The Last of Us Part II

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  1. metacriticdude1
    Sep 18, 2022
    0
    How do you bomb such a perfect game? The last of us made us feel connected to the characters and showed a father-daughter relationship which everyone loved. We never wanted this for the 2nd game. We wanted Ellie and Joel not some stupid revenge story. I waited years for this game to come out only for the developers to ruin it all. So sad.
  2. TheMrZero
    Sep 18, 2022
    10
    Amazing game, same mechanics as the first olus a few new ones, story is great, environnemental storytelling is amazing and the graphics looks great, I don't get the bad reviews just because they think the plot had to be different.
  3. mangie
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After waiting 7 years for this sequel, to say I’m disappointed is an understatement. First, the positives. The acting is phenomenal. The graphics are great. Yup.. Oh and you get to pet the dog. The negatives. Listen, the concept of fighting both sides of a revenge story is actually really cool and interesting. But DON’T do it for a sequel to a story that has 2 characters we have loved and been attached to for 7 years and expect us to enjoy playing a character that kills one of the two, and then we as the player have to actively try and kill the other character we love. Like seriously.. did they expect us to have the same attachment to Abby as Joel/Ellie? I expected Joel to die in TLOU2. I think all of us did. It’s incredibly cliche and predictable, which is arguably a flaw in its own right, but what I despised is the way he was murdered. It’s disgustingly violent and slow. And the fact we are supposed to sympathise with Abby after she did such a thing, and murdering him like that in front of his ‘daughter’, completely degraded her story of getting revenge over her dead dad. She refused to see how murdering a ‘father’ in front of his ‘daughter’ is beyond evil, even after she experienced losing a father herself. There’s no sympathy shown, so how are we so sympathise with such a person?

    Now, I’m not saying Joel and Ellie are angels, but Ellie’s violent actions in TLOU2 would’ve been avoided if it wasn’t for witnessing Joel’s awful death. Joel’s murdering of the Fireflies in the first game was something I always thought to be purposely made for a sequel, because if he threatened or found another way to not mass murder them then there would be no suspenseful set up for a part II. Regardless, he did murder them, and although it was definitely wrong, there is a bigger picture to it than just that. And so, even though he committed such an act, the majority of players still loved him as a character and treasured him even after all these years. THATS what good character writing is. There are many characters written to be villains but are still likeable because of certain characteristics that make them feel human and understandable, even if you wouldn’t act as they did. When it comes to Abby, I wanted to try and feel sympathy. Where Naughty Dog failed was the way she furthered violence instead of seeking closure. Now, I understand from a writers perspective Joel had to die for there to be a purpose in TLOU2 blah blah blah. But what lost me any sympathy for Abby was HOW she reacted. She could’ve killed him to get her revenge for story reasons BUT she could’ve showed hesitance during the killing, or killed him quick so he wouldn’t suffer, or showed heavy regret and pity for the pain she caused. That would’ve made her more real, more likeable and less of a cold murderer. This game is depressing for the sake of being depressing. It feels as though Naughty Dog wanted to create this game to get praise from critics because of the heavy atmosphere and concept rather than care about the fans who have waited 7 years to see their beloved characters. They’ll continue to retweet positive reviews and ignore fans criticism. I will add the only other ‘good’ thing I liked was sparing Dina (lmao this sounds so pathetic) as I just wanted some sort of happiness left for Ellie. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, this is just mine, and I choose to pretend this game never existed:)

    one of the    … Expand
  4. N0n3
    Sep 17, 2022
    10
    The story is brutal, but so is life. The best art/stories capture the realness of life. This game makes you think & I personally love it.
  5. KingNekko
    Sep 17, 2022
    7
    The Last of Us 2 is a BEAUTIFUL game with BRUTAL gameplay (not a game for weak people) that fails to tell a well written and compelling story. Really difficult to like any of the side characters and to side with the characters that the game wants you to side with. The game is not a complete disaster but doesn't even come close to his predecessor.
  6. yasingamer
    Sep 17, 2022
    10
    story9.8 graphics10 gameplay10 level desing10 voice acting10. characterizations9.8
  7. MiNiMiN
    Sep 16, 2022
    10
    perfect visual !!
    perfect art !!
    perfect portrait !!
    The story can be unpleasant, but the game is perfect.
  8. Torafo1
    Sep 16, 2022
    10
    Probably the best game that I have ever played , the storytelling is just amazing , it makes you feel so many emotions , it's a sad story , and no one is really right there, but even so you just accept those realities and care about them , and don't want anyone to suffer anymore.
  9. EnthusiastVM
    Sep 16, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i don't care joel the game is perfect. I think the best characters are abby and tommy… Expand
  10. Xeregev800
    Sep 15, 2022
    8
    The game is amazing, heartbreaking, emotional but it's surely raw and it presents perfectly how dark and unfair the apocaliptic world of the game is. No one it's special, everyone tries to survive and the player is seeing some of the perspectives of the survivors of that world. The story it's incredible but the narrrative could have been settled differently to take more profit of someThe game is amazing, heartbreaking, emotional but it's surely raw and it presents perfectly how dark and unfair the apocaliptic world of the game is. No one it's special, everyone tries to survive and the player is seeing some of the perspectives of the survivors of that world. The story it's incredible but the narrrative could have been settled differently to take more profit of some characters. But in general terms it's a masterpiece of game.… Expand
  11. Jehievil
    Sep 15, 2022
    0
    Sin comentarios, que manera de desperdiciar una historia muy bien construida en la primera parte
  12. paladinoscuro
    Sep 14, 2022
    0
    juego de mrd para gente de mrd en conclusion puro cojudo le gusta esta basura de juego
  13. Dmitryfiona
    Sep 14, 2022
    10
    Великолепная игра, таких сильных эмоций я давно не испытывал
  14. TriangleSquare
    Sep 14, 2022
    6
    Oh man...I played this directly after finishing Last Of Us Part I for the first time. And boy was it a jump. Story wise it was still fantastic. The main story hits hard, it's shocking, it's emotional, it's dramatic. But gameplay wise...oh God. What a chore.

    FLASHBACKS I really wanted this game to end. I hate flashbacks so much and to force the player not to just watch a    Oh man...I played this directly after finishing Last Of Us Part I for the first time. And boy was it a jump. Story wise it was still fantastic. The main story hits hard, it's shocking, it's emotional, it's dramatic. But gameplay wise...oh God. What a chore.

    FLASHBACKS

    I really wanted this game to end. I hate flashbacks so much and to force the player not to just watch a flashback...but to PLAY THE CHARACTERS IN THE FLASHBACK is a whole new level of my hatred haha. At one point it's like "3 years earlier." You beat that part then it says "1 year earlier" then you beat that part and it says, "3 months earlier." I was like STOP IT! Let me move forward! I think it could've cut out like 17 flashbacks and we would've still understood the points they were trying to make. There is no excuse for this amount of flashbacks.

    It doesn't help that many of the flashbacks are such mundane, boring things. Playing guitar, forcing you to play fetch with a dog, forcing you to play a mini-game where you shoot suction cupped arrows at targets...forcing you to walk through an entire museum and look at every exhibit and every display while WALKING (and not letting you sprint). And you cannot skip these things. You have to do them in order to move on to the next level. WHY?!

    And if the flashback itself wasn't painful enough to be forced to play through...the game forces you to play as the character as you travel to the place to do the boring thing in each flashback. Going to a museum? Great. You have to HIKE THERE, and SWIM, and travel for miles before reaching it. Just to go inside and do a boring thing. Fun. So. Fun.

    It makes you travel everywhere in general. Some of the moments where I almost turned the game off are when characters have to reach a building that's super far away. There's a cinematic where they're like "oh look that building is WAY over there. Let's go." and I expect it to cut to me there. But nope...the cinematic ends and my character is standing miles away. And now here I go...I have to once again hike, climb, and swim my way all the way over there. Because that's so very fun to do...

    SKILL TREE

    The skill tree is also strange. You level it up downward. So for instance if the top-most skill is crafting med-kits and the bottom-most skill is "increased health." Then you're forced to purchase every pointless skill in that skill tree just to get to "increased health." Whereas in the last game you can level up whatever skill you wanted, whenever you wanted, which was nice. I found myself just gathering things and pointlessly level up skills just to reach the one I really wanted. Felt very wasteful, as if they knew they were just designing skills to get in the way. As opposed to actually designing helpful ones that would be useful.

    PLAYING AS TWO CHARACTERS

    Just like in the first game, you play as another character in this one. I wont say who. But it goes on for so long that you kinda forget why you're playing as this person. You do a whole bundle of side-objectives that don't feel that relevant. And they have their own entire skill tree and level up system so it's a whole other branch of the game that pulls you away from the main story. It feels odd. As if they couldn't decide which storyline to commit to so they tried to just squeeze them both in together.

    The game basically doubles down on all the things I hated about it by adding a second character. Only this time it makes you go through many of the exact same areas that you already beat as the first character. Spent a lot of time sneaking around this area before? Sucks...now you gotta do it again as THIS CHARACTER.

    OVERALL

    A highly repetitive game that I wished would end many different times. In-between all the filler and fluff though is a solid story screaming for attention. But it's a chore to find, and a chore to stick with.    … Expand
  15. vegquick
    Sep 14, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. falla en cada aspecto que quiere brindar a la mesa exceptuando el aspecto mecánico del juego… Expand
  16. Big_Worm
    Sep 13, 2022
    0
    I won't be able to finish it. They make you do a thing half way through that I won't put myself through. Not worth it. This game ended with the first one for me. That was a true masterpiece. This is story telling at its absolute worst.
  17. Firepaw420
    Sep 13, 2022
    10
    I'm a little late on my review but TLoU 2 is awesome. It's definitely up there with my top tier games right behind TLoU Part 1 remake. The story is great. The graphics are great especially for coming out on PS4 originally. It's definitely a game you should play. The characters are great too. I love it all.
  18. Jackthegamer
    Sep 13, 2022
    7
    Sure not as good as the first one but after all I still enjoyed it nonetheless.
  19. DorkAngel
    Sep 13, 2022
    10
    I finished the game 2 days ago and it still haunts me just like the first game did but in a different way. It looks gorgeous. The scenery and characters look amazing. There is virtually no difference between the cut scenes and the gameplay and you often don't even realise you've entered or left one. The areas feel like they have a history and exist when the characters aren't there andI finished the game 2 days ago and it still haunts me just like the first game did but in a different way. It looks gorgeous. The scenery and characters look amazing. There is virtually no difference between the cut scenes and the gameplay and you often don't even realise you've entered or left one. The areas feel like they have a history and exist when the characters aren't there and there's lots of cool little details to find if you take the time to look around. The mechanics are an improvement on the previous game and the quicktime events have been reduced to a minimum and are very forgiving which was an issue with the previous one. Overall combat and movement is very smooth and the only small issue I had was that sometimes dodging in combat meant your attacker went off screen which was annoying. There a multiple ways to get through areas from stealth to combat to distractions to just running for it and often you'll end up doing a combination of all of those. Like the first game there were times the encounters dragged a little if you were stealth-ing it but there were scary and terrifying times too and fast moving action. The only "bug" I ever noticed was a hint icon wouldn't go away at one bit until I moved to the next area. I loved the first game and avidly avoided spoilers bar the teaser trailers and was excited to see what the story would hold. It was a tough story to experience and it is totally different from the first game. It's hard to pin down. It's a tale about revenge, loss, grief, consequences and bittersweet memories. It is not a happy story but it does have lighter moments too. It is told via cutscenes and the little character interactions like in the first game. I thought the voice acting, character animation and music was superb. Even listening to enemies will drop little details about whats going on plus there a load of notes and side stories to find. The game play does a good job of making you feel what the characters feel, even when you don't want to. It has an unexpected switch in the middle which caught me by surprise which I wasn't sure about but I went with it and it paid off. I understand why they had to do it that way and I think it was the right choice and for me it really worked. The characters do things I don't want them to but I understand their reasons which I loved about the first game too. The game makes me care about them and I want them to do better and I wanted them to survive this in spite of their actions. The ending was dark but with a glimmer of light and it will stay with me for a long time, much like the first one did. I absolutely loved it even though I felt like it absolutely destroyed me playing it. I want to give it a 10 but the extremely minor issues puts it at a 9 (edit: after much thought, reading that a game doesn't have to be perfect to get a 10 and now on my second play where I'm spotting foreshadowing I missed, I have to go with 10)… Expand
  20. Yogesh007
    Sep 13, 2022
    0
    The worst ending in video game i have ever seen.The torture Ellie go through and at the end we can't even kill Abby and Abby is the worst character in the video game history.I really really hate Neil Druckmann.He should be fired from naughty dogs for ruining the best game of all time.
  21. Wallace40
    Sep 12, 2022
    10
    Just finished The Last of Us : Part One and The Last Of Us : Part II, both masterpieces. The 2nd part is much bleaker in story and tone. The color palettes are livelier in the first game as the characters progress in their journey with a glint of hope. Part 2 is about hate, revenge, depression and post traumatic disorder.

    A lot of the gameplay mechanics and presentation is directly    Just finished The Last of Us : Part One and The Last Of Us : Part II, both masterpieces. The 2nd part is much bleaker in story and tone. The color palettes are livelier in the first game as the characters progress in their journey with a glint of hope. Part 2 is about hate, revenge, depression and post traumatic disorder.

    A lot of the gameplay mechanics and presentation is directly inspired by the Metal Gear Series. The dynamic stealth and the brutality are elevated to a degree that no other game has reached, though. It feels like Naughty Dog is one generation in advance of everybody, just like Metal Gear did before them. There are anthological segments in the later part of the game where you explore an apartment tower and the basement of a hospital. All very dark, gloomy, and skin crawling stuff that's going to make your day if you're into horror.

    The writers at Naughty Dog do really subversive stuff. I remember playing with Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 2 : Sons of Liberty telling myself : "It's not Solid Snake, but this game is freaking awesome!" They go even further than what Kojima did back in 2001. Plus, if you've watched Game of Thrones, you're used to a rug being pulled under you! The chain of events, though, is awesome and every beat in the story is justified, consistent and perfectly paced, considering the history and the mental health of the main characters.

    Best acting and storytelling in gaming. Just like in Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, the are no heroes, just broken people. It's a hard pill to swallow. It makes us realise that we can really connect with characters who do horrible stuff. That aspect triggered a lot of anger in the gaming community. Ironically, the same people who didn't mind Joel's actions at the end of the first part!

    Again, it's a story written by adults, for adults. Doesn't mean you will love it. But if you choose to put yourself in a position of acceptance, instead of reluctance, you're in for a treat. The best game ever made (that's debatable).

    With the release of the HBO series and the multiplayer game, Part 1 will gain traction and it will push the sales for Part 2 even more. When Part 2 came out, an internal memo was circulating at Microsoft saying that they should try to reach that kind of narrative quality in their games. Naughty Dog also won "Best narrative" and "Best game direction" at the game awards for this game.

    Don't pass up this one because of the haters! They're irrelevant! Never cared, never will..    … Expand
  22. Ma1ok
    Sep 12, 2022
    0
    It took naughty dog 7 long years to make this garbage
    Story 0/10 which is the most important part of the game
  23. AnitaSarkesyan
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Hi pride, have a nice day playing this extremely correct game, see you in Twttr!
  24. Beowulff78
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Rubbish. Next time Naughty Dog should think about what gamers want as they're the ones buying the game.
  25. ThorCarmine
    Sep 11, 2022
    0
    Do not be fooled by the paid-off journalist "critics". This game is a disappointment in every sense of the word. The gameplay is generic without any innovation. The same old stealth and shooting mechanics that we've seen in countless other titles. The story is a mess that feels like it was written by an edgy teenager. The dialogue tries too hard to come off as profound but ends up justDo not be fooled by the paid-off journalist "critics". This game is a disappointment in every sense of the word. The gameplay is generic without any innovation. The same old stealth and shooting mechanics that we've seen in countless other titles. The story is a mess that feels like it was written by an edgy teenager. The dialogue tries too hard to come off as profound but ends up just feeling lackluster. All this game really has going for it are the visuals. I will definitely not be buying other games made by Naughty Dog after this travesty.… Expand
  26. Kio22
    Sep 11, 2022
    0
    The story in this game is really unrealistic especially in the choices characters make. Speaking of the characters they are almost all one dimensional with the exception of Ellie, the characters never really change or react to anything other than to further the shallow plot of the story. The game play should and would be fun if it wasn't for the terrible plot making most players like meThe story in this game is really unrealistic especially in the choices characters make. Speaking of the characters they are almost all one dimensional with the exception of Ellie, the characters never really change or react to anything other than to further the shallow plot of the story. The game play should and would be fun if it wasn't for the terrible plot making most players like me not want to even see what happens next. This game has a nice world that could have been fun to explore if the terrible story wasn't dragging it through the dirt. Overall, this game is more like a two due to the world and game play, but it gets a zero in my book just because it shouldn't even be anything above a two on Metacritic due to just how sickeningly bad the story and characters are. This is not just a bad game this is an example of ignorance and bigotry in video game form.… Expand
  27. PercyJackson2
    Sep 11, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. THE Last of us part 2 is awesome. The world they built shurely examined the failure of humanity.… Expand
  28. Kaiqueocanha
    Sep 11, 2022
    10
    Its just great. I have no words. A lot of people didnt got what naughtydog tried to do, but man. Its just great.
  29. Timenick
    Sep 10, 2022
    2
    I have never seen such a jarring difference in quality between production value and everything else. This game really is the definition of a golden turd.
  30. EternalAnglo
    Sep 10, 2022
    0
    The Story is absolutely depressing and utterly ruins everything I loved about TLOU 1
    I won't spoil the game for those that want to play it so no spoilers here

    The only good thing I can say is that the Graphics are amazing in this sequel and some of the mechanics that have been added are nice too
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Metascore
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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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