The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. Hyperballs2017
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Racists dialogues exists in the game that are against Asians. Apparently Asian lives don’t matter in this game, well done Naughty Dog! I’m Asian and the facial models of the Asians in the game are disgusting, they are like people with Down syndrome... Jesse gets shot in the head and no one even bloody cares... Ellie clearly says that she dislikes Jesse because he’s Asian and not because she’s not interested in men. So it’s fine to be racist against Asians? Neil should be slapped in the face, a lot of Asians have been angered by this!… Expand
  2. johnharper96
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    Being forced to kill dogs completely ruins the game. Rapid checkpointing makes healing pointless since you can just reload the checkpoint every time you get spotted.
  3. Jorkin
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Take a beloved game, fill it with the worst of 'modern day' politics, degrade and belittle core characters from the previous game in order to highlight your progressive inserts and then slap them into the middle of plot hole ridden, nihilistic revenge story that ends in no revenge.

    Utter tripe, avoid at all costs, down with the shill media who are promoting this crap in order to maintain their access.    … Expand
  4. Ahmadmohammadi
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Ignore user scores. it's a deniable fact: this masterpiece is the best game of generation
  5. RamShelf
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    An absolutely beautiful game. A masterpiece. I can understand why some people may not like certain character decisions, or how dark the themes were, but they are crucial in the overall story and message of the game. This amounted to an experience which ultimately elevates this game far above anything that any other piece of media I have consumed has achieved.
  6. Tayfen
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Великолепная, тяжёлая и одновременно прекрасная история о людях в распадающейся культуре постапокалипсиса. Потрясающее внимание к деталям и ужасающие последствия всепоглощающей ненависти и неспособности прощать не смогли оставить меня равнодушным. Эта история заслужила 10 баллов.Великолепная, тяжёлая и одновременно прекрасная история о людях в распадающейся культуре постапокалипсиса. Потрясающее внимание к деталям и ужасающие последствия всепоглощающей ненависти и неспособности прощать не смогли оставить меня равнодушным. Эта история заслужила 10 баллов.
  7. swatre
    Jul 5, 2020
    4
    I'm writing this after a long cooldown and had time to really think about the game.

    While Naughty Dog and Neil Druckmann revel in their 10/10 reviews, reality is that this game is just bad. Its not art, its nothing profound, its a game with a poorly written story and pacing issues. On a technical aspect the game is great, you can really tell how much hard and skillful work went into    I'm writing this after a long cooldown and had time to really think about the game.

    While Naughty Dog and Neil Druckmann revel in their 10/10 reviews, reality is that this game is just bad. Its not art, its nothing profound, its a game with a poorly written story and pacing issues.

    On a technical aspect the game is great, you can really tell how much hard and skillful work went into making it. Combat and animations are as smooth as ever, and graphics are beautiful.

    Thats where it ends, the game is split into two phases, 1 with Ellie, 1 with Abby, Upgrades, weapons, supplements, all get a feeling of worthlessness because of how the game is split. Why bother gathering things when you can only use them in one half of the game.

    In phase 2, you are forced to play as Abby, a character that most people who played the first game, will hate. You are then exposed to cheap repeated attempts to make you sympathize with Abby like petting dogs and messing around with your teenage love interest.

    The attempts at trying to make you see her side and sympathize come across as cheap, manipulative, and unwelcome.
    Naughty Dog should try the same on the hundreds of people Joel, Ellie, and Abby have killed. That's alot of dogs to pet.

    In the end, you are left heartbroken, resentful, unsatisfied, and disappointed.    … Expand
  8. Jeremyro9
    Jun 21, 2020
    8
    Overall a pretty great game but has some issues and can start to drag on a bit
  9. AntonIris
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    An amazing and logical story, interesting characters, cool atmosphere ...Thanks so much, ND!
  10. MartaAlves13
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    This game is a 10/10. You need to have a brain to understand this game. I can’t understand the low ratings. I hope there will be a part 3
  11. tonyr0302
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is just incredible. People are angry and mad because of Joel's death and Ellie forgiving Abby at the last moment, also due to LGTB references. This is simply stupid!

    Everyone has to understand that Joel isn't a hero. We missed him definitely, but in a post-apocalyptic universe, life depends only on survival and is unpredictable. ND achieved to mess up with our minds, to think in a different way, to feel what other people are living, and that's great.

    The game tries to tell us that revenge is a path to nowhere. Abby killed Joel, and what did she gain? Ellie killing all her friends. If Abby killed Ellie, she would have lost Lev, the only one left in her life. Ellie tried to kill Abby, and what did she gain? Nothing. She lost everything: her family, her friends, her knife, her fingers, and the ability to play the guitar which was the last gift and memory of Joel. That's what you get for taking that way.
    Did Ellie forgive Abby only with a sudden flashback? Yes, because she remembered her last moment with Joel when she tried to forgive him after two years because he lied to her and ignored her consent in the matter. If she could forgive Joel, why wouldn't she spare Abby? At that moment, she had already lost everything, and killing Abby wouldn't be the solution, because she'd have gained Lev to go against her and look for her death, and this nonsense circle continues...

    The storyline of this game is amazing, it makes us think differently in the way life treats us. They want us to sympathize with different characters along with the game, and they do. LGTB characters make no damage to the story at all. They just try to make us understand that being a lesbian, trans, or whatever in that kind of world is meaningless. SURVIVAL is key, and anything else matters.

    Perhaps, people were expecting to play as Joel, but if you saw the trailers, it was obvious that Ellie was going to be the protagonist and any other event, besides Joel's death, wouldn't have developed the revenge feeling which was the main topic in the story.

    I respect your opinion if you didn't like it, but at least you can't deny all the excellent work and time this studio dedicated to the creation of this game. Graphics are incredible, every little detail is astonishing, gameplay mode is better than the previous game, etc. Of course, TLOU is better than TLOU2 in many different aspects, but we can't let this masterpiece behind.

    Sorry for the disappointed fans.    … Expand
  12. cibermike
    Jul 5, 2020
    6
    Although technically it is awesome, the story and narrative is really weak and incoherent. The Last of Us was not only good graphics but a good story that did not insult the gamers.

    It is quite disappointing that with the talent of people in Naughty Dog this was at the end the result, Druckman as director should think about it and its own role during the development.
  13. tiagotl
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    ótimo jogo merecido as notas , infelizmente mataram o joel de uma forma muito besta , podia ter tido mais gameplay com ele
  14. heeylag
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Ótimo jogo, certamente um dos melhores que joguei. Jogabilidade, gráficos e história estão incríveis! Talvez a história não agrade a todos, mas eu curti muito.
  15. jblondon
    Jul 5, 2020
    3
    Extremely disappointing. Druckmann was given too much rope, and hanged himself (and most of humanity). A game to admire as a technical feat, but far too often a miserable repetitive slog to endure. A revenge tragedy is all very well, but this is over-long by a factor of two and somehow manages simultaneously to be both clumsy and pompous in its moral argument (which is a lot lessExtremely disappointing. Druckmann was given too much rope, and hanged himself (and most of humanity). A game to admire as a technical feat, but far too often a miserable repetitive slog to endure. A revenge tragedy is all very well, but this is over-long by a factor of two and somehow manages simultaneously to be both clumsy and pompous in its moral argument (which is a lot less sophisticated and insightful than its writers seem to imagine). It also fails on its own terms as a feat of storytelling: I was left wholly indifferent to the fate of both protagonists -- in large part because they repeatedly made such improbably wrongheaded decisions -- and actively resentful for the length of time and attendent tedium that I had been forced to suffer cycle upon cycle of hackneyed narrative tropes: cartoon physics, zombie grotesquery, leaden verisimilitude. What a waste.… Expand
  16. DenisNI
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    I'm washed out and drained of emotion after finishing this ultra marathon of a game.
    Not used to writing reviews and as someone who doesn't describe themselves as a 'gamer', I don't have the depth of knowledge to compare the play with other games. I played the first Last of Us after watching a 'best of the year' round up on TV some years ago and liked its central premise. I loved that    I'm washed out and drained of emotion after finishing this ultra marathon of a game.
    Not used to writing reviews and as someone who doesn't describe themselves as a 'gamer', I don't have the depth of knowledge to compare the play with other games. I played the first Last of Us after watching a 'best of the year' round up on TV some years ago and liked its central premise. I loved that game, and although delighted that a Part 2 would come out, I was full of trepidation before starting - what if they ruined it? I somehow managed to miss all the spoilers too - hid from the Internet for weeks.
    The game can feel like a grind at times - encounter after encounter that doesn't seem to progress the story, and like the first game, the sidekicks still seem to get in the way when bring stealthy.
    That aside, the game mechanics were reassuringly solid, with some new melee additions.
    I also enjoyed the various and numerous nods to the first game - avoiding the sniper, sneaking up on Cannibal David (with a twist), and a horrible revisit of the bloater in the hotel basement (not a bloater, and it was a hospital) that left my heart pounding.
    For me, it's all about the story. I've heard that this game is described as a story of hate - I don't agree, it's of redemption and forgiveness (or lack of).
    No spoilers from me, but what I thought was the main part of the game, turned out to be just halfway.
    For what it's worth, I always agreed with Joel's decision - love can only be directed at a person, never a notion of a group (i.e. mankind). It was heart-breaking to see the fallout of his decision - for everyone concerned.
    The final encounter between the protagonists was suitably hollow - if it was a movie you wouldn't be leaving the cinema with a spring in your step, but I would have liked to see a final dialogue between them - an acknowledgement of what it cost both of them. Like Joel, these characters don't represent good and evil, they are all flawed but at least their characters are malleable - we see the change in their perspective.
    I'll be thinking about this game for many days to come, playing the morality out in my head. Thank you Naughty Dog!    … Expand
  17. JrSpaceMan
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Everyone is complaining that there is some LGBT mission to force feed "SJW" content down everyone's gullet. When the truth is that Ellie was a lesbian in the first game and this is how their lives played out. Don't cry because a game didn't follow your expectations. the Story is great, the charecters are great, the dialogue is great. They took the best part of TLOU 1 (the neighborhoodEveryone is complaining that there is some LGBT mission to force feed "SJW" content down everyone's gullet. When the truth is that Ellie was a lesbian in the first game and this is how their lives played out. Don't cry because a game didn't follow your expectations. the Story is great, the charecters are great, the dialogue is great. They took the best part of TLOU 1 (the neighborhood after the sewers) and made a whole game out of it. If you capable of enjoying a game without your own prejudice getting in the way, and you liked the first one, there isn't any reason not to play TLOU 2. You'll love it.… Expand
  18. Tiny_Mike
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a brutal and dark game. I think it would be really difficult to make a revenge movie or game that was as ambitious as this was. They totally nailed it for me. I went from loving certain characters to hating them as well as hating some to loving them, in general I could just emphasis with how hard their lives had become. It was an emotional ride that often felt overwhelming but I’m so so happy I played it. Firstly, killing Joel was obviously something they put a lot of time and thought into and it gave us a base to explore stuff that’s definitely never been looked at in this way before. Revenge led everyone in a bad situation and we see how bad it is for everyone in the life’s of those that go after it.

    The game looks so brilliant and real. The music and sound design makes you feel scared, sad and lonely in an insanely beautiful way. The places you go are unique and ridiculously detailed. The acting and the characters all do such an amazing job that now that I’m done with the game I miss them. The gameplay is very similar to the first game but has been tweaked to feel more smooth and impactful than the previous game. I like that Abby, Ellie and Joel all play differently and have different skills. The ending is depressing and dark but it fits the tone of the game perfectly. We don’t always get what we want and sometimes we miss opportunities when we are blinded by rage or something that’s become an obsession. This dark story telling mixed with social issues like the LGBTQ+ issues and identity issues were done in a cool way that didn’t feel like pandering.

    This game is super ambitious piece of art that has to be played to the very end to get the full scope of its gritty beauty and deep emotional message that are difficult to process for me even now. Thank you Naughty Dog for another awesome experience.    … Expand
  19. FearlessPlace7
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    Forcing players play as Abby doesn't make any sense, we played the first game because we loved the characters, and were willing to make the right choices with them, but the second game, we just play it because we have to, we had no choice...
  20. RangerJackson
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    Do you like a game that try to make you feel bad for something that was out fo your control.
    A game that try to make you sympathize with a character that kills another character that you love? A a game that makes you feels horrible 90% of the time?

    That the last of us part 2 is the game for you.
  21. TheKraut
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Wholeheartedly agree with the media reviews. The game is virtually perfect. Naughty Dog have created, once again, a masterpiece. Bold decisions were made in the execution of the storyline, and it worked.
  22. JTR732
    Jul 5, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es una puta obra maestra, solo hay que dejar el fanatismo ciego por los personajes y vivir una historia que habla de la crudeza humana, pero también de la bondad y el perdón… Expand
  23. Chelinin
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Es un gran juego que te hace sentir todo tipo de emociones y te da un mensaje fuerte sobre la venganza.
  24. SnautYko
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    The game is great, but grab your belt because it is full of emotions and you have to pay close attention to understand things, even a second round is necessary, the chapters of it leave you with your mouth open and the gameplay is great, in As the story seems to me that naughty dog ​​has some impressive eggs for having touched all the themes of the game, as for Abby I think she is a goodThe game is great, but grab your belt because it is full of emotions and you have to pay close attention to understand things, even a second round is necessary, the chapters of it leave you with your mouth open and the gameplay is great, in As the story seems to me that naughty dog ​​has some impressive eggs for having touched all the themes of the game, as for Abby I think she is a good character, at first I did not feel comfortable, in addition to I feel that there are too many hours with her, I I wanted to play more with Ellie, the end broke my soul.… Expand
  25. williamrpgmail
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un hermoso juego, el hecho de jugar con Abby no me gustó al inicio, pero empatizas con ella, Lev y todo lo que pasó. El final me encantó, me dejó con el cuerpo frío. Lo amé. Gran juego, no crean en todo lo negativo que dicen.… Expand
  26. Jmhurtley
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Fantastic game. Beautifully written, beautiful visuals, and gameplay that you feel with every punch.
  27. KristinaShtern
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Я просто подавлена. Как этой игре люди ставят 10? Омерзительная поделка, порочащая великолепную первую часть. Начнем с минусов, потому что плюс в этой игре только один, и о нем чуть позже.
    Минусы:
    1)Сюжет. Отвратительно слили Джоэла, и заменили его худшим персонажем, за всю историю игровой индустрии. Больше мы не наблюдаем за отношениями отца и "дочери", отличный тандем слит в нулину. Зато теперь вместо Джоэла у нас есть перекачанное закомплексованное убожество, на которое трудно смотреть без слез. Слез не от того, что ты сопереживаешь персонажу, а от того, что ЭТИМ убожеством заменили Джоэла. По-настоящему живого персонажа... Вторая половина игры просто не нужна и бесполезна, если ее выкинуть, то ничего не изменится.
    2)Геймплей никак не эволюционировал с первой части. ИИ глупы, не видит напарников. Никаких дельных механик игра не показала, а стелс реализован очень плохо. Единственное, что появилось новое - возможность играть на гитаре, но одна гитара не вытащит игру из помоев, где она оказалась.
    3)Русская локализация оставляет желать лучшего, Местами мысли искажаются, а так же нету русского мата, а в Английской озвучке он есть.
    4)Главный минус игры - Пропаганда феминизма и ЛГБТ+. Я покупаю за 5 ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЕЙ игру про постапокалипсис, про отцовско-дочеринские отношения Джоэла и Элли, а получаю что? Сцены с совокуплением. Зачем мне смотреть на то, кто с кем совокупляется в игре про зомби апокалипсис? Я плачу 5 тысяч за игру, где мне показывают порево ради порева, чтобы, видимо, дети, играющие в это, узнали, что это такое. Зачем мне на это смотреть?
    Пилим дальше. Почему у женщин тут волосатые подмышки? Я, конечно, понимаю, что это постапокалипсис, бриться людям некогда, и не до этого вовсе, но давайте на чистоту. Кому приятно смотреть на эти мохнатые подмышки? Покажите мне этого человека. Это же мерзко. Будь они нормальными, никто бы внимания не обратил. Зачем так делать? И финалочка. Почему половина врагов тут - это женщины. Мне надоело убивать женщин в этой игре. А джаггернауты вообще вызывают только отвращение. И те, кто пишет, что игру нельзя ненавидеть за пропаганду - просто фанбои. Если вам на тарелке принесут вкусный салат, и добавят в него помои, вы станете его есть, даже если помоев там не много? Тем более что в игре пропаганды предостаточно, уж точно больше, чем немного.
    Плюсы:
    1) Графика.
    На этом плюсы закончились...

    Подведем итог: Все, кто ставят игре 10 - это особо впечатлительные люди, только и всего. Критиков купили, тут все понятно, но игроков никто не покупал. Почему у игры такие высокие пользовательские оценки? Я не шучу, 5.2 это слишком много для этой поделки. Она должна быть так же закидана единицами, как закидали Warcraft III Reforged, если не сильнее. Я разочарована и подавлена. Дракман, что ты сделал с моим мальчиком?    … Expand
  28. Humberto_Paye
    Jul 5, 2020
    0
    I feel cheated, they made misleading advertising with the game, I want my money back!
  29. Hadrioc
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    Most moving and thoughtful story I have played in any video game. Wonderful representation of the mental trauma brought on by the loss of a loved one. Best stealth action game I have experienced, finally beating out SC Chaos Theory. Visceral and remorseless violence that is presented that way for a reason. Animation and voice acting puts any other game to shame. I can’t stop thinking aboutMost moving and thoughtful story I have played in any video game. Wonderful representation of the mental trauma brought on by the loss of a loved one. Best stealth action game I have experienced, finally beating out SC Chaos Theory. Visceral and remorseless violence that is presented that way for a reason. Animation and voice acting puts any other game to shame. I can’t stop thinking about the ending. Truly profound experience that elevates the video game genre. Thank you to Naughty Dog and all who were contracted to make this experience, you are all masters of your craft.… Expand
  30. NBHH
    Jul 5, 2020
    9
    It took me about two weeks to finish the whole story of the game, mainly because the story of Ellie line felt so dry. Sometimes I even had no motivation to push the story forward. However, the taste completely changed in Abby's story. I like Ellie and Joel in TLOU. The imperfections of Ellie in part 2 remind me of Joel in TLOU. On the other hand, Abby exhibits more typical "protagonist"It took me about two weeks to finish the whole story of the game, mainly because the story of Ellie line felt so dry. Sometimes I even had no motivation to push the story forward. However, the taste completely changed in Abby's story. I like Ellie and Joel in TLOU. The imperfections of Ellie in part 2 remind me of Joel in TLOU. On the other hand, Abby exhibits more typical "protagonist" characteristics than Ellie. I even started to try to make explanation for some illogical actions of her. To me, the story is decent despite it ruined the old characters from my expectations. Graphics, audios, and gameplay are all top notch. Great job, Naughty Dog.… Expand
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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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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