The Last of Us Part II

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5.8

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  1. LessHypaCrtical
    Jun 30, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Was okay with 16 hours of playing as Ellie and went along with the story that started to make sense within the last 5 hours and leaving you with a suspense scene, the game then interrupts the whole flow of the story and forces you to play as Abby. Okay sure I'll go along with it, after 2 hours of playing Abbys part I realised how repetitive and unrewarding the looting is.

    Playing as Ellie and unlocking most her skills tree was fine but to expect me to play a new character and having to start over with a new skill tree and having scavenge all over again to upgrade my weapons and skill is just painfully tedious and repetitive. I have been playing on hard so the ammo are scaled to 1-2 per find and scrap parts are as low as 2-10 (excluding safe openings).

    So...
    A) The game stops you at 16 hours and leave you with a suspense scene, then expects you to play as another character you clearly know you don't like.
    B) You start from the very beginning after the "drastic" event that happened as the new character, which made that "drastic" decision.
    C) You have scavenge and craft upgrades for the weapons and level the new characters skill tree all over again.

    In short, I did not continue after 2 hours of playing Abby's part of the game. I could not bring myself to through play through the rest of the game as it is tedious and repetitive and also I don't play unlikeable characters that clearly does not deserve playtime or a complete story from beginning to end. As for the rest of the story I guess I'll have to watch the rest of gameplay as I can't stand to play over the game's leveling and crafting mechanic.    … Expand
  2. renzzzzz
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. extremely heartbreaking, i avoided the spoilers/leaks i was about to go out and get a physical copy then i accidentally saw a tweet saying Joel died in the first 2 hours of the game and at that point i don't care anymore i started watching gameplays, read user reviews and it's all true, a complete garbage ruined by some people who think they made creative choices and bold moves but in reality they delivered garbage with a cheap shock value plot twist that nobody asked for. Joel, Ellie, the programmers/graphics team deserve so much better than this awful game.… Expand
  3. mainman665
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    A lot of work was put into all aspects of this game and it pays. Kudos to team Naughty Dog.
  4. Allanzuko
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    Excelente juego, las cinematicas estan increibles y la historia muy buena, desde las primeras horas de juego te atrapa!
  5. xguillendelaros
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. why did they have Joel?? Seriously, WHYYY?
    He was the best character of the whole **** saga and I don’t care whatever they say, and they way they killed him, **** they just ruined my favorite video game thanks    … Expand
  6. Fishajiraff
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So boring gameplay . Druckman can't make games. And killing Joel is so dumb decision… Expand
  7. Alex7777
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is gorgeous honestly, voice acting is top notch. But I got bored from the gameplay like halfway through the game. The story is I dont know. I dont care about all directions that they could have gone with the story. But the main theme of the game "Revenge is bad" is generic not unique, and they were trying to make us feel bad for some characters we killed like Nora or Mel, but for me honestly they failed. I left the game not convinced that revenge is not worth it.… Expand
  8. Patricia1993
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So, I finally ended the game. I understand now the feelings and rage about this game. Like Joel said if he can go back to that day, he make everything again. And I think, anyone who love somebody like he loved her, do the same. Like Abby tried to revenge her father too. But, the biggest (for me) error is they make us play too much as Abby and make us almost kill Ellie.
    For me, this game was a 3rd game. For 2nd game, maybe a Ellie's journey to find out about herself, the fireflies, be angry with Joel, forgive him and more with Joel. Give us some background about her, about Dina. Show us how that small camp grows that big. Something without killing all main characters.
    They make us love a man, a hero and just killed on the beginning in a non human way and worse, making Ellie see all that. Seeing a '' father '' be killed on that way, is brutal. But I have to say something good. 10/10 about graphics, gameplay, music, voice and movement acting, and much more. You can see those actors give life to their characters with love and passion. Ashley Johnson is brilliant and no one can say otherwise with reason. Seeing her passion for Ellie is everything. About Troy... Idk what he felt when he knew about killing Joel so early... But I bet he felt bad.
    I loved that museum part, her birthday was perfect. You can see the shine in her eyes, and Joel was soo happy to see all that. I rated 2/10 about the bad feeling I have in all the game. Anger, sadness, disgust, chills and too much violence, blood and human/animals deaths. The Last of Us isn't about zombie survival anymore. If I wanted to kill humans, I get COD or something... False advertising, naughty dog's version COD in a good graphics = Tlou2
    If they make another I don't want to play it... Ended with uncharted and tlou. Good!    … Expand
  9. Coolman9
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Big spoilers SPOILER ALERT. Joel dies Ellie chicken out at the end and so does Abby. You kill a lot of people hunting down Abby which means a lot of new enemies and families who will probably want revenge all to find and kill Abby. However at the end you don’t kill her I think it should have been a choice at the end were you could kill Abby or not. Me I would have killed her then restart from the last save point so that I could kill her again. But Abby is alive at the end you did not get justice for Joel. If you want to make a realistic game then do the realistic stuff in the apocalypse if someone kills your father or the man who was a father to you and you hunt them down and kill a lot of people on the way you don’t chicken out you kill them. As for Abby if you are going to make a character who will torture and kill you for killing someone who is important to her then have her be that way the whole time don’t change who they are. Her friends were killed and she just chickens out when she was about to kill Ellie and her girlfriend that is not the character I was shown in the beginning of the game. Another thing they dumped down Joel in the first game he was able to tell that it was an ambush and does not stop the truck but he can’t tell that something is off. If I was Joel no way would I tell someone my real name I just met them I would give people a fake name and change the fake name every so often they really don’t have pictures they new it was him because he said I’m Joel. Bottom line I was mad when they killed of Joel I did not feel attached to Ellie and did not really care if Ellie killed Abby or if Abby killed Ellie I just wanted the person I was playing was to kill the person who was trying to kill them I was not on ether side because I did not care if either one of them died. The game story did not keep my interest. In my opinion it is nowhere near the masterpiece that first game was. The combat is good and the groups are interesting one thing I will say is I like the crafting and how they do zombies in the most realistic way possible I think that the game is a winner how it plays and the world but the story is nowhere near as good as the first game.… Expand
  10. Hamdanvip
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    Trash story ... how come they destroy the game like that after all this waiting I can’t believe how bad the story written the worst game in 2020
  11. hypochendrix
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    I am shocked by the reaction of the players to the game. I quarreled with half of my friends, arguing that the game does not support the views of the left and is not propaganda for LGBT people. The game got into trouble on the day when everyone seems to be tolerant of each other, but at the same time, people hate any manifestations of “unconventional” views and, accordingly, people hateI am shocked by the reaction of the players to the game. I quarreled with half of my friends, arguing that the game does not support the views of the left and is not propaganda for LGBT people. The game got into trouble on the day when everyone seems to be tolerant of each other, but at the same time, people hate any manifestations of “unconventional” views and, accordingly, people hate each other. “The game exudes hatred,” Druckmann said. People so hate a particular character in the game, as if he was the personification of true evil, and not just a woman with an appearance that does not satisfy 80% of cis male. "Make Abby More Feminine." Why should she be so good for you? When you look at such a reaction not so much on the game as on the characters in this game, it seems ironic that the “last of us” are people who are ready to see interesting things in script decisions and perceive the characters as developers conceived. This is a game, the best thing that has happened to the gaming industry of all time. The whole resonance from the game is caused by a feeling of fear that human hatred and prejudice to the game character says a lot about the society itself and the people with whom we communicate every day, without even knowing how cruel they may be in their opinion.… Expand
  12. VladCucumber
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Я полюбил первую часть за классную историю "отца и дочери". Что же дала мне вторая часть?
    1 - Смерть важного персонажа в начале игры
    2- Очень глупый и затянутый сюжет с "Вьетнамскими" флешбеками
    3- Уничтожение персонажа Элли как положительную личность. Выставили ее как бездумную машину возмездия. У Эбби, после знакомства с ней, больше положительных черт, чем у нее
    4- Отсутствие толком новых механик в игре
    5- Очень много было дежавю в плане локаций где происходят сражения. На каждый большой бой можно привести пример сражения из первой части. Погоня за снайпером на мосту, арены сражения с псами/шрамами/зараженными, пассивные проходки.
    6- Много сильных и независимых женщин врагов
    7- Введение в заблуждение на стадии пиара игры. В роликах были события с одними персонажами, в реале получили с другими.

    Итог:
    Графика - 7/10
    Механики - 7/10
    Музыка - 10/10
    Эмбиент - 10/10
    Сюжет - 3/10
    Press F за Джоэля    … Expand
  13. Redyx
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    This game is masterpiece! I enjoyed both characters - Ellie and Abby a Abby's story was really great and heartbroken. I spent 23 hours in my first playthrough and I started second Yesterday. Love this game
  14. Ryoga8
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    El juego nunca se muestra forzosamente inclusivo, la historia es de las mejores de la generación, el gameplay es perfecto, la gente se dejó llevar por el hate, hate el cual si has jugado el juego seguramente pasarás a amarlo. El que los personajes iconicos del juego mueran de forma po o heroicas, nos explica que incluso seamos quien seamos podemos morir de cualquier forma, y eso es una muyEl juego nunca se muestra forzosamente inclusivo, la historia es de las mejores de la generación, el gameplay es perfecto, la gente se dejó llevar por el hate, hate el cual si has jugado el juego seguramente pasarás a amarlo. El que los personajes iconicos del juego mueran de forma po o heroicas, nos explica que incluso seamos quien seamos podemos morir de cualquier forma, y eso es una muy buena forma de retratar la realidad.… Expand
  15. mint__moon
    Jun 30, 2020
    7
    The only thing that will save some my respect to Naughty Dog after this awful and heartbreaking story - is if it all was just a dream of the dog Alice.
    I dont know why ND think that they can spit in our faces.
    Everything except the storyline and the second part of game, is amasing. Graphics, music, actors, gameplay. But the story left all players, who love the fisrt game, to feel    The only thing that will save some my respect to Naughty Dog after this awful and heartbreaking story - is if it all was just a dream of the dog Alice.
    I dont know why ND think that they can spit in our faces.

    Everything except the storyline and the second part of game, is amasing. Graphics, music, actors, gameplay.

    But the story left all players, who love the fisrt game, to feel empty and crushed. There is no hope, that it would be better than the first game.    … Expand
  16. POW15
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As someone who was a big fan of the Last of Us part 1, coming into the THE LAST OF US PART II I had high expectations. Now, I told myself that, I am bound to be disappointed in some factors of the game. I mean, after all, its a game I have waited for for 7 years. I went into the game with an open-mind and having ignored all the leaks and spoilers, I had no idea what I was walking into.

    Problems and misunderstanding:

    1. Joels death was painful to watch. You play as a character named Abby who is running away from a horde of zombies. You are then saved by the beloved characters, Joel and Tommy. They save you on multiple occasions and eventually you bring them back to your little hide out. Now the first issue I have here is continuity with character personalities (Characteristics/traits). Joel and Tommy are known to be survivors and it is clearly demonstrated in the first game. When I mean clearly, they literally show Joel being ruthless to a group of bandits that were pretending to be injured, knowing this, Joel goes straight through like a badass. However, this trait is no longer seen in the second game. He casually just walks into a room filled with people that are armed and unknown. He then introduces himself, eventually getting killed. You see Joel die in the most brutally and heart-wrenching way possible during the first act of the game (2 hours in). This is where people misunderstand the majority of why fans hate this. We are not upset that Joel died...its how he died. His death by the end of the game nearly meant nothing. His character is not the same character we grew to love. Nor was his death memorable or meaningful whatsoever. A lot of us understood the motive that was presented here for Ellie, and yes...it did make us angry and we too wanted revenge just like Ellie. But it was done in a way that was so lazy and poorly written.

    2. Playing as Abby. It was very obvious what the game developers were trying to do. They wanted to humanize the character. They tried manipulating the audience by using the whole animal trope where Ellie is bad for killing dogs, Abby is good for saving a zebra and is friendly with dogs. It is these subtle things that make me so frustrated with the game because these devices or elements that are used to get the audience to sympathise with Abby are poorly integrated within the game. I can say that after playing 10 hours with Abby with a storyline that hardly connected with Ellie's, I still felt nothing for her character. Even by the last fight between Ellie and Abby, I was filled with rage and wanted Abby dead so badly.

    3. Poor Character development. I didn't care one bit about any of Abby's friends. In fact, I was super happy when Manny got shot in the face. Owen and Mel's death was nice to see. For the matter a fact, Jesse and Dina were alright characters. I truly didn't think much of them at all, when Jesse died to a bullet to the face, I kind of just sat there and looked at him and shrugged it off. It was clearly just for shock value, and the characters in the game clearly didn't care either.

    4. Political Agendas. Yes...Abby may not be a transgender woman, but my goodness, she got dem guns. Basically, all the men die, woman live on! I never really cared because Ellie was and always has been the best character in the game (apart from Joel). I have always seen Ellie as a badass character. She can handle her own and take on just about anyone. That is what I call a strong, independent female character. However, it is clear that some of the games selling point has to do with the lesbian, transgender LGBTQ political point of views. I am all for these kind of things, if it doesn't affect the story...which it didn't to be quite honest. I was fine with Dina and Ellie being together because I already knew Ellie liked women from the DLC Left behind! But, my goodness, Lev was just a copy paste of trying to replicate the Ellie and Joel relationship with Abby and baldy over there. It just sucks because they could have made all these powerful messages about the LGBTQ into the game, but do it subtly and not shove it down our throats. In doing so, it makes it more impactful and meaningful in a way. LIKE WHY WAS MEL OUT IN COMBAT WHEN SHE WAS PREGNANT! WOMAN EMPOWERMENT? NO!

    5. Ellie learning her lesson at such a weird time. Wtf yo...I tried writing this review in a professional manner, but as you can see above, I have given up. What was the ending. Only after getting 2 fingers bitten off and killing maybe another 50 people she then realises she doesn't want to kill Abby??? How did she not learn her lesson the first time when she encountered her. She killed probably over 200 peeps and by the end of the story shes like nah girl. Leave with yo bald ass baby... Ellie lost everything, whilst Abby is straight drippin in gold. Joels death felt like it was for nothing and the story just ends.

    7 years, we expect at least a mediocre story and game, but what we got was worse...    … Expand
  17. GrelePupu
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    People spit on the game and I don't know why. Make your own experience and you will see that this game is magnificent. one of the best games on this console. It would be a shame to pass by.
  18. Egghead33333
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    Gorgeous game, terrible story and pacing with unlikable characters, dumb AI and it makes you kill dogs. 3/10.
  19. Lemury
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a regular history, whit a lesbians powergirls... And again is a movie-game, bored.… Expand
  20. GiantDwarfxX
    Jun 30, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i think that the could be alot better but i rated it 7 i rate the game that way because of the story... the story was good but he had almost no connection to the last game.
    At the start they kill joel in the most unheroic way they could and he deserve more then that.
    I think thatthe story was about revenge but why ellie needs to kill everyone exept for the one who killed joel only because joel would not want it.
    Anyway... the game was not as the players expected him to be and the end was the worse ending it could ever been.
    Graphics and gameplay are great and even the story is not bad but there are some places that the story makes you want to die.
    The game is good if you loved tlou part 1 but i will recommend just do not end the game it will be alot better.    … Expand
  21. Nemesis1414
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    This game is the best experience that i've ever had in all my life! The most amazing feeling that i've ever had!
  22. WaspHate
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    I'm guessing that the vast majority of players will be playing this having loved the first game...

    The first game was all about the evolution of that father/daughter dynamic between the two main characters. It was masterful in taking very common post-apocalyptic themes that are typically the focus of other titles and making them a support act, backdrop, canvas for the true narrative...    I'm guessing that the vast majority of players will be playing this having loved the first game...

    The first game was all about the evolution of that father/daughter dynamic between the two main characters. It was masterful in taking very common post-apocalyptic themes that are typically the focus of other titles and making them a support act, backdrop, canvas for the true narrative...

    You invested in these characters, the relationship, the journey, there was a clear goal, there was hope in a dark, dark place. Ultimately you cared, I cared, You cried (probably), I cried. You laughed, I laughed - it was an emotional and wonderful experience...

    ...Part 2 is none of these things. Simple.    … Expand
  23. Lisa22
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Masterpiece.
    The most intens gaming experience I have ever had. It literally had me shaking at some points. And that is what I am sure ND was aiming for. The tension was palpable and relentless. Amazing achievement in the way we tell stories. It's biggest strength is that it makes you forget that you are playing a videogame. And that, in the end, is the biggest compliment I can pay.
  24. JesusRios
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    Simply great! Another masterpiece but this time an incomprehensible one. This game puts you not only in the protagonist's shoes, but in the antagonist's as well. As someone the finished the game, I can say, thank you Naughty Dog and thank you Neil Druckman for this trip. I'll be expecting your new proyect.
  25. kenway242
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    I don't expect much from this game, but after playing, there are many emotions. I love Abby more than Ellie
  26. GoodSpeeds
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    This game should never get higher than 5/10.
    Why? because the reason people loved the prequel was the story.
    We loved how ND delivered the story that we all can relate to. And now, after 7 years, they butchered all the memories we shared, experienced, and cared. The actions were great, graphics were also great. I will give that. However, they forgot that we loved the game (franchise    This game should never get higher than 5/10.
    Why? because the reason people loved the prequel was the story.
    We loved how ND delivered the story that we all can relate to.
    And now, after 7 years, they butchered all the memories we shared, experienced, and cared.
    The actions were great, graphics were also great. I will give that.
    However, they forgot that we loved the game (franchise so do speak) not because of how cool it looks. TLOU part 2 just threw away its main identity.
    Neil might consider the part 3. Maybe he ended the part 2 like this because he wanted to make TLOU 3.
    Sorry mate. You just ruined the franchise.    … Expand
  27. dragimon777
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    we were tricked, terrible **** we wanted to play with ellie and joel and they spit in our faces.
  28. scrambactular
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    Astonishing graphics, hyper violent manhunt like combat, awesome infected and also a deep and nihilistic view into the repeated cycles of revenge and brutality.
  29. KauanFjv16
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    JOGO MARAVILHOSO, BONS PERSONAGENS, BOS ATAQUES E BOAS MORTES.
    CAIXISTAS IRÃO JOGAR PARA SEMPRE!
  30. Hov4ik
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    Отличная, хорошая игра. Прошел с удовольствием и не пожалел потраченных денег.
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  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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