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  1. Jun 28, 2020
    10
    One of the best game with a perfect plot, which you will remember for a long time.
  2. Jun 28, 2020
    10
    The story is incredibly powerful and well written. The gameplay is fun, especially the gunplay. Awesome graphics.
    Every little detail of this game is dazzling.
    Don’t judge it from the spoilers, nothing compares to actually playing it.
  3. Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Very nice graphics played by a one-way tunnel, zero innovation and killed what was worth it in the first one; In a game where the main thing is the story, you can't deconstruct the characters that everyone loved feeling forced, it wasn't worth it. I now sell my copy for $ 50 before it becomes known by word of mouth and not from bought critics.
  4. Jun 28, 2020
    0
    Such a different story from the trailer. Super disappointed and even I pre-order the game from the psn, I won’t play it. For me, there is no part 2 of the last of us which I knew. I won’t buy the game made by Naughty Dog again.
  5. Jun 28, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Thought i was a good game great gameplay and mechanics, beautiful graphics only reason i take off points is because of the way joel died to early.

    Other than that it was an amazing well told story with interesting characters.
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  6. Jun 28, 2020
    9
    Please play the game to the end before rating.
    Gameplay: 9
    Graphics: 10 Story: 9 - 10 When comparing this game to the original, Its hard not to give this game a good score. The original was good but almost in every aspect this one has improved. You had Ellie and Joel bonding and travelling to find the fireflies in hopes of retrieving a cure;Joel made one important decision and that was
    Please play the game to the end before rating.
    Gameplay: 9
    Graphics: 10
    Story: 9 - 10
    When comparing this game to the original, Its hard not to give this game a good score. The original was good but almost in every aspect this one has improved. You had Ellie and Joel bonding and travelling to find the fireflies in hopes of retrieving a cure;Joel made one important decision and that was it. The second game, I felt juggled and balanced more characters, and subplots to make the game far more dynamic and interesting. The game play is relatively the same compared to the first, with a few minor additions and open environments to make it a little more interesting. The graphics are second to none. Whether you dislike the story or not, everyone can agree that every other aspect of the game is absolutely stunning. IMO, that doesn't warrant anything under a 6. Story is only one aspect of a AAA game and its the most subjective. Take all of those terrible reviews with a grain of salt.
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  7. Jun 21, 2020
    3
    For me, a game is a fun gameplay and a solid story... I can't care less about graphics...just finished the last of us part 2 after replaying the first one to refresh my memory on the amazing story anticipating a continuation to the cliff hanger at the end and generally to see more of the amazing duo Ellie and Joel...well I didn't get that...not even a comparable story in quality...
    Story,
    For me, a game is a fun gameplay and a solid story... I can't care less about graphics...just finished the last of us part 2 after replaying the first one to refresh my memory on the amazing story anticipating a continuation to the cliff hanger at the end and generally to see more of the amazing duo Ellie and Joel...well I didn't get that...not even a comparable story in quality...
    Story, The ugly: 0
    I see what they were going with it but they flopped terribly in the execution it's infuriating...I mean who tf wrote this? A teenage intern? I really have nothing more to say without spoiling...there is a ton of other games with silly stories and who reads this must have seen a movie or played a game with bad writing that goes nowhere but this time the story was perfect and the sequel ruins everything (take Game of Thrones season 8 as an example)...
    To put it in one sentence: compared to the first one it gets a zero from me nothing more sadly.

    Gameplay, The bad: 6
    The gameplay is the same with some refinements...it still is clunky and last-gen just looks cooler so a 6 I guess...

    Graphics, The good: n/a
    The graphics are very good...I really don't care though..oh character design is somehow worse than the first one...

    The last of us gets a 3 from me...oof it's physically painful to say this out loud
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  8. Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Man that made me feel sorrow forthe death of joel. At first I did not like the idea of playing as abby but she grew from this killing machine to someone that had some thing to lose this game was another hit from naughty dog
  9. Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Ein so geniales game, Story, Charaktere, Gameplay alles 10 von 10 Punkten, und dan ist das spiel auch noch so wunderschön anzusehen. Für mich eines wenn nicht sogar das beste PS4 Spiel überhaupt.
  10. Jun 28, 2020
    5
    A story about emotions stopping people from making logical decisions and acting like adults. That's humanity for you. This story was very cringe for me, did not like it. There were multiple disconnects in this story for me. There's just nothing to be taken from this game. There's no lesson, nothing valuable to be learned or seen here, it's a pointless, boring revenge story about aA story about emotions stopping people from making logical decisions and acting like adults. That's humanity for you. This story was very cringe for me, did not like it. There were multiple disconnects in this story for me. There's just nothing to be taken from this game. There's no lesson, nothing valuable to be learned or seen here, it's a pointless, boring revenge story about a young woman who lost her mind and just had to kill. And kill she did. Expand
  11. Jun 28, 2020
    7
    Ill put it as simply as possible. *SPOILER FREE*

    The game has superb graphics, a superb sound track, superb voice acting. The game has the same game play as the the 1st one so nothing new. but the engine for the game runs beautifully so much detail in what you can do. game play is repetitive, scenarios are repetitive. The story is a rubix cube of a mess. the pieces are not all
    Ill put it as simply as possible. *SPOILER FREE*

    The game has superb graphics, a superb sound track, superb voice acting.

    The game has the same game play as the the 1st one so nothing new. but the engine for the game runs beautifully so much detail in what you can do.

    game play is repetitive, scenarios are repetitive.

    The story is a rubix cube of a mess. the pieces are not all put together until the end.

    The game severely lacked compared to its previous installment and really didn't bring the same wow as the first.

    i still enjoyed the story when i put all the pieces together but i think the way the story went didn't work.

    The game was still worth the 60$ but seriously NO MULTIPLAYER!?
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  12. Jun 28, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is beautiful, gameplay is good, accessibility options are AMAZING
    the story is the single worst thing I have ever experienced. The characters are all over the place and their development from the first game is undone. Some of their actions make no sense and their characters are destroyed

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    you play half the game as a character they try to shove down your throat that is not likeable at all. That story drags on and no matter what they throw at you. You do not feel for her. She is unlike able. And not fun to play as. Her story takes forever and the entire time you’re thinking “when will I play as Ellie again” becuase you do not care about Abby at all even though that’s what the game wants. It’s insane that they give you 10 hours of sob story and it still does not make you like her. You also have to fight against Ellie as her at one point. And it basically makes you want to stop playing the game. You should not be rooting for a character you play as to die,

    Not to mention the story is so out of order and all over the place. You play in a flashback and then play a flashback in that flashback and so on. Not to mention joel dies in the very beginning of the game and in the marketing they changed models to make you think he was in the game more which is straight up lies. Abby, the character they make you play as not only kills Joel but TORTURES him to death. And never feels any remorse for it, yet we’re supposed to sypathize with her because she has a cute dog? She tortures prisoners in cages brutally and at one point just turns her back on the people she once considered HER people/family with literally no remorse. When she goes to kill Dina, Ellie says wait no she’s pregnant, Abby says “good” how are we ever supposed to relate/like Abby unless you are a pyschopath like her. The pacing is also suuuuper off

    I think Dina and Ellie are a very cute couple, kind of awkward writing at times but overall good. Until the scene where Ellie reveals she is immune and then Dina randomly blurts out she is pregnant. Which is, not how conversations work. I’m kind of disappointed as how the LGBT characters were written as an LGBT person myself. This could have been a big chance for us with a huge presence and representation in a big videogame like this. But everything fell apart and now I believe it’s working against us rather than for us. It’s almost like 7 different people were told to write a story for the game and they weren’t allowed to talk to each other and then they mashed the ideas together.
    Overall. The story is very bad. There were many times where I just wanted the game to be over already
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  13. Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра великолепна. Геймплей захватывает на столько, что после полного прохождения мне захотелось пройти игру еще раз. В первой части я прорывался через геймплей ради сюжета. В этой части я им (гейплеем) наслаждался. Вроде всё тоже самое, но он стал глубже и разнообразней.
    Сюжет крышесносный. Это совсем не то чего вы ожидали! Это разрыв шаблона. Я трижды думал, что вот уже конец игры, и каждый раз всё закручивалось еще сильнее. Здесь нет правых, а есть свои и чужие. И у чужих тоже есть своя правда. Игра заставляет проникнутся симпатией к антогонисту. Прочуствовать всю его боль и понять его мотвацию. Пожалеть Мишку! И ты уже не знаешь кто здесь антигерой.
    Меня игра просто выпотрошила эмоционально. Это реально круто. Концовка идеальна. Я сидел в шоке доигрывая конец игры, так же как я был в шоке от финала первой части. Спасибо ноти дог за оффигенную игру!
    И на ... тех, кому сюжет порвал жопу. И на ... тех кто 19го поставил игре низкую оценку.
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  14. Jun 28, 2020
    9
    I loved the game. And I was very shocked by the flood of bad user reviews here, thus decided to write my first review ever to give some more input for people to make an informed decision.

    Graphics, Music, Sounds and Animations They are simply phenomenal. The animations are not one finished set simply played back, they are made up from all the things your character is currently doing
    I loved the game. And I was very shocked by the flood of bad user reviews here, thus decided to write my first review ever to give some more input for people to make an informed decision.

    Graphics, Music, Sounds and Animations

    They are simply phenomenal. The animations are not one finished set simply played back, they are made up from all the things your character is currently doing or is close to in this world in a way I have not seen before. E.g. she (your character) wants to jump an obstacle and her left foot would be the dominant one judging from the state of her walking animation, she uses her left foot which ties her into the surroundings so fluently. And the amount of sound feedback you get, when just walking through a plastic curtain adds to that. They even thought of the dust on the floor. Crawl through the dust, it gets wiped away.

    Sometimes this animation-combo may look wonky though, there are some occasional graphic-glitches and in certain areas the walking speed doesn’t match the animations, but nothing too serious. 10/10

    Gameplay

    It is a consistent improvement of the first part. You feel the same, but everything is better. You have the additional crawling state to be even more stealthy, different heights of grass to dive into and more corners to cut, like cracks in a wall, or crawling under vehicles. Players may also consider this state for your accuracy: Crawling = highest accuracy. Plus all the “arenas” you are in when engaging enemies are now much bigger (as is the world in general). And some of the fights and enemies are special and need different approaches. You really get to engage situations in a lot of different ways.

    Physics play a bigger role in the riddles (Cue the rope physics examples) and the distinction between stealth- and walking-phases are broken up. Expect enemies at all times, even when using a workbench. And don’t expect them to be just one faction, keep your guard up at all times.

    Paired with what I said about the animation, I got the sensation I had years ago when first playing a game with fire damage. Just. So. Cool.

    Having said that, the gameplay is sadly also the weakest part of the game. There is definitely missed potential here or some much too obvious flaws and it does feel repetitive at times.

    The riddles are scarce, short and simple. Even getting into the stash rooms or getting safe combinations is not really something that gives you a rewarding feeling in the end, compared to God Of War for example, because it wasn’t that hard.

    Enemies get instanced in chunks to steer your experience, taking away your agency. There is one level where you go down a destroyed building and my sniper rifle and hearing could really have given me an advantage here, taking stalkers out from above, but no, they only appeared once I reached the level they are in. In these moments you realize the designers are being in control over your game in a way that is just too obvious.

    And one really annoying detail: Sometimes you have to hastily move around a specific item you want to pick up for your character to get just the right angle to finally do it. Bummer.

    Overall: Very cool experience, some nasty flaws. 7/10

    Story

    As with all Naughty Dog Games by far the best part of it.

    I don’t want to say too much here, because spoiling this story will take away everything that is so good about it. But I will say this: It is a long and challenging tale that feels epic and meaningful. It is a slow burner, with lots of ups and downs, that really make you feel. You feel upset, you feel happy, you feel relieved, you feel heartbroken and so on. No twist is arbitrary, everything makes sense. Especially the biggest twist in the beginning.

    It starts out as a revenge story though. And if you're not on board with everything your character does, you feel forced by the designers to do something you don’t want to do - e.g. probably sooner than your character, you as the player want her to grow and “be the good guy/girl”. You don’t even get the option of “not acting”, sometimes forcing you to do unspeakable things. That may be crossing a line for some, especially paired with what I already said about feeling steered by the designers. But it’s also not something spoiling the story itself.

    Lastly, the storytelling via exploration… it’s perfection. You can spend hours over hours looking at a decayed apartment, reading its inhabitants last notes and imagining what might have happened there. Perfection is all I can say.

    Altogether easy 10/10. Would give more if possible.

    So overall 9/10, gameplay being the biggest flaw. It’s definitely worth the money. Play it, judge for yourself.

    Also: I wouldn’t mind playing a sequel or spinoff with a certain bulky someone at its center.
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  15. Jun 28, 2020
    10
    A Masterpiece! I dont understand why there ist so much hate....
    This will be one of the best games i habe ever playes for a very long time! Thank you Naugthy Dog!
  16. Jun 28, 2020
    2
    very poor story towards the end, doesn't make sense at all, too much filler and then thrown into terrible ending
  17. Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Best game. Immersive battle and story telling. Also graphic is crazy. I liked this game. This is best PS4 game
  18. Jun 27, 2020
    5
    It’s not terrible but it’s no where near as good as the first one. The game situations are very repetitive. The storyline is boring and too LBGT agenda heavy. There are a lot of characters that I didn’t really care about. The graphics and visuals are the best part of the game.
  19. Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This game is a masterpiece and although people are entitled to their opinion, it is clear that the low user scores are based on nothing more than on blind unhappiness with the direction of the story. This game transcends the storytelling, something part 1 did 7 years ago, pushing it even further in a way no other game I have ever played has; or likely will. At points the game made me doThis game is a masterpiece and although people are entitled to their opinion, it is clear that the low user scores are based on nothing more than on blind unhappiness with the direction of the story. This game transcends the storytelling, something part 1 did 7 years ago, pushing it even further in a way no other game I have ever played has; or likely will. At points the game made me do things I didn’t want to do, it made my question why naughty dog would take this path, but I urge everyone to reserve judgement until completing this and reflecting on it (which you undoubtably will do) because only then will you truly understand the choices made and ultimately why they do work. Although the story takes centre stage, the game also pushes graphical fidelity to the max, the work of the staff at naughty dog is nothing less than magic. The animation is incredible and performances unparalleled. Expand
  20. Jun 28, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. All around this game was just hard to get through... the writing is something you'd see in some Netflix zombie series, the gameplay has some good improvements but over 25+ hours it gets extremely monotonous and predictable. The characters are so poorly developed and feel extremely forced, for example Dina and Ellie find a weed farm and decide to have sex all while Joel is about to be tortured (and that's not the only sex scene) they are extremely out of place and just cringy honestly. The developers completely forgot what made the first game so great and that was the dynamic between an extremely closed off man who's lost everything, and the girl that was essentially his second chance. They had some of the right ideas for tlou2 but it was executed completely wrong. I don't recommend spending the $80 for how unsatisfying and generally upsetting the game is in the end. If this is the direction they want to go with writing then movies would be the better move, a game is meant to satisfy the person playing regardless of the end being sad, it felt like while I was playing everything I was forced to do was out of spite. Expand
  21. Jun 28, 2020
    0
    Please save your money. Don't try to crush your memories of The Last of Us 1
  22. Jun 28, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay fantastic, visually stunning, the soundtrack by Gustavo is arguably some of the most beautiful musical scores ever composed, then they went a butchered everyone’s favourite character in the dumbest way, the fact tommy would openly tell these random people who him and Joel where when they have never met them simply doesn’t add up it makes these characters look dumb and they are not the whole plot is set up purely to then push this vengeance plot before trying to make you have empathy for this Abby who no one likes or cares about I’m hugely disappointed whoever thought this story was a good idea was f***ing idiot, I’m going to forget this game this is not a 95 the critics are clearly getting there pockets filled with cash this shows no respect for the first game and frankly is the biggest load of bull I have ever been forced to play after 7 years of waiting... Do not buy save your money. Expand
  23. Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. it is unfortunate that the game has rolled into such a thing. too tight. well, for killing Joel you deserve 0. Expand
  24. Jun 28, 2020
    10
    The hole game is nearly perfekt. Kfkkrje6ätätp4or5o5ep5rü646üt is so big wie die ganze Zeit der ist nice und die Info ist nicht mehr so gut wie die anderen Entschuldigung für die anderen Entschuldigung 3Jahren und das ist ein nices dropen und ich will mit dem anderen raus kommen... auf die ganze Stadt wird aber nicht in seine Weise gebracht und ich habe es 4in zu erhalten gehabt: overwatchThe hole game is nearly perfekt. Kfkkrje6ätätp4or5o5ep5rü646üt is so big wie die ganze Zeit der ist nice und die Info ist nicht mehr so gut wie die anderen Entschuldigung für die anderen Entschuldigung 3Jahren und das ist ein nices dropen und ich will mit dem anderen raus kommen... auf die ganze Stadt wird aber nicht in seine Weise gebracht und ich habe es 4in zu erhalten gehabt: overwatch ps4: overwatch ist die Zahl von dem ersten 2x 5. die ganze Welt hat die Stadt nicht in die Richtung der Stadt geworfen: die Stadt 5war die Stadt des Landes in die Richtung des Landes in die Richtung des Landes zu ziehen: ich will auch noch die beiden ein bisschen mehr so gut fertig wie die Stadt haben sie nicht in seine Heimat gebracht habe diese Zeit in den USA oder den ganzen Jahren von ihm und die anderen Entschuldigung und die anderen 6Jahren 89zu der 9ist als 9ob der ist in den 3824USA 33erwähnten 3: die von der Kirche und der Stadt von dem alten Teile von der Welt des 8Landes in die Richtung der ist der ist nice und der schule in der schule in den usa der ist nice der ist der alte und der schule von dem großen der schule der schule der schule in den Expand
  25. Jun 27, 2020
    10
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  26. Jun 28, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics are great. Everything else is really bad. Gameplay. Just kill violinty people other and other again. Unreal scenario. In a violinty apocalyptic world People are worried about changing their gender and diversity. It feels like unnecessary and artificial. Forcing SWJ political messages to a large public in a Video game is not good because its intertainment, a game not a newspaper.
    Its an Overton window tactic. The second main character from old game gets killed. Because he is old white man? Second character is women who try is act like a man kill everyone and everything
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  27. Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This game is a masterpiece and an emotional rollercoaster. It capture the dark tone of this world perfectly and the oscar winning performances from the actors gives extreme depth to the characters. There is no hero in this nor a villain but all are survivors trying to look after their own. It's so much more than just the cycle of violence
  28. Jun 28, 2020
    0
    The story is so terrible that ruins the entire game play.
    Meaningless death is not something that touch reader's heart. It just makes the story foolish.
    Characters don't have depth. The story use characters like tools.
    And "political correct" is so stupid.
  29. Jun 23, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. По сравнению с первой частью этой игры, которая для меня оказалась ШЕДЕВРОМ, эта часть - ПОЛНЫЙ ПРОВАЛ!!! Ждать столько лет и получить ЭТО?!
    Геймплей и графика, возможно, и на лучшем уровне, но сюжет - это катастрофа, и дело тут вообще не в ЛГБТ составляющей!!!

    Тупо высосать из пальца и слить всеми любимого персонажа первой части, который всю жизнь, так сказать, готов был отдать за Элли, чтобы весь сюжет строился на линии "Месть ради мести", но в полной мере, при этом, неся посыл "Месть - это плохо, прости и отпусти, иначе потеряешь всё и всех".

    Всю игру меня переполняли чувства ненависти и ярости - какие-то непонятные и ненужные, в данный момент, сцены; персонажи, которые переобуваются десять раз за 5 минут - "Хватит мстить, они уже и так настрадались сполна", но через 5 минут, с покалеченной ногой и без глаза, орущий "Ты же дала слово убить их всех!".

    Такое чувство, что сценаристам была поставлена задача не только убить всех персонажей первой части игры (или, как минимум, покалечить их, лишив парочки конечностей), но и, введя новых героев, тут же убивать их, неожиданно и жестоко.
    Да - это апокалипсис, да - это войны между людьми, да - в таком мире всегда будут смерть и разрушения, но, черт возьми, Джоэл, забитый клюшкой ****** Эбби ради мести...
    Что? Что вообще происходит в этой игре?!

    Тот же Джоэл воспринимается как совершенно чужой человек, будто бы не с ним ты прошел через пол страны, оберегая маленькое сокровище.
    Та же Элли, пережившая столько боли и страданий, но в конце первой части все еще оставшаяся каким-то лучиком света в этом мерзком мире, выросла в страшного монстра, который совершенно лишён эмоций и не может понять, почему же Джоэл так поступил в этой чертовой больнице.

    Я могу написать еще сотню гневных слов, описывая минусы существующего сюжета, но, в конце концов, я в полной мере соглашусь с некоторыми людьми - лучше бы второй части этой игры ВООБЩЕ НЕ БЫЛО!!!
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  30. Jun 28, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Short review save your money, don't buy
    Story 3/10, Characters 4/10, Gameplay 7/10, Graphics 10/10

    For game that's heavily based on story narrative, it is filled with plot holes and moronic decisions. Spoiler but if you were looking for an Ellie and Joel team play you will be sorry. Not only does Ellie and Joel not interact with each other but Joel dies 2 hours into the game by a new protagonist Abby. In which the game makes you play 14 hours as this character trying to make you feel sympathetic, how can you feel sympathetic when Joel saved Abby's life from a horde of Clickers only to be brutally murdered at abbys hands but it's okay it's a Revenge story remember, you know that you're going to kill Abby in the end right. Well you would be wrong not only do you not get a choice to kill her but after killing hundreds if not thousands of people to get to her at the very end you get an epiphany that you shouldn't kill her because revenge is bad. And that's just a story.

    Characters are bland two dimensional personality, there was little to no character development at all. This was a real disappointment considering ln The Last of Us 1 had a lot of character building it really put you into the story made you feel immersed into the environment when the protagonist was hurt you felt it when the protagonist was feeling Joy you felt it. This game however felt as if it was trying way too hard to achieve something that was just not there. It has left me more angry and frustrated then any other emotion.

    Gameplay was better than the last of us 1 however due to the story I just could not enjoy it and is why my score for gameplay is 7 out of 10, there's nothing really overly new besides two new enemies and a jump mechanic that's laughably horrible.

    Graphics are the only selling point I could give this game, it looks absolutely amazing seeing how the world being overtaken by Nature is just jaw dropping and can be arguably next gen graphics or the absolute pinnacle of PlayStation 4.

    Overall I feel like this game is a complete failure narrative wise. Gameplay was niche but not enjoyable. Characters Hollow and unlikable.
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Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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]