The Last of Us Part II

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  1. JohnHutchins
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'll preface this review by saying the first instalment of The last of Us is one of my favourite games and that Naughty Dog are my favourite developer, so I was eagerly awaiting the release of part 2 since its announcement. I didn't have much in the way of expectations or preconceptions of what the game would be, other than that it would continue Ellie's story (since this is what we were told to expect) and we would experience her character growing and developing. Unfortunately what I experienced was a poorly constructed story filled with plot holes and little to no major character development.

    While I didn't care much for how they killed Joel off, I accepted it and thought okay, his death is a device to fuel the narrative and I was looking forward to continuing the game. Over the next few hours playing through Ellie's portion of the game I enjoyed the gameplay, but still found myself struggling to feel invested in the plot and the lack of character development was disappointing. I feel like I liked Dina and Jesse just because Ellie liked them, rather than because the plot showed me any reasons to feel fond of them.

    When it came to playing as Abby I found myself asking out loud why I was having to play as her continually until I realised I was going to be playing her story for quite some portion of the game. Initially I objectively did not like her, and by the end of her part of the game, I still did not like her. I found myself rushing through this part of the game (which arguably made combat parts of the gameplay more fun) because I was simply not enjoying it. I found it so hard to feel invested in her character and therefore was not incentivised to continue. When I died as Ellie I always felt some kind of reaction but dying as Abbie could not have bothered me less. Sometimes dying was more satisfying than continuing with the story. I realise that the story was designed to draw parallels between the 2 protagonists and try to make us feel empathy towards Abby but it just did not work for me. Although I did enjoy some parts of the plot surrounding Lev's story, even though the dynamic between him and Abby felt like a watered down copy of Joel and Ellie.

    After a couple of days to reflect on it, I think the ending is okay it its own right. Though unsatisfying, and convoluted with a lot of symbology that would have been better spread more evenly throughout the game, I understand it. It is a bleak conclusion and not one I feel strongly for either way but it was needed. I remember playing through the chapter where we first see Ellie and Dina at their farm and thinking this looks absolutely stunning, but the story up until now has been virtually redundant. If none of the events from the point where Joel is killed transpired Dina would still be pregnant, she would still have her baby, her and Ellie would likely have ended up together since their relationship was going that way anyway - the only differences would be that they would still be living at Jackson and Joel and Jesse would still be alive. Neither Ellie nor Dina's character seemed developed through the events in Seattle. This feeling of redundancy left me massively unsatisfied.

    To conclude, the gameplay and level building are exemplary but it is a poorly paced and written game that failed to make me truly care for any of the new characters, and sucked the charm out of those the original made me love. This game said too much and not enough all at the same time. I can say with genuine sadness that I did not enjoy The Last of Us Part 2, which I wanted to love so badly. It's the only game of this console generation that I've personally played that I can say I've honestly found to be an unpleasant experience. So much so that I felt the need to create a Metacritic account just to write this review.    … Expand
  2. Ucintona
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Игра честно не плохая, но последние часы были не много тупыми, сценарист явно в конце не понял, что он сам хочет, пошла за местью, но проебалсь с ней, простила, но также проебалсь. Конец странный, да и сюжет не очень, разочарование...Игра честно не плохая, но последние часы были не много тупыми, сценарист явно в конце не понял, что он сам хочет, пошла за местью, но проебалсь с ней, простила, но также проебалсь. Конец странный, да и сюжет не очень, разочарование...
  3. Inarokovinal
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After 30 hours of playing this game I still don’t know nothing about Abby and her “golf club”. I have nothing against women, but pregnant women on battlefield? I didn’t recommend you to buy it but you always can watch it on YouTube… Expand
  4. Jorgems85
    Jun 30, 2020
    5
    Gráficamente muy bueno, pero la historia es un asco, ¡quiero que me devuelvan mi dinero!
  5. frenkpix
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. В этой игре будет лишь один самый смелый и крутой момент, это смерть Джоела, далее девочка идёт мстить, и было бы более круто, если бы Елли нам в этой игре показали прям самой плохой злодейкой, которая потрошит всех и вся. И в конце она если бы потеряла всё что имела, но нет. Вам просто подсунуть игру за вторую накачанную бабу, которая должна вам 10 часов раскрывать себя, чтобы в конце игры вам сказали, что вот так вот мы сделали.
    Я вообще не понял, как можно было бросить жизнь, которую ты типа выбрал, чтобы успокоиться, а потом такой, нет, я всё же отомщу, а потом приходишь и такой ну ладно, не так уж сильно я и хотела. Типа пройти сотни километров это шуточки и сме*уюточки? Какого хрена Томми пришёл и позвал мстить, а в конце где он был? Даже если бы ее убила не она, а он, то я бы хотя бы был удовлетворен тем, что эти люди достигли цели, и стали теми самыми монстрами окончательно. Но нет, игра такая, мы хотели показать вам месть, но все люди хорошие. Вы хотели показать каков жесток мир, но не показали. В мире как раз так и человек бы нихуя никогда не понял бы и убил бы во что бы ни стало. Тем более когда ты в конце сделал решение прийти и добить человека и пройти 1000 миллион километров матье го.
    Зачем вы мне дали играть за Эбби два миллиарда часов? Зачем? одного часа геймлея хватило мне, чтобы понять её ситуацию и принять. Но нет, нахуй никому ненужных и не раскрытых персонажей вы вводили и убивали, типа я должен был посочувствовать. Нет, это так не работает.
    Если бы не было первой части игры, вы бы могли сделать из второй части хоть что-то. Но сперва дать персонажей, и дать полюбить их. А потом убить его, а потом попытаться перенять одеяло полностью на сторону Ебби и ее друзей, это вообще не работает.
    А потом ещё и дать своими же руками убить Елли и её друзей? Вы там вообще с ума посходили? Мозг человека не так работает. Да это серая мораль, но когда ты со стороны наблюдаешь на две стороны. А не так, что ты сам участвуешь в битве, в которой играешь за обе стороны. Это играть в шахматы одному за две стороны. Это же бред. Я могу понимать двух игроков, если они играют в шахматы и я смотрю на них, я пойму и выигравшего и посочувствую проигравшему. Ну а тут я играю сам с собой в шахматы, а потом что? я должен понять и посочувствовать себе же причем за обе стороны? это вообще как?    … Expand
  6. ryanbhatt
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Gameplay and graphics are great, but the story was really disappointing and i did not really feel any connection with any of the characters, old or new, as i did in the first game.
  7. spiderbruh
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Pros - Graphics
    - Voice acting
    - Motion acting - Character design Cons
    - Anticlimactic character deaths
    - Suffers from a phenomenal bad story - Ending is anti climatic and ruins the entire plot of the game
  8. Edx_50
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    If I am being honest, part 2 is very different to the first game and it could have been handled much differently and better. Characters make questionable decisions and are not very consistent, which is noticeable especially after playing part 1. The story is no where here nor there. I would say it the first half is what I wanted more of but instead we have a second half that is okay butIf I am being honest, part 2 is very different to the first game and it could have been handled much differently and better. Characters make questionable decisions and are not very consistent, which is noticeable especially after playing part 1. The story is no where here nor there. I would say it the first half is what I wanted more of but instead we have a second half that is okay but not entirely intriguing nor satisfying. Gameplay is better than ever and graphics are superb, but the story itself is just not believable and left me with a feeling of wishing I never played the second half.… Expand
  9. odin1010
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all I am not a Russian Bot. I am not a Chud, so I am not a white, racist, fundamental christian and I am not a homo- or transgender phobic being.

    Graphics / Lighting / Effects / Animation -> 9.5 out of 10.0
    The graphics are beautiful. The landscape and the surroundings look astonishing. The lighting especially inside of buildings with direct light, indirect light and defuse light is one of the greatest I've ever seen in a video game up until today.
    Sound / Sound effects / Music / Voice Acting -> 9.5 out of 10.0
    The sound and the sound effects are on top f.e. the sound of the rainfall is impressive or the sound of the wind howling through the tall grass. Yes, you can actually hear that. The music, the score is beautiful and emotional and adds perfect to the visuals.
    The Voice Actors have given their best to make their characters come to live on screen.

    Game play / Mechanics / Controls / AI -> 6.5 out 10.0
    The game play and the mechanics haven't changed a lot from the first part and they still feel like 2013 and a bit outdated in 2020. There a more possibilities for modifying the weapons and the abilities of the character you are controlling/playing. But that also means that the flaws of the first part have found there way into the TLuO2. The gun play still feels a little bit clunky and so the spare ammunition is sometimes wasted in a game where every bullet counts. Sometimes the camera positioning isn't quite right, so that suddenly a clicker instantly takes you out unseen and in a stealth section your character may act uncorresponding or in an unintended fashion, because some buttons are tied to different functions simultaniously. Apropos stealth; the enemy AI is sometimes shifting between good to dump like a rock. You can flank nearly every enemy even groups in in a circular motion, so you can kill everyone or everything off from the end of that chain.

    Story / Storytelling and Pacing / Characters and Character development -> 1.0 out of 10.0
    The problem with TLoU2 is the story and the way it is presented. TLoU1 was a story and character driven game. That was the reason the fans loved that game so much. We played 90 % of that game as Joel and 10 % of the main story as Ellie. Then there was the DLC, which focused more on Ellie and her "coming out" and her relationship to Riley. So the fans of the first game cannot all be homophobic as Neil **** now tries to imply upon the ongoing so called "Review Bombing", which by the way happens in both directions.

    The new characters are not introduced in a believable way.
    The known characters from TLoU1 act completely out of place -> the way Joel dies. Ellies reaction to being lied at by Joel about Salt Lake City.
    The Story is not believable. -> Abby spares Ellie and Tommy on two, different accounts.

    They way the story is presented is awful. All the flashbacks are destroying the pacing of the story and the game play as well. Sometimes through all these flashback you even don't know in which timeline you are right now, when you continue to play. These time lapses and flashbacks are also interfering with any character development or introduction in this game, so that every identification or understanding of any of these new characters and there motivation is nearly impossible or not believable. And unfortunately the very good voice acting cannot safe that.

    There is no build up in this story to a real climatic moment, only shocking moments of violence, which are also presented in an awful way, so that it seams, you are watching a low budget action- or horror movie.
    A movie with a completely unknown cast and the one actor you know has only a minute of screen time, just enough to push the sales, because you can put him in the trailers and in the marketing like Robert Englund's appearences in so many low-budget horror flics.

    In addition some of these violent scenes and acts are forced upon the player. The player has no choice, because all this is scripted and even worse, some of this scenes are intended to manipulate the player in the way he sees and feels for these characters. That is a real cheap trick by the way.

    The linear, scripted and time lapsed broken story and gameplay is in my opinion a complete failure and is outdated in 2020. Naughty Dog has proven that they are not able to deliver a game in which you as a player have the choice, what you want to expercience. They are only capable of forcing you to play what they want you to play in a linear, restricted fashion.

    And I am absolutely sure, if Naughty Dog would have given the player the choice and freedom to play Abby or not, most of the players would have disagreed and skipped this possability, because of the way her character was introduced or “injected” here in this way.

    Here is the real Final score -> only 5.0 out of 10.0    … Expand
  10. GLRaise
    Jan 13, 2023
    5
    Хорошо, но перемудрили с сюжетом. Не вышка, как первая часть, но сойдет. И ,конечно, слитые материалы сильно повлияли на итогу оценку зрителей.
  11. DonutMess
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Amazing graphics, brilliant gameplay, top notch immersion. But it fails at it's main selling point, the narrative. Feels like a teenager wrote it. Immature, idealogy driven and weak.
  12. Naccatino
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. amazing gameplay, amazing world building.....horrible story. Literally could have made this game so much better. It was ruined after the secomd hour when joel dies. If your going to kill off joel u do it at the end and dont make us play with the chick who killed him for half the game. Joke.… Expand
  13. Mody101
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After finishing the game 25 hours of gameplay The graphics the visual art the music was all beautiful but the storytelling was not genuine you play for eight hours as a character who you despise aka Abby. I almost didn’t finished it. If they simply just deleted Abby part I wouldn’t even notice it such a shame that a game has so much potential and I simply will forget… Expand
  14. Jami3
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Nice visuals, good acting, great soundtrack, ok gameplay but a poor story. I enjoyed the game but the story was bad, ending was meaningless and I didn't get attached to the character really. But overall a decent game. Not great but not bad either.
  15. JuniorRT
    Jul 4, 2020
    5
    This game has one of the most beautiful scenario that i ever see, bringing back all of the tension that i felt when i played the first game.
    Unfortunately, the story that seems promising at the beginning, get confuse at the middle and end up in a unsatisfactory way. Character development is really poor, didn't have the emotional connection that we had with Ellie and Joel.
  16. BafeJIbHbIu
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Очень плохой сюжет и наискучнейший геймплей, графа ниче так для плойки. И да, сжв сосатт
  17. MGROOVY-7
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Lo mejor es la jugabilidad y apartado técnico en general, pero la trama y lo que el juego espera de nosotros es aberrante. Le doy un 5 porque creo que esto no se debe repetir, arruinar los sentimientos de los fans fué lo peor que pudieron haber hecho, si querían experimentar de esta manera debieron hacerlo con una IP nueva.
  18. Aabu
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Art is defined by its controversy it causes against the general populace.

    This game is a masterpiece.
  19. Wesauapaba
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gotta say that this game wasn't what I was expecting, I mean, the plot is just a bad joke compared to the first, it went from surviving an apocalyptic world, devastated by a virus from an unknown fungus, to being a generic stealth-shooter? The gameplay is great, I must say that because is the true, but what is a game if it isn't completely enjoyable and fun? You have this, a boring and repetitive game without replayability. And what to say about the last part of the game, you actually went from killing almost everybody to not killing the person that destroyed your life? Just because vengeance is bad? Come on, you can do this better than you did, because you did nothing good.… Expand
  20. Ob7710
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing graphics, but a terrible story and the gameplay has not changed enough since the first game, and the new character abby does not have any redeeming characteristics what so ever. It will probably get game of the year, but for what reason I don't know.… Expand
  21. DNT_Slaughterz
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Great gameplay and had the structure to become GOTY. However, a forced and very poorly made storyline destroys this game and quite frankly makes you wish that they stopped after making the first game which was good. Huge shame.
  22. Jakvypadas
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    The story and gameplay are better than the first game, but Frist part is heart breaking
  23. GalacticChaos
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. worst game of the year, developers had to twist and turn the story just to make feel bad for Abby. WHY!!!! killing Joel is like killing john wick's dog, at least to us who played the first game, I'm really disappointed and probably wouldn't play a sequel, you could've just gave us what we wanted and then add a sequel about the Scars (Yara or lev story with prophet of sepharites) that would be cool, but now my only assumption of continuing the story is if SCARS raid Jackson and killed tommy and Dina for real, then Ellie and her son can take revenge, that would be pretty solid though. don't get me wrong, graphics and game-play are a 10/10, story is a 3 (being humble), i hope you think about that in your future games Naughty dog to avoid losing more fan-base and regret. gave it overall a 2.… Expand
  24. deathnote911
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    this is a disjointed game with poor pacing. the game play isn't much better with horrible button layout, AI partners not doing **** when you need them to. I've put 40hrs into the game (2 play throughs) and there are some added dialog depending if you stealth your way through an area or killing all enemies in the area, but with a very pointless story with the fake out ending and and thethis is a disjointed game with poor pacing. the game play isn't much better with horrible button layout, AI partners not doing **** when you need them to. I've put 40hrs into the game (2 play throughs) and there are some added dialog depending if you stealth your way through an area or killing all enemies in the area, but with a very pointless story with the fake out ending and and the real ending the game fells like a quick cash grab. the graphics and environments are amazing but this is a game that heavily reliant on a good story, but with that good story is nowhere to be found. The game treats Ellie like trash turning her from a joyful pun loving character to someone from the DCEU. Last of Us 2 goes from a linear game to a small hub open world for one section only just to go back to a linear game, which was disappointing as there are no real alternate paths to lead to same goal or small area for weapons/resources. the two characters have different weapons and ability upgrades which was ice for the first play through i wish on new game plus the both characters got the others weapons and some of the crafting skills, as i really liked the crossbow and the incendiary shotgun shells. if you really want to play this wait for it to go on deep sale or borrow from someone who has it.… Expand
  25. Mgia
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is beautiful, but the story decisions are horrid. Probably the worst story driven game I have played in a very long time. The lack of consciousness by the development team is shocking. Instead of playing a story driven game, you play a vendetta and revenge story line that lacks because of the characters surrounding you. Then, you make me not able to finish that vendetta... You ruin both characters from the first game in this disgrace of a sequel. Atrocious decisions by this development team who honesty should not work on another Naughty Dog story game ever again. The gameplay isn’t the best because you’re searching for collectibles more than playing the story most of the time which is probably why they put so many of them in the game to distract you from probably the worst writing and development of a 2nd installment ever. This game should serve as a catalyst on how to ruin one of the best video games ever made. I am honestly shocked Sony gave the green light to release this after someone read this horrible script and plot. So many flaws and horrible decisions you’ll be baffled. There were so many ways they could have built a fantastic second installment, but this game falls flat within the first hour. If you want to play a great game and don’t care about getting mad about the story it’s a good buy. The game is average and worth a buy once it’s on sale. If you’re going to get upset and break a controller, you can surmise what they did and watch the 25+ hour waste of time on YouTube or Twitch.
    Graphics 10/10
    Gameplay 6/10
    Combat 7/10
    Sound 10/10
    Music 10/10
    Realism 10/10
    Level Design 10/10
    Story/Plot 0/10
    Character development 0/10
    Writing 0/10
    Worst ending in a AAA game ever 10/10
    How to ruin a franchise 10/10    … Expand
  26. Zernak
    Jun 27, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok if we talk about the graphics of this games, we need to agree on this, they are gorgeous, the gameplay was ok, it wasn't great but it had some upgrades and smoothness while in combat, but what hits down this game into a six, is the story, it has so many plot holes and some characteristics that characters own that have nothing to do with their characteristics in the first game. For example, Joel, Joel in the first game is an unconfident man he does not trust anyone in the first game, he literally runs over a guy because he did not trust that he was injured and he knows it was an ambush, so now tell me where are this characteristic, Joel has, he literally just trust a group of guys, tells them their real names, where they live, and for worst they tell this group of not known people if they wanted they could go get supplies in their town, that just not characteristics of Joel and Tommy they would not trust anyone. It's just stupid, and finally the ending, wow that ending could not be more trash, just very poor storytelling. What a mess.… Expand
  27. HunnyPooh
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After 7 years of anticipation, I admit I was abit disappointed with what Naughty Dog brought to the table with TLoU II. It’s certainly not a 3.5 given by gamers, but it’s definitely not a 10/10 masterpiece, which is really sad to say because it had all the potential for a real game of the year contender. The backdrop for TLOU was refreshing, it brought so much content to the table & the characters were so relatable because they were so.. real with their personal struggles. I felt that naughty dog could have built on what happened after the ending instead of fast forwarding 5 years, dropping us randomly into Seattle. What went right: Graphics - I’m honestly impressed with what ND managed to pull off given how old the PS4 console is. Lighting was amazing especially in the forested areas, models were crisp, detailed and just a beauty to look at. Gameplay - improving upon the mechanics of TLOU, I find the combat system much more fluid and so satisfying every time I pop the head off the infected. Crafting & upgrading your character hasn’t really changed fundamentally, you’ll still be going around scrounging for supplies. Every gun feels punchy, weighty and powerful. Even playing on hard, the difficulty is just right without you feeling too over or under powered. There’s a bit more puzzles to solve now to catch a break every now and then. Character animations are extremely life like and it’s just a joy to play and appreciate the motion capture work ND has put into. Environment - Seattle is sprawling with Wild life, places to explore and new areas to discover. There’s so many more buildings, rooms & creepy alleys to explore with the power of the PS4. The city really feels alive as you can hear the environmental sounds around you as you explore it. What went wrong: Story, story, story - sadly ND seemed to have lost the whole point of TLOU franchise. The lack of a solid story made this into some generic action adventure game. What made TLOU a lasting impression even till this date wasn’t the gameplay but the story telling. Every character was real, with their history, motivations and personality. In contrast every character, even Ellie was bland, forgettable and just plain boring to look at. There’s nothing about them, why are they doing certain things, how did they get here, or what’s their part in this game. You could remove 90% of the characters’ dialogue and it will still be exactly the same action adventure game. Because everyone is just shooting and killing first and asking questions later! See someone, “oh I don’t know maybe I’ll just kill that person first and then figure out what’s going on on my own by scrounging up notes lying around everywhere” (Except the flashbacks, that was really extremely well done)
    “That” scene that everyone hated was really just there for shock value, I felt that it had no purpose and meaning because nothing links up.
    Even halfway through the game I still don’t know why is everyone doing what they are doing, why is everyone just killing everyone and not asking questions? Was the whole point of playing another perspective just to make us empathise and sympathetic to their cause? It was really quite badly executed. Instead of feeling for them, that segment was excruciating, and just painful to play. And I was just dragging my feet to complete it. Seriously ND, you can’t just expect us to sympathise with anyone you make us play. If your goal was to make the single most hated character in video gaming industry, this takes the cake. Social norms - there’s really no need to be an “inclusive” game by incorporating certain sexual orientation in life just to appease everyone. It’s painful to watch, full of cringe and just feels so... forced. There’s no history between them as far as I can tell so I don’t get why ND has to put it in. You don’t need to conform to society and please SJWs just because certain group calls for it. Adding it doesn’t automatically make it acceptable. Summary
    I’d wish you would have focused more on the story and developed each character properly. And for the life of me, please remove all these unnecessary gameplay about another person, we really don’t care. If you bought God of War you’d expect to play as Kratos, and not some random creep right? Same logic. Without a strong story every aspect of the game no matter how strong just falls apart and becomes just another generic action game. There’s nothing to gel these pieces together. I look forward to another game in the next few years, ND.    … Expand
  28. MatriXcian
    Jul 2, 2020
    5
    Graphics are great, Gameplay is the same as the 1st but the story is simply horrible if you enjoyed the originals story this is nothing like it.
  29. DMarlow310
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    If you liked TLOU, you'll love this game. The story and new characters aren't as bad as rumors claim, but they are certainly not extraordinary. The game can be very boring & tedious at times. The controls can be awkward. The graphics are great, though. My biggest disappointment is the way Naughty Dog manipulated the trailers to make customers think they were getting a game with the sameIf you liked TLOU, you'll love this game. The story and new characters aren't as bad as rumors claim, but they are certainly not extraordinary. The game can be very boring & tedious at times. The controls can be awkward. The graphics are great, though. My biggest disappointment is the way Naughty Dog manipulated the trailers to make customers think they were getting a game with the same main characters as the first game. Not so. You really have to abandon that hope to enjoy this game. I gave it a 5 because, while it is a pleasantly playable linear game, it isn't the "masterpiece" advertised by gaming journalists. The 10/10 reviews are not realistic.… Expand
  30. Lacarn
    Jun 27, 2020
    5
    Great graphics, sound, combat, etc. But horrible and unsatisfying story that may as well be its own game as it does a disservice to the first game.
  31. ZaMM
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    You dont connect with abby, whos a character that you play a lot with her in all the story
  32. smstevo
    Jul 3, 2020
    5
    This game is great until it nosedives halfway through. The developers thought they were being clever and profound with the perspective shift within the story but it is poorly executed and completely fails.
  33. DarthPapu
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just finished the game... what a way to ruin a franchise. If there is a 3rd part. in planning i can't see myself playing it. Gameplay Ok, Plot boring and it feel so forced to please the LGBT community. I don't care about character's orientation but please don't do it in a way that affects the story. At the end This game should finish at the end of chapter 1.… Expand
  34. Majobarrera16
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    It's beautiful, great story, great characters, great mechanics.. I'm speechless, it's a masterpiece.
  35. MysticShadow496
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Graphics are great and gameplay is fine. The story is the real problem here. It's just disappointing to me. This is my first review 5/10
  36. Mors
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I would like to preface this by saying, I made this account specifically for the purpose of writing this review. I am not going to just leave the score I am going to provide genuine criticism. Overall review at the very bottom. Now, let's get into it.

    The Last of Us Part 2 as a standalone game wouldn't be bad. It would be okay at best. Kinda generic story, decent combat, and excellent visuals. However, since this is the sequel to The Last of Us, one of my favorite games of all time and one of the best games ever made, we must look at this game in a different light. In my opinion, this game has the foundation to be fantastic, but falls short in it's writing. Visuals are superb, combat is as good as the original, and the characters have a good base layer of depth. However, it goes no deeper than that, and we'll pick it apart, one by one.

    Jesse. I'm starting with him first cuz well, there's not much to say. All we really know about him is he used to date Dina and hung out with Ellie a lot. Aside from that, I couldn't say, he's a cool guy just, there's no depth.

    Dina. I actually really liked Dina. She was a cool character and I wanted to know more about her, however, we don't get much outside of "She's Ellie's girlfriend" which is fine, but, now we're only caring about her because we care about Ellie. I wanted to know Dina *more*, show us some flashbacks of them building that relationship higher and higher to get to where it's at. Then, I would've been much more emotionally invested in her.

    Abby. I liked Abby as the villain, I did. However, I did not like how Naughty Dog tried to make us sympathize with her. Joel and Ellie in our eyes, are the good guys. And with Abby killing Joel, there is just no way I can ever like her like I like them. The entire time playing as her I hated it. Ya we got backstory and I appreciate it, but it could've been told differently instead of making us play as her, and forcing us to beat the s**t out of characters we love.

    Joel and Tommy. Now I am grouping these two together because I have the same issue with both of them. You cannot convince me logically, that Tommy and Joel, would have trusted Abby like they did. It just wouldn't happen. Joel and Tommy from the original game didn't trust a damn soul besides themselves and their families. So for Tommy and Joel to put themselves in that situation, makes no sense. Even to go as far as giving out their full names? No way. That's not the Joel and Tommy I know.

    Finally, Ellie. Ooooh, this one hurts. Ellie is such a bold departure from her original character. To tell me that Ellie is going to watch Abby kill her two father figures, her girlfriend, and one of her friend, then let her live? Ya no. Sorry, that is just completely unrealistic to me. No human would ever go through that much stress and trauma, just to give up right at the end. Just doesn't happen.

    What could have made it better? In my opinion, this: start the game with a little prologue showing Ellie and Joel younger, not first game young but, a little older than that. Show their relationship or lack their of, show us a little bit more of Ellie's emotion after finding out what Joel did to the Fireflies, and introduce us to her relationship with Dina and Jesse to show how they've been growing together. Then, around the mid game mark, thrown in Abby, looking for Joel to seek her revenge. While out on patrol with Dina, Ellie gets captured by Abby and is tortured trying to get info on Jackson and whether or not Joel is there. Then, let us play as Joel a bit on his way to rescue her, and in his attempt, he get shot and killed in front of Ellie, trying to save her.

    Then, the game moves on to Ellie's revenge plot. And this time she *actually* gets revenge. During this time either cut out all of Abby's part of the game or atleast shorten it, or show us things in cutscenes. Then to wrap it all up, Ellie kills Abby, and takes revenge for Joel. I get the message of the game is "revenge is bad" but that could've been shown in like an epilogue scene, where Ellie has PTSD or something along those lines, and she is haunted by the horrible things she did, instead of killing off all the major characters we liked.

    Overall I give the game a 5 cuz if you're only playing it for the gameplay, you'll have a good time, but the story just isn't there, even if you didn't play the first game, some actions just make you go like, wait, what?    … Expand
  37. morpheusxp
    Dec 10, 2021
    5
    I am pretty disappointed by the creative choices Naughty Dog. Trying to force your perspectives on the community is not what we're here for. We are here to enjoy the world that was created by the original.
  38. omertaomelette
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay is a refined version of the original. Playing grounded is heavily recommended. The story is just horrendous with the pacing, lackluster of character development, unnatural dialogue, illogical plot, and felt rushed. They disrespected Joel and Ellie. The game made Joel seem like an incompetent survivor leading to his death, which his death didn’t make sense at all. Joel felt like a short lived cameo rather than a crucial side character to drive the plot forward, but rather the plot drags him. Ellie had no character development except being in a pissy mood the whole game. Ellie literally kills everyone and sacrifices everything to waste her opportunity to kill Abby. Just don’t get me started on how they kept shoving down the same theme of revenge repeatedly. The only good thing about this game is the soundtrack, gorgeous aesthetics and graphic fidelity, refined stealth mechanic, and the intense set pieces that fuels you with adrenaline. This is coming from a person that played the whole game with an open mind and on grounded difficulty. This game would be alright if it was a stand alone game not associated with TLOU.… Expand
  39. diederichrj
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    One of the best games I’ve ever played graphically. So beautiful every step of the way (3). The fighting/ combat aspect was also very fun and enjoyable (2). The story is what kills the game. To leave an audience as big as thing game was going to receive an ending like this one is just cruel (1/2). Total - (5.5/10)
  40. ThatOneTemplar
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros: Astonishing visuals. Incredibly impressive graphics to the point that I personally am surprised it can even run on a PlayStation 4. Also applies to the animations; very realistic and expressive.
    Sound Design: Equally as impressive as the visual fidelity of the game. The age and imperfect condition of the weapons are both seen and heard in the rusted chambers of guns, specifically the rifle.

    Cons:
    Story & Characters: The first few hours are alright. While Joel does get killed by vengeful ex-Fireflies, his character arc was over and he had served his purpose. From then on, however, the story actively pursues the objective of making the player miserable. The decent gameplay is marred entirely by being forced to play as a despicable character - Joel's remorseless killer - for half of the game and leaves the player either begging for the 10+ hour Abby section to end, or they just quit the game entirely.

    Summary: Quality graphics can only go so far when the story you're playing is trying to depress you. Every hint of happiness is crushed sooner or later, and reflects well Naughty Dog's mantra of "we don't use the word 'fun.'" Truly, if it weren't for the okay Ellie sections nearer to the start and the wonderful visuals, this game would have a rock bottom score from me.    … Expand
  41. ToukoYuu
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just done in this game. As a Lesbian behalf of Ellie's part i dont know what to think about this storyline is not very well written cliff hanging game. If ND try to implement "RIVAL" thing its not going to work. And about the Lgbt being involve well okay im good with it but c'mon! Lgbt communiy is not that dark! Thank you ND you include us but on Abby's sex scene is that necessary to put that in the game forsake Agenda im done to that! Alot of questions "What happen now" Cliff hanging game im looking foward for part 3 better be have one cause im so clueless to Ellie's part.… Expand
  42. Camaster2004
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay, graphics and the character animation is absolutely fantastic, one of the best for the ps4 however the story has some many holes in it and I feel was very disrespectful to the fans of Joel and Ellie, why would anyone want to play as abby after she has tortured and murdered Joel, and especially for as long as you do play as abby, also another kick in the teeth for fans is the blatant lies that they did by showing scenes with an older Joel to make you think he is the game for a long time to then find out it is all flashbacks, it's a big shame as this game with a even a couple changes in the story would have been phenomenal.… Expand
  43. JoshuaVeljkovic
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is an excellent game. It exceeded my expectations, although as Neil said, this game would be opposite to the first, based on hatred. at the end it shows us the development of the character in Ellie, Forgiving Abby and in the beautiful final scene, a day before Joel dies, Pulling out all his feelings, Joel just nods, knowing that from now on, they will both be trying to get back to being like before, seeking his redemption, and so Joel, despite his death.Die in peace with Ellie, with Tommy and the people who loved him so much. Masterpiece… Expand
  44. Andy99999
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Just an absolutely trash! Just an absolutely trash! Just an absolutely trash! Just an absolutely trash! Just an absolutely trash! an absolutely trash! Just an absolutely trash!
  45. Bunz
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have just finished this game without any spoiler, everything about this game is good except the way they tell the story... I gave score 5 is all for developer's effort. Sadly the game is about story else I could give much higher score.
    For who wrote the story: You could actually use the whole game to talk about Abby's story and let Joel die at the end of this game, to give us enough time to understand this new character and also the whole story from another perspective... Then save the story of this game for TLOU Part 3 if there is.    … Expand
  46. DoodleDan123
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First off, the most amazing graphics I’ve ever seen in a game I can just imagine how good it’ll look on PS5. However, as you may already know the story was quite opposite. People who worked on the first one didn’t work on the second one and I think that’s one of the reason it’s on that level. A lot of the plot seems very forced and the timings are just plain stupid. Ellie and Dina are making out just before the death of Joel, imagine the guilt. While Joel, tommy and Abby are running from the infected, tommy out of nowhere just tells Abby their names, while literally running from zombies For no reason And it felt so forced you could really tell it and it just took you out of the immersion. Abby was saved by Joel and didn’t even think twice before brutally torturing him to death that is either very lazy story telling or the studio wanted us to have hatred against Abby. If so, then why on earth did we play as her for 10 hours, the game tries and makes us feel bad for her but it’s just made everyone hate her even more. She has done so many evil actions. The flashbacks were what everyone really loved and honestly they should release a game with just the flashbacks. Naughty dog is known for misleading trailers even in tlou1. In the ending where Ellie is about to kill Abby she gets a flashback of Joel and instead of getting angrier she just lets her Abby go. All in all, it felt like a very forced game with very little reasoning and I feel like it could have been much better if the staff of the previous one worked on this one aswell.… Expand
  47. ecq
    Jul 1, 2020
    5
    This game is one of its kind, one of the greatest game ever created, truly unique, brutal, and dark. Don't be influenced by the review bombs of user reviews, not all of them owns a copy of the game. That said i hope metacritic get some or be integrated with playstation, having an API to show real owners.
  48. LuxReview
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    I wanted to take some time after completing this game so that I could collect my thoughts and form a comprehensive and thought out review. This game is not the worst, but it's not the best. The story had a lot of potential, but ended up spiraling down in quality as it progressed. About three-fourths of the way through the game and ask myself "why?". It felt like lazy writing and thingsI wanted to take some time after completing this game so that I could collect my thoughts and form a comprehensive and thought out review. This game is not the worst, but it's not the best. The story had a lot of potential, but ended up spiraling down in quality as it progressed. About three-fourths of the way through the game and ask myself "why?". It felt like lazy writing and things happen "just cause". I would overall rate the story a 3/10.
    Next is gameplay, which didn't change much from the first TLOU. The game feels like a walking simulator with occasional button mashing and shooting. I did like the diversity of character styles, but the combat system left much to be desired. After a 7 year wait for this game, I feel that it lacked substantial change and did not separate itself from the original style. Overall, I would give Gameplay a 3/10. Lastly, visuals and eye candy. This game is substantially better looking than the original. Lots of great views and settings that show how much care went into the visual development. Occasionally the facial expressions of characters are a little unsettling and awkward to look at, but it is new tech, so we won't put too much of a penalty for it. Overall, visuals sit at a very nice 9/10!

    Final average score puts this game at a ⁵/10. I wouldn't recommend buying it unless you are okay with drawn out walking segments, lackluster combat, and a story that doesn't make much sense.    … Expand
  49. Jonn7s
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    a great game, but it makes me depressed, I don’t agree with the ending, there should be a continuation and completion of the plot.
    The game is very cruel!
  50. OptimizedC
    Jun 27, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The most sad thing about this game is the fact that neil druckmann didn't understand **** from the first game. Joel and tommy aren't the type to just trust strangers. His excuse was that age made them loose their guard? Fk outta here. I'm ok with joel dying, he had to pay for his actions but this was poorly executed and Manny, the guy that spits and calls him a "pendejo" doesn't help. Then you have to spend hours playing with muscle hulk killing innocent people, tribes, etc. And naughty tries to make you feel sorry for her because she saves 2 kids and loves dogs? Due to the way Joel's death was executed makes this game hard to play knowing that it will only go down hill. Abbs witnesses her own people die but doesn't say a single word. All the characters are easily forgotten, ignored or never brought up again. It feels like they weren't nothing but fillers/puppets. With Ellie, she gets PTSD due to watching joel getting killed but during her killing spree, not once did she have a PTSD attack or episode. WTF neil, do you not know **** about PTSD? Once again Joel gets disrespected and Ellie kills one of abbs friends in the same way joel was killed but not once did she have a PTSD episode. Ellie only feels disgust after killing some individuals such as Mel (Mel was pregnan and Ellie found out) and...Oh that's right, the other characters don't matter. Anyways, the only two characters that were interesting were the 2 tribal kids that abbs saved because she loves kids (but is still a serial murderer psychopath). Thier their stories characters are amazing and so is thier back story. That's the kind of Naughty Dog I like to see but that's about it lol. The ending was upsetting due to Ellie Freeing Abs and Levs but then wants to fight abs? Ellie is about to end abs but gets a Flash of Joel which ultimately means that Abs is free to leave with Lev, alive. During the fight, Ellie got 2 of her fingers bitten off, Jo was Killed, Dina her Love was killed as well as thier child, Jesse her best friend was killed, abd Tommy Joel's brother was almost taken from her. Ellie Loses everything, she's dead inside at the end while Abs gets Lev and didn't give a single **** about her friends that died? This game had to many holes, storytelling was lazy as fk and theme is not good lol. You stripped the theme out of all it's meaning.


    Gameplay: 6/10 (same **** from LOUS, $60 is not worth jumping and prone Neil)
    Graphics: 8/10 (beautiful atmosphere but is not open as it Bi-linear to the **** physics were cool, light was alright, top Naughty Dog as always)
    Story: 5/10 (Not a good story, easily one of Naught's worst. Conflicting themes, and juxtapositios in the environment. Too any holes in the stroy and dog**** execution)

    What Am I Watching? A Fking Movie or A Game? ¯_(ツ)_/¯ OptimizedC    … Expand
  51. bsky
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    The gameplay is great and so is the graphics but the story silly of kind is enough to make me hate this game Naughtydog forgot what made the first game so damn fvcking good.
  52. Alvaropaco
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    É como assistir o 7x1 no estádio, sendo que o começo é levar os 4x0 no primeiro tempo. E o uncio gol do Brasil são os momentos entre a Ellie e Joel (e a gameplay).
  53. DangDaReviewMan
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Ignore the hater, buy the game and judge it yourself. In my opinion, the game is near perfection.
  54. Alex3Hard
    Aug 18, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Визуал- 10
    Звук - 8
    Геймплей - 7
    Режиссура, постановка, игра актеров - 10
    Сюжет - 0
    Самый ужасный сиквел в истории - минус 2 балла
    Итого - 5.
    Рекомендую всем, кто не играл в первую часть или считает первую часть посредственной. А так же всем, кому нравятся депрессивные истории (даже плохо написанные). Поклонникам же первой части - крепитесь, ребята    … Expand
  55. NickSeng
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us: Part 2 wasn’t a terrible game in any way shape or form, under any other title it would be seen as a great game. But the fact that the initial game was so great and the standards were so high for a sequel, it somehow seemed destined to fail. It was one of the most beautiful games I’ve played. The attention to detail of the characters and the feels of the areas you explore are immensely pleasing. The core visual of the game could be mistaken for cutscenes at points. I can tell the effort put into the game visually and gameplay wise were very thorough and it showed. Where the game kind of lost me was the storyline and the feelings the game left me with. When I ended the game I set down my controller and I didn’t feel positive, I didn’t feel as if I completed a great triumph or just had an unforgettable experience with the game. It left me in regret. I wish I hadn’t played the game. A lot of the story seems out of place. There are flashbacks in random points that either interrupt the story or don’t give anything really meaningful, (though the flashbacks with Joel were very beautiful and sweet to play through). The characters had no meaning to me because they were introduced and were killed before we got to know them, and they are either 1)later revealed to be a good person and we should feel guilty for it (I never felt guilty) or 2) were not touched on at all for the rest of the game. The plot was very simple minded. We all would want to get revenge in a situation Ellie was put in obviously but I feel like it could’ve taken a much better and more controversial approach, where it could leave you wondering if you made the right decision or not. I didn’t mind Joel’s death, in fact I think it needed to happen, but the revenge plot just made the story seem one-dimensional. Additionally, a lot of the points I felt bored with the repetitious gameplay and it didn’t feel like anything new or dangerous was around the corner. Lastly, the whole zombie/ infected outbreak was kind of abandoned. Not a single important person was bit or infected which gave me the impression that they kind of got rid of the outbreak being a point to drive/ break the story. It felt wrong in that sense. In conclusion, The Last of Us: Part 2 is a ‘good’ game but the fact that it was a sequel to one of the best games to have graced our screens made it feel pretty poorly thought out and executed. I didn’t wait 7 years to play a ‘good’ game after I had played an unforgettable experience. It, in all honesty, left me with a sick taste in my mouth and makes me not want to touch another story driven game for a long while because I’m afraid to be left with the same taste… Expand
  56. Tysonh
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay 8/10
    Environment 10/10
    Character Development 3/10
    Story 2/10

    It's not because Joel died but HOW he died!

    The Joel in the sequel completely contradicts who he was in the 1st just to favour the plot.
    That is a pure example of poor storytelling .

    Being forced to play a irredeemable character for the later half of the game is just pointless and feels infuriating to play!

    This is not a troll review, just genuinely dissatisfied after a lengthy wait for a game that didn't deliver.

    And the ending did not pay off at all.    … Expand
  57. a_normal_dude
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    i cant say this isn't a good quality games its game play is good and the quality is perfect but when you progress through the story , it becomes **** up where you have to play with the girl who killed the best father { joel ) RIP , just to show you that she is a good guy not the bad killer ,and the way that joel died is dumb . like they just after 30 years of surviving and experience hei cant say this isn't a good quality games its game play is good and the quality is perfect but when you progress through the story , it becomes **** up where you have to play with the girl who killed the best father { joel ) RIP , just to show you that she is a good guy not the bad killer ,and the way that joel died is dumb . like they just after 30 years of surviving and experience he just trust an a 10 random people group like. its a dumb way to make him die so you can get revenge and in the end where Ellie and Abby fight ..what happens is Ellie losses her 2 fingers and Abby gets nothing ..btw this game is a follow up of the first game which the main characters are ellie and joel . now in this game you have to play in an another character for half the game and some of the characters have no background like Jesse and Dina so as a old fan and completed it 5 times im pissed and sad… Expand
  58. iliya657
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok so...ill do it as clear as i can. here we go...
    i played the first game on Ps 3 and PS4.
    i finished this game so many times. from easy to grounded mode. I EVEN DID ELLIE'S TATTOO! FOR GOD SAKE! i loved so much the first part. it gives me chills. 7 years after and here the sec' part came out.. i really hated the way they killed Joel. after all he did and all his travel... he getting killed like a side figure... ffs. oh and don't forget how Jesse died. about manny - man i dont give a F*** about him. so anyway i hated every second of joel's death. every second.
    in this pary Ellie was weak then the first part. where all the anger? The adrenaline, the courage, and of course - the revenge? (Spoiler: No revenge.)
    I'm sure Joel flips around in the grave now and curses Elile now. He must also be disappointed.
    the grapchis was amazing. i really liked it. I loved the little details of course, if you kill an enemy - and another enemy finds the one you killed, he tells the other enemies that (for example) Ron is dead! Look for her! Be focused I loved the weapon upgrade animation. Something that wasn't in the first game, I liked that, for goodness sake, you could finally slip into battle between zombies or enemies.
    I don't really have a problem about Elile and Dina's relationship, I'm not a homophobe, even I was with them.
    The only thing I really disliked is playing as Abigail (pretty sure it's her full name) I don't care what her cause of revenge on Joel, I don't care. I also care about the way the developers chose to kill such a character.
    Okay we realized, he murdered Abigail's dad in the hospital, they postponed the game so many times and couldn't think of another way to kill Joel? I don't care about Jesse and Manny anymore. (Tommy scared me a bit too but he survived)
    Yes I care about the way. For me, there was no creativity in this game. They destroyed all the reputation they had, which they had built over the years.
    What am I supposed to do now ... and again, I have no problem with his death. It was quite predictable. Even without the spoilers, I knew he was going to die, there didn't have to be a scientist to know that. But yes I had a problem with the way they chose to kill him, killing him like it was just another bottle stopper.
    for me its 510.    … Expand
  59. fadetonoir
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    I haven't played it but I heard one tiny detail about it that I liked so my knee-jerk reaction is that it must be a perfect game - no need to put any thought or nuance into it. That's how we review video games, right?
  60. Makarov6798
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story just suck, how the **** Joel die that easy? And why the whole game is about LGBT and karma stuff?… Expand
  61. ReSync
    Jun 30, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I hated this game, at first. I still hate it, but only because it's a sequel to the first. I've come to be at peace with the idea that Ellie only came to forgive Joel after doing to others for revenge what Joel did to save her, allowing her to see the error of their ways and to understand how he felt making the decision that he did. I do think this is a good story in that regard, and that this was how a sequel would have had to go, even if it's not the best execution in my opinion. However, the whole thing that made the ending of the first special to me was the inner conflict that you felt knowing that you had done what was undeniably the wrong thing, yet you felt that you could justify it to yourself because the game had developed the relationship between Joel and Ellie so well that you could not help but be happy that they were together. It left a bittersweet feeling in your soul, and Joel's promise to Ellie made you feel a guilt that made it a beautiful ending, not quite a happy one. This game actively destroys that ending by making you wish that Joel had left Ellie to die, so that she wouldn't suffer like she did in part 2.

    I do think they are both amazing stories, but my issues lay with the fact that what makes the second game great is in conflict with what made the first game great, and to me the first one will always be the better half. Part 2 is simply a miserable experience that destroys everything great about the first game, in the name of an admittedly powerful and emotional story. It's just not a sacrifice I think should have been made.    … Expand
  62. cukmann
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Horrible and pathetic game ruined by SJWs. It's a spit in the face of the fans who have to witness their beloved protagonists get treated in such a disrespectful way and then be forced to play as the "creature" who did this to them. The first game I wish I could erase my memory to experience it again, this game I wish I could erase it to forget it ever existed. DON'T BUY IT!
  63. Jasonryder
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Mediocre story with a bad ending but great gameplay and graphics. Needs some DLC to make this a better story. Should have ended an hour earlier than it did.
  64. SuperMario98
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us Part II... a long awaited sequel for the fans!
    This game is by far one of my favourites under graphics! Level of detail is amazing, animation to movements, details on terrain, clothes, weapons, you name it! It looks gorgeous! Everywhere you look is a piece of art so bonus points for that! Level design is also awesome!
    For the story? Not so great. The writing is bad.
    The fans have been wondering and theorizing on what's going to happen for our main characters for Joel and Ellie and other lovable characters during the first one. After long years of waiting... we get a revenge story that is not fulfilled.
    The only best moments in the game by far is the flashbacks with young Ellie and Joel. Awesome moments and makes your heart warm.
    To be honest, I really wish Joel should've got more play time... he died fairly quick during the beginning of the game.
    The ending... oh that ending... what was the point of the whole game when it ends just like that... you don't get to kill Abby, you let her live, and go back home with two missing fingers with an abandoned farmhouse, played the guitar, had a flashback to Joel, leave and roll the credits. What was the point of all that? Abby KILLED Joel ffs! A lovable and badass character killed just like that. Ellie's drive on killing Abby is off the roof then her drive just switched off out of no where in the end... It almost as if this sequel was pointless.

    Would I recommend this game as a Last of Us fan? Nope.

    Would you buy this full price? Nah... buy it when it goes on a big sale or wait until PS+ makes it a free game in the future.

    Is this game gonna be Game of the Year? Absolutely not!

    For hardcore Naughty Dog fans, I am truly sorry about this game. I can feel the huge disrespect in your face. A long awaited game is here and ends in a really horrible way.    … Expand
  65. Tatakai77
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    The technical section very well achieved. But in terms of history, the development of characters is very bad, Joel's death could have been much better, in other circumstances, and not in the first moments of the game. The character of Abby, does not contribute anything, is that an antagonist necessarily produced in the worst way. Its playable part is boring, as are its memories. And theThe technical section very well achieved. But in terms of history, the development of characters is very bad, Joel's death could have been much better, in other circumstances, and not in the first moments of the game. The character of Abby, does not contribute anything, is that an antagonist necessarily produced in the worst way. Its playable part is boring, as are its memories. And the end as unsatisfactory as the truth could be very disappointed. A blockbuster, which could be the game of the year, is a 5 only for the outstanding technical sections.… Expand
  66. GiordanPlayYT
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Simplemente el mejor juego que pude probar hasta el día de hoy! Un gusto tremendo haberlo jugado! Ahora a platinarlo
  67. Camuti83
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Such a disappointment, I really expected so much more from Naughty Dog.; especially after how great the first game was. This for me would have been a 10/10, if it was based solely on the first half of the game. I may be one of the few who didn't have a problem with the first plot twist of the game. It pissed me off a treat and got me pumped for the next part. However, the second half of the game is where it really fell apart. Being forced to play in a certain way and feel someones agenda being forced onto us, seemed unnecessary and in al fairness, killed the game. By the end I couldn't wait for the credits to roll. I was free running through the last parts of the game , not even caring about threats or being bothered to pick up resources. The game had beat me, but not in the way it should have. I even got so bored i came up with fun ways to throw myself of buildings. The visuals were stunning, game play was good, and I loved some of the Ellie flash backs. That's why it pains me to have to give this game such a low rating. Shame on you Naughty Dog; who probably wont care as their wallets will be brimming. Wish I had saved my money. Shame… Expand
  68. Tnzhe1025
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    So, the graphics, gameplay, enemies, weapons, everything about this game is great, except the most important part of what made everyone love the first game, the STORY. The story, and narrative decisions made in this game are some of the worst decisions I've ever seen in a beloved video game series. The ending was awful, the decision to have the player play half the game as someone everyoneSo, the graphics, gameplay, enemies, weapons, everything about this game is great, except the most important part of what made everyone love the first game, the STORY. The story, and narrative decisions made in this game are some of the worst decisions I've ever seen in a beloved video game series. The ending was awful, the decision to have the player play half the game as someone everyone hates, is astonishingly stupid. I cant drive home enough the amount of insanely horrible narrative choices were made in this game. Its unfortunate, I LOVED the first game, I have played it at least ten times, including Left Behind DLC which is also amazing. Neil Druckman ruined this game, and I am extremely sad about that. I had very high hopes for this game.… Expand
  69. BigO99
    Jun 26, 2020
    5
    I’m sure you have heard everything that is wrong with the story and this is the reason for my score, even though the graphics are the best ps4 will ever see the game was severely affected by its bad story line and lack of character build up.
  70. ARkaNA
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lixo muito ruim ,lgbt não , a história é boa , menos a viadagens kkkkkkkkkkkkkk mds a gameplay também é bom… Expand
  71. Darkmagician13
    Jul 8, 2020
    5
    Let's be real, the gameplay is fun (it gets repetitive at some point), the graphics are marvelous, then why 5? Because the game fails heavily in terms of story and script. You really don't find coherence between the characters dialogues and actions. Adiotanlly the game introduces Abby, and way to early she kills a certain beloved character(in a pretty psychopathic way), so then weLet's be real, the gameplay is fun (it gets repetitive at some point), the graphics are marvelous, then why 5? Because the game fails heavily in terms of story and script. You really don't find coherence between the characters dialogues and actions. Adiotanlly the game introduces Abby, and way to early she kills a certain beloved character(in a pretty psychopathic way), so then we have to play as her, and the game utilizes cheap tactics such as a very short and bad introduce back story as well as dogs, but in the end you cannot empathize with her.
    The end just doesn't make sense and the main plot of the entire franchise feels completely wasted. When the best part of a game are the flashbacks then clearly something I'd wrong.
    The game is not a 3.4 but it isn't a 9.5 either.
    So if you are a person who loves videogames for the experience in terms of gameplay go ahead, you will like it. But if you are a passionate of a good story, like me, then no, this game is not for you.    … Expand
  72. Qbert12
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was beautiful and a technical marvel. The game play mechanics are better then first but become repetitive. I could've done without 10 to 12 hours. Found myself a little bored at times. Spoiler Alert... I was hoping to play with Joel more but the game minimizes that to another level. I didn't like that especially since the trailer Clearly shows him showing up and saying he wouldn't let Ellie got through it alone. Boom! I'm thinking another adventure with Joel and Ellie but this time Ellie is the main character. Joel plays back up but nope. They lied and misled everyone. Wow, just wow! The game just goes down from here on. The story is lazy and contrived. I like the concepts that they were bringing out but maybe for Last of us 3 or 4. I feel like the game could have been more palatable if they changed the sequence in the way the scenes were placed. Instead we a multi-flashback mess. I love Naughty Dog, but i dont know what the hell this game was. The end wasn't satisfying as was the overall game.… Expand
  73. Yumalayk
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego empezó bien, aunque mientras están matando a Joel, Ellie está con Dina en el sofá besándose y fumando. Ese es el primer error. Después todo "bien" hasta que tuve que controlar a abby, que fue un sufrimiento. Tenía que jugar con él o ella ( no se ni lo que es ) y no matarla ojo.… Expand
  74. Haitham_KH
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us Part 2 is the most disrespectful sequel to ever exists! it throws all the hype and all those years waiting for a sequel to one of the best games ever made and one of the best stories a game could ever have! all for the porpoise of agenda, Anita brainwashed the simp Neil Druckman in order to push her agendas into the game! they used the fame which the last of us gained the past years! they know many people will buy it so they used it for their Agendas!

    They Killed one of the best male protagonist in gaming history in the most disgusting way! they let us play as the killer and they tried to sympathize us by her stupid story which we never cared of! and in the end Ellie never got her revenge after killing half the population of america!! all the hours we played are gone in vain! thank you Naughty Dog am never buying any game you ever made.    … Expand
  75. plumZrgodZz
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. We waited 7 years, they gave us litteraly garbage story and just killed the most badass and beloved character in 2 hours of gameplay. This is pretty much the only thing i dont like, the gameplay is still like the first game. just a bit better, but still the story is pretty much garbage.… Expand
  76. Ciran412
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    What I liked:
    • Graphics and visuals were amazing.
    • Game mechanics were improved from the original. • Some of the action sequences were unique and interesting. • The music was great when there was music. It felt like there was far less music in this game versus the original. What I didn't like: • The combat and looting got repetitive at times. • The game felt unnecessarily long.    What I liked:
    • Graphics and visuals were amazing.
    • Game mechanics were improved from the original.
    • Some of the action sequences were unique and interesting.
    • The music was great when there was music. It felt like there was far less music in this game versus the original.

    What I didn't like:
    • The combat and looting got repetitive at times.
    • The game felt unnecessarily long.
    • The dodge mechanic seemed to be a required quick time event to trigger the advancement of some fight sequences, which was confusing and felt unnecessarily gated.
    • The story was a bit of a let down, and wasn't enough to keep me engaged.

    At the end of the day, this is a story driven game. While I generally enjoyed some of the combat elements of the game, I did not like the plot of the story. Perhaps I will change my opinion in time, but for now my feelings are mixed towards this game.    … Expand
  77. Punisher762
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics and sound effects are excellent. But this is also the only really good thing.

    The gameplay is similar to the first part, which isn't necessarily bad. But after 7 years of development one could have expected more. For my taste there are also too many annoying Quick-Time events.

    The AI opponents are blind in places and mostly follow fixed routes. This could have been done better in an AAA game.

    The story is the real point of criticism. It is garbage.

    First the death of Joel: He is letting himself be led like a lamb to the slaughter in the first two hours of the game. Tommy has also lost all of his survivor instint. With the early death of Joel one feels screwed because the trailers suggest he's going off with Ellie. This was the first point – two hours into the game! – where i considered quitting.

    Still the game had the potential to entertain me because Ellie was still left. But her character development was a total failure. The multi-layered personality of the first part became a female captain Ahab, who wanted to slay his white whale at all costs. Totally flat. The only thing you can say about Ellie in the second Part oft he game ist that she's lesbian, vindictive, and extremely dangerous. She has become absolutely boring.

    But the really **** part is that you have to play half the game as Abby, the murderess of Joel. She is a completely psyopathic, testosterone-damaged mass murderer who enjoys killing. One of the most unsympathetic characters I have ever seen in a game/film. Compared to her, Joffrey Baratheon is a lovable guy. When the gameplay switched to Abby i stopped playing, but restarted later to hopefully get revenge on her. So I spent half of the game thinking, "When am I going to switch back to Ellie and be able to kill Abby?

    But even that is not to happen. In the end, after Ellie has lost everyone and sacrificed everthing for her revenge and is literally seconds away from killing Abby, she just stops and lets her go. Wow, that is like Captain Ahab stopping to stab Moby Dick because in the last moment he recognizes the senselessnes of his acts.
    Why does the player not get the choose what to do? Every third-class RPG gives you choice an builds an individual end based on your choices.

    One can sum up the story oft he game with one sentence: revenge ist bad. That´s it.

    In the end TLOU2 is a solid survival action game with great graphics, great sound and an average gameplay.
    However, the plot is more than thin and the characters are hollow and unsympathetic.

    I did not enjoy the game at all and would personally give it zero points.
    But since only half of it is bad - story and character development - 5 points seemed more appropriate. It is works as an undemanding shooting game.    … Expand
  78. Freeheart88
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Отличная графика, замечательный геймлей. Хотя по мне, местами слишком жестокие сцены. Не понравился момент, когда меня заставили пытать девушку, когда играл за Элли. Почему я не имею права выбора? Сделали меня соучастником.
    Ну и конечно, когда я выбираю игру, я хочу играть и наслаждаться ей, а не чтобы её превращали в площадки пропаганды лгбдт, причем за мои же деньги. Какой то    Отличная графика, замечательный геймлей. Хотя по мне, местами слишком жестокие сцены. Не понравился момент, когда меня заставили пытать девушку, когда играл за Элли. Почему я не имею права выбора? Сделали меня соучастником.
    Ну и конечно, когда я выбираю игру, я хочу играть и наслаждаться ей, а не чтобы её превращали в площадки пропаганды лгбдт, причем за мои же деньги. Какой то необходимости в этом для хорошего сценария не было.    … Expand
  79. DUZ2575
    Jul 7, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. En el tema visual y mecanico es simplemente excelente se disfruta mucho estos momentos de acción y debemos felicitar a los animadores y creadores de los escenarios ademas de los encargados del apartado grafico esta gente trabajo 15 horas diarias se merecen respeto y admiracion pero la historia es horrible; empezare con los personajes: Joel de aquel hombre que desconfiaba de todo el mundo nos queda un hombre que entra a una base que no conoce llena de gente desconocida y de postre va desarmado ¿donde quedo ese Joel contrabandista y bandido experto en ese mundo tan crue?l y su muerte es lo peor, no quería que tuviera una muerte épica pero si una digna. Tenemos tambien a Ellie que por sed de venganza mata a gente que le suplica piedad y que no tenia nada que ver, pero al final se acuerda de Joel y no mata a Abby por que la venganza no es buena mata el alma y la envenena vamos no me jodas ¿y todos los anteriores a los que disparo, mutilo y descuartiso? ellos no merecian piedad pero a la mujer que mato a Joel y a muchos de sus seres queridos la deja ir te quedas pensando que Ellie sufre de bipolaridad luego tenemos a Abby que no me parece un personaje malo del todo pero que al principio tratas de hacerte autokill por que te obligan a jugar con ella y sientes que sus misiones son el 60% del juego es que parece que el juego es de ella y merece llamarse The last Abby; Los detalles son muy buenos como los comics, el libro de "el espacio para idiotas" y el de "los dinosaurios" que encontramos en la casa de Joel que refuerza el amor de padre que Joel sentia por Ellie y que por salvarla volveria a condenar a la humanidad una vez más.
    Ahora toca la historia que se siente muy forzada ¿porque Abby le perdonaria la vida a Ellie DOS veces y esto apiica de igual manera para Ellie; el tiempo que juegas junto a Dina la trama no avanza y lo sientes como relleno, donde quedo el ritmo del primer juego que suponía un reto en cualquier momento y que los descansos eran cortos y sentías que el juego NUNCA desperdicia tu tiempo.
    todavia no puedo creer que se hayan tardado 7 AÑOS en esto.
    ACTUALZACION: Ahora que me doy cuenta que la historia parece una telenovela y Ellie hace todo por capricho.    … Expand
  80. Hermit00
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Visually a stunning game with a decent gameplay loop, the story on the other hand is a dumbsterfire. Don't buy this game, even if you are a fan of the original, just watch somebody else play it, this way you can fast forward the terrible second half of the game.
  81. el5hava
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Podria decir que lo que fallo fue en como acomodaron la historia, creo que si hubieran empezado con la campaña de Abby, y en medio de eso la muerte de Joel, para terminar con Ellie, cuidando además las motivaciones y los dialogos entre los personajes podría haber sido incluso con la misma historia ser algo mas aceptable, y por Ultimo dejar al jugador decidir el final de la historia eso hubiera hecho epico este juego. no lo califico mas bajo simplemente porque entendí la historia, pero no me gusto la estructura de la misma. por lo demás me parece que sin ser un juego de 10 en los demás aspectos deja un sabor muy amargo hasta detestable a muchos fans de este juego.
    Creo que su mayor error fue en creer que los jugadores no entienden el significado de una Venganza y no permitir que sea el jugador si decide o no llegar a una redención por medio del Perdon.    … Expand
  82. Tangled_panther
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I know this will not be seen but it wanted to pour my heart out to you all. The last of us part 2 has by far been a game that has touch me in so many ways. To feel so confused of my feelings for characters like this has been truly unique. I felt every blow and seen the enemy’s in the game as people not just plot devices. My hatred for Abby turned to love and watching her and Ellie fight was heart breaking and bold. I did not want Abby to die. So much emotion through out. Thank you for story based gameplay. I enjoyed the first game but I am in love with this one.Robert Simmons… Expand
  83. iamwandrer
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    In short, the game has it's good and bad elements.

    To start of the game itself technically is amazing. The visuals/graphics, cinematics, audio quality (incredible), character acting and overall game mechanics are spot on. It ran beautify on my ps4 slim (lots of fan work but hey it worked). Saying that, TLoU is a praised for it's narrative and it's relatable characters, and this    In short, the game has it's good and bad elements.

    To start of the game itself technically is amazing. The visuals/graphics, cinematics, audio quality (incredible), character acting and overall game mechanics are spot on. It ran beautify on my ps4 slim (lots of fan work but hey it worked).

    Saying that, TLoU is a praised for it's narrative and it's relatable characters, and this sequel does not deliver that same level of storytelling we see in the first game. There's plenty of spots in the game that could have resulted in a more compelling story and characters but the placement and pace of the game didn't accomplish what the game was trying to do. I must say it started well but lost it's momentum as you played through. In the end the game felt hollow and fell flat on it's main revenge based theme.

    In summary, if you get this game you're gonna wanna play it for the experience of being back in the TLoU world, not for the story.    … Expand
  84. O_Caipora
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    In an evaluation where gameplay is worth 5 and the story is worth another 5 the score is 5 for gameplay and 0 for the story, with several questionable points the story is disappointing and unnecessary for fans of the first game, I dare say that even a disrespect after 7 years of waiting.
  85. Mcplissken
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Technical marvel and groundbreaking graphics. The story on it’s own could have been decent, however, being a successor to the 2013 masterpiece makes it pure nonsensical trash that feels like trolling more than a continuation to the epic journey from the first part. I recommend that you buy it only when the price goes down especially if you enjoyed the gameplay from the original.
  86. TushNinja
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Positive points : This game certainly pushes the limits of graphics in the previous generation and might also give competition to the next gen games that are gonna come out with the release of ps5, the level of detail in acting and audio is one of the best I've ever seen, plus the gameplay has also improved drastically even though the basics of the gameplay is still that of its predecessor.
    Negative points : The story is an edgy piece of crap trying to shout "Oh look how different the story is, look what a piece of art this is, look we killed the main character in the first 2 hours of the gameplay and then made you play as his killer for more than 10 hours in order to have some sympathy for Abby and waste your time in the process" throughout the whole game. Personally, I like sad and grim stories in movies, tv shows, games, books etc. and most of the things i've seen tends to work perfectly on an emotional level, but this game seems to have done the opposite despite being a sad story. Throughout the game, i felt no emotional attachment to the game after Joel's death as I had literally no control over the events occuring in the gameplay or the cut scenes whatsoever(especially the end), yet the game constantly tries to show me how bad the decisions i made by killing hundreds of NPCs Humans and dogs were even though I killed them all because i had no choice over the actions while playing as Ellie. It feels like the writers of the Lou2 tried to shove their own ideas and thoughts while at the same time scrapping everything the first game was built on. Games are supposed to be fun even if the story is sad, the first part was extremely sad, but it was still a fun game as the chemistry between Joel and Ellie was so intriguing, and the audience wanted to know what more will happen to both of their relationship, the cure, the fireflies and other major parts. Scrapping the whole game, killing Joel early on in the game, and making the previous characters naturally unlikeable just for the sake of establishing new bland characters seems like a pretty goddamn dumb idea to me, because clearly it didn't work with the majority of the Lou fan base, not to mention the game was way too lengthy too. If anyone is going into this game without playing the first part, you might like it man but for someone who had waited for over 7 years for this, I feel thoroughly disappointed and dissatisfied with the final product. So much for a generic revenge plot, holy **** Neil/Naughty Dog.    … Expand
  87. IvanDaza
    Jun 28, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lo que definitivamente no me gustó fue que no se pudiera hacer venganza con la muerte de joel la cagaron con el final, el resto, me pareció excelente pero en verdad quería matar a abby… Expand
  88. Amstel1357
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Some aspects of the game were great, but you would expect that from a AAA title. The story swung between average to terrible. If I could turn back time I would have just saved myself the money and watched someone play it on YouTube.
  89. cheepandv
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    Ахуэна, это ахуэнаовлвлвллвлвллвлвллвлвлвллулвлуллулуллулуллуллулуллу
  90. Irmaaao
    Dec 3, 2021
    5
    Jogabilidade boa, boa trilha sonora, gráficos excelentes! Mas infelizmente para um jogo que tem como pilar principal, a história, esse suicídio de carisma no roteiro que tem a intenção de provocar a sua raiva com os personagens, no final só te deixa mesmo com raiva e decepcionado com o Neil Druckmann e Anita Sarkeesian, por terem destruído a história com uma campanha de 25 horas deJogabilidade boa, boa trilha sonora, gráficos excelentes! Mas infelizmente para um jogo que tem como pilar principal, a história, esse suicídio de carisma no roteiro que tem a intenção de provocar a sua raiva com os personagens, no final só te deixa mesmo com raiva e decepcionado com o Neil Druckmann e Anita Sarkeesian, por terem destruído a história com uma campanha de 25 horas de absolutamente nada que não vai para lugar nenhum.… Expand
  91. FireWolf_967
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics are fantastic and the gameplay is really good, but I really don’t like the story. This game not only disrespects my favorite character, but it also destroys the characters from the first game. I hate being forced to play as a psychopath ( because that is what Abby is) who is trying to hunt my favorite characters. I don’t like having to beat a 19 year old girl Or playing as a character who says “Good” when she finds out that she is about to slit a pregnant woman’s throat. The only time when Ellie and Joel felt like the Ellie and Joel from the first game is during the flashbacks. I also hate how the game tries to humanice Abby. The marketing lies don’t help either.… Expand
  92. igorkotkovets
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Why did you forced to fight Elly and Abby? It's awful, I liked Abby during gameplay. She's story is very positive except killing Joel. I was disappointed about that. And Ellie's actions are stupid at the end of the game. She broke Dina, why? And Tommy is not Tommy from the 1st part. He was smart brother in 1st part and he will newer ask Elly to find Abby. I didn't like the plot… Expand
  93. Trygoon
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This game jeez! Okay the best thing about the first game was the story, and they managed to turn it into the weakest aspect of the game. The game is waaay too long and it feels really stretched out. I give it a 5/10 just because objectively its not a bad game, sure its a big disappointment, but its not terrible. I think we all were really hyped, and thats the main reason this game isThis game jeez! Okay the best thing about the first game was the story, and they managed to turn it into the weakest aspect of the game. The game is waaay too long and it feels really stretched out. I give it a 5/10 just because objectively its not a bad game, sure its a big disappointment, but its not terrible. I think we all were really hyped, and thats the main reason this game is getting all the hate. The SJW and LGBT stuff makes the game feel really artificial and all the cut scenes just look like a cheap Netflix show. There are 3 things I really liked about this game. First the graphics oh my god that game looks gorgeous, another thing is that the game works. I didn't get any bugs and it just played really well. And last but not least the soundtrack is amazing. Ingame songs really helped the atmosphere. Overall the game would be a decent experience, if it wasn't a follow up to one of the best games ever made.… Expand
  94. leoseagal
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lazy story, they killed Joel in a futile way and made the character an idiot he never was. Joel from TLOU1 was much more cunning. made Joel stupid to fit the narrative. forced the bar for the player to like Abby but it didn't work, weak and stupid ending.… Expand
  95. Doctor_Ninja
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    I want to start with what I did enjoy from this game. The gameplay is similar in many aspects to the first game but it is definitely improved overall. Being able to go prone to hide in grass and jump down from a high platform to take down an enemy from below are great additions to stealth and combat. Animations look very smooth and it is satisfying to watch the brutal take downs. TheI want to start with what I did enjoy from this game. The gameplay is similar in many aspects to the first game but it is definitely improved overall. Being able to go prone to hide in grass and jump down from a high platform to take down an enemy from below are great additions to stealth and combat. Animations look very smooth and it is satisfying to watch the brutal take downs. The visuals in this game are absolutely beautiful and some of the best graphics on the PS4.

    However, these get overshadowed by the game's story. This game's story and characters are very poor. I simply did not care for many of the main characters in this game. The new characters that were introduced are uninteresting and characters brought back from the last game don't act like themselves. This game's story is far from perfect, with an intro that will leave a bad taste in your mouth for the rest of the game and an unsatisfying ending. During my playthrough I thought I was near the end of the game and I was ready for it to end only to find out I was just half way through the game.The halfway point of the game is what made me really lose interest, and I imagine many other people feel the same way.

    The game isn't the worst game ever made by any means, and i don't think it deserves a score of 0/10, but it's poor story and characters doesn't make it a masterpiece that deserves a 10/10. The game has fun combat and stealth mechanics along with stunning visuals, but a game that is very plot-driven needs to have a good plot. If you decide to buy this game I recommend playing for the gameplay and not the story.    … Expand
  96. leon4rdo_
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Te introducen de manera muy forzadaa v historia de la antagonista y desde la muerte de J el juego simplemente va en declive, el final simplemente no tiene sentido, este era un buen juego para cerrar la historia, pero ahora la dejan inconclusa para sacar una tercera parte cuando debió de haber acabado en este juego en esta parte o en la anterior… Expand
  97. F1nishingDutch
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    I played many games. From Software did something to me that i never felt in any game! But this one is an exception. This is not a game, this is a great movie. All the people that are bashing this game a fake reviewers that read the leaked script.
    If you play the game you know that this is a masterpiece! I literary went to the tv to punxh someone that angry i was at a character.
  98. rondor
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us was one of the best games from the last generation. I avoided all spoilers for the sequel and went in trusting the team at naughty dog to deliver an outstanding experience once more with this new entry. I could not believe how badly the team approached this project, given the amount of time it was in production. Here are the main issues I have with this game. 1. Joel’s death early in the game was a huge shock and the set up was completely out of character for both him and Tommy. 2. The writing and dialogue between characters is of a much lower standard compared to the first game. 3. The new character Abby who you’re forced to play as, after killing Joel is a real low point. They try and build up a relationship with the player to show her side of the story and reasons for killing Joel. This feels forced and goes on way to long. 4. This redemption arc goes out the window when she starts killing all the wolves members who she knew and was a part of for years. 5. Tommy gets shot in the head and some how pops up at the end of the game. 6. The pacing of the game at the end feels like it will never end, it’s dragged out way too long, 7. The way that Tommy spoke to Ellie at the end of the game was so out of character it was laughable. I’m giving this game a 5 out of 10 because of the graphics, which are outstanding. The reason the majority of people loved the first game was because of the story and relationships between characters. I really wanted to like this game. I have never written a review before and just thought I would try and give an honest opinion on why I think naughty dog missed the mark with this game.… Expand
  99. Mr_DJ
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Beautiful graphics, good music, no real change in controls or game play but that's not necessarily a bad thing but I was hoping for something more. I enjoy a good revenge story but this ain't it chief. Story was drawn out way too long and relied on flashbacks for feel good moments to cover up Joel's crappy death and the fact they made Joel and Tommy looked like idiots to kick start the revenge plot. Other than those flashbacks, the game is practically devoid of any lighthearted moments like that were in the first game.

    The story and characters are the weakest element in this game. If you want to turn your brain off to go on a killing spree and watch a bunch of cinematics, this is the game for you. Everything else was good to great.    … Expand
  100. ummmmmmm
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    Good graphics meh gameplay bad story. last of us 1 but with graphics upgrade and more of an edgelord story than the last of us 1's admittedly grim yet hopeful story
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 113 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
  3. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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