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  1. Jul 1, 2020
    4
    I wanted to like this game. I fell in love with the original for its story and atmosphere. It was something the had been done before in games, but the sum of its parts made it a game that for me was almost a 10/10 for me. When I heard that the sequel was finally coming out I was ecstatic. I was wanting to see the rest of the story of Joel and Ellie.

    Then the leaks came out...oh boy the
    I wanted to like this game. I fell in love with the original for its story and atmosphere. It was something the had been done before in games, but the sum of its parts made it a game that for me was almost a 10/10 for me. When I heard that the sequel was finally coming out I was ecstatic. I was wanting to see the rest of the story of Joel and Ellie.

    Then the leaks came out...oh boy the leaks. I don't give a crap if a character is gay or trans, but what matters is that they are wrote as a human being first not just some token character that we get so much of in today's media, but what we got was this....trainwreck.

    As I said I wanted to like this game, I really did. This game had the potential to tell a great story. It tells a story, but the story it tells fell flat for me. Without going into details, I love a revenge plot. I have seen so many in movies and other games, but this one dropped the ball hard. However, I am not wanting to spoil the game for anyone out of respect for the players, not the company or its marketing.

    This could have been a great sequel if it wasn't handled so poorly. Abby could have been a good character if they handled it better, Joel was all-but squandered, but Ellie I enjoyed. It was good to see her grow up, but then the last half of the game.....urgh.

    That's why I have to give this game a 4. Graphically its fine, a good 7 out of 10, Gameplay is the same 7 out of 10, Story is an abysmal 3 out of 10. If this was a different IP I might have scored it higher with a 5 out of 10 or a 6. Yet, this is not a new IP. This is a sequel to one of the best games I have played and one that I have finished more than once just to find things i may have missed the first time. Sequels will always be judged more harshly by the fans of the previous installment. Many sequels will never be as good or even greater than the original.
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  2. Jul 1, 2020
    0
    Neil Druckmann is an egotistical moron who ruined this franchise, and will most assuredly take Naughty Dog down along with it.

    From Crash, to Jak, to Uncharted to even TLOU1... then this travesty happens.

    A downward spiral is beginning, and this man is the source of it all.
  3. Jul 1, 2020
    0
    What an absolute nightmare, this should be preserved well to show how bad game production can be.
  4. Jul 1, 2020
    0
    Bad story, bad plot, lots of visual bugs, this game look and feel like a movie, a 30 hours story that could be told in 10 hours or even less. The world is very bad designed, comparising with the first game, and look even worse in a base ps4. I finished this game and I don't get what is the point, "Revenge is bad, forgive is good"? Don't buy this game, it's a total waste of money.
  5. Jul 1, 2020
    0
    Абсолютное днище во всём, кроме картинки и боёвки
  6. Jul 1, 2020
    10
    No escuchen lo que dicen estos chabones, es uno de los mejores juegos de ps4. La historia, la jugabilidad y todo es perfecta, lo que dicen que no es bueno son tremendos putos que no lo pueden comprar, fans de la mierda de Xbox o unos estupidos que no entienden una garcha. Lo estupido que tiene el juego es el final, pudieron haberlo dejado menos abiertos. Ahora hay que esperar a jugar el 3No escuchen lo que dicen estos chabones, es uno de los mejores juegos de ps4. La historia, la jugabilidad y todo es perfecta, lo que dicen que no es bueno son tremendos putos que no lo pueden comprar, fans de la mierda de Xbox o unos estupidos que no entienden una garcha. Lo estupido que tiene el juego es el final, pudieron haberlo dejado menos abiertos. Ahora hay que esperar a jugar el 3 para ver como termina o talvez lo dejaran asi, nose. La cosa es que es muy bueno y si leen esto no se dejen llevar por los haters qeu ponen altas pelotudeces del juego. Si te gusto el primero este te va a gustar mucho mas, no te tomes que lo que dicen los haters es enserio y nunca veas metacritic para ver si el juego esta bueno. Expand
  7. Jul 2, 2020
    10
    i get certain criticisms of the game and it's been fascinating to read differing views on what it says about violence, revenge, trauma, grief and love. however, "joel acted dumb" or "i wanted to kill this character and they didn't let me" isn't valid criticism and far from a reason to give this game 0. personally, this game was thought-provoking and stimulating in ways i'd neveri get certain criticisms of the game and it's been fascinating to read differing views on what it says about violence, revenge, trauma, grief and love. however, "joel acted dumb" or "i wanted to kill this character and they didn't let me" isn't valid criticism and far from a reason to give this game 0. personally, this game was thought-provoking and stimulating in ways i'd never experienced before, and it's a masterpiece in my book. Expand
  8. Jul 1, 2020
    0
    The name is "the last of us" not the "story of Abby". This game is about Joel and Elle, not about Tommy, David, not even to mention Abby. Neil knows this well and therefore he cheats.
    I spent over 100 hours with Joel and Elle and within the first hour of this gameplay, Neil slaughtered Joel and forced us to play 10+ hours as Abby and wish we can understand why she slaughtered Joel? NO
    The name is "the last of us" not the "story of Abby". This game is about Joel and Elle, not about Tommy, David, not even to mention Abby. Neil knows this well and therefore he cheats.
    I spent over 100 hours with Joel and Elle and within the first hour of this gameplay, Neil slaughtered Joel and forced us to play 10+ hours as Abby and wish we can understand why she slaughtered Joel? NO WAY! In that world, everyone suffers, everyone has reasons, Even David has reason to eat human. I don't care what is Abby's reason, as long as she slaughtered Joel, she has to pay the price. Neil slaughtered my Joel, Naughty Dog will pay the price.
    As for Abby's reason? Come on, Abby's daddy wants to kill Elle first, Joel is about to stop murder, this action is justified even under our current law system. Even if the goal is to create a vaccine, does anyone ask Elle first? No. Unless Elle wants to give her life to create a vaccine, Abby's dad is a murder. There is no justice for Abby's revenge, period. Not even to mention Joel just saved her life 10 mins ago.
    Abby's story is meaningless, if she can turn back on WLF because someone just saved her life, then she shouldn't kill Joel in the first place. If Neil wants to convince me that Abby is a good guy, he nees to work harder.
    I won't deny this game is a miracle. This is the first time in my gameplay history that I wish the character die in my hand. When I play Elle part, I am careful and I don't want her gets any injure, when I see the scars in her back, it breaks my heart. As for Abby, I don't care, no stealth, all face to face battle, I just want her suffers. I won't forgive her, never. If Neil don't let Elle kill her for vengeance, I will do it. During the batter, I often stop playing and just watch, how, runner, clicker, WLF, etc, kill her. I even let her fell on purpose. How dare Neil force me to play Abby? This is unforgivable.
    I won't buy any games from Naughty Dog any more unless Naughty Dog officially apologies and fire Neil.
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  9. Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Хорошая игра. Да тут есть повестка , но блин ( мне на нее плевать , я пришел играть в игру , а не обращать внимание , на такие вещи. ( Игра даёт главное , удовольствие и эмоции!!
  10. Jul 1, 2020
    0
    Waited 7 years for this game and ultimately it disappointed. Uninteresting characters, established characters that act completely different when they shouldn’t be. The gameplay of the game undermines the message it tries to convey, making the whole thing pointless. The “twist” doesn’t work because they completely failed at making you care about a certain character. Everything disappointed.
  11. Jul 1, 2020
    0
    Not a good game.
    Es malo, la historia, y solo busca ser inclusivo sin ningún sentido
  12. Jul 1, 2020
    2
    7 years waiting for a game, what a disappointment. I played the first 2 hours, then I couldn't anymore, if you want to throw your money in the wind go for it.
  13. Jul 2, 2020
    0
    El problema de TLOU2 es simplemente que la historia no tiene sentido.
    Es una película de Hollywood mala.
    Mucha calidad de imagen, mucho dinero invertido pero la realidad es que la historia es ridícula.
  14. Jul 4, 2020
    9
    The last of us part 2 does not deserve the reviews that most people are giving it. Although it isnt as good as the first game in my opinion it is a great game that delivered a lot if what I loved about the first game. I dont agree with the choices of the characters in part 2 as well as part 1 but that is part of what makes the games great. Not going to spoil anything for anyone but if youThe last of us part 2 does not deserve the reviews that most people are giving it. Although it isnt as good as the first game in my opinion it is a great game that delivered a lot if what I loved about the first game. I dont agree with the choices of the characters in part 2 as well as part 1 but that is part of what makes the games great. Not going to spoil anything for anyone but if you liked the first game you will most likely like the 2nd one. Expand
  15. Jul 1, 2020
    9
    В игре нет никакой повестки, геймплей шикарен(остался таким же как и в первой части, но с некоторыми изменениями), сюжет вполне логичен(не понимаю людей которые говорят, что это уже не та Элли которая была в первой части, ну бл#ть естественно, она уже взрослый человек), игра была идеальна до того момента когда мы начали играть за Эбби(не вижу смысла играть за персонажа, которого абсолютноВ игре нет никакой повестки, геймплей шикарен(остался таким же как и в первой части, но с некоторыми изменениями), сюжет вполне логичен(не понимаю людей которые говорят, что это уже не та Элли которая была в первой части, ну бл#ть естественно, она уже взрослый человек), игра была идеальна до того момента когда мы начали играть за Эбби(не вижу смысла играть за персонажа, которого абсолютно все игроки ненавидят). Её мотивы можно было раскрыть за 2-4 часа, а не заставлять нас играть за нее половину игры. Первая половина игры 10/10, вторая(часть с Эбби) 7/10. Итог 8.5/10 Expand
  16. Jul 2, 2020
    4
    Playing the Last of Us 2 is like playing a badly written movie. But because video games are an interactive experience, this makes playing this bad movie even worse. You are actively participating in a badly written movie. For this game:
    - The marketing was manipulative
    - The story is forced, with laughable contradictions - The Soul of the first game is non-existent - The writing is
    Playing the Last of Us 2 is like playing a badly written movie. But because video games are an interactive experience, this makes playing this bad movie even worse. You are actively participating in a badly written movie. For this game:
    - The marketing was manipulative
    - The story is forced, with laughable contradictions
    - The Soul of the first game is non-existent
    - The writing is horrible, weak and tasteless
    - Most of the supporting characters are either laughably forgettable, amazingly boring, or extremely repugnant.
    - The story is challenging, but in the worst kind of way. It is challenging to believe and difficult to not laugh at how bad the writing is.

    Some games ask you to Suspend Disbelief, this game asks you to play like you are a potato. It asks you to ignore all the plot holes, unrealistic character motivations and laughably unbelievable scenarios.

    In a word, the Last of Us 2 is inauthentic. And this is why it fails.
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  17. Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Fantastic. I understand that people hate it. It is nothing like the first game besides the gameplay and the ending is not as "happy" as the first one. It's impossible to review this game in so few characters so I won't go into details but I advise that you play the game from beginning to end and form your own opinion.
  18. Jul 1, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a preface, I just made my first and only metacritic account and I am writing this review and giving The Last of Us Part II a 10/10 to help fight against the unnecessary review bombing. I would honestly give it a 9/10 for some game-play issues, but overall it was a worthwhile experience. I finished the game a few hours ago and successfully avoided any kind of spoilers throughout my time with the game. If you are a fan of the first game, you will enjoy this one. Just do yourself a favor, play through the prior game and this one and make up your own mind before reading though any review site or forum.

    This title improved upon the first in every way, except for multiplayer which they totally got rid of, which is, in a way, an improvement. I experienced few, and very minor, game-play bugs, but nothing that tarnished the game in any way. The game-play gave me what I expected and more. It allows you to experiment and try different methods to overcoming enemy encounters. The puzzles are frequent. Exploring the detail rich environments is very rewarding and adds so much to the universe that Naughty Dog has created. My only complaint about the whole game would be in game-play, which is the AI. The AI is very very dumb. Naughty Dog has added some features that improve upon AI from the last game. At some instances I would have Hitman flashbacks where I would find some murder corner and pile up 20 bodies while the NPCs would vaguely know where I was, but would be completely unable to do anything about it. I do plan on replaying at a harder/the hardest difficulty so hopefully that won't be a problem anymore. However, I didn't buy this game for the shooting and looting. I bought this game for the story and the world in which it exists.

    The story pulls you in directions that you do and do not want to go. Your heroes become jaded and selfish. The villains; you learn to understand and relate too. At the end of it all it's hard to tell who was right and who was wrong. And at the center of it all is you, the player. Throughout the entire journey, I experienced an array of emotions. The story doesn't go or end where I wanted it to, but it went and ended just where it should have. Some stories are fun and kind and the hold your hand along the entire path. This is not one of those stories. Treat this game like a novel. When your done with it, do it again. And then give it to someone else so that they may live through the characters like you did.
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  19. Jul 1, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El apartado técnico es espectacular, pero me sentí muy incómodo jugando como Abby, el juego quiere que nos importe Abby, pero no me importo nada, su parte la pase lo más rápido que pude sin explorar tanto porque quería ver que paso en el teatro con Ellie y los demás.... y ya por la hora 25 en Santa Bárbara me sentía muy aburrido de estar haciendo lo mismo hora tras hora... el final terrible.. arruinaron la franquicia... se que muchos a los que no les gusto el juego los llaman homofóbicos pero nada que ver con ese tema, no es molestia para mi las relaciones homosexuales.. pero por la forma en cómo contaron la historia... lo destruyeron.

    Este juego es para jugarlo una vez... y no volver a tocarlo jamás.
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  20. Jul 1, 2020
    0
    Bad game they ruined it i would give it a 2 or 3 but that would only be because of the cutscene for Ellie’s birthday that’s it most if not all the characters are forgettable and overall not a good game
  21. Jul 1, 2020
    9
    Powerful, tough, touching, intense, beautiful, deep experience and a worthy TLOU sequel.
  22. Jul 1, 2020
    4
    This is my first ever game review. I had read a lot about the game before hand and still reading things about it, after re-selling the game upon finishing it. The game is not as bad as some are same, but it is also not as good as some are also saying.
    Aside from the storyline which I had little problem with ( although not the best by any means ), there are 3 major flaws.
    1- not how Joel
    This is my first ever game review. I had read a lot about the game before hand and still reading things about it, after re-selling the game upon finishing it. The game is not as bad as some are same, but it is also not as good as some are also saying.
    Aside from the storyline which I had little problem with ( although not the best by any means ), there are 3 major flaws.

    1- not how Joel dies, in fact I liked the d the fact that I was quite brutal. I was already expecting him to die. It is NOT how he dies, it is the fact that he dies within 2 hours of the game. The main character of the last of us dies within the first 2 hours of the game Let that sink in. Its like Harry Potter dying in the first 20 minutes of the film. That he died? Fine. But could they not have come up with something later down the line?.

    2- I've thought this long and hard. Could they not have come up with the option to play abby? Because honest to god, it is not the fact that I genuinely did not for one second feel like playing baby. Her story line is indeed fun. You get to explore the world a bit more. And yet, I still had no emotional connection to her. At all. Being forced to play a character I do NOT want to play is not fun.

    3- I heard Neil Druckman does not use fun to describe this game. Whatever happened to video games? To the enjoyment of playing game and forgetting the real world. I want everybody to finish reading this review and if you have not yet played the game, play it and ask yourself., did you, at any point had any fun playing it? Because I speak for myself when I say. Not at all did I have any fun. I was always on edge. Always waiting for something. I literally did not smile at all, unless it was a ellie/joel flashback. It was a horrible feeling. And it is a game I could never play twice. Again, not because of the storyline. But the fun was literally vacuumed out of that game.
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  23. Jul 1, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THAT IS GOOD SAVE YOUR MONEY AND FORGET THIS EXISTS. Please do yourself a favor and save your money this game is an insult to anyone who has the slightest interest in movies and storytelling. (note: I am not rating this game on gameplay at all because that would make it a 0 for me since the gameplay is boring and naughty dog games are slightly interactive movies so as such I review them like that)The only positive that this game has is its the most beautiful looking game I've seen. But graphics don't save lazy writing. This game is a message, NOT A STORY. Characters act uncharacteristically to push the message and completely shown to be disposable. Now to talk about this game in-depth i have to spoil the major story elements if you are for whatever still interested in this game after reading all these reviews stop here. Now I'm going to start from the beginning, Now I do not have an issue with what happened to Joel, I have expected it after the first game and golf is a great sport. I have an issue on what leads to his death, Joel is known to be very secretive SO WHY DOES HE GIVE AWAY ALL OF HIS INFORMATION TO COMPLETE STRANGERS and you cant make the argument that he has changed because not only A. he is in a zombie apocalypse but B. Joel and the people he is with is known to be attacked by hunters so he can't risk just giving his information away. Now If you ignore that the rest of Ellie's story is fine until we get to Abby, the game attempts to make Abby a misunderstood character who was eaten with revenge but it only does the opposite ABBY IS A MONSTER even if you ignore she killed Joel, she has been know to be ok with killing people she once sat at the same table with and being excited to kill a pregnant woman. No matter what you can't make me like her in any sense. You have to play as Abby FOR TEN HOURS if you cut most of her parts out not only would you have a better product but your goal of making me sympathize with her would have been better executed. The biggest sin of this game is the ending after Ellie finally finds Abby hung from a tree almost dead, instead of letting her die, SHE FREES HER. You could have ended the game with her walking away and still have her end the cycle it would have been anti-climatic but it would still be better than what happens she frees her and proceeds to challenge her to fight her to death to which she begins winning, in the fight Abby bites off two of Ellie's fingers so if she wasn't mad before now she should see red. Ellie proceeds to drown her and as she is dying and Ellie is getting her revenge the most retarded thing in the entire game proceeds to happen ELLIE LETS HER GO AFTER REMEMBERING WHO SHE KILLED. WHAT??? I AM DUMBFOUNDED BY THIS. The logical response to remembering Joel is letting her come up for air and drowning her again. This doesn't even do what the game was trying to push. LETTING ABBY LEAVE DOESNT END THE CYCLE OF REVENGE. What is stopping Abby from coming back and finishing the job? There is no implication she doesn't want to do that so your message is now pointless killing her would have stopped it. After letting Abby ago Ellie is left with nothing, Abby gets her revenge and what she wants, while Ellie loses everything she can't even play her guitar how does that encourage people to end their cycles of revenge. The only saving graces for this game is the flashback sequences, It's almost like the writers just fell asleep for the rest of the game except for these parts. They should have charged $20 for the game and only had the flashback sequences, This would live up to the legacy of the last one and still be enjoyable. OR HELL if you cut 8 or more hours of the Abby parts, rewrite both the ending and beginning to make sense, you could have a 9/10 game. Or even just cutting the Abby parts would make it a 7/10. But that doesn't happen this game is just unbearable. This game could be a 5/10 if these were completely new characters and not Joel and Ellie it would at the very least fix the beginning and help certain people from hearing Abbys story out in the beginning but again this doesn't happen. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THAT IS GOOD SAVE YOUR MONEY AND FORGET THIS EXISTS. Expand
  24. Jul 1, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I´ll quote tyler1 mocking the developers: Guys, get this. It´s gonna be so edgy, " two girls having sex and smoking weed, and right after let´s kill Joel!!. Shipp it, Lets go!! It´s gonna be a banger. Expand
  25. Jul 2, 2020
    0
    The whole game the feeling that every part is not completed. Maybe that's why it calls part, because it is only part of whole game. Gameplay almost like in first part, but went more than 7 years. Many things changed in games and give allmost the same gameplay this is funny. Fully broke plot, all shock moments don't work. All new characters are indifferent. And game too long it would beThe whole game the feeling that every part is not completed. Maybe that's why it calls part, because it is only part of whole game. Gameplay almost like in first part, but went more than 7 years. Many things changed in games and give allmost the same gameplay this is funny. Fully broke plot, all shock moments don't work. All new characters are indifferent. And game too long it would be better if it was shorter by 10 hours. Don't see any right thing to buy it. Think twice to do this. Expand
  26. Jul 1, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Una verdadera decepción! Años esperando este juego para nada! Mataron a uno de los mejores personajes en la historia de los videojuegos a las dos horas de empezar, y del modo mas estúpido y cobarde. Y luego te obligan a jugar con su asesina... a qué psicópata se le ocurrió eso? Y ni hablar del final del juego, es de lo mas deprimente y vacío que he visto. Una verdadera lástima, pues técnica y gráficamente hablando el juego funciona... pero su historia es un absurdo total! Ni Joel ni Ellie merecían este final... y nosotros tampoco! Nos mintieron desde el principio... Expand
  27. Aug 2, 2020
    9
    Mecánicas pulidas, con una gran variedad de opciones y vías tanto en combate como en escenarios, una gran ambientación, escenarios muy, pero muy pulidos y logrados, el tema de las cajas fuertes llega a ser un poco molesto después de muchas horas pero al menos tienen una buena recompensa, el gore esta bien logrado con variedad en amputaciones, el sonido es de lo mejor, te pone los pelos deMecánicas pulidas, con una gran variedad de opciones y vías tanto en combate como en escenarios, una gran ambientación, escenarios muy, pero muy pulidos y logrados, el tema de las cajas fuertes llega a ser un poco molesto después de muchas horas pero al menos tienen una buena recompensa, el gore esta bien logrado con variedad en amputaciones, el sonido es de lo mejor, te pone los pelos de punta al romper un vidrio o presionar el gatillo del rifle, la historia no fue de mi agrado pero entendí lo que querían trasmitir y no puede ponerle nota negativa por este hecho ya tenga conveniencias o no, la duración del juego me parece excelente, detalles de los mejores que he visto y animaciones también, un juego que en pocas palabras logra lo que busca "odio" sea negativo o positivo para el jugador, muy recomendado la experiencia.
    como negativo: me encontré con varios bugs.
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  28. Jul 1, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So the game... I get that they're trying to push a narrative, but the way they handled Joel's death makes me upset. The way he walked into a trap is so out of character for who he is that it raised red flags for me before anything else. And I love Abby as a character, but I didn't want to play her. And no I did NOT want Ellie to leave her family, her little spud, for some revenge spree, and it honestly didn't make that much sense.
    Also if she killed like dozens of people just to get to Abby who was imprisoned, why on GODS GREEN EARTH would she hesitate to kill Abby? Oh, these people were just NPCs, but Abby, she's special. ugh...
    I love the games, the first one especially, but after playing this I'm just left with a bitter taste in my mouth. It will take a lot to convince me to buy another game from Naughty Dog.
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  29. Jul 1, 2020
    0
    This might be my most disappointing time in my short gaming histroy. I was so excited for this game just to buy it and see all the main characters be destroyed. the writing is some of the worst in Naughty dogs history. I won't be buying part 3 if it even gets made.
  30. Jul 1, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No es la historia que querés, no son las decisiones que te gustan. Un juego que te pone incómodo, te angustia, y te pone a prueba moralmente. Exactamente lo que pasaria en u a sociedad post apocalíptica. Una verdadera obra de arte a la que no vas a estar preparado si solo te gusta jugar al Mario Bros. Expand
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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]