The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Katherine973
    Jul 13, 2020
    7
    The Last of Us 2 is to me, the PS4's answer to Game of Thrones.
    The Last of Us remains the best game I have ever played, I adore it beyond words. The same can be said for the DLC of Left Behind, both stories are spectacularly told, and I have yet to find a franchise that is able to create such an attachment and love for their characters as much as this one.
    There is no denying that the    The Last of Us 2 is to me, the PS4's answer to Game of Thrones.
    The Last of Us remains the best game I have ever played, I adore it beyond words. The same can be said for the DLC of Left Behind, both stories are spectacularly told, and I have yet to find a franchise that is able to create such an attachment and love for their characters as much as this one.
    There is no denying that the sequel would undoubtedly leave people unhappy, the pressure on this game meant that nothing short of perfection would be accepted, as should be the case because the unfortunate truth of this game is that it has for me, and for many others, tarnished the beauty of its predecessor.
    It should not need to be said that graphically the Last of Us 2 is indeed a masterpiece. Other elements such as the gameplay and the acting are improved but stay true to the original., it is perhaps what makes the story of this game all the harder to accept. I played this game with a mixture of heartbreak, anger, and disinterest. Heartbreak for all the artists, actors, programmers, everyone who worked so hard especially amidst the rumours of crunch time behind the scenes; anger that the writers had failed to match the high standards of the artists and the original. Disinterest because I felt no enjoyment throughout the second half, and indeed part of the first.

    It took me 3 attempts to finish this game. Admittedly only because i felt I owed it to those who worked so hard, and to my adoration of the original, I prayed the payoff would be worth it.
    Neil Druckmann said that they would not create a sequel without a real reason, indeed the motivation here demands the story be told, the story begins as a mission for revenge - pure and simple. The game plays out with a similar linearity to the first one with regards to gameplay, but with a strong reliance on flashbacks and alternative POVs to create a depth that quite frankly, it could have done without. It has taken me many hours to accept the story and direction taken by Druckmann, I have however still not forgiven it. The insistence on forcing this outdated and frankly unwanted trope that 'an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind' is what makes this game so unlikeable. The message is too forced, so much so that it detracts from the likeability of even those characters from the original. It also does not help that they altered the trailer, substituting characters to avoid leaks.
    At the end of the day I cannot score this game poorly because it is so beautiful in every aspect but story. It has though ruined the beauty of the Last of Us for me. I wish it hadn't, I really wanted to fall in love with this game, but no matter how many excuses I make, I cannot forgive the laziness of the writing. I see hints of the bittersweet nuances of the original, especially in the flashbacks, which makes this review all the harder. But I felt lied to when I finished this game, angry that the very same people who created the first game with all its depth and heartbreak, could turn around and accept this as a worthy sequel.
    This review is not an angry rage against a direction I did not agree with, it is a solemn warning of the disappointment to come for any who choose to play this.    … Expand
  2. Yureas
    Jul 13, 2020
    7
    O jogo é incrível e ao mesmo tempo odioso, me fizeram jogar com um personagem que não tinha nenhuma empatia e que tinha matado brutalmente um personagem que eu amava e por muito tempo.

    A pior parte foi bater a Elie com esse personagem. Deixei a Eliie me matar várias vezes de tanta raiva que eu tinha desse personagem; é como se eu estivesse jogando com a Sersey e tentando matar a Arya.    O jogo é incrível e ao mesmo tempo odioso, me fizeram jogar com um personagem que não tinha nenhuma empatia e que tinha matado brutalmente um personagem que eu amava e por muito tempo.

    A pior parte foi bater a Elie com esse personagem. Deixei a Eliie me matar várias vezes de tanta raiva que eu tinha desse personagem; é como se eu estivesse jogando com a Sersey e tentando matar a Arya.

    O final foi péssimo, dá até raiva de comentar.    … Expand
  3. Bird59
    Jul 13, 2020
    7
    Technicall quality - 9/10
    this game looks, plays and sounds beautiful. Few animation system hangups here and there are ok, I just hate motion blur and this game wouldnt run smooth enough without it, so thats the one point down.
    Gameplay - 8/10 I LOVE the stealth oriented gameplay, the areas of gameplay are bigger and more vertical, there are some new fun to use weapons, stealth got    Technicall quality - 9/10
    this game looks, plays and sounds beautiful. Few animation system hangups here and there are ok, I just hate motion blur and this game wouldnt run smooth enough without it, so thats the one point down.

    Gameplay - 8/10
    I LOVE the stealth oriented gameplay, the areas of gameplay are bigger and more vertical, there are some new fun to use weapons, stealth got better just by being able to crawl, but most of it is pretty much more of the same from the first game, it was just constantly interrupted by cutscenes and the context of the story made me sometimes NOT ENJOY being good at the game. Also too much jump scares, too many times the game forcefully takes all my gear when I just got comfortable with using all of the tools they gave me.

    Narrative script and dramaturgy - 5/10
    The characters from the previous game were absolutely out of their previous characteristics, one of the most belloved characters from previous game was flatout disrespected by the writers from the very start of the game and awkwardly recalled in flashbacks later to what we actually wanted to see after playing the first game, problem is it was out of beat of funcional story of this genre. My personal and professional oppinion is that this event should have taken place roughly half way through the game, not at the beginning.

    Other characters were acting pretty ridiculously knowing who they are what life experiences they all have. The motivation and actions of lots of those characters is just completely crazy and nonsensical. All the constant jumping back and forth between playable characters to explain it, flashbacks and unplayable cutscenes stopped me from getting to know the new characters I was supposed to care for and empathise with them later on in the game. Lots of reasoning the story used either didnt make sense in the reality of that world or was in direct contradiction of what the game tells you couple of scenes earlier.

    Lots of smalltalk between characters during gameplay or exploration was cringeworthy not just for me, but for both of my flatmates watching me play the game. It just came off like a fan fiction based on the world of Last of Us 1 written for a specific niche of the audience of the first game, but without fully respecting the previous game.

    Lingering on super violent scenes and letting characters that already went through a lot of violence and rought life, but also know peaceful life in safe communities, go through all this crazyness without having anything to reflect on it and just keep on being hellbent on more violence is surprising and shocking and I get what kind of experience they try to create for players, but the first game wasnt like that, it used violence differently when it comes to the main plot of the game, it built suspence and brought points and realisations both to the player and the character that were not so shocking, but emotionally way more hard hitting than anything in this game, I just remember feeling shocked by some cheap jumpscares and disgusted by taking some violent scenes a bit too far and completely let down by the ending.

    SO, how would I rate this game overall?
    7.5/10 - for the goold old Last of Us gameplay and the technical quality    … Expand
  4. SamBadi
    Jul 13, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ох как же много срача произошло из-за этой игры. Выскажу свое мнение. Как игра, она мне очень понравилась, Очень крутая боёвка, перестрелки, заражённые которых ты реально боишься, классный стелс. Вообщем от игрового процесса я ловил кайф и восхищался. Но срач и не из-за этого. Сюжет мне зашёл и не очень одновременно. Игра показывает правильные мысли на счёт мести, показывает что люди порой хуже гриба. (Дальше спойлеры). Все бомбят на то что убили Джоэля, ну мне тоже не очень это понравилось, но мне кажется что авторы и этого чувства хотели и вызвать у игрока, как и у Элли. Ухх, как же я хотял всех поубивать, играя за Элли, но бомбить на то что эго убили это то самое что бомбить на то что твой отец умер в автокатастрофе например. Да, обидно, но с этим уже ничего не поделаешь. А от что в игру было вплетено ЛГБТ мне это вообще не понравилось. Я полностью понимаю лесбиянство Элли, так как это было показано ещё в первой части, понимаю мужиковатость Эбби, так как она в это суровом мире выживает сильнейший и она тренировалась, что бы отомстить, да и вы видели тот крутой спортзал, я бы сам там занимался каждый день)). НО. Есть мелкие ЛГБТ моменты которые меня бесят иии... Лев. Этот трансгендер. Из-за него весь сюжет получился таким каким он есть иии, я совсем не понимаю мотивацию Лева, а из-за этого перевоплощения пострадали её родственники и он сам и это меня бесит. Вставили лиш бы было, лучше не говорили бы что он трансгендер. Плюс затянутый сюжет немного так что 7 балав из 10… Expand
  5. Godofwar1_4
    Jul 13, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I give only 7 because they killed my father very ugly way
    And because of the hulk guy    … Expand
  6. newenaneha
    Jul 16, 2020
    7
    Neil Druckmann has you puppets dancing ahahahaha gunga ginga gunga ginga! Imagine giving this a 0/10 just because naughty dog didn't give you what you wanted! Awwwww boo hoo! Need a tissue?? Overall, best game ever and if you disagree you are objectively wrong. Bye nerds!
  7. travelraccoon
    Jul 13, 2020
    7
    if you loved the first for the story only this is not your game, I liked both the story and the gameplay of the first and to be honest I really really enjoyed the gameplay
  8. Tedjones204
    Jul 14, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Loved the game since I was 15 I’m 24 been waiting for the part 2 forever and the ending was so disappointing game was amazing just hate how the ending had to go like that she should have killed the people responsible would have let fans have closure for the death of Joel that broke every hardcore last of us fans hearts thanks Neil druckmann… Expand
  9. CovetousCargo03
    Jul 14, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played the first one a bunch of times, have a poster of it in my room and even went to a haloween aprty as Joel a few years back. This game is good, not great. I think the killing of one of the main characters is what sunk it for most people, myself sort of included. I read online about Neil thought how Joel's arc was… Expand
  10. BaronKorf
    Jul 14, 2020
    7
    My thing "two long"... When I played for Ebbi I switch level form hard to easiest, because It was so boring for me (
  11. Elici
    Jul 14, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Calling the story poor is lazy.
    Calling the story perfect is lazy
    The story is brave and the morale that is tried to be established is alluring.
    I think for most people, where the story "fails" is that you have expected to see another story about your heroes. You expected to get a character development and an arc that makes sense for a fan, and that is something that Neil will have to deal with the team in the future. By the end of the day one could even say that you have created trailers that pointed in a wrong direction....you misguided our hopes.

    My recommendation would be to re-think the structural time-line that had been chosen and try to understand it's challenges for the future. By the end of the day there are so many themes and motives that need to be understood in order to really capture the meaning of the game that it would be taking a lot of Empathy, Forgiveness, Love to understand. How much love did you show the people by misguiding their hopes and emotions? How much Love did you show people by butchering Joel like that and how much Forgiveness did you offer to People by giving them this end?

    Also, my recommendation would be to review what is expected of the player (empathy) vs. what is shown by the characters (Abby, where is the empathy?)

    Did Elli lost herself? Lost her fingers, lost her ability to play the guitar? Her ability to connect with Joel ? Who is Elli now and how will she get back on track? ...7 years for this is really harsh.

    Did Abby forgive Elli? Will she be able to understand her sins? Will she be able to grow a conscious? Does she still feel it was right?....

    Why did Joels brother go to Elli and requested revenge? Isn't he the real adult? Doesn't he KNOW his brother? Joel never would have wanted this...

    The game creates a lot of questions and you leave people alone. I like being alone, but others might feel differently. It is an absolute hate-it-or-love-it product and you have to deal with that Naughty Dog.    … Expand
  12. Bonnietherock
    Jul 14, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved a lot about this game. The graphics, The terrain and sound design. The gameplay was rather enjoyable but a bit repetitive. I liked and hated the story. I think everyone knew even without seeing the leak that Joel would die. I don't dislike that he died, but the way he died felt so quick and dry. It felt as if they were just trying to kill him super quick and it felt unjust. I'd rather see him dying a heroic death than the one I was given. But enough about Joel's death. The ending is something i didn't hate nor like. You as the player have either seen Abby's dead friends or killed the rest of them. So why not kill Abby? Because Other people (like Lev) might come for you? You've gone this far just to track her down and kill her, and now you give up because you're scared? And then my BIGGEST hate for this game is playing as Abby Whilst fighting Ellie. Just why? I see a lot of people comparing it to playing as Micah after killing Arthur and comparing Abby to Micah. I see why some people see it like that. With the first statement I completely agree. For all the players that played the first game, they (probably) felt connected to Joel (Same as with Arthur) But to then play as their Killer is something most people would hate. Now for the second statement. I disagree completely. Micah was meant to be hated, Abby was meant to be sympathized with. As a "Final Verdict" I definitely recommend this game to players loving a sad, emotional story. There are definitely some good moral things in there.… Expand
  13. Shungitt
    Jul 15, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sort of a failure, sort of a masterpiece The Last of Us Part 2 tries to blur the line of protagonists and antagonists. What is evil and what is not. The problem is that some of the character development/inconsistent behaviour or particular aspects of the story fall flat due to lack of said development, and the bigger problem is that all of those aspects could’ve been easily avoided by switching/tweaking some minor details here or there, while maintaining the same story. Now, the story is polarizing. Love it or hate it, but I think it’s pretty amazing. It’s a rollercoaster of emotions, where you get to experience love and care, only to be left with void and despair. It’s not a fun experience in the end of the day, but it’s definitely worth it. Besides, it’s not the type of universe, where people get to be happy. Starting with the original The Last of Us, it was pretty clear, that it aims to show brutality of the world our characters are in. The story makes sense, but it’s how it’s delivered that makes it illogical in some parts. Again, it’s just little things, and I’ll gladly close my eyes to those aspects, as it’s pretty clear what Naughty Dog tried to do here, but it’s still disappointing of how they missed those minor details. Don’t listen to all those angry kids upset about Joel’s death or presence of LGBT themes, they clearly missed the point. Experience it for yourself. Everything but the story is 10/10
    Story goes back and forth between 0 and 10    … Expand
  14. barxco
    Jul 17, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’ll try to explain the best I can the reason for my review, and there will be spoilers probably. I finished the game almost a week ago. I waited till now to avoid giving a rate based on what the story was intended to. The gameplay, the only flaw I actually remember was few times where the triangle button for action didn’t show (I could see the circle indicating interaction but the triangle button to do it wouldn’t show and wouldn’t work). But that’s ok, the rest was pretty much flawless. The puzzles, were witty enough to entertainment but not hard enough to make you get bored because you couldn’t get through it, I like them. I did found tiring some times the looting mechanics, repetitive, but that’s me; I know a lot of players that loved it. Music, outstanding as we thought, the music for each scene were so accurate, they would complete the immersive experience by starting in the right moment. Graphics were awesome, I was speechless more than a few times. The accurate description of plants taking over cities, the moss on rainy cities, the tracks on the snow and mud sections were surprisingly good. It was pretty good. Now to the controversy, the story: I don’t really hate the story, I understand the message behind the story. We hate seeing how Ellie does everything Joel never wanted her to do, she throws her life away searching for revenge instead of trying to get comfort on the family she had with Dina and JJ. But that’s ok, that’s the point, to feel it even harder because you’re watching how revenge is ruining a character you have the urge to protect, due to the first game, and everyone around. What messed up the game for me was playing as Abby and here is why:
    •Abby has a game style pretty close to Joel’s. The way she executes sneaky attacks, the need to craft shiv, the ability to press down and x to quickly change the camera point of view etc. •We are forced to guide her to the theater where she kills Jessie, shots Tommy and almost gets Dina killed. •We are forced to fight Ellie in a way that resembles way too much the fight against David on the first (can’t do direct attack, have to hide and avoid make noise, have different stages to defeat her, really even the advice in the screen was similar “use listening mode to get the upper hand” ) •We have to fight Tommy as a sniper with Abby, the same way Joel had to get through a sniper on the first one. •lev and Abby bonding story resembling Joel and Ellie’s. Where Abby finds a reason to redeem herself with lev, the same way Joel finds a way to redeem himself by protecting Ellie. • this one is not that important, but also contributed. Back to the hospital, we see this conversation between the doctor and Marlene, the purpose is for us to understand that they were just making things right... but Ellie was right there, they could’ve ask, but they chose to kill her without remorse. So, while I understand the “one for the many”, I can’t say I understand their choice here. For this reason the rest of the story lost the weight it had. In general the game felt as if the developers were mocking me as a gamer and fan of the first game. They put so many thing that resembled the first game on abbys character knowing that we would hate it, that it felt they were laughing at me. So, my score is due to the poor respect they had for the players. And because to be honest when I finished it, the words that came out of me was: is that it? At that point I want even mad or sad, nothing. Finishing: I won’t discourage people from buying it, I’m honestly just sharing my experience, which can or can’t be like yours. I will recommend tho, that if your going in because of the story, watch some spoilers, because there are lots of disappointed gamers for different reasons. If you’re playing without having played the 1st one or just because of the gameplay, go ahead, you will probably love it. Have fun, Barxco.    … Expand
  15. RotemCohen
    Jul 15, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game gets nearly everything perfect, except for the story.
    The game relays on a lot of coincidences, like when you play as Abby at the beginning of the game and she gets swarmed with zombies, for some reason Joel, who was in a sheltered place, decided to go out there and help her, maybe the time he has spent with Ellie has soften him up, but then he goes to her place, full with her friends, without even investigating first why would she try to help a complete strange out, and the he gives her his name! which lead to his death. it felt like a cheap way to get the story rolling. the game has a lot of situations where it relays on these kinds of coincidences, but other than the story, everything else is near perfect.    … Expand
  16. Anng3ls
    Jul 15, 2020
    7
    Good graphics, and good gameplay mechanics and **** too bad the story was mediocre at best.

    Hit a joel in one tho.
  17. openworld
    Jul 15, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After playing 48 hours, two playthroughs and gaining the platinum trophy I am finally ready to let out my opinion of this conserverial sequel.

    Before I get into the negative I will like to start with what I loved about the game.

    1. Ellies half of the game had the most interesting part of the story and best cutscenes. When she gets to bounce off side characters like Dina ( who was one of my favorite side characters) it really showed a great side of Ellie.

    2. Abbys gameplay was the most fun since it was more of my play style. While Ellie sneaks around Abby is an army of one. With a flamethrower, hunting rifle and pipe bombs nothing can stop her. She can literally just punch an infected to death and it is brutal.

    3. The one thing everyone praises this game for even if you just hated it is the graphics. This game is beyond beautiful. The music is always perfect for what's happening.

    Now let's get into what I disliked

    1. This game just dragged on and on. It tricked me I believe like three times where I thought I was close to the end oh no I still have 10 hours left alright okay here is the ending nope. Not going to lie got pretty frustrated and just wanted to finish it already. In fact where Ellie and Dina are in that awesome farm house then Tommy comes in telling her where abby was last seen . Honestly I would of been okay with the last scene Ellie going off into the night leaving Dina sad and feeling alone. Then bam alright setting up for the next game.

    2. The actual ending was just anti climatic. Ellie travels two states fights of this evil rattlers frees Abby from dying on the beach lets her grab a boat about to let them go and then goes no can't let you go. Okay has this big fight about to drown her and then was like nah go. Okay go backs to the farmhouse and no duh Dina is gone.

    All in all it is not better than the first one and doesn't add much to mechanics/gameplay. I dont think its the worst game this year and I understand where they were going with the whole revenge thing it just didn't quite land.    … Expand
  18. Elpiton
    Jul 15, 2020
    7
    El juego es excelente a nivel técnico. La banda sonora es perfecta y realmente te hace sentir dentro del juego. El problema es la narrativa, ya que no cumplió con las expectativas de todos.
  19. dim12b
    Jul 17, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. весь сюжет выстраивается на мести за своих близких. Мне понравилось то, что в игре не присутствует антагониста, лишь две разные стороны, объединённые общей болью. На ум приходит сразу сравнить с первой частью, но это грубое упущение. Вторая часть вышла жесткой, мрачно, но не плохой. Цепляет. Ждать вау эффекта как после прохождения оригинала не стоит, но зацепит эта история вас 100%. Игра не идеальна, за что ей твёрдые 7 баллов. Великолепная техническая работа была проделана, даже на моей старой PS4 и не самом лучшем телевизоре все выглядело просто потрясно! Из минусов выделю персонажа Эбби, довольно интересно было за ней наблюдать и проникаться болью, что она испытала, но БЛИН!! То как она выглядит просто отвратительно. Телосложение ненатуральное, не женское! И это не из «шовинистких» побуждений, а из за здравого смысла! Так же персонаж ЛЕВ должен был стать мирным посланием о «неопределившихся» личностях, но по итогу он вызывает лишь отторжение и желание дать ремня. Идея была хорошая, но реализация на уровне отьебись! Радует, что хоть музыкальное сопровождение осталось на том же высоком уровне) что имеем по итогу. Тверда 7ка. -1 балл за сюжет, который на голову слабее первой части. -1 балл за кривую и отталкивающую реализацию модных либеральных посылов и -1 балл за то, что проект отошёл от сугубо глубокой истории с новой механикой и безупречным визуальным оформление к лоббированию и продвижением чужих интересов. Я не против современных трендов на равенство и тд, но есть совершенно другие проекты которые подойдут под это. А last of us 2 это не об этом. В мире апокалипсиса как то не до этого будет современному обществу той эпохи.… Expand
  20. Assassinos
    Jul 25, 2020
    7
    It's slighty above average. The graphics look amazing and the atmosphere is thrilling, but the gameplay feels clunky at times. The biggest flaw of the game is the story. Too many plot holes, accompanied by decisions from the main protagonists that make little to no sense. If you are a fan of the first game and love it (just like me), then i would advise you to buy it but at a discount.
  21. MiKchero
    Jul 16, 2020
    7
    Bueno asi de verdad el juego no es malo ni bueno , seria como un the evil within 2 no supero al 1 . pero igual tiene lo suyo.En mi opinion siempre esperaba que ellie se contaria un chiste como en los viejos tiempos , pero ni pincho . no se merece ni un 10 ni un 3 seria mas bien un 7 u 8.
  22. rs1cojack
    Jul 16, 2020
    7
    Good game fantastic graphics, animation and lighting. The first half of the game is great part's of the second half are good and the ending was a little underwhelming. If you're a fan of the first one you probably already bought it but if you haven't I'd suggest to get it while it's on sale.
  23. dragon34
    Jul 16, 2020
    7
    A pesar de que tiene un buen gameplay, los nuevos personajes introducidos, el nuevo duo de abby y lev, no superan al de Joel y Ellie, ademas la narrativa es muy mala, tiene tantos personajes secundarios, que no te importan todos, y daña a anteriores buenos, personajes, con el fin de dar un mensaje que insulta la inteligencia del jugador, la historia es muy infantil, ya que hace que ningunA pesar de que tiene un buen gameplay, los nuevos personajes introducidos, el nuevo duo de abby y lev, no superan al de Joel y Ellie, ademas la narrativa es muy mala, tiene tantos personajes secundarios, que no te importan todos, y daña a anteriores buenos, personajes, con el fin de dar un mensaje que insulta la inteligencia del jugador, la historia es muy infantil, ya que hace que ningun personaje te importe como en mi caso, ya para el final del juego esperaba lo que sea, e igual mi opinion, no iba a cambiar, 9 en gameplay, 10 en graficos, 10 en audio, y 1 en historia, no es un mal juego pero la historia como pelicula no seviria, ya que hay gente que dice que es profunda, en fin buen juego, mala historia, espero que ahora ya dejen morir a tlous en paz.… Expand
  24. sociablenerd126
    Jul 20, 2020
    7
    While I applaud the story for taking risks, it ultimately failed to accomplish what it was trying to do. The story wasn't as bad as people made it out to be, but it was poorly-paced and came off as pretentious in trying to make the player feel bad for their actions throughout the game despite having no choice in the matter and inadvertently encouraging violence via the various weaponWhile I applaud the story for taking risks, it ultimately failed to accomplish what it was trying to do. The story wasn't as bad as people made it out to be, but it was poorly-paced and came off as pretentious in trying to make the player feel bad for their actions throughout the game despite having no choice in the matter and inadvertently encouraging violence via the various weapon upgrades and addicting gameplay. The gameplay itself has marginally improved from its predecessor and is overall more enjoyable than the first, especially the stealth. Despite this, I ultimately see it as being a step down from the first since the story was lackluster and the gameplay didn't improve too much to warrant it being superior.… Expand
  25. Kulamano899
    Jul 17, 2020
    7
    the game is beautifully crafted.game mehanics,graphics,shotting,sneaking is so fun.basically everything is good exept the story.they killed off the protagonits from 1st game and replaced them with new characters,where noone gived a **** about them.second half was just put in to make the game longer,litterary there was no point
  26. Guilherme_2002
    Jul 17, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I did love story but did have some issues. We could like a lot more Abby if first part in the game was telling her history how did her father died and by who we would understand her a lot more and like her a lot more still I did love the game naughty dog congrats by making a good game yet again.… Expand
  27. JuampiRobledo
    Jul 17, 2020
    7
    As a video game is great, excellent graphics, gameplay and scenarios. But I can't separate it from its story, which is bad; and I think it messes up the half part of the game.
  28. Caltair99
    Jul 18, 2020
    7
    This game isn’t as bad as the user reviews would suggest. It is, however, boring in parts and this is its major flaw. For example, the gameplay is frustrating. Virtually every time you encounter infected it is in a closed dark space, where you see the world through the circle of light that is your torch. It’s forces a particular style of play on you (if you can see what you’re doing.) It’sThis game isn’t as bad as the user reviews would suggest. It is, however, boring in parts and this is its major flaw. For example, the gameplay is frustrating. Virtually every time you encounter infected it is in a closed dark space, where you see the world through the circle of light that is your torch. It’s forces a particular style of play on you (if you can see what you’re doing.) It’s also predictable: every time you find ammunition you can be sure you’ll soon be coming up against infected, normally in a cellar. They also seem to miraculously appear out of nowhere. Your movements are slow. Switching weapons is an unnecessary ordeal and getting stuck in (yet another) dark basement detracts from the story. The problem is there are too many sequences like this. They’re just unimaginative. You feel cheated and it interrupts the narrative. The story is an heroic and sincere attempt at driving the narrative forward from the first game. However there are a few too many flashbacks. The use of ‘notes’ lying around telling you the zombie apocalypse is a bad thing gets tedious. Some of the flashbacks are genuinely well crafted. The game treads a fine line between sentimentality and an exploration of relationships between the different characters and factions. Yes I know it’s a game. So was the first one and that was brilliant. That is to say unpretentious. I’m glad I’m playing it and I would recommend it. You can make up your own mind.

    I was so looking forward to this.    … Expand
  29. Modelcitizen90
    Jul 18, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So...this is hard for me. I had to pull back and look at this game objectively. Do I hate this game? No I do not. Do I hate things about it? Yes. Do I enjoy this game? I'm not hating on certain plot or characters specifically. However
    ...what I DO NOT like about this is how much time we spend with Abby. STOP!!! I dont dislike her character and I even loved playing with her at times. I do think we needed to spend more time with Ellie. The Ellie to Abbie ratio is off. Motivations were clear and understandable. I didnt care to play as Abby after she killed our beloved Joel. After that it felt like Abby was shoved in my face. But I justdidnt care. Joel should have died after we spent time with Abby and began liking her. Joel's death may have made sense on paper this way and I can even accept it. It was out of place here and was far too early. The game itself was almost copy and paste from the first one minus some small tweaks here and there. I dont understand the death threats and the super negative things posted. I love Naughty Dog. However I dont think I'm going to replay this one. Just due to the fact I know I wont spend time with Ellie and Joel. Maybe I could have grown to like Abby more if she didn't kill Jpel so early. I wanted to attach myself to Abby more but in the end I couldn't talk myself into it. I hate that I didnt love this one. Thanks for the effort Naughty Fog but this wasn't what any of us were expecting. And I mean that in the bad way. I know it's not the job to give us everything we want. I also think it is part of the job to take care of the characters. That unfortunately was not done. ....but I wholeheartedly think it's because of the reasons I listed. I do think alot of love and care went into this game. I had no issues with sexual orientation or appearance.    … Expand
  30. DeeDeeDee
    Jul 18, 2020
    7
    Great gameplay; graphics blew me away; top notch animation quality, but I love the last of us for the story and this game's story falls severely short. 7/10.
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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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