The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Cronus_17
    Jul 10, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay 9/10
    Graphics 10/10
    Story 1/10
    Sound 9/10
    Here is what i think:
    I Think that the game is about Joel & Ellie , but for most of the game it's about joel, so why do you kill the main guy ?
    1. shock effect ? really ? apocalyptic/zombie movies did it 1000 times already
    2. they made Joel look "idiotic" by going to strangers and telling them his name ....
    That is a disrespect to the intelect of Joel, the guy was in a cruel world for a long time to know how to survive.He has the instinct of survival.
    3. To think that someone would prefer to sacrifice their daughter to save humanity ,should not be a father.
    so that on itself should not be an argument because why the **** would Ellie want to die.
    Like WTF ,she was Angry on joel for saving her life and lying just to make her feel better ?
    4. About Dina i feel like we don't really get allot of time to be "connected" to her, we don't see enough cutscenes with both Ellie and Dina.
    and yea sure i am your girlfriend , i will join you on a deadly revenge journey for no reason.

    5. Dina is pregnant ??how? WHEN? why? unnecessary thing to add to story...just a reason to put dina aside and let ellie go all alone...
    6. Le'ts also talk about how they killed pretty much all the characters in the game and we didn't get to connect to them.
    7. two sex scenes and two pregnant woman
    8. No option for making choices (i did not kill the doctor in the first game)
    The only thing that i agree with is that
    Life Doesn’t Always Have A Happy Ending
    Everybody are at risk. That is why the game took a path no one likes and not allot of games or movies do it.
    By the way i should also say that the game is not very good for your health , you get depression , anxiety .
    That can cause allot of heart problems , mental problems and shock.
    ALL THAT JUST TO MAKE THE LAST OF US PART 3 ?

    How the story could have been?
    1.Show Abby as Ellie's mom
    or
    2,Kill Dina or Jessie or Tommy and make ellie and joel kill the abby (joel dies in the way)
    or
    3.A huge group makes terror in jackson and now they on the run...
    or
    4.Make a story about other people in the world...    … Expand
  2. CurlyPlays
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Just why? WHY TF NAUGHTY DOG. Gameplay isn't improved too much. I really only give it this score due to the incredible graphics. Yet, the graphics don't save the game because of the horrific story.
  3. Pixelspartan777
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible writing. This is the most unsatisfying game that I have ever played. We don’t even get our revenge, no instead we forgive the person that killed our father figure. What they advertised is not what we got. The gameplay and visuals are amazing but the story and characters are garbage. Unbelievable, I can not believe that we waited 7 YEARS for this disappointment of “entertainment”. If this game gets GoTY then I am finished with games, because I don’t want this garbage to be the future of gaming. I play games to be entertained and not to be lectured.… Expand
  4. zersetzen
    Jun 27, 2020
    4
    Отличная графика, анимации и актерская игра. Игра выглядит слишком хорошо для той клоунады, которую из себя представляет сюжет. Ужасное разочарование после семи лет ожидания. Складывается впечатление, что сами разработчики не понимают, о чем повествует игра.Отличная графика, анимации и актерская игра. Игра выглядит слишком хорошо для той клоунады, которую из себя представляет сюжет. Ужасное разочарование после семи лет ожидания. Складывается впечатление, что сами разработчики не понимают, о чем повествует игра.
  5. UFOcgj
    Aug 14, 2021
    4
    Fantastic graphics, a little bit framerates drop on playstation 4 but not a major issue. Nice gameplay, not too much advance comparing to the first game but enemy AI gets a really big boost. They are smart and hard to deal with. But the story is really poor and the personalities of those characters are unclear and fickle, sometimes confusing. I really want to love Abby for her past and herFantastic graphics, a little bit framerates drop on playstation 4 but not a major issue. Nice gameplay, not too much advance comparing to the first game but enemy AI gets a really big boost. They are smart and hard to deal with. But the story is really poor and the personalities of those characters are unclear and fickle, sometimes confusing. I really want to love Abby for her past and her kindness, but all these poor story and stiff turning make it a impossible thing.… Expand
  6. Netz34
    Jun 26, 2020
    4
    This is the HIGHEST Score that suitable for the Game...
    At fist REMEMBER this game is Story Driven Games... so If the STORY is MESSED UP... That'll make the WHOLE ASPECT Useless...
    With Graphics, Animation, Sound, that Top Notch, on Story Driven Game but you give the Crappy Story...
    That's a DISASTER ...
    Anyone who give this 0/10 is not Helping at all..
  7. lifesthateasy
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    Wow this game was annoying. Beautiful graphics, the same solid gameplay from the first game with some improvements, but DAMN what they did with the story is just abysmal. They butchered our beloved characters and hit us with some that don't make any sense at all whatsoever. Beware that the story will make you angry af but if you liked the gameplay from the first and shiny graphics, it willWow this game was annoying. Beautiful graphics, the same solid gameplay from the first game with some improvements, but DAMN what they did with the story is just abysmal. They butchered our beloved characters and hit us with some that don't make any sense at all whatsoever. Beware that the story will make you angry af but if you liked the gameplay from the first and shiny graphics, it will deliver.… Expand
  8. TylerJL1
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    I'm not going to spam this game with a 0 to be edgy but honestly this game deserves it just in terms of story. I very much enjoyed the first game mainly because of its story. Everything else was just ok in my opinion. With TLOU2, Naughty Dog has butchered the story, which being the most important aspect, sours everything else about this game.

    The first game rewards level completion with a    I'm not going to spam this game with a 0 to be edgy but honestly this game deserves it just in terms of story. I very much enjoyed the first game mainly because of its story. Everything else was just ok in my opinion. With TLOU2, Naughty Dog has butchered the story, which being the most important aspect, sours everything else about this game.

    The first game rewards level completion with a cutscene, how is anyone suppose to want to finish the game when there's nothing to fight for?    … Expand
  9. K01Kitsune
    Jul 25, 2020
    4
    Gamplay is tight and responsive, with thrilling and sometimes straight panicking moments, but in the studios efforts to make the story shocking, it falls flat, and becomes a generic revenge story which isn't bad in itself, but the way it was executed and written leaves A LOT to be desired.
  10. MrMefetran
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    Really terrible story. Nice graphic and sound. Gameplay didn't really changed since last part. DO NOT BUY IT, it's not worth it.
  11. Rrazed
    Jun 27, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I knew Joel was going to die months before the official announcement. but TWO HOURS!? in the game and in such a kick in the face way of the part 1 Fans? So the Game is around 25 Hours game play give or take for the Normal difficulty. Now I will say the graphics are absolutely beautiful the combat is very similar to part 1 ( which is fine ) but a little clunky its nothing much upgraded as they said.

    So the first half of the game is playing as Ellie with Dina for most of it out on a mission for JUSTICE for the brutal torture and murder of Joel by Abby encountering much more of the WLF than infected, despite the hordes you see throughout.

    Ellie begins avenging Joel by taking out the people who where apart of Abby's group, now it is getting slightly fatiguing with all these new characters coming into the game. There was absolutely no connection with these new characters in part 2 in comparison to the connection with Joel and Ellie in the first game you genuinely felt the bond.

    So fast forward through the first half of the story as Ellie, you stay in a Theatre with Dina and then soon to be joined by Tommy and Jesse. Abby jumps Tommy, ellie and jesse run out, Jesse instantly killed with a bullet to the head then a tense stand off between Abby and Ellie cutting to black with abby aiming her gun at ellie.

    2nd half of the Story you play as Abby, which is drawn out WAY TOO LONG, i was hoping it would be a compressed part like left behind in part 1, but no you play about 13-15 hours as Abby? you get some insight and backstory about her which i did not sympathise with her at all. It was really draining me playing as abby rushing through combat areas just to finish this day 1-3 as her ASAP. finally seeing it through hoping there would be some relief back at the Theatre. Tommy distracting abby for Ellie to make an escape but Tommy seemingly killed and I say out loud "of course you kill Tommy too" but to my disgust you CONTINUE PLAYING AS ABBY and HUNT DOWN ELLIE BEATING HER MULTIPLE TIMES.

    Ranting on way too long here but dina and ellie dont day die to Lev questioning Abby, fast forward Lev and Abby are searching for fire-flies that have reformed SO YOU PLAY MORE AS ABBY SIGH. they get captured by a faction called The Rattlers. swaps back to Ellie and Dina on a Farm which is drawn out a bit too long and fatiguing which i initially thought this would be the end game of them just at the farm with Jesses baby. Nope Ellie must end this. Ellie tracks down The Rattler base finds Abby they fight on the beach Abby biting ellies hand off and Abby is on deaths door then a flash back of joel playing guitar makes Ellie spare her all for nothing,

    Joels death all in vain. Ellie returns to an empty farm as dina left, she attempts to play guitar but cannot without her missing fingers and it finishes ellie leaving the farm. This game is a complete blow to the Original fans and disrespect to the original characters. I wont play this again its left such a bad taste and I went into this game with very low expectations still I am disgusted as to how this Story and game turned out, i Regret buying the $300 edition. Game was uninstalled the next day from my ps4, i have put away my ellie statue and anything part 2 related because i do not wish to see the reminder of such disrespect and how out of character the original characters where. Naughty Dog are not one of my favourite Game Devs any longer. It should have ended of Part 1 and part 1 ONLY. ( not to mention the scars, wouldnt they way they communicate draw in infected?)

    ( The ones truly outraged are the real Last of us Fans, not just these people who call it all out as hate and are just blindly praising regardless of how potentially terrible and disappointing it can be )

    Graphics 9/10
    Story 3/10
    Combat 6/10

    Overall: 4/10

    with a side of sour off putting taste you cannot get out no matter how many times you brush your teeth.    … Expand
  12. D45T4N
    Feb 20, 2022
    4
    Boring and repetative gameplay for 30+ hours that was supposed to be justified by the story that is boring and repetative as well. It is full of filler episodes and cliches that are 50 years old classic of post-apocalypse genre but were advertised as groundbreaking and new.
  13. zumlin
    Jul 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра по факту - интерактивное кино. это не экшен, это именно кино, с вкраплениями экшена. И к этому экшену есть вопросы:
    1. что с камерой? камера ведет себя очень плохо - посмотрит в DS-серию, как надо делать камеру
    2. что с управлением? то не прыгается, то не бьется. то можно бежать, то нельзя. по мобам - фиг попадешь. вроде бы это смесь DS + кино, но для DS слишком плохое управление, слишком.

    окей - далее - коль кино - значит важен сюжет. ктото топит что мол ЛГБТ - да пофиг, к эту претензий ноль. минус в том, что все очень непоследовательно. вот она пытает, а вот не может выстрелить. вот она валит людей пачками, а потом не может. обе - взрослеют - но все также идут на поводу мести. хотя по факту это все забывает за год. и эти все чувства разносят в клочья кучу выживщих, поселения и прочее. это какая то сказка, но которая подана как реальность. это повествование учит быть непоследовательным, не держать чувства в узде, убивать по первой прихоти и тут же - не убивать. очень все старанно... не рекомендую. это кино оставляет кучу вопросов и удивление... кино как быть нытиком и истеричкой. и это про всех, не только про девченок. и диким дырами в сюжете... вообщем - Детроит лучше. а в это не играете, не надо...

    плюсы - игра красивая. если бы не злая линейность, то все было бы хорошо... вот и все плюсы.    … Expand
  14. Xplocion
    Jul 8, 2020
    4
    The Good: Graphics look good. The game is out and the useless can delete their videos or posts with theories and conspiracies that if Joel was alive, that if Joel was dead, that if Ellie's mother, that if Ellie's daughter ... the animations are fine (only on objects in first frame or closest). The Weapons customization.

    The bad: It seems like a bad copy of the mix of the Rambo, Final    The Good: Graphics look good. The game is out and the useless can delete their videos or posts with theories and conspiracies that if Joel was alive, that if Joel was dead, that if Ellie's mother, that if Ellie's daughter ... the animations are fine (only on objects in first frame or closest). The Weapons customization.

    The bad: It seems like a bad copy of the mix of the Rambo, Final Destination and SAW movies (excess violence and gore just for the gore itself, violence only for violence, without escape valves). The game is boring. The visual impact of "semi-open environments" is soon over. Action scripted. Weapon customization is good, but magic falls off when there are few bullets and it's more "entertaining" to block and punch some enemies. There are many cracks, chests of drawers and doors that baffle because they are only put there as a decorative wallpaper. Some bugs appear (Ellie without a right arm, blocked faces in the background, blurred faces in distant models, lighting problems with the flashlight, which probably already has a patch in this regard). Scripted sequences “go forward” only go forward (which does look good, but is still a hallway). The restrictions imposed by the embargo imposed by Sony Playstation, Naugthy Dog to the analyzes limiting the opinions to only the first 13 parts of the game and from then on "the doubtful part and the controversial part" do not enter the analyzes, therefore those 10 cannot be sustained.

    The Meh!: No game is perfect. The press knew that the leaks were true and yet they never warned or warned about the changes in the cast, this detracts from their credibility due to the bias of the embargo This game is rated M for “Mature” / PEGI18, so I don't know why they are trying to sell this game to children under 18 who shouldn't be playing it. All that feeling of The politically correct and to be well with the groups that the press gave off for this game on paper sounded "good", in the leaked video it already warned us that it was not what was expected, in the execution it fails since it is not merely fun and it will make you feel bad, a video game should give you other sensations not make you feel bad. This game is not a 10/10, but not a resounding 0 either.    … Expand
  15. SufurIn
    Jul 25, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I preordered the game, but due to the major spoiler I had and the whirl of controversies after the game’s release, I decided to postpone my first playthrough. Here, after a year of calming down the heat, I believe I can play the game with unbiased opinions. First, the graphics is probably one of the best if not the best of the last gen console. It’s really impressive what the programmers at the Naughty Dog did to make all that happen. Second, the gameplay has major upgrades compared with TLOU1. Considering the TLOU series is heavily story-oriented, it’s impressive that so much upgrades can happen from TLOU1 to TLOU2. Last but not least, the story. As I said, both the two games are heavily story-oriented, but what makes TLOU1 unique is not its story but the way the story is told. It’s the details accumulated during Joel and Ellie’s journey that makes the final decision of Joel’s astonishing but reasonable. While in the sequel, innovations are made in terms of the storytelling, but the story itself has big loopholes, which makes the game less enjoyable. I guess the main theme the game wants to convey is the meaninglessness of revenge, but even with the innovative ways of telling the story, the game fails to do so. Instead of filling the players with the void of revenge, the strong emotion of revenge is carried on even more so towards the end of the game. A good comparison I make is with Metal Gear Solid V. MGSV is also about revenge, but the hatred towards the Skull Face and the desire to revenge abates towards the end, with the reasonable storytelling. In conclusion, TLOU2 deserves praise for its beautiful graphics, surprisingly good gameplay, even innovative narrative style, but it fails to convey its core idea because of its poor screenwriting. It would be at least a 7/10 if it’s not a story-oriented game. It’s really a pity.… Expand
  16. Stuffnthings10
    Jul 14, 2020
    4
    The gameplay is as mediocre as its precursor, while it was new and different at the time, it has lost its glamour. The awful story does nothing to save it this time. Disappointing.
  17. GANDIA85
    Jul 22, 2020
    4
    nada nuevo que no se haya dicho ya. los graficos son una auntentica pasada, y son el unico punto a favor del juego. La historia, por su parte, aunque parecia prometedora en los trailes, no engancha nada. En cuanto a los personajes, parece como si el desarrolo de algunos no llevase a nada, salvo a su muerte temprana. Lo he acabado solamente porque lo he pagado. espero que hagan un remasternada nuevo que no se haya dicho ya. los graficos son una auntentica pasada, y son el unico punto a favor del juego. La historia, por su parte, aunque parecia prometedora en los trailes, no engancha nada. En cuanto a los personajes, parece como si el desarrolo de algunos no llevase a nada, salvo a su muerte temprana. Lo he acabado solamente porque lo he pagado. espero que hagan un remaster en PC del TLOU 1, con mejores graficos y un poco de mejora en jugabilidad. por lo demas la IP a llegado a su fin.… Expand
  18. puddles84
    Jun 25, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game play is good, graphics are great but the story is **** SEVEN YEARS we waited just to play as Abby who kills Joel. I mean kill Joel fine but at least let us play the whole game as Ellie not stupid Abby. The worst part is Abby is badass and hits hard but she should have been a spin-off or something else SHE KILLED JOEL. AND Ellie our most beloved character loses everything including playing the guitar the one thing that reminds her of Joel. So dumb… Expand
  19. ItsSuffy
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all, my critic isn't in ANY WAY directed to any aspect of gender as said so by many people who enjoyed the game. First of all, adressing the story problems of "retconning", wich is directly affected by the character of Joel, that dies very early in the game (problematic in this sense and also on the fact that Naughty Dog has put scenes with him in the trailer, but in the final product is another character), making the way for the entire plot of Ellie's revenge. The story by itself is pretty weak and cliché, but could at least had some more convincing end. For example a very simple way of fixing the end: Both Abby and Ellie getting captured and they are forced to work with each other to escape the enemies, and then later, have the very same ending. Why? Because this would at least make more sense for Ellie's internal emotional conflict. Gameplay-wise it's kinda ok, nothing changed that much from the first one but at least I could see some improvements on the AI and map exploring (it's a little bit bigger if compared), but again, nothing really changed. I expected more from Naughty Dog, this is the first time that they are doing something more 'risky', but at least I waiting for something more convincing. Huge congratulations for the team that worked on the engine, as well the animations, sound design, voice and acting. Sadly I can't say the same for the writing. 4/10.… Expand
  20. MpB2468
    Jun 26, 2020
    4
    Crappy ending, and bad story. Good gameplay and animation plus graphics. But graphics arnt everything when the game forces you to play a character i didnt like and tries to make me care about her. Crappy side character as well and Ai is useless and plain dumb at times.
  21. HAL9000_1208
    Jun 25, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay and graphics, much like the first game, are excellent unfortunately the story brings everything down forcing you to spend most of the game as the character you want to kill I pushed through looking foward to the final confrontation but in the end they don't even give you the satisfaction to end her...
    They should have made killing Abbie a choice. Then you still could have a "moral" ending and I could have gotten a more satisfactory ending...
    I don't need a game to preach to me that revenge is bad, I'm perfectly able to distinguish between reality and fiction and I enjoy the occasional revenge fantasy, this game is like a jigsaw with one missing piece... They blue-balled my thirst for revenge; as said once by the wise TheReportOfTheWeek: "My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined..."    … Expand
  22. draculax420
    Jul 31, 2020
    4
    The game has horrific graphics and some decent, but repetitive action gameplay. Sadly the game is largely held back by very poor writing direction that seems intended to be annoying rather than interesting. So it has achieved its goal: it has annoyed me. I've played thru the game and immediately traded it for a better game, would not buy if I knew how bad this was.
  23. odette010
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    este juego es sobrevalorado por la prensa y se ve que estuvo comprada por la prensa.
    gameplay es bueno pero no sobresale, es lo unico que es bueno
    graficas se notan todos los errores que tuvieron en la produccion de este juego, sobre todo por el gran descuido de detalles, naughty dog en los otros juegos cuidaron mucho este apartado, pero en este juego es una decpcion. historia: por    este juego es sobrevalorado por la prensa y se ve que estuvo comprada por la prensa.
    gameplay es bueno pero no sobresale, es lo unico que es bueno
    graficas se notan todos los errores que tuvieron en la produccion de este juego, sobre todo por el gran descuido de detalles, naughty dog en los otros juegos cuidaron mucho este apartado, pero en este juego es una decpcion.
    historia: por tratar meter con calzador el feminismo lo echaron perder, es una pena el primer juego en este apartado era excelente
    musica: generica en su mayoria de los temas que tocan en el juego    … Expand
  24. DoctorDre
    Nov 18, 2020
    4
    A very big punch in the face to the people who loved the first one in the series. It ends up being an uninteresting revenge plot and makes the original characters of the franchise either dumbed down or ****. The gameplay and gun mechanics are pretty much unchanged from the original game, adding very little in the form of new things to do. DOES NOT DESERVE THE PRAISE FROM BIG TIME CRITICSA very big punch in the face to the people who loved the first one in the series. It ends up being an uninteresting revenge plot and makes the original characters of the franchise either dumbed down or ****. The gameplay and gun mechanics are pretty much unchanged from the original game, adding very little in the form of new things to do. DOES NOT DESERVE THE PRAISE FROM BIG TIME CRITICS AT ALL!!!!!!!… Expand
  25. aramx
    Jul 8, 2020
    4
    LGBT propaganda wrapped in a AAA level cover.

    In terms of technical implementation the game is PERFECT. My deeperst respect to every Naughty Dog employee for all their hard work and such an unbelievable result. I spent 40+ hours in the game and I could not shake the feeling that every character, every cut scene, every discussion is nothing but a big piece of manipulaitve    LGBT propaganda wrapped in a AAA level cover.

    In terms of technical implementation the game is PERFECT. My deeperst respect to every Naughty Dog employee for all their hard work and such an unbelievable result.

    I spent 40+ hours in the game and I could not shake the feeling that every character, every cut scene, every discussion is nothing but a big piece of manipulaitve brainwashing. I feel deeply disappointed by this fact, and do believe that if Naughty Dog keeps the direction they are walking, the 3rd possible part will be the biggest degradation in game design history.    … Expand
  26. j0keR
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    Отличный геймплей ,отличная картинка и наполнение,слитый сюжет который вывернул наизнанку и оставил ничего после(вздохи такого сильного разочарования)
  27. Ruzaky
    Jul 31, 2020
    4
    Graphics is very good and animations is jsut next gen stuff. Gampley tho, Same as Last of us 1 and gameplay in last of us 1 was not very good, only thign that was good about last of us 1 is story, and this time the story is a joke. Pick up only on sale just to see graphics and animations for 10 bucks max
  28. Fight47
    Jul 20, 2020
    4
    worst game i have ever played, you feel misserable the entire time, they disrespect the characters, and just try to make you the player feel bad for playing the game, dont make the same mistake i did, go buy ghost of tsushima, its awesome this game is not worth it, it looks pretty but the gameplay is the same as the last of us 1 and you dont get the amazing story to go with it, naughty dogworst game i have ever played, you feel misserable the entire time, they disrespect the characters, and just try to make you the player feel bad for playing the game, dont make the same mistake i did, go buy ghost of tsushima, its awesome this game is not worth it, it looks pretty but the gameplay is the same as the last of us 1 and you dont get the amazing story to go with it, naughty dog is no longer a studio i trust with my money or time, if you enjoyed last of us for the story this game will only make you mad or disappoint you… Expand
  29. cremadiscampi
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. -The gameplay is ok, nothing special though.
    -The graphics are very good indeed, but that's expected from the latest AAA game.
    -The soundtrack is nice. I wish they'd taken inspiration from RDR series and used music to truly enhance some moments though.
    -The story isn't good: they tried to subvert expectations but they only succceded in disappointing us. It is a truly mess in terms of pacing, lots of moments don't make sense and in the end it is pretty a boring revenge story with no payoff. They tried to send the message that revenge isn't good, which is rather unoriginal and badly done.
    -The characters I have mixed opinion of: some of the interactions are warmhearting and realistic, but in general they behave rather irrationally or out of character. Also a character is quite obviously the director which is a bit pathetic.
    -The replayability is unexistent.
    -The fun/entertainment factor is almost unexistent as too many parts of the game are just a slog.
    All in all TLoU2 isn't a terrible game, but it is a disaster when compared to the original and I suggest to simply watch a playthrough instead.
    Refunded!!    … Expand
  30. manulbrona
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    The game feels like walking into a magnificent restaurant, being accompanied to a perfectly served table, very nice and beautiful music is playing in the background. The waiter serves you the most delicious steak you ever had in your whole life on an fine silverware. They bring the bottle of exquisitely aged vine to go with it.
    Now here is the catch- just as you take the first bite, the    The game feels like walking into a magnificent restaurant, being accompanied to a perfectly served table, very nice and beautiful music is playing in the background. The waiter serves you the most delicious steak you ever had in your whole life on an fine silverware. They bring the bottle of exquisitely aged vine to go with it.
    Now here is the catch- just as you take the first bite, the waiter stabs you with a rusty screwdriver to the side. As you keep eating and drinking he keeps doing it again and again. No matter how delicious the meal, you no longer care and would not be able to concentrate on the meal and enjoy it.
    In the end, you are being served a great looking bittersweet dessert but you never get a chance to taste it, they let you look at it very close and then take it away. Then you are politely walked outside of the restaurant

    To sum it up I can say this game is an example where terrible story overshadows all other aspects. If you are looking for a game that has next-gen graphics, amazing audio and just want to enjoy very well done survivalaction gameplay, you should play this game for sure. If you are a fan of the first part and it's characters I would suggest you to stay away, as no matter how fluidly the game plays and no matter how graphics are amazing, you will just get frustrated and depressed by the story, and the enjoyment of the gameplay would be gone.    … Expand
  31. Rayanmax
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    Astonishing Visuals and Audios and an amazing game-play however when it comes to the story and the characters they are poorly build in my opinion they ruined a potentially the game of the generation by the bad story and characters also i will not forget the lesbian **** that made the story much worse.
    in short words they simply **** the game that we have been waiting for 7 damn years.
  32. Fatosententia
    Jul 2, 2020
    4
    Nah, this game doesn't even deserves a review. Just a gray amorphous time-consuming crap.
  33. Darkdragon1001
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story sucks.. Joel died.. Many Glitches.. Lesbian and over sexual content.. comparing it with the previous game.. Not worth it at all… Expand
  34. HugeyBear
    Jun 27, 2020
    4
    What made the first game really special was the story. I found the gameplay to be ok but it was the story that made the game great.

    The problem here is that the gameplay has not changed much and the story is just dreadful. The futility of it all is no fun. I don’t want to play a game and reach the end to think to myself, ‘All of that was totally pointless.’ Yes the graphics are    What made the first game really special was the story. I found the gameplay to be ok but it was the story that made the game great.

    The problem here is that the gameplay has not changed much and the story is just dreadful. The futility of it all is no fun. I don’t want to play a game and reach the end to think to myself, ‘All of that was totally pointless.’

    Yes the graphics are superb, but for me replayability and fun gameplay are a must. This doesn’t have that for me. On top of this, the story is awful and it seems decisions were made to make it into a really depressing, ‘thought provoking’, ‘study’ of ‘humankind’. Well, I didn’t learn anything I didn’t already know and got bored doing it.

    The game was a struggle to finish and I won’t be going back. Glad I played it? Kind of. Enjoyed playing it? Not really.    … Expand
  35. guysuave
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    The beginning of the game blew me away with that open world look and best graphics ever on a console.After a few hours it got boring at repetitive.Long cutscenes as like i was watching a movie and a pretty bad one too.There are more cutscenes than actual gameplay.
  36. LowBudgetOtaku
    Jul 3, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To understand the problems of The last of us 2 we need to understand that the last of us 1 gameplay was OK, a decent stealth horror cover shooter that fulfilled the needs but didn't blow anyone away. It was the character and story and how well they were written that made the game so great. A perfect ending helped keep a long lasting impression as one of the best games of all time. It needed no sequel.
    But we got one, and unlike the critics tell you, is not a masterpiece worthy of its predecessor. Let's start with the obvious things. The graphics like the last of us 1 for the ps3 are amazing, some of the best this generation, if there is anything naughty dog doesn't fail is graphics. They look as good if not better than Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy even doe some artistic choices can make the game look ugly at times, especially in some character models. But ugly does not mean bad graphics, the detail is there, sometimes it is just not pretty, but that is a artistic choice. Graphics 9/10
    Gameplay is more of the same, while it benefits from improved animations, the gameplay as not evolved much from the last of us 1. The cycle of gameplay as remained intact with less puzzles and more combat but almost no improvement in enemy or companion AI. The same frustrating unrealistic actions are still there with enemies ignoring your companions if you are hidden and they are stupid in front of the enemies hiding in front of their imaginary cardboard box. If you liked the original gameplay you will like this one but might find disappointing how little was improved considering the generation leap. 7/10
    Sound is great with amazing sound design, good music and great voice acting, even if the script wastes such good voice acting and talent. 9/10
    And finally, the most important part of a story driven game, the story. This is the worst story i have ever experienced in a videogame. Don't let fanboys tell you that you think this story is bad because of the sexuality of one of the main characters or because Joel dies. This is just a desperate attempt to throw sand in your eyes. This story is bad because it uses excessive amount of coincidences and stupefying characters to move along. What do i mean? Much of the plot does not occur if characters acted like normal, functional and coherent human beings. And to top it of it ends without any satisfying conclusion for either the player or the main character and betrays the saying of the last of us "When you are lost in the darkness look for the light". There is no light in this game, after it gives you darkness you will never see light. This is not an enjoyable story, but worst it is not a coherent story. There is no brilliant message you are not understanding as some fanboys try to claim, it is just a bad story. i will explain in detail why next Story 4/10
    Let's start with Joels death, Joel out of character saves the character Abby from being killed by clickers. Abby and her group coincidentally were looking for Joel to avenger her father that was the doctor that was going to kill Ellie. The evil doctor that decided to kill a child after some hours of analyzing her, that didn't ask for her consent or that didn't think about analyzing for more days to see a way of extracting a cure without killing her and that had already killed more people for cure and failed. She is looking for revenge for that terrible person and the rest of the fireflies that were no good either. How? considering Joel killed all the witnesses in the hospital to avoid being chased by them as Joel says to Marline in the end of 1. How? because it is convenient. Now coincidence, Joel happens to step upon them when they were looking for him and out of character save a bunch of strangers heavily armed. To make it worst they go with them to their hideout where they became vulnerable and trust them enough to give them their names. Anyone who played the first last of us knows Joel would never do that or allow Tommy to do it. Abby ears the name of Joel imitatively shoots him in the leg and starts beating him up with a golf club. The man that just saved her life. No hesitation, no remorse, killing the man she owns her life to. Ellie goes to try and save Joel and through the door sees Joel been beaten up, and instead of shooting immediately, she enters the door allowing herself to be disarmed and subdued. We saw also by one that Ellie would shoot immediately as she did in 1. So we can have a game, Abby and her group don't kill Ellie and Tommy, something we find out later is not coherent with Abby that acts all game as a sociopath killing everyone betraying people and showing no remorse on killing. The game tries to force you to sympathize with Abby and tries to find her a child to replace the Joel and Ellie relationship but it doesn't work. But the worst is the ending. Ellie spares Abby and loses everything while Abby suffers no consequences for her action. You don't get your revenge, your closure, you get no light.    … Expand
  37. Biscuitbaron
    Jul 12, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay is the same as the first one, no innovation just more of the same. Graphics are absolutely outstanding but the narrative is where the points are lost.

    The game is poorly structured and paced, the characters are one dimensional and unlike able. The focus is so strong on trying to make you feel bad for killing that it becomes comical.    … Expand
  38. Jek221
    Dec 22, 2020
    4
    A comparación del primero este no es para cualquiera, recomendaría de ser posible jugarlo sin ningún spoiler, ya que la historia es complicada y muy tediosa
  39. Human2019
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    This game perfectly shows how much the opinion of journalists is not that corrupt, it is hypocritical, that it does not matter, only the value of their privileged opinion matters, and if it does not coincide with ours, then we are ordinary users, we turn into empty soulless biomass, which their opinion cannot be perceived by the work as a whole, and in general we are just uncouth cattle,This game perfectly shows how much the opinion of journalists is not that corrupt, it is hypocritical, that it does not matter, only the value of their privileged opinion matters, and if it does not coincide with ours, then we are ordinary users, we turn into empty soulless biomass, which their opinion cannot be perceived by the work as a whole, and in general we are just uncouth cattle, and we don’t bow before a naughty dog, for their former merits.… Expand
  40. TheScort
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    First things first, be really wary of reviews giving the lowest scores - chances are they have done so to tank the ratings!

    Now onto the review: Firstly, once again ND have set the bar for graphics, sound and acting in a game - these truly are astounding; and really must be applauded - the teams responsible for these aspects have outdone themselves. Sadly though, they have been    First things first, be really wary of reviews giving the lowest scores - chances are they have done so to tank the ratings!

    Now onto the review:

    Firstly, once again ND have set the bar for graphics, sound and acting in a game - these truly are astounding; and really must be applauded - the teams responsible for these aspects have outdone themselves.

    Sadly though, they have been let down completely by the writers.

    TLOU2 should not be considered, by any TLOU fan, a sequel. The writers have completely and utterly destroyed everything that you learned to love in the first game. I don't care about character's sexual orientation - that personally isn't something that is on my radar, or something I'd care about; love who you love and all that.

    But the game is pointless due to its story - rather than create a worthy successor to the first, ND have put forward a nonsensical and boring story - and let's no mention the numerous misleading pieces before released; making it seem that Joel will be in it. I wouldn't be surprised if there will be a huge influx of refund requests to this alone.

    I tried to laugh off all the comments about the 10/10 reviews being "paid off" - but you really start to wonder if there is some truth to this, the further you get into this game.

    As a die hard TLOU fan, I cannot recommend this game at all - just keep on walking folks, let the ending of TLOU be the end.    … Expand
  41. Jan_Jansen
    Jul 3, 2020
    4
    The game can be described in one word-boring! It's beautiful, it's incredibly detailed, but it's very boring! When you play the second half, you want to turn it off! Abby's story is dull and idiotic. And the story that tells us the game is also banal and boring. This is not a masterpiece, this is a normal quality average game.
  42. PowSmackBlam
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    If you loved the first game, this will be a huge letdown. Make no mistake, on a technical level The Last of Us 2 is gorgeous to look at, plus the audio and performances are on point. But the once again poor shooting/combat and now abysmal pacing and structure of the narrative and writing make this a miserable slog in frustration.

    Naughty Dog’s story telling on this one is a low point in    If you loved the first game, this will be a huge letdown. Make no mistake, on a technical level The Last of Us 2 is gorgeous to look at, plus the audio and performances are on point. But the once again poor shooting/combat and now abysmal pacing and structure of the narrative and writing make this a miserable slog in frustration.

    Naughty Dog’s story telling on this one is a low point in an otherwise great catalogue of stories. They work overtime to make you feel guilty for loving the characters from the first game. They force you to play half the game as one of the most unlikable game characters in recent memory. Once the game reaches a fever-pitch with Ellie, they restart the whole game with a new story with horrendously bad characters. They constantly skip past/present/characters and end up with a story that ends up not saying anything at all. I’m happy to see some different types of characters in a AAA title, the graphics were amazing, but this game was a chore to get through, and I can personally say that 95% of The Last of Us 2 was downright bad.    … Expand
  43. Achilles4real
    Nov 27, 2020
    4
    Poor tolerance will ruin everything beautiful and interesting, as with this game
  44. PConsoul
    Jun 27, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. -Best graphic -Fun gameplay -Bad script writing -Fault advertising
    Joel is in most trailer but he's dead in the beginning of the game
    First 60% you play as Ellie going for revenge But 40% you play as Abby who killed Joel herself and now we're going to kill Ellie by our hand because now Ellie is the bad guy    … Expand
  45. T0m4550
    Jun 26, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all, the graphics and animations are really nice. From a technical point of view, TLoU 2 is a masterpiece.

    Unfortunately, this good impression of the game is ruined by a completely worst story. Who wrote this ...? Who at Naughty Dog has approved this ...? Many character developments make no sense, especially Ellies. The dealing with the popular characters from part one, is absolutely disrespectful. Joel practically died for nothing. Ellie and most of the characters are unsympathetic awful presented. The identification-Factor with Ellie as main protagonist, is complete written out of the character. The game keeps forcing you to have sympathy for people who don't deserve sympathy. Of course, this goes wrong and is proof of the total failure of the author of the story. As a fan, of part one, i don't want to see or play something like that.

    All in all, the overall impression that the leaks had indicated has come true. The story is very bad, the most characters are written complete worst.

    Play it yourself, but don't be surprised if you're disappointed. The game is a slap in the face of every TLoU 1 fan. This example also shows how politically indoctrinated the "professional" media are. If 99% rate a game this way, it is clear that something is wrong. Such occurrences are the reason why I no longer give anything on reviews of magazines.

    The discrepancy between professional reviews and user reviews shows more than clearly how uncritical and blind the media has become.

    TLoU 2 is a game for people who have no connection to previous characters and only want to see a perfidious orgy of violence. Then the story full of plot holes works.

    For fans, TLoU was once a highlight that exceeded all limits of good taste with part 2.

    This comes out when authors with unhealthy closeness to a certain feminist person ..., miserably written character developments, plot holes without end and a game where the player partou is not allowed to make decisions himself, so that the player definitely eats the supposed message.

    An example...

    The game wants to explain what violence makes people do, but I **** on it. I, in Ellie's place, would never have let Abby get away. As a result, the game doesn't work as far as its message goes. Abby's father was a narcissistic **** that an innocent girl wanted to slit open. So why should I be sympathetic to Abby? And you even want to play? It just ignites and doesn't work.

    I can only speak for myself, but with the kind of Joel's death and from the part with Abby, the game kept losing me. Imagine Shepard from ME, in part 2, in the first third on Omega, cowardly stabbed by a no-name Batharian and then you are supposed to play the killer and fight Miranda and Co. The ME fans would have gone on the barricades just like the TLoU community.

    I loved the first part, I was really looking forward to the second part and i am now absolutely disappointed with what Naughty Dog has done here. Naughty Dog ran laughing into a circular saw. For me, TLoU died as a franchise and i will no longer buy a possible third part.    … Expand
  46. Hatsu12
    Jul 9, 2020
    4
    Underwhelming characters, rushed and badly placed plot, baffling story decisions and godawful dialogue. Enjoyable gameplay loop. Could have been so much better.
  47. Fog_Raider
    Jun 28, 2020
    4
    The array of 10s and 0s should tell you this game is controversial.

    The steady 4s should tell you this game is not good.
  48. Joeyeh3boost88
    Jul 9, 2020
    4
    Graphics are amazing animations are amazing sound is on point but the story good god the story is complete garbage.
  49. Mateusmaromba
    Jun 25, 2020
    4
    Gráficos bons e jogabilidade boa tbm.
    História muito ruim! Final decepcionante! Infelizmente.
    Odiei jogar com aby!
    Psn id: Mateusmaromba
  50. BaronBaldric
    Jul 20, 2020
    4
    The game that ruined what could have been one of the biggest video game franchises.
  51. Rainhio
    Sep 2, 2020
    4
    The game looks really good. The world is near perfect. Animations or humans is also well done. But this is were the good ends. No spoilers to people but story is terrible. You almost get back into the game and then I hated the rest of it. In the end (and I can not believe I am saying this) I felt the game was to long. I stopped playing for longer periods just coz I hated what was happeningThe game looks really good. The world is near perfect. Animations or humans is also well done. But this is were the good ends. No spoilers to people but story is terrible. You almost get back into the game and then I hated the rest of it. In the end (and I can not believe I am saying this) I felt the game was to long. I stopped playing for longer periods just coz I hated what was happening in the story.… Expand
  52. No8name
    Jun 25, 2020
    4
    I dont usually make reviews but this game is just that disturbing to me, that i had to. Im gonna try not to spoil this game as possible by not going into the story but giving my impressions. This game is torture-porn, it specifically goes out of its way to torture the player with gore and with bashing the player for being morally normal. By morally normal Im referring to having a normalI dont usually make reviews but this game is just that disturbing to me, that i had to. Im gonna try not to spoil this game as possible by not going into the story but giving my impressions. This game is torture-porn, it specifically goes out of its way to torture the player with gore and with bashing the player for being morally normal. By morally normal Im referring to having a normal set of morals. It is normal to feel remorse when taking the life of another, as a soldier this is how normal people deal with being forced to kill another human being if they are not a psychopath. It mentally destroys you, and causes severe psychological trauma because a normal person was never meant to kill another human. But the game specifically goes out of its way to make you try and hate the person who feels guilt for killing people and empathize with the actual villain who not only feels no guilt for killing others but who does so with gusto. I would say that Abby is actually a psychopath, but she displays love for her dog and friends. Can a psychopath display acts of love like that?

    I cant see this game as being produced by anyone other than an abuser. The reason i say this is because it is not natural empathize with Abby. This is a person who shows no empathy toward anyone she deems an enemy, and the studio specifically set out to get you to empathize with her. And more so they will make you feel bad for not empathizing with that person. This is why i said that the person that produced this game is probably an abuser, because they identify with abby on some level and wish for you to empathize with them in identifying with abby. The other reason I say that the person is an abuser is because the actual goal of the game is to make the player feel as bad as it can, I dont know why you would want to do that unless you are a sadist. As i am not a masochist i cannot like this game.

    The game wants to take everything you love from the first game and completely destroy it. if I was to compare, it would be like if they killed off harry potter in the 4th film and then had hermoine take over, but then take everything away from her, ie kill her parents, kill off most of her friends, and then take away her ability to do magic, but on top of this Voldemort still wins. Or if we are talking about star wars, imagine if there is no return of the jedi film and the series just ends at the empire strikes back, instead empire wins and luke decides to leave forever. This means hans is forever frozen in cryptonite.

    As far as the gameplay goes, the AI is borderline retarded. They have a track that they are on and i didnt think i saw them deviate at all from that track unless it was to investigate. In the beginning of the game you can see this very clearly this in the snow. They leave tracks in the snow, and you can see that the enemies never left a set path like something as simple as a triangle path. I dont think that a game that is this heavily focused on stealth should be this predictable...

    The game is incredibly repetitive. You go into to an area, and stealth knife everyone, rinse and repeat, throughout pretty much the whole game. I mean you might get caught, and then you have to deal with the clunky way that you aim, and the limitation on ammo.

    The reason i gave this a 4 is because I did not enjoy this game. I found spongebob battle for bikini bottom, mafia 2 definitive edition, and predator hunting ground all more enjoyable, so i must objectively rate this game below those. I even enjoyed aliens colonial marines more, and that is saying something... The makers of this game I think specifically set out to make an unenjoyable game, and i think they accomplished that, but my score is going to reflect that. your not going to get a high rating from me for the "art" of the game. if I was to compare this to art, it would be like if someone took the mona lisa and took a dump on it, and put it back up for you to "enjoy". Im sure there would be plenty of psuedo intellectuals who would praise that as well, for how "profound" the message is, but I dont believe the message "revenge bad" is profound at all. The only thing you accomplished is destroying an actual work of art, and showed how disrespectful you are in the process.    … Expand
  53. bakers
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

    I wish I had listened to the spoilers, i am shattered after playing this game, I guess they did not want fans of the original game to enjoy this perverse, sick, failure of a game. It is not just that the game play is patchy and cluncky involving thrashing the keys with very limited control, or that the game looks dark and cold, indeed it is relentlessly grim. No the    I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

    I wish I had listened to the spoilers, i am shattered after playing this game, I guess they did not want fans of the original game to enjoy this perverse, sick, failure of a game.

    It is not just that the game play is patchy and cluncky involving thrashing the keys with very limited control, or that the game looks dark and cold, indeed it is relentlessly grim.
    No the worst thing and the most unforgivable thing is that the story is crap!
    Beloved characters are cast asunder like a piece of garbage, I was actually on the verge of tears at one point and not tears of joy.
    Someone has a lot to answer for, indeed I think the writers are sick in the head.

    This game is a massive massive disappointment

    I WANT MY MONEY BACK!    … Expand
  54. Isitrolc
    Jul 2, 2020
    4
    Les graphismes sont bons, l'acting aussi, le game play fait son taf, mais quand on base son jeu sur un axe narratif et que l'histoire est vide de sens, ça ne peut pas aller.
    Je n'ai pas passé un mauvais moment mais je regrette quand même que cette suite existe
  55. DengKevin
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    Beat the game in 15 hours. Did not enjoy it at all.

    Nothing wrong with killing a main character. They do it poorly.

    Nothing wrong with sad endings. They do it poorly.

    Nothing wrong with showing the other perspective. They do it poorly.

    The pacing of the game is done poorly.

    The graphics are good.
  56. PicklRick
    Sep 12, 2020
    4
    After playing the game with an open mind - despite the negative reviews - i gotta say the green reviews must be paid. there is just no other explanation who would give this game a really positive review espiecially the dumb forced storyline. It is like a Netflix game. Grapichs are really great tho.
  57. BKChronos
    Nov 22, 2020
    4
    Great graphics. Great atmophere. Good gameplay.

    Sadly is a narrative driven game with very questionable narrative choices. Lost my interest on keep playing it halfway the game because I did not even care about whats happening. Was a bold move but did not pay off, at least if you loved the first one in my opinion. You just can't force people to feel empathy. Get it on discount if you want    Great graphics. Great atmophere. Good gameplay.

    Sadly is a narrative driven game with very questionable narrative choices. Lost my interest on keep playing it halfway the game because I did not even care about whats happening. Was a bold move but did not pay off, at least if you loved the first one in my opinion. You just can't force people to feel empathy.

    Get it on discount if you want to play it. At least the "game" part is fun.    … Expand
  58. binounity
    Jun 25, 2020
    4
    The game has a lazy story and poor character development.This has nothing to do with the game portraying LGBT characters, there are a bunch of games that does the same and when the development is done right it just works wonderful, but the story, in terms of writing and character development, it feels lazy and pathetic for a triple A game especially if we compare to the first game.The game has a lazy story and poor character development.This has nothing to do with the game portraying LGBT characters, there are a bunch of games that does the same and when the development is done right it just works wonderful, but the story, in terms of writing and character development, it feels lazy and pathetic for a triple A game especially if we compare to the first game. Graphics are good BUT if you compare to the beta from 2018 you can see they downgraded a lot of textures and animations, i'm fine with that cause I understand graphics are not the most important part if the game compensates with gameplay and story (which is not the case).… Expand
  59. Raynebul
    Jul 26, 2020
    4
    The problem with this game is not LGBT or SJW. The disadvantages are bad dialogues, bad-written characters and more with story-telling.
  60. DancinRic
    Jul 5, 2020
    4
    Beautiful graphics, great voice acting, and amazing music and sound design. TERRIBLE STORY, repetive combat, and alot of fatigue in the 2nd half of the game. Anyone giving this game less than a 3 or more than a 7 is completely full of it. The game is a 4 out of 10
  61. Jimena
    Mar 3, 2022
    4
    Gracias por hechar a perder un juego que tenia tanta espectativa para bien y lo hecharon todo a la mierda con la dirección que le dieron al juego
  62. Mthor29
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Conseguiram realmente estragar o jogo.
    Não faz sentido fazer isso com o personagem principal, e pra que ? Gráficos bons, mais não são os melhores, 7 anos e faltou capricho, jogabilidade final bom.
    Agora, a história que deixa a desejar.
  63. frogginbullfish
    Jun 25, 2020
    4
    Part 2 was supposed to be my shining beacon of light in an otherwise dismal and depressing year. No matter how bad it got, I thought I could rely on this game to bring me some measure of solace. Frankly, it was one of the few things that kept me going. So you can imagine how crushed I am by the senseless, cruel and ultimately meaningless story.
  64. Phael05
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O primeiro é Mil Vezes Melhor,Matar um cara como Joel logo no Início do Game fala sério.
    Colocando Lacração como Smp meu Deus.
    O game tem uma Ótima Jogabilidade, Gráficos Lindos....mas deixa a desejar em outros aspectos, História muito forçada !!8    … Expand
  65. Lanycera
    Jun 24, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game doesn't deserve a 0, but neither does it deserve a 10 or the title of a 'masterpiece'. It really puts the legitimacy of media outlets even more into question.

    Here is my breakdown:

    Gameplay 5
    Graphics 9 (kudos to the art team!)
    Story 0
    Result: 4

    Let me say this first: TLOU didn't need a sequel. It just didn't. The story was concluded - yes, there were questions unanswered, but it was a satisfying end nevertheless.

    Now, if you decide to make a sequel despite that, there's going to be pressure to get it right. They didn't get it right.
    JOEL AND ELLIE made the first game so special, their relationship - now, we're shifting the focus entirely away from that, to characters we can't possibly care for and are bland to say the least. The relationship between Dina and Ellie is completely and utterly lacking chemistry, while Abbie is just a horribly written character and you are FORCED to play her.

    On a side note I want to mention that her physique is not attainable in a post-apocalyptic world with sparse resources. A woman cannot attain this body without steroids or an impeccable (high carbs, high protein) diet with an intensive daily weight lifting and cardio routine (twice a day, usually). It seems like it was important to ND, so I feel like it's equally important to criticise this character design choice which a lot of people don't seem to be happy with; understandingly so.

    KILLING JOEL in such a disgraceful manner after just two hours, to fuel a revenge plot line which eventually culminates in an underwhelming finale that should suggest to us that revenge is ultimately pointless...I'm sorry, that's just an uninspired premise. Considering Joel saved her right before, Naughty Dog gets caught up in their own narrative and morale they are trying to convey.
    Joel deserved better in many ways, and his trust is not easily earned in the first game; but for some reason he is giving it freely in TLOU2.

    IT COULD HAVE WORKED, don't get me wrong, but not the way it was executed.
    Maybe if you could've given us more moral choices, a way to save Joel and the end, and so on. Instead they're forcing this storyline on us.

    "REVERTING EXPECTATIONS" seems to be the motto, but not in a good way; combined with illogical writing (similar to Game of Thrones Season 8) and a way too depressing, hopeless and overly violent tone - failing to continue their legacy.

    NEIL DRUCKMANN'S ego himself is disturbing to me, failing to address criticism towards the game or the way he's handled his employees in an adult manner. He's been misleading the audience with trailers. He even put a card of himself into the game (100% brain, a villain). It's bizarre to say the least. I'm starting to think he wrote this game for himself and did it for the shock value, not the fans of the franchise.

    (LASTLY, it's very sad to see negative voices being discredited by media and companies alike. We already saw that with the last Jedi, and now it's happening again with TLOU2. We are putting the money in your pockets. We should be allowed to love and hate a game. And maybe, just maybe, something could actually be learned from criticism.)    … Expand
  66. BrockA
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all I have to give credit where it's due. The graphics, gameplay, and audio are amazing.
    But unlike the first game, the story is terribly disappointing.    … Expand
  67. Mercinarie
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Positive: It's one of the most beautifully presented games I've played, due to the environments and animations
    To negatives: However it is pulled down by the story being an absolute cluster F****
    Game-play is passable however repetitive, but the story is what you're here for and it's awful.The characters are so non relatable. The only way I kept playing was being excited to see the new    Positive: It's one of the most beautifully presented games I've played, due to the environments and animations
    To negatives: However it is pulled down by the story being an absolute cluster F****
    Game-play is passable however repetitive, but the story is what you're here for and it's awful.The characters are so non relatable. The only way I kept playing was being excited to see the new environments and for me honestly The Last Of Us story ended for me with the first game.    … Expand
  68. stevej7
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay was a big step up from part 1, much the same in a lot of ways but more fleshed out in terms of mechanics. The world design is also a step up, it really feels like a living environment. The graphics (as you'd expect) are also fantastic, probably one of the best looking games this console generation will see.
    But the story...I so wanted to like it but after finishing it, I just don't feel happy or satisfied at all. I understand the shock and awe approach to Joel's death and what they wanted that to do but it just feels wrong. Troy Baker's portrayal of him is sublime and he needed way more screen time. I was going okay up to the end of Ellie's section and then to find out that the next half (literally half the game) was to be played as Abby, this new character who I couldn't have been less interested in, was such a put off.
    Again I got that they wanted to show a different perspective of the entire story and blur the lines of morality but it just didn't work in my opinion.
    I also felt the roster of side characters wasn't as strong. The likes of Bill and Trish, Sam and Henry, were all what made the first game so special when combined with Joel and Ellie. But with this game it was all missing.
    I so wanted to love this game but I just don't, I really feel that they missed the mark with what mattered most in a sequel to part 1.
    I don't think there's any chance of a part 3 from here and I don't think I'd want it now anyway    … Expand
  69. Patel_man
    Jul 17, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joel is dead.nothing helps now... Not even the perfect graphics or the sound or the game time with Abby which by the way was unnecessary...nothing.4 is my best rating and only.… Expand
  70. Kakey551
    Jun 25, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What can I say that hasn't already been said . Massively disappointed in this sequel to one of my favourite gaming
    stories of all time. RIP Joel .    … Expand
  71. Twofaced
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I rank it a 7 out of 10 for gameplay, was enjoying it right up until I took over as abbey in Seattle. At this point the game became very tedious it’s hard to invest in a story line full of dead people I understand trying to humanize them but there are so many better ways to do it. So the story gets a 2 out of 10 not sure if I will go back to the game because of that. Kinda of weird to say about a naughty dogs game but maybe I shouldn’t have pre ordered next time I will treat it like a EA game and wait… Expand
  72. SomethingSquid
    Jul 1, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let me start this off by saying I LOVED the first Last of Us. It's one of my favorite games ever and I was super excited for this game but after playing it I wish the first one never had a sequel. This game's narrative and story are absolutely horrible. Everything happens out of order. For example, they talked about a bar fight in the beginning of the game and don't even show what it was about until 17 hours in. Another example, the flashback sequences, which were the main highlight of this game, are shown at random points. and their ideas were poorly executed. This revenge plot was awful and after 25 hours you don't even get your revenge on Abby for killing Joel. Ellie loses everything and doesn't even kill Abby. I'm not upset by the fact that Joel died because that was bound to happen. Getting back to the point about the story being out of order, Joel has 2 scenes before he dies. If the flashbacks were shown first, his death would have had a much more of an emotional impact. The way they killed him was pathetic too, he gets whacked to death with a golf club after he announces who he is to a bunch of armed strangers. Naughty Dog baited us by showing Joel saying "You think I would let you do this on your own" but it's actually Jesse who says that. Speaking of Jesse, when a character dies they are forgotten about, just like he was. After Jesse died he was never mentioned again. The same went for Manny, one of Abby's friends, and Neil Druckmann's self-insert character. Tommy killed him and nobody mentioned him again. They also ram this "revenge bad" narrative down your throat. Red Dead Redemption was more subtle with this kind of thing. They pull the "she's pregnant" card twice to tell you "revenge is bad, it made you kill that pregnant lady". None of the characters are really good either. They aren't developed properly to make you like them. The only 2 good characters in the new cast were Yara and Lev in my opinion. They do a terrible job of trying to make you sympathize with Abby as well because we saw her in the first 2 hours of the game murder Joel in cold blood. This makes you not care and want to kill her, not play as her for half of this game. I'm now gonna talk about the things I liked. The combat is still spectacular and it's been overhauled. The map is beautiful as well as the music. The voice acting was great but none of these these things make up for this abomination of a story in my opinion and the way Naughty Dog has handled everything. I had low expectations because of the leaks but was even more disappointed than I thought I would be. Naughty Dog also abused copyright to take down videos about the leaks and tried to cover up by saying it wasn't them. To summarize, this game is a disaster and probably the worst Naughty Dog game I have played.… Expand
  73. Gcalfa
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    The game's graphics are beautiful. Great mechanics like the first game. Amazing environments by the concept artists. Stellar voice acting. But the story is TERRIBLE. One must judge for themselves, but I don't believe this game should have been made. They found a way to give the most depressing ending possible to two of the greatest characters of all time.
  74. Arctic_Kurioshi
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I found it to be inferior to the first one, which i really liked, in all aspects except graphics.… Expand
  75. TreborRock
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gostei do jogo, jogabilidade não é difícil e já tive experiência parecida em outros jogos, embora a estória não me cativou, acabaram com um personagem mais querido por causa de uma vingança, entendo que ele escolheu isso no fim das contas e que as consequências vieram, mas fazer a Ellie ir atraz de vingança fazendo o ódio a segar. Muitos dos personagens novos parecem forçados, ver as cenas de sexo as vezes fora de contexto é ruim… Expand
  76. EmperorMinilla
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    The gameplay has not improved.
    The characters are all unlikable and make stupid decisions that don't seem to be consistent at all with what was established in the previous game.
    Some of the characters such as Abby have laughable character designs. Apparently, being in the apocalyptic wasteland makes people grow Senator Armstrong physiques. The entire journey is pointless as there is no    The gameplay has not improved.
    The characters are all unlikable and make stupid decisions that don't seem to be consistent at all with what was established in the previous game.
    Some of the characters such as Abby have laughable character designs. Apparently, being in the apocalyptic wasteland makes people grow Senator Armstrong physiques.
    The entire journey is pointless as there is no payoff when confronting the "last boss."
    This game also renders the entire journey of the previous game pointless.
    The first game didn't have very good gameplay but the great story and characters made up for that downside, this game has the same gameplay as the first installment but with the addition of a terrible story and characters.
    The sex scene was awful and unnecessary, it did not add anything of substance.

    The only plus side is that the graphics still look amazing.    … Expand
  77. swatre
    Jul 5, 2020
    4
    I'm writing this after a long cooldown and had time to really think about the game.

    While Naughty Dog and Neil Druckmann revel in their 10/10 reviews, reality is that this game is just bad. Its not art, its nothing profound, its a game with a poorly written story and pacing issues. On a technical aspect the game is great, you can really tell how much hard and skillful work went into    I'm writing this after a long cooldown and had time to really think about the game.

    While Naughty Dog and Neil Druckmann revel in their 10/10 reviews, reality is that this game is just bad. Its not art, its nothing profound, its a game with a poorly written story and pacing issues.

    On a technical aspect the game is great, you can really tell how much hard and skillful work went into making it. Combat and animations are as smooth as ever, and graphics are beautiful.

    Thats where it ends, the game is split into two phases, 1 with Ellie, 1 with Abby, Upgrades, weapons, supplements, all get a feeling of worthlessness because of how the game is split. Why bother gathering things when you can only use them in one half of the game.

    In phase 2, you are forced to play as Abby, a character that most people who played the first game, will hate. You are then exposed to cheap repeated attempts to make you sympathize with Abby like petting dogs and messing around with your teenage love interest.

    The attempts at trying to make you see her side and sympathize come across as cheap, manipulative, and unwelcome.
    Naughty Dog should try the same on the hundreds of people Joel, Ellie, and Abby have killed. That's alot of dogs to pet.

    In the end, you are left heartbroken, resentful, unsatisfied, and disappointed.    … Expand
  78. AnnualLeopard
    Jul 9, 2020
    4
    Bad writing and characters. Not worth the 7 year wait for those who played the first game. Visually breathtaking but awful narrative.
  79. Kewdie
    Jul 9, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Visually beautiful. I enjoyed this game play as it was very similar to the first, however, the game play wasn't what made me like the game. I was a huge fan of the story from tlou1 but I felt like this sequel went at length to undo things from the first to make the story fit. I didn't particularly like any character this time around. I didn't like the revenge story. Another revenge story and game I just played was rdr2 and I still think about that game. This game I can't wait to forget. The silver lining is I will probably will think twice before I buy a ND title now atleast.… Expand
  80. Exlee3000
    Jul 19, 2020
    4
    This game is truly one of the worst sequels of all time. Naughty Dog completely disrespects the characters and the players who liked the first game. Joel's treatment in the game is a disgrace. The wrting is embarrassingly bad and cringe many points in the game. The worst part is how they made Elle a jerk. Avoid this game if you loved the first one. To say nothing of the SJW andThis game is truly one of the worst sequels of all time. Naughty Dog completely disrespects the characters and the players who liked the first game. Joel's treatment in the game is a disgrace. The wrting is embarrassingly bad and cringe many points in the game. The worst part is how they made Elle a jerk. Avoid this game if you loved the first one. To say nothing of the SJW and feminist agenda. Every significant male character gets killed. While the diverse stunning and brave females survive. It's laughable!!… Expand
  81. Sciurcho
    Jul 17, 2020
    4
    This game is undeniably beautiful. the graphics, animation, sound design and music are top notch. Some gameplay scenes look straight up like cut scenes and the transition between those two are flawless most of the times. The game gives you a lot of options in the menu to ensure the game is available for everyone to play. The enemy AI definitely improved since the last game, the will flankThis game is undeniably beautiful. the graphics, animation, sound design and music are top notch. Some gameplay scenes look straight up like cut scenes and the transition between those two are flawless most of the times. The game gives you a lot of options in the menu to ensure the game is available for everyone to play. The enemy AI definitely improved since the last game, the will flank you if they get the chance and change their route if they find a corpse. The dogs added make enemies with a higher first-kill priority, together with more options to move by jumping and crawling, the game appears to involve a lot of quick strategic thinking. A new type of infected adds to it.
    But in The Last of Us, gameplay isn't the priority and most fans of the first game bought the second one for the characters and story. The sequel had high expectations on it's back and they grew the more time passed. Obviously meeting these expectations isn't an easy feat and have mostly not been met based on what has been promised and not delivered.
    Horror and survival fall in to th background as human interaction and conflict takes it's place. In it's purest form, this sequel follows the structure of a typical Drama. You know those books which have been played in european theatres hundreds of years ago. Yeah those, this form of storytelling has been ancient since Bertolt Brecht brought up change.
    Before I get to my personal opinion, I'd like to point out that I myself am a female gamer who is part of the LGBTQ community and thus I'm glad they added social political statements to normalize them in our society. There is criticism I'd like to add about the execution though.
    Now to my personal opinion:
    I watched The Last Of Us the same as Ellie was in the first game back when it was released on Youtube. Although I've been a fan of the game, marking it as one of my favorite game ever since, I forgot a lot about Joel and Ellies relationship in those 7 years. Needless to say, the first shock element in this game didn't work at all. It came far too early to establish any meaning. However, it's also been the only fuel of the story. it's the kind of plot you can put in any world building, even in those that don't have world building. This plot is known to have an obvious ending. The lack of good characters just add to the mess. For a game called The 'Last' of Us, there are too many living people. There are so many characters I couldn't care less about, even when the game tried to make me care. The story likes to jump in time and place, present to backflash, from Ellie to the second protagonist, and vice versa. It's annoying. The first game never did any backflashes and it worked out great despite it. I bet it would've been possible to achieve the goal the developers had without having to play a completely different character. After all we've never played as the Fire Flies in the first game and we still knew they do good.
    Now to the one part that probably gets me discredited. We know Ellie likes girls, from the dlc, so do I. I'm not a fan of romance. It wasn't needed in this game to workout. It could've done without or at least much milder. The one straight nude love scene didn't have to happen either. Well, if the game was supposed to resemble the first one. It's not. I accept that.
    All in all the game can never be a 10/10, neither a 4/10 if 5/10 is considered average. It's performance and execution is above average, at a 7/10 or 8/10 but my enjoyment beneath all else and my disappointment even higher. I might have scored it objectively, thats not what user reviews is about though. 2/3 of the game is about characters and story and those got 1 points from me, leaving it at a 4/10 for the amazing technical execution.    … Expand
  82. vplyashkun
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok, i played the game and i even loved it in the beginning.
    But then...levels are too long, action is almost every minute (i loved first Last of Us especially for it's atmosphere of adventure) and this final "monster" with Abby in the hospital. Guys are you seriously? I'm playing on minimal complexity level (just relaxing) and you even don't provide me chance to skip this fight! I thought this type of game design (player and enemy in close space) ended in 90s.
    Game over for me on this level. Last of Us 1 was much better.
    Bye Naughty Dog.    … Expand
  83. Lord_Volta
    Jul 4, 2020
    4
    This game:
    Rewrites characters and scenes from the previous (much better) title to fit its narrative.
    Intentionally misled customers by advertising fake video footage of the game.
    Forces you, the player, to commit despicable, violent acts to continue.
    Has a developer that can't take criticism.
  84. BeamishBull
    Aug 31, 2020
    4
    I wouldn't call this game a complete failure, the graphics are godlike and the gameplay is very fun. However, this game is very brutal and made me sick at some parts, the story sacrifices character moments for SJW appeal (which it somehow also fails at? what?!) and you don't play as the giraffe from the first game. 0/5 **** sucks
  85. h281231100
    Jul 4, 2020
    4
    Никакими 10 из 10 тут и не пахнет. Игра про графоний с помойным сюжетом и спорным геймплеем.
  86. Xepher54
    Jul 21, 2020
    4
    A Total narrative disaster .this Is basically how to ruin a franchise very easily.Whoever says this game Is Great Is Just lying to himself and doesnt want to admit the disappoint and the Money waste of this pile of s
  87. Smallville707
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    Honestly didn't play this game myself. I Watched the spoilers before the game released, canceled my preorder, and decided to wait until Skillup and Angry Joe played it first. Man am I happy I saved my $60 because they both have nothing good to say about the story. Even Pewdiepie was hating playing it, and that's saying something.
    To clarify, I have watched the full gameplay, I just never    Honestly didn't play this game myself. I Watched the spoilers before the game released, canceled my preorder, and decided to wait until Skillup and Angry Joe played it first. Man am I happy I saved my $60 because they both have nothing good to say about the story. Even Pewdiepie was hating playing it, and that's saying something.
    To clarify, I have watched the full gameplay, I just never purchased it myself.    … Expand
  88. DonSanchis
    Jul 27, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 4 года Эбби копила злобу, подбила своих якобы друзей на авантюру, по сути похоронила их. Зверски убила абсолютно незнакомого ей человека, который ее только что спас рискуя жизнью. Убила с наслаждением, мучая его на глазах явно близкого ему человека. Всю игру ложила болт на своих друзей и врагов, абсолютно не рефлексировала по поводу содеянного (зверское убийство Джоела). Всех предала и свалила в другую часть страны, где вляпалась, как последняя тупица и в конце еще и выжила, уплыв на лодочке в туман! Шикарная история!

    А какая мораль? Хочешь отомстить? Собери команду побольше, и когда карма решит вернуть тебе должок, они все подохнут, а на тебя уже запала не останется.

    Отличный персонаж и история построенная исключительно на удаче! Бог из машини на каждом шагу! Нашла Джоела - удача. Умирала в петле, но выжила - удача. Нашла Элли - удача (вот валяется карта, где кружочком отмечено где искать). Умирала на столбе, спасли - удача. Уже почти утопили, но убийца передума - УДАААЧАААА! Что там на удачу едят? Клевер? Она походу в перемешку со стероидами его жрала.

    Не, ну а чего? Отличная история и персонаж! Достойная замена Джоелу (НЕТ). И вот за такого персонажа 10 часов геймплея. Что могло возмутить поклонников игры, непонятно?! Внешность наверное.    … Expand
  89. Senden_Wh
    Jun 1, 2022
    4
    Проект проходной. Очередной ежегодный мусор для фанатов НотеДог. Осуждение комьюнити за двойные стандартов. За всё надо платить и вы получили свой хлеб. Хлеб в виде себя же. Дракмен сделал то, что хотел, а вы его с молоком смешалиПроект проходной. Очередной ежегодный мусор для фанатов НотеДог. Осуждение комьюнити за двойные стандартов. За всё надо платить и вы получили свой хлеб. Хлеб в виде себя же. Дракмен сделал то, что хотел, а вы его с молоком смешали
  90. preddajjozon
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    O jogo se chama the last of us mas se esqueceu disso e passou a focar apenas em questões políticas o gameplay é horrível e o jogo tem cutscenes a cada 5min não dá pra gostar desse jogo.
  91. Nexo99
    Jun 28, 2020
    4
    No es un 10. sin embargo tampoco es un 0. Esta regular y donde mas flaquea es donde mas debería destacar., la pobre historia de esta segunda entrega es la que la condena.
  92. Pedazo78
    Jul 11, 2020
    4
    Técnicamente impresionante pero terríblemente aburrido; Apenas evoluciona en nada a la primera parte y además la historia no tiene ningún interés. Avanzar, explorar, acción de vez en cuando y cazipladas a calzador de la ideología basurilla de los desarrolladores. Un buen ñordo vamos.
  93. vnel
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    10/10 Gameplay and graphics. 0/10 story.
    Sorry Naughty Dog, we're done. I was here for Joel and Ellie's story - not some random side characters noone gives an ef about. I can't believe you had Joel go out like a dog. Disgusting.
  94. ScottPilgrim
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    a solid game, but did not live up to the name. also i feel like this game was trying to send a political message. as a gamer i do no appreciate this because i enjoy gaming for the sole purpose of escaping the real world, and i can't help but cringe during certain times in this game where you feel like the devs had an ego or something. i am not by any means looking to hate on this game, anda solid game, but did not live up to the name. also i feel like this game was trying to send a political message. as a gamer i do no appreciate this because i enjoy gaming for the sole purpose of escaping the real world, and i can't help but cringe during certain times in this game where you feel like the devs had an ego or something. i am not by any means looking to hate on this game, and i hate having to feel negatively about one of my favorite gaming series. this game might be fun for newcomers who don't take the story or characters too seriously, but for die-hard fans this is a real bummer… Expand
  95. wildinstict
    Jul 19, 2020
    4
    i really didnt have fun, i feel i wasted my 60bucks. i just didnt care about the story, it was a chore, boring unfun and made me sad. i even saw a traumatizing scene. it must be returned
  96. RoxasCar
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game graphically is excellent and the gameplay better much, it is intense the game play, the problem is the story because they have just killed the legacy and a whole community of fans that I love the first installment, in first the script has story hollow mucjos, the script without consistency, many biological things in it and killing Joel and killing Joel , the most beloved and intelligent protagonist dies of the worst possible forms at the hands of Abby that you would use later in it, but the character is annoying. Abby is now the character with the worst development and empty arguments to get revenge Abby is now the character with the worst development and empty arguments to get revenge and Elly in the end is also stupid, wur is supposed to avenge her father's death but instead forgives her after she has killed many people so that in the end she says "no, it's that revenge is bad" don't **** me up, it's **** it's ****… Expand
  97. SuiZideKing
    Jul 3, 2020
    4
    Nobody can deny the amazing visuals and overall quality of this game. That being said I don’t think Neil Druckman could of done a worse job with the story. The heavy handed liberal nonsense is pushed at you basically from the start. Terrible narrative which was such a large part of what made the first game great.
  98. GH0STMERC
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    bug and glitches all over the place in this game. with all that crunch time you think they would release a polished product. no thanks.
  99. DrPingas
    Aug 12, 2020
    4
    The gameplay was really fun and engaging, but the story however was a mess and was poorly written. My biggest issue with the story is that the characters get thrown around and are inconsistent. At one point a character would be a significant part of the story, but then be completely forgotten about for pretty much the rest of the game. Character relationships feel unrealistic consideringThe gameplay was really fun and engaging, but the story however was a mess and was poorly written. My biggest issue with the story is that the characters get thrown around and are inconsistent. At one point a character would be a significant part of the story, but then be completely forgotten about for pretty much the rest of the game. Character relationships feel unrealistic considering we would just meet certain characters and immediately the characters of the story would care or simply trust each other all of the sudden. This is a consistent problem throughout the entire game. The romantic relationships in the game feel unrealistic. An example of this is during the beginning of the game where the player meets Dina for the first time. We literally go from having a snowball fight, to killing zombies, to smoking weed and having sex. Ellie and Dina literally hooked up the night before, and now all the sudden they have this complexed romantic relationship? Not even the notes in Ellie’s journal reveals any chemistry between the two. They were simply friends, but I digress. Honestly though if your gonna have complexed character relationships show it in gameplay or cutscenes including flashbacks. Don’t just write some lazy expedition in notes and don’t assume that the player assumes the characters have had previous chemistry. The game also has way to much plot armor. Basically this story’s events and why certain characters live or die can be summed up as a giant coincidence. The biggest example of this in my opinion is when Ellie is captured by the WLF for the first time during her revenge quest. She’s tied up by a WLF member who then holds knife to her neck. Another WLF member intervenes, that person then try’s to kill Ellie, the previous WLF member intervenes Saying they should interrogate Her instead, the other character insists that they kill Ellie, they then put a gun to her head to kill her, Dina shows up killing one of the enemy’s through the skylight, she gets shot down by the still living WLF member hitting the ground hard and temporary disabling her, instead of shooting Dina the WLF member decides to strangle her, Ellie then picks up a piece of glass from the broken skylight to cut her restraints, She then stabs and kills the WLF member Saving herself and Dina. I don’t mind a little plot armor, but there’s so much of it in this game that it breaks the immersion. The set pieces are cool at least. The last level of the game (all though fun to play) felt extremely rushed story wise. We are literally introduced to a new faction called the “Ratlers” and given no time to develop them. It honestly feels like the last part was just padding. The game is very long in general literally jumping back in time when the story is about to reach its peak and seemingly concluded to tell what I feel is a completely unrelated story from the previous. I’m referring to Abbys story. We go from a revenge quest to avenge Joel as Ellie, to saving the people from the enemy faction “Seraphites” Because they had resented the faction, to building a relationship with said people (Mainly Lev) causing a faction war between The WLF and the Seraphites as Abby. Both of which are 10 hours long. You can literally make two games out of this, but I digress. Finally we have reached the end and to be honest it sucked. Not only because Abby lived, but because Ellie never found out why Abby kille Joel. We the player know, but Ellie doesn’t. So I’m sitting there thinking why on earth did Ellie not kill Abby. It felt like the developers forgot or overlooked that Ellie doesn’t know What Abbys intentions were and that all she knows is that Abby killed Joel and that she was going to kill her. So basically Ellie traveled for months, wiped out nearly two factions worth of people single handily, only to let the Person who killed Joel (who was basically a dad to Ellie) live? I don’t buy it. Overall the gameplay was really fun, but I just could get into the story.… Expand
  100. Paul2687
    Jun 26, 2020
    4
    This game is a masterpiece when it comes to graphic and audio design. The gameplay is slightly above average. The story is utter garbage that doesn't add anything meaningful to the first one. Some games aren't meant to have sequels. Some stories stand on their own. Star Wars is an ideal comparison. If you like TLJ you might like this game. It takes the characters you grew attached to andThis game is a masterpiece when it comes to graphic and audio design. The gameplay is slightly above average. The story is utter garbage that doesn't add anything meaningful to the first one. Some games aren't meant to have sequels. Some stories stand on their own. Star Wars is an ideal comparison. If you like TLJ you might like this game. It takes the characters you grew attached to and throws them away for cheap twists to tell a story that has been told a hundred times already and replaces meaningful characters with some of the most unlikeable ones I've ever seen in a video game. They aren't bad, they just have nothing about them that makes me invested in who they are, and I couldn't care less to see the rest of their arc.

    This was a colossal waste of such a massive opportunity for the story they could have told with this game. I appreciate the effort made by all of the dev team. The design of this game is fantastic. The detail put into the environments, animations, facial expressions, particle effects and so much more is second to none. You will not play another game on PS4 with this level of polish and quality. It's just such a shame that it couldn't have been an excellent story, and have all of the detail the devs worked so hard to build in it as well. I'm just... disappointed.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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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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Metascore
93

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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