The Last of Us Part II

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5.8

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. Arct1cSn1per
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    The first last of us had an amazing story that really carried the game on its back, so for the sequel, the graphics, combat, gameplay, almost everything is better, although i wish they made it as smooth as Uncharted 4.
    This story no one cares because a 1/3 of the game you dont want to play a character. the game is about 25 hours long average, give or take, that is almost 8 hours of a    The first last of us had an amazing story that really carried the game on its back, so for the sequel, the graphics, combat, gameplay, almost everything is better, although i wish they made it as smooth as Uncharted 4.
    This story no one cares because a 1/3 of the game you dont want to play a character. the game is about 25 hours long average, give or take, that is almost 8 hours of a character no one cares for. if you want to play this game for the story of Joel and Ellie, just dont play this one, its not good with story.

    i would give it a 3 but i give automatic minus one for the developers treatment of displeased fans, so a two for me.    … Expand
  2. spidey171201
    Feb 22, 2022
    0
    One of the worst experience in Gaming. It hurts my feeling after playing this game. The visual are great for last-gen and gameplay has improved since part 1 (still getting bored after 3 hours playing), but these factors can't save the game. Because the story is the core of this game. Once it's suck, the whole game is f*cked up.
  3. chrisellam97
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Although there are many reviews claiming that they don't even care about the SJW nonsense and their negative take is actually based on the fact that naughty dog destroyed character and created a terrible story, however, these two points are completely mutually inclusive in this case, the character was destroyed and the story was of poor quality BECAUSE OF the politics, not in spite of them of apart from them. Killing a main character in this case is SJW politics, as it serves to advance and support the SJW agenda, these points cannot logically be separated. In this particular case, you can not say you are not concerned about the SJW politics but you are concerned in the disrespect of character as the disrespect of character is because of SJW politics. If they'd killed him for another reason your point would be valid and sound, but as they did not, its not valid or sound.… Expand
  4. selcukkesen
    Aug 6, 2020
    10
    It was completely awesome experience both gaming and storyline.. The people who rated low this masterpiece should stop watching Hollywood movies with straight and cliche storylines...
  5. lilbigplayer
    Mar 10, 2022
    10
    One of the best games i've ever played. The direction e the execution of the narrative is one of the most impressive things that i've ever seen on any entertainment content. You need to be a very mature and open minded person to get close to the level of undestanding in each hidden meanings that the game try to tell. Outstanding.
  6. E_Anonimo
    May 29, 2021
    0
    Se nota una mejoria en la jugabilidad, tanto la inteligencia artificial de los personajes, y los graficos han mejorado bastante, sin embargo, la historia fue bastante floja, el mensaje final es "la venganza es mala" cosa que no tiene mucho sentido con la primera entrega. Ademas de eso, gran parte del juego se concentra mas en las relaciones amorosas que otra cosa. Decepcion total, seSe nota una mejoria en la jugabilidad, tanto la inteligencia artificial de los personajes, y los graficos han mejorado bastante, sin embargo, la historia fue bastante floja, el mensaje final es "la venganza es mala" cosa que no tiene mucho sentido con la primera entrega. Ademas de eso, gran parte del juego se concentra mas en las relaciones amorosas que otra cosa. Decepcion total, se esperaba una mejor trama.… Expand
  7. DengKevin
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    Beat the game in 15 hours. Did not enjoy it at all.

    Nothing wrong with killing a main character. They do it poorly.

    Nothing wrong with sad endings. They do it poorly.

    Nothing wrong with showing the other perspective. They do it poorly.

    The pacing of the game is done poorly.

    The graphics are good.
  8. Malakhyas
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Game full of sjw bullsh***t, with a story that makes any fan of the first game disappointed, the only good thing of this sjw garbage is the graphics and gameplay.
  9. icarusflying
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Huge disappointment. ND ruined this franchise. Graphics look good but story, too f.cking bad. Thanks for that...
  10. MarceloJunior64
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Excelente jogo, com uma parte técnica impecável e um enredo com uma carga emocional altíssima, pra mim o melhor jogo da geração!!
    #RipJoel S2    … Expand
  11. Chris_Pirtle
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    The worst game in the history of gaming. Waste of time to play. Just replay the first one. Naughty Dog should just make some more Jak and Daxter. Bet they missing Crash Bandicoot right now.
  12. EaglEBeKA
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ГРАФИКА ШЫКАРНАЯ Механики хорошие
    Сложность нормальное
    Зомби или как их таи вышли хорошими
    Сюжет гавно на гавне срач лютий ппц 0/10
    В целом 3/10 потомучто это не ласт оф ас а
    Месть на мести кароче гавно    … Expand
  13. Mory
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Worst game ever made bad story and abby
  14. raphay
    Jun 27, 2020
    6
    Part II nails a number of things that make most games great. The controls feel incredibly tight and fluid. The presentation is remarkable, and will likely end up being the best of this console generation. The voice acting and motion capture is top-notch, as we've come to expect from Naughty Dog over the past decade. Yet despite all of this, I can never see myself replaying it. In fact, IPart II nails a number of things that make most games great. The controls feel incredibly tight and fluid. The presentation is remarkable, and will likely end up being the best of this console generation. The voice acting and motion capture is top-notch, as we've come to expect from Naughty Dog over the past decade. Yet despite all of this, I can never see myself replaying it. In fact, I would struggle to recommend this game to anyone; especially not fans of the original game.

    In many ways, the Last of Us Part II falls into the same mistakes that made The Last Jedi reviled by most fans of that franchise. In an attempt to be subversive, Naughty Dog loses sight of what made the first game so universally loved by critics AND fans. In an attempt to be poignant, they just come off seeming pretentious.

    To make matters worse, the latter half of the game amounts to what is essentially an aimless side-quest, with the only motivation to push through coming from the promise of a pay-off in the finale which never comes.

    Part II is a visually stunning game, but when the glitter wears off, all we're left with is a story for masochists who enjoy being taught a lesson they already know.    … Expand
  15. MegaDerp
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    An emotional roller coaster.
    I love when creators take ideas in different directions even if it involves great risk. I truly believe that it worked here. Instead of going a traditional route and making Joel and Ellie go out as heroes it puts a twist on everything. At the end of it all it makes you question if it was all worth it and leaves a lasting impression that some may find    An emotional roller coaster.
    I love when creators take ideas in different directions even if it involves great risk. I truly believe that it worked here. Instead of going a traditional route and making Joel and Ellie go out as heroes it puts a twist on everything. At the end of it all it makes you question if it was all worth it and leaves a lasting impression that some may find unsatisfying, but to me was well worth it.
    Other than the story, gameplay and sound is fantastic as expected.    … Expand
  16. FatHatman2003
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My most wanted video game this year, so far...turned to be very disappointing. If we're regarding technical part of naughty dog's product, there are no questions, the game is wonderful, competing with red dead redemption 2's detailing level and graphics. I'm not lying, it's a technical masterpiece. But, regarding the story, i have several questions. What happened to female characters, they're all so ugly, with male-like bodies. I'm not sexist, but it looks weird.
    Also, what happened to straight-white males protagonists, they are missing. Also i'm not sexist, but it's discrimination, story runining choice.
    In which point of game developement, naughty dog choose to kill Joel and replace him with a weird trans antagonist. This literally destroyed me. Killing the best protagonist of all time, how it's a good choice?
    Okay, i'll throw my right-wing education, and ask another question: What happened to the story, it's awful, where's is the excellent the last of us part 1 plot? Okay, but what happened to critics score, why it's higher than first one? Or all critics are just left'wing liberalists that don't give a damn about the actual game, posting payed reviews just to support their ideology? To show that i'm right, look at ign us's review, and highly conservative ign japan's review. I think the second was more trustful. Last few words.
    Naughty dog made a game full of liberal, radical feminist, lgbt propaganda, instead of making an actually good product. P.S. I wasn't able to hold my anger until the end of my gameplay, it's just heartbreaking, and i'm hopping that metacritic will not take down my review    … Expand
  17. SerGjant
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    The imposition of the views of SJW. It is not necessary to impose the views of the minority on the majority..
  18. Tridentam
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Prove that beautiful graphics is not enough.
    What a mess, what made the first game one of the best game of all time? The history The gameplay from 1 and part 2 are decent but to be honest is nothing exceptional is a basic 3rd person shooter. But here its the same formula with such a terrible history that somehow manage to bore people playing for the first time and piss off people who love the first one. And man what a trainwreck is this history that leads nothing to nowhere, with plot that make absolute no sense. Also metal gear fans will know the felling....you want to play with they advertise to you right? You buy the game to play with the character the "sold" to you in the trailers, in their ads. Well guess again you Will spend half the game playing as a character who torture a beloved character from the franchise. Naughty dog/Neil druckman tries so hard, be bold put a powerfull history and Sens a message and all this blahw blah...that turns everything in a huge cliche.
    Just ignore all dialogues, cutscenes and the first game and you might have a good time. Imagine John Wick letting the guy who killed his dog walk away after killed hundreads of people, cause you know...revenge leads tô nowhere bla, bla,bla.
    WHAT A SHAME WHAT THEY DID WITH THE FRANCHISE.    … Expand
  19. AngronRedAngel
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    laughable fail and weird disgusting twitter fanfiction
    + nice graphic
    + technical side + combat would be good but me playing as little girl and beating adult men breaking any immersion - ridiculous pro alphabet and anti christian propaganda - no respect for the players - no respect for the tlou 1 and fan fav characters - disgusting s*x scene - sony and ND actions against youtubers    laughable fail and weird disgusting twitter fanfiction
    + nice graphic
    + technical side
    + combat would be good but me playing as little girl and beating adult men breaking any immersion
    - ridiculous pro alphabet and anti christian propaganda
    - no respect for the players
    - no respect for the tlou 1 and fan fav characters
    - disgusting s*x scene
    - sony and ND actions against youtubers
    - pathetic story with cliché message about killing is bad (which doesnt matter in gameplay anyway unlike for example in death stranding which actually managed to push killing is bad message into gameplay well)
    get woke go broke shills
    wait for ghost of tsushima if you want great PS4 exclusive game    … Expand
  20. megaultrasupert
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    Looks very nice, that's about it. But who cares about graphics. Graphics have been oke since 2005 so I don't really care.

    I do care about gameplay and story. They suck balls. Gameplay is the same as the first game.
    We don't have to argue about story, everybody knows it's bad.
  21. max243
    Oct 14, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (updated)
    Regarding the first teaser-trailer: Joel is only in Ellie's head, giving only one possible direction as a theory. It did not promise anything. This was the only logical "theory" that has now been confirmed.
    Also, regarding the "scam" of the Release-Date trailer: Joel might have been alive originally and Druckmann changed it later. However, I don’t think so, I think this was done intentionally. Not to fool their audiences but to scare them or something. Yes, the media team made the cuts between scenes too fast, true. But: Like in the first teaser, Joel (as Jessie) here could be a hallucination (he wants her to stop), because she expected Joel, everywhere she goes she has Joel on her mind. You can see her hopeless face, after she sees Jessie’s face.
    Well, this was only for explanation reasons. This is not confirmed or anything, but it does make sense.

    Actual review:
    I have played a lot of masterpieces, The Last of Us Part II might be the best of them. Personally, I enjoyed other games more (bc this game is mostly not about fun), but purely objectively TLoUPII is the best game, or at least in the top 3 games of all time. I enjoyed it with various emotions, shed tears and laughed. Please don't listen to haters and finish the game first, form your own opinion. The gameplay, story, acting (check out the facial animation), the characters, the graphics are all top-tier. The story could have been better, by that I mean that the order of events could have been structured differently. The pacing certainly isn’t perfect. Certain scenes split the player-base, are completely logical though. Everything of what comes before and after these scenes was done insanely good. The overall game is a masterpiece of writing that I have rarely seen in any media. And no, I have finished a LOT of games, but only this game has captivated me, entertained me that much. I usually rate games based on facts, not necessarily supported by my own opinion and TLoUPII does not deserve anything below 9/10, sorry. It's unbelievable how much work and love (and cruelty) was put into this project.
    I hope the PS5 version fixes a few things, adds 60fps and ray-tracing. Maybe there will be an optional story-order to choose from, or additional paths.
    We’re still waiting for Multiplayer Mode (as a stand-alone) and it’s coming soon.
    I currently give it 96/100. The PS5 version will probably top that.

    Thanks for reading.    … Expand
  22. nodeadsam
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    I am really disappointed on this game, the plot is so bad and didn't make sense at all. What happened to Naughty Dog? You all need to play this game time to time and play through before the game released, I doubt the staff of the Naughty Boy do the right thing to provide spoiler in advance is the right thing to do.
  23. theyffeson
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. graphic game note 10/10, gameplay 8/10 and story 2/10.
    really ended up with the first game, if guy was never a fan just played the first one for playing, or even played the first game he will give a score of 10 in this TLOS2, but those who are a real fan cannot fail to give a score according to how they feel in their hearts .    … Expand
  24. FinFlik
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Замечательная игра, замечательная история, развязка, персонажи, да и вообще все. Я просто не вижу минусов, я бы может и хотел их видеть из-за порой навязчивого лгбт, высосанной из пальца завязки про месть, или же 40% игры за Эбби. Но нет, серьезно. Лгбт здесь встречается на улицах Сиэтла в виде радуги на флагах или графити на дороге. Да, это странно в рамках постапокалипсиса, но неЗамечательная игра, замечательная история, развязка, персонажи, да и вообще все. Я просто не вижу минусов, я бы может и хотел их видеть из-за порой навязчивого лгбт, высосанной из пальца завязки про месть, или же 40% игры за Эбби. Но нет, серьезно. Лгбт здесь встречается на улицах Сиэтла в виде радуги на флагах или графити на дороге. Да, это странно в рамках постапокалипсиса, но не критично. Любовь главной героини-это не пропаганда лгбт. Это просто любовь, и если не показывать ее в течение игры так как ее показывают разработчики, то нельзя бы было передать должным образом мотивацию, переживания и чувства персонажа. Мы же не за мстительную машину смерти играем, а за 18 летнюю девушку. Завязка действительно кажется банальной и высосанной из пальца, но чем дальше играешь, тем все интереснее и сложнее становится, и закручивается в огромный клубок из чувств, сопереживания и восторга от происходящего. Ну и эти 40% игры за Эбби, то чего я сам побаивался и не хотел-забудьте. Игра, сюжет, масштаб того, что происходит во время игровой сессии за неё просто поражает. Эбби великолепна, раскрыта и показана нам полностью, она замечательна. И вы, возможно, сможете ее полюбить не меньше Элли. Я почти смог. Игра шикарна, огромное спасибо разработчикам, это колоссальная и кропотливая работа, вплоть до мельчайших деталей.… Expand
  25. Volkhva
    Jul 11, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay sometimes can be boring and doesn’t offer anything new to the genre, level design is great - as always in ND’s games, however I play for the STORY. It unfolds slowly but as it approaches the end, it explodes with the complexity of emotions. Dialogues are intelligent and interesting, and the scenes are beautifully intimate. Last but not least: great job with the swap, finally someone did it, and did it right! Good job, Dogs!… Expand
  26. Merrr
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Мужики - козлы! Бабы и ЛГБТ - лучшие!
    Если у тебя между ног что-то есть,то ты не имеешь права ни на что!
  27. Bozonini
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    This game has amazing graphics! But what really ruined this game is forced political and swj message.
    They try to brainwash you like netflix. Charcters gender and sexual orientation feels forced and i feel like the game is less about the actual “tlou” and more about swj lgbt feminism promotion. There are game like The Witched 3 who deliver all those messages in much friendlier form
    1    This game has amazing graphics! But what really ruined this game is forced political and swj message.
    They try to brainwash you like netflix. Charcters gender and sexual orientation feels forced and i feel like the game is less about the actual “tlou” and more about swj lgbt feminism promotion. There are game like The Witched 3 who deliver all those messages in much friendlier form

    1 of 10 for bringing personal political views into the game and forcing far leftist swj. It was very selfish move and most of the gaming community feels neglected    … Expand
  28. Hongz
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    Shame on you. This game is truly wrong and the garbage of the year!! It did not make me understand the connection with previous one and there is no point keeping title, “the last of us”. Big disappointment and I’m done with this game!
  29. Johnpotter147
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Amazing game, I was speechless from the beginning to the end. Naughty Dog we love you and thank you for this masterpiece.
  30. Carnazey
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    I will never forgive naughty dog for this piece of crap.Please be a good human and DO NOT buy this game. The Gameplay is pretty good but there are plenty of games out there with much better gameplay. Do i even need to talk about the story?
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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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