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  1. Jun 23, 2020
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    While the gameplay delivers a couple of good loops like the original, the tone and story completely ruin this game. This beautiful looking game is ugly and unkind on the inside and for the first time in my gaming life.... I did NOT like this game at all.
  2. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Look, if you liked LOU1, this is NOTHING like it, I LOVED the first game and this is literally on a different planet.

    The story is a boring revenge plot filled with unfulfilled characters and a story forces all the nuance that was once found in the original LOU to be squeezed out of the game to fit thier boring revenge plot storyline.

    The pacing of how the story is told is horrible, with long winded parts of the game rehashing obvious character motivations tied in with other characters that felt completely wasted. If you're a big LOU fan and have been waiting for this game, I reccomend you wait till it goes on sale or borrow it if you can to play it, that way if you end up hating it as much as I do you won't feel like you wasted a lot of money.
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  3. Jun 23, 2020
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    Well, i played the game knowing what was going to happend because of the spoilers, but in the end It was way worst then i expected. I really felt miserable playing this game.
    At times i would put the controller away and think, "hell i dont wanna play this crap anymore".
  4. Jun 23, 2020
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    ive basically bought ps4 so i could play tlou and was the biggest fan ever, seeing how they ruined it is soul-crushing.
  5. Jul 3, 2020
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    Story without commotion and not to mention that it is very forced, I did not like it, this game only has graphics and nothing else.
  6. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Game is utter garbage can't believe what they did with the franchise, 7 years of long long waiting and so many hopes and dreams for a magnificent sequel that could holds the greatest of the first game and none of that was given Expand
  7. Jun 25, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay is exactly the same as the first game. background look great. The plot is awful. I loved Joel, he made the first game awesome, and an hour and a half into the game he gets his face smashed in with a gold club and spit on. Ellie goes on a brutal revenge killing spree but in the end when finally given the chance to kill the person you set out for, decides "killing is bad". Made almost the whole game a pointless... This game is awful. Don't buy it. Play the first game and leave it at that. Expand
  8. Jun 23, 2020
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    Ruined characters of the first game and brought new ones that are paper thin. Don't buy
  9. Jun 25, 2020
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    Ending is super boring where nothing is achieved and you felt like you did nothing as Ellie. Joel dies in the stupidest way which is super out of character for him I mean he could of survived by using a fake name or not saying anything at all. Naughty Dogs behavior in trying silence the community is disgusting and shows they're in denial. Failure of a sequel
  10. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Abby character is too cringy + what they did to joel is just bad
    Graphics is good but story is important. Tlou 1 is 999x better and they just ruined it
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  11. Jun 23, 2020
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    La historia es muy mala en comparación de la anterior no mejoro para nada solo arruinaron la saga
  12. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Last of us part 1 is simply one of the best games. Last of us part 2 good gameplay but they ruined the story, its just unrealistic and a disgrace for the characters in the game. I hope that they will get their act together if there will be a part 3..One advice for the producers listen to the community!!! Expand
  13. Jun 23, 2020
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    Nothing more than liberal propaganda. Complete trash. I can't wait until the next Civil War, then we can play games based on the way we defeated the politically correct liberal nutcases that wanna suppress any views that differ from theirs.
  14. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Desde el momento en el que mataron a Joel ya sabía que el juego iba a ser malo solo seguí jugando para ver la venganza de ellie pero al final deja ir a Abby de una manera muy estúpida además que el juego te obliga a jugar con la asesina de Joel en un intento patético de sentir empatía por esa estúpida Expand
  15. Jun 23, 2020
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    Visual y auditivamente el juego es espectacular, mejores facciones y reacciones de los personajes, la IA y todo en general.
    El apartado de historia es en donde muchos se estan quejando, y eso es solo por seguir los comentarios de algunos haters y youtubers ya que desde el dia 1 habia muchas quejas y es imposible terminarte el juego en 1 solo dia.
    Super recomendable jugarlo y tener
    Visual y auditivamente el juego es espectacular, mejores facciones y reacciones de los personajes, la IA y todo en general.
    El apartado de historia es en donde muchos se estan quejando, y eso es solo por seguir los comentarios de algunos haters y youtubers ya que desde el dia 1 habia muchas quejas y es imposible terminarte el juego en 1 solo dia.
    Super recomendable jugarlo y tener autocritica y pensamiento propio ya que el videojuego es muy humano, no estas viviendo una historia de super heroes, son humanos con actitudes grises, no hay buenos ni malos solo supervivientes, rencor, amor, sentimientos como los que todos tenemos.

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  16. Jun 24, 2020
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    O jogo foi destruído, a historia do primeiro foi ignorada, nos obrigam a jogar com um personagem detestável tentando justificar as ações dele. Joel é um mercenário experiente, nunca tomaria as decisões que tomou nesse jogo.
  17. Jun 23, 2020
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    This game should not exist. Neil Suckman should be ashamed for lying to the true fans of TLOU. Using Joel to sell the game because they knew no one would buy it if they had just come out straight with Abby being part of the story.
  18. Jun 26, 2020
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    Awful gameplay/combat mechanics copy/pasted from uncharted 2. Terrible enemy AI that'll basically walk into your crosshairs. Worse than that, narrative decisions that ruin the characters we fans from the first game. Linear movie game that doesnt tell a decent story. False/ deceptive marketing leading to games release.
  19. Jun 23, 2020
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    One of greatest failures and disappointments as well as worst sequels in history of gaming. Game is good at technical level, but gameplay after few hours becomes boring, however story is a complete disaster, at many parts is just stupid, especially the ending, there are multitude plotholes and player is forced to play for half of game as obnoxious character that brutally murdered Joel atOne of greatest failures and disappointments as well as worst sequels in history of gaming. Game is good at technical level, but gameplay after few hours becomes boring, however story is a complete disaster, at many parts is just stupid, especially the ending, there are multitude plotholes and player is forced to play for half of game as obnoxious character that brutally murdered Joel at the beginning of the game. Also, why literally everyone is gay? Expand
  20. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Destrosaron la historia al querer forzar la integracion de los grupos lgbt lo cual me llena de odio Expand
  21. Jun 23, 2020
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    The game is very bad, not worth the time and money spent. Abby's character is repulsive, as are other characters. Ellie's not pretty
  22. Jun 23, 2020
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    Vaya, es dificil hablar de esto, pero la verdad tiene una historia pobre, no puedo creer que estuve años interesado y creando expectativas para una secuela epica de naughty dogs, y que el resultado fuera este intento de drama adolescente, que desde los primeros minutos te deja forzadamente claro que se esforzaron por hacerlo incluisvo, el DLC del primer juego fue realmente una joya, peroVaya, es dificil hablar de esto, pero la verdad tiene una historia pobre, no puedo creer que estuve años interesado y creando expectativas para una secuela epica de naughty dogs, y que el resultado fuera este intento de drama adolescente, que desde los primeros minutos te deja forzadamente claro que se esforzaron por hacerlo incluisvo, el DLC del primer juego fue realmente una joya, pero esto... es como si tratasen de volver a Ellie un panfleto de lo que inclusivo que se debe ser. Expand
  23. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good night left side!


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  24. Jun 24, 2020
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    Good graphics and game play won’t make for the absolutely awful story. Full of politically correct. Just don’t waste your time and money.
  25. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There is nothing in this game but SJW propaganda.The achievements of the previous game were thrown into the fire of political correctness. Expand
  26. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't like the story, despite of gameplay's good, I think that the story is very bad Expand
  27. Jun 26, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good parts:
    The game is pretty and game play is great. It improves upon the original and I loved it through and through.
    The flash back scenes feels like the real last of us. They have emotional weight and have some good character development for Ellie.
    These are the only good things I found in the game.

    Bad parts:
    Do the infected even matter in this universe now? There was no significant story arc involving infected. You can simply remove them from the equation, replace them with human and story barely changes a bit.

    There is another big problem in story that affects game play in a very bad way.
    You can't sympathize with Abby at all when you have a control of her. I started to not search for supplies with her and die on purpose just to see her die.
    The game gives Abby all the cool weapons and the boss fights to make you like her but the first act of killing Joel probably the most loved character and some dialog in game itself depicts her as a horrible human being. Why would anyone want to play as her for 10 hours?

    I loved the last of us and thought it did not need a sequel. It was probably the best story telling in video game that I have ever played. But they had to ruin my memory with this game.
    The only way to explain story with an analogy is a dog taking a giant crap, steps on it and walks everywhere. It is stinky, messy and all over the place.
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  28. Jun 23, 2020
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    Gonna Keep it short...

    The game was Disappoint from beginning to end I Felt like I was Playing a Different game than the last of us
  29. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The storytelling is not bad in the way that certain characters died or what. Characters behaved diffrently for no reasons from TLOU is the biggest problem. Expand
  30. Jun 23, 2020
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    This game is overall mediocre as hell with no real advancements from the first. While I find mediocrity the worst mind of bad out there, it's the writing team, namely Neil Druckman that truly deserves the 0 star rating for how much he has butchered the plot.
  31. Jun 23, 2020
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    Awful sorry which ruins the game. Doesn’t matter how nice the graphics or gameplay are if the story sucks which is does. So many plot holes and characters just acting out of no sense at all to try and make a story. Just plain awful
  32. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Neil, you actually ruined a genre defining/most beloved game in that whole decade. Not only that, but you LIED to the people anticipating this game. I don’t care if the characters are gay or not, that’s completely fine. But it’s is just a horrible narrative and would’ve never bought it if I learned this is what it would be like. This is not The Last of Us we all know. Expand
  33. Jul 17, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game fails to live up to the grandeur of the first game, and retroactively destroys a lot of the greatness.

    Spoilers follow.

    Joel's decision, which I thought was ambiguous in the first game, has been retroactively condemned and deemed "the wrong thing to do." Nonsense, if anything his actions were absolutely correct even if he hated Ellie.

    The characters are shallow, cardboard cutouts and the game is preachy. The advertisements were outright misleading, to the point that people should be able to demand a refund. Abby is a horrible character, and one you are forced to spare after being forced to play her and watch her ruin everything for the characters you actually enjoy.
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  34. Jul 3, 2020
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    This game sucks. The gameplay and graphics are better than the first. That's not exactly a compliment though, the first is 8 years old. Regardless, the story is so far beyond complete butt cheeks that it is mind-blowing. The game also seems to have a political agenda. The terrible story aside, the game feels like 50% filler objectives to stretch things out. The enemies feel like much ofThis game sucks. The gameplay and graphics are better than the first. That's not exactly a compliment though, the first is 8 years old. Regardless, the story is so far beyond complete butt cheeks that it is mind-blowing. The game also seems to have a political agenda. The terrible story aside, the game feels like 50% filler objectives to stretch things out. The enemies feel like much of the same. They added one, maybe two, new infected that blend in so much with what was already there that it doesn't feel refreshing at all. Watch someone else play it, get bored 70% of the way through, save your money. Expand
  35. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story is 0.If I could give a minus I would.This is not a ''brave'' story.Just bad. Expand
  36. Jun 23, 2020
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    There is a difference between having fun and experiencing a video game. I experienced the last of us part 2, but did not have fun. I was constantly guilted into positions I wish I had a choice in the matter. For a game series that was Naughty Dogs flagship game, I am severely disappointed with the direction this game took me. Forget the advertisement of this game, the actual story made meThere is a difference between having fun and experiencing a video game. I experienced the last of us part 2, but did not have fun. I was constantly guilted into positions I wish I had a choice in the matter. For a game series that was Naughty Dogs flagship game, I am severely disappointed with the direction this game took me. Forget the advertisement of this game, the actual story made me sick to my stomach. I will refrain from future purchases from Naughty Dog until I see reviews after the game has released. Critics have a high opinion for such a horrific experience of a game. Severely dissatisfied. Expand
  37. Apr 30, 2021
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is full of lies making you believe this is a story about Joel and Ellie. When in reality it's about destroying the characters. The gameplay may be good but at the end of the day it's a story driven game without that there is no reason to play the game. The ending is basically destroying the characters Ellie making her lose everything making the story not worth playing. Expand
  38. Jul 5, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Whoever wants to play as Abby? No game time for Joel but they killed him instead. Minor improvements to gameplay and AI. Ellie could have just ended Abby’s life or left her to die while tied up in the pole. Ending is bad. Expand
  39. Jun 27, 2020
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    This is embarassing. Lets be real, this is not the successor to Last of us, this is just a tech demo that pretends to be a sequel to the story. The story to me ended in the first Last of us. I would genuinely pay for ability forget I ever played this. Never buying another game written by neil ever again.
  40. Jun 23, 2020
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    pure trash, congrats NDpure trash, congrats ND ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Expand
  41. Jun 27, 2020
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    Total waste of time and money, will never support ND again for all the misleading marketing and false DCMA claims ans this trash heap of a game,
  42. Jun 23, 2020
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    Totally disappointed. This sequel is ruined by SJW. The TLOU 2 story and character development make 0 sense and are only working for political correctness purpose. If you are a fun of last game, don't buy TLOU2 and show your attitude.
  43. Jun 23, 2020
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    Sony and Naughty Dog have succeeded in making a game that is beautiful but ultimately soulless. You are required to endure a boring game that is really just one long cutscene and ends in possibly the most empty and ridiculous conclusion found in any AAA title. It's dreary, infuriating and pointless. If you're an emotional masochist then this game is for you. It will pummel you with aSony and Naughty Dog have succeeded in making a game that is beautiful but ultimately soulless. You are required to endure a boring game that is really just one long cutscene and ends in possibly the most empty and ridiculous conclusion found in any AAA title. It's dreary, infuriating and pointless. If you're an emotional masochist then this game is for you. It will pummel you with a pretentious message until you are depressed and questioning your own bad judgement when you wasted $60 on this game. Expand
  44. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Naughty Dog sells us a false bill of goods in teasing and taunting and mocking us with the lie that Elie will be able to complete her tale of revenge. This isn't about anyone's sexuality; the story is utter **** Just as the final confrontation arrives, Naughty Dog pulls an M. Night Shyamalan twist and decides that no, we will not have the satisfaction that the character, the player and the story deserves. I will not be purchasing another Naughty Dog product. I want my money back. Expand
  45. Jun 23, 2020
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    I love tomb raider. I played it all the time as a kid. It's really sad to see that everyone assumes the pointing out of a terribly put together story involving women means that everyone's upset there are so many women. A bad story is a bad story.

    The gameplay itself was pretty **** cool. The graphics are breath taking. That being said, this is a story game. The story is full of holes
    I love tomb raider. I played it all the time as a kid. It's really sad to see that everyone assumes the pointing out of a terribly put together story involving women means that everyone's upset there are so many women. A bad story is a bad story.

    The gameplay itself was pretty **** cool. The graphics are breath taking. That being said, this is a story game. The story is full of holes and the player won't feel invested in the majority of the characters. There is no shock or sadness seeing the majority of the people die. The character development outside of Abby and Ellie (maybe even just outside of Abby) is absent.

    This is a zombie killing simulator with a bunch of people running into each other and spouting gibberish. If you feel that should cost 60 dollars, this is the game for you.
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  46. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Uno schifo, non ho mai pianto così tanto per la morte di un brand.
    Non comprate questo gioco, il game play è monotono, il ritmo è piatto e la trama ha più buchi delle strade di Roma.
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  47. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wasted my time & money in this trash called TLOU 2.
    They ruined one of the best game ever!
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  48. Jun 23, 2020
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    dañaron una obra maestra, me toco vender el juego a mitad de precio. una verdadera basura
  49. Jun 28, 2020
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    There is so much I could say about what's wrong with this game. Instead I will say this. I felt like something died inside me after finishing this game. Days later I still can't believe this is real. Literally I feel like Naughty Dog brutally murdered something I loved so deeply for years right in front of me. And I am not talking about death of some characters. I am talking aboutThere is so much I could say about what's wrong with this game. Instead I will say this. I felt like something died inside me after finishing this game. Days later I still can't believe this is real. Literally I feel like Naughty Dog brutally murdered something I loved so deeply for years right in front of me. And I am not talking about death of some characters. I am talking about storywriting quality expected from not only Last of Us brand, but from this company overall. What they did here is downright criminal. It feels like it was written on the last minute by complete amateurs and nobody gave it a second look before moving forward in development. 7 years and millions of dollars spent and this is what they give us. They absolutely deserve all of the hate that is going on around. And those claims about how all bad ratings are bots or homophobes are just final insult and spit right in the face of all their fans. Expand
  50. Jun 25, 2020
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    The plot of the game is simply bad, nothing to do with its predecessor, the rest very well, but the strong point of the TLOU, is its plot, where it is lazy, it makes you play with a character that really is not worth it, also They believe that we must sympathize with that disgusting character, Joel never trusted anyone and at first trust, no one will believe that, it shows that they onlyThe plot of the game is simply bad, nothing to do with its predecessor, the rest very well, but the strong point of the TLOU, is its plot, where it is lazy, it makes you play with a character that really is not worth it, also They believe that we must sympathize with that disgusting character, Joel never trusted anyone and at first trust, no one will believe that, it shows that they only wanted to leave a teaching, but not a good game, a good story, he really deserves this contempt of the fans we had waited so long for. Expand
  51. Jun 23, 2020
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    A ND conseguiu estragar tudo o que construiu desde o tlou 1 e tudo do tlou part 2 que tinha tudo pra ser uma dos melhores games, com esse final, estragou tudo , acabou esse jogo.
  52. Jun 30, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is an extremely bad game. While the graphics are top notch and the gameplay is smooth, the story is complete garbage. Joel, the main protagonist from the first game, is brutally murdered by Abby. Most of the characters from the first game act contrary from how they were in the first game. You are forced to play as Abby in a petty revenge story even after brutally murdering him. Ellie kills most of the group that hunted down and killed Joel. In the end, Ellie, after losing everything lets Abby go. This is so ridiculous. The story is one of the worst I've ever encountered in a video game. The marketing was also manipulated so that players thought that Joel was still alive and would play a bigger role in the game. Expand
  53. Jun 23, 2020
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    Decent visuals but the storytelling is cringy at best. Constant political preaching makes it impossible to immerse with the character while rolling my eyes every ten seconds
  54. Jun 27, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 그냥 재미없다. 전투가 좋다고 하는데 요즘 게임중에 저정도 인공지능 아닌 AAA게임이 있나? 당연히 가줄것을 갖추었을뿐이고, 스토리로 반 이상 먹고 들어가는 게임인데, 스토리 개연성도 없고 진행도 자 연스럽지 못했다. 더불어 1편의 내용을 모두 미친짓으로 만들어버리는 2편은 아주 고도의 예술가가 아니면 못하는 정말 고급스킬이다. 닐드럭만 정도가 해낼수 있는 수준의 스토리 전개가 아니다. 그런데 이런짓을 하면 될거 라고 생각한것 같다. 게임하는 동안 계속 스트레스 받고 끝나고 나도 스트레스 받는 게임으로 절대 구입하지 않을것을 권장한다. Expand
  55. Jun 23, 2020
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    This game is trash ND is sucks if you want save your money dont buy this **** developped like ass
  56. Jun 23, 2020
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    Did not enjoy the direction the story went. Pretty much lost me as a fan.jsjsjsjsjsjsjjsjsndndjbisisvivsiidvivdividbibdibdibidbibdibdbibd
  57. Jun 23, 2020
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    Crap sjw game. They ruined the franchise with this one. Don’t waste your money
  58. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game literally starts with Joel dying in the most ridiculous way possible, then it transitions in to a bland revenge plot. Add 6 hours of playing as the murderer and Ellie ends up letting her go! 1/10 “look at how they’ve massacred my boy” Expand
  59. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They ruined everything. 10 hours wasted playing with Abby, a character I don’t care about Expand
  60. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am fully in support of artists/writers expressing their views and vision in the games they create. But what I am not in support of is stories being grotesquely shaped and malformed for an agenda that was in no shoe or form present in the original. Bad game. Bad message. Distastefullt bad. My girlfriend’s dog died and this actually made her sick to her stomach. I don’t know what they were thinking. Expand
  61. Jun 23, 2020
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    destroys everything that first game built, and that ending, oh my god, just dissapointing, i mean, joel is not the same as in the first game, his new attitude its just an absurd attempt to justifiy his "end", ellie develops a strong, violent personality in mid game, but, in the end, she appearly forgets about everything that happened and chooses to be a "good person"
  62. Jun 23, 2020
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    No, just no.
    But apparently my review has to be 75 words long so basically the game is absolute garbage.
  63. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The fact that this was marketed as playing as Joel and then killing him off 2-3 hours into the story is disgusting. Setting us up for a sequel to an amazing game with this is very tasteless and is not what we wanted or expected out of this game at all. Expand
  64. Jun 23, 2020
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    This game is TRAAASH broo! They ruined everything! Didn't enjoy it at all...
  65. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Inclusión forzada y terrible historia. Arruinaron todo lo que había establecido el primer juego sin justificación, las muertes tan ridículas, los personajes nada entrañables, la escena súper incómoda de sexo, no sé qué le sucede a las compañías de hoy con sus ideas tan tontas y cuántas veces tendrán que fallar para darse cuenta de que hacen todo mal para un público que ni los consume. Expand
  66. Jun 26, 2020
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    Worst story ever Don't buy this game if you care about the characters or anything the previous game set up.
  67. Jun 23, 2020
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    Garbage game made by developers sucking on the inside out dicks of the LGBTQ community
  68. Jun 23, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The way naughty dogs set the base for the story just distasteful for me, for example why would you let us play abby (the one who killed joel) and then naughty dog expect us to feel sympathy for her, and then for the premise of the story that emphasis on the "revenge is bad" why abby killed joel? Because she wants revenge, is contradicting Expand
  69. Jun 23, 2020
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    My greatest ever game playing experience was playing ‘The last of us’. Being a single father I had a affiliation with Ellie & Joel. I was with them through their trials and tribulations, their hopes and dreams.
    ‘The last of us 2’ is a disgusting pile of **** From the moment a butch man/girl tees’ off on Joel’s head, it goes downhill. What the hell were naughty dog thinking!? . Are they
    My greatest ever game playing experience was playing ‘The last of us’. Being a single father I had a affiliation with Ellie & Joel. I was with them through their trials and tribulations, their hopes and dreams.
    ‘The last of us 2’ is a disgusting pile of **** From the moment a butch man/girl tees’ off on Joel’s head, it goes downhill. What the hell were naughty dog thinking!? . Are they purposely ****ing on one of the greatest gaming stories ever told. I will Never buy a Naughty Dog game again....
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  70. Jun 28, 2020
    0
    I see so many complaining that folks giving this a 0 didn't play it, but turn around in their own reviews give this a 10 and say how they played 2 hours or didn't like the story. They even said it didn't need a sequel so they went the "high art" route and gave us this cliche about violence begets violence. In 2020. Really. But hey pretty graphics and stuff. You had the money they did aI see so many complaining that folks giving this a 0 didn't play it, but turn around in their own reviews give this a 10 and say how they played 2 hours or didn't like the story. They even said it didn't need a sequel so they went the "high art" route and gave us this cliche about violence begets violence. In 2020. Really. But hey pretty graphics and stuff. You had the money they did a monkey could make the same graphics and clunky controls that are barely smoother than the first title. It's a game. Not a masterpiece. Read a book maybe, but don't waste 60 bucks on this. It's not horrible but the hype and crappy dog piling hate if you didn't like this you are labeled terrible things makes me sick. I won't spoil anything but look how many say I loved first half of story but not the rest and then give it a 10. Nonsense. Not to mention how Naughty Dog abuses it's employees and copyright strikes against anyone mentioning leaks. Expand
  71. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't Mind Joel dying but do it in a smartly written way that respects the character and fans which Neil **** did not do and then afterwards I've got to play as Abby yep that was a wrap for me, also when Ellie confronts Abby she kills all her group then spares her in the last minute. It's one of the worst endings I've seen in a game EVER Expand
  72. Jun 23, 2020
    0
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  73. Jun 25, 2020
    0
    A mediocre game, that is not just mediocre, but it is also political and in a bizarre way, I've had enough of this type of games, they're supposed to be made for fun not to send a **** message nobody cares about
  74. Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The defense that "This game would have gotten better ratings if the leaks didn't come out" is ultimately weak and illogical. What happens would have happened regardless. Nobody wants to play as the person who killed off their favorite characters. I'm very sure people would've easily wanted to play as Joel but they never do unless you count that tiny horseback part before his death. What you're left with afterwards is an awkward uncomfortable scene that feels forced and less of these M-rated scenes should even be in gaming in my opinion. You get a lackluster revenge story afterwards with the lead up being anticlimactic and just felt like the entire journey was pointless. This game strips everything that was good about the first game's story and defeats the entire purpose of everyone's character in the first game. Joel from the first game would have never even gotten himself killed like that because quite frankly, the Joel in this game is almost a completely different story. It's like the developers or director purposefully made him act stupider and weaker . It shows in full plain sight Joel dying but oh god forbid it shows Nora dying. What's creepy is the fact that Niel Druckman's self-inserted character is the one doing the M-rated scene with the other character. Nobody wants to play as Abby. Nobody wants to play as the character who murdered everyone's favorite character. I know I already said this but I need to say it again. This entire game was a farce that killed everyone's happiness in the span of almost a decade. Also take a look at the reviewers who gave this game a 10. You'll notice quite the pattern there. If the shortness of said reviews doesn't give it away. Expand
  75. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Worst game and storyline ever by Naughty Dog. Not recommended to buy, so don't waste your money.
  76. Jun 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Instant delete after I finished it. It was nothing but a spit in the face to fans of the first game, and playing the game as the person who tortured and killed joel in front of ellie and Tommy (in the beginning of course) was straight disrespect and torture Expand
  77. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La jugabilidad es muy buena sin duda pero la historia no es muy buena parece otro juego si tueviera otro nombre seria sin duda un buen juego pero noe s la continuacion de la aprte 1 Expand
  78. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    найс джоэла слили твари, а че сразу всех не убили от зомбарей в первой части??
  79. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    What is this?... in the name of all vídeo gamers... The company literally is laughing in our face . And i'm hurt because i wait si long for this and save so much money here in Argentina. This is Bad ... The trailers are pure lies. F**k You naughty stupids
  80. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    I have beaten the game, bought it with my own money, as well as played the first game. I did not enjoy The Last of Us Part 2.

    The Last of Us Part 2 goes out of its way to preach, shame, and leave the player unsatisfied at every opportunity, and makes illogical decisions for how it presents its simplistic, common-sense themes. There is a whole host of good in the game, but those
    I have beaten the game, bought it with my own money, as well as played the first game. I did not enjoy The Last of Us Part 2.

    The Last of Us Part 2 goes out of its way to preach, shame, and leave the player unsatisfied at every opportunity, and makes illogical decisions for how it presents its simplistic, common-sense themes.

    There is a whole host of good in the game, but those diamonds are not worth the mountain of dirt needed to claw through to reach it. I will touch upon graphics, sound, gameplay, and then story.

    Graphics:

    Definitely a step up in visual fidelity for this generation. Facial animation rarely gets this good in AAA games. You will constantly be in awe at the amount of detail, design, and animation present. The game runs at checkerboard 4K on the PS4 pro, but unfortunately it runs at a capped 30fps and occasionally dips down to the low 20s, so if you're a PC gamer used to 60fps and above you may want to skip this. There is also this awful film grain effect always present that cannot be disabled like the motion blur and camera shake can be.

    Sound:

    Amazing sound design, the library of ambient and dynamic noise in this game is basically perfect. The music is perfect, although some segments of the gameplay are silent where you have no companion to speak to and no atmosphere to suck in. A good tune or two in these segments would have helped alleviate boredom. Another issue with the sound is that the volume mixing isn't as clean as it could be, your companion footsteps are just as loud as yours and enemies two rooms over can sound as if they're a few feet away. Rather than using your own sense of sound, you're a slave to the game's listen mode that highlights enemies through walls. I'm sure, however, that tweaking the deep sound settings could help this as you can tweak dynamic range, sound source angles, etc. The majority of players will not do this however.

    Gameplay:

    Rather than advancing the formula from the first game, Naughty Dog decided to advance it "diagonally", in that some things are better and some things are changed just for the sake of it. Swapping weapons before getting new holsters is the exact same except you press X instead of Square. Changing shoulder aim is still done while aiming but you press Square instead of R1. You still craft a few new items but sometimes they're just not worth using unless you're in a situation where you're desperately using everything you have. You can go prone in grass now to hide, but it's functionally the same as if they had just added more cover everywhere. You can jump but it's useless outside of linear traversal.

    Gunplay has not evolved in a meaningful way since the first game. You're still expected to go for headshots constantly, in spite of the artificial aim sway and having to aim with a thumbstick, as well as a bloomed reticule that never shrinks to pinpoint accuracy ala Red Dead Redemption. Do yourself a favor and disable camera sway in the accessibility options and increase your FOV. Enemies are still bullet sponges unless you get head-shots or opt for melee. You can easily be stun locked to death, or knocked down as an NPC tags you with a John Wick shot the second you poke your head out. Though combat never gets hard, it can easily be more annoying than fun at times. The game clearly wants to encourage stealth.

    The stealth in this series has not taken any meaningful less from the greatest stealth games released in the past decade. Enemies have more realistic sight lines (sometimes, sometimes you can walk clear past them in plain view) meaning you need to move between cover more often and look for openings. However, you have a very slow movement speed meaning if an enemy decides to randomly turn around you have to pray you'll make it to the next bit of cover before he sees you. Even this is inconsistent though, as VERY often I'll be detected up to 5 seconds after moving behind cover. TLOU1 and 2 also commit the stealth game sin where one enemy detects you and everyone knows where you are, even if they don't get a chance to shoot or scream.

    The tools they give you to navigate these stealth challenges are basic; some silenced weapons, throwables, and a takedown. Silenced weapons are only useful if you can reliably headshot every enemy in the level first try. Throwables are abundant, until they aren't. Melee takedowns are incredibly slow and can get you in more trouble than sneaking by, only effective if near cover or isolated. Levels cannot be ghosted intuitively first try, as it relies more on map knowledge and patrol routes than skill.

    The "puzzles" in this game are awful and usually just amount to going the long way or reusing elements you'll learn in the first 3 hours without any creativity, or finding a paper that gives you a safe combo.

    For a critique on the story, I recommend Hoeg Law as I've hit the character limit
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  81. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Naughty Dog took our hopes and dreams as fans and spat on our faces. Fire whoever was in charge of writing the story line for this game! Expand
  82. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Shills: phuk yeah!

    Players: Go phuk yourself.

    Neil PhagTrann: Way ahead of you!
  83. Jun 30, 2020
    0
    The gameplay feels clunky and it get boring pretty fast, the story is poorly written and for some reason they decided go full sjw propaganda with it, this is one of the worst game ever made.
  84. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    The graphics and design of the levels in the game are simply excellent, but they alone are not an indicator of a good game. And exclusivity is also a bad indicator. But even so - a bunch in the game and a bad plot and boring gameplay, you could still put 5/10. BUT! The game is filled with propaganda of feminism, as well as 10/10 selling marks and advertising, so it gets 0 points. BecauseThe graphics and design of the levels in the game are simply excellent, but they alone are not an indicator of a good game. And exclusivity is also a bad indicator. But even so - a bunch in the game and a bad plot and boring gameplay, you could still put 5/10. BUT! The game is filled with propaganda of feminism, as well as 10/10 selling marks and advertising, so it gets 0 points. Because it does not deserve 10/10 and it is necessary to derive the arithmetic mean. Expand
  85. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This is not a game, this is ideological propaganda. Mediocre characters, worse plot and a fierce desire to instill "social justice" and LGBT ideology at any cost. Save your money.
  86. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Three Questions:
    1)Why killing Joel 2)Why killing him that early
    3) Why killing him like this? WTF 4) Why the game needs to be that political? They even managed to mention the holocaust wtf lol
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  87. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    I thought it was just a bad review bombing after realease when i saw the low score. I played the game and didn't understand first. But then i was forced to play Abby. She is by far the most unappealing character in a video game i had to play to finish the story. She's so dumb, 1-dimensional and brutally out-of-reach in terms of identification, that it takes a lot of incompetence to createI thought it was just a bad review bombing after realease when i saw the low score. I played the game and didn't understand first. But then i was forced to play Abby. She is by far the most unappealing character in a video game i had to play to finish the story. She's so dumb, 1-dimensional and brutally out-of-reach in terms of identification, that it takes a lot of incompetence to create such emptyness. Regarding the game experience: it destroys it completely for me. Now i understand the low ratings. Because this is low end. This wasted my time. This destroyed my fun. This character was made for torture, not for enjoying a game. I'm ok with what happens to Joel. But i can't relate a single second to this emptyness of the character Abby. Even the looks. Even the muscularity. Even any word she says. I can't describe my disappointment regarding that game. Druckman really destroyed the franchise. Expand
  88. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    The problem is not the LGBTQ+ thing. This is something everybody know since the first game (DLC). There's no problem with that. Personally I like the fact that Ellie is homosexual. The problem is not the gameplay or graphics, which is very very good. The problem is the story. People love the first game not because the graphics or gameplay, but because the story. And, in part 2, theyThe problem is not the LGBTQ+ thing. This is something everybody know since the first game (DLC). There's no problem with that. Personally I like the fact that Ellie is homosexual. The problem is not the gameplay or graphics, which is very very good. The problem is the story. People love the first game not because the graphics or gameplay, but because the story. And, in part 2, they destroyed the story, they disrespect the characters. The story and end in the first one kept us thinking about days or years ahead. The story and end in part 2 made my want it never existed. Expand
  89. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Just a sucks game so do not play it sjgenej she isvrjsh ridge wkdhe iwvkeje i
  90. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I just finished the game. While I thought the frost one was one of the best game ever made. I been playing video games more than 40 years and I have played many sequels. I seen ups and downs over the years, saying that, I have never looked forward to a game more than this game, I put up with all of the delays, I bought the special edition and eagerly waited to play, I have spent over 25 hours over the last 5 days playing it. I have never been so disappointed. The first half of the game was really great, but when I was forced to play as Abby, I felt sick to my stomach. If I would have know I was going to be forced to play a character that I hated, I would not have bought the game day one, would have waited until the price dropped. The only enjoyment I got was finding repeatedly why to kill her, my favorite was, having her jump of the skyscraper bridge. I hate her so much and to play it just to finish the game is so wrong. I am not even going back to play it again to get the platinum trophy. So if love the first one, just wait the the greatest hits version come out. Btw I am not a bot. Just someone giving my honest review. Expand
  91. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Just garbage, why would you kill Joel in that fashion? Just to teach us gamers that we should not like a male figure because he is white strait male. Go preach that garbage somewhere else.
  92. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game story is horribly written, you have no choices that gives immersion. The scene abby vs ellie is a Dull and repetitive fight. You dont even get to kill abby. Dont bother buying the game Expand
  93. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dog **** literal dog **** A narrative tive driven game that lacked all narrative and character development. No matter what you do ND how much you polish the graphics you will not make me like Joels killer. The best part of the game for me was forcing Abby to commit multiple suicides. Expand
  94. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    The critics are so blinded. I don’t understand how this game can get 10 out of 10 score
  95. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They ruined the history. It's like killing Kratos in the beginnimg of god of war 2 and you jave to plau woth artreus! Expand
  96. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    The last of us part 1 was more intresting than this disgusting game. I,m so upset.
  97. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Just no. How could you do this to destroy this funtastic game. With this **** story and characters
  98. Jul 2, 2020
    0
    As an asian, I felt the racial discrimination to asian. Not only black lives and white lives matter, asians lives matter too!
  99. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Where do i start.... well how about waiting for 7 years to experience Ellie and Joel on another wild ride. How about being an hour into the game and having all of that hope dashed. That's what naughty dog did. It's like Druckmann was watching the walking dead and taking pointers for shock value. "oh wow look at how people responded to Negan!" Shock value story telling is cheap. Am i really supposed to believe Joel, a guy from the first game who runs over a person looking for "help" because he assumes it's an ambush, is like "oh howdy partners, y'all should spend the night at our settlement and stock up on our resources even though I don't even know you? I initially defended this game when the leaks came out because i had trust in Naughty Dog because of past games. Never would i have imagined a company of this calibre would put out such a garbage piece of storytelling. I understand killing Joel his story was winding down anyway, but to do it an hour into the game just deflated the whole entire experience for me. And not only that you have to play as the person who kills Joel for like 8-9 hours. Who made these decisons??? mother of god man it's mind boggling. They also skip any funeral or memorial service for Joel which in honesty could have softened the blow a bit. But i didn't even want to continue but i kept playing anyway. Got to a point where Ellie is caught basically in a hurricane on a boat, nearly drowns so she can go kill a member of the wolves and when she does she almost dies if i remember correctly and Tommy saves her and then they're back at the theater.........do you see where i'm going the story is all over the place it's messy and unnecessary. This game could have cut a bunch of mindless moments where you're just going around and getting dialogue events in the stadium as Abby for instance. At least give it a trophy for getting those events but no it doesn't matter. The ending of the game was also hot garbage. Ellie is living with Dina after nearly dying at the hands of Abby(who you play) and Abby says to her "if i ever see you again i'll kill you." So cut to ellie and dina living in an old home on some farm and Ellie is still feeling the effects of Joel's death to a point where it scares herself and dina. So ellie decides "No i have to finish it." At this point as a player i was like "finally let's go kill her."
    Side note lev and yara and their mom seemed like a completely pointless story line altogether because when you go to confront his mother she's already dead at the hands of Lev.
    Anyways ellie sets off to California because magically Tommy overheard that Abby was spotted in California. Santa Barbara to be exact, so she goes there rinse repeat, take out "rattlers" and get to Abby. So you finally reach Abby and Lev and her are both tied to their own crucifix basically. So Ellie cuts them down, Abby begs for her life and Ellie is ready to let them go, but she changes her mind and decides to fight Abby to the death. Ellie gets the upper hand and starts drowning Abby and lets her up and lets her go and they sail off into oblivion. Ellie goes back to the farm to discover Dina isn't there. She tries to play guitar but Abby bit off two of ellie's fingers during the fight so now she can't even do that anymore. Ellie leaves the house and the game ends. I've never felt more empty playing a game it was meant to feel a certain way but it backfired miserably. The whole Scar story line seemed wasted as well, we could have discovered they had some crazy beliefs but most of them burned sadly because of incompetent wtiting. Playing this game makes the entire events of the first game seem irrelevant, why not just kill Joel off when he landed on rebar? No, you guys made us like and care for him and took him away for shock value. Graphics and gameplay are good but thats about it
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  100. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Não gostei da história, muito fraca e mal aproveitada,sem falar que bem desnecessário algumas cenas
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Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

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  1. Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
  2. Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]