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. ArtZu
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the best games for PlayStation 4. As for me part two little bit better then first one. My congratulations!… Expand
  2. Misterdiony
    Jun 2, 2021
    7
    The game polarizes strongly. In my opinion, Naughty Dog still convinces with the gameplay elements and the graphics, but the story is much weaker compared to the predecessor.

    The dynamic between Ellie and Joel in the first part is something that I missed a lot. Of course, it's up to Naughty Dog to keep the story going. The story is unfortunately much weaker and for me the core of the    The game polarizes strongly. In my opinion, Naughty Dog still convinces with the gameplay elements and the graphics, but the story is much weaker compared to the predecessor.

    The dynamic between Ellie and Joel in the first part is something that I missed a lot. Of course, it's up to Naughty Dog to keep the story going. The story is unfortunately much weaker and for me the core of the game, so the rating went down.    … Expand
  3. Pashu1289
    Jun 2, 2021
    3
    Stupid characters, boring and empty story, almost the same gameplay as in first part,but good graphics. I bought it for half of the price and already regret it. 

    Unfortunately PS does not allow me to refund money otherwise I would already refund all I paid for this game. It is just so boring and not interesting. 
  4. Saeedg
    Jun 1, 2021
    10
    Adorable, unique,... It was really impressive and beautiful in all Elements.
    Very exciting and scary in some places
  5. Vincentchimera
    Jun 1, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game just straight up sucks. From the horrible pacing to the unenjoyable gameplay with Abby and the not interesting whatsoever story with Abby. Joel dies within the first hour of the game which is just a slap in the face to anyone who played the first game. This should've been an adventure with Joel and Ellie, not Ellie and Abby. The graphics were on point along with the gameplay giving this a 2/10 for me.… Expand
  6. Fenchurch042
    Jun 1, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a **** game.

    Repetitive game mechanics, surroundings, enemies, ...
    Had to play f*** Abbie for what felt an eternity

    But worst of all:
    No choice you make maters.
    Not a single one.
    Might as well watched the ending on youtube (for free without the frustration)    … Expand
  7. Mustafa1453
    Jun 1, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **** THE ENDING. And especially **** Abby the steroid junkie. Naughty dog where you guys on drugs while making this game like seriously… Expand
  8. ken717w
    Jun 1, 2021
    0
    We've been waiting for 7 bloody years, and what we get is this crap.
    I'm a big fan of ND since Crash Bandicoot, now I feel like I'm a joke to them.
  9. Al1ne
    Jul 14, 2020
    10
    This game is a masterpiece,everybody, who have ps4 must play it. Story is dramatic,action and really interesting. Gameplay is like a first part,but it have more new functions,which help to be more interesting and variable. Music is very good, and art design is spectacular.
  10. tooshortFred
    May 31, 2021
    10
    One of the greatest stories ever told! Just played through both games again. Will go down as one of my all time favorites for sure.
  11. Volgingae
    May 31, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. THİS GAME İS REALLY GOOD A GOOD STROY, A GOOD STEALTH, A GOOD STORY TELL,A GOOD GAMEPLAY,A GOOD ATMOSPHERE, WELL-WRITTEN CHARACTERS YOU MUST PLAY TİHS GAME AND PEOPLE DONT LİKE THİS GAME BECAUSE THERE İS SJW AND JOEL HAS DEAD THATS WHY PEOPLE HATE THİS GAME BUT THİS GAME İS REALLY PERFECT BELİEVE ME AND TRUST ME… Expand
  12. hanohgami
    May 31, 2021
    10
    The graphics are also perfect.
    I was very impressed.
    Children will not understand.
  13. AlexKorvin
    May 31, 2021
    10
    Великое продолжение великой игры. Драматургия Дракманна, которая выставить рыдать от зависти лучших сценаристов Голливуда. Каждая частица окружения, каждая реплика, каждая эмоция - все работает на погружение. Тот эталон, на который должно ориентироваться интерактивное кино.Великое продолжение великой игры. Драматургия Дракманна, которая выставить рыдать от зависти лучших сценаристов Голливуда. Каждая частица окружения, каждая реплика, каждая эмоция - все работает на погружение. Тот эталон, на который должно ориентироваться интерактивное кино.
  14. JaymeCanaan
    May 31, 2021
    0
    The technical quality and gameplay is exquisite but the story and storyline ...

    History is low level. And try to force me to empathize with Abby throughout the game (I hated that) a completely psychopathic and despicable character. The forced communist ideological progressism down his throat in this game is inevitable. I hated it and finished the game feeling like an unfortunate    The technical quality and gameplay is exquisite but the story and storyline ...

    History is low level. And try to force me to empathize with Abby throughout the game (I hated that) a completely psychopathic and despicable character.

    The forced communist ideological progressism down his throat in this game is inevitable.

    I hated it and finished the game feeling like an unfortunate garbage.

    It is a narrative experience that adds nothing.    … Expand
  15. Giakotia
    May 31, 2021
    0
    This game is the example how u shouldn't do a sequel
    Gameplay wise game is stuning Stuning visuals amd animation but story couldn't get worse than this
  16. MTB
    May 31, 2021
    2
    Why yes I made an account only to take a dump on this game, thank you.
    Originally I was going to post some trans-phobic joke for **** and to see if twitter lefties would screen-shot it an effort to make an argument, but I'm not doing that, I'm going serious.
    I own a PS2, 3 and 4, I got to play a bit of the original TLOU in PS3, then lost it, years later, the remastered version was free    Why yes I made an account only to take a dump on this game, thank you.
    Originally I was going to post some trans-phobic joke for **** and to see if twitter lefties would screen-shot it an effort to make an argument, but I'm not doing that, I'm going serious.
    I own a PS2, 3 and 4, I got to play a bit of the original TLOU in PS3, then lost it, years later, the remastered version was free for PS+ users, so I bought it, and I loved it, the game got me truly enthusiastic for the sequel.
    Then I saw the leaks back in April, and my absolute hype for the game, turned into absolute hate.
    I didn't and I still don't care if Abby is a mutilated 41%-ass individual, or if Ellie likes to scissor with women whose actresses got their boobs nerfed, what enraged me is how dirty they did Joel, a character that everyone fell in love with in the previous game.
    Some time later, I kinda got over it, but I still wasn't going to play it, and when people got the game early VIA pre-order, I got even more goddamn enraged.
    They torture the main characters like the absolute worst villains in history, Tommy gets divorced, one-eyed and limping, mad about the fact that Ellie promised him to kill that woman and now is hesitating about it, Ellie herself hallucinates about Joel's dead body and with how she couldn't save him, which inspires her to finish the job and fight Abby on an even fight where both of them are emaciated as hell and she DOESN'T KILL HER BECAUSE OF A FLASHBACK OF JOEL PLAYING THE GUITAR (Which absolutely contradicts what she said about Joel killing Abby if Ellie was the one killed and not him), then the game ends with Dina making a meme out of herself and taking the kids, and Ellie making a failed attempt to play the guitar with three fingers on her left hand, she's alone, she did Tommy dirty by having the chance of finishing the job, and HESITATING about it, and she made a complete fool out of herself by killing a bunch of people trying to find Abby and NOT finishing off the person you killed so much to find, ending the game with an unsatisfying climax, tbh it would have been slightly less bad if Abby just finished Ellie in the theater.
    Good job, Neil, you got what you wanted, a game that literally no mentally stable person likes, and you are getting what you deserve because of it, I hope mocaping that scene with your self insert banging Abby was worth it.
    I'm giving it a 2 only because of the REALLY slightly improved gameplay, and I'm being really forgiving with it.    … Expand
  17. STAR64
    May 31, 2021
    10
    Best game on PS4 and best game 2020 ever. Very strong experience, 25 hours game time...
  18. Valkillmore
    May 30, 2021
    10
    This game is one of the most ambitious stories I've ever played in a video game, there is no doubt it has split the player base (just look at the user reviews compared to what they were when the game first came out) but it was **** eviscerated by leaks and hit pieces from youtubers, it was a mess. When i actually sat down and beat the game myself i felt like an idiot for not believing inThis game is one of the most ambitious stories I've ever played in a video game, there is no doubt it has split the player base (just look at the user reviews compared to what they were when the game first came out) but it was **** eviscerated by leaks and hit pieces from youtubers, it was a mess. When i actually sat down and beat the game myself i felt like an idiot for not believing in this studio, it made me re-evaluate how i look at reviews and what to think about reviews and online discourse surrounding games. The only real hiccup I've thought of is that there are a handful of pacing issues and a portion does drag enough to make it off putting to some especially if they aren't entirely bought into whats happening yet. All id say is play the game for yourself and see because this not just another company ruining their properties because they're "woke" or "pandering".… Expand
  19. Tonchite
    May 30, 2021
    10
    Es un juego espectular, me encanta la oscuridad de este universo. Los gráficos, banda sonora, historia, jugabilidad, todo me parece genial.
  20. TheLastJunior
    May 30, 2021
    10
    Игра очень понравилась, не знаю откуда столько хейта и критики, она дарит уйму эмоций, теперь это моя любимая часть игры, спасибо доги
  21. Cloudy83
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Uno de los mejores juegos de la historia. Visualmente espectacular, coge la base del primero y la perfecciona, una historia emocionante que te dará que pensar, un juego de 10 en todos sus apartados.
  22. FantomFBT
    Jul 5, 2020
    1
    Nice graphics but awful story, I’m ok with Elly to be gay, but the story if is boring as hell, I’m sorry that I wasted so much time on this game...
  23. Aswan
    May 30, 2021
    1
    Todo se puede resumir en Joel se merecía algo mejor.
    El juego como tal es lo mas bestia que se puede jugar en la ps4, las mecánicas del juego están mejoradas respecto al primero.
    Pero para los fans de la primera parte nunca podremos perdonar es la historia claramente enfocada en una ideología impuesta, de la que naughty dog parece subirse últimamente, y por lo cual un juego que podría    Todo se puede resumir en Joel se merecía algo mejor.
    El juego como tal es lo mas bestia que se puede jugar en la ps4, las mecánicas del juego están mejoradas respecto al primero.
    Pero para los fans de la primera parte nunca podremos perdonar es la historia claramente enfocada en una ideología impuesta, de la que naughty dog parece subirse últimamente, y por lo cual un juego que podría ser de 10 pasa a ser algo de lo que olvidarse.    … Expand
  24. xHARKYNx
    Jul 3, 2020
    1
    Horrible, crap, burning dumpster fire of a story. Neil druckman has destroyed everything fans loved about this franchise! I'm done with Naughty Dog products.
  25. E_Anonimo
    May 29, 2021
    0
    Se nota una mejoria en la jugabilidad, tanto la inteligencia artificial de los personajes, y los graficos han mejorado bastante, sin embargo, la historia fue bastante floja, el mensaje final es "la venganza es mala" cosa que no tiene mucho sentido con la primera entrega. Ademas de eso, gran parte del juego se concentra mas en las relaciones amorosas que otra cosa. Decepcion total, seSe nota una mejoria en la jugabilidad, tanto la inteligencia artificial de los personajes, y los graficos han mejorado bastante, sin embargo, la historia fue bastante floja, el mensaje final es "la venganza es mala" cosa que no tiene mucho sentido con la primera entrega. Ademas de eso, gran parte del juego se concentra mas en las relaciones amorosas que otra cosa. Decepcion total, se esperaba una mejor trama.… Expand
  26. Underworldgames
    May 29, 2021
    10
    A perfect sequel the story while some parts I didn't agree with the game is a perfect sequel
  27. Davitesh2
    May 29, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Abby es un personaje forzado con exceso de protagonismo, Joel tuvo una muerte sin sentido y tempranera, el final es absurdo… Expand
  28. Nitroso
    May 29, 2021
    8
    The nature of the discourse surrounding this game has made it difficult for many to be fair. The sheer amount of 0’s and 10’s given to this game is evidence of that. While TLOU2 certainly isn’t a 0/10 game, it is not a 10/10, either.

    For starters, the game does many things well. The level of detail in this game is nothing short of incredible. One of my favorite parts of the first game was    The nature of the discourse surrounding this game has made it difficult for many to be fair. The sheer amount of 0’s and 10’s given to this game is evidence of that. While TLOU2 certainly isn’t a 0/10 game, it is not a 10/10, either.

    For starters, the game does many things well. The level of detail in this game is nothing short of incredible. One of my favorite parts of the first game was uncovering the story of Ish in the sewers. TLOU2 is filled with intriguing short stories like that which make the world feel alive, as though it has a history. Uncovering these little mysteries through the artifacts and environment may have been my favorite part of the game. While I’m no expert when it comes to graphics, the PS4 Pro version had the best (most realistic) graphics I’ve ever seen.

    For the most part, the gameplay is great and an improvement over the original. The dodge mechanic is a very welcome addition that opens up options in combat for Ellie in particular. I also appreciate how infected and humans are no longer perfectly outlined in listen mode. Depending on where you’re at in the story, you will find your approach to combat change, and it’s fun to mix it up at that point. My only gripe with the combat is that is feels slightly delayed. If you’ve played the first game, you’re aware of the infamous brick/bottle throw + melee combo. In TLOU2, the animation to grab and throw the bottle feels much slower than in TLOU1, often resulting in death, and it’s frustrating on higher difficulties where this strategy is essential.

    Of course, the most important part of TLOU2 is the narrative. This is where the controversy lies, and there’s little I can say about it that hasn’t been said already. Personally, I didn’t love the direction the game took, but I was still impressed by what Naughty Dog accomplished and applaud their boldness. In a world of bland cookie cutter sequels, Naughty Dog dared to take a risk. For me, the risk paid off. While the phrase “go into it with an open mind” is often a red flag, in this case it’s important for you to do so. Don’t be taken in by people telling you what to think—I encourage you to come to your own conclusions. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy the game as much as I did. My main gripe with the narrative (unrelated to the story direction) is that the game felt bloated at times, and a little longer than it should have been. The pacing would have benefitted if the first half was trimmed somewhat. By the end I was exhausted, which hampered my enjoyment a bit, but this became less of an issue on my second playthrough.

    TLOU2 is a game that challenges you in a way no game I’ve played before or since has. It challenges your humanity and empathy, and urges you to understand that we’re all the heroes in our own story. Ultimately, that’s what The Last of Us is all about.    … Expand
  29. Beefstew
    May 29, 2021
    10
    Immersive storyline. One of the best story driven game in PS. I'm glad I played this game. Looking forward for the part 3.
  30. martinho_99
    Jul 3, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLOU II is the best non-open-world game I've ever played. Most people seem to don't like it because either they don't understand the story and its moral message or because of personal reasons (homophobia, hates strong women et.). This is very sad because when you expect to not like something you won't like it for sure.
    In most games you kill one person after the other and the game gives you some kind of feeling that you achieved something good but to reach the goal you murdered thousands of people and no one cares (Uncharted, Tomb Raider etc.) It's the same with Ellies first Part of the story. But what makes TLOU II a masterpiece is the change in point of view to Abby. We see her love to her father, her fear of heights, the death of her friends and comrades, a pointless war against a misguided cult and later on her choosing to save two children from all of it and after all her moral superiority when she decides to let Ellie and pregnant Dina live. The evil killer that murdered Joel became human, every killing (even the dogs) and all the brutality is viewed from another point and is reflected. The message is clear: revange does not only takes so many lifes, it leads to a never seeming to end cycle which ruins the lifes of both Abby and Ellie particularly shown in their fight on the beach. Abby tried to end this before, showed mercy and got out of everything with the little boy at the end. But Ellie who couldn't forget her hatred and went again for revange lost everything: Dina and the child, the farm and very important her fingers. Without them it's impossible for her playing guitar which is the central connection between her and Joel, loosing this ability means all the hate and revange only led to loosing Joel in a way...
    I am very gratefull to have been able to play this outstanding masterpiece! This story was on a completly other level not to mention the unbelievable graphics, the on-point gameplay, the love for detail, not one but two amazing female main characters and as I have heard overwhelming accessibility options. I really hope Naughty Dog is going for a third part in which they conclude the story, either Ellie dies and all hope for humanity is lost or they find a vaccination. This is a story about what hate and revenge does to people and ironically the people who were hating this game are the ones who got the harm because they couldn't go through this experience.    … 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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Metascore
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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