The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Novicion
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    those positive review are just paid reviews, but these people still tryhard to make this game become GOTY

    the only good thing from this game is the atmosphere looking
    the game story is nonsense, far from the first instalment
    they ruined the character development
    so much political rights

    the story is just like a person making their own the walking dead story
  2. black8621
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 我給的這2分是給這遊戲的美術和遊戲性，如果可以將劇情、美術和遊戲性分開評比，我一定給這劇情負分(我原本是評0分的，但是網頁不給過，我只好不停地往上調分)。
    那口吐在喬爾身上的口水就像是吐在玩過一代的玩家臉上一樣。
    一個人的價值觀要扭曲的什麼程度才能做出這種東西???    … Expand
  3. masterjoemomma
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The only reason I didnt give it a 0 was because the graphics and gameplay is good. But this game is a disaster from what made the first game so loved. They took a beloved franchise and put in a bunch of propaganda and had to twist the story around to make it work. They kill off one of the best characters of the first game within the first few hours, then they send you on a revenge missionThe only reason I didnt give it a 0 was because the graphics and gameplay is good. But this game is a disaster from what made the first game so loved. They took a beloved franchise and put in a bunch of propaganda and had to twist the story around to make it work. They kill off one of the best characters of the first game within the first few hours, then they send you on a revenge mission to kill that character. To make this story work they made Joel seem like a complete idiot, putting him a situation that he would of never been in under normal circumstances. Then they make you hate this character so much that they force you to play as her/him, so stupid. I mean they had so many chances to make a good story but they bring in someone stupid into the studio, im looking at you Neil and Anita, in order to put in your stupid propaganda you had to ruin a good story. You both knew that if you made a new game and tried to sell this crap no one would buy it. The only way for both of you to make money for this is to destroy a beloved series. Plus look at it this way, no one cares that Ellie is a lesbian, she was in the first game and I thought it was fine. What is so bad is you force your agenda on a story that makes no since. A story full of so many plot holes but hey it makes your stupid politicians happy so hey you win. You destroyed Ellie and Joel, but hey you got Abby which also sucks. Also they way you all censored reviews you didnt like is another win. BOO… Expand
  4. P3P3
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. lo arruinaron todo la historia es lo principal sin eso él juego no tiene sentido… Expand
  5. Tiago6669
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Estão fazendo uma clara propaganda progressista e estou dando essa nota proeu amigo sonysta Diego ficar puto… Expand
  6. Frambuu
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Matan al prota al principio luego te hacen jugar con la tipa que lo mató no tiene buena trama el gameplay estuvo bien pienso que hubiera estado mejor darle una muerte digna a Joel, se paso todo el juego anterior diciéndole a ellie que no confiara en nadie y el pendejo se va y mete a un grupo de personas que no conoce da sus datos y lo cagan a trompadas tuvieron la oportunidad de matar a ellie ahí mismo pero no pq simplemente el juego tenía que seguir en mi opinión otra historia hubiese estado mejor pero bueno… Expand
  7. Mopp_94
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I give this a 2 only for its marginal improvements in gameplay over the first. If you're buying this game for its story, dont. Druckman singlehandedly ruined this franchise and its beloved characters for his own petty revenge plot ****
  8. Lockdownwarrior
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Good gameplay features such as combat and graphics, but for a story based game the story makes absolutly no sense and is weak.
  9. ORi23
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Beautiful graphics waste on broken story and boring characters, that Naughty dog studio we known and love is gone now.
  10. Kekulus
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Horrible story. In fact there was no story. Just some mediocre writer trying to push his agenda. Don't bother playing this trash.
  11. terence7720
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The story is garbage. It’s a look inside the deeply disturbed mind of people like neil druckmann, do yourself a favor and skip this game, play the last of us part one instead.
  12. ZarkerBR
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Conseguiram destruir todas as expectativas que os jogadores criaram durante 7 anos com menos de 1h de jogo. Muito triste isso. A decisão de matar o personagem mais querido da forma mais besta/ridícula possível com o agravante de você passar o jogo inteiro, matando todo mundo que cruza o seu caminho, para no final perdoar a mulher e deixar pra lá, faz com que tudo até ali não tenha sentido e deixa uma sensação de vazio. Experiencia desapontadora, infelizmente.… Expand
  13. Cardysengy
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El motor grafico del juego es una buena experiencia junto con las mecánicas conocidas de la entrega anterior, sin embargo el hilo de la historia y la necesidad de controversia junto con casi 10 horas de juego con el personaje de abby como protagonista no solo hacen a este aburrido por una forzada historia.
    La muerte de Joel, es el punto de partida, no es una mala decision sin embargo el jugar con abby como protagonista con el intento de empatizar con esta, hace perder totalmente la esencia del juego por el que 7 años se espero. Ademas tiene muchos bugs.    … Expand
  14. CtrlAltDely
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    After playing this game, i am sad i didnt stop playing after the first one. The way Naughty dog handles certain aspect is really really untastfull. As if that isnt bad, their interaction on social media towards critiscism is even worse. Come on guys, its not the end of the world if someone dissagreess.

    Gameplay is okayish, more of the same from the first game. second part of the story    After playing this game, i am sad i didnt stop playing after the first one. The way Naughty dog handles certain aspect is really really untastfull. As if that isnt bad, their interaction on social media towards critiscism is even worse. Come on guys, its not the end of the world if someone dissagreess.

    Gameplay is okayish, more of the same from the first game. second part of the story is very badly paced. Sadly the way the story and characters are handled prevents me from giving it a higher score.    … Expand
  15. Eyael
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us 2 wasn't good and dont buy it safe your time. Also false adveritising Joel when he barely is in the game, you play as a dumb charachter for 10 hours straight that killed Joel to get sympathy, but you can't do that overall bad game writing. Sorry to the rest of the crew that worked on the game… Expand
  16. douash
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    tl;dr great design and gameplay combined with the most awful story

    The game itself refines gameplay of first game which is great. Graphics are pretty much beautiful in most cases. With such beautiful appearance this game gives you the most awful way to continue story of the first game. To enjoy the game you have to get ready to go through the awful amount of cringe and logically    tl;dr great design and gameplay combined with the most awful story

    The game itself refines gameplay of first game which is great.
    Graphics are pretty much beautiful in most cases.
    With such beautiful appearance this game gives you the most awful way to continue story of the first game.
    To enjoy the game you have to get ready to go through the awful amount of cringe and logically faulty story.

    The main problem of the whole story is that it shifts from zombie apocalypses to soap opera with zombie apocalypses in background.
    Dialogues and character interactions are cringe and stupid.
    For the most part it feels like low quality fanfiction.
    Putting aside progressive talking points being brought each time, character interactions often feel forced.

    Another problem is introduction of secondary hero, who is actually just psychopathic murderer.
    The problem with that is that we're forced to be empathetic to it, despite knowing little to nothing about it.
    Background is expanded later on with flashbacks, but it is already too late as you hate such awful character for a long time as you hunt it down while playing as Ellie.

    Despite Ellie being more cringe due to bad writing, it is at least somewhat enjoyable to watch her going on rampage.

    Summary: play this game on youtube, or buy with discount later on. It doesn't deserve full price    … Expand
  17. RectusErectus
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have no idea what Druckmann has against Joel but he needs to figure his problem out. Joel did not deserve to die in the way he Did. I'm not against the idea of Joel dying but it is not necessary to have it so violent. He is the loved protagonist from the past game and to have him killed in such a way is terrible. Also to have Ellie not kill Abby in the end is it terrible ending. After having Ellie kill all of these people just to get revenge and not get it is the worst kind of ending. It's like Thanos did all of his atrocities to get the stones and in the end not snap because he didnt feel like it. I loved TLOU 1 and that game is one of my favorites when it comes to the lore of the world and the zombie virus. I hope that the story ends here so Druckmann cant ruin another franchise even more.… Expand
  18. Remnever
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First and foremost I must acknowledge the beautiful graphics and smoothness of gameplay, its as close to perfect as I've seen in any video game. The animations, sound, and world building is second to none. That's where the positives end for me. The plot completely drags beloved characters through the mud for no reason whatsoever. Its all hopelessly nihilistic. None of the characters overcome any struggle at all. Ellie ends up losing EVERYTHING shes built. Loses her father figure, Lover and child, all the way down to losing the ability to play the guitar. Congratulations naughty dog, you've succeeded in creating the most masochistic story ever told.

    As far as the specifics of the story, I dont really want to get into that. The one issue I will bring up with the ending though is how in the hell does a beautiful flashback of Joel make Ellie want to STOP drowning Abby? Wouldn't that thought make her want to finish the job EVEN MORE?? What an absolute joke. Its really starting to feel like if there is a severe emotional reaction caused by a shocking scene with dramatic music behind it, the shills will just keep coming back for more. These writers fail to understand there needs to be so much more to a story to have an audience fall in love with the characters in this world. None of these characters are humanized at all or realistic in the slightest... We get to watch multiple "tasteful" sex scenes (according to the critics) which in reality are more of softcore porn.. Let me get this straight.. two 18 year old girls still obviously struggling with the notion of their homosexuality have a mature, intense sexual experience (while smoking weed)? Have the writers forgotten what it was like to be that young... Absolutely absurd writing, top to bottom, Im not even gonna touch on the abomination that is Abby. If we have any hope of maintaining good story telling in this medium we have to stop buying this trash.    … Expand
  19. Juanchito
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Si bien el juego comienza de la mejor manera, la mejor banda sonora entre otras cosas con Joel dedicándole una canción a Ellie, hasta aquí todo bien una banda sonoro y buen argumento para continuar está hermosa historia destruida.

    Ahora viene lo malo, estamos hablando de una escena donde Joel muere. "el hombre que sobrevivió la apocalipsis 20 años", el hombre que desconfia en los propios suyos, el hombre que mato a medio mundo para sobrevivir cae en una trampa estúpida? Rodeado de gente armada, "Tomy al igual que Joel, ex luciérnaga, mató a decenas de personas, comparte información "soy Tommy y el es Joel" esto está asquerosamente forzado.

    A ver, el guionista se fumo algo antes de escribir esto?, Manejar a la antagonista, el mismo tiempo que manejamos a Ellie, es una idea forzosamente obligada a hacer que manejemos al personaje que mato al protagonista, luego obligándonos a entender a este personaje repugnante nos quieren obligar a empatizar con ella, los fans del primer juego, jamás empatizariamos, Hablemos del final, Neil juega con tus sentimientos y te recuerda más a Joel, vuelven los sentimientos de venganza lo cual volvemos a tomar ese odio masivo contra Abby, seguimos adelante abandonamos todo para toparse con que, Ellie está a punto de matar a Abby , está la perdona y deja que se vaya, después de matar a todos, Neil te deja vacío y no te satisface con la venganza, ES UN JURGO DE VENGANZA, SIN VENGANZA, es increíble cómo el progresismo actual y la inclusión destruya un franquicia así.    … Expand
  20. ntngel1
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This game is disappointment of the year for me.

    Story and characters: Neil Druckmann wanted to tell a story about violence and revenge. But what the hell. Okay, you're killing some characters. But where is nice replacement for them. New characeters in The Last of Us 2 are really boring. Abby is really boring, that was really painful to play second part of game because it's so boring.    This game is disappointment of the year for me.

    Story and characters:
    Neil Druckmann wanted to tell a story about violence and revenge. But what the hell. Okay, you're killing some characters. But where is nice replacement for them. New characeters in The Last of Us 2 are really boring. Abby is really boring, that was really painful to play second part of game because it's so boring. This story could fit in 10 hours, but for some reason it stretched up to 25-30 hours.

    Gameplay:
    A few new mechanics in combat, but after 10 hours it becomes boring to play this game. Fight with people, fight with infected, fight with people, fight with some boss. You're keeping doing it over and over again.
    Exploring some areas after few hours becomes really ridiculous. If you find a safe than you need to find a note that contains code. And the note is located right next to the safe. Often notes contain just a code, but rarely it's a little puzzle like some date you need to find out. A lot of boring notes. It's so ridiculous to see that everybody right before death has written its own note describing life, situation that was going on there and kinda like that.

    Animations: nothing to say, it is awesome. So smooth and realistic.
    Graphics: nothing to say, it is awesome too. Even after graphics downgrade, this game is beautiful. Especially cutscenes.
    Music: nothing is remembered. A lot of simple ambients.    … Expand
  21. Garciaeliezer94
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Great gameplay just like the first game but story is everything for this type of game in my opinion it was poorly made and because of that it was it’s biggest downfall that made me want to refund it.
  22. xdpgunslinger
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    TLOU was one of my favorite games of all time , it ranked for me as one of the best cinematic game play experiences that blended simple game mechanics with compelling storytelling. A Step up from the Quantic Dreams experiences. I was hoping TLOU Part 2 would dethrone RDR2 for me as my current favorite piece of game storytelling.
    Unfortunately it was not to be , whilst the game play is    TLOU was one of my favorite games of all time , it ranked for me as one of the best cinematic game play experiences that blended simple game mechanics with compelling storytelling. A Step up from the Quantic Dreams experiences. I was hoping TLOU Part 2 would dethrone RDR2 for me as my current favorite piece of game storytelling.
    Unfortunately it was not to be , whilst the game play is passable it somehow felt more clunky for me than the first one , however I don't really rate these games on the game play as its more about the story and experience, the gameplay just has to be passable to not be boring, unfortunately this game somehow takes the formula of the first game and makes it really boring.

    with the story , without giving any spoilers, this to me comes across as a classic case of bad writing where the writers had an idea of all the scenes they wanted and just wrote the story around that , rather than focusing on story first.

    all other criticisms aside I dont care if the game is political or wants to push a message , so long as it does so through telling a compelling story with compelling characters.

    this game has neither compelling story or characters and they somehow managed to make the old characters boring and aside from physical appearance, they seem to bear no resemblance to their previous iterations.

    I wanted to hold off on reviewing this game until I had played it as I thought many of what we are hearing about it on both sides is propaganda. Unfortunately now that I have played it I can say for me its just a boring game with a poorly thought out story that seems more concerned with chaining a bunch of set pieces together than telling a story.

    Full disclosure , I couldn't finish this game , it was too boring , I ended up watching videos and streams to see the end , and its not often I give up on a game.

    unfortunately there is no resolution or real growth for the characters and you get to the end and feel like nothing has really happened.

    such a shame , Naughty Dog are one of the best studios out there for this type of thing, but Kudos to the artistic integrity to make the game they wanted and to stick by their vision.

    I don't like the fans dictating to artists what their art should be . That's the artists prerogative, but I think the dialogue needs to be open , I didn't like this game, but I respect this is the game they wanted to make. Maybe their next game will be more down my alley.    … Expand
  23. CrocBain
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    Without spoiling anything this game was quite a disappointment, I made the mistake of trusting Neil and Naughty Dog and I got burned. This game just takes everything from the first game and destroys it.

    This game really is not anything like I thought it would be and in fact it is completely the opposite of what I thought it would be. I'm just quite speechless. Let me tell you what my    Without spoiling anything this game was quite a disappointment, I made the mistake of trusting Neil and Naughty Dog and I got burned. This game just takes everything from the first game and destroys it.

    This game really is not anything like I thought it would be and in fact it is completely the opposite of what I thought it would be. I'm just quite speechless.

    Let me tell you what my experience consisted of:

    Initially when they introduced Joel again talking to Tommy: This is awesome! I'm right at home again!

    When they forced me to play a character I didn't have any desire to play: Why do I have to play her, I hope it's not for long.

    The entire spot that kicks off the game: This sucks but I'm sure it'll make it a better story.

    The Entirety of Seattle: THIS IS AWESOME

    The second half of the game: This is terrible, just 10 more hours of it? That sounds like a grind so I'm just going to look up the ending.

    My time on YouTube: This ending is terrible.

    My opinion on this game is to steer clear, the gameplay is good but they'll get you invested just to pull you away right at the climax of the story and force you to do stuff that really just takes you out of the experience and immersion to the point that you just google how it ends to get it over with.

    This is such a stain on the franchise, a real damn shame as it was my very favorite franchise ever.    … Expand
  24. Iscorm
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    As much as the first is a masterpiece, the second opus is a scriptural disaster sprinkled with a touch of ideological propaganda and morality biased by the progressiveness of our world. It’s not a focal point of the story, but even putting it aside, the story isn’t intriguing at all and the ending is catastrophic.
    Those who have not played it yet and who have enjoyed the 1, I advise you to    As much as the first is a masterpiece, the second opus is a scriptural disaster sprinkled with a touch of ideological propaganda and morality biased by the progressiveness of our world. It’s not a focal point of the story, but even putting it aside, the story isn’t intriguing at all and the ending is catastrophic.
    Those who have not played it yet and who have enjoyed the 1, I advise you to not play that one to keep a good memory of The Last of Us for the rest of your life.    … Expand
  25. Hollywood24
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I love the gameplay not gonna lie but the storyline is very disappointed .. I understand what they were trying to do but it could have been done so much better they should make a remake of the storyline
  26. DimaBrown
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm very disappointed! You killed Joel, you killed Ellie as character and you killed the story!… Expand
  27. ChrisWild1
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A largely underwhelming game. After the original I was expecting a lot more. The lack of story for Joel was very disappointing, also feel like Ellie was minimized a bit too much… Expand
  28. DrugsRFunTryEm
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Gameplay and graphics are marred by heavy-handed Intersectional plot-devices. It is a far departure from what the original was, where I didn't feel like I was being bludgeoned by any overt messages. If you absolutely ignore the plot and dialogue there is some decent gameplay to be had.
  29. terrific_kid
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    no spoilers. this is a real review. The original game may be the greatest game of all time. I'm giving last of us 2 a 2 star review due to excellent graphics and world building. I'm not a toxic male - I didn't experience anything threatening in the last of us 2 content - although I think this game still follows a lot of sexist narrative tropes. Ok disclaimer over:

    The game is painful the    no spoilers. this is a real review. The original game may be the greatest game of all time. I'm giving last of us 2 a 2 star review due to excellent graphics and world building. I'm not a toxic male - I didn't experience anything threatening in the last of us 2 content - although I think this game still follows a lot of sexist narrative tropes. Ok disclaimer over:

    The game is painful the play. I got the game day one and didn't believe how the reviews could be so bad, however the story is incredibly blase, if existent at all. It get's worse as you go, I've wanted to put the game down many times because it's so boring, but I wanted to see how the story ends.

    That major reviewers are giving this game 10/10 is such a farce. This is like what happened with bioware mass effect andromeda/anthem.

    LOS2 is truly bad. It's boring at best, and literally painful to play. too bad! RIP naughty dog.    … Expand
  30. Bothric
    Jun 25, 2020
    2
    1 Point for Graphics as that is expected for a game in 2020
    1 Point for sound and music.
    0 for game play, same as before but a little bit better
    0 for story, straight out sucks.

    FYI people can review games without spending the their hard earned money on crap. Thank for Twitch and the streams that make the sacrifice so we can don't have to spend our money. Back to playing TLOU 1
  31. DopestDopeHead
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. You saw the leaks, you knew what this was. Ruined the franchise with story. Pacing is unbearable, unless I'm playing as Vas from FarCry don't EVER force a player to play the villain in hopes to have empathy for them.… Expand
  32. SoulreaverGER
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I think i don't need to say much. The Gameplay is alright but still not that great as i would've expected it to be. The graphics are absolutely killing it, probably the best as it gets for this console Generation. But oh my god they spit us in the face with this "story". Plotholes, Character die and being forgotten in 10 seconds. Poor writing. Poor delivery. Way too much reliance onI think i don't need to say much. The Gameplay is alright but still not that great as i would've expected it to be. The graphics are absolutely killing it, probably the best as it gets for this console Generation. But oh my god they spit us in the face with this "story". Plotholes, Character die and being forgotten in 10 seconds. Poor writing. Poor delivery. Way too much reliance on flashbacks. The pacing ist just all over the place. I think they should've told a good story based on characters instead of doing a social commentary of revenge and that stuff that comes with it. I am disappointed because the original Last of Us was for a very long time my favorite game on Number 1 and it was the first to make me feel very attached to its characters and strengthened my love to video games. I am now very very careful about buying another Naughty Dog Game where Neil Druckmann is involved, because i think that it was his idea to do that and sadly there is no Bruce Straley anymore.

    I am sad. I am broken. And Neil, i hate you.    … Expand
  33. StevieGFC
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Disappointing to say the least. The gameplay hasn't really changed that much since the previous instalment. For 2013 the gameplay was fantastic but I felt it was at best routine and at worst felt bored. I still like the crafting mechanics but felt it could have been improved seeing as a similar AAA title 'Days Gone' had done this element better in their game last year. I discovered that IDisappointing to say the least. The gameplay hasn't really changed that much since the previous instalment. For 2013 the gameplay was fantastic but I felt it was at best routine and at worst felt bored. I still like the crafting mechanics but felt it could have been improved seeing as a similar AAA title 'Days Gone' had done this element better in their game last year. I discovered that I had a lot of glitches in my playtrue. I ran into instances when fighting enemies where I fell through walls into nothingness repeatedly. Other times, my character became stuck on invisible ladders while climbing walls. If it happened once or twice, I would let it slide but it felt like the game was made with a first day patch in mind. From a graphics standpoint, I expected much more. The graphics are improved since the last game circa 2013, which is expected, yet are not as groundbreaking as I have heard from friends. They are quite similar if not slightly worse than the graphics from 'RDR2' and 'GOW' which came out more than two years ago. That being said, the graphics were one of the things I enjoyed about the game. The story was difficult to get through. I was able to understand characters motivations but felt that the execution was lacking. I enjoyed Ellies relationship with Dina but could not connect with any of the other new characters in the same way. I felt that Jesse's character in particular could have been fleshed out more given the games running time, which ran longer than the first. It made me hard to sympathise with these new characters when the revenge plot kicks in. I think the game lacks the ambiguity of its predecessor. The first game made characters organically feel grey. Joel, Marlene, Bill and Ellie all had their own intentions that you could understand even if you disagreed with it. Most of the characters in the first seemed to show human emotion towards their actions, both the good and the bad yet the sequel strays from this. Even the worst characters in the first showed a glimpse of humanity in their actions yet the sequel takes all of the humanity out of the characters. Overall, in a story driven game if you find yourself at times bored and at others wishing to play other excellent story driven games such as 'Life is Strange' or 'Telltales TWD' then you know the story has issues.… Expand
  34. ab-not-a-user
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    The story in the game is disgusting. If you think I am BSing, I had been in your place. When I played the game for the first 10 hours as Ellie, I was thinking all the low user scores were just BS. Here is the score in my mind when playing through the game.
    1. The last of us 2!!! -- score 10.
    2. Long time no see Ellie. -- score 10. 3. Who is she? -- score 10. 4. WTF?? -- score 1. 5. We    The story in the game is disgusting. If you think I am BSing, I had been in your place. When I played the game for the first 10 hours as Ellie, I was thinking all the low user scores were just BS. Here is the score in my mind when playing through the game.
    1. The last of us 2!!! -- score 10.
    2. Long time no see Ellie. -- score 10.
    3. Who is she? -- score 10.
    4. WTF?? -- score 1.
    5. We have Ellie -- score 2.
    6. Dina is cool -- score 3.
    7. The game play is good -- score 4.
    8. It's Seattle! I lived in it before -- score 5.
    9. The exploration is great! -- score 6.
    10. Oh, I can kind of feeling the guilt good story -- score 7.
    11. That asian dude is cool -- score 8.
    12. OK, it's that the end? Let's finish it. WTF?? WTF??? -- score 6.
    13. So I need to play as her?? -- score 5.
    14. Why the **** do I need to play as her?? The reasoning of the task is so dumb. --score 4.
    15. I don't care I just want to finish the game. --score 3.
    16. I don't feel for her and I don't f***ing care. Why the task is so difficult. --score 3.
    17. F**k it. BS, I quit --score 2.

    And then I watched all the video game play. Yeah. it's a solid 2. The 2 points are for the programmers that spent 7 years to create this game. 0 point!! for the story.

    I am adding more to this review. I think Neil Druckmann is just too arrogant. He thought he can just manipulate the players who had a deep emotional binding with the characters in previous story of the last of us, by making the player feel guilty and force them to walk through "the other side of the story". It just does not work. He just underestimated that binding. We saw the same thing in the game of throne where Jaime battles against Daenerys. However, we have the difficult feeling of choosing either of them because we knew their stories and it took 8 seasons to build up those two characters. The strategy is to build up the characters and then create conflict. But in the last of us part II, Neil tries to create conflict and then build up the characters which is the absolutely wrong sequence. I hated it.    … Expand
  35. apurohith
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    The good moments and sequences are few and far between but the rest of the story is poorly written, with many people acting out of character. Also, the pacing is very weak as there is a huge change in the middle that basically takes you back to the square 1. The gameplay is good but is pretty repetitive after a while.
  36. NNKm
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Graphics are amazing animations aswell. The gamplay has nothing special to offer, the gunplay is clunky as f@k. The story, storytelling and the character development are actual ****
    Maybe if the writers spend more time on writing the story instead of pushing their **** agenda, this game could have been actually good.
  37. Lun4R
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Really really bad experience it almost feels as if the game developers are literally trying to infuriate the TLOU fans...

    Pros:
    -insanely good graphics
    -Runs very smoothly with me havent had an issue with it
    -although gameplay zombie wise gets a little stale but overall it was good

    Cons:
    -Incredibly unfulfilling story
    -Game fills your throat with feminism and lgbtq stuff and stomps on your face until you swallow it
    -The game feels more like a political argument than an actual enjoyable game.
    -If i had to force myself to like or even understand abby i wouldn't be successful at all
    -The love/sex scenes were actually very very cringey and incredibly out of place
    -Didnot enjoy playing as abbie at all    … Expand
  38. rarewhitewolf
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    If you like the first game and you want to pick up where that one left off then this game isn't for you. It's absolute trash compared to the first game. One of the main characters from the first game is so blatantly disrespected I feel like I was watching the Last Jedi all over again where they ruined the Skywalkers.
    The game is depressing from start to finish and many times the game is    If you like the first game and you want to pick up where that one left off then this game isn't for you. It's absolute trash compared to the first game. One of the main characters from the first game is so blatantly disrespected I feel like I was watching the Last Jedi all over again where they ruined the Skywalkers.
    The game is depressing from start to finish and many times the game is just downright boring. People are praising the game for being "progressive" and pushing forward a certain narrative. Why are we judging a game based on it's political ideas? The first game was so much fun, and yes was depressing at times, but everything connected and made sense. I would give a hard pass on this game and the only reason why I gave this game a 0 instead of a 4 or 5 is because of the way Naughty Dog along with Sony have treated their community. Talk about Fascism? How about you stop taking down people's videos and channels for criticizing you?    … Expand
  39. J0hNM4r5t0N
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Matar al personaje más querido para emprender una aventura de asesinatos y al final no vengar la muerte del personaje más querido solo porque la venganza no es buena, después de haber asesinado a medio país. Inclusión forzada y arruinar toda la saga.
  40. Jazzandoval
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Un desperdicio de historia en aras de mantener contenta a la "policía del pensamiento", que por cierto, la mayoría de los social justice warriors, no consumen videojuegos, lo único que hizo naughty dog fue escupir para arriba... hazte progre vuélvete pobre
  41. linschng
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This about proves that critic reviews are not trustable anymore. This game did not need a sequel, the first story was well written and very enjoyable to playthrough. Letting you bond with the characters as you progressed through the game.… Expand
  42. Ea5ypeasy
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Сюжет очень плох и надеюсь Нила Дракманна отправят на покой, такой провал сознательно сделать это надо постараться. Дизайн уровней и графика на высоте. В остальном дно и так все знают почему.. Больше ничего от naughty dog не куплю, спасибо,до свидания !Сюжет очень плох и надеюсь Нила Дракманна отправят на покой, такой провал сознательно сделать это надо постараться. Дизайн уровней и графика на высоте. В остальном дно и так все знают почему.. Больше ничего от naughty dog не куплю, спасибо,до свидания !
  43. Alexanderjjaja
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Very boring and bad gameplay, I liked the first part more
    they destroyed one of my favorite games :(
    especially the unnecessary part of sex haha
  44. LucasBdR
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo tem gameplay foda mas a história é muito ruim, os personagens não consegue substituir os antigos nem um pouco tirando que tem muita lacração… Expand
  45. kozobozzoo
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I had waited years to play part2. Dissapointed and upset by the story - I wont spoil it for you but everything which made The last of us 1 so special has been destroyed by this game. The visuals are great , im totally happy to see how great they are - but the story is like visting the political mind of someone you dont agree with. So its actually painful to have to sit through the narative of the story - the violence in the game is so over the top , its simply not pleasant and theres just no need for it. I dont admire extreme violence and i really dont want to sit through hours of it. The ending was awful. such a bad story. The last of us 1 will always be one of gamings all time favourate games - truly a majestic game - this game just does not have magical elements , no soft beautiful moments. I dont recommend this game at all.… Expand
  46. Mrgrazooo
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **** game, the main character Joel, Is murdered by the most annoying person you can imagine… Expand
  47. Yesidolikepus
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    **** game, don’t buy. This game is the ****ties of the ****tiest games. The liberal dream, a white women and a Mexican **** having a chink baby, go woke go broke.

    Anyway, don’t buy this ****
  48. Ironmans567
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Estuve esperado 6 años por una digna secuela pero nos dan algo horrible. Estoy decepcionado pensé que iba hacer uno de los mejores juegos del año y termina siendo uno de los peores
  49. Salvy738
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great visually, horrible story telling ellie letting Abbie go is the equivalent of Joel not saving ellie after killing everyone in the hospital, the game overall is a huge disappointment to everyone who loves the first game.… Expand
  50. BsiPanda
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Demasiado estupido el desenlace con el que cerró este juego, Gracias por arruinarlo.
  51. CaptainClassic
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My view of TLOU2's Storytelling: Joel dies a pitiful, sickening, post traumatic stress inducing death. Justice is not properly served throughout the entirety of Ellie’s brutal crusade. The newly introduced characters are basically irrelevant and apart from serving as Ellie's emotional support; Jesse, Dina, Tommy, and a few other characters are simply killed off or brutally injured without being given a fighting chance. Tommy and Ellie do get some vengeance in killing Manny, Nora, Owen, Mel and a few others. However, Abby, the catalyst of their conflict, escapes with her life time and time again. Along the way, there are some good (I'd even say "great") moments of character development for each respective character(s). Although, it's more or less just an emotional tease for the viewer and does not have any major impact on the outcome of the story. They show time and time again that Naughty Dog was able to produce a tear jerking story of meaningful friendships and satisfying revenge but decided to avoid that route and instead give players a dreadful tale to follow from beginning to end. As you continue to play, Abby is arguably the focus of this game and being forced to play from her perspective is torturous. I'm assuming Naughty Dog tried to give Abby a sympathetic outlook on the game's story in order to make her a more tolerable character. We learn that Abby is afraid of heights, likes collects coins, helped her father rescue a Zebra, etc. She even rescues a young child from a group of survivors similar to, but far more savage than, that of David's group from TLOU1. During that event Abby is supposed to reveal her positive characteristics but it isn't before long that we are reminded of her equally monstrous desire for revenge and stomach for brutality. Abby is only compassionate to her friends and will kill anyone else without remorse and having to carry out that violence by her hands is cringeworthy. Ellie shows empathy for her enemies and is shown to be suffering from PTSD throughout her day to day life; especially after cornering and killing Nora. She even tries to sympathize with Abby by telling her that she knows why Abby wanted to kill Joel before they proceed to fight in a theater. Ellie understands that she was a victim of Joel's lie and Abby was a victim of Joel's massacre. Ellie is mature and able to reason with the enemy while Abby is pretty much just shooting whoever makes her mad. More than this, it is revealed later in the game that Abby *never* witnessed her dad being killed by Joel. She only saw his corpse some time after he was murdered. While in contrast, Ellie was cruelly forced to witness Joel's murder and therefore Ellie's lust for revenge has a unique justification that Abby's does not. Abby went out of her way on a 4 year long mission to hunt and kill a man that had put his past behind him and she gets away with it: Abby escapes and starts a new life with her friend Lev. Ellie, our protagonist and the victim of Abby's violence, does not get that luxury and is left with no shoulder to lean on as she returns to a farm house with physical and mental scarring.

    My view of TLOU2's Game-play: Without expressing my opinions on every aspect of this game, just know that I find the game-play very satisfying and rightly improved. The fighting mechanics are much better than before, especially in hand to hand combat as the player now has the option to dodge incoming attacks. The player can now also jump, maneuver via rope, and crawl. Most of the surrounding areas are also available for exploration which gives the player a true sense of freedom. The graphics are wonderful with both the environment and the characters in the environment and the lighting provides a very immersive feeling for the player and viewer alike. The physics of most objects are very realistic and I like the way that snow and rain interact with the world. I also find the voice acting and sound effects to be phenomenal as the speech, coughs, grunts, laughs, cries, yells, gunfire, footsteps and more were completely believable and did not distract the player from the setting of the events.

    My overall review: To sum this up. I was consistently tense throughout the entirety of the game after Joel's death and from that point forward each of my fears were confirmed and often surpassed around every corner. Naughty Dog achieved their goals in delivering a tragic story and I have no complaints about inconsistencies with their storytelling. My problem is that the story they chose to tell is one of injustice and despair. Our characters did not have a happy ending. Joel's death alone left me with so many tears and negative emotions that I had no choice but to see through the entire story just so that I could get proper closer. The game-play alone deserves a 4/5 but the story is essentially evil.    … Expand
  52. finishedit
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    As a player from the first game, completing this game really hurts my soul. The best part of the game for me was the beautiful world the devs created. The problem is that was it for me.

    The gameplay is at its most, okay. Puzzles are very few, combat is not very exciting, and the bugs whenever I climb a ladder or when the killing animation glitches is really lame. The story. Without    As a player from the first game, completing this game really hurts my soul. The best part of the game for me was the beautiful world the devs created. The problem is that was it for me.

    The gameplay is at its most, okay. Puzzles are very few, combat is not very exciting, and the bugs whenever I climb a ladder or when the killing animation glitches is really lame.

    The story. Without spoiling the story, I can say that its inconsistent and poorly written. "Brave" and "Bold" is not what I'd describe it. While its being compared to the likes of "GOT Season 8", I'd also compare it to a bad horror film, where shock is the only factor it offers. This is important because 'The Last of Us" is a story based game and gameplay is only a way to transport the story. Most people are not disliking the Game because of its choice of sexuality for its characters. The characters are boring and story forces you to attach yourself to them (which fails). They are not very likable, trans or not trans. The story itself is not very realistic (whether about the world or characters) and the concept of "survival among st the apocalypse" narrative is thrown out the window.

    Sadly, I cannot recommend this game to anyone and I hope they revamp Part 2 into a different narrative    … Expand
  53. guicastellini
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    A remarkable game design, a real evolution in graphics and gameplay, but filled with a ridiculous, poorly written and empty story. It seemed that the director's intention was to destroy everything we loved in the previous game's story.
  54. Edmonhan
    Jun 25, 2020
    2
    My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.
    I waited 5 years to play this
    And they gave me a horrible intro and **** ending
    I just want to forget about this game. f*ck abby
  55. CharlyD123
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Man I just finished the game and had to make a Metacritic account to talk this through.

    Graphics are beautiful, music is great, characters are complex... The damn story though.

    In my 20+ years of gaming, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it. The first 2 hours we had to swallow the hard pill that is Joel’s death, brutal and I feel unnecessary so early on in the game, senseless in the way it was done but I pressed on, accepting that this was the plot driver of the game and ready to get revenge as Ellie and actually happy to have Dina by my side. The first 10 hours of gameplay were ok, one of my favourite parts of the game actually was watching Ellie and Dina’s relationship develop as well as appreciating their dynamic much like Ellie and Joel’s in the first game.. however this doesn’t last long.

    I appreciate Ellie’s thirst for revenge as the plot driver, I felt it was strong enough and although I struggled to enjoy playing some parts, I did want to rush to the Aquarium to **** up Abby so it was to my surprise when we don’t find her but then she turns up at the theatre, ****s up Tommy and kills Jesse?! Man I was ready for her to BURN, I had watched the interviews with NaughtyDog and thought I understood why this game was about hate... but oh no was I wrong. Gun pointed on Ellie and fade to black to some **** I have never been so mad at a video game before, NaughtyDog had me HATING this game with 15 hours still to play.

    **** Abby and **** her arms. **** her backstory, her friends and any other associated **** I did not care one bit that her dad was the surgeon or that her arms are top dog in the WLF. I could’ve gotten over all of this if we only had to play with her for like an hour or so but half of the game.... HALF OF THE ****ING GAME PLAYING AS THE **** WHO KILLED JOEL, WHOSE ONLY PERSONALITY TRAIT IS ARM DAY?!?! Those 10 hours were the most painful to play, I genuinely did not enjoy one moment of it. If NaughtyDog wanted us to experience a new character and explore new storylines which tie into Ellie’s then they should’ve literally picked any other character. It feels like they asked us to play as David from the first game after everything he did to Ellie - violated is the word I’m searching for here.

    Not only was the gameplay painful and unrelenting whilst playing as Abby but what felt worse was I had no emotional connection to her other than hate. I did not want her to live and was angered by every cut scene. I did like the introduction of the Scar kids though, Yana and Lev was it? They made the gameplay a little bit more bearable as I painfully waited for the words, SEATTLE DAY 3 to appear on my screen.

    One bit I will admit was cool was going to the island, during the thunderstorm as the WLF attacked the Scars and being involved in some of the fighting. It felt deliciously dramatic as everything unfolded and was on fire... only to once again be let down by Yanas death followed by NaughtyDog forcing some uncharacteristic kind of sibling/paternal bond between Abby and the newly orphaned Lev. Let’s skip past some **** and talk about the theatre fight scene. It was cruel of Naughty Dog to make us play as Abby while she beat the **** out of Ellie. Cruel to make us watch pregnant Dina be impaled with an arrow. In my opinion, Tommy should’ve killed Lev and then they should’ve switched us back to Ellie to finish of Abby but NO that would’ve been too kind to the audience wouldn’t it. The disappointment just settled in my stomach as I realised Abby got to walk away after 18+ hours of either chasing her or playing as her. Even after the 10 hours of playing as her I still wanted her to die.

    So the next very odd but momentarily wholesome small bit of gameplay of Ellie and Dina with the baby at the house. Finally I thought, finally Ellie has some peace, the secluded house, Dina and the baby to look after, sure a little PTSD here and there but who doesn’t have that in that world right? I really was hoping for end credits to pop up at any moment, Ellie had some peace I didn’t need more than that but man did I cry and beg right alongside Dina for Ellie to stay after Tommy asked her to go back out for revenge.

    The whole story/gameplay after that felt so forced. Abby and Lev searching for Fireflies and Ellie chasing them in California? Basically shooting through a whole concentration camp INJURED just to find this **** only to have a pathetic punch up and then... letting her go. Man I ****ing hated playing the remaining 5 hours more than I did playing the 10 with Abby, something I did not think was possible at the time. The one silver lining was the flashback with Joel at the end, my heart felt warm knowing he didn’t die thinking Ellie hated him.

    **** NaughtyDog, you should’ve got your writers from Uncharted 4 on this but instead looks like you got someone from Ubisoft to destroy Ellie and Joel’s story.    … Expand
  56. Tyler_berger57
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I have played through the first Last Of Us countless times and that game is held as my favorite of all time. For naughty dog and Neil druckman to ruin this series with this awful story is DISGRACEFUL. They let politics intervene with the amazing relationship of Joel and ellie naughty dog you should be ashamed graphics and gameplay is good.
  57. Hotdog4536
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us is a good game,but the most important part of this game is the story the story was good but in the last of us 2 the story is completely different
    Joel is the best character of the game and they .... 60$ in the trash.    … Expand
  58. Joshman88
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I'v played the game through and through. As someone that played tlou1 five times I am fully disappointed with the sequel. The game suffers from a large amount of inaccurate marketing not only regarding the story but the gameplay too. If Joel dies that is fine, he was murderer who arguably deserves to die. But if you are going to show him in the trailers making it seem that he will beI'v played the game through and through. As someone that played tlou1 five times I am fully disappointed with the sequel. The game suffers from a large amount of inaccurate marketing not only regarding the story but the gameplay too. If Joel dies that is fine, he was murderer who arguably deserves to die. But if you are going to show him in the trailers making it seem that he will be interacting with Ellie a lot and "not letting her do this on her own" then you are straight up lying and involving the story with the trailers, which is very weak for the writers to need support from. Secondly, the big bad new infected that they didn't want to spoil is just a bigger bloater that creates a smaller infected, and you only fight it once. There is no surprise there and the original bloater actually challenged me more. It did look cool tho. But that is all I'm giving the game points for: looking pretty. In the first game when I messed up a stealth section I was actually excited to work through it. In the sequel however I felt like I just wanted to get over it due to the repetitive encounters. Over all I respect naughty dog for attempting something so ambitious. But man did they pull a game of thrones on this game. I feel that asking for a refund for this game is kind of ridiculous because of how much effort went in to it. But man if naughty dog is just going to lie to us and make it boring for 20+ hours I think we deserve our money back. The product is not what the marketing promised on. Neil druckman said people will not like the direction of the story ect. and that is fair, but what he should have said is don't buy the game if you believed out trailers. Don't lie, do the right thing. Refund our money… Expand
  59. dlfrr0
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Downgrade. Interactions in E3 were fake creating an different ANIMATED envolving ambience. Movement and way of shooting very mecanicist.

    Poor story only based on vengeance. Naughy dog has destroyed the impressive reputation. This is trully a patethic way of create falses expectatives
  60. LordGado
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story/Plot: 1/10... 7 years for this?
    Graphics and Characters: 8/10. Some bugs here and there, nothing serious.
    Music/OST: 10/10. Santaolalla career is perfect. Any music sheet from his hands are a masterpiece.
    Gameplay: 7/10. Feels a little rough sometimes to play. It's not mechanically smooth as its Prequel.

    Resume: NAUGHTY DOG, YOU CAN'T GIVE OF THIS CRAP DISGUISED AS A SEQUEL!

    I feel very very bad with this. 7 years being waiting for this day and now... its worst than the Cordyceps infection.

    Don't misunderstand me but the plot its a mixture of LGTBI+ that nobody cares but still important to sell this Game quickly, vengeance not well grounded plus the murder of one of the most iconic characters in the last 10 years... All this in a story that doesn't feel connected and worked well from Naughty Dog.

    The introduction of new characters to the drama was intelligent until you kill Joel, and worst.... they forced us to play with that Character because not even Tommy or Dina are powerful characters to be played. (Damn... Dina as character and partner is useless as F***, only thinking in who's the next sugar mommy)

    The entire story doesn't feels good, in connection and continuity. They try to sell an inclusive game, trying to be "White Knight" of justice on this matter but, nobody cares!!! We're only wanted a good conclusion between Joel and Ellie cos' it's obvious (since the ending of TLoU) that she's gonna know the truth sooner or later about her story with the Fireflies and her immunity. For god sake... You simply destroyed a good story.

    About "Abby's Story"... Simply don't match with the game. I fell asleep 4 o 5 times with this part. I can comprehend that you want to introduce very well her reasons about "WHY" she kills Joel but... Her story it's more like a DLC than the main game itself. Not bad as all her story of course, but not for a main game for sure.

    This Title has incredible potential and i'd hope Naughty Dog launches very soon a HUGE DLC to compensate things.

    Joel deserves another ending, another conclusion to his life and his decisions... not be thrown away like this.

    Graphics, Music, Gameplay: Not bad and not perfect, the only exception here it's Santaolalla's work. That man knows how to put you in mood.    … Expand
  61. Orv
    Jul 1, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow, great job Naughty Dog. Thanks for ruining a great story. You have some highly talented developers, but whoever came up with the idea to have some rando kill Joel and then force the player to spend 10 hours playing as this hated, unwanted character should look for another job.… Expand
  62. TheMotherfuccer
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lazy writing. Joel would not have trusted abby’s group to have stayed or have introduced himself by his real name. Abby was a terrible character and I felt no sympathy for her. Playing as abby and fighting Ellie? Terrible writing. I figured Joel would die in this sequel but as brutally as he did without any fulfillment or remorse on abby’s part was another example of terrible writing. She mentioned guilt as a reason for saving the kids but never mentioned Joel again. She was even willing to kill Dina who she knew was pregnant until she was stopped by Lev. How could I sympathize with her?… Expand
  63. Deadman55
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mediocre graphics, clunky gameplay, repetitive combat. The plot is stupid from the get-go, Joel and Tommy survived over 20 years of the apocalypse by being careful who they befriend and reveal anything about themselves, just to hand Abby their names on a silver platter? F*ck off Neil, you should be ashamed of how lazy you wrote this. Furthermore, you dare to make the whole game about avenging Joel's death and then deny the player the choice of whether they should spare Abby or kill her? F*ck off again! THE WORST GAME I'VE EVER SEEN!… Expand
  64. MANXMAN76
    Jun 14, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. OK, this game is horrible but let me explain, in this game I expected a story that connects me to the characters like the first game with engaging dialogue that lets me understand and see them make decisions that make complete sense in the situation. hahaha no there is none of that there is so much BS that goes on and to the point that you are cheering on for these poorly developed characters to die and die again as they make the most stupidest decisions that lead to serious cringe to wtf just happened moments making you lose brain cells along the way. The story is all over the place as you have flashbacks to why the character is doing this, but in the second half, you play as Abby in an earlier section of the game to catch up to ellies part so you can have symphony for her. and you keep on having flashbacks in flashbacks and this keeps on happening over and over which kills the suspense of the game constantly. The gameplay is so easy playing hard mode is comparable to easy mode in the first game and I had to switch it to grounded so I can have a challenge. the gameplay is the exact same as the first with one new infected that is basically a suicide bomber that does dick all damage, and all enemies have the same rail back and forth ai as the first. but the only thing that they did change which impressed me is the stalkers as they are no longer seeable in listening mode which makes things more tense but can be exploited by running around as they are prone blocked (because they are hiding) they have a solid second delay to react to your new location and are easily killable. the crafting system is so boring that you can easily get the guns to one-shot anything. Compared to the first game where you had to get tools to be able to further upgrade the weapons and it was noticeable that they improved slightly but now it doesn't matter. Now the graphics/ animation holy **** they are so beautiful that it shows a nextgen feel which pushes the hardware to its fullest but knowing that it is wasted on this story you just don't care. With everything other than the story it is at a 5/10 but the story brings it to a 2/10 or 3/10
    I'm so disappointed that this is what they had come up with in 7 years.    … Expand
  65. peentobear
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overhyped, Ideology baiting bloated sequel that we didn't need.

    This one doesn't even make me angry, it straight up makes me sad, oh how the mighty have fallen...

    I refunded my copy of the game and I am just posting this review purely out of spite. Watched the end of the game on youtube and it makes me wanna die, "Violence = bad" is what the previous game struggles and artwork culminated into. I wish it was a joke people this is probably the most disappointing gaming experience I ever had.

    I'd rather play fallout 76 again that ever touching this piece of media ever again, what a stain on the legacy of ps4, instead of going out with a bang it will go out with the sound of a wet fart.    … Expand
  66. George7171
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Okay I have this game a chance and I just beat it today and I have to say I am disappointed in the way the story direction went. I’m not sure I understand the train of thought of the people who created the game is. But killing off a beloved character by a new character that no ones cares a about and then forcing us to play as this character and not giving us the option to enact revenge is baffling. These companies my not care about the story or it’s characters but we the fans do, and that’s what they don’t understand. It’s all just money for them… Expand
  67. Borneblood
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 2 because at least the graphics are good. Gameplay is better than the first one in someways but not groundbreaking. Storytelling is all over the place. We play as the character that kills the protagonist of the previous game and witness it twice to see from her perspective. Because of this the ending feels forced and out of character. Everyone makes dumb choices. Ellie figured taking revenge is not worth it at the last moment, after killing hundreds to get to her. Its as bad as Daenerys turning evil and night king turning stupid in a single episode.… Expand
  68. Jairo666
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La verdad si el juego no tuviera su maldita inclusión, si no hubieran matado a Joel de una forma tan forzada, no hubiera ellie perdonado a la machorra y hubieran seguido tan bien como lo hicieron en la primera entrega.
    En conclusión, si vuelven a crear el juego desde 0 sería bueno #EstupidosMaricas    … Expand
  69. SilkyJam
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The plot and ending of this game is just awful, but the graphics and gameplay are very good. But I see no reason to buy a similar game for a sake of graphics and gameplay. If you don't care about everything except graphics, you can buy it.
  70. CodyScott
    Nov 3, 2020
    2
    If you want to play a game with an interesting story don’t play this one there are multiple games that do revenge stories more better than this one, the characters are unlikeable and morally weird, important characters die without fanfare or a reaction of despair, if you want to play a game that makes you feel bad for all the right reasons don’t play this, but if you want to play thisIf you want to play a game with an interesting story don’t play this one there are multiple games that do revenge stories more better than this one, the characters are unlikeable and morally weird, important characters die without fanfare or a reaction of despair, if you want to play a game that makes you feel bad for all the right reasons don’t play this, but if you want to play this regardless alright it’s your money

    To clear things up people don’t hate this game because the female main lead is gay if that was true TLOU and TLOU left behind would have gotten the same bad reviews as this game has    … Expand
  71. ceedee188
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This game has the best graphics to date, the combat is slightly above the original game but the story is awful. Naughty dog missed the heart and soul of the original game, the pacing is off, combat is repetitive and this sequel should not exist because the original was wrapped up pretty well. Am disappointed with the developers.
  72. brookswift
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This is like season 8 of game of thrones. Amazing production values. Great cinematography. Huge potential. All completely wasted. Where did the writers from the first game go? Where did those level designers go? I don't understand what game all these rave reviewers have been playing. The wasted potential in this game is depressing. I want to play another game written in this engine. TakeThis is like season 8 of game of thrones. Amazing production values. Great cinematography. Huge potential. All completely wasted. Where did the writers from the first game go? Where did those level designers go? I don't understand what game all these rave reviewers have been playing. The wasted potential in this game is depressing. I want to play another game written in this engine. Take all of that beautiful work setting up a world, creating gorgeous environments and spaces, and developing gameplay systems and put it into something good and fulfilling.

    The Last of Us part 1 was a seminal work. The Last of Us part 2 is so incongruous by comparison that it feels like whiplash. Safe yourself the time and go replay the original.    … Expand
  73. Grorfan
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played the first game and loved it, so i did my best to avoid and ignore any of the leaks posted recently. I was utterly disappointed in this sequel, complete disregard for the characters and their personalities which were setup in the first game. The story then goes on to ham-fistedly shout about a very basic moral statement 'REVENGE BAD!!'. It continues to shout this all game and tries to end on the same note, despite the main antagonist getting revenge and she's completely fine.

    The game tries to make us feel empathy towards various characters in very lazy ways i.e flashbacks. While the flashbacks themselves are some of the most well executed aspects of the game in terms of contained storytelling, they are used in the worst possible way. Hours after a supposedly major character death (whose name i immediately forgot or never even remembered) these flashbacks show up to try and humanise the dead character and try to make the player feel bad for something they've already forgotten about doing.

    The game also tries to stress the method of killing these people is so brutal and graphic, as to make Ellie break down at times, despite having just mowed through 100 other people, killing them in just as graphic, if not worse ways. The game tries cheap tricks to compound on this feeling, such as the 'ha, she was pregnant' card like 3 times and the 'how could you kill an animal' card.

    As for the controls and gameplay, nobody really plays this game for these aspects, but to put a final nail in this coffin, they suck. Like everything else in the game, its been made to look nice but they are still the same controls from the game 7 years ago. The extend, that i get bored playing it at times. You didn't notice it in part 1, because there were regular story beats, or character interactions to break up the longer stretches between key moments. Here we have very extended stretches, where the character you play, is completely alone, for a long time, so there is nothing to distract you from the poor gameplay.

    The only redeeming area of this game for me, is the artwork, both acted and drawn. The world and people in it are animated incredibly well and there are some magnificent panoramic shots. The mo-cap voice acting was also second to none, other than maybe the first game. Just a shame, the phenomenal actors and actresses were given such utter drivel to work with.    … Expand
  74. Rebornfissle
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Horrible plot and story. A complete and utter waste of my 60 bucks. What a unforgivable thing to do to Joel.
  75. SyBe_MARS
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The story is a mess the gameplay gets repetitive the graphics and animations are amazing but the overall experience isn't that great.
  76. mclee
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    Part 2 improves on the first game graphically, but is far worse in every other way. The gameplay becomes repetitive and boring by the halfway point and the story is abysmal, with a legitimately painful intro, second half, and ending. Almost every new character is flat and uninteresting, and when they die, they are never brought up again. The creators either completely forgot what made thePart 2 improves on the first game graphically, but is far worse in every other way. The gameplay becomes repetitive and boring by the halfway point and the story is abysmal, with a legitimately painful intro, second half, and ending. Almost every new character is flat and uninteresting, and when they die, they are never brought up again. The creators either completely forgot what made the original so great, or they got too caught up in trying to differentiate the two. Regardless, Part 2 is a chore to go through, and is especially bad since it follows up one of my favorite games of all time. Honestly, the game may have been better-received if it were a stand-alone title. It would still be a bad game, but at least it wouldn't be compared to the masterpiece the first game was (and is).

    Basically, this is a story-based game with a terrible story. I would not buy a controller if this game came with it for free.    … Expand
  77. Petebros
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I felt this story was a complete departure from what made the first game so good, and only time is between the positive attention this game is receiving and the dizzying reality it has completely failed at leaving the kind of valuable mark that now appears a one-hit-wonder in the first. Unfortunately, this sequel isn’t warranted, and its best quality of reconciling Joel’s death through intelligent characterization in Abby is ultimately a plot point fundamentally reliant on the complex morality of the first game. The writing team has failed to meet the quite fairly brutal expectations set by the first game, but I didn’t ever think it could be this vapid, poorly paced, and with Ellie’s awful characterization, at times even an unenjoyable experience. It was a mistake to do this game without being able to top the first, and that will be the legacy of this instalment eventually.… Expand
  78. maurdark23
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dont gives you option to save or kill the boss at the end of the game. It´s very different from the first game that allows you to choose.… Expand
  79. charleslaine
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    An absolutely horrible story. Horrible writing that depends on way too many plot contrivances to be taken seriously. The characters are laughably stupid... walking into a room full of armed strangers, leaving a map behind that the enemy can use to find you, ambushing your enemy from behind with a stick of wood rather than just shooting them in the back, etc etc. Also the Abby characterAn absolutely horrible story. Horrible writing that depends on way too many plot contrivances to be taken seriously. The characters are laughably stupid... walking into a room full of armed strangers, leaving a map behind that the enemy can use to find you, ambushing your enemy from behind with a stick of wood rather than just shooting them in the back, etc etc. Also the Abby character is trash. I cannot begin to describe how hideous she is, and the game forces you to play as her(him?) for ten hours. It's such a shame to see what they did to these characters after the greatness of the first game. VERY disappointed.… Expand
  80. Ftgrimm22
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Si I already Beat the Game, the graphics and mechanics are ok, very similar to the first Game, the problem here is the plot, the feeling, i was upset pretty much the majority of the Game and scalets, at one point i was actually going to stop playing it. Something must be wrong for a Game To actually Made You feel that way. Very dissapoint.… Expand
  81. HankLC16
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I did not enjoy this game at all. I'm not a bot, I'm not one of the various phobes, and I played through the whole game. I just didn't enjoy. I despised the false advertisements with Joel, the story was fulfilling, and ultimately didn't do right by the first game, nor both the old and new characters. Also, I didn't want to play as anybody other than Ellie. But they couldn't even give meI did not enjoy this game at all. I'm not a bot, I'm not one of the various phobes, and I played through the whole game. I just didn't enjoy. I despised the false advertisements with Joel, the story was fulfilling, and ultimately didn't do right by the first game, nor both the old and new characters. Also, I didn't want to play as anybody other than Ellie. But they couldn't even give me that. But the graphics and sound were good. So 2/10 because I buy a story game for the story, not graphics.… Expand
  82. Tyler111
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This game made me very angry and i dont support the actions that ellie takes at the end . Kind of makes the whole game pointless. It doesnt let me post this with a bad score what the actual f**k
  83. Thebluedragon12
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This game has great graphics and satisfying game play. There are some decent written characters, but most of them are weak. The main problem is the story. It is full of contrivances, terrible plot progression, and the characters feel like they are constantly changing who they are at every moment. The game forces you to do certain actions and then scolds you for doing them, it makes youThis game has great graphics and satisfying game play. There are some decent written characters, but most of them are weak. The main problem is the story. It is full of contrivances, terrible plot progression, and the characters feel like they are constantly changing who they are at every moment. The game forces you to do certain actions and then scolds you for doing them, it makes you attempt to sympathise with horrible and irredeemable people and all around just makes you feel sick and angry.… Expand
  84. christian1682
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Amazing sound and graphics, little gameplay improvement and a horrible horrible storyline.
  85. Samo-q
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    These points are only for graphics.
    Depressing story.
    hated most of the characters.
  86. JosueRH
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La historia según es de venganza pero al final nunca hay venganza. La única que consigue su venganza es Abby… Expand
  87. Forged_In_FIame
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    If you've played the original Last of Us, just remember the scene where Joel consoles Ellie during winter. It's heavy, it's emotional. The sequel does not have anything remotely close to this emotional. It barely has fleeting moments of flashbacks to the good times. This sequel spits in the face of the characters from the first game.
  88. Canes042170
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    How did they manage to ruin the old story. and forcing you to play another character you don't want to. how about make it optional
  89. icy838
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    bestest game i have played bruh 10/10 neil druckman is a god abby is a great character
  90. MisuundrstoodX2
    Sep 15, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Save your money this game is not worth the wait or the time it ask of you in 25 hours of play time. Characters from the first game are disrespected and mishandle. If you want to see characters that you once loved and cared for be destroyed and written like idiots then this game is for you.… Expand
  91. markj
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    Nice gameplay, Nice art. Poor storytelling. It was an uncomfortable experience because the game forced me to like Abby. I understand she had her own reason, but the way of storytelling ruined my experience.
  92. startrekkiefan
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics are the best I’ve ever seen. The gameplay is similar to its predecessor but the storyline went all to hell after Joel’s gruesome death, I wish this Game would be non-canon, so we can start over with a story that is great as the first TLOU1… Expand
  93. DarekDeAngleo
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a disservice to the first. The Gameplay is similar to the original and in no way has changed, revolutionized or done anything groundbreaking. The graphics are terrific as to be expected from this studio. The problem is in the story itself and the decisions that characters are made to enact upon. Joel's death was expected but the manner in which it occurred is what upsets many, the out of character decisions he makes that leads to this outcome. Then after that we are forced to play as one of the most unlikable characters in gaming history. It's not because of how she looks, it's because of how she acts. Ellie is also destroyed in the character development department. There seems to be absolutely no redeeming qualities left in her and the cycle of violence is a poor answer for that to happen. The end of course is a complete mess. There is no pay off. No real advancement of the previous story about infected and the world in general. Another issue is how it was presented in the media as a story about Joel and Ellie, it is a story about Abby and Ellie. The bait and switch tactic is terrible. Finally the false copyright strikes on YouTube and Twitter for people who talked about spoilers, they did not show any copyright material and only gave an opinion on what was leaked but they were crucified. I will always love the first game but this is a travesty.… Expand
  94. RamondLeo
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    You deceived us! You sell over 5 years the idea of the continuation of Joel and Ellys's journey... and you disrespect us! This game is garbo.
  95. Derektheboi
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The writing for established characters in the previous game is inconsistent with their actions in this game, like in the beginning hours where caution well seasoned survivors Tommy and Joel walk themselves into a trap all the while Joel, who has explicitly shown in the previous game to be able to tell the signs of an ambush, assumes nothing of the encounter. The only saving graces of this story focused game is the graphics, and the Gameplay mechanics do little to evolve in comparison to the previous game, while keeping in mind that this game has had 7 years of development to improve upon them.… Expand
  96. ALFAMcClane
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This game looks beautiful, there's no denying that. The gameplay is your typical TLOU gameplay, so they did good on that part as well... but what's the point of it all when the main reason you buy the game is complete trash. There's so many ways to tackle such kinds of stories, and this isn't one of them. I dislike everything about the story, would recommend everyone to just save theirThis game looks beautiful, there's no denying that. The gameplay is your typical TLOU gameplay, so they did good on that part as well... but what's the point of it all when the main reason you buy the game is complete trash. There's so many ways to tackle such kinds of stories, and this isn't one of them. I dislike everything about the story, would recommend everyone to just save their money instead of wasting it on this fake piece of advertisement.… Expand
  97. Sergeofsocal951
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Awesome graphics, great environments but they completely lost me with the story, without leaving spoilers it just wasn't for me,
  98. Stickandrudder
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Terrible what they did to Joel. Playing as his murderer is awful. Way to be different guys. No thanks.
  99. Ponkie23
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Shame of a game. The excitement we all had for this sequel after it was announced was met with the shock and disappointment in just a few hours. We are forced to play a character that isn’t likable and their sad attempt of making us like them
  100. EXNEB
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    La historia da un giro que no tiene nada que ver con Tlou1. Una pena, este juego pudo haber haber hecho historia para bien pero hizo historia de lo malo que es.
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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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