact, i'm typically the complete opposite, I'm INCREDIBLY liberal, in fact. However, that just means that i can tell you for a god damned fact that there isn't a message or a theme here. It's violence. Violence and pain without end- that's what this game exists for. If it was about teaching the impacts of violence, and involved some kind of conscience, it could have easily gone the route of, say, Undertale- giving you the option to do the right thing and rewarding you for not being a violent and murderous lil **** Rewarding you for doing the right thing is infinitely better than punishing you for NOT doing so- yet TLOU2 does only the latter.

    It had any number of ways to confront this issue, and yet chose only the most basic and effortless way to do so, almost as if they had no care for the issue they were portraying. Which is exactly the truth.

    On the progressive front, i've heard people- like Rich, of ReviewtechUSA- complimenting the game's inclusivity. When frankly, that couldn't be further from the truth. Naughty Dog was clearly so blindsided by the money that they could have been making, that they literally ballsed up the entire operation. You wanna know how? They wanted to give the game some kind of trans inclusivity. How did they do that? By making ALL the women ugly, so that the trans women could see themselves fitting in there. I- Uh, Naughty Dog, coming from a trans person, do you realise by doing that you're just calling ALL trans people ugly? You know, the exact opposite of your goal? Kinda a stupid move there, guys. Just sayin'.

    At the end of the day, from an outsider's perspective, someone who really didn't have a bias for or against the TLOU series, TLOU2 is honestly a crash course in corporate greed. What was once a labour of love and a series that had passion and care put into it, which gave it the massive, adoring fanbase it had, is now no different to any other AAA game series- revelling in excessive violence for the sake of excessive violence, and pandering to people in the worst, most badly thought out and most CLEARLY INGENUINE way.

    Again, this is an outsider's perspective. You may **** LOVE the game. You may also love sadomasochism, i can't judge!
    But, whereas the original had some spark there that, looking back, might have made it worth playing, TLOU2 has nothing. It actively insults the people it tries to support, and indulges itself in the industry's love of blood and gore for no other reason than blood and gore and pain. It exists to exploit minorities by """""supporting""""" them, and for the sake of money, indulges itself in the exact problems with the industry it claims to be 'confronting'.

    TLOU2 is, from my perspective, a crash course in the downfall of a developer, thanks to corporate greed.

    However, i can't give it, like, a 3 or a 0 like most others have- because it has things going for it still. The gameplay looks somewhat fun, if a little uninspired like every other survival horror zombie-based game. But, i can't say it looks bad.
    The game, on top of that, seems stable. It's not a broken mess like some of the WORST games i've played. Though, that SHOULD be the normal expectation but for a mess that was likely rushed and DEFINITELY not thought out in the least, it's a surprise, to say the least [of us].
    The graphics are absolutely incredible as well. If nothing else, there WAS some kind of care put into that, even if the animations can look a little janky at times [we all know the meme i mean].

    It's not the WORST game ever. But it 100% lacks any kind of spark and passion and is a clear display of a developer dropping to their knees, all for the sake of hitting that green.    … Expand
  2. Dantebyura
    Nov 11, 2022
    5
    La secuela de uno de los juegos que mas me ha gustado de al generación anterior, lamentablemente no ha sido lo que tanto espere. Como juego cumple sobradamente, gráfica y jugablemente hablando es superior al primero, escenarios mas grandes y cuidados llenos de detalles, buen diseño de niveles, una inteligencia artificial bien lograda y un gameplay exquisito.
    Ahora si por algo el juego    La secuela de uno de los juegos que mas me ha gustado de al generación anterior, lamentablemente no ha sido lo que tanto espere. Como juego cumple sobradamente, gráfica y jugablemente hablando es superior al primero, escenarios mas grandes y cuidados llenos de detalles, buen diseño de niveles, una inteligencia artificial bien lograda y un gameplay exquisito.
    Ahora si por algo el juego anterior me encanto no fue por su temática post apocalíptica o por su gameplay que tampoco era algo revolucionario en esa época sino por su historia y personajes, sin entrar en spoiler la relación entre los protagonistas era de los mas increíble y bien hecho que había tenido el gusto de disfrutar, aquí en TLoU II no sentí nada de eso al contrario el juego me pareció forzado e ilógico, cuando en el anterior tenias un meta fija y un desenlace satisfactorio, aquí esa meta es reemplazada por una búsqueda de venganza que no lleva a ningún sitio. Los personajes son infinitamente menos interesantes que en el anterior con un desarrollo inferior y casi nulo en algunos casos, el juego abusa de los flasback para intentar hacer que simpatices con la causa de ciertos personajes y te plantees el ya clásico "quizás no sean tan malos" haciendo que el juego se sienta aburrido y lento en algunas partes... Da igual que tan bueno sea un juego si al final no disfrutas jugando porque fue mi caso, no estoy diciendo que sea malo sino que a diferencia de otros juegos que vuelvo a ellos cada cierto tiempo para revivir ciertas sanciones, con TLoU II no va a pasar porque se que me terminara cabreando otra vez.
    Pero el juego ya esta hecho y no voy a llorar por un juego que no me gusto, la verdad lo recomiendo pero no como el juego de la generación como muchos dicen sino como un juego para pasar el rato y ya.    … Expand
  3. GothBf
    Jul 2, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is not a 0/10 and sure as hell, not a 10/10. It falls in the middle. The visuals are amazing, probably one of the best looking games ever, Seattle looks amazing with the amount of flora and overgrowth, the world is filled with tiny details that make it feel lived in and alive, despite almost all humans being gone. As good as the visuals are this is a game, where gameplay is king, the gameplay is fine, it's effectively a copy+paste of the controls of the first game which isn't bad but it does have the same clunky feeling from the first title which can hinder gameplay but all in all it's not bad. The gameplay is also interrupted time and time agin by QTE's (quick time events) that don't need to be there, cutscenes in which you have to mash square or hold triangle happen WAY too often making me bored during some parts, it feels like an interactive movie or a walking sim for almost half the game. AI feels like a step down from the first game, they will constantly see you kill their allies and not do anything, and AI partners like Dina just got in the way and didn't really add anything; AI will almost always be seen by enemies and sometimes enemy AI will do nothing, other times they'll detect you and open fire even though you were completely hidden. New additions like prone are very welcome as it allows for a lot of flexibility in combat, the jump, on the other hand, feels almost useless even though it's used throughout the entire game for subpar platforming. The story is where TLOU2 truly falls apart, it begins with an idiotic way to kill off a beloved character, as Angry Joe beautifully said "we don't care that you kill Joel, we care HOW you do it," and it's never been more true. Characters we know make decisions completely out of character, so much that I disliked Ellie by the end of the game. Abby and the WLF are such bad people its difficult to sympathize with any of them, literally every big conflict is started by the WLF, which is sad because Abby's half of the game is easily the best. The set pieces, characters, weapons, abilities, are all so much better than Ellie's, it actually feels more similar to the first game because of the Abby and Lev's relationship and some of the puzzle mechanics. This is a revenge story in which you kill nearly hundreds of people, but not the one person that matters, makes absolutely no sense. The pacing is bad too, constantly taking us out of the moment going through flashbacks, they're fine but as a cohesive unit the story falls flat, I firmly believe if they edited/moved scenes around, the story and game would flow much better. Especially because by the time we get to Abby's 3 days in Seattle, I didn't give a **** about the supporting characters because they're all dead anyway. If it was just Abby's adventures with the SCARS this would be a MUCH better game, Ellie and Joel's additions actually hurt the story. If this was a standalone game within the LOU universe minus Joel and Ellie I'd give a 8.5/10, but its a sequel to one of the most beloved games of all time and does NOT respect it or its characters. Overall I give it a 6/10 but due to the false advertising by NaughtyDog and Sony (Joel's character model switched in the trailers to give the illusion he would play a much bigger role other than plot convenience), I deduct another point.… Expand
  4. Isop435
    Jun 27, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am going to go through all aspects of the game, and give my honest opinions on the game as a whole.

    Graphics: stunning, beautiful, the water, the grass everything was just gorgeous. The game will look phenomenal on the ps5.

    Combat: their were a lot of moments where I felt the tension, where I died and had to approach the situation differently. Abby and Ellie are two different play types, Ellie is more ranged and stealth, while Abby is much more offensive and melee. They were different enough to create a bit of variety in the game-play. My biggest complaint is the enemy types. You have all the zombies from the first game, Clickers, Runners, Bloaters, and Stalkers. There is a new one called the Shambler that is a mix of bloater and runner. The only other enemies are people and dogs. There was not enough types to make the game feel different, it was more running into the same thing after about a couple hours.

    Abby: The character that has received a lot of controversy. First thing, she is not trans, that was misleading on the leaker's part. The game explains her physique by saying she trained a lot, which too me is skeptical cause we are in an apocalypse. We don't have the resources for that kind of stuff. She is introduced poorly, she is brought in as the villain of the game, so for about 15-18 hours I saw her as the villain. She did kill Joel, brutally, and it ruined my first impression of the character. As I played her my opinion only changed slightly, but that was due to interactions with Yara and Lev. All her friends didn't make me think she was a good, kind, caring person, since in the end her friends are killers too. Lev and Yara brought a better side to her, but it was more like 'oh she fells guilt' but by the time you actually get to this you begin to get tired of her. I think she should have had her own game, not be shoved in as a replacement for Ellie and Joel. You could play the game, not play Abby's, part and nothing would change.

    Ellie: Who cares if she gay, its Ellie, she can be as gay as she wants. Ellie felt over dramatized to me, like she would not admit or talk about things that would bother her, and it was frustrating. True, she did go through a lot and is now on a revenge quest. But Ellie just felt disconnected from the other characters at times. Yes her and Dina were cute, but only for an hour before the revenge took Ellie and made her distant from Dina. And for some odd reason when Ellie killed some characters she acted like she has never done that before, like it was her first time. Trust me it wasn't. I get the PTSD of Joel's death, but it felt like Ellie would at times be fine with being a badass, but then would feel instant regret. It wasn't until the ending did I feel she actually got anywhere as a character. Yes she did let Abby go, which meant she was trying to let her revenge go. I enjoyed Ellie more in the flashbacks between her and Joel then i did in the main game. Her killing of Mel was extreme, but what would have made it work more was if for a moment she saw Dina, that would warrant the reaction she had. Overall she felt like a forced drama point, and you didn't even get to play her for the whole game so you couldn't watch her arc from beginning to end.

    Side characters: Jesse was cool and loved having him (then they killed him), Dina wasn't bad but got better as the game went on, Owen was also interesting (till they for some reason forced a **** scene between him and Abby, what are we 12?), Mel was sweet and I could understand her (till they killed her) , Manny was hilarious and they killed him, Nora was like a protective friend (also dead), Yara was an amazing big sister (also dead), and Lev was just a character I wished we could have explored more. Btw Lev is the true trans and let him live out his life as he pleases. I would love to have a spin off about Lev and what he goes through.

    Story: I get the 'revenge is a horrible cycle thing' but the game is forcing you to feel bad for characters. You play as Ellie, killing these people that are actively trying to kill you, and everything is fine. Your enjoying the game. Then you play as Abby, and the game proceeds to show the people you killed, and how good they are, how sweet the dogs are, how they aren't so bad. The game wants you to feel bad. But frankly, I didn't care, because as a player they are the 'villains'. As for the ending, I get it, but I don't feel anything worthwhile out of it. I don't feel shocked, moved, stunned, or sad. I pretty much said "OK, was that it?" The story isn't some interwoven psychological brain teezer. This game is a sequel, but its not the best sequel. I get that characters die in such a harsh world, but to start the player off with that just ruins the players experience, it takes the action away from them and forced them to be a bystander while they watch characters drop like flies. If you like the game, good for you, I wouldn't recommend it without some caution.    … Expand
  5. Suspect12
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    The game mechanics are essentially the same as the first game, with slight improvements. The story isn't necessarily bad, just very poorly executed. Huge disappointment for a game that so many were looking forward to. I was going to rate the game much lower because of this, but the developers did a great job finishing this game under enormous pressure and despite the COVID-19 pandemic.The game mechanics are essentially the same as the first game, with slight improvements. The story isn't necessarily bad, just very poorly executed. Huge disappointment for a game that so many were looking forward to. I was going to rate the game much lower because of this, but the developers did a great job finishing this game under enormous pressure and despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Many titles released under difficult circumstances are buggy to the point of appearing unfinished. This is a polished AAA title, so that kept it from being rated even lower.… Expand
  6. Blackraven13
    Jul 2, 2020
    5
    This game is definitely not a 10/10 but it's also not a 1/10. The game is beautiful and the action is great in it. But they destroyed the characters that I cared about and forced on characters that I have no care about. The second half of the game is when it really started to lose my interest there is no replayability for this game the pacing is horrible as much as the story lin if youThis game is definitely not a 10/10 but it's also not a 1/10. The game is beautiful and the action is great in it. But they destroyed the characters that I cared about and forced on characters that I have no care about. The second half of the game is when it really started to lose my interest there is no replayability for this game the pacing is horrible as much as the story lin if you want to buy the game I would wait when it's not 60$ I would wait for when it's on sale.… Expand
  7. Beastside
    Dec 26, 2020
    5
    An absolute **** train-wreck for Naughty Dog. The culprit seems primarily to be the former programmer-turned-writer Neil Druckmann, who seems to think that he is some kind of modern day Hitchcock, when in fact he's just a teenage-scribbler who writes mediocre sob-stories. In any story-driven game the strory is quite literally 50% of the game, which makes nailing it down very, veryAn absolute **** train-wreck for Naughty Dog. The culprit seems primarily to be the former programmer-turned-writer Neil Druckmann, who seems to think that he is some kind of modern day Hitchcock, when in fact he's just a teenage-scribbler who writes mediocre sob-stories. In any story-driven game the strory is quite literally 50% of the game, which makes nailing it down very, very important. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case here. There are obviously some other things that the game does right from a purely technical standpoint -- although nothing close to the technical masterpiece that is Red Dead Redemption 2 -- but also that had its downfalls in the sense that they really didn't present anything new: it was the same boring, linear game-design that the first game had but with better graphics. The sound design is great, although narrow in its scope. THe graphics are ok, especially the characters' facial animations and the character models. The art-direction is incredibly boring.… Expand
  8. Visk
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Improved graphics Nice voice acting
    Character development 100%
    ........ but weak story
  9. Miklitoris
    Jul 27, 2020
    5
    Gold gameplay and good graphics, story is complete garbage, best character was victim of a cliche story. Not sure what they were thinking. I still give it a 5 while half way through the game. Lets see the end...
  10. Joker1122
    Jul 3, 2020
    5
    O jogo contém uma jogabilidade incrível, sendo assim um dos pontos mais fortes do jogo, além de gráficos ótimos, mas com alguns erros e bugs, mas nada que atrapalhe tanto. Eu não irei dar detalhes sobre a história, mas ela poderia ser melhor se fosse bem escrita.
    Não gaste seu dinheiro com esse jogo agora, espere uma promoção.
  11. Nay_Nay
    Jul 19, 2020
    5
    It's a 5. When I play narrative based game and the story is garbage, but everything else is exceptional, the best I give this game is a 5.
  12. pau1ushaa
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    I must say that I did not play, did not watch streams / walkthroughs of the first TLOU. TLOU 2 is almost perfect in everything: pleasant gameplay, fights and their staging, well-designed locations; seriously, I have not seen a single game where the locations would be so diverse and with so many details. So the question is, how can you make the game’s so miserable plot and mutilate oldI must say that I did not play, did not watch streams / walkthroughs of the first TLOU. TLOU 2 is almost perfect in everything: pleasant gameplay, fights and their staging, well-designed locations; seriously, I have not seen a single game where the locations would be so diverse and with so many details. So the question is, how can you make the game’s so miserable plot and mutilate old characters that people love so much that even I sat with Spanish shame from all it? I adhere to the fact that this is all just a crazy fanfiction of Neil Druckmann and Anita Sarkeesian. But to my great regret, the studio simply does not have the courage to admit the project as unsuccessful and, for example, to reissue the second part with a new plot. One can only hope that they will not develop the third part, or stop following the SJW community (which does not even play games), Neil gets off the crocodile (or what does he accept there?) and releases an adequate third part. Although even if we hope for the most positive, then the **** with which they smeared the first part and the fans just can not be washed away even by the ideal in the whole third game.

    By the way, Anita Sargsyan writes about the fanfiction of the TLOU dissatisfied with the plot of the continuation(crossed out) funfiction: “And honestly I'm putting aside that they haven't even played the game yet and have been hyped through all the years of released teasers. They just wanna be mad. They are sad. They probably hate themselves. And hate their lives and believe that gives them license to hurt others.” Why fall even lower in the eyes of the public writing such nonsense?    … Expand
  13. Edybooks
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok there are 2 parts on my review, the game doesn't deserve a 0 and I will tell you the reasons why it's a 5

    The graphics, the level design, character design, GRAPHIC design (there is more than what you think) everything is beautifull and I though DMC and GOW had the best graphics for a PS4 or console game in general BUT this **** is soo special, feels good, lookds good and is kinda fun even though the gameplay is not as polish and milimetric as COD, Overwatch, etc. If you wanna be pleased with marvelous graphics, layout and good looking everything be my guest and play this game.

    THE STORY IS THE PROBLEM, you expect something from a game. If you buy DOOM you wanna feel badass and kill demons moving fast with BIG GUNNS, if you buy dishonored you wanna go stealth or murdered everbody in creative ways. Unless you like to brainlessly spent your money, the process goes by knowing which kind of game you want to play before buying it

    Since the last of us 1 I expected to buy the sequel FOR THE STORY and the story is trash.
    You don't get the context necesary to empathize to some of the main characters.
    Some of the events on the game are pointless, could have been pretended and make the characters to feel really stupid.
    The pacing of the game is horrible, doesn't feels like the events slowly and organically guide to the end but they feel like they wanted the sroty to GO LIKE THIS instead of letting it to unfold itself at a reasonable series of events
    AS STATED BY DRUCKMAN the context will make you understand the reason for it but instead the context given makes you HATE to play it and ends up being unfun
    SOME characters, acts, events, from the first game are disrespected becaus of the dumbass context. If something was gray color on the 1st, will be BLACK AF on this one.

    I wouldn't buy this game if you're comming for the story, so bad that the story is SO trash it eclipse the gameplay and good animations and graphics    … Expand
  14. Glogger
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Мягко говоря разочарован, прошел игру буквально пару часов назад. Это не стоит того. Берите игру на скидках лучше
  15. KidFromTexas
    Jul 22, 2020
    5
    Subverted my expectations for sure! This however, doesn't make the game great.
  16. jcarcelen25
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    Fue una desicion muy complicada manejar la historia del modo que hizo ND, desde el inicio ellos sabían que no le iba a gustar a mucha gente pero hicieron una jugada arriesgada. Realmente un juego que va a perdurar en el tiempo
  17. HornetBzz
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My problem with TLoU Part 2 is story (I know... weird), but most of characters. This game just feels like a new season for call of duty warzone, even Ellie can be compared to a protagonist of call of duty, she does nothing else then shootin tootin. Story is a total mess because of this all flashbacks, the world presented in TLoU 2 doesn't fit to the world from TLoU 1. Graphics and audio are good. but what bothers me the most is that the music from the first part just works very well in some scenes, but in the second part, there is no music in such scenes, there is only this sound similar to a grenade explosion next to you. I just don't want to play this game, not because the director said so, but because this game is like a circus compared to the first part. And the scene of the death of one of the characters at the beginning of the game (Joel) can be compared to the death of this character if a brick fell on his head at the construction site.… Expand
  18. izaslogin
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    Today i passed this game.
    the elaboration of the game itself is excellent.
    the story is most frustrating. It is not foolish but bad in itself.
    but at the end of the game I want to quickly finish it and forget it like a bad dream.
    Neither fish nor fowl.
  19. HeIllusium
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well, this isn’t that bad, how many people think, let me explain. Game is pretty long: 25-27 hours, a ton of gameplay, a visual and graphics is devastating, simply best graphics a had see so far, good sound design, good gameplay, but you’ll quickly understand, gameplay ain’t changing. I was Playing on survival difficulty, isn’t felt difficult to me, really simple stealth and combat system. Sadly we get to story, well, it’s controversial. I felt script itself is predictable, i am not only about leaked story, i am about: screamers, than makes every twist is worse and worse to characters, so u sitting and like: they really gonna use same and same story weal ? In a ending: yes. Personally, I wasn’t that disappointed, cause I was thinking Joel was make wrong decision, so I understood Abby’s character. I ain’t felt Abby’s character worst of this story. Worst in this, main idea and not going whit this to end. Vengeance makes vengeance, bla-bla-bla. Ok, I got ya, so that mean we’ll have ability to make our own decision in the end ? Right ? We gonna take side ? Drunkman: hahahah, lol, no, of course not, we gonna make most predictable ending, so predictable, than you’ll even gonna surprise to see this. Just fight between two characters.
    Me: like in a uncharted, Drunkman ? Drunkman: WHAT ? NO ? iT’S NOT UNCHARTED, iT’S NOT !!! iT’S SERIOUS, REALISTIC GAME, FOR ADULTS !!! Me: that’s why u have this crazy uncharted moments in a game, where no one gonna survive ? Drunkman: ... should u play this ? Make decision after reading this, if u felt this worthy: 25-27 hours of u life, k.    … Expand
  20. AlexWoods
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Graphics 10/10
    Sound 10/10
    Game play 7/10
    STORY 2/10
    ..............
    Abby 1/10

    I feel kind of disappointed in story.
    No, really, and we waited so long for this?
  21. TheDanseMacabre
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    The Last of Us 2 is perhaps a stunning example of the growing commercialization in the world of video games: the divide between producer and consumer. Make no mistake: Triple-A games and those that produce them have no love for the consumer, nor do those who make their livelihood off of them. The reviewer does not care about the game: They just want money. The producer does not care aboutThe Last of Us 2 is perhaps a stunning example of the growing commercialization in the world of video games: the divide between producer and consumer. Make no mistake: Triple-A games and those that produce them have no love for the consumer, nor do those who make their livelihood off of them. The reviewer does not care about the game: They just want money. The producer does not care about the story: They just want money. Any dissent is waved off as being that of the complaints of the "entitled gamer", or the "bigoted gamer". Don't believe me? Look up The Last of Us 2 and click any news article talking about this metacritic page. Your opinion does not matter to them. You are never right. To disagree is to be wrong.

    The Last of Us 2 is a forgettable experience, full of plotholes and unlikable characters. It does feature the most awkward moment in modern gaming, though! The graphics are great, though. But this is supposed to be a game, not a pixar film. How it looks is secondary to the experience. The experience is not very good.    … Expand
  22. RicardoManson
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O que esse jogo tem de detalhes técnicos não tem de história. Joel simplesmente deixar que o irmão fale o nome dele para uma estranha sendo o que ele fez no final do primeiro? Roteiro fraco.... Personagens perderam o brilho, parece que o estúdio queria matar o Joel de alguma forma e decidiram como seria de um jeito estúpido e conveniente, sem falar dos novos personagens que são totalmente descartáveis por serem chatos em sua maioria.… Expand
  23. Mjn88
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    I’m sad to say this but I didn’t enjoy the game the way I thought I would. There were many different aspects of the game that just turned me off. The game looks visually stunning and the details naughty dog put into visual fidelity is amazing but beyond the graphics, this game lacks heavily everywhere else especially the story. I could not jump on board with what the developers wereI’m sad to say this but I didn’t enjoy the game the way I thought I would. There were many different aspects of the game that just turned me off. The game looks visually stunning and the details naughty dog put into visual fidelity is amazing but beyond the graphics, this game lacks heavily everywhere else especially the story. I could not jump on board with what the developers were suggesting where the story was going and they lost me from the beginning. It’s just not believable what they had Ellie doing, trying to justify it by using a really sorry teenage level revenge story. I’m sorry but this game deserves better writing and more evolved game play! The game play is serviceable but I was hoping for a more developed/evolved and matured last of us. The studio only seemed to have added a few new game mechanics including a dodge button, jump button and going prone. They also failed to add any new enemies outside of the “shambler” which is a really lazy one at best. I was really hoping that naughty dog hit this one out of the ball park but sadly they really dropped the ball on this one FOR ME. Maybe my expectations were too high given it took them 7 years but that’s what I expect from AAA studios in 2020. I was really hoping that the narrative would have pulled me in just like the first game did but I could not find it in me to do so. All the characters were acting so out of the ordinary even the new ones didn’t seem to have realistic decision making. I feel like I’m being critical but I have to be given how big the title is and how bad Naughty dog screwed up. They have all the winning elements but they just didn’t put it together correctly. If they just told a more dare I say “generic” story that we all wanted with Ellie and Joel, maybe this would all be different but this is what happens when you take a risk on going woke and fail. It falls flat, especially because the last of us is such a narrative driven game, having a bad story really hiders itself from being anything great. Anyway, i hope they can bounce back with something better or a new IP that is more engaging and fun. This one wasn’t for me. Sorry...… Expand
  24. Bolassen
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    I was really hoping forward to a long awaited sequel. This was very disappointing.

    This part II connects poorly with the first game and story wise it is fractured and not the same kind of dark future store, but more of a simple shooter with new characters. I was disappointed and bored in the latter part of the game.
  25. eden1123
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    Last of Us 2,in terms of gameplay,fulfilled its mission:It has a suffocating tone and keeps you on edge all game long and like the first game, it has great visuals. Story wise, its lackluster: I couldn't relate to any characters, story and the journey was not fulfilling and when the game ended i felt like I wasted my time. Only enjoyable thing about story for me was flashback scenes thatLast of Us 2,in terms of gameplay,fulfilled its mission:It has a suffocating tone and keeps you on edge all game long and like the first game, it has great visuals. Story wise, its lackluster: I couldn't relate to any characters, story and the journey was not fulfilling and when the game ended i felt like I wasted my time. Only enjoyable thing about story for me was flashback scenes that showed what happened between first game and second game. Overall, It is an alright game with great graphics, good gameplay and terrible storytelling. But if you are fan of the beautiful story of the first game, there is a high chance that you will not enjoy this game.… Expand
  26. Kirito_
    Jul 3, 2020
    5
    It breaks my heart to write this, but I really did not expect such a poor story after all these years of waiting.
  27. Law0911
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    The entire game relied on it's wokeness. And it over delievered on the point that it became annoying. The game about surviving in an apocalypse world became an agenda pushing and and combined with some thing I wish I didn't see, I think I had to rate this even less than five.

    But if I do that, it would be downplaying it's very smooth and great gameplay. The gameplay and controls, like all    The entire game relied on it's wokeness. And it over delievered on the point that it became annoying. The game about surviving in an apocalypse world became an agenda pushing and and combined with some thing I wish I didn't see, I think I had to rate this even less than five.

    But if I do that, it would be downplaying it's very smooth and great gameplay. The gameplay and controls, like all other Sony's first part titles, while doesn't innovate, perfected the already perfected system. The movements are smooth, the combats is simple but very engaging. The graphics are with no flaws. But it's sad that the game marketed entirely by it's compelling story, failed in that regard. And it didn't just failed. It literally crashed and burned.    … Expand
  28. Klaher
    Sep 7, 2020
    5
    The game is very cool visually and technically, but that's about it. Unfortunately, I didn't like the story, not the script. In addition, the game is very drawn-out and boring.
  29. Larew09
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    An absolute departure from the first game. TLOU is a masterpiece. This?? This is ****
  30. Abbe55
    Jul 7, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I must say, this game was a real rollercoaster, the gameplay, voice acting and visuals were all stunning. And the way you could plan every kill, by either throwing bricks to make some enemies go away from one specific or to plant mines to kill off the stronger enemies while you silently take out the others. From me sitting scared during the clickers. But, sadly the story did not have it in for me. The chemistry between the new and the old characters did not feel good at all. I believe that the story could have been way better if everything was in a different order, I felt that I did not care much to play as Abby at all since Ellies part left uss at a huge cliff-hanger so I kept thinking about that instead of actually caring. If we played Abby first maybe it would have been better since we would have gotten more attatched to her characters when we later on took them down as Ellie. If they could have put it all in a different order in my opinion this would have at least have been a 7 out of 10.… Expand
  31. arcade23pl
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Gameplay is fantastic but story, what did the director do with it. Big joke
  32. Galliec
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    I waited for this game for so long and was disappointed by it so fast.
    The gameplay is too repetitive for such a long game. What NaughtyDog introduced as new gameplay mechanics for the main playable character looks ridiculous or is removed in the second part of this game.
    Beloved characters from the first part are washed down the toilet. They are really dumb down to move the plot further    I waited for this game for so long and was disappointed by it so fast.
    The gameplay is too repetitive for such a long game. What NaughtyDog introduced as new gameplay mechanics for the main playable character looks ridiculous or is removed in the second part of this game.
    Beloved characters from the first part are washed down the toilet. They are really dumb down to move the plot further by acting completely out of character. The ending is unsatisfying without a proper conclusion.
    Graphics, animation, and music on the other hand are superb, the only good thing in this game.
    This is a story-driven game with a really bad story. In the end, it was all for nothing.    … Expand
  33. JayNxtGen
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I went into Last of Us: Part 2 with a open mind... and I liked it!... Well the first half.

    The story is boring I will be honest I don't like at all it is nowhere near as compelling as the first BUT I did like the gameplay and Ellie... Until the halfway point when the game does the whole switcheroo and the game becomes extremely repetitive with unlikable characters and even more bland story pieces.

    Even Ellie becomes just plain stupid and does things that just make no sense or feel seriously out of character for her?

    I am honestly so let down that the game nose dives into mediocre at the half way mark as I honestly enjoyed my time in the first half I understand people are review bombing this game but I gave the game a fair shot and even finished it. It is such a shame as the first is regarded as one of PlayStations greats! Even I gave it a 8! for Solid story but repetitive gameplay.

    I personally never felt The Last of Us ever needed a sequel and my opinion was correct at least for some. If you enjoy the game more power to you but I feel this is a out of pace mess.    … Expand
  34. Gixxer-6
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    First off, anyone giving this a 0 or 10 is acting on emotion or has a vested interest in the overall score being low/high. It's a shame we're going down this route as it just means critic and users scores become meaningless!

    I re-played TLOU1 recently and still loved the game. it's successor well, my first impression in terms of game play was that not much had changed. That was    First off, anyone giving this a 0 or 10 is acting on emotion or has a vested interest in the overall score being low/high. It's a shame we're going down this route as it just means critic and users scores become meaningless!

    I re-played TLOU1 recently and still loved the game. it's successor well, my first impression in terms of game play was that not much had changed. That was probably acceptable 7 years ago but now character movement just feels 'clunky' general movement is way behind that of other modern games.

    I've not completed the game yet but so far the story line feels really out of sync, this maybe intentional but, IMO, it just doesn't work well. It feel like they either couldn't quite decide which way to go with the story or just got lost and rushed it. I doubt the latter as they had loads of time to polish. Graphics and sounds were good. I waited a long time for this to come out, quite a let down...    … Expand
  35. GodfatherSergio
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    Lo bueno, la calidad gráfica, los momentos de tensión, la música, los escenarios, los movimientos orgánicos de las acciones y las pequeñas mejoras al game play. Lo malo es la otra parte importante, la historia es muy mala arruina todo lo logrado en el 1,se intenta imponer una ideología forzada, no se cierran los argumentos y cada viaje de Ellie solo parece resultar en auto descubrimientoLo bueno, la calidad gráfica, los momentos de tensión, la música, los escenarios, los movimientos orgánicos de las acciones y las pequeñas mejoras al game play. Lo malo es la otra parte importante, la historia es muy mala arruina todo lo logrado en el 1,se intenta imponer una ideología forzada, no se cierran los argumentos y cada viaje de Ellie solo parece resultar en auto descubrimiento pero haciéndola perder más de lo que consigue. Los personajes se siente forzados cambiando su filosofía de un juego a otro. Sino llevarán el mismo nombre hasta podrían ser otros. Si eres fan de la historia te amargara por completo el sabor de boca. Sino sólo sentirás que los intentos del personaje por lograr sus metas son contraproducentes y sentirás un vacío al acabar el juego.… Expand
  36. Oleg12
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    Изначально думал поставить игре 8-9/10, пока не начал играть вторую половину. Ох, ну и душниловка началась и это все на 10+ часов! Это все можно было вместить в час; Вы скажете: «Но так через геймплей раскрывается персонаж». Но нет, было абсолютно плевать, хотелось побыстрее что бы это закончилось. Концовка мне понравилась, мысль которую хотели донести понятна, но это не стоило кучиИзначально думал поставить игре 8-9/10, пока не начал играть вторую половину. Ох, ну и душниловка началась и это все на 10+ часов! Это все можно было вместить в час; Вы скажете: «Но так через геймплей раскрывается персонаж». Но нет, было абсолютно плевать, хотелось побыстрее что бы это закончилось. Концовка мне понравилась, мысль которую хотели донести понятна, но это не стоило кучи потраченного времени до неё (до концовки). Игра неплохая, но я разочарован что потратил на нее деньги. Из плюсов отмечу идеально вылизанные локации, шедевральные анимации, отличный геймплей (кроме последних часов, там было уже откровенно скучно и хотелось выкрутить сложность в минимальную что бы быстро пробежать). Все хорошо кроме подачи сюжета (даже сам сюжет неплох), но как его подают это ужас. Многие говорят что скучно было играть в RDR2, я не в их числе, но вы ещё в это не играли)) (2-я половина). Хорошо что игру купил на диске, наверное продам ее, хотя ещё ни одну игру я не продавал, а оставлял для коллекции и для повторного прохождения, но эту я второй раз не осилю. Если вы играли в Dead Stranding и вспомните гейплей в горах, то вы меня поймёте на сколько это не очень интересно, только в tlou 2 это в десять раз скучнее, не спасают даже красиво поставленные сцены. Вердикт: Люди, работающие в Naughty Dog настоящие гении и перфекционисты, но Дракману пора на пенсию.… Expand
  37. SamuelWTF
    Jul 3, 2020
    5
    Gameplay 10/10 Graphics 10/10 Characters 5/10 Story 1/10 The Story Is bad seriusly bad.
  38. Mikew83
    Jul 3, 2020
    5
    Mix of great visuals and gameplay with disappointing narrative choices and sadistic game design. Loses an extra point or two for all the sanctimonious types being **** to people who don't like the game. People don't have to like something because you do.

    EDIT: When I originally posted a score of 3, I was not aware of the main reason people hate on others who dislike the game. Most of us    Mix of great visuals and gameplay with disappointing narrative choices and sadistic game design. Loses an extra point or two for all the sanctimonious types being **** to people who don't like the game. People don't have to like something because you do.

    EDIT: When I originally posted a score of 3, I was not aware of the main reason people hate on others who dislike the game. Most of us can agree that anyone who uses the phrase "sjw game" is someone with whom the rest of us can do without. Such a prominent release being brave enough to embody inclusiveness is obviously a respectable thing. So my rating is back up to a 5. That said, there are legitimate reasons for which many of us are disappointed with this game. Certain narrative/design decisions, while I understand to what they are aimed (those who condescend to people for not 'getting it' are just as annoying as those who generalize the majority for aspects of the minority), ultimately feel like punishment for anticipating this game for so long. And yeah, giving away those decisions in marketing would spoil things, but selling people the game they wanted, while providing something very different, is...not good. So all I'm saying in terms of understanding that it's ok to not like this game, is don't lump everyone who is disappointed into the category of the pejorative: 'hater.' Most of the people who are disappointed in this game are disappointed for legitimate reasons. If you can't respect that, well, you are part of the problem that is this narrative that's detracting from conversations concerning the actual merit of the matter at hand.    … Expand
  39. Kamarc_
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo em relação aos aspectos técnicos é quase perfeito e um exemplo para a indústria. Poucos bugs no seu lançamento, jogabilidade excelente e fluída, modelagem de personagens e expressões faciais incríveis, cenários incrivelmente bem feitos e trabalhados com um nível de detalhamento espetacular, dublagem excelente. Graficamente o jogo é praticamente impecável e muito bonito, com um adendo a sua ótima jogabilidade. Apesar de acertar bastante e com méritos em sua parte técnica, The Last Of Us Part 2 desliza e erra bastante em relação a sua narrativa, não parecendo nem de perto com a excelente história do primeiro jogo. A Começar com o principal acontecimento inicial do jogo que, além de irritar profundamente a maior parte dos fãs da franquia, mostra um total descaso de roteiro para uma construção descente para o ocorrido, ignorando totalmente a personalidade e experiência dos personagens envolvidos além de forçar bastante para que determinada situação aconteça. Mesmo a morte de Joel sendo o pilar fundamental para o desenvolvimento da trama e talvez o único motivo que desencadearia uma sequência, poderia ter sido muito melhor trabalhada e tardia, dando mais tempo em tela para o personagem ao lado de Ellie. A tentativa de humanizar a antagonista e fazer o jogador entender seu ponto de vista através de gameplay com a própria, não funciona, além de aumentar mais ainda a a fúria dos fãs e sua frustração em ter que jogar com a assina de Joel. O final do jogo não faz jus nem sentido ao propósito de toda a jornada, ignorando completamente o intuito de vingança e sentimento de ódio de Ellie durante a jornada em vingar Joel. Em suma, The Last Of Us part 2 é um jogo incrível tecnicamente, usando tudo que o console pode oferecer, mas que infelizmente, tem uma narrativa muito medíocre se comparado ao seu antecessor. The Last of Us part 2 esnobou seu principal aspecto, uma historia incrível e bem contada. Matou um dos protagonistas, um dos personagens mais amados da história do video game de forma forçada e mal trabalhada. The Last of Us part 2 evoluiu bastante tecnicamente e retrocedeu 2x mais no seu principal aspecto, a história.… Expand
  40. Celrak10
    Jul 8, 2020
    5
    Different from the first part, but this is the way you make a second part.
    If you like some game inspired in spaghetti westerns and vengeance in no man's land this is your game.
  41. CorruptedMushr
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good:
    1) Very very very photo realistic graphics, light, shadows and etc
    2) Interesting gameplay
    3) Game design
    4) Location atmosphere
    5) Optimisation! Couldnt believe what i can play this game on my PS4(250$) with 30 FPS

    Bad:
    1) Story is so bad, looks like im watching new walking dead serial for fifteen years old girls.
    2) I couldnt understand new characters story, motivations, their decisions
    3) Worst sex scene i ever seen(just my opinion)
    4) Pointless final
    5) A little bit propaganda, but this is not a main bad thing in this game. Don't blame me for it
    6) When Joel died i felt like "oh my god wtf was happened, can i refund?", when other story characters died i felt nothing or "who is it? why should i care about this new character"

    I understand people who rate 0 because for someone it was story about Ellie and Joel. They could spend 60 dollars for seeing what testosterone monster killed Joel and then u have to play as this character. And also i understand people who liked this game. I dont think that my opinion is completely true, but i rate this game 5.5 of 10.    … Expand
  42. aemich
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    The story really falls flat - especially compared to the first. not really a 0 or 1 out of 10... but a 10/10 is a joke for a score.. NO WAY
  43. Kasencio22
    Jul 22, 2020
    5
    Amazing graphics and animation with some tweaks to the combat that makes it more fun than the first game but i was the story really disappointed me but thats just my opinion
  44. UselessAtBest
    Jun 26, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First 15 hours were great and seemed to justify killing Joel as it was folding out into a great story.
    Playing as Abby changed that though. I felt forced to like her and feel sorry for her which I just didn't. I didn't care about anything that happened to her because Ellie is the character I, and everybody else, was connected to and the reason this game was purchased.
    To make matters worse you then want me to play as Abby and try to kill Ellie?? I let Ellie kill me and it claimed I failed the mission even though that's what I wanted to happen! I thought the ending may make it all worthwhile but it didn't. Abby was let free by Ellie, Dina left her and Ellie lost fingers in the process! It made me incredibly sad and angry that Joel was killed off for such a poor story and for no reason at the end.
    If Joel REALLY had to die, I would have preferred it to be via a bite and Ellie has to search for a new doctor to make the cure and sacrifice herself to save Joel from becoming infected OR kill Joel herself.    … Expand
  45. Nerei
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 5/10 total

    Este no es ni el mejor juego de Naughty Dog ni es superior a la entrega anterior .

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    Historia 4/10

    Para mi este juego tiene las 2-3 h mejores del juego manejar a Abby corriendo evitando a los infectados etc hasta el momento culmen de la muerte de Joel. Otra parte que me pareció muy buena es en la que vamos a caballo corriendo huyendo de la ciudad de los Scars en llamas
    Luego nos ponen a Ellie y que se quiere vengar de todos los implicado hasta ahi la trama esta relativamente bien hasta que llegados a un punto donde manejamos a Abby alrededor de 4-5h más de la mitad de esta historia es puro relleno y muy alargada se me hizo muy muy pesada hasta el supuesto final del juego donde nos enfrentamos a Ellie como si fuera la mala del juego, luego tenemos una especie de final con la familia feliz de Ellie la novia y el bebe pero Elli esta atormentada de no haberse vengado de la muerte de Joel donde tenemos una escena totalmente alargada hasta que llegamos al final donde se pegan sin sentido las 2 .
    Mas o menos ese seria mi resumen sin contar las mies de muertes que hay en el juego donde tu deseas que se vengue de Joel y no lo logramos.
    Entre ellas tenemos una escena sin sentido que despues de matar y degollar mazo de gente luego nos ponen a Elie como arrepentida de tortura a X personaje.

    Aminación y Arte 10/10

    Nada mas que decir en esto son unso expertos es lo mejor que se ve en la consola, lo unico que puedo decir que me parece muy exagerado todo lo verde que se ha puesto la ciudad

    Musica 9/10

    Nada que decir de este aspecto ya que esta en los momento necesarios y muy buena

    Jugabilidad 5/10
    Si es cierto que la IA se comporta mejor que en el anterior juego no me parece una maravilla, todavía cuesta mucho que los npc se den cuenta de que estas detrás de ellos en sigilo y parecen tontos.
    Si ha variado la cantidad de cosas y pequeños puzzles que te encuentras al rededor del escenario
    Los 2 personajes con los que juegas tienen diferentes formas de luchar sigue gustando mucho mas el manejo de Ellie    … Expand
  46. Ealguth
    May 9, 2021
    5
    No está mal, pero el abuso de los flashback lo han hecho demasiado tedioso. Te sacan de la historia cada 5 minutos para contar algo que no han sabido cómo contarlo durante la trama principal. Pésima dirección del proyecto con una trama excepcional y una jugabilidad aceptable.
  47. Beategg
    Jun 27, 2020
    5
    I just finished this game and this is This game is amazing the new characters are very good I love the storyline and the gameplay/mechanics, sound, and graphics. All of these elements are top notch in this game. Almost feels like it could have been a next gen game because of how gorgeous this game looks. There is a lot of beautiful scenery in the game that make me want to take pictures.I just finished this game and this is This game is amazing the new characters are very good I love the storyline and the gameplay/mechanics, sound, and graphics. All of these elements are top notch in this game. Almost feels like it could have been a next gen game because of how gorgeous this game looks. There is a lot of beautiful scenery in the game that make me want to take pictures. Even when the environment is dark and gloomy, it still looks good. I ran this game on the first-gen PS4, so my system was taking off like a jet through my whole walkthrough. As for the sounds, they are some of the rawest, gritty, and sometimes horrifying sounds I've ever heard. I'm giving this game a 5 out of 10 score because I hate Abby f*ck her I hope she died..… Expand
  48. VikMorroHun
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Serious save/load/continuity issues. (Useful exploit for speed-runners though.) Molotovs are useless. Dramaturgy issues (during the tutorial I had to control an unknown, androgynous woman for unknown reasons, who had no back story, and it wasn't clear why is she in the game). Graphics are good (excluding winter). Gameplay and exploration is good.
  49. Ijustlikestuff
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    A 5 is what this game deserves. Nothing more. Maybe a 6, but that's it. Graphically, it's amazing, same with sound design. Music is great but that's it for good things. Story is **** m, a revenge plot where in the ending, you don't revenge. Ending horse****, Abby is unlikable. Joel was done dirty in this game, and writing made me laugh out loud a couple of times. Gameplay is pretty fun,A 5 is what this game deserves. Nothing more. Maybe a 6, but that's it. Graphically, it's amazing, same with sound design. Music is great but that's it for good things. Story is **** m, a revenge plot where in the ending, you don't revenge. Ending horse****, Abby is unlikable. Joel was done dirty in this game, and writing made me laugh out loud a couple of times. Gameplay is pretty fun, but it's just tweaked tlou 1. Nothing special. Also, naughty dog, the things you did were stupid. False dmca takedowns the crunch, no.… Expand
  50. AaronF
    Aug 31, 2020
    5
    The gameplay is fine however the story disregards the last game. It really feels like aside from character names we were playing an unrelated story because the characters were different and not so much time has passed that this would make sense. The game is also to long. It should have ended sooner than it did.
  51. ikna1
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    Мне жаль, что я купил игру, особенно по предзаказу. Визуально и по играбильности она не хуже первой части, но сюжет, а вернее его излишняя зацикленность на меньшинствах сильно все портит. Я простой парень и нормально отношусь ко всем людям, но в повседневной жизни это все же меньшинства. В данной игре кажется что это не так, происходит подмена действительности! Как будто игра сделанаМне жаль, что я купил игру, особенно по предзаказу. Визуально и по играбильности она не хуже первой части, но сюжет, а вернее его излишняя зацикленность на меньшинствах сильно все портит. Я простой парень и нормально отношусь ко всем людям, но в повседневной жизни это все же меньшинства. В данной игре кажется что это не так, происходит подмена действительности! Как будто игра сделана исключительно с целью пропаганды. Игра не дает тебе выбора как проявить себя или каким персонажем. Тебе все навязано и это не справедливо по отношению к большинству обычных людей. Это печально и следующую игру я точно не куплю по предзаказу, а возможно и вообще :(… Expand
  52. Kato88
    Apr 23, 2022
    5
    This videogame was intentionally created as a way to say something, but without clever ideas to execute it. It's bold in it's ambition but lacks the depth or the guts to fully commit to those ambitions. The message, the idea, is constantly being forced into the narrative and the characters to the point of breaking the immersion. The things that keep this game enjoyable are the absolutelyThis videogame was intentionally created as a way to say something, but without clever ideas to execute it. It's bold in it's ambition but lacks the depth or the guts to fully commit to those ambitions. The message, the idea, is constantly being forced into the narrative and the characters to the point of breaking the immersion. The things that keep this game enjoyable are the absolutely gorgeous graphics and visuals, the gameplay improvements over its predecesor, and the acting...top notch performances across the entire experience. Sadly the director and creatives ambitions for its narrative, and message...were a bit too much for their skills and ideas to execute them.… Expand
  53. YotaXD
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    ALL THE PEOPLE SAYING YOU GIVE IT NEGATIV REVIEW AND HAVENT EVEN PLAYED IT.
    WHERE IS YOUR PROVE YOU PLAYED IT ? BTW WHY DOES THE GAME HAVE 5000 5 STAR REVIEWS ON PLAYSTATION LIKE 1 WEEK AGO ?

    THIS IS MY HONEST REVIEW. GRAPHIC 9.5/10 , GAMEPLAY 8/10, SOUND 7/10, STORY 1/10
  54. DuncanRose
    Jul 19, 2020
    5
    It’s not as bad as people make out but nowhere near as the critics claim.

    The mechanics are okay but feel like a leftover from the original with minor upgrades like jumping which frankly isn’t that useful or much of a development considering games have involved ‘jumping’ for years. The graphics are beautiful. The scenery is well depicted and animation is smooth. However, there are two    It’s not as bad as people make out but nowhere near as the critics claim.

    The mechanics are okay but feel like a leftover from the original with minor upgrades like jumping which frankly isn’t that useful or much of a development considering games have involved ‘jumping’ for years.

    The graphics are beautiful. The scenery is well depicted and animation is smooth.

    However, there are two areas that kill the experience. The linear ‘no choice’ gameplay. You don’t make any moral choices, nothing impacts outcomes. Whatever you do has no effect on the story or whichever character you are playing. This game deserves to be an open world epic in the style of the Witcher. If you wanted to make people think about actions and consequences you should have been able to make moralistic choices and seen a variety of outcomes. Ideally, you should have been able to play as a variety of characters in a big open world and seen how their stories intertwined with multiple endings that are created by your choices. Instead we are bludgeoned over the head with a needlessly nihilistic story that allows the player only to react to choices made by the designer.

    The representation with the game is a bold choice but poorly handled. It feels like a checklist of minority groups and therefore tokenism. The violence and sexual scenes add nothing but provocation to less open minded people and they devalue the experience as a whole. Overall, it’s a AAA game with mechanics from 2014 and a storyline that gives players no choice but to be preached at rather than organically evolve their own morality. In short it’s a $15 one time experience.    … Expand
  55. Poohead
    Jul 3, 2020
    5
    the game looks beautiful great lighting and sound design but the story is where it falls apart for me no one is like able in this game it became a depressing slog to play one of the most disappointing sequels in recent memory
  56. THIRD3YE06
    Jul 5, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Resident Evil 2 for ps1 has stood the test of time as being my favorite game ever(obviously better games exist but my favorite game is based more on the experience i had with the game and how much I enjoyed it at the time)
    So I dont say this lightly or with any bit of hyperbole This is my favorite game of all time....ive never had a deeper more emotional experience with a game in my life....and im sure there will be very few times anything even comes close.
    This is why I play video games....this is what im looking for every time.    … Expand
  57. ShinishiKudo
    Aug 4, 2022
    5
    Dissapointing
    A Game that never needed to be made and sadly better shouldn't be made.
    Sure it looks great but story whise I don't like the way they went with.
  58. VideoGame_Dunky
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm writing this using a translator, so I'm sorry. Last of ass 2 is an incredibly boring and disappointing game. In it, the entire plot is not going according to the player's plan and it is shocking and disgusting. In technical terms, the game is not surprising, because something like this is expected from a team like naughty dog. But this game is focused on the plot and there are big problems with it. The plot is incredibly stupid, illogical and goes against the player's plan - it is shocking and disgusting. And when Abby begins to fight with the giant infected in the hospital it is believed that the team of writers is sitting on heavy drugs and mixing them writes the script for the game. And this feeling remained with me, and not only me, until the very end of the game. Neil Drunkman sucks. 5 and a half out of 10… Expand
  59. benstroud11
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just disappointed. If your story has to revolve around the death of Joel, at least let him go with some dignity. Joke of a game to make me play the killer of a fan favourite character halfway through this writing mess. TLOU 1 is a masterpiece, however this sequel, is not. Whole story based on revenge, just to get to who you want to get to, and decide against and go home, laughable.… Expand
  60. MrMarien13
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros
    Im giving it a 5 for the devs who worked so hard to build such a beautiful game with amazing graphics but they sadly waisted their talent on a **** show.
    The soundtrack is awesome and the gameplay is close to the first game but its still good
    And the flashbacks feel more TLOU than the hole game
    Cons
    THE STORY
    The story sucks, it doesn’t make sence, especially the ending, u are about to kill Abby (THE PERSON WHO KILLED JOEL INFRONT OF ELLIES EYES),but then you see a flashback of Joel, you think that would’ve motivated more Ellie to killl Abby? No. She letted her go. Reminder, She is the same person who cutted her 2 finger.
    This is a wtf moment
    And the credit scene makes me so sad, Ellie, ending up like that, AND TRYING TO PLAY THE GUITAR! Wtf
    THE CHARACTER DESGIN
    Ellie looks like a skinny white boy (with small muscles), Abby looks like Hulk and Dina has some small muscles.
    THE LGBTQ REPRESENTATION
    It feels like marketing/advertisement, not for the sake of the lgbt representation in the gaming industry
    THE FALSE ADVERTISEMENT
    How can you do that? And why? Why would you?
    The adds lie to you so hard and thats pretty bad by considering that you’ve waited 7 years for this game, and in the end, they are lies.
    Great job Neil, great job destroying a franchise    … Expand
  61. MelkTert
    Jul 4, 2020
    5
    I enjoy naughty dog games for the story/writing and the movie like experience. The writing was horrible, full of nonsensical characters and moments and overall plot. So that's half of why I enjoy these games. Graphics are great tho.
  62. VCa
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    graphics, sounds 9/10
    plot 2/10 - so stupid, unrealistic, and annoying right after middle of the game
  63. Dissapoint
    Aug 15, 2020
    5
    It's engaging in all of the wrong ways, I feel I'm being manipulated into liking a certain group of character, atleast make it not too obvious.
    Besides the plot(hole) driven stories and probably a fungus infection making everybody in this game not think properly, mediocre/10. the graphics lives up to naughty dog standard,
    Beside that I don't see that much replayability, Besides photo mode    It's engaging in all of the wrong ways, I feel I'm being manipulated into liking a certain group of character, atleast make it not too obvious.
    Besides the plot(hole) driven stories and probably a fungus infection making everybody in this game not think properly, mediocre/10. the graphics lives up to naughty dog standard,
    Beside that I don't see that much replayability,
    Besides photo mode and those new difficulties for the epic gamers, but hey we are just sheep with different shepherd, consume what you enjoy    … Expand
  64. Exxone0
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Это просто, пи*%#ц... слов даже нет тех, как описать это... алчный фанатизм Дракмана, уничтожил столь любимую почти всеми игру, в шлак. Кранч удался… Expand
  65. Arronaks3
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Disgusting script and story. 5 points only for the efforts and crunch of ordinary employees.
  66. FlameHaze10
    May 12, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Basing it as a sequel it's not bad, but some of the previous points are thrown out, for example, Joel and his brother's personality not being cautious as the stories they told from the first game, Ellie's personality changed a lot, it's shown that she still has the heart to collect cards but not get PSVita? , etc.

    The story is much more focused on Abby forcing people to like her rather than Ellie or Joel which was loved from the previous game. Abby's character didn't get much depth and didn't even hesitate to kill Joel even after being was saved by the Miller brothers when she got separated from her group and being overwhelmed by the infected.

    The story and it's graphics are the only thing that hold this game together, but the story failed to live up from its predecessor. The gameplay is already generic since the first game and the weapon customization is not that deep.

    All in all it's not a bad game if the first game didn't exist.    … Expand
  67. urzu_se7en
    Jul 1, 2020
    5
    You know what, this game doesn't even deserve to write a review about it. I don't even care about giving the fanboys any fuel anymore. You can go f yourselves if you can't listen to anything others trying to tell you.
  68. HeyJohnny
    Jul 23, 2020
    5
    Overall the game is graphically amazing and has a few good moments in the game. Sound and acting is amazing. Gameplay feels a bit dull and similar to the previous game. The negative comes from the story line. There are a lot of questionable choices and action from the main characters. Doesn’t seem to be the same characters through out the story. A lot of missing storylines needed to beOverall the game is graphically amazing and has a few good moments in the game. Sound and acting is amazing. Gameplay feels a bit dull and similar to the previous game. The negative comes from the story line. There are a lot of questionable choices and action from the main characters. Doesn’t seem to be the same characters through out the story. A lot of missing storylines needed to be explained but skips. A lot of political in this game when seems to be more a luxury in a world of apocalypse... wished the story was written better and better ending… Expand
  69. Haltsu
    Jul 7, 2020
    5
    I really wanted to like this game. Me and my friend who got it from day one played the game and finished the game; and we were left dissapointed.

    Lets get the pros out of the way. The game looks beautiful, the sound design is excellent and the voice acting and motion capture are on point. However to me those don´t make a great game. What makes a great game for me are the story and    I really wanted to like this game. Me and my friend who got it from day one played the game and finished the game; and we were left dissapointed.

    Lets get the pros out of the way. The game looks beautiful, the sound design is excellent and the voice acting and motion capture are on point. However to me those don´t make a great game. What makes a great game for me are the story and game-play. While I feel the game-play is overall good its the story I have issues. I get what they were trying to go for; I really do. It could have worked if it were told differently but they took a risk and in my opinion they fell flat. I did not like how they handled some of the characters and their fates ( anybody who has the game knows witch characters I am talking about ).

    Is this game a 0 out of 10? No. Is this game worth of the all the 10 ratings it has been getting? No.    … Expand
  70. Hyperpool
    Jun 30, 2020
    5
    Love Part 1 and still have my PS3 and PS4 copies and completed the story mode on all levels. But Finished playing Part 2 today. Yes from gaming view good game mechanics are updated on the first one. also the weapons. but today traded in my copy of Part 2 as I not willing to play again. The story s missing the hook for you to keep playing over and over. shame as this could have been great.Love Part 1 and still have my PS3 and PS4 copies and completed the story mode on all levels. But Finished playing Part 2 today. Yes from gaming view good game mechanics are updated on the first one. also the weapons. but today traded in my copy of Part 2 as I not willing to play again. The story s missing the hook for you to keep playing over and over. shame as this could have been great. Also no PvP mode another downer… Expand
  71. Nexxy
    Sep 5, 2020
    5
    Gfx 10/10
    Sfx 6/10
    Story and Plot 3/10
    Characters 2/10
    Gameplay 4/10. Very repetitive and non rewarding. Far behind part 1. Sad tho
  72. Elenai89
    Sep 1, 2022
    5
    The gameplay is awesome in comparison to part I but the LGBT influence was just to much for me, whoever believes that something like this would be present in this scale (all main characters including Ellie, Abby Dina and Lev/Lilly) in an postapocalyptic world is just lost. Naughty Dog is pushing the masonic agenda since yeara
  73. Morder
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    Graphics are the best I've seen for years. Gameplay is almost the same as the first one except they improved melee combat and weapon management. Story is very linear, dull and contains a lot of plot holes. Abby's retrospective narrative is very much uncompelling and doesn't add that much to her character development. Lev and Yara doesn't provide that much momentum to fuel the whole revengeGraphics are the best I've seen for years. Gameplay is almost the same as the first one except they improved melee combat and weapon management. Story is very linear, dull and contains a lot of plot holes. Abby's retrospective narrative is very much uncompelling and doesn't add that much to her character development. Lev and Yara doesn't provide that much momentum to fuel the whole revenge plot. Tommy got a plot armor while Joel's death seems rushed and anticlimatic.In the end, it will leave everyone with nothing but emptiness and makes you asked so many questions about the life choices of every character in the game that lead them to that pointless finale.… Expand
  74. Blazemoth
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Looks good it tries to hard to go for SHOCK factor, so much so that you get used to it breaking any tension the game could offer; throw in some boring as bland characters and the complete nonsense the story is plus the dates gameplay and you have the perfect bore-bore cocktail.
  75. movompomoh
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    Amazingly developed game sullied by game director's interference. This game has been crafted beautifully. The graphics. environment, animations, acting are all top notch. Unfortunately, the game director has infused his personal political opinions in such a haphazard way that the entire experience becomes sullied to the point where it's not worth playing. If you ignore the poor story, allAmazingly developed game sullied by game director's interference. This game has been crafted beautifully. The graphics. environment, animations, acting are all top notch. Unfortunately, the game director has infused his personal political opinions in such a haphazard way that the entire experience becomes sullied to the point where it's not worth playing. If you ignore the poor story, all that's left if a nihilistic murder fest, which also completely upends the point of the entire story. A true tragedy.… Expand
  76. ParkChangMin
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I do not think the game is too bad. Gameplay and Visuals are great except bad story narration. I was really bored while playing as Abby and I can not sympathize with her even at the end of the game. Quite disappointing.… Expand
  77. CPFantastic
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    This Game is Meh and Whatever!
    Ending is Whatever.
    Story is Whatever.
    Can't Live up with the Hype.
  78. DjonniStorm
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us, так начинаются только шедевры и эта игра безусловно им является. В графическом плане игра очень хороша на таком железе. При прохождении я радовался возвращению в этот мир, эту атмосферу... радовался игре за Джоэла вначале, думал как раньше: Элли + Джоэл = крутой дуэт... но сценарист,видимо, думал иначе. Это, как я посмотрел,и других людей удивило . Смотрел на счастливые лица тех, кто дождался продолжения любимой игры, но их последующие их эмоции, даже грустно. Где-то я слышал фразу: это прекрасная игра, но не она не оправдала желание людей на то, что они хотели от такой значимой для них игры, которую они хотели, и согласен. этому человеку нужна была более великая смерть, ни как какую то собаку, которую за помощь заколотили клюшкой… Expand
  79. tdl
    Jun 26, 2020
    5
    Makes perfect sense now why this is getting negative reviews in the thousands and it has nothing to do with review bombing. Just check the story and you'll know exactly why. Makes about as much sense plot wise as Armageddon. You'll be asking why a lot in this game.

    Your first WTH moment will hit about an hour into the game while you are still in the Snowy mountains. From there it just    Makes perfect sense now why this is getting negative reviews in the thousands and it has nothing to do with review bombing. Just check the story and you'll know exactly why. Makes about as much sense plot wise as Armageddon. You'll be asking why a lot in this game.

    Your first WTH moment will hit about an hour into the game while you are still in the Snowy mountains. From there it just gets even more ridiculous.

    The engine is top rate but the story is atrocious and you'll learn about 2 or 3 hours into this game that you will probably never play it again after you finish it. It's that inane and tedious. If you paid to watch a movie that had fantastic special effects but an awful story would you feel like you got what you paid for? It may even be a chore to watch through to the end. That defines this game perfectly.

    Beautifully made but with a Story that makes all that work totally pointless.

    Why Neil Druckmann?
    Why a revenge plot?
    Why do the playable characters make faces like someones farted all the time?
    Just feels like a Druckmann ego trip here and that will become more apparent as you progress the awful story.

    So 5 for the graphics which make half a game and minus 5 for the Story.    … Expand
  80. Thealiklumknigh
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    Some of the best combat and graphics I've ever seen in a game! Very top notch atmosphere that kept me glued to the screen
  81. Tombula77
    Jul 2, 2020
    5
    This game is just a copy of part 1. Visuals are great same as sound.

    Story... Story is stretched. It takes too much time to complete whole game. You walk, fight with zombies, walk see movies, fight with some people, back to start and again, and again .... From most movies you get a message that killing is bad and no one want to kill others, and then you start killing everyone who    This game is just a copy of part 1. Visuals are great same as sound.

    Story...

    Story is stretched. It takes too much time to complete whole game. You walk, fight with zombies, walk see movies, fight with some people, back to start and again, and again ....

    From most movies you get a message that killing is bad and no one want to kill others, and then you start killing everyone who you see...

    Generally story have his message and meaning but its showed in some strange way...

    Flashbacks and two point of view isn't good idea, i start felt bored in Ellie part of game, and ended all story by some force.    … Expand
  82. LOBOU3YA
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    El juego en en su apartado técnico es muy bueno. Comienzan narrativamente muy bien. Pero se decía que era un juego 60% historia y 40% juego. Poco a poco le incluyen mucho relleno y se comienza a hacer repetitivo. Incluso aburrido. Yo le daré un 35/40 en jugabilidad. Ya que como mencione. Por muy bien pulidas que estén. Son súper repetitivas sus mecánicas. Y en historia le daré un 20/60.El juego en en su apartado técnico es muy bueno. Comienzan narrativamente muy bien. Pero se decía que era un juego 60% historia y 40% juego. Poco a poco le incluyen mucho relleno y se comienza a hacer repetitivo. Incluso aburrido. Yo le daré un 35/40 en jugabilidad. Ya que como mencione. Por muy bien pulidas que estén. Son súper repetitivas sus mecánicas. Y en historia le daré un 20/60. Por lo qué mi calificación general es de 5.5… Expand
  83. Dex228
    Nov 13, 2020
    5
    Итак, игра в плане графики, геймплея класс. Но проблема в том что сюжет сильно тупой. По сюжету вообще отмена. Если вы собирались пройти эту игру после the last of us 1, то лучше не надо.
  84. TomasCardoso
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Me considero gran fan del primer juego y por eso debo darle esta nota como puede ser que le hayan hecho esto a uno de mis personajes favoritos y dios mio el final que de decir de el simplemente no puedo vivir pensando como ha terminado este juego y lo que podría haber sido para una futura entrega… Expand
  85. BenLea
    Mar 21, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So first of all, both the graphics and gameplay are amazing, but it's what you'd expect from a naughty dog game anyway. Now onto the real stuff; the story.

    I am very mixed about this game, i don't know at all how i feel about it to be completely honest. At times the game is amazing, even making me cry at times. It has an overall great revenge story and the characters are all played beautifully well. However, there is bad too, and there is a lot. Around about half of the game actually. Abbie.

    The game nearly immediately kills off Joel, which I actually don't mind, as it makes for a great revenge arc, of Ellie running across the entirety of Seattle, hunting down Abbie. Throughout this time we learn more about Ellie and Deena's relationship which I enjoy a lot, all building up to the big moment where we kill Abbie's friends, and then look to kill Abbie. We return to the 'base' area, when suddenly Abbie barges through the door, shoots Tommy in the f***ing face, and then some little kid kills jesse. And then we get thrown into Abbies story. WHY THE F**CK WOULD I WANT TO PLAY AS SOME BIG OGRE WHO HAS LITERALLY KILLED ALL OF MY FAVOURITE CHARACTERS. At this point the game lost me, i grudgingly continued to play, not enjoying one moment of it.

    I'm going to skip a bunch of the game here, but its basically just some Abbie stuff where she finds some kid and saves him, and move right onto the ending of the game. Ellie hunts down Abbie once again and finally finds her dying on a pole. The game obviously wants us to pity her, but i absolutely do not. We fight at a boat, and then right as we finally get to kill Abbie, Ellie stops, and lets her go. wtf. I understand that we're supposed to pity her but surely at least give us the choice to let her go or kill her!

    Overall, Ellies section: 4/5
    Abbies section: 1/5    … Expand
  86. leonid123
    Jun 27, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Сама по себе игра не плохая, где-то на 8, но только первая ее половина, но после разработчик заставляет нас проходить игру за убийцу Джоэла. Якобы для того чтобы ознакомить нас с ее историей и показать, что она не так сильно отличается от Элли, но Элли мы знаем с начала первой части, и лично мне за эти 10 часов игры за Эбби она не показалась мне интересным или глубоким персонажем с интересной историей, эта посредственная не интересная история которую попытались уместить в 10-15 часов, только для галочки, все время игры за нее я сидел и мечтал что в итоге Элли ее убьёт и больше не придётся видеть этого ужасного персонажа, но нет, ее оставили в живых, я надеялся на интересную игру хотябы на уровне первой, но она до нее вообще не дотягивает, она могла быть лучшей игрой но ув. Я ценю огромный труд разработчиков которые проработали малейшие детали, но лучше бы больше заострили внимание на персонажах и сюжете.… Expand
  87. supwydwya
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    This game is no masterpiece but is also not a piece of **** people are too hard on this game, I'd say wait for a sale or something if you want to play for the story
    the gameplay is the same but slightly more polished and smooth if you liked the gameplay of the previous one you won't have any problems with this.
    level design is bigger and is really enhanced with great graphics and set    This game is no masterpiece but is also not a piece of **** people are too hard on this game, I'd say wait for a sale or something if you want to play for the story
    the gameplay is the same but slightly more polished and smooth if you liked the gameplay of the previous one you won't have any problems with this.
    level design is bigger and is really enhanced with great graphics and set pieces
    the audio design is also wonderful and also really adds a lot to the game.
    Sorry if this is messy and isn't clear    … Expand
  88. sethguyhill
    Mar 10, 2021
    5
    Some very good tech stuff in this game. I didn’t think the story was good, but the dialog was awful, at times it was so stupid I started laughing. And frankly, not being able to play with a character that I could relate to was totally lame. I felt like I was observing and not immersing. There were some pacing issues too, often I felt stuck in mud.

    Regarding the politics, which did hurt    Some very good tech stuff in this game. I didn’t think the story was good, but the dialog was awful, at times it was so stupid I started laughing. And frankly, not being able to play with a character that I could relate to was totally lame. I felt like I was observing and not immersing. There were some pacing issues too, often I felt stuck in mud.

    Regarding the politics, which did hurt this product…

    SIE, NG is on your corporate campus, you own it. I see three issues. First, what took so long to make this? Second, what happened to the quality? Third, your new games and marketing seem to all be in-line with the politics injected into this game. I think the answer is that unfortunately your HQ is now in the SF area where there is smug intolerant politics combined with entitlement ethics and contempt for past work. As such the characters in this game look and sound like a bar scene in SOMA San Francisco vs a time and place where Ellie and her peers are situated. I fear for PS5, I think it’s going to be rough road for SIE.    … Expand
  89. evadarr
    Sep 18, 2021
    5
    Gameplay is really good, animations perfect, graphics perfect but story is just not what you want to see in this game. What a shame...
  90. CillirPeppers
    Jun 28, 2020
    5
    While there is a lot of effort, this game is mediocre at best. The ending is very insulting (you spend 30 hours just to be unsatisfied. I haven't played the game, but I've heard plenty of bad things about the game, and I agree that the game is not very good.
  91. Viperalan
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To start of with this game. The game looks good for me. The characters I think were not talked about much and for people that did not play the first game they will have no clue who these characters are. Now the story for me it toke around 2 to 3 hours to start really getting to play the game. A story should not take that long to get your attention. The way they made the story just ruined it spoilers if you have not played the but Joel gets killed and the hole game is based around kill the people that killed him you kill a few characters but you don’t kill the main character that killed Joel and to make it worse you let them get away with it. I am so tired of people trying to put strong women in games that are not dealt with like in this game. This is the perfect example of how to destroy your franchise. For the rest of the game I enjoyed it but the combat is a bit bad.… Expand
  92. JuliusSkeezer
    Jul 1, 2020
    5
    This game is the very definition of a 5/10 game.

    On the one hand, the graphics and sound design are undeniably fantastic - industry leading for what a developer can accomplish on a current-gen console, to be sure. On the other hand, the story and characters are tumblr fanfiction-tier. Plot holes everywhere, characters who are utterly unhinged, irrational, completely despicable, and    This game is the very definition of a 5/10 game.

    On the one hand, the graphics and sound design are undeniably fantastic - industry leading for what a developer can accomplish on a current-gen console, to be sure.

    On the other hand, the story and characters are tumblr fanfiction-tier. Plot holes everywhere, characters who are utterly unhinged, irrational, completely despicable, and impossible to relate to if you're even remotely well-adjusted. Coupled with the fact that they're being played by actors, who, by their performances illustrate that they've never gone through real hardship or horror makes for a final group of performances that, while basically competent, still fall off as insincere and unbelievable.

    To solidify this game's place in the middle of the road comes the gameplay. Bog-standard AAA "stealth" mixed with somewhat chunky gunplay, and all of it marred by "I am in love with my animations" syndrome that so many AAA developers seen to suffer terribly from in recent years makes the gameplay in and of itself wholly unremarkable and translates into a forgettable experience.

    The environments, while very pretty and full of detail, feel like video game levels more than they do organic settings, and do extremely little more than make a player stop for a few seconds to take a screenshot and move on without much second thought.

    For brevity's sake I will stop it here, because you get the gist. This is the game. A hundred-million dollar project that feels like the entire budget was spent on the graphics/sound team, and then left to some college student interns to write, direct and produce. College interns who think that Twitter and the CW are the pinnacle of cultural and artistic insight.    … Expand
  93. Lonewolf410
    Jul 4, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I tried so hard to like this game. Honestly, this is by far the most disappointing, depressing , Poorly written story I've ever played in a video game. The game had major pacing problems, everytime you reach a climatic moment, like the ending, its another 10 hour flashback. another flashback, after another flashback after another. They could have told the story better,, alot better. They ruin joels character and **** on him, he never speaks up or tells ellie why he did what he did. ellie doesn't kill abby in the end. Which is dumb, and abby goes all the way to the theater to kill ellie for killing her friends and then doesn't kill her.. it makes no **** sense.. abby never tells ellie why he did it, she just walks off. Nobody cares about abby! And all the focus is on abby. We came here for ellie and joel. Ellie has turned into a broken non likeable character. If your a big fan of the last of us, dont buy this. Neil should never write a story again, oh its also really boring… Expand
  94. reepk22
    Jul 24, 2020
    5
    O jogo é bonito, tem um cenário muito bem feito, porém tem muitos bugs sim, eu joguei posso dizer que tem, a mídia supervalorizou este game, é um jogo mediano, história "boa" porém o final muito ruim, resumindo jogabilidade excelente, gráficos lindos mas pelo fato da história ser tão fraca e forçada e ter alguns bugs, que sim atrapalham em algum momento, vai ser esta nota.
  95. cooldriver
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    Yo gameplay of this game is amazing, I really enjoyed the gameplay part. Story is extremely polarizing, either you like it or you don't. I completely understand people that gives the game 10/10, but in my opinion it isn't. Story was unfortunately not something for me, but again gameplay amazing should be the standard in the video game industry going forward
  96. Joan127
    Dec 24, 2022
    5
    Nice graphics, nice game, the plot makes no sense, the Abbies part is just not interesting enough, bad ending, they forgot about all the nice ideas they started in TLOU1
  97. MrLvost
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLOU is a masterpiece. Part 2, not so much. While the gameplay is great along with visuals and sound - the story is a mess. Everything that was built up from TLOU part 1 was completely thrown out the door. Literally 1-2 hours into the game Joel is brutally murdered by "Abby", a shemale basically. And for a good 3rd of the game you are forced to play as Abby. And in the end, Ellie let's her go because "Revenge is bad". The game has a lot of flashbacks...A LOT.

    TLOU Part 2 through interviews and some footage was portrayed as a "Joel and Ellie" adventure. And now you can understand why the community was in flames when the leaked info was out and now that the game is out, it's even in more flames. The story was just all over the place and most of it didn't make sense.    … Expand
  98. CynicalRacc
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Words cannot describe how immensely disappointed I am. ND have built up a reputation of being one of the top game developers and to see them do this to their most beloved franchise to push a message is really sad.

    The gameplay is nothing new, it's decent and serviceable at best, the inclusion of a jump button was completely pointless but I guess it's better than nothing. Combat is    Words cannot describe how immensely disappointed I am. ND have built up a reputation of being one of the top game developers and to see them do this to their most beloved franchise to push a message is really sad.

    The gameplay is nothing new, it's decent and serviceable at best, the inclusion of a jump button was completely pointless but I guess it's better than nothing. Combat is practically the same from the first, stealth is basically the same with the new mechanic of being able to go prone, it's the same deal with the jump button it didn't need to be there.
    From what I recall there are only 2 new enemy types. Dogs and Shamblers. Both are easy to deal with. Dogs can pick up your scent which is cool I guess but it's easily avoidable. Place a mine behind you and the dog is practically dealt with.
    Just throw molotovs, mines or whatever you can at Shamblers and pump them full of lead. There's no real strategy other than shoot it until it's dead. It's AOE attacks are also easily avoidable.
    Bosses in the game are absolutely boring and require the basic dodge 3 times, do a 3 hit combo and repeat.
    The puzzles don't take any brainpower to figure out and could've been left out of the game entirely. The puzzles from Spider-Man PS4 were more well implemented than this rubbish.

    Music, voice acting, graphics, accessibility and world building are incredible there's not much else I can say on those things.

    Now the story, the thing that's got people raging.
    I'm not going to spoil the ending but all you need to know is, is that the ending renders Ellie's journey pointless and a complete waste of time.
    ND deliberately made people believe a certain someone is featured prominently in the story with the marketing when in actuality what they do is pull a bait and switch. If you've already seen revenge stories before, you'll quickly understand where this one goes.
    The only characters that are likeable in this story are:
    Joel
    Tommy
    Jesse
    Alice
    Who's Alice you say? She's a dog, and the fact that I cared more about a dog that had 20 minutes screen time more than the main character speaks volumes.
    Ellie in this game is a thundering **** to her friends and her girlfriend. She makes stupid decisions, learns nothing throughout the game bar the ending, kills hundreds of people through the gameplay without remorse but when she kills someone in a cutscene she gets overwhelmed with emotions. The only time Ellie is remotely likeable is when she's in a flashback with Joel.

    Dina is boring, unfunny, annoying, like Ellie makes insanely stupid decisions, a burden. This character is the one who's the ai companion for the majority of the game. Dina doesn't hold a candle to the relationship of Joel and Ellie from the first game. Not much of the story changes if Dina wasn't in the game.

    Abby is the new character who early on in the game kills someone the player is very attached to. The writers leading up to this part deliberately made 2 characters stupid in order to progress the plot. Abby is extremely unlikable, unfunny, boring and quite frankly Abby is someone you don't want to be spending 10+ hours with, the true sin with this character is that you're forced to play as her and sympathize with her.
    The less said about Lev the better so I'll make it quick. Lev is not portrayed to have much flaws. He's arrogant, selfish, annoying and a burden. The only reason why Lev is in this game is because he's trans and the actor who plays him is trans. If Lev wasn't in this game, it would be much better and shorter since a large section if the game is dedicated to him. And it's not because he's trans, it's because his personality is so infuriating.
    Abby's group are loaded with unlikable and uninteresting characters, I'd be here all day if I talked about each one.

    ND want you to either love or hate this game. The only way ND fails is if you become indifferent to the game. Give it a "meh" score and forget it exists. If you say to ND that you are indifferent or meh or it's ok middle of the road rubbish, that'll speak volumes to them. ND are expecting you to say "I hate the story and I hate these characters" if you say the game is serviceable and quickly forget about it that would do a dent, because they have failed to get a reaction out of you.
    Don't buy this game, don't speak hate or love about it in the future, speak indifference.    … Expand
  99. Maskvlr
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    Primero que nada me parece increíble que ahora que le pasa esto del hate a un juego de play se preocupen tanto, cuando los juegos de Nintendo y Xbox les lleva pasando de siempre y a nadie le importa. La gente de play se piensa que los mejores juegos siempre son de play y los demás son inexistentes y mierdas. Y ahora hablando del juego había mucho hype y de todo para que ahora la granPrimero que nada me parece increíble que ahora que le pasa esto del hate a un juego de play se preocupen tanto, cuando los juegos de Nintendo y Xbox les lleva pasando de siempre y a nadie le importa. La gente de play se piensa que los mejores juegos siempre son de play y los demás son inexistentes y mierdas. Y ahora hablando del juego había mucho hype y de todo para que ahora la gran parte del juego sea cinemática y aburrido en todo momento, en el apartado gráfico el gears 5 por ejemplo es mucho mejor ya que además de estar todo más detallado los fps son mayores y al haber acción a cada rato no hay un bajón de frames. Con esto no digo que sea Una mierda el juego, pero no se merece esa nota para nada, no se acerca para nada al the last of us 1 y ni a ningún gears o incluso a cualquier otro, por lo menos el death stranding es más aburrido. Y a lo que quiero llegar con esto es que dejen de dar notas altas a juegos que no se lo merecen porque hay juegos mejores que no se Dan a conocer por este tipo de cosas y mentiras… Expand
  100. Lumikami
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    It's a videogame example of how to not make a sequel. Carrying great soundtrack and visuals, this game suffers from incredibly poor plot and uninspired, clunky gameplay which leads to a path of destroying what was loved about the first one.
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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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