The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. WDL
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    The game is exquisite in its graphics, graphics, sound effects and soundtrack, but a video game consists of two things that complement its main essence: gameplay and history. Although, its gameplay is good and the story is not that it is a total disaster, it leaves a lot to be desired. I understand that the creator wanted to expose a realistic point of view, but that is where the greatestThe game is exquisite in its graphics, graphics, sound effects and soundtrack, but a video game consists of two things that complement its main essence: gameplay and history. Although, its gameplay is good and the story is not that it is a total disaster, it leaves a lot to be desired. I understand that the creator wanted to expose a realistic point of view, but that is where the greatest disagreement is, where in the end they sold you the ideals that should be and not how a post-apocalyptic story would really end where its protagonists are overwhelmed, full of hatred, rancor and confusion.… Expand
  2. Lifelover4ever
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    Technically the game is pretty good, however, just couldn't get past the awful story. As a standalone game this could have worked but where they went with the established characters just didn't fit what had been previously established.
  3. rynolemons
    Jul 22, 2020
    3
    This game only gets poinst for being visually beautiful and having fun gameplay mechanics. Unfortunately, the horribly written story and actual lack of gameplay ruin it for me.
  4. Lolbwah
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I dislike the Last of Us Part 2 because, while the graphics are gorgeous and for the most part the gameplay is fun, the story lacks meaning. And feels pointless in the end. I played hoping to kill Abby, and when Ellie left that behind to go live her life with Dina I was okay with it, because that’s understandable. However when Ellie left Dina and her son behind, and then didn’t kill Abby I was incredibly confused. She left her life behind, for no reason. Naughty Dog completed changed characters like Joel and Tommy, making them more ‘friendly’. There’s a sex scene which nobody asked for and now all people are asking for is bleach, to bathe their eyeballs in. Overall the game is an extremely upsetting sequel to The Last of Us.… Expand
  5. TWGodly
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    Very uninteresting story boring same gameplay slow paced action disappointing sequel would not recommend unless game goes on sale
  6. Ylakproberts
    May 19, 2021
    3
    Story written poorly and dragged, shock factor or you tube tears was more important than a good well written story and contradicted some parts of the first game too, visually beautiful though
  7. Bruhitsme
    Jul 23, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The whole revenge thing didn't make sense
    Ellie wants to kill Abby the gives up tries to kill her again but gives up tries to kill her again and then right when she's about to kill her she gives up.
    Also they kill Joel the best character in the previous game in the dumbest way possible and then make me play the character that killed him.
    TOTAL TRASH    … Expand
  8. Highlandrise
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us 1 was an absolute Masterpiece, a true 10/10 Game, a Sequel wasnt needed, but since they announced it, people were of course excited to see what Naughty Dog would come up with, and since Naughty Dog was till now regarded as one of the Best Game Devs, what could go wrong right? riiiight? Well it did go wrong oh Boy did it go wrong.

    The First Game had not just great Graphics and awesome Sound (Music) but more importantly a superb Story that People were totally Sucked in, and awesome Characters that we loved and could identify with.

    We felt with those characters, had a smile on our Faces when something nice happened, had a tear or two in our eyes when something sad happened, and i would say all the people who loved this game, fall in Love with Joel and Ellie and their heartwarming Father / Daughter like Relationship...

    and here we have The Last of Us 2....what does it have in common with the first Game? Well 1. The Name, 2 Great Graphics (Pushing the PS4s Hardware) and again Great Sound but thats about it....

    The Story is a MESS, same with the Characters! Everything we loved in the First Game was ruined here, they literally shat all over the first Game! And yes, the fact that they killed the belowed Character of Joel in the First 2 Hours, with less than 5 Minutes of interacting with him is **** but its not even the fact that they Killed him...no, most people were expacting him to Die in the Sequel, the **** Part is how he died! They Turned both Joel and Tommy into complete Greenhorns! Esspecialy Joel who would Trust like no one and is always super Carefull with what he does, suddenly trusts those Strangers, follows them in a Closed Area, and allows to be surrounded by those Armed Strangers like a fool! Followed by Tommy telling those Strangers his Name and where they Live and than Joel telling them his Name, even so he would never ever do that?! Its like they held a Sign over their head that says "kill us!" This was so unbelievable poor Story Writing - and no! explaining why this happened does not make it right! They just wanted to kill him so they could deliver this mess of a Garbage Story.

    And like thats not allready frustrating enough, afterwards the player is forced to play as his Murderer for around 12 Hours!!! wtf was that!!! Playing 12 Hours as this extremly unlikeble She Hulk Like Psychopath was a Torture for almost all the people who hated this Game, and reason for many to Quit the Game at this Point and / or even Return the Game!

    What is further annoying is the blatant and forced try of the Devs to make us like these new Characters (Abby) and make us think that they are the good ones while at the same time trying to make us think that the old Characters are the bad Guys (Ellie Kills Doggys = Ellie baaaad, Abby Plays with Doggys and Saves Zebra with her Dad = Abby gooood) nice try but failed hard!

    And Naughty Dog trying to make us believe that Revenge is a bad thing....really???? So When Abby grows up from childhood to adult and hunts down Joel all the Time just to Kill him because he Killed her Father (because he wanted to Kill Ellie!!!!!!) that Revenge is ooookkkkkkkk, but when Ellie than wants revenge for Joels Death, that is suddenly baaaad??? Not to mention that after she slaughters all of abbys friends and an army of other people, at the end she suddely decides not to Kill Abby??? wth!!!!

    so we are even denied revenge on that horrible person, that is abby, so she gets away with murdering our beloved character joel in the most brutal and disrespectfull way, Joel is gone, Ellie in the end completely broken down, what kind of Garbage is this???

    Druckman said that probably many wont like this Game because of all what i just said....well damn right we dont!!! This Game is a gigantic middlefinger and kick in the faces of all the Fans of the first Game! For me this game does not exist! Last of Us ended with the First Game. Period! Also iam done with Naughty Dog, as long as they dont kick that Druckmann out and apoligize for this utter mess, iam never again buying anything from them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    By the way, 0/10 Scores and 10/10 Scores are both **** this **** is no Masterpiece so all those "bought" Perfect Scores are a joke, at the same time the Stunning Graphics, Sound and the good enough Gameplay are reason enough why Zero Scores are also nonsense.

    I gave it 3/10 because 1 Point for Graphics, 1 for Sound and 1 for Gameplay, i was thinking about 4/10 but The last of Us heavily relies on Story, and when the Story is bad - like it is here - than the best Graphics, the best Sound and the Best Gameplay wont save it! Therefore 3/10 is my Score, with a big "dont buy this crap"

    by the way, i was lucky enough that i could borrow this game from a friend (who also hated it!) so thank god i didnt waste money on this Garbage Train, and didnt support Naughty Dog for this Mess that they delivered!    … Expand
  9. Freddy91
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    The graphic is fantastic and attention to details but killing Joel that way throws all those good things out of the window.
  10. Van1llaSky
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    I’m buying this game for playing Elly , Joel or Tommy , but not steroid Abby at all
  11. Stevoy
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    Gameplay is decent. Graphics are awesome. Story is terrible and a game which is mostly about the story makes it even more disappointing.
  12. Randino86
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    Gameplay fun. Story garbage. Awful religious bigots out to get the lgbt people. If the US women’s soccer team made a game about zombies, it would be this one.
  13. BillGates00
    Jul 22, 2020
    3
    The Game design is good but the story is terrible.The first part was way better.
  14. Kathycat
    Jul 22, 2020
    3
    God awful story arc development, with a basic plot of morality. Terrible character writing and a nasty taste for fans of the first games story. On the bright sides one of the most beautiful looking games, all technical aspects are 10/10, story 3/10weak ass story
  15. Kaivor
    Jul 22, 2020
    3
    Просто убили игру... 1 часть была шедевром, нужно делать игру для геймеров, а не для меньшинств. Сюжет хуже некуда, единственное геймплей ещё хоть как то заставлял играть...
  16. totorochu
    Jul 22, 2020
    3
    if you only consider the game system or graphic, it’s a good game. Motion and scenery are realistic, the other systems like upgrading skills and weapons were not bad. overall, well-made franchise game.
    But most people don’t play the game only for those materials but also the story. The story gives players the purpose to keep playing and making them wonder how this will go. TLOU2 faliled to    if you only consider the game system or graphic, it’s a good game. Motion and scenery are realistic, the other systems like upgrading skills and weapons were not bad. overall, well-made franchise game.
    But most people don’t play the game only for those materials but also the story. The story gives players the purpose to keep playing and making them wonder how this will go. TLOU2 faliled to convince plyers why these things happened. The most important thing is that you, Naughty Dog ruined my memory with Ellie and Joel.    … Expand
  17. Azzajkd
    Aug 31, 2022
    3
    Un gameplay stupendo ma contornato da una storia e delle idee così stupide e pesantemente politiche che nonostante il gameplay non posso consigliarlo.
    Inoltre è lungo, luuuungo! Più lungo dell'attesa alle poste e non più divertente ad una certa.
    La critica ne parlerà sempre bene, molti youtubers pure, perché ricevono le copie, i press kit, gli inviti alle anteprime e altro, quindi vanno    Un gameplay stupendo ma contornato da una storia e delle idee così stupide e pesantemente politiche che nonostante il gameplay non posso consigliarlo.
    Inoltre è lungo, luuuungo! Più lungo dell'attesa alle poste e non più divertente ad una certa.
    La critica ne parlerà sempre bene, molti youtubers pure, perché ricevono le copie, i press kit, gli inviti alle anteprime e altro, quindi vanno in conflitto di interessi e non possono essere sinceri, si, anche lo youtuber x che ti sta tanto simpatico e di cui ti fidi, anche lui!
    Il primo aveva una storia bellissima, le pecche stavano nella ripetitività del gameplay e di alcune situazioni, qui invece abbiamo un gameplay bello, seppur ripetitivo, ma mannaggia che stupido il resto e che personaggi odiosi.
    Una storia di vendetta in cui ammazzi tutti tranne chi se lo merita, e dovremmo empatizzare con la protagonista.
    Molto meglio la seconda protagonista per coerenza, peccato che anche la sua parte sarà brutta narrativamente perché in compagnia di 2 personaggi orribili di cui uno politicamente corretto.
    Delusione totale.    … Expand
  18. valekzendu567
    Jul 29, 2020
    3
    really didn't like the game almost every way, the graphic are beautiful, the gameplay are pretty good during encounters but the exploration is boring with too much scavenging to incrase the duration.
    Story, script and characters are a mess in almost everything, the game is too much lgbt-based, i like social rapresentation in products, but this is too much, it seems like a promoting
    The    really didn't like the game almost every way, the graphic are beautiful, the gameplay are pretty good during encounters but the exploration is boring with too much scavenging to incrase the duration.
    Story, script and characters are a mess in almost everything, the game is too much lgbt-based, i like social rapresentation in products, but this is too much, it seems like a promoting
    The graphics dont make a game, first naughty dog game i dislike    … Expand
  19. Rozbritanicus
    Jul 22, 2020
    3
    Game looks great and the music is fitting. But for me the story is forced and not that good . I found myself not really interest in the characters like i did in the first game which i still play and love . This game is over all get boring and drags . I found myself leaving it and coming back after playing other games. I wont be interested in a third game.
  20. Kanadiankiller
    Jul 22, 2020
    3
    I'm not judging based on graphics or gameplay, just the story. The story is everything to me in a game because if I'm not happy with the story I'm not having a good time. This game ruined all of the enjoyment I received from the first game. Last of us 2 somehow managed to ruin 2 games with this one due to horrible writing.
  21. Oriond34
    Jul 22, 2020
    3
    This game is bad now before I start I’d like to say I have no problem with lbgtq in the game because apparently when I have criticisms I’m an incel or a “basement dwelling virgin” now for the actual review first the gameplay because that’s what matters in a game right welp not to naughty dog because it’s almost exactly the same as the first if you were to ask someone that gave this game aThis game is bad now before I start I’d like to say I have no problem with lbgtq in the game because apparently when I have criticisms I’m an incel or a “basement dwelling virgin” now for the actual review first the gameplay because that’s what matters in a game right welp not to naughty dog because it’s almost exactly the same as the first if you were to ask someone that gave this game a 10 what the biggest change to the gameplay was they would probably say going prone or jumping that’s not a good thing when it takes 7 years to make a game I expect the actual gameplay to be completely revamped not copy and pasted the ai felt even worse than the first especially friendlies which felt completely broken which leads me to saying how many bugs I found in this game my game crashed more times than I could count and random things that I couldn’t even comprehend were happening it really doesn’t show for 7 years worth of development time now it’s time to discuss the elephant in the room which is the story it’s even worse than I thought it would be I was told that with context the game would all make sense well the context makes it even worse I’m not going to get into spoilers but I have to warn that the characters in this game are all written horribly I couldn’t feel for any of the characters it’s like I wanted all of them to die and when main characters that are important to the story die they are just completely forgotten and never mentioned again and the characters you actually play as feel like they have plot armor they keep getting saved again and again and I’m sick of it and by the end I was just thinking “well what was the point of this whole thing” overall I say please don’t buy it and save for a game with more effort 3/10 if your extremely nice you’ll give it a 4… Expand
  22. Awesomness_27
    Jul 23, 2020
    3
    The last of us part 2 is a disappointment and a disservice to its fans and the original characters. The story is bad! with its pacing issues, story direction, character choices, plot conveniences, and its unfailing ability at destroying everything the first game built, it’s a major disappointment in storytelling. The gameplay is entertaining, every gunfight is an experience and a fun oneThe last of us part 2 is a disappointment and a disservice to its fans and the original characters. The story is bad! with its pacing issues, story direction, character choices, plot conveniences, and its unfailing ability at destroying everything the first game built, it’s a major disappointment in storytelling. The gameplay is entertaining, every gunfight is an experience and a fun one at that. The graphics are amazing and by far one of the most impressive looking games out on the market right now. It’s sound design and it’s music is phenomenal. But unfortunately a good soundtrack, great graphics, and fun gameplay aren’t enough to overpower the failure that is its narrative and story.… Expand
  23. MakeNerdsRage
    Jul 23, 2020
    3
    Really enjoyed the first game but this was really underwhelming. Guess my expectations were a bit too high.
  24. salepgillerden
    Jul 23, 2020
    3
    Just don't buy this game. It's not worthy for your time and money. Boring story, boring game-play. Just good atmosphere, amazing animations and physics. But the storytelling is horrible and game-play repeating itself again and again.
  25. Krispower
    Nov 4, 2020
    3
    First part was better. It doesnt cost this money, want to get back my money and time.
  26. Bylka
    Jul 23, 2020
    3
    This game is really really bad. Don't deserved more then 3/10. Graphics is really cool, music too, but story telling IS SO BAD !
  27. FirstGalerian
    Jul 23, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Where do I even start? Is it with the emptiness and despair i feel for the sad attempt at a deep game with no real depth?

    Let me say this, graphically this game is a 10/10 and I mean every bit of that, they brought out the big guns for that. Sounds are on f-ing point. I cannot get over how well done those 2 areas of this are. Shout out to every single voice actor in this or person/s providing solid motion capture. People look and feel real, but that's where the positive factors end. Sadly.

    The game play feels exactly like the previous entry with a few polishes to movement, but not much else. Gun play is ok, not perfect, hand to hand is as well. Overall it works so, there's that. Combat tends to get very tedious and repetitious, if you're tired don't play this game, you'll fall asleep. One new feature is you can jump now. Ok I guess, so now they've traded tedious dumpster and ladder "puzzles" for some rope and a jump button. Too bad I couldn't climb high, use the rope and jump. As Abby. Would have given some justice.

    I wasn't expecting to be forced to play as Abby AKA She Man Woman Strong, for as long as they had us. I wanted it to be a refreshing change, spoiler, it was not. By the time I got control of her all I felt for her was disgust and hatred. So much so that I could only wait until I was collected. I don't care about you Abby. I don't care about your dead dad, I don't care about your lame friends. I don't f-ing care, die in a fire. See normally I don't mind a character change, as such a switch up of characters can help freshen a game and get me hooked even further. No this certainly wasn't the case. Let me end this portion of the review with this and no more than this. It's not what you did, that angers me so. It's how you went about explaining it.

    The story feels so utterly rushed and forced that I had more fun yawning than following the repeated theme of ReVeNgE bAd. Ellie has become a giant C. Abby is a home wrecking hypocrite on steroids that 90% of us hate. Lev is trans because. I dunno why that's important but they say it is so I guess it is. Very proper of you ND, clap clap, so woke, clap clap, so deep, clap clap. Joel was laughably stupid, which we know him not to be, ya know from YEARS of survival previously established in TLOU 1. Naughty Dog had a golden goose in that, for reasons unknown they then beat it to death with a golf club to have a quick meal.

    With regards to Abby and her massive gains.

    Let me be crystal f-ing clear here. You do not just work out to get that way. You have to diet properly, proper nutrition is key. This is supposed to be an established apocalypse where a lot of things are very scarce and hard to come by. So you mean to tell me her group powered her up Altered Beast style, but only her? Oh ok. Makes. Perfect. Sense. SMDH.

    There are strong female characters out there, both in shape and backstory. Some real and proper depth that make me want to see the journey through, Abby however, is strong for the sake of being strong and she is deep because Neil thinks she is. She is written to be a Mary Sue this game caters to. She gets hers, she gets the world. Our Ellie is to be made example of. I didn't enjoy watching Naughty Dog rape her, and yes, that's what they did. They raped her character and Joel's and through Joel, Tommy.

    As far as the story goes? I've read pop-up books with more depth. I once "accidentally" lit my ankle on fire, I had more fun putting the fire out than playing through this train wreck of a game. Overall this game was ok at best. Some will love it, most will hate it. I give it a 3. 1 point in graphics, 1 point for sound, 1 point for accessibility options.

    Bravo for the intentional mis-marketing of this game. You got away with murder ND. I hope you step on a lego.    … Expand
  28. SuaveManiac
    Jul 23, 2020
    3
    This game is just so bad! It took everything you loved and just shat on it. Loved Joel and hoped for a meaningful story with him? Well they say
  29. Desta
    Jul 24, 2020
    3
    Good Gameplay, Amazing Graphics. Shout out to the team that made this game. But I’m sorry, the story make it unbearable to play.
  30. TzarNYU
    Jul 24, 2020
    3
    The first part was/is superior in any way.Part 2 is a fuill disappointment.3 points for musik,graphics and the joel+ellie flashbacks.
  31. Sunbrosforlife
    Jul 24, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This games looks amazing the gameplay is incredible naughty dogs usual gameplay polish is here with graphics better than any game they have made before. However as this is a narrative based game I’ve got to acknowledge that the story is entirely lacking and takes away from how enjoyable the gameplay can be. The reliance on coincidences and plot Armor withdraws almost any stakes in each set piece. And of course there’s Abby one whom is defended by many critics who ignore the fact that her and Manny attempts to justify killing kids in a throw away line in Seattle day on as well as the face she was clearly didn’t care and almost enjoyed the woman who’s throat she was about to slit was pregnant just to get one over on Ellie that’s just sick Ellie defended herself against Mel and Owen. Just because Abbie saves two people inevitably killing several of her owlf comrades does not redeem her in any way. The ending is something I won’t go into because I don’t even know how to feel about it and would rather recommend the last of us remastered as that is a 10/10 game if this game had a multiplayer faction mode like that one I would give it an extra point or two but the great gameplay is simply overshadowed by the contrived and manipulative narrative.… Expand
  32. BigBearGrizzer
    Jul 24, 2020
    3
    Cant deny this game looks amazing, combat is faultless and engrossing with the only floor which is very frustrating is the story. Poorly written, very complicated, the characters have no appeal and it feels like the writers forgot about the original. What a shame. Very very dissapinted. Naughty dog dropped the ball and have destroyed a franchise. So sad.
  33. CameronP
    Jul 24, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hi im new to reviewing games, and i know there are many people out there who like the game i however did not. The gameplay and graphics were amazing, but as a story driven game this was just not a good story as a player you want to avenge Joels death and you dont get to do that. I also found myself not wanting to finish the game because i knew i would end up letting abby go it to me seemed so pointless of me going on the journey in the first place.… Expand
  34. YoghurtDragon
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    Remember Game of Thrones season 8 and Star Wars The Last Jedi onward ,yeah that's what happened here. Technically and mechanically the game is a masterpiece but the story is where it falls flat with writing plagued by the direction of one sole person's vision and zero character consistency from the first game's build up.Truly a throaway of previous narattive efforts
  35. Filip3693
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoilers! I really enjoyed the first half of the game, but the switch to abby was too much for me. I bought the game with the expectation that I´m gonna play with my favourite characters. I have no problem with the ending, with the decision to kill Joel although I was not really happy about it but it was understandable why abby did what she did...BUT playing with abby the second half of the game? I was really pissed off and I was even more pissed off when I had to fight against Ellie...If I knew this I would not buy this game for full prize...My bad that I successfully avoided all leaked spoilers... + the fake trailer with Joel going to help Ellie on her journey? and instead of that we are forced to play with abby and fight Ellie...? What the fu*k was that? How anyone in the world could think this is a good idea? They really ruined it with this for me… Expand
  36. Owenbrookso14
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay is fantastic. The graphics are insanely good, but the story is god awful. The developers tried to push an SJW political narrative and it falls flat on its face. When the majority of the fans complained about this, Neil Druckkman had the audacity to call the fans of his game sexist, homophobic and transphobic. It’s insulting to the people who loved the first game and all of the amazing characters it had. Now the fans are stuck having to spend time with people like Lev and Abby. Nobody cares about these stupid ass characters. Dont buy this game, Naughty Dog does not deserve your money. If you really want to play this game, rent it or borrow it from a friend. Im sure gamestop will be selling their hundreds of used copies for like $5 anyway.… Expand
  37. Floralys
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Like many others, I loved the first game and had no doubt that Naughty Dog would deliver another great Game. Unfortunately that was by far not the case, furthermore they ruined the series.

    We had everything, but instead of evolving the characters and the story, they just had to push their agenda with everything they could.

    One of the most loved characters from the first game gets killed off almost immediately after the game starts and sadly in such an unbelievable stupid wayu, only for them to have their little "revenge" story. Instead of talking about the new enemies or what just happened, the characters rather talk about their relationships or how the kiss was/what rating they would get or how they would love to smoke something right now.

    The new side characters will CONSTANTLY talk to you about their feelings and stand in the way most of the time, which ruins the experience of the world because they only react if enemies are nearby, which means you don't have to be carefully if they aren't

    Gameplay wise, you can go prone now, that's about it. Years in the making and that's everything innovative? Besides the revenge story, their isn't really much to talk about, sure you have these new fractions you never heard of before, but besides going on a rampage, ellie isn't too interested.

    Besides the awesome graphics and the great voice acting there isn't really much positive left of the Masterpiece The Last Of Us 1 was....

    Abby's segment was by far the interesting thing about the game, after playing and get to know more of her, I really liked Abby more than Ellie, which I could have never imagined before playing the game.

    You just won't recognize Joel and Ellie anymore, because Naughty Dog changed almost everything you loved about them.

    Just really poor character development in order to fit the new agenda.

    All Men act stupid or don't see the trap they easily avoided in part One.

    Overall I really wished I never played this mess, 30+ hours and all that is left I disappointment how you can kill a franchise like that.

    Ps. Declaring all negative feedback as Blind Hate is just ridicules and shows how blind and arrogant Naughty Dog has become.    … Expand
  38. avoriss
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    Naughty Dog must've lost all the people who knew how to deliver a good story because TLOU2 was just garbage. Am I supposed to care about Abby? If so, they failed miserably. If not, WHY AM I PLAYING AS ABBY FOR 10 HOURS STRAIGHT?!
  39. AndyJay87
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There are good games, and there are bad games. Then there is this game.

    I must congratulate Naughty Dog on it. In terms of how it looks it's fantastic. On how it plays, it's.. iffy. On the Storyline........... wow, I just dont understand what you were thinking.

    So, let me explain Character in Story.

    In the original, we have an Anti-Hero. Joel defines this by being the hero of our story but by being pretty much amoral... that's to say he clearly believes whatever he does is right, screw everything else. Secondly, we have his Sidekick and/or the secondary character, Ellie. It's our hero's job to protect her. So, what we psychologically learn from this is that we care ABOUT Joel, we care FOR Ellie.

    Now, I'm not launching into some anti-feminist/trans/woke (delete as appropriate) rant here, but the problem is you've given us a lead character that we care FOR. I, as a fan of Naughty dog for many many years now, was fully aware that this game was to be played as Ellie, and that was fine because I enjoyed Left Behind (oh, to the weirdos who didnt know Ellie was gay.... play more games/do your research). However, I need more from a hero in a Story than "oh, you were the person I looked after in the last one". So why should I give a **** about Ellie? Because I'm supposed to? Yeah, not how it works. Perhaps this game should have been the next one, because all the flashback stuff suggests you could have built an entire game with Joel and Ellie where it becomes more comfrotable to play with Ellie and show that she is now fully self reliant..... but no. Here we are, the girl can now stealth her way though 99% of the game (a mechanic that makes zero sense but w/e), well thats just fantastic. Thing is, everybody loved Ellie in the original, but we all knew she needed Joel, and that's what we were there for. What you have created here is a Rey Skywalker level Mary Sue.

    So is the idea "hey, they care about Joel, lets kill him and then the player will want revenge, and they'll definitely want to get it as Ellie"? Well, F that. The only character to logically put you in control of is Tommy, but no, Mary Sue to the rescue.

    Anyway, the other lead. Yeah, she killed Joel, aka THE ONLY CHARACTER WE ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT. So why in gods name should we care? The guilt trip of "oh, Joel killed her father"........ please, please, please understand this: The Character we care ABOUT did everything to protect the character we care FOR. So we (the player, the Joels) do not care who we killed or if they had children, it did not and does not matter to us, Ellie matters. These consequences are nothing to us, so it's no wonder people hated Abby from the get go. Regardless of her image and so on, whatever she looked like, we would not like her because, oh, *Spoiler Alert* she killed Joel.

    Also, Abby's whole story is boring. Like.... chick flick boring, like aunt Patty and Selma's holiday slideshow boring, like the Giant machine that dug the Mont Blanc tunnel: BORING. All just sideways angst. And then there's the..... ummm, "sex scene?" (Could only have been more hideously uncomfortable if Owen spat on his fingers to lube up). You guys know kids play video games right? And parents buy kids video games and dont care what they are right? And hugely popular games are always wanted by kids? And zombie killing games are wanted by kids? All these small children, exposed to that? I'll just say it: "Naughty Dog, Bad Dog, Bad Bad Dog".

    The Scars were stupid, pointless and designed to be in the way (hey, just put zombies in the way, we'll care more)

    The Rat King was cool, but the battle was exhaustingly repetitive.

    Aaand finally. Don't make people kill dogs. Just don't. It's unwanted. Zombie dog? Sure. Healthy dog? No thanks.

    Take it as a lesson learned. Bring back Joel. That lovely window of time between his daughter dying and the Boston QZ is ripe for some zombie killing and army man murdering. A rampage of bittersweet joy. Oh. Hope. Hope is a whore.    … Expand
  40. mythicalheartbe
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    The graphics, character designs, the music, all incredible. Breathtaking scenery and the sound effects are top level. The story telling and pacing is bad though, introducing a bunch of characters the player just doesn't care about and then forcing the player to play as a character they want dead. Unsatisfying ending that leaves the player unhappy and regretting spending the money on a gameThe graphics, character designs, the music, all incredible. Breathtaking scenery and the sound effects are top level. The story telling and pacing is bad though, introducing a bunch of characters the player just doesn't care about and then forcing the player to play as a character they want dead. Unsatisfying ending that leaves the player unhappy and regretting spending the money on a game that should have been good but fell dramatically short.… Expand
  41. Pimphand
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    The gameplay was decent.
    The story was an absolute joke that made me with I had never bothered with this piece of trash. My girlfriend and I played through the first one together and loved it. But by the end of this game we were both in awe of how mind numbingly boring it was. This was 20+ hours of garbage drama.
  42. Aldeslash
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    El juego no supera las espectativas que generó, se suponìa una historia de venganza pero finalmente no fue nada de eso, el primero triunfó por su historia, este tiene buena jugabilidad y gráficas pero terminó decepcionando.
  43. teiklin
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    The graphics is nice, its polished. I'll give you that.

    Other than those, its a complete drag playing the game over the point of simplistic story of trying to get you travel from A to B and repeat. The worst part is, it tries to play with your emotions with the developers thinking they are doing it great. It sucks. Its sad to see that naughty dog is ruining their own brand by trying    The graphics is nice, its polished. I'll give you that.

    Other than those, its a complete drag playing the game over the point of simplistic story of trying to get you travel from A to B and repeat. The worst part is, it tries to play with your emotions with the developers thinking they are doing it great. It sucks.

    Its sad to see that naughty dog is ruining their own brand by trying to do something "funny". You guys should learn from star wars man.

    Don't fix something that is not broken.    … Expand
  44. tetyo
    Jul 26, 2020
    3
    Los graficos es lo unico que tiene, la historia horrible y mal contada, el sistema resulta igual de buggeado que el del primero. Por lo menos el doblaje cumple.
  45. Talibankingdom
    Jul 26, 2020
    3
    In an attempt to please a certain party or push agendas, ND lost itself with the narrative and storytelling which was what made the TLOU so great in the first place. TLOU wasn't groundbreaking in terms of graphics or game mechanics, but the story and acting really puts some films to shame. But you get none of that here, the bond between Ellie and Joel was pushed to the back seat in thisIn an attempt to please a certain party or push agendas, ND lost itself with the narrative and storytelling which was what made the TLOU so great in the first place. TLOU wasn't groundbreaking in terms of graphics or game mechanics, but the story and acting really puts some films to shame. But you get none of that here, the bond between Ellie and Joel was pushed to the back seat in this sequel as another seemingly agenda that ND felt was important was force fed to us gamers in a crude and in-your-face manner.

    ND did an amazing job recreating Seattle and I give credit where credit is due; it's absolutely breathtaking and a visual treat. The motion capture was out of this world and it's the little details such as Ellie's bag and its zippers swaying as you move, the water dripping off from the point where after Ellie was soaked and every time after you visit the workbench, how you have to reload again because Ellie cleared the weapon before tinkering with it. Enemies' brain matter splattered all over the wall after a headshot and in this aspect, it was extremely well done. This was what made TLOU2 bearable for me to push till the final ending.

    But all of that quickly fell apart when the number of plot holes are just staring at my face and begging for me to write this review. It's painful and what a big shame really, I bought TLOU on both the PS3 and PS4 (Remastered), completed at least 10 times and dare I might say, it's a masterpiece and one of the greatest games of my generation. But not this title they pass off as a sequel.

    The story-telling was extremely disruptive. Every time the story gets deeper and you start to spot plot holes, understand these characters (and there a ton of new characters) Bam! ND throws you a flashback and you have to swing your thoughts again. It's as if every time you are getting close to a plot hole ND throws you off by making you play these flashback sequences. There simply wasn't enough time for me to relate to these characters and that was when it all start to fall apart. None of the characters are likable because ND made the pace so disruptive and one moment you are here, the next you are there.

    I can forgive the lack of innovative gameplay, adding a jump and a rope swing in 2020 is like going back to 2010s and saying, "hey we have 3D models now!". Because TLOU isn't about industry changing mechanics, but the story. And oh boy, what a disaster with the story.

    By now you should be aware of how we were all led to believe that things won't happen the way it would and unfortunately this was the biggest mistake of ND in TLOU2. I felt that if they really want it to happened, it should take at least 2,3 more sequels before doing so. Just because it took 7 years in the making, doesn't mean gamers will just forget what happened in TLOU. You can't just destroy something so beautifully created in TLOU in this sequel, force us to like these new characters that have no personality and in such an abrupt manner. We purchase things because we expect it to work the way we want to, not because the manufacturers have a new social agenda and want to mislead us through deception and censorship. Imagine you are at your local store looking for this brand of utensils you've heard so much about. They advertised it as long lasting, high quality and just what you'd expect from a AAA brand. You picked one up, it does looks like high quality material, you'd expect it to last and was happy with your purchase. You go home and suddenly inside the packaging the manufacturers say it's made of biodegradable material that will degrade by itself in 3 - 6 months depending on how frequently it's being used. False advertising.

    However the ending was what really felt like a slap in the face for purchasing this game. It's as if ND hated this franchise and want this IP to go up in flames. It was akin to spitting on us, spitting on the franchise and giving a big **** you to all.

    Note that game shops in Hong Kong and Taiwan are literally giving away TLOU2 for free if you were to purchase 3 other games. The used marketplace is literally flooded with this and stocks are stagnant.

    Sorry ND, you done ****ed it up this time.    … Expand
  46. HarrParr
    Jul 26, 2020
    3
    The beautiful animation and gameplay is familiar to many Naughty Dog fans. The music and voice acting is superb. However, the story just falls short significantly compared to the first installment. The theme of ‘revenge is bad’ is pushed onto the player with such poor methods. Repeating the same message with characters who don’t develop or make you want to care for them. It became a choreThe beautiful animation and gameplay is familiar to many Naughty Dog fans. The music and voice acting is superb. However, the story just falls short significantly compared to the first installment. The theme of ‘revenge is bad’ is pushed onto the player with such poor methods. Repeating the same message with characters who don’t develop or make you want to care for them. It became a chore for me to complete the game. Characters in the game are possibly the biggest flaws of the game. Politics and games have been trying to mix for a while and Naughty Dog sure as hell did not make any progress. The political narrative in the game is so blatant that rather than focusing on what/who these characters are you see them as a sort of ‘puppet’ representing someone else’s political views. It seems like every new character introduced has some sort of ‘characteristic’ or ‘trait’ to appease a certain audience. The story a conglomerate of political ideologies, trying to address all current societal issues. As a result it removes immersion from the story and prevents the player from caring much about any characters.… Expand
  47. DamenGater
    Jul 26, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game looks amazing and I love some of the new stuff you can do but in all honesty...

    1) story is HORRIBLE absolutely HORRIBLE. 2) playing as Abby sucked the story right out of me I honestly wanted to stop playing at first I wasn’t as excited anymore so Naughty Dog thought they had a good idea but it was a terrible idea to make half the game about a character who killed one of my all time fave characters. 3) way too many cut scenes WAY TOO MANY. 4) sex in a game was a nice touch if the girl didn’t look like Sylvester Stallone.     … Expand
  48. Erzurumlukratos
    Jul 26, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoiler vercem !!! Yapacağınız oyuna sıçayım oyunda köpek katili oluyoruz atımız patlıyor buda yetmezmiş gibi artık ezberledik neler olacağını sonda Abby'i öldürmeyeceği çok belli yani bok gibi finali oldu başta çocuklarla kar topu oynuyoduk köpek seviyoduk oyunun sonlarında köpek öldürüyoruz ve yaklaşık 15 saat oynadığım oyundan zamanımı geri vermesini istiyorum başlarken hikayeyi kötü yapmalrı imkansız dedim imkansızı başarmıssınız saygılar… Expand
  49. Freakardo
    Jul 26, 2020
    3
    Bons graficos e gameplay, porem o jogo é massante, a historia não e boa, desconstroem todos os personagens, furos de roteiros, peso ideológico, uma pena pois não faz jus ao primeiro game.
  50. Elegio
    Jul 27, 2020
    3
    This game offers some very intense and enjoyable moments, combined with awesome graphics. But overal i was dissapointed, the storyline was a long and pointless journey with no real goal. Rinse and repeat, that seems the recepy for this game. Walk, gather, kill, upgrade, cutscene, over and over again. After finishing the game i felt like i finished a 20 hour long grueling marathon, apartThis game offers some very intense and enjoyable moments, combined with awesome graphics. But overal i was dissapointed, the storyline was a long and pointless journey with no real goal. Rinse and repeat, that seems the recepy for this game. Walk, gather, kill, upgrade, cutscene, over and over again. After finishing the game i felt like i finished a 20 hour long grueling marathon, apart from the fact that i accomplished... nothing.… Expand
  51. electric555
    Jul 27, 2020
    3
    Отвратительный сюжет! Зачем ?! Зачем мне играть за Эбби и переживать ее историю ? Когда сам сценарист заставляет ненавидить ее в начате и потом когда играешь за нее вовторой половине игры! Концовка просто отвратная! Столько было пройдено ... Ради чего!? Не спорю Джоела должна была настигнуть карма . И его смерть закономерна. Но накой мне нужна эта Эбби ? Зачем мне пихают ее ? Я не хочуОтвратительный сюжет! Зачем ?! Зачем мне играть за Эбби и переживать ее историю ? Когда сам сценарист заставляет ненавидить ее в начате и потом когда играешь за нее вовторой половине игры! Концовка просто отвратная! Столько было пройдено ... Ради чего!? Не спорю Джоела должна была настигнуть карма . И его смерть закономерна. Но накой мне нужна эта Эбби ? Зачем мне пихают ее ? Я не хочу играть за нее! Не хочу смотреть эту отвратительную сюжетную линию. Где она якобы помогает какому то левому ребенку, но в тоже время предает всех свох друзей и близких!
    Disgusting plot! What for ?! Why would I play as Abby and relive her story? When the screenwriter himself makes you hate her at the beginning and then when you play for her in the second half of the game! The ending is just disgusting! So much has been passed ... For what !? I admit Joel should have overtaken karma. And his death is natural. But why do I need this Abby? Why are they shoving her to me? I don't want to play for her! I don’t want to watch this disgusting storyline. Where she supposedly helps some left child, but at the same time betrays all her friends and relatives!    … Expand
  52. CAMILAROJAS
    Jul 27, 2020
    3
    una experiencia cruda y emocionalmente uno de los juegos mas fuertes que he visto, esto en mi caso no fue positivo ya que cada paso en la historia se siente como un "no quiero seguir jugando" y esto no solo en la crudeza e la historia sino en las acciones y narrativa que son desacertados para mi, me hubiera gustado que la historia tomara otro rumbo pero nos dieron lo que fue. una historiauna experiencia cruda y emocionalmente uno de los juegos mas fuertes que he visto, esto en mi caso no fue positivo ya que cada paso en la historia se siente como un "no quiero seguir jugando" y esto no solo en la crudeza e la historia sino en las acciones y narrativa que son desacertados para mi, me hubiera gustado que la historia tomara otro rumbo pero nos dieron lo que fue. una historia desgarradora que trata de ser muy profunda y en mi opinion lo consigue pero no del todo bien y a su vez matando la posibilidad de otra entrega, terminando con todos los personajes que conociamos en su punto mas bajo, sin duda ya no hay hype por otro the last of us… Expand
  53. deloisa11
    Jul 27, 2020
    3
    I feel like I was force fed food that I hate throughout this entire game. I have no empathy for the new characters. I waited several years to see Ellie and Joel grow as father and daughter; I didn't wait all this time for whatever mess of a game this is. You rolled the dice, Naughty Dog, but you bet on the wrong characters.. I'm gonna pretend this game is one big nightmare Ellie has.
  54. White_Dr4g0N
    Jul 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first part of last of us was just outstanding. A milestone in the game history. I found the second part almost hideous because of the bad story. But first to the positive. The graphics textures are great. Whe weather conditions are very realistic. You can see that the graphic detals were programmed with love. With HDR you can even recognize tiny text passages in the big world. I also find the sound and the music composed very beautifully and professionally. The music adapts to the different scenes. I also think the gameplay is outstanding. The controls are simple and not complicated. Now the negative: in some places I find the game too boring because the mission repeats itself. Search for it or find it. That was not always the case but sometimes. Why did I only give a 3 for TLOU2? The horrible bad story !!!! How can you tell such a good story from part 1 so badly? A favorite character dies at the beginning and you are even forced to play with the killer for over 20 hours. What i liked most badly was that the game tries to influence me with a political opinion. I play games for fun and not to listen to and look at any political opinions. I feel that the game was a left political party game.Then I can turn on the TV right away. The end battle of the story makes no sense to me, especially the totally bad boring ending. in the end i felt as if i had played all the time without meaning and purpose.… Expand
  55. Freshphantom
    Jul 27, 2020
    3
    Biggest disappointment ever. The game has some good moments and there is no denying the game is visually stunning but for me the story was a joke.
  56. Azar525
    Jul 29, 2020
    3
    Its dark and the story is so deep and you have to use your brain if u want to know why is this game better then the first last of us... But this is a perfect game, Not for every one but this not change a single thing. PERFECT 10/10
  57. Ignacio255225
    Jul 29, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Before I begin, I am Spanish-speaking, and I am criticized that it was done with the Google translator, and it is likely that I have errors.

    To begin, I will explain the reason for my grade of 3/10, without first explaining some things. The last game of the trilogy was very unexpected for the public, coming from a company like Naughty Dog, which since its inception has been making games with more childish tones (some less than others). At the time the first trailer was released, people were not sure what this title was going to be, which, after being released, moved everyone with a very good story, graphics, gameplay, etc. The new title would not have the same fate, it is more, it would carry the weight of marveling us all and exceeding our expectations, which clearly did not succeed, and it was not solely the fault of the company, since we have cases like Duke Nukem Forever that after 14 years of development, he did not meet the expectations at all, and people are partly to blame, for overestimating something that may not be what was expected.
    The game itself, is not that it has a bad story, it developed quite badly, but the concept is not bad, they were wrong to focus so much on Ashley, and everything that had to go through her life, when she killed the character more beloved of the saga, that is why he did not achieve his mission of making the player empathize with it. As much as you tell me about your misfortunes and miseries, the player comes with hatred since he killed Joel, and that he does not forgive him, and less knowing that the main plot of the game is to take revenge on all the accomplices and the murderer. At this point, the game wants you to empathize with the 2 characters, and wants you to think that they are all good people, which is why they have lived previously.
    PS: The game focuses too much on Ellie's decisions, as if everything revolved around her, sometimes downplaying the plot.

    Anyway, the graphics are pretty good, but there are still a lot of bugs, downgrades, artificial intelligence glitches, very ridiculous things, typical of Hollywood movies.
    A title that is not worth its $ 60 at all and makes me think that after each generation, it gets more involved, prioritizing money over quality.
    Bye.    … Expand
  58. dl23
    Jul 29, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first part was my favorite game all time. I loved Joel and Ellie and their relationships was the thing that I liked about the game. The first day of playing TLOUP2 ruined my mood and day and only anger and revenge motivated me to move on. Don't know from what to start: the way they killed our favorite character is horrible and disrespecting, the second part of the game playing for the character that I hate and the end of the game with playing against Ellie! Whaaaaat? If you wanted to tell another story of pain and sorrow on behalf of Abby, let's thing of all people (soldiers) that was killed during the game! Does it mean that all its families will come and get revenge? Why you killed Joel in such a way? We would hate Abby even if she JUST killed Joel. Many incredibly beautiful locations were given to Abby but I didn't even enjoy it as I wanted to finish this part as soon as possible. After the end of the game I don't feel any connection with Abby, at all...I feel only empty and frustration… Expand
  59. ValeraBorov
    Jul 30, 2020
    3
    Игра точно не некст ген. Полно повесток от лгбт сообщества. Высокую оценку точно поставить не могу
  60. Jaxongir
    Jul 30, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Главный недостаток этой игры это его сюжет!… Expand
  61. looneyquagmire
    Jul 30, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Boring, once they killed Joel for shock value the story goes down hill. Also, this have seems like it pushes more of an agenda then just being a classic game. Very disappointed with the story. They could have made the story so much better.… Expand
  62. LECXD
    Jul 31, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gran jugabilidad, buenos graficos lo unico malo es lo fastidioso de la historia
    Joel el primer protagonista tuvo una muerte decepcionante, llegamos al punto de matar perros, gente inocente en busca de la venganza sólo para dejar a abby viva
    Ellie paso de ser una niña tierna y aveces irritante a solo ser una lesbiana loca que no piensa en los demas    … Expand
  63. Dizzyboy93
    Feb 2, 2023
    3
    Pretty damn awful, extremely bad pacing and very predictable once you accept that the game is intended to tell a story where everything ends bad for everyone. It’s a shame when the first game introduced such good characters. Good looking graphics are sometimes enough to make a game enjoyable but when the writing is this horrible and strained, in a story driven game, it is far from enough.
  64. Poirot46
    Aug 1, 2020
    3
    Very bad story after 7 years waiting.
    What a waste of time, dont buy this game
  65. MoonCreeps
    Aug 1, 2020
    3
    for graphics and mechanics only. the plot is disgusting. expected much more. killed the great streak of games.
  66. Surgeyo4
    Aug 1, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story is poor, Ellie kills hundreds of people to find Abby and then just lets her live in the end. Did Naughty Dog forget Ellie in part one saying “after all we’ve been through? After everything that I’ve done? It can’t be for nothing” when Joe tries to convince her to forget about the Fireflies? They don’t bother to have Ellie and Abby talk about anything in the end, nothing at all! TOO MANY coincidences, TOO MANY over looked details that have major impacts on the story. Don’t have the time and space to mention them all but you can look up some YouTube video’s. Not so immersive when it comes to how your actions affecting the game. Example: if you have a silencer on your gun when you confront Norah it’s removed by the gane when it goes to the cutscene. When some WLSs walk into the school you can shoot your un silenced gun at the door that THEY JUST WALKED THROUGH and they won’t walk back out to confront you. When you play as Abby and fight Ellie the first time Ellie can kill you, so the story should end right? Ellie gets revenge for Joe’s death but the game restarts at your last saved point. The story is forced. Also your companions can be in plain sight “hiding” and the enemies can rub up against them and nothing happens. So annoying. Also TOO much of the story is focused on Ellie’s lesbian relationships, don’t mind her being gay but the amount of focus is overkill, we get it. Y’all had SEVEN YEARS to make this story a masterpiece but failed sadly. I can list more bad but I’ll just end with the good. It’s a visually beautiful game and I love the combat and situations you’re put into. I will still play this game but not for the story although I do like the flashbacks of Ellie and Joe. I do appreciate the detail they put into the settlements as far as how they grow their own food and such, coming from a prepper who likes to see some realistic details. If they make a part three PLEASE DONT RUIN THE STORY!!!!… Expand
  67. Bolsanelli
    Aug 1, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Achei o final totalmente broxante, muitas e muitas quebras de personalidade, roteiro forçado ao extremo e a infelicidade de ter que saber que pagou 250 reais na pré venda dói a alma, de fato a maior decepção do ano. Não vou ficar citando tudo que sinto e me vem cabeça pq não vale a pena.… Expand
  68. MaldoKing
    Aug 2, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How to ruin a perfect story? Tlou 2 is a great example. The game has a very bad plot and the main character dies at the beginning in a ridiculous way.… Expand
  69. Speeduwagnuo
    Aug 2, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Das Spiel ist kein komplettes Desaster aber dennoch eine herbe Enttäuschung.… Expand
  70. BluntMicrocell
    Aug 3, 2020
    3
    What makes this game so great to people? Why are people especially journalist so dishonest? This game is absolute trash plain and simple.
  71. Tiger202020
    Aug 3, 2020
    3
    Gameplay was definitely improved. People have their complaints about aspects of the story, I do think they are surface level complaints...most of the time. HUGE points off for butchering the execution, in a game where arguably the story is the most important part to get right.
  72. El_Happy
    Aug 3, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La jugabilidad es aceptable (se podría mejorar), los gráficos están geniales (sobre todo en la parte donde es mundo abierto), pero la historia esta horrible y el cambiar de personaje a la mitad del juego para iniciar desde cero con un personaje que no quieres es aun peor, quisieron dar a entender que la venganza es mala, con una pésima historia.
    Ahora resulta que Ellie después de matar desde los 14 años, le afecta agarrar a golpes a una persona y termina casi traumada.
    Por alguna razón quieren que sientas empatia por Abby, una persona que toda su vida vivió con la idea de vengar a su padre y matar a Joel, todo gira en su al rededor en esa idea y al final lo consigue, el problema es que después de eso la quieren poner como alguien que protege y ayuda a la gente.
    Ellie lo pierde todo, incluso lo único que le unía a Joel después de muerto (poder tocar la guitarra), pero Abby si se va feliz con su nuevo hermano adoptado y perdonada por todo lo que hizo.
    La historia no tiene sentido, esta demasiado forzada, el volver al pasado para jugar cosas que no tienen relevancia sobre la historia es una perdida de tiempo, en el final no entiendo porque libera a Abby, debió solo matarla de un tiro, la pelea es lamentable en todos los sentidos y mas porque no muere nadie, en ese momento si hubieran muerto ambas creo que toda la historia hubiera tenido el sentido de "la venganza es mala", pero no, ahora tienes que vivir con la idea de que todo el juego es una mierda.    … Expand
  73. Robertuybrush
    Aug 3, 2020
    3
    As a huge fan of the original game and Left Behind, I just registered so I could say this:

    I really wish I could unplay this game.
  74. Yellowdog745
    Aug 4, 2020
    3
    Fun gameplay. Also the visuals were pretty fantastic. Thats it. Game was pretty trash ngl.
  75. Gamerdoggo
    Aug 4, 2020
    3
    Didn’t like it as much as I would have hoped to. I don’t regret buying or playing, the graphics are absolutely flawless, beautiful, gameplay is amazing, combat is really great. I love playing. The thing is, I can play this game and skip every cutscene (after first playthrough) because I don’t really care about the story. The story isn’t as great as it could have been, it had potential. TheDidn’t like it as much as I would have hoped to. I don’t regret buying or playing, the graphics are absolutely flawless, beautiful, gameplay is amazing, combat is really great. I love playing. The thing is, I can play this game and skip every cutscene (after first playthrough) because I don’t really care about the story. The story isn’t as great as it could have been, it had potential. The writing isn’t as good, the character development is poor for new and existing characters. Old characters like Joel, Tommy and Ellie (ESPECIALLY Joel) are written very out of character with ridiculously poor excuses as to why they’re written out of character. Joel was treated like some random NPC. Abby is okay, I want to like her. But she’s too forced and thrown into your face. I hate pretty much everybody on her “team,” Owen, Mel - gosh I really hate Mel, etc. Yara and Lev were fine. But the whole Abby + Yara and Lev felt very.... well, forced. I love the new shambler and rat king. I absolutely adore the more intelligent AI. This story could have been much better though, but it just didn’t pan out well. Also, the HUGE amount of false advertising in every single trailer basically telling us it’s about Ellie, and that Joel will be embarking on this new revenge journey with Ellie because he “won’t let her do this on her own.” Lots of lying, and it’s disgusting that Naughty Dog would lie to that degree just to make money off old long time fans. Unfortunately, the problem is that they wanted this game to be about “hate” and I guess they did such a good job that people literally hate the game lol. Jokes aside, I will still replay the game, but it certainly won’t be for the story.… Expand
  76. Markie1993
    Aug 4, 2020
    3
    stunning graphics however the story flopped hard than my slipper lol, although the first game is pure quality but the sequel is a mess without care of the characters which is a big shame... RIP Naughty Dog
  77. Reaverinc
    Dec 7, 2020
    3
    I hatad the story. Since i went with they in the first game, i hatad how they handled them.
    The game was very normal and nothing new, and kinda repetitive
    For me it was just a Bording game
  78. dinn
    Aug 5, 2020
    3
    It’s not an interesting game. Really. I'm not happy with this game. But As a game, the last of us 2 is solid the shooting and the game mechanics feel very polished
  79. Dchar
    Aug 7, 2020
    3
    Misleading trailers followed by an inconsistent story. The overall theme gets lost in the poor storytelling. The graphics are cool I guess
  80. tuviejaentanga2
    Aug 7, 2020
    3
    Habiendo jugado este juego, me he llevado una gran decepción. La verdad que lo último que esperaba era que Ellie se convirtiera en una mala persona. Sin embargo, lo único que logro rescatar del juego es al personaje y desarrollo de Abby, junto a la mecánica del juego que es excelente. Sinceramente, no veo necesario haber llevado un juego en base a la muerte de un personaje y protagonistaHabiendo jugado este juego, me he llevado una gran decepción. La verdad que lo último que esperaba era que Ellie se convirtiera en una mala persona. Sin embargo, lo único que logro rescatar del juego es al personaje y desarrollo de Abby, junto a la mecánica del juego que es excelente. Sinceramente, no veo necesario haber llevado un juego en base a la muerte de un personaje y protagonista tan querido. Lo único que puedo esperar a continuación para la próxima entrega es que mejoren y no repitan este tipo de errores que hicieron que muchos nos hayamos arrepentido de comprar el juego./Having played this game, I have been very disappointed. The truth was that the last thing I expected was for Ellie to turn into a bad person. However, the only thing I can rescue from the game is Abby's character and development, along with the game mechanics that are excellent. Honestly, I don't see it necessary to have played a game based on the death of such a beloved character and protagonist. The only thing I can hope for next for the next installment is that they improve and do not repeat these kinds of mistakes that made us regret buying the game.… Expand
  81. CAKO
    Sep 13, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is indeed as bad as everyone say.
    I got a PS5 back then for some nice exclusives and didn't want do touch TLOU2 but i did cause i wanted to try it and what should I say...
    The Gameplay is good, very realistic animations but this is not a truly next gen Game.
    It was developed for PS4 and a little PS5 patch does not bring me the experience i wanted or I was waiting for.
    The Graphic is good but not more. I really don't know why they had to release this game on PS4 and not PS5 only. Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart was a good example, only PS5 and is a truly next gen Game! Very good looking and good optimized.

    The Story from Part II is very bad... I don't know who thought this would be good but I'm very disappointed.

    I would not recommend this game...    … Expand
  82. DanielLFC1993
    Aug 8, 2020
    3
    Очень душная игра, непонятно зачем было так растягивать время. Сюжет отвратительный
  83. Excalibur23
    Aug 8, 2020
    3
    The game focuses on graphics and not what is needed. A brutal lack of respect for fans who spend their money on this game and above all a great opportunity wasted.
  84. hYBRYDcOBRA
    Aug 8, 2020
    3
    This game spits in the face of everything that came before it in regards to the world established in the first game. The gameplay is pretty much the same as the first game so no improvements there, except there are more cutscenes in this one than in he first one. The biggest problem with this game is the narrative jumps the game expects you to take. Play this game with caution if you areThis game spits in the face of everything that came before it in regards to the world established in the first game. The gameplay is pretty much the same as the first game so no improvements there, except there are more cutscenes in this one than in he first one. The biggest problem with this game is the narrative jumps the game expects you to take. Play this game with caution if you are really interested in it.… Expand
  85. citizenpelion
    Aug 8, 2020
    3
    If you loved the Joel-Ellie duo from first game and want some more then this one is the worst piece of **** your money can buy.
  86. TomVierce
    Aug 12, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The original Last of Us marvels in graphical department, and originality of story, not to mention game AI and physic. While the successor, which surely has better graphic, but have many dissapoinment especially in story line. The 2nd one is lack of story originality, and trying to polished it by offering unexpected event. But did it work? Absolutely not, because it has a cliche revenge storyline and also repetitive mission, slash and kill, which one easily get bored during 2/3 of gameplay. Gamers have loss the curiosity when playing the game, the curiosity quessing what comes next in the story.

    What gamers really wanted to know is how Joel and Ellie bond grows during all the year, and years to come. Their stories still has alot to explore. And if Joel eventually died, it should not because of his careless, but his willingness to do so, sacrifice for his love one.

    There are still many stories involving Last of Us world. Exploring uncharted world of fungus, how other countries deals with it, knowing what started the outbreak, innovating science explanation, how species cross transmission of cordyceps happened in the first place, knowing the patient zero and moral fight decision along the way. There are still many unexplained things in first game that can take to the 2nd one, and will make it the much more bigger game, rather than make twisted game event and the controversial Ellie's love story.
    This will surely become a lesson hard learnt for game studio in making successor for success game in the future.    … Expand
  87. tinooo
    Aug 9, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. highly overrated....bad story...no conclusion...kill joel in midway without getting revenge in the end...and most of all 80% women characters...please dont waste ur time n money on this on... critic reviews are ****… Expand
  88. Abdullahegazy1
    Aug 10, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is very superficial, not interconnected, and lacks the spirit of the first part, the harmony of the characters, and the right of the characters to appear ,,, I do not deny that the game has developed very, very much in the style of playing and developing the characters, but it came at the expense of the story that I see lacks objectivity ,, in the end I see that the last of us Part II is so horrible and I think I wouldn't like playing it again ,, killing joel is most worst thing I've ever experienced … Expand
  89. Opossu
    Aug 10, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best gameplay I've ever seen. But the story trash. If u wanted us to hate Abby,Joel didn't had to die. Like just kidnapp him and a little bit torture him. In the end Abby would die or run away doesn't matter. Ellie saves Joel and that's it! Happy end! Okay,maybe Joel is still need to die. But why we didn't kill Abby. Abby was searching for Joel 5 years and finally did it. And Ellie just let her go. If Joel would survive game would take 15/10 but now bc of Neil its 5/10.… Expand
  90. thick_Brick
    Aug 11, 2020
    3
    Incredible graphics and animations, the technical team did an impressive job really. Same goes for the acting, just brilliant. I would love to give it a much better rating.

    BUT the storytelling is so so horrible, to a point where I could not enjoy the game. I have finished it but all I am left with is regret. I have completed TLOU1 several times, but will 100% not touch part 2 again.    Incredible graphics and animations, the technical team did an impressive job really. Same goes for the acting, just brilliant. I would love to give it a much better rating.

    BUT the storytelling is so so horrible, to a point where I could not enjoy the game. I have finished it but all I am left with is regret. I have completed TLOU1 several times, but will 100% not touch part 2 again.

    The game forces you morally wrong choices over and over, then tells you how bad of a person you are for doing so many horrible things. The amount of senseless brutality and graphic violence is plain stupid.    … Expand
  91. Xwalkingx
    Aug 11, 2020
    3
    I don’t know what to say about this game that hasn’t been said , a total mess from a director with the worst story telling
  92. ElderlyAmoeba
    Aug 13, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is probably the biggest mixed bag you could ever find. On one hand, it makes insane technical innovations, with some of the best graphics I’ve ever seen, and on the other hand its game play systems barely evolve past its predecessor title from 2013. Immense care is put into the environments and acting, yet points of the story seem to have been thrown together with no thought of logic or pacing. For about every pro one can find for this game, there’s a con that drags that pro down, and makes this game, to me at least, abhorrently meh, and insanely disappointing.

    For a narrative focused action game sequel such as The Last of Us Part II, my 10 point system reads as such:

    Narrative

    Structure/Writing, 0/2: The revenge format the story was aiming for here failed miserably. Ellie’s half of the game is over reliant on coincidence, Macguffins, and long travel times to the next narrative beat, which causes it to suffer from poor pacing. Abby’s half focuses on an underdeveloped war and redemption arc which are detached from Ellie’s story. These factors cause the conflict between the game’s two main characters to be shoved to the background, with them only ever intersecting at the beginning and ending of the game, with the mostly detached story of the middle feeling like a chore. By the time you get back to the story you care about in the last hours of the game, you’ll feel so exhausted you might not even want to suffer through it.

    Characters, 0/2: Not a single character is executed well in this game. The game ignores the fact that the Fireflies were a band of terrorists to portray Joel’s attack against them as an irredeemable act. Ellie is a psychotic murderer who voices multiple times she doesn’t think what she is doing is right, yet continues to kill hundreds of people so she can kill Abby (which she abandons in the end, making one question why she killed all those people just to give up over killing one more.) Abby is also a psychopath who willingly joins a war she has no stake in, tortures people for pleasure, and enables a drunk man to cheat on his pregnant girlfriend, and yet the player is supposed to somehow root for her. Finally, Tommy is a bumbling fool who tells his identity to complete strangers, becomes a Macguffin for Ellie to chase for half the game, and ends his role in the game by guilt-tripping Ellie into abandoning her family to become his personal hitman. Because every character devolves into a sadistic or unrecognizable person throughout the game, it’s very hard to root for/get invested in the struggles of any of the characters.

    Narrative Cohesion with Part 1, 0/1: The problem with creating a sequel to an open-ended moral dilemma is that your narrative will have to take a side in a debate that has no correct answer. Due to this, the game handpicks narrative elements from Part I to try and manipulate the audience to its agenda, forcing the characters within the story to commit acts that conflict with their past experiences. My best example is that of Ellie, who was so repulsed at killing only 2 people in Part 1 (in self defense might I add), that she went into a state of shock and self loathing for months. After 4 years of living in peace, Ellie suddenly has a switch flip in her brain, and she becomes okay with blowing the brains out of people she’s never met and pose no threat to her.

    Gameplay + Design

    Gameplay, ½ points: The game possesses an excellent stealth system, and has satisfyingly brutal combat that makes one feel immersed in the grounded world of TLOU. What drags this section down a point in the looting sections in-between, and the overall length of the game. The looting is just boring inventory management, and the combat doesn’t evolve enough to stay fresh as you enter the mid to late game, making the late game feel especially dull.

    Graphics, Sound, Controls, 1/1: Not much to say here. It looks, sounds, and feels fantastic. It’s pretty common knowledge at this point.

    Innovation, ½: As a sequel, I expect many new features that weren’t in Part 1, especially with the 7 years and budget Naughty Dog had to work with. I give them half credit in this department, for while the game makes great strides in the game’s AI, immersion, and direction, there’s a severe lack of additions in gameplay. Besides being flashier, the gameplay experience is almost identical to the original. Two of the biggest innovations advertised for this game are its jump and prone buttons. I’ll let you judge that for yourself.

    In Summary,

    Narrative: 0/5, Messy writing, laughable pacing, and unlikable characters make this game’s story intolerable.
    Gameplay/Design: ⅗, Beautiful world design and brutal gameplay leave strong first impressions, but fail to maintain their power over the long runtime due to a lack of innovation.

    Overall: 3/10, A hollow narrative without the gameplay to keep it afloat    … Expand
  93. lotohooman
    Aug 12, 2020
    3
    Disappointing, great graphics but the story drags ruins the game and drags the gameplay down with it.
  94. ikkejug
    Aug 14, 2020
    3
    Was a huge fan of number 1, however this game does not live up to the my expectations of the story. I did not see any trailers or marketing, even preordered the game to ensure maximum experience. Even if the plot and story development are intentional I will not play this game again and lent it to all my friends who wants to play so they will not waste money and feel as disappointed as me.
  95. Dron89
    Aug 14, 2020
    3
    Es un juego aburrido, después de 5 años esperaba evolución en el modo de juego. La escenografía no está mal pero la historia y cómo la cuenta hace perder interés en el ritmo de juego.
  96. Urteiler
    Aug 14, 2020
    3
    I bought TLOU II cuz I'm a fan of the 1st game. The story is such a disappointment, Naughty Dog was dishonest in the trailers, if I had known things would be like that, I simply wouldn't have bought the game. TLOU2 is very disrespectful to the fans of the 1st game. I shouldn't have avoided the leaks. TLOU 2 is the worst birthday present I've ever bought to myself.
    It's sad, very sad, the    I bought TLOU II cuz I'm a fan of the 1st game. The story is such a disappointment, Naughty Dog was dishonest in the trailers, if I had known things would be like that, I simply wouldn't have bought the game. TLOU2 is very disrespectful to the fans of the 1st game. I shouldn't have avoided the leaks. TLOU 2 is the worst birthday present I've ever bought to myself.
    It's sad, very sad, the sequel had such a potential.. that's now wasted due to Neil Druckmann's stupid eriting    … Expand
  97. dovakin599
    Aug 14, 2020
    3
    sinceramente este juego sirve de algo y es que sirve para darte cuenta que todas las rewies de los criticos estan mas que compradas.
    alguna vez seguiste jugando un juego debido a que habias gastado demasiado dinero en el,bueno eso es tlou2, el juego es una copia del anterior excepto por la mejora de habilidades y la inteligencia artificial que colabora consigo misma para poder darte un    sinceramente este juego sirve de algo y es que sirve para darte cuenta que todas las rewies de los criticos estan mas que compradas.
    alguna vez seguiste jugando un juego debido a que habias gastado demasiado dinero en el,bueno eso es tlou2, el juego es una copia del anterior excepto por la mejora de habilidades y la inteligencia artificial que colabora consigo misma para poder darte un mejor desafio.
    La historia y los personajes que era algo que habia caracterizado al primer juego aca no existe, la historia es lineal y cliche y ademas el final del juego que en teoria deberia darte una alegria por haberlo completado no esta, es como si se hubiera ido a comprar cigarrillos para nunca volver
    ademas el objetivo que tenes durante toda la historia no logras completarlo.
    la historia de abby nos intenta hacerla perdonar,creo porque la verdad es que no lo logra simplemente esta para hacernos ver que tiene razones para ser tan mala creo.
    y finalmente el trailer ,durante el trailer se nos estaba diciendo que Joel estaria con nosotros para jugar la aventura pero termino siendo una estafa para sacar mas dinero.
    es increible pensar que naughty dog la empresa que nos trajo juegos como la saga de uncharted{ mas que nada el 2} y tlou1 es la misma que nos trajo este juego.    … Expand
  98. Pshaw111
    Aug 15, 2020
    3
    So **** dissapointed in the story, beloved characters from the original shat up on with in-your-face LGBQ/SJW ‘woke’ crap & bad story writing in general. You should be ashamed of yourself Neil Drukkman & Naughty Dog for letting down so many fans with this garbage.
    That said, the graphics, animation & combat gameplay is excellent. But it just feels so pointless when you can’t connect with    So **** dissapointed in the story, beloved characters from the original shat up on with in-your-face LGBQ/SJW ‘woke’ crap & bad story writing in general. You should be ashamed of yourself Neil Drukkman & Naughty Dog for letting down so many fans with this garbage.
    That said, the graphics, animation & combat gameplay is excellent. But it just feels so pointless when you can’t connect with the story & characters.
    Listen to the fans, fix this **** or face bankruptcy as a company.    … Expand
  99. GimmePP
    Aug 15, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game, my god. Where do I even start? Let’s get the positives out of the way first.
    •The graphics are spectacular •The gameplay has improved over the original
    •The new infected designs are really good
    •The gore is great
    That’s where the positives end. The story here is borderline offensive if you loved the first game. Joel’s death is treated so horribly, Naughtydog seems to think it’s a good idea for Joel to act like a total dumbass after everything we saw from him in the first game. The gameplay and graphics aren’t enough to make up for a bad story. It would be acceptable if this wasn’t a linear, story-driven game. Everything seems to be going well after Joel’s death, Ellie acts out of character and Dina doesn’t really have a purpose besides being with Ellie. But you can get over that at first, you start to kill the people that wronged you. Then, later in the theater, Abby shows up just for the purpose of killing Jesse and giving Tommy a fake-out death. Right when it starts to escalate, you cut to playing as Abby.I don’t have a problem with seeing a villain’s point of view, but Abby gets as much playtime as Ellie. We got this game for Ellie, not for some cheeseburger **** Finally, after all that, you get to the final fight against Abby, you hurt her good, the fight gets brutal, but then, right when Abby is about to get what she deserves, Ellie lets her live. Ellie does this because she gets a flashback about Joel, even though, knowing her character, this would motivate her even more to kill Abby. Neil Druckmann absolutely butchered the story of this game, it’s pointless. I would rather forget this game exists than encourage anyone to buy it.    … Expand
  100. Speet
    Aug 15, 2020
    3
    This games gets a 3 because of the game play only, which is genuinely good. The problem is, this is entirely a story based experience, and the story is so laughably bad, I genuinely had to pause the game several times just to sit in bewilderment at how stupid it was. It's so bad I can explain why without revealing any of the spoilers. This story is told in two parts, and there are two mainThis games gets a 3 because of the game play only, which is genuinely good. The problem is, this is entirely a story based experience, and the story is so laughably bad, I genuinely had to pause the game several times just to sit in bewilderment at how stupid it was. It's so bad I can explain why without revealing any of the spoilers. This story is told in two parts, and there are two main characters. We follow one character that we already know, because she's the girl on the front cover of the game. We reach climax of her story, a dramatic stand-off between the hero and the villain, and we cut to black for a flashback, involving the villain. You learn why the villain is after the hero. Then you play as the villain. We play half-way through, when we cut out of the first story, and we're now replaying the same days as the villain. You're thinking that the stories are going to intertwine in ways that will let you know more about past events. But they never do. The story literally begins again, only now telling a completely separate story. It takes 10 hours to get back to the climax. The only thing we see now is the villain doing things that are so nonsensically stupid, I couldn't believe a grown adult wrote this story. We see characters taking drastic actions with such little thought or explanation, and they are consistently the worst possible thing to do in that situation. We see now that the villains were nice people all along, they play with cute dogs and rescue zebras from traps. There's a heavily pregnant woman that fights the infected and does Nathan Drake-style jumping and climbing. A teenage girl has an amputation, yet is running and fighting the next day, with little to no medication for the pain. It's so ridiculous that it genuinely detracts from the story, which is grim and violent with no moments of levity. What you learn in the second half is that EVERY single event in the story is happening either to a ridiculously stupid decision or complete dumb luck. It's just... objectively bad. It's complete insanity that this game is getting perfect scores. There is no possible way that the perfect 10 scores were by unbiased reporters. And just look at the PR campaign for this game, which is just character assassination. An actor from the game explains why he thought the father figure of the first story is just like one of the villains of the first story, who was a cannibal and a pedophile. There's even news articles about the game developers working such ludicrous hours that at least one was hospitalized. It's the kind of workers rights violations that should not be supported. This game is terrible and everyone involved should be disgusted at how horribly they've mangled a story that didn't need to be continued. That's difficult for me to even think about, because I've been playing every single one of Naughty Dog's games since I was a kid. The more I learn about the director's behavior when making this game, the more I dislike it. Please do not buy this game. Please don't support these people. Don't exchange good money for a bad story that is poorly told.… Expand
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 113 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
  3. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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