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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  2. Mixed: 8,550 out of 161975
  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. NTW002
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    i like this game like everyting story graphic gameplay i like so much very very goods game
  2. Acrillic
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the best games this generation! Great storytelling you are used to by ND. Excellent voice acting and facial animations, one of the best soundtracks in gaming en absurdly good graphics on a PS4 Pro.… Expand
  3. Browniecxo5
    Jul 5, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Anyone who gives this game a low rating didn’t get the point of the game. It’s easy to dehumanize your enemies and kill them without thought- it’s easy to seek revenge and live in hate. It’s harder to let go and forgive. Both sides of the story were done beautifully and by the last major fight scene I was so torn and upset— I didn’t want to lose anyone and I saw each’s motivations. This game deserves a round of applause.… Expand
  4. GingerAhrend30
    Jul 5, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game really digs into the humanity of characters typically portrayed as the villain. I get that some fans are upset about the early death of Joel, but it drove a powerful narrative and forces you to re-evaluate his actions at the end of the first game. Very engaging story, phenomenal visuals, and robust gameplay.… Expand
  5. Jacko333
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    A game isn't bad because it doesn't have a story that leaves you feeling happy and light when finishing it. This game does things that have never been done before and has revealed a lot about gamers as a whole. Naughty Dog are brave and worthy of respect
  6. kudry321
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Simplesmente perfeito! A historia é muito bem desenvolvida sim, pena muitos n terem maturidade pra entende-la.
  7. Ontas
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    The game is all what the director wanted, the history and the gameplay is very good, maybe the delivery of the history is not perfect but i liked a lot. Is so emotional, i love it
  8. barryallan
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    This is a review from someone who actually played the entire game with 24h, the gameplay is amazing, realistic and impactful, it's more dynamic, fast and fluid than the first game. The graphics are one of the best ones I've seen in my life, it has the best facial expression in video games ever. The story is well written with interesting main characters with their own moral and developmentThis is a review from someone who actually played the entire game with 24h, the gameplay is amazing, realistic and impactful, it's more dynamic, fast and fluid than the first game. The graphics are one of the best ones I've seen in my life, it has the best facial expression in video games ever. The story is well written with interesting main characters with their own moral and development through the game and the ending is AMAZING, coherent and SAD, THERE ARE NO PLOT HOLES and the stupid haters are spreading this lie for no reason. The only problem I had with the plot is they way it is shown, some flashbacks are a little bit long and shown in inappropriate scenes, so I think I would give an 9/10 because of this.( I gave 10 cause a lot of stupid haters are bombing negative reviews and they don't even played the game)… Expand
  9. DipDad
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    I don't know what people are so mad about, sure the middle of the game is slow and the main antagonistic is not really fun to play as/care about but jeeez is the story and the ending amazing and deserves a 10/10 just for that, my favorite story driven game of all time. Please at least try the game for yourself... you won't regret it...
  10. KelvinSantiago
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Historia basura y la muerte de Joel :)
    Josep está decilucionado con esto :)    … Expand
  11. jpegdream
    Jul 5, 2020
    9
    Just want to start this by saying review bombing is pathetic and you're pathetic if you do it. Grow up.

    ANYWAY this is quite honestly my second favourite game of this generation (coming just after Uncharted 4) This game fully encapsulates how dark and brutal and horrific the world truly is and can be. This game is about hate and how it eats you inside, and it truly, absolutely champions    Just want to start this by saying review bombing is pathetic and you're pathetic if you do it. Grow up.

    ANYWAY this is quite honestly my second favourite game of this generation (coming just after Uncharted 4) This game fully encapsulates how dark and brutal and horrific the world truly is and can be. This game is about hate and how it eats you inside, and it truly, absolutely champions those themes with a story that is rich, complex and engaging as all hell. This game forces you and its characters onto the absolute cusp of breaking down, and maybe even pushes you over the edge a couple times.

    It's bold, it takes risks and it's not a rehash of the first one. It's sad that the fanbase is going full Star Wars on this one but ignore the fanbase and think about what you're seeing and what it means.    … Expand
  12. lxSamuray
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sem palavras para expressar o sentimento que o jogo nos proporcionou. Cada momento com cada personagem. Uma montanha-russa de emoções. Lágrimas e sorrisos. 10 merecidamente...… Expand
  13. lilziz
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    The gameplay is 10/10 as I've never seen a game play so smooth in 30fps, it's mental! The story, unlike some people who didn't undestand it are saying, is a piece of art (10/10) , it teaches us values at the same time it plays with our feelings. What other game does that?? (The Last of Us "part 1" doesn't count*)
  14. Badface
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    This game is a flawed masterpiece. Yes there are story issues and narrative pacing issues, but this is the most thought provoking, most emotionally impacting game I have ever played and stays with you long after you've played it. The world building is amazing - graphics and sound brilliant. Don't listen to the haters, most of whom I bet dropped their reviews after playing only a fraction aThis game is a flawed masterpiece. Yes there are story issues and narrative pacing issues, but this is the most thought provoking, most emotionally impacting game I have ever played and stays with you long after you've played it. The world building is amazing - graphics and sound brilliant. Don't listen to the haters, most of whom I bet dropped their reviews after playing only a fraction a game - it deserves to played and experienced. Form your own thoughts and expect to be challenged.… Expand
  15. StefanoGames
    Jul 5, 2020
    9
    Un buen juego si bien su historia no está al nivel del primer juego tampoco es que la historia sea mala , el juego es bastante bueno en lo jugable en la exploración de recursos y historia hace que este juego sea muy entretenido para jugar, por mi parte lo recomiendo.
  16. Prago
    Jul 5, 2020
    8
    It has its flaws. However it is just an incredible game with a really interesting narrative. It basically gets rid of the stupid hero and villain moral of every script in videogames. That's why people got tilt.
  17. stumpfuqr
    Jul 5, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well, a lot has already been said about this game, much of it a clumsy, repetitive, awkward pounding of trite ideas, to the point where I have to tune it out just to keep my sanity. Which for me is a perfect metaphor for the narrative style of this game. I will preface this by saying, I really, really wanted to like this game. I gave it every chance, overlooking questionable decisions early on because I just wanted to really like it. I was totally on board for like the first 8 hours. I really was. But ultimately, whereas I didn't hate it, I didn't like it. It just .... was something I did for 25 hours. Long before it ended, I was done. Well, let's go with some positives, and yes, there are a lot; the world we inhabit is stunning. Amazing. How it looks, how it sounds, and how it feels to be in it. The AI is just awesome. Responsive, smart, and the Seraphites (although a pretty obvious rip off of the Walking Dead with the whistles and all) were a fun new wrinkle to deal with. The gameplay is fine, what I expected, and definitely serves the game well enough that I had no issues with it, though I won't say it broke any new ground, except maybe the prone movement was cool. Some of the new characters I liked a lot, and almost wish we could have seen more of Dina, Lev, and Jessie. The acting is top notch, even when the writing fails it. I'd even say the acting (and the animations that accompany it) saves parts of this game. Some of the cutscenes/flashbacks were very well done, and actually moved me. The final scene with Joel and Ellie makes me long for what the game could have been. But ultimately, this game is not about combat, or multi player, or any of that, this game was going to sink or swim on it's story. If you are going to take bold risks with storytelling, you have to craft it perfectly, be incredibly skilled as to how to tell a compelling story without letting me know what you're doing, without these "bold ideas" getting in the way of my involvement with the narrative. Instead, we end up completely trapped by it, with cheap manipulative pandering, and relentlessly pounded by an annoyingly repetitive, clumsy idea that SEE ABBY HAS A STORY TOO SHE ISN'T BAD SHE HAS A DOG GET IT SEE GET IT. Someone said it was like there was a neon sign in the back of each of Abby's scenes that said "PLEASE LIKE HER THE SCRIPT REALLY NEEDS YOU TO". I almost punched my screen when Yara says "oh Abby, you're such a good person". The repetitiveness and clumsiness insulted me, and ultimately bored me. It's not like it was a bad idea in concept; but it kinda felt like the writers had this idea, without the skills or craftsmanship to pull it off gracefully, and just went with cheap parlor tricks to manipulate us rather than a great story/character to involve us. I could see the themes they wanted to explore as a backdrop to tell a great story; with the right handling, it could work. But not AS the story. I mean, if you want to explore revenge, forgiveness and the cost of it all, OK, not that interesting, but OK, not awful either. But it just isn't sturdy enough to support the entire story on it's own, without anything else to prop it up, and eventually, the narrative buckles under that weight. It's almost like they wrote this as an exercise, something a 2nd year English class would do, "change the perspective of the story to make us sympathize with a previously hated character". This game would likely get a B- on that paper. They got so wrapped up in the theme, and the ideas, and the twists, and being all clever; they forget to tell a good story. I gotta admit, I was in shock when I found myself shouting at my screen, mocking the dialogue, Rocky Horror style, so relentless and clumsy was their attempt to make me "relate to Abby". But the real disaster there is; it took me out of the game. I was no longer in the game, but just watching it. I have to admit; that kind of deflated me a bit, because I really wanted to like this game a lot. All that said, in comparison to other games, it is not a bad game. At all. I applaud them taking the chance, and like I said, it looks and sounds amazing. It has it's positives. It gets a 7, because with they attempted, and how well they do parts of it, I have to grade it on that scale. But weirdly, sadly, and surprisingly, after years of anxiously waiting for this game, the one thing I did not think I would say after playing The Last of Us 2. I don't care if they make another one. And that kinda sucks.… Expand
  18. Gadlajk
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    The first part impressed me visually considering the hardware ps3 has and game had such amazing story that I wished I had a daughter. Meanwhile part 2 still has impressive visuals but story is so bad that it made me wish I had a cancer.
  19. Iceman1984
    Jul 5, 2020
    9
    Now that I have completed my first play-through. I can give this game a fair review. I put in over 35 hours into my first run and was blown away by the entire game. I loved the first one and while part 2 is a little weaker in the story, I s till loved every second that I was playing.
    Yes the game isn't perfect, fighting with the camera at times wasn't fun but besides that one downfall, I    Now that I have completed my first play-through. I can give this game a fair review. I put in over 35 hours into my first run and was blown away by the entire game. I loved the first one and while part 2 is a little weaker in the story, I s till loved every second that I was playing.
    Yes the game isn't perfect, fighting with the camera at times wasn't fun but besides that one downfall, I enjoyed it greatly.
    Graphics on my Pro: 9/10
    Story: 9/10... it made me mad, sad, happy and silently watch the credits go by reflecting on the story that Naughty Dog wrote.
    Controls: 9/10
    Characters: 10/10

    Now to address the massive amount of homophobic trolls giving this game a 0 just because the game has a gay character is sad and hurts the gaming industry entirely.. (seriously over 115,000 reviews when Part one currently only has a total of 22,000 reviews including the Remastered).
    We begged Naughty Dog to make a part 2 and how does the community thank them? By giving over 50,000 negative reviews, threaten the voice actors/actresses with violence and death threats, accusing Naughty Dog of false advertising??? and making anti-Semitic comments towards the director.
    This game deserves more than a 5.2 average score (currently), let's stop the hate and trolling... we as gamers are better than that.
    Thank you Naughty Dog and thank you to those who actually played and finished the game before giving the review.    … Expand
  20. Xfactorspeed
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game, story was normal at first felt deceived once playing as Abby but changed my mind once I started to play and seen the other side of the story. I would recommend to anyone I know. Just to keep an open mind and remember its only a game that breaks bounds and borders that most games don't.… Expand
  21. AlanFrost115
    Jul 5, 2020
    5
    Now I haven’t played part 2 but I have to put a rating to put my review/thoughts and this is about all of this the game and it’s backlash. But I’ve watched multiple youtubers live streams and I’ve played the first game and I just wanna say this.

    1.Graphics don’t make a game!!! What makes a game is it’s story, the connection you have to characters. 2.I feel it was interesting to    Now I haven’t played part 2 but I have to put a rating to put my review/thoughts and this is about all of this the game and it’s backlash. But I’ve watched multiple youtubers live streams and I’ve played the first game and I just wanna say this.

    1.Graphics don’t make a game!!! What makes a game is it’s story, the connection you have to characters.

    2.I feel it was interesting to understand Abbies back story and reflect on Joel’s actions but over 10 hours of playing as Abby, why ,we wanted Ellie or Joel for it all.Not someone we don’t even know. Also we didn’t need that s## scene we know it’s a 18 but we didn’t want that.

    3.There are videos online of Neil Druckmann saying you don’t have to kill dogs, that was a lie also the backlash he is doing saying we are homophobic or trans-phobic just for not liking the game. Stop being one of these teen girls believing you can end racism with just posting a black feed on Instagram. 4. Laura Bailey was the voice actor of Abby just because we hate her does not mean the voice actor should get death threats. We are better than this people.

    5. Sony how could you allow that ending and how can you message a review website (polygon I think it was called) and say you disagree with their review, it’s called a review not what ever Sony wants it to be called.    … Expand
  22. Kierz
    Jul 5, 2020
    7
    I can definitely understand why some people don’t like the game.personally I enjoyed it, I enjoyed the gameplay and most of the story and the were some really fun and heart racing moments and choices u had to make. A good video to watch on the game is this: https://youtu.be/Jiq0nR8ndD0
  23. Sweettspott7
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Honestly kept me emotionally and mentally engaged just as much as the first. I was upset originally with the early turn of events but honestly that's how you write good story and invoke some kind of problematic narrative. Loved the open world feel and the visuals and acting as always!
  24. Francua13
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Não existe jogo perfeito mais esse game surpreende muito ! qualidade gráfica insana pra essa geração uma obra prima jogabilidade com realismo absurdo,Narrativa melhor que muitos filmes de tão bem feita tudo se encaixa no momento certo. E tudo que é diferente incomoda muita gente por isso muitas críticas sobre tudo a inveja e o desespero dos Haters.
  25. GravelsNotAFood
    Jul 5, 2020
    9
    The Last of Us series has always prided itself on its thought-provoking and gripping narratives. The Last of Us 2 is no exception. From masterfully written, and acted characters, to entertaining, if a bit repetitive combat, gorgeous, lived in - and sprawling landscapes, to its breathtaking soundtrack. The Last of Us 2 does its predecessor proud.

    From the opening scene to the haunting    The Last of Us series has always prided itself on its thought-provoking and gripping narratives. The Last of Us 2 is no exception. From masterfully written, and acted characters, to entertaining, if a bit repetitive combat, gorgeous, lived in - and sprawling landscapes, to its breathtaking soundtrack. The Last of Us 2 does its predecessor proud.

    From the opening scene to the haunting Joel, and Ellie duet as the credits roll. The Last of Us 2 is a wild ride full of gut-wrenching pain, witty banter, and a harrowing tale of revenge, and the rot it leaves in its wake. The Last of Us 2 sets out to drive a message deep into the player, and my God it delivers.

    That brings me to the recent controversy surrounding this game. As well as it's unjust and unwarranted review bombing. It makes me sick to see so much work, and effort being spat on, and hated by so many, for such a stupid reason. Even if you choose to dislike the title based on one narrative desition made early on in the game. You have to respect the effort, and love that Naughty Dog put into their game. So many poured everything they had into this title. To see it being treated like this is incredibly heartbreaking. If you're under the impression that this game is bad, based on the influx of negative reviews, I just want you to know. The game is wonderful and creates a world just as morbidly beautiful as the original. Do not let these unfounded reviews sway you away from this awesome experience.    … Expand
  26. manolitoisrael
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Without a doubt one of the best games of this year. The story is excellent and makes you feel a lot of emotions while you play.
    ND, excellent work !!
  27. Doonee
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Espetacular. Gameplay impecável, dublagem impecável, cenários impecáveis e sem falar o tamanho dos cenários. O jogo é simplesmente um dos melhores já feitos. A ND foi a única que teve coragem pra mostrar os dois lados da moeda e fez isso com muita qualidade.
  28. Seshou182
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Não tem muito o que falar sobre esse jogo sem citar a palavra "masterpiece", assim como foi seu antecessor, é uma história que eleva o que você sente em todos os sentidos a outro nível, desde que terminei o jogo eu não consigo parar de pensar nele um dia sequer e sobre tudo o que acontece, a ND entregou um jogo espetacular, com melhorias gráficas absurdas, uma história complexa, pesada eNão tem muito o que falar sobre esse jogo sem citar a palavra "masterpiece", assim como foi seu antecessor, é uma história que eleva o que você sente em todos os sentidos a outro nível, desde que terminei o jogo eu não consigo parar de pensar nele um dia sequer e sobre tudo o que acontece, a ND entregou um jogo espetacular, com melhorias gráficas absurdas, uma história complexa, pesada e sentimental onde você vai estar constantemente querendo continuar e parar ao mesmo tempo, é absurdo, só... meus parabéns e obrigado por nos proporcionar esse jogo/experiência incrível.… Expand
  29. angelkellerboy
    Jul 5, 2020
    9
    A game that touches the player's feelings, beautiful graphics and great narrative one of the best games I've ever seen
  30. foreststalker
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Una gran historia que la mayoria de personas no entiende el juego no es perfecto pero es si es increíble
    Muchos simplemente ven el juego en gameplays en vez de probar el juego
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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93

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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