The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. FreeTheTaint
    Jul 12, 2020
    1

    Never have I been this disappointed in a sequel, game or movie. Whether it be the terrible working conditions at ND, the bogus widespread DMCA claims of commentators, the forced token pandering story elements, the overplayed 'unexpected therefore amazing' story direction like the Last Jedi, or the generally just plain boring game play; this game has plenty of reasons to avoid it. The
    Never have I been this disappointed in a sequel, game or movie. Whether it be the terrible working conditions at ND, the bogus widespread DMCA claims of commentators, the forced token pandering story elements, the overplayed 'unexpected therefore amazing' story direction like the Last Jedi, or the generally just plain boring game play; this game has plenty of reasons to avoid it. The story has nothing rewarding about it and is just plain depressing and baffling.

    Please consider giving this a pass, or picking it up on discount/used. These things shouldn't be rewarded.    … Expand
  2. N-Shifter
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    Absolute masterpiece, 30+hours on my first playthrough and immediately restarted it again.

    Phenomenal.
  3. Gonzalovega
    Jul 10, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hermoso juego la verdad muy bueno gráficamente en jugabilidad y todo lo que tiene que ver con el gameplay tiene buen argumento lo unico que podria haber sido mejor es la narrativa de los sucesos… Expand
  4. Harley2814
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    Tengo que decir que me encanto, no es lo que esperaba pero si lo que necesitaba, aunque el final no haya sido tan cerrado como haya querido, aun asi es asombroso. Simplemente me encanto
  5. Kaaimejou
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    Как по мне уж, так это очень сильная игра, постоянно держала в напряжении. Разрабы знают, как пробить на эмоции.
  6. iredg
    Jul 12, 2020
    9
    Excellent game, except for some parts where the storytelling scenes are a little too long.
  7. Liocon
    Jul 12, 2020
    8
    Good engine and good graphics. I loved the story. I made a 180 spin. First I hated Abby but in the end I understood why she does what she does.
  8. Gedfury
    Jul 12, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I felt the game was manipulative and is designed for you to like Abby and just left all of our beloved characters from the first game dead or broken. Despite all these, the gameplay was really good and AI was outstanding. A lot of effort was put into the details of graphics. Would have given it a 10 if only they made more of what fans waited 7 years for, more of Ellie and Joel. The ending leaves a bad taste and felt unfulfilling.… Expand
  9. benet_15
    Jul 12, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very good game just think that they could have handled joels death better. Also didn‘t really like playing as Abby for nearly half of the game. Other than that pretty good game.… Expand
  10. BrandonPil
    Jul 12, 2020
    9
    With the original, The Last of Us gameplay mechanics were simple, easy and unique. But combat with the different creatures and humans seemed repetitive once further in the game.
    With Part II, Naughty Dog improved greatly on gameplay for the player. Survival horror was revived with the first game and now is remastered and improved with Part II.
    With having creatures that can’t be heard    With the original, The Last of Us gameplay mechanics were simple, easy and unique. But combat with the different creatures and humans seemed repetitive once further in the game.
    With Part II, Naughty Dog improved greatly on gameplay for the player. Survival horror was revived with the first game and now is remastered and improved with Part II.
    With having creatures that can’t be heard and that are faster and harder to go against from what you were used to. And also humans having difficulty strategy due to which group they are apart of.
    For a gameplay perspective, it’s better than the first in many ways.
    Story-wise, I can see where the team was going with this approach, and I can’t say that it fully worked for me though. I will commend them for being different and having us play from perspectives. But the way the game was edited and pasted made it not only a little confusing at certain points but made the player forced to finish the game with them not wanting to.
    Many are frustrated due to leaks and deaths, but The Last of Us Part II is not just a story, but still a video game with that.
    It isn’t correct to hate a game for its leaks and delays, you are at fault for looking into them and spoiling for yourself. But it isn’t your fault that you didn’t agree with how they approach this sequel. Maybe this isn’t what you wanted this game to be, but what the creators needed it to be for the players.    … Expand
  11. Tokki
    Jul 12, 2020
    8
    Эмоциональное опустошение и 8 пальцев Элли из 10.
  12. Assassins1308
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    I really like this game, starting from the gameplay, graphics, music, characters, emotion, and a very tense story that makes the heart feel sad and happy. I hope the last of us 3 comes too.
  13. XeniaRom
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    Genius masterpiece. I enjoyed every second of this game. Such detailed and well-planned world and amazing story. Bravo
  14. Nastradamos
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolutes Meisterwerk mit unvorhersehbaren Story Wendungen. Grafik, Gameplay und Location erstklassig. PS ich an Abbys Stelle hätte Joel auch getötet.… Expand
  15. STLSieve31
    Jul 12, 2020
    7
    The game itself was amazing! Between the graphics, attention to detail, and controls. Job well done! I get the story and understand Abby's want for revenge. My only issue about the story is how Joel is played out as some horrible man who selfishly took Abby's dad and prevented the potential for a vaccine. A man who, selfish or not, prevented the fireflies from killing Ellie withoutThe game itself was amazing! Between the graphics, attention to detail, and controls. Job well done! I get the story and understand Abby's want for revenge. My only issue about the story is how Joel is played out as some horrible man who selfishly took Abby's dad and prevented the potential for a vaccine. A man who, selfish or not, prevented the fireflies from killing Ellie without her consent. Yeah she's mad because she would've sacrificed herself for the cause, but that doesn't change the fact that they had decided her life for her. What's the point of saving humanity if humanity doesn't care about you? No say in the matter regarding your own life. No last words. No farewells to the guy who just went through hell to get her there. And there's Ellie. A girl who tried so hard to build a relationship with Joel despite his efforts to keep it strictly professional. She slowly won him over. Even ran off and made a huge scene when Joel got Tommy to agree to take her. Made him guilty that he was abandoning her and didn't care. Refused his offer to turn around. Said they could go wherever he wanted afterwards. Showed no signs of wanting to die. She won his heart, someone was going to just end her life without any say, and she hates him for it? That's brutal. I understand Abby's anger because it was her father, but she gave her blessing to her dad when he couldn't answer the question if he could decide that for his own daughter. This is a story justifying their revenge and trying to convince you that they're better. All while discrediting the actual good that Joel did. If their actions are justified because Ellie would've agreed, why couldn't they wait one damn day to sit down with Joel and Ellie to discuss this? You know, instead of deciding her fate like it's ok because it's for the "greater good" Based off the responses from the new Abby fans, this game has taught me that if an outbreak like this ever happened and you find out you're immune, don't tell anyone if you want to live. Too many people are ok with killing you without say to save their own life.… Expand
  16. PatrykPlayer
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    GREAT ! They create a Masterpiece. After 7 years I'm satisfied. Thank You Naughty Dog !
  17. jank_king20
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    Don’t believe the babies crying about this game. It’s a supremely moving, as well as harrowing, piece of art. It grapples with the themes and messages it sets out to with a confidence and capability that I’ve never seen in a video game. Utterly masterful and bleak in a way that fits perfectly with the historical moment we’re living in. Playing this game felt like watching one of myDon’t believe the babies crying about this game. It’s a supremely moving, as well as harrowing, piece of art. It grapples with the themes and messages it sets out to with a confidence and capability that I’ve never seen in a video game. Utterly masterful and bleak in a way that fits perfectly with the historical moment we’re living in. Playing this game felt like watching one of my favorite movies - No Country For Old Men - for the first time. Simply amazing… Expand
  18. ravenmage
    Jul 12, 2020
    2
    The narrative for this game is just a mess. Tells a tale of two people who sought revenge. One of them seems to have no issues with it and is perfectly fine emotionally. The other one develops ptsd and shows clear emotion. Game makes it way too obvious it wants you to like one character and not the other.

    Good combat and graphics though.
  19. JessAshley
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    You have to play all of it and go into this game with an open mind. Amazing storytelling, amazing character development and nothing we've ever emotionally experienced in gaming before. No-one said this would be a happy ending. It may not be the game most people wanted but it may just be the game we needed.
  20. uyeong
    Jul 12, 2020
    9
    Unlike the concerns, I enjoyed playing the game very much. Directing, entertainment and graphics all perfect.
  21. Ethan1990
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Another naughty dog masterpiece. The amazing story telling to the incredible acting from ashley, troy and Laura. You have created another goty if not something greater… Expand
  22. Miguel_marques
    Jul 12, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A única coisa que eu mudaria seria a luta final sem necessidade que não acrescenta em nada e só serve pra ter uma mutilação :(… Expand
  23. Jresva93
    Jul 12, 2020
    1
    Juego horrible. Horrible final uno mas del monton. Tenia esperanza de aunque sea seria una 6 o 7 de 10. Pero al contrario, uno de los juegos mas decepcionantes y con final frustrante que jugue en mi vida.
  24. TomasBng
    Jul 12, 2020
    3
    This game as one of the best graphics i have ever seen on ps4, the gameplay doesn’t change from the first but this game in my opinion is ruined by is weak story and on a game that totally depends on it this is a disaster if you liked the first or even if you haven’t played it this is a game I don’t recomend. Just play the remastered version of the first this game is a waste of time I onlyThis game as one of the best graphics i have ever seen on ps4, the gameplay doesn’t change from the first but this game in my opinion is ruined by is weak story and on a game that totally depends on it this is a disaster if you liked the first or even if you haven’t played it this is a game I don’t recomend. Just play the remastered version of the first this game is a waste of time I only gave it 3 because of the graphics and gameplay and on a game about the story that is almost nothing...… Expand
  25. OTAKUGAMER3
    Jul 12, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay, the mechanics, and visuals and sounds are a 10/10 don't get me wrong . But First of all it is crappy writing. Abby literally only hears Joel and immediately kills him without knowing if thats actually the Joel she is after. There are thousands of people named Joel lmfaoo. Second of all She didn't hesitate to kill the guy who saved her. She didn't regret it. To us she didn't lose crap. Cuz her friends weren't fleshed out like that we didn't care if they died, a well written villain that you want us to sympathize with would have spent some time with Joel and have some internal conflicts after she hears his name and questions herself if this is the actual Joel she is looking for. If naughty dog really want us to relate to abby they would make us play as her at first and us as players would be like woah whose this? how is she connected to the story? Its lazy writing because all they had to do is switch up some events and flashbacks to make us fall for abby but their execution was horrible. I was never spoiled on this game I was clueless about the leaks. And I came to the game very open minded. honestly I don't mind if they killed Joel it was gonna happen sooner or later. Third of all naughty dog really made us kill that doctor that keep in mind didn't want Joel or Ellie to know to at least give them a choice of giving up Ellie . Fourth of all they could have easily avoided backlash if they at least gave us an option to kill abby at the very end. Fifth of all why does Ellie go back for revenge after losing soo many things and people to only not get the person who was responsible?, and she had a very beautiful home with Dina , even pre-apocalyptic times people would kill for that .Sixth of all there was just soo much death in this game that we as the players grew numb and didn't even care about them...pure shock value. like everyone died in vain and we didn't have time to take in how jessie died til we played as abby for freaking 10 hours during the climax of the game. Abby gets everything but Ellie is left with basically nothing and cant even enjoy the guitar? Seventh of all the characters have zero things that made them who they were in the first game, trusting some people when Joel taught Ellie not to, just to tell them his name and place without even asking them who they were? and Ellie not picking up that ps vita is fishy as hell cuz she loved games. okay and some other things that pissed me off was the smex scene. like dude Im a perv and I love strong women but that was so unexpected and unnecessary to the actual plot and making us sympathize with her. Ellie forgiving abby before she even forgave Joel for keeping her alive is bull crap when she don't even know if it were to work. And Tommy calling ellie a coward after he is nearly killed makes no sense. He would have let her know that he found out where abby was but wouldn't forced that since he and Joel wouldn't want her to risk her life AGAIN!!! because they care about her. The plot is poorly written and they try to hide behind the lgbtq+ community. When its not about that because we definitely loved left behind when we first found out she was gay. OVERALL their execution of a revenge story without the revenge was horrible since they prove everything they did in the game and the countless people they killed was pointless. Ellie killing hundreds of people(may include early pregnant women, fathers, innocent people that just joined the frontline) to feel bad AT THE VERY LAST SECOND about the one person that caused her misery and was actually guilty… Expand
  26. Daniel4410
    Jul 12, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game, good music, sound effects, graphics, every technical aspects was good. The story was awesome, but at least for me, I think it was a little too long.… Expand
  27. UlimcFly
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing journey. One of the best works seen in videogame history. A milestone. Thanks to all Naughty Dog staff for this masterpiece.… Expand
  28. Gazimodo
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    Amazing game. One of the best of the generation. I don’t understand why there’s so much hate. It’s one of the most enjoyable games I’ve ever played and one of the most intense stories.
  29. ClaJo94
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    Simply a Masterpiece of storytelling and a definitive milestone in gaming history. Story worked for me even better than part 1.
  30. Italocr7
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo ótimo, gráficos e história sensacional ! Gostei do desfecho, a lição moral um jogo feito para adultos.… Expand
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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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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