The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 161975 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. tadmeister69
    Jun 28, 2020
    5
    2 days after finishing this game I'm still unsure if I wish I'd avoided this or not. I both liked and despised this game. For anyone who deeply enjoyed the first game and thought it ended at a logical end point, I would highly advise you not to play this game.

    The Last of Us 2 is dark, depressing and deeply upsetting, and goes out of it's way to take everything ...EVERYTHING... from    2 days after finishing this game I'm still unsure if I wish I'd avoided this or not. I both liked and despised this game. For anyone who deeply enjoyed the first game and thought it ended at a logical end point, I would highly advise you not to play this game.

    The Last of Us 2 is dark, depressing and deeply upsetting, and goes out of it's way to take everything ...EVERYTHING... from characters you care dearly about. This is done with little/no care or respect for the characters; some huge events are rushed, others are not but the game delights in having you play through their suffering for too long. If you care about Joel/Ellie after playing the first one, you will not enjoy this game. It will stay with you long after the credits have rolled. In that respect, the director has likely achieved what they set out to do, and some kudos has to be given for making a story that - at least in parts - is impactful. The impact, as well as the graphics, sound and music (which are all top notch) are the reasons this score is as high as it is. However the cost of the events of it's story, the treatment of it's characters, and where they are left by the end is too great. The events of this game and the conclusion cast a shadow not only over the experience of this game, but over the first, making it also feel tarnished by the experience, knowing what events follow.

    The first game was interspersed with poignant moments that shed light in it's darkness (such as the Giraffe scene), but these moments are all lacking from this game, save for 1 or 2 bittersweet flash-back scenes. Aside from it's treatment of the characters this is it's biggest downfall, in that it appears to have lost the soul of the first game.

    While I've played the first game 3 times and enjoyed each play-through just as much, I will not be playing this game a second time. Once is enough, or possibly too much.    … Expand
  2. Falli
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This game broke me. SO MANY EMOTIONS! Truly a masterpiece, at least from what I felt playing this game. It’s so sad that there are so many negative reviews, but I do understand how it got a lot of fans mad. I could go with a more detailed review about this game and include spoilers, but my English is very poor and I don’t want to confuse anyone. Even if you don’t like this game because ofThis game broke me. SO MANY EMOTIONS! Truly a masterpiece, at least from what I felt playing this game. It’s so sad that there are so many negative reviews, but I do understand how it got a lot of fans mad. I could go with a more detailed review about this game and include spoilers, but my English is very poor and I don’t want to confuse anyone. Even if you don’t like this game because of a lot of negative opinions, please play it before giving it bad reviews. After playing it, I had to just shut up and think about everything for about 2 days. It gave me a feeling I never felt before playing something.… Expand
  3. skarlet
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    One step foward, 2 step back =)) poor story, poor gameplay, the only thing better is graphic
  4. alexdlaird
    Jun 28, 2020
    9
    A fitting sequel to a generational masterpiece that lives up to expectations.
  5. Pledezma199
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Juego hermoso de gráficos brutales y una historia que deja atónito. Fuimos engañados Joel siempre fue el malo por sus fines egoístas… Expand
  6. Carlosmarz
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    I just can't understand how many dumb people there are among this community, in order to give this game such bad rating, I loved the game, an amazing story. I guess these bunch of **** nerds expect all games to be lasers and robots. I don't regret having bought this game. Totally worth it if you haven't played yet do not hesitate, just buy it it is a masterpiece.
  7. higurashika
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    Dull game. Too long and boring, with stupid scenario and characters. Bad game design, no stealth (you use stealth for kills, no for invisible play style). The new mob, who was hidden like "spoiler" - is a fat boring piece of **** To kill it you have to shoot, shoot, and shoot, and shoot... so interesting! Bad game for ppl with no taste,
  8. ryancheung2001
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Fake trailer, fake review, Part 1 was a great game. Stupid plot, do not waste your money to buy this game
  9. vanni_c
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    As inevitable as it is, creating expectations and feelings toward things that we like and anticipate will (mostly) always be a part of the experience. With The Last Of Us Part II was no different, not for me or anyone else. For me, as i heard someone else saying on Youtube, it was not only an experience, but also a lifechanging event. As a fan of the franchise, I'm destroyed by theAs inevitable as it is, creating expectations and feelings toward things that we like and anticipate will (mostly) always be a part of the experience. With The Last Of Us Part II was no different, not for me or anyone else. For me, as i heard someone else saying on Youtube, it was not only an experience, but also a lifechanging event. As a fan of the franchise, I'm destroyed by the gruesome, hard, heartbreaking, true to itself storytelling. Every single chapter of the game was a necessary and pleaseable (in some weird way sometimes, got be honest). The mechanics, the script, the delivery of every single line was on point, and when I say on point I mean pure perfect understanding the possibilities and the story beeing told . Saying that, makes me completely saddened to see the mostly irrational backlash that the game and the creators are receiving, I believe a lot of that comes from a place of prejudice (like homophobia), and because of that I am truly grateful for the creators for beeing bold enough to do a realistic and inclusive and necessary game. As a female gamer, makes me enormously satisfied to see true representations of female characters and bodies, to see true wlw relationships beeing portrayed. So, for all of that and a lot that is not being told here, thank you. I wish I could express everything that I felt while playing it: the pain, the laugh, the tears, the fear, the love and another countless feelings that made me realised that this franchised has become one of my favorites of all time and this game occupying a special place in my heart.
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    (forgive me for any misspelling, english is not my first language but I needed to try to express what this game made me feel).    … Expand
  10. SPOCKET57
    Jun 28, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i love the gameplay and the graphics but story just wow wtf i am shock and soo sad of the ending but i respect what they did new but it didn’t work well at all… Expand
  11. Cotbin
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Best storygame in the videogame history, i will The Last of Us Part lll for Ps5 and Ps6!!
  12. David02
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a great game with great graphics and gameplay. The story describes the true nature of people in the post-apocalyptic world… Expand
  13. Okammy
    Jun 28, 2020
    5
    I did not expect The Last of Us 2 at all, I found that the 1 was enough by itself. We were shown a story that ends on a lie, with characters having a real identity and not being frankly the good guys .... But TLOU2 arrived and I had no prejudices before playing it. But after finishing it, I honestly wonder how this game got such high scores everywhere. Obviously there is good things : theI did not expect The Last of Us 2 at all, I found that the 1 was enough by itself. We were shown a story that ends on a lie, with characters having a real identity and not being frankly the good guys .... But TLOU2 arrived and I had no prejudices before playing it. But after finishing it, I honestly wonder how this game got such high scores everywhere. Obviously there is good things : the sound-design is very good, there are good atmospheres. The level-design is pretty good, and the gameplay, although a bit dated, does the job. The bestiary is also more varied. But, in my opinion, the story had no place to be, especially in view of the ending (but this point is quite subjective). Then, the rhythm of the game is atrocious, we are swung from flash back to flash back and we find ourselves frolicking for hours without anything happening. Many scenes were really unnecessary, even to just "make it truer". The craft system has not been improved and good ideas from the 1 have been removed (the knives limited to kill the infected). I really struggled to get to the end of the game since we are forced to follow someone uninteresting for hours and what's more, we do absolutely everything to make us love this person, it becomes ridiculous. To finish, the end of the game is risky but ineffective. The moral of the story has been seen and reviewed, and I find that in addition to that, it was not executed with flying colors, it is even the opposite. Too bad, TLOU2 had potential, despite positive it absolutely does not deserve so much high scores and it is by no means a masterpiece. The press should wake up and stop scoring games perfectly with so many negative points. Free to everyone called a masterpiece what he likes, but you have to be a minimum objective in the tests and stop distributing the perfect score to everything.… Expand
  14. Easygoin
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    The only award it should receive is being the most “disappointing game of the century”
  15. dstammel
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    This is a masterpiece. Ignore the incel trolls.
    If you liked the first one you will like this one. I'm not finished yet but it's already a 10/10 and has joined my top 5 favorite games of all time.
  16. javicc0699
    Jun 28, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Underrated story. It shows what a realistic point of view in this post apocalypse worlds is.… Expand
  17. IIIIIIQIIIIII
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Game is a breakthrough in writing and character development. Ignore the haters. If you’re a racist or a misogynist play call of duty again or some other game where you can scream your hatred out to 8 yr olds in multiplayer. Any review less than a 6 is silly
  18. JVala91
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This review is for you who do not know whether to buy it, I have seen comments stating that it is a terrible story, without foundations of who wrote that review, you should not believe anyone, this is a game that you must experience yourselves, personally it has left me a lot of emotions, the technical level it reaches is impressive, on top of the graphics, gameplay and many other areas, aThis review is for you who do not know whether to buy it, I have seen comments stating that it is a terrible story, without foundations of who wrote that review, you should not believe anyone, this is a game that you must experience yourselves, personally it has left me a lot of emotions, the technical level it reaches is impressive, on top of the graphics, gameplay and many other areas, a different game in many ways, who dared to create more serious and unique content so far, you believe that after having a success like the first part, would you risk giving us something meaningless? What 7 years of elaboration just so that we did not like it? Of course not, those are ill-intentioned comments, I consider that it is one of the best games in history, I would say that the best but I want to be neutral, there will be people who do not like it so much due to the topics they touch and why they want everything It is perfect as in cheap novels, this is a game that wants to show another perspective, it will leave you an opinion and it will surely be very different from each person who plays it, I wish that many more games are like this, that they play with the player and create that feeling of playing with your emotions, I regularly do not give reviews even if I like games, but I felt the need to tell you my experience, I am sure it will be game of the year, in addition to practically dismissing this generation with a masterpiece, the important thing is that you in the end you will enjoy this game and want to share what you felt, just play and enjoy.… Expand
  19. ThornhillCon
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Ironically, I had low expectations compared to most for this game due to the number of people online telling me how much I will hate it (especially as such a huge fan of the first). Due to this, I believe this certainly aided me to be quite shocked at how much I enjoyed the narrative of this very controversial title. Truthfully, I just can't say I agree with many of the popular critiquesIronically, I had low expectations compared to most for this game due to the number of people online telling me how much I will hate it (especially as such a huge fan of the first). Due to this, I believe this certainly aided me to be quite shocked at how much I enjoyed the narrative of this very controversial title. Truthfully, I just can't say I agree with many of the popular critiques of the narrative (except a few plot holes) which is why I am rating it a 9/10. Firstly, the gameplay (including graphics, lighting, level design, and sound design) is amazing; especially that it can run so well on a base PS4. In my opinion, the gameplay alone should discredit most 0/10's. Secondly, the performances are incredible once again; even though some may struggle relating to some new characters, the individual performances are still amazing almost across the board. One scene that stands out for this is at the beginning of the game in the cabin; if you played it you know what I'm referring too. Finally, the narrative itself while having made some very interesting decisions, executes these decisions extremely well in my opinion. This game is not trying to capture the same magic of the first, but instead, create a new storyline which was an extremely risky move that I respect greatly. Most decisions of this game have an answer, it really just depends if the player is willing to be open or not to the story. The ending especially is one that I really confused about how so many hate it, as it truly is one of the redeeming moments of Ellie in a story filled with so much sadness. "Well, she did all of this for nothing"... exactly, revenge never truly fulfills and always amounts to nothing. In my opinion, though, this game says much more than "revenge is bad", but, that is all up for interpretation to the player with its very open-ended conclusion. Simply, I liked this game, against all odds this game was almost a masterpiece.… Expand
  20. HCook
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Firstly I would say that people are confusing a game with a story they didn't like with a game that is trash. Yes this story wasn't what alot of people where expecting but that in no way makes it bad. Naughty Dog told the story they wanted to tell and for me it was an absolute privilege to play through it. The most important thing to me about a games story is that it has to make me feel something and I can safely say this game succeed in that. I was looking forward to seeing the progression of Ellie and Joels relationship so when Joel died I was deeply saddened... But thats a good thing and made the moments you spend with Joel in the game even more heartbreaking and I loved it and by the end of the game I was deeply satisfied by the progression of their relationship. This game isn't afraid to make you feel sad and for some gamers that isn't what they want out of a game but as a filmaker I adore this level of storytelling. I really can't find the words for how much I enjoyed the story, all aspects of it, the quiet moments between Ellie and Tommy, the guitar playing with Dina etc. Such a beautiful story that I imagine took a herculean effort from everyone at naughty dog to make. The voice acting and mocap where stunning, the soundtrack is gorgeous, graphically the game boggles my mind with how good it is. I will admit that for the first maybe 20mins playing as Abby I was unsure about how I felt but she quickly grew on me and was a fantastic addition to the game as she is a beautifully flawed character questioning her morals and her and Ellies collision is beautiful once you know what they both took from eachother.

    I really love this game. Just because it isn't the story some people wanted doesn't make it a bad story/game and I find myself getting frustrated with peoples criticisms. For me this game took around 30+ hours to complete and for everyone negative review that was posted on day of release I find it really hard to believe that all of those people completed the game in less than 24 hours. The review bombing is immature and paints a distorted picture of how good this game is.

    Dine and Eliies relationship was perfect, they complement eachother so well and in the absence of Joel I was more than happy exploring with Dina. And as Abby getting to play alonside her friends was also a blast. Again I love that this game made me feel emotions and it isn't a bad thing because of it. If people want to play a story that isn't complex and challenging to comprehend emotionally then thats fine but you can't bomb the game in response.

    I love every aspect of this game and cannot wait to replay it (thanks btw for having new game+). This game made me feel sad, angry, frustrated, happy etc and its truly beautiful and is my game of the year without a doubt. Everyone at NaughtyDog I thank you all for this masterclass in storytelling and gaming, you have once again raised the bar so good luck with your next project :).    … Expand
  21. BURKEX
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am shocked by all the angry reviewers giving this game a 0/10. I personally thought that this game was a masterpiece. The graphics were the best that I’ve ever experienced on a console. The smallest details of the scenery were amazing. The weather, sound, scenery and atmosphere were fantastic. And there were scenes that made you jump out of your seat. I thought that the game was so great that I didn’t want the game to end I wanted to play the story forever. I for one liked the story because it showed revenge from both sides. I also showed how people who only care about revenge Ruin the lives of so many others. At the end, Ellie has a baby with Dina and a perfect house/life and a nice life but she gives it all up for revenge. When she returns to her house it is empty, just like her. I also avoided all spoilers so Joel’s death was a shocker to me. It made me think of Ned Starks death on Game of Thrones. Then to later have Ellie be a boss for Abby was mind blowing. Then by the end of the game I didn’t want to kill Abby because I understood her pain as well. In my book Naughty Dog made another masterpiece and they continue to be hands down my favorite video game developer. I can’t wait to play their next game.… Expand
  22. Olimex
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    The gameplay is like the first game but a little tweaked. Nothing to brag about. The graphic are upgraded ofcourse. The last thing is the story which is already known, it is horrible. I do not understand why others ideals and politics has to be shoved down our throats.
  23. Brickzz
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horrible, Literally sumed up as sjw garbage. Quick run through, manly looking girl kills straight white male, lesbian goes for revenge, manly girl finds friendship in trans boy(girl to boy), then another straight male gets killed, another straight white male left unable to fight. Unable to decide if team lesbian or team trans should win, they decide we will take away the lesbians ability to do 2 in the goo 1 in the poo and let them all live because LGBTQ agenda plot armor. This game literally had some good parts but the clear female empowerment agenda is in this game. All men are jerks and bigots, and woman are the best. The 1st game was a masterpiece, this game just takes a load all over it. And no, no one wanted to play as the person that killed their main character from the last game, that is such a stupid idea. I get they wanted us as an audience to see the enemies point of view, but I'm sorry, I don't want to hurt or chase after the people I grew to love in the first game. Soooo, thanks for that... however, I did enjoy the idea of what happens when you become consumed in revenge you will end up with nothing. As Ellie, Literally lost everything, and was unable to have her closure with Joel because of Abby, but she had her chance, didn't take her revenge (because plot armor) that costed her to lose everything. So leaves the question, what's the bloody point of this game?… Expand
  24. Osirisslee
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    People were dumb to give this game a bad rating. Definitely worth buying or renting.
  25. BetelgeuseRe
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    esta mejor echo q mi vida
    gran jugabilidad
    graficos q no parecen de ps4
    excelente
  26. Lucianobgama
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    the game was used with political activism. killed the original story of the first the last of us
  27. stefans19
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    I get why people are upset, but I also feel that a lot of people are overlooking this games true meaning and message. Personally I loved it
  28. Brishi
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    The gameplay .. the mechanics.. the graphics.. damn !
    Naughty dogs at their best.. A gorgeous and intense game!
    Ignore the haters.. they haven't even played it
  29. Freddykost1
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This game makes me look at the world and people differently. I am waiting for part 3 without discussion
  30. Spainstrong
    Jun 28, 2020
    4
    El primero me gustó muchísimo este NO. Se han cargado un buen videojuego aaadios!
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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93

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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