The Last of Us Part II

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  1. wilddemoncat
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    Very disappointed, 1 step forward 10 back, GFX are great, action and stealth are sub-par at best, and wow the story? did they fire the whole writing department?

    No way this game is worth all the 10/10 media reviews not going to be trusting them again any time soon.
  2. awdrifter
    Sep 20, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They've been removing tons of negative reviews to get this up to a yellow. But this is a really bad games and fans know it. The way Joel's death was handled and Ellie didn't even get revenge for him was **** Don't play this game.… Expand
  3. loki102
    Dec 17, 2020
    9
    Beautifully made game. Leaves enough food for thought. Not for opinionated gamers for sure. Go play spidey or minecraft or another generic souls game. This one is a true gem.
  4. sirpikaz
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    I enjoyed a single playthrough of the first game, it was short sweet and to the point. This game is not. The story is frustrating, upsetting, and unfullfilling. I found myself turning it off out of frustration more than anything. The Gameplay feels almost tacked on to the story, its ok to be frank, I didn't enjoy most combat sections. The real upside is the graphics, the game looks great.I enjoyed a single playthrough of the first game, it was short sweet and to the point. This game is not. The story is frustrating, upsetting, and unfullfilling. I found myself turning it off out of frustration more than anything. The Gameplay feels almost tacked on to the story, its ok to be frank, I didn't enjoy most combat sections. The real upside is the graphics, the game looks great. Too bad it's wasted on this title. I really wanted to like it, but simply put it wasn't for me. I need more gameplay and choice in my games.… Expand
  5. justinhallgol
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This is a good example of how you ruin a good franchise. Most of the buildings are boarded up and it pushes you down a very set path. The story is horrible and full of virtue signaling nonsense.
  6. Hentaikun
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Horrible story choices. Politically far left propaganda with repetitive mediocre stealth action.
  7. Irken
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esperamos tanto tempo para isto? Foram matar o Joel nas duas primeiras horas e esperam que aceitemos jogar com a pessoa que o matou a sangue frio no resto do jogo??

    É um jogo baseado em história, a jogabilidade podia ser melhor. Quando a narrativa não está em destaque a única coisa que temos a fazer é passar por áreas de inimigos com má I.A numa forma de progressão linear.

    Se no fim nos tivessem dado a opção para perdoar a Abby e uma para a matar, a nota seria muito diferente. Não havendo essa opção dou mesmo um 1/10 porque o jogo insulta a fundação na qual foi criado.    … Expand
  8. Rammsoldat
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Great looking game and the game play mechanics are lifted from the first game with a few additions added which for me was fine as I thought the first game played well. There's a bit of added exploration in some larger areas too so that makes a change. The plot is just ok, its made up mostly of smaller short term objectives that ultimately don't build up to anything and i really didn't careGreat looking game and the game play mechanics are lifted from the first game with a few additions added which for me was fine as I thought the first game played well. There's a bit of added exploration in some larger areas too so that makes a change. The plot is just ok, its made up mostly of smaller short term objectives that ultimately don't build up to anything and i really didn't care for the new characters. I think seeing their perspective was supposed to make me feel for them but I honestly just spent the second half of the game wanting them dead. The ending felt daft too, like a big waste. Its not a 0 by any means but its not a 10 either. Also yes there is a bit of £representation" in the game but it doesn't really beat you over the head with it, much like the first game didn't (in fact there were a fair few people who didn't even realize it was in the first game).

    opinions aye.    … Expand
  9. Denniro
    Dec 28, 2020
    10
    Everything is perfect about this game. The story, the thrill, the adrenaline, the emotions, the soundtrack, facial animations (!!!, btw the best I've seen to date in a video game). This is the game that will stay in my memory forever, some particular moments. The art in its purest form. Thank You, Naughty Dog!
  10. roma244
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Абсолютно неприемлемая история и сюжет. F
  11. UthersonL
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Basically my progress got bricked early into the game with a double bug combo: a lethal elevator rope and gap where the rest of the level should be once I got the rope bit right. I thought at least the perfectionist dev company was above selling broken games
  12. niktzv
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A parade of misery from start to finish. The same tired gameplay loop naughty dog has been traughting out since last generation. I don't know who this games for; But if watching everyone get eviscerated is what you need to learn 'vengeance bad' Then hey, pick this game up.… Expand
  13. Imran
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    I can't believe that this world is full of haters. Whoever is complaining about the game story should simply watch the Disney movies instead with happy endings.

    I am into 10 Hrs of gameplay and can form my opinion that this is one of the best games we got this generation.

    Shame on haters
  14. hellkt
    Jan 27, 2021
    9
    I really don't understand all the hate going on around this game, I found TLOU2 a great game with a fascinating story, I felt very band and stressed at some points during the story, and experienced something in a video game, that I've never felt before, some people may like the story, other don't. It’s also que question if this game is really an entertainment product? It made me feel bad,I really don't understand all the hate going on around this game, I found TLOU2 a great game with a fascinating story, I felt very band and stressed at some points during the story, and experienced something in a video game, that I've never felt before, some people may like the story, other don't. It’s also que question if this game is really an entertainment product? It made me feel bad, depressed, tired and relived during the pauses and when I’ve finished it. But the fact is that Naughty Dog made something unique here, nobody can deny that.

    PROS
    Unique Story
    Unique gaming experience
    Best last gen graphics
    Great animations
    Nice combat and enemies

    CONS
    Overall, it could be a little shorter.
    The game negatively influences with your mood.    … Expand
  15. Supmotto
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Starts out strong but slowly just gets annoying and then they put you in the shoes of the new character that is so unlikable and uninteresting. It is really just bad storytelling.… Expand
  16. Leros
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Great graphics are not enough to justify a single point for a story driven game.
    The known characters act out of character, just so the writer can "surprise" the player with a story that must have been a lot better in his head than what it turned into.
    It doesn't really connect to the first game, the themes of revenge and redemption have been explored in games before and in a much    Great graphics are not enough to justify a single point for a story driven game.
    The known characters act out of character, just so the writer can "surprise" the player with a story that must have been a lot better in his head than what it turned into.

    It doesn't really connect to the first game, the themes of revenge and redemption have been explored in games before and in a much better way. I keep reading that this game is supposedly "brave", but I do not see what's brave about it. There is no real twist, no revelation, no character development...so what is brave about the game?

    I have been reading/ watching/ playing zombie, dystopian and post-apocalyptic media for years and this is by far one of the weakest examples I have ever come across.
    Zombie TV shows have better story lines.    … Expand
  17. cogsoldier321
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Huge fan of the first game. Let me start by saying it’s ok to not like this game. The revenge story I can get behind. Even a revenge story where the main character loses everything. What I can’t get behind is a game full of unlikable characters. Killing Joel was a huge moment. Joel is a character loved by all and it brought out so many emotions. The whole entire second part of the game is spent playing as his killer. Did they take this time to make her likable and relatable? No. Did they take this time to add meaningful interactions with the rest of the cast? No. It was hours and hours of bad writing and bad pacing. The most enjoyable moments were when I killed so I could see the little cut scene where Abby died. The end was wack. Ellie throws away her whole family to not get revenge. Why did she do this? Because she had a vision of Joel on the porch playing guitar. This game was dumb and had terrible writing. The first half was so good. It just sucks that the second half was so atrociously bad it made me regret playing the game at all. One of my favorite games of all time is ruined because the sequel was so bad. Congratulations Naughty Dog. You tricked me into buying the most expensive edition and bait and switched out with the sorriest excuse of a story that you could’ve come up with. Rent this game if you have to play it. It’s terrible. Just play the original. That game at least had some heart and soul. Part 2 is just a waste of 20+ hours.… Expand
  18. vasco72
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    I love the first game and the more i played trough this one the more i thought it didn't do justice to the original story. The game doesn't deserve 0 the graphics are good and voice acting too but the main thing the story is severely lacking talent and criativity behind it.

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


    In short the story and characters is what really lets the game down, it is just full of clichês about violence, it seems like it is fan fiction from a college student.    … Expand
  19. Drusus
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Well I don’t want to jump on a bandwagon but I wanted to give my honest opinion. The game is held back by an almost laughable story that tried to shock but actually just bored. The first game felt like a gut wrenching simulation of the apocalypse. This one feels like that Australian TV show The Tribe that aired on a cheap channel in the 90s. Contrary to most of the reviews here I actuallyWell I don’t want to jump on a bandwagon but I wanted to give my honest opinion. The game is held back by an almost laughable story that tried to shock but actually just bored. The first game felt like a gut wrenching simulation of the apocalypse. This one feels like that Australian TV show The Tribe that aired on a cheap channel in the 90s. Contrary to most of the reviews here I actually liked Abby as a character, trouble is everything that dribbled out of all characters mouths seemed hollow, their actions never seem realistic bordering on character breaking at many times. Grounded hardened survivalist characters act like children trying to get invited to the prom here.

    Not that it matters, all disagreement with this game being literal perfection is being labelled as all sorts of horrific things. Time will tell I guess, they got my money I’m sure they don’t care. I reckon they might care when they want to sell the next one. I won’t be rushing to buy that one.    … Expand
  20. TheStyg
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Triple-A graphics, acting and world design coupled with fair gameplay can only carry a game so far, particularly when it is the sequel to one of the most acclaimed story-driven games of all time. Favourite characters are reduced to one-dimensional hatred driven messes. Most newly introduced characters are equally if not more despised. The story is generic, full of nonsensical character decisions and so steeped in an atmosphere of cruelty and despair that it detracts from any enjoyment you may otherwise experience from the better aspects of the game. A Triple-A title but a Triple-A disappointment.… Expand
  21. 00wolf
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    I don't think the original TLOU is the exalted masterpiece many claim it to be. While the visuals were of high fidelity and looked great, for a PS3 game, and the characters of Joel and Ellie and their journey through the post-apocalyptic world is the game's strong point, I cannot give any praise to nearly everything else. I found the gun-play, stealth, crafting, and set piece interactionsI don't think the original TLOU is the exalted masterpiece many claim it to be. While the visuals were of high fidelity and looked great, for a PS3 game, and the characters of Joel and Ellie and their journey through the post-apocalyptic world is the game's strong point, I cannot give any praise to nearly everything else. I found the gun-play, stealth, crafting, and set piece interactions to be very boilerplate and just disengaging on the whole.

    The reason I bring this up is because TLOU Part II is, in nearly every aspect, worse than its predecessor. The main protagonists and general characters of the game's story are uninteresting and inferior to those of the original. The narrative is a mess with some segments feeling detached and unnecessary while the moral absolutism of characters' motivations and actions are simply at odds with the themes of revenge the game wishes to paint in shades of grey. The gameplay is largely the same affair from the original with minor superfluous enhancements and less brain-dead "puzzles."

    I went in not expecting much, or about something on par with the original, but somehow came away with a newfound sense of disgust and disappointment. Thankfully, I got a full refund at my local game shop as the clerk was sympathetic to my and others' plight.    … Expand
  22. Mal81
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    Honestly, the game is about a 6/10. I'm giving it a 3/10 to offset the **** 10/10 scores. It's just mildly better than average. I could care less about preachy, it's the writing, it's just not very good.

    Great graphics, great acting. Mediocre follow-up to a masterpiece.
  23. TheTacoShack
    Jan 2, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I thought the story was boring when I was playing as Ellie, Once I switched characters I was on total cruise control. Only thing that saved me from quitting earlier was the amazing environments… Expand
  24. nightmoonlight
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This game shouldn't be existed since it ruins everything has ever existed in the first part1. The golfing scene and the meaningless final battle have done it very well. It destroyed all logic from the first part. ND wants a new game of throne ending? Now they have it. With the bunch of 10/10 from press' reviewers (surely grabbing lots of money from Sony) ---> GOTY has come. Good game!
  25. mccarthy995
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    People who are rating 10s needs to be murdered by a golf club and spat on. LOU1 was a 10 easy, but this?
  26. carnage4u
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    Good level design. Some intense encounters. Terrible story. I felt my time and money on the game was a waste.
  27. Grumppi
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Trash. I loved the original game. This one makes me sick to my stomach. Another example of SJW nonsense ruining everything they touch. RIP.
  28. Corwin
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After you murderizee your way to the end murder suddenly becomes bad mmkay.… Expand
  29. WJS6495
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    This game was amazing, its not Last of Us 1 but its has its own journey its own story its own character development. Don't listen to all the view bombers who watched YouTube content creators give their opinion then they came here to quote the exact words of the content creators. At least rent the game and give it a shot for yourself.
  30. rfz88
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    It's not "a joke" or "laughable" it's rather sad. It's an insult to the fans, its anti-white.
  31. Switish
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    The Last of Us part 2 is an incredibly beautiful game (graphically), yet it resonates in a vastly different manner to its counterpart with a much bleaker, much grittier, and more violent outlook. Whilst the first game naturally had these elements, it seems to be dialled up by about 10 here and pulls some very heavy punches within the first hour and until the end.

    Now this is not a    The Last of Us part 2 is an incredibly beautiful game (graphically), yet it resonates in a vastly different manner to its counterpart with a much bleaker, much grittier, and more violent outlook. Whilst the first game naturally had these elements, it seems to be dialled up by about 10 here and pulls some very heavy punches within the first hour and until the end.

    Now this is not a problem in of itself (heavy narratives are perfectly fine), the problem stems from a lack of those brief flickers of hope and happiness we see in a world full of death and despair that were so memorable in the original. And whilst there are some moments that are indeed like that and others that are designed to have the same effect, they are so few and far between in The Last of Us part 2 that the events that transpire before or after tend to sour them.

    This is a game where I had to take regular breaks from playing because I became so exhausted and exasperated with what was happening over the course of the game. Narratively, the story is lacklustre, their themes overtly grim and any threads that the previous instalment had to offer are immediately discarded. Characters are seemingly weaker in context, with Ellie no longer being the cocky, smart mouthed teen we loved (which is understandable given the time frame and events that occur but it is still key to her personality), whilst others are practically non-existent and lack any development or interaction. The introduction of new individuals attempts to get us to be sympathetic to them and their reasoning whilst expecting us to forgive and forget (continually showing us Ellie having PTSD flashbacks) what caused this game to transpire in the first place.

    The circumstances these characters find themselves in often defy logic and mostly feel like a push to get a rise emotionally without the narrative to back it up, the extent of which will see certain individuals lose all sense of caution and awareness to force them into situations that they would otherwise not find themselves in. Meanwhile, Ellie finally finds some semblance of happiness and a normal life despite her trauma in the end, only to throw it all away by her own choice in a stupid decision that has no pay off and repeats a previous plot point that also went nowhere and lead to more death and unhappiness.

    Gameplay wise, there is no further evolution from prior, apart from maybe a few more animations, polish, and ways to traverse the world or in combat. AI seems to be much stupider this time around, with your companions being the most egregious as they block you from trying to get in cover or take a shot which is very confusing given how good it was previously. Meanwhile, the second half of the game where you switch characters had me bored out of my mind and was entirely too long, to which it felt like filler.

    Overall, however, I would not say this is a terrible game as others might see it. Thematically it is a Last of Us game; the gameplay is solid and the voice acting, animation, world and environments are amazing. However, it is such a departure from the character themes in the previous instalment that such passion is very understandable. There are elements here that I really enjoyed, however it mostly just left me hollow and emotionless, especially given how it ended.    … Expand
  32. MrMoon360
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "I wish things were different. But they ain't."

    This game attempts to shock you with the killing of a beloved character, but this ultimately feels empty in execution. A revenge story with no pay off in the end and nothing profound to tell you through a dragged out narrative. Avoid at all costs. Just watch the game on YouTube.    … Expand
  33. MjrFruits
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    I’m speechless, but in a good way and I feel like most stuff has been said by many people already. So I’ll keep it brief and spoiler free: The Last of Us II is a game that dares to challenge players expectations, not only of what the story will be but in what you as the player will think and feel. I’ve really tried understanding the perspective of players who hated or disliked the wholeI’m speechless, but in a good way and I feel like most stuff has been said by many people already. So I’ll keep it brief and spoiler free: The Last of Us II is a game that dares to challenge players expectations, not only of what the story will be but in what you as the player will think and feel. I’ve really tried understanding the perspective of players who hated or disliked the whole experience strongly, but I just can’t get behind that. If you’re looking for a feel-good father daughter banter road trip, this ain’t it. And if you feel betrayed by anything this game presents you really should work on broadening your horizon or at least trying to get behind the creators intentions. For me this game celebrated the first part in every breath it took. Yes there we’re parts that dragged at first or felt eye rolling in the sense of “I see what you’re trying to do here Naughty Dog, but it won’t work”. But if your willing to hear the story out and try to get behind characters motivation and feelings, you’ll have one of the most enriching experiences in media as a whole of the last few years. For me it was the most profound and cathartic gaming experience I ever had.… Expand
  34. Mattyice
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Although The Last of Us Part II boasts some amazing visuals and spectacular voice acting from the main cast, the game is a major let down in many other respects, namely in the gameplay department. The "game" doesn't feel like a game at points. Playing the game is a bleak and boring experience, with the game mechanics going practically unchanged from the previous game. The poor gameplayAlthough The Last of Us Part II boasts some amazing visuals and spectacular voice acting from the main cast, the game is a major let down in many other respects, namely in the gameplay department. The "game" doesn't feel like a game at points. Playing the game is a bleak and boring experience, with the game mechanics going practically unchanged from the previous game. The poor gameplay experience really is one of the game's key faults, as games are supposed to be fun and engaging, not glorified walking and stealth sims. The other fault is the story. Although it is not as terrible as others claim in my opinion and the LGBT representation represents a social leap forward for gaming as art, certain specific decisions as to the direction of the story itself are not effective, although understandable as to what they were made. The set up works, but everything else falls to crap after the first half. Combine that with the apparently terrible working conditions or Naughty Dog employees, and you get an underwhelming follow-up to one of the best games of last generation.… Expand
  35. ZeroX_CHN
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best graphic quality and worst story. Every NPC has friends and families, Ellie and Abby didn’t care, and kill hundreds of them. Especially Abby kill WLF soldiers with no mercy. Why they all be nice at end? Ridiculous! Maybe Tlou3 will be Isaac’s child kill Abby for revenge?… Expand
  36. Enerla
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    While I am not the target audience for the game, I had the chance to try it thanks to a friend. Just to see the flagship game of the PS4 generation, I have tried it. Maybe I was biased against it, after all, it isn't only a console game, but a Sony product, and due to a few scandals at Sony and its subsidiaries I wouldn't buy a Sony product even if it would be near perfect. Maybe I wasWhile I am not the target audience for the game, I had the chance to try it thanks to a friend. Just to see the flagship game of the PS4 generation, I have tried it. Maybe I was biased against it, after all, it isn't only a console game, but a Sony product, and due to a few scandals at Sony and its subsidiaries I wouldn't buy a Sony product even if it would be near perfect. Maybe I was biased against it, because I have seen gameplay videos and seen some pretty lazy writing that made the game weaker, and the only kind of action games I enjoy are the ones that come with a good story.

    Maybe. But with all the nice graphics and audio, they have spent a lot of money on elements that were important in a lot of games I have played, and those games just didn't age well. They have spent a lot of money on aesthetics that would be surpassed in next-generation, even at lower costs. Yet in the writing, I have seen some cheap tricks. When someone who will at other places enjoy hurting others (and acting like a psycho) just happily playing with dogs to build sympathy that is cheap and bad writing.

    Normally honest critics tend to spot such problems, but when they want to be on good terms of powerful publishers, they quickly forget how to spot that. Or they forget their integrity. If they would promise me a rather average game, with the somewhat badly written story and amazing graphics, I would feel satisfied and happy. But as both Sony and crooked reviewers promised a masterpiece it was a disappointment.

    Just before I would stop feeling disappointed, there was always some minor or not so minor issue that refreshed this bad feeling. And overall we don't buy or play games to feel disappointed by them.

    But as a gamer who enjoys subscription services like Origin Access or XBOX Game Pass that come with many games, I would say if they were honest about it and would promise a mediocre game, it wouldn't be much worse than a random game in the vault.

    It wouldn't be much worse than "fan favorite" games like FIFA 2020 from EA Sports. That game is also unpopular for some reasons, but in that cases, EA makes a game for their fans, players and know we want them to spend all the money and even more (from MTX) on having good models of players, venues, etc. and they spend a lot in the graphics department, and we have to accept the not so slightly outdated gameplay.

    The Last of Us 2 spent a lot of money on amazing graphics, really. Too bad that players who enjoy the franchise were attached to characters like Joel and mourn their loss. That anger combined with disappointment over the game is pretty loud on the Internet. I couldn't care less for Joel. Sony lost me when they had their rootkit issue, when they mishandled data breaches, when they betrayed the trust of customers repeatedly and acted all entitled about it. So there was no way for me to care about Joel. But it looks like Sony forgot the fact they should make their products for their customers.

    Why? Because they knew they can get away with it. People will buy The Last of Us 2, they will buy Playstation 5, and at the end of the PS5 era, they will buy a game that will be twice as bad as The Last of Us 2. In the end, they don't lose customers there, and they will be able to sell a few Bravia TVs to the "brave" leftish "social justice" warriors, whose bravery ends when they aren't protected from negative opinions by their mob mentality and their safe spaces.

    it is a game that just represents Sony so perfectly...    … Expand
  37. Shark_Elite
    Jul 3, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game is fantastic. I didn't like playing as Abby as first, but she grew on me. I wish we could of played Ellie more and less of Abby and wish the ending would of been different. Story is a 7/10 for me, but the graphics, game play, boss fights, everything else in the game is a 10/10.… Expand
  38. Nosferatu
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    The game is full of SJW propaganda and propped up by champagne socialist urinalists. If anything this game just shows how much of a joke the games media is and how little they represent the majority of games. I hope naughty dog appreciate just how much goodwill they have lost by misleading the consumer.
  39. Amulrei
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    A shining example of everything wrong with the video game industry. Bought and paid for media coverage, false DMCA claims to cover up independent reporting, virtually every major videogame press outlet bribed or extorted with Sony's money and a headed up by a pretentious director dripping in egotism and virtue signalling.

    And for what? A mediocre sequel of an okish but still overhyped    A shining example of everything wrong with the video game industry. Bought and paid for media coverage, false DMCA claims to cover up independent reporting, virtually every major videogame press outlet bribed or extorted with Sony's money and a headed up by a pretentious director dripping in egotism and virtue signalling.

    And for what? A mediocre sequel of an okish but still overhyped original game by a once-solid developer studio which seems that its best days are behind it.

    The staggering difference between the "professional" reviews and the actual playerbase speaks for itself. Avoid this like the plague.    … Expand
  40. LordZed
    Aug 9, 2021
    1
    Oh wow it's real, real bad. Holy **** this might be TLJ of video games, made for the sole purpose of pissing off the entire fanbase and LGBT propagandy.
  41. mosessaur
    Dec 18, 2021
    7
    The game quality is amazing. Visuals are great. Mechanics and game play were so good.
    I didn't like the story much though. It felt a little bit over at the end. Even for post apocalypse world.
    My 7 score is because I compared it with the Last of Us part 1. Everything felt similar. Except the story. I didn't like that there was so many collectables in the game too While the connection    The game quality is amazing. Visuals are great. Mechanics and game play were so good.
    I didn't like the story much though. It felt a little bit over at the end. Even for post apocalypse world.
    My 7 score is because I compared it with the Last of Us part 1. Everything felt similar. Except the story.
    I didn't like that there was so many collectables in the game too
    While the connection felt natural. And I personally believe that the link between 2 stories and having 2 different views in the game play was genius idea. But it was little bit over. It was too much salt.
    Overall I think it is worth playing    … Expand
  42. nevek
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This game has legit the worst writing I have ever seen in a gaming industry.
  43. realtonit
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nothing new, only better graphics. One dimensional story. The main protagonist got killed like it was nothing, leaving behind the other ellie character to carry the game, and it failed pretty badly.… Expand
  44. AlexeyMer
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    Finally I'm able to review this game. Metacritic you won't hide the truth!
    Druckman, hire some gameplay designers. It is 2k fooken 20, why should I kiil dummies with auto aim and move boxes to go through locked doors. Bad game
  45. SirArthur
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Boring history, nice surviving scenes very hollywood, don't like the gender ideology now infesting videogames hahaha

    0/10.
  46. Anduril22
    Dec 13, 2020
    0
    Un chef d’oeuvre comme seul les Dogs peuvent le faire ! Une histoire incroyablement couillu, une réalisation extraordinaire,, Quelques longueurs, mais c’est vraiment pour chipoter !
  47. partyintheback
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    Where do I even begin?

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

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

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

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

    This is my honest impression, as I'm not interested in review bombing. If you come to TLOU merely for gameplay, I'd say maybe it's a 6/10, but I do not; I came mostly for the story, but I was disappointed with the presentation, too, after much was said about how strong that aspect was. I'm unsure why outlets like Digital Foundry found no issue with the low texture quality on many objects. I'm talking PS3 level quality. Overall, it doesn't look like a PS3 game, it does look like a PS4 game, making the low quality textures within the environments, and the heavy use of film grain, all the more jarring.    … Expand
  48. iKen
    Feb 10, 2021
    9
    Played on PS4 Pro.
    Gameplay: GREAT
    Graphic: GREAT
    Story: GOOD
    Music/Sound : GOOD
    Dialogue/Voice Acting: GREAT
  49. stubz
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Beautiful graphics and the enemy AI seems to be pretty smart(usually).
    Gameplay is somewhat dated but they added some extra things like dogs and jumping over terrain to spice it up.
    Unfortunately the plot is a basic revenge story with a technically bad ending. At the end of the game I was frustrated, unsatisfied, and extremely exhausted having spent 22 hours only for it to all end as    Beautiful graphics and the enemy AI seems to be pretty smart(usually).
    Gameplay is somewhat dated but they added some extra things like dogs and jumping over terrain to spice it up.
    Unfortunately the plot is a basic revenge story with a technically bad ending.
    At the end of the game I was frustrated, unsatisfied, and extremely exhausted having spent 22 hours only for it to all end as pointless.
    I'm not even going to address the weird virtue signaling stuff in the game.    … Expand
  50. whatacrapman
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Babi la game cam ni. Beli mahal kot 249. Nasib x beli. Kalo beli bazir ja. Baik beli babi terbang dr game cam haram gini. Ini macam citer dia punya ending sama ngan nak berak tapi keluar separuh, sebahagiannya
    malu.
  51. VR-4nic
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a disappointment! I can’t imagine Naughty Dog not knowing what made the 1st game so special. For me anyway it was the banter between Joe and Eli and it just being a awesome story with amazing characters. The first game has such heart and made it feel truly special. There’s a little of this at times in the last of us part 2 like the flash back at the museum. Otherwise all the TLOUP2 is, is a revenge story. A revenge story with a lot of far left propaganda shoehorned in which is not my idea of a good time. I could care less if someone is gay, LGBTQ or whatever to each their own. Most people could care less who someone screw all that matters is if you are a good person but when politics be it far left or far right are shoehorned into a game they will only destroy half of your Fanbase if you push them as hard as this game does. I will not be buying any more naughty dog games!… Expand
  52. Commando_Brasil
    Jun 15, 2021
    10
    The story, the gameplay, and the links between part 1 and 2 are all there, easily a 10, deserved to be GOTY.
  53. ElWrobel
    Apr 24, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let me start this off by saying the first part was incredibly overhyped, it had only two highlights: main characters and graphics. The story itself was nothing to write home about (still, better than average), but the relationship development between the characters made it worth experiencing. Gameplay was honestly abysmal for such a highly rated game.

    It's pretty much the same thing here, vastly improved, but still very basic gameplay, truly amazing graphics. However, the story-characters situation is reversed, the story itself is very good, but characters are often very sappy, stupid, tendentious and, quite often, boring. Though I admit I liked the universally hated Abby, she's the only one with any real development.

    It's hard to convey what I mean by that and keep it short, it's also really not worth it since prolly no one will read it anyway, apart from resident SJWs and fanbois who will downvote it to hell, but I'll try.

    I'll focus on the bullet points I brought up previously with a few examples, keeping it light on spoilers, mostly referring to minor details present in the game (which are the main way that they're trying to send THE MESSAGE through).

    *So, about a fourth into the game you're playing as Ellie, trekking through a city with Dina, discussing how they're going to own a farm, sheep and so on, even though mere seconds ago they nearly fell into multiple traps, fought LOADS of enemies and they're going through hostile territory. The perfect moment for making future plans and showing THEY'RE ALSO HUMAN.

    *Later on, Abbynator teams up with a trans boy, Lev, who journeys to his mother, who rejected him because of her traditional beliefs, to make her accept him being trans. They quarrel, he kills her by accident, his sister comes up to him and tells him it was self-defense. So it's ok to force others to accept that you're trans, sound logic.

    *Overall, Abbynator, while being the best character IMO, has some tendentious moments as well. She crushes all the puny men in her way, most of the time they don't have a chance against her. Of course, she also gets crucified by the end of the game, along with her little trans martyr and refuses to fight Ellie. And pulverizes everything with her bare fists, she no need baby man tools.

    *Only women are capable of forgiving.

    *Apart from Abby's father (who's dead), there's not a single positive white or black male character in the game, all of them turn into **** at one point or another. There are positive males though, so there's that.

    *Good uncle Tommy, which always did right by Ellie, at the end forces her to seek revenge. Makes perfect sense, especially in the light of him previously trying to trick her into staying home so she wouldn't go out.

    *Two tiny, but STRONG women are going around lifting, by the look of it, 300 pound (or maybe even more) doors all by their lonesome. This is a very minor and gamey detail, but it's just so ridiculous that I couldn't omit it.

    That should suffice, the game is chockfull of moments like these, which take away from the experience IMO and could've been done better, especially with the game relying so heavily on it's story.

    Also regarding what all the fan bois are raving about, that is Abbynator terminating Joel and her whole story arc, it's hard to sympathize with her knowing Joel's motivations and the way Fireflies received him after going through all his toils in the first game, but she couldn't have known that and is fitting for her character.

    With all that said, the plot itself has some weak points as well, like cheap overreliance on romantic and sexual relations between characters and cheap drama.
    In one case, extremely cheap, backed by bad writing. I'm thinking of the scene in which Ellie and Dina go to a theater where Dina explains she's shocked with Ellie's immunity, only to reveal few sentences later that she's pregnant. Instant drama. This scene imitates **** movies so hard it's hilarious, it would be acceptable if Dina was established as a drama queen but she's not and it makes no **** sense whatsoever.

    And of course, it's far from being original, while the first game was an amalgamation of different stories with some original bits and pieces, this is a straight up old school western, with a clearly biased modern social commentary tacked on.

    To sum it all up, good game; average story; basic, linear gameplay that only serves as a bridge between parts of the story; worth experiencing if you've got a PS4 or have a mate with one and a lot of time on his hands (this game is LONG and drags on because of the poor gameplay). They should really be making movies instead of games.

    Edit: Oh, and it's excruciatingly boring, combat is fine, has a good feel to it, but stealth has no depth and it's unfortunately the better option most of the time.    … Expand
  54. poochst3r
    Jun 22, 2020
    6
    Give this game a 6. Story is ass, everything else is alright. Graphics are superb! Neil really thinks he's some philosophical or godlike director. Kojima worked his ass off to get where he is at now. You will never be a Kojima or a Cory Barlog. Also has the Most pointless death to a main character in history of video games.
  55. Vaev
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    I actually enjoyed it, completed in 29 hours on hard. I had fun and was immersed for the duration. There was some questionable plot handling in the intro,and a bit of story dragging near the middle, but I respect the risks taken and am throughly impressed with the technical marvel and visual beauty of this sequel.
  56. neanderthaljr
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Good By Neil Druckmann, weak chracters, weak history The quality of the story rivals the story of Star Wars VIII: The last jedi. same preview gameplay. Don't spend your money on this game.
  57. gugaloli
    Jun 9, 2021
    10
    Jogo incrível, apesar da crítica entendi o que o jogo quis passar. Obviamente que não esperava o que aconteceria, mas se trata de um jogo muito bem feito e impactante.
  58. kratos1
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How you dare to kill Joel?… Expand
  59. Galandwood
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. You can always tell when the internet plans a review bomb, and honestly it's **** sad really. The entirety of LOU has 10k reviews... this has 60k in 3 days lol, so I don't put any stock into the internet troll jobs that are trying to tank this game.

    This game isn't a masterpiece, let's get that out of the way. It has an innate flaw built into the story in that it is attempting to build empathy and tell the story from both sides of the coin. In essence, Ellie isn't the protagonist, and Abby isn't the antagonist, these are two people born into a brutally violent world. Both are on the warpath, on quests of revenge after having things done to them that entirely destroy their family, and both are unique in they were powerless to stop it from happening. This game is best boiled down to a tale of two people on a quest of acceptance in finding peace with what the world has done to them, and to ultimately find empathy, and the story works incredibly well. My only real complaint with the story isn't the story itself, but rather the amount of time invested into having to play Abby. Literally half the game is from her perspective. I understand the need for symmetry in a story like this, but I would have preferred a longer more Ellie focused approach, 65/35, 70/30 would have been enough to get the point across I feel. The game play mechanics are smooth, polished, and well done, and the horror elements are there like always, specifically in the hotel/hospital sequences with Abby, those were terrifying, and RAT KING!!! HOLY MOLY!! WOW! As for the people whining about gay relationships etc., politics., I'm a Southern Conservative from Texas, registered Republican, and there was nothing in this game that I remotely considered in your face. The game handled it's messaging well, without being overtly in your face about it.

    Overall, the game is a solid 25 hours if you move through the story at a decent pace, and one that I greatly enjoyed. It's not perfect though as I've said. The Abby length of play reminded me of Metal Gear Solid: 2, thought not near to that extreme, and I wish we had more time with Ellie. I do admit though, I ended up liking Abby, felt her struggle/pain, and empathized with her the more time I spent with her, so the idea of telling the story from both angles worked well, though I do with it were a bit shorter.

    9.0/10, really solid, fun, ambitious as hell game.    … Expand
  60. skanjos
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    i play videogames for the storytelling, this was the worst story i have ever seen, it is so inconsistent with the first game and just doesnt make any sense. its not that the story isnt up to my taste, its plain bad writting.

    there is a reason why people hated the last season of game of thrones, when there is such a build up from the previous seasons you cant fail this hard at the story.    i play videogames for the storytelling, this was the worst story i have ever seen, it is so inconsistent with the first game and just doesnt make any sense. its not that the story isnt up to my taste, its plain bad writting.

    there is a reason why people hated the last season of game of thrones, when there is such a build up from the previous seasons you cant fail this hard at the story. you need to give better conclusions that fit the characters. you cant make a character like seldon from the big bang theory act like lenard for a season and expect for the fans of the show to like it. thats what naughty dog did with this game, where the MAIN cast feels out of character for the whole storyline. there isnt any logic behind the action of the protagonists.    … Expand
  61. Roycar69
    Sep 13, 2021
    5
    So I waited several months to play this game so that I can come to it with an open mind (forgetting all the hype and negativity). I've got to honestly say that the game is boring. I can see that the director is trying to get a rise out of me from to turns in the story but it just doesn't work for me. I really don't care about anyone in the story. (And I really liked the first one and theSo I waited several months to play this game so that I can come to it with an open mind (forgetting all the hype and negativity). I've got to honestly say that the game is boring. I can see that the director is trying to get a rise out of me from to turns in the story but it just doesn't work for me. I really don't care about anyone in the story. (And I really liked the first one and the DLC). There is just too many gaps in the action, too many oddly place flashbacks, ~and too little of time spent on the other characters that I just lose interest. It was a chore to finish with absolutely no gratification. It's a laughable ending making me feel like I just wasted a significant amount of my time. Was is fun? No. Was it worth the price? No. Did it leave a lasting impression? No. The (stupid) story is a 3. the (boring) gameplay is a 5. The (tight) controls is a 9 (the only thing I liked).… Expand
  62. theghostinside
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    What is wrong with people nowadays? The little kids who rate this amazing game with low scores are the same idiots who rated games like Mass Effect 3 or Call of Duty Infinite Warfare low. Noone should care about these dumblings or their opinion. The Last of us 2 is a hell of a game. Everything is even better than it has been in part 1. The gameplay is fun and the story is an emotionalWhat is wrong with people nowadays? The little kids who rate this amazing game with low scores are the same idiots who rated games like Mass Effect 3 or Call of Duty Infinite Warfare low. Noone should care about these dumblings or their opinion. The Last of us 2 is a hell of a game. Everything is even better than it has been in part 1. The gameplay is fun and the story is an emotional rollercoaster that rips your heart and your guts out more than once. The moment I started to play this game was the moment I fell in love with. And I just couldn't stop playing until I was through. The atmosphere is great, the scenery beautiful and all the places are fun. Let the childish haters hate - that's all they have in their miserable lifes. But enjoy this gorgeous game and let it enchant you. Wow, I still can't believe how many db people are living on this planet.… Expand
  63. TallSaint
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Everything you could have hoped for. What a masterpiece! All the twists and turns, cliffhangers and heartbreak. I loved it, and I loved the shifting landscape of emotions you felt for each of the characters, especially Abby. Naughty Dog you've outdone yourselves. Thank-you!
  64. Narshodan
    Jun 12, 2021
    10
    I've only played it after the 60fps patch got released, but the game is awesome. The story is really satisfying.
  65. DimosZargarda
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Never played the first part, Joel dying didnt bother me much, and in the end I actualy liked Abby more than Ellie, she had more character and likeability. I also liked how the game tells us that there is no good or evil, its about perspective. But the story seemed a bit pointless, in the end no one gets what they want, nothing was achieved. And the SJW stuff was way too much, it hit the bar when telling us that Levi identifies as a man. Why do such a thing to a 13 year old girl? I mean she is living in a insane tribe and the world ended, who would care. Very few characters I liked aswell, Abby, Owen and Tommy was my favorites, the rest didnt care. The gameplay was very fun, had a blast with it but it got boring very quickly… Expand
  66. Justmindless
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    Having actually played the game. Unlike most of the troll reviews. It is a fitting and satisfying sequel to the original. An immersive story and game play experience that expanded on what was great about the original. Ignore the hate and for your own opinion and I think you'll find that you like it.
  67. Stiksu
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Imagine to play an incredible game, a masterpiece of it's time. To eagerly with for the sequence... Only to find out that everything you did until then was for nothing... Imagine to trade the future of humankind for a brat that couldn't even avenge you... Yes... Welcome to Last Of Us 2, where nothing you do matters and you play 100% of the game with people that don't give a s*** for what you did in the first game...

    It's Mass Effect 3 all over again, but this time they blame the community... It's insulting. Do not buy this game, it's not worth it...    … Expand
  68. AlexSpen92
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad story, good gameplay, good graphics and barely polished mechanics. Joel did not deserve that.… Expand
  69. Silentwalker
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This game is just disgusting, the feeling of pure hatred towards the fans of the first game is so evident it saddens me to see a game and beloved characters treated like this.

    Abby is easily one of my most hated characters of any game I have ever played and the amount of plot holes and pure "sjw-ness" is gross. Don't bother playing this game, and don't believe those 10/10 scores by    This game is just disgusting, the feeling of pure hatred towards the fans of the first game is so evident it saddens me to see a game and beloved characters treated like this.

    Abby is easily one of my most hated characters of any game I have ever played and the amount of plot holes and pure "sjw-ness" is gross. Don't bother playing this game, and don't believe those 10/10 scores by critics. You can't trust them any more, they're only in it for the 'freebies' and there own little circle of "friends"    … Expand
  70. Tron
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I hope the developers read these comments. As a game developer myself, I always did, even when I disagreed with the comments. This review is for them:
    -The Good/Great:
    -Environments/Sound/Physics/Tech Art was the best I have seen in a game. An unbelievable masterpiece. You should all be proud. The Art Director and team deserve a medal.
    -The inclusion of diverse characters. Well done. I applaud you. My favorite character was Trans-gendered and it's nice to see.

    The Bad:
    -Gameplay. There is a lot to write about here. The gameplay was one of the worst parts of the game. Overall, the level of violence was too much.
    -Game Design. This is the same game mechanic as Drake's/The Last of Us/Day's End... For goodness sake let me pick up more than 9 (that's right NINE) bullets. Ridiculous. There are many other ways of ensuring a player can't horde bullets. Lazy.
    -Story. There is a lot written about this so I won't' rehash all of this here. The characters weren't true to who they were in the first game. As an example, there is no way Tommy would have pushed Ellie to go find Abby at the end after Ellie had settled down (this was Tommy's whole motivation for creating a community!!). And he certainly wouldn't have said "well I can't go". BS. One example of dozens.
    -And my worst gripe: Abby. This was handled so poorly. I absolutely detested playing this character for what she did to Joel... and that was half the game! If you want to understand my score, that is the major part.

    Here's the key take-away: PLAYABLE CHARACTERS NEED TO BE LIKEABLE. You need to connect with them on some level and Abby was a dispicable character... DO NOT MAKE 'The Last of Us 3' WITH ABBY AS A PLAYABLE CHARACTER !!!!!!!!!! That will ruin the game. Period.

    Good luck.    … Expand
  71. azgoodaz
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    It's about a 4/10, nothing more, nothing less. Graphics and animations save this game, hell even the dialogue is horrible. No memorable characters, plot and story is horrible.

    The Last of Us Part II will be a game where we can say the sequel never existed. Last of Us 1 is the true ending of Ellie and Joel's story. Part 2 reminds me of the Batwoman TV Show on the CW.
  72. VelV3tEr0
    Dec 16, 2020
    10
    The game is a MASTERPIECE. Best story you can get on the PS4! Big shout-out to Naughty Dog!
  73. huraka13
    Jul 14, 2020
    10
    Es el mejor juego que he jugado en mis 30 años de vida. Un gameplay perfecto, animaciones sin igual, sonido excelente, graficos de infarto y una factura artistica impecable. La historia es madura, compleja y llena de matices, eleva la calidad narrativa del sector a un nuevo nivel. No es un juego para sonreir, es para tocarte hondo, hacerte reflexionar y questionarte, nunca un final me haEs el mejor juego que he jugado en mis 30 años de vida. Un gameplay perfecto, animaciones sin igual, sonido excelente, graficos de infarto y una factura artistica impecable. La historia es madura, compleja y llena de matices, eleva la calidad narrativa del sector a un nuevo nivel. No es un juego para sonreir, es para tocarte hondo, hacerte reflexionar y questionarte, nunca un final me ha tenido tan paralizado en un videojuego, sin duda si eres un gamer que ama este hobby debes jugarlo, como minimo eso, y luego hacer tus propias reflexiones. Creeme que el viaje de ellie y abby merece la pena.… Expand
  74. Z80X
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    2point to Art、Coding Group, 1point to "Exit staff".
    TLOU part II it's a "Personal thoughts" Interaction software, not a GAME.
  75. RI92F4
    Apr 17, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay and details are excellent, but the story is empty. My favourite characters are ruined and my time was wasted.… Expand
  76. borednroom4
    Jun 22, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I will only ever buy remakes ever again

    Valorant is better and its free. Don't buy PS exclusives    … Expand
  77. Kennethplaynose
    May 13, 2021
    1
    This rating should probably be 4. But since the dishonest official reviewers give this 7-9, we have to counter to balance it out.
    This is because I take real pity on all the game world designers, graphic artists, animators, sound creators, etc. They did a great job with this, as they did with the first game. The score and the disappointment are because those responsible for the story    This rating should probably be 4. But since the dishonest official reviewers give this 7-9, we have to counter to balance it out.
    This is because I take real pity on all the game world designers, graphic artists, animators, sound creators, etc. They did a great job with this, as they did with the first game. The score and the disappointment are because those responsible for the story should be fired. Also, the one who came up with the idea that it would be interesting/fun/immersive to be forced to play with a non-immersive character that all but narcissistic-minded people hate to play as.
    It is also part of this bad story that they changed the personality of those we got to know in TLOU1. Changed without explaining how or why It all seems to be to force the narrative for this sorry excuse for a story.
    Part of the story also reeks of woke liberal nonlogical behavior.
    It is sad that all this quality was totally destroyed by the story. What a missed opportunity!    … Expand
  78. Sayjimwoo
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible story. The main character from the first game was killed off within two hours in this sequel. We are then expected to play as the character that killed of the main one? There was no reason for it, nor repercussions for the killer. There was no reason or purpose for the killing. It was literally for nothing and didn't fit the narrative.… Expand
  79. bachim420
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Boring game play. Story is shocking for shocks sake. It comes of as way too pretentious. They tried too hard here to tear at everyone's heart out, and it comes off contrived. Not organic. I imagine the talks at Naughty dog went something like this, " Lets see how progressive a game we can make then turn all the characters upside down make them all anti hero-hero's. That will give theBoring game play. Story is shocking for shocks sake. It comes of as way too pretentious. They tried too hard here to tear at everyone's heart out, and it comes off contrived. Not organic. I imagine the talks at Naughty dog went something like this, " Lets see how progressive a game we can make then turn all the characters upside down make them all anti hero-hero's. That will give the players agency, Right?" Big swing and miss in my opinion, and I don't even mind the progressive nonsense, it just comes off as overt. They got ti right in The Last of us one DLC. That was great. If you want to look to the right way to do these things look at movies like Alien or the game Alien Isolation. They get it right. Or even the new Tomb raider.… Expand
  80. Fuht
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    They ruined everything what was build in first part. Thank you Naughty Dog.
  81. brozermanik
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Visual - 10
    Audio - 10
    Gameplay - 6
    Story - 2
    UI&Interface - 7
    Overall - 4

    And -2 for disabling Likes/comments/buying access media/game journals/
  82. Wanderere200
    Dec 15, 2020
    10
    Just finished the game and its amazing. Storytelling, tension, acting everything is very very well done, Probebly the best game i ever played.
  83. Grouchy
    Jun 28, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In its own right, TLoU2 is a good, maybe even very good game: beautiful graphics, stunning lightings, very dark (I love dark!), unforgiving, disturbing, a gritty revenge story, ... The game mechanics which worked fine in the previous ones are the same, with a few welcome new ones.

    As a stand-alone game, I would have given it an 8 or even 9. But TLoU2 isn't its own game .., but the sequel of one of the, if not THE, best game ever. And as a sequel, IMO it fails to reach the perfection of its predecessor.

    As must have been spoiled already everywhere, Joel dies by the end of the intro. In itself, it was a shock, a sad and dark (did I mention I love dark?) surprise. But that doesn't mean it has to be a bad idea. Just like in GoT or the Walking Dead, killing main & beloved characters is an excellent way to bring the player into the story, and is a very powerful triggering factor for the main storyline. Much more than the death of another "close" character which we would just have discovered (Dina, Jesse, even Tommy). Kudos to the writers for the guts to pull such a move!

    But courage alone doesn't always pay off. One hour into the game, we are left with only half of what made Part 1 so good: the evolving relationship between Ellie & Joel. And in the next 20 or so hours of play of Part 2, nothing or no one will fill the void left by Joel's removal from the game. We don't care a second about the new character (Dina, Jesse, Yara, Lev, ...) and certainly not Abby, Joel's killer whom we play for almost half the game. I think the only supporting cast member which the game really makes likable is ... Alice. At least that's the only one who's death (afterward) saddened me.

    Never do we reach the emotional heights of Part 1, although we sometimes have a glimpse of it in some flashback scenes about ... how Ellie & Joel's relationship soured over the years between 1 and 2 because of Joel's secret (lying to Ellie about what happened in the Fireflies' hospital). And that made me wonder how THAT story would have made a much better Part 2 than what we got. Joel could have been killed (after all, his whole storyline is one of redemption), although much later into the game, even by Abby as a playable character. At least, had we been playing Abby for some ten hours BEFORE the murder, knowing her background, maybe we could have liked her and been torn between her and Joel in a duel that would leave one dead. I understand that the writers wanted us to contemplate both sides of the story, but literally forcing us to play Abby (whom I wanted to see dead from Joel's murder to the finale scene) AFTER she killed Joel didn't work. At least for me ...

    Another issue I had was the game's length. It is too long. OK, most of the levels are superb, but in most cases, the pace of the game feels like "go clear that level and come back to base camp to move on with the story", while in Part 1, the story unfolded both within gameplay phases AND cutscenes. Besides, although beautiful, several levels felt too far-fetched, more at home in Tomb Raider (burning village), Uncharted (skyscraper's walkway), or even Resident Evil (looking at you, hospital basement's boss). Every time a character said "it isn't far", I knew some floor will crumble under my feet and throw me into some dark (I love dark, btw) basement just for the sake of lengthening the journey.
    I would have loved shorter levels, but more focus on character development and storyline.

    To conclude, I would strongly recommend that game as a much better & darker (really, I love that) version of Uncharted or Tomb Raider, to anyone who hasn't played Part 1.
    But I would warn Part 1's veterans that they will surely be HUGELY disappointed by this game as a much less well-written sequel to its near-perfect predecessor.    … Expand
  84. ancientscream
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Technically you cant complain about the game art and programming wise, but the story is irredeemable in the way it treats the players expectations, the death of Joel is frankly cheap and disgraceful ending for his character, the violence of his death is the kind of emotive basic garbage taratino would use to hook his audience, the revenge plot is too basic in its abuse of the players sentiment, lesbians are small percentage of the actual game audience, but they make you play out this garbage dull lesbian relationship that seems founded on so little real underlying personality chemistry, i'm just not feeling it, the Asian guy just some seed father garbage spare wheel to their lesbian relationship, the inconsideracy towards characters in this game would only makes sense from the ego of a third wave feminist, they also make you play out the game as abby the character who murdered Joel, so repulsive, this game could not be anymore aggravating in the way its make the characters play out the game, proof if any were needed that a technically amazing game with an unsatisfying ill thought out story is going to be **** no matter the skill deployed elsewhere. This game obviously swallowed the woke pill regardless of what the developer claims, it feels like they just r**** this game.… Expand
  85. Nobilis1984
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    I can't understand all these anti-lesbian reviews. But let them have fun.
    But to my rating:
    This game is not as good as its predecessor. It looks better and offers 30 hours of entertainment but it also has to weaken which one should not forget with this hype. There are the too strong opponents. Klein Elli is supposed to prevail against masses of monsters with miserable weapons. That's a    I can't understand all these anti-lesbian reviews. But let them have fun.
    But to my rating:
    This game is not as good as its predecessor. It looks better and offers 30 hours of entertainment but it also has to weaken which one should not forget with this hype.
    There are the too strong opponents. Klein Elli is supposed to prevail against masses of monsters with miserable weapons. That's a joke.
    And the story stretches very long in the middle section.
    5 hours less and it would have been better.    … Expand
  86. PrincessCadence
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    Gameplay has nothing strictly speaking wrong with it, except TLoU1 already did all of it and with better context and story. Graphics are inconsequential.

    A good video game either needs truly superlative gameplay to make you want to go through for the challenge's sake, or a great story to make you want trudge through it even if the gameplay isn't that great. Ideally both. But if your    Gameplay has nothing strictly speaking wrong with it, except TLoU1 already did all of it and with better context and story. Graphics are inconsequential.

    A good video game either needs truly superlative gameplay to make you want to go through for the challenge's sake, or a great story to make you want trudge through it even if the gameplay isn't that great. Ideally both. But if your gameplay's the usual action-adventure cookie-cutter stuff, and the story absolutely atrocious, the end result isn't going to be any good.

    This could be the greatest game ever made, and I'd still despise it because of the crunch development. That's what's p***ing me off the most about this game, the fact that a horrible, abusive practice went into making it and game journos are letting the man responsible get away with it with no consequences because he's hiding behind progressivism and using it as a defense for his actions. I never would've bought this game, it just never appealed to me, but I'll gladly drag it through the mud for normalizing crunch.    … Expand
  87. UFC76
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    Well made game with boring gameplay and one of the worst stories and bastardizations of a fan favorite character I’ve ever seen in a game.

    The political agenda is clear, and we don’t want it in our games.
  88. Sersnake
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Most people who hate this game haven't even play it, such an amazing experience on every level.
  89. Hobbes
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    I came into this game without bias. I hadn't read the spoilers, I hadn't read the drama around ND. But overall this game is mess.

    The game looks beautiful. The environments, the characters, they look great. The sound and music is fantastic, it really draws you in the moments. The gameplay is largely solid. Very similar to the original. A small is I came across was AI companions moving    I came into this game without bias. I hadn't read the spoilers, I hadn't read the drama around ND. But overall this game is mess.

    The game looks beautiful. The environments, the characters, they look great. The sound and music is fantastic, it really draws you in the moments. The gameplay is largely solid. Very similar to the original. A small is I came across was AI companions moving in your way and pushing you out of hiding. Other than that, the gameplay while solid can get repetitive. My main issue is how the gameplay conflicts with the storytelling.

    So where does this game fall apart? The storytelling. Now for a game like this, where the main focus is storytelling, that's a big hurdle to fall down on. This is just a story that didn't need to be told and ultimately lead nowhere. In the first game we grappled with what is right and what is wrong. What would we do for the ones we loved. You struggled with Joel and Ellies growth as characters. This game wrestles with similar issues, but does a much worse job of doing it. It lacks any sort subtlety like the first game and thorws it all in your face. It feels forced. They are so obviously trying to make you feel a certain way that it doesn't feel real. It ultimately feels pointless and you wonder why this even needed to happen?

    A lesson to all game developers. When making a sequel for a story based game, ask yourselves why. Will this necessarily expand on the characters and story as a whole in a meaningful way? Is this needed? If the answer is no. Then just leave it be. Just like this series should have been left alone.    … Expand
  90. tayfatih
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There is spoiler
    joel is dead in front of ellie but after all all game , at ending we dont kill him killer , we realised him killer and game was finish but ellie never learn why joel is dead why they did this to joel , while playing game , game is want to empathy for why they killed joel but they could not (got 2 points from good graphics)    … Expand
  91. ImArtem
    Dec 26, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Poor storyline. No way I buy your product ever again, ND.
    It’s a shame it all turned out this way
    ND is more about PC than games.    … Expand
  92. Knu
    Jan 23, 2021
    10
    This game is probably the best title out on PS4, both technically and as a general single player experience.

    Unfortunately its user reviews are tainted by a mass of neckbeards who have no idea what they are talking about. The gameplay is sound, it improves a bit the TLOU1 gameplay so while it's nothing revolutionary, it does the job very well. If you liked the first TLOU1 gaemplay    This game is probably the best title out on PS4, both technically and as a general single player experience.

    Unfortunately its user reviews are tainted by a mass of neckbeards who have no idea what they are talking about.

    The gameplay is sound, it improves a bit the TLOU1 gameplay so while it's nothing revolutionary, it does the job very well. If you liked the first TLOU1 gaemplay you'll like the new stuff they added here.

    The story is great, the acting is top notch and the character development is amazing.

    If I had to find some negative aspect, I think the "third act" of the game was a bit rushed and It could have probably been more satisfying if done with a little less rush.

    Certainly a must have.    … Expand
  93. Noreturn
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Bad story, got already a refund. Cannot recommend this piece of Trash. Do yourself a favor and sonst buy it.
  94. Anded
    Dec 13, 2020
    8
    Fun gameplay, great graphics and story that everyone will remember. People who rate this game low just because they did not like the story are too narrow minded. It is just one aspect of the game. My actual criticism of the game will be the fact that level are much larger than in the first game so you have to spend way too much time looting and looking for secrets. And you can't simplyFun gameplay, great graphics and story that everyone will remember. People who rate this game low just because they did not like the story are too narrow minded. It is just one aspect of the game. My actual criticism of the game will be the fact that level are much larger than in the first game so you have to spend way too much time looting and looking for secrets. And you can't simply skip exploring because talent books are always hidden.… Expand
  95. Zeyfer
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    An objective assessment of the game 6.5. points. Five points (5 out of 5) departs for the entire technical component. One ball for flashbacks with Joel and Ellie, and 0.5 ball for individual moments in the game. BUT, it’s impossible that this whole **** agenda, that goes through the whole game through all the characters, which themselves are terrible and not disclosed in any way, half ofAn objective assessment of the game 6.5. points. Five points (5 out of 5) departs for the entire technical component. One ball for flashbacks with Joel and Ellie, and 0.5 ball for individual moments in the game. BUT, it’s impossible that this whole **** agenda, that goes through the whole game through all the characters, which themselves are terrible and not disclosed in any way, half of which do not affect the plot at all, and further advanced in games. In recent years, the industry has simply degraded because of such comrades, it is simply not possible to play anything. Some show off with a complete scenario of impotence and complete inaction. It is necessary to drive with the sledge rags all these creators and their defenders. Therefore, purely fundamentally put 0 points. For me, as a player with almost 30 years of experience, it is very sad to see such a strong decline in the gaming industry in recent years, but I really want to see really strong series and titles in the future. The current state of affairs cannot be measured.… Expand
  96. SMBW
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    Как можно ставить этой игре 0? Да у игры есть много проблем, но это не 0. Смешно просто. Некоторые идиоты просто засрали игру, не играя в неё, скорее в это я поверю, чем 0 у этой игры.
  97. LyonSH
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    The Last of LGBT II - good story to kill series forever. Druckmann wanted to surprise us; he succeeded. The whole game was accompanied by a persistent sense of disgust and nausea.
    Gameplay+Graphic 6/10 like any other AAA class game...
    Music 8/10
    ALL the rest 0/10 :
    Fake characters - 100%
    Propaganda LGBT - 100%
    Trash story and manipulation - 100%
    True The Last of Us - 0%
  98. spindie15
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    One of the worst scripts I've ever seen, who wrote this? Worst of all, the game doesn't leave you room to give your opinion or even to have your own opinion about something. It simply makes you swallow an opinion, whether religious or political, the game gives you no choice. The guy gives an opinion of himself in the game and makes you in a forced way swallow, and he may be very well wrongOne of the worst scripts I've ever seen, who wrote this? Worst of all, the game doesn't leave you room to give your opinion or even to have your own opinion about something. It simply makes you swallow an opinion, whether religious or political, the game gives you no choice. The guy gives an opinion of himself in the game and makes you in a forced way swallow, and he may be very well wrong about certain things, but the game imposes you as the only truth. Not counting a plot nothing to do with anything, nothing is understood, and it's not just me who says it, several reviews say it too. I returned my game, DO NOT recommend anyone to buy , not worth the money spent only by graphics and gameplay. The game sucks.… Expand
  99. sshirogumi
    Dec 9, 2020
    10
    Как потомственный барнаулец заявляю:
    - персонажи и сюжет унылые и плохо проработанные. Даром что я в своей жизни прочитал только букварь и колобка, да и то не до конца - это все равно даёт мне право на экспертное мнение в области нарративного дизайна и написания сценариев.
    - геймплей устаревший. Ведь от каждой новой игры (особенно если это экшн от третьего лица в постапок-сеттинге) я жду    Как потомственный барнаулец заявляю:
    - персонажи и сюжет унылые и плохо проработанные. Даром что я в своей жизни прочитал только букварь и колобка, да и то не до конца - это все равно даёт мне право на экспертное мнение в области нарративного дизайна и написания сценариев.
    - геймплей устаревший. Ведь от каждой новой игры (особенно если это экшн от третьего лица в постапок-сеттинге) я жду откровений в геймдизайне, прорыва и новых, невиданных доселе уникальных геймплейных механик и гениальности.
    - повсеместное насаждение свч и лдбг-повестки. У нас в Барнауле это проблема стоит особенно остро. Проклятые лесбиянки и негры с радужными флагами не дают с подъезда хрущевки выйти, кусают за пятки пока я иду в церковь! Также во время прохождения пришлось три раза сменить ориентацию.
    - слишком высокая цена на игру для РОССИИ. Гадкие русофобы из Сони обрушили курс валют и заставляют покупать игры по 5000 рублей.
    - не вышла на ПК. Невозможно получить полноценный игровой опыт сидя сгорбившись на проперженном офисном стуле, смотря в 15'дюймовую форточку для учёбы.
    - игры (как и консоли впрочем) у меня нет, я посмотрел полчаса катсцен на ютубе, но я всё про неё прекрасно знаю!

    Графика - 8,3987 / 10
    Звук - 6,875238 / 10
    Сюжет - 0,269851 / 10
    Инновации - 1,5897451 / 10

    Итог: консольное сони-говно.    … Expand
  100. Pyro3000
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Took a great game and just tore it apart. Original would have been better off never having a sequel than getting this mess. Not to mention the ending.

    The big reason Abby exists is because Joel killed a no name character in the first game. Ellie is stopping the cycle of revenge by not killing Abby? She literally kills hundreds of people while just trying to get to her. It’s far too late for the moral high ground.

    The story as a whole feels like a big compilation of progressive inclusion. I get wanting to be inclusive, but it feels like they just had a checklist of people to include and taped some stuff together. If you’re going to do it, try to actually do it well.    … Expand
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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
  3. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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