The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Hanif950
    May 6, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game has the worst story in the world Do not buy this game even if you are getting it for free… Expand
  2. Igor_1311
    May 6, 2022
    9
    Incredible game and a worthy sequel.

    Yes parts of the story were a bit annoying and I found myself skipping some cutscenes because I just don't care that much about some of the new characters, but the overall gameplay and core storyline is excellent. It really makes you think about how in a post-apocalyptic world like this, everyone probably things they are the good guy and only doing    Incredible game and a worthy sequel.

    Yes parts of the story were a bit annoying and I found myself skipping some cutscenes because I just don't care that much about some of the new characters, but the overall gameplay and core storyline is excellent. It really makes you think about how in a post-apocalyptic world like this, everyone probably things they are the good guy and only doing what they have to when in reality that may not be the case.    … Expand
  3. AhangAshti
    May 6, 2022
    9
    Often, gamers look for idealistic alternative realities in games. It is how we alleviate the suffering we face in real life with hopeful poetic justice.
    Naughty Dog reversed that process in this game, this is exactly why many people hated it, understandably. Let's just say this is a masterpiece of a game that was so raw and real, it was hard to digest by many who tend to escape accepting    Often, gamers look for idealistic alternative realities in games. It is how we alleviate the suffering we face in real life with hopeful poetic justice.
    Naughty Dog reversed that process in this game, this is exactly why many people hated it, understandably. Let's just say this is a masterpiece of a game that was so raw and real, it was hard to digest by many who tend to escape accepting reality as it is.    … Expand
  4. Snailbox
    May 4, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The developers of The Last of Us said that part 1 was about love, and part 2 is about hate. They really nailed that. I can't think of a game in recent years that has made me feel more emotions than this game. My only real complaint is that while the second half does a good job of humanizing you've grown to hate for the first half of the game, it doesn't really inspire you to want to continue forward. You see all of the characters you've grown to care about and forcing you to brutally kill them off feels truly awful. There were several times where I felt like I'd be better off not finishing the game, and it doesn't make you feel much better at the end. As such I can't say I'd recommend the game to just anyone, but as a whole it was a pretty bold narrative all throughout. If you need happy endings to function normally, don't play this game.

    Also most of these 0 star reviewers can just be honest and say they hate the gays. The way the story plays out it doesn't matter even a little if Dina was a girlfriend or a boyfriend.

    There are more genuine reasons to hate this game than "my girl character kissed a girl and it broke my narrow perspective on life."

    The characters are nuanced and have personalities of their own. They're very much not vessels for the player to impose themselves onto. You will be forced to do things as a character that disgust you throughout the game, hopefully more than the character being gay.    … Expand
  5. Vigo
    May 4, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. These harsh reviews are ridiculous. I loved the old main character as well but jesus give them some credit for shaking things up. The game and story were just as good as original. I guess my only gripe? I didn't really like playing as the muscular girl who murdered the main character for second half of the game. Much prefer ellie and joel but hey, still fun as hell.… Expand
  6. nharvey
    May 4, 2022
    10
    Incredible game that, while not presenting a particularly original concept, executes it perfectly and displays a riveting and thought provoking story about perspective, ending cycles of hatred, and forgiveness. Bet story I have experienced in a while.
  7. King_Earendil
    May 3, 2022
    1
    Absolutely destroyed what was a true masterpiece of a game by its woke / LGBT+ / ultra liberal in your throat approach which made me want to stop playing it so many times before I forced myself to finish it. What a terrible mess how could Naughty Dog screw this much beloved masterpiece so much??? It is an insult to everyone who truly loved last of us 1, “woke” ultra liberal views andAbsolutely destroyed what was a true masterpiece of a game by its woke / LGBT+ / ultra liberal in your throat approach which made me want to stop playing it so many times before I forced myself to finish it. What a terrible mess how could Naughty Dog screw this much beloved masterpiece so much??? It is an insult to everyone who truly loved last of us 1, “woke” ultra liberal views and beliefs must not be FORCED like this on fans and loyalists of such games it totally ruined what could have been a unique and magical franchise.… Expand
  8. G201021
    May 2, 2022
    9
    People over exaggerate the story of the game. I think it has a good story to make you question and shock you. You feel the devastation and the experience of the characters. Gameplay, graphics, and sound are very well done, and I'm proud to own the game. It also has good replay value and provides a good challenge if you want to experience it again. You can also customize the difficulty ofPeople over exaggerate the story of the game. I think it has a good story to make you question and shock you. You feel the devastation and the experience of the characters. Gameplay, graphics, and sound are very well done, and I'm proud to own the game. It also has good replay value and provides a good challenge if you want to experience it again. You can also customize the difficulty of your game, such as making your partners passive or aggressive, enemy difficulty, finding more supplies or less, and etc. You have to come to the game with an open mind and theorize. The game is made to open up discussions, and this is a great time to hear other people's opinions about the decisions of the characters and theorize future stories of the Last of Us world.… Expand
  9. Samet-hs
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    Oyunda görseller, oynanış mekanikleri, diyaloglar çok iyi olmasına rağmen hikaye beni tatmin etmedi. İntikam hikayesi olarak yola çıkıyoruz ama ne intikam var ne de hikaye sadece boşa geçirilmiş saatler var. Oyun sizi bir yerden sonra mantık hataları yüzünden kaybediyor ve sıkılıp bırakıyorsunuz.
  10. Scary_PND
    May 2, 2022
    0
    As much as I was pleased with the first part, I was so upset by this parody. Disgusting plot, miserable non-human characters. Political agenda instead of human relations. I hate everyone who is involved in the creation of this garbage.
  11. chopocopa
    May 2, 2022
    2
    This review is divided in Portuguese and English idioms, so just skip to the English part if you want.
    Esta review está dividida em português e inglês.
    REVIEW EM PORTUGUÊS: Uma das maiores decepções no mundo dos jogos. O começo é totalmente sem sentido e tedioso, tendo em mãos que você anda mais que joga, a introdução da história é totalmente desconexa com o primeiro jogo, quando    This review is divided in Portuguese and English idioms, so just skip to the English part if you want.
    Esta review está dividida em português e inglês.

    REVIEW EM PORTUGUÊS:

    Uma das maiores decepções no mundo dos jogos.

    O começo é totalmente sem sentido e tedioso, tendo em mãos que você anda mais que joga, a introdução da história é totalmente desconexa com o primeiro jogo, quando se trata da morte do Joel, já que no primeiro jogo ele é um paranoico que não confia em ninguém e no segundo ele já entrega o nome dele para uma desconhecida, e acaba morto por isso.
    A parte em que a Ellie e a Dina juntam para fumar maconha na hora da patrulha (isso mesmo, chaparam na hora da patrulha) é outra parte que não faz o menor sentido, visto que elas tinham uma tarefa no momento.

    A gameplay do jogo é muito "cinemática", quando você faz um ataque corpo a corpo contra um inimigo, você pode estar a metros dele, mesmo assim tem uma força gravitacional que te puxa para o inimigo para que você continue o ataque.
    O jogo é de exploração, mas parece que ele não quer que você explore, toda vez que você "demora" muito para explorar certa área, e o jogo coloca um botão de dica na tela, fazendo o jogador de trouxa.
    Também tem um uso excessivo de quick time events, por exemplo: tem certas partes em que você precisa abrir uma porta, mas está emperrada, então você precisa apertar quadrado duas vezes para abri-la, e isso o jogo INTEIRO.

    A história não é das melhores mas também não é tão ruim, só acho que eles deram um foco muito grande na relação da Dina com a Ellie que pareceu algo forçado para chamar atenção de um certo público. A Dina é uma personagem com um carisma forçado, e muito chata, não para de falar por um minuto sequer.
    Quando você chega em certo ponto do jogo, você joga quase que toda a campanha novamente só que com a Abby, a antagonista, o jogo tenta fazer o jogador entender o ponto de vista da Abby mas só mostra que ela é uma brutamonte psicopata que não tem remorso nem de matar o próprio povo.
    Quando você termina de jogar a parte da Abby, o jogo já está quase no final, mas você não tem aquele sentimento de que está acabando, e quando sobem os créditos você fica com uma impressão de "é só isso?".

    Meus únicos pontos positivos sobre o jogo são o gore, que é sensacional e visceral, a direção de arte, que é uma das melhores que eu já vi em um jogo, aquela parte da fazenda é linda, e por fim, os gráficos que são muito bons, e não confundam o ingame com as CGs, já que o jogo transita muito bem quando precisa.

    Em conclusão, não é um bom jogo, você consegue se divertir em algumas partes mas a maior parte do jogo é extremamente chata e tediosa.

    ENGLISH REVIEW:

    One of my biggest disappointments about gaming.

    The begging is extremely boring, too much walking and awful dialogues and nonsense events (like Joel's death and Ellie smoking weed while she had important things to do at that moment, like wtf she was thinking??).

    The gameplay is too "fake", when you attack a enemy it seems that there is this gravitational force that pulls you to the enemy so you can kill him. The game is about exploring but it seems that it doesn't want you to explore it, because every time you take too long exploring, the game gives you a tip button, and this is so ridiculous, making the player an idiot.
    There is also this overuse of quick time events, for example: there are many times in the game where you are opening a door but the door is stuck, so you need to press the square button two times, and it happens through the whole game, it's so annoying.

    The story isn't that bad but is not also good, Dina is one of the most annoying and terrible character I've ever seen in a videogame, she doesn't stops talking for a single minute during the walkthroug, and the game is always focusing in Ellie and Dina's relationship when it isn't something that important to the story, it gave me the impression of trying to call certain people attention.

    When you get in certain point of the game, you have to play it all again but with Abby, that is the game's antagonist. They try to make you understand Abby's point of view but they just show you that Abby is just a freak psychopath that doesn't even cares about killing her own people.
    When you finish to play the whole Abby's part, the game is near to the end, but the game doesn't even cares about showing the player that you are almost in the end, you don't have that feeling of finishing a game.

    My only positive points to this work is the gore, that is just amazing, the graphics that are great and the art direction that is one of the best i have ever seen in gaming industry.

    In conclusion, is not a good game, there are some fun parts, but the biggest part of the game is extremely boring.

    Sorry about any spell or writing mistake, English is not my first language, I tried.    … Expand
  12. Nindo_1
    May 1, 2022
    9
    Though I initially didn’t love this game I’ve come around to absolutely loving it. The gameplay is AMAZING. Ellie’s new friends are awesome, Abby and her crew are okay but I never got attached to them like I am to Ellie. The only setback to this game is it’s pacing. It was amazing until it reached Abbys part and it went to what felt like a climax in the story to a complete stop and it wasThough I initially didn’t love this game I’ve come around to absolutely loving it. The gameplay is AMAZING. Ellie’s new friends are awesome, Abby and her crew are okay but I never got attached to them like I am to Ellie. The only setback to this game is it’s pacing. It was amazing until it reached Abbys part and it went to what felt like a climax in the story to a complete stop and it was really hard to play through that part for the first time. Still, this is an amazing video game. A 5.7 is a ridiculous rating for this game, it’s at least an 8.0… Expand
  13. yanks_18
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    The Last of Us Part II is a masterpiece! I’ve never had any story impact me the way this one has. I love replaying this game over and over again. I waited so long for TLOU2 to finally release and while I was counting down the days until it’s release I would replay TLOU1 over and over again in anticipation, and I must say TLOU2 exceeded my expectations in every single way. The graphics,The Last of Us Part II is a masterpiece! I’ve never had any story impact me the way this one has. I love replaying this game over and over again. I waited so long for TLOU2 to finally release and while I was counting down the days until it’s release I would replay TLOU1 over and over again in anticipation, and I must say TLOU2 exceeded my expectations in every single way. The graphics, attention to detail, sound design, performances by the actors, and soundtrack are some of if not the best I’ve ever seen in a video game. And the accessibility features are amazing. The game shows that in the world of The Last of Us there are no hero’s or villains, just survivors, like Tess said in TLOU1 “we’re **** people Joel it’s been that way for a long time” then Joel said “no we are survivors” basically everyone in the world of TLOU has done horrible things to survive, but they’re doing the wrong things for what they believe are the right reasons. TLOU2 shows that it’s all about perspective and by the end of the game you should feel conflicted. It asks questions such as What would you do if someone you loved was the victim of a cruel and violent act? How easily could one's mind tip toward violent retribution? How far would you go to bring the people responsible to justice? If you were successful, how would it change you? Would you ever be the same? I love how this game is both a revenge story and a redemption story, it’s basically 2 games in 1. I recommend this game to everyone.… Expand
  14. lizzyeye
    May 1, 2022
    0
    This game is just scam.
    During the play, F words kept coming out of my mouth.
    No answer.
  15. NoSkillzDad
    Apr 30, 2022
    10
    To the ones giving a bad score... I feel sorry for you.

    This game will shake you like no other game has ever done. It is indeed controversial and it made me do things I didnt want, and some others were not like I wanted them to be BUT, because I can do it all over again, I will.
  16. toaplan
    Apr 30, 2022
    10
    Incredible that Naughty Dog managed to top the original game, which already seemed like catching lightning in a bottle. The interesting narrative structure and the unhurried, uncompromising storytelling are the game's highlights for me.
  17. andriux
    Apr 30, 2022
    10
    amazing game, the hate people give to it, its just because they dont like ellie not being straight .__.
  18. JohnnyPS5
    Apr 29, 2022
    10
    Not perfect, but still a masterpiece. Don’t let the review bomb put you off to it. You are supposed to hate Ellie’s rival and you are forced to play as Ellie’s rival abbey to understand both sides of the story. It’s storytelling brilliance. If you can love a story without shutting down because there’s lesbian characters, you’re in for one of the best games ever made.
  19. hr_eev
    Apr 29, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a game! This game was fantastic. It had its cons and pros. It is one of the best game i ever played. Because of the graphics, the mechanics, the music and something that i will be killed about is the story. This game for no reason i hated or like most of it is because of Joel's death and Ellie being a lesbian. The end was well not that good, but not that bad. I give it a 9, because i had to play as Abby's POV 10 hours it was like Ellie's game-play but you just play with a different character. Overall the game is good i love it. 9/10 must play… Expand
  20. Flabb
    Apr 29, 2022
    5
    Graphics and atmosphere is amazing, sound in this game is some of the best i`ve heard, the guns just sound amazing. It`s the same combat from the first game but with some small changes and I love the survival aspect of the last of us series, the difficulty is awesome, the enemies don`t turn into spunges but they deal more dammage and the resources are more scarce, making a playthough onGraphics and atmosphere is amazing, sound in this game is some of the best i`ve heard, the guns just sound amazing. It`s the same combat from the first game but with some small changes and I love the survival aspect of the last of us series, the difficulty is awesome, the enemies don`t turn into spunges but they deal more dammage and the resources are more scarce, making a playthough on higher difficulty tense and a lot of fun. The problem however is that the actual gameplay of this game is very short with awefull pacing. You spend a big part of the game just walking og watching cutscenes and the story told here is a mess, the big twists in the story was so easy to see coming. For some reason they force you to actually play through a lot of the cutscenes in the game, making a second playthrough a chore. At the end I felt like a wasted my time playing this game, the story was boring and what felt like 70% of the game was cutscenes or walking from point A to B while listening to the characters talking.
    This felt more like a soap opera than a game. So dissapointing, the first game is one of my all time favorite games.    … Expand
  21. CamyVero
    Apr 29, 2022
    8
    Excelente videojuego. Mágnifica aventura en tercera persona con mecánicas de shooter y sigilo, exploración y puzzles (sencillos, eso sí) ambientada en un devastado mundo postapocaliptico lleno de unos raros infectados que no dudarán en atacarnos si nos ven, aunque sea este el menor de nuestros problemas estando lleno de humanos verdaderamente hijosd*****.

    El juego básicamente le da    Excelente videojuego. Mágnifica aventura en tercera persona con mecánicas de shooter y sigilo, exploración y puzzles (sencillos, eso sí) ambientada en un devastado mundo postapocaliptico lleno de unos raros infectados que no dudarán en atacarnos si nos ven, aunque sea este el menor de nuestros problemas estando lleno de humanos verdaderamente hijosd*****.

    El juego básicamente le da continuidad a la excelente primera parte de esta franquicia exclusiva de sony y desarrollada por Naughty Dog. Su fuerte y verdadero reclamo principal es la historia. Una historia que está al nivel de cualquier serie de gran presupuesto de las que nos podemos encontrar en los servicios de streaming de hoy día. Cada partida es un episodio más en el que avanzaremos a lo largo de dos campañas que en el juego se desarrollan de forma paralela y cuyas tramas coinciden durante el tiempo.

    Se trata de una historia dura, cruda y violenta, de gran carga emocional, que nos tendrá pegados al mando por unas 30 horas, hora arriba, hora abajo.

    Técnicamente el juego es impecable. El mundo exterior está vivo, desolado y a la vez muy hermoso aunque tambien se cuenta con escenarios oscuros y terroríficos.

    Esta partida la hemos hecho entre dos personas, mi mujer y yo. Y aunque lógicamente tenemos formas depensar parecidas, puesto que somos pareja, no llegamos a entender cual es el problema por el cual este juego tiene tan solo un 5.7 en su nota de los jugadores. Es un juego de 10 en lo técnico, la historia te podrá gustar más o menos. Pero ponerle notas por debajo del verde es claramente por problemas subjetivos.

    Muy recomendable, de hecho si tienes una ps4 o ps5 debes jugarlo, sin mas y el anterior tambien    … Expand
  22. No13
    Apr 28, 2022
    10
    Definitely the best game to come out in years. Very misunderstood by most people
  23. jon333
    Apr 27, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Played and absolutely loved part 1. I don't know what they were thinking for part 2. This game was most noted for its story. While the graphics and game play are awesome, the story falls completely flat. It's almost like the developers didn't play the first part of this game. There is no way Joel would have entered that space with that many strangers and just introduce himself. That makes no sense, it was just done because the plot needed it to happen. They were too lazy to think of a creative, sensible way to kill him that was in line with his character.

    Joel's death isn't the real problem however, while the way it happened is stupid, it does carry emotional weight. The big problem is that there is absolutely zero pay off. Joel is not avenged. So what was even the point of his death? It leaves a great feeling of dissatisfaction as his death is rendered meaningless. He was killed just for the shock value and that's it.

    I just don't know how they got it so wrong after first getting it so right. The thing that made the first game so successful was the bonding of the characters, that is what worked. They completely missed the mark on this one. Amazing graphics and really solid game play can only take a game so far. If that's what you're interested in then definitely play this game. But if you think it'll be as compelling a story as its predecessor, think again.    … Expand
  24. jhszbnce
    Apr 27, 2022
    10
    This is just the most human game I ever experienced in my life. Those who can't appreciate this game and it's story - are just think there are only good or bad people in real life. We are everything but humans and also, we are just humans with all our actions and feels. Thank you Naughty Dog!
  25. YusufArda001
    Apr 27, 2022
    10
    This game is truly a masterpiece one of the best games i have played some people don't like the story but i love the concept of two sides of the knife in short if you have a ps4 or ps5 you should play it 100%
  26. DABOLI
    Apr 27, 2022
    10
    i like this game because its different from other games in the story .
    most other studios make games that dont have much risk but naughty dog made game that is beautiful and amazing in game play and story . they made this game while they knew it may not be satisfactory for the fans so this is commendable .
  27. nedsatomicdustb
    Apr 27, 2022
    1
    Such a missed opportunity. The gameplay is incredibly repetitive, the puzzles are almost gone. But what really matters is the story is just relentlessly lacking in any sense of moral direction, hope or purpose. Just a lot of meat slashing, whether its zombies (surprisingly less) or humans (mostly). They short changed Ellie here, this isn't what she became, and I won't participate in it.Such a missed opportunity. The gameplay is incredibly repetitive, the puzzles are almost gone. But what really matters is the story is just relentlessly lacking in any sense of moral direction, hope or purpose. Just a lot of meat slashing, whether its zombies (surprisingly less) or humans (mostly). They short changed Ellie here, this isn't what she became, and I won't participate in it. All the value in the original story of a potential cure and the motivation of the characters is totally dulled. A lot of the controversy was about being too 'woke'. I don't care about that, I would have loved Ellie as a female protagonist, and her love story was cute. Until she became a totally unrecognisable psycho avenging someone who was themselves, as she could see, morally dubious. She should have stopped after seeing the first torture, and in reality, I think she would have.… Expand
  28. Santa228
    Apr 26, 2022
    10
    Не понимаю почему такая низкая оценка, игра просто шедевр
  29. Tuetenhenkel
    Apr 26, 2022
    10
    I can't write too much about the game without spoilers. In any case, it shows that there is not always good and evil, but that everything is a matter of perspective. Every single second of the game feels carefully thought out to me and the story offers so much depth. An emotional, immersive gaming experience that I will never forget.
  30. pieropontra
    Apr 26, 2022
    10
    Whoever tells this games is a flop is wrong, do yourself a favor and just play it without reading anyone's opinion and make yours... hopefully will be a 10 out of 10 just like mine.
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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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