The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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  1. Thiagotjs
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joel dies. The game is a lgbt ad. The whole story of the relationship between "father" and daughter from the first game was spoiled at 2.
    Bad.........    … Expand
  2. Mjn88
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    I’m sad to say this but I didn’t enjoy the game the way I thought I would. There were many different aspects of the game that just turned me off. The game looks visually stunning and the details naughty dog put into visual fidelity is amazing but beyond the graphics, this game lacks heavily everywhere else especially the story. I could not jump on board with what the developers wereI’m sad to say this but I didn’t enjoy the game the way I thought I would. There were many different aspects of the game that just turned me off. The game looks visually stunning and the details naughty dog put into visual fidelity is amazing but beyond the graphics, this game lacks heavily everywhere else especially the story. I could not jump on board with what the developers were suggesting where the story was going and they lost me from the beginning. It’s just not believable what they had Ellie doing, trying to justify it by using a really sorry teenage level revenge story. I’m sorry but this game deserves better writing and more evolved game play! The game play is serviceable but I was hoping for a more developed/evolved and matured last of us. The studio only seemed to have added a few new game mechanics including a dodge button, jump button and going prone. They also failed to add any new enemies outside of the “shambler” which is a really lazy one at best. I was really hoping that naughty dog hit this one out of the ball park but sadly they really dropped the ball on this one FOR ME. Maybe my expectations were too high given it took them 7 years but that’s what I expect from AAA studios in 2020. I was really hoping that the narrative would have pulled me in just like the first game did but I could not find it in me to do so. All the characters were acting so out of the ordinary even the new ones didn’t seem to have realistic decision making. I feel like I’m being critical but I have to be given how big the title is and how bad Naughty dog screwed up. They have all the winning elements but they just didn’t put it together correctly. If they just told a more dare I say “generic” story that we all wanted with Ellie and Joel, maybe this would all be different but this is what happens when you take a risk on going woke and fail. It falls flat, especially because the last of us is such a narrative driven game, having a bad story really hiders itself from being anything great. Anyway, i hope they can bounce back with something better or a new IP that is more engaging and fun. This one wasn’t for me. Sorry...… Expand
  3. IngvarrIsHere
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This is not a game, but an LGBT agenda. Developers Your target audience is not Anita Sargsyan. Until you understand it you will receive a rating of 0.
  4. Soldano
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    What a disaster. This game takes you hostage while you're forced to watch hours of insufferable cutscenes that look more like a revenge story in a meth trailer park than a zombie apocalyspe.

    The shock value violence is bad, it feels forced And will make you roll your eyes. Not every game can use violence in an artistic way like Silent Hill 2. The graphics are not THAT great But they're    What a disaster. This game takes you hostage while you're forced to watch hours of insufferable cutscenes that look more like a revenge story in a meth trailer park than a zombie apocalyspe.

    The shock value violence is bad, it feels forced And will make you roll your eyes. Not every game can use violence in an artistic way like Silent Hill 2. The graphics are not THAT great But they're the only thing this game does well.
    This game still has the same clunky gameplay that was already outdated in 2013, and generally is not very modern in design. QTE, endless dialogues and pretentious pseudo cinematic style have been abandonned long ago for more gameplay based experience since games like bioshock or Witcher III showed that you can make a good story without endless annoying dialogues.

    The story is awfully pretentious and at the same time doesn't really have much to say.
    Neil Druckman's overinflated ego doesn't reflect his talents as a game designer. He obviously wanted to "subvert expectations" and emulate what Kojima did in Metal Gear by presenting violence as an endless circle, but the talent and creativity that made the MGS games so special just isn't there. Instead we have over the top violence, bland characters and a gas station novel plot.

    Combined with the very annoying story, the slow and clunky gameplay make this game a chore.

    This is not a good game and the fact it was propped up by critics as the definitive experience of this generation says all you need to know about them. There are dozens of better games that will never get that kind of attention, do some research and use your wallet to reward someone who worked hard to create something special.

    Don't let anyone lie to you: the reason this "game" gets so bad reviews is because people don't like it, period.    … Expand
  5. Sinx
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    El juego muere a las 3 horas las 28 horas restantes Parecen puro relleno escrito por directores mediocres Debieron hacer una entrega completamente nueva sin nombrar a ellie ni a Joel ni a nadie del primer juego y la verdad nadie hubiera dicho nada en contra por que el juego es bellísimo pero no, tenían que arruinarlo de la peor manera. es el peor dinero que he malgastado en mi vidaEl juego muere a las 3 horas las 28 horas restantes Parecen puro relleno escrito por directores mediocres Debieron hacer una entrega completamente nueva sin nombrar a ellie ni a Joel ni a nadie del primer juego y la verdad nadie hubiera dicho nada en contra por que el juego es bellísimo pero no, tenían que arruinarlo de la peor manera. es el peor dinero que he malgastado en mi vida definitivamente no fue escrito por las mismas personas jamás comprare nada de naughty dog… Expand
  6. maddogpoi
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a story-themed game, its narrative structure is extremely bad. Completely destroyed the character image of the previous game.… Expand
  7. Cleomer
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Gameplay was never the greatest strength of The Last of Us, but this time, despite some graphics/animations improvement, it got worse - bigger and longer stages of doing the same things will often have you wishing for it to be over already.

    The story, however, was the strongest thing about the first game. This time it's significantly worse - too pretentious, too preachy and zero player    Gameplay was never the greatest strength of The Last of Us, but this time, despite some graphics/animations improvement, it got worse - bigger and longer stages of doing the same things will often have you wishing for it to be over already.

    The story, however, was the strongest thing about the first game. This time it's significantly worse - too pretentious, too preachy and zero player agency, forcing your constantly watch your character make very bad decisions.

    Looks like the devs are just trying to lecture you about how bad hatred and violence is, and nothing else mattered while writing the plot. They would stick to it, even if that meant having every character in the world acting like some sadistic moustache twirling villain. And somehow they thought that would make the story "deep".    … Expand
  8. bmarksberry
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    This game is an unfun, pretentious slog. Kneejerk reactions for the shocking story moments are justified, but they fail to assess the greater problem: the walk and talk gameplay, the quick time events, the hours of formulaic "Spanish guitar plays over dramatic scene, cut to black" all pile up into a mountain of Sony's modern gaming sins.

    The unoriginal lazy gameplay ensures that this    This game is an unfun, pretentious slog. Kneejerk reactions for the shocking story moments are justified, but they fail to assess the greater problem: the walk and talk gameplay, the quick time events, the hours of formulaic "Spanish guitar plays over dramatic scene, cut to black" all pile up into a mountain of Sony's modern gaming sins.

    The unoriginal lazy gameplay ensures that this fails as a game and the snuff-esque attempts to copy what the director considers serious cinema ensures that it fails as art. The Last of Us 2 is simply a failure.    … Expand
  9. Ma1DaS
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Boring plot, boring gameplay, that didn't change, boring characters, don't buy this game.The facial animation is just awful, game have many bags and fps drop 30-20. They didn't optimize this game.Sony paid to game publishers, let's see how players react to this vyser. I just say don't buy this game, save your 60$ on more cool games, like God of War, Witcher 3 or RDR2, for example u can buyBoring plot, boring gameplay, that didn't change, boring characters, don't buy this game.The facial animation is just awful, game have many bags and fps drop 30-20. They didn't optimize this game.Sony paid to game publishers, let's see how players react to this vyser. I just say don't buy this game, save your 60$ on more cool games, like God of War, Witcher 3 or RDR2, for example u can buy on 60 $ these 3 games. COME ON, don't lose your time on this boring game!!!… Expand
  10. TheWarriorsRa
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly 90% of this "game" could be pre-rendered backgrounds with static camera angles and it wouldn't lose much of anything. The environment isn't much more interactive than the original Resident Evil games. Hell, that might be the next step in moviegames, since common plebs can't be trusted to point the camera at the right place in visionary director Neil Druckmann's masterpieces. Why, that's like a moviegoer walking onto the set of a Spielberg movie and spinning the camera around.
    Disappointed, just disappointed.    … Expand
  11. Oeaf9
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A story to forget. This game has to be one of the worse game ever made. Graphics were off the charts but story and gameplay was a shame. It was the real disrespect for those who loved the first game. This could be like a side story over a videogame no one cared about. And it will still be an absolute trash. Inclusion over society and political matters had to be included right? Had to be set free in the end? How cowardly from the director of this game. Plus he gave us the one gay/transgender porn scene no one really needed. NO ONE asked for that. Was a game. Absolute trash.… Expand
  12. reviewer121
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In this review I will be as honest as possible. Many people are angry at the game and are giving scores of 1 or 0. Does this game deserve them? Absolutely not. Does this game deserve the snobby false 'woke' reviews from the critics? Absolutely not. This game in my eyes is a classic example, much like Wolfenstein young blood and battle field V of a game which tries to force modern day issues and characters into their games to portray the characters in a positive light. Although nothing wrong with that in the slightest, poor execution of such a forced concept can inherently come back to bite you, this game is exactly that. It spends so long trying to force an emotional connection to the new characters but fails to realise that the characters themselves are not only boring and have a disingenuous back story, they also do not even have a fraction of the appeal of the old characters (Joel and Ellie) in terms of personality, likeability and emotional bond between game character and game player. I honestly felt as though the desire to care even slightly about the new characters was being rammed down my throat with mild back stories and forced interactions. What made the LOU great was arguably its characters its story, the magic of which is completely lost. They tried to take the franchise in a new direction at supersonic pace but sadly crashed face first into a wall.

    The game play element of the game is amazing though, despite the criticisms of the story, the game is visually striking. Apart from reusing a lot of generic GTA V looking NPC models which is a serious letdown based on how amazing the rest of the game looks the game itself is arguably single-handedly carried by the environment and map design and appearance. Yes there are elements of the gameplay which are boring, however it really pushes the limits of the old console systems to deliver a visually impressive game despite being run on a dated system. If this game were to have released on the new console right now the visuals may have even carried this game to a 7/10, however here we are. With a broken franchise that tried too hard to drive a story with no legitimate foundation that left me as a player completely unable to connect and justify the actions of the new characters and not at all wanting to see any more of their story.    … Expand
  13. randomuser1121
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    great graphics, decent gameplay, nothing spectacularly better than tlou1 after waiting for 7 years. story wasn't great, i understand the premise and the theme, but could have been executed better. wouldn't recommend.
  14. ImbalancedPlr
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No no no. I don’t wanna see trans sex scenes in the postap game. No! I don’t wanna see Sony’s tolerance while I chillin playing games. I don’t wanna be a part of your fake tolerance. I pay money for relax at my PS while I got too much tolerance **** watching news. Zero is too much for you!… Expand
  15. Lordbeni
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Just Garbage. They ruined the franchise. Agenda & politics is not for a game.
  16. THESPEED
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horrible game, even worse that I can't refund it. They took one of the best written game that was so good it created its own genre, fired everyone that made it and got a bunch of completely unqualified people to do it. I hold on and refused to give up, thinking Joel's death would actually mean something; nope it was absolutely useless and further nothing. Whoever wrote the plot did not graduate school, I taught for 10 years in my life and the story the created for this game is about as deep and readable as the 7th graders in my school. This is possibly worse than the Transformers movie plots, it's very tragic considering even streamers you pay to play for advertisement find the game crap. The only reason Naughty Dog even made profit off the game is because idiots like me did pre-purchase, watch them suppress the sales volume because it will abysmal compared to original TLOU.… Expand
  17. badgamekekw
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    It is 2020 and devs still haven't learned that pushing your stupid politics and agenda on us will be your downfall. You managed to take out all the enjoyable aspects of the story from the last game, just because you want to push your stupid agenda.

    Had to sign up here to give my honest review, this is just stupidity
  18. Franart13
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Para mi gusto técnicamente un 10, en lo que ha historia se refiere... Para nada está a la altura del mejor videojuego de la historia como. Dicen... Mucho flashback
  19. NicoPoi
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Good game bad scriptwriter！The story is **** bad!!!!! It is a game to win award. It is not a game for gamers.
  20. turkcomrade
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story of the game is completely disappointing. I don't know what you liked in The Last of Us game, but what I liked was the atmosphere and character relationships. Although this game is very successful in terms of atmosphere and gameplay, I cannot say the same for its story. Joel, who is my favorite and empathetic character in this game, is dying in this game. and neither a character is added to replace it, nor can it fill in Ellie. The game is already doing everything it can to hate fifty. You always feel at your side as Joel is on his way to revenge, but this feeling decreases as you progress in the script. I do not want to touch upon the love triangle events during the trip. after some point in the game you are playing with Abby and you see his past and his experiences. you partially empathize with it and start giving rights to it. we even break the mouth of the fifty face while controlling Abby at some point. I don't know or I couldn't find the scenario I expected from this game. he explains the scenario he wants to tell very well but I did not like the scenario they told.… Expand
  21. qu3
    Jun 19, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics 8/10
    Gameplay 8/10
    Story 8/10

    Honestly I didn’t expect to enjoy the game as much as I did but that’s why I always try things for myself. The hate the game has received is entirely unfair. There’s nothing wrong with the game. My only issue with the story is I would of liked to have skipped the final fight with Abby and just let her go. She was clearly broken and clearly paid.    … Expand
  22. G4JV
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    When the politically correct attacks any sector, it ruins it, I give a resounding zero, I bought it, I played it for a couple of hours and returned it to the store, bad that they want to impose this. I do not feel identified with this video game.
  23. blitzybreh
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I'm not sure what Naughty Dog were thinking here. Even with the amazing (yet very similar to TLoU1 graphics), they completely let players down. I don't mind the politically correct basis for the characters and their backgrounds, but the writing just destroyed what was left of the story and characters. Unfortunately I think this is the end of this franchise.
  24. V8ctor
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game is so **** rude to TLOU's fan. I don't have any idea, what they want to tell us. In my memory only TLOU1 is 'The last of us'.
  25. Fai70sal
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad story and weak gameplay there is a huge downgrade from the first game .… Expand
  26. EELF
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Supongo que ya dijeron todo. Destruyeron todo lo que habían logrado edificar con la entrega anterior. Meter la agenda SJW forzosamente me hace dudar que realmente no pensaron en su público objetivo. Gran decepción, así como los críticos comprados.
  27. BlackExile
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game forces me to question my morality, despite not giving me options to choose from. Instead the game keeps pushing towards a direction full of depression and makes it sound like there nothing i can really do about it. What's even worse, trying your hardest to make me hate a well established character by forcing me to kill some dogs and not doing otherwise with the other character do, it doesn't make me switch sides. Lastly, I appreciate the game developers and designers who put their heart and soul in this game, but you had to tolerate this massive **** of a story.… Expand
  28. disappointmentN
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i feel anger, disappointment, sadness...we've all loved the 1st one after seeing the love that has grown between ellie and joel really made me emotional. After hearing that the 2nd one will be released, i was delighted till point i couldn't hold my horses and watched it, and regret that moment really. We all knew that Joel had a strong personality not giving adl damn **** about people, how could he introduce himself to a random crew, and watching him dying in such a cruel way that was creepy. What about ellie she left everyone who cared caref about just to revenge but at the end let her go plus she left her with no fingers she can't play guitar anymore .
    Heez she was all by herself no jiel no guitar no crew and no finger f***    … Expand
  29. Elargo
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. If your curious, go on YouTube, it’s all there. Fails in every aspect. Gameplay is unchanged from 2013, characters are terrible, story is awful, graphics are excellent but that’s no claim to fame anymore as every game has excellent graphics now. This game truly has no redeeming qualities and these perfect reviews are all clearly shills. Shame on all of theDO NOT BUY THIS GAME. If your curious, go on YouTube, it’s all there. Fails in every aspect. Gameplay is unchanged from 2013, characters are terrible, story is awful, graphics are excellent but that’s no claim to fame anymore as every game has excellent graphics now. This game truly has no redeeming qualities and these perfect reviews are all clearly shills. Shame on all of the professional reviewers, you have no integrity and no credibility. As for Neil Druckmann and Naughty Dog, I hope Sony’s execs do to you what you did to this franchise, Abby style. You’ve dragged their reputation down to your level. FAIL.… Expand
  30. Crazej12
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Horrible game. It normalizes trans and lgbt ideas. For a playstation exclusive, I was not impressed at all
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  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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