The Last of Us Part II

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5.8

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  1. Bl8ke
    Jul 17, 2020
    8
    This was a great game. Took me roughly 30hours. The combat felt so good and the sound was amazing. As well as the levels environment and atmosphere is superb. However I find the first game personally more favourable. Despite it now being outdated. The plot for The Last Of Us Part II is good but a lot of downsides many people can relate to. We really should of been given the opportunity toThis was a great game. Took me roughly 30hours. The combat felt so good and the sound was amazing. As well as the levels environment and atmosphere is superb. However I find the first game personally more favourable. Despite it now being outdated. The plot for The Last Of Us Part II is good but a lot of downsides many people can relate to. We really should of been given the opportunity to play as Joel longer then just 10 mins at the start. Then switching characters halfway through the game, lots of fans hated it including myself and kinda felt like giving up. It was a very bold move by Naughty Dog but many ways it could of been executed differently here and there. Another disappointment for me was the soundtrack. I cannot help but keep comparing it to the first game. Once you get to the menu. Nothing. Just a boat resting on water. And during cutscenes it doesn’t have the same impact as when we watched Henry and Sams death or many other emotional scenes from the first game. Those moments is what stuck in people’s mind but this game didn’t give me that. I could just sit at the menu for the first game with the background music playing it was perfect. Some reason they didn’t go this far for the sequel. Disappointing. Would I play again? After platinuming the game on a second play through. I cannot see playing this game again. Hope this helps.… Expand
  2. SpideyInstinct
    Jul 17, 2020
    8
    While I've never been a fan of the gameplay in the last of us games, the gameplay feels greatly improved and the story while a hard pill to swallow is great. This game is great, I honestly don't know where the hate toward this game comes from. While there are small problems with the game I still believe it is a fun and enjoyable experience.
  3. asvaziri
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i don't really get what people are talking about,this game was a masterpiece,i've read all the reviews some of them makes sense like abby's backstory but unlike the others i really really liked the whole story despite it was not the way a fan might like,
    but it was truly a strong one! i mean sometimes you have to face the truth, what Joel did made him dead, see yourself in that condition, what would you do if knew there is a way to get back to a normal life but someone stops everything and kills every peoples hopes!
    i mean if none of these happened it would be fully nonsense so Joel's death had to be a part of the main story
    i do really enjoyed this game and i think i will not experience something like that in years!    … Expand
  4. GameFan232
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    A game like this able to split that much the audience, it's not so common in gaming indutry(the last one i think was Death Stranding, but not for the same reasons).

    However, even if i can understand why some people don't like it, it's exactly what the game is looking for with the topic of his story. It does'nt mean everybody has to be ok with that, but for me this is an evidence fo why    A game like this able to split that much the audience, it's not so common in gaming indutry(the last one i think was Death Stranding, but not for the same reasons).

    However, even if i can understand why some people don't like it, it's exactly what the game is looking for with the topic of his story. It does'nt mean everybody has to be ok with that, but for me this is an evidence fo why the story is well writen and make you feel a certain way.
    It does'nt change that the overall quality of the game is very good, not perfect, but this is a game where you feel all the effort and time put into details, a good level design, a classic but efficient gameplay, and gorgeous graphics.

    However, some part of the game seemed for me too long without being very interesting. The is more a problem of rythm. The game is very long, but to be fair the biggest part is ok.

    And yes you can find some "feminism or lgbt stuff" in background, but honestly it does'nt feel like propaganda you should not even pay attention to it because this is not what the story is about anyway, and it just melt in this world naturally, so there is nothing shocking with that choice.

    I have played Lost of Us 1 a long time ago, i never became a fan of the game despite i liked it, so maybe my reaction will be more moderate than someone that is passionate about the characters.

    Anyway, LOTU part II is still for me a very good game, with very good storytelling, and taking some risk. Of course some people will not like some choice, they will hate some characters, and it's part of what the writters are looking for. And everything, if it's not perfect, is well crafted to serve a purpose..    … Expand
  5. EoinBradley
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    This game isn't a masterpiece like the critics are mostly saying. It's also not as bad as the user reviews would suggest. Maybe people should have played the game instead of just looking at the leaks before reviewing.

    The story isn't great but everything else is done so well that I think this is still worth playing.
  6. gingerarc
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    One of the best series i have ever played,not the best installment but its very good for me
  7. Moth13
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing game, you can't be blinded by anger of Joel's death, and you need to look at it from Abbys shoes too. And don't be homophobe, transphobe and idiot :)… Expand
  8. BigFudd
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    Being one of the few people who didn't completely enjoy the first game, TLOU2 seems to fix the majority of the boring, repetitive gameplay issues. I think going into this having avoided all of the hype and spoilers was definitely beneficial to playing it and I thoroughly enjoyed the story. Although the game does drag on in the second half, the story rounds off in a nice way and IBeing one of the few people who didn't completely enjoy the first game, TLOU2 seems to fix the majority of the boring, repetitive gameplay issues. I think going into this having avoided all of the hype and spoilers was definitely beneficial to playing it and I thoroughly enjoyed the story. Although the game does drag on in the second half, the story rounds off in a nice way and I personally feel that it does the characters justice.… Expand
  9. WHITESIXOMAR
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    It took a second playtrough to come to terms with the game, and I really appreciated it!!! I would have given it a solid 10 like the 1st part... but there are some things that really hated about the way the story is developed, some events should be a cutscene instead of making you play them. Not everyone is ready to show empathy and those who could not bond with the villain will have aIt took a second playtrough to come to terms with the game, and I really appreciated it!!! I would have given it a solid 10 like the 1st part... but there are some things that really hated about the way the story is developed, some events should be a cutscene instead of making you play them. Not everyone is ready to show empathy and those who could not bond with the villain will have a hard time coming to terms with the game. I think we can all appreciate the story just not the way we are meant to experience it. It pains me to give it a 8 instead of a 10 because in many ways its a solid masterpiece... but in so many ways I disagree with the experience that I also feel generous with that 8.… Expand
  10. willmaruci
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Técnicamente impecável, história intrigante e que faz o jogador querer ir até o final
    O final do jogo em si não faz muito sentido no entanto, Ellie atravessa vários estados em busca de vingança, deixa uma pilha de corpos para trás, e quando consegue finalmente dominar a Abby, ela percebe que vingança é ruim e deixa Abby viva?
    Dito isso, é com certeza um dos melhores jogos já feitos, principalmente levando em conta as em questões técnicas, como gráficos, jogabilidade, atenção aos detalhes (expressões faciais e cutscenes), variedade de cenários, etc.    … Expand
  11. Zombs2000
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The lower ratings here are just angry fanboys. The truth is the game is great. The graphics, sound design, controls, all amazing. The story...well there's a lot of room for improvement, even if just by changing the order or some events would have made things better, the killing of joel right at the beginning of the game seems to be the reasoning for hate and anger, i get it, i also didnt want to play as the character who just killed my favorite character in the story. But that doesn't make it a bad game. Ive played through the story twice already and im almost finished platinum trophy. While theres a few thing that should have been changed, the gameplay along with storytelling is not horrible. Its worth the purchase to play. Dont listen to the blind hate. Games like this are to tell a story, not appeal to your personal wants. It does a good job of continuing from the 1st game, even if it makes you angry. But if you think about it, only a good game can make you so angry at the death of someone you like.… Expand
  12. garrettcaver
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game filled me with emotions and made me numb at the same time. Saying the story is great, I believe, is untrue to the game itself. TLOU2 is a gut wrenching, depressing **** game. When the credits rolled I sat in silence and stared at my tv for a solid ten minutes devoid of emotion. The game doesn’t make you feel good. It doesn’t cater to fan service. It’s not a copy of the first game. It is a gripping, realistic take on a story of vengeance in its most primal and unflattering form. Naughty Dog did a great job of making me feel the emotional toll of this game and that is something I don’t often see in video games.… Expand
  13. Mufasamaster06
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Finally played the whole game and wanted to give a short but honest review. I was a big fan of the first one, so I came to the game with really high expectations and it really delivered. The gameplay was amazing and the curveball of playing a little under half of the campaign as Abby was a wrlcomed surprise. The game has no good guys or bad guys. Just people who are consumed by vengeance. What made me not give a higher score is that the game dragged a little bit at the end. But this game is an experience and should be played as probably the last great PS4 game (have not played Ghost of Tsushima yet). Don’t listen to the trolls and the hate, play the game!… Expand
  14. Kaneki1414
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    Amazing everything apart from the story and the order of the levels, you’ll see what I mean when you play it
  15. 4lkis
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    Great game!! Poor story, for me. Insane battle , great animation and wonderful voice-overs that got me emotional especially when Ellie sang take on. Peace.
  16. CUtigers48
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    Wanted to wait until I got the platinum before rating this. I'd give it an 8.25, compared to a 9.5 or so for the original. The gameplay is absolutely better, but the story just doesn't have the same impact of the first. Ellie's parts of the story are just okay, and the characters are really weak (other than ellie, Joel, and Tommy). Dina might be one of the most annoying characters I haveWanted to wait until I got the platinum before rating this. I'd give it an 8.25, compared to a 9.5 or so for the original. The gameplay is absolutely better, but the story just doesn't have the same impact of the first. Ellie's parts of the story are just okay, and the characters are really weak (other than ellie, Joel, and Tommy). Dina might be one of the most annoying characters I have ever had tag along with me. She does nothing but constantly tell me what I'm doing is dangerous, and asked if I'm okay what felt like 500 times throughout. Abby's part, on the other hand, is a whole lot of fun with some really good characters. Some of the set pieces and action sequences are loads of fun to play through, which was oddly missing from Ellie's parts. The only problem with Abby is that her story is entirely unnecessary, no matter how fun it is. It seems like it would have been better off as a DLC or a standalone DLC like Naughty Dog has done in the past. I'm just guessing, but it almost feels like they knew the Ellie portions of the story were not up to par with what they wanted, so they just tacked on this part just to hopefully improve the fun factor. It worked, but it still is very unnecessary. The Ellie portions dealt with a lot of swimming, I'm assuming due to the fact that she just learned how to swim, but really you can either swim or not swim in video games. There's no in between. It's hard to make learning to swim into a compelling story mechanic, which I'm assuming is why she can perfectly swim during the part where she's "learning" to swim. Abby's parts deal with the fear of heights more, which is absolutely doable in a video game. Some of the things she has to deal with because of her fear of heights, really translates over to a more fear inducing experience. I know giving this an 8 after all of this criticism doesn't make sense, but I feel like this is still a high quality game that just doesn't have as good of a story as the first. people rating this below a 6 are just doing it out of spite. Play it for yourself, form your own opinion.… Expand
  17. Roland_starmen
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    I liked the last of the 2 of us but I didn't like some elements of the game so I didn't spoil it then I won't talk
  18. Tiago_elliebr
    Jul 19, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo muito bom gráficos jogabilidade incríveis, acho q em questao de jogabilidade é o melhor jogo q ja joguei ,a história em si é boa mas eu como fã do primeiro fiquei decepcionado achei a morte do Joel muito rápida e um pouco forçada ele merecia uma morte um pouco melhor eu sei q em no mundo como esse não tem morte heróica mas no primeiro as mortes foi muito maís bem feita como a do Sam e do Henry dava muito bem pra eles fazer uma morte melhor nesse jogo trataram ele como se fosse um simples npc sendo q no primeiro nós passamos quase o jogo inteiro com ele… Expand
  19. Klobcicvolne
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    This game is really amazing but is not fun to play. It is heartbraking and emotionally deep experience. You really get to feel what ellie feels. I am hoping for a part 3 where ellie will finally find peace hopefully.
  20. OtakuStrawhat
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the first review I’m putting on a game because I feel that this game is getting too much love and too much hate at the same time, as someone who watches anime and movies everyday I feel that I have a pretty good view when it comes to character development and what would drive a character to do certain things. With the death of everyone’s, including myself, Joel the game feels like it was over and there was no point in continuing. I kept going out of respect for the creators at Naughty Dog and I’ve been getting platinum trophies for all my recent games. As the game went on I could only think about what the ending would bring because no matter what I always held a grudge against Abby, but I understood her reason for doing what she did, which Is what I would like to believe was the intended point, rather than loving the character after everything you just understand why she did it. The same Joel’s decision at the end of the first game. It wasn’t morally right but you understood why. Ellie has so much pent up anger, pain and confusion that it was easy to understand how she could slowly become a revenge driven maniac who kills everyone in her way. You may dislike her but it’s true to human nature. You get to watch as both characters develop into different people with Abby wanting to become a better person and wanting a life with Lev. Ellie has so much turmoil over wether or not she should’ve killed Abby but in the end she couldn’t bring herself down to that level any longer. The story and it’s development, while not the best, is still better than your average game, the gameplay is phenomenal much like the first game. If the ratings were out of 5 for story and out fo 5 for gameplay this would be a 3/5 for story and a 5/5 for gameplay.… Expand
  21. rinleer
    Jul 20, 2020
    8
    solid gameplay, visually amazing, great music.

    in my second playthrough i even started to like abby.
  22. alank8704
    Nov 25, 2020
    8
    I honestly really liked the story and I liked abby as well idc what anybody says. But the reason is because I was never really attached to the first games story and characters like everyone else was. The first game was not a 10 out of 10 for me and it was not game of the decade or anything like that. Thats probably why I was ok and understood what happened in part 2. But I didnt reallyI honestly really liked the story and I liked abby as well idc what anybody says. But the reason is because I was never really attached to the first games story and characters like everyone else was. The first game was not a 10 out of 10 for me and it was not game of the decade or anything like that. Thats probably why I was ok and understood what happened in part 2. But I didnt really like the gameplay. I dont like linear games to begin with but for some reason this game for me was worse than the first one… Expand
  23. Kurosaki1478
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    So as cenas mais sexualizadas que estragaram o game, junto com alguns bugs de gráfico, mas de resto está ótimo
  24. Jerosvel
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    Buen juego, sin embargo hubo gameplay innecesario, alargaron la historia y había mucho rollo en la trama. Sin embargo los gráficos estuvieron muy buenos.
  25. RosaMelan0
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It really saddens me that there are a lot of hate comments, I know that this game is not perfect, but neither is a piece of sh*t and its really sad eill remember this master piece as a joke. I really get why people is upset about the ending, im not an Abby fan neither, but i think thats for the best. Also i have hope, that if naughtydog kept Abby that means we will see her in The Last of Us 3 (hopefully). Also I think that joel didnt deserve to die, hoever if i would be in his situation, i would have done the same thing… Expand
  26. Bnm76543210
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    Игра хорошая. Геймплей, на мой взгляд, стал менее деревянным за счёт добавления новых игровых механик. Графика в игре просто прекрасна, и на моей фатке всё выглядит более чем отлично. Однако, сюжет на мой взгляд мог быть и по лучше. Он мог быть более трагичным и глубоким, если бы Нил Дракман придерживаться первоначального варианта сценария.Игра хорошая. Геймплей, на мой взгляд, стал менее деревянным за счёт добавления новых игровых механик. Графика в игре просто прекрасна, и на моей фатке всё выглядит более чем отлично. Однако, сюжет на мой взгляд мог быть и по лучше. Он мог быть более трагичным и глубоким, если бы Нил Дракман придерживаться первоначального варианта сценария.
  27. AMeshref
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    As a video game this a piece of art. Didn't like something or two about the story but definitely this game is one hell of an experience. Didn't regret for a second buying it. And I'll play it again. I wanna get back there.
  28. Mummsy
    Jul 19, 2020
    8
    While there was quite a a bit of the story that left something to be desired, the gameplay itself was fantastic. Many of the mechanics left the same or improved upon, visuals stunning, and an overall great game.
  29. luisrks90
    Jul 19, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I like the game, pretty fun playing it on bothe perspectives. The only thing I didn't like was the end of the story. I think it deserved a better ending, and I understandl they might do it on purpose for a future part III.… Expand
  30. snaieper228
    Jul 19, 2020
    8
    Хорошее продолжение истории, но не лучше первой части.
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  1. Positive: 113 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
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  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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