The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. Doritos09
    Jun 29, 2020
    6
    The gameplay of this game is really good, had an amazing improvement, but the story isn't nice and neither the ending. ND could have done a better job with the story.
  2. ChristianGG
    Jun 29, 2020
    9
    Visualmente y gameplay es asombroso, cuenta una historia muy oscura y triste de venganza que te hace reflexionar y no te deja con una satisfacción al terminarlo como otros juegos con final feliz. Es una muy arriesgada pero valorable apuesta en comparación con lo que estamos acostumbrados a ver en los vídeos juegos.
  3. Guard
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Game is great. Don't listen to Incel mob. It is more of the same, but that's not a bad thing..
  4. GioCast13
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Para empezar este juego prácticamente tiene una pésima historia, es como escupir a la cara a la gente que ama este título por su parte 1 la cual es mil veces mejor en comparación de esta, los personajes no aportan nada y el tener que usar a abby por más de 8 horas de juego me parece una basura, a nadie le interesa jugar con abby, su historia no tiene sentido agarraron a un simple npc del primer juego para hacer esta historia en serio que se nota la falta de creatividad, además que decir de la publicidad engañosa, eso sí que está fatal, nos ponen a Joel en los trailers mostrándonos que estará en el juego solo para así llegar a poder vender más este, y resulta que lo modifican todo y las únicas escenas de el son flashbacks, esto me parece muy sucio de parte de ND ya que están engañando descaradamente a los fans de este juego, esto es para que practicamente te regresen tu dinero jajajaj.
    Pero en fin no puedo negar que tanto gráficamente el juego es bueno, las actuaciones igual, la ambientación y la banda sonora me parecen buenas, pero la gente no está aquí por eso, es por la historia, eso es lo que le faltó a este título, eh ahí el TLOU 1 no tiene unos gráficos espectaculares pero la historia es una maravilla.
    Espero que ND no haga una tercera parte y que respete así a este gran título.    … Expand
  5. ForPain
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    I will cut to the chase, as the other reviews may have already told you that -

    If you consider yourself a "The Last of Us" fan - you should just walk away from this game. Keep on with your life and pretend this abomination never came out. If you loved the plot and story of "The Last of Us" - there was never a sequel.
  6. NightmareArath
    Jun 29, 2020
    9
    Véanlo por ustedes mismos, tengan criterio propio y no se dejen llevar por el rebaño, no está ni cerca de ser la basura que dicen que es.
  7. TiaxTheMighty
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    There's a lot to say about this game but I'll be brief.

    This game had the potential to be 10/10. There were gameplay elements and visuals that would have been stunning if I wasn't so frustrated, angry and despondent.

    The marketing of a game hasn't been so misleading since metal gear solid 2.
  8. Vegasquaratine
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hands down, for me, the best game I have ever played. To call this a game is actually far from doing in credit. It's a story, a movie if you will, that lets you play the key characters pitted against each other. You're shown hate, the cost of revenge and the compulsion the characters have that costs so much.

    I was shown through game play what each character's motivation is, what they faced and how they grew up not too dissimilar but ended up miles apart.

    At first I questioned some of the decisions that were made in telling this story but I relaxed and let it happen as I was escorted through feelings of love, hatred, jealousy, bigotry, mindless war, genocide and morality.

    I left amazed, almost numb at the story that was told. Such a beautiful well designed story told via a "game".

    If you play this game please be open minded, let it lead you and enjoy the trip and ponder the choices you're thrust into and see how they make you feel. This is not a game where you just run around and blow stuff up, it's a game that fills in a character's story, colors between the lines and sometimes outside of them, but for a story that is about the end of the world, the destruction of humanity and self and the struggle to remain human and just in the face of nothing pleasant - my god they delivered a knockout.

    At the end, when Ellie forced the fight with Abby who had been clearly broken by what she when through and her devotion to someone else (something that Ellie ended up losing) was just amazing. I literally told myself at one point in the fight that if it tells me to fight more I won't hit the button - amazing that the story moved me from hating Abby to understanding her, feeling disbelief and sorrow at Ellie and her choices.

    I hope they continue the story, maybe this time continue with Abby to see what the Fireflies are capable of again and if Ellie deteriorates further into self destruction.

    My hat is off to you Naughty Dog - amazing work.    … Expand
  9. WalkingGoldfish
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    TLOU Part 2 is a very polished game with fantastic visuals and presentation. I was absolutely awed by all the little details and couldn't believe that it was running on my PS4 Slim.

    However, the game eventually gets to a point where it's story is terribly annoying to me, the player, that it is hard to treat it seriously even with how great the game looks and feel. As many know, the    TLOU Part 2 is a very polished game with fantastic visuals and presentation. I was absolutely awed by all the little details and couldn't believe that it was running on my PS4 Slim.

    However, the game eventually gets to a point where it's story is terribly annoying to me, the player, that it is hard to treat it seriously even with how great the game looks and feel.

    As many know, the game badly represents it's established characters. Players will question the actions of the characters and it is hard to believe that the same characters that the players knew will do what they do in Part 2.

    Some (including Druckmann himself) will try to argue that these characters are not out of character at all, and that the time skip to Part 2 has changed them. But it sounds like a pretty weak argument to me. The game does not attempt to show or hint you on the changes to any of these characters. Why should the players study into something not shown or hinted to them and speculate a reason that could never be confirmed (unless through a DLC) to justify a questionable action in the game?

    Not to mention that Druckmann eventually fires at the players for thinking that they understand the character more than him when they don't, which is such a cheap shot. If the character development was not shown in the game and the writer(s) has to clarify it during an interview, this is just a failure in storytelling on their part.

    Next big issue. You play as another character named Abby for almost half of the game. I really don't think this should be considered a spoiler since shes almost like a secondary protagonist. The general idea of playing as Abby is that the game wants you to like her as a character and sets you off on a journey similar to that of TLOU 1.

    The issue with this experience is that it feels extremely forced and there does not seem to be a clear direction with this. A good half of Abby's part is almost pointless to the overarching story that people are interested in, other than, look, she has friendly friends and do everyday people good things. The other half involves her going on a journey while caring for younger and vulnerable people like how Joel's relationship to Ellie in the first game.

    However, this journey was so poorly executed that it becomes apparent that the game is trying to get you to like her. In the first game, we understand that Joel has a hardened personality because of his daughter's death and his journey with Ellie helped him to break out of his shell and allowed him to accept and face his past. This is likely why we liked him, as we see him go through these development with Ellie, and it rarely feels like the game is trying to force us to like Joel.

    Abby's journey on the other hand feels meaningless. She is pretty much the same character before and after the journey. Her journey started on the premise that, "They saved me, so I have to save them", which doesn't say much about her character, she could have been like this the whole time. Eventually she continues to care for the younger character simply because they both has nowhere else to go.

    Asides from the poor execution of the journey. Abby also makes very questionable and unlikable decisions in the game. So it feels like the game wants you to like her, but at the same time, the writers don't seem to understand what is unlikable, or that they overestimated how players would have overlooked those actions.

    Overall, it really seems like something that was written on a whim with little care to the story details.    … Expand
  10. kevcore22
    Jun 29, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is overall a great game, and I agree with everyone who says that the story is not better than the original. The first game was more self contained and its story was told in a more cohesive way. That being said, Part 2 expands on everything, improves where it must, and delivers an amazing experience whether you agree or disagree with it's key points.

    Joel dying is not wrong. Him trusting strangers is not wrong based on the assumption that he's been re-educating himself to trust strangers that surround Jackson, welcome and shelter them is part of what the whole community is based upon.

    Abby's side of the story is compelling, but I agree with the fact that it might drag a little bit more than necessary. However, you grow to UNDERSTAND her side of the story, and the game doesn't ever force you to like her, the game knows that you know what she did and doesn't intend to dictate how you see her by the end of her section or the game itself. You can absolutely hate her by the end as well, and even if you do that, you're still within the spectrum intended by the storytellers.

    Ellie is great, and she's not mono-dimensional. At the beginning she really has lost purpose, because she knows that her immunity will not amount to anything because Joel took that away from her. The death of her only father figure gives her a new purpose, which is vengeance. However, the game shows you the path of vengeance, how little by little you can be consumed by anger and rage, and thirst for revenge. She's mostly angry at herself for not being able to set aside her disdain for Joel in time and have more time with him, angry for not being strong/smart enough to help him on his last moments. She then gets a second chance with Dina and JJ, and she's still hasn't broken the cycle of violence and vengeance, and feels that the only way to overcome those feelings is by killing the person who set these events in motion, ignoring that in the end, it was Joel himself who set them at the end of Part 1.

    The secondary characters offer development for Ellie and Abby, especially the latter, who we've never met. This is where most people have issues: feeling that spending time with Abby was unnecessary, or dragged; and while I mildly agree with the dragging part, I feel that it was needed for the story that we knew who Abby was and what her life was before and after Joel killed his father.

    At the end, whether you hate Abby or not, whether you agree with Ellie letting Abby and Lev go or not, Joel and Tommy appealing naive in front of Abby and her friends or not; you can't deny that the game told its story, and told it well for the most part. Even if you didn't even like the game to its core, the decisions made by the developers are justified, and they pay off by evoking conversation and emotion from the player.

    In the end, this game is a must play for everyone.    … Expand
  11. Asecondsense
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Played the first few hours with my brother then refunded the game at my local store. Glad I did cause the rest of the game is trash
  12. COTOR
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    One of the worst games of 2020
    Gameplay is bad as always, characters got worse In comparison with the first part.
    2/10 for animations.
  13. IDKnow
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    This game is a form of allowing the game industry to overexploit the employees. And even after al the misstreating of people the history of the game is inconcistance and out of character
  14. Alexrevi
    Jun 29, 2020
    8
    I really liked this game, and I'm not going to give my reasons because people are still stupid and didn't understand the end of the game and all the context that it has
  15. Tytoas
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    I waited so long for great story and great adventure and my expectations were very high after uncharted 4 and they gave my this.... i dont know if i trust them again
  16. Financedude
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    This unnecessarily complicated story felt more like a lecture rather than an epic journey. We all expected the latter given how great and relatable the story in the TLOU was. Instead we got a fractured narrative that ended up diluting a short 25 hours of gameplay between both a protagonist we thought we knew and an unknown antagonist that the writers forced us -unsuccessfully, to feelThis unnecessarily complicated story felt more like a lecture rather than an epic journey. We all expected the latter given how great and relatable the story in the TLOU was. Instead we got a fractured narrative that ended up diluting a short 25 hours of gameplay between both a protagonist we thought we knew and an unknown antagonist that the writers forced us -unsuccessfully, to feel sorry for. In the end, we got beautiful graphics and intense gameplay but there was not enough time nor believable circumstances to navigate the player towards who the real “hero” was in order to love, comprehend and, in the case of all tragedies, feel deeply sorry for.… Expand
  17. MarciaO94
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joel’s death is not the problem, everyone knew that was something’s about to happen, but no one was expecting Naughty dog was really going to make him look like an idiot. It doesnt make sense at all considerating him a clever and sceptical man in Part I. It was like “hey my name is joel and he’s Tommy, we live over there and my password is 1234”... really dissapointed... They could’ve written a better way to kill Joel using THE SAME shocking scene, but come on, just remember he even tried to killed ellie at part1 when he saw her arm and Tess pressed him to trust in that little girl... that joel was not the real one everyone played with...… Expand
  18. JessieSmith
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    Знаете, я 7 лет ждал эту игру. Специально купил под нее консоль, стоило поиграть 18 часов в "это" я понял что был унижен. Серьезно, чтоб ND проебались с сюжетом? Так и есть.
    Сюжет слаб, ничего не понятно, я не против бесполезных бойцов бесполезности, но проебать сюжет, слабо описать героев, обосрать наследие 13 года.Повествование рваное, никто ни на что не влияет, выбора нет. Так что ,    Знаете, я 7 лет ждал эту игру. Специально купил под нее консоль, стоило поиграть 18 часов в "это" я понял что был унижен. Серьезно, чтоб ND проебались с сюжетом? Так и есть.
    Сюжет слаб, ничего не понятно, я не против бесполезных бойцов бесполезности, но проебать сюжет, слабо описать героев, обосрать наследие 13 года.Повествование рваное, никто ни на что не влияет, выбора нет. Так что , за сюжет 0, за актерскую игру 1.5, и за графен 1.5
    В конечном итоге 3 обосравшихся Нила Дракмана из 10    … Expand
  19. ManuMyM
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    This game is absolutley amazing. I trully believe that all this hate is only “justified” by the ignorance of those who played it... they were so blinded by the desire of revenge, that they weren’t able too see the beautifull message about self-growth, redemption and forgiveness.
    Please, go and read Neil Druckmann’s letter before playing, and play with an open mind.
  20. root__
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    A stunning technical achievement and an absolute masterpiece of storytelling, this game will go down in history as one of the best pieces of media ever crafted.
  21. lapsha228
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    Ужаснейший сюжет. Как всего-лишь одна женщина, с нездоровым желанием контролировать умы других людей, способна уничтожить полюбившеюся миллионам людей игру?
  22. Orosag
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    ¡¡¡Me la pase increíble!!! Una experiencia muy disfrutable, gran gameplay, asombrosos gráficos, hermosa banda sonora, una historia emocionante y dolorosamente desgarradora.
  23. Anztor
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    Gran historia, aunque el final es un poco turbio y quedó a deber, la historia guía al jugador a adentrarse al juego
    La narrativa muy buena junto con una banda sonora adecuada y gráficos y jugabilidad excelente
  24. Gronkar
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    Was this the worst game I have ever played? No. Was this the worst RPG game I have played? Yes, by a lot. The gameplay itself was fine, great even. But, as this game is carried Heavily by the story elements, and because those elements were so trash, I HATED this game. There were a few moments I enjoyed it. The new characters were boring and uninteresting. Maybe because I was expecting partWas this the worst game I have ever played? No. Was this the worst RPG game I have played? Yes, by a lot. The gameplay itself was fine, great even. But, as this game is carried Heavily by the story elements, and because those elements were so trash, I HATED this game. There were a few moments I enjoyed it. The new characters were boring and uninteresting. Maybe because I was expecting part 2 to continue the story of the old characters. But more so... they are just unrelatable. This game was a mess since the first main character of death.

    if you want a zombie and bad guy shooter, go for it. But if you want a good RPG game, give this a hot pass.    … Expand
  25. quinhauser
    Jun 29, 2020
    9
    i feel a lot of the criticism seems to be very general and unfounded. i was disappointed to see review bombs at release. i personally loved the game, especially the story. Naughty Dog did a great job making the story larger than just Ellie and Joel, and showed that there are consequences to their actions.
  26. njraven
    Jun 29, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Take off that must play sign from game it is ridiculous
    Game story is terrible, best known game for its storytelling and it’s complete failure, they tried smth different turned out garbage, main character death is forced and done for shock value, ending is bad, for new playable character lack of sympathy, Ellie’s love story is not shown much, would be great if it was more, feels like lacking chemistry between her and Dina. Joel gone as a protector and Ellie growing up its missing last of us 1 formula, which was loved because of that by millions of people around the world, u sympathize characters and relationship development is beautifully done, this whole dynamic is lost here. I understand if main character has to go but like that, its BS, treated Joel like crap and it happens literally in first 2 hours of the game, so early and then u play after that 20 hours, wooow, forcing yourself playing as Joel’s killer Abby and trying to sympathize her, nobody cares. A great example how beloved character goes away is in Walking Dead season one, where Lee dies by the end of the game defending Clementine, thats a great way to go, but here its delivered stupidly for shock value and doesn’t make sense. Lot of inconsistencies Joel and Tommy being portrayed as dumb bricks giving there names and surrounding themselves with complete strangers locked in room, that would never happen, knowing from last of us 1 Joel having all those survival skills, he would never put himself in that kinda situation. Ellie’s vengeance road is what makes u play game but before ending which sucks, all characters u kill no back-story, completely forgettable, and story as a whole garbage, but hey what i know, to appreciate the game u need to have high iq to understand its themes and messages lol
    only good thing about the game is Joel and Ellie flashbacks, the graphics itself best Naughty Dog done, world around and improved gameplay elements.    … Expand
  27. soulwaxshibuya
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    I'll start this review out by saying I didn't enjoy the gameplay of The Last of Us 1 very much. Zombies are a very overused and drawn out horror trope and the first game didn't really do anything to make the gameplay stand out very much in terms of survival third person shooter games. The one thing that honestly carried the sub par experience in my opinion was the story. Unfortunately,I'll start this review out by saying I didn't enjoy the gameplay of The Last of Us 1 very much. Zombies are a very overused and drawn out horror trope and the first game didn't really do anything to make the gameplay stand out very much in terms of survival third person shooter games. The one thing that honestly carried the sub par experience in my opinion was the story. Unfortunately, this game drops the ball with both aspects. The gameplay isn't changed much aside from things that make it annoying, like human enemies having invincibility frames when they melee attack you and new zombie types that are uninspired and even more annoying to deal with than the normal zombies. The stealth gameplay is literally the same as it was in the first game except now stealth areas are in front of loading doors that make you do a prompt for 10 seconds or so to open a door that has some debris in the way or something. It's also a little too hard in my opinion, I don't consider myself to be particularly bad at stealth games, and I was playing the game on normal difficulty, but I kept finding myself getting discovered during almost every stealth section because of how densely packed the areas are with enemies. The gunplay is fine, and I didn't really mind it much but it's not anything special either. Every time a zombie section came around I audibly groaned because I loathed them so much. The zombies are not fun to fight in this game, especially because the clickers still one hit kill you, which I found to be annoying and cheap in the first game, and the others will grapple you which forces you to preform a quick time event to escape while your health steadily drains. I was really relying on the story to at least be somewhat close to the quality the original had, but to no avail. None of the newly introduced characters in this game are likable aside from Yara and Lev. Every other character essentially has 2 personality traits that they cling to like glue. Abby falls into this as well and essentially goes from very unlikable to somewhat unlikable throughout the course of the game. Decisions that previously established characters make in this game made me roll my eyes because they were so sudden and out of character. The game also tries its absolute hardest to make you feel bad for the actions you preform throughout the story but with such unlikable characters and them trying so very hard to make the player feel bad it just doesn't work out. I essentially enjoyed three sections of this game and that's about it. The rest was just a gray puddle of indifference in my mind. The graphics are really beautiful though, I guess I can give the developers that. This is a pretty game for sure. Overall though there's not very many things I can say I enjoyed about this game without getting into spoilers. Very disappointing sequel and I can see why so many people are upset with it.… Expand
  28. Heera89ssr
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    I don't think any game will make you feel so many emotions. I really enjoyed it, the gameplay was alot of fun. Play it for yourself then make a judgement.
  29. TM_Gzz
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    Una obra maestra

    Excelente en todo sus aspectos, transmite un sin fin de emociones, mas que recomendado.
  30. MissTopesto
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    Не слушайте людей, которые мешают сюжет с говном. Скорее всего эти люди ничего сложнее Звездных воин воспринять не могут. Это одна из самых изящно прописанных игр, тот случай, когда нарратив подается скорее не через историю, а через развитие персонажей (так же как и первая часть). И она идеально продолжает идеи первой части, продолжая осмысливать, что же такое человечность, в процессеНе слушайте людей, которые мешают сюжет с говном. Скорее всего эти люди ничего сложнее Звездных воин воспринять не могут. Это одна из самых изящно прописанных игр, тот случай, когда нарратив подается скорее не через историю, а через развитие персонажей (так же как и первая часть). И она идеально продолжает идеи первой части, продолжая осмысливать, что же такое человечность, в процессе выворачивая это понятие наизнанку. Эмоционально это такие американские горки, да, есть провисания (даже обвалы по динамике) в середине игры, есть очень спорные моменты.. после прохождения я была в растерянности, не понимая что я чувствую вообще относительно игры в целом и финала в частности. Но вот прошло несколько дней с тех пор, как я ее прошла, в голове наконец-то все сложилось и... ну это шедевр, че… Expand
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  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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