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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  2. Mixed: 8,550 out of 161975
  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. kame-hino
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    1 point for the graphic
    1 point for the gameplay
    and final point for the first part i have played many years ago
    Sorry but i can not give your more, it was very hard for me
  2. OCTOPUSSs
    Jul 25, 2020
    3
    The story is disappointing, you don't feel connected to the characters which are so simple and bland. Huge disappointment if you compare it to the first one...
  3. pimax
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This scenario is the worst trash that could have ever been written for this sequel. Auto destroying itself. killing the franchise forever.
    The key moments of this game are just like a spit on your face which annihilates every else that was good in the game. I wish I never played this and it never existed. Starting the second half of the game until you reach the end, you feel insulted all    This scenario is the worst trash that could have ever been written for this sequel. Auto destroying itself. killing the franchise forever.
    The key moments of this game are just like a spit on your face which annihilates every else that was good in the game. I wish I never played this and it never existed. Starting the second half of the game until you reach the end, you feel insulted all the way. You already know where it is going, and it is simply stupid. You will think: seriously they could not come up with anything else?
    If the game just stopped right at the middle it would have been way better.
    Extremely poor choices that destroyed what could have been a masterpiece but instead turned out to be a monster.
    You will come out of this experience feeling insulted, disgusted and and even completely hating the last of us which is the worst thing you could do to the players and that deserves severe sanction 0/10 + the resignation of Neil Druckmann to keep him away from destroying any other beloved franchise.    … Expand
  4. JohnDoed
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The positive reviewers like to act like they are making good points when arguing why Joel was meant to die. No one disagrees Joel deserved to die, he was never established as a morally good character and he made a selfish decision which condemned the human race. No one is angry Joel died we are angry about how he died. My take on this would be much different if we were introduced to Abby long before she brutally murders Joel. They set them self up with an insurmountable task of creating empathy for Abby. And they didn't even try, we got a ten minute scene where she saves a Zebra with her father then they reveal Abby is the person who convinced them Ellie should be murdered to save humanity. If the writers are trying to make the player empathize with Abby why would they establish her as the one who condemned Ellie which inevitably led to Joel killing her father?

    Later on in the story we are introduced to Lev who saves Abbys life. This prompts Abby to betray the wolves to save Lev. This decision of Abbys feels like a fruitless attempt by the writers to establish Abby as a morally good character in order to gain empathy from the audience. They're trying to define Abby as selfless contrary to her making numerous selfish decisions. It's hard to say anything for certain about Abby's character because every other decision is conflicting. One moment she is selfless the next she is selfish. When it comes to condemning Ellie her morals are for the good of the many but when it comes to saving Lev her morals are for the good of the few. She gets very angry when she finds out Ellie has killed her friends yet she's already betrayed these friends and was prepared to leave these friends behind to help Lev.

    The story overall is nonsensical and revolves around and characters literally abandoning and losing everything in a fruitless quest for revenge. Both Abby and Ellie quite literally sacrificed everything over avenging the deaths of two people in a world where everyone has lost someone. Death and violence is around almost every corner of this world. Yet for whatever reason these two people are so special our characters travel thousands of miles killing hundreds to enact their revenge. Even after watching the bond which is formed between Joel and Ellie in the first game I have a hard time believing that Joel's death was enough to bring on this murderous rampage. Especially after Joel and Ellie’s rough relationship has been established.

    This world isn't the same world we were put into in the first game. There is no hope in this world, there is only violence and sadness. The violence is so over the top that by the end of the game I was completely numb to it all. The game heavily relies on shock value that was brought about through overly violent and grotesque actions perpetrated towards beloved characters which was so overly used it left me feeling nothing when the game came to it's final conclusion and this mattered the most. At no point were we given any sort of relief or loving character development which gave us respite from the sadness and violence of this world previously. In the first game Ellie provided 90% of this relief from the awful world we were witnessing. But she is now a shadow of her former self, despite spending her years safe and sheltered in a settlement with electricity she has completely lost the spark we saw in the first game. The conclusion of the game is hollow, hundreds die in this needless revenge plot and one singular person being saved who the player has established no empathy for is supposed to bring meaning to all the meaningless violence.    … Expand
  5. best0329
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    The operation is good, but the story sucks. I even could not finish the game. I believe this is the worst game I have ever played on PS4.
  6. spkvovan
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    very bad( I really did not expect such a poor story after all these years of waiting. While there were a few genuinely good moments, majority of game filled up with plot holes
  7. gcortada
    Oct 27, 2020
    10
    This is a brilliant game with a lot of risks taken from the narrative perspective. It's easy to understand why there are people so wildly mad against it. Small minds.
    So, in the end, love it or hate it. But I strongly feel very disappointed seeing so many dumb people destroying this titanic effort full of fine art, talent and inspiration.
  8. BluntlyPutGames
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    In a world where 'critics' are obviously paid actors it takes the customers to take up the mantle of critics and do harsh judgement.

    Good things upfront, it features some minor improvements to the gameplay of the first installment, it has the best 'game journalist' difficulty mode, so that I don't even doubt that aforementioned professional 'critics' got through the game in a breeze.    In a world where 'critics' are obviously paid actors it takes the customers to take up the mantle of critics and do harsh judgement.

    Good things upfront, it features some minor improvements to the gameplay of the first installment, it has the best 'game journalist' difficulty mode, so that I don't even doubt that aforementioned professional 'critics' got through the game in a breeze. Aside from that it looks good graphically but that shouldn't be a surprise.

    Tlou2 is one of those sequels that miss their previously established target audience by a long shot. (Think of Banjo-Kazooie Nuts and Bolts) While not as much gameplay wise even more-so in terms of story and character development. The story follows a very clear and easy to understand narrative from the get go, that just like fans of the first tlou gets screwed over in the end.    … Expand
  9. Cocksure
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Joel is slowly tortured and mutilated with a golf club right in front of us almost immediately by a generic nobody who you are forced to play as for roughly half the game.

    You know, the most farcical aspect of it all, (trying to vilify Joel for the lie and guilt trip us for liking him), is that Ellie wouldn't even be alive to make a sequel if Joel hadn't saved her life at the end of    Joel is slowly tortured and mutilated with a golf club right in front of us almost immediately by a generic nobody who you are forced to play as for roughly half the game.

    You know, the most farcical aspect of it all, (trying to vilify Joel for the lie and guilt trip us for liking him), is that Ellie wouldn't even be alive to make a sequel if Joel hadn't saved her life at the end of TLOU. That's the level of stupidity we're dealing with here. It's like they're completely ignorant of their own work.

    And later on, they will desperately attempt to convince you what a wonderful person Abby is after murdering our beloved favorite character and she gets away with everything! Apparently because her dad was the Fireflies' surgeon you kill at the end (a random NPC you see for 2 sec that's barely a character.) she's justified somehow. How lovely.

    If you value storytelling, writing, plots, and character development, then this game is master class on how NOT to write your story.

    TLOU2 is NOT a sequel to TLOU, it's an extremely pretentious metacommentary on violence and a statement about the "cycle of the revenge." It's this silly tit for tat revenge story. Not something even worth committing to writing.

    Don't believe most of the positive reviews. They're corporate shills lying to you, saying that we're bots or whatever. PLEASE NOT BUY THIS GAME. I implore you... or you'll be as upset, disappointed, and depressed as I was playing this. The leaks were 100% true and sadly I didn't heed them. I gave them the benefit of the doubt because of their reputation. I've been a ND fan for over a decade and this game is massive F*** Y**.    … Expand
  10. Odu_Nabunaga
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    The first game I ever played that hit so much, you cannot fully understand the plot without refreshing your memory after completing the first part. A lot has changed, weapons improvements, a new skill system, now you have a diary, as in RDR 2.
    There are some very cool things (take a closer look at the tracks in the snow, falling snow, glass and moss when you swim in the swamps). Of    The first game I ever played that hit so much, you cannot fully understand the plot without refreshing your memory after completing the first part. A lot has changed, weapons improvements, a new skill system, now you have a diary, as in RDR 2.
    There are some very cool things (take a closer look at the tracks in the snow, falling snow, glass and moss when you swim in the swamps). Of course, we saw this before in RDR2, but because of this, it ceases to be cool?
    From the point of view of the plot, yes, there are very small holes, but the whole plot is incredibly interesting. This game is worth buying, so many people worked to exhaustion. The game deserves 13/10 on Metacritic but not 0    … Expand
  11. Mehras
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perfect game with the most imperfect story line. The game has the most immersive graphics, zombies, physics and perfection to minute details but the story is completely **** Joel dying within the first hour of gameplay. Shemale Abby and her plot. Ellie's unsuccessful attempts at revenge. It's all crap.… Expand
  12. Jojobean4535
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    For the gays. Y'all **** can go screw off. Played through the game and it is great.
  13. Hav74
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Вы здесь все недоразвитые уебаны. Ясно спасибо что вы ищите кого-то другого как будто просто блендер стационарный компьютер.
  14. roscoe6ix
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I will make it short....
    +gameplay, although its just like in the first game
    +sound design
    +graphics and enviroment
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    -most of the story excluding the Ellies flashback memories on Joel which were the best part of the game
    -connection to first game
    -game will artificially force you to change opinion on characters through things like killing dogs
    -character development
    -one of the worst endings
    -cringe shockvalue cutscenes
    -replayability (if I ever wanted to)    … Expand
  15. eyes-bear
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Neil Druckmann says on hıs video on ND youtube channel he was cryıng ın the end of hıs playtrough now ı can see why
    Graphics is good, gameplay is meh, story is awful in every way possible. The Last Of Us ended on the first game, this is some twisted fetish porn from writer of this game.    … Expand
  16. 3baden
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    The worst story ever ... I didn't expect anything to be worse then GOT ending ,, naughty dog : hold my beer
  17. YAROS
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    It was something very different from the Part 1, but it was unforgettable. It’s adult game with adult screenplay. It’s unique game that I’ve never played before and I’ve never felt such complicated and different emotions to characters. Gameplay 10/10. I can’t even imagine how you guys made it. It’s a giant work and I know that many of you sacrificed a lot to create this masterpiece. ThankIt was something very different from the Part 1, but it was unforgettable. It’s adult game with adult screenplay. It’s unique game that I’ve never played before and I’ve never felt such complicated and different emotions to characters. Gameplay 10/10. I can’t even imagine how you guys made it. It’s a giant work and I know that many of you sacrificed a lot to create this masterpiece. Thank you Naughty Dog, for this amazing experience.… Expand
  18. Pianotoes
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    It just doesn't feel like a last of us game. It's missing that core element that the first one had, and the reason I loved the game so much.
    Ass.
  19. D0nn3r_TW
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    passed the game five minutes ago. This game is incomparable, for the first time I see that the developers erase the line between the antagonist and protagonist. About the gameplay and graphics, I will stutter 10/10 for the efforts of Naughty Dog.
  20. golfballJoel
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Part 3 Preview

    The rabbit that Ellie killed.
    A revenge play for the rabbit's family to kill Ellie.
  21. lobotens
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. can t treats staff like that...and get away with it...also no gameplay changes in 7 years of working...and the story is just doing the same thing again and again... you have no choice just kill everithing the game throws at you like they were machine... (the writer likes star wars VIII so...)..technically is very good… Expand
  22. Pethelion
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    They did improve on almost all areas comparing to LoU Part I exept most important ones being storytelling, character/-deveploment and pacing of the game...so my score comes for, graphics, gamedesing/gameplay,sounds,music and flashbackscenes with Joel and Ellie.
  23. Dudehuehue
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Pros Brs q querem saber, gente eles botaram muita militância no jogo a Ellie que vc viu no primeiro jogo é outra, eu n sou homofóbico nem nada mas eu achei q a essência da personagem se perdeu, só fico triste com isso.
    ( respeitem a minha opinião assim como eu respeito a de vcs)
  24. kienbd
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    Disgusting. Disrespectful. My disappointment is beyond words. I wish I never played this giant piece of ****
  25. Meikai
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joel was killed, I won’t play this **** anymore and set score 0...
    This is a complete failure not game thats "must be played".    … Expand
  26. francosvv18
    Jul 8, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cada juego tiene algunos problemas menores, esto está MUY lejos del peor juego que he jugado, y sí, aunque creí que la decisión de jugar como Abby varias veces fue una elección muy peculiar. Uno con el que al principio no estaba completamente de acuerdo, pero después de completar el juego, realmente siento y entiendo las perspectivas de Ellie y Abbie. El juego y los gráficos realmente se destacan 10/10 para ese PERO, mientras que algunas de las opciones de la historia pueden parecer extrañas a veces. Al final, creo que la elección de Ellie no es que perdonó a Abby, sino que matarla no traería a Joel de regreso. Abby tuvo que vivir consigo misma sabiendo lo que había hecho si sentía remordimiento o no "probablemente no". Para concluir, aunque esta historia puede no ser para todos. Personalmente lo disfruté, las emociones en esta historia realmente me llevaron de vuelta al primer juego, ese final desgarrador realmente me pareció justo, ESTO NUNCA SIGNIFICA TENER UN FINAL FELIZ. Se supone que es una historia oscura y emotiva y siento que está casi perfectamente hecha. Gracias.… Expand
  27. Dingdongman
    Jul 17, 2020
    4
    HURR DURR LOOK IM REVIEW BOMBING THE GAME! No, look. People need to understand that only a SMALL minority of people are actually giving this game bad reviews because of LGBT characters. The real reason why people don’t like this game is because of the bad story. I’m not gonna go into why because there is like a million people who are more capable of explaining why.

    This game does    HURR DURR LOOK IM REVIEW BOMBING THE GAME! No, look. People need to understand that only a SMALL minority of people are actually giving this game bad reviews because of LGBT characters. The real reason why people don’t like this game is because of the bad story. I’m not gonna go into why because there is like a million people who are more capable of explaining why.

    This game does however have amazing graphics, atmosphere, and AI. The combat mechanics aren’t really a big step up to the first game, however it all falls flat because of the story, which is the most integral part of the game.    … Expand
  28. JohnG2425
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This game is garbage, because I need more characters heres some more.......
  29. unrealer
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    This game raises the bar of what I thought possible in video games. The story, graphics, animations, overall technology are top notch. Do not listen to the homophobic trolls.
  30. Dodndke
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. While the graphics and attention to detail are incredible, the gameplay feels outdated as the improvements and innovations are minimal and the whole experience becomes tedious, especially in the final hours. Most important of all however, the story is simply uninspired and does not deliver as beloved characters are reduced to nothing, and the newly introduced characters are not fleshed out or developed in any way. Characters make extremely dumb decisions just to further the desired narrative and this completely takes you out of the experience. The shoehorned political narratives also do not help the game's likability in the slightest. It is also worth mentioning that some scenes in the trailers are very misleading which can only be seen as taking advantage of people's faith in ND. What was marketed to people and the final product are extremely different. An incredibly nonsensical and dissatisfying ending really is the cherry on top and as such the game leaves a very bad taste in your mouth. Truly expected more from the creators of the masterpiece that is The Last of Us Part 1.… Expand
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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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