The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Chema2411
    Apr 15, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. holy **** the graphics and gameplay is good, it puts every other game to shame 10/10 on that

    buuut.... damn the main motivation of the story and pay off suck! im not going to spoil anything but damn... didn't except that hot garbage of a payoff 4/10 story telling. I thought the Lgbt stuff was fine im not against any of that I just simply didn't mind it

    also I kinda just didn't like Abby's design    … Expand
  2. MrChema
    May 28, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. En cuestión de mecánicas es perfecto, ambientación, gráficos, banda sonora, etc. Es casi perfecto pero falló en la parte más importante la historia. Podríamos tomar este juego como un what if si me preguntan. La historia debió tomar otro rumbo, tiene deficiencias de guión, pero aplaudo el trabajo que hicieron los desarrolladores a nivel técnico pero hay historias que no merecen ser contadas.… Expand
  3. Ghanishahmir
    Jul 6, 2023
    7
    There are aspects of this game that are 10/10, but aspects of the narrative that are frustratingly half-baked. 7/10.
  4. GigiProiettili
    Jul 30, 2023
    7
    Amazing game, technically solid. Problem is that politically correct who kicked and ruined everything.
  5. RGames2k
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    اللعبه جيده
    القيم بلاي ممتاز ولكن القصه اقل من العادي للاسف غربوا القصه وصارت مقرفه
    عالم اللعبه والتفاصيل رائغه اجواء الغراب ونهاية العالم ممتاز
    الشخصيات سيئين
  6. OniGioRi
    Sep 7, 2023
    7
    The Last of Us Part 2 takes away everything that you have built in The Last of Us Part 1. This game is an emotional roller coaster but most of those emotions are negative. Probably the most depressing game I've ever played with really bad story choices, annoying characters and unnecessary sex/romance scenes. You can't deny the beauty of the game and how great the gameplay is. I feel likeThe Last of Us Part 2 takes away everything that you have built in The Last of Us Part 1. This game is an emotional roller coaster but most of those emotions are negative. Probably the most depressing game I've ever played with really bad story choices, annoying characters and unnecessary sex/romance scenes. You can't deny the beauty of the game and how great the gameplay is. I feel like if Naughty Dog changed the story a bit they would have a perfect game.… Expand
  7. Mickael486
    Jul 11, 2020
    6
    Yes, this game is ultimately a disappointment. It's story is generic, and the latter part of the game is overlong and embarrassingly pretentious. The game isn't at all bad, it's just nowhere near the perfect game the original was. If you were pissed about having to play as Joel at the end of the first game, you're going to despise playing as some of the worst characters ever in a videoYes, this game is ultimately a disappointment. It's story is generic, and the latter part of the game is overlong and embarrassingly pretentious. The game isn't at all bad, it's just nowhere near the perfect game the original was. If you were pissed about having to play as Joel at the end of the first game, you're going to despise playing as some of the worst characters ever in a video game here. It's technically gorgeous but I think the original benefited with Naughty Dog working as a team. In this game it just feels like Neil's pompous ego driving the game making decisions. I regret my $180 collector's edition purchase. But the game itself is worth playing as long as you're not bothered that it makes the original masterpiece a little less special. Angry Joe's review sums it up'. I'll never play this game again while I've played through the original 3 times.… Expand
  8. mad_rid
    Jun 26, 2020
    6
    В своё время прошёл первую часть дважды, что весьма редкое явление для взрослого женатого мужчины с детьми из-за нехватки свободного времени, но игра была настолько хороша, что я должен был пройти её на максимальном уровне сложности - и не пожалел. После анонса второй части был несказанно рад с одной стороны, но с другой возникали вопросы, ведь первая часть является законченнымВ своё время прошёл первую часть дважды, что весьма редкое явление для взрослого женатого мужчины с детьми из-за нехватки свободного времени, но игра была настолько хороша, что я должен был пройти её на максимальном уровне сложности - и не пожалел. После анонса второй части был несказанно рад с одной стороны, но с другой возникали вопросы, ведь первая часть является законченным произведением с прекрасным, с точки зрения драматургии, финалом. И вот вышла Part2. Ну что сказать, проблема этой игры в сюжете, а не в лгбт повестке, трансе ,которого ввели в игру чтобы быть в тренде, или вездесущих "сильных женщинах", одна из которых напоминает наркоманку, а вторая перекаченную тестостероном бодибилдершу. Сценаристы слили историю в унитаз, опустив её до уровня B-movie со всеми сопутствующими проблемами, а именно поверхностно проработанными героями и не логичными поступками последних, Для игры, в первую очередь, ориентированной на сюжетное вовлечение игрока, это полный провал. Дракман говорил, что в конце игрок будет плакать, но увы, слёзы могут быть только от 5 лет ожидания шедевра уровня первой части, оказавшимся на деле проходняком на один раз, после которого жаль потраченного времени.… Expand
  9. Methusalah
    Oct 4, 2021
    6
    A gorgeous, touching return to a tragic universe... For the first twelve hours or so. And then it keeps going, and going, and rubbing more misery and suffering in your face while abandoning the characters you care about to tell a story about a cast of military meatheads and bros for 12 more hours. Forcing you through nearly thr same upgrade path you just traversed for another character.A gorgeous, touching return to a tragic universe... For the first twelve hours or so. And then it keeps going, and going, and rubbing more misery and suffering in your face while abandoning the characters you care about to tell a story about a cast of military meatheads and bros for 12 more hours. Forcing you through nearly thr same upgrade path you just traversed for another character. It all winds down to a fairly satisfying conclusion, but the payoff doesn't justify the brutal grind through tragedy you have to traverse to get there. The entire second half of this game should have been stripped down to a 3-4 hour experience. In the end, the excessively bloated second half would prevent me from even recommending the game to fans of the first game.… Expand
  10. Dethtrooper
    Jun 27, 2020
    6
    Looks good, game play is the same, nothing new, but still ok, sometimes great, sometimes boring and repetative.
    Music is really some random chords, no match to first game.
    Terrible script, and not because of the first part. Just full of holes, and second part of the game is a more a comedy then drama, its really that bad. Not 0-110 obviously, but far from the 10 too.
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  11. GmKyban
    Aug 13, 2020
    6
    I am going to try and keep this short since there are thousands of similar critiques out there.

    Overall the game is okay. It's probably the best looking console game on the market right now. Real-time game graphics and cinematic graphics are top-notch. Combat is very well polished and enemy AI is some of the best I've seen for stealth-type games. The last good thing I will say is that    I am going to try and keep this short since there are thousands of similar critiques out there.

    Overall the game is okay. It's probably the best looking console game on the market right now. Real-time game graphics and cinematic graphics are top-notch. Combat is very well polished and enemy AI is some of the best I've seen for stealth-type games. The last good thing I will say is that the acting is well done with the material they had to work with.

    That's where all my good things end. I think Naughty Dog was successful in that I felt hate, and I felt what Ellie was feeling: to be emotionally exhausted. The problem? The whole experience was not worth it in the end. They risked a lot in this game, and in my optinion it did not pay off. i enjoyed Ellie at first, but they wrote her into a tragic trope. Always getting beat down, always making the wrong decisions, and generally just kind of acting dumb. Her story arc was narrow and felt lacking in the end. Despite all other achievements, story mattered most and it was not good or satisfying.

    Our other new character Abby, is also not very interesting. She shows no remorse for her actions early in the story and generally seems to not care all that much about her friends. They try to make you like her, but it's all surface level. There's no real depth to her and I didn't feel like she was relatable. Near the end of the game, they have essentially morphed Abby into Joel 2.0 and it didn't feel earned.

    I wanted to love this game, and I struggled for literally weeks after beating to try and find some redeeming quality to make myself like it. I couldn't. In the end i just questioned the point, and wish with all my heart that it would have been different.    … Expand
  12. SoraOfOhio
    Aug 19, 2021
    6
    The sequel to 2013's "The Last of Us" offers gameplay and visual improvements, in spades. The previously shallow combat system has a number of additions that make both fighting and stealth gameplay more satisfying and fun while traversing and exploring the world is more dynamic thanks to the introduction of physics-based puzzles and the ability to crouch and go prone. There is also theThe sequel to 2013's "The Last of Us" offers gameplay and visual improvements, in spades. The previously shallow combat system has a number of additions that make both fighting and stealth gameplay more satisfying and fun while traversing and exploring the world is more dynamic thanks to the introduction of physics-based puzzles and the ability to crouch and go prone. There is also the matter of accessibility options to consider, which allow players to customize their experience outside of a simple difficulty slider. Visual, auditory, and control customization makes the game easier for anyone to play. I had a blast playing the game and planning strategies for dealing with certain enemies.
    That being said, this game is majorly hindered by its own story. It's a clunky, overly ambitious setup with shallow side characters and unsatisfying storylines that really make it a chore to play through, especially considering how many more cutscenes you have to sit through compared to the first game. Without spoiling any of the individual plot points, this game's story is a 180-degree turn from its predecessor, trading in an organic, beautifully developed relationship for a hodgepodge of flashbacks and inconsequential side missions that attempt to feed the players context in piecemeal doses while developing virtually none of its characters and giving the player very little reason to care for anyone, its protagonist included. Considering Neil Druckmann also wrote the beloved predecessor to this game, the sloppy pacing and static characters are astonishing if not outright offensive. While I expected to have some complicated feelings after its conclusion, I found myself mostly annoyed and frustrated at its lack of compelling motiviation or satisfying conclusions.
    In short, I did have a fun time with this game in the thirty-some hours it took me to complete it. But around the halfway point, the story took a turn for the worse and I found myself annoyed at having to play through more of it just to finish the story. It left a bad taste in my mouth and for that reason, I have to rate it in the midrange because as technically impressive as it is, it's hard to enjoy a story-driven game with such messy writing.    … Expand
  13. slikk66
    Oct 25, 2020
    6
    LOVED the first one. Just finished the 2nd one. I liked it, I guess, but I'm still disappointed overall. You've already read all the reasons why, I agree with them. I'm going to replay the first one again.
  14. chiefmegadeth
    Jul 8, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoilers in here.
    Just finished the game last night. Took me 25hrs...
    Wow, what a terrible ending. It honestly felt like it went on forever and just wouldn't end?

    Good parts
    1. Graphics are amazing and best on any console.
    2. Voice acting/Cute scenes best in the business
    3. Combat is so much fun
    4. Lots of cool moments that was so intense and brutal.
    5. Executions are super satisfying.
    6. Gunplay is enjoyable for the most part.
    7. New character Jesse was awesome! And he just gets ****ed up way too easily.
    8. Flashback scenes with Joel were amazing. Just made me want him back even more.
    Bad/Ok
    1. Grinding all game long for upgrades was such a hassle, probably why It took me 25hrs to complete.
    2. The story was all over the place.
    Why did they kill of Joel so early in the game? And make me want to hate Abby straight away. Then try so hard to make us like her? She was alright but the way it happened was just terrible.
    3. Her crew were scumbags and cheaters and not likeable.
    4. Ellie and Dina were ok, but their story was average?
    So much plot holes it was just bad writing.
    5. Joel and his brother being absolute dumbarses with complete strangers? Was so annoying and could have been executed way better.
    6. New enemy types, Barely any really?
    7. Barely any Innovations for a sequel
    8. Game length
    First time in a long time. I wanted the game to end, and I still had 5 hrs before I was finished with the game?
    9. Some boring dialogue and dragged out scenes and action set scenes.
    10. The ending was terrible and was such a waste of time and made you go through it twice? Really dragged and dragged.
    Abby was ok and I was hellbent to make her pay.
    But by the end, they just made me not really care for anybody at the end. Felt like they forced me to like her. By making her OP and give her all the best parts in the game and weapons and gadgets.
    So sad when this was supposed to be an amazing franchise that could keep pumping out amazing games. But they stuffed it up. I do not want a new one or care now.
    Game of Thrones last season all over again.    … Expand
  15. TixyLix
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    Just completed it.... the game is good and well put together, it's a little tired now... but at least they have gotten rid of the input delay of TLOU and Uncharted. I just think the story is trash and based on stupid premise of the ending of the first game... it doesn't even have a pay off, just ends depressing.
  16. Rammsoldat
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Great looking game and the game play mechanics are lifted from the first game with a few additions added which for me was fine as I thought the first game played well. There's a bit of added exploration in some larger areas too so that makes a change. The plot is just ok, its made up mostly of smaller short term objectives that ultimately don't build up to anything and i really didn't careGreat looking game and the game play mechanics are lifted from the first game with a few additions added which for me was fine as I thought the first game played well. There's a bit of added exploration in some larger areas too so that makes a change. The plot is just ok, its made up mostly of smaller short term objectives that ultimately don't build up to anything and i really didn't care for the new characters. I think seeing their perspective was supposed to make me feel for them but I honestly just spent the second half of the game wanting them dead. The ending felt daft too, like a big waste. Its not a 0 by any means but its not a 10 either. Also yes there is a bit of £representation" in the game but it doesn't really beat you over the head with it, much like the first game didn't (in fact there were a fair few people who didn't even realize it was in the first game).

    opinions aye.    … Expand
  17. Avadon
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    An impressive technical display crudely bolted to a trainwreck of a story. The developers are obviously huge fans of the "cinéma du corps" scene, which focuses on assaulting cinematography, extreme violence, and despair. I appreciate the fact that they tried to make a videogame like that, but in order to do that successfully you need to make the audience relate to the character'sAn impressive technical display crudely bolted to a trainwreck of a story. The developers are obviously huge fans of the "cinéma du corps" scene, which focuses on assaulting cinematography, extreme violence, and despair. I appreciate the fact that they tried to make a videogame like that, but in order to do that successfully you need to make the audience relate to the character's motivations and their decisions every step of the way. Unfortunately, they failed completely. Character decisions are nonsensical and the ending is unwarranted to the point of being borderline offensive. It's still an enjoyable, pretty and highly atmospheric game though, so if you are into that it might be worth your time.… Expand
  18. commenter-x
    Jul 7, 2020
    6
    Before you make a decision wether to trust the 10/10 or 0/10 reviews, ask yourself this question: Do you think The Last of Us needed a sequel? This is an important question because to me the first game was perfect, if it was to you, perhaps you want to think this over.

    To me it’s a shame that all this talent was wasted with a story I don’t think it had to be told. I have to give them    Before you make a decision wether to trust the 10/10 or 0/10 reviews, ask yourself this question: Do you think The Last of Us needed a sequel? This is an important question because to me the first game was perfect, if it was to you, perhaps you want to think this over.

    To me it’s a shame that all this talent was wasted with a story I don’t think it had to be told. I have to give them credit for taking risks, and cranking the intensity up to 11, but the gamble doesn’t pay off. It uses the original story as a springboard, strangely not understanding what made it special, and why its bittersweet open ending worked so well. It’s a bleak story, poorly paced, reeking of self importance and not meant to be enjoyable.

    As I said, there’s a lot of talent in this game, and it has its moments. I think the 10/10 reviews are as bad as the 0/10 reviews, both are toxic overreactions. In the end, it only matters if you liked it or not. I personally, did not.    … Expand
  19. Supmotto
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Starts out strong but slowly just gets annoying and then they put you in the shoes of the new character that is so unlikable and uninteresting. It is really just bad storytelling.… Expand
  20. Kirase
    Jun 30, 2020
    6
    All technical aspects qualify for a 80-95% rating in their respective categories.
    The base foundation of the game is pretty good.
    What has been built on this foundation not so much. The writing, characters and storyline fail to sum up to something worth being released under the name of this brand. The chance of getting disappointed by this game is quite high. So my advice for anyone    All technical aspects qualify for a 80-95% rating in their respective categories.
    The base foundation of the game is pretty good.
    What has been built on this foundation not so much.
    The writing, characters and storyline fail to sum up to something worth being released under the name of this brand.
    The chance of getting disappointed by this game is quite high.
    So my advice for anyone who wants to check out what this game is about is to first of all not expect too much and maybe consider getting a used copy.    … Expand
  21. Gloone
    Jul 13, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved everything about the original Last Of Us. So it makes me really sad to say that Part II was a big disappointment.

    The story is a waste of potential and a pretentious yet incompetent mess. Ellie and Joel are great characters and their relationship was the soul of the series. There were a lot of interesting places that relationship could have gone. Instead, it is all discarded in return for a revenge plot, when Joel is killed at the start of the game. The trade is not at all worth it, as the resulting story is both uninteresting and ludicrous.

    I'd like to make a brief aside here to mention that the developer released a trailer in which Joel effectively tells Ellie that he will be accompanying her through the game. This turned out to be a fake scene; in the actual game, there's another character in Joel's place. This was essentially an attempt to deceive the customer, and I don't think it's acceptable.

    A significant amount of time is also spent playing as Joel's killer, Abbie, in a ham-fisted attempt to tell a story about empathy. While such a story may have worked in a medium such as film, in the medium of video games, in which the player is an active participant, it is totally broken; the player is eventually forced to try to kill Ellie, which obviously they don't actually want to do, and then a few hours later we're forced to try to kill Abbie, as if we've also suddenly forgotten the chunk of the game getting to know her. It actively disengages the player. Aside from these major structural flaws, the new characters are generally pretty dull, and the incidental story -- a city's draconian government is overthrown by the populace, who descend into tribal warfare -- is just a stale rehash of the first game.

    I really enjoyed the gameplay of the original. This sequel is very similar, with a handful of new additions -- in particular, more involved melee, a few new weapons and a few new enemies. The combat is still solid and there are some great set pieces. But this is a long game, and there is just not enough innovation or variation here; I was surprised to find myself becoming bored long before the game ended. The scavenging in particular starts to feel like a real chore, and actually an encumbrance upon the act of getting from A to B, which is the majority of the gameplay. Environmental puzzles would have really helped, and the ones that are in the game are satisfying, but they are few and far between.

    On a technical level the visuals are excellent. However, the vast bulk of the game is spent in the city of Seattle. This means there just isn't the scope to keep the game visually creative. It's also too similar in locations to the original game. Schools, hospitals, hotels, city streets and the suburbs... we've seen most of it before. The animation it must be said is best in class, although not quite the technical marvel shown in the 2018 trailer. And a special mention has to be made of the nice detail of enemies calling each other by name, which really adds a layer of believability.

    Finally, the musical score, which was so strong in the first game, is also a surprising let down; in fact it is barely present.

    Overall, I had a really mixed experience played this game. On the whole I can't really say that I enjoyed it. The developers might argue that that's not the point. I disagree. I'm not talking of enjoyment in the simplistic sense of having "fun". A tragedy, well-crafted, is still "enjoyable" in the deeper sense of the word. I don't think this game was well-crafted. I think it made a number of serious errors which led to it falling far short of its potential, and probably killing off my interest in the future of this series.    … Expand
  22. JazGalaxy
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    The problem with heavily "multimedia" games (Games where the appeal lies in a combination of graphics, gameplay, story, music, etc.) is that no matter how good any one part may be, you can only judge it by its whole. TLOU 2 is an expensive game made by talented people who were all laboring towards a bad idea. As a result, TLOU 2 is just a bad game. PARTS of it are outstanding. But theThe problem with heavily "multimedia" games (Games where the appeal lies in a combination of graphics, gameplay, story, music, etc.) is that no matter how good any one part may be, you can only judge it by its whole. TLOU 2 is an expensive game made by talented people who were all laboring towards a bad idea. As a result, TLOU 2 is just a bad game. PARTS of it are outstanding. But the parts can never escape the whole. Ultimately TLOU2 feels pointless. It's characters are the weakest element. They all seem created to feel like "real people", but are slavishly tied to a thread of "fate" that feels often inexplicable. The romance between Ellie and her love interest feels most egregious because the characters relationship advances like a rocket against the least romantic backdrop imaginable. When Ellie casually calls her partner "babe" and casually works in an affirmation of "love", I was like... "what?!?". It's the script trying to go someplace that's completely unearned despite trying SO VERY HARD. And that's the main criticism with the writing of TLOU2. It's trying EXTREMELY hard to do... SOMEthing. But just what is inexplicable.

    TLOU2 is a perfect example of why narrative games shouldn't be so expensive (to produce). It hurts to have to call them out for not living up to the expense.    … Expand
  23. Neoimperialist
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Anyone giving any game 100 or 10 are not to be trusted. There is no such thing as a perfect video game. That said, TLOU2 has a lot going for it. It is beautifully rendered, the level design is excellent, and the gameplay is about what one would expect from a ND game. We have certainly seen this combat system before, and it is as adequate as it ever was. Where it utterly fails is inAnyone giving any game 100 or 10 are not to be trusted. There is no such thing as a perfect video game. That said, TLOU2 has a lot going for it. It is beautifully rendered, the level design is excellent, and the gameplay is about what one would expect from a ND game. We have certainly seen this combat system before, and it is as adequate as it ever was. Where it utterly fails is in the narrative and the character development. Trying to make Abby at all sympathetic is like putting lipstick on a pig, and making the player play as her for so much of the game following her brutal murder of Joel is insulting. Ultimately it is a preachy sermon on multiple hot button topics that I could have done without. I certainly don't need a game designer to lecture me about social tolerance and the futility of revenge in a game that requires one's characters to kill many scores of people. While I won't spoil it, the ending is without doubt one of the most insulting and intellectually dishonest things I have seen written into a video game. So the upshot is this. If you are the kind of gamer who only cares about graphics and gameplay characteristics, this is a good game for you. But if you expect a good story in a narrative driven game, then my advice would be to give this game a hard pass.… Expand
  24. keredd1010
    Aug 12, 2022
    6
    I want to start off that I was never a big fan of the original game's gameplay. I found it a bit dull and repetitive and it never really made me want to play it again. I only played my second play through recently so that I could have the storyline fresh in my mind before playing part II. The story on the other hand was very well done. I would give the original an 8 overall for a score.I want to start off that I was never a big fan of the original game's gameplay. I found it a bit dull and repetitive and it never really made me want to play it again. I only played my second play through recently so that I could have the storyline fresh in my mind before playing part II. The story on the other hand was very well done. I would give the original an 8 overall for a score. Part II pretty much follows the exact same gameplay and I again I found it dull and repetitive. It gets really boring when 40% of your gameplay is scrounging for supplies. I also think they should have had more development with the monsters. Whenever they stuck with that it was scary, tense, and fun. I think the most fun I had with the gameplay was fighting that big monster. It was different and it caught me by surprise. Fighting mostly humans got boring quickly.

    Graphics/Sound

    Graphically the game looks amazing. There is a cutscene where it shows Abby waking up and it looked so real I thought it was a video. I also like realistic violent animations they added. A lot of people complained about that but I loved it. I also loved the little touches of humanity they sprinkled in such as people yelling their comrade's name when they died or when Ellie sneaks a stealth kill and she whispers things like "Got you f**ker!" I chuckled every time after a kill when Ellie would say something like, "Dick!" . LOL It was so Ellie, I loved it. The sound of people gurgling and choking on their own blood as you sliced their throats, it was so creepy and awesome. Job well done on that front. The music was great and the guitar playing was also a nice touch.

    Acting

    Top-notch as expected. All of the actors involved are triple A VO and they even had Jeffery Wright who is a triple A Hollywood actor in a bit part. I thought that was cool.

    Story

    This is where the game falters, I think. The overall story and morale were good it was just executed quite poorly. A lot of the mistakes made by the characters were just so strange it made it hard for people to believe it. Even though I loved playing as Abby it just didn't feel right switching over to her character when you reached the crescendo with Ellie. I heard someone else say it might have been better if they alternated chapters and I agree. I think that would have worked. I also think they were quite heavy-handed with the debbie downers (depressing aspects). It's like the game's main mission was to make you feel as miserable as possible. I like a sad story but this was just a bit over the top.

    Conclusion

    Mediocre gameplay with little improvement from 8 years ago (which wasn't that great to begin with) coupled with a flawed narrative, plants this game firmly in Meh-sville.

    6 outta 10    … Expand
  25. Th3Dud3
    Jul 1, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Neither good or bad.
    If you want feel bad after playing a game, which points all time out how evil the world is AND especially you are. Play it.

    I felt very cheated after playing.
    Elli kills dogs, Elli bad
    Abby saves animals, abby good!
    and so on.

    After a while i came to the point that it isn't as good as all 10/10 are saying.
    Just because production value is high doesn't make it great.
    The story is the key here and its not good, in best case mediocre, long and just shocking for the sake of it.

    Graphics are cool and gameplay is okay (nothing major new), sound is amazing.
    But story makes it all glue together. Sadly for me it was not believable and meh....    … Expand
  26. poochst3r
    Jun 22, 2020
    6
    Give this game a 6. Story is ass, everything else is alright. Graphics are superb! Neil really thinks he's some philosophical or godlike director. Kojima worked his ass off to get where he is at now. You will never be a Kojima or a Cory Barlog. Also has the Most pointless death to a main character in history of video games.
  27. jimbofletcher12
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What can I say about the last of us part 2 I mean the story doesnt add up you play as Abby for more of the game than Ellie they try to make you like Abby even after what she did they dont make much effort to develop characters the story is just mediocre at best the game looks amazing the gameplay is fun and they have added new cool features but after finishing the game the main feeling I have is disappointment… Expand
  28. Keya
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    I thought long and hard about this review as I loved the first game. The game has impressive graphics and has improved the gameplay of the original in almost every way. It has the best difficulty and accessibility options I have ever seen in a game and if I was rating solely on this I would give it a 9+

    BUT The story is very basic in writing and scope. Though it took me around 21    I thought long and hard about this review as I loved the first game. The game has impressive graphics and has improved the gameplay of the original in almost every way. It has the best difficulty and accessibility options I have ever seen in a game and if I was rating solely on this I would give it a 9+

    BUT

    The story is very basic in writing and scope. Though it took me around 21 hours to complete if the padding was removed it would likely be less than 1/2 that. On top of that the player has zero influence over the story and has no choices in the game what-so-ever that affect anything. Your playthrough will be exactly the same as everyone else outside of combat.

    The characters also act contrary to how they are set up during pivotal moments. I won't go into details as not to add spoilers but the choices the characters make are completely against what they would do based upon their other actions and motivations. If I was rating only on characters and story It would be a sub 5 score.

    As a whole package I settled on a 6 as what I feel is fair. It saddens me as I loved the first and this could have been an 8+ with some changes to the narrative and characters but will now just be a below average game I will forget completely in the future.    … Expand
  29. JediHunter4
    Jun 29, 2020
    6
    Graphics, game play, crafting all great. Those aspects earn it, its 6/10. Although I can’t imagine the gameplay being too rewarding for multiple play throughs.

    The trailers were very misleading as to what the experience would be. You could have made it clear who you would be playing as without giving the story away. It would have been an avoid, had this been known. The structure of    Graphics, game play, crafting all great. Those aspects earn it, its 6/10. Although I can’t imagine the gameplay being too rewarding for multiple play throughs.

    The trailers were very misleading as to what the experience would be. You could have made it clear who you would be playing as without giving the story away. It would have been an avoid, had this been known.

    The structure of the story is very jarring, there are large sections that are just filler. The main couple in the game have disappointing chemistry, compared to Ellie’s interactions with other named characters, her gf is very wooden. SJW theme is pushed a little hard at the beginning but this becomes a non issue after an hour, it is a shame they felt the need themselves to make a big deal of Ellie being gay rather than just treating it as a matter of fact straight away.

    Playing as the other 2nd main character is just trash. This is a game, it’s meant to be fun. No one wanted this. The first big death in the game, was okay with me but I understand due to the advertising and people’s deep investment why they were angry.

    My main issue is with the writing. It’s very obvious that there was a message they were trying to convey. But the themes they present are not exactly ground breaking, humans capable of evil, we are all the villain in someone else’s story, revenge bad. This is a game for adults, this is not groundbreaking stuff. If you are going to prop a whole game up on these themes. Deliver it well, concisely and nail The characters and arcs.

    Weirdly the arc on the hellish 2nd character is a hell of a lot better than Ellie, but the character is just essentially a ****. Combined with the wrongs done earlier, I’d be surprised if 1/10 people managed to connect with this character. It was awful and demotivating.

    Ellie’s arc is just a total mess. Key decision at the end made zero sense and really made no sense at that specific moment. No one would have had that revelation at that point.

    I could go on, but ultimately the story feels like a story not worth telling. The characters are inconsistent, there are parts where it’s just like, this is not how human beings work. All of this could have been forgiven, but they clearly made the narrative the main crux and message of the game and that falls very, very flat.

    You can have a layered, you can have bleak, you can have a message. But don’t **** it up and sit there like a child and tell people it’s what you take out of it, like this is some kind of high art and not a story that would have gotten you laughed out of any book or film publisher In the world.    … Expand
  30. Sintjago
    Jul 8, 2020
    6
    Great in so many ways. The team behind the game did an awesome job, but the story is not that believable or likable, and if there is no player choice or agency (like in Telltales, KOTOR, Divinity Original Sin), then the story needs to hit better. Doesn't seem believable that you kill hundreds of people, all with families and loves ones, and then forgive the person who started you on thatGreat in so many ways. The team behind the game did an awesome job, but the story is not that believable or likable, and if there is no player choice or agency (like in Telltales, KOTOR, Divinity Original Sin), then the story needs to hit better. Doesn't seem believable that you kill hundreds of people, all with families and loves ones, and then forgive the person who started you on that journey. Other parts are just gore for gore sake. So many parts of it seemed forced, focusing on telling a revenge story rather than the characters personality. They make decisions out of character. Some writers ask how will their characters react to situations and go from there, others have a situation / goal and make the characters fit it even if it goes against the characters personality. This is the later. Having said this, other parts were great. Wish a different game or a different story had been told using the same assets & characters.… 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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