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. Ash001
    Aug 23, 2020
    10
    Well done game!! I love it!! The game play is amazing plus the graphics stunning and i enjoyed the story
  2. Sirolland
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    As incredible ad it may seem part II is even better than part 1. Dont listen to bigots, review bombers idiots. This is the most extraordinary fascinating game that was ever done... run buy it. It's worth every penny
  3. DenyReality
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    Completely perfect game with amazing story, characters and fascinating game play.

    If you're not consistently emotional, angry, invigorated and addicted with motivation and vengeance, then you're just an infected bloater spewing acid. The conflict of interest was brilliant. The story with two sides leaves you with impossible decisions to make. The sadness and angst of it all rips    Completely perfect game with amazing story, characters and fascinating game play.

    If you're not consistently emotional, angry, invigorated and addicted with motivation and vengeance, then you're just an infected bloater spewing acid. The conflict of interest was brilliant. The story with two sides leaves you with impossible decisions to make. The sadness and angst of it all rips through you. So very well written.

    Hands down the game of the decade with part 1 in second place. I pray for a part 3.    … Expand
  4. Mezztijar
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    Это отличная, взрослая, выдержанная игра

    Спасибо разработчикам за большой-фундаментальный труд
  5. Rexter
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    What a ride. Finished the game over two weeks ago and still haven't walked it off.
    It's different to what I expected, but even with that I was blown away. I made sure I avoided all leaks and hate or any other content before diving in.
    Easily the best graphics and animations today. Gameplay is fun, engaging and thrilling. The mechanics are very similar to the first game - quick menu,    What a ride. Finished the game over two weeks ago and still haven't walked it off.
    It's different to what I expected, but even with that I was blown away. I made sure I avoided all leaks and hate or any other content before diving in.

    Easily the best graphics and animations today. Gameplay is fun, engaging and thrilling. The mechanics are very similar to the first game - quick menu, backpack inventory and crafting, upgrade benches, scavenging, but all is improved in a good way and is amazing to look at. Combat is challenging with extraordinary AI. Soundtrack and sound design are amazing. I feel the story overall is darker than the first one.

    There are some disappointments, I understand where the backlash comes from. I didn't like Abby all that much either and would welcome more space for Jesse and definitely Joel. I think Abby's part could have been made into a DLC and the main game could have been just Ellie.
    But man, did I enjoy Ellie's journey. It`s been a long time since I've felt so attached to the main character. Smiling, crying, yelling in horror as I witnessed all she's gone through. Flashbacks to the past were sweet and heartbreaking.

    Ellie is now a changed person, the trauma changed her and we can see her falling into an abyss of self destruction. It's dark and depressing. Despite everything she did and went through, she has doubts and regrets and feels way more human than Abby. I understand Abby's position, but her coldness combined with flashbacks that try to show her more humane part felt disconnected. Abby's crew is fine, despite what everyone is saying, but not particularly interesting. Although I still think the mission with pregnant Mel was stupid.

    The game is trying to convey a message that is difficult to accept and get over. I personally think it could have been done differently, but that's an opinion and I understand what the developers wanted to accomplish and they did it masterfully. This game is not for everyone, it's dark and mentally challenging. I understand why the fans are disappointed. I'm a big fan of the first game and even though I could see Part II done differently I rate games based on how they make me feel and engaged. The emotions were there in full power and that's why I rate it this high. Few games can do that.    … Expand
  6. Dette303
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    One of the best Games by far in Terms of graphics, Animations and Story.

    The Story is complex and gives you much to think about. Although Most people complain about certain Things Like the Characters you Play i Had No issues whatsoever with that its Just such a Well written and deep Story that i Just have to Say thank you Naughty Dog for such an amazing Game! I really Hope to See more    One of the best Games by far in Terms of graphics, Animations and Story.

    The Story is complex and gives you much to think about. Although Most people complain about certain Things Like the Characters you Play i Had No issues whatsoever with that its Just such a Well written and deep Story that i Just have to Say thank you Naughty Dog for such an amazing Game!

    I really Hope to See more from Abby and Lev in the Future.    … Expand
  7. JustGamer00
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    Хоть где-то научусь играть на гитаре...
    10/10
  8. Zwardon
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    Perfect gameplay,perfect soundtrack,amazing atmosphere and masterpiece story.
    This game is a perfect work.
  9. fogostick
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, this is a PERFECT game - the story is magnificent and challenges you and everything you think you know about what a story is meant to be.
    Technically and visually, it's a masterpiece as well. Play it, and you won't regret it.
  10. Loper42
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    If you enjoy games and the stories they can tell you'll enjoy this game. Simply said, the game play is good, the sounds and music are great, and the graphics are unbelievable. I thought the story was great. It's told in a way to make you feel certain things at certain times,like all stories do.
  11. Ehsan_wanted
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    One of the masterpieces of the game world that fascinates the audience with its excellent storytelling and gameplay
  12. Yourmom3
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    Incredibly addicting game. Way underrated easily a 9 to 10 game. The rest of this is filler to meet the quota.
  13. jonixas
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. an incredible piece of art - i feel like the reoccurring theme of hopelessness and deep sadness was a very powerful driving force to experience Ellie's journey on an emotional level. i read reviews that complained about how all the senseless killing did not build to an epic apogee that would justify all the violence, making it seem unnecessary, but in my eyes that was the sad beauty of it. it was, in a way, meaningless, but at the same time any other ending with a clear sense of victory would not have carried this deep emotional impact that i have been left with. a beautifully tragic and incredibly engaging story.… Expand
  14. Duppy1985
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    What an amazing story! Beautiful, painful and human. Truly incredible way to close off the saga. It's a shame it has been review bombed as it really is a masterpiece.
  15. Tequila_Cool
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    Отличная игра, очень доволен покупкой.
    Играю уже 15 часов и только добрался до 3-й главы, проработка деталей на высоте, графика лучшая среди всех игр которые я только играл...
    Среди преимуществ вывел для себя: - Сюжет очень сильный и не уступает первой части! - Геймплей превзошёл все мои ожидания, игра сложная и в тоже время интересная. - Локации заслуживают отдельной похвалы, очень    Отличная игра, очень доволен покупкой.
    Играю уже 15 часов и только добрался до 3-й главы, проработка деталей на высоте, графика лучшая среди всех игр которые я только играл...
    Среди преимуществ вывел для себя:
    - Сюжет очень сильный и не уступает первой части!
    - Геймплей превзошёл все мои ожидания, игра сложная и в тоже время интересная.
    - Локации заслуживают отдельной похвалы, очень красиво, я около часа гулял и просто любовался красотами Сиэтла :)
    - Искусственный интеллект врагов просто поджег мою пятую точку, они через чур умные    … Expand
  16. djexcavator
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I absolutely loved the game yet completely understood people's anger and criticisms. The graphics, the animation, the combat and the themes along with the overall narrative were second-to-none. Naughty Dog did a phenomenal job with Abby by turning her from villain into someone who I thoroughly enjoyed playing as and sympathised with.… Expand
  17. Shehan117
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    Just love the story of this game! Waiting for the next one! P.s. love the Abby story arc!
  18. Ogserg
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    What a game of art and such good graphics.such a cool single player game.the fight is so cool
  19. Carliitos
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    Raw and cruel plot. The best story and narrative in any game I’ve ever played. This game will make history. A master piece in every sense. Thanks Naught Dog.
  20. Amsey
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    A masterpiece of charter development, storytelling and gaming experience. I am in awe of the bravery of the developers to produce something so confronting and different, I loved every second even when I felt frustrated and challenged. I've never had an experience where a game stuck it's emotional meat hooks in and waggled them around so unmercifully, what an extraordinary piece of art.A masterpiece of charter development, storytelling and gaming experience. I am in awe of the bravery of the developers to produce something so confronting and different, I loved every second even when I felt frustrated and challenged. I've never had an experience where a game stuck it's emotional meat hooks in and waggled them around so unmercifully, what an extraordinary piece of art. I'll enjoy playing it over and over again… Expand
  21. Croqueta85
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First things first, for me this is a 9 for reasons I'll explain later, but given the score bombing I feel compelled to give it a 10. By the way, if my English is not perfect, I am sorry, but it is not my first language. Well, what do I begin with? Graphics are great and the gameplay is pretty much the same from the original The Last of Us, which means that it is good. In my own experience, regarding the gameplay, I missed some diversity, because at some point killing infecteds and humans in stealthy mode got repetitive, but I must say that I never got bored. Having said this, let's go to the core of this game, the story.

    Some spoilers are coming up, so please do not read any further if you want to stay "virgin". The plot of the game is not too complicated and nor was the plot of the previous game. Joel and Ellie live in Jackson, where we left them at the end of The Last of Us, when a bunch of guys coming from who knows where, show up and kill Joel, apparently for something he did in the past although we do not know exactly the actual reason. These guys spared Elllie's life, but she decides to seek vengeance and follows Joel's brother, Tommy, who has already departed tracking the trail of Joel's murderers to Seattle. In this journey, she is accompanied by her girlfriend, Dina and, some time later, by a friend from Jackson called Jessie. And this is pretty much the first half of the game, Ellie, killing anyone on her way to the final executioner of Joel, a girl called Abby. During this fragment of the game we experience how Ellie grows darker and darker consumed by revenge and guilt. She feels guilty because, as we know through some flashbacks, she had a difficult relationship with Joel once she learned that he rescued her from the fireflies at the expense of the cure and the never reconciled afterwards. And the storytelling of the game would be horrible if the story stopped there, but it didn't. Once we finally find Abby, the game goes back in time and now we control Abby. We learn that she had some reasonable motives to kill Joel, basically he spoiled the cure and killed her father, and we find out that besides killing our beloved hero from the first game she is a pretty fine person. Actually, her quest is a story of redemption by saving the lives of two kids escaping from a dreary cult, the Seraphites, that is at war with Abby's group, WLF, and this will eventually make her fight against her own people.

    So by the end of the game we find Ellie and Abby wanting to kill each other while, we, as players, want exactly the opposite. We want Ellie to stop plunging into darkness and we want Abby to complete her quest of redemption by escorting the surviving Seraphite kid, Lev, to a safe place. And this is the magic of this game. In the first half they want us to seek for revenge and enjoy killing all of the people we find on our way. It is true that at some instances I did not want to be as cruel as the game wanted me to be, but I basically wanted to kill all of that people. But then, the game changes the perspective, now you play the role of your former victims and find that they are not the monsters you imagined, now you start to wonder whether what you have done is all right to the point that by the end of Abby's quest I just wanted to escape and avoid any killing if possible because I was fed up with so much violence. I no longer wanted to be part of it. And such feeling is only possible through videogames, a movie cannot make you feel the same since you are not playing the role of any character. This feeling, in my opinion, is the very core of the The Last of Us II experience and it was an experience that totally paid off.

    Regarding the polemic about gay characters.... Some people have a problem. I know that some recent movies and games are too focused on delivering a so called liberal message rather than telling a good story, but this is not the case. First, because, as I already explained, this is a good story and second because the sexual orientation of some characters is anecdotal and completely irrelevant for what the creators are trying to tell us. I mean, of course, you can create a great work focused on this topic, but this was not even the intention in this game. Ellie being gay is irrelevant for the story and if you have a problem with her being gay it is your problem not the game's.

    In conclusion, I do recommend this game, maybe it is not perfect and maybe its message will not reach every player with the same force it reached me, but if it does, you will really enjoy it.    … Expand
  22. gaminemo
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a masterpiece, and I don't have words to express my feelings about the entire experience I've during the story. Half of the community hated the game only because of Joel's death, forgetting about the cruel word they live and ANY character can possibly die from many ways. Besides that, the game itself is dark and I understand the feeling of "It should not be ended in this way", but there's no way to bring Joel back, making the decision of revenge a stupid action, since Abby is trying to redeem herself by saving Lev, being stopped by the tenacity of Ellie when she remember about Joel. Nobody is a "hero" in this world, you need to pay attention to all the details in this game to understand this. For example: All NPCs have names and their friends and allies have interaction with their deaths; You can see the peaceful vision that Abby have about this world, turning against the Wolves and saving two Scars from their death. She don't want to be part of a meaningless genocide of people that are trying to survive against the Infected. The conflict between Wolves and Scars only resulted in several deaths of innocents, like the chase of Ellie to kill Abby, killing a pregnant woman and his boyfriend. To understand the feeling of the game, you need to feel empathy for Abby, because her dad was killed by Joel, making him the villain of HER story. We interact with two stories at same time, and no one wins in the ending, making Ellie alone. The LGBT details in the map are kinda random, but it doesn't matter to the story after all, and the part o Lev being a trans man to avoid the situation of many womans in their tribe is very impactful, showing hope for kindness and love aside hate and death towards their people.… Expand
  23. Axelbal9
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Juegazo, graficos, jugabilidad, accesibilidad, lo tiene todo. El final y la muerte de joel no me gustaron tsnto, asi le paso a todos… Expand
  24. Goodfoki
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    Esse é o melhor jogo do mundo, existe uma história profunda por trás que ensina e faz você refletir.
  25. WillLopez00
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    It was a great game that dealt with the struggles with death and revenge from two characters. Perspective plays a big role in this and it was nice to see the story from a different point of view. The game play was very fun and the combat was stellar. The Last of Us Part II also looks gorgeous!
  26. TheGoldfinch
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Under normal circumstances, I would give this game a 9 but I really don't think it deserves all the hate it's getting. The gameplay is just really solid for a story-driven first-person shooter and I thought the story was amazing. At first, all the Abby chapters really put a sour taste in my mouth but by the end of the game, I really appreciated how it made the story come together.

    So many people are bitter about how Abby killed Joel and how Ellie not taking revenge doesn't make any sense. But I think it completely makes sense. Joel massacred a group that was just trying to rebuild the post-apocalyptic world and I think it would have been cheap for the game to not acknowledge that that move wouldn't have any consequences.

    I think that all the people saying that this is bad writing are looking for feel-good stories where good always triumphs over evil and the bad guy gets what's coming to them. This game perfectly acknowledges all the nuances of morality in the post-apocalyptic world the way the first game did.    … Expand
  27. bekinka
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    best game ive ever played!!!!! you will be at rollecoaster of emotions...you will love and hate all the characters and the game will play with your heart...enjoy
  28. MarcoG27
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego es una maravilla, el nivel de detalle alcanzado por Naughty dog es simplemente impresionante, mecánicamente el juego logra pulir y refinar la bases del primer juego, haciendo una evolución bastante orgánica. La historia en mi opinión fue un buen acierto de Naughty dog, fue un movimiento arriesgado y un cambio muy bienvenido, quizás la historia puede conectar o no contigo pero el nivel de inmersión logrado por este estudio es magnífico, el cambio a Abby fue duro, ya que este personaje da una pésima primera impresión, pero no desentona para nada en este universo, no olvidemos que ninguno de éstos personajes puede ser considerado como héroe, ninguno va a morir de manera heroica ni teatral, aquí no hay personajes permanentes y tur acciones siempre van a tener consecuencias. Abby y su venganza es consecuencia directa de las acciones de Joel, mismas que lo alcanzaron por fin en Jackson y Ellie simplemente ya la perdió. Es una experiencia que se tiene que vivir en carne propia y sacar sus propias conclusiones, para mí es el mejor juego que ha lanzado Naughty dog. Lo recomiendo… Expand
  29. Franxisco
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Buen juego muy entretenido y con buena historia los gráficos son excelentes… Expand
  30. Kara123
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    I was really afraid I wouldn't enjoy this game because I'd seen a lot of negative reviews, but I'm so glad I stayed with it anyway. I personally found the story as compelling and the graphics as beautiful as the first game, and the updated gameplay was great. I do understand why some people had a hard time with the game, but for me it exemplified what I find so great about Naughty Dog;I was really afraid I wouldn't enjoy this game because I'd seen a lot of negative reviews, but I'm so glad I stayed with it anyway. I personally found the story as compelling and the graphics as beautiful as the first game, and the updated gameplay was great. I do understand why some people had a hard time with the game, but for me it exemplified what I find so great about Naughty Dog; they are committed to creating complex, multifaceted and interesting characters, and they don't shy away from letting those characters make tough decisions.… Expand
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Metascore
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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