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  1. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Naughty dog truly destroyed the last of us franchise. So much potential, wasted. Neil Druckman’s vision for this game was absolute **** 30+ hours I’ll never get back. The last of us part one was a masterpiece I can’t believe it’s the same people that have made this game. There’s no justice nor a satisfactory ending. You guys had 7 years and you’ve dished out this ? The last of us part 2 isNaughty dog truly destroyed the last of us franchise. So much potential, wasted. Neil Druckman’s vision for this game was absolute **** 30+ hours I’ll never get back. The last of us part one was a masterpiece I can’t believe it’s the same people that have made this game. There’s no justice nor a satisfactory ending. You guys had 7 years and you’ve dished out this ? The last of us part 2 is the last of this franchise. Expand
  2. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo é bem bonito, tem gráficos bem feitos e uma jogabilidade divertida. Porém a história é cagada e cheia de propaganda progressista.
    Estou de saco cheio disso nos jogos.
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  3. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I waited a third of my life for this game to come out. It has absolutely stunning scenery and characters, but the story is lacking beyond belief. I fail to see in the grand scheme of the game, how we as players that have come to love the characters of this game, are meant to feel something for a psychopath... I will not skip over the fact that there are amazing moments in the game, butI waited a third of my life for this game to come out. It has absolutely stunning scenery and characters, but the story is lacking beyond belief. I fail to see in the grand scheme of the game, how we as players that have come to love the characters of this game, are meant to feel something for a psychopath... I will not skip over the fact that there are amazing moments in the game, but it does nothing to wash the bad taste out of your mouth that is the rest of the game. Coming from someone that adored the first game, I am embarrassed by the story that naughty dog has produced. Stay far away from it, especially if you hate gender politics being stuffed in inappropriately... Expand
  4. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is truly hard to write as someone who loved the first game this is the biggest disappointment in gaming I've ever seen the story telling in this game is so bad I almost could not finish the game Joel is killed off in the first two hours of the game than they force you to play as the character that killed him for 10 hours! If you like the first game do yourself a favor and dont touch this game Expand
  5. Jun 25, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game spits on the story of the original. and make the protaganists out to be dumber then they were in the first game with no survival instincts. And naughtydog uses their trailers to do false adverteising and piss on our feelings of the original characters. Expand
  6. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    7 years for this? Complete abandonment of character.. Vanilla revenge theme story with a not so hidden agenda..
  7. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game has left me beyond disappointment. I'm sure I can speak for everyone when I say I loved the first TLOU. But this game makes me feel like it tried to tear down the characters and ruin the franchise. I don't know where to start with this god awful game. Like most people I absolutely hated how they treated Joel. One of the best characters i think i have ever seen in any type of media. He is portrayed as smart, experienced, and battle hardened survivor in he first game but in this game he completely goes against his character established in the last game. In the previous game he is shown to know and see all the traps and bad ideas thrown his way. Never trusting strangers and always keeping his guard up. In TLOU2 Joel goes against his character by trusting a stranger with his name and even going back to their home camp. These actions end up getting him killed by one of the worst developed characters in a video game, Abby. The way they treated Joel is downright disrespectful to TLOU fans all around. We have a full game with Joel just to see him die in a way we know he shouldn't have according to his character is more than upsetting. The game then sets you off on a journey of revenge where the game makes it almost seem like Ellie is losing her passion of getting revenge, which if the writing was consistent from the first game, we know that Ellie would have been dead-set on her revenge. Which is the biggest problem with this game. The terrible writing and character development. This story actively goes against the character development from the last game while building new characters extremely poorly. The lack of character building for the newly introduced characters was bluntly obvious. No one seem to care about the WLF characters besides getting revenge for Joel. They just felt like the nameless enemies from the previous games instead of people you understood and maybe even cared for. They were compelling in no way at all. This was extremely prevalent for the other main protagonist Abby, who from the extremely misleading advertising I was unaware of. But it turns out you play 10 hours (half of the game) playing as a character you hate. Since Joel was so beloved and you see him being brutally beaten to death by someone, you are naturally inclined to hate that person. Then the game makes you play half of the game as the character who shows no remorse for all the people she's killed including Joel and Jesse, there is no possible way that you will be able to feel any empathy towards this character. But this game tries so hard to make you feel pity and understand her, when it is impossible to feel pity after seeing what she has done. She is also portrayed as a very dislikable and morally questionable person throughout the 10 hours. This is a prime example of the trash writing put into this game. At the end of the game Ellie and Abby are having a final showdown when Ellie is close to finishing the job she set out to do at the very beginning of this game, but she stops drowning Abby after seeing a image of Joel in her head. This makes no sense as seeing Joel in her head is what triggered her to start the fight in the first place. This also goes back to how in the first game Joel and Ellie will do anything for each other, like when Ellie first killed someone to save Joel. The fact that Ellie let Joel's killer get away on purpose went against her character built up in the last game which loops back to one of this game's biggest problems. Not only that but seeing the sole purpose you played the game for (to get revenge for Joel and kill Abby) slips through your fingertips is more than disappointing and unsatisfying. This is by far one of the worst endings I've ever seen in any media. The only redeeming part of this story was the beautiful graphics and pretty good gameplay. Other than that I wished this game didn't exist. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS GAME. IT WILL DISAPPOINT YOU!

    Overall: The only good part of this game was the graphics and gameplay. But the story was complete and utter trash. Only play this game if you don't care about the story and just want some more TLOU gameplay, but even then I would recommend playing the original.
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  8. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Naughty dog just effectively killed the last of us IP with this game. RIP
    Just like GOT writes, i hope he never again in his life touches another beloved story like tlou52
  9. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Needs more zombies Needs more zombies Needs more zombies Needs more zombies Needs more zombies Needs more zombies
  10. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The first game is great but this new installment sucks oh I can’t believe the storyline is what it is gameplaying graphics are great luckily I didn’t waste my money on it I wanted it and I strongly suggest to anyone out there who is thinking about getting this game please try to read it first or wait until it’s $20 or less
  11. Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Even though I got spoiled about one of the major events, I still decided to go through with this game. By the end of it, my thoughts was graphics 8/10, game-play 4/10, story 1/10. The story just killed my enjoyment of The Last of Us Part 2 completely. Joel's relationship with Ellie is spat upon, characters make ridiculous/idiotic choices, and the new character played by Laura Bailey, is,Even though I got spoiled about one of the major events, I still decided to go through with this game. By the end of it, my thoughts was graphics 8/10, game-play 4/10, story 1/10. The story just killed my enjoyment of The Last of Us Part 2 completely. Joel's relationship with Ellie is spat upon, characters make ridiculous/idiotic choices, and the new character played by Laura Bailey, is, in my opinion, the worst video game character of all time. Not only that but the ending is just awful. It completely undoes everything everyone was trying to accomplish and made playing through the game a complete waste of time. The game-play was similar as the first Last of Us and became a literal chore after hours of playing, as it was just the same stealth sequences in different areas. Plus the fact that we are also forced to play as Abby which is such a dis-likable character for hours on end just made the overall experience worse and the slow paced game-play even more painful and tedious to go through. Expand
  12. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great graphics, Mediocre, 7 years old game mechanics (status quo is regress in this case), absolutely horrible, disrespectful storytelling.
    On top of that, game was falsely advertised, with Joel being one ot the playable characters which is not true.
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  13. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    More like The Last of Us 1.5....”hey we added a jump and prone feature”. The graphics/sound design are good but that is where the positives end for this game. It is a STORY DRIVEN game with a BAD STORY consisting of characters that are forced into the story that generate zero connections with the player OR sympathy. On top of that character decisions throughout the entire story areMore like The Last of Us 1.5....”hey we added a jump and prone feature”. The graphics/sound design are good but that is where the positives end for this game. It is a STORY DRIVEN game with a BAD STORY consisting of characters that are forced into the story that generate zero connections with the player OR sympathy. On top of that character decisions throughout the entire story are inconsistent with what was portrayed from the previous game or what we were lead to believe from their introduction in this sequel. I understand liking the game for the art it is but 10/10 is unwarranted and shows extreme bias. Expand
  14. Jul 21, 2020
    2
    Графоний и детали - за это 2/10.
    Всего остального не завезли.
  15. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I avoided spoilers for so long so when I picked up the last of 2 I could not wait to play this game. Yes the gameplay is fantastic and I was completely impressed with it, but what ruins this game is the story. The story is just so awful with the way it treats its characters. Within the first hour of my play through I had to witness one of my favorite characters get brutally slaughtered, right then and there I was ready to take the disc out of my PlayStation and throw the disc out my window. But I gave it a second chance and again I was impressed by visuals and gameplay but the story is what holds it back. Then the unthinkable happens and the game switches over to the most hated video game character of all time and that is Abby this part of the game I just kept killing her on purpose over and over again Until I reached the worst ending of all video game History!!!! I could not believe THATS how this game ends. Such a waste of money and the sad part is I can’t even get a refund. I don’t get how anyone can support naughty dog beyond this point not only they treat their employees like **** but they also treated one of their most beloved game like **** save your money and don’t support this evil studio. Expand
  16. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Horrible story ! Naughty dog really dropped the ball on this one , the beautiful graphics and smooth gameplay can’t make up for the horrendous story . They took some of the best written characters and killed one of them off and then wrote the other one to be unlikeable in an attempt to make us sympathize with one of the most poor written characters ever !
  17. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    It's pedantic and boring. The controls were clunky, the dialogue was cringe and the story felt uninspired.
  18. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Unlikable characters poorly written story. Graphics are great though. Definitely will not be replaying.
  19. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Gameplay and motions are amazing. but, Awful storyline building without any logic connection between events and stupid destruction of characters that I’ve seen ever ,wwwhhhhyyy ,I hope they are thinking now to reproduce last of us part 2 as strong and beauty of last of us part 1
  20. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    WISHING experience the adventures of JOEL and ELLI, BUT the dog runs EIBY, and it sucks .
  21. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. While the first half of this game is mildly enjoyable, the second half is largely unplayable Expand
  22. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The story is the problem. Its a terrible plot and i have no feelings for Abby who killed Joel. The Last of Us 2 is complete trash.
  23. Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This game was a BIG disappointment 4/10. They give you a false sense of who will be the lead characters of this game based on the trailers. They start out very quickly by spitting on the all of the characters and personalities and traits that made them who you loved from the first game in a very unforgivable way. That being said if you can stomach that horrible initial plot direction fromThis game was a BIG disappointment 4/10. They give you a false sense of who will be the lead characters of this game based on the trailers. They start out very quickly by spitting on the all of the characters and personalities and traits that made them who you loved from the first game in a very unforgivable way. That being said if you can stomach that horrible initial plot direction from the gate and try to appreciate the plot for where it was going you'd probably find the game very enjoyable and impressive until you reach the halfway point. This is when they force you to flip a massive birdie towards yourself and expect you to enjoy playing as a villain who is unlikable and you desperately want dead for the remainder of the game which is at the very least 10 hours of gameplay. You are then concluded with the hero and evil villain parting ways and more or less hugging it out making the entire story pointless for the sake of making you think about an extremely uninteresting moral dilemma that was not wanted and does not work. This is merely the result of a growing trend to force feed people political statements in their games instead of just crafting something for everyone to enjoy. Naughty Dog was the only company left that I held to a high standard and had unwavering faith in their ability to deliver amazing games/experiences and I am now left with no trust in game development. Expand
  24. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is incredibly disappointing. I had a feeling it wouldn't be as good as the first game, but this was just a garbage story. There were so many flashbacks and it just felt like the game was out of order. I also hated playing as Abby and almost wanted to stop playing the game entirely. Not to mention, the boss fight against Ellie as Abby disturbed me a lot and probably many others because I love Ellie and I have no sympathy for Abby... sorry. On the other hand, the graphics were amazing and the combat was okay, I liked the new additions (new infected, jump button, army crawl, etc.) I think they did a very good job of polishing the gameplay. Overall, I think I should have just watched play-throughs of this game on Youtube instead of actually buying it myself. Expand
  25. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo apresenta gráficos incríveis (se jogado no PS4 PRO), mas é só isso. O jogo é extremamente quebrado e possui uma história sem imersão igual ao primeiro. Não longe disso, é de se ver uma agenda “político-social” presente em algo que deveria estar aqui para nos divertir. Expand
  26. Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst ending ever i hated every second playing as abby (she-hulk) and i didn't sympathise with her .as the director tried to by making her look kind wich is too simple and dump.
    Graphics looks fantastic tbh
    And the gameplay is very good But it is all about the story unfortunately.
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  27. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The game looks good but the story brings anything but happiness it was hard for me to even finish it.
  28. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    **** game. Bad writing. The only good thing is ambience and gameplay, but lack of a good story makes it forgettable and unenyoable
  29. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The game is diferrent than original history, It worse, and is not better than first
  30. Rhy
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not an ideal way to manage Joel’s death, the ambiental puzzles are almost gone, a confusing-forced plot, and the terrible and unnecessary sex scene Expand
  31. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I feel pretty disappointed over on how bad the storyline is. Part 2 literally ignore the first Tlou purposes. More like there’s a lot of SJW’s involved in this game but overall, I’ll rate it 2 for the graphic and the team’s hardwork for this game. I appreciate it.
  32. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Writers have their right for creating a story, but we as players have our right to not like something making us feel this way.
    This game is simply apathetic, it doesn't care about the first The Last of Us. You see how one person kill one of the two most important character of this franchise and then it forces you to play as her.
    None will deny this game looks gorgeous, but story wise is simply BS. It tells you that killing is bad, but you kill everyone in order to kill Abby and then you didn't. What about all of those other people you killed? Does that really end a cycle of revenge? No, it doesn't. It doesn't make sense.
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  33. Jun 25, 2020
    2
    OMG....I had such high hopes for this game, I ignored the leaks and was just excited to play the sequel to my fave game... but this is honestly 100% trash. The story went in a way that spits in the face of true fans. If you loved the first game don’t bother playing this, you will be broken. Naughty dog messed up
  34. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    game isnt bad.. but that ending was horse **** do better naughty dog. waste
  35. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    .......I WANT MY $60 BACK! The game play loop is trash boy lol this game is trash AF!
  36. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Story was not good at all character development was lacking and forced to play unlikeable character the only thing good were graphics and gameplay
  37. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Easily the most disappointing game I’ve ever played. While the game performs great and the graphics are absolutely beautiful, there’s no getting over the fact that your forced to play as the most hated video game character for 10 hours. Games are supposed to be fun, I guess ND didn’t get the memo.
  38. Jun 29, 2020
    2
    story is **** Graphics are nice.
    Gameplay is the same.
    The way the marketed it wity false trailers is bull
    Enough said
  39. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The gameplay is good and the visuals are amazing. Just two huge problem...the story and the new characters are just terrible and awful!!! It made me hate this game.
  40. Jul 13, 2020
    2
    The writer does not know what he wants from the story. It seems that he saw some the of the theories videos online about the first game and based the whole game around it. Save your time and money and play good games instead.
  41. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The picture and gameplay have reached a new height, but the plot is illogical!
  42. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    NO SPOILERS!!! I wasn't aware of the controversy surrounding this game, but completely understand it now. Want to say that the graphics and gameplay are good, as to be expected. You can't knock the game for that.. But the story itself was terrible. They completely ruined a beloved character and it was as if the writers forced him to act in a way that was unnatural to his establishedNO SPOILERS!!! I wasn't aware of the controversy surrounding this game, but completely understand it now. Want to say that the graphics and gameplay are good, as to be expected. You can't knock the game for that.. But the story itself was terrible. They completely ruined a beloved character and it was as if the writers forced him to act in a way that was unnatural to his established personality, said character acts completely different in the first game but does a 180 on the second within the first hour. And the political messages are really in your face, political messages are fine but it was too distracting in this game and took away form my enjoyment. I got 80% done with the story but i just couldn't finish the game because it just didn't keep my interest because i felt too much resentment from the writers. And it is completely valid to write a review on a game you didn't complete if you at least played more then half of that game, because it is on the game itself to maintain your interest.

    tl;dr
    - good gameplay and graphics
    - if you're a fan of the story then this is basically a **** you" with a political insert
    If you don't care about story and just play for the gameplay itself, i will say give this game a try. Its alright. But that's not the reason i play so that's why this game gets a 2 out of 10. Those 2 points being gameplay and graphics.
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  43. Jun 25, 2020
    2
    un gamplay deplorable 7 años de desarrollo y no pudieron mejorar nada , unos parajes hermosos ambientación espectacular pero lo peor de todo es la historia mal escrita y ejecutada , este juego se supone vive de su rica historia pero solo son trozos de fanfic al azar y mal echos una verdadera pena como se burla de nosotros los fanáticos y seguidores darle un 2/10 es muy generoso

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    un gamplay deplorable 7 años de desarrollo y no pudieron mejorar nada , unos parajes hermosos ambientación espectacular pero lo peor de todo es la historia mal escrita y ejecutada , este juego se supone vive de su rica historia pero solo son trozos de fanfic al azar y mal echos una verdadera pena como se burla de nosotros los fanáticos y seguidores darle un 2/10 es muy generoso

    a deplorable gamplay 7 years of development and they could not improve anything, some beautiful places spectacular setting but worst of all is the poorly written and executed story, this game is supposed to live on its rich history but they are just random and bad bits of fanfic, its a real shame as ND and sony make fun of us fans ,give it a 2/10 it is very generous
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  44. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The moment Joel died, the last of us was over.
    hole-in-one Joel...
    But the battle, the graphics and the music were good.
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  45. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How dare You to do that to Joel, so early un the game, i just don't bget it. Expand
  46. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Gameplay 2/10

    Graphis 6/10

    Story 0/10

    Terrible writing that butchered the story.
  47. Nov 6, 2022
    2
    **** this game and **** the weak ass director..u killed the game in 3 hours for a lot of people
  48. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game has its nice moments, but terrible story design over all, and the direction was definitely a terrible way to push the game. Expand
  49. Jun 30, 2020
    2
    I hated the story just begging it to end from the middle of the game. Force you to play half the game with the murderer making him try to justify his actions and try to force you to like the character, they tricked us in advertising, I give this note because the graphics are the best I've seen, also the gameplay is the best, but the story is horrible and desperate, it hurts to see thisI hated the story just begging it to end from the middle of the game. Force you to play half the game with the murderer making him try to justify his actions and try to force you to like the character, they tricked us in advertising, I give this note because the graphics are the best I've seen, also the gameplay is the best, but the story is horrible and desperate, it hurts to see this transformation of the game seen with the eyes of a true fan of the first part Expand
  50. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all, thanks for makeing me to join in metacritic. Through this, I thought to try more game reviews.

    Why is this the Last of Earth Part 2? All of the character and personality of the characters in Part 1 are only Ellie's cursing and sexual identity. Joel became senile dementia, and Ellie forgot the expression and memories of her last part 1.
    This continues in part 2. Tommy told Maria to stop Eli's revenge, but later appeared suddenly and asked to take revenge. Abby was the character who justified Eli's sacrifice and became very angry when a colleague died. Later, however, she kills a colleague herself to save a rev.

    I tried to show through Elie that revenge is chained and only emptiness remains, but Eli didn't take revenge. After stopping revenge, Elie loses her father, friends, families, and her finger. Abby, who was cleanly revenged, was forgiven and returned to fireflies with her companion Rev. Even looking at this alone, revenge seems better.

    The game-play was not bad and the graphics were good, but I think the most important thing in the last of us is the story. I removed 7 points from the story. And I removed one more point from the rainbow and Jewish symbols not needed.
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  51. Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this was the most unsatisfying ending ever the whole game is about getting revenge and she let her go just like that, the game is amazing but the story is really bad Expand
  52. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    A literal spit in the face of the characters we come to love.I'll never touch anything druckman makes again.

    Characters don't act like they should an they feel off.. The ending is stupid and contradicts the whole revenge plot and it leaves you feeling depressed and being like wtf and wanting to break the disc you bought or off yourself. The story is pure trash and it's pathetic. idk
    A literal spit in the face of the characters we come to love.I'll never touch anything druckman makes again.

    Characters don't act like they should an they feel off.. The ending is stupid and contradicts the whole revenge plot and it leaves you feeling depressed and being like wtf and wanting to break the disc you bought or off yourself.
    The story is pure trash and it's pathetic. idk who though this story would be a good idea.
    Another catastrophe has been added to 2020 just oof. Graphics are neat and gameplay is nice but that means jack **** if the story is pure trash.
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  53. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    只有跟實況而已 看完 就是一坨屎
    遊戲性和畫面都屬佳作 應該有8分
    但劇情實作爛爆 加上媒體噁爛評分 身為有良心的玩家肯定是要給負評的
    這樣才不會對不起自己
  54. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story was written so badly and let alone the biggest worse move they could do killing Joel, now I will say the visuals/gameplay are stunning. But the Ai can be dumb same with the npc that follows you is no help as they do nothing and cuck you in most times. Expand
  55. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Why is it impossible to post a negative review???

    I've tried a couple of times already and MC obviously didn't allow it to go through, but I have perseverance. Anyway, the game does have great visuals and very good music. The game play is acceptable, too. However, the story is terrible, full of glaring plot holes and illogical decisions. Also, the lack of choice, harsh linearity of the
    Why is it impossible to post a negative review???

    I've tried a couple of times already and MC obviously didn't allow it to go through, but I have perseverance.

    Anyway, the game does have great visuals and very good music. The game play is acceptable, too.

    However, the story is terrible, full of glaring plot holes and illogical decisions. Also, the lack of choice, harsh linearity of the game and unlikeable characters are a huge problem. Plus, it's impossible to suspend your disbelief in so many respects. It was said that the game shows you how bad the circle of revenge is BUT the character that GETS their revenge goes away unharmed. The other person who gives up on revenge, loses everyhing. What's the message behind it? Is this the message ND wanted us to get?
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  56. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I tried to complete the game but found the story dull, frustrating and not compelling enough for me to want to keep going. Halfway through I am bored and will not waste anymore time on this game. It’s get a zero only because I had high hopes following the first game and felt I was deceived with the marketing campaign. Unfortunately this game have left a salty taste in my mouth. Wish II tried to complete the game but found the story dull, frustrating and not compelling enough for me to want to keep going. Halfway through I am bored and will not waste anymore time on this game. It’s get a zero only because I had high hopes following the first game and felt I was deceived with the marketing campaign. Unfortunately this game have left a salty taste in my mouth. Wish I never had to experience it. Expand
  57. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us is one of my absolute favourite games of all time. What made it such an enjoyable game was not only the graphics and immersive gameplay, but the evolving relationship between Joel and Ellie. They are the heart and soul of the first game and what I expected of part II was to keep that heart beating, not rip it out with such barbarity as they did. The problem here is not Joel dying. It's how he died and why. You're forced to play a big portion of the game as Abby (Joel's killer) and it is as if Naughty Dog kicked you in the gut and laughed. The storytelling is shamefully weak and backwards, like next level character assassination which is apparent to anyone who played the first game. I don't care for any of these new characters and no matter how amazing the gameplay itself is I will not be able to enjoy it because its justtoo aggravating! 2 points for how stunning the game looks (which was to be expected anyway) and 0 points for the butchering of beloved characters. Expand
  58. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Good gameplay, good graphics, good physics, **** ass story( full of pc agenda forced down your throat, disrespecting and destructing important characters for the sake of the agenda) not worth the current price if you get it free or happen to have the chance to play it for free or buy it reaaaally cheap go for it.
  59. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I absolutely love the visuals, sound design, soundtrack, and voiceacting in this game; however, all of that is nullified by a story that honestly falls flat on its face.

    A narrative should be more than just torture-porn carrying across the simple idea that revenge is bad. Anyone can write a story that simple and apparently anyone can **** it up.
  60. Mar 18, 2021
    2
    The Last of Us 1 is my favorite game ever. This is as bad a sequel to the first game as it could possibly be. Characters do not act the way they you know them to act, parts of the first game are entirely retconned or changed to fit a rewritten story for the sequel.

    Half the game you are forced to play as a character you have 0 interest in playing. Naughty Dog completely failed to write
    The Last of Us 1 is my favorite game ever. This is as bad a sequel to the first game as it could possibly be. Characters do not act the way they you know them to act, parts of the first game are entirely retconned or changed to fit a rewritten story for the sequel.

    Half the game you are forced to play as a character you have 0 interest in playing. Naughty Dog completely failed to write a decent story and make me even somewhat interested in the new characters. I sped through half the game just trying to get it over with because I had no clue I would be forced to play half the game as a character I couldn't possibly care less about.

    New characters are pathetically underdeveloped and underutilized with no personality of any sort. Such an incredible letdown. The story just makes no sense. At least the graphics are pretty good. I will never trust Naughty Dog again after this trainwreck.
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  61. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    I will give this 2/10 for its stunning graphics and atmosphere, but the rest is a bunch of garbage. Gameplay is enjoyable when it has a masterpiece story like the first game. But in this **** story, it's all pointless and kinda boring.
    And talking about the story, it's a big disappointment. The story becomes worse and worse. In the first 3 hours, the plot is shocking and sad but it's
    I will give this 2/10 for its stunning graphics and atmosphere, but the rest is a bunch of garbage. Gameplay is enjoyable when it has a masterpiece story like the first game. But in this **** story, it's all pointless and kinda boring.
    And talking about the story, it's a big disappointment. The story becomes worse and worse. In the first 3 hours, the plot is shocking and sad but it's still very promising but it comes downhill every hour. You will be bored as **** in the last 3 chapters and I have nothing to say to the endings, it's just the worst thing in the whole game.
    I didn't watch the leak before playing TLOU 2 and even defended this game against the haters, but it turns out the worst game I've played in my life. 2 points out of 10 is the best I can say about this game, nothing more.
    Don't ever play this game, save your money for something else, it's not worth 60$ and 20+ hours to play this game.
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  62. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Only 2, I don't like killing women. Game for sexists. The gameplay is much worse than in the first part...
  63. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. waited 7 years for this game and i got this god awful storyline! i just want to forget this game! Joel would've never trusted outsiders it doesnt go with his character! i hate how they actually forced the character of Abby on us by shoving her down our throats! i didnt care about abby i didnt care about lev or any other character! lazy writing, stupid choices, this game is absolutely terrible please do not buy it! Expand
  64. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lacração e política, ideologia nos games. Roteiro Expand
  65. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This is just not our kind of game, it's like you are creating a game for your own, not for everyone, the gameplay is just quite similar from the last game, and the story is such a let down, this game is all about story only, so if the story bad and so is the game
  66. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How can you do that to Joel? I mean he could die but not like this. We have been waiting for tlou2 for 7 years. Without Joel ad Ellie together, this is not THE game. Change the title and characters to something else and this will be a good game. But tlou2? Nah. And the worst part is that I am forced to play as Abby to fight Ellie. This is a joke. Expand
  67. Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. . The game itself is good, in terms of graphics and physics. But the plot is a complete failure. Ellie wanted to take revenge on Abby, ora killed many of her friends, but why didn’t she end her revenge? As for me, this part in terms of plot failure and op is not at all interesting Expand
  68. Jun 27, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't have bias and hate against equal rights topic, but this is the most disgusting story design and misapply to tell everyone about political correctness in game history, is that worth it? Neil you guys just destroy "The Last of Us". This two points is for Ellie's fingers, how SAD. Expand
  69. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It looks nice. That's the only good thing about it. That didn't save Star Wars.
    It's too long, it's outdated, it's uninteresting, it's l'art pour l'art depressing, it's preachy, has mainly unlikeable characters and it forces you to play a character you want to kill for 10 hours. And the ending is bs.
    Go back and play Uncharted 2. That didn't have an idiot for a writer/director.
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  70. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    The graphics are absolutely stunning. One of the best looking games created. The combat is also fun. Now that is just about everything good about the game. The story is uninteresting and there is no connection between characters. What made the Last of Us so good in the first place was the story and chemistry between characters. Naughty dog really dropped the ball with this game and letThe graphics are absolutely stunning. One of the best looking games created. The combat is also fun. Now that is just about everything good about the game. The story is uninteresting and there is no connection between characters. What made the Last of Us so good in the first place was the story and chemistry between characters. Naughty dog really dropped the ball with this game and let politics take over and control the game. They spent so many years on this game and weren’t able to make an interesting story which keeps the player invested. It was such a shame and it’s better to imagine this game never came out. Expand
  71. 2IX
    Jul 18, 2020
    2
    Bad story bad ending bad plot the only good thing in the game is the gameplay and the graphics sometimes I felt like what i am doing here why i am in this place why i am in that place
  72. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Gameplay is what you would expect from a naughty dog game, graphics and acting in this game is top notch. However if your continuing from after playing the first game the story will leave a bitter taste which ruins the overall experience.Poor character design and glitches also affected rating.
  73. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok gameplay, not a great story. Made Joel look like a total moron, killed him, then made to play 20 hours of the murder of Joel. Btw, am I stuck on stupid or was this game marketed as another Ellie and Joel adventure. Expand
  74. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    In this game, only the visual component is beautiful. For everything else, I will never buy their products again.
  75. Jun 28, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let me start out by saying I was all into the story line initially, essentially boiling down to a tale of revenge. It was dark, violent, depressing and I was all for it. I think if anything The Last of Us I and II gave a pretty realistic view that the world is more grey than anything, your choices have consequences and your story isn't always going to end happily. That being said, I felt like this game betrayed you in the end. As I mentioned before, this is a tale of revenge, you go through a lot as Ellie, as soon as Joel dies (his death btw, though I wished was more ceremonious in nature and wished he went out in a better way, I think fits the whole narrative that when your sins catch up to you, you go out in a bad, uncompromising, terrible way. It happens in real life all the time so I had no problems with Joel's death at all...loose giving away of personal info. and all aside). Ellie suffers the sting of revenge, the cost and toll it puts on you to hunt down someone. So you build up all this hate for Abby, feel for Ellie as someone hunting down the person who killed the closest thing to a father that she had and then the game forces you to play as Abby. That's right, flip how you feel about this character immediately and see her side of the story. Well, sorry, I can't and won't do that. I immediately became emotionally unattached to the game. Why would I want to take control of someone who I just spent the majority of the game hating? Someone I really needed to see dead to fulfill this story of revenge. So at the first opportunity to run Abby into Ellie or religious fanatics or infected that I got, I did it. Over and over and over and over and over again, just so I could see her die. I have no desire to understand Abby's side of things. I have no desire to see her humanized because everyone is the hero of their own story. I'm here for the story of Ellie and Joel. I get why Abby did it. She was fully justified in her actions and her reason for revenge, but that doesn't change the fact I want this character dead with every fiber of my being because she took Joel away in such a bad, gruesome way. He deserved better and she deserves to die for it.

    The Last of Us II isn't some redemption arc, from the start you're expecting some pretty messed up stuff. I mean, Ellie kills a pregnant chick for god's sake on her path of revenge. This game is not one that ends well, but I would have fully expected the developers and Neil Druckmann to at least give the fans the satisfaction of completing the revenge arc and seeing Abby die by Ellie's hands. BUT NO! ELLIE LETS HER GO! Are you kidding me?! That's how you choose to end this game? Ellie literally has nothing to show for any of this, her path of revenge made her lose everything and everyone in her life. Unbelievable. What was any of this for if you don't kill Abby? Nothing you did, all the loss and suffering means nothing. I can understand all the other decisions of the game if Abby falls to Ellie but because Abby lives it's like I may have just stayed in Jackson, in the settlement and lived out the rest of my days. Honestly if the game was going to let Abby live, it should have given the player the option to spare her life or end it. I know what I would have chosen, without a moment's hesitation...this is for Joel! Drowns Abby. Other than being forced to play as Abby and the horrible ending, everything else about the game is what you loved about the first game. The graphics, music, motion capture...all beautiful. Sure, no new game play exists but what I was here for is the story. The best parts of The Last of Us II are the best parts of The Last of Us, the interactions between Ellie and Joel, though this time it's relegated to cut scenes and movie flashbacks. Don't expect any game play between the two. Which, honestly I wish there were parts early on in the game where they put in clearing out an infected horde or something to get the feeling of Ellie and Joel teaming up and showing some great teamwork but alas, you'll have to get your Ellie and Joel interactions through cut scenes, which they really work, whether it's a happy or sad flashback, their relationship is why you're here to see what happened between them and like the feel of the game, it's very grey. Lost opportunity, wishing things could have been said differently or just made more time before it was too late to do so, all very realistic tones that we can relate with. But I just don't know if any of that, for as great as it was, can over come having to play as Abby and the terrible end. A shame, I think this game really could have been something special. Something that added to this series, but somewhere people lost sight and wanted to be too artsy with it all. You need to follow through on your core fundamentals and in this tale of revenge, you were not given that satisfaction and thus, the story and end means nothing.
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  76. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Terrible plot and bad new characters in beautiful graphics. You broke the hearts of fans.
  77. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    simplemente una historia decepcionante, pero en cuanto al aspecto técnico está bastante bien.
  78. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 2/10 because Naughty dog made the fake trailer.
    How could them lie to us.
    And shame on the bribed game reviews 9.5/10 is a joke.
    所以現在只要是負評都不給評分呢!
    金錢真是偉大。
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  79. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The visual aspect is the only thing this game has going for it. And that’s legit it. That’s ALL it has going for it. Everything else it completely throws out the window. It destroys the characters *Literally* and continues to do so throughout the whole game. Then continues to force you to play at the hated character for a phat minute of the game as well. I’ve never rushed a game so much in my life. Complete waste of time, money, and effort. Expand
  80. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It doesn't feel like they really cared about the game they were making, and couldn't care less about what the characters meant to tha fans. It feels so disgusting that they would lie like that about Joel's role in the game and then snatch the hope from us. The main motivation of Ellie could have been something to route for, like the GOW series, if the game wasen't as long as it was and if we weren't forcet to play as the main villan for 50% of the game.

    The main problem is the secund half of the game where you play as the bad guy and the game tries to humanize this person. It would be like playing as David from the first game and then trying to make him appealing, even thow he tries to make a little girl his own private toy and then try to slaughter her when she fights back. That guy is beyond redemption and we don't want to play as him, we want to shoot him.

    And the ending to The Last Of Us Part 2 is so dissatisfying, it would be like: in God of War 1, you didn't kill Ares in the end of the game becouse Kratos remembered his family. Ares is the reason why you are in such anger and pain, and you let him go? Why didn't thay let you have the choice of killing the main villan or letting her live in TLOU2? The ending would have been much better and rewarding. But the Game looks amazing, and the gameplay is quite fun and brings out memories from 7 years ago, a better time indeed.
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  81. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Run-of-the-mill gameplay, beautiful graphics, but for a story and character driven game, it fails to deliver and is painful to play often
  82. Jun 25, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was so disappointing to see what they did to this game.
    While graphics were amazing, gameplay was decent the main thing you care about is the story.
    If you’re going to take out of the game the main character and loved by the fans of the previous game while you expect them to be mad, AT LEAST give as a story that MAKES SENSE.
    The only reason I don’t give it a 0 is because I appreciate the work people who did the game design music, the acting ,animations, graphics.
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  83. Jun 24, 2020
    2
    Extremely pretty game ruined by a **** story about as complex as taking a **** backed up by no innovations in gameplay
  84. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    I play games for the story with that said this story SUCKS donkey *****. It doesn't matter that it involves gay and lesbian characters(for the people that will assumed that it does) it just wasn't a good story and that's what I play games for. Without giving any spoilers they took away the main reasons I wanted to come back to this game.
  85. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This story and characters were amazing throughout the game but the ending is complete trash. The fight in the theater was bad because it made u play as Abby and think the u killed Ellie and Dina until it cuts to the farm they get and it would be better if the game ended there but it goes on with a 2 hour epilog to find Abby again and in the end of the final fight Abby leaves like she wanted to, killing Joel and leaving ok and Ellie wants to kill her but doesn't and lets her leave alive so the whole story is pointless. Ellie gets back home and finds that Dina left her and now she's all alone, everyone she's cared for has died or left her. This game is complete **** and the worse ending in video game history, the whole adventure and story was for nothing with everyone leaving or dying in the end besides the one that should've. Expand
  86. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    In-your-face political propaganda is merely icing on top of a very disappointing and poorly written story. Which in a game series built around storytelling is pretty bad. This game shouldn't have happened.
  87. Jul 7, 2020
    2
    1편 안해도 전 아마 점수 낮게 줬을거 같아요. 그만큼 스토리가 쓰래기 같았기 때문이죠. 게임 플레이도 점점 하다보면 지루해지더라고요. 전투가 다들 비슷하고, 질질 끌어가니까 귀찮아서 그냥 easy 로 끝냈어요. 그래픽은 진짜 환상적이였는데, 전 좀 나이가 있어서 인지, 그래픽 같은건 뭐 별로 신경 안쓰고 게임하는 사람이라, 처음 들어가는 곳에 "와아 멋지네" 하고 나서는 그냥 뭐 다 그게 그거 같더라고요. 스토리 불평은 워낙 많은 사람들이 말해온지라 제가 안말해도 아마 다들 아실거예요. 전작을 한 사람이라면 이게 그냥 우릴 먹칠한게 아니예요. 진짜 조엘리 팬들에 똥칠한격이예요. 전작 진짜 잘 만들어서, 내가 조엘이게끔 감정이입 시켰으면서, 이 게임에서는 뭐 거의 내 손으로 조엘을 죽이게 하질1편 안해도 전 아마 점수 낮게 줬을거 같아요. 그만큼 스토리가 쓰래기 같았기 때문이죠. 게임 플레이도 점점 하다보면 지루해지더라고요. 전투가 다들 비슷하고, 질질 끌어가니까 귀찮아서 그냥 easy 로 끝냈어요. 그래픽은 진짜 환상적이였는데, 전 좀 나이가 있어서 인지, 그래픽 같은건 뭐 별로 신경 안쓰고 게임하는 사람이라, 처음 들어가는 곳에 "와아 멋지네" 하고 나서는 그냥 뭐 다 그게 그거 같더라고요. 스토리 불평은 워낙 많은 사람들이 말해온지라 제가 안말해도 아마 다들 아실거예요. 전작을 한 사람이라면 이게 그냥 우릴 먹칠한게 아니예요. 진짜 조엘리 팬들에 똥칠한격이예요. 전작 진짜 잘 만들어서, 내가 조엘이게끔 감정이입 시켰으면서, 이 게임에서는 뭐 거의 내 손으로 조엘을 죽이게 하질 안나. 조엘리 둘다 4년간 뭐가 있었는지 설명도 없는채 플레이어 한테는 개똥 같은 성격으로 나오질 안나. 그런데 그냥 그 이외에도, 만약에 내가 조엘리 상관을 안했다면, 진짜 스토리에 뭔 의미가 없게 느끼는거 있죠? 내가 조엘을 안좋아하면, 복수는 왜해? 막 복수를 하겠끔 시켰으면서, 복수는 나쁘다고 나중에 말하는 꼴을 보면, 막 그냥 짜증나고 게임을 하기 싫은 거 있죠? 전작에서는 막 사랑과 희망, 뭐 그런 테마가 많았잖아요. 인간으로서 그런걸 추구하는게 보통인데, 뭐 갑자기 "아냐 이 게임에 테마는 복수야." 하고 복수를 하겠끔 팬들을 말아먹었으면서, 하란 데로 게임하니까, "아냐, 복수는 나쁜거야"라고 하면, 그 의미가 전혀 부여되지가 안찮아요. 우리에게 선택권이라도 주던가. 아니 진짜, 만약에 엘리랑 디나가 같이 살고 있을때 "복수하러 안가겠다"라는 선택권이라도 있으면, 한 사람들 진짜 많았을 걸요? 복수가 무의미 한다는 걸 모르는 병따구리는 애들 밖에 없어요. 다들 의미적인 영화나 책 읽고 다 아는 걸, 스토리랑 캐릭 말아먹으면서 설교하려 드니까, 아우, 그냥 짜증나는 게임이였어요. Expand
  88. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Story is so bad nonsense thinking and bad script
    But good voice act and gameplay not deferent compair to part 1 and trying making u accept LGBT
    By force in the game it's kids work
  89. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Bit disappointing story. Elli is a miserable cow. Felt much more sympathy for Abby
  90. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    El juego es increíble en si , en cuanto a gráficos , sonido y ambientación , pero lo que es la historia deja mucho que desear , más que nada la muerte de Joel nos deja a todos con un sabor amargo y creo que ahí es donde el juego pierde gran parte de ese "algo" que en su tiempo nos encandiló , esperar tanto tiempo por esto ? Creo que no lo vale y los desarrolladores solo han pensando enEl juego es increíble en si , en cuanto a gráficos , sonido y ambientación , pero lo que es la historia deja mucho que desear , más que nada la muerte de Joel nos deja a todos con un sabor amargo y creo que ahí es donde el juego pierde gran parte de ese "algo" que en su tiempo nos encandiló , esperar tanto tiempo por esto ? Creo que no lo vale y los desarrolladores solo han pensando en llenar sus bolsillos y se olvidaron por completo de lo que fue aquello que hizo grande a este juego... Expand
  91. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    The story butchered the whole purpose of what the first game meant to each individual player. I played this game without looking at any leaks or spoilers and boy was I disappointed with this game, I can't begin to fathom how I feel seeing the utter disrespect towards it's fans from the game itself and the development team. I would not recommend wasting time playing this horrific game
  92. Jun 24, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Финал плохой, хотелось бы иметь некое представление, что будет в 3 части.
    Персонажей не раскрыли и не хочется сопереживать с ними.
    Игра построена на ЛГБТ и фиминизме, мне кажется, что в современном обществе этого не может быть.
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  93. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad ending how can you spare some characters life who killed main protagonist Expand
  94. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    The game looks amazing and the mechanics are unreal but it's all for nothing cuz the story has to be one of the worst in gaming. The game is slow and makes no frickin sense. It takes a big ol poop on the game before that was so amazingly put together. It's so frustrating that we had to wait 7 years for this hot pile of garbage.
  95. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a waste of time, a game which story is its strong suit turned into a mediocre revenge plot in which the revenge didn't even happen at all Expand
  96. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    The game is not bad but that ending and that inclusion is not what I expected. They could have done better. The first installment was epic and this was the opposite.
  97. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Visuals and Game play are top notch as expected but the story was ruined. Poor writing Gamers Little Playground had a how it should of ended taking the same scenes from a game and that is better. Expand
  98. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The plot is dense. Let's come up with a daughter or son for every NPC that Joel killed. And they all will kill him. But alright, I put up with it, move on. How should I empathize with Abby, she looks like a killing machine, she's always grim. Why is there no jokes or anything else in the game besides the memories with Joel to give the player a break from endless mourning and killing. Well, now let's talk about the end, and I have one question. Why the hell didn't you make a few endings. What is the whole point of the ending, why we have traveled so many miles, a huge number of people have died. Take and release Joel’s killer, are you serious?!? In technical terms, the game is good, I do not argue, but still this game is more about the plot, and here it is bad. I can’t understand why critics put this game at 10, the script of this game is a real arthouse, not everyone likes this game, I think that this game can only be put 7-8, and then with a stretch. To put 10, this game must be perfect, but it is not for everyone. I set 2 so that the developers change their minds and stop flirting with the LGBT community, and start making good games, like they did in the past.
    PS Sorry for bad English
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  99. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Could not be more disappointed. Stopped halfway through the game. I really had high hopes for this. Naughty Dog stabbed us all in the back. Expand
  100. Jun 23, 2020
    2
    The story ruined everything, making tlou1 all in vain. The scriptwriter tried to deliver his own values by consuming the characters as tools. We players just want a game that not make us disgusting.
Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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]