The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 161975 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. global
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Damn. What is happening with game industry nowadays? This is not a video game. This is a video novel with a little bit of video game in it. "Press X at the right time to push enemy away". Bollocks. Gameplay mechanic that is 15 years old. Irritating main characters. It's good that indie games are getting better and better. AAA games are crap.
  2. Gunmars
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    Gameplay is virtually unchanged, visuals are great but the story is tire fire. I tried to like it, I really did but it's so nonsensical compared to the first games story. Spent all of the first game building up this environment and characters just to throw it all away with terrible plot holes. Don't get me wrong, there are a few decent moments within but 90% of the story arc is completeGameplay is virtually unchanged, visuals are great but the story is tire fire. I tried to like it, I really did but it's so nonsensical compared to the first games story. Spent all of the first game building up this environment and characters just to throw it all away with terrible plot holes. Don't get me wrong, there are a few decent moments within but 90% of the story arc is complete confusion, they really misread what the players liked about the original story.

    The only comparison I have is D&D of Game of Thrones, they just lost touch with what made it good or maybe they just don't care? Maybe they got some big business focus group together and figured this story would make the most money. Whatever happened it's a shame. Doubt I will venture into a part 3 if there is one.    … Expand
  3. goyovista
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    Pros: Stunning visuals, pretty decent gameplay (more fluid than TLOU)
    Cons: Poor story, poor dialogue, too much Abby, Joel is a shell of his former self, Ellie lacks personality compared to TLOU, too many collectibles (especially notes).
    Owen voice actor is very poor (seriously, why was the name Owen chosen for a character?) and dialogue only contributed to how bland he is. Dina had    Pros: Stunning visuals, pretty decent gameplay (more fluid than TLOU)
    Cons: Poor story, poor dialogue, too much Abby, Joel is a shell of his former self, Ellie lacks personality compared to TLOU, too many collectibles (especially notes).
    Owen voice actor is very poor (seriously, why was the name Owen chosen for a character?) and dialogue only contributed to how bland he is.
    Dina had nothing humorous or original to say. Come to think of it, most of the characters had nothing unique, contemplative, funny, or interesting to say.
    I wish I hadn’t bought this game so early. Naughty Dog will not get my money ever again.    … Expand
  4. PeaceWalker
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    I wasnt too into the facial expressions during the sodomy scenes. Also whats with the sub-par melee combat? If I wanted a melee game I'd play Absolver which is better in every way in that regard.
  5. mikee11
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    The game trailers were blatantly misleading about what the game would be. It also doesn't hold a candle to the original except improved production values. It might be the best looking game ever released on console / PC but the bad way the story is written will wear you down. It's a game that aims to make you feel a certain way, depressed, sad, grossed out and that would be fine, but theThe game trailers were blatantly misleading about what the game would be. It also doesn't hold a candle to the original except improved production values. It might be the best looking game ever released on console / PC but the bad way the story is written will wear you down. It's a game that aims to make you feel a certain way, depressed, sad, grossed out and that would be fine, but the writing honestly isn't that good, the game feels poorly placed, bloated, preachy and sometimes nonsensical . I would still not be upset at it but it absolutely DESTROYS everything about the characters you love from the first game and doesn't replace them with good new characters.… Expand
  6. purutaru
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    You know, i thought of writing a detailed review and break down various aspects of this game on what made it great and what held it back. To compare what the leaks claimed vs what's in the game at release. To argue why ultimately the "woke" part of the game didn't really affect how the story would play out...

    But i gave up - just as Naughty Dog gave up on what made Last of Us memorable    You know, i thought of writing a detailed review and break down various aspects of this game on what made it great and what held it back. To compare what the leaks claimed vs what's in the game at release. To argue why ultimately the "woke" part of the game didn't really affect how the story would play out...

    But i gave up - just as Naughty Dog gave up on what made Last of Us memorable and great.
    (hint: it's the characters).

    TLDR:
    It's a story about revenge. The circle of hatred.
    The circle is only broken because the story-writer throws in a "twist" at the end. (i shall not spoil it)
    It sucked and certain parts of it requires willing suspension of disbelief.

    Maybe you would enjoy it or maybe not. Buy it at your own risk.
    Feel free to join the club and weep at the $59.99 you just wasted along with me.    … Expand
  7. Zaar757
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story is just horrendous, over-wrought and doesn't pay off. Graphically, the wait was worth it, but I would've preferred some advances to the gameplay OTHER than dogs (like better, more interactive puzzle elements). TLOU was one of my all-time favorites, and to watch Naughty Dog obliterate all that goodwill. Why they thought ANYONE would want to play as Joel's killer is so stunningly short-sighted that I am sickened by the sales figures for this game, because someone as the turd studio is going to see it as a positive and good thing they did. I'm done with them.… Expand
  8. THE_COCONUT_MAN
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's the same game, only more miserable, no multiplayer and it has killed everything you loved. Enjoy!… Expand
  9. mikemill
    Jul 16, 2020
    3
    This game was incredibly disappointing. The first game was a masterful story of finding redemption in a brutal world while this sequel is nothing more than a dark revenge tale. They turned Ellie into a miserable, cynical character whose depressed adult personality resembles nothing of the girl from the original game. The gameplay feels repetitive and dated as well. Sure the graphics areThis game was incredibly disappointing. The first game was a masterful story of finding redemption in a brutal world while this sequel is nothing more than a dark revenge tale. They turned Ellie into a miserable, cynical character whose depressed adult personality resembles nothing of the girl from the original game. The gameplay feels repetitive and dated as well. Sure the graphics are great, but that's about the only positive on this terrible sequel. Buyer's remorse big time.… Expand
  10. ditex
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    Разочарование. Первая половина на твёрдые 9 баллов, но вторая настолько отвратительна, что хочется отрицательный балл поставить.
  11. Hunter_Dragon
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Graphics 10/10
    Music, VA & Sound 8/10
    Gameplay 4/10 Story & Characterization 1/10 The score should be an average of 6/10, but because this is a primarily a story focused game and if the story is terrible neither the gameplay nor the graphics mean anything, so subtracting their scores from the total gets us 2.5 or 3 .. that's the score this game truly deserves. And for full    Graphics 10/10
    Music, VA & Sound 8/10
    Gameplay 4/10
    Story & Characterization 1/10

    The score should be an average of 6/10, but because this is a primarily a story focused game and if the story is terrible neither the gameplay nor the graphics mean anything, so subtracting their scores from the total gets us 2.5 or 3 .. that's the score this game truly deserves.

    And for full disclosure i watched the game being played online (entire playthroughs are easily available now), i didn't play it personally, and i wouldn't even if offered to me for free, and instead of going into spoilers i'll discuss the dichotomy between the critics scores and the user scores, the game critics gave it 10/10 and gushed about it being best game of the year/generation/all time because they are shilling and protecting their privileges and exclusive media access to future Sony and Naughty Dog games, and gamers gave it 3/10 because they are angry and frustrated for several reasons.

    Not just because how the game play barley evolved in long 7 years, or because of the terrible story, lazy writing and demeaning sadistic treatment of the original characters, the nonsensical plot points and the meaningless ending, but also because of how the creators of the game (specifically Neil) are blatantly trying to push an progressive agenda (by Neil's admission and his creepy infatuation with Anita and her poorly researched and misleading anti-gamer series Feminist Frequency), and also because of the terrible crunch culture in Naughty Dog that made 70% of the team leave before game is done, many employees who left spoke of it, how it made some require hospitalization, and how it's so bad and pervasive that they couldn't find any veteran animators/CGI artists to work for them and had to recruit interns from the movie industry to work for them, finally people are pissed because of the false and illegal DMCAs filed by the shady shell company MUSO TNT Ltd that Sony and Naughty Dog used to strike and silence any YT channel discussing the leaks even if they didn't use any screenshots or videos leaked from the game, it was disgusting and very shady behavior.

    To top that, Neil's blatant progressive agenda and his enforcement of terrible crunch culture are probably the reasons Amy Hennig left too (she openly opposed the woke progressive narrative that women are discriminated against in gaming industry, and said she never once felt discriminated against because of being a woman).

    And the claim the review bombing is just because gamers are a bunch of bigots and hate gay/trans representation is nonsense, yeah people do meme and joke about it but it's not the real reason people are angry or review bombing the game, the expansion of The Last of Us called Left Behind had Ellie's lesbian kiss and her coming out as a lesbian and its user score is 8.2 and the Life is Strange game hinted a lot at two lesbian relations between the characters (Rachel X Chloe, and depending on player choices Max X Chloe) is rated 8.6 ... people have no problem with that if it's done right and the story and characters aren't sacrificed for it, but in TLoU2 it's not done right, it's done only so the writers and Neil can feel good about themselves and be congratulated for how stunning and brave they are by the woke activists and "influencers" on Twitter.

    My final verdict ... SKIP IT, save your money for something better.    … Expand
  12. gdobbs0719
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The best way to describe this game is if 2020 was a video game. I'm not even kidding. When you play video games, you play them to go up against fictional, mostly nameless baddies. Persona games you go up against demons and other personas, God of War you go up against supernatural fodder, Divinity Original Sin 2 you go up against Voidwoken and Zealot Magisters who want to see you hung with insane veracity, etc. Even TLou primarily focused on the infected and when it was human enemies they were so absurd that you were up against a cannibal cult leader who wanted to marry a 10 year old. The reason this is the case is so that games are an escape from the day to day grind and you have avenues to let out aggression on sprites in healthy ways.

    The TLou2 gives you that in the first few hours and feels like a pretty damn good game. When you're going up against the infected, it's everything I would want it to be. Fun, fast paced, stealth based, etc. Then... the game goes loopty f*** and you're doing things that are unnecessary. Killing a pregnant woman, killing humans and animals where you actually hear the pain in the other people's voices of losing their friends, etc. At the end of the game all you have to show for it is everyone who was a lead character is either broken or dead. There is no hope, there is no love, there is no compassion. It's... a very nihilistic point of view. Playing the game when you started dealing with the Washington Liberation enemies started feeling like watching the original Martyrs, and that movie turned me off horror films. So, good job. You created a game with something to say. Only in trying to express progressive views and thought provoking ideas, all you achieved was hate and loss.    … Expand
  13. Vinnymac
    Jan 3, 2021
    3
    Gameplay and Graphics are decent but that’s all this game offers.

    Guns, upgrades, and enemies are all put together very well. It’s enjoyable to find the upgrades and parts needed to make your weapons better and more efficient. Graphics are great, some of the best on PS4. Storyline isn’t well thought out at all. The infected aren’t even necessary to the storyline. They are just a means    Gameplay and Graphics are decent but that’s all this game offers.

    Guns, upgrades, and enemies are all put together very well. It’s enjoyable to find the upgrades and parts needed to make your weapons better and more efficient.

    Graphics are great, some of the best on PS4.

    Storyline isn’t well thought out at all. The infected aren’t even necessary to the storyline. They are just a means to tell a silly story, of two people who want to kill each other. It’s easy to care for Ellie, and see her side of all of it.

    Abbys story could have been done well. It could’ve been interesting, and they could have made a game that created an environment where you cared for the character and what happens to them. But they failed at every turn. They waited for 50% of the game to be over to even teach you anything about the character.

    I played the game a very long time after the hype died down. I came to learn that many many others feel they ruined the sequel to the original, and I have to agree.

    The story doesn’t hold a candle to the original. They lost the magic that made the original story so gripping and entertaining. If this game was purely about Ellie, Dina, and Jesse I would’ve really enjoyed it. If the scars were somehow a common enemy, that made you have to work with Abby at some point, only to get to decide whether she lives or dies later, it would’ve been incredible.

    More choices should’ve been in the players hand. They aren’t being brave by telling the story they did, but lazy. This game reminded me of all of the disappointment the last couple of years embodied, from The Walking Dead Finale, to the Game of Thrones Finale, Cyberpunk 2077s launch, and more.

    Hopefully 2021 brings better entertainment, because 2020 carried a lot of bad, including the games released, such as this one.    … Expand
  14. Seraphiel
    Sep 5, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Initially I was very much against a sequel to TLOU. The first game's ending left me feeling hollow and thinking about it for weeks but it was an almost perfect ending. It hit all the right emotional notes due to character growth throughout and it was far more powerful to let the audience imagine the rest of Ellie and Joel's lives and how they might turn out with the unspoken secret hanging over their relationship.

    Then I got on the hype train. When this game launched, I saw the backlash but I put it wrongly down to transphobia. Then I played the first half of the game and thought "this is decent" and thought that the bad reviewers were insane. Sure the mechanics are basically the same as TLOU1 and the AI was dumber than a bucket of rocks but I was enjoying it. I actually thought that the Joel incident worked very well and, while the gameplay wasn't amazingly inspired, the graphics and motion capture was top notch. However, then I got to the second half with Abby. Oh boy, what a bloated, tedious mess.

    I got the feeling that the developers considered whether they wanted to make a new game with a new protagonist or a game which followed Ellie from TLOU and couldn't decide so they shoved both games together and, by doing so, succeeded at neither.

    At about 40% of the way through the game you are suddenly shoved into playing as Abby (similar to the Raiden bait and switch in MGS2 and received about as well) but the problem is that Abby is not at all interesting and it makes the next 55% of the game an utter slog. Abby interacts with characters you don't care about, advances an almost utterly irrelevant plot and almost all of it could have been cut out of the game and the plot would have been a lot tighter. The point the game is seemingly trying to make is that Abby is a human too but that's already blatantly obvious and any subtlety goes out of the window with the game repeatedly hitting you over the head with it. Yes, revenge is bad, we get it.

    It's like if TLOU1 had switched from Joel's perspective in the midst of the denouement and then insisted that you played as Marlene doing unrelated things for 15 hours. It would have utterly destroyed the pacing and ruined the ending; that is what happens here.

    The ending also renders the entire plot pointless and was immersion breakingly contrary to the character's previously established motivations and characterisation. That said, because of the pacing issues I was just glad that I had slogged through to the end. There was no real emotional pay-off. When your main emotion is "phew, glad I finished that" then you know the plot has failed.

    The game succeeds on graphics and game mechanics but utterly drops the ball in relation to story and character arcs. For what is, above all else, a story-driven game a bad story and forgettable ending is a cardinal sin and one which can't be excused. Contrasted to the ending of TLOU, I wish they had never made a sequel as it retrospectively makes the ending of TLOU worse.    … Expand
  15. Racer1
    Sep 13, 2021
    3
    Revenge story of brutal girls in zombies world. gameplay 1 in 1 first chapter. 310
  16. perydwyn
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    I dont want to be one of those people, and I'm not going to include any actual spoilers here but this game is dreadful. It looks incredible, has some fantastic voice acting, but I font rate games on those factors. I base a game on its gameplay and its writing. This fails in so many ways on both counts. The game seems to want to force you into bad situations with no way out except makingI dont want to be one of those people, and I'm not going to include any actual spoilers here but this game is dreadful. It looks incredible, has some fantastic voice acting, but I font rate games on those factors. I base a game on its gameplay and its writing. This fails in so many ways on both counts. The game seems to want to force you into bad situations with no way out except making bad decisions. And then it lectures you about what a bad person you are for making those choices. It's like it wants to just gaslight you through its entire experience. This isnt art either...its like an angry Sunday school teacher with a ruler goading you into being bad just to lecture you. It really is that bad.

    And as for the gameplay. You would have more fun moving the cursor up and down the menus. The interactivity doesnt get much beyond that.

    A lid this game. I cant understand all the professional reviews. Were they even playing the same game?    … Expand
  17. HassanS
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is not a 0 or 10 rating game. It depends on your style. I'm single-player focused. I play games for their visuals/atmosphere, play style, and most important storytelling.
    On visuals/atmosphere this game is phenomenal. One of the top in this gaming generation. Respect on that front.
    On play style, the game style is interesting at first but reverts to stealth kills or smashing square in most cases This gets boring very fast. Replayability is out the window. Its a one and done if you can get through it.
    On the story side, this is where the discussion starts.
    Whenever a game has to force a character out of character to make the story go forward, I lose interest. Whenever events don't make sense, I lose interest. Let me say, I lost interest big time.
    Normally I don't review games, however, this mess of a storyline compelled me, specifically because of all the hyped 95-100 reviews by critics (hacks).
    Say we keep the events as is, the method of telling the story is massively mistaken. Had the game started with Abby's story, her emotional turmoil of losing her father, her hunt of Joel leading to killing him, then switching to the story from Ellie's side, I might have been inclined to appreciate her point of view.
    However, seeing Abby killing Joel, then switching to her side, there is no chance of me liking her. Whether I play 10 hours or 50 hours. I've already made my mind.
    Forcing me to kill a dog, then reprimanding me after the fact, by forcing me to feel guilty, cheap storytelling tricks.
    Killing 50+ humans, then feeling bad cause the last human I killed was pregnant. How does that make sense?
    Killing every human in sight, then stopping at the last one, suddenly makes things ok?
    Leaving a great life, to go kill someone. Killing everything in your path, then letting them go? It is soo out of character that it feels extremely shoehorned. The character of Ellie acts 2 dimensional in such an unrealistic way that it doesn't feel real.
    It makes me think of Season 1 of Arrow, where Arrow kills 30+ bodyguards, but only wounds the leader. Why is this 1 person more important than the other 30 I've brutally beaten/murdered?
    In my opinion, the story was deliberately set in a way to mess with people, for pure shock value thinking this is great storytelling.
    TLOU 1 was a great story, it built characters, built attachments, made me care about 2 fictional characters. It made me like Ellie and Joel so much, that I didn't care that Joel's choice stripped humanity of a possible cure. Screw the cure, I like these 2 characters and their interaction. That's powerful storytelling and character-building!
    TLOU2 did nothing for the characters. Beyond Ellie, who I liked cause of the 1st game, there is not a single character that made an impact on me. Sadly enough, had I known Ellie from TLOU2 only, I'm sure I wouldn't have liked her either. Her actions are incoherent and give no closure.
    This is where my scoring of the game goes to a 3.
    No character attachments.
    I won't remember this game positively.
    If someone mentions this game to me, I'll advise them not to play it.
    Sad to see a game with such great potential being wasted for mere shock value and cheap storytelling tricks.
    Great storytelling will make a game live forever. Nice graphics won't. I'd play a remastered TLOU1 anytime, there is absolutely no way I'd play a remastered TLOU2 at any stage.    … Expand
  18. CyclePlus
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Game is visually spectacular but that's where it ends unfortunately. The story is bad, the writing is atrocious (bigot sandwiches anyone?), the characters are lame and the game is a massive boring chore to playthrough. This game is so bad it makes ME: Andromeda look like a masterpiece.
  19. vasco72
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    I love the first game and the more i played trough this one the more i thought it didn't do justice to the original story. The game doesn't deserve 0 the graphics are good and voice acting too but the main thing the story is severely lacking talent and criativity behind it.

    In short the story and characters is what really lets the game down, it is just full of clichês about violence, it    I love the first game and the more i played trough this one the more i thought it didn't do justice to the original story. The game doesn't deserve 0 the graphics are good and voice acting too but the main thing the story is severely lacking talent and criativity behind it.


    In short the story and characters is what really lets the game down, it is just full of clichês about violence, it seems like it is fan fiction from a college student.    … Expand
  20. EvilMrJingles
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    Technically excellent but artistically flawed. The writing in particular is extremely disappointing in its handling of established characters subverting expectations just for the sake of shock value. The new character introduced in this game has absolutely zero redeeming qualities, her introduction is handled very poorly, and to make matters worse, the game forces you to play as her for anTechnically excellent but artistically flawed. The writing in particular is extremely disappointing in its handling of established characters subverting expectations just for the sake of shock value. The new character introduced in this game has absolutely zero redeeming qualities, her introduction is handled very poorly, and to make matters worse, the game forces you to play as her for an extended period of time.… Expand
  21. taushif
    Jul 27, 2020
    3
    Heart and soul of the last of us has always been the story and the character but part 2 undid all of that. Story could have been much better.. it's all over the place, game invokes wrong emotions and doesn't justify, story and sequence feel like written by amateur fan fiction writer
  22. Mal81
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    Honestly, the game is about a 6/10. I'm giving it a 3/10 to offset the **** 10/10 scores. It's just mildly better than average. I could care less about preachy, it's the writing, it's just not very good.

    Great graphics, great acting. Mediocre follow-up to a masterpiece.
  23. mccarthy995
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    People who are rating 10s needs to be murdered by a golf club and spat on. LOU1 was a 10 easy, but this?
  24. Say_Chidz
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    For all of it glorious visuals and occasional well acted moments, naughty dog’s sequel to its ps3 swan song is an average experience. The same awful pacing that at times marred the first and brought it to a halt can be found here, and the final few hours of the campaign can be an absolute grind both mentally and emotionally. It’s definitely not for everyone, just like the first game, andFor all of it glorious visuals and occasional well acted moments, naughty dog’s sequel to its ps3 swan song is an average experience. The same awful pacing that at times marred the first and brought it to a halt can be found here, and the final few hours of the campaign can be an absolute grind both mentally and emotionally. It’s definitely not for everyone, just like the first game, and just like the first one it’s not for me either.… Expand
  25. PittLord
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This game could have been great, but it isn’t. Looks beautiful, the mechanics are fine, but the story is complete garbage. This The Last Jedi of game sequels; agenda driven, completely disrespectful of what came before, and just unrelentingly pretentious. The only part of the leaks that wasn’t accurate was Abby being a transwoman...apparently she just likes steroids and HGH a lot, butThis game could have been great, but it isn’t. Looks beautiful, the mechanics are fine, but the story is complete garbage. This The Last Jedi of game sequels; agenda driven, completely disrespectful of what came before, and just unrelentingly pretentious. The only part of the leaks that wasn’t accurate was Abby being a transwoman...apparently she just likes steroids and HGH a lot, but it changes nothing. The character is horrible, unlikeable, and moves in what I can only describe as a drunk, obese Cole from GOW. The weird part is that she might have worked as an antagonist, but the game forces you to play as her for half it’s run time. All I wanted to do while playing as her was to kill myself. I don’t care about her story, her motivation, or why she and almost every other female character looks as androgynous as possible. Gameplay is fine, but nothing special. It’s not that different from the original and the AI is dumb as a rock. If the first game was a leap forward, this is a baby step. The gameplay doesn’t evolve or change, what you see in the first couple of hours is what you get. Save your money.
    Save your money. This is garbage.    … Expand
  26. Deadly
    Dec 1, 2022
    3
    Well, I guess this is what social justice does to a game, story, and characters completely ruined, for me the last of us was always about Joel finding a new daughter in Ellie and this is about pushing LGBT propaganda, thanks but no thanks.
  27. denvise
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    It would be a lie to say the game isn't somewhat impressive from a technical POV but all of that is undermined by the totally failure of the story.
    The story, that let's face is the main feature of the TLOU games is borderline insulting to the players intelligence with on purpose backwards writing , where if the character of Abby had been introduced properly before the main catalyst event    It would be a lie to say the game isn't somewhat impressive from a technical POV but all of that is undermined by the totally failure of the story.
    The story, that let's face is the main feature of the TLOU games is borderline insulting to the players intelligence with on purpose backwards writing , where if the character of Abby had been introduced properly before the main catalyst event the game could've been somewhat descent.
    But no, it was made terrible on purpose and the produces almost brags about it.
    Would give the game without the story 7/10.    … Expand
  28. Garian
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    Stop trying to force modern agendas onto gamers who just want to enjoy what should've been a compelling story.
  29. SirArthur
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Boring history, nice surviving scenes very hollywood, don't like the gender ideology now infesting videogames hahaha

    0/10.
  30. partyintheback
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    Where do I even begin?

    Okay, first of all, I'll start with the graphics, as they're the least important aspect, I suppose, but I find them largely overhyped. Why? While the game looks fantastic from a distance, the image quality falls apart upon closer inspection. The worst offender is the implementation of film grain. If you're going to make a game that pushes the PS4, that touts PS4    Where do I even begin?

    Okay, first of all, I'll start with the graphics, as they're the least important aspect, I suppose, but I find them largely overhyped. Why? While the game looks fantastic from a distance, the image quality falls apart upon closer inspection. The worst offender is the implementation of film grain. If you're going to make a game that pushes the PS4, that touts PS4 Pro enhancements, and that is supposed to look great on a 4K TV, don't make film grain mandatory. Offer an option to turn it off. We don't buy new technology to play a game that looks like it's running off of a VHS tape. As for the graphics themselves, it's a fine looking game, but not the best I've seen from this generation. Many textures are rather crude. You'll come across many items within the environment that don't even look like they have textures -- they're bland, washed out looking, and muddy, almost looking like they failed to load like in old Unreal Engine 3 games. You'll also notice a lot of pop-in within the environment as you move throughout it. All of that said, the animations within the cinematics are tremendous, lending a realistic feel to the characters even if they're merely video game characters.

    As for the game itself, it's the first game improved. You can now go prone in stealth, making encounters more enjoyable. Other than that, though, there's not much that has changed. If you liked the gameplay in the first game, this is that but slightly better.

    Now where everything falls apart is the story. I'm not going to get into politics or social commentary, I'll specifically talk about the game. This is very much a story that pretty much ruins the first game. While it has its highs, its lows are incredibly low. Not only does it retcon some things, it ruins a lot of the goodwill that they had built with the first game. I'd say that 65% of the story is outright bad. That doesn't make me happy, either. The first game is one of my favorite games ever. The Last of Us Part II didn't ruin my love for that first game, but it does make me wish it would've been a one & done.

    This is my honest impression, as I'm not interested in review bombing. If you come to TLOU merely for gameplay, I'd say maybe it's a 6/10, but I do not; I came mostly for the story, but I was disappointed with the presentation, too, after much was said about how strong that aspect was. I'm unsure why outlets like Digital Foundry found no issue with the low texture quality on many objects. I'm talking PS3 level quality. Overall, it doesn't look like a PS3 game, it does look like a PS4 game, making the low quality textures within the environments, and the heavy use of film grain, all the more jarring.    … Expand
  31. stubz
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Beautiful graphics and the enemy AI seems to be pretty smart(usually).
    Gameplay is somewhat dated but they added some extra things like dogs and jumping over terrain to spice it up.
    Unfortunately the plot is a basic revenge story with a technically bad ending. At the end of the game I was frustrated, unsatisfied, and extremely exhausted having spent 22 hours only for it to all end as    Beautiful graphics and the enemy AI seems to be pretty smart(usually).
    Gameplay is somewhat dated but they added some extra things like dogs and jumping over terrain to spice it up.
    Unfortunately the plot is a basic revenge story with a technically bad ending.
    At the end of the game I was frustrated, unsatisfied, and extremely exhausted having spent 22 hours only for it to all end as pointless.
    I'm not even going to address the weird virtue signaling stuff in the game.    … Expand
  32. Kirnl
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    I give this game a 3/10 fingers. Absolutely biggest waste of a game franchise ever.
  33. Hitscher
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    This Story is just insulting... they could have at least done these big character changes and events in a meaningful way. It just feels so cheap and dumb. Gameplay and Graphics are okay but nothing special for such a title. How can this game get anything over 70.. They must have not played the first one or any other Thirdperson Storyfocused game. Just play Tomb Raider and skip this.
  34. sha1dy
    Jul 28, 2020
    3
    I was blown away by TLOUS 1 back in a day, the graphics were the best for ps3, the story was deep and it made all sense. The last mission at the hospital was very very hard when you realize that everything was for nothing. TLOUS 2 is amazing in terms of graphics, best visuals for PS4, animation, interactions and etc., but the story is just plain stupid - in a world where anyone can dieI was blown away by TLOUS 1 back in a day, the graphics were the best for ps3, the story was deep and it made all sense. The last mission at the hospital was very very hard when you realize that everything was for nothing. TLOUS 2 is amazing in terms of graphics, best visuals for PS4, animation, interactions and etc., but the story is just plain stupid - in a world where anyone can die tomorrow because of the wound or a random bullet, going through the country for revenge? twice in a row? it didn't hook me. I finished the game just for the sake of a controversial ending (I didn't know it in advance) and I was disappointed, as I expected something more serious rather than a happy ending. I would rate the game as 1 if it wasn't for the graphics.… Expand
  35. a123slonky
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    Even after all of the negativity surrounding the game, I started playing my friends copy and thought it was ok for the most part, until you hit a point where the whole game changes. I actually got angry at the game and stopped playing. The graphics were great, but that simply can't save this game.
  36. FPSConan
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    My review is 3/10

    Scored 3 for the greate (Animation, graphics, sound) Story is 0/10 ? is about revenage. First game, had master piece of script. Make the gamer wants to come back again and again to play the game. Even most of gamers cried at end of the game this is how good quality the script was. Second game, instead of the writer expand on the world, virus, cure gangs fight    My review is 3/10

    Scored 3 for the greate (Animation, graphics, sound)

    Story is 0/10 ? is about revenage.

    First game, had master piece of script. Make the gamer wants to come back again and again to play the game. Even most of gamers cried at end of the game this is how good quality the script was.

    Second game, instead of the writer expand on the world, virus, cure gangs fight for the cure and maybe add elemtns of suprise to it.

    The stroy writer made a story which we have seen before a million times. You killed my dady, I will kill you (Revenge) The END.

    As AJS said, You **** it up.    … Expand
  37. Alex79br
    Jul 15, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Em TLOU 1, o enredo era ponto principal desse jogo mas, que chegou nessa segunda parte de forma simplória, totalmente brochante, jogabilidade arroz com feijão, gráficos muito bons, sons de boa qualidade com músicas legais e algumas até famosas, mas enfim 05 anos de espera para apenas isso?

    R.I.P TLOU parte 3, ND não produzam mais uma continuação, pois vai ser jogado dinheiro fora!

    O primeiro TLOU lançado em 2013, ganhou nota 95 da crítica, baseado nessa nota eu pergunto para os mesmo críticos: The Last of Us 2 é melhor que o primeiro?
    Caso você responda "não" porque você deu nota 100 ou igual a 95?

    Hoje dia 15/07/2020 a nota está em 93, por favor metacritic atualizar!    … Expand
  38. Nanoflex
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    18 Hours in , gameplay the same as first one , story is extremely bleek and boring , Worth only a Very Average rating
  39. Z80X
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    2point to Art、Coding Group, 1point to "Exit staff".
    TLOU part II it's a "Personal thoughts" Interaction software, not a GAME.
  40. RI92F4
    Apr 17, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay and details are excellent, but the story is empty. My favourite characters are ruined and my time was wasted.… Expand
  41. ihazzai
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    While the first game had great promise and a beautiful story, the sequel is shamefully sub-par. While the graphics are excellent and the music is passably good at points, the story and direction are utterly disappointing. Character design is insultingly shallow and two dimensional, and the messages the story holds are so bluntly conveyed they might as well be driven into your skull with aWhile the first game had great promise and a beautiful story, the sequel is shamefully sub-par. While the graphics are excellent and the music is passably good at points, the story and direction are utterly disappointing. Character design is insultingly shallow and two dimensional, and the messages the story holds are so bluntly conveyed they might as well be driven into your skull with a gold club.… Expand
  42. Fuht
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    They ruined everything what was build in first part. Thank you Naughty Dog.
  43. Olkoson
    Sep 20, 2020
    3
    Rather dull game. Copy of a previous game with a bad plot decions and repetitive gameplay.
  44. ancientscream
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Technically you cant complain about the game art and programming wise, but the story is irredeemable in the way it treats the players expectations, the death of Joel is frankly cheap and disgraceful ending for his character, the violence of his death is the kind of emotive basic garbage taratino would use to hook his audience, the revenge plot is too basic in its abuse of the players sentiment, lesbians are small percentage of the actual game audience, but they make you play out this garbage dull lesbian relationship that seems founded on so little real underlying personality chemistry, i'm just not feeling it, the Asian guy just some seed father garbage spare wheel to their lesbian relationship, the inconsideracy towards characters in this game would only makes sense from the ego of a third wave feminist, they also make you play out the game as abby the character who murdered Joel, so repulsive, this game could not be anymore aggravating in the way its make the characters play out the game, proof if any were needed that a technically amazing game with an unsatisfying ill thought out story is going to be **** no matter the skill deployed elsewhere. This game obviously swallowed the woke pill regardless of what the developer claims, it feels like they just r**** this game.… Expand
  45. conker18
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    Proably the biggest waste of money for a videogame that I've ever had. I absolutely regret playing it,
  46. deffekt
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The ONLY reason I am not rating this game a 0 is because it IS a visually appealing game. The game looks, and sounds, like a AAA title. That's about as far as it goes. The story and writing is so atrocious and upsetting, if you actually make it through the entire game, it leaves you feeling empty and like you just wasted a substantial amount of time for no reward. I can't emphasize enough how upsetting this game was. I was a huge fan of the first game and eagerly anticipated the sequel, only to have this crap fest of a video game slapped in my face. I couldn't care less about ANYONEs sexual preferences or activities. What I DO care about is being forced to play a character I give literally 0 **** about. I could NEVER see the world through Abby's eyes and it would be too soon. I literally could not care less about her, her reasoning or her motivations. But hey, you are force fed 10-ish hours of gameplay through her eyes. Thanks for wasting my time and money.… Expand
  47. MohammadHD
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    7 years been waiting for this ?
    Naughty dog couldn’t focus in the story because they were focusing somewhere else..

    We don’t want game with messages to support certain causes related to minority or majority.. We just want a good game like the previous TLOU I am really sad for what happened to TLOU
  48. jpr64
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was hoping to have a bit more of Joël in the game, as hinted in the preview, but all I got is flashback... So I stopped pretty quickly as I was playing for story that is barely understandable and logic in this game... LOU2 will be the last of Crappy Dog games I bought.… Expand
  49. EduPimentel
    Jul 4, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A masterpiece of graphical and gameplay mechanics. A disaster piece of storytelling and character development and message.
    I unlike most others really don't care for the death of loved characters, but to not have it mean something, for there to be no redemption arc for no character at all, even if they failed at it in the end, is just poor storytelling and a pathetic choice.    … Expand
  50. slanderbot
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    If you are looking for an immersive, gripping story with memorable, deep characters that undergo significant character development which reflects their personality traits. Combining all these aspects together to make them feel real and alive. Well... avoid this game at all costs.

    Whereas in the last of us 1, you had all those things. It was the biggest strength and draw for the game.    If you are looking for an immersive, gripping story with memorable, deep characters that undergo significant character development which reflects their personality traits. Combining all these aspects together to make them feel real and alive. Well... avoid this game at all costs.

    Whereas in the last of us 1, you had all those things. It was the biggest strength and draw for the game. Characters that felt real, and reacted to their situations as their personality dictates. A constant struggle between survival, and finding joy, a reason to live. It was especially apparent between adults and children. In TLOU2 every character is dead inside already, their bodies just haven't stopped moving yet. They are so flat that you could replace everyone with anything else and the story wouldn't be affected at all. So forgetful, so meaningless the entire way through, and I'm not talking about the "main story arc" everyone is raging about. It's like this the whole damn game.

    Even if you completely remove the story, the characters, etc. from the equation the game is still mediocre at best. The combat is sooo boring and clunky just like the first game. it's just expanded on a little in TLOU2 but it plays the same. Also, the incredibly tedious and un-needed push dumpsters/ladders around is still in the game! There is so much useless filler in this game, and not the fun exploration/discovery type like in zelda, witcher, or other similarly open-world exploration games. One of my friends literally dozed off on the couch while exploring some ruined buildings at one point.

    The only saving grace of this game is the art direction and the graphical fidelity. The art departments did an incredible job! The world looks truly breathtaking, the animations are incredible, dynamic, and incredibly varied. Have you seen the mud?! It looks SO real when you walk and slide through it.

    I really feel for those in the art departments that worked so passionately on this project, only to be associated with all the other downfalls of TLOU2.

    So ultimately I give this game a 3.5/10, purely because of how much incredible work the art team did. Without that, I'd give it a 2/10 simply because the game seems stable.

    When you make a linear story-driven game more akin to an interactable movie than a game, you better have an incredible story and immersively real characters to make it a successful title.    … Expand
  51. Aetla
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    Absolute garbage! Nowadays gaming is all about cheap a** political activism, LGBTQ agenda and cheesy progressive stuff. Who cares about story anyway as long as you represent each and every minority, sexual orientation and make juornos and corporate backed snowflake youtubers happy with your crap. Gaming industry is deeply corrupted first by the greedy publishers like EA and second thoseAbsolute garbage! Nowadays gaming is all about cheap a** political activism, LGBTQ agenda and cheesy progressive stuff. Who cares about story anyway as long as you represent each and every minority, sexual orientation and make juornos and corporate backed snowflake youtubers happy with your crap. Gaming industry is deeply corrupted first by the greedy publishers like EA and second those snowflakes. They just won't stop until they spoil each and game that we loved dearly.… Expand
  52. Shatterstar_N
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    The story of this game just makes no sense, its disappointing
    The gameplay is slightly better and an improvement over TLOU1 but its still the same thing inside
    The animations and visual are great its definitely 10/10 in that department for me The different options of difficulty and how you can make the game look in this game is something others should follow in the future atleast But    The story of this game just makes no sense, its disappointing
    The gameplay is slightly better and an improvement over TLOU1 but its still the same thing inside
    The animations and visual are great its definitely 10/10 in that department for me
    The different options of difficulty and how you can make the game look in this game is something others should follow in the future atleast

    But ultimately we don't play TLOU or Uncharted because of gameplay, we play it for the story and characters, and this was just backwards, I don't want to go into a lot of details but this game's story was just disappointing    … Expand
  53. Lead_Tester
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    A BIG LET DOWN.
    This game is the perfect example of why politics shouldn't be included in video games, at least not in this awful way, game director opted for shock value instead of a good, compelling story, plot holes are laughable, characters are unsympathetic, plot is idiotic at best, there is zero to none character development often character act NOTHING like their previous version,    A BIG LET DOWN.
    This game is the perfect example of why politics shouldn't be included in video games, at least not in this awful way, game director opted for shock value instead of a good, compelling story, plot holes are laughable, characters are unsympathetic, plot is idiotic at best, there is zero to none character development often character act NOTHING like their previous version, making you wonder if they at some point in time became mentally challenged by the infection or something by the end of the game, absolutely nothing is accomplished, and will let you furious at the lack of options and direction, this 25 hours waste of time feels like an excuse to free the franchise of every straight, white, moral characters previously established in the first game.
    ON TOP of everything previously mentioned, FACTIONS (online MP) was excluded of this game, for whatever stupid reason, to include more pointless characters or identity politics.
    Do yourself a favor and skip this sorry mess.
    Wait for it to be free on PS+ or pick it up from a bargain bin a couple of weeks from today.

    + Looks beautiful.
    - EVERYTHING ELSE.    … Expand
  54. janic
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    The characters from the last game are unrecognizable. The new characters are not likable on any level. That on itself could be excused if the plot was worthwile which it unfortunately is not. It's like the #1 priority was to write something unexpected. I am dismayed that this was made by the same studio that made TloU1 and the Uncharted series. 3 points for the graphics and servicable gameplay.
  55. BigJeff
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    I'm not one to post reviews often but I'm compelled to add my opinion after playing through this game over the weekend hoping that things were exaggerated. I feel that a story driven narrative needs to have both relatable characters and compelling story to tell which both are lacking in this game.

    There is no doubt that the engine that was created is impressive and that the game is    I'm not one to post reviews often but I'm compelled to add my opinion after playing through this game over the weekend hoping that things were exaggerated. I feel that a story driven narrative needs to have both relatable characters and compelling story to tell which both are lacking in this game.

    There is no doubt that the engine that was created is impressive and that the game is visually beautiful. That is what earned the 3 points of my review. If nothing else, this provides an even better reason not to preorder games and instead wait for a proper reveiw.

    If you want to know what the story is, I would watch a stream which at least provides you the option to fast forward through all those points where it is a test of your mental fortitude just to proceed..    … Expand
  56. StoneOrc
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Calling that a game in terms of gameplay is too generous.
    The story is stupid, craps all over the characters from the previous game, total con.
  57. Demedik
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Дракманн, ты что курил?!?! Окей, слил сначала Джоэла, но блин почему так тупо? А финал? Тебе что финал писали люди которые написали финал для Масс Эффекта 3? Дальше, где эволюция геймплея? Да мало того, что ты не развивал его, так еще и затянул. Хуже Убисофта в этом поступил... А в способе повествования это просто шаг назад(боевочка, застовочка, боевочка)... Нельзя было сделать как раньше хотя бы это?!? И еще где ты ИИ противников потерял? А казусы в сюжете на подобие Эбби и ее фигуры(для такой фигуры она должна была столько тестостерона вколоть, что у нее бы была борода по пояс). Почему нельзя было взять за пример реальную даму из ММА? Они офигеть насколько тренированные войны... А беременная которая лазит по карнизам? Ты хоть с одной беременной общался? Ты знаешь от них, насколько это не легко? И где развитие персонажей и отношений?

    Отдельное слово дизайнерам и аниматором. Все 3 балла это ваша заслуга. Если игру можно было оценивать только за Вашу работу то это было бы 10/10. По игре видно, что Вы единственные кому не пофиг на игру. И да в следущий раз - заберите траву у Нила...    … Expand
  58. TheSaminator
    Jul 24, 2020
    3
    While the gameplay is solid and the graphics are gorgeous, I can’t say this is a good game. Games like The Last of us are supposed to be story driven and unfortunately the story is very muddled, weak and definitely not what most fans of the 1st game would want. On top of that there is a constant social and political agenda being blatantly thrown in your face throughout the game whichWhile the gameplay is solid and the graphics are gorgeous, I can’t say this is a good game. Games like The Last of us are supposed to be story driven and unfortunately the story is very muddled, weak and definitely not what most fans of the 1st game would want. On top of that there is a constant social and political agenda being blatantly thrown in your face throughout the game which really detracts from the main story(which isn’t that good anyways). Overall I thought they made a great game from a graphical and gameplay perspective but I found myself just trudging through the story at some points and at others just wanting to roll my eyes thinking “oh boy more social agenda being thrown at me”. Overall I have had to force myself to try and like the game at certain times due to the poor story and the constant social narrative taking away from the game instead of adding to it.… Expand
  59. mysterybounty
    Jul 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game looks fantastic, combat is brutal, the actors do a good job at acting the script given, however...

    The writing is trash, the story is a basic revenge plot, characters act outside of the rashionality of the.selves from the first game, hardly any new mechanics combat wise, very few assassination animations, very sad game that makes you feel bad with no optimism or hope.    … Expand
  60. Vanretten
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    I will not talk about the fraud of the promotional video and the fraudulent behavior of the game introduction without mentioning the new protagonist. The story line is very conventional. Even when it looks like a forbidding or some characters appear, you can guess the plot trend casually. If it weren’t for the naughty dog logo, I think this is a bootleg game.
  61. BlacK-LisT
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    If you are in love with the storyline part 1 and this is what you care about then don't think to play part 2 , story honestly is ****

    What it make a last of us great game coz of the story + gameplay and graphics but when u play and change the story we love specially with the main characters definitely you will hate to play or continue the game even if it was good gameplay I lost the    If you are in love with the storyline part 1 and this is what you care about then don't think to play part 2 , story honestly is ****

    What it make a last of us great game coz of the story + gameplay and graphics but when u play and change the story we love specially with the main characters definitely you will hate to play or continue the game even if it was good gameplay I lost the feeling for this game I didn't like it ,it was a suicide from the writer to do this crap which make me just want to finish the game then uninstall .

    Look at Unchartered or god of war theres storyline and gameplay together which you will make you enjoy and feel even if the main character die we will accept if you continue the good story anyhow I will forget this game part 2 forever .    … Expand
  62. guitarguy001
    Jul 5, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is one of the most disappointing sequels in the history of games. While it's one of the most technically beautiful games of the generation and the gameplay is solid, the story and narrative absolutely kills everything the game has to offer.

    The gameplay is improved from the original game. Proning is now an option and makes stealth segments more engaging and the AI is competent enough to give tension. The musical score is great, the visuals are spectacular (some of the best of this generation) and the voice cast is pitch perfect with their performances.

    But all of that falls flat on it's face because of the story. Every single thing aspect of this game's story is a poorly told mess that is meant to throw players for a loop, but it fails horribly due to the leaps you have to take. The original characters from the first game act so out of character, they may as well be different people altogether. Ellie in particular is taken from likable to unlikable, Joel is nowhere near as clever as he was in the original and by the end, Tommy is so out of character, it's jarring.

    Then there are the new characters who are all failures except for Jesse. Abby is one of the most unlikable characters I've seen in a game and almost everything wrong with the story can be attributed to it's focus on her and how said focus is. It tries too hard to make you sympathize with her after she kills Joel that it comes off laughable and you don't buy it.

    Everything about this game is a contradiction. Even the gameplay improvements mean nothing when the story is making you feel bad for doing the things you do in-game. The message of "revenge is bad" only seems to apply to Ellie because Abby walks away alive for the same reason Ellie lost everything. With Abby it's ok, with Ellie it's not. Why? It makes no sense at all and gives conflicting ideologies within it's plot.

    And the way it retcons the ending of the original game actually makes Joel more sympathetic with what he did despite the game desperately trying to portray him as a monster. It really feels like the game has no idea what it wants to do. The best moments in the story are the flashbacks between Joel and Ellie because apparently that's where the game remembers that the best thing about the original game was the dynamic between the two.

    The Last of Us Part II is an absolutely jumbled mess that literally falls and disassembles because of how much the story implodes in on itself. As stated, not even the gameplay feels satisfying because the game wants you to feel bad for what you are doing. So if the gameplay is supposed to make you feel miserable and the story is a terribly told and jumbled mess that has no idea what it wants to do filled with nothing but irredeemable and unlikable characters with the only good ones dying at the hands of Abby, what am I supposed to enjoy?

    I really don't recommend playing this game, especially if you've played the original. Just because the writing can be considered "bold" or "ambitious" does not absolve you of criticism if it is done poorly. Bold and ambitious both involve taking risks, and it's a risk that did not pay off at all with this game.    … Expand
  63. psylife
    Jan 1, 2021
    3
    You know, I think a lot has been said about Neil Druckmann, the Israeli born director who gets to lecture you about equality in America, all the while his countrymen keep on with the relentless oppression of indigenous men, women and children, and do so in perfect impunity.

    What has been systematically downplayed however, is how boring and repetitive this game is. It drags, it drags    You know, I think a lot has been said about Neil Druckmann, the Israeli born director who gets to lecture you about equality in America, all the while his countrymen keep on with the relentless oppression of indigenous men, women and children, and do so in perfect impunity.

    What has been systematically downplayed however, is how boring and repetitive this game is. It drags, it drags like a snail on tarmac, to the point that it will make you question your infatuation for videogames. There is no pay off, no meaning, you will just be left empty, knowing that you wasted yet another 25 hours of your life.

    Controls are good, movements are fluid, but the AI is disappointing and the lack of innovative gameplay features, mechanics, and intelligent level design, unequivocally clues the player in as to the misguided priorities of this creative endeavor.

    To think that all of these resources, human labor, and skills, were put to the exclusive service of such a mediocre - dare I say, incompetent - director, and game designer, puts into question the reality of the meritocratic nature of this industry.    … Expand
  64. MoondogJapan
    Sep 6, 2020
    3
    Amazing graphics.
    Amazing animations.
    Great sound.
    Uninspired gameplay.
    Inconsistent AI.
    Garbage story rife with eye-rolling contrivances that destroys characters we cared about.
    Shock and misery in service of a banal theme executed terribly.
  65. Slayerx
    Jul 9, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A visually stunning game with a shallow and badly paced story.

    The game has too many flashbacks and not enough gameplay and betrays Joel.

    RIP Joel.    … Expand
  66. illuminate7
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    The Last of Us 2 is the most controversial game of the 21st century. It’s a basic revenge plot twist, filled with hate, anger and survival. Let me start off by saying visually it’s a masterpiece. The sound lighting Naughty Dog definitely knows how to create phenomenal experiences. This takes off directly where Part One left off, and the lie Joel kept has consequences. Everything goesThe Last of Us 2 is the most controversial game of the 21st century. It’s a basic revenge plot twist, filled with hate, anger and survival. Let me start off by saying visually it’s a masterpiece. The sound lighting Naughty Dog definitely knows how to create phenomenal experiences. This takes off directly where Part One left off, and the lie Joel kept has consequences. Everything goes full circle and what goes around comes around. It’s not so much the ending of a characters fate that’s disturbing, but the political agenda behind it. Now I get it’s art and it’s a creative freedom of speech, which by all means is allowed. I loved Part One greatest game of the generation! Part 2 same thing everything is top notch. However I can’t stand Abbey I respect her, and her purpose. Along with everyone in her group, but certain encounters made me put the game down, and walk away. Just to come back be in awe of the game dynamics, but then disgusted with the political agenda behind the whole mess.. Certain parts were tough to stomach and couldn’t bare watching, because I was disconnected with everything.. Last of us 2 hits every aspect of what you want and should crave in a PS4 Pro game to raise the bar, but also it’s very political and polarizing..… Expand
  67. RaidenLucifer
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    The entire score is based of graphical quality and environment design, combat was slightly improved but fairly similar, the AI is not the best. Unfortunately the story is extremely lackluster, it felt like a chore to keep on playing while having the thought of "What have they done" in the back of my mind. I played through both PS3 and PS4 versions of the first game and this game completelyThe entire score is based of graphical quality and environment design, combat was slightly improved but fairly similar, the AI is not the best. Unfortunately the story is extremely lackluster, it felt like a chore to keep on playing while having the thought of "What have they done" in the back of my mind. I played through both PS3 and PS4 versions of the first game and this game completely removes any kind of character and story progression that was executed in the past game. Overall I'd recommend to anyone who has played the first game to think of it as the end and don't even look at this one. You will be severely disappointed.… Expand
  68. Nemyue
    Sep 6, 2020
    3
    Nice graphics and gameplay. But the story has no depth and is contrived.
    I will pretend the sequel has not been released and play the first one again to forget this nightmare.
  69. cronuss
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    The Last of US 2 is a stunning technological achievement. It really impressive to watch the graphics, lighting, animations, environments, etc, and think about how far we have come. The moments with Joel and Ellie are fantastic, with some brief ones that truly capture the spirit and magic of the first game. However, those moments are few and far between. The other stuff with Ellie is prettyThe Last of US 2 is a stunning technological achievement. It really impressive to watch the graphics, lighting, animations, environments, etc, and think about how far we have come. The moments with Joel and Ellie are fantastic, with some brief ones that truly capture the spirit and magic of the first game. However, those moments are few and far between. The other stuff with Ellie is pretty good, but the real problem comes when the game forces you to spend handfuls of hours playing a new character that you dislike, don't want to like, and had no idea even existed before. We waited 7 years to see Joel and Ellie again, and it was taken away from us and replaced with Abby. I won't spoil details, but needless to say, about 35% of the game is pretty good, 5% is amazing, and 60% is just so awful that you don't even want to continue playing.… Expand
  70. evolutionx85
    Jul 19, 2020
    3
    So disappointed with this game, everything is perfect except for the story, 10 full hours of this game was hell, now I know why they said to keep and open mind, I wasted 60 bucks on this game, how could they do this do all the fans of the first game
  71. EzioMorte
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    Im writing this as a huge fan of the original and after i finished the game on harderst difficulty. Its not just the bad story, its the pacing too, i think the game had to be around 15 hours not 25, you have to walk around aimlesly or watch boring cutscenes for 50% of your playtime. Also i encountered many glitches here and there, a few game crashes and a couple of times.it failed to load,Im writing this as a huge fan of the original and after i finished the game on harderst difficulty. Its not just the bad story, its the pacing too, i think the game had to be around 15 hours not 25, you have to walk around aimlesly or watch boring cutscenes for 50% of your playtime. Also i encountered many glitches here and there, a few game crashes and a couple of times.it failed to load, so its not as polished as youd expect from a AAA title. On the plus side the grahics are stunning, music is incredible and acting is oscar winning. Unfortunatelly the flawless presentation is not enough to overshadow the serious issues of this game.… Expand
  72. northernlad
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    politics in games is never a good thing the last of us was excellent this here is a sequel in name only keep your opinions to your self and just make a sequel to what was a really well written first entry joel was a fantastic character elle was ok i actually thought joels daughter was a much better character at the start of the game and answer this for me how can critics review a game andpolitics in games is never a good thing the last of us was excellent this here is a sequel in name only keep your opinions to your self and just make a sequel to what was a really well written first entry joel was a fantastic character elle was ok i actually thought joels daughter was a much better character at the start of the game and answer this for me how can critics review a game and only be allowed to talk about the first half of it ??? this game is sjw politically correct rubbish that might sound petty but it's a rehash of first game with a poor story and more hollow action lets be honest the combat from the series was it's weakest aspect naughty dog have ruined this series update 10 hrs in its just a massive. Leap backwars the only thing I have like is the open world section the dodge feature is terrible just a massive let down the last of us 2… Expand
  73. eirikhjel
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    When looking away from the politics and bad treatment of employees, the game is still lacking in writing, which is what made the original so great in my opinion. Really sucks, considering that the original was one of my all time favorite games
  74. ballistic
    Sep 3, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played the first part through in the lead up to this release. It was the fourth time I've played it through and I thought I'd overdone it by playing it again but I was blown away by the pacing and story telling yet again. It is easily the best story game ever made, even now.

    Any chance of this game succeeding ended immediately when Joel was killed. The original game is basic copy of Die Hard: an extremlely determined tough guy (with the help of Ellie) overcomes enormous odds to deliver a young girl to a hospital to save the world. That's pure entertainment.

    The sequel to this game would be to do something similar. That's the expectation people have for a sequel. Somebody needs to tell Naughty Dog this. What we have here it the equivalent of John McClane taking a bullet in the first 5 minutes of Die Hard 2 and his wife going on a rampage through the streets of New York killing every single person just to get to the one bad dude who killed McClane. After 20 hours you flip to play Hans Gruber for a further 20 hours and by the end you love Hans Gruber and hate John McClane. Yep, that's the story in a nutshell. And yes, it fails miserably.

    Postitives
    - The best visual design and graphics I've seen in a game
    - Incredible motion capture
    - Set-pieces. There's some really cool events that really keep you on your toes.
    - Flash backs to earlier times. It reminds you why you loved the first game, but makes me sad that they still had the skills to make a great sequel but chose not to.

    Negatives
    - Narrative. It's long, slow and dumb. They try to convince you that one or the other character is good, the short of it is that you're falling and out of love with mass murdering psychopaths. The game is meant to be cheese, if you take it seriously as a form of art then you're sympathising with murderers.
    - Characters. They're unlikeable and miserable.
    - Art Direction. Ellie and Joel have become considerably uglier, is there some kind of new virus making people ugly?
    - Length. It's 4 times longer than it should have been. This game could have been released years ago had someone looked up the definition of "editing". I feel sorry for the software developers who spent years of their lives meticulously crafting abandoned environments, they did a fantastic job. It's such a shame they were let down by the top man.
    - The new "dodge" mechanism. It doesn't work properly, you still get hit even when dodging. The directions for how to use it are misleading. It's utterly infuriating to fight characters using it. I punched my controller into a chair in frustration while repeatedly dying from it. I haven't done this since I was a teenager (which was a long time ago). I wasn't expecting this shoddiness.
    - FPS. It has frame rate issues (on the standard console version). This isn't something I recall seeing in a Naughty Dog game, and it's just sloppy. It breaks the 4th wall everytime it happens and it destroys the immersion.
    - Gameplay. The game is too difficult in Normal mode, I died probably 100 times in the playthrough. When you do succeed it feels like a fluke. The guitar feature is trash, how can I play a guitar skilfully with one big dumb ass button?

    This game teaches a good moral lesson. Don't pre-order games!
    This game isn't enjoyable. Please cannon this story or move on to something else ND!    … Expand
  75. Da5h
    Jul 23, 2020
    3
    Great visuals, but those alone wont fix the mess of a tedious and repetitive gameplay, HIGHLY unlikable and irritating characters and mindbogglingly bad story. Way to alienate the fans of fist installment...
    Frankly, I didn't even mange to finish the game.
    Some games keep you playing because of fun gameplay, some because of interesting story and characters, few great games have both.    Great visuals, but those alone wont fix the mess of a tedious and repetitive gameplay, HIGHLY unlikable and irritating characters and mindbogglingly bad story. Way to alienate the fans of fist installment...
    Frankly, I didn't even mange to finish the game.
    Some games keep you playing because of fun gameplay, some because of interesting story and characters, few great games have both. TLOUII is just meh on all fronts. I just then watched the endfight on youtube and was glad that I decided to stop playing midgame.    … Expand
  76. Russa
    Dec 14, 2020
    3
    I did not like the game at all and it is not because of the presence of LGBTQ+ characters or a certain death scene. I bought the game on release (so without a discout) and it is pretty expensive in my country. Practically I bought an expensive product that was from my point of view falsely advertised. If only I knew that we would play other character than Ellie half of tha game I would'veI did not like the game at all and it is not because of the presence of LGBTQ+ characters or a certain death scene. I bought the game on release (so without a discout) and it is pretty expensive in my country. Practically I bought an expensive product that was from my point of view falsely advertised. If only I knew that we would play other character than Ellie half of tha game I would've still bought it but later with a discount. It really saddens me that that huge fact had not been revealed before game release.

    Developers did not need to reveal any secrets and stuff about the game - just that small fact. In a lot of countries games cost 1/4 of an average monthly salary and when you pay that huge sum of money you should know what you're paying for, but Naughty Dog even ordered reviewers not to talk about the second half of tha game - it is an absolutely disgusting move. It we only played as this other character for like 20% or less than fine, but we're talking about half of the game, it is unacceptable.    … Expand
  77. ScienceAdvisor
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    TLOU I was an interactive movie, with poor gameplay but a script and cinematics that were so good that few cared. This is one of the reasons Witcher 3 was so well recieved, even though it's gameplay was just as bad. With this sequel, Naughty Dog created a story that no one will love and only paid a prefunctory amount of time to improve the gameplay. The overall effect, in comparison toTLOU I was an interactive movie, with poor gameplay but a script and cinematics that were so good that few cared. This is one of the reasons Witcher 3 was so well recieved, even though it's gameplay was just as bad. With this sequel, Naughty Dog created a story that no one will love and only paid a prefunctory amount of time to improve the gameplay. The overall effect, in comparison to the first game is an unmitigated disaster. If you liked the first game, give this a hard pass at any price point.… Expand
  78. H_E
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    The game play is alright at best, not upset by it. Its just the story that really peeves me. How can you go from Last of Us 1 to this in terms of story?
  79. mihir1996
    Jul 3, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. With solid graphics and mechanics, this should have been the master piece that we all were hoping for. Instead it turned out to be a pandering piece of media that I can't in good conscience rate higher. Deaths are inevitable but the meaninglessness of killing of the main protagonist of the first game really drives the point home that the writers do not care about the fan base. Thanks for the lesson really.… Expand
  80. VerbalCarnage
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    Beautiful, gorgeous world with amazing gameplay totally set on fire by terrible storytelling, terrible writing and terrible expectation subversion. Main characters act completely out of established personalizes from the first game to help the terrible storytelling go where it needs to get. Whomever wrote this story is not nearly as gifted as they may think and should take some follow upBeautiful, gorgeous world with amazing gameplay totally set on fire by terrible storytelling, terrible writing and terrible expectation subversion. Main characters act completely out of established personalizes from the first game to help the terrible storytelling go where it needs to get. Whomever wrote this story is not nearly as gifted as they may think and should take some follow up workshop classes or call the previous writers and ask for help.… Expand
  81. Pandtlll
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. *Tried to submit this as a 3/10 and got an error.

    This game let me down. Yes, it’s beautiful and stunning with fantastic graphics and extremely good voice acting. But a game is nothing without a good story and Naughty Dog let me down. Before the spoilers were out I knew Joel would die. It made sense narratively and I was fine with it. But the way they did it just went against so many of his characteristics. The Icing on the cake was then making you play as his killer for a good portion of the game.    … Expand
  82. Bellumi
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    It's amazing how badly Naughty Dog were able to **** up this game. Not only did they deceive fans by fabricating parts of one of the game trailers and giving completely different idea what the game is about, they ruined the story that the first game so wonderfully set-up. Instead of getting that compelling storytelling from the first game we get dull, forcefully SJW-filled ideologies andIt's amazing how badly Naughty Dog were able to **** up this game. Not only did they deceive fans by fabricating parts of one of the game trailers and giving completely different idea what the game is about, they ruined the story that the first game so wonderfully set-up. Instead of getting that compelling storytelling from the first game we get dull, forcefully SJW-filled ideologies and agendas that they try to mold as a story. Theres also ridiculous amount of plotholes in the story, its just inconsistent all around.

    The game does look amazing and all the character animations are great as expected, but all that means nothing when you **** up the story in a story driven game. I truly hope there is no part 3 in the making...    … Expand
  83. kfred87
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How can anyone call this a masterpiece or 10/10? Gameplay-wise not much has happened to Naughty Dog games since 2007 and the original Uncharted, and the story is so unbearingly crap and full of cliches and plot holes. The dev team do everything they can to make Abby into a likeable and relateable character - and they fail so miserably at it. The best thing about the original TLOU was the characters and their journey... Now we got only one of those characters and a **** revenge plot with no satisfying conclusion. Naughty Dogs glory days ended long ago.… Expand
  84. monks99
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This overly long BORING GAME...with a POORLY WRITTEN STORY..IS NOT something you want. It was painful to finish.… Expand
  85. Demonix74
    Jul 13, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There needs to be some accountability towards what your player base is expecting versus what you've delivered.

    I didn't even want this sequel and I really didn't want to experience that story.    … Expand
  86. jay9e
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    Graphics? absolutely amazing, didn't expect anything else from Naughty Dog but yeah, this game looks amazing animations, voice acting, everything else too, just amazing.
    Gameplay? Debateable. I found it to be lacking, not really much development since Last Of Us 1, but it was still fun to play.
    Story? Absolutely atrocious. It completely **** over everything from the first game,    Graphics? absolutely amazing, didn't expect anything else from Naughty Dog but yeah, this game looks amazing animations, voice acting, everything else too, just amazing.
    Gameplay? Debateable. I found it to be lacking, not really much development since Last Of Us 1, but it was still fun to play.
    Story? Absolutely atrocious. It completely **** over everything from the first game, unlikeable new characters, it just makes you want to stop playing the game entirely. I don't have a problem with crazy plot twists and subverted expectations, but this is just an insult to everyone who played the first game, just lots of drama and violence don't make a good story. However i did like how the game represented LGBT characters, not being on the nose about "look how progressive we are", that was done really well.

    So if everything is great except the story, why only a 3/10?
    Because the story is the most important part of this game, by a long shot. It's the reason everbody loved the first one and it's the reason this game is selling like hot cakes, but it's just a **** slap in the face.

    I hope this game is just a mishap, because i still love Naughty Dog and hope their next game will be a good one again.    … Expand
  87. Gameplaymatters
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is this the masterpiece they told me it would be? Well, let's see...

    Graphically it is gorgeous and I believe pushes the PS4 as far as it can probably go. The performance was also decent throughout the game, with very few barely noticeable dips in FPS. There are some bugs in the game, but nothing game-breaking.

    I enjoyed the selection of weapons and modifications that come with said weapons. AI is somewhat better than TLOU but nothing impressive tbh. I suppose we will have to wait another 10-20 years for AI improvements that might make games feel challenging without relying on "do more damage to player"

    The biggest failure for this game is the story itself. It is confusing and extremely painful to watch/play. I am not even referring to the excessive and unnecessary violence that takes place throughout the game without any reason whatsoever.

    I am referring to the fact that you commit all of these violent acts in order to get revenge... And after having murdered enough people to equal the population of a small village, you let the person you went to kill and get "revenge" on... Go.

    Rendering the killing of all those NPC lives meaningless. It makes Tarantino and Michael B movies look amazing in comparison.
    The one thing this game does right is angering the viewer/player by making them watch one of their favorites and arguably one of the most beloved/favored characters in decades, and then follows it by FORCING!

    The player to play as the one who murdered Joel in order to redeem her and or give us some background and understanding why she did it.
    However, at that point, the majority of people are thinking about only one thing. I want to strangle this character. Which they never get to do because she is this amazing new character that we are supposed to feel for and have some sex scenes with. Why the unnecessary and completely pointless sex scene? I don't know...

    Final thoughts. A lot of naive and brainwashed individuals will tell you that angry trolls and fake accounts/bots are the only ones reviewing it. I say to you, read the reviews of TLOU. They were very likely written by the very same people who are now referred too as "Toxic" by the corrupt "critics".

    All the 10/10 reviews were written out of fear of being blacklisted by Sony and or Naughty Dog. You see, review copies and everything else that comes with being a Sony Shill, are all they care about. Not you the customer.

    ND played on our/your emotions, they used Joel on the trailer in a cleverly edited way, which in the game turned out to be Jesse... Covering Ellie's mouth from behind. Except we saw Joel on the trailer. They used that to bait people in and it worked. They, later on, forced all reviewers to never mention Abby or what happens to Joel, because if people knew, they would cancel their preorders.

    This game receives a 3/10 for dishonest marketing during its initial trailer, a terribly written story that tries too hard to be all "revenge bad". Oh, and by the way... I just finished killing 20.000 people to make my point this game was trying to make.    … Expand
  88. Hark659
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    The first game was beautiful and made me cried. This Last of Us 2 has no feelings to it, empty and wasted of time ending. I didn't even want to play the character anymore in early halfway. I wasn't even happy to see sex scene and freaked out by it. The reviewers who review before us which they were told to review first 50% is not the right way, they should be ashamed for reviewing itThe first game was beautiful and made me cried. This Last of Us 2 has no feelings to it, empty and wasted of time ending. I didn't even want to play the character anymore in early halfway. I wasn't even happy to see sex scene and freaked out by it. The reviewers who review before us which they were told to review first 50% is not the right way, they should be ashamed for reviewing it 100%, 5/5 or whatever. The story was disappointed and meaningless. Oh graphic and grass, who the hell cares.… Expand
  89. catoira
    Jul 6, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. es una lastima que playstation no permita vincular cuentas, para mostrar que se jugo al juego, una lastima que joey muera de esa forma, y sobre todo ver un gran cambio de personalidad, antes era muy precavido y no confiaba en casi nadie, ahora es un hola y ya confía, lo unico que puede salvar al juego es su gore o jugabilidad, pero es un juego de nauthy dog, su punto fuerte es la historia, y si bien es un mundo post apocaliptico zombie, abby hace que ya no importe, ahora es un juego de moral, feminista lamentablemente, los zombies ya no son importantes, aunque están, si no jugaste el 1, este te puede gustar, lamentablemente yo lo jugue, no hay forma de querer a abby, y jugar con ellie se ama, oero se nota que algo cambio en ella, comprenlo usado, por que lo pueden odiar al juego.… Expand
  90. Sab0
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    Honestly one of the games I have ever played. A totally deconstructive narrative that flies in the face of the ideas of the first game. Fans of the first game will find this game completely lacking in every single aspect except the graphics, but even then awkward animation (not bad, just bad choices in how characters act within scenes) totally unravel what the game tries to do. Do notHonestly one of the games I have ever played. A totally deconstructive narrative that flies in the face of the ideas of the first game. Fans of the first game will find this game completely lacking in every single aspect except the graphics, but even then awkward animation (not bad, just bad choices in how characters act within scenes) totally unravel what the game tries to do. Do not support Naughty Dog and their pile of garbage. Skip this game, buy it second hand, return it if you have it, otherwise you are sanctioning this horrible behaviour for the future. Druckman thinks this is an acceptable response to a previously beloved game, he is mistaken to the highest degree.… Expand
  91. Chickenph
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    NO SPOILERS.
    .
    . . This should have been even better than the original TLOU. Naughty Dog have only gotten more talented, and the characters are already loved. BUT they took all that talent and applied it to a genuinely awful idea for a plot. I don’t mean “challenging,” I mean awful. I’m staying vague for your sake, but this is the last direction you should take with a sequel...in    NO SPOILERS.
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    This should have been even better than the original TLOU. Naughty Dog have only gotten more talented, and the characters are already loved.
    BUT they took all that talent and applied it to a genuinely awful idea for a plot. I don’t mean “challenging,” I mean awful. I’m staying vague for your sake, but this is the last direction you should take with a sequel...in multiple ways. The original is now cheapened by having its story extended to this.

    Give praise to everything else (graphics, design, sound) because it’s deserved, but I’ll never say “It’s by Naughty Dog, I know it’ll be great” again. They messed up. They committed to an atrocious idea for what the sequel should be. I wish this game didn’t exist because, if it didn’t, Ellie and Joel's story would still be so amazing.    … Expand
  92. LunaticInk
    Jul 20, 2020
    3
    The art is gorgeous, the gameplay pretty standard over the shoulder cover shooter gameplay. If you enjoy QTE you will love this game. The story is pretty “meh” and unoriginal. There is a lot of political pandering, though it isn’t the “OMG SJWZZ!!!” some spastic personalities are making it out to be. Overall a bog-standard 2020 action game.
  93. NotAReptar
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    The message of this game is "violence is bad" while beating you over the head that you should not enjoy this game or agree with it's revenge. That philosophy has worked with other games (Spec Ops The Line, God Of War, Red Dead Redemption) but with TLOU2 it's storytelling is so shallow it comes off as pretentious nonsense. Characters from the original game are made villainous for a cheapThe message of this game is "violence is bad" while beating you over the head that you should not enjoy this game or agree with it's revenge. That philosophy has worked with other games (Spec Ops The Line, God Of War, Red Dead Redemption) but with TLOU2 it's storytelling is so shallow it comes off as pretentious nonsense. Characters from the original game are made villainous for a cheap ploy to encourage fans to like new characters with less depth. The plot creates numerous plot holes to create scenes and move things along in some of the laziest writing in a game. The ending will leave a bad taste in your mouth like a microwave dinner that was made with no love or passion.

    While the gameplay is repetitive the graphics are phenomenal. Still, there is no amount of polish that can save a story driven game that hates it's audience and wants to push terrible storylines with unappealing characters.    … Expand
  94. LuigiCuau
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    Toda una decepciona, con el inicio arruinan a un gran personaje con su muerte, con solo apretar cuadrado acabas con cualquier enemigo, pesima historia, pésima inteligencia artificial y un juego muy corto, gráficos pasables pero no exprimen la mayor capacidad de la PS4 como el God of War
  95. ShawnD
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    It's truly heartbreaking what they did to the story. The game is technically very well done, but there's no desire to keep playing the game to the end. Instead of thinking "I wonder what happens next," I find myself saying "Why am I playing this?"

    This is one of those cases where the sequel actually ruins everything that came before it. You might enjoy this game if you've never played    It's truly heartbreaking what they did to the story. The game is technically very well done, but there's no desire to keep playing the game to the end. Instead of thinking "I wonder what happens next," I find myself saying "Why am I playing this?"

    This is one of those cases where the sequel actually ruins everything that came before it. You might enjoy this game if you've never played the first game.    … Expand
  96. AcidClay
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    good gameplay, bad history, after 13 hours of game to end i can ask to ND... WTF u did to the game? really i cant understand anything of the game, the history, the narrative that makes the part 1 a good game is inexistent in this game...
  97. atomic_tomato
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    A story driven game with a horrible story. Everything is executed in the wrong order and your generic trading in good writing for shock factor. Joel is an idiot, Ellie is a depressed angry lesbian and there is no satisfying closure. This game just makes you annoyed and spits in your face in a way you can tell they were trying to make it an "artsy thing", but with the lazy 8th grade writingA story driven game with a horrible story. Everything is executed in the wrong order and your generic trading in good writing for shock factor. Joel is an idiot, Ellie is a depressed angry lesbian and there is no satisfying closure. This game just makes you annoyed and spits in your face in a way you can tell they were trying to make it an "artsy thing", but with the lazy 8th grade writing it just comes off as... well, bad. There is nothing special about this game and its a shame. You can really see the effect of Amy Hennig leaving this studio because her writing was everything that made these games shine. Without her they are just your generic pretty AAA games with no soul. Naughty Dog has gone from the top of my favorite devs to the bottom really damn quick. RIP Naughty Dog.… Expand
  98. profHavock
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    I'm just very disappointed with the story and game play. Its pretty enough but thats the only positive i can think of. Such a shame but i really cant recommend this failure to anyone
  99. Cano
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    This game actually has superb gameplay In my opinion. It plays in a amazing world with a gorgeous atmosphere. BUT I can't give this more then a 3 because it is pandering so hard to sjw. I don't want a game studio to force their political views up on me. This has nothing to look for in games. That's the reason I won't give this game a 10 but a 3
  100. NintenAlfa2015
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Que manera de arruinar a los personajes, lo grandioso que inician en el primer juego todo se fue por la basura. Mal muy mal
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  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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