The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Allarsen
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    Hello!
    I don’t have a PS, I did not play the game, but I saw a all the game from beginning to end on YouTube.
    I registered here just to support the development team, you are really well done, this is a masterpiece, without exaggeration I can say that this game will become a cult like the Lords of the Rings in due time.
    You are great fellows, thank you very much for the work done!
  2. Valterachille
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    This game is a masterpiece,i loved everything of it.The gameplay was incredible,the story full of emotional parts,every single thing was perfect.
  3. Mighty-Gamer48
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    The Last of Us Part 2 was so incredibly amazing and sad at the same time. I found myself so immersed in the game that I felt like I was actually apart of the story! A lot of people will bash and hate on this game but the emotional rollercoaster you go through as you play is totally worth it. And the lession behind the game is something that you should pay attention to at the end. DoThe Last of Us Part 2 was so incredibly amazing and sad at the same time. I found myself so immersed in the game that I felt like I was actually apart of the story! A lot of people will bash and hate on this game but the emotional rollercoaster you go through as you play is totally worth it. And the lession behind the game is something that you should pay attention to at the end. Do yourself a favor and play the game and find out for yourself if you like it or not. Don't automatically listen to all the haters. This game is truly a masterpiece. 10/10

    -Joshua Ducote    … Expand
  4. User-damn
    Jul 7, 2020
    9
    To the people who review bombed this game, **** you. I respect you opinion if you genuinely dont like the game(if you have played/watched it all the way through), but if you just gave it a zero so you could hop on the hate train, you are very childish. This game imo is NOT a 10/10, and you guys say it ain't a 10 out of 10 either, but it DEFINITELY IS NOT a 0/10. You are very ****ingTo the people who review bombed this game, **** you. I respect you opinion if you genuinely dont like the game(if you have played/watched it all the way through), but if you just gave it a zero so you could hop on the hate train, you are very childish. This game imo is NOT a 10/10, and you guys say it ain't a 10 out of 10 either, but it DEFINITELY IS NOT a 0/10. You are very ****ing retarded and close minded to do that. Especially because this is one of the smoothest running games while looking beautiful and realistic. This game is a 8.5/10 imo though.… Expand
  5. efholtz
    Jul 7, 2020
    0
    Not worth it.... 7 years for this mess??? No thanks. ND tried to do something ambitious, innovative, artistic, not worked. Graphics are so good, but the decisions around the characters didn't work.
  6. Wamzip
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    I cannot comprehend any of the negativity about this game. It's a beautiful masterpiece. The gameplay is thrilling and story is a roller-coaster of emotion. I didn't want a sequel to the last of us because I thought it was bound to spoil a perfect thing. Now I can't wait for a 3rd game to round out the trilogy.
  7. fayejhone
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A mediocre story. The characters are too bleak and poorly developed. The Last of Us: Part II is an undoubtedly story-based game. So my review will be focused almost entirely on the story. The gameplay is incredibly similar to the first with added movement options and different enemy types. Instead of following in the steps of its predecessor, the sequel throws away much of its character-development, atmosphere, and world-building for the sake of adding a playable antagonist. Despite early news promising the development of Ellie and Joel's bond, the latter is killed in the prologue of the game by said antagonist. Instead of naturally becoming a revenge story, the writers try their hardest to make the player emphasize with Abby - something incredibly difficult to accomplish if the player developed a connection to the protagonists from the first game. Characters close to Ellie die or abandon her unceremoniously throughout the course of the game in scenes that seem more reliant on shock value than good writing. Those who die are always taken out by Abby, and you'll occasionally play as her for these scenes. At the ending, Ellie saves Abby's life before challenging her to one last fight. Despite having two of her fingers bitten off in the struggle, Ellie gets the upper hand and is all set to drown the woman who has taken everything from her. With a brief vision of Joel flashing through her mind, she makes a disappointing decision to let go of Abby and allow her to get away. At the end of the day, Ellie is left with nothing. The player has gained nothing. The central issue that pervades the entire story is characters acting unlike themselves. Tommy and Joel give their names and home location to an armed group they just met. Jesse, who has been shown to have a level head, rushed through a closed door into a room that could have had any amount of hostiles. He was, of course, immediately shot in the head and killed. Ellie murdered possibly hundreds in her quest to kill Abby, and not only untied her, but she also challenged her to some strange form of honorable combat before letting Abby go free. It is not good writing. It's characters acting completely unpredictable just for something terrible to happen. It's like they can't create shock value without making someone act like an idiot. Lastly, there is no joy in The Last of Us: Part II. Not if you came into it with the previous characters in your heart. Every beloved character is dragged through the dirt constantly with no moments of reprieve. It's one miserable scene after the other. The only "uplifting" moments tend to happen when the player is controlling Abby. At the end of the day, there is no satisfaction for the player. None for Ellie. None for Joel, Tommy, Jesse, or Dina. You don't get your adventure with Ellie and Joel. You don't get your revenge. You don't get a glimpse of the hope for a better future that was present in the first game. It's devoid of hope. The only thing you get at the end of the day is a message that revenge is bad, but it falls flat once you realize that the only person who got their vengeance is the one that came out on top.… Expand
  8. Geoan
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    Terminei tlou 2 e bem...
    Gameplay fantástica e muito melhor do que o 1 em praticamente todos os quesitos, desde exploração, stealth, luta, loot alem de trazer detalhes minuciosos excelentes que nunca vi em nenhum jogo.
    Gráficos eu preciso nem dizer 10/10 melhores de sempre. A história é boa, boa até demais, e pesadíssima... Porém precisa ter estomago forte, está longe de ser uma    Terminei tlou 2 e bem...
    Gameplay fantástica e muito melhor do que o 1 em praticamente todos os quesitos, desde exploração, stealth, luta, loot alem de trazer detalhes minuciosos excelentes que nunca vi em nenhum jogo.
    Gráficos eu preciso nem dizer 10/10 melhores de sempre.
    A história é boa, boa até demais, e pesadíssima...
    Porém precisa ter estomago forte, está longe de ser uma história de mocinho e vilão, é densa e trabalha muito bem os assuntos e as emoções dos personagens fazendo você entender ambos os lados e as consequências dos atos no decorrer do jogo, definitivamente é um jogo incrível.

    Bonus: tem muita gente que critica o jogo por causa da Ellie ser lésbica, bom na minha visão foi muito bem introduzido, se fosse um casal heterosexual eu não veria diferença, porém como muita gente teclou nisso por "lacração" deixo essa nota aqui...    … Expand
  9. eecho
    Jul 7, 2020
    0
    Gameplay is totally outdated and outdone by modern games, that's why it feels so boring. Not to mention horrible story and characters.
  10. Willz69er
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    I've played through the game twice,because I wanted to make sure it wasnt just a fluke,that the first time playthrough was a mesmerising,truly outstanding,bordering on cinematic masterpiece experience!!! But sadly for all the haters,it was even better a 2nd time around,and Quite honestly I struggle to explain how brilliant the last of us part 2 is,from start to finish,hour after hour ofI've played through the game twice,because I wanted to make sure it wasnt just a fluke,that the first time playthrough was a mesmerising,truly outstanding,bordering on cinematic masterpiece experience!!! But sadly for all the haters,it was even better a 2nd time around,and Quite honestly I struggle to explain how brilliant the last of us part 2 is,from start to finish,hour after hour of relentless brutality,all bundled up in a ball of emotion,revenge,regret,redemption,fear,horror,love,cruelty,etc...just carnage! With a roller coaster of feelings whilst playing it,I found I was completely immersed Into the story because of the writing,obviously,well also because all the characters are so brilliantly made, in every way,and naughty dog gave them a fantastic story too,I love the different perspectives we play from,the flashbacks and the action set pieces,all coming together beautifully,and all set in a world so graciously put together,either graphically,or through the story,or just the lore of the universe the game is set in,it all makes sense.
    Truly the best looking game ever,graphically its second to no game,frim character rendering,gunfights,animation to the little touches, like backpacks swaying realistically,footprints in the snow,water effects,animals in the surrounding areas,and lumps of blown up flesh sliding down walls,and so so so many more all bring it to life...its such a beautiful and well crafted world,I'm so impressed and I cant understand the hate this game is getting,especiallywhen you see weak story based games not getting as much hate,really sad to see!! Perhaps those haters should go play minecraft or Fortnite,better yet,call of duty!!! Leave the adult games for the actual adults,who have been waiting for a game,of this fame and caliber anyway,that utilises,maturity,violence,epic stories and emotion, among lots of other reasons,all of their god damn lives! I cant reccomend this game any more than I already have done! Dont read,or watch the reviews from the haters,just play it,and fall into the game world,if you love mature,gritty stories,then look no further!
    Best game I ever played,and I must say the elder scrolls and fallout games,and the star wars knights of the old republic games,were are my favourites,,so I'm not a part time gamer,and I know when I play a good game or not.
    The last of us part 2,ticks all the right boxes,it continues an already masterpeice of gaming in last of us,the original game,...and dare i say it,betters the original! But then it's just my opinion i guess....please play it,before being a critical,band wagon jumping prick!!    … Expand
  11. Dulce1996
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    Excelente juego, increíbles gráficos y una historia maravillosa, sin más que decir!!
  12. JMEscobero
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    Magnifico juego, arriesga en su historia al liquidar un personaje querido, las cosas pasan por lo que pasan, es un mundo peligroso. Banda sonora muy buena
  13. xxxsaladinxxx
    Jul 7, 2020
    0
    Oh man..this story...what a shame mr. druckmann. I wait 7 years for this game and i than i have to play abby for 12 hours....i dont care about her story and the story of her dad. i just want to play a game like part 1! that was a good job. but what did you done man? playing abby 12 hous, killing joel for nutthin. what a shame......
  14. DUZ2575
    Jul 7, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. En el tema visual y mecanico es simplemente excelente se disfruta mucho estos momentos de acción y debemos felicitar a los animadores y creadores de los escenarios ademas de los encargados del apartado grafico esta gente trabajo 15 horas diarias se merecen respeto y admiracion pero la historia es horrible; empezare con los personajes: Joel de aquel hombre que desconfiaba de todo el mundo nos queda un hombre que entra a una base que no conoce llena de gente desconocida y de postre va desarmado ¿donde quedo ese Joel contrabandista y bandido experto en ese mundo tan crue?l y su muerte es lo peor, no quería que tuviera una muerte épica pero si una digna. Tenemos tambien a Ellie que por sed de venganza mata a gente que le suplica piedad y que no tenia nada que ver, pero al final se acuerda de Joel y no mata a Abby por que la venganza no es buena mata el alma y la envenena vamos no me jodas ¿y todos los anteriores a los que disparo, mutilo y descuartiso? ellos no merecian piedad pero a la mujer que mato a Joel y a muchos de sus seres queridos la deja ir te quedas pensando que Ellie sufre de bipolaridad luego tenemos a Abby que no me parece un personaje malo del todo pero que al principio tratas de hacerte autokill por que te obligan a jugar con ella y sientes que sus misiones son el 60% del juego es que parece que el juego es de ella y merece llamarse The last Abby; Los detalles son muy buenos como los comics, el libro de "el espacio para idiotas" y el de "los dinosaurios" que encontramos en la casa de Joel que refuerza el amor de padre que Joel sentia por Ellie y que por salvarla volveria a condenar a la humanidad una vez más.
    Ahora toca la historia que se siente muy forzada ¿porque Abby le perdonaria la vida a Ellie DOS veces y esto apiica de igual manera para Ellie; el tiempo que juegas junto a Dina la trama no avanza y lo sientes como relleno, donde quedo el ritmo del primer juego que suponía un reto en cualquier momento y que los descansos eran cortos y sentías que el juego NUNCA desperdicia tu tiempo.
    todavia no puedo creer que se hayan tardado 7 AÑOS en esto.
    ACTUALZACION: Ahora que me doy cuenta que la historia parece una telenovela y Ellie hace todo por capricho.    … Expand
  15. ChrysiaVELA
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    Este juego para mi esta a la par del uno y me atrevo decir que disfrute mas este , el personajede Abby me gusto mucho, empatice totalmente con ella que disfrute mucho su historia , al final el juego te da dos mensajes por parte de elli y por parte de abby , creo que la historia esta perfecta , todos dicen que los AGUJEROS JA! si claro GUIONISTA dime que youtuber favorito tuyo dijo eso yEste juego para mi esta a la par del uno y me atrevo decir que disfrute mas este , el personajede Abby me gusto mucho, empatice totalmente con ella que disfrute mucho su historia , al final el juego te da dos mensajes por parte de elli y por parte de abby , creo que la historia esta perfecta , todos dicen que los AGUJEROS JA! si claro GUIONISTA dime que youtuber favorito tuyo dijo eso y por eso vas de borrega al monton ? todos esperaban que todos los personajes murieran de una manera como tony stark en end game o como dom en Gears of War 3 ,muchos acostumbrados a eso pero las muertes de este juego son tan crueles como en la vida real que solo mueres sin mas . El aspecto de abby es totalmente normal , muchos se quejan de su aspecto o que si es trans ,POR DIOS!! rn que burbuja de basura viven ? es normal y hay muchas mujeres con ese aspecto por ejemplo : sophie.arvebrink y hay cientos de miles como ella .
    Graficamente el juego es bello y creo que exprime totalmete la potencia en graficos al maximo de esta generación junto con Red read redemption 2 .La historia de este juego no es complicada de entender y no es tampoco algo para cultos pero esta bien lograda como lo sabe hacer Noughty Dog y Neil que no tiene competencia y se arriesgaron ya que ellos sabían que iba ver controversia y es algo que no se ve en ninguna otra plataforma así que no vengan con que ZELDA o Animal crossing BOBOS ! es como si compararan One Pice con Loney toons .
    Lo probable es que esto sera goty    … Expand
  16. Otacat
    Jul 7, 2020
    2
    1편 안해도 전 아마 점수 낮게 줬을거 같아요. 그만큼 스토리가 쓰래기 같았기 때문이죠. 게임 플레이도 점점 하다보면 지루해지더라고요. 전투가 다들 비슷하고, 질질 끌어가니까 귀찮아서 그냥 easy 로 끝냈어요. 그래픽은 진짜 환상적이였는데, 전 좀 나이가 있어서 인지, 그래픽 같은건 뭐 별로 신경 안쓰고 게임하는 사람이라, 처음 들어가는 곳에 "와아 멋지네" 하고 나서는 그냥 뭐 다 그게 그거 같더라고요. 스토리 불평은 워낙 많은 사람들이 말해온지라 제가 안말해도 아마 다들 아실거예요. 전작을 한 사람이라면 이게 그냥 우릴 먹칠한게 아니예요. 진짜 조엘리 팬들에 똥칠한격이예요. 전작 진짜 잘 만들어서, 내가 조엘이게끔 감정이입 시켰으면서, 이 게임에서는 뭐 거의 내 손으로 조엘을 죽이게 하질1편 안해도 전 아마 점수 낮게 줬을거 같아요. 그만큼 스토리가 쓰래기 같았기 때문이죠. 게임 플레이도 점점 하다보면 지루해지더라고요. 전투가 다들 비슷하고, 질질 끌어가니까 귀찮아서 그냥 easy 로 끝냈어요. 그래픽은 진짜 환상적이였는데, 전 좀 나이가 있어서 인지, 그래픽 같은건 뭐 별로 신경 안쓰고 게임하는 사람이라, 처음 들어가는 곳에 "와아 멋지네" 하고 나서는 그냥 뭐 다 그게 그거 같더라고요. 스토리 불평은 워낙 많은 사람들이 말해온지라 제가 안말해도 아마 다들 아실거예요. 전작을 한 사람이라면 이게 그냥 우릴 먹칠한게 아니예요. 진짜 조엘리 팬들에 똥칠한격이예요. 전작 진짜 잘 만들어서, 내가 조엘이게끔 감정이입 시켰으면서, 이 게임에서는 뭐 거의 내 손으로 조엘을 죽이게 하질 안나. 조엘리 둘다 4년간 뭐가 있었는지 설명도 없는채 플레이어 한테는 개똥 같은 성격으로 나오질 안나. 그런데 그냥 그 이외에도, 만약에 내가 조엘리 상관을 안했다면, 진짜 스토리에 뭔 의미가 없게 느끼는거 있죠? 내가 조엘을 안좋아하면, 복수는 왜해? 막 복수를 하겠끔 시켰으면서, 복수는 나쁘다고 나중에 말하는 꼴을 보면, 막 그냥 짜증나고 게임을 하기 싫은 거 있죠? 전작에서는 막 사랑과 희망, 뭐 그런 테마가 많았잖아요. 인간으로서 그런걸 추구하는게 보통인데, 뭐 갑자기 "아냐 이 게임에 테마는 복수야." 하고 복수를 하겠끔 팬들을 말아먹었으면서, 하란 데로 게임하니까, "아냐, 복수는 나쁜거야"라고 하면, 그 의미가 전혀 부여되지가 안찮아요. 우리에게 선택권이라도 주던가. 아니 진짜, 만약에 엘리랑 디나가 같이 살고 있을때 "복수하러 안가겠다"라는 선택권이라도 있으면, 한 사람들 진짜 많았을 걸요? 복수가 무의미 한다는 걸 모르는 병따구리는 애들 밖에 없어요. 다들 의미적인 영화나 책 읽고 다 아는 걸, 스토리랑 캐릭 말아먹으면서 설교하려 드니까, 아우, 그냥 짜증나는 게임이였어요.… Expand
  17. egm954
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    Absolutely superb !! Great ! Graphics the best! gameplay sky high! Beautiful story!
  18. Moonflower2020
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    This is a great game! Go into it and try to form your own opinion of this game. I was very upset and hated Abby when I first played this game, but by the end I had understood her perspective. It's a game that really makes you think.
  19. Iagocosta
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O melhor jogo já feito de todos os tempos em quesito técnico e de narrativa é um jogo 10/10 de fato. Naughty Dog foi muito corajosa em matar o principal personagem do jogo logo no início mas, no fim eles mostraram o porque daquilo..… Expand
  20. ozyman
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    This game is very divisive to say the least. It either lands hard or doesn’t for you. I can only say it landed beyond any measure for me. Absolute master piece.
  21. Rhiannonmm63
    Jul 7, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I bought the original 'story driven' game The Last of Us, when it first came out on PS3, and absolutely loved it, playing it over and over again. So much so, I bought it again for PS4. I loved all the main story characters, Tess, Marlene, Bill, Tommy, Maria, Sam, Henry, all interesting, diverse, strong characters, but the dynamic of Joel and Ellie's relationship, their backgrounds, their personalities and the close bond they had at the end of the story just blew me away.

    I watched the E3 trailer, and every one that came after, looking forward to another fantastic story with these two characters, and was sadly disappointed.

    I'm giving this game a 5/10, because I buy video games for the same reason I buy books, to escape from a world that never let's you catch a breath, before pushing other people's ideals and agendas at you, and that is exactly what this game does. I've read articles defending the developer/director, stating that this is art and an artist has the right to make what they choose to make, I disagree, it isn't just art, there are certainly elements, but nobody would buy a piece of art, without seeing it first and ND denied us access to this with embargos, strikes, false advertising, lies and dishonesty and worse than all of that a complete disrespect toward the gamers who bought and loved the first game.

    What's good (for me personally) : Gameplay engaging in stealth areas, new infected enemies genuinely creepy, great graphics, flashbacks with Joel and Ellie, new characters Jesse and Dina.. Oh and Manny's death, that's for the spitting.

    What's bad (where to start) : Messy time lines, too many glitches, bad characters Mel, Owen, Abby, Manny, Lev and sister (can't remember her name), all with no character/complexity, all one dimensional. Seriously unsubtle agenda pushing (we have brains ND), character assassinations from previous game, backtracking on established lore from previous GAME (because it doesn't suit your AGENDA) Some bad voice acting, plot holes galore ( this was in the 1st game too, YOU CAN'T HAVE A VACCINE FOR A DISEASE CAUSED BY A FUNGUS!!! The dogs are irritating (attack dogs are not cute, yes I killed them because they're not real, besides I'm a cat person). Abby wouldn't exist at that size in a post apocalyptic world, the surgeon at the end of the first game was old, Abby's dad appears to be in his late 30's early forties which wouldn't make him old enough to have been qualified as a doctor nevermind a surgeon ( as well as the only person capable of making a 'vaccine'    … Expand
  22. egonbraun
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best game of my life. Story is amazing! Everyone down voting this game should feel ashamed.… Expand
  23. keym89
    Jul 7, 2020
    2
    Игруля откровенно 6 из 10, но из -за Дракмана и его отношение к проекту и сообществу 0 из 10!
    Прикольно, что 0 и 1 теперь в учёт не идут, а 0 и 10 ставь сколько угодно.
  24. joesosa
    Jun 23, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I understand the story. There's consequences to what Joel did in the first game, and they're reasonable. I loved how the game was truly of revenge, loved how we as Ellie feel the anger and are hunting them 1 by 1. But whenever the game changes to Abby's perspective, it didn't work for me. I really wasn't into it. And what I don't like is yeah we saw who she was and everything but Ellie doesn't have a clue, so what's the point. I felt super forced to play as her and I didn't like it, I also felt that they tried to hard to show she wasn't that bad but Ellie was. And well, it didn't work for me. If I'm being honest, as a huge fan of part 1, if the game would have been entirely under Ellie's gameplay, and the story doesn't stop, this would have been a 10/10. Fck Abby.… Expand
  25. Tastyspoon
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is possibly the greatest game of all time. I have never experienced as many emotions in any medium, that this game called up while playing through it. Abby's story is a mirror image of Ellie's with Ellie's being significantly darker. The final scene of Ellie trying to play the song and is unable to is completely heartbreaking.… Expand
  26. Rediocy
    Jul 7, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s a great game! People who rated it previously may have never played the game after they got a snippet of it spoiled. But when playing it we feel empathy for Abby, some may even understand where she was coming from. There is no other game that will take risks like this, I hope people will play it before coming to a conclusion bc it is worth it.… Expand
  27. Tostadora1010
    Jul 7, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay, graphics, music, atmosphere, were good but I would have preferred that they focused more on the story than on those things, the truth expected more from the story, having the first game as a reference, I think the second part stayed very short, I do not criticize that they have killed Joel the way they did, nor that Ellie has not killed Abby because she is part of her humanity that she still has or any justification they want to give her, even in my opinion she was very Well that they implemented the LGBT + community and all those things, I just think it deserved a better ending after all because of what happened and I think that is what most of the community wanted, it was a very crude ending and they still make us play with the "villain" of the story, I understanding that they wanted us to empathize with Abby, but if it is a sequel, we play it for Ellie and Joel, who are the characters with whom we had already become attached and playing with Abby the story becomes very heavy for the same reason that we came to play TLOU 2 for Ellie and Joel and they still make us fight with Ellie, which I see 0 sense.… Expand
  28. ChampionDE
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    Thank you @Naughty_Dog for the awesome Last of Us 2. Today I finished it and I love how you managed to show the two stories and especially the aspects of Abbys story part. Pls don't get disillusioned from all the bad reviews. I LOVE YOUR WORK!
  29. Hyperzx
    Jul 7, 2020
    9
    The game is brilliant. Amazing graphics, amazing fun gameplay. Only down side was the story is a troll compared to the trailers. But its minor. If you are one of them ones that is obsessed with stories then read a book or watch a movie. The graphics and gameplay wins it all. Thank you naughty dogs for this brilliant game :D
  30. Anonimoose
    Jul 7, 2020
    4
    I'll start off by saying that I don't think this game is dog$h*+, but it sure as hell ain't a great game, or even GOTY.
    I'll start with what isn't good:
    Story, Characters, Character development, and holes in the plot: Known characters act out of character, and other characters aren't properly fleshed out, including at least 2 very key characters to the story, which result in    I'll start off by saying that I don't think this game is dog$h*+, but it sure as hell ain't a great game, or even GOTY.
    I'll start with what isn't good:
    Story, Characters, Character development, and holes in the plot:
    Known characters act out of character, and other characters aren't properly fleshed out, including at least 2 very key characters to the story, which result in players/viewers having either a mixed or completely negative view on them as individuals. There are actually interesting and likable characters in this, but only few overall. The story in it's current state is almost piss poor, having events and actions of characters both new and old that don't really make sense or just hurt the flow of the story and the player's experience with it. Some events even seem more about shock value than anything else. The fact that this is almost constant in the game doesn't give any help to it's case. And though they try to make this game into an intriguing revenge story, it falls flat on itself a few times, and just ends up.......weak and confusing to some, especially once the games over. Though I won't go into detail, once you play the game, you see these problems 2-4 hours into this 25 hour "experience". If you were for the story of The Last Of Us part 1, part 2 may not be your cup of tea.

    Now, there here's what's good about the game:
    Graphics, Design, and overall look is a definite 10/10. Every place you go to in the story has polish, and is just magnificent. The detail in visuals and interactions in the settings shown really make this game an amazing PS4 title in terms of visuals, no doubt the best in the consoles history. The atmosphere is also rich in each area, getting you in the right mood for the moment whether it be dread, nervousness, a sense of calm. Level design was alright and nice to navigate, but not really a large factor. Sound and music were very nice, in my opinion better than the first game. If you love visuals and sound, your gonna enjoy this game alt.

    Now the game play: is honestly the same as TLoU 1, with only minor changes. Ultimately it feels mostly the same, which really will be hit or miss with others, but is a bit disappointing since it relies on old controls.

    Overall, I have to give this game a disappointing 4/10. The game play will be fun if you like the TLoU gameplay, but if you didn't, it might seem mediocre to you. Graphics, and visuals are top tier, without question. The story will be the big hurdle, being VERY hit or miss with players (as seen everywhere online). If it misses, your experience will be ruined, with little chance of it getting better at the end. If it hits for you, then, you MIGHT just like the game up to the end.
    The worst part about it is that NaughtyDog had almost everything for a good game in their hands, from the characters to the events that happen in game. Yet somehow, they messed up in execution. IMO, if the order of some events were simply changed, and some characters had more screen time , without any major character changes, TLoU part 2 would be closer to being an understandably great game, though not exactly the same as TLoU.    … Expand
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  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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