The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 161975 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. dajew
    Jul 11, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As for gameplay, it's masterpiece and it improves over tlou 1 in every way. With story my two biggest complaints are a few cheap tricks (that only undermine the story) and the placement of chapters (what I mean is that first you play half of the game as Ellie and then suddenly the rest is almost only Abby) which makes you forget about others characters for a bit. I think it would have been much better if they played chapter chronologically. To be honest through most of the game I though about giving it an 8/10, but for me ending is so good and powerful that it elevates it easily. Also it's important to mention that you'll enjoy this game much more if you experience it not as Ellie, but rather as a person who knows (and loves) Ellie and is just an observer watching her fall into grief.… Expand
  2. ShadowWulf
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Great visuals and awesome music/ sounds.
    The game play is fluent and even tho very similar to the first part a little bit refined. If its working don't try to fix it right?
    Characters are well written and I was able to get into their mindset of every character. Some took longer tho. Story overall was great. Some people complain about "some events" but I think these are necessary for the    Great visuals and awesome music/ sounds.
    The game play is fluent and even tho very similar to the first part a little bit refined. If its working don't try to fix it right?
    Characters are well written and I was able to get into their mindset of every character. Some took longer tho.
    Story overall was great. Some people complain about "some events" but I think these are necessary for the whole story plot. The order of events (flashbacks etc.) gets criticized too but I think it would ruin the whole story if you would put them earlier.

    Kinda generalized review but I wanted to keep this review spoiler free.    … Expand
  3. jub412
    Jul 11, 2020
    8
    Thankfully didn't read any spoilers beforehand. All I knew was that people hated it and I wasn't sure why. I went in with an open mind and loved it. While not as good as the first game, it's still really good. Certain aspects caught me by surprise but just like life, things can come out of left field when you least expect them. Honestly, I'm still unsure why this game is getting so much hate.
  4. HeisenbergW
    Jul 11, 2020
    6
    The Story is very mediocre. That is my only criticism.
    Everything else is breathtaking.
  5. Korobkov96
    Jul 11, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Долго думал какую оценку эта игра заслуживает, как продолжение виликолепной первой части, 0-5 конечно нет, 10 скорее нет в игре есть недостатки особенно пред финальная локация за элли в санта-барбаре. ЛГБТ повестка не сильно бесит да элли лезбиянка, а лев это мальчик который является девочкой и это вся повестка которая обоснованна сюжетом и правилом созданного мира в игре ну а эбби это такая же как и элли у них одинаковая судьба и если вы ненавидете эбби то и элли вы тоже должны ненавидеть
    Psс телефона не удобно писать было этот отзыв так что извините за ошибки игра стоит своих денег    … Expand
  6. karengrand
    Jul 11, 2020
    7
    Graphics - 10/10 (Nothing to say)
    Game mechanics - 6/10 (Not anything new against first part, but it playable)
    Story - 5/10 (After 5 days thinking alone, and many and many watched reviews on youtube, i can say, that the plot of second part is not so bad, it's really gives u some thoughts that u can u can thinks about 1+ hours) (10 + 6 + 5)/3 = 7 P.S. the worst thing is a the way,    Graphics - 10/10 (Nothing to say)
    Game mechanics - 6/10 (Not anything new against first part, but it playable)
    Story - 5/10 (After 5 days thinking alone, and many and many watched reviews on youtube, i can say, that the plot of second part is not so bad, it's really gives u some thoughts that u can u can thinks about 1+ hours)

    (10 + 6 + 5)/3 = 7

    P.S. the worst thing is a the way, that the story is told to us    … Expand
  7. Semjosha
    Jun 20, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Не знаю, чего все взъелись на эту игру, сам прохожу! На «кое-какую» повестку пытаюсь не обращать внимания, ну а смерть Джоела...… Expand
  8. Lisic
    Jul 11, 2020
    2
    Frankly bad plot. So bad that you play solely because of the graphics. But for a long time it is not enough.
  9. Gabrielt823
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Although many expected a different story, The Last of Us Part II delivers in every single aspect. Naughty Dog took a very bold decision, and executed it almost flawlessly. The actual gameplay itself will reel you in, but the story and the character development is what gets you hooked. Hats off to Naughty Dog, you've made another masterpiece and I can't wait to see what the future holds.
  10. dabado
    Jul 11, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay and visuals are incredible (can't wait to see it on next gen consoles). Sometimes I paused and used the photo-mode to capture some of the jaw-dropping set pieces (classic Naughty Dog).

    The stealth mechanics were some of the best in any game I've played, mainly because they were more realistic than other games that use similar mechanics (but still offers a significant advantage to the player). For example, you'll have dogs sniff you out if you get within a certain detection distance and enemies can spot you from pretty far away. If you're in the grass, it doesn't completely shroud you from detection if they get close enough and you're in their line of sight. The AI is also pretty clever in this game, making for some tense situations. If you're quick enough and have good aim, you can silently take out enemies and avoid combat at higher difficulties. The thrill of sneaking past some of the absolutely horrifying monsters in this game combined with the factions hunting you down really gets the blood pumping.

    I didn't have much of a challenge playing through the game. I played on hard mode my first play-through and had numerous occasions where I was fully stocked. There are some tough boss fights, but there are numerous autosave points to make fights easier. So if you like a challenge, you'd probably be fine starting out on survival difficulty honestly. Just make sure to explore and to move/kill from the shadows as best you can.

    As for the more controversial topics, I liked the characters. They're animations and conversations seemed realistic, the facial animations were stellar, and the developers fleshed out most of the characters just enough to understand their personas and motivations. Obviously, the structure they chose just made gamers rage against the machine, hence the mixed reviews. Out of all the things that make this a 10/10 game, such as the gameplay, the visuals, character development, first openly lesbian couple in a game, references to the complexity of gender identity ( all of which wasn't in your face about it), the little details in the combat/easter eggs/environment , hilarity in the light hearted moments, the flashbacks with Joel and Ellie, the clever level design and AI, sound design and ambience.... ALLLLL that, and you **** up the structure of the game? ND could have kept everything they had here, restructure the game, and you'd have a definite 10/10, GOTY on your hands. Sadly, I have to painfully give this incredible game an 8/10 for this one criterion.    … Expand
  11. Joellives
    Jul 11, 2020
    0
    This game Is garbage. 7 years waiting for a Storie about Joel and Ellie, and nothing. Saves 60 bucks, don't buy this piece of crap. They're gives free like a psclassic with one ketchup promo in Walmart hahahahah. Don't buy anymore games to Sony. Good bye.
  12. NTrealjoe111
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Best game ever,thx Naughty dog.when play this game to the end,I like abby the most.
  13. Hugosan867
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Maravilloso, de los mejores juegos del año sin duda. Abby el mejor personaje, me encantó
  14. Warwak
    Jul 11, 2020
    0
    it seems that it’s understood that the author was trying to say, but how poorly everything is arranged ... how much you shouldn’t give a damn about the motivation of the antagonis. in the end, it's just a pity the time and money that I spent on the game
  15. Luisjo917
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Incredible game! Congratulatios naugthy dog 4 ur amazing master pierce and thank u all!
  16. blacksilentbox
    Jul 11, 2020
    3
    I believe if I were a TLOU Part I fan, I would give even lower score. However I didn't play the origin game, thus the score is higher.

    Key findings: 1. There is so much of violence, that it is impossible to justify it. There are simply no reasons for having highly expressed and meaningless violence. 2. So expect all characters act as serial killers, and no much of them left by the    I believe if I were a TLOU Part I fan, I would give even lower score. However I didn't play the origin game, thus the score is higher.

    Key findings:

    1. There is so much of violence, that it is impossible to justify it. There are simply no reasons for having highly expressed and meaningless violence.

    2. So expect all characters act as serial killers, and no much of them left by the end of the game, and killed in the same meaningless manner.

    It seems that creative team just wanted to share their brutal and hard to understand attitude towards those, who are the last of us, of humankind.

    3. And yep, zombies act only as decorations.

    As a consequence I should say that the game left a very bad aftertaste, no matter so called "happyending" for these few who survived.

    If you're a fan, I would not recommend this game. If you are a newbie to this franchise then you may go for this game.

    Metro Exodus, which is based on the similar idea (with this I mean human relationship after apocalypses) is a positive example, providing similar or better graphics and gameplay experience.

    However TLOU2, no matter that it shocks, attracts, however you may feel cheated by creators, forced to do what you would never would like to do neither in reality, no in game, and after all leaves impression that creators wanted you to persuade into something and that obviously failed.

    And bad aftertaste after all.    … Expand
  17. danield80
    Jul 11, 2020
    0
    The Last of Us 2, probably the most anticipated sequel to a game ever. And that's why it makes a huge opportunity for Druckmann to fill this game with enormous amount of agenda and messages.
    He knew very well people are not going to like it. But because he wasn't able to make a great story like he had done (by some miracle) back in early 2010's. So he just went full divisive, shocking,    The Last of Us 2, probably the most anticipated sequel to a game ever. And that's why it makes a huge opportunity for Druckmann to fill this game with enormous amount of agenda and messages.
    He knew very well people are not going to like it. But because he wasn't able to make a great story like he had done (by some miracle) back in early 2010's. So he just went full divisive, shocking, "cliché-less" and something he calls "revolutionary" and "AAA-redefining."
    He made the game to appeal only to himself taking ideas for the characters from his wild dreams and making fanfictions the model for the plotline. And justifying this with "this is life, it's unfair, you have to deal with it, it won't always appeal to you."
    The story is full of plotholes which Druckmann justifies with utter nonsense. The characters act out of character and are stupefied to infinity.
    Every critic gave 100/100 because Naughty Dogs make only the best games and they're untouchable. Because they're too scared they're going to be blacklisted by Sony and eaten alive by shills.
    The graphics are one of the best. I don't get why people act like it's somehow superior. There are other great-looking games. E.g. God of War, RDR2, Detroit. In my opinion Uncharted 4 looks better than Tlou2. The gameplay's pretty much the same as Tlou1 which is fine. The game is so hideously brutal and contains an unnecessary sex scene. No one's complaining about that. Guess when ND do it, it's ok and for the sake of the story.
    This all would get this game to somewhere between 5/10 to 6.5/10.
    But the main problem for me about the game are the totally unprofessional reactions Druckmann, Baker, Pierce, other staff, actors or fellow Sony comrades (such as Cory Balrog) pull off. Druckmann is so pathetic. For a man who said "I'd rather see people passionately hate it than be like 'it was ok'" it's so **** woeful he can't face criticism! Druckmann's ignoring all the constructive criticisms he gets everyday, he only responds to the most laughable, shakiest messages. And then he sticks out that 5½ racist, violent threats he got. Just miserable, wretched, pitiable and awful. It makes my ears want to puke whenever I hear their voices.
    This sucks out every remaining points and gets the score to the bottom zero.
    To Druckmann, shills and fanboys who think they're so intelecc when they "understand" the plot and say things like this:"the game's not supposed to be fun, it's supposed to be boring and bad to fully identify with the protagonists; it's a story the devs wanted to tell, not a story we wanted to hear; crunch culture is in every studio; false-advertising is in every project, welcome to the industry; you're too immature to understand the story; the haters are just some homophobes who don't like muscles on women, etc.; I'm gonna pull off some "Manny" for you.
    Yeah... you keep telling yourselves that pičovina.    … Expand
  18. EclipseDurg
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    From the moment I started playing, all the way to the end, I wanted to know what happened next, and by the end of it I was so sad. Usually I end up playing and completing games and then thinking about the next thing to move on to, but as the story wrapped up, I only wanted to know more, for the story to keep going. This game will be the most unforgettable for me this year.
  19. Brslzr
    Jul 3, 2020
    10
    Flawed masterpiece, but a masterpiece nonetheless (...to me anyway)............................
  20. LordSmok
    Jul 11, 2020
    0
    pushing lefties propaganda, story is sh*t, do not play it, waste of time, first game was great this is ruining very good memories
  21. Yrnehkatchau
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Melhor jogo q já joguei
    Jogabilidade perfeita, supera o 1 nisso
    História incrível porém mudaria algumas coisas
    Gráficos perfeitos Trilha sonora incrível porém n supera o 1 nesse quesito
  22. Fran_el_mas
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Una segunda parte digna, no podía ser de otra manera, puliendo jugabilidad y gráficos y otra vez una BSO a la altura
  23. Iloveplay
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Игра шедевр, её должен пройти каждый.
    Сейчас тренд быть баранами не играя оскорблять игру, но я в отличии от большинства недовольных баранов, прошел тлоу 2.
  24. Meslasher
    Jul 11, 2020
    0
    The story its soooooooooo disgusting the part 2 destroyed all of my beliefs of the game and all of my love to this game I can't understand why naughty dog do this thing with that amazing game
  25. wowamin
    Jul 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игру слили в угоду ЛГБТ сообшества, сюжет не цепляет, игру ждали 7 лет, а получили вот это… Expand
  26. Marchiki
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Great game. Never think Neil Druckmann will be able to repeat high level of Last of us One. But he did it. Sadly, it lacks of well-developed characters from Last of us 1, but it is compensated by much much more deep story. 10/10.
  27. sievekz
    Jul 11, 2020
    9
    Increíble juego. Gráficos, jugabilidad y banda Sonora 10/10. No le doy un 10 ya que la historia es buena, sin embargo fue totalmente estupida la manera en la que se encontraron Joel y abby, no tiene explicación alguna.
  28. lowfc
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Children criticized the game with comments in the spirit of: "The grass here is unrealistic and I didn't like the plot." This game has a very multi-faceted and adult plot. Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it's bad.
  29. iranian_gamer_
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    -دیدم هیچ نقدی به زبان فارسی وجود نداره گفتم خودم یکی بنویسم .
    باید بگم این بازی عالیه .
    از اول تا آخر بازی با گیم پلی خاص و معرکه‌ای سروکار دارین ،محیط های بازی با تنوع بسیار زیادی توی بازی هستن ،بذارین خیالتون رو راحت کنم و همین حالا بگم که بازی کردن این اثر از اول تا آخر بتون حسی رو میده که واقعا این روز ها توی هر بازی دیده نمیشه. بعضی افراد هم هستند که میگن داستان بازی خوب نیست. مطمئن    -دیدم هیچ نقدی به زبان فارسی وجود نداره گفتم خودم یکی بنویسم .
    باید بگم این بازی عالیه .
    از اول تا آخر بازی با گیم پلی خاص و معرکه‌ای سروکار دارین ،محیط های بازی با تنوع بسیار زیادی توی بازی هستن ،بذارین خیالتون رو راحت کنم و همین حالا بگم که بازی کردن این اثر از اول تا آخر بتون حسی رو میده که واقعا این روز ها توی هر بازی دیده نمیشه.
    بعضی افراد هم هستند که میگن داستان بازی خوب نیست. مطمئن باشین این افراد هنوز بازی رو به اتمام نرسوندن ، خلاصه بتون بگم که این بازی رو باید حتما بازی کرد و بعد از به اتمام رسوندنش بار دیگه به گیمر بودن خودت افتخار کنی .
    از همین جا هم از کل عوامل ناتی داگ تشکر میکنم که بعد از چند سال (حدود ۷ سال ) بازی ساختن که مثل نسخه‌ی اول چند سالی ازش به عنوان یکی از تاثیرگذار ترین بازی های صنعت بازی سازی نام خواهند برد.    … Expand
  30. Lion12xD
    Jul 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Muy malo, una manera estúpida y sin sentido de matar al protagonista haciendo un deus ex maquina y joder la historia y la trama con un personaje plano.… Expand
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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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