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. Mohammad_bayati
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game was awesome . Gameplay 10/10
    Graphic 10/10
    Sounds 10/10
    Every thing is really good . About story , it could be better but the writer used a diffrent method of telling the story and that when you finish the game make you love it or hate it . I loved that cuz it show us a halfway story in the first and countinue it to complate it in the end in a new and maybe a nice method . But the destiny of some chracters maybe not good for every but it is what happend in a fully vengeans way and its what the writer want .    … Expand
  2. Sam1989
    Jun 28, 2020
    8
    Not exactly what everyone was hoping for, but in general a good game, did not completely recreate what I feel when playing the first game, but a more then decent succesor.
  3. Jesus827
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    Breaks my heart that I waited for years and was so happy to play just to feel like Naughty Dog spat in our faces, ruining the story we loved, and forced themselves to have all these great reviews by profesional gaming media and just pretend like the fans don’t absolutely hate this trash, while they lift themselves up talking about how proud they are of themselves like you didn’t justBreaks my heart that I waited for years and was so happy to play just to feel like Naughty Dog spat in our faces, ruining the story we loved, and forced themselves to have all these great reviews by profesional gaming media and just pretend like the fans don’t absolutely hate this trash, while they lift themselves up talking about how proud they are of themselves like you didn’t just create the greatest disappointment in gaming history.… Expand
  4. Madpuppet7
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Another amazing emotional rollercoaster from Naughty Dog.
    Visual masterpiece, gameplay has some new twists over the first.
    The Story seems to be divisive - some negative reviews giving it 0 mostly because they didn't like the plot points which is just crazy and small minded. It really made me think and feel and challenged my emotions so 10 out of 10 from me. If you invest yourself in    Another amazing emotional rollercoaster from Naughty Dog.
    Visual masterpiece, gameplay has some new twists over the first.
    The Story seems to be divisive - some negative reviews giving it 0 mostly because they didn't like the plot points which is just crazy and small minded.

    It really made me think and feel and challenged my emotions so 10 out of 10 from me. If you invest yourself in it, you'll be an emotional wreck by the end. Also some of the scariest **** you'll see in a game in a long time.    … Expand
  5. 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
  6. Felipeto
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Does everything better than the first one. In every way possible. A must play/have for any Playstation story driven fan out there.
  7. hiaiatha
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Когда на «Последних из нас» появилась часть кредитов, я все еще гудел от волнения последних нескольких часов. Моя верность сместилась между персонажами. Я полюбил того, кого ненавидел, и не любил того, кого любил. Я смеялся, я проучился. Я чувствовал гнев и восторг. Это новый рекорд для персонажей видеоигр, и я не могу дождаться, чтобы все увидели, насколько он особенный. Как только онаКогда на «Последних из нас» появилась часть кредитов, я все еще гудел от волнения последних нескольких часов. Моя верность сместилась между персонажами. Я полюбил того, кого ненавидел, и не любил того, кого любил. Я смеялся, я проучился. Я чувствовал гнев и восторг. Это новый рекорд для персонажей видеоигр, и я не могу дождаться, чтобы все увидели, насколько он особенный. Как только она закончилась, я загрузил New Game Plus и испытываю ее снова с открытыми глазами, контекст готовой истории вносит новое значение в эти ранние сцены и персонажей. Я больше не смахиваю в темноте.… Expand
  8. GDawg2020
    Jun 28, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So, where to begin? I want to start off with my positives, because they are important. For me, this game is a technical masterpiece. The mechanics, graphics, character MoCap, and scripting is fantastic. As with the first game part II is a joy to play, mechanically. I want to stress that this is no way a "Trolling/Bomb review" because I'm not satisfied, this is legitimately how I feel about the game, I've just finished playing and am a huge fan of naughty dog and The Last Of Us. And I really can't say enough good things about the technical presentation of this game.
    I'll cut to the chase, as I know a big focus right now of the divisiveness nature of this game is from industry supporters and people who enjoyed the game trying to de-legitimize negative reviews and that is not fair.
    On the whole I'm left significantly disappointed with how TLOU2 played out as a story. For me the issue is not solely with the events that transpired but more specifically the sequence of those events. Broadly speaking it felt as if Naughty Dog and the writers of this story have grown tired of their creation. Killing Joel felt like a rush to "shoot their shot" and make the big kill. I can't say I was surprised by their decision to kill Joel but I was surprised by the manner and timing of that killing. I feel that killing Joel, although not at all necessary was done for dramatic effect, a la HBO, fine, if you want to do that at least give him the respect of exposition within the story prior to busting his head in. He is, after all responsible in part for the runaway success of Part one. And having his death play out later in the game with more story ambiguity leading up to it could have really played out far better.
    Abby. My detest for this character knows no bounds. To me Abby seems like she was a "pet project" of a senior writer, director, executive of the game and because of that got to play out as a main character of the game. Following her brutal actions against Joel we are forced to play almost half the game as her! This makes no sense to me and the desire of the writers to have the fans fall in love with her is transparent and cheap. This is a character who's story did not deserve to be told. She is wholly uninteresting and brings nothing of an identity with her, other than "angry thug", she is the boring blonde doctors daughter. Her story is shallow and her development is flat and forced upon us. Why would we, the player, want to command this character to success after they have brutally murdered 50% of our core lineup? I was not invested in her or in her victory. My enjoyment of the game fell off a cliff as soon as we are forced to take control of her. I really stopped engaging with the environment as much, her supporting cast are equally bland and don't provide much in terms of meaningful conversation, even the chatty banter between Abby and her comrades is thin and I can't remember a single engagement between any of them and I only just finished the game. Further trying to force emotional investment came with the zebra scene. This was thrown in purely to build a crappy picture of "oh look how caring her father was, he was tormented by the thought of killing Ellie for scientific advancement because he is a caring human being, look he saved a zebra". This wouldn't have mattered at all in a shallow action game but TLOU1 gave us a storytelling method of a much higher standard and I feel it's ok to expect that in a sequel.
    Ultimately it feels like too many stories are being told here. And none of them well. Ellie has become an emotional punching bag with no pay off. Again, I was not expecting or wanting endless fan service, that does not a good game make. But I expected a conclusive direction. Ellie had nothing but a met loss throughout the game with now pay off whatsoever.
    Don't abandon your creations, Naughty Dog. Even the title menu image before and after completion are a focused nod to Abby, not Ellie. Abbey is an awful character and should not have been given so much e deserved screen time. Had Abbey been pitched as a main protagonist in a different game I don't believe that game would ever get greenlit.

    Final word: Ellie and Joel worked so well in the first game because they were written as a duo. They were not the result of a character mashup or crossover episode, they were written for each other. Killing Joel so early on to provide the vague driver of "vengeance" was weak, kill him if it serves the story, by all means. But don't kill him for hollow dramatic effect. And when you do wrap your story up, leave our protagonist with some semblance of gain not merely loss.

    Oh and don't make this a trilogy, you've killed your IP, leave it dead...    … Expand
  9. bluets0329
    Jun 28, 2020
    0
    Why are producers doing these terrors against their fans? This is a game with a feeling of inferiority to the movie. Naughty Dog's cinematic game should have ended in Uncharted 2.
    Other producers shouldn't imitate and critics who gave high scores do not give convincing explanations.
  10. saulin
    Jun 30, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics incredible
    Soundtrack as only the The Last of Us can deliver.
    A polished gameplay of the first part.
    Characters who show infinite counterparts and facets of their personality.
    A story full of revenge and resentment.
    Great character development.
    The only thing that I disliked of this game was that it wasn´t necessary at all. The first game delivered a story contained on itself.
    But I think that its a nice and worth sequel that leads to many emotions to the player such as anger, sadness, joy and despair.
    I totally loved it and I hate it to have those low grades of people that haven´t played it at all.
    The only thing that comforts me is the thought that public isn´t ready yet to such powerful and intense story which in a future I think will be far more appreciated,    … Expand
  11. Celestialgamer
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I made an account just to write a review for this game omfg. First I’ll say what I liked. Awesome graphic. Very beauty setting. Awesome horsey. Now the bad. I played this game hoping for Ellie and Joel’s relationship to grow and for them to finally discuss the firefly stuff and naughty dog ruined it. Like obviously the game is set in a terrible post apocalyptic world with zombie like enemies so **** will always go down. But no one asked for these random ass characters from Seattle to come in? Literally no one asked for Abby? We wanted a growth story with Joel and Ellie not some bull**** story about revenge that has been told 90 million times already??? The whole game is stressful and made me cry the whole time? Like I get that it’s supposed to be an emotional tough world but the happy moments in the previous game were what made it so good. The last of us part 2 just is one terrible thing after another with no choice but to sit through it with the only good parts being the flashbacks with Joel. Idk naughty dog really trashed this story and characters. It’s just really sad. Like I know it’s a game but I felt like we all looked up to Joel because we felt the hurt when he lost his own daughter. Just to **** kill him when he’s become like a dad to another? Terrible writing. Like my own dad died two years ago and seeing Joel die is like reliving that memory so thank you naughtydog for that. Joel and Ellie deserved a better story where the enemies were just zombies and actual bad guys. Stop trying to make stories about revenge and stop making zombie apocalypse stories without emphasis on the actual zombies? It’s like his game was trying to be the walking dead tv series and we all know that went to shut the second it became more about enemy humans rather than enemy zombies.. Anyway the gameplay is good but everything else sucked… Expand
  12. Rapid66
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    The game has a horrible disappointing story that by the end of it you'll be wishing you never wasted 25 hours of your life, the game forces you to play a horrible written character (forces an SJW feminist agenda) abby for 10 hours and then forces you to watch a sex scene with abby that has a face of a woman but an actual man's body. Naughty dog also let anita sarkeesian run the whole showThe game has a horrible disappointing story that by the end of it you'll be wishing you never wasted 25 hours of your life, the game forces you to play a horrible written character (forces an SJW feminist agenda) abby for 10 hours and then forces you to watch a sex scene with abby that has a face of a woman but an actual man's body. Naughty dog also let anita sarkeesian run the whole show for the game, which ultimately lead to its demise. As a last of us fan that waited 6 years, this was an utter disappointment and the worst game of 2020. If I was you guys I would wait for a sale or wait till it's free for ps plus before you play it, hell borrow it from one of your poor unfortunate friends who wasted money on it.… Expand
  13. Hazy0088
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    You guys ruined everything.
    Completely disappointed about the story, feel sorry for every character in this game.
    They deserved to have a much better ending, not like this!!!!!
    You’ve got 7 years to fix the story, but you didn’t do it!
    Don’t treat players like a fool
  14. Thelastofplayer
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    What a waste of time, Neil Shame on you!!!!! You kill the last of us:////////
  15. Vergil791
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joel being killed by new character. I'm so sad & after that I was forced to play that Joel's murderer for half of the game. Storytelling was so bad. I'm not even there yet, that kind of Neil Druckmann's idea. The only thing that good is the graphics is insanely details.… Expand
  16. Igorgoshan
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    Не собираюсь расписаться, коротко и по делу:
    Графика для ps4 просто невероятная. Геймплей продуманный, но на любителя с большой вариативностью на поле боя, в рамках вселенной конечно. Игра судя по всему сбалансированна под уровень сложности Выживание. Сюжет сложный, мрачный и писимистичный. Не стоит ждать хэппи энда. Уверенно скажу что SJW повесточка есть, но отличии от многих других    Не собираюсь расписаться, коротко и по делу:
    Графика для ps4 просто невероятная. Геймплей продуманный, но на любителя с большой вариативностью на поле боя, в рамках вселенной конечно. Игра судя по всему сбалансированна под уровень сложности Выживание. Сюжет сложный, мрачный и писимистичный. Не стоит ждать хэппи энда. Уверенно скажу что SJW повесточка есть, но отличии от многих других произведений вписана она грамотно. Не является основным коскостяком сюжета и вообще существует где-то на периферии. Труд заслуживает уважения и наивысшей оценки от меня.    … Expand
  17. TheLadwhoGames
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the last of us part 2 is terrible. at the beginning of the whole hype train back in 2018 of this game, it seemed pretty legit with trailers and everything but as the saying goes 'looks can be deceiving
    one of the main sole problems is the secondary character, Abby. apparently when you finish the first half of the game as Ellie THEN you can play as the killer of the original protagonist Joel miller for the second half.it seems with the whole narrative playout that we the gamers should go with the flow
    of things and love it right away but sadly disappointed the only real characters that are still worth giving a damn is Ellie and Tommy I didn't even finish the story because of how bad and unbearable the story was getting.i even got the collectors edition for it. so in conclusion to it all
    it a real shame what naughty dog did. feeding off the glory of the first game and making an empty promise
    truly yours,
    A Fan    … Expand
  18. rikU001
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    Spectacular Graphics, Better than Average Gameplay and a Pretentious Story that doesn't satisfy me. Now I will not say that you cannot like or hate the game. This is my personal opinion and I just don't like it. That's all I can say without spoiling but if you wanna know whether you should buy it or not then I would advice no as better games are coming soon (cough Cyberpunk) with the sameSpectacular Graphics, Better than Average Gameplay and a Pretentious Story that doesn't satisfy me. Now I will not say that you cannot like or hate the game. This is my personal opinion and I just don't like it. That's all I can say without spoiling but if you wanna know whether you should buy it or not then I would advice no as better games are coming soon (cough Cyberpunk) with the same level of graphics and much satisfactory gameplay. As for the story, just watch some Let's Plays of other people like Pewdiepie on Youtube and see for yourself the kind of torture it gives you as a player.… Expand
  19. Anwar345
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    I mean how can you justify Abby. I hate her therey immense hate for Abby and I am not being anti women but what she did was unforgivable and I won't empathize with her backstory ****
  20. Nateydog
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Didn’t do anything that made the first game great, and made many hate the game by forcing the player to play as Abby.… Expand
  21. SADCAT_11111
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    I waited 7 years and this is what we got. Last of us 2 tears down everything great about the first game and tells a boring revenge story filled with plot holes and OMG that awful ending. What a slap in the face to any fan of the series.
  22. rogue5234
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    I am quite disappointed. Graphics were incredibly good, the gameplay was unfortunately nothing new, but the story is a flop.

    My previous game was Death Stranding and it was the other way around. Gameplay was boring but in the end I was rewarded with an incredibly good story.
  23. nutricao
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    realy lazy writing story I have seen in a while, how do you expect me to like this hot piece of ****
  24. saiger
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dumb decision making, unlikable characters, outdated gameplay, full of plotholes.… Expand
  25. sl1ce_of_l1fe
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    If you were disappointed by Game Of Thrones S8, this game is not for you.

    I'll keep this spoiler free. I'm media purist, I stay far away from the internet (reddit) leading up to launches of games/movies I have been waiting for for several years. I didn't read any of the leaks that dropped prior and experienced this game pure. The Last Of Us was nearly a life changing experience,    If you were disappointed by Game Of Thrones S8, this game is not for you.

    I'll keep this spoiler free.

    I'm media purist, I stay far away from the internet (reddit) leading up to launches of games/movies I have been waiting for for several years. I didn't read any of the leaks that dropped prior and experienced this game pure.

    The Last Of Us was nearly a life changing experience, it stands seven years later as the game that has stuck with me the longest and in the most positive way.

    I'm still in disbelief over the dumpster fire this sequel turned out to be. I genuinely hated every minute of playing through the last half of the game. I just wanted it to be over. I made myself keep playing hoping against reality that it would come together eventually. It did not. I finished it two days prior to this writing and I'm still a little emotionally numb and disappointed over the whole experience. My only regret is that I bought digital and that I can't trade it in.

    Outside of the terrible story and atomic bomb story structure, many of the chapters seemed to drag on far longer than necessary. There are far too many incredibly predictable encounters and cut-scenes. Overall the game became extremely repetitive and hard to play through. A far cry from the original.

    Graphically the game is stunning for any console and the physics are the best I've seen in game.

    The 'critic' reviews on this site must have played an alternate version of this game, or perhaps didn't play it at all.

    Do yourself a favor, if you cherish the story of Joel and Ellie, stay far away from The Last Of Us Part II.    … Expand
  26. JackPayne1994
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. From a gameplay standpoint, this game stands up against its predecessor. The story however, falls far short of the original and fails to justify the need for a sequel at all.… Expand
  27. CLAMIE
    Oct 8, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is great. She gave me 27 hours of incredible emotions. Everything is amazing in this game: graphics, story, gameplay, facial animations, atmosphere. The plot is very interesting and unusual. The way the developers were able to continue the story of the first part and develop it so unusually makes you clap standing up. At first, we think that Abby and her friends are enemies and villains. But then the game shows these characters from the reverse side. And it turns out that they are not so bad. By the end of the game, you even start to dislike Ellie. The finale is just gorgeous. It makes you think about everything that happened. The plot in this game is incredibly good and thoughtful. It is rare to find a game with such a story. The gameplay has not changed significantly, but it has new features. Facial animations are awesome. Summing up, I will say that absolutely all PS4 owners need to buy and pass this game. And for those who hate this game, I sympathize. Go play your Mario or Legends of zelda.… Expand
  28. nathanbobathan
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    One of the most brave and dangerous sequels we'll potentially ever see in the gaming industry. Naughty Dog decided to build off of their first masterpiece instead of simply continuing its themes and feelings, and they dug deep into a dark psyche of how the decisions of the first game would effect a human being. Ellie and Joel are back and explored in ways deeper than I could've imagined,One of the most brave and dangerous sequels we'll potentially ever see in the gaming industry. Naughty Dog decided to build off of their first masterpiece instead of simply continuing its themes and feelings, and they dug deep into a dark psyche of how the decisions of the first game would effect a human being. Ellie and Joel are back and explored in ways deeper than I could've imagined, all while being asked to turn on my brain to sympathize for a character like I never had to before. Masterful gameplay design, as well as literal benchmark and industry defining graphics to match.

    Naughty Dog has given us the experience of the generation all while, again, raising the bar of what narrative video game standards.    … Expand
  29. Law_24
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    This game is a complete betrayal to the 1st game. Nice bait and switch with the trailers. Never buying another naughty dog game ever again. Trust the reviews and DO NOT BUY THIS GAME
  30. Mushis
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    Where to begin? The story makes no sense, especially when continuing the story from the first chapter. The characteres we barely get to know, and when you are trying to introduce us to new characters that become the main characters, i would expect a more backstory if you want me to actually feel for their pain/happiness. This is what made the first chapter so good, the backstory made usWhere to begin? The story makes no sense, especially when continuing the story from the first chapter. The characteres we barely get to know, and when you are trying to introduce us to new characters that become the main characters, i would expect a more backstory if you want me to actually feel for their pain/happiness. This is what made the first chapter so good, the backstory made us become a "part" of Ellie and Joel and why they acted like they did. Their pain made us want them to succeed and get a ending where they are happy.… Expand
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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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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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