The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Methiles
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just bad story in story-oriented game. Such a shame, really. Gameplay is still slightly below average… Expand
  2. Gigabait
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    1. Because of minorities the plot turned into **** Good job Naughty Dog.
    2. Game bugs on release, AI have the same problems with as part one.
  3. ApetweBC
    Jul 21, 2020
    8
    First time reviewer. At initially, I was mad on how the story unfolded. I couldn't bear with what I perceive should be a sequel to one of the most belove game LOU1. Playing on for a few hours, it grew on me. One of the most artistic design on any console for the past decade. The world was fascinating. Seattle Felt like your own home. Pace was good. The negative I have comes back to theFirst time reviewer. At initially, I was mad on how the story unfolded. I couldn't bear with what I perceive should be a sequel to one of the most belove game LOU1. Playing on for a few hours, it grew on me. One of the most artistic design on any console for the past decade. The world was fascinating. Seattle Felt like your own home. Pace was good. The negative I have comes back to the story. ND could have done better. Joel eas killed too early in the game. Dina should have return home earlier. The game could have ended earlier when they returned home after seattle. Overall impressive game with disappointed story sequence. I still rate it among game of the year… Expand
  4. KlimZima
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    Игра ужасна во всех планах. Графика не лучшая на 2020 год. Сюжет отвратный.
  5. Jono1
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    The last of us story was amazing, The last of us 2 even better. People who are down rating this just don't like plot twists. overall i loved it.
  6. DLCman
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    Loved the first game and this game had amazing graphics and okay gameplay but the story was pretty sad.
  7. Deadniga
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    This is a terrible game with nasty women. The plot is disgusting. Wasted money.
  8. LexFidelis
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    Game just amaze on all levels. Amazing how journalists can sell ratings. Not bad game with tons of problems somehow rated 10 of 10 and even 12 of 10 instantly.
  9. DedrDs
    Jul 21, 2020
    1
    Graphics - 10/10. Console noice - 10/10. Strong womans - 10/10. Gameplay - 7/10. Story - 0/10. Game - 1/10, thanks to the first hour. The rest of the game - basically trash.
  10. madamemuck
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    I'm going to dive right into this. I LOVED THIS GAME!!! It made me feel responsible for once! most games I kill blindly and without remorse as there is no real emotional connection between you and the npc's. When you kill an NPC and another finds their body or sees them get shot there usually a cry out of pain and possibly a name relating to the seemingly real life you as the player justI'm going to dive right into this. I LOVED THIS GAME!!! It made me feel responsible for once! most games I kill blindly and without remorse as there is no real emotional connection between you and the npc's. When you kill an NPC and another finds their body or sees them get shot there usually a cry out of pain and possibly a name relating to the seemingly real life you as the player just snuffed out. I know a lot of negative reviews seem to focus on the fact that you don't agree with what Ellie is doing in this game. I think that this is the point. The game finally makes you feel bad for killing. I often times found myself stealth a lot more, to avoid killing NPC's. Unpopular opinion...I prefer the sequel to the first game. I love the aspect of walking a mile in another persons shoe's aspect. I love the love triangles, I love the artistic way they show comparisons between Ellie and Abby, I love the fact that they don't focus on Ellie being a lesbian as it should just be a normal thing, I love the real fear that a character you love might just die at any moment. The list goes on. 10 outta 10 would recommend!… Expand
  11. ZylonTobi
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    I never played the first part and I think that was a mistake. The Last of US Part II catched me like no other game before. The graphics are gorgeous and the music and effects are on place. The story hooked me like no game before.
  12. wavepineapple
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Absolutely stunning. The narrative is anything but safe, playing with expectations and emotions with a masterful grace. Some people don't like the story, but I found it to be one of the best I've ever experienced in a video game, far surpassing the first game. Plus, not only was the story incredible, but the gameplay, visuals, and music are masterpieces in and of themselves. Loved it, IAbsolutely stunning. The narrative is anything but safe, playing with expectations and emotions with a masterful grace. Some people don't like the story, but I found it to be one of the best I've ever experienced in a video game, far surpassing the first game. Plus, not only was the story incredible, but the gameplay, visuals, and music are masterpieces in and of themselves. Loved it, I can only hope that Naughty Dog continues to put out games of such quality.… Expand
  13. ruchka135
    Jul 21, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoilers for The Last of Us

    Overall for me it was an 8/10. Gameplay, visuals, sound, acting - all is 10/10 as you would expect from Naughty Dog. What made it an 8/10 was the story. Let me say this - it is super dark and depressive. If you thought the first game was depressive, well this whole game was like the cannibal section in the first game, but turned to 11. Like it's brutal, gory and unrelenting in its violence. Like it becomes uncomfortable at points for me. The story is structured in an unusual way. For me personally it made me very involved in the game but for some people the way it was presented was the biggest issue of the game. I will agree that the game is kind of an old take on a classic premise, but that is the same as saying the last of us was a cliché story about a zombie apocalypse. A lot of people were not happy about where the story went, but I believe that Naughty Dog does not owe them anything when it comes to creative liberties with the story. I agree with some reviewers that this should have been the 3rd game not the second and I kind of agree, but I also think that this game should not have existed in the first place. They should have left Joel and Ellie on their own as the first game kinda wrapped up their story rather well (IMO). If you liked the first game for it's gameplay and like great visuals then you will enjoy it just as much as I did. But some people seem to be butt hurt about the wrong reasons and I think they are just a bunch of crybabies who didn't get what they were imagining this game would be. I think in time this game will be just as big of a classic as the first game. #rantover    … Expand
  14. Zedpt44
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Eu joguei o jogo, tenho mais de 30 horas e achei a história sensacional e muito boa.Não entendi o porquê de tanto ódio por um jogo que parece um filme de tão bem feito; personagens super bem feitos e desenvolvidos.Um jogo tão bom assim não devia ter tanto ódio assim...
  15. Retrogamer961
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    As someone who enjoyed the first last of us 2 this game was somewhat disappointing. Overall it’s a flawed corridor shooter that’s much weaker then the first game and questionable if they should have made the sequel. The graphics and world is easily the best part of the game and is one of the best looking and most detailed console game to date. The gameplay is pretty much copy and pasteAs someone who enjoyed the first last of us 2 this game was somewhat disappointing. Overall it’s a flawed corridor shooter that’s much weaker then the first game and questionable if they should have made the sequel. The graphics and world is easily the best part of the game and is one of the best looking and most detailed console game to date. The gameplay is pretty much copy and paste from the first game with not much new innovation. It has the same craft and perk system, the same stealth sections. The only new editions seems to be the edition of dogs as enemies. The gameplay is good but a little dated but won’t really offer much of a challenge. The Ai is also pretty stupid and typical of modern video games. Story wise the game is a complete mess and at times feels like a badly written fan fiction by a high school student. The story has a strange structure and is a standard revenge story that’s been done since the beginning of civilisation. Ellie is still a well written and interesting character, however the supporting cast is weak and forgettable. Also the game make bizarre choices with regards to Abby, not really giving any reason for the player to like or care about her. Also the story tends to repeat itself and big chunks of could be removed and it would still play out the same. In short it fails to live up to its predecessor and offers very little replay value.… Expand
  16. almanaga
    Jul 21, 2020
    7
    Технически игра бесподобна! Сюжетно - это просто бред какой-то в духе дешевых сериалов да еще и с агрессивной пропагандой современных "трендов". Столько лет ждали достойного продолжения шедевра в лице 1 части, а получили невероятно красивую игру с невероятно бредовым сюжетом. Сони, я надеюсь вы сделаете выводы и не будете давать уж слишком "творческих" свобод вашим "гениям".Технически игра бесподобна! Сюжетно - это просто бред какой-то в духе дешевых сериалов да еще и с агрессивной пропагандой современных "трендов". Столько лет ждали достойного продолжения шедевра в лице 1 части, а получили невероятно красивую игру с невероятно бредовым сюжетом. Сони, я надеюсь вы сделаете выводы и не будете давать уж слишком "творческих" свобод вашим "гениям".
  17. MrKatsu
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    I was a huge fan of the first game. I was fine with so many things in this game. The roles going to women and people of color. Totally fine with that. The writing is so bad, and the direction so abysmal that it made me NOT want to play the game. I powered through but spent about 1/3 of the game playing a character I utterly despised in order to play the game I wanted. The director took aI was a huge fan of the first game. I was fine with so many things in this game. The roles going to women and people of color. Totally fine with that. The writing is so bad, and the direction so abysmal that it made me NOT want to play the game. I powered through but spent about 1/3 of the game playing a character I utterly despised in order to play the game I wanted. The director took a chance at being edgy and failed miserably. Fell flat on his face. This is a true shame as the technically aspects of it were very good. Possibly the best looking atmosphere of any game I've every played. The animations and voice work were absolutely phenomenal, but none of that matters if you hate picking up the controller. Seriously, I spent over 30 hours playing this game, and it feels gross. I wanted to give it a chance, but in the end, it was an absolute failure. A game that you want to like but the director makes you hate playing it? 0 out of 10. What's the point of it being a game then?… Expand
  18. webhobbit
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    high level graphics, but the plot is just epic fail. left-wing politicized ****
  19. sloginmogin
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    Если бы не было первой части игры, игра была бы прекрасна, но первая часть была.
  20. SpartanPro
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Great game
    this Graphics, Sound and unique story. Another masterpiece by Naughty Dog.
    In my opinion, better than the previous one.
  21. Saisrivatsan
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    This game is a masterpiece... It bought out some complex emotions within me that i never felt a video game could achieve... Amazing yet intriguing and deliberately divisive story... A techincal marvel and so on... Like i said a 10/10 masterpiece!
  22. geramtz86
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    Masterpiece. Best game of the generation next to Witcher 3. Better than the first game. The gameplay, story, music and enviroment are among the best I have played.
  23. emmetspeed
    Jul 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Disappointed, was hoping the story will be about my fav char getting into more action, but no, they decided to throw him away like nothing. Good gameplay, but still i can't enjoy it.… Expand
  24. mysterybounty
    Jul 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game looks fantastic, combat is brutal, the actors do a good job at acting the script given, however...

    The writing is trash, the story is a basic revenge plot, characters act outside of the rashionality of the.selves from the first game, hardly any new mechanics combat wise, very few assassination animations, very sad game that makes you feel bad with no optimism or hope.    … Expand
  25. VasiaPupkin228
    Jul 20, 2020
    0
    Отвратительно, ужасно, омерзительно, противоестественно, подло, богопротивно, нечестно, унизительно, неприемлемо, противно.
  26. Branx
    Jul 20, 2020
    1
    We all lnow why we are here dont we gentlement? Awful game, waste lf money.
  27. Agurzil
    Jul 20, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the graphics are great, the actors performances are just amazing, the gameplay is not bad, but the story has a lot of cons, it could be much better.… Expand
  28. Boevoy
    Jul 20, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How is it possible to worry about Abby, after she killed Joel, also making game where Men are uselles unlike women, that is not like in real life, tell Me where is realism… Expand
  29. mr_misthios
    Jul 20, 2020
    6
    Gosh - what a missed opportunity. The first game was so memorable. Probably a 10/10 overall, but certainly on its story, atmosphere, game play. They really could have taken it to new heights in TLOU2. Unfortunately - and for a reason I must not understand - it seems they deliberately wanted a car crash in this sequel.
    There are some exceptional executions in this. The graphics and    Gosh - what a missed opportunity. The first game was so memorable. Probably a 10/10 overall, but certainly on its story, atmosphere, game play. They really could have taken it to new heights in TLOU2. Unfortunately - and for a reason I must not understand - it seems they deliberately wanted a car crash in this sequel.
    There are some exceptional executions in this. The graphics and animation are first class and set a new benchmark. The gameplay, though same as previous, has some upgrades and is more fluid than before. The environments are very beautiful, though a bit same-same throughout the game.

    Where this one goes off a cliff - and the reason we judge it so harshly - is that the execution of the narrative (rather than the narrative itself) is jarring to the point of offensive when you hold it next to the superbly executed original. Many people are angry at WHAT happens. I'm fine with what happens. It's a bit like the comic of The Walking Dead or the book The Road... its a bad place and can be brutal. How it was put together was like a case of bad directing, to the point that it broke the immersion and made the journey to the end of the game more like a slog, not a desire to see what happens. And the ending, without giving anything away, is just plain bad and has you feeling empty wondering what was this all for - what a waste of time and lives.

    It's worse BECAUSE of the brilliance of the first. Similar to how The Godfather Part 3 was in part judged on how Part 1 & 2 were so fantastic.

    Some rearrangements on the play out of the story, some changes to the way characters seem to forget who they were in the first one, and perhaps even a toning down of the at-times grotesque violence (how showing the slaying of a pregnant woman is required or acceptable really is beyond me), and this would be a worthwhile successor.

    As it stands, it does the franchise a dis-service, and I will only watch for a third installment with half interest... I no longer really care about what happens in TLOU world.    … Expand
  30. vgolev
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Graphics is great. Levels are amazingly detailed. ND can push ps4 to its maximum. But the game... It's dull. Not even close to 10/10 and TLOU 1. After 20 hours not sure, if I'm going complete it. The first TLOU was a brilliant game. I hope this failure won't bury the studio. Or better to bury now?
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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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