The Last of Us Part II

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  1. JoseFernando
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O que fizeram com a história desse jogo? Cara...
    Como simplesmente matam o Joel e te obrigam jogar com a assassina dele? Apenas contando porcamente a história dela? Sério que acharam que iríamos gostar da assassina do personagem principal do jogo, com uma história porcamente contada? Pegaram toda trabalho que tiveram no game, e jogaram no lixo fazendo porcamente essa história...    … Expand
  2. omaetojogando
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not special in this game, just GOTY, I think. But why that has 3.3 in user score? I dont understand this thing… Expand
  3. centgab
    Aug 10, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is a masterpiece. Giving this 0/10 is irrational. The graphic is really great and the story is not as bad as what others think. I was mad at Abby at first for what she did to Joel, but I loved that the game lets you play Abby because here is where gain her perspective. That she is not the villain that we think she is. If things were reversed, Joel would done what Abby did.… Expand
  4. Nicktkh
    Jun 25, 2020
    9
    I'm not sure most of the people leaving 0 ratings actually played the game...
  5. Profokl
    Jul 17, 2020
    2
    Игра со скучным геймплеем, скопированным из первой части, нереально затянута, чтобы игрок проникся Эбби (не получилось), неприятными и плоскими персонажами, включая протагонистов, бредовым сюжетом, полным роялей-в-кустах, абсолютно маразматичным взглядом автора на женщин в угоду социально-политической повестке. Не рекомендую даже на Ютубе проходить!
    P.S. Да, специально зарегался ради    Игра со скучным геймплеем, скопированным из первой части, нереально затянута, чтобы игрок проникся Эбби (не получилось), неприятными и плоскими персонажами, включая протагонистов, бредовым сюжетом, полным роялей-в-кустах, абсолютно маразматичным взглядом автора на женщин в угоду социально-политической повестке. Не рекомендую даже на Ютубе проходить!
    P.S. Да, специально зарегался ради отзыва, ибо так надо мной еще никто из геймдева не издевался!    … Expand
  6. sidjdev
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Last Of Us- Part 2; An interpretation.


    Last Of Us 2 has been an incredibly divisive game. Some loved it and some hated it. I am in the former category. To me, it is the greatest PS4 exclusive, tied with God Of War(two extremely incomparable games). Seeing many negative reviews all around the internet, I felt like I should voice my thoughts too.

    I am completely neglecting the negative reviews because of the homophobia and misogyny, because any time spent entertaining those thoughts(including typing out this sentence) is a waste of my time.

    And I guess I don’t need to speak about the gameplay, graphics and the horror(gameplay horror) of the game, coz that is almost unanimously agreed as stellar.

    The main criticism about the story was that it was ‘pointless’, and ‘unnecessary’ in many players’ eyes. I read many people saying, the story was ‘all for nothing’ at the end, when she forgave Abby. Some loved what happened, and some hated it.

    We must begin by asking ourselves the question- “What is the story of The Last Of Us 2”

    If the answer is- “When Joel was brutally murdered by members of an organisation, led by Abby, in front of the eyes of Ellie, she seeks vengeance and to rain down agony on everyone responsible”, I think you got the answer wrong. That, I believe, is the plot of the game, not the story. And that is where, this transcends to above anything we have ever seen in this industry.
    Let’s take Last Of Us(1). The plot is- “following and outbreak that rendered much of the population top be zombie like creatures, the protagonist Joel, must take an apparently immune child, to an organisation to develop a vaccine for the disease”. But what was the story that you took, away? It was about a father, trying desperately to right a wrong from his past. Ask any parent, and it is very likely that they consider “protecting their child” to be the most important duty in their life. Joel would've been no different either. But he failed very early, when his beautiful daughter, Sarah, died in his arms, terrified and defenceless. He is a hardened man weighed down by this pain. When he travelled across the country taking care of this little, foul mouthed girl, deep inside, he was in some ways seeing his own daughter there. When he first thought she was in danger, he ignored the excruciating pain he was under and rushed to save her. And when it meant that potentially saving the world would mean, letting her die, he could not go through with it. He failed his daughter once, but he cannot do it again.

    Last Of Us Part 2, has a similar tale to it. On the surface, it seems that Ellie is driven by the anger towards Abby and the rest of the WLF crew. Her fuel was the raging vengeance, one might think. But I think the flashback scenes prove that it was different. She was driven by anger, surely, but it was not towards Abby and WLF. It was towards Ellie herself. Just like Joel felt like he failed Sarah in Part 1, Ellie feels that she failed Joel, when she was not there to save him. Or worse, she feels that Joel died thinking that Ellie hated him. For taking away the meaning of her life. Deep inside, even she knew that she meant a lot to the man and she meant a lot to her. Enough for a lifetime. Her journey through the game, was her over circles of hell, that she put herself through.

    Then we have Abby. A girl who saw hope for a second, when everything was taken away from her by a mad man. She has not known peace since then. Her nightmares were filled with those memories and she had no escape. When she finally found him, she unleashed all her anger on to him, hoping for an escape. But she did not find it. Until, she tried to make more of her life. By fighting with everything she got, trying to save a boy and girl, whom she was trained to kill. It is there, that she was close to finding peace. But again, it was shattered when this girl came out of nowhere and killed almost everyone dear to her. But this time, she chose forgiveness, because she knew that therein lies true freedom.

    With this, we reach the final act, where we find these two incredibly complex characters, battling it all out. This is where Ellie REALLY sees herself, Abby and Lev. The woman dying Ellie’s clutches was none other than Joel himself and the little boy dying in the boat, was Ellie herself. This crushing realisation pulled back Ellie to stop this chain of hate.
    In the epilogue of the story, we see a final memory of Ellie and Joel trying to mend the broken relationship. Was it a real memory, or an imagination by Ellie? Her wish to believe that he knew, that whatever happened, she could never hate Joel? That he will always be like a father to her? Whatever it was, that brought peace to Ellie.
    This is what I take back from the story. If this interpretation intrigues you in anyway(lovers and haters of the game), please do try to play it again. See if it means more to you, this time around.    … Expand
  7. Bandicoon20
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There is no spoiler cause We all knew how the story will end since the game was leaked a few months ago, do not take me wrong but Naughty Dog turn this game into a political nonsense and forced you to accept it just for being politically correct I enjoyed the playable parts, but this game is totally overrated.… Expand
  8. JessieSmith
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    Знаете, я 7 лет ждал эту игру. Специально купил под нее консоль, стоило поиграть 18 часов в "это" я понял что был унижен. Серьезно, чтоб ND проебались с сюжетом? Так и есть.
    Сюжет слаб, ничего не понятно, я не против бесполезных бойцов бесполезности, но проебать сюжет, слабо описать героев, обосрать наследие 13 года.Повествование рваное, никто ни на что не влияет, выбора нет. Так что ,    Знаете, я 7 лет ждал эту игру. Специально купил под нее консоль, стоило поиграть 18 часов в "это" я понял что был унижен. Серьезно, чтоб ND проебались с сюжетом? Так и есть.
    Сюжет слаб, ничего не понятно, я не против бесполезных бойцов бесполезности, но проебать сюжет, слабо описать героев, обосрать наследие 13 года.Повествование рваное, никто ни на что не влияет, выбора нет. Так что , за сюжет 0, за актерскую игру 1.5, и за графен 1.5
    В конечном итоге 3 обосравшихся Нила Дракмана из 10    … Expand
  9. Parnsoko
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Total disaster, very slugish and not fun to play.
    Nothing like the first game where you had lovable characters and a interesting narrativ, every character here is boring or obnoxious, even the old characters.
    Later it even forces you to play one of these characters. This sequel is like a spit to the face for people how liked the first one.    … Expand
  10. Nickyle
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    The first part is very good , the graphics are amazing playing as Ellie within the game going through the levels is without a doubt is very good ,throughout the first part you get certain flashbacks of Joel whereby Ellie remembers the time she had with Joel. One of the biggest flaws I have seen is with the enemies whereby the AI seems really poor making the game seem very easy with thisThe first part is very good , the graphics are amazing playing as Ellie within the game going through the levels is without a doubt is very good ,throughout the first part you get certain flashbacks of Joel whereby Ellie remembers the time she had with Joel. One of the biggest flaws I have seen is with the enemies whereby the AI seems really poor making the game seem very easy with this there is a lot of virtue signaling with graffiti on the wall which seems to be a representation of Anita and woman power along with notes which you collect that signals up raisings against conservatives and their views which to me makes the game a little political as well with a lot of agenda behind it but the overall experience of the 1st part of the game I'll give a 8 out of 10. For the second part things begin to take a turn and things start going all out on agenda so far as I play I'll give the second part a 4 out of 10 if there wasnt any agenda within the game and a better villain this game would of at least been about a 8 out of 10 in total while playing I cant shake the thought of if ND wanted shock value they could of used Joel's daughter as a villain which has somehow survived and memory lost , what I mean by this is that the government or people who probably created the virus brought her back and made her some super solider which Joel and Ellie goes up against which Joel then sacrifices his life in order to save her that would of been a better send off for Joel but thats just my opinion.… Expand
  11. Frops
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    The first game had an engaging story. that was the one thing the first game made perfectly right. Grafics an gameplay weren't flawless but the player were pulled deep into the story and the characters. That was what the players expected and hoped the sequel to be for the last 7 years. To continue the story that began so long ago.
    Now the grafics are beautiful and whereever you look you    The first game had an engaging story. that was the one thing the first game made perfectly right. Grafics an gameplay weren't flawless but the player were pulled deep into the story and the characters. That was what the players expected and hoped the sequel to be for the last 7 years. To continue the story that began so long ago.
    Now the grafics are beautiful and whereever you look you can feel how many people tried their best to create an amazing immersive world around the player. But when it comes to the one part that made the first game so memorable, the story, this game just fails to deliver and by that even destroys the memories of the first one.
    The game actually doesn't really care too much about telling a good story. It prioritises political and social agendas above everything else. It's a problem often seen in movies and television during the last view years and is just saddening to see. It's not the problem to make such statements or agendas... the problem is how it's done... forcefully.    … Expand
  12. thefofo
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Poorly written. The dialogue is bad, Joel and Tommy are not credible in their roles (not that Joel sticks around much) and Abby's whole gang of rag-tags are insufferable. The humiliating way Joel dies is an insult to his character, the first game, and the fan base's intellect. I just won't fall for such cheap attempts at emotional manipulation. Joel is reduced to a mere instrument for justifying this badly designed revenge plot. And in the end, they still try to make him the bad guy. The game wants you to think there are more deep themes at play but there aren't. They did it for shock value. The characters are just puppets, servient to the plot and scarcely have any motivations of their own.

    At least it's fun, right? Not unless you enjoy dragging yourself through 25 hours of bleak slow-paced cut-scenes, with unlikable characters you can't even relate to. It's gonna pay off in the end when the story is supposed to go somewhere and make some sort of point, except it doesn't, and you forgot about it anyway because you got tired of stabbing people's throats over and over and over again.

    It's a social commentary about violence or something like that, you know? I think? Murder is bad, okay?    … Expand
  13. Desumetarude
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Wtf is this shirt. I cant even believe neil druckman and pc plagued team ruined such a sequel like this. This should be renamed to Last of Us : Abbie the golfer wtf
  14. shane1903
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    great graphic&action but bad character design&script totally ruin it
    it shouldn't be like this
  15. JackRuthers
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joel is killed within the first few hours. He is killed with a golf club and he is only killed due to him trusting strangers which is something he wouldn’t ever do. Then for salt in the wounds half the game is spent being played as the killer and the ending is so bad for so many reasons I just can’t … Expand
  16. Khein
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is story game and main part of this game its a story!And story is boring.What about the game the last of us? the last of us is Joel and Ally! Why is this game bad?Because the autor hate this characters. In beginnigs of this game Joel will be killed by rat Abby when he save her from zombie...and Ally wants revenge. The first half of the game is a nice beautiful adventure of Ally and Dina. The gameplay is almost no different from the first part, new puzzles with a rope and glasses !! Wow is that all you came up with? the stealth curve is boring and not interesting and does not look like the E32019 gameplay.But then it gets worse and worse the gameplay for a new character degrades. They make us love Abby and forgive her, try to show that she is a good person in different aspects. I feel like the author says: "Love her !! and hate Ally".Hitler also created pictures and was an artist. Look he is good like Abby loves him right now!i dont wanna play by Abby !i dont wanna fight with Ally!I dont wanna kill Joel. And i dont wanna save Abby. Abby is the worst in this game.… Expand
  17. DennyMcClane
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    Because fake E3 Demo 2018 and terrible story this game deserved only 1/10. Great job Naugty Dog, keep it going)
  18. ChrisIsRoasted
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unbelievably terrible ending with a clearly visible agenda being pushed. Imagine if Kratos just decided he would go ahead and spare Zeus… Expand
  19. RIGEL1
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This game is a pile of steaming hot mess with the disguise of chocolates on top. It is the greatest specimen of showing the hypocrisy and double standard of the SJW and woke culture.
  20. J35
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    The first game was great. It really saddens me how they betrayed the memories of the fantastic characters that they established from the first game. The story makes no sense at all and in the end you feel as if the whole game is pointless. The graphics look great, but this is the type of game where the story is really important and unfortunately it is a real disappointment.
  21. Alekhd
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    SGW ruined this game. Its make just for Nill Druckmunn and his friends, not for PLAYERS. Awful story, politics infusion in game, new characters is very bad. Gameplay from 2013. Only graphics is pretty good. But main part of this game is STORY and it was ruined by LGBT community. 20 hours - and it is a full game?
  22. droasie
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. some major spoilers from the game
    While playing this game I was hooked by the story, it is a well written story, with it moments that seem forced, I'm all for diversity in a game, as long as it's done well, and having Abbie to become the playable character in the se one half was a bad move, as her character wasn't the best written, and the way they ruined everything TLU1 established hurt me as a fan, having Joel die and then ellie but it just was too over the top and the sex scenes were not needed at all.


    For the gameplay it's simple too simple with slight improvements from the first a game doesn't have to be complex in its gameplay but it has to be done well, and the simple controls get repetitive too quickly which just left me getting bored.

    it's an average game with a good story its weakness is its gameplay and force of diversity which if done right could of been amazing    … Expand
  23. SammySamosa
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    A boring, predictable game. It does not innovate from the predecessor in any notable way and features generic plot-points and uninteresting gameplay.
  24. xuiz
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Truly awful. This is not a game as much as it is a collection of cutscenes glued together by gameplay that is not much of an improvement on the original game that was released 8 years ago. ND's weakest title since Way of the Warrior.
  25. Ksanoor23
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game is pool ****

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  26. ElisaNtr
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    It's like cooking a great soup. and then **** into it.

    gay/10. gud job ND
  27. Trustedreviewe
    Jul 3, 2020
    0
    Are professional game reviewers not to be trusted anymore?
    Sony's long awaited sequel does not live up to expectations; but it is worst than that. the gaming community, the large TLOUS 1 fan base have been betrayed by both the game developers (the 30% percent who remained at ND) and the so called professional gaming journalists.
    The Last of us part 2 character development and story    Are professional game reviewers not to be trusted anymore?
    Sony's long awaited sequel does not live up to expectations; but it is worst than that. the gaming community, the large TLOUS 1 fan base have been betrayed by both the game developers (the 30% percent who remained at ND) and the so called professional gaming journalists.
    The Last of us part 2 character development and story telling fails in many ways to elevate the game to were it should be, not even the beautiful animations and the upgraded game play could save the wreck ship from sinking in the bottom of the real gamers garbage bin.    … Expand
  28. Taylor1169
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    An insult to the fanbase that have supported the IP for almost a decade. Beyond the poor design choices and tired, lazy game mechanics there is the impossible elephant to ignore of the grotesque pandering social agenda that has been crowbarred into a world that is utterly incongruous to it. A heinous blunder that will be talked for years to come.
  29. FusRoDahDovah
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Art whether visual or audio-based is phenomenal.
    But this game's story does a huge disservice to the game and sucks out all the fun. They tried to make the story special but instead made the biggest disappointment of a sequel ever.
    I enjoy sad stuff but this game is just misery. An inconclusive misery. The game tries to set itself apart but sacrifices all the buildup and the positives the franchises had. The game is emotional only on a superficial level. But it is good at misdirecting people with depressive stuff. The main character of previous story is sacrificed for shock value and we get a mediocre story in return. It results in his overall story being meaningless just to serve as a plot point.
    This mediocre revenge trope is supposed to have some deeper meaning but it fails at that too. What is the point of deeper meaning when life or death gets decided by luck. Revenge is bad? Not if you are lucky and those whom you wanted to exact revenge on are unlucky. You should forgive others? Not if others aren't main characters. The cycle of revenge is still going on because you killed others along the way and people close to those you killed can still come to direct revenge at you. Also the story has plotholes.
    Characters and their intentions are contradictory. There are elements of the game which are mind-blowing but the whole game is super disappointing.
    I don't recommend this game to the true fans of the original TLOU and those who loved the original characters.
    The world would have been better place if this game never existed.    … Expand
  30. Rahul736
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    Worst sequel ever. The story line is horrible and the characters are unlikable. Thanks a lot Naughty Dog
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  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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