The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 161975 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 84,950 out of 161975
  2. Mixed: 8,550 out of 161975
  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. icebox712
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    Give it a chance and you'll love it. There's a reason why the game is so critically lauded, don't pay attention to people who gave this a zero before it even came out
  2. Vovacka1981
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    I have just finished the game. It took me 40 hours. The game fully matched my expectations. I shall vote for it as the best game of the year 2020. And for the whole decade.
  3. bettacritic
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Loved it .Great level design and pacing.Great graphics.Storys pretty good but its not a book, all these people rateing it 0 for the storys are a bunch a **** babys hahahah.
    10/10
  4. tigerfan814
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Polarizing? Yes. But still a master class in story telling. The guys at ND have knocked it out of the park with another emotional example of the world where art meets technology. I didn't like some of the outcomes. But I actually understand the complex differences of perception. We see both sides of the story told beautifully from both perspectives. Plus technically, this is the summit ofPolarizing? Yes. But still a master class in story telling. The guys at ND have knocked it out of the park with another emotional example of the world where art meets technology. I didn't like some of the outcomes. But I actually understand the complex differences of perception. We see both sides of the story told beautifully from both perspectives. Plus technically, this is the summit of current gen hardware. Cannot see anything topping this for a few years. Even wit next gen right around the corner.… Expand
  5. lynannouilh
    Jul 25, 2020
    10
    Don't believe it, nor read the review below, they haven't fully played the game. TLOU2 is truly a masterpiece of storytelling, not a game for kids or teens, not to Because of the violence but because of the story and the context, it's a grown-up story with a mature theme. It's a story about revenge for the absurdity of it, around superbly written and fleshed out characters.
  6. djgreghaus
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    This game was spectacular. Intense and emotionally satisfying. "The Last of Us" was my favorite game of all time, and this is a very worthy follow-up. These negative user reviews seem rooted in misogyny or LGBTQ hate.
  7. newborec
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    This game is absolute amazing. Ganeplay, graphics even on old console, great strong characters, productionn value, story for adults with lot of logical aspects. It will be for the long time very memorable game, everybody will try to reach the same quality. I appreciate lot of details and with hard decisions. I love it. They had courage to push boundaries and to do something different.This game is absolute amazing. Ganeplay, graphics even on old console, great strong characters, productionn value, story for adults with lot of logical aspects. It will be for the long time very memorable game, everybody will try to reach the same quality. I appreciate lot of details and with hard decisions. I love it. They had courage to push boundaries and to do something different. Review bombing from all those angry kids is stupid. This game doesn't deserve this.… Expand
  8. baddeadtaste
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    Don't but into all the hate. This game takes everything the first game did and does it even better. Graphics, game play, story, ALL of it. How anyone could be disappointed in this game is beyond me as it is flat out amazing in every way. I'm not going to give any story away but they improved on the combat, the stealth mechanics and the crafting elements. Seeing how the world and eventsDon't but into all the hate. This game takes everything the first game did and does it even better. Graphics, game play, story, ALL of it. How anyone could be disappointed in this game is beyond me as it is flat out amazing in every way. I'm not going to give any story away but they improved on the combat, the stealth mechanics and the crafting elements. Seeing how the world and events have molded Eliie is heart wrenching but her new found relationship makes it all worth the while. Everyone should play this game, period.… Expand
  9. YeaH_ToasT
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Nice, fluid gameplay, outstanding visuals and, so far, good enouth story with some truly memorable moments. Still halfway through the game, and my opinion may change, but, i hope, for better. Under normal circumstances I'd probably give it 8 or 9. I just find it unfair that its overall rating is so low, it does not deserve this by any means.
  10. tinomen
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Excellent adventure, story and memorable characters. Amazing combat mechanics. Love it!
  11. GeeMan81
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    If you're a true fan of the perfect 1st game, then there is nothing to dislike here. The only thing lacking is a soundtrack as good as the 1st but everything else is top drawer. Naughty Dog continue to be the best in storytelling through the game medium.
  12. brat1976
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Absolutely loved every minute of this game. It plays good and looks good.
    The story line made me happy, sad and angry. This is not a game that is there to make you feel comfy, it is horror.
    Best game of 2020 (for me).
    I would say to anyone give it a go.
    If anyone is offended by the content in this game, remember it is not there to make you feel good.
  13. Thiagodks
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    O melhor game da geração depois de the Witcher 3. Haha. Os nuttelas fazem muito mimimi. História, game play, personagens, narrativa, gráficos, animações, sound track, arte, tudo muito lindo. Nota 10.
  14. bob_0003
    Aug 3, 2021
    10
    A great game! Imo it's far better than the first part. The gameplay, as well as sound and music quality, is just amazing. Stelth is a lot more thought out. I think the real score for this one is 9, nevertheless I'm putting 10 because I'm sick of this hatred!
  15. OmegaMcMuff
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    A long, haunting experience and worth every minute of it. I hope everyone can look back and see how ridiculous this drama was. The game is amazing.
  16. Ruabadfsh2
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    It’s a masterpiece in gameplay and storytelling. It elevates games and pushes the medium to new levels.
  17. Agarwel
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Awesome game.

    - Great gameplay (top in stealth / survival / part-horor) genre. Very similar to the first one, but with more types of enemies (you will hate some of them. In a good way), slightly improved AI and better difficulty balance of the encounters. - Great technical presentation. Especially mo-cap is so good you can see slightest emotions and see what the character think and    Awesome game.

    - Great gameplay (top in stealth / survival / part-horor) genre. Very similar to the first one, but with more types of enemies (you will hate some of them. In a good way), slightly improved AI and better difficulty balance of the encounters.

    - Great technical presentation. Especially mo-cap is so good you can see slightest emotions and see what the character think and feel even when they are silent.

    - Story is great. It does some unexpected (if you avoid spoilers) things we dont usually see in the stories. And makes sure you dont see the story as a simple black and white strunggle between good nice guy vs bad ugly guy that needs to be killed to make the world a better place. It will make you question what you are doing and sometimes can create confused feelings ("Should I feel bad about this if I felt ok with it few hours ago?" "Was it ok to kill that person?"). For me this is something I really appreciate because it is rare and few writers dare to try this. (it is so much easier to say "it is ok to kill these people, because they are red on minimap." And TLoU tries to avoid this approach as much as possible)

    -Solid lenght - Took me 30hours to finish. With high roduciton values all the time.    … Expand
  18. Orangecoke
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    I'll be blunt. If you are hating on this game without playing it, you are either (a) a fool or (b) a bigot. There's no help for bigots (and the 'politics' in this game are utterly minor and beside the point), but if you don't want to be a fool:

    You need to realize you can't judge this story by reading leaked spoilers or watching it on Youtube. You can't. You are getting the most    I'll be blunt. If you are hating on this game without playing it, you are either (a) a fool or (b) a bigot. There's no help for bigots (and the 'politics' in this game are utterly minor and beside the point), but if you don't want to be a fool:

    You need to realize you can't judge this story by reading leaked spoilers or watching it on Youtube. You can't. You are getting the most superficial understanding of what happens in this game. It's an interactive experience. The whole *point* is you are going to play as these characters. And as you do, you develop a much richer understanding of who they are, their motivations, what happens to them and what you do as them. You feel things that, in my opinion, no other game has ever succeeded in making people feel. It's an astonishing accomplishment and a masterpiece of the gaming medium. It also happens to be fun as hell.

    If you skip it, you are just missing out on something incredible. For sad, stupid reasons most likely.

    I love all the characters - Joel, Ellie and...yes...even Abby. That's the magic of this game.    … Expand
  19. bjQrnen
    Sep 10, 2020
    10
    Simply a masterpiece. Nothing less. The low user scores reflects how well the narrative manages to connect with you and really hit you where it hurts. I am definitely a Last of us fan, and this sequel is everything i hoped for.
  20. BCR-Paul
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    Is this game perfect?

    Of course not. But is it an incredible feat of the medium and something I will never be able to forget, nor get out of my mind for the next few weeks? Hot damn, YES. This is without a doubt one of the best games I have ever played. It has some minor flaws, nothing game-breaking or soul-crushing, but it made me think, feel, laugh, cry, shout, jump and    Is this game perfect?

    Of course not.

    But is it an incredible feat of the medium and something I will never be able to forget, nor get out of my mind for the next few weeks?

    Hot damn, YES.

    This is without a doubt one of the best games I have ever played. It has some minor flaws, nothing game-breaking or soul-crushing, but it made me think, feel, laugh, cry, shout, jump and physically shake with anxiety during the most pivotal story moments. I've never played something so subversive, heart-pounding, emotional and gripping in my life. This is not just a game; it's so, so much more.

    I gave it a 10/10 rating to try and balance out the shameful number of less-than-2 reviews. But it's no less than a 9/10 for me.

    Because like I said - it isn't perfect. I've seen a very small number of weird graphical glitches, some strange AI behaviour in particular from allies (yes, usually the enemy still can't spot your friends when they run out of cover right in front of them - but this hardly ever happens), and the slightly clunky controls which sometimes leave you frustrated when an easy headshot suddenly becomes a frantic fight for your survival (normally not an issue - as when the gameplay devolves from stealth to action, I have never wanted to reset the checkpoint, because both forms of gameplay are exciting and super fun).

    But honestly? That's about all I can think of. Anything else would be nitpicking. The people who are review-bombing or slating this game for their sad and frankly toxic personal and societal reasons, seriously need to get their priorities straight.

    If you're going to take a story about infected, mushroom-headed zombies taking over the world, and simply complain about the incredibly realistic human stories nestled inside it, and call it outlandish and stupid - you're a complete moron. It's that simple.

    Video games and the stories they tell are going to continue to evolve into something more real, believable, and human than ever before. If you refuse to evolve with them, slither back into the primordial soup from whence you came.

    If you voted this game anything less than 7 just because you didn't like LOU2's "LGBT agenda" (also known as "a bunch of real-life, believable human stories") - perhaps you should stick to the ballistic knives and dual-wielded shotguns of Call of Duty, where you can call strangers "gay" to your hearts content, and scream down the mic when your mother calls you for supper.

    After what I would easily consider an absolute triumph of a game, Naughty Dog at least deserves fair reviews. Not the utter bile being spewed by hopeless, societal rejects.

    And if you've posted story spoilers without even trying to hide them, just to ruin the story for everybody else because you spat your dummy out and had a tantrum - shame on you.    … Expand
  21. mzacarias
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Never before a game had this level of story telling, character developing and emotional engagement. It's ironical, but not surprising, that a game about how hate can change and destroy you and everyone around is being... hated so much.

    Maybe someday, in the future, people that can't see why this game is great, that missed the point and the message, will play it without the burden of    Never before a game had this level of story telling, character developing and emotional engagement. It's ironical, but not surprising, that a game about how hate can change and destroy you and everyone around is being... hated so much.

    Maybe someday, in the future, people that can't see why this game is great, that missed the point and the message, will play it without the burden of their own hateful worldview and ... get it. It's a personal journey, most will not get there, but I like to believe that eventually we all do.

    Congratulations, Naughty Dog, not only on making such a great game, but also by having the courage of doing it in times like these. That's the kind of courage that help people that are lost in the dark to look for the light. :)    … Expand
  22. victor1103
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    A good game but not perfect.

    10/10 reviews are irrational but so are 0/10 and 1/10s Grow up people, review a product based on what its worth. The story might not be everyones cup of tea but it is what it is lets respect the creators and their vision. If we dont look at the story stricktly when we can all agree that audiovisually the game is the best that is yet to offer. Also it    A good game but not perfect.

    10/10 reviews are irrational but so are 0/10 and 1/10s

    Grow up people, review a product based on what its worth.

    The story might not be everyones cup of tea but it is what it is lets respect the creators and their vision.
    If we dont look at the story stricktly when we can all agree that audiovisually the game is the best that is yet to offer. Also it gives value for the money as it is long and gameplay has also been fine tuned.    … Expand
  23. criterion
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Гори гори ясно жопа русских свиней, игра шедевр, всем советую к покупке
  24. bertobellamy
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Definitely not a 0 game. The mechanics are the same from the first one but far more brutal and immersive. I have played for over five hours, and can't wait to get back in.
  25. Justp94
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    WHAT A RIDE. This game was beyond intense and emotionally draining from start to finish. The story destroyed me in more ways than I can explain and while I didn't fully agree with some of the decisions made with the story, in the end all I wanted was more and for the story to keep on going. I'm hoping Naughty Dog continues the story, either with a sequel or a spin-off. This series isWHAT A RIDE. This game was beyond intense and emotionally draining from start to finish. The story destroyed me in more ways than I can explain and while I didn't fully agree with some of the decisions made with the story, in the end all I wanted was more and for the story to keep on going. I'm hoping Naughty Dog continues the story, either with a sequel or a spin-off. This series is amazing and must go on! Game of the Year.… Expand
  26. bg21ist
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The relationship between Joel and Ellie in Part 2 is more complicated, more interesting and more moving than the one they had in the 1st game. There! I said it! The fact that his death was so abrupt and unceremonious makes the flashback scenes and the fact that Ellie didnt get to forgive him all the more tragic. Abby is a great character that I liked and rooted for not because her killing Joel is justified by the fact that he killed her father but because playing the game you get to experience her arc from being a traumatized ruthless killer with tribalistic ethics to becoming a friend and a mother figure to a kid who she thought was the enemy. She was lost in the darkness and she searched for the light(like the Firefly motto goes), the light her dad represented, the light he found with Lev. To the people who hate the ending because Ellie doesnt kill Abby: Are you seriously saying that all the other killings were pointless because she didnt kill Abby? The theme of the story was about learning to let go and stop holding on to hate. The point of it all was not "Good guy kill bad guy" but for Ellie to finally let go of the hate that destroyed all of these lives, the hate Abby also had for Joel and that ultimately lead to the death of all her friends. Hate, eve if its justifiable, will only destroy you and turn you into the monster you were fighting against. The best thing you can do is to let go and forgive even the most unforgivable acts. Just think about how much better things would be if Ellie hadnt walked down that path of vengeance. Think how better things would be if she had forgiven Joel earlier. She was too late on forgiving Joel but not Abby. If she had killed her she would be forever lost in the darkness and there would be no turning back. With that last act of forgiveness she just barely saved herself. By the end of the story Ellie knew the cost of resisting forgiveness. By learning to forgive Abby she finally forgave Joel. Even if it was too late its was nice knowing that the last time they spoke to each other she gave him hope that one day she would finally learn to forgive him. That day tragically never came for him but he died hoping and in the bleak world of The Last of Us you take what you can get.… Expand
  27. Moonglum
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    One of the most amazing games ever made. Review bombing is dumb, and most people that rated this a 1 are making it a political thing or just didn’t play the game. The story is top notch. Ignore the haters
  28. doughnut
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Finally finished the game today (unlike most users reviewing here). Unprecedented level of detail, stunning graphics, sound, music, gameplay, story. Perfect game and I can't wait what can be achieved with PS5. GOTY so far.
  29. chadling
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    A masterpiece, dont not pay attention to the toxic gamers review bombing it. Its a true work of art.
  30. Beetoe
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    The game is simply amazing, from pretty much any pov. Gamplay, graphics, art direction, acting, storyline. Brave, milestone game design and production.
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Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 113 out of 121
  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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