The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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  1. Aliciell
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    creo que la historia esta tan mal contada que opaca a todo lo demás lindo del juego. No todo son gráficos señores.
  2. Iqvw
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    Grafics are excelent, gameplay are great, but the most important fact is the history, is a Trash, the antagonist/co-protagonist is trash, so much filler and a BAD ENDING
  3. Xuaxaipleto
    Jul 6, 2020
    2
    this game is technically quite good but for my narrative it is the most important thing and it is quite bad in narrative (opinion)
  4. LuchoBrando
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    The Last Of Us puede ser un gran juego, con bonitos gráficos y un buen gameplay, pero a diferencia de otros este apuesta por ser un ''pelijuego'', por lo tanto su mayor fuerte debe ser el guión, que lamentablemente es un desastre, pésimo desarrollo de personajes, pésimo final. Tiraron a la basura al protagonista de la saga a cambio de darnos a Abby, que es de las peores protagonistas yThe Last Of Us puede ser un gran juego, con bonitos gráficos y un buen gameplay, pero a diferencia de otros este apuesta por ser un ''pelijuego'', por lo tanto su mayor fuerte debe ser el guión, que lamentablemente es un desastre, pésimo desarrollo de personajes, pésimo final. Tiraron a la basura al protagonista de la saga a cambio de darnos a Abby, que es de las peores protagonistas y antagonistas de la historia de los videojuegos.… Expand
  5. kataro736
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. to start, this game gets so bad that i made a metacritic account just to post a review.
    Political agendas pushed in any media will always ruin that form of media, every time without fail and TLOS2 is not an exception just because the first game was so awesome
    first half of the game is decent enough because at least your Ellie going after Joel's killers but then you get thrown into a crap story playing as the person who kills Joel, HORRIBLE writing.
    and the icing on the cake is that SJW's need to push their agenda and have multiple trans in the game when they are there so they can feel better about themselves, if it actually added to the story or gameplay then it could be acceptable.
    NaughtyDog is going down a dangerous path and wont be surprised when they go bankrupt 99% of people stop playing their games just so they dont have to have agendas pushed down their damn throat    … Expand
  6. Triplethreat99
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I won't say much because it's been covered. The game is trash.
    Complete butchery of the characters and plot.    … Expand
  7. Pilzn
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    What do you want me to sau the story was sooo bad cant Even remeber most of the Names of the peoplw who dies smh
  8. FlyingWing
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    The graphic and game play is excellent.
    But the narrative and the story line is totally **** up.
    Every character in Part I is out of character in Part II
  9. pocoyo13
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They destroy everything i love. Why just why are you doing this ? İf i buy last of us i want to play last of us not a netflix s*it… Expand
  10. Bluci
    Jul 5, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played the game, I didn’t like the game, it didn’t even feel like the same franchise as the first one. The first game shouldn’t have gotten a sequel in the first place but here we are. The whole game Ellie plows through hundreds to kill Abby but yet when she actually reaches Abby she doesn’t kill her? Why? To maintain her humanity? But she’s been killed so many people how could she save her humanity by sparing one person, who has also killed tons of people. Abby is poorly written character, I don’t hate her because she killed Joel or because shes buff, she’s boring at best. She’s a violent and sarcastic soldier who has a dark past ooh so original and true whole revenge is bad plot point was so dumb. OH did you know being selfish and killing purely out of self interest is bad??? EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. The game is so heavy handed and annoying it acts like it’s telling a story that’s better than it actually is. But I’m gonna be real, I didn’t completely hate the game, I like the graphics, the actors, and the music. The part exploring the downtown area to get gas was probably my favorite part of the game just because it was beautiful, has interesting dialogue every now and then, and had the Take on Me scene. Okay game but that’s all I can say for it. Not a masterpiece by a long shot. If you want to play a game with great graphics, actors, characters, and writing with a morally gray character then play red dead redemption 2, not The Last of Us 2… Expand
  11. Kokomoandmacy
    Jul 3, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Some of the combats were fun but overall the story was terrible. It would have made sense for many people to want to hunt down Joel and Ellie but this was just a revenge story for multiple characters. It makes no sense that the entire world stop looking for Ellie, Joel, or a cure. The game was intent on destroying everything fans loved about the first game. Joel, Ellie and Tommy are all destroyed, as are their relationships with each other and with everyone else. New factions are introduced and there could have been something very interesting there but the focus is purely on personal rage, revenge and hate. The story could have been redeemed a bit if Abby had offered to take Ellie to the Fireflies at the very end to complete what TLOU1 mission was and what Ellie had wanted along and what Abby’s dad wanted. The intro of yet another faction in the last 5% of the game was also never really explained. There werent even any lazy storytelling by way of found notes to give context to these rattlers, prisoners and chained zombies. Too many loose ends, too little character development, too little chemistry in the romances and no depth in these new loyalties/friendships that are introduced.… Expand
  12. Abbysuckssss
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    The game is amazing, great graphics and awesome combat. Bt the story is.....meh
  13. Paranal
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    I did not enjoy playing the game, mainly because I hated the character of Abby and because this game doesnt need to exist. The gameplay feelt a bit clunky sometimes and if I am honest the story was actually pretty boring.

    Also things like character development were pushed into the Backround. I will praise the game for things like: Graphics, sound design, acting, and Top tier animation.    I did not enjoy playing the game, mainly because I hated the character of Abby and because this game doesnt need to exist. The gameplay feelt a bit clunky sometimes and if I am honest the story was actually pretty boring.

    Also things like character development were pushed into the Backround. I will praise the game for things like: Graphics, sound design, acting, and Top tier animation.

    Another thing that annoyed me was the amount of false advertising, for example, in the trailer we see Joel saying the Line "You think I would let you do this on your own?" but that whole scene and Dialog was spoken by Jesse in the Final game. They kill a beloved character, wich is ok, but it needs to be done in a way that makes sense for their character arc and story, the only reason Joel died was for Ellie to get a reason to kill abby, and it didnt belong into his arc.

    For me a Sequel needs to justify its existence, this game did NOT justify its existence. And the game needs to take what the First game made great and improve it. A prime example for that is Doom Eternal. This game is gameplay-whise pretty much a clunkier version of the first game. So for me it fails as a sequel.

    I dont want to talk about the story, there are enough reviews about it, its not a good story and the rest you can read in other reviews.

    The ending is really bad. Ellie is left without anything and broke her promise to Tommy, Abby is alive, all the characters from the First game are dead, the few good characters in this game are Dead, and the game is just a setup for a new sequel. Ellie walks off : Alone, broken, a completely different person and unlikeable. Nothing was resolved, Joel's death was not done correctly. Abby's complete story and "love" story is pointless. Its not good

    Just imagine if the story was Ellie tracking down Abby and with time seeing her point of view and the same with abby. Then the ending would make a lot more sense

    I played Dishonored, a game about revenge. However, I spared Daud despite the fact he killed the Empress, the love interest of your character, and kidnapped your child. I did this because I heard his monologue about how much he regretted it. A speech to himself with nothing to prove to anybody else. Even when you meet him he doesn't beg for his life because he knows he deserves it. That's good writing. The problem here is that the Empress had little player connection, unlike Joel. So when you off a character by means of slapping fans in the face, of course they're going to get pissed. I don't think Abby necessarily deserved to die. I just think Joel was killed in a way that didn't do the fans service.

    I am tired of companies that don't care about their Fanbase. It seems like we only get trash games, and that good games are a rareity. Most of the sequel's we get are cashgrabs that use the name and good reputation of the first game. And if people keep giving this kind of Trash good reviews, the gaming industry wont change, But it needs to change. Sony made the best games in the last decade, but that seems to be over now. Lets hope Spieder-man Miles morales is good........

    I think its just like game of thrones season 8. The acting is great and the sets are amazing, but the plot doesnt make any sense and disrespects what the predecessor built. All in all (2,5/10)    … Expand
  14. TacnTiago
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    I'm really sad that I give this a 2/10. Gameplay/Graphics and Sound are all 10/10 but that for me is not what I was buying this game for, I buyed this game because of the story and the characters and Naughty Dog destroyed those characters and used them as vessels to tell us a message told better 1000 times before in movies and games. Also they lied to you, they told you only play as EllieI'm really sad that I give this a 2/10. Gameplay/Graphics and Sound are all 10/10 but that for me is not what I was buying this game for, I buyed this game because of the story and the characters and Naughty Dog destroyed those characters and used them as vessels to tell us a message told better 1000 times before in movies and games. Also they lied to you, they told you only play as Ellie which is false and they used different models of Joel in the trailers to make you think you would be present in the current timeline which is not true, sadly. To be clear my problem is not that characters die, my problem is that they aren't the characters of the first game that I loved and they are used as plot devices and vessels.… Expand
  15. Atlashon
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    Gameplay wise, it's okay. Nobody ever played Last of Us for gameplay. It was all cinematic gaming. I don't understand what they did with the story. These characters are nothing like the ones in the previous installment. I think if they wanted to change the character behavior like this then a reboot would've been better.
  16. alejodomm
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es el vivo ejemplo de como una compañía insulta a los seguidores de un juego, la manera en la que muere Joel es simplemente una estupidez simplemente por qué parece que de la nada el Joel del primer juego dejo de ser el hombre más desconfiado del mundo para convertirse en el más ingenuo de todos. Por otro lado obligar al jugador a jugar con la asesina de Joel toda la mitad del juego es algo absurdo cuando todos quieren que se muera y sea castigada por lo que hizo, además cuando Eli la encuentra para vengarse, decide perdonarla por arte de magia,perdiendo 2dedos y quedando sola en el mundo, que final tan malo en todos los sentidos… Expand
  17. Seblok
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La jugabilidad y los gráficos no son la gran maravilla pero son descentes y cumplen su función el problema viene en el gameplay que en muchas ocasiones llega a ser tedioso y repetitivo en cuanto a la narrativa no es muy rescatable teniendo muchas incongruencias en el desarrollo de los personajes como el de Joel que paso de ser una persona que desconfiaba de todo el mundo a confíar en un grupo de desconocidos armados o Ellie que de un momento a otro olvida su venganza por el otro lado el juego también intenta que simpátices con el personaje de abby metiendo situaciones convenientes en donde por medio de un patético intento de lastima el juego intenta desesperadamente que llegues a sentir empatia por ella pero esto solo logra incomodar al jugador que solo espera que su tiempo con ella termine pronto, además tenemos personajes planos y unidimensionales como Dina que sólo está ahí para recordarte que es la novia de Ellie sumado a eso tenemos muerte patéticas como las de Joel o jesee en donde se excusan de ser realistas y crudos para tapar la pobre narrativa que este juego posee, por último el final es desastroso luego de que Ellie se pasara medio juego matando sin remordimiento todas las personas que se le pusieran en frente cuando esta a punto de culminar su venganza de un momento a otro cambia de parecer por medio de un maldito flash-back dando como resultado un final forzado e incongruente con las acciones de Ellie.
    En conclusión es un juego con una jugabilidad y gráficos descentes pero con una historia y desarrollo de personaje pésima que no le hace honor al nombre que posee.    … Expand
  18. Eddymmm
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Story is absolutely atrocious. Graphics, gameplay, and mechanics are excellent. But story to me plays such a major role in this series and the wroters completely dropped the ball there.
  19. Victim187
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Being kind, I will give this game a 2 put of 10 as it does look amazing. Sadly, that is the only amazing thing about this game. A story that makes no sense, characters motivations flip flop like a fish stranded on dry land. I dedicated 25 hours to playing it but will only dedicate a minute or 2 to write a review. Neil Druckmann and Hailey gross should never work in the industry again.
  20. Rydberg
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was as many others exited to play this game with the first one fresh in mind but boy was I dissaponted. The masterpiece that was the first one was almost violated. They way they force them out of the story was very disappointing and the character you end up playing was impossible to relate with or feel for.

    Still, as a asrand alone game I would consider it an okay game. A solid 5/10. But knowing what could have been I cant help feeling immensely dissapointed.    … Expand
  21. TUTOR31
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    El juego tiene exelente calidad en los gráficos pero el argumento y narrativa es un punto desfavorable, mi fundamento es que los personajes presentan grotescas contradicciones y poco sentido común en sus decisiones. Matan a 500 personas para perdonar a una o matar 500 personas y decir que es hora de volver a casa sin haber eliminado al principal objetivo es poco sensato. Tiene muy pocoEl juego tiene exelente calidad en los gráficos pero el argumento y narrativa es un punto desfavorable, mi fundamento es que los personajes presentan grotescas contradicciones y poco sentido común en sus decisiones. Matan a 500 personas para perdonar a una o matar 500 personas y decir que es hora de volver a casa sin haber eliminado al principal objetivo es poco sensato. Tiene muy poco atractivo la trama.… Expand
  22. oppser
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    I know what game developers are talking about, but the storytelling method for it is completely wrong.
  23. Milnuts804
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Iam a huge fan of the first game, and still consistently playing the story mode as well as the multiplayer factions nearly every night to paint a picture of my love for this game, I play it with my daughter my son and my brother so it's even a family event. So to be giving this game a 2 honestly breaks my heart to the core. I pre ordered the game like many, and didn't watch any leaks priorIam a huge fan of the first game, and still consistently playing the story mode as well as the multiplayer factions nearly every night to paint a picture of my love for this game, I play it with my daughter my son and my brother so it's even a family event. So to be giving this game a 2 honestly breaks my heart to the core. I pre ordered the game like many, and didn't watch any leaks prior to release. To cut a long story short the game looked great, but the way the story was told made me stop playing at the 15 hr mark, I don't need to go into details but by that stage I had no desire to keep playing, I was offended, upset and shocked that this is actually happening. I have since sold my ps4 as this was the final straw with having hope for video-games anymore… Expand
  24. JTyger
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Too much grotesque violence. Very unenjoyable. Nothing like part 1. Oldish game mechanics. Good graphics does not make it any better.
  25. ThePeoplesPlay
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    In the beginning, I became intrigued and excited to dive deeper into this world. Then I was quickly reminded of the lousy gunplay mechanics that are still in this game. What kept me wrapped in was the music and the storyline—continuously meeting new characters that begin to mean nothing to me. Sporadic story structure toward the end that honestly just makes me sick. It almost feels likeIn the beginning, I became intrigued and excited to dive deeper into this world. Then I was quickly reminded of the lousy gunplay mechanics that are still in this game. What kept me wrapped in was the music and the storyline—continuously meeting new characters that begin to mean nothing to me. Sporadic story structure toward the end that honestly just makes me sick. It almost feels like they didn’t know how to end the game, so they gave us three different endings at the same time. I feel like it’s a disservice to the first game. When the game turns out to be two dollars at GameStop (if there is a GameStop), That’s when I would recommend you to buy this.… Expand
  26. Palkin
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Political activism and sexual / social ideology is the only issue to be dealt with by children, the only way to diversify and explain two world problems
  27. 2an
    Jul 3, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Advantages

    Beautiful graphics and visual effects that go beyond the limits of the console.

    A battle that seamlessly connects the strengths of previous works

    rope..!

    Disadvantages

    Boring battle

    Flat and superficial depiction of new people and groups

    Depicting unnecessary and unpleasant deaths of pregnant women

    The difference in life value between the main cast and support cast

    A shocking experience that wants to quit the game

    A story that lost the meaning of the sequel

    Marketing and dictionary trailers made from malicious lies    … Expand
  28. Anwar345
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    I mean how can you justify Abby. I hate her therey immense hate for Abby and I am not being anti women but what she did was unforgivable and I won't empathize with her backstory ****
  29. Batou1
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    I loved the first game, and was so excited to play this one. I love the mechanics of this game series, but the ending and story burned everything to the ground. There are better games with better stories and mechanics than this game and it is sad because I wanted to enjoy the story but at the end I watched the credits and hoped for a resolution to the story via a end credit scene but no.I loved the first game, and was so excited to play this one. I love the mechanics of this game series, but the ending and story burned everything to the ground. There are better games with better stories and mechanics than this game and it is sad because I wanted to enjoy the story but at the end I watched the credits and hoped for a resolution to the story via a end credit scene but no. If you enjoyed the first game like I did then don’t play the second.… Expand
  30. WilliamTD
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    The technical part is very good (graphics, audio, gameplay), and that's just why I didn't give a score of 0, but they managed to make a horrible story! look, there is no problem in doing something different, but when you "take" something that players like very much, you have an obligation to make it worthwhile, to bring an experience so good that the player will feel rewarded for theThe technical part is very good (graphics, audio, gameplay), and that's just why I didn't give a score of 0, but they managed to make a horrible story! look, there is no problem in doing something different, but when you "take" something that players like very much, you have an obligation to make it worthwhile, to bring an experience so good that the player will feel rewarded for the things that they took from him, and unfortunately it doesn’t happen here, the story of the game takes away something that we like very much, and delivers a shi**y experience.… Expand
  31. Barrow007
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Graphics, gameplay and frame rate are good. The story was twisted and depressing. This game had too much drama for my taste. The first game had drama but ended on a positive note. this one could’ve been so different but the writers chose a different path than I would have.
  32. Xanasphinx
    Jul 2, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I personally play videogames in order to get rid of all real life political and social **** So I thank you Naughty Dog for forcing me to lose interest in The Last of Us! Even though I have finished playing the game due to a personal administration to the gameplay and astonishing graphics, I still am not fulfilled by the story.... Plus, injecting a personal hate not only into our beloved Ellie but the fans too is definitely appalling!
    To me, the narrative failed. It shows no respect to The Last of Us' main characters, nor the fans too. I would have admired the game at least if they had us get to know Abby first, understand where she's coming from. Maybe have her father show his good influence on her, then eventually when confronting Ellie, she goes through a moral conflict and puts Joel down out of an unbearable sorrow to ..maybe.. make Ellie feel her agony. But definitely show an ending that would give Joel a heroic death that he deserves. I understand the concept of (you never know what the assumed to be villain is going through), but writers need to understand that choosing to spit on the dignity of a main character like that is definitely going to force us to hate the game.
    So yeah..I'm very disappointed....    … Expand
  33. rogue5234
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    I am quite disappointed. Graphics were incredibly good, the gameplay was unfortunately nothing new, but the story is a flop.

    My previous game was Death Stranding and it was the other way around. Gameplay was boring but in the end I was rewarded with an incredibly good story.
  34. JackPayne1994
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. From a gameplay standpoint, this game stands up against its predecessor. The story however, falls far short of the original and fails to justify the need for a sequel at all.… Expand
  35. marcoreo
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    I liked the gameplay.
    Hated the story.

    Not a feel good game. Not a story you want to remembe. Very bleak at times and the motivations for a lot of the violence in this game is hard to defend at times.
    Lucky naughty dog have an excellent pedigree and I have loved every one of their games so far.
    For me this was not the LOU2 we deserved.

    Wish they never made this game.
  36. Arturo_HDZG
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Malisimo, que enorme decepción, le doy 1 punto por el apartado grafico y 1 punto por los escenarios, lo demás es un desastre, la I.A. de los enemigos humanos es penosa, el gameplay es aburrido en la segunda mitad de juego, los personajes todos son detestables y mal trabajados, la narrativa es pésima, cuando tenía al personaje de Abby solo quería seguir adelante lo más rápido posible para que ya se terminará, ya que es un personaje odioso y no hay nuevos enemigos o mecanicas, al final ni siquiera tuve el placer de verla muerta, metieron mucha propaganda política, no hay puzzles y todo es avanzar por un pasillo con un diálogo intrascendente del personaje qué te acompaña, llegas a un escenario grande con enemigos, sales por un hueco y se repite el proceso.

    Han destruido la saga, mejor compra otro juego    … Expand
  37. Daimyotriginz
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    to be honest, graphics good. game play, fun. but for a single player game that defines itself more with the story and storytelling. really disappointed. The sudden and weird character decisions... very poorly written (i.m.o) from a fan's perspective that is.

    A big part of the game (people who played it know) really demotivated me to finish the game. It throws away almost everything you    to be honest, graphics good. game play, fun. but for a single player game that defines itself more with the story and storytelling. really disappointed. The sudden and weird character decisions... very poorly written (i.m.o) from a fan's perspective that is.

    A big part of the game (people who played it know) really demotivated me to finish the game. It throws away almost everything you worked towards in the first installment.

    But like i stated, technically and graphically, great. but this game is carried mostly by the story. therefor i really rate it this low. Guess the curse of sequels continues...    … Expand
  38. bluejet
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just finished the game. It definitely a game that makes you feel miserable playing it. You lose interest in it as the story forces you to do things that are not enjoyable. Its kinda repetitive and the AI is kinda predictable. The 2018 trailer was ofcourse over promised and we got a lesser version from the trailer with the less graphical fidelity. Replayabilty would rate it 2. It was just linear after the first day with Ellie. Story: would rate it 1. Contrived and forced. Joel isnt stupid or dumb in the first game. Why is he dumb in this one. Yara doesnt care her mum died. Wtf. Abby has no redeeming qualities and you just dont care playing this character. No wonder every reviewer gave it 10 as they only were allowed to play Ellies first half. Graphics: 5 I mean, it was a letdown compared to the trailer. Reduced self shadowing and etc. I can see why all the senior staff got burnt out and left and only the junior staff were there. The time crunch and you can see the quality fall flat.… Expand
  39. Leo1mix
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This is a perfect example that making a game with amazing features without a solid background its simply pointless..
  40. Sam26
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay and technically.. it’s brilliant...
    But the way this story went.. what a complete mess... nothing but pure shock value for the sake of it and a complete disregard for everything that came before... 7 years wait wasted.. play for the gameplay only... Joel deserved better.. Ellie deserved better.. Abby deserves worse... why do creators continue to think that we want our expectations subverted when writers simply cannot pull this off    … Expand
  41. Yomer27
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Story was PURE SH*T. The graphics and gameplay is unbelievable but I couldn’t enjoy either of these whiles constantly stressing about the story and wondering when the story gets better. Playing characters we hated and changing the original characters. Was disrespectful to the first game. And all the politics shoved down our throats, could’ve sent the message subtle, but with this kind ofStory was PURE SH*T. The graphics and gameplay is unbelievable but I couldn’t enjoy either of these whiles constantly stressing about the story and wondering when the story gets better. Playing characters we hated and changing the original characters. Was disrespectful to the first game. And all the politics shoved down our throats, could’ve sent the message subtle, but with this kind of story and random politics thrown just makes it cringe. Disappointment of the decade… Expand
  42. SlaughteRedLamb
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    Probably my most eagerly awaited game, seven years in the making and while the gameplay, graphics and infected characters are amazing, the story and plot are just hideous and poorly executed, in the end, it was all pointless.
  43. Brainburst
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is almost impossible sympathize with an antagonist, without any bound with the player. As a player, you were spending several time with Joel and Ellie to create a bound and you can't simple cut that bound as something simple. If you were thinking on generate a bound with that antagonist character, I visualize multiple ways to do it, but the way you make the game narrative, merely didn’t work. I feel the 2nd part of the game like an excuse to make you feel in tuning with the antagonist, all looks so much forced. I feel it long, stressful and with out any sense, also to force you to fight against Ellie and Tommy is something that is painful for the player. The game playing, controls and drawings are awesome, but all those incredible features get opacity by the bad narrative and 2nd forced path. The 3rd part is the worst, has 0 sense, you are not going to sacrifice everything, to get nothing. I don’t disagree with Joel death, that could be happened, but you make a disaster with a story, with a big potential game. I can’t understand how I can finish it, but was a very painful experience.… Expand
  44. flint90
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Highly disappointing game. Gameplay has not changed since part one - if you did not like it, you won't like it here either. The best qualities are the graphics and the level design, yet it's hard to enjoy them when faced with stale gameplay, boring puzzles and (most of all) the abysmal story. The second part of the game is painful to play. The developers tried really hard to make you like Abby, but everything about her story arc is uninteresting and forgettable. Her decisions make little sense, as do those of her friends.
    To make it short - the story is so bad that I barely made myself finish the game. I played worse games, and the score TLOU2 deserves is about 5 or 6. But seeing the game journalists outright lie about this game giving it a perfect 100, I feel justified to give it a 2 (+1 for the graphics and +1 for the level design) to counter the bots and raving fanboys who keep giving it straight 10s.    … Expand
  45. JPander
    Jul 1, 2020
    2
    Sometimes a good game can get completely ruined by a terrible ending, like Far Cry 5. With The Last of Us 2, the game gets ruined from MULTIPLE areas. First obviously is Joel's death. But lets say this was a revenge story. What makes the story awful is that it's told almost entirely from Abby's side AFTER she kills Joel (after he saves her life). That makes her instantly completelySometimes a good game can get completely ruined by a terrible ending, like Far Cry 5. With The Last of Us 2, the game gets ruined from MULTIPLE areas. First obviously is Joel's death. But lets say this was a revenge story. What makes the story awful is that it's told almost entirely from Abby's side AFTER she kills Joel (after he saves her life). That makes her instantly completely unlikable, and the impetus is not there to want her to succeed. But lets say you're able to get past that. Then the fact that you almost completely do not ever get to play Ellie any more after the awful trudge with her is over makes the game awful. I'd rather have played Ellie for the fight in the theater.

    Then Abby makes herself even MORE unlikeable by wanting to kill a pregnant woman. Whereas when Ellie did that... she did not realize it until after Mel was dead, and Ellie did so in self defense, while Dina was already completely unconscious when Abby was going to kill Dina.

    Abby is a villain who Neil Druckman wants us to think of as a hero. joel was an antihero turned outright hero who Neil Druckman wants us to think of as a villain, because apparently Neil Druckman thinks it's fine to kill children if there's a chance of healing other people from the death. That's literally a nazi scientist mentality.

    But lets say you were able to even get past all that, and you get to the very end of the game..... If it ended with Ellie being able to put the past behind her in the farmhouse and live happily ever after with Dina and the baby, I would have said 'Okay, not a great game but not a garbage fire of awful'

    What makes it a garbage fire of awful is what happens afterwards. Ellie becomes a straight on psycho completely out of character, who saves Abby and Lev, JUST So she can personally fight Abby who no longer wants to fight, to the point that Ellie threatens to murder Lev in order to make Abby fight. As if Ellie is some sort of horrible villain. Somehow the audience knows the character of Ellie a lot better than Neil Druckman's warped sensibilities can manage. Ellie could have killed Abby on the cross. Or she could have come to the idea that revenge will not bring Joel back, AND THEN FREED ABBY and let her go.

    But no, instead it's a disjointed, amateurish mess. She frees abby so she can kill abby then doesnt kill abby at the last moment for literally no reason. If she's going to spare Abby for no reason, she could have done it before having her fingers bitten off to permanently mar her while Abby gets off scot free.

    And even if you say 'But Abby had most of her friends killed' - yeah well so did Ellie. Jesse and Joel were both killed by Abby, and Tommy is permanently disabled because of Abby. This was a revenge story without the revenge. You play a villain, fighting against a hero, and the villain wins for no good reason at all.

    Neil Druckman does not know how to write a story. Whatever lightning in a bottle he had with the first game and the DLC is gone here, although I did read in an interview how he thought that people would think 'Abby realizes that Joel lied and hates him for it' - when NONE of the audience read it that way, which make me wonder if someone else wrote the story and Neil Druckman just is a crappy director who doesnt know how to read nuance.

    I will not be playing TLOU 3 if it comes out. I consider this to have been a tremendous waste of money and I almost quit the game after Joel died, then after I saw I had to play Abby. My only hope was eventually I'd play Ellie again, and I'd get to have fun with her as the far better developed and likeable character. And I was robbed of that.. You don't even get Ellie getting to go back to live happily ever after with Dina after sparing Ellie, because apparently Dina doesnt mind her friend Jesse being shot in the face and murdered. She wouldnt wait for Ellie to return - she instead packs up the entire farm and leaves. What.... do they have U-Haul in the apocalypse? WTF?!

    I will not play any more Naughty Dog games if Neil Druckman has anything to do with them, regardless of how good the graphics and animation are. Even if the gameplay is good (and for this game the gameplay was mediocre honestly). Because the Last of Us games are STORY driven games. If the story sucks, then the game sucks.

    And here... the story sucked.    … Expand
  46. Kuroba1995
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Great graphics and combat
    I don't mention anything about the story yet and i didn't read the leak at all because ND is 1 of my most favorite
    So, like i said on top - 10 for graphics and combat As for the story, the incident in the prologue really hit me hard but i'm a real gamer so i had to keep playing it because i'm not a half retard style But I really couldn't stand how the story    Great graphics and combat
    I don't mention anything about the story yet and i didn't read the leak at all because ND is 1 of my most favorite
    So, like i said on top - 10 for graphics and combat
    As for the story, the incident in the prologue really hit me hard but i'm a real gamer so i had to keep playing it because i'm not a half retard style
    But I really couldn't stand how the story progress. Finished it and i must say i don't even want to play it again ( I played TLOU Remaster 8 times and still walk around in game sometime )
    So, story is 2 for me. I want to give 1 but at least the Joel and Ellie flashback was great
    I admit, i'm a fan in single - story game but you made me very disappoint this time ND, my 5 years of waiting is nothing now :(    … Expand
  47. CrimsonSol
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Either NaughtyDog dropped the ball or they simply opted for lazy writing for the sole purpose of moving the story forward. I get it, the fans get it.. at some point Joel was gonna die. The problem is how he died, he was simply killed off for being killed off sake just to send Ellie on a wild revenge crusade. Which by the way was a colossal waste of time. Thumbs down NaughtyDog. … Expand
  48. cramar86
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Gave it one point for the visual effects. Have fun opening a million drawers for loot and one of the worst stories.
  49. Dimpie
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’m very upset after playing this game, after Ellie kills all of these people, Abby’s friends, just to get to Abby, after Abby killed what was basically Ellie’s father right in front of her. Then Ellie let’s her go, amazing game Naughty Dog, are you going to make another uncharted, have sully on his deathbed, then have someone shoot him in the face. I’d give this game one star if the gameplay, and graphics weren’t good. Not happy, Naught Dog, not happy.… Expand
  50. DaSheed
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    the game could of been a lot better . game was a bit bland. advertisement make you believe certain things.
  51. yukee1127
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There should be more options when making live mattering decisions instead of forcing players to kill and feel horrible about all the slaughtering the characters we loved.… Expand
  52. AsmolBlueberry
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    The graphics are great but the gameplay is bland in my opinion and the story is horrendous, the characters are forgettable, the pacing is a bit weird and the ending is one of the worst I've seen out of any video game, movie or TV show.
  53. SibtainHaider
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    the disrespect to the character of joel and ellie is unreal.How Naughty come to the conclusion that we can sympathise other then the main characters after 7 years is beyond me.
  54. Abod11440
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    A point for the environment. And another one for the amount of details that reflect the huge efforts that they put for this game. Everything else is absolute **** I was actually so optimistic about this game, so hyped, so excited, and then, everything went to hell. Thanks ****ty dog, you have ruined the best game a have ever played.
  55. nornog
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It breaks my heart to write this review, I love the first game it's one of my favorite PS4 games. Alas, I can not say that for the sequel, I feel like I was lied to by Naughty Dog. The advertising leads you to believe you are going to be continuing the story of Joel and Ellie, this couldn't be further from the truth, I am not sure I expected him to live through the game, however, I found his exit shockingly disrespectful to the character. to the point where a character who looks like Niel Druckman spits on his corpse.… Expand
  56. JianGuo_Trump
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    这游戏剧情太垃圾了，想不到编剧脑子里面装的是什么？一代塑造那么好的角色，随随便便就领了便当。为了报仇，一路艰辛，砍倒那么多的坏人，到最后居然选择原谅？以德报怨，何以报德？？？
    last time,score select 3, page 504
    now i select 2,check
  57. thrblock
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Bad writing. Bad story. Bad ending.I really did not expect such a poor story after all these years of waiting.
  58. Dominator05
    Oct 24, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Se cagaron la historia por todo lo que hicieron mataron el mejor personaje de la trama y un final muy malo y decepccionante… Expand
  59. Tori1515
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Horrible story after the first game, the gameplay is average for gaming these days, I won't give it high just because of how the gameplay SHOULD played out especially for 2020. My day is ruined after finishing this game. Believe me, these ratings that gave a high score is an absolute joke.
  60. Criticalkingdom
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game broke my heart in the worst way possible. After playing the first game on ps3, than multiple times after on PS4, I was so excited for this game. I had only seen a few trailers, and got spoiled on absolutely nothing for the game. After finishing it a few minutes ago, I wish I had gotten spoiled. I could’ve saved myself many hours of frustration and disappointment and 60 dollars. Obviously, the gameplay, graphics, level and sound design are great, but the story is atrocious. The massive disrespect to Joel, the extremely bad pacing and dynamic between Joel and Ellie in this game, the villain, who we are made to play as for at least 10 hours who they clearly want us to sympathize with, but is one of the most unsympathetic characters I’ve ever seen in anything. This story is just down right stupid. Please I beg you anyone reading this, for anyone who hasn’t played this yet and loved The last of us and the amazing Left Behind DLC like I did, do not buy this game. This game is a gigantic slap in the face to most fans of the first game. I can honestly say, I don’t dislike this game, I absolutely hate it with all my heart.… Expand
  61. D1muZio
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    2 points, only for the gameplay, which has not changed much since the time of the first part and. For the scenario, plot and everything else - 0 points, since I do not like what happened to my favorite Characters. Maybe if there weren’t the first part of this game, I would give this game 5-6 points, since this is a good story about revenge. The game gives only negative emotions, and this2 points, only for the gameplay, which has not changed much since the time of the first part and. For the scenario, plot and everything else - 0 points, since I do not like what happened to my favorite Characters. Maybe if there weren’t the first part of this game, I would give this game 5-6 points, since this is a good story about revenge. The game gives only negative emotions, and this is far from a masterpiece, what the first part of this game was. For me, it's a disappointment of the year.… Expand
  62. Pinkmist36
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    I cant tell you how disappointing I am. I purchased the Ellie edition of the game and little did I know how BAD the story telling really is. I love strong females in games but the way this dude told this story was so bad. I will not buy another Neal game day one again. I am selling this game and all the collectibles now. I DO NOT WANT A NARRATIVE FORCED ON ME IN GAMING. That wasnt even theI cant tell you how disappointing I am. I purchased the Ellie edition of the game and little did I know how BAD the story telling really is. I love strong females in games but the way this dude told this story was so bad. I will not buy another Neal game day one again. I am selling this game and all the collectibles now. I DO NOT WANT A NARRATIVE FORCED ON ME IN GAMING. That wasnt even the worst part. The story is dog **** and really badly told. Avoid it. Trust me I am a playstation fan boy but I couldnt wrap my head around this game.… Expand
  63. IvanCiclon
    Jul 9, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La decepción mas grande de toda la generación, este juego tenia un potencial tan grande y lamentablemente el ego del director y la incompetencia de los guionistas terminaron por destruirlo por completo.
    En cuanto al apartado técnico, jugable y sonoro el juego es un verdadero 10 de 10, pero una historia tan pésima, con personajes tan olvidables y aparte mal contada, opacó sobre manera estas virtudes y solo me hizo sentir la necesidad de terminarlo rápido para parar de sufrir, cuando un juego me da esas ganas de querer terminarlo lo mas rápido posible porque me resulta asfixiante entonces significa que algo muy malo está pasando, y para mi la nueva obra de ND no merece nisiquiera un 7, es la experiencia mas espantosa, bochornosa y con un mensaje prograsista tan hediondo que me llega a resultar vomitivo y completamente innecesario, por todo esto este juego merece un 2 y creo que soy piadoso, 60 dolares completamente mal gastados.    … Expand
  64. Heather87
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok game play, but what a dumpster fire of a story, and honestly its worst than just a bad story. It’s like they made it with the intention of disappointing and disrespecting the fans of the first game. Just to push a ideological View that doesn’t care about anything but power and destroying everything we love. Don’t fool yourself into believing they actually care about gay/trans people. Because if they did they would have/ could have made a story that everyone loves and brings people together. Wake up people this is exactly what they wanted, I will personally will never be buying anything naughty dog/ Sony makes again.… Expand
  65. bahave
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm gonna put this review in 3 parts. First why and what I enjoyed about the first part of 'The Last of us", then a general review without any spoilers, and lastly a full review with spoilers.

    The Last of Us part 1 is still the best game that I have ever played in my entire life. What did I love about it? The characters, the interactions between them, the development of their relationships. The game made me tear up in the intro! Like 15 minutes into the game. The whole game was a journey and every second of it felt impactful and like it actually mattered. The gameplay was good, but not the most important factor and probably the 'worst' part about the game. If I would rate the individual aspects of the game in numbers out of ten it would look something like this:
    Graphics: 10/10
    Storytelling: 10/10
    Characters: 10/10
    Sound: 10/10
    Setting: 10/10
    Gameplay: 8/10

    Now to The Last of us Part 2: Let's start with the positives. The world looks gorgeous, especially for a ps4, they got everything out of that console, no doubt. The soundeffects are still amazing and I felt absolutely immersed in this post apocalyptic world. The gameplay remained mostly the same, just got a few improvements compared to the first part. You could argue the gameplay is outdated but to me that was fine.
    Unfortunately, this is where the negatives start. The game's pacing felt off. Some parts were completly rushed, some parts felt like a drag where everything felt like a big 'side quest' without really getting anywhere.
    The storytelling was all over the place, characters did not act consistent, character interactions and development was weird. They did not make a good job with the new characters, I did not care about most of them. Some cutscenes did not make any sense and the story felt forced.
    This whole game felt more like a huge 'message' to and about our society than a video game. I don't mind a message/meaning behind a game. Something to think about. But it was delivered very poorly. And thats the reason I don't understand the Metascore.

    This is where the spoilers start, so be warned.

    The Last of Us 2 starts out really nice, giving some backstory to what happened in the first part and introducing some new characters. It takes about 2 hours until the 'big thing' happens. 2 hours where you get reintroduced into the game. In the first part, it took Naughty Dog 15 minutes to get the player emotionally attached to Sarah and 'care' about her.
    In this game, they take about 2 hours(!) to kill Joel, the main character of the first game and it still felt rushed. Nothing led up to it. It just happened. Joel was one of my favorite video game characters ever. And I did not feel a thing. I was just shocked and disappointed in Naughty Dog. Like, I knew Joel was gonna die in this game. But that was just really low effort...

    What's next? Ellie wants revenge and goes after Joel's killer. But instead of putting the emphasis on that, we get a plain love story about Dina and Ellie. Distracting from everything else! Now, I don't care if it's Male/Female, Male/Male, Female/Female or Human/Stuffed Animal. But if I want a love story about some 'horny teenagers' I'm gonna play something else, or watch a movie about that. There's also 2 sex scenes in this game that felt completely out of place. They just added them to add them. They didn't do anything for the story, and just felt awkward.

    So Ellie and Dina spend 3 days in Seattle. At the end of day 3 we finally get a standoff with Joel's killer, Abby. What happens next? We have to play Abby, the person that tortured and killed Joel, for 10(!!) hours worth of gameplay. 10 hours of Naughty Dog trying to make you like this character. But they are trying way too hard, a lot of it felt off, weird and just wrong. It did not work for me, I still dislike this character.
    Personally, I hated every second of it. I get the message: Ellie and Abby are 'the same'. Neither of them is evil, nor entirely good. Blah blah blah...
    Naughty Dog deceived (And it was intentional deception, they admitted it!) the players by making you think Ellie and Joel are gonna be the main characters again. And all of a sudden this new character is 'the main guy'.

    So you have to play 3 ingame days of Abby and everything you did felt like a big sidequest and had nothing to do with anything. It was just trying to make you like her. In the end she finds her friends dead, killed by Ellie. She is able to hunt them down because Ellie, Tommy and Jesse (A new guy) left the map on the floor. Which is just sooo out of character. Okay, Ellie just killed a pregnant woman and was in shock. But Tommy would NEVER leave the map. Just one example of the many character flows.
    Then you are forced to beat the hell out of Ellie, as Abby.
    2 hours of gameplay later you beat the hell out of Abby, as Ellie and in the end? No one dies. Ellie just loses everything.

    I wanted to write even more but 5000 characters limit.
    Do no buy!    … Expand
  66. MrMe
    Jul 1, 2020
    2
    graphics: 9
    game play: 7
    story: 2

    Unfortunately, I played TLOU2 for it's story and was really disappointed. I avoided the spoilers because I wanted to experience the game for myself. I kind of wish I looked at the leaked info so I could have saved myself the money.
  67. jamofie
    Jul 1, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first game is my favourite game of all time. Not for the graphics, crafting, enemy AI, shooting mechanics as they were all somewhat flawed, the reason is for the characters and story.

    The Last of Us Part 2 has improved its mechanics certainly but the story and treatment of beloved characters is like some sort of parody. I suppose I'm glad Joel was killed of early as he was spared the character destruction Ellie received. Once the funny smart mouthed glimmer of hope in this world, shes become frankly a resentful angry and selfish husk of her former self. Jessie and Lev were the only decent new characters for me.

    I don't understand the logic of Abby's decisions at all. Her father wanted to kill Ellie without giving her a choice. Later in the game she cares deeply for 2 people who saved her life, turning on her own to help them. However when Joel saves her she doesn't just kill him, she brutally tortures him, and we are suppose to empathise with this person.

    Waited a long time for this game, now I just don't care, but wonder.......................... is this how Naughty Dog wanted people to feel?    … Expand
  68. speeery
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is made in detail. Attention to detail is amazing. There are interesting places in the gameplay, but TLOU2 is not far from the first game. Insanely beautiful, but often very boring. The scenario... well, the scenario could have been finished after the golf stick. Everything that happens next is complete nonsense. You only believe Ellie's character, the rest are just SJW dolls. There's no depth. I'm disappointed.… Expand
  69. TurtleTony
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    Hats off to the gameplay, ambience, environment, voice acting, acting, etc... it was amazing. However, what the **** are you thinking ND? The story is a cluster**** of going back and forth between timelines and just confusing and most deaths feel so empty. Also Ellie loses EVERYTHING and lets abby win, come on. Not looking forward to another entry of this franchise, I’m done.
  70. BTrinity
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    Well, honestly can't say I was a fan of the story. The bugs at some points basically ruined the game for me. Yeah I'm talking about the 'tips' bug. That was annoying.
  71. Drizztssword
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    First off, I’ll start by saying that the gameplay and immersion are amazing. However, for a game as linear as LOU2, the story really makes a difference, and that’s where this game miserably fails. The story is a mess, and the writers are trying to be clever, when they clearly aren’t.
  72. Gerardo117x
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. En resumen solo voy a decir que la historia no tiene un argumento solido. Y mas la muerte de Joel, ya que se pasan al personaje y su comportamiento por los huevos.
    Ademas que te obliguen a querer empatizar y jugar con abby es molesto.    … Expand
  73. Vidarna
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Killing joel one the most beloved charecters in video game industry comes without any good reason to accept. We can't sympathy with Abby
    Games has a lot of nonsense story line that we can't accept.    … Expand
  74. jordyano
    May 12, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Gameplay is soo repetitive, the story and the character of Abby is soo bad for simple reasons; she don't feel anything for Ellie, she's a monster that save Leve without meeting him/her. The dead of Jessi, like a **** If this characters are like humans why you keep leaving Abby if she is who commited her vengance, is annoying.
    Graphics: 9(incredible)
    Sound and music: 8 (i thought It Will be more songs, one of the best points the game have)
    Gameplay: 6(repetitive and the same)
    Story: 2(****the first part with joel dead is so good i think, but when you play as abby the game is anoying)    … Expand
  75. xMangozzz
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow. I don't know what they were thinking when they wrote this game. The complete lack of character development on the part of Issac, Jesse, Manny, etc. who were all killed in a meaningless manner. Not only was the ending abysmal and unrealistic, but it was also far too predictable from the writing of the entire game. The LOU 2 is not doing any good forcing the user to play as a character universally hated, and seeing no justice done. When there are video compilations of people killing Abby hoping that was the ending, you already know the writing was dog trash.

    For the upsides of this game, the actual gameplay was enjoyable and the game looked fantastic. That's about it.    … Expand
  76. z3rocool
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. worse story I ever see kill the best character 2hrs into the game looks like the game developers had there heads up there @$% will sale this garbage back or use it as a bottle opener.… Expand
  77. Debruh
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only reason this game is getting higher than a zero is because it looks good for 1 point and Ellie for the other point. Not only did thus game push social political agendas into almost every character trait in a zombie game, but the story is trying so hard to be different that it just feels disconnected from the actuaL universe it’s in. Taking what we loved about the first game. Which was the bond between Joel and Ellie, and then smashing it with a golf club from this random new character. THEN making me play as the character that i hate that you attempt to force me to like because her dad was killed, which didn’t work btw i felt nothing for Abby right after she killed Jessie. Another character i like. Then you make me play as her for 10+ HOURS to get me to think she’s interesting. She’s not. Lev is just a plot device used to extend the story. It’s a joke of a story. The revenge plot is kinda dull. But since it’s Ellie and even I’m here wanting to kill these people for killing the main character of the first game right off the bat. I could let the revenge motive slide. The ending was terrible. Never in my life have i seen a more unsatisfying ending. 25+ hours of story just for Ellie to change her mind. Your game is trash. The only reason these critics have this game such a good rating was because they are media. And if you include all these elements that people can side with. (Lesbian couples, trash gender children) they’re gonna want to give it a high score so they aren’t bombed on by the groups that associate with them. I don’t have Abby cause she’s buff or a woman i don’t have lev because he’s trans. I hate them because they are incredibly problematic and the things that they choose to do. I don’t feel anything for either of them. Dina and Jesse were good auditions to the cast. But wait Abby killed him out of nowhere. Thus game builds these relationships then rips them away for the sake of the plot out of nowhere. I enjoyed playing as Ellie. However like half this game is Abby so. Not only will i never play this again because of its terrible story and characters, I’ve already returned it and got my refund cause i felt robbed by the whole experience. Please never buy this game. You will be disappointed… Expand
  78. DamnRadiohead
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’m such a big fan of this franchise, I finished the first game for like 6 times already. Such a great game indeed. But this.. The Last of Us Part II is totally a different game story-wise. It did lack character development to the new characters, I haven’t felt any anger or sadness to their deaths except for Lara. The graphics and the gameplay I’ll give it a solid 10/10. The story? It really made the game worst. Full of plot holes, unnecessary flashbacks from Abby & Owen relationship, and of course killing Joel and that disappointing ending. Could’ve been more great if they ended it at the farm. Anyways I’ll give it a 2/10. Props to the team.… Expand
  79. IM17MI
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    Games structure was just horrible and character bonds fell flat, story was just plain bad, there's literally rpg games with better stories. Why am I bringing rpg games into this mess well... a game shouldn't crutch itself on its "graphics", sure the graphics are wonderful but the story sucks. If it isn't compelling or well written then it's a bad game in a few years because graphics willGames structure was just horrible and character bonds fell flat, story was just plain bad, there's literally rpg games with better stories. Why am I bringing rpg games into this mess well... a game shouldn't crutch itself on its "graphics", sure the graphics are wonderful but the story sucks. If it isn't compelling or well written then it's a bad game in a few years because graphics will get better and better but the story will remain trash. The game ran but Jesus the glitches at some points...plus gameplay was somewhat repetitive. 10 hours as a character that was thrown at us after murdering the main protagonist just ugh, why... and what was the goal with Abby? Her segment could've been so much quicker but it dragged on and on... I will treasure the 1st Last of Us but this one is going back to the store asap...… Expand
  80. Unholyxmessiah
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    What a huge disappointment. This franchise is beyond destroyed, it’s very sad.
  81. RedPlasmaStudio
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    Im an old gamer. im playing games for 20 years now. I dont care for good graphics. When i was a kid i whould imagine the graphics to be good not bad. So that was not a problem. I play games for stories of them. I found last of us and the game was great so i bought the ps3 (i had a old pc). It was brand new with last of us. The game was great really good story good graphics. So i got hypedIm an old gamer. im playing games for 20 years now. I dont care for good graphics. When i was a kid i whould imagine the graphics to be good not bad. So that was not a problem. I play games for stories of them. I found last of us and the game was great so i bought the ps3 (i had a old pc). It was brand new with last of us. The game was great really good story good graphics. So i got hyped when the trailer for last of us 2 came out. i was amazed. i thought that the game whoud be great! But it wasnt the case. When the game was released i selled my ps 3 in hopes to buy ps 4 so i can play last of us 2 but before that in my recomended on youtube there was a video named Joels death scene. My favorite character was joel so i thought they were joking so i wathced the video and realised that the game had realistic graphics but as i said it is not soo important to ave nice graphics it is all about the story. so i didnt want to buy the game or install it even if it was free. The story is really fu*ked up and it is so weird to play as a main villian that killed the main character of the first game. i wathced a gameplay and saw that it is not good. these two points are just for the graphics the story is really bad. I wish they ended the sequal at the first game and just leave the Last of us and the last of us left behind. Those games are truly epic and the last of us part 2 just ruins it. It just ruins story adding a she-hulk kill joel in the most stupid way possible. it whould be ok if they make joels death a little bit better. They made him look stupid in the second. It is just cruel to make a beloved caracther just to be killed later on it is just stupid. And the end is just weird. I really wish that the sequal ended on last os us 1 . It ruins the fact that the last of us was my favorite game and i loved joel as a character. Sorry for my bad english im not from England or Us so im sorry… Expand
  82. WViniGAMER
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game fells nextgen when you play but it never answers the questions it made in the end of the first game.

    Ellie is desconstructed as the character we loved and become the angry person blinded by revenge that fells shallow during the gameplay, you care about the old characters, like Joel and Tommy, but it just fails to create bonds with the new, and when its about to do it they kill everyone, they don't expand the lore at all, it fells like they needed make a sequel for the money despite don't having a story for it.

    The gameplay its good and the graphics are good also, but the E3 2018 looked better.

    Played at PS4 Pro, only runs at 1440p30fps, fans are really loud (console cleaned inside 1 month ago) look as good as GOW but runs at half of the resolution and GOW had a 1080p high Fps mode so i don't know what happened

    Play if you want a good post apocalyptic game, if you want a sequel to TLoU 1, its very disapointing

    SORRY FOR THE GRAMMAR GUYS    … Expand
  83. Jr696969
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    Excellent animation and musical score, **** tier storyline, and story is what makes or breaks the game .
  84. literott
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This is a subjective score.

    Objectively this game is a 5

    Unfortunately I can't overlook the previous game and this being a continuation of that game
  85. RussianRAGE
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    Gameplay and Graphics is good but very bad plot destroys this game.
    The worst exclusive on PS4.
  86. Kasaidragon
    Nov 9, 2020
    2
    Horrible game. Horrible horrible pacing with a forced political agenda in a non modern apocalyptic setting with plot armor to stop people from despising the disgrace this game did to the first game. The Last of Us 1 was the best game I've ever experienced, and the graphics aren't all that great now when I played it again. This makes a point that insane graphics aren't even important. ThatHorrible game. Horrible horrible pacing with a forced political agenda in a non modern apocalyptic setting with plot armor to stop people from despising the disgrace this game did to the first game. The Last of Us 1 was the best game I've ever experienced, and the graphics aren't all that great now when I played it again. This makes a point that insane graphics aren't even important. That is why I am giving this a 2/10.… Expand
  87. aaronwhatson
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I can’t believe I waited 4 years only to not play as Ellie! Who on earth thought it would be enjoyable to play as Abby, why on earth would we want to play as the character we hate? Also she is the most lifeless character I’ve ever seen in any game. I bought the game to continue the story from the first one, you literally called it part 2 to continue Joel and Ellie’s story, last time I checked Abby wasn’t in part 1, and speaking of the story who on earth wrote that, you tried to replicate the relationship between Joel and Ellie with Abby and Lev and that did not work at all as both Abby and Lev are such terrible and uninteresting characters. Also what on earth was that ending we didn’t even get to kill Abby! Why would you let her live, or at least give us a choice to kill her or spare her. This game was supposed to be about Ellie why weren’t we told anything about her backstory with her Mum? Why didn’t we see Ellie first meeting Marline? Why did we play as Joel’s killer? Whoever thought that was a good idea for the story should be fired. This game has terrible story structure, and the game overall was way too long.

    The gameplay was great I really liked the dodge mechanic that was an outstanding feature, and I love that you can change the reticule to a simple dot as I didn’t really like the old one in the first game, the combat system was great too a good selection of weapons. Gameplay was overall great.    … Expand
  88. Hauoer99
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Monotonny i dłużący się gameplay. Fabuła ciekawa aczkolwiek zbyt depresyjna i nieprzyjemna.… Expand
  89. Zerodarkthirty
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    Obviously graphics and gameplay are on point. But this game felt so akward and meaningless and just straight up wierd. Not a fan of what felt like an agenda push instead of a good quality storyline that we could all relate to. Couldn't even continue playing after awhile, I just watched the highlights on youtube and was relieved I never had to play it myself. Lol That spicy scene wasObviously graphics and gameplay are on point. But this game felt so akward and meaningless and just straight up wierd. Not a fan of what felt like an agenda push instead of a good quality storyline that we could all relate to. Couldn't even continue playing after awhile, I just watched the highlights on youtube and was relieved I never had to play it myself. Lol That spicy scene was horrendously akward to the max. Naughty dog should rehire the lady that made Uncharted epic. And throw the sjw crap out the window.… Expand
  90. francislake02
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game does not get to be better than its predecessor in the plot. The story kills or degrades characters that are central to the story, and it fails to empathize with the playable characters.… Expand
  91. Mclapyourcheek
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    The worst game I've played this year the story is horrible it did not live up to the hype it made
  92. WoozyGrunt
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love the Ellie and Joel flashbacks, and moments but it doesn't feel like the last of us. The character we've been waiting years to see died within the first 2 hours, and its like the game laughs at us. Abby was a completely annoying, obnoxious, sloppy, terrible character to play and go against. She kills off our favorite character, Dina (in whom was pregnant) she nearly gets killed, Jesse dies, and Tommy almost dies. The ending itself is in a whole different realm of disappointing, lame, and boring. Making everything seem like it was all for nothing. 2/10 DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!… Expand
  93. Laryha
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    Well, good graphics, good technically, but that's it. Waited years for the part 2 to see JOEL and ELLIE, and they ruined with terrible plot. Ellue was always a smart girl and all of the sudden, they make her dumb... In hopes of making us feel she is bad. The entire plot is forced on us. With forcedand irrational choices. Ellie woul. More Joel, less Abby. Please.
  94. Barndoor
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What an utter pile of garbage bad story telling repetitive gameplay, miserable to play. If you need more misery in your life definately play this… Expand
  95. djgotyafalling
    Mar 23, 2021
    2
    It's just so bad. I loved Last of us but this is just bad. The graphics are good but that doesn't compensate with the bad and illogical writing, and coupled with SJW-washing. It's just sad how political correctness reached gaming.
  96. Bru89
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    Worst sequel to a great story! This current game totally ignores the best aspects of its predecessor, by trying to make the gamer involved in a hopeless vengeance tale. Also, there’s a kind of “forced philosophical sense” guiding the whole story. A meaningless death written just to make big impact and generate controversy. What about having to play the killer? Makes no sense after all weWorst sequel to a great story! This current game totally ignores the best aspects of its predecessor, by trying to make the gamer involved in a hopeless vengeance tale. Also, there’s a kind of “forced philosophical sense” guiding the whole story. A meaningless death written just to make big impact and generate controversy. What about having to play the killer? Makes no sense after all we lived back in 2013. I was unable to create empathy at any time, I just felt more disgusted ‘bout herself ‘n her allies. Lots of hours playing as Abby... It’s boring. I also think that Druckmann tried to work out feminist guidelines, but it got even worse. A pregnant woman who jumps off buildings and scaffolding, climbs stairs. Hilarious. Humanly impossible. Lots of unnecessary mental subjects to a game that aims to be entertainment. Anything about it is cool. Maybe the gameplay and the graphics, but, what about the most expected story? They ruined it, made the fans hate and feel bad about all the nonsense.… Expand
  97. Galloca
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Achei bem ruim, tentar humanizar a assassina do Joel não faz sentido, e depois nos forçar a jogar com ela, pra entender o lado dela.. em um mundo pós apocalíptico não existem santos, mas escolhemos um lado e o defendemos, achei forçar a barra de mais isso.… Expand
  98. Rocket304
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I hated the fact they killed off joel (one of my favourite video game characters), but I was willing to give it a chance because the visuals were amazing, and the gameplay was a lot of fun. If the game was just me playing as ellie seeking revenge I would have given it a 7/10. But I hated playing as abby so much it ruined the experience for me and it was topped off with what was probably the worst ending ever.… Expand
  99. Robbie_776
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly, i was the biggest fan of the last of us series. When waiting 7 Years for this game I was highly disappointed with what I received. The game was absolutely beautiful, Scenes and graphic were on point and we got to play as Ellie so I thought. This game could of been so much better, Storyline was very badly executed. I remember in the teaser trailer of TLOU2 we saw Ellie and Joel in the overgrown town and myself I was very excited thinking it would be a switch from TLOU1 and we play as Ellie with Joel besides us. Naughty dog milked us into thinking Joel would be with us in the story but into the game they killed him off. I was highly displeased with the trailers as they were just for revenue and sales for this game + the Leaks and all the controversy with this game really let it down.

    2. Abby, Like seriously how many people has Joel killed and you don't see some buff women seeking revenge 2 hours in TLOU2. They dedicated too much time for her in this game as she really did not need to be played by the consumers of this game. It would have been better if we had known she was seeking revenge but no game time should of been put into her. The big issue with this game is they were trying to keep up with modern society and the LGBTQ movement. Though I don't have an issue with Ellie and her Sexuality it was a big let down knowing they had 7 years and the s*x scenes were just horrible and uncalled for + with the whole Abby S*x scene it was the worst thing I've ever seen, Far cry had better scenes. The killing of Joel by Abby could of been a very good Plot for the game. It would give Ellie an excuse to seek revenge for everyone that "wronged her" yeah well the Main person that "wronged you" got a jail free card at the end because you felt bad that Joel would not want you to do this but you have killed 200+ people to get where you are.

    At the end of the day, the game was somewhat enjoyable the Ai were super realistic and communicative which I enjoyed + the WLF faction and the Seraphites where something I enjoyed being added. But I think there was more fighting in the factions more than Ellie seeking revenge for Abby killing Joel, therefore, me rating it 2/10 from someone that has played the game.    … Expand
  100. Logobone16
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    I wish thanos snapped this away. It practically spits on anyone who loved the characters and just loved the first one.
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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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