The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Tbera
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is AMAZING! Soundtrack, Dub, scenario, graphics, game play (...) everything is fantastic, especially the story! It's a MASTERPIECE! There are 2 possible reasons for those who are saying the story is terrible. 1- Prejudice/discrimination, the game talk about (and show) LGBT issues, but they don't try to push it on your face, they do it naturally. So, if you are okay with that you definitely should play this game asap! 2- Didn't get the main point, after Joel's death, everybody gets angry, we want to kill Abby so bad, but when the game makes you play with her seeing all she had been through, everything makes sense, you can't hate her. There's no heroes or villains in this game. The game is about revenge and what it could possibly do to us.… Expand
  2. Jongdura
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    Disgusting game. They shouldn't make game like this. I was a great fan of The Last of Us 1 because of its story. But the story of 2 is so unacceptable and annoying.
  3. Atomc
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. one more very good game in the 3 days in Seattle and reincorporating part of the last of us 1 very good game in my opinion it's worth it… Expand
  4. anklevd
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    briefly about the game: graphics to the maximum plot turn off logic to zero
  5. GameCompleted
    Jul 19, 2020
    0
    Horrible, this is not the Joel that everyone knows, Ellie is stupid the hole game, except obviusly when she was a kid.
  6. Tony_Taiwan
    Jul 1, 2021
    0
    Trash game !!
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  7. GasttRos
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    Vengo de un país tercermundista donde el dolar esta por las nubes, jamas me arrepentí tanto de una compra (y si, compre el W3 REFORGED

    PROS: Técnicamente es sublime, no hay detalle que no este mimado CONTRA: La historia esta desfigurada, al punto de que hasta el cambiar de lugar eventos y flashbacks, manteniendo todo igual, solo alterando el orden, la hubiera mejorado: ESE NIVEL DE    Vengo de un país tercermundista donde el dolar esta por las nubes, jamas me arrepentí tanto de una compra (y si, compre el W3 REFORGED

    PROS: Técnicamente es sublime, no hay detalle que no este mimado

    CONTRA: La historia esta desfigurada, al punto de que hasta el cambiar de lugar eventos y flashbacks, manteniendo todo igual, solo alterando el orden, la hubiera mejorado: ESE NIVEL DE INCOMPETENCIA

    Es un mal juego?, no
    Es una buena secuela de TLOU, DEFINITIVAMENTE NO

    7 Años para esto, me siento estafado, hubiera preferido que se tomen 3 mas, y hubieran mantenido el nivel de historia que tuvo el primero, que fue lo que atrapo a la mayoría de nosotros    … Expand
  8. DANIEL90115
    Jun 24, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Сюжет запароли он ужаснейший И ВСЕ РАДИ ТОГО , ЧТО БЫ ПОКАЗАТЬ НАСКОЛЬКО ПЛОХО МСТИТЬ . Вы издеваетесь Naughty Dog? Сколько раз многие видели уже типичную история с местью. Я думал , что компания не опустится да такого. Геймплей хорош, но польностю скопирован с первой части с минимальными изменениями . Ставлю геймплею 7/10.
    Графика она поразительная 9/10. В целом мы имеем технически прексрасную игру , но с ужаснейшим сюжетом .    … Expand
  9. AlexSnow
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    Me gustó la jugabilidad, los gráficos, pero la historia pudo ser mejor
    Gráficos 10
    Jugabilidad 10
    Historia 7
  10. Talklalala
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    刻意噁心粉絲，並讓玩家們狂怒不已，這就是編劇想看到的
  11. DrGamer2077
    Jun 26, 2020
    9
    Worst story ever in a video game. The storyline sucks. It is no way a masterpiece 10/10. Maybe 5/10 would be too generous as well.
  12. Sebreme
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Look, I get why people don´t like this game, but we need to understand that the game is not called "Joel and Ellie´s adventures". The game is called THE LAST OF US. I will not spoil anything from the game in this "review" because the less you know the better. If you´ve been spoiled or looked after the leaks, then I´m sorry, but that does not change the fact that this game is GREAT. TheLook, I get why people don´t like this game, but we need to understand that the game is not called "Joel and Ellie´s adventures". The game is called THE LAST OF US. I will not spoil anything from the game in this "review" because the less you know the better. If you´ve been spoiled or looked after the leaks, then I´m sorry, but that does not change the fact that this game is GREAT. The last of us Part II makes you understand that not everything turns out like you´d like to. WHICH IS GREAT. Being unpredictable is really hard these days, but a lot of people missed that oppourtunity because of the leaks. Hours after the game was released people already was rating it WITHOUT EVEN PLAYING THE GAME. Those ratings were from people that didn´t want the game to succeed. This game creates a new path in order that Part III can take place somewhere else (new countries) and with different main characters.… Expand
  13. Stanley06011
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    Very bad story, forces you to feel something about characters you don't care about.
  14. coiti4
    Jul 29, 2020
    7
    I'll try to be as objective as I can.

    Good things: It took the gameplay of the first game and enhance it 100%. The two main characters have different gameplay, upgrades and stuff, which contributes to deliver a better game. The best of the industry in what animations respect. The faces animation are amazing, looks really close to real world. Graphically is awesome, uses all the    I'll try to be as objective as I can.

    Good things:

    It took the gameplay of the first game and enhance it 100%. The two main characters have different gameplay, upgrades and stuff, which contributes to deliver a better game.

    The best of the industry in what animations respect. The faces animation are amazing, looks really close to real world.

    Graphically is awesome, uses all the potential of the PS4 and the environments are beautiful.

    The AI is really good, it has little to none problems. The human NPC's haves strategies to attack you. The variety of enemies is appreciable and is much more superior than the first game.

    Dina's character is memorable, fits perfect with Ellie. One of ND's successes.

    Bad things:

    All the new characters except Dina feels kind of empty. The character development is the antithesis of the first game, they're all easy to forget and you will not care about them.

    The timeline is a mess. It is not a lineal story, you are constantly having flashbacks inside other flashbacks which takes away all the emotion.

    The worst thing is that the game is constantly trying to confront the player, to confuse him and to make him feel guilty about the actions done or the actions you are going to do.

    It has a lot of ultra violent scenes that are worthy of a madman.

    The cordycepts infection is anecdotic. It has none effect in the story which is a wasted potential. Remembers me to Negan saga in TWD.

    All Abby's story is a big mistake. The game shouldn't force you to play and care about her. However, after some hours I was able to understand her point, but Abby has nothing to do with what you loved from the first game and in the way she is presented to the player there is no chance to love the character. Only with two or three cinematics is enough to understand her point and if ND wanted to dive into her story, that should be a DLC not part of the main story.

    Conclusions:

    The game is amazing in all aspects except the narrative, which is the most important thing in a game like this. It was seven large years waiting for this release, watching all new trailers and with very high expectations. I'm not disappointed at all but definitely the story was far away from what the fans expected. We don't ask for happy endings we just want you to be respectful with the essence of the first game and with the fans that payed and waited so long for this. They kept Abby hidden before game release because they knew no one would like her. Their forced inclusion sounds like some director's whim. This is not a game for everyone, anyway it is a must play if you own a PS4 and you liked Part I.    … Expand
  15. Yusat
    Jun 27, 2020
    4
    This game is definitely not a 4 on its own. But it took one of my favorite PS4 games and totally destroyed the franchise and its characters. Therefore, you have to account for it.
  16. jeff_tam
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    this game is a complete failure. nothing makes any sense. Abby definitely deserved to be the most hated main character in gaming history. ND literally ruined tlou.
  17. Vitalmass
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 10 lettere, 1 parola...CAPOLAVORO. Onestamente chi critica il finale non ha capito proprio un cazzo riguardo a giochi e trame.… Expand
  18. DrewBeggs
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I beat this game in 20 hours. I streamed the whole thing. I feel as if I can give a justified review.
    We waited for so long. I waited for a game that kept me up at night, dying from excitement to play it. The first game actually prompted me to go out and buy a PS4. This game was supposed to be above and beyond all expectations.
    Oh how we were wrong.
    STOP: Don't get me wrong
    It was still graphically and mechanically an amazing game! Loved every bit of that.
    BUT
    I'm sure I speak for a lot of people when I say that the story was absolutely awful. Who in their right mind would've assumed that the fans liked the way this one played out? We saw no resolution to any conflict. Let's start at the first mistake.
    Naughty Dog did Joel SO dirty. Who is the bright mind that thought the route they took, was a good one? A character with several layers and stories, SNIPPED so early on? Not to mention the intuition and intellect Joel possessed was just mindlessly disregarded when he was shot and beaten like a dog. How on Earth are we supposed to just accept that? A man, a survivor, just shot and beaten like that? No. Big plot hole there. No way that was Joel. Absolutely disgraceful.
    Then Abby's story? NO ONE ASKED FOR THAT! If someone did, please point me in their direction as I'm at a loss.
    So you're telling me, out of all of the incredible minds at Naughty Dog, THIS was the best story line you could come up with? This?? This misdirection and deceit you've pressed upon your fans is borderline criminal. I'm sure there are hundreds upon hundreds of fan fictions capable of surpassing this sorry excuse for a story, tenfold.
    The ending to this game is just depressing. It's depressing to the point that it has ZERO replay value. I played the first one 3 times over as it was just THAT good and had such a hopeful message. It was an incredible story. How did you lose you way? Who came up with such a sad and tragic ending? Who would want to feel that way again? Ellie coming home and being 100% alone. She has no one. Unless there was something I missed, she's alone.
    I know I'm not the only one furious that after SO long, we were given a sorry excuse for a story. No one asked for Abby. Everyone screeched their lungs out at the sound of Joel's voice during the first reveal. Was that not enough of a sign? NO ONE ASKED FOR ABBY OR HER STORY! NO ONE!
    (not to say I didn't like it, but how dare you think that takes priority over the characters we all know and love)

    TLDR: Don't play it if you don't want your heart shattered into a million pieces and be left feeling SO disappointed.    … Expand
  19. redrock_92
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    Visuals: Outstanding. Graphics are truly next gen and will wow you at every turn.

    Animations: Extraordinary, bumps up the combat beyond its mediocre state and heightens cut scenes to a level beyond their substance. Bugs/Glitches: Found a few in my play-through. Not enough to turn me off of the game but they were there, others have reported game-breaking bugs but I have not come    Visuals: Outstanding. Graphics are truly next gen and will wow you at every turn.

    Animations: Extraordinary, bumps up the combat beyond its mediocre state and heightens cut scenes to a level beyond their substance.

    Bugs/Glitches: Found a few in my play-through. Not enough to turn me off of the game but they were there,
    others have reported game-breaking bugs but I have not come across them.

    Music/Audio: As close to perfect as possible, will fully immerse you in a post-apocalyptic Seattle and depress you in the sad and down-trodden atmosphere the game places you in.

    Game-play: If you liked the first game then you will enjoy this, not much has changed in terms of combat and scavenging. Combat is a bit spammy, animations are the main improvement with environmental animations tied into basic combat. Less puzzles and even fewer thoughtful puzzles are a shame.

    Story: This is the massive negative for this game. With a game so story focused, this is why I've brought the score so low even with my glowing appraisal of the other aspects of the game. The story is filled with plot-holes, manipulation of the player and cheap ploys to get you to "feel" for a new protagonist.
    There are so many easy tricks the writers use to try to play with your emotions and then act is if it was some profound twist. When in reality the story is just a massive misery/gore simulator that tries to look down its nose at you with a shallow "revenge isn't the answer" plot for some characters while
    neatly ignoring that moral for other characters. The best way to describe this insult of a story is the writers trying to gaslight you into thinking this is some big statement on morals and virtue when its just them taking you on a Stockholm Syndrome roller-coaster.

    Verdict: If you want to play this game as a tech-demo and simply enjoy the gameplay/visuals then by all means have at it. But if you have any hope for a decent story that builds on the first game then you will be very very sad and disappointed. Vote with your wallet if you don't like this sort of thing and
    wait for a heavy sale.    … Expand
  20. aLADan
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    I have played the game from the very beginning to the very end and of course the game doesn't deserve either 0 or 10. TLOU 2 has a mediocre story which seems more like a fanfiction than a true sequel to the Part 1. Gameplay has followed the previous game and can be described as boring as hell. New technical features, graphics and AI are things which have truly left a great impression onI have played the game from the very beginning to the very end and of course the game doesn't deserve either 0 or 10. TLOU 2 has a mediocre story which seems more like a fanfiction than a true sequel to the Part 1. Gameplay has followed the previous game and can be described as boring as hell. New technical features, graphics and AI are things which have truly left a great impression on me.
    Thus, I give:
    Story: 4;
    Gameplay: 5;
    Everything else: 9.
    So it is a mediocre game which I rate 6 out of 10.    … Expand
  21. D0WN3D
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Sorry, I am "story before graphics" gamer. And this game butchered the story. Huge respect for Abby's father to willing to sacrifice a kid just to push the research to finding a cure by even 1%. Then standing his ground and willing to fight Joel, a guy who killed an entire building of people. All because he wanted tos ave humanity. Abby's father has a deeper character and story than her.
  22. Alien08721
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    2score is for joel but what happened next, make me feel so bad, what a shame to use the name “The last of us part2”
  23. MattyBoiM
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Just thought gratuitous sex scene was unnecessary, hated playing as Abby... hated it, and ones own political views should stay out of video games.
  24. alexyates18
    Jun 24, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Right. This game is NOT terrible. At all. The gameplay, although maybe not the big step up in game design we expected is still near as dammit flawless. It's tense and heart racing! The only issue is the story! I don't think anyone here wanted to play as Abby. It's that simple. It ruins the tension of the story and if that content was cut for maybe a DLC the game could have focussed more on the ending which was lacklustre. The people crying over their being lesbians are stupid as Ellie had been a lesbian since the first game ffs, and the controversy with deadnaminf of the trans character is blown way out of proportion!… Expand
  25. Yaser_not-a-bot
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was going to give it 0 duo to the bad story and making the new characters but the graphics and the mechanisms were amazing so a gave it 2. I'm so disappointed because: 1. the agendas that ruin the story of the game and make it nonsense and ruin the first game (the best game I have ever played and I'm still playing it)
    2. killing the main character in the previous game (Joel) by a new character (Abby) and enforce me to play by her!!
    3. The stupid ending 4. There is no multiplayer
    5. A lot of +18 scenes ______________________________________
    For some people:
    The graphics and the mechanisms are so beautiful but it doesn't help with the bad story.    … Expand
  26. Addzii911
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    Me encantó el juego, cuando más avanza más ganas de jugarlo tienes. En lo que se refiere a guión lo veo bastante bien (salvo algun que otro detalle) y nunca me he encontrado ningun bug o error. Las dos únicas que no me ha gustado es que la parte de Abby, aun gustándome, se me hace un poco pesada porque acaban siendo demasiadas horas con ella para mi gusto y el final no me ha acabado deMe encantó el juego, cuando más avanza más ganas de jugarlo tienes. En lo que se refiere a guión lo veo bastante bien (salvo algun que otro detalle) y nunca me he encontrado ningun bug o error. Las dos únicas que no me ha gustado es que la parte de Abby, aun gustándome, se me hace un poco pesada porque acaban siendo demasiadas horas con ella para mi gusto y el final no me ha acabado de convencer porque parece que nuncs acabe e ir a por Abby me parece innecesario.… Expand
  27. RiverKnight
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Listen, the game play is really good, I'm not going to lie here. The new feature are also very nice but the story is pure trash. Killing a fan favorite in such a disgracing manner is insulting to all the development the character has gotten AND a massive insult into the face of millions of fans.
  28. Draxxus
    Jun 26, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros - Graphics, improved combat system, voice over acting, sounds, & difficulty+ replay (keep all gear & perks) overall gameplay is good especially through Ellie's 4 days in Seattle & Abby's hotel decent and lower hospital boss fight was awesome!

    Cons - Length of game (should have cut out Abby's gameplay sections with just cut scene storylines instead.)
    Story (Joel is removed from the game to soon. Ellie loses WAY to much for a young main character. Its hard to like Abby after the first stage of the game.) Overall though I did still enjoy the game as a whole, I just wished Ellie didn't lose as much as she did. Hope to see if things get better for her....    … Expand
  29. Gatsu00
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. many think this game is **** but have you really played it? They have greatly improved the fight, it is less boring than before, they put the silencer on the gun, the world is much wider, year improved the A.I. The fact that Ellie is more detached, stems from the fact that she is a teenager and has seen her only parental reference die. Flashbacks are justified by the fact that the game would have been boring if it had started from before, there would have been no form of action. in the early stages of the game, it's all snowed, the dictation that warm blood melts the snow, had never been seen, even the water is incredible, like this game. It doesn't touch the same topics as the previous chapter, but it's normal, everyone changes and evolves with their works, if you wanted a game like the first part, replay that one and don't say it's ****… Expand
  30. Stortik
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Игра топовая, те кто ставят нули даже не играли. Игра не пропагандирует лгбт движение. Феминисток в игре нет, геев тоже, только 2 лесбиянки. Сюжет хуже чем в 1 части, но все равно на высоте. Искусственный интеллект на высоте, геймплей тоже.Игра топовая, те кто ставят нули даже не играли. Игра не пропагандирует лгбт движение. Феминисток в игре нет, геев тоже, только 2 лесбиянки. Сюжет хуже чем в 1 части, но все равно на высоте. Искусственный интеллект на высоте, геймплей тоже.
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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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