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  1. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    MASTERPIECE. The most challenging game I have ever played. Incredible dynamic characters matched with immersive gameplay. Naughty Dog keep pushing the bar out of reach. Don’t listen to bigotry, play the game and may your survival be long!
  2. Jul 11, 2020
    0
    Главное разочарование в истории видеоигр для меня! Я не могу понять как можно было сделать так плохо в первую очередь с точки зрения сюжета и во вторую с точки зрения геймплея где огромное количество повторений ситуаций из первой части и сам гемплей однообразен и скуден на интересные ситуации, но хочется вернутся к сюжету и сказать сценаристам данного позорище-поздравляю перед мной самыйГлавное разочарование в истории видеоигр для меня! Я не могу понять как можно было сделать так плохо в первую очередь с точки зрения сюжета и во вторую с точки зрения геймплея где огромное количество повторений ситуаций из первой части и сам гемплей однообразен и скуден на интересные ситуации, но хочется вернутся к сюжету и сказать сценаристам данного позорище-поздравляю перед мной самый бездарный сиквел в истории! Expand
  3. Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Have to play it with open mind and I think the ending is kinda beautiful for me and looks real
  4. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us 2 é uma obra prima em história, um mundo aonde não existe heróis nem vilões, um mundo volta para escolhas decorrentes aos personagens, uma construção impecável do Neil druckman, fiquei muito feliz a equipe, nota 10 para o Deus Neil druckman Expand
  5. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    A fantastic evolution from the first game! Superb work. Can't wait for a Part 3!!!
  6. Jul 11, 2020
    1
    Este juego es realmente decepcionante, no es ni la sombra del primero, la inteligencia artificial de los enemigos es pobre y la variedad de estos aún más, casi no hay música y la que hay es mediocre, el juego llega a ser aburrido, los personajes se vuelven odiosos, en fin, no recomiendo que lo compren porque lo más probable es que termines revendiéndolo al poco tiempo como lo han hechoEste juego es realmente decepcionante, no es ni la sombra del primero, la inteligencia artificial de los enemigos es pobre y la variedad de estos aún más, casi no hay música y la que hay es mediocre, el juego llega a ser aburrido, los personajes se vuelven odiosos, en fin, no recomiendo que lo compren porque lo más probable es que termines revendiéndolo al poco tiempo como lo han hecho muchos ya. Expand
  7. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    TLOU Part II is the best experience in your life you can ever get from a videogame. Nowhere near that this game deserves 0 rates which many of the people stated. I do not need to talk about the graphics. People can not get an idea about how this game's gameplay is so pleaser and fun by its own regardless of the story while only watching the Let's play videos. People who didn't play theTLOU Part II is the best experience in your life you can ever get from a videogame. Nowhere near that this game deserves 0 rates which many of the people stated. I do not need to talk about the graphics. People can not get an idea about how this game's gameplay is so pleaser and fun by its own regardless of the story while only watching the Let's play videos. People who didn't play the TLOU 1 and not having personal connections with the characters from the previous game, definitely will enjoy the story and they must play this high-quality game. If you do not like the story based on your personal opinions, I am sorry but giving 0 to this game is a completely gross injustice. Whoever enjoys playing videogames must experience TLOU 2 when they can. Expand
  8. Jul 11, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was also one of the players who thoroughly enjoyed the first game. After waiting 6 years for the sequel, I cannot emphasise how disappointed I was. Killing Joel was a huge disrespect to his character and does not make any logical sense. In the first game, he could sense an ambush from a mile away and in this game, he must have become retarded as he follows a group of strangers and identifies himself. The characters are what made me fall in love with the first game personally and to see Joel die in such an unsatisfying way kills me. Apart from Joel, Ellie does not grow in any meaningful way in the second game either. She is just mindlessly driven for blood and in the end, she kills

    everyone

    except the one person who was soley responsible for Joel's death. (Abby). In addition to that, the game does not offer the experience of progression and the stories between the two characters are so haphazardly arranged, going back and forth that there is no sense of going forward and progressing. I do not mind if the characters are lesbian or transgender but to have a random character appear out of nowhere and kill one of the most beloved characters...

    The positive reviews are people that had no sense of attachment to the original title. This whole game is just a message that revenge is bad. The graphics, the mechanics and audio are all beyond fantastic but it's a story game and Naughty Dog **** up on the story. Save your money do not buy this game.
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  9. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    I loved this game. The story was challenging, and all the hate the game is getting I believe is unwarranted, however I get if people don't like the story. Hating on the devs or actors for the story is just dumb. The story causes you to feel one way, but then works to give you a reason to reevaluate those feelings, which I think is utterly genius
  10. Jul 11, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра в плане геймплея,оптимизации, музыки,графики,деталей отличная но сюжет то ещё зрелище Expand
  11. Jul 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game has amazing graphics and pretty good gameplay, however the most important aspect of this game is the storyline, which unfortunately has been butchered and slaughtered in the most inhumane way possible.

    Just a few hours into the game the protagonist is thrown away into a pile of trash, like an obsolete 1.44mb floppy disk. This decision was made not only because of the clearly sexist and biased political views of the story writers but also very possibly because their imagination was insufficient to live up to the story masterpiece that was in the first game.

    So what do you do when you have a severe lack of imagination and lack of self confidence into living up to the expectations?
    You chicken out and kill the most important character of the game so you can make new ones, this way nobody will be able to call you out for your failure to do a proper sequel to the game.
    Unfortunately, this was so poorly executed that it makes story lines from films such as GhostBusters 2016 sound like the most innovative and creative writing you've ever seen.

    If you are a true TLOU fan, then this game is not for you as you will find it a complete failure story-wise.
    If you are a hardcore fan of Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead, then you will find many fingerprints of those 2 in this game, so it should have some sort of appeal to you.

    You may think that these are harsh words, but there are simply to many examples in game where you can find the storyline killing the entire game atmosphere, i'm not even going to dwell into the clear political agendas that this entire game is all about, lets pretend that those issues dont exist and just consider the story as a whole instead.

    The Good
    In the first game you get to play as Joel daughter, then Joel and then Ellie finding a unique storyline about family and hope in the most dificult and improbable scenarios of a persons life.

    In TLOU2, most of Ellie & Joel memory flashbacks are heartwarming, even if predictable and expected, they get to you, frankly these memories were so good that if you sold the game and expanded solely on these memories the entire time it would have worked much better than this actual storyline, it would also allow you to evolve the main story of this game later in TLOU III explaining to the players how JOEL died. That would probably work so much better than this as the whole game is constantly spamming you with flashbacks making it annoying very quickly.

    The Bad
    In this game despite so many content being about Joel and Ellie relationship, you don't ever get to play as Joel, instead you play as Ellie and Joel murderer (not skippable).
    You get Family Guy type of flashbacks, which becomes annoying very quickly, by the time you're 50% into the game, you're already frustrated with the annoying interruptions from the main game, you are then forced to switch characters from the new protagonist to the antagonist, again, at the worst moment in time possible.
    As if it was not enough that you have to play as Joel killer and to fight and almost kill Ellie, you then get another bunch of annoying flashbacks from the antagonist life, the idea here was to allow the player to somehow feel some empathy for the antagonist, however, this character story line is so boring and long, you just cant stop thinking about the main game.
    Everytime i was forced to play with Abby i couldnt help to feel a severe lack of interest into the game and i had to almost force myself to keep going, promising myself the rest of the game story could be better.

    Although the game tries to imply that Abby is human too and has her own problems, the story is too flawed and too generic to transmit this kind of sentiment to the player.

    The rest of the story is more or less the same, bland and generic, you really dont feel any empathy towards any of the game characters dying, even when Joel brother was almost killed was a "meh" moment and his comeback a total cliche.

    The Ugly
    You might think that im done with the negative side of the story but wait! Theres more! You end up sacrificing the life of your friends, permanently crippling Joel brother, murdering lots and lots of Abbys "friends" just so you can get into a final fight with her and loosing 2 fingers, at the end of the fight, when you're drowning her for good, you give up and let her go because somehow you're starting to think that there is too much killing in this world, so the perfect logical conclusion is you kill everyone except the murderer of Joel, the hole in this plot is so big not even a blue star could cover it.

    In the end its obvious why the story is such a disaster. ND programmers & artists did an amazing job, since the game graphics and gameplay are so good that this generic, bland and poorly written storyline is an insult to all the years wasted programming, designing and modelling this game. Neil Druckmann had 1 job and failed miserably at it.
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  12. Jul 11, 2020
    1
    Completely ruined by the political agenda in the game. The developer have catered to political agenda rather than making a good story.
  13. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Unique experience unlike any movie, book, or video game before it. The criticism is mostly hollow and offers no real insight on anything in the game, other than “I wanted something different to happen in the story”. Gameplay, graphics, voice acting, all 10/10
  14. Jul 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't like to chime in on these things. I like hearing alternative perspectives to my own. But I do think there are many points to make here. So I couldn't help making them.

    Firstly, Abby doesn't show a hint of remorse throughout the game, except for one brief moment that seemed pivotal to the rest of the game. There was no remorse while killing Joel, none while she's talking about the scars, she isn't even willing to entertain the notion that any world view contrary to her own could have its merits - this made her character seem far too unrealistic. I understand the point about the circle of violence, but even while you're in the thick of this circle of violence, a realistic character should, and would, consider at least briefly, that their actions may be going too far. This was the facet that the authors totally failed to explore for Abby. You're left thinking, _why is she even doing this_? I think this is at the core of why the author's are being called lazy writers so frequently.

    However, on the flip side, it seems implausible that a character that displays totally sociopathic tendencies throughout the game, would suddenly change the way they behave towards these children after leaving them for dead. Why did her time with Owen cause her to suddenly remember that she'd left the kids to die. They saved her life, but so had Joel! Why was she so nonchalant about killing Joel for so long if he had saved her life too?

    There was no exploration of "would my dad want me to kill Joel", "was killing Joel the right thing to do", or anything of the sort. Even when hesitation is displayed by other characters, she wishes she could have been even more brutal. This doesn't fit, and it doesn't make sense!

    But my biggest criticism of this game isn't even about the story that was told. On the front of the game, was the title "the last of us", the last game was about a post apocalyptic world where a deadly infection had gripped the world. Ultimately, people loved this game because of the personal relationships that had been formed, despite the peril that the world faced. The greatest parts of the game for me, were the parts where you discovered how the world descended into chaos, through memories left by the old world. It was about trying to see how the world could get itself free from that chaos. We felt betrayed at the end of the last game too, because we wanted the world saved, but we weren't willing to give Ellie up to save it!

    This story on the other hand, was a classic revenge tale! This tale could have been told in any world, and I think for most fans, the disappointment stems from "it didn't have to be _THIS_ world"! The world constructed by the authors of the previous game had so many facets that could have been further explored, but instead, we got (what I believe to be) a reasonably generic revenge story.

    Sure, both sides had their reasons for revenge, but that misses the point, this game is about the apocalypse caused by a deadly disease. At what point did the disease have any level of salience in this game? Ellie wanting her life to mean something felt like an after thought. The reasons for Ellie and Joel's patchy relationship could have been substituted for literally anything else. The reason Joel killed Abby's dad could have also been substituted for literally anything else, and I could continue to go on here.

    I agree that the characters developed here. I agree that the story was fine (I hesitate to call it "good"). But I'm upset because I don't think it belonged in the world of the last of us. Most of the criticisms that the developers are facing essentially stem from that simple fact. This game, and this story had a right to exist, but they should not have existed in the world of the last of us. That is ultimately how I feel about this game.

    I appreciate you reading this far if you made it here, writing this just felt like something I needed to do.
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  15. Jul 11, 2020
    0
    Brilliant in technical aspects, but overall it's an awful attempt to push the SJW politics topic. RIP TLOU franchise.
  16. Jul 11, 2020
    0
    absolutely Garbage the story telling is a joke the writer doesnt respect the value of the characters.
  17. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Just because Joel died doesn't means that the game is bad. please be more mature to deal with this problem, give respect to the developer please, don't make them disappointed. Thanks :)
  18. Jul 11, 2020
    6
    the worst sequel but, a lot of people put effort to this game
    Story: 3
    Gameplay:6
    Graphic: 10
    Voice acting: 8
  19. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Worthy sequel from all aspects. Naughty dog delivers again even with some minor story issues, this game is a masterpiece
  20. Jul 11, 2020
    9
    The sheer irony of the litany of negative reviews seems to showcase what The Last of Us Part II is about, destruction. Destruction of society, relationships, and the self. How far is one willing to go to change what cannot be unchanged, what do we have left except barbarism and anger? Even after everything is in ruins it does not exist in a vacuum, things must change. Tremendous story,The sheer irony of the litany of negative reviews seems to showcase what The Last of Us Part II is about, destruction. Destruction of society, relationships, and the self. How far is one willing to go to change what cannot be unchanged, what do we have left except barbarism and anger? Even after everything is in ruins it does not exist in a vacuum, things must change. Tremendous story, acting, design and interaction; only gripe is the gameplay can become repetitive. Expand
  21. Jul 11, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just finished this. It did not live up to the first game but for me its not as far off as a lot of people are saying.
    The story tries hard to get you to sympathies with both protagonists but ends up just making you not really feeling anything for either of them. By the end you're just pushing the button because the game wont let you progress until you do, specifically the final showdown.
    Story aside the gameplay is pretty good. I quite enjoyed the many different ways to approach the fights. You can sneak through and stealth kill everyone or you can run through guns blazing (at least until you run out of ammo).
    One issue I did have was with searching for crafting items. Becomes very repetitive to open draws and cupboards to find enough supplies to make the items you need. At the same time this makes the game feel more realistic in the post-apocalyptic world so I can't complain too much.
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  22. Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Gameplay was basically the same as the first game with some added upgrades to skill tree and weapons.
    Graphics were amazing as always coming from naughty dog. The story wasn't so great as it was forced to have characters to go outside of their natural elements just to drive the narrative forward of revenge.
  23. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    i think its one of the best game
    And I really liked this story
    Only maybe the expectations from the game was so high that the people's scores low
  24. Jun 21, 2020
    10
    The last of us 2 is a masterpiece. This is not a project. This artwork. Gameplay, physics, atmosphere, graphics, story. All this was done at the highest level!
  25. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. f I ever were to lose you, I would surely lose myself.
    And she did.

    The Last of Us Part II is a heart breaking, emotional roller coaster of a story that pulls on your heartstrings at every available opportunity. The game play is an improvement in every way over the first and is some of the smoothest you’ll find out there. The hide and seek combat system is some of the most fun I’ve ever had and the in most cases the fights take place in such large areas there are many ways to take on each encounter. The crafting system lets you improve the guns in your inventory at workbenches scattered around the maps and make useful tools, such as health kits and molotov cocktails, on the fly. The kills can be incredibly gory, and it seems to venture a little too far into murder porn at times. However, I believe it’s done intentionally. The gruesome deaths, shotgun blasts eviscerating opponents, the horrifying screams as WLF soldier burns to death, the way dismemberment happens when someone triggers a mine, the cries that echo through the battlefields as enemies find the bodies of their dead companions, all add to the weight of the action of killing. It’s heavy and weighs on the characters and the player, I had to put the controller down a few times after some of the cutscene deaths and a few of the more graphic close-up fights. But you’re killing people, and the game wants you to know that.

    All that said, the game is beautiful. Seattle is full of new life in this post-apocalyptic world. Lush plant life and rivers cut through the city and it’s quite easy to get lost in the scenery. Sunlight is used to great effect as you explore derelict buildings, boats and the landmarks of Seattle. Rain, snow and thunderstorms are used beautifully to heighten tension and paint gorgeous backdrops and environments in and out of the city. Luckily, there is a photo mode, and one of the better ones out there, to help capture the scenes you want to save. The animators did a fantastic job with each and every character and the game has some of the best voice work in video games to date. I’m actually very upset Ashley Johnson can’t get nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Ellie.

    Now onto the story, this oh so controversial thing that has fans, wrongly, in an uproar. But why? Most don’t even know what they’re mad about because they haven’t bothered playing it. So how is the story really? Simply put, it’s a masterpiece. It’s as engaging as it’s studio predecessor, Uncharted 4, and holds up against the likes of God of War, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Horizon: Zero Dawn. The game is lengthy and weighty and takes a lot of time setting the stage and exploring the characters. The story is one of revenge and what happens when the people who matter most to us get violently ripped away. It uses a dual narrative to draw comparisons as you play as both Ellie on her revenge quest and Abby, Joel’s killer. Ellie’s mission for revenge tugs on your heart strings as she refuses to listen to reason and throws herself and her friends into constant danger trying to take out the person who took what mattered most to her. Then, very suddenly, you are transitioned to Abby’s perspective and story as the clock is moved back and you experience Seattle over the same 3 days you did with Ellie on her hunt. Abby is a hardened killer whose story takes her on journey to regain some of the humanity lost to her as she protects two innocent children caught in a war between the WLF, Washington Liberation Front, or Wolves, a para-military group that took over Seattle and the Scars, or Seraphites as they call themselves, a group of religious fanatics who follow the teachings of The Prophet. A woman who saved many people in the early days of the apocalypse and was killed by the WLF. Abby is not an easy character to like, in fact one of her companions even points out over and over how bad a person she really is. But you aren’t given her perspective to force you to like her. It’s important to the whole story. How revenge is cycle. How killing people even for noble or righteous reasons only leads to more suffering. Connecting the dots between the two stories as you play is thrilling and fun and definitely warrants a second playthrough just to see all the pieces you might have missed. A character encountered as Ellie gets further explored and given life from Abby’s perspective. The game makes you think through each character’s decisions as you realize the full scope actions have, actions you won’t always agree with but because of how well the characters are set up you always eventually understand. The game overall, like the first, is about relationships and the lengths we go to for the ones we love. Not only is it the perfect follow up to the first game but it holds the spirit and ideals explored in the first very close while expanding on and adding too them.
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  26. Jul 11, 2020
    6
    Normal game. But the first was better. Graphic in game top. But feminism it is bad
  27. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Best in class Graphics and animation. Level of detail and care amazing.
    Best in class voice acting.
    Sound design great and Soundtrack excellent but almost used too sparingly. A Challenging, emotional and difficult to digest story that stays with you after the credits role. Gameplay improved upon the first game. Dodge mechanic welcome addition. Skill trees do lack impact and hopefully
    Best in class Graphics and animation. Level of detail and care amazing.
    Best in class voice acting.
    Sound design great and Soundtrack excellent but almost used too sparingly.
    A Challenging, emotional and difficult to digest story that stays with you after the credits role.
    Gameplay improved upon the first game. Dodge mechanic welcome addition. Skill trees do lack impact and hopefully completely redone for TLOU3.
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  28. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    In my opinion, this is one of the best games ever created. If you own a PS4 you should buy it and experience it by yourself. The story is absolutely revolutionary, that isn't made to make you happy but to make you reflect on how loss can bring out the worst in mankind and how revenge is just a continuous cycle of violence. Everything about how the story is told is something that I haveIn my opinion, this is one of the best games ever created. If you own a PS4 you should buy it and experience it by yourself. The story is absolutely revolutionary, that isn't made to make you happy but to make you reflect on how loss can bring out the worst in mankind and how revenge is just a continuous cycle of violence. Everything about how the story is told is something that I have never seen before in a videogame. The dialogues, the cutscenes and flashbacks are just beautiful and really make you think. I have finished the game 3 days ago and still think about it all the time. Besides the story, the graphics are the best I have ever seen in a ps4, as well as the animations and audio design. The world is amazing, beautiful and feels that actual people lived there. The gameplay takes everything that is good in the first game and enhances it even more. The game is also incredibly polished and I havent found a single bug or glitch in it. An incredible masterpiece and "mandatory" for every one that calls himself/herself a gamer. Expand
  29. Jul 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wouldn’t rate this game a perfect 10/10. It’d be closer to a 10 than a 9, however. So, on the scale options given to me, it gets a 10. The only thing I didn’t like about it was how it made me feel. It is a very difficult game to play because it is so powerful and depressing. From Joel’s brutal death to the journey that follows, there are so many terrible decisions made by the main characters, so much pain, death, anger, and hatred that I found the game very difficult to play at times. But what happened was the realization that no other game I’ve ever played had made me feel so many things and challenged my views/beliefs on so many topics. I finished the game a week ago and have not stopped thinking about it since. It’s that powerful. Kudos to the Naughty Dog team for taking such a huge gamble with the 2nd installment of perhaps the most beloved game/IP of the past decade. I didn’t like feeling all of those things (who enjoys feeling depressed?), and I play video games b/c they’re fun, but this game is still too good and too powerful to ignore. I highly recommend it to anyone, but just be prepared for an emotional journey unlike any you’ve ever experienced. Expand
  30. Jul 11, 2020
    7
    Although there is lots to praise about the game (graphics, sound, performances) the game suffers from bad pacing both in gameplay and story which made for an experience that was not enjoyable to play and at times, rather boring. There is unnecessary hate surrounding this game but I feel there is also too much praise for a game that has clear flaws. The Last of Us Part 2 suffers with a lackAlthough there is lots to praise about the game (graphics, sound, performances) the game suffers from bad pacing both in gameplay and story which made for an experience that was not enjoyable to play and at times, rather boring. There is unnecessary hate surrounding this game but I feel there is also too much praise for a game that has clear flaws. The Last of Us Part 2 suffers with a lack of focus and introduces too many characters with little time with each to actually learn or care about. The first game showed that it took a full game to invest in two characters, and this one tries to develop character investment within the main story with at least nine characters and fails to establish that with the exception of maybe one character. Now of course, this is just my opinion and credit where credit is due, the performances, motion capture, animation and visually fidelity of this game are incredible and deserve praise. But for me the environmental and creature sound is the star of this game. The sound engineers deserve the highest praise for elevating the horror and making the locations of the game feel alive. As a conclusion I do think it is a game worth experiencing but I would recommend lowering expectations if you are a fan of the first game. I hope Naughty Dog don’t disregard all criticism for the game as mindless hate as I believe there is one criticism from many reviews that I have to agree with and that is; the game is too long. Quality over quantity is what Naughty Dog has always delivered, until now. Expand
Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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]