The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. Lelols
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a joke compared to the first, kill all beloved characters, leave us with garbage, and dont forget the troll director already say that fans will not like.. wat?… Expand
  2. bender1991
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    What a disappointment, i'm not even trying to consider to play it again

    sucks!
  3. SlickReed
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After playing the first Last Of Us I had high hopes for a good story. The story I played was terrible and disrespectful to the original characters,If you have to dumb down characters in order to get rid of them for something new, is it worth it?… Expand
  4. illegalmonkey
    Jul 11, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I feel like people who played this just couldn't get over the fact Abby killed Joel. I never liked that Joel chose Ellie over the human race so I totally understood Abby's rage but she kept it in check and just killed the guy she wanted to kill. Ellie on the other hand went after anyone and everyone. IMO Ellie was the most bloodthirsty character in the game. My wife and I really liked the story. It was gut wrenching at almost every turn but we got the motivations behind both Ellie and Abby.

    I think Abby's story line was lost on many just because they couldn't get over what she did which, if you ask me, plays right into NaughtyDogs theme. Rather than growing to understand someone and learning to forgive(Ellie even says she understands why Abby did it) some players feel they cannot and just let the cycle of hate fester on within themselves. I for one think people gave this game an unfair chance. It was quite unique from anything I've played in a long time. While it was extremely brutal and gut wrenching at times I think they did their job well. 9 outta 10 from me.    … Expand
  5. Jubei
    Aug 7, 2020
    9
    Gamer friends, I don't understand the hatred that this game has suffered, the developers have worked hard on this work. The story is the main asset of the game along with the art direction. I can understand that the end of the story disappoints some people, but the game is for me the future game of the year 2020
  6. MattchewHawk
    Sep 5, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So I have finished the entirety of the game now, and had a day to digest the story, so this isn't a knee jerk review.

    Firstly, I'd like to start by saying that the first Last of Us game, is quite literally the only game I would ever give a perfect and full 10/10 score to. Anything else is just edging a 10, where as that game filled the 10 to almost being an 11. So I was clearly counting down the days to the sequel, quite literally in fact for the week leading up to it's release. I'd avoided the leaks, didn't read articles and only watched a few of the trailers. I knew without a doubt I would love this game, it was a done deal, even before playing it. Then 2 hours into the game, that was no longer the case.
    Don't get me wrong the visuals, sound and atmosphere of the game, the controls, animations, everything is complete perfection......that is, except for the story, the characters, and the writing. The very thing that made the first game such a huge, emotional, perfect experience. It's just not here, the story of part 2 plays out more like a bad fan fiction than a realistic depiction of anything the characters would do. Its not just badly done, it's truly awful, and the only reason this game gets a score of 4 is due to the gameplay, visuals and audio. I quite honestly can't believe I'm giving this game such a low score. I can't comprehend how they got it all so very wrong.
    This isn't even a review bomb, this is my genuin score after putting around 50 hours into the game. I explored every building, every dialogue prompt, every room, every draw, trying to experience everything possible that I could, but none of that can make up for the story. THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THEY HAD TO GET RIGHT!

    Graphicly it's almost unbelievable to thing it's running on a PS4, it looks like a late stage PS5 game, no exageration. It's like watching a movie as it's so realistic, the lighting is astounding, the textures are so sharpe and real looking, especially on the PS4 Pro. and then there is the audio, man, the audio is like nothing I've heard before. It's better than movie quality as there is more clarity, it's like getting a speaker upgrade, every little crack of twigs, shuffle of feet on muddy ground, the wind in the trees, and the clickers! well, they somehow sound so much more terrifying than in the first game. Gunshots are improved too, you feel like a gun is going off in the room with you, the loud punchy bang, the whiz of shots flying around you, the music adding so much atmosphere, elevating your heart, it's amazing, genuinely.......But the entire story, characters all acting differently than they did in the first game, what feels like forced diversity just jammed in there, and I have no idea with diversity, I actually welcome it, but this feels like it's been forced into the story for the sake of it. Story beats with no reason being patched in to cover up other plot holes. the whole thing is such a mess. They could have done so much more with it. Naughty dog, Rockstar Games and CD Projekt Red, where my 3 most trusted game companies, after playing Uncharted 4, I fully trusted them with this, so much so that I made only my second Pre order ever, my first being Red Dead 2.

    Right now I'm grieving for the loss of a great company, I don't see them recovering from this. Im grieving for all the characters of this world, both the ones who dies and the ones who lived. The only character I wanted to die, actually survived!
    I'd go as far as saying that this almost makes the first game pointless (a game I might add, I've played though 10 times at least) to the point that I might never play it again.

    I pray that Naughty Dog right this wrong with a patch, change certain things, they could recover this, but corporate greed will more likely mean that this will be written off as a fail and dropped for good.

    This is now my biggest gaming regret, and will be the last game I ever pre order.

    The deception of replacing Joel into sections where it was actually Jesse, and making it seem like you'd play as Joel and Ellie in the main story, that's poor form from Naughty Dog, We have been miss sold to, and I will be requesting a refund due to being deceived in the marketing material.    … Expand
  7. DonkeyKong3
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I have not finished it yet but I am not really enjoying the story anymore as it is simply too far away from my personal reality which means: I simply can't relate and don't even want to. Providing a basis for a very questionable woke ideology seems more important than good story-telling. So: Was it really necessary? Holy **** . Thank you Naughtydog for this piece of garbage.
  8. katyperryasg
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    it is laughable decreasing quality than the first one. where is 7 years gone?
  9. drmarquez
    Jul 8, 2020
    5
    Que decepção! Imaginem aguardar um game por 7 anos por se basear em uma premissa e comportamento dos personagens do jogo anterior e ver que sua espera foi infrutífera, sim o jogo é ruim. Não que o jogo tecnicamente não seja excelente, a jogabilidade, os gráficos e sons, a violência e música são o que eu esperava. Porém, todos os bons pontos se dissipam em um mar de péssimo enredo, não digoQue decepção! Imaginem aguardar um game por 7 anos por se basear em uma premissa e comportamento dos personagens do jogo anterior e ver que sua espera foi infrutífera, sim o jogo é ruim. Não que o jogo tecnicamente não seja excelente, a jogabilidade, os gráficos e sons, a violência e música são o que eu esperava. Porém, todos os bons pontos se dissipam em um mar de péssimo enredo, não digo isso por questões de sexualidade e inclusão, mas sim pela história repleta de falhas, comportamentos incondizentes e bizarros, é a sensação de estar vendo uma série barata de televisão. É uma tristeza ver uma sequência que não deveria se intitular parte 2. Que decepção!… Expand
  10. Amakyusa
    Jul 14, 2020
    2
    It's sad videogame media has gone the ideological direction to promote a game that clearly doesn't deserve these absurdly high scores. It is bland, simply put. They focused in use it as a piece of propaganda so much they forgot about the aspects of what makes a good game.
  11. excellins
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Graphics was okay.. gameplay wasn't bad. Story was very poor and this is the major factor in gaming. Also can they stop pushing agendas in gaming? This should be plain and fun, dont force your stupid ideas on people.
  12. matt328
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    Graphics: +9
    Music: +7
    Story: -9
    Gameplay: -3
    Politics, agendas, paid reviews, censorship, copyright strikes, no refunds, Anita S., etc.: -3
    TOTAL: 1

    Don't buy it, stay away from this abomination.
  13. Rsb20
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am big fan for the last of us 1 but part 2 it is big shame make me sick doesn't deserve to buy the game also Neil have mentality issue and he but it in the game also the story all about lesbein… Expand
  14. LegendaryGamer7
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Sony PlayStation is just a shell of its past self goner the days of fun linear story driven single player games with great writing and characters and no politics.
  15. Nukern
    Jul 25, 2020
    0
    Лезбофемская игра. В игру запихнули почти все секс меньшинства.
  16. Imanmsh
    Jul 5, 2020
    6
    The last of us part 2 is a good game with breaking all the rules. It is not a bad thing in fact its good that a big company let that happen. But in that case we need a very very good ending which sadly this game didn't have.
    When I ended the last of us 1 I bended for that game and the last of us 1 was a masterpiece for me.
    But in the end of the last of us part 2 only thing what I did was    The last of us part 2 is a good game with breaking all the rules. It is not a bad thing in fact its good that a big company let that happen. But in that case we need a very very good ending which sadly this game didn't have.
    When I ended the last of us 1 I bended for that game and the last of us 1 was a masterpiece for me.
    But in the end of the last of us part 2 only thing what I did was to be silent
    I didn't know what should l say about this game because the game wasn't bad at all its a good game and by the way it wasn't a masterpiece and the end of the game disappointed me
    If you don't care about what the last of us 1 was you should play this game but if you really loved part 1 l thing its better you don't play part 2
    Last but not least I want to say if the last of us 1 didn't exist this game didn't sell 4 million dollars    … Expand
  17. kyleparsons9
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    i was very sceptical of the direction they were pushing this sequel in. However once again naughty dog have pulled off the impossible and made their most emotionally engaging, and technically impressive and biggest game to date. The nuance of mechanics, graphics, audio, creative direction is like nothing I have seen in video game before and you can practically play this game as smoothly asi was very sceptical of the direction they were pushing this sequel in. However once again naughty dog have pulled off the impossible and made their most emotionally engaging, and technically impressive and biggest game to date. The nuance of mechanics, graphics, audio, creative direction is like nothing I have seen in video game before and you can practically play this game as smoothly as a movie. It truly feels like a next generation title. The story is complex (much more so than the original which may surprise most) and difficult which i don't mean to sound as if its a bad thing because it's not. But it's where this games back lash has come from. The last of us 2's story is a true gritty piece of art teeming with dark beauty and harrowing pain. Play it with an open mind, and do not let your personal views cloud the experience of this game. Naughty dog are not trying to push a feminist agenda like the community is making them out to be. This has been blown out of proportion and echo chambered through the community in times of unprecedented social and political tension.… Expand
  18. thusworldunknow
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Terrible story it is, Joel and Ellie are dead and sex scene quite not good, quite double standard for Sony censored other Japanese games on non-nudity bikini while their exclusive get free pass
  19. LegendDoom
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    beautiful Graphics, face animations, nice synchronization, intereseting storty and plot decisions, cool gameplay. I cant rate the studio and their bad decisions or the spoiler reveals, only the game. Just play the game and make your own opinion on this game.
  20. irtehwin
    Jul 2, 2020
    6
    "I've never seen a worse story more poorly written"
    -Spoony

    Graphics, gameplay and sound were too notch though

    Special mention to the enemy AI being the best thing since the original F.E.A.R.
  21. karsil
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    Прошел, и уже второй раз прохожу на макс сложности. Игра для меня просто самая лучшая ) Лучше rdr2. По всем аспектам выше на голову любых игр. Игра просто ушла вперед лет на 5. И могу сказать насчет офигенного графона. У меня есть печка 2080ti и oled 4k телик, а такую графику как в lou2 я на pc видел, наверное, только в одной игре. И вся эта графа рендерится на видюхе уровня gtx 970. ЧтоПрошел, и уже второй раз прохожу на макс сложности. Игра для меня просто самая лучшая ) Лучше rdr2. По всем аспектам выше на голову любых игр. Игра просто ушла вперед лет на 5. И могу сказать насчет офигенного графона. У меня есть печка 2080ti и oled 4k телик, а такую графику как в lou2 я на pc видел, наверное, только в одной игре. И вся эта графа рендерится на видюхе уровня gtx 970. Что же будет на ps5. Мой поклон догам ) И касаемо сюжета. Сюжет - просто офигительный. Я не ожидал, и меня дико понравилась параллельная структура сюжета, хорошо прописанные персонажи. Получил кучу эмоций от игры. Так что 10 из 10, для меня это лучшая игра… Expand
  22. Sandwich_Devi
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    The first part of "The Last of Us" was a medium quality game. The gameplay was unremarkable, and the plot 50% consisted of cliches, 49% of ideas from other works (books, movies, etc.), clumsily copied and 1% of the original ideas. As a result, the first part of “The Last of Us” is a 6/10 game. About the second part, you can say simply. This is a good techno-demo of PS4 and probably PS5The first part of "The Last of Us" was a medium quality game. The gameplay was unremarkable, and the plot 50% consisted of cliches, 49% of ideas from other works (books, movies, etc.), clumsily copied and 1% of the original ideas. As a result, the first part of “The Last of Us” is a 6/10 game. About the second part, you can say simply. This is a good techno-demo of PS4 and probably PS5 capabilities, but you can only call it a game when I'm drunk. “The Last of Us 2” is a game as much as “Tommy Wiseau's Room” is a film. The gameplay at the level of the first part, not some revelations or conceptually new ideas in it. The plot is not so simple. As it was written earlier, the plot of the first part is a mishmash of cliches, stamps and “stolen” ideas, and it would be better if the plot of the second part was the same. What the plot turned into is hard to say without the use of obscene curses. And we are not talking about those things on which the Internet raged for at least half a year. My entryway neighbor is a representative of the LGBT community, by the way I played the second part in her apartment, because I don’t have a PS4, but she has one. And even she, watching my play, during the cut-scenes, sat with the expression of Jackie Chan from that meme. As a result, for me personally, the process of the game “The Last of Us part 2” was similar to the process of eating a lean sandwich. Outwardly, it looks beautiful (graphics), it tastes tasteless (gameplay) and at the same time, in between biting off another piece, they poke a sharp stick in your stomach (plot). You can eat, but diarrhea is guaranteed in 75% of cases. 3/10!… Expand
  23. unsunghero14
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This game had so much potential but it all went the down drain when Neil Druckmann pushed his ideologies in a game. Story is so bad like it was from a fanfiction, Character Development doesn't improve and Character interactions are bland at best. There are also questionable scenes that should not even be allowed in a game. Gameplay isn't even revolutionary it's just your standard actionThis game had so much potential but it all went the down drain when Neil Druckmann pushed his ideologies in a game. Story is so bad like it was from a fanfiction, Character Development doesn't improve and Character interactions are bland at best. There are also questionable scenes that should not even be allowed in a game. Gameplay isn't even revolutionary it's just your standard action game.

    The only redeeming quality of this game is it's graphics and that's it.

    This game is an insult to the first game and not a worthy sequel. Word of advice save your money for other games.    … Expand
  24. Tlou
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The writing is crap. The narrative is trash. Do not buy ! I repeat do not buy
  25. Degena
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    The story is just awful compared to the first one. The development of the previous characters does an 180°.
    You would think Ellie and Joel are completely different people, taking decisions the they wouldn't do in the first
    game. The game is no longer about zombies but social justice and honestly the way Joel died in the game is so absurd. Abby his written in a way that makes me hate her    The story is just awful compared to the first one. The development of the previous characters does an 180°.
    You would think Ellie and Joel are completely different people, taking decisions the they wouldn't do in the first
    game. The game is no longer about zombies but social justice and honestly the way Joel died in the game is so absurd. Abby his written in a way that makes me hate her and the self inserted game director in the game is just cringy.The game simply isn't fun. For me this game doesn't exist and the first one ended perfectly.    … Expand
  26. Suppik
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Критики подсасывают разрабам, больше 5-6 эта игра не заслуживает и шедевром точно не является. Графика не очень, стелс тоже. Консоль пыхтит как сучара.
  27. geigrum
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    To quote a great man in a red shirt, "is this an out of season April Fool's joke?"
  28. prowo
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Doing everything possible to make your game "woke" does not change the fact that the plot is a giant dumpster fire. It opposes everything the first game was about and tricks people with IQs under 7 into thinking it's emotional through monotone, boring conversations, and GUITARS because we need to resort to that to make people care about the 20th killed character. Cause, you know, they'veDoing everything possible to make your game "woke" does not change the fact that the plot is a giant dumpster fire. It opposes everything the first game was about and tricks people with IQs under 7 into thinking it's emotional through monotone, boring conversations, and GUITARS because we need to resort to that to make people care about the 20th killed character. Cause, you know, they've already been desensitized to characters dying by the many previous pointless, 'shocking' deaths of characters who have no prominent traits other than being LGBT. "Subverting expectations" is **** not good storytelling. It's a shame good acting and graphics had to be wasted on this.… Expand
  29. Markarich
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Надеюсь разработчики поймут что это индустрия не для феменизма.
  30. Thefiresidecat
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The story lets us all down. this is a game that hits you over the head with their own very narrow world view as some kind of absolute when its really just sophomoric pablum.

    we loved the first game for the story, for the characters. they were flawed but we could relate. in many ways they were the everyman/woman. whether or not you agreed with the choice at the end (I did agree. the    The story lets us all down. this is a game that hits you over the head with their own very narrow world view as some kind of absolute when its really just sophomoric pablum.

    we loved the first game for the story, for the characters. they were flawed but we could relate. in many ways they were the everyman/woman. whether or not you agreed with the choice at the end (I did agree. the odds of them just killing her and getting nothing from it were far higher than any chance of success. the corona virus is a far less complex thing and they have currently trained scientists in many top labs over the country struggling with it.. and somehow this game wants you to believe you did wrong rescuing her when all they had were a few washed up surgeons and a dirty dilapitated hospital to work with? they were never going to win that. but that sets in motion this new game where apparently they were so bad and so tainted by that choice that they deserved to be hunted down and killed and they're so bad you don't even get to play as them for the most of the game. yeah that doesn't fly with me. I don't need stuff rubbed in my face. I don't need to be told i'm bad and the things I like are bad. I want a good game play experience with a solid GOOD story. this is just not it. this is shock value for the sake of it really and the big moral code that this dev thinks he has isn't all that. middle aged edgelord is edgy. we get it. what a bore.

    to the higher ups at sony and naughty dog studios. Fire Druckmann. he isn't capable. go beg and plead with Amy Hennig to come back. you owe your success to that woman. You are bad and you should feel bad for letting Druckmann soil such good property. (do you like How I just summarized the game as it is and turned it against naughty dog?)    … Expand
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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Metascore
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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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