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. Alvaritoterreos
    Jun 28, 2020
    3
    The graphics are neat! That's it. There's nothing else that good.
    And the graphics are a 10, but this game is a story game, and the story sucks ass.
  2. ckabatt
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    This game gets a 1 for its graphical achievement but thats it. The story was convoluted, unsatisfying, and unresolving. The mistreatment of beloved characters to fit this unfinished and half baked narrative is absolutely ridiculous. The villian of this story wins and i wouldn't mind if you didn't spend the entire first game making me love the protagonists. Very unsatisfied.
  3. Annariri101
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us Part 2 is a game I struggled through, yet savoured every moment of. It's a graphical marvel with slick game-play to boot, but the story is something I will never forget due to the pain it caused and the traumatic journey it took me on. This game to me was a masterpiece, which unfortunately like many things deserving of that title, many are not able to give the appreciation it warrants.

    I'll address the story more a bit further down, but first I have to marvel at how visually stunning this game is. The locales are breathtaking, from the open plains to the skeletal remains of a city being eroded away, it's a marvel to look at. The way the locations are structured too are so organic as well, providing just enough prompting of where to go without making everything too obviously a place to climb or a crate to hide behind. Few things seem out of place, which is exactly what we'd expect Naughty Dog to achieve. The motion capture is also far beyond any other game I've played, particularly the facial animations. There is so much emotion portrayed through the characters expressions, through subtle tremors, tired eyes and frown line movements, you really are able to really feel what the characters are feeling. It's a marvel to watch every cut scene and admire the character design on display.

    The game play is also an notable improvement from the first game, with incredibly complex combat situations. There are a variety of ways to tackle every scenario, although stealth is strongly encouraged. You will however find that the enemy AI is far more savvy in this game, so going through the larger stages unnoticed is an incredible challenge. You will get noticed, which can often lead to very sticky situations where you realise your character isn't super woman. Death will be swift (just as the WLF wishes for you). The infected are also far more formidable. You can't plot the path of a clicker any more, if you sit in front of it for too long you will be maimed. Don't even get me started on the stalkers, they're the worst in part 1 and they are so much more agile now. By the way, keep your eyes peeled on the wall fungus, just trust me on this. The new infected types are also worthy editions, although I thought there could have been a few more.

    I must digress though that the game-play is not perfect. Ellie's trap mines are seldom useful for mine and I kind of wish I could have suppressed more weapons than just the semi-auto handgun. Also I thought the way the skill tree worked, although intuitive, made no logical sense for the sake of realism (Since when does drugs make someone better at crafting bombs). There also seemed to be some imbalance with the amount of scrap each character could get for crafting, leading to no crafting at workbenches 50% of the time on the normal setting. but these were small issues in the grand scheme of things.

    For mine, the story is what this game should and will be remembered for. Revenge is the key theme, but the motives behind this is so integral. The people in this world are in a living hell, few things matter but the lives of their loved ones. When those loved ones die in this dog-eat-dog world, what little these characters have is stripped away from them. For Ellie this trauma is so palpable, she is mentally ill and she's filled with rage. Love is something which she no longer seems to trust, and as the player you can see this conflict within her in her relationship with Dina (by the way, this game is not LGBT propaganda like the incels review bombing the game would have you believe. It's just a relationship like any other in this world). As the player you have the knowledge that you are taking her on a self-destructive path. She's experienced incredibly complex trauma which the writers have accurately portrayed how this would mess with her head. She isn't a redeeming character, but nor is she supposed to be, no-one goes through this sort of trauma and comes out the end of it hunky dory. The fact that you hate so many choices she makes was so deliberate on the part of the developers. But they also give you plenty of beautiful moments for her in flashbacks which help the games more recent developments make more sense.

    I will admit that I was initially unsure about playing as Abby, but the game was so much better for it. It's as much her tale as it is Ellie's, and they're both dealing with very similar trauma. It completely changed the dynamic of her character being able to see things from her perspective too, and learn that there's far more than meets the eye with her. Her side of the story starts off slow, you want to hate her, but as you continue to play as her you realise that hate isn't completely warranted. You realise that she and Ellie are just incredibly broken people with little reason to live or die, with complex trauma clouding their judgement, yet motivating their every move. When you see things this way, they are wonderfully complex characters.    … Expand
  4. ghostica
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    Feels like a money grab sequel movie type of release. Gameplay has not evolved or changed in any way, if anything if got dumbed down. And on the divisive story choices I definitely fall in the 'hate it' category, hard for me to understand why games and movies lately feel the need to tear down existing characters we love to push agendas instead of trying to build brand new diverse casts ifFeels like a money grab sequel movie type of release. Gameplay has not evolved or changed in any way, if anything if got dumbed down. And on the divisive story choices I definitely fall in the 'hate it' category, hard for me to understand why games and movies lately feel the need to tear down existing characters we love to push agendas instead of trying to build brand new diverse casts if that's their choice.… Expand
  5. Aksoy
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Berbat bir hikaye, sadece bir yerlere yaranayım da oyunum satsın istemiş bence kesinlikle almayın!
  6. bonlio
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    Awesome!!The best game of 2020. Living in the end of world would be a tragedy.....
  7. metallic_bear
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The storyline of the game is rubbish! Really disappointed! Joel r.i.p you were real brave man… Expand
  8. Distopia23
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love this game. I hate Elly for his choices, but i love che emotions that i feel during the gameplay. This game isn't for everyone, but if you like the first game you will love this game.… Expand
  9. Laucha844
    Jun 28, 2020
    4
    Cuando terminé el juego me sentí triste y vacío, promete cosas y no las cumple.
    Y unos días después, pensándolo más fríamente me di cuenta que la jugabilidad y gráficos son buenos, pero hay tantas cosas sin sentido que no encajan con la personalidad de los personajes del primer juego, que todo en esta segunda parte se siente forzado para terminar con algo que quisieron contar, pero lo    Cuando terminé el juego me sentí triste y vacío, promete cosas y no las cumple.
    Y unos días después, pensándolo más fríamente me di cuenta que la jugabilidad y gráficos son buenos, pero hay tantas cosas sin sentido que no encajan con la personalidad de los personajes del primer juego, que todo en esta segunda parte se siente forzado para terminar con algo que quisieron contar, pero lo hicieron con contradicciones y de una pésima manera.
    Me arrepiento completamente de haberlo comprado.    … Expand
  10. K1LL3R_W0LF
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    I don't get why people hate this game.You can't just say it's a trash game if you haven't played it.If those people played the entire game they would understand why this game is a MASTERPIECE.From me this game receives a 10/10
  11. CharlyMontes97
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good story, not presented in the best way posible, but still a good story, joel needed to die in order to make us hate abby, still i wish she died by the end of the game… Expand
  12. Snake89
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Sono videogiocatore da tipo 25 anni, e non ho mai giocato un gioco così curato esaustivo e appagante da finire. Penso che tanti di quelli che hanno dato 0 o non hanno proprio la ps4, oppure non l'hanno capito, e non hanno empatizzato con i personaggi, sul perché agiscono in quel modo, il loro percorso psicologico che poi porta al finale, e il perché di quel finale, non intendo analizzareSono videogiocatore da tipo 25 anni, e non ho mai giocato un gioco così curato esaustivo e appagante da finire. Penso che tanti di quelli che hanno dato 0 o non hanno proprio la ps4, oppure non l'hanno capito, e non hanno empatizzato con i personaggi, sul perché agiscono in quel modo, il loro percorso psicologico che poi porta al finale, e il perché di quel finale, non intendo analizzare qui questi aspetti, lo hanno già fatto in altre sedi, lo sviluppo della trama, che possa piacere o meno, è soggettivo. Affossare un gioco del genere solo perchè tanti nella loro testolina si erano fatti un filmino diverso è primariamente un peccato perché produzioni del genere, così immense e curate, andrebbero incoraggiate e non riempite di 0, siamo videogiocatori, e io un gioco così ben fatto, lungo, e che si mantiene qualitativamente a questi livelli, con questa cura per i dettagli maniacale fino alla fine, non lo ricordo.
    Per me GOTY istantaneo e gloria perpetua a Naughty Dog.    … Expand
  13. Kike31
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    Basura de historia. Jugabilidad penosa y gráficos de la anterior generación de consolas.
  14. Mimikyux22
    Jun 21, 2020
    9
    Nice game
    For people who ask to change the ending or the story of the game, it is very stupid of them since naughty dog ​​will not make changes in a game that is already 100% finished, the game came out very recently and you have to have a lot of time to play the entire campaign and that means that few people can really agree to criticize the game with their heads
  15. Rqsb
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    I will start by writing that yes, the game doesn't objectively deserves a 0, but I rate it that way because it doesn't deserve a 10 either - far from that and what matters is the average score so I want my contribution to bring it as low as possible.
    This out of the way, people might think that is stupid, please read to the end.
    Everyone is unanimous to what's good and what's bad in    I will start by writing that yes, the game doesn't objectively deserves a 0, but I rate it that way because it doesn't deserve a 10 either - far from that and what matters is the average score so I want my contribution to bring it as low as possible.
    This out of the way, people might think that is stupid, please read to the end.

    Everyone is unanimous to what's good and what's bad in this game - at least everyone who's honest.
    The mocap and other technical aspects are top notch and the accessibility features will probably be a proof of concept for years to come. That's said, good job on that.

    Now on everything else ... To me, the game is a complete failure on mostly everything.
    The gameplay in the last of us 1 was quite simple with gathering supplies, crafting different tools and shooting/melee sneaking on ennemies. What has changed in 7 years ? Not much. So little actually that it wants you to wonder, what have you guys been doing for 7 years on that front ? Did you really spend 10% of your time working on the actual gameplay and 90% on accessibility features ?

    Now to be honest, it wouldn't even be that bad since once again, everyone agrees that what made the last of us 1 a great game wasn't really the gameplay, but the story and its characters.

    Now is the rollercoaster and where i've got my beef.
    I didn't really care for that infamous scene - I was actually expecting it even though I hadn't seen any leaks, I mean the game has been advertised by Sony and ND as a quest for revenge, and in all gameplay trailers you would see Ellie as the main character ? You don't need to be a genius to make 2+2 and figure out the very few reasons that would be a motivator for Ellie to start a revenge spree.

    Does it make sense though ? Most people are arguing that involved characters would have not acted that way and it's true. You don't build up a character with traits, knowledge, behaviors, to throw that up the windows because it is convenient to make a plot advancement. And that stuff also happens with Ellie who is really just **** most of the time.
    The rest of the cast is honestly weak and uninteresting and the story in itself is pointless. I guess you would say thats the whole point of vengeance being pointless but after 30 hours of doing repetitive scavenging hunting, it leaves you with a bitter taste, not because of the story ending but because you wasted your own time. The game leaves you with nothing.

    Finally, I want to emphasize that i'm not one to care for political agendas and stuff in games, mostly I don't even care about reviews - my account creation was to make a review against what blizzard had done with warcraft 3 reforged, that says a lot about how much it had to take for me to write a review.
    Regarding the whole agendas stuff, I didn't even knew who Neil druckmann was but I have to say after seeing the bigger picture, I'm convinced that there actually is political agenda in that game.
    There's too much of it. Too much of Druckmann himself in the game :
    The DR Uckmann game card ?
    The motion capture for Manny being Neil Druckmann ?
    Neil Druckmann being jewish and the only represented religion in the game being judaism ?

    This stuff is Kojima level of putting yourself as a director into your game to the point where you put some of your own personal beliefs into the game and to the player that you shouldn't be.

    Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the representation of minorities, sharing culture and all of that but here there is something really wrong and at some point we can't just shut up to SJW and political correctness bullying.

    I guess anyone's take on the game is as good as mine but at least in put my cent to the discussion because I don't want the videogame industry to become what Naughty Dog just did.    … Expand
  16. Anikvelis
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Две стороны одной медали-почему бы и нет...
    Так же, физика Next Gen- такого я еще не видел.
    10 из 10 и точка.
  17. Anastasia69
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    i just hurts. I was so hyped for the game but the story just sucks! In what universe dooes someone want to play the character who is hunting down your favorite charachter. You have to play against your own interests. Me big sad
  18. GG_89
    Jun 28, 2020
    9
    I liked it, despite the different agendas. I do not think that this game needs to be set to 0 out of 10. TLOU 2, as for me, surely pulls on confident 8.
  19. UlukaiUA
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    Good: Graphics and level design.
    Bad: Gameplay and story.
    Many time fillers :(
  20. Facer501
    Jun 28, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s a sliding, yes it has its problems but people are just angry because naughty dog made a ballsy decision in killing Joel.… Expand
  21. PeteBrennan1
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Amazing game. Ballsy storyline that the Neanderthals will (and do) hate. The "not my Luke Skywalker" brigade will always attack a story that portrays their "heroes" as flawed in anyway. It's the humanity that means something to a character's arc. The imperfection. The fallibility. This game is brilliant.
  22. VIPnis
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    First let me say that The Last of Us is the best game I have played, ever. Gameplay is like the first part just more improved, graphics are best we've seen ever. But I think most would agree what's most important in these games is the story and talk about a **** show this is. I genuinely wish I never played it.
  23. TomHeadland
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Definitely in my top 3 games for PlayStation along with Resident Evil 2 Remake and God of War. Some gameplay is annoying- with trying to find the exact spot to press triangle and progress the story but overall mechanics and story are excellent. I’ll have to wait a few years to replay though since it’s emotionally taxing. I can’t wait till they make this into a TV show!
  24. Fnaughtyd
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    Biggest gaming disappointment of my life. Waiting 7 years for the sequel to the best game of all time and naughty dog release this ****
  25. AlvinDownvin
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    The game is actually very good. Sadly the major players wich is reviewing the game are being totally dishonest or being sentimental due the death of a beloved character. That's the only true.
    The Last of us Part II is tecnically flawless, combat system way better than we see in the first game, graphics, textures, scenery, soundtracks... Everything is good. The thing is: most of gamers are    The game is actually very good. Sadly the major players wich is reviewing the game are being totally dishonest or being sentimental due the death of a beloved character. That's the only true.
    The Last of us Part II is tecnically flawless, combat system way better than we see in the first game, graphics, textures, scenery, soundtracks... Everything is good. The thing is: most of gamers are still imature. Because of trivial motivations they bomb somethings that don't deserve it. The story is genious, unbelieveble and it has to be this way in order to fufill the major intention to show us vengeance and its consequences. Hope we see a GOTY here.    … Expand
  26. LogicMissile
    Jun 28, 2020
    9
    Not quite as good as the first, but it’s a lot to live up to. The gameplay is incredible, the cut scenes are completely seamless, the violence is beautifully brutal, and the characters are so believable it hurts. Everyone seems to be up in arms about the story, which, if I had to to hazard a guess, is contingent upon having eight years to plan out the story how they wanted to see itNot quite as good as the first, but it’s a lot to live up to. The gameplay is incredible, the cut scenes are completely seamless, the violence is beautifully brutal, and the characters are so believable it hurts. Everyone seems to be up in arms about the story, which, if I had to to hazard a guess, is contingent upon having eight years to plan out the story how they wanted to see it themselves, and then being disappointed that it happened differently.… Expand
  27. jvene1
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Amazing game. Honestly have no clue what the people giving this 0/10 are thinking...
  28. Samyar91
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    I’ve been playing it since day 1 release...and I just finished it..I shed tears many times..my mind was into the game and it’s atmosphere..the plot is so powerfull,way beyond my expectations...I’ve never seen such a story not in a movie or book or video games..I have to say congrats to niel druckman and his team for giving us a masterpiece..and made our life better than before thisI’ve been playing it since day 1 release...and I just finished it..I shed tears many times..my mind was into the game and it’s atmosphere..the plot is so powerfull,way beyond my expectations...I’ve never seen such a story not in a movie or book or video games..I have to say congrats to niel druckman and his team for giving us a masterpiece..and made our life better than before this game...I don’t know how they made this artistic game perfect in all aspect..just can say thank you and congrats to whole naughty dog… Expand
  29. Nexia64
    Jun 28, 2020
    9
    TLDR: Worth playing!

    I've waited with my review until I had played the game till the end. I don't get all the flamewars about this game, it is without a doubt one of the most beautifully crafted games ever on the PS4, the detail level is insanely high, and the gameplay is top-notch. You might not agree with the plot, and the all RAW emotions and the revengefulness that fuel the    TLDR: Worth playing!

    I've waited with my review until I had played the game till the end.

    I don't get all the flamewars about this game, it is without a doubt one of the most beautifully crafted games ever on the PS4, the detail level is insanely high, and the gameplay is top-notch.

    You might not agree with the plot, and the all RAW emotions and the revengefulness that fuel the main characters and the ending, but that does not mean it a bad game, it simply means that you don't like games that depict how real life could play out after a cataclysmic event.

    But I also saw deep love and real friendship in really bad situations. It makes you question yourself... would you have done differently given the same situation?

    My guess why the rating vary so wildly? This game requires a mature view of life that is probably too much to ask of young people today. (I'm 55)    … Expand
  30. legi0
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    Its obvious that the game creators wanted to push an agenda down our throats and ruin a game that had a tremendous potential for greatness.

    Graphics - Amazing
    Gameplay - Could be better
    Story - Bad

    The story is melodramatic and there was no reason to make it so. Instead of feeling enjoyment during playing, i felt anger, sadness, and bored feeling. Wishing the game would end sooner.
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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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