The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. Mpetey123
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is fine. However the first game was remarkable, so fine isn't good enough. Playing as Abby was a mistake. Exploring Seattle as Ellie was fun.… Expand
  2. marcellosiqueir
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    this game is just incredible, the best game i ever played, the character development is very well done, an exciting story and perfect graphics
  3. Curlybob43
    Jul 1, 2020
    9
    Gameplay, graphics, sound design, etc 10/10 - but that’s not why you are here;

    ‘This is the only game I have ever played, that requires some of you to play’ Troy Baker. There have been several bombastic reactions to the release of this game, dating back to the reveal and subsequent leaks. There have been claims of false advertising, which, personally, I believe is overblown - as they had    Gameplay, graphics, sound design, etc 10/10 - but that’s not why you are here;

    ‘This is the only game I have ever played, that requires some of you to play’ Troy Baker. There have been several bombastic reactions to the release of this game, dating back to the reveal and subsequent leaks. There have been claims of false advertising, which, personally, I believe is overblown - as they had to alter specific content to protect those who did not ruin the story for themselves.

    Anyway, the story is harrowing, brutal, enlightening and admittedly taxing at times. It holds up a mirror to your ego, emotional impulses and objectivity. ‘At first I thought this was a game about hate, then I realised it is about love and hope’ Neil Druckmann. Throughout the violence, brutality and sacrifice - can you hold on to those you love, the person you are and control your irrationally - fighting to hold on, instead of giving in to your hateful destructive quest for ‘justice’. Hate can lose you more than letting go. There is a price for forgiveness, but is it a bigger one than revenge? That’s for you to decide.    … Expand
  4. NicholasLop
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    I think its emotional, sad, and other mixed feelings, im so happy that it got a secuel, too me a long a time to review the Game with a open heart so after days of deciding my coreano is a 10, ellie was right to brake the cycle of hatred, vengeance and violence yo Live a meaningful Life just like Joel wanted
  5. HAQOGaming
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Excelente historia y jugabilidad. Una obra maestra ha hecho Naughty Dog. Quedara para la historia y sube el listón en juegos narrativos de un jugador.
  6. SurvivorType
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Amazing game. Definitely don’t get all the hate but to each their own. Hats off to naughty dog and the fantastic actors Ashley, Troy and Laura. Story took me places I had no idea it would take me and kept me on edge if my seat all 27 hours it took for me to beat it. In one weekend. Can’t wait to play it for years to come. Fingers crossed that dlc news isn’t true.
  7. Glowlights
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yes I played the entire game. No I didn't see the spoilers or reviews before making an opinion.
    The gorgeous graphics and ambiance couldn't save this drowning mess of a game if you tossed it a life line.
    In my brutally honest opinion no respectable gamer or legit LOU fan would ever give this steaming hot garbage a 10/10 review. You couldn’t pay me enough to write lies like that especially to a follow-up to the 2013 masterpiece.
    Based on the teaser trailer I think we all guessed correctly that Joel’s life would be cut short. "Live by the sword die by the sword" has always been a good mantra for these apocalyptic games. It makes sense as a drive for Ellie to go on the journey she does and it’s what gave me the initial boost of aggravation to seek revenge on the new character, Abby (who looks like a knockoff of Ronda Rousey). However any good writer should know that you can't kill a beloved pivotal character so quickly in a 30hr game only to turn around and force you play the killer in a cheap gimmick to make you sympathize with their logic for their actions. Joel isn't the type to give shady strangers personal info freely either so that was idiotic. I didn't buy into that lazy Abby plot twist at all and it was painful to slog through the latter half of the game with an unlikable character. To make matters worse Ellie has lost her charm and biting wit too so when playing her it felt I wasn't really playing the "real" Ellie if that makes sense.
    Since you play Ellie's version of events prior, you know Abby's efforts will result in the same outcome therefore playing Abby was intensely boring and made me even angrier.
    The first LOU had me on the edge of my seat and compelled me to play hours and hours straight just to find out what happened in the next chapter, but this sequel felt like a slog and chore. I had to actually step away from the game many times due to repetitive tasks and unnecessarily long action sequences in between too many cinematic cut scenes which I NEVER had to do with the first game. To me that's a huge sign that Naughty Dog failed miserably.
    The tiny bright story moments were the flashback scenes with Ellie, Joel and Tommy. In fact if they had just released a game with nothing but flashbacks it would've been far better.
    The new infected are ok and the dialogue and reactions of the human enemies was a nice improvement. Besides that it was a nose dive into hell. Especially when you're forced to kill dogs in a terribly brutal way.
    Then there's the awkward love triangles that didn't make me like/dislike anyone they were forcing down my throat to sympathize/hate with. Jessie was just basically a sperm donor who could've been killed much earlier in the game and it wouldn't have effected much else. They should've paid more attention to the many plot holes instead which were GIANT.
    Now to the rest of the new characters! Lev is a trans cult member. Since when do dystopian people have the time to give a flying rat's butt about trans issues when they're too busy starving to death or trying to survive blood thirsty gangs and infected? No one, that's who, and it's a non-dystopian problem. In fact if you remove Lev and that side story and just focused on his sister/mother it would've sufficed for an excuse for Abby to visit their island base. The trans aspect added no value. Just empty calories. Also this quest overall is just poor filler to explain where Abby was during the events too. I bet Neil is patting his smug back for being such a great sjw and so are the reviewers for praising it.
    Then there's Dina. Dina has the depth of a puddle. She is Ellie's love interest and eventual "partner in crime". Her character felt hollow and had no endearing moments that made me think "Gee she's so cool and awesome like Ellie. I really want her to live through this." In fact the awkward unnecessary sex scene in a pot farm operation was what tipped me over the edge for really disliking where the direction of the game was taking me. Abby's graphic sex scene was even worse. Since when did LOU need this to progress the plot? Last I checked this wasn't Game Of Thrones even though it sucks like season 8. I can't stress this enough that the plot is atrocious anyway, but it was like Neil purposely hired an immature hack writer that had college fantasies living through characters of this game.
    The epilogue was dragged to an inch of it's miserable life where I was left thinking "Ok this must be the LAST cut scene it's gotta be! For the love of God make it stop". 10 merciless cut scenes later....I was scrambling through my purse for the receipt in hopes to get a refund, which I did the next day and put that credit towards Cyberpunk.
    7 years. SEVEN YEARS to make this the most epic return and they squandered it.
    I'm going to try and erase this insulting stain from my memory.
    *bell ring* SHAME Naughty Dog and *intense bell ring* SHAME on you Neil! SHAME!!    … Expand
  8. kakashi9
    Jun 25, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The ending was so lame, there's no point in playing the game. And why does abby have to be like that?
    There's fan versions and YouTubers who are making better endings to the game    … Expand
  9. Collossus91
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    Graphics - Top notch graphics, not perfect but very good.

    Level Design - Seattle has been nicely designed, however there were various times throughout the levels where I had no idea where I had to go and had to rely on the in-game hints that pop up. Gameplay - Sadly I found the gameplay, especially the combat, to be on a very similar level to the first game. The aiming and shooting    Graphics - Top notch graphics, not perfect but very good.

    Level Design - Seattle has been nicely designed, however there were various times throughout the levels where I had no idea where I had to go and had to rely on the in-game hints that pop up.

    Gameplay - Sadly I found the gameplay, especially the combat, to be on a very similar level to the first game. The aiming and shooting still feel very clunky, and the game was too long and felt like a drag after the half way point.

    Story - This is where the game breaks down for me, it's a weak plot triggered by the killing of a well loved character. The story is also told is such a disjointed order, that as soon as something important happens, you're back to another flashback. And not only that, you have to play as the killer for the second half of the game. The game tries to make you synthesize with the killer, but underestimates the attachment we have for the original characters.    … Expand
  10. Lennon3276
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    El mejor juego, la historia, Banda sonora y gráficos, este juego te enseña que no siempre los finales son felices
  11. Ug1997
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    The game is **** amazing, not for dumb heads who picture joel their father figure, what can you expect of them. But the game has a very cool narrative to it. I am not talking about the LGBTQ angle which i don't appreciate much because it was a little overdone once abby’s part start, but they built a great story for abby and made the player uncomfortable by making them come to terms withThe game is **** amazing, not for dumb heads who picture joel their father figure, what can you expect of them. But the game has a very cool narrative to it. I am not talking about the LGBTQ angle which i don't appreciate much because it was a little overdone once abby’s part start, but they built a great story for abby and made the player uncomfortable by making them come to terms with that everything is not white and black, good and evil.
    This game had a rating of 2.6 with 40000 votes within the fir 24 hours which is not possible because the playthrough took about 24-25 hours and youtube channels like geeks and gamers are making this game as issue due to DMCA claims, thats also fine but atleast target the entire issue and not just this game because they striked your channel, thats grudge that you hold and having more than half a million people watching him cry online about the DMCA and other youtubers made 40-50k negative review bombardment. Verdict - Game has a great storytelling, could have avoided the timeline touch but other than that story makes you leave your controller because your are that much attached to the characters and that is an accomplishment    … Expand
  12. Redical457
    Jul 1, 2020
    7
    Pretty good as a game on its own, but not very good as a sequel. If you liked the first game mostly because of its characters this is probably not for you.
  13. stroltz35
    Jul 1, 2020
    0
    The story was complete garbage. They didn't care about the fanbase nor the legacy the first game left behind. the last time this happened this much was the last jedi and that nearly killed a 60-year-old franchise. I wholeheartedly believe that they used LGBT elements in the story, not to make it realistic but to have a reason people will hate it rather than it just being a terrible game.The story was complete garbage. They didn't care about the fanbase nor the legacy the first game left behind. the last time this happened this much was the last jedi and that nearly killed a 60-year-old franchise. I wholeheartedly believe that they used LGBT elements in the story, not to make it realistic but to have a reason people will hate it rather than it just being a terrible game. If you hate this game you are a bigot and an anti LGBT obviously. That was their dogma. To me, this makes the creators the biggest anti LGBT by putting these elements in there as shields rather than use them to expend the LGBT community influence in the industry...… Expand
  14. Rudy285
    Jul 1, 2020
    8
    This game is definitely not as good as the first one. The point at the beginning of the story that starts off this journey may make the players quit right there but if you make it through this point and keep going, about halfway through you might understand why this happens but you don't have to like this, I didn't but I understand and at this point players might also quit but if you justThis game is definitely not as good as the first one. The point at the beginning of the story that starts off this journey may make the players quit right there but if you make it through this point and keep going, about halfway through you might understand why this happens but you don't have to like this, I didn't but I understand and at this point players might also quit but if you just bare through this section which is big portion of the game by the time you start to reach the end you might begin to understand the character descions and the point the devs are trying to prove. The ending is what sort of redeems the character arcs of all them and. You may not be satisfied, I wasn't but I was ok with the ending which sets up the third game.

    The idea the devs have of the story was good but the execution is where they mess up. Some gameplay descions and character descions made will surely upset players which is the only reason in my opinion that gives the game this controversy. The ending might also not make it home for some but if you try to understand by the end the decisions Ellie and other characters make and the point of the story it will definitely make the game better for you.

    Like I said, the execution was bad which brings this game down but the point of the effects cycle of violence and vengeance has on a person is shown well.    … Expand
  15. Lairadeurza19
    Jul 1, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Me pareció buen juego , lo que más me gusto fue la jugabilidad del mismo y aunque la historia no es la mejor es buena, lo malo de el juego es ellie no tiene ni un brillo aparte de ser inmune al virus , no quería a joel pero después lo único que quería era vengarlo en resumen chiquillos no sean como ellie y cuiden a sus padre mientras puedan .… Expand
  16. Selsam
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Juste incroyable l histoire de ouf je ne comprends pas les gens qui mettent 0 a un tell chef d œuvre
  17. Blq15
    Jul 1, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (SPOILER ALERT) everithing in the end doesn't matter, Ellie doesn't kill Abby and the game force you to play with Abby, in mi opinión Abby is the worst antagonist… Expand
  18. b9nji
    Jul 1, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. *There will be minor spoilers in this review*
    At the end of the review there will be major spoilers marked with SPOILER.

    First of, this game is not a 0/0. Neither is it a 10/10. The only thing i have against this game, is the story. Everything besides the story, gameplay, sound so on and so on, is fantastic. It really is fantastic. Where the problems start for me, is the story. ND takes some choices throughout the game that i do not agree with.. It’s not just because of Abby, because actually, the overall gameplay experience and missions you play as her is more fun and enjoyable than Ellies. It’s how they do it. A lot in the story doesnt make sense compared to the first game. But you’ll have to play it yourself to understand.

    The ending is the biggest flaw. It’s executed so bad. It’s an overall good game and enjoyable experience, but it had flade. SPOILER**** The ending. Playing as Abby in the last mission was a mistake. Ellie losing the fight like that and Abby just storming off was weird. And yeah, part of it is just that you hate to see the “hero”/main character get beat up/lose. Either way gane was good, just not what i expected. And not as good as it could have been.    … Expand
  19. SuaveLayout
    Jul 1, 2020
    5
    Save yourself, it’s not worth playing or watching. Great graphics, some fun gameplay (nothing ground-breaking), but the story is just awful. If you make it through this whole game without having your mood completely ruined dozens of times, or your stomach turning at some of the gore, violence, and torture.. and even questioning if you want to continue playing at a certain point.. then youSave yourself, it’s not worth playing or watching. Great graphics, some fun gameplay (nothing ground-breaking), but the story is just awful. If you make it through this whole game without having your mood completely ruined dozens of times, or your stomach turning at some of the gore, violence, and torture.. and even questioning if you want to continue playing at a certain point.. then you deserve a gold medal. Also a trip straight to a psych ward.… Expand
  20. Michgameplay
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ter jogado com o inimigo me fez perceber uma outra vertente, uma outra história que não é sobre heróis, mas sim de sobreviventes. O jogo na sua primeira metade tenta nos fazer concordar com a Ellie, incriminando desconhecidos e nos deixando confiantes em uma jornada que não é exclusivamente sobre vingança mas sim sobre suas consequências… Expand
  21. Carlugo
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Excelente historia, compleja, requiere madurez para vivirla, muestra distintos puntos de vista, genera emociones encontradas, no gusta en muchos casos, pero eso no quita que este bien elaborada. Excelentes gráficos, muy buena jugabilidad. Uno de los mejores juegos del 2020
  22. Abel3024
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Great gameplay, amazing graphics and a compelling story for people that go into the game open minded. 10/10 for me
  23. nars305
    Jul 1, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I went into this with an open mind and no matter how much I tried this game just did not feel like I was playing The Last of Us at all. This is Part Two, the second half following an amazing first half. The only times I felt like I was playing The Last of Us was when there was a flashback between Ellie and Joel. That's when I was emotional and was invested in the story, getting lost in the flashback. We have this incredible ending to the first part, and it leaves you wondering- what happens to these two after this? Instead we're surprised with a new character who takes up half of the game with Ellie and Joel's relationship taking a back seat. The characters in the first game are so memorable, and have so much depth. The characters in Part 2 are forgettable, there are moments that they die and I don't even care about it. When Henry from the first game shot himself I was left in awe with my jaw dropped. The game tries to develop these new relationships, but the development is not there and it just feels forced or lacking. Abby and Ellie's timelines barely connect so when we switch to Abby it feels like I'm playing a completely different game with a character I find hard to like. I did not care at all for a chunk of her story being about a love triangle. At one point I asked myself "am I even playing The Last of Us?" It may have been more interesting if Abby and Ellie's stories connected more. Abby's part feels like a chore because I feel her backstory is pointless. I understand her motivations, I understand she is the human on the other side of bad things we've done as Joel, but I don't care about it- especially for 10 hours. I could never play this game a second time due to Abby's part. By the time we get back to playing as Ellie, I have such a complete disconnect from the game. It's like the game wanted me to somehow gather the same momentum and investment I had from Ellie's part that I played over 10 hours ago. I could go on and on but I just was really disappointed. I understand what they were trying to do, unfortunately for me, it didn't do anything for me. I understand people worked hard for years on this game, and the game looks great, the gameplay is fun, but the story- the most important part to me, and an important part in a character driven game, was not there for me.… Expand
  24. Johnpet123
    Jul 1, 2020
    0
    Very disappointing story which ruined the first game for me. Gameplay was ok but couldn't help such a crappy story.
  25. OctoriousYT
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow is this game something else. I am writing this review about 24 hours after finishing the game and I am still unsure as to how I should be feeling about this, the ending specifically. The game opens a short amount of time after the events of the first, and we play as Joel whilst the opening credits roll. Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson continue their outstanding performances from the first game in the scenes they share together at the start, and throughout the rest of the game.

    I had seen the leaks before beginning my play through and like everyone else, I only felt anger towards this game, but it must, must be played. Those scenes were truly out of context and it is crucial you play through the whole game before hating. You MUST play this, you cannot judge this based on seeing someone else's gameplay, you must play this for yourself.

    Spoilers from here:

    This game breaks my heart - entirely. It is brutal, and I'm still an emotional wreck. Joel saves a new character, Abby, before he is then brutally tortured and murdered by her and her friends, in front of Ellie when she arrives. This creates a lot of anger towards this character, and also confusion. It's difficult to believe after the first game that Joel trusts a stranger, and goes back to their place, instead of going to a secure city roughly the same distance away. So yeah, wasn't exactly pleased with how they killed Joel.

    Throughout the rest of the game, you get flashbacks with Joel, each one just had me see an innocent, great, old guy (very much not innocent), that just made me cry and realise the harshness of his death. When the game makes you play as Abby for hours on end, I wanted to put it down. At this stage, I stopped looking for collectables and just wanted to get back to Ellie. Surprisingly though, I did get somewhat intrigued by Abby's story, and start to feel some sort of care for the character, despite still wanting her dead for what she did to Joel.

    It's the ending that really conflicts me. Abby gets to leave, losing nothing more than Ellie, whilst Ellie loses all of her relationships that mattered to her, and 2 of her fingers, breaking the bridge between her and Joel after his death. She can no longer play the guitar, and it breaks my heart.

    The gameplay, AI, visuals etc are all on another level, and that is where The Last of Us Part II really shines. It is the most stunning game of this generation and is worth it just from the "game" perspective, ignoring your thoughts on the story.

    Overall, I think The Last of Us Part II is a sequel we didn't need, but it's a game that will have an everlasting impact on me. I cannot stop thinking about what this game does, and how it has me so so upset for both Joel and Ellie. It's for that reason, combined with the gameplay I have given this a 10/10 - no other game has ever had me feel like this, and it's an experience you must go through. I will admit that if I could though, I would more accurately rate Part 2 with a 9.8/10 whilst Part 1 would win a 10/10. Part 1 has the better story for me, but Part 2 has everything perfect that a game needs – there are just some decisions with the story that I am not sure I agree with.

    I do prefer the story of the 1st game, and I wish the story could have unfolded differently in this sequel, as in the end the only thing we saw Joel and Ellie actually gain from all this was nothing. They just lost people, themselves, and parts of themselves. I really wish this could have taken a different route, but I can't say this is a bad or mediocre game, it is technically still a masterpiece, I just wish things went differently. That's what's so clever though, the world is cruel and this is a game that makes you realise that.

    I just ask that Naughty Dog clarify the ending (what happened with Dina etc), and maybe make a 3rd game somehow revealing that Joel isn't dead, and a cure is found, allowing for Joel and Ellie to clear out groups of infected and live a life in the normal world as Joel knew it with Sarah. Or, the more likely scenario, is a DLC similar to Left Behind is released, just giving us a lot of time with Joel and Ellie in Jackson similar to the flashbacks we got. I'd just be happy if the whole DLC was 4 hours of cutscenes between the 2 and other characters like Dina and Jesse. Wow has this game moved me. I can't stop thinking about it.

    UPDATE: It has been 2 weeks since my first playthrough and having thought about this game more, it is slowly getting onto the same level as Part 1 for me and it is certainly a game that has to be played. It is a shame most of the user reviews on here are from people who haven’t even given the game a chance and are judging it based on 1 scene, or “experience” they have watching it on YouTube. It HAS to be played.

    Game. of. the. generation.    … Expand
  26. BlueFox09
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Game of the year! When i play this game i crying, laughing and thinking. Amazing, emotional journey. Can't wait part III
  27. FuzzySlippers
    Jul 1, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joel's death was more forced in order to make ellie's relationship with dina more meaningful. Why does ellie care so much about dina if they barley got together the night before. Before that dina was dating Jesse. Even though they knew each other for about 6 years that was pure friendship. Your telling me ellie is more worried about some girl she just hooked up with the night before. She acts like the events from the first game never happened. But with some random girl that lives in the town who barley shows interest in ellie, ellie feels the need to side track and try to find what their relationship means. If anything Dina should be the one who worries about their relationship and ellie should just be focused on her mission because she knows dina has been with Jesse already and there's no telling if they have feelings for each other still. Ellie should just brush her off. Dina is just all over the place because her and jesse were off and on again in their relationship. You mean to tell me that in the 6 years that they known each other dina never got with any other girl. She just magically had feelings for ellie. Ellie's dialogue doesn't really match with her thoughts. Too uplifting, reminds me of the first one which should be totally different from this one. The characters talk about too many things from the first one. Ellie isn't cold hearted enough in some sequences where you think she would be. Ellie's interrogation scene reminds you of Joel's which you wouldn't want. You would want something more brutal. Trying too hard to make Dina important. Reason for Joel's death could have been better. Feel like they just threw in the story of her being at the hospital just to justify her reason but I would believe a bunch of fireflies trying to save the world wouldn't let anybody bring kids. You can't really feel sorry for any of abby's friends or father. Trying too hard to really make abby a likable character which truly is so bad.… Expand
  28. ChakaZG
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Fantastic, emotional, at times difficult story, with great, relatable character growth, and great voice acting. Amazing level design, and some of the best visuals available this generation of consoles. Gameplay has been improved from the original game, and while it's nothing groundbreaking in the genre, it's still very solid and enjoyable. Definitely one of the top games of 2020, and thisFantastic, emotional, at times difficult story, with great, relatable character growth, and great voice acting. Amazing level design, and some of the best visuals available this generation of consoles. Gameplay has been improved from the original game, and while it's nothing groundbreaking in the genre, it's still very solid and enjoyable. Definitely one of the top games of 2020, and this generation in general.… Expand
  29. PTC999
    Jul 1, 2020
    1
    I couldn't wait for Last of Us 2, oh boy. How disappointing it was. At the end, when you're there, staring at the credits. you realize, in that moment, Naughty Dog let you down. Naughty Dog ventured off from incredible story telling in their games, to this. The graphics and gameplay mechanics were good. so there's 2 points for that. but I bought this game for the story, and i was letI couldn't wait for Last of Us 2, oh boy. How disappointing it was. At the end, when you're there, staring at the credits. you realize, in that moment, Naughty Dog let you down. Naughty Dog ventured off from incredible story telling in their games, to this. The graphics and gameplay mechanics were good. so there's 2 points for that. but I bought this game for the story, and i was let down. ty for wasting my time.… Expand
  30. Skunkster
    Jul 1, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a technical and gameplay tour-de-force. The graphics are stupendous, the sound design amazing, and the mechanics, while an evolution of previous Naughty Dog games are a big leap forward in variety and fluidity.

    The story is...complicated. And probably will leave you less than satisfied at first. But it is much deeper than many initial impressions and reviewers give it credit for. Personally, I don't think the developers were always successful in putting the player in the emotional spot that they wanted them and that caused some dissonance and probably poor reviews from some players. Two days after finishing, I'm still processing things. The game certainly doesn't end in a way that brings satisfaction to the player, but it does end in a way that closes the story and makes the point it is trying to make.

    Kudos to Naughty Dog for putting out another intense, immersive, and utterly gorgeous game experience that took risks and pushed the player to look beyond themselves and into themselves to question what they find there.    … Expand
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
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  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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