The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Qmil
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    I don't know what you want . If you are looking for compassion from players you got me on Joel .
    I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills that makes me possible to write this review . Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for company like you . If you let my Ellie kill Abby that'll be the end of    I don't know what you want . If you are looking for compassion from players you got me on Joel .
    I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills that makes me possible to write this review . Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for company like you . If you let my Ellie kill Abby that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will give other negative review .    … Expand
  2. Nicosl8
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    Decepcionante, aun sigo sin poder creer como arruinaron una saga y una historia tan perfecta e increíble como fue el LOU1 y no sólo porque la historia es floja, sino porque al darme cuenta que ellie no es la protagonista del juego sino que lo es abby, me siento totalmente estafado, olvidable título, quiero pensar que jugué otro juego y esto no existió, me quedo con lo mejor de el primerDecepcionante, aun sigo sin poder creer como arruinaron una saga y una historia tan perfecta e increíble como fue el LOU1 y no sólo porque la historia es floja, sino porque al darme cuenta que ellie no es la protagonista del juego sino que lo es abby, me siento totalmente estafado, olvidable título, quiero pensar que jugué otro juego y esto no existió, me quedo con lo mejor de el primer título y de este el apartado gráfico, que es bestial sobre todo por eso el enojo, siento que desaprovecharon un gran escenario para contar la mejor historia épica posible que estos personajes podían y supieron dar.… Expand
  3. projectevatatto
    Aug 18, 2020
    5
    A mitad del juego la historia se vuelve realmente decepcionante, la publicidad engañosa que se maneja en los trailers hace que compres el juego pensando que todo el viaje sera acerca de la venganza, nada mas alejado de la realidad, pues se te obliga a controlar al antagónico y vivir una historia que no quieres experimentar.
  4. ps22geert
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    I loved the gameplay, bud hated the story, they made my favorite character into a **** of a woman even Abby was made a **** i hated the conclusion of the story and where it was going in the game. I hated the end story of the game, when your playing for hours with a character you hope on a good ending bud no ending like that.
  5. bastman
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay and graphics are what save this game. The story is just plain bad, there's some good moments (Joel and Ellie flashbacks, especially the museum one) but the rest is just bad. Naughty Dog is capable of doing much better than this.… Expand
  6. Betoide18
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    Immersive world and gameplay with beautiful graphics, but the poor story and writing didn’t let me to enjoy it.
  7. Lukairi
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Technically, it's amazing in terms of graphics, animation, environment, music and acting as expected of ND. Rope physics anyone?

    Gameplay has seen some improvement from the first game but not too greatly. Addition of the rope and use of it to travel more vertical environments wasn't used more effectively. I was always pretty meh about the combat even for the first game, it served its purpose. The dodge did add some variety initially but it get a little repetitive, the lengthier playtime didn't help either. While the environments themselves look great, I felt let down by the lack of environmental puzzles. This was a gripe with the first game as well with how it kept using the ladders and garbage carts. ND has shown that they can do much better looking at their Uncharted series, so maybe it was a conscious decision to avoid being too similar or it wasn't a top priority for this game.

    My biggest issue with the game sadly was the story and pacing. What drew me to TLoU has always been the story. This time I feel like they didn't do as good a job as fleshing out the new characters and the relationships. The first game featured a smaller cast of characters centered on the core characters Joel and Ellie. This really allowed us to grow closer to them throughout the game, and they were also supported by a cast of characters that I greatly enjoyed. This time I appreciate that they showcased a more diverse cast, but it also created some difficulty that with the time restraint most of the relationships were not able to be developed to the same extent. In the end I didn't feel much empathy for Abby or any of her friends, and Jesse and Dina were likeable but I needed more relationship development. All my favourite moments in the story were the ones between Joel and Ellie because it built upon an already existing and well developed relationship, while providing insight into the way it has grown and also strained over the course of the years. Their chemistry couldn't be beat by the rest. The new cast of characters had some potential but were not likeable or memorable enough.

    It was interesting what ND tried to do in trying to make players think from different perspectives on our characters' actions and their consequences. It was a good attempt but was wanting in execution.

    The way they tried to frame the story to push that Ellie was becoming the villain and that Abby had some good in her felt cheap and manipulative. In the way where when you are playing as Ellie they force you to kill dogs, murder a pregnant woman then when you play as Abby you play with the dog, save kids etc. (And then you rmb Abby tortures Joel to death with a golf club, and prob would have killed Dina who was pregnant if Lev wasn't there so welp) We can all see what you are trying to go for here but it came on too hamfisted. Even from the first game we knew Joel wasn't a good guy, and his final decision is controversial. But everyone could understand his motives because it was a very human decision that he made in the end. I could understand Abby's reason for wanting to kill Joel because it was a very human motive to want to avenge her father, but her character wasn't developed well enough for me to like her or be fully behind her. I will say though certain portions of the game if viewed as standalones disregarding the story surrounding it were very powerful and masterfully done in terms of atmosphere and execution.

    Pacing wise the game was just too long. It felt really draggy at some parts and certain decisions on the way they cut the game was odd. It does seem like it goes again what was previously stated about not enough time being given to develop all the characters, relationships. Which is why to some extent I do feel like the main plot of this game should have been reserved for a third game, with the second more focused on introducing the new characters and maybe even introducing Ellie to them. It could have the potential to make us feel more conflicted on whose side we would be on had we the opportunity to grow closer with Abby's side.

    This is kind of not related to the game but I have big issues with the way ND marketed the game after playing through it. I understand trying to hide major plot points of the game, other games and movies have also done this before. But tricking people into thinking Joel will be along with you for the journey, or basically hiding the existence of a second main character is like taking subterfuge to a whole nother level. I would even say it is basically false advertising.

    TL;DR Technically amazing, lots of respect to the countless people who worked on this game. Improvements on game play were there but not too big. Dragged down greatly by the story that didn't live up to the first game. Story can be a downfall for a game, especially this franchise that was built upon having a great story in the first place. I will say that my scoring decision had a heavier weightage towards story because of this.    … Expand
  8. Gostavovinicius
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    Já zerei o jogo e achei muito bom, claro a morte de alguns personagens que eu não queria mas essa é a vida kkkkk, gameplay sensacional tanto é que já platinei o jogo essa semana
  9. bigstankdickdad
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    Not a 1 out of 10 but not good either. As a matter of fact I'd say it's perfectly balanced on both sides. From a technical standpoint this game is an achievement across the board. The graphics are jaw dropping, performances are fantastic and the gameplay is the same gameplay I loved from the original game albeit with some improvements. Unfortunately I can not sing the same praises to theNot a 1 out of 10 but not good either. As a matter of fact I'd say it's perfectly balanced on both sides. From a technical standpoint this game is an achievement across the board. The graphics are jaw dropping, performances are fantastic and the gameplay is the same gameplay I loved from the original game albeit with some improvements. Unfortunately I can not sing the same praises to the story. Simply put, it just didn't work for me. in a vacuum the story and themes are competent but as a long awaited sequel to one of the greatest games ever made (in my humble opinion) this is easily the single most disappointing game i've ever played. Even without the context of the original, the game's over reliance on flashbacks destroys the pacing with brief 30 minute interruptions at best and at worst, forcing the player to trek through 10 hours of gameplay before resolving a cliffhanger. Naughty Dog took a risk with this game which I respect but don't necessarily agree with. In all, while the game is undeniably a technical masterpiece, the story just feels inconsistent with the characters and themes of the first.… Expand
  10. metraton
    Aug 26, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La historia no continuó con lo que se mostró la primera entrega horrible y muy decepcionado… Expand
  11. Mainin
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not great, not terrible.

    Like when the main character dies after 2 hours, it's not very good    … Expand
  12. Rottentrails
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    It's ok kinda fun for half of the time gets really boring was hard to finish. I didn't play 1st one but the story seemed to be trying really hard to make you "feel" and came off really forced. I'd wait for a sale price .
  13. PlatinumRolex
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all - I'm a Last of Us watcher - means I don't own a PlayStation and watched part 1 & 2 like a movie. Last of Us was excellent at its time. Last of Us Part 2 was a disappointment. Joe getting killed off in chapter 1 even after saving abbys life is just stupid. The game was watchable till the fight between Elli + Abby. The 2nd half of the game I didn't even care to watch and so I skipped through it within 2-3 minutes. Abby is the "enemy" uninteresting 'ugly' character. I don't envy any PlayStation player who had to play through 2nd half of the game. 5/10 as the first half of the game was watchable even there were flaws included like that everything happens in one place/town. Fair enough.… Expand
  14. Lorny92
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Visually the game is stunning! And the gameplay was fun and terrifying at times.
    The combat was greatly improved and also loved the fact that there was more workbenches ahah
    However the story was a big **** mess!
    Killing off the main character early on in the game by some hulk of a woman who’s dad was some random npc in the first one.
    Making you play as the **** for half of the game to try and sympathise with her and learn her story (doesn’t change my mind,still hate the ****)
    Making Ellie seem like the villain (also makes you kill dogs while Abby plays fetch and can pet them) Kills off Jesse and somehow overpowers Tommy? Logic
    Also Ellie lets her magically go off into the sunset with lev (who is cool) and Ellie loses everything!!!
    It just doesn’t make a good story,the first was a masterpiece and this just destroys it!!
    Even the trailers were misleading by showing Joel in scene’s when he is blatantly dead by then.
    Urghhh.
    ****



    youfetch    … Expand
  15. Basstardoman
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lo malo
    Las mecánicas del juego no son muy diferentes a las de la primera entrega, y la Inteligencia artificial de los enemigos deja mucho que desear, haciéndolos totalmente predecibles y repetitivos, el sonido está en general esta mal implementado, suele confundir la verdadera distancia de los enemigos, la historia está pésimamente desarrollada, y tienes muy poca libertad de desicion en el juego, el final se vuelve prefmdecible y jugar con Abby se hace insoportable, y no es que sea un mal personaje, pero la forma en que la historia la presenta dejan cero ganas de empató ar con ella, las motivaciones de Abby y el enfado de Ellie con Joel dan la sensación de tirar por la borda todo el TLOU 1, y eso quinta las ganas de volver a jugar y para que hablar de lo poco satisfactorio y la nula recompensa que se siente al terminarlo

    Lo bueno
    Increíbles gráficos, animaciones muy bien logradas, buena banda Sonora, y creo que lo mejor es el gore que ofrece el juego más que muchas otras entregas pero más allá de eso nada mas

    Mejor parte del juego, el flash back de Ellie con Joel en el parquede dinosaurios, si bien es poco lo que se juega en esta parte, sin duda esperábamos muchas más interacciones con esta dupla.... Una lastima

    El juego se puede disfrutar la primera vez, pero creo que todos los factores ya mencionados hacen que su rejugabilidad sea aburrida, me quedo con el TLOU 1    … Expand
  16. DV3829
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    Me gusto los gráficos la inteligencia artificial está súper los enemigos son más inteligentes la jubalidad está bien , la jubalidad con Abby no le gusto, la muerte de Joel era necesaria para el desarrollo de la trama el final estuvo bien, ellie se dio cuenta que matando a Abby que iba a conseguir que volviera de los cielos pues no, sabía que no iba a volver que ya lo hecho estaba, se daMe gusto los gráficos la inteligencia artificial está súper los enemigos son más inteligentes la jubalidad está bien , la jubalidad con Abby no le gusto, la muerte de Joel era necesaria para el desarrollo de la trama el final estuvo bien, ellie se dio cuenta que matando a Abby que iba a conseguir que volviera de los cielos pues no, sabía que no iba a volver que ya lo hecho estaba, se da cuenta que la mejor manera de pasar ese dolor era perdonar, al final nos relevan que ellie trató de perdonar a Joel por lo que hizo. pero por su murte no se pudo decide de comenzar una nueva vida con tina y el hijo concluí sin… Expand
  17. Eduatp
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    Lack of decision making from the player, feels more like a bad, long and unnecessary narrative movie.
    The soundtrack is good, but it might be the only thing that is good. There is no new mechanics and the story doesn't make sense.
    If you played part 1, I wouldn't recommend ruining your good memories.
  18. Badrobot404
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    The First game had the power to make us binge the game as fast as possible due to the amazing story created by the Father - Daughter bond between Joel and Ellie. And we all loved the fatherly figure of Joel.

    That bond was always the catchy element of the tlou. The 2nd Game swiftly severed that love. I believe no other story could rectify that . This game may have a powerful story as the    The First game had the power to make us binge the game as fast as possible due to the amazing story created by the Father - Daughter bond between Joel and Ellie. And we all loved the fatherly figure of Joel.

    That bond was always the catchy element of the tlou. The 2nd Game swiftly severed that love. I believe no other story could rectify that . This game may have a powerful story as the critics say, but it is with a dark story and is not what was expected after all waiting for 7 years. They could have atleast upped their execution.

    The Gameplay, Sounds, Design all were top notch. Those were the work of the crunched developers rolling through the countless overtime hours they worked for. I could point out the small details that made the Gameplay much more realistic. Looking forward to unique games like the tlou in the future. Gameplay - 10/10
    Story - 5/10

    Gameplay - 10/10
    Story - 5/10    … Expand
  19. EJux
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    The only thing better than Part 1 is the upgraded graphics and combat but unfortunately the story is dreadful and poorly written and for a single player only game it falls short of any GOTY awards for this matter alone. It felt like a chore playing this game & the second I finished the game I deleted it to make room for something better. Visuals are nice but no decent story merits 5/10 at a push.
  20. Dvazhdydva4re
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    Magnificent story and beautiful graphics performance.

    Story like a rollercoaster, but it really strong and interesting
  21. Masterkek
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    Eh... The game play is ok but nothing special from the previous one. Main problems are with the story and characters (pregnant at the front lines, easy forgettable and sometimes idiotic).. Playing Abby was tiresome, Ellie gets less than half of the game time and she gets far less things then Abby, don't want to get to the spoilers but it's shown like the game forces us to like Abby and hate Ellie.
  22. DenFri
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    The graphics are cool, the plot is diarrhea, propaganda, you can continue almost endlessly.
    P.S:1 part was cooler in everything
  23. Daniel2289
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    La jugabilidad y los gráficos destacan mucho, peor la historia es el punto flaco, la manera en la que cuentan la historia, mediante Flashbacks, no funciona, corta las emociones de la historia y se maneja de una manera muy tortuosa. Lastimosamente arruinaron toda la historia que crearon en la 1.
  24. dusktilldawn666
    Jul 17, 2020
    5
    Gameplay is good, story not so great.
    A lot of work has obviously been put into this video game but the direction is confused and disappointing. This is a game made by a writer instead of beng made by a game-designer and it shows. The occasionally fantastic, yet drawn out gameplay seems un-important to the the disjointed soap-opera like cut-scenes. Original characters feel pointless to    Gameplay is good, story not so great.
    A lot of work has obviously been put into this video game but the direction is confused and disappointing. This is a game made by a writer instead of beng made by a game-designer and it shows. The occasionally fantastic, yet drawn out gameplay seems un-important to the the disjointed soap-opera like cut-scenes. Original characters feel pointless to the main objective. Additional flashbacks redeem it from total loss. I commend the attempt but it does not play out well for me. As a sequal to a beloved story driven game it disappointingly comes of as force fed teenage fan fiction.    … Expand
  25. Hannahkiin
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    A masterpiece! It's incredible the way in wich the history connects and everything makes sense. It made me pass through a lot of emotions, and got me attached to the characters. Tottally loved the game.
  26. Reviewer_95
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I felt that this game did a lot wrong, but also did a lot right, the game play felt fun through most of the segments, the levels were interesting and in my opinion dynamic, however, one of the major problems with the game is by far the ending, a lot of people complain about the beginning of the game(which is justified in some aspects) but the worst damage is done by the ending. Before the ending of the game, i could really see myself coming back to play through again on new game plus but by the time i made it past the last segment with the new enemy faction and that miserable ending, i felt like going back to play this game would be a waste of time especially with the lackluster ending that makes you wonder why you decided to play the game in the first place.… Expand
  27. TacitusJ
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Many good things about the game. However, the story was very disappointing. I went in expecting to have a great experience with the characters I fell in love with in the first game. Not the case...
    The pacing of the game was not very good either, felt very stagnant at times, like the game just stopped progressing. The ending was very depressing and disappointing as well. The gameplay could have been better. Felt like no matter what I did to be stealthy I would be forced into a situation of being seen or would be seen while hiding. So stealth was not very good which I personally enjoy the most in games like this. Overall probably won't go back and play again, at least not until a long time has passed and I am looking for a game to just fill my time between new releases.    … Expand
  28. Suspicious
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    Pro: Graphics beautiful, sounds. Improved game controls
    Con: Story not great. Cheated by J's death, and ending. No replayability
  29. Linknoid
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 5 for the gameplay, the history e the worst i have play.
    you have an objective entire game and its the only thing you desire to kill abby and its the only thing you cant do.
    Still have the Joel problem, i accept his dead, but naught can do a better end to him, like a sacrifice to save Ellie, but his end like a **** a all time saying his a worst villain of word.
    Poor thanos kkk....    … Expand
  30. MarkoPollo
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So I first want to say this, I am not homophobic. But y’all seriously needed to chill on the agenda thing. Naughty Dog, you Practically destroyed all the male characters, and not because they’re male, but because we’ve, as a community, have come to know and love these people; Cough cough- JOEL AND TOMMY oh and Glen from TWD. And then we get to see Abby, whose ridiculously huge, and I say this is ridiculous not because there’s anything wrong with a buff woman, but because IN THE MIDDLE OF AN APOCALYPSE YOU HAVE A WOMAN WHOSE BUILT LIKE A TRAIN. Doesn’t make sense. How is she this huge? What, does she have a stash of steroids or something? Kinda silly if you think about it. It’s just forced. The whole girl power thing is just forced and people hate it..because it cost our beloved characters to get the boot. Idc what agenda you put in a game as long as it works and your not shoving it down my throat. In reality nobody cares. People play games to escape reality. And look....all great heroes have an end, I don’t mind Joel dying, it’s the way you killed him you fool. Neil, man...you told us back in 2016 that the main focus of this game was JOEL AND ELLIE. You lied and decided to bring She-Hulk into the mix. And then you’re gonna try to play with our emotions, trying to make us feel sorry for this chick after what she did, and what she continues to do throughout the story. I’m sorry but a lot of us don’t have enough empathy for her, even after we find out the plot twist. That’s just my story review. However is the story-telling bad? No. It’s not a bad story. It works. But for a hardcore Last of Us fan, it’s not gonna pass. You literally took away the heart and soul of the game. For a newcomer however, they’d most likely like the game. Gameplay as always is AMAZING, that’s really the only thing I reallyyyyt love.… Expand
  31. Spiffyy
    Jul 10, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Where to start. I guess to give my opinion on the whole "killing characters" controversy. Having Joel die is fine, honestly. The writers clearly wanted to have that as the main driving point of the story and for the spotlight to be on Ellie rather than Joel.

    The story-telling as a whole was poorly structured. I liked the flashbacks of moments that have relevance in character development. Although I feel like there should have been more mystery. Maybe not open with the previous game's main character dying. Like I said, it's fine he did, but maybe give the players a moment to get back into the game, the story, the franchise and reconnect with the characters. That way, the death would have made much more impact on the audience.

    Okay. Onto the worst part - Abby. Just... why? Why the **** do we play as the main antagonist? Half the game was spent playing as her and I hated every single moment of it. Remove her parts, and you've got a pretty good (but still not great) game.

    Keeping on the Abby subject but also going back to the story's structure, if you want us to care about a newly introduced character, maybe develop their character BEFORE you show their bad side? It's clear they wanted us to care about her otherwise we wouldn't have seen so much of her personal relationships, such as that with Owen.

    If anything, they should have made us play Abby's parts either before Ellie's parts, or play each character day by day. Playing as Abby and having radio calls about an event you later play through as Ellie would have been really interesting. Also, don't leave us on a ****ing cliffhanger with Abby finding Ellie, Dina, Tommy and Jesse at the theater to then play the second half of the game. When that happened I was so ****ing frustrated and just wanted to know what happens. If they brought both character's story-lines to that point simultaneously - that would've been great. I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of players stopped playing when it got to Abby's half of the game. The only thing driving me through her parts was wanting to know what happens, I didn't give a **** what was actually happening DURING Abby's parts.

    The gameplay overall was fine. It kept to the tried and true gameplay of the first game. I appreciated the fact they didn't try to change the formula to something completely unrecognisable from the first game.

    The graphics and environments were incredible.

    Overall, fine game. Enjoyable for half of it, emotional ending (though not as emotional as the ending of the first). I feel like they could have done a much better job with the story they had if they just structured it a bit better.    … Expand
  32. sacandia
    Jul 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La historia de Ellie es buena, pero al introducir la historia de Abby se vuelve aburrido.
    La jugabilidad es buena, los gráficos son buenos y la música o soundtrack lo mejor que tiene el juego que es lo que mas influye en la nota.
    De desperdicio mucho dinero en promocionar el juego que no vale lo que cuesta    … Expand
  33. Livsy
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    Просто средняя игра, явно не стоит того хайпа вокруг нее. Слабее первой части, в плане персонажей и взаимоотношений между ними. Но лучше в плане графики и геймплея. Игра не плохая но и явно не шедевр, могло получиться намного лучшеПросто средняя игра, явно не стоит того хайпа вокруг нее. Слабее первой части, в плане персонажей и взаимоотношений между ними. Но лучше в плане графики и геймплея. Игра не плохая но и явно не шедевр, могло получиться намного лучше
  34. VARRVELL
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    Сюжет сносит крышу, очень мощно. Игра потрясающая и прекрасная. Да игровая механика не сильно отличается от 1 части, но стала выше на голову или две. Никакой пропаганды в игре не заметил.
  35. KineticKV
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unfortunately, TLOU2 is a flawed game, with some questionable decisions in story telling, pacing and direction. However, it is worth playing, and from a pure technical and gameplay perspective, quite stunning.

    I'll start first on the technical side of things, which is where this game truly shines. In this respect, TLOU2 is a masterpiece. Graphically, the game is gorgeous, one of the best looking PS4 games to date, and certainly a stunning way to cap of the PS4's end of life. The environments are richly detailed, from Jackson's winter snow covered climate, Seattle's rain soaked depressing atmosphere and Santa Barbara's hot, dry heat. The PS4 Pro was able to render them all with great clarity and stunning lighting at 1440p. As a PC gamer predominantly, the 30fps was annoying, as was the controller, however, I think these annoyances can be overlooked - although I would love the series to come to PC one day.

    While it suffered in some areas from drops under 30fps (mostly interactive water environs), for the most part it was completely playable. The Temporal Anti-Aliasing, nice film grain, filmic colour grading and beautiful lighting (using pre-baked and indirect lighting effects), especially the global illumination lighting effects, simulating colour bleeding from light on different materials (which was impressively implemented) brought the game and the richly cluttered and living environments to life. The environments ranged from quite large open areas like the large Seattle map, to more guided closed areas in the later game. I don't think an open world design would have been of benefit for this title, and was best served with map design seen in game.

    The story however is quite clearly an area which has received some very critical reception, and rightly so. While I didn't hate the story, in fact I enjoyed some parts of it, I didn't like it either. It is for the most part a story of revenge, and very little else, there is nothing original here. There are moments of redemption and clarity of thought for the characters, but in the end, it was an eye for an eye revenge adventure plot that did not succeed, leaving the player empty, angry and wondering what was it all for. Maybe that was the point of the story? If so, it's not appreciated. The game is undeniably bleak and hard to enjoy in many parts, which is a shame, given that TLOU1 was such a fantastic game with a brilliant story. Forcing the player to play from the viewpoint of the "antagonist" for essentially the entire last half of the game was clearly an attempt to try and show to the player how perceptions and points of view are never truly what they seem, nor a persons intentions - for Abby it was about justice, for Ellie it was about vengeance.

    There were some really great parts to the story, the best being the flashbacks to Joel and Ellie's moments in the past, both good and bad and their journey from close bond, shattered relationship and eventual renewal - although this never came to pass given the story events. These good moments were few and far between though. When we get to know Abby, she is not quite the evil murderer that she is initially portrayed to be, and much like Ellie, a product of her surroundings and history, that fact is established at the start. This does not absolve her of her actions though - Abby's justice was directed solely at Joel, while Ellie's revenge was directed at everything to do with the WLF, purely by association with Abby. In the end, Ellie evolved into a worse person than Abby, destroying her character. Abby's initial introduction into the game with her hate filled and violent introduction as she beats Joel to death for the murder of her father did not lend her to being an easy character to either play as or to empathize with. There is much more to say, but not really enough space. To sum it up, the story is flawed, imperfect and hard to digest, but ultimately, still worth experiencing.

    The gameplay is much like any other Naughty Dog title with survival elements, scrounging for supplies etc. It's fun, and a refinement on previous titles. While it's nothing groundbreaking, it does the job well. However, some elements like restrictions on ammunition amount make little sense. As a PC gamer, the camera felt overly claustrophobic, which is something that console titles have always had an issue with. But apart from small issues like those, it was still fun from a gameplay perspective.

    Over all, I'd rate TLOU2 a 5 out of 10. This game is by no means perfect like most of the mainstream gaming media portray. It's most glaring issues are those involving story and the essential destruction (deconstruction?) of those characters we came to love in the original game. That is not easily overlooked. However from a clear technical point of view, the game is stunning, richly rendered and always looks beautiful. EDIT: Changed from 7 to 5, in light of actions by Sony and ND and their doubling down on stupid.    … Expand
  36. Hugovenus
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    I'm writing this review after just finishing the game and as a big fan of the 1st one I was pretty disappointed with the story of this one. If there's anymore last of us DLC/games I won't be buying them. I'm not sure how the critic reviews are so high, guessing they didn't play till the end, the current user score of about 5 is fair I think as there is good parts to this game. The game isI'm writing this review after just finishing the game and as a big fan of the 1st one I was pretty disappointed with the story of this one. If there's anymore last of us DLC/games I won't be buying them. I'm not sure how the critic reviews are so high, guessing they didn't play till the end, the current user score of about 5 is fair I think as there is good parts to this game. The game is really well made with great graphics, sound and gameplay.

    The main problem unfortunately is the biggest part of a game like this, the story. Firstly the characters are all pretty terrible and unlikeable, the worst is Abby and the game makes you play as her far too often and for too long. I mean you are playing as a character that you don't actually want to succeed, if the game actually let me kill her and skip all her parts (of course that can't happen) I would of enjoyed it a lot more as it was a chore to play as her. I know why the writers made as play as her so we could see that "just because you are bad guy doesn't mean you are bad guy" and that actions have consequences. She does at least have a character development arc unlike Ellie and is almost likeable at the end. Secondly the story is too long and didn't know when to end, it could and should of ended at the farm sunset scene. Would of probably given it a 7 if it had ended then. Lastly the story doesn't make sense (character motivations don't make any sense) and isn't enjoyable as it's just too dark and doesn't have any pay off at the end. You really have to wonder how it got point of being made, kind of like the last season of Game of Thrones. The world of the Last of Us is so interesting and has so much potential and it was all wasted, the mini stories in the collectibles were more interesting than the main story.

    Overall I would say don't buy this game unless it's on sale for about £15 and you really want to see what the fuss is about.    … Expand
  37. BostonKevin
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    Good gameplay with poor storytelling/underdeveloped characters. Over half of the game is flashbacks which destroys the pacing of what could have been intense moments. Much of the character decisions don't make any sense, and are just used to move the sub-par story forward
  38. Mrbubbles117
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    After eagerly waiting many years for game where I could play as Ellie and Joel. Only for the game rip that dream and stomp on it. Forcing you to play a character I could care less about. From the many plot holes to the repeative gameplay.
    I was hoping to give this game a higher rating even with the stunning visuals and heart strung music. Most of this grade comes down to story telling. I'm    After eagerly waiting many years for game where I could play as Ellie and Joel. Only for the game rip that dream and stomp on it. Forcing you to play a character I could care less about. From the many plot holes to the repeative gameplay.
    I was hoping to give this game a higher rating even with the stunning visuals and heart strung music. Most of this grade comes down to story telling. I'm not sure if they truly knew what they wanted to tell and if this was it , I couldn't be more disappointed. 5.5/10    … Expand
  39. IncShip
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    This game is one of the best I have ever played. It is unrelenting and makes you stop and ask yourself what you have just done. Brutal! I have never felt so emotionally invested in a game which may be why people are having a hard time accepting it but they need to realize it is a story. Told in a linear way and was done amazingly.
  40. Dannys8921
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    Disappointing. While I think it is tough to follow up the first Last Of Us game (one of the best games I have ever played), they missed the mark. The graphics are great and the gameplay is good, but I am going to focus on the story for this review. I didn't like it. I didn't want Joel to die but if you make that happen, you should not put it at the start of the game. The pacing is poor andDisappointing. While I think it is tough to follow up the first Last Of Us game (one of the best games I have ever played), they missed the mark. The graphics are great and the gameplay is good, but I am going to focus on the story for this review. I didn't like it. I didn't want Joel to die but if you make that happen, you should not put it at the start of the game. The pacing is poor and the story isn't necessary. Abby's story is actually okay, but it drags out forever and you should've had to play it before you know she kills Joel because the entire time you just want her to die. Nobody in this story is in the right, but you root for Ellie and Joel because of the first game. Parts of it felt very unnecessary. I couldn't form a real opinion on Jesse and Dina, because you barely get to know anything about their characters. As for the ending: this really made me disappointed. I think the game saves some grace with me if it ends with Ellie and Dina and the baby, and mix in a flashback like the one the game finished with. Instead, she leaves the life and family she has and goes off to kill Abby and when Ellie gets there, she doesn't even kill Abby. One thing that bothers me about games is when they lose the player with the timeline. I like flashbacks, but I was left with many questions. How long was Joel and Ellie in Jackson before Seattle? How did Ellie and Dina find a way to survive after Seattle? Did they go directly back to Jackson presumably? How long did they stay there? How long were they living in the house at the end of the game? How long was Ellie gone? What happened to Dina and the baby? I wish the game has a DLC (it probably wont) to maybe fix some of the plot holes, but I doubt it. I would really prefer if they didn't make a third game to try and correct it, but they probably will. They should leave it as it is- A fantastic first game, and a very, very disappointing sequel.… Expand
  41. Sm0keyTarantula
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    I waited 7 years for this! What a disappointment.

    Now, the graphics were a solid 9/10. The gameplay was more of 8/10 for me. It was fun for sure but unfortunely, there was nothing innovative in part 2 and the fighting does get repetitive. But the story, uff..... 2/10. It was brave what Druckmann & co. tried to do, but it didn't work. I don't mind the death of a certain character,    I waited 7 years for this! What a disappointment.

    Now, the graphics were a solid 9/10.

    The gameplay was more of 8/10 for me. It was fun for sure but unfortunely, there was nothing innovative in part 2 and the fighting does get repetitive.

    But the story, uff..... 2/10.
    It was brave what Druckmann & co. tried to do, but it didn't work. I don't mind the death of a certain character, but my problem was how and when it happened. It was out of character and felt rushed. And the Abby story? My gosh, I really couldn't care less about Abby and her friends and just wanted to run through her story as fast as possible. At one point they showed a friend of hers in a body bag, and we were supposed to feel sad or shocked he was dead. But honestly, I had no clue who the dude was. That's how little character development these guys got.

    Dina and Ellie were definitely cute together, I just wished the built up Dina's character and her relationship to Ellie more because until the farm with JJ, they had very little chemistry.

    Oh and the Abby and Owen scene (you know which one I'm talking about) was pure cringe.

    All in all, this game is a 5. Bec the story is way more important to me than graphics and gameplay in a game like this, it will also weigh in heavier.

    I think I would have been happier with Ellie and Joel's story if LoU2 never happened.    … Expand
  42. maynard91
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Look, ultimately I found this game to be disappointing. I know, the people that gave this game a 10/10 are going to dog on me and other people like me. People can be disappointed with a product and leave a negative or mixed review, just because they are bringing up valid criticism towards your game does not mean they are trolls or crybabies, they are just looking at the game through a different critical eye than what you are. For me, the story was the biggest let down. The new characters for the most part didn't land with me, and the ones that did are killed off and quickly forgotten, like they never even existed. Leading up to this game there was false advertising on the content of the game and the story, and obviously there's going to be backlash from that. On top of that if you brag about how you intended for your game to be divisive i think you forfeit your right to complain about half your audience not liking your game. This game literally takes the "revenge is bad" storyline and beats you over the head with it over and over again. Gamers are smarter than that, we know "revenge=bad"....we didn't wait 7 years for that. Correction, revenge is bad unless you're Abby. Abby gets her revenge and in my eyes gets away with it. Ellie loses EVERYTHING. It is also blatantly obvious that they go out of their way to force you to like Abby (Hey, look at how Abby plays with dogs, wow such a great person!). Finally, Metacritic, if you are going to be deleting negative or mixed reviews on your website that are clean genuine reviews then please do likewise with the 10/10 reviews that are either clearly copied/pasted, or are clearly made by bots. Otherwise you are just aiding in the score of this game being artificially inflated. However, I don't think you will do anything, as we all know that is a one way street, they will delete only the fake/suspect reviews that are negative (even just outright deleting legitimate negative reviews), but they will leave the fake 10/10 reviews alone. That is how it works. This game IS NOT a 10/10. It is also not a 0/10. Even though I believe this game is a 5/10, realistically it is probably around a 6/10 or a 7/10, at its absolute highest 8/10...but anymore than that and you're just pretending, I'm sorry.… Expand
  43. Oweezy
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing game and great story. I love the first game and wasn’t sure I needed a sequel. After playing it though, it was well worth it. You must play this game with an open mind for being a story about lost and finding one self. It isn’t about the revenge story, as it’s more about different perspectives and that understanding them will sympathize you with the story. It’s about how Elle never found her reason to move on and live after the results of the first game. Certain character’s actions causes these terrible consequences and If you choose to not understand then because you don’t like certain elements then you are on a blind path just like Elle was.… Expand
  44. Hossein_hz
    Jul 17, 2020
    5
    وقتی یک بازیو بازی میکنی که داستان توش مهم ترین چیز ممکنه نمیتونی تقسیم بندیش کنی و به هر قسمت جداگانه نمره بدی چون لست ۲ از همه چیز بجز داستانش ۱۰ از ۱۰ میگیره ولی متاسفانه داستان باعث شده تمام اون محاسن دیگه به چشم نیاد. دقیقا مثل سریال گیم آف ترونز که فصل آخر رید به چیر و الان هیچکس دیگه گیم آف ترونز یادش نیست. لست اف اس ۲ بزودی مثل گیم آف ترونز فقط یک خاطره بد گیمی میشه که وقتی بهوقتی یک بازیو بازی میکنی که داستان توش مهم ترین چیز ممکنه نمیتونی تقسیم بندیش کنی و به هر قسمت جداگانه نمره بدی چون لست ۲ از همه چیز بجز داستانش ۱۰ از ۱۰ میگیره ولی متاسفانه داستان باعث شده تمام اون محاسن دیگه به چشم نیاد. دقیقا مثل سریال گیم آف ترونز که فصل آخر رید به چیر و الان هیچکس دیگه گیم آف ترونز یادش نیست. لست اف اس ۲ بزودی مثل گیم آف ترونز فقط یک خاطره بد گیمی میشه که وقتی به یادش میفتی میگی حیف اون گرافیک و گیم پلیو صداگذاریو فلانو فلان و حیف اون لست اف اس ۱ که نابودش کرد داستان… Expand
  45. AdditionReview
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have tried my absolute best to like this game. But despite excellent gameplay and graphics, the story just doesn’t work. I spent 30 plus hours lying to myself that by the end, it would all make sense. And everything would come together. However all I was left with was a confused mess, that tries far to hard to be shocking and edgy. It’s all over the place with different characters and time periods. There’s a complete lack of momentum. Old characters are handled badly. And new characters are wasted, due to how they are introduced and set up. To add icing onto the cake... the entire story is kind of pointless. Nothing is resolved, and everyone has just had the worst time. The story is a real shame. The graphics and gameplay are solid. It’s a well made game, that had limitless potential. Unfortunately, although I appreciate naughty dog’s ambition with the plot. It just didn’t work. It’s so bad, that it spoils the game.

    I have just completed the game, and I feel exactly how I felt after watching the last Jedi. I didn’t hate it... but I kind of wish it had never happened.

    Naughty dog, A for effort, but D for outcome. Please take onboard fans criticism instead of insisting we didn’t get the game. We did... we appreciate what you tried to do. But it didn’t work. Things that would have helped the story.
    1. I have no issue with dying dying, but he should have had a better exit. Make it so that Abby refuses to help him up during an escape from the infected after learning who he is. Then being conflicted with her decision afterwards. And so the revenge part makes sense. Have Ellie be there. Have Abby then push Ellie down. And Joel dies saving Ellie one last time. Even have it so Ellie has to kill Joel before he turns. This would add so much more to the end of the first game. Ellie loses Joel to an infection she was supposed to cure. If Ellie needs more of a reason to revenge on Abby. Have Abby also release infected into Jackson, to aid her escape. Dooming hundreds.
    2. Abby had potential. But you needed to make us bond with her before she killed Joel. Personally I liked her gameplay. Had she been in a different game unrelated from this mess of a plot. I would have given her a chance. 3. Have a decent twist. Make it so Abby is also immune. Her dad knew this all along... but couldn’t go through with it. So started using/finding other people with forms of immunity, so he didn’t have to kill her. Have Abby find this out during her segment (so her play through has a point, and doesn’t drag). With her eventually realising that her father and Joel weren’t so different. 4. Have her and Ellie have more screen time out of beating the hell out of each other. So they can understand each other’s side of the story. This way, it actually makes sense why one lets the other go. They can even bond over their immunity. This game is not awful. But it’s certainly not good. And it has the potential to be fantastic with some revision to the story. This can all be done whilst keeping the basic bones of the story. And it would drive home the intended message, far better than the over the top nonsense it is now.    … Expand
  46. Derlahoya
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    good gameplay good story great overall.
    love this game. just play and open your heart you will be get the massage .
  47. cheems_shileno
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. el juego nos una mierda como alguno dicen pero tiene algunos fallos bastante grandes diría yo ya que parece que los escritores de la historia no conocieron al joel del primer juego ya que este joel parece no tener instinto de supervivencia ya que confía en abby como si nada y que yo recuerde joel en el primer juego no confiaba en nadie, en conclusión si jugaste el primer juego no te lo recomiendo pero si no lo haz jugado es te lo recomiendo ya que solo encontraras fallos si jugaste el primero… Expand
  48. JAKETAD
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gave this game a 5/10.

    The Gameplay Mechanics were great, Visuals were amazing and the Soundtrack was nice. That's pretty much the only positives I have.

    The Pacing is slow, Story is quite poor, some of the characters deaths were poorly done and some characters are poorly written.

    This game could've been a lot better even with the same story by doing a couple of things differently.

    Did not enjoy playing as Abby, As soon as the characters switched from Ellie to Abby after the Cinema scene, The game got extremely boring. I really didn't care about her story or her friends. I also didn't find her or her friends story sad either, Especially Mel. That's actually one of the reasons I made the score a 5/10. It would've been a 6/10 if we played less as Abby.

    I would've loved to have traveled with Tommy more or maybe travelled with him instead of Dina. I think that would've made the game much better.

    The ending I would say wasn't bad but it wasn't good. I still would've preferred to kill Abby. That's what we spent the whole game doing.

    That's about it, 5/10 for me. Wasn't a bad game, Wasn't good. I was actually enjoyiing playing as Ellie right until we had to play as Abby. After that, I had to force myself through it until the end. By the end, I couldn't really care much about the game anymore which is one of the reasons I said The ending I would say wasn't bad but it wasn't good.    … Expand
  49. VeuntS
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The music was great, gameplay was great, and the attention to detail was impressive. But the story wasn't as good as it could've been.
    The game was all about joel and ellie interaction and we get joel killed at the beginning, which could happen in an apocalypse and after all the enemies he managed to get. But making us half the game play as a character which is hated by the vast majority of players who played tlou part 1, is just nonsense. There were a lot of decisions that could have been much better, this is a game that makes you feel out of character and like you don't even care anymore about what is going to happen in many parts of the game, and that, in a game that got most of its praise because of its amazing story, makes me think that this game was poorly written and badly executed.    … Expand
  50. sketch98
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    I played the original probably a dozen times over the past 7 years. I gave up on this one about 6 hours in from boredom and had more fun spoiling myself by reading the plot summary on Wikipedia.
    Critics are rating this highly because they are judging it as an "experience". Gamers are rating this lowly because we are judging it as a game.
    My rating is entirely due to the game's technical merit.
  51. Mojoboy77
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    I'm not gonna give a long review for this game because everything has already been said. If you want to know why people don't like the game just watch one of the 10.000s of reviews that give extensive and fair reasoning.
  52. harklept
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    Character development for new characters takes a back seat as Naughty Dog desperately tries to guilt the player on their choices, while not having any other choices whatsoever. "You killed the dog, you're a bad person" without any way to deal with the situation in any other way. Manipulative scenes and writing are thrown in for good measure without fleshing anything in an attempt to winCharacter development for new characters takes a back seat as Naughty Dog desperately tries to guilt the player on their choices, while not having any other choices whatsoever. "You killed the dog, you're a bad person" without any way to deal with the situation in any other way. Manipulative scenes and writing are thrown in for good measure without fleshing anything in an attempt to win over players to these new characters. It is entirely possible to write a "an eye for an eye makes the world blind" story, but this didn't satisfy or convey the message well.

    A graphically impressive hollow shell.    … Expand
  53. Ink2
    Jul 17, 2020
    5
    So disappointing, one big forced manipulative **** story. They disconnected me from the characters I loved from the first game. I didn't wait 7 years to play 50% of the game with a character I don't give a **** about(and still don't)! The whole storyline is forced and manipulative ****.
    ND wanted me to forcefully like a character which they didn't even took the time to write in well!    So disappointing, one big forced manipulative **** story. They disconnected me from the characters I loved from the first game. I didn't wait 7 years to play 50% of the game with a character I don't give a **** about(and still don't)! The whole storyline is forced and manipulative ****.
    ND wanted me to forcefully like a character which they didn't even took the time to write in well!
    They tried to make me like her with manipulative writing! It gets a 5 for the beautiful graphics and some beautiful loving parts I got to spend with Ellie. But other than that I will never want to play this game over and over again like I did with the other games. ND also thought of us as idiots apparently who couldn't imagine that there is ''another side'' to every story. We would have gotten th point with 1% of the abby gameplay she got now.
    Very disappointing and fans of the characters that were beautifully build up with us in part one, got **** over.    … Expand
  54. ggibin
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I understand why some people may find it a "miss", forcing the player into doing bad things. However, in my opinion, it is masterfuly done, as it also places the player in the antagonist's shoes. The world is not black and white and everyone is driven by personal reasons. Art direction, music , sound and visuals are pure art. Masterpiece.… Expand
  55. lordofflies92
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    Gameplay: 5 points
    Story: 0 points In my opinion, they should have just went with a new story with new characters that takes place within the same world.
  56. MaddWeslley
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    É um jogo espetacular. A história é cheia de reviravoltas e surpresas. Os personagens são muito bem construídos. O diretor conseguiu superar o primeiro game. O jogo do ano.
  57. Bardiaaaaa
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    Please make part3 fast really fast and you can make a dlc about ellie and dina or some parts tommy . Make part3 really fast please and please we just want to play ellie and some parts dina or tommy . We don’t want to play as abby
  58. UselessNPC
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really can’t believe this was the story we got after 7 years. If you were comparing the two games, this one completely misses the mark story wise. Yes there were some great flashback moments at the museum but that’s where the good parts end.

    I feel they could have left Ellie and Joel’s story alone. There are tons of story arcs to explore. I had a more enjoyable time reading the notes from artifacts that I found.

    I would have preferred them make up characters and develop them rather than this half-baked story we got

    Ellie’s revenge story is so bad it’s comical.
    That’s it, she’s hell bent on revenge at any cost. No character development
    Plot holes
    Returning characters seem very out of character

    The game isn’t awful but it’s not great either, it’s just ok.    … Expand
  59. Dankest_memicus
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There was a quote in the original that Ellie asked "do you think they had friends or family?" And Joel said "it's best not to think about that." This game makes you think about it whether you like it or not - I liked that part. The feeling of you feel like crap, I liked that.

    I hated Dina and Ellie's relationship, which makes up a majority of the game, to where when Ellie leaves her at the theater I was relieved because it felt forced to promote SJW stuff when it could have been handled like Drake and Elena's relationship where it was funny and smart and sweet and great despite their circumstances, but they didn't want that and wanted to go straight for the "if you don't like this relationship than you're a homophobe" type of writing (which is called lazy writing). I actually liked Abby more than Ellie, oh my word. I haven't finished it ven after hearing the leaks and listening to the backlash and all of that. Alot of the hate is out of context because of the leaks and rumors (Abby is trans, homophobic Christian cult), but some of the hate is legitimate (character motivation, and the lost of the character).

    The ending completely through me off from what could have been a good game, my final score is 5/10 because of the atrocious ending that ruined it. Ultimately, the graphics were great, music and sound 2was fantastic, but the story had pacing issues and an absolutely terrible ending.    … Expand
  60. ViniciusReis21
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sorry for the sloppy English, for a game that is acclaimed for its story, the last of us 2 really tries to keep an adult story, but fails miserably, ellie kills everyone on her way to complete her revenge, does not forgive a guy who makes a sandwich for her in a **** apocalypse, but at the last minute decides to forgive the only person who never deserved to be forgiven.
    Who thought that would be a good idea?
    Absurd script decisions, which look like I'm playing any game but the last of us.
    Plot armor to be laughed at, the game tries desperately to get you connected with the character of abby, again failing miserably.
    The only good thing about this waste of game is the graphics and the gameplay.    … Expand
  61. Hexo123
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    Game was awesome, gameplay was good all was good until ending, what a garbage ending I have not seen such a **** ending in my life would gladly return the game completely for a full refund.
  62. spacemanjupiter
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is far from a 10. Just finished it. I'm a graphics whore so I loved the global illumination technique used. It made a present gen game look almost new gen. Almost, because there were clear limitations shown by the aging hardware. Those limitations alone make it not a 10. You can't just go throwing 10's at games when there are clear flaws. There is no such thing as a perfect game and therefore no one should be slapping perfect scores on any game, ever.

    It's one of the best looking games ever made but it still had LOTS of geometry, texture and shadow LOD issues, various glitches, some PS2 quality textures in places not off the beaten path, some places where the baked GI was clearly not present, some frame rate issues on the Pro, a few 'zbuffer' issues, etc.. I've recorded short vids of a lot of this stuff, and a few screenies. The animation was amazing, loved their new animation system and hope that other devs catch onto it. I went to play Spiderman shortly after beating the game and the animation in that game now looks so flawed to me in comparison. ND has the best artists.

    The story… Too many contrived elements. I didn't have a problem with most of the story but treating some of the characters the way they did was unnecessary. This is a video game, therefore it isn't going to win any academy awards. Some sjw stuff was just unnecessarily shoved in my face which I didn't appreciate. The mushy, kissy kissy, lovey dove stuff went too far between E and D, like it was only there for the sake of pushing an agenda. If I had only seen it 2 or 3 times I wouldn't have thought anything of it. But then there were also the hairy armpits.. really? And not just once... Don't push that stuff in my face in a video game. It was almost as if someone high up on the team had a certain fetish.. If you want to argue realism, then you can certainly argue that Abby was a complete caricature because there is no way she could have looked like that without roids, and that isn't at all realistic in a post apocalyptic world. But it's there. So Abby had access to roids, but didn't have access to a razor? Can't argue that she's a dike because she isn't. Dina's a dike so I let that one go. If you look at young Abby she was not a bulky or stocky girl. She couldn't have obtained that look without roids. The look she had after the encounter with Ellie and Tommy, sure, that's possible.

    None of the characters in this game really stood out or were likeable. I just wanted Ellie and Dina both to get murdered somehow pretty early on. Crap characters, forced and way over done romance elements. I was so burnt out on this game by the time I finished Ellie's story, then I had sooooo much more to go than I realized. This game was way, way too long for the type of game it is. It just wasn't fun anymore after a certain point and I was just anxious to get it over with, staying up late trying to force it sooner rather than later. That's never a good sign of a decent game. Overall I'd give this game a 6/10. It isn't nearly as good as the first one and I'm so burnt out on it that I don't even want to go back to the first game to finish a new playthrough I started a few weeks ago. This game should have been split up into two games. Even then, they would both have been quite long if you explored and collected. I don't even think I'd want to see a third one.

    ND is much better at making Uncharted games. I'm now convinced that they just got really lucky with the first game and things just fell into place. Use this great engine and even better GI and visuals for a new Uncharted game. Heck, Nate can even bring his daughter as a sidekick since Sony loves sidekicks so much. Or give us an earlier story that we've never been told, maybe between UC2 and 3, or 3 and 4.    … Expand
  63. wanqiguo839
    Jul 14, 2020
    5
    A good team with a bad screenwriter will cause this tragedy.
    I admit that the game has the best performance among the ps4 pro games, but the plot of this story is such a rubbish that we cannot enjoy it.
  64. Onmatinism
    Jul 14, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’m very disappointed in how the decided to off Joel with him being as smart & deadly as he was in TLOU. Weak. I feel like the story had many directions it could’ve went but it just wasn’t the main concern as you can tell with the lazy writing. It took 7 years just for naughty dog to mess up an extraordinary new IP. There was no point to Joel death because in the end there was no revenge...so after I finished the game I felt very empty. I didn’t understand the moral of the story if there was one. The amazing graphics and gameplay quality can’t save such a dry story concept. Oh & it was very gay.… Expand
  65. Neofuryan
    Jul 14, 2020
    5
    Last of US 1 était aboutit avec un scénario simple éfficace et touchant.
    Ici vengeance et haine ne trouvent réel aboutissement .......... comme les héroines a la fin la vengeance tombe a l'eau !
    Les images et idées pseudo-progressistes du jeu ne servent ni ce dernier ni son scénario. Si il y a une part 3 il faut espérer que Mr Druckmann ne fasse plus partie du projet ......... Choses    Last of US 1 était aboutit avec un scénario simple éfficace et touchant.
    Ici vengeance et haine ne trouvent réel aboutissement .......... comme les héroines a la fin la vengeance tombe a l'eau !
    Les images et idées pseudo-progressistes du jeu ne servent ni ce dernier ni son scénario.
    Si il y a une part 3 il faut espérer que Mr Druckmann ne fasse plus partie du projet .........
    Choses positives du jeux les graphismes magnifiques, sound design parfait, animations superbes et noirceur du scénario qui cadre avec ce milieu apocalyptique.    … Expand
  66. FIS
    Jul 14, 2020
    5
    A OK game, could have made it less repetative. Story was mehh to OK. Would say it's worth playing one time.
  67. IsraKuwait
    Jul 14, 2020
    5
    I can remember when it’s the last time I fall in love with a video game like this it was Final Fantasy X . Last of us 2 is my new obsession
  68. Sarelvdm
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    sarelvdm18

    For the game play in the Last of Us 2, I will rate it 7 out of 10

    For the story line in the Last of Us 2, I will rate it 2 out of 10

    Overall 5 out of 10
  69. Solar_Gamer
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game unintentionally gave players the most immersive experience of a zombie tragedy but not in the way it likely planned to. First, they showed us an ideal life where we were all excited to embrace the sequel and then allowed a zombie writing staff to infect the franchise by sticking its teeth into the arm of the fans via a golf club. However, even after this, I held hope we'd tie off the arm, chop it off, and be able to move on into a new story. What I got instead was a game where the infection spread so much that by mid-game I was playing a character who was an undead version of the protagonist and time-hopping like I was Doctor Who. They tried to make me care with every trick in the book but it couldn't stop it from feeling like I was in a failed marriage. All the joy was gone and all that was left with was an obligation to see it through since I already made the 59.99 commitment. Like I never thought a game would need a Synder cut much less something from Naughty Dog but seriously had they let you played it chronologically & mad a few revisions this could be an 8.5. Alas since the game felt so miserable I can only award it half the points for its graphics and the few parts I liked. I strongly recommend they review their prior titles to relearn what made them great. Things like filling the player with some sense of enjoyment other than just revenge porn & angsty guitar solos. Personally right after playing Last of Us 2 I replayed Uncharted 4 as a sort of cleanse and I'll say it still holds up so I'm confident you guys can do better next time. Just please keep the player in mind and remember to make it about being fun and not whatever else you're doing in the writer's room to intentionally disappoint *cough*, I mean subvert expectations.… Expand
  70. fawadddd
    Aug 22, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I liked the gameplay and loved the graphics and the attention to detail in the environment; props to the developmental team for those.

    The story though. The story left a lot to be desired, with inconsistencies, Battle of Winterfell level plot armor, and just some bad writing in general. I was okay with the twist and Joel's death at first, even though the false advertising is kind of infuriating. Ellie's 3 days in Seattle; I loved. I stayed away from the leaks and went into the game blind and throughout those 3 days I was thinking, hey, why do people not like this? It's great!

    And then came the part which totally turned the game on it's head for me. The ~10 hours playing as Abby. The entire game depends on whether you like and sympathize with Abby or not, and I personally did not. I couldn't care less about her friends, and didn't even flinch on seeing them die one by one. So many WLF characters introduced, literally none of them resonated with me. I mean I don't even remember half of their names, that's how little I cared about them. Probably the only emotion I showed was doing a little celebratory cheer when Tommy shot Manny. That was nice.

    As the game went on, my dislike for Abby increased. I mean it's hard to like someone who takes joy in torture (Joel, the captured Seraphites at the WLF compound she wanted a few moments with) and sleeps with their pregnant friend's boyfriend. Yeah, definitely not endearing. For others like me who didn't like her, the 10 hours playing as her would have been absolutely torturous. I considered dropping the game around halfway through them. No one wants to play that long with an MC they hate.

    And then the ending. By the time it rolled around I was already extremely disappointed with and tired of the game, and it did nothing to change my emotions. Probably made my opinion of the game worse, if anything.

    Looking back on it, I cannot be more disappointed with the game that Naughty Dog put out. As a standalone, sure, it'd be a great game. But as a sequel to The Last of Us? Pretty bad. If they were insistent on putting Abby's part of the story across, there would have been much better ways to go about it.    … Expand
  71. bernatamariz
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. no es la.mejor historia pues resulta bastante obvia despúes de jugar un par de horas, como videojuego es un producto redondo como secuela de un fenómeno de la cultura pop es bastante mediano sobre todo por el protagonismo forzado de la antagonista, que no genera empatía ni la.más.mínima identificación pues es un gran parche su narrativa además de sosa y poco interesante y el juego t obliga a jugR con ella y lo peor t obliga a ser empático y eso es manipilación… Expand
  72. Sassypringle
    Jul 14, 2020
    5
    This game could be analysed like literature. An amazing story and compelling experience
  73. Denisguitar_br
    Jul 14, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Historia pessima!!! Acabaram de destruir uma das melhores franquias dos games… Expand
  74. Acropoli
    Jul 15, 2020
    5
    Las primeras diez horas del juego son muy buenas con Eli, después el juego es tedioso por controlar a Abi durante la mayor parte del juego siendo un personaje que no cuaja en la historia... sin mencionar que la historia denigra a sus mismos personajes. Es un juego donde la historia es un corta y pega donde los mejores jefes, y las peleas emblemáticas no están con Eli, sino con Abi. SinLas primeras diez horas del juego son muy buenas con Eli, después el juego es tedioso por controlar a Abi durante la mayor parte del juego siendo un personaje que no cuaja en la historia... sin mencionar que la historia denigra a sus mismos personajes. Es un juego donde la historia es un corta y pega donde los mejores jefes, y las peleas emblemáticas no están con Eli, sino con Abi. Sin mencionar que es un final inconcluso que no termina de desarrollar la idea general del tema. En otras palabras los personajes principales se vuelven secundarios y tratan de meterte personajes que no tienen carisma ni una familiaridad en la historia.… Expand
  75. Luke-01
    Jul 15, 2020
    5
    I once heard a great piece of advice for writers: don't do anything that will turn your audience against you - if you have something important or difficult to convey, you have to earn the right first.
    You don't achieve this outcome by behaving arrogantly and patronising your audience, by indulging yourself in sadistic little tricks at their expense, or by betraying the very people who have    I once heard a great piece of advice for writers: don't do anything that will turn your audience against you - if you have something important or difficult to convey, you have to earn the right first.
    You don't achieve this outcome by behaving arrogantly and patronising your audience, by indulging yourself in sadistic little tricks at their expense, or by betraying the very people who have afforded you the opportunity to make a sequel based on their loyalty to the original.
    I purposely avoided social media as much as I could on the run up to release, to allow myself the opportunity to play this game without falling prey to leaks or reading any reviews, subsequently avoiding the initial controversy. Therefore my opinion has been formed purely by the experience of playing this game and the first. That fact that I am focusing on the story and the gameplay choices made by the creators, instead of lauding the action and incredible environments, tells you everything you need to know about this game. The narcissism and folly of the authors undermine all of the aspects that were good and will forever sully the Last of Us legacy.    … Expand
  76. NotaJoh
    Jul 15, 2020
    5
    First of all I'd like to say that I loved the first game, it makes me cry every single time at the end of the prologue and it is just crushingly beautiful and human. A character driven, morally ambiguous, dare I say it, masterpiece.
    Sadly the best comparison to the Last of us part II I can make is the last season of Game of Thrones. You know the people in it, it still looks beautiful and    First of all I'd like to say that I loved the first game, it makes me cry every single time at the end of the prologue and it is just crushingly beautiful and human. A character driven, morally ambiguous, dare I say it, masterpiece.
    Sadly the best comparison to the Last of us part II I can make is the last season of Game of Thrones. You know the people in it, it still looks beautiful and you can see the effort and hard work gone into it, but it feels wrong. It's not that I hate the story, it's that it is not character driven anymore but plot/theme driven. It is driving home a point with a viciousness that seems to ignore its own origins. I think the most heartbreaking thing is when the game has moments that are genuinely beautiful and well written that shows the potential this game had and the talent behind it. Again, like GoT it's not that the story itself is bad, it's the execution that is the problem, it's about believability. The idea for the plot was controversial and bold, that however raises the stakes on how to execute it - where it falls short in my opinion.
    Another personal pet peeve is trans representation, this is no criticism of including trans characters in stories, but how. it seems that not enough thought was put into sensitivity reading of the plot when a trans character is repeatedly deadnamed not to mention the emotional suffering said character has to go to for being trans. I also wondered why include a trans character in a game that is essentially about the circle of violence to begin with. It does seem a little like just checking the box "has trans representation" without any deeper thought about how that representation is executed.    … Expand
  77. Crawnless
    Jul 15, 2020
    5
    Great graphics, good soundtrack, well-made locations, normal game-play, terrible disgusting plot, too much SJW.
  78. AntonioMaciel
    Jul 15, 2020
    5
    Melhor jogo de 2020! Gráficos incríveis, jogabilidade perfeita. A história é algo que lhe tira do conforto de tudo que vc está acostumado.
  79. Txnpachi
    Jul 15, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As much as I wanted to love this game I just couldnt. My boyfriend loves the game but me not so much. The Tlou2 doesnt hold true to the main character: Joel. Yea he just saves this random girl from being clicker bait with Tommy and brought her back to her friends and gives out their names but he also knows how notorious he is when he’s done a lot of **** after the breakout. After being saved from the man who killed her father she needs to kill him. Understandable I suppose but thats not how you kill a main and beloved character and in the very beginning of the game. Later as we play as Abby she saves 2 kids because they saved her. Where was the same even slight compassion for Joel? The lies and false advertising is another thing apparently Joel was still supposed to be alive. All I’m saying is this story could’ve gone a different way if they didnt force feed Abby down our throats to make her like-able. I get her side of the story, yea she lost way more in a few days but it was still ultimately her fault. None of her friends would've been killed if she either killed all the people in Joels party(probably didnt want to end up like him) or tortured him for a few days and let him go cause he did save her. Maybe this story couldve been about getting revenge on Abby for torturing him or not. This story could’ve been better.… Expand
  80. herandi
    Jul 15, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The second half of the game is pointless and bland, the gameplay is pretty much a copy of the first game and extremely repetitive and boring. There are some good moments but not enough to save this game.… Expand
  81. Jaydde
    Jul 15, 2020
    5
    The game play and graphics are great but I can't stand the current trend of media of being woke for the sake of being woke
  82. vicemod
    Jul 15, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Abbi should die, ellie loose everything, joel, jesse, even his finger and dina because she left the house and abbie still alive all just to lose, ellie killed a 110000 of innocent people just to get abbie but cant kill the most guilty of al the people she already kill… Expand
  83. Lightfaller
    Jul 22, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics is stunning and the music is atmospheric. Something expected in this generation of consoles. Lots of tiny details that makes the game interesting to play a bit.

    The general gameplay doesn't improve much from its predecessor. You sneak around, you engage in a firefight. I guess you can now swing on ropes.

    The story is something that didn't need to be told. The ending is the same is the first game, the player didn't end up doing the one thing they meant to do at the start of the game. However, the journey in the first game was worthwhile despite the destination. The journey in the 2nd game is excruciating. It's not enjoyable to replay considering the player is mostly alone for the most part. You spend a few hours to save a character that dies anyway. Nothing you do in the game seemed fruitful. Everyone lost everything they had. One gains a foster brother and a hope to meet an organization they used to be in despite everyone they know it in is already dead. Maybe it's a setup for the final game, the nail to Ellie's coffin? I can almost imagine the third game will be Ellie being forcibly killed for the vaccine by this surviving Fireflies group. Whatever the story will be, I won't bother finding out.    … Expand
  84. Cuchi1211
    Jul 16, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Para mi el juego es una maravilla técnica pero en estos tipos de juegos la jugabilidad no es tan INPORTANTE como en un COD aquí inporta la historia, en estilos de historia era simple ellie buscaba la venganza contra abby por la muerte joel para mí no es problema su muerte mi problema es como es su muerte,luego cuando iba a acabar el día 3 en seatle pum 8 horas con abby para nada interesante su historia… Expand
  85. ManBearPig1993
    Jul 16, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly I want to love this game and I'm forcing the playthrough but I just don't. The content is there but the sequencing is so messy. I appreciate what the aim was with the chronology and I'm deffinetely behind increasing positive lgbt representation, but the messy order of things doesn't invest me in the characters enough. It's like having the punchline prior to a joke, it just doesn't land and its just such a crying shame. I feel a lot of the game I'm just rushing through with all these new characters forced upon me to get back to the point I can progress the story again. As time went on I did get slightly behind Abby but I never really connected or sympathised with her and can't get over the fact I may have been a lot more open to her if her plot came first and it was advertised as her being the lead with Joel and Ellie being a surprise twist for the end rather than a tease. Imagine having that devastating moment once you had already bonded with Abby through her and Levs plot rather than trying so obviously to get you to change your mind after making you despise her. I feel that would've been a much more tense inner conflict if we'd gone through her journey only to realise we'd brought her to that moment, not realising her back story or goals and be torn between 2 characters we knew and loved as we suddenly realise who she is. Its almost like part 2 and 3 were both made simultaneously and mashed together. By no means is it garbage there's a lot of class voice acting and visuals here, but given the wait I feel its evident from the fan base a lot more vetting was required. The gameplay really hasn't had any major upgrades from number 1 and I'm surprised so many critics are ignoring this. The combat gets stale very quickly especially if you played through no 1 prior to recap and I honestly don't see how people say its been upgraded or improved dramatically given the time spent developing it. I will still buy and support naughty dog games and it is their vision and creative drive which 9/10 times blows me away, but this is a bit of a failed experiment and what could've been amazing is made quite frankly boring and mediocre by rehashed mechanics and a creative yet misguided narrative… Expand
  86. Fa11en_Angel
    Jul 17, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Beautiful gameplay with rubbish story. We play only for 2 girls: Abby "strong woman" and Ellie. No men playable characters available. Joel was killed in the first hours and all this game is about revenge and LGBT. The transgender "boy" absolutely doesn't mean anything for the story and I don't know why Naughty Dogs added it. Tolerance in post-apocalypsis time where anyone can kill you to grab your stuff and food? C'mon… Expand
  87. Rossino1884
    Jul 17, 2020
    5
    Noiosissimo , lontano anni luce dal primo capitolo , una storia che non ha senso di esistere e allungata all’inverosimile
  88. jovenpablo
    Jul 17, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Going to be fair about this... have a great fun on this game, but i am extreme dessapointed. My critic its not about the base of the story. Vengance; Ellie against the tortures of joel. Its simple and strong for a videogame. My critic is about the plot. Im excluding technical, graphic and inventory aspects. Love those. And of course the IA (the only criticable about the 1st last of us it is same here).. 1st: play with abby..what a horrible character to play with, not charming not funny not grace. They make you hate her, then force you to empathice and worst of all, gave her the best gameplay parts. Never engage with the character or even like it. What a waste..
    2. The characters are kind of stupid: joel and tommy gave the names to the everyone they met (hi im joel.. maybe you heard abbout me. kill thousands. Someone you knew maybe) . then tommy says to ellie in the theater: "its over" and insist to come back to jackson. But then (in jackson) he aforce ellie to hunt abby once again. All because he cant? So tommy (one of my most love character) is a coward.

    3. When abby is about to begin torture joel, they gave you the impression they know each other (but never do). It will be much better that naughty dog work on a dark past of joel (that he torture abby or someone close to her), that way they give logic to the decissions of abby. But no. She tortures joel without regret and joel only shot his dad because his dad threaten him. So much anger in abby doesnt fit. Could fit if she still a bad **** but no, they insist in humanice abby, the antagonist. So redundand. Why cannot her and her group be just evil people.. on the end all of the people ellie kills has his motives and families.. so better do a game of friendship.
    4. Hate that ellie talks abbout abby as "abby" and abby (about joel) as "joel".. by their names.. are they so close? So incoherent. Once again forcing the bond with player (us) and abby (the ****)
    5. Last but not least.. you pardon abby? After you kill half the planet seeking her, you forgive her? Why?

    I think they should work something simplier. Learn abbout game of thrones mistakes. And not try to get impresive, remember that first is a video game that you should like to play. And not a movie you should like to watch.

    Sorry my ingles    … Expand
  89. AP_Skittz
    Jul 17, 2020
    5
    Graphics (10%) - 10
    Gameplay (20%) - 7
    Sound Design (15%)- 9
    Story (40%) - 2
    Characters (15%) - 5

    Final Score - 5.3
  90. Codi-Wan_Kenobi
    Jul 17, 2020
    5
    The gameplay and graphics are very good but adds few new mechanics. Seemlessly transitions from gameplay to cut scenes and vise versa. The story is very devisive and annoying to say the least. Gameplay and graphics: 8/10 Story: 3/10.
    Overall: 5.5/10.
  91. GamersInfuzed
    Jul 17, 2020
    5
    Great but dating story. Very interesting story arc and yet again very beautiful and detailed environments and maps.

    Love the new collectables and the feeling of more freedom while playing the story.
  92. RhoMarck
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I will get to the point. I do not like this game, but in the end I'd have to admit. Its okay. The graphics of the game are amazing, the audio and visuals are the best part of it. In my opinion it falls on the story aspect. The first game did that alot better. Characters act stupid just so that the plot could continue and the ending.. I don't like it at all.. It would have been alot better in my opinion if the player had been given an option, Kill Abby or don't. Plus, if there were choices that affected the story... There aren't. The story is the same pretty much on every gameplay. Joel dies, Ellie goes for revenge. Abby is crucified or something and they duke it out until it ends. So to end my review.. visuals and audio, very good. Story and replaybility, not much… Expand
  93. Sharknado00
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a complete slap in the face to anyone who loved the first. The characters don't act like themselves in an effort to push a lazy story. Going for shock value instead of depth. These great characters and this fascinating world naughty dog created deserved so much more.… Expand
  94. Bilol1234
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly speaking.If this was the part one it would have been the greatest game of 2020. But when you are a sequel to possibly the greatest AAA title game the bar is set pretty high and naughty was nowhere close with part2. Obviously people will less open-minded or bigot probably just for writing this but my only with game was why naughty dog thought they could introduce a character who literally golf drives the MOST BELOVED CHARACTER of possibly all games In the first two hours and then try their best to make us sympathize with the character?I hated her not because of her sexuality or her body which all… Expand
  95. Hansello
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    An amazing journey back to the apocalyptic world of Ellie, Joel and lots of new and interesting characters. I absolutely loved this game. I did find that when the game shifts to another character about half way through it took me a couple of hours to get used to the way the narrative had diverted, but I was glad once I had adjusted. The second half of the game features some of the best setAn amazing journey back to the apocalyptic world of Ellie, Joel and lots of new and interesting characters. I absolutely loved this game. I did find that when the game shifts to another character about half way through it took me a couple of hours to get used to the way the narrative had diverted, but I was glad once I had adjusted. The second half of the game features some of the best set pieces and a great lead up to the finale. Ignore the detractors and try and avoid all spoilers. This beautifully crafted game deserves to be experienced. My favourite game of this generation.… Expand
  96. Squall_wfs
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    Graficamente é primoroso, inclusive as expressões faciais e tudo mais. Porém, a estória é desnecessária, fizeram o que fizeram só pra poder fazer um segundo jogo.
  97. ThatShadyGamer
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    From the highly engaging combat, to the incredibly human and life like characters, this game just lands. Ellie feels like she could be my sister, Naughty Dog do such a good job making you understand the complexities of her personality and her relationships. As for Abby, what a motherf****** badass!! And truly her story is so tragic and one people should have paid more attention to whenFrom the highly engaging combat, to the incredibly human and life like characters, this game just lands. Ellie feels like she could be my sister, Naughty Dog do such a good job making you understand the complexities of her personality and her relationships. As for Abby, what a motherf****** badass!! And truly her story is so tragic and one people should have paid more attention to when playing this game, looking past her swoll exterior.
    The plot is incredibly compelling, driven by the harsh story beat the game opens with!!    … Expand
  98. DiegoXpert
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    Jogo é top demais quem discordar é leigo ou Fanboy do Xbox. Recomendado sem medo.
  99. Magnieto2003
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    I wanted to love this game, I wanted to love it so much that I ignored all of the leaks and the early reviews/opinions. LOU was and still is one of my favourite games and I think one of the greatest games ever made.

    Unfortunately that was not the case for the second installment, putting the politics aside it was a far cry from what the first game managed to achieve. Yes the graphics and    I wanted to love this game, I wanted to love it so much that I ignored all of the leaks and the early reviews/opinions. LOU was and still is one of my favourite games and I think one of the greatest games ever made.

    Unfortunately that was not the case for the second installment, putting the politics aside it was a far cry from what the first game managed to achieve. Yes the graphics and gameplay is better, that is not in question but instead of using those improvements in gameplay it lacks the deep engaging heartfelt story beats that naughty dog managed to perfect in the first. At no point did I feel connected to any of the characters in fact I dident even recognise the ones I knew so well. I found myself bored at various stages of the game, just playing to get through it, this was not an enjoyable experience in any way. It's not a zero out of ten and it's certainly not a ten, anyone that rates it that highly or low have no credibility whatsoever. The last of us part two is an average game trying to be a masterpiece and it tries too hard and fails equally as hard. There is a political side to this game that strangely has absolutely nothing to do with this game but of society. If you feel you need to bully people into buying a game or liking a game you are a despicable human being much like some of those characters displayed in this game ironically. It's okay not to like an idea or a creation, it's also okay to love it.

    In conclusion this game does nothing different, nothing unique apart from highlight the flaws in the personalities of the people who review it, create it and play it.    … Expand
  100. SadDirk
    Jul 18, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story might seem to revolve around vengeance, as both characters want revenge for each other’s actions. However it actually revolves around finding inner peace and forgiveness. This is a good concept executed poorly, as I could not relate to any of the characters; Abby is a muscular woman that can and WILL break you in bed, Ellie has become an arrogant little ****. I have to admit killing Joule made me sad, however it is understandable because it’s a major plot event. I have to admit I played purely for the gameplay, but even then my gameplay was ruined because I had to stare awkwardly at the screen next to my mom BOTH times when Ellie and Dina was getting pretty handsy AND when Abby got porked from behind...therefore I give it a lowish score...The sex was unwanted and uncalled for.… Expand
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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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