The Last of Us Part II

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  1. BaronPraxis215
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    I don’t like seeing all this hate getting thrown at creatives. I don’t believe the writers are evil and trying to force their worldview on you. Clearly though, a theme and message got in the way of a good and believable narrative. While some of the writing is disagreeable with established character traits and motives, some makes no sense in any light. The gameplay, atmosphere, sound designI don’t like seeing all this hate getting thrown at creatives. I don’t believe the writers are evil and trying to force their worldview on you. Clearly though, a theme and message got in the way of a good and believable narrative. While some of the writing is disagreeable with established character traits and motives, some makes no sense in any light. The gameplay, atmosphere, sound design are top notch and truly an achievement. That being said I think this is the most I’ve ever been let down by something I love, that being The Last of Us and Naughty Dog. It’s one of those things, I wish fan petitions could get a rewrite but that would not be fair to everyone at naughty dog. I’ll be pretending this game never came out, which is tremendously upsetting. As a gamer I’d recommend this game on visuals and gameplay alone. If someone who were a fan of the last of us didn’t know this came out I would NEVER recommend this game.… Expand
  2. TomDeBomb
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am I huge fan of the first Last of Us and thought it told a simple but effective, emotionally powerful, well-acted story. I was hugely disappointed with this game's narrative. It could have been so excellent with so many amazing characters and themes, but instead we got a bland, horribly paced revenge story with unlikable characters and terrible, unsatisfying twists and turns. I feel there were moments of captivating intrigue and brilliance like the farmhouse sequence with Ellie after the first fight with Abby, the really engaging opening in Jackson (I thought Joel's death was an great way to kick of the story and made you relate to Ellie and the hatred she felt towards Abby) and the lore surrounding the Scars, FEDRA and the WLF. However almost everything else story wise was atrocious and unsatisfying. The ending honestly left me disheartened and depressed. I cannot believe how Ellie went from one of my favourite characters in gaming to a whiney, aggressive, humourless, bland brat. And don't even get my started on Abby! I cannot believe we were meant to sympathise with this utter jerk. I don't mind unlikeable, nasty characters at all. But to play as a character I don't even like for half the game just felt tiring and unnecessary. Her story just had so many pointless subplots.

    One thing I completely adored was the gameplay. The actual gunplay and controls, are fine at best, but the cat and mouse style skirmishes are just so engrossing to play through. The options presented to the player are all interesting and viable and I loved seamlessly and tactically switching between slowly sneaking behind enemies and picking them off with my bow and knife, and once spotted unleashing my bullets and traps to reign hell upon my foes before running away and going hiding again. Ellie and Abby are so agile and fun to play as with a wide array of upgrades to choose from and weapons and gadgets to use and craft.

    The level design is probably some of the best I've seen with the levels being open and vertical with plenty of places to explore and many different routes to take. In fact, I'm going through my second playthrough of the game right now just because of how fun I found the gameplay and exploration.

    The music is okay. I love Gustavo Santaolalla and his music but in this game the soundtrack felt really generic and bland compared to most of his work.

    Technically this game is a masterpiece. Visually it is stunning. The low hanging fog, the pouring rain, the ruined, crumbling dilapidated buildings are so amazing to look at and explore. At times the game looked photo realistic. I loved the atmosphere. The sound design is really meaty and satisfying as well. I never game across any glitches. Seems like a really polished game.

    The real highlight of the game I think is the performances. Particularly Ashley Johnson as Ellie who really brings a pretty lifeless character in this game, to life.

    I thought there was a lack of interesting cut-scenes. I often would rewatch my favourite scenes from the first game over and over again just because I though they were so powerful and awesome but in Part 2 not one scene jumped out at me as particularly memorable, or at least not in a good way. This leaves really long stretches of gameplay which I don't really mind because the gameplay really worked for me but it could be really repetitive for some people.

    Overall, I though from a technical and gameplay standpoint this game is a complete masterpiece. But there are so many poor story decisions that were made that left me unsatisfying and feeling like this game was wasted potential that disappointed and disrespected everyone who waited 7 years for this narrative catastrophe. At the end of the day I did enjoy playing The Last of Us Part 2. Its highs are high and its lows are low.    … Expand
  3. lwcmarco
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of, I don’t owned the game as I don’t have a PS 4. All experience I have with this game was through YouTube stream. I do love this game and if possible, will play and buy it. But I do feel offended as an Asian when Ellie mention Jesse is not her type as he is an Asian. It’s a bad joke. Other than this, the game story overall still good but could be better. I think they should take more time in developing Abby character Before setting her on this path.… Expand
  4. natbrain
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just finished this game, and this may have some minor spoilers in it.

    To start, the original Last of Us was one of my favorite games of all time. I replayed the game a couple weeks before Part II came out so it'd be fresh. I highly recommend doing that.

    Let's talk about what this game does well. First, I think the story as a whole was pretty good. Some people would say that the story-telling was poorly done, but I think it was fine. The story is told in a non-linear fashion, but I generally didn't have a problem piecing things together. Wasn't perfect, but I'll get more into that later. Overall, I'd give the story itself an 8/10.

    Another thing the game does well is the gameplay. Besides the larger world with more parts for exploration of supplies and collectibles, the gameplay, especially that of the combat system, was mostly the same as the original game. The game also adds the ability to jump and climb up ropes, which adds more verticality to the game than the original had. I would give the gameplay an 9/10.

    Now let's talk about what the game doesn't do well. First, I felt the pacing was very poorly done. The game is 25 hours long, but it felt way longer than that. After the halfway point, it started to feel like a never-ending slog. Once I got to the main Abby portion, the story had answered most of the main questions I had early on, so I didn't feel like the Abby portion added much to the story. I didn't really care for Abby that much, probably because she killed Joel at the beginning. Seeing Abby do that created such hard feelings against her that even seeing her side of things in nauseating detail wasn't enough to overcome that. As a result, you end up being forced to play as a character you don't like for 12 hours. Had the game had her kill Joel at a point in the game after we had seen her story, we may have empathized with her more. Nonetheless, it felt like parts of the game were way too drawn out, such that in the second half of the game, I felt myself just wanting to get to where I needed to go to finish the game... only to run into yet another group of enemies. It started making the gameplay and combat feel repetitive and stale. I'd give pacing a 2/10.

    The second thing that could've done better is balance. I played the game on moderate difficulty. Played Part 1 on hard. I'd give the first game a 10/10 in balance. Perhaps this was intentional, but this game was much harder to stealth than the first installation. Maybe that was the game's way of forcing the violence onto you. The enemy placement was such that many times, it was nearly impossible to stealth kill one enemy without another seeing you and triggering an all out gun fight. To add to that, I felt that the raw number of enemies per encounter was more, such that many times I felt that there were simply too many enemies. I felt far too often that the game threw these giant hordes of enemies without giving you a reasonable way of avoiding them or stealth killing most of them. Consequently, each enemy encounter was far more exhausting than enemy encounters in the first game. These encounters quickly made me feel burnt out from the combat which was only exacerbated by the poor pacing of the game and the annoyance of running into yet another giant horde of enemies. It quickly felt like many enemy hordes were there only to extend the length of the game and the game's content. The spacing of enemy encounters felt poorly done too - sometimes there would be long stretches without enemies (which I'm not complaining about), or you'd run into a giant horde right after clearing another giant horde. I understand that Naughty Dog was trying to create an over-the-top, violent experience, but it's not fair to ask players to go through that, AND have an overly long experience on top of that. I'd give balance a 3/10.

    Overall, this game had the potential to be a 9/10. Maybe even a 9.5/10. The story I felt was good enough for that to happen. But the pacing and balance issues were too much to overlook in my case, so I'd give this game 6.5/10.    … Expand
  5. 522927
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    The last of us 2 has better combat and really good looking graphics but the story just wasn't as great as the first one in my first opinion. It's an okay game. By the way i hate what they did with Ellie's character in the end .
  6. hjunior
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    A historia é muito decepcionante, tudo que o jogo acerta no gameplay, som, game design, é destruído pela história, desvalorização dos personagens, sem contar a lacração..
  7. Jupitervoid
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    Let me start off by saying that I am a HUGE fan of the original game. I have Ellie's tattoo on my own forearm and TLOU2 was my most anticipated game of the decade. I am absolutely in love with TLOU.

    First of all, TLOU2 is NOT a 0/10, nor is it a 10/10. The truth is somewhere in the middle. It is no question, this game does not even compare to the first game - a true 10/10, in my    Let me start off by saying that I am a HUGE fan of the original game. I have Ellie's tattoo on my own forearm and TLOU2 was my most anticipated game of the decade. I am absolutely in love with TLOU.

    First of all, TLOU2 is NOT a 0/10, nor is it a 10/10. The truth is somewhere in the middle. It is no question, this game does not even compare to the first game - a true 10/10, in my opinion. First, the good: Naughty Dog achieved absolutely incredible visuals with this game. It is beautiful. They should also be given credit for polishing the original's gameplay, it is very fun. At the very least, before I get into what makes this game disappointing, I will say that I give them credit for at least trying something risky, the only problem is that the execution and experience was poor.

    So what did Naughty Dog do poorly? This game made many mistakes. The first and largest is that you are forced to play as a new character that is extremely unlikable and this lasts for approximately half of the game's length. You are switched to control this character during the game's climax, which kills the momentum of the story. Most players that I know tried to rush through this slow paced "sequence" in order to get back to Ellie's gameplay, only to find that they must play around 10-12 hours with this new unlikeable character in order to get back to the game's climax. THIS right here is what kills the entire experience of this game. Everyone that I know in my personal life that played this game, 4 people, found the second half of the game to be absolutely dreadful and not worth it. I absolutely hated this experience too. I stomached this sequence just go see the ending (obligated to see it through out of my love for the first game), but I can say, without spoiling anything, that I don't personally believe that the experience was worth it. I give this game a 6 ONLY because the first half of this game was genuinely thrilling and an absolute blast, despite questionable narrative choices, which I was able to get over-- at first. There are other issues in the second half and near-end such as constant geographical and chronological shifts, the game is all over the place, and it never really finds its footing. The pacing is a bizarre mess. They also sacrifice smart storytelling for embarrassingly convenient plot advancements. For example, otherwise smart characters make simple and unbelievable mistakes such as dropping literal maps that lead their enemies directly to their base. There are many examples, even late term pregnant women decide that they are fit for militaristic combat, putting them in places where they obviously should not be. These things are unrealistic and just dumb, to be honest. Characters are constantly making out-of-character decisions. No matter how badly I want to like this game, I can't fool or lie to myself, and I have to admit that it just is not that good of a game. I cannot say that I recommend this game, and that breaks my heart to say, after a 7 year wait. But nothing will make the first game any less brilliant.    … Expand
  8. Dakolan
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of us part 2 has some great moments but is written quite terribly at times.

    The visuals are incredible, the sound effects and music are great but the story lacks and in order for the story to go how they wanted they had to make a series of coincidences happen and make all the characters seem completely stupid.

    ** Spoilers **
    Joel's death is written horribly and disregards his (and Tommy's) entire personality from the first game. The actions he and Tommy make are so out of character and make both of then seem dumb, just so that the revenge story can take place. Both of these characters were very smart in The Last of Us and were cautious about giving information to strangers.

    Abby and her group leave Tommy and Ellie alive just so the story can continue! If the characters were making smart decisions this story would not have been able to happen.

    You have to play 10 hours with the person who brutely murdered Joel and the creators try to make us feel bad for her because of Joel killing her father. Abby is a terrible person in general and shows no compassion for the people she kills, unlike Ellie.

    I enjoyed the gameplay but the story lacks, it would have been so much better if they took a different path.    … Expand
  9. Sanlemes7
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A história realmente deixou à desejar. Tecnicamente o jogo beira o impecável, mas o enredo, sem dúvidas, foi o ponto fraco, principalmente para quem é fã do Joel. A sede de vingança da Ellie, que naturalmente é passada para quem joga, acaba se perdendo durante a gameplay, o foco de algumas coisas se perdem. A então "antagonista" Abby, acaba tendo mais protagonismo do que o Joel e isso é extremamente complicado de engolir. A mim, decepcionou parcialmente.… Expand
  10. D623
    Jun 28, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wanted to like this game, I really did. I'll list the pros and cons, and then give an conclusion. SPOILER WARNING
    Pros
    Graphics
    Gameplay
    Visuals
    Score
    Enviroments
    Acting

    Cons
    Story
    Writing
    Characters
    Pacing
    Structure
    Ending

    Ok, so there are aspects of the game I enjoyed very much, however the bad outweighs the good. In a narrative driven game like this it should live up to expectations and be the strongest aspect, it is not. This game feels like it was structured out of order and as such can be felt while playing the game. Let me make things clear, the Joel's death early is not why I dislike this game, it's the execution of his death. I take issue with Neil wanting to make a divisive game instead of making one that makes you question things on a compelling level. What annoys me the most is that if the game was rearranged and some of the content was cut it could've been a truly great game. Abby is a character who I genuinely liked aspects of, and if she had her own installment I'd be glad to play it. Unfortunately that isn't the case here, we spend half the game tracking down and killing countless people just to get to Abby, then we're forced to play as her from her perspective, but at this point I don't care for her as a character or her friends we've killed as Ellie. Abby gets some of the best/interesting moments in the game, but I just didn't care. Now to talk about the ending it was terrible. Not because it didn't end on a semi high note like the last game, not because it wasn't a happy ending. It was terrible because it made all your efforts as playing as Ellie COMPLETELY MEANINGLESS. All of those people she killed just to get to Abby only for her to let her go in the end? Most would retort that she only did that because she realized "revenge is wrong" I'd agree with that assessment if Ellie hadn't literately murdered like hundreds of people. I'm not saying killing Abby would make for a better ending, but by the end I felt that the story didn't say anything interesting and absolutely butchered the past characters. Sure Ellie selfishly tried to get revenge again and in the process lost everything, but is that outcome compelling or make you reflect and ponder on the game as a whole? No it doesn't. Before I wrap up I'll quickly touch on the flashback scenes, for Ellie and and Abby they were easily the best written scenes of the entire game, which hearkens back to my point about the game feeling out of order. They failed at making me care for the new characters, failed at creating a great narrative like the last game, and failed at making an interesting and thought provoking ending. On it's own merit it fails and as a sequel it fails. This game just ends up feeling like misery porn with the bleakest ending yet. I recommend NOT playing this game and I for one won't be playing TLOU3. 6/10    … Expand
  11. Someguy626
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    Firstly, this game is not bad in the sense of DMC2 being bad. The gameplay is well done and does feel like an improvement from the OG, though that does come with its own problems of feeling too similar to the OG. But this is a good game and I recommend it to those who like exploration with a few sections of action. The visuals, the environmental and character designs, the sound designFirstly, this game is not bad in the sense of DMC2 being bad. The gameplay is well done and does feel like an improvement from the OG, though that does come with its own problems of feeling too similar to the OG. But this is a good game and I recommend it to those who like exploration with a few sections of action. The visuals, the environmental and character designs, the sound design within the environments and the MUSIC are all fantastic.

    But now, the story. Without spoilers, it’s a mess, not just in the themes it’s trying to tackle but also how the world’s logic works. Many of the plot points in the original title have either been forgotten or diminished in importance and many of the new characters pretty much run the show without really earning it. While I do find some of the new world building to be interesting, the methods in which we explore them feel hollow and less earnest than the original. I loved the original’s environmental storytelling and how some of the subtle elements provided us a good look into the apocalypse we only caught a glimpse. However, the sequel repeats this formula without much changes nor improvements aside from minor additions like the hunter dogs and new factions to face off. All in all, it doesn’t feel like a Part 2 but more as a Part 1 companion piece that fills in the gaps without interfering the main narrative.

    In saying that, I do have to give credit to the voice actors for they all gave their best performances. While I don’t like the writing for most characters, their voices and performances are fantastic and I buy their emotions. Special shout-out to Laura Bailey as Abby because she was amazing as an antagonist and as a somewhat relatable character. If it wasn’t for those performances, I would not have cared for the story or the cast.

    Finally, I have to admit that The Last Of Us Part 2 was a solid game with a weak story. Somewhat disappointing after the original but it does have some shining moments here and there. Still, if you weren’t a fan of the original game, I don’t think you’ll change your mind.    … Expand
  12. Starscream2020
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    Wow, people...the ratings...the stupidity...the naive!
    Can you all just !Stop!
    What the hell happened to the gaming community hitting each other in the head!? Rather than shutting up and contain your hate and depression to yourself you decide to spread the disease at each other and gives zero f*** about both sides and yourself. You're all out of your mind, complete monsters that just    Wow, people...the ratings...the stupidity...the naive!
    Can you all just !Stop!
    What the hell happened to the gaming community hitting each other in the head!? Rather than shutting up and contain your hate and depression to yourself you decide to spread the disease at each other and gives zero f*** about both sides and yourself.
    You're all out of your mind, complete monsters that just wants attention!!
    !Shut - the - f*** - up!
    This game, The Last of Us: Part 2, doesn't deserve a 10/10 and no game will ever be a perfect game so stop praising it! Get over it already.
    It doesn't deserve a 0 out of 10, I know you'll critics are very, very dissapointed, I understand your feelings but let's be real here, some of the stuff here were at least playable. So come on. move on...
    To all the defenders...
    Let me tell you a secret...
    You are not better than the critics, you all slamming 10s and 9s just for the sake of it makes you all criminals as well. You won't feel better or satisfied, trust me!
    Naughty Dog doesn't know and will never know you...never care about you...never remember you...never praises you...never cares about your scores. You shouldn't defend a company that doesn't know or care about you and will not care about you.
    Stop daydreaming, believing that you are worth something to them...cause you are not! You are a wallet to them...and there are never good relationship with a wallet, which in that case...you are the wallet...
    Now that we got that out of the way and hopefully the fire will stop soon...
    Time for the review. and I will be quick but honest about my opinion about it since too many have already reviewed it.

    What are the goods in the game?
    The graphics, first and foremost. Breathtaking! No complains here.
    The cinema, the way characters acting, the animations, they're almost flawless (still not perfect).
    The sound effects are exactly what you expect. Onpoint and satisfying.

    What's in the mixed thoughts?
    The writing. There's room for a lot of improvments, I was not amused. it's pretty average. A well made writing as an example is the witcher which made me giggle and laugh out loud many times. Little did I felt anything based on the writing of Tlou2 alone.
    The gameplay, the Fun. It's really mixed here. Some got bored really quick, others said it was fun and entertaining. In my opinion, It's fine at best and could have had some improvements, deleting animations in the workshops to stop wasting time for example, real is fine, too real is bad for gaming and time wasting, no one really has time to see someone cleans hisher gun everytime you go adjust the gun. Let's be real here, this is not the reason why you're playing the game...

    What's the bad in this game?
    The story.
    I don't like it, not one bit. It's more than just the recent "events" that you definetely will come across. It's just a revenge plot...It's generic, the way they executed it is pretty boring and lazy.
    A child can write a revenge story, almost anybody can write a revenge narrative and in my opinion and in all honesty, also can write a better and more satisfying story for both sides of the spectrum.
    It's also filled with holes, holes that shouldn't have been made on purpose. The ending is unsatisfying. They could have added multiple endings, they had 7 years to do so, but they decided not to do so...Interesting...really interesting...I wonder what was more important to them during all these 7 years...The story? Or the graphics...the cinema...the movie like feeling...
    The replayability - Well, we all can guess about that...

    i want to add some important things that I think should be addressed as well cause little has been talked about it, and I will include this in my review.
    First, crunch culture. People crunched their butt out to make this game, risking their lives in bad conditions to provide a product. if any of you, customers, or 'wallets' have no feelings for them or reconsider, "maybe the company crunches them too much, maybe they shouldn't work so hard to the point where it's health risky" If none of you even thinks about these people, you are pathetic, undeserving beings and should be ashamed to yourselves!
    No one should make a game at the expense of their health.

    Second. The DMCA strikes. I saw what you did Naughty Dog, Neil. A lot of it was unjustified and you should be ashamed of yourselves! A pathetic management with pathetic and boring ideologies.

    The final review after summing it all up is sligthly above average. 6/10
    It's an average and sligthly average at best.
    You may not like it from both sides, if so, replay the game and read my review again. There are better games that you can play the will play with your emotion strings to heart and not in a cheap way.
    Good examples are 'Nier Automata' and 'Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice'. Try these for a change if haven't done that yet...    … Expand
  13. Clon1OFF
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Охеренная игра, но 2-ю половину сюжета слишком затянули… Expand
  14. Ricki0711
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only reason I’m giving it a 6/10 is because the gameplay is a still amazing, the graphics are amazing, and the acting is amazing. The downfall is the absolutely horrible story they gave us for this. The characters aren’t the same from the last game and this game literally dumbed down Joel and had him get killed like a rat in the first two hours and then they try to make Ellie seem like the antagonist when she’s not and they try to make you care about Abby when a majority of the people who played through the story can’t stand her for the way she killed Joel. Oh and not to mention she killed Jesse like nothing too. Jesse was the only new character I was interested in and they kill him like that. Abby killed Joel, killed Jesse, almost killed Tommy and Dina, and she bit off Ellie’s fingers. Ellie’s killed lots of people trying to get to Abby and then she just lets her get away with killing Joel and Jesse and biting her fingers off. And at some point in the game when you play as Abby Ellie is a boss battle which no one wanted to play as Abby and every person I’ve seen play through this let Ellie kill them as Abby multiple times. This game could’ve been a masterpiece if it wasn’t for this horrible fan-fiction story telling. They can either remake this sequel entirely or they can redeem themselves with a third last of us with better story telling and not his fan-fiction bs!… Expand
  15. AlexCheeto
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I didn't like the story so much and also for taking away a great character that we spent in the first game, however, the vote deserves it for the graphics and the style of the game… Expand
  16. notlikethis2
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Looks absolutely incredible. The voice acting is exceptional across the board, it has stunning sound, decent combat and gameplay, staggering environments to run around in, and the very occasional moment of sheer joy. It IS a dinosaur. But other than those rare moments I didn’t like playing it at all. It’s horribly violent and nihilistic and seemed to resemble torture porn much of the time. The plot doesn’t seem consistent for already established characters and the delivery and timeline is clumsy to say the least, adding to the misery. Apparently there’s supposed to be a moral lesson in there. I just felt sad.… Expand
  17. ItsTehDave
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of us part 2 is a decent sequel to the first game but falls short in many aspects. Those aspects unfortunately being story related. No doubt the gameplay is fantastic, the atmosphere is amazing, the scenery and graphics are incredible but the story made no sense to me at times. I enjoyed most moments in the game but the abby sections that you are forced to play about 15 hours into the game were really bad. The reason why they were really bad was because after Joel's death you're forced to play and feel empathy for the killer. I didn't like abby one bit. I didn't feel sorry for her considering she brutally murdered joel and tortured him in such a way that it was hard to watch. The narrative for the last of us part 2 is revenge and by the end of the game when you finally catch up to abby and are ready to kill her you let her go. While i can understand this, it completely contradicts what the entire game is about and leaves a bad taste in your mouth. At least Ellie does survive at the end though. That was probably one of the most relieving moments of the game. Overall I'd say fantastic gameplay, graphics and scenery but poorly executed story and for Abby's section poor character development. Oh and the Rat King section made me poop my pants.… Expand
  18. acidous
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    Game over.
    Disappointment of the year in terms of script and direction.
    I don't know how the creators of the game could have made such a mistake and built such a sequence of narratives. Once again, in order to please the activists, a favorite work was put under the knife. Special thanks to the Studio's technical specialists. The action in the game is fantastic, the attention to detail    Game over.
    Disappointment of the year in terms of script and direction.
    I don't know how the creators of the game could have made such a mistake and built such a sequence of narratives. Once again, in order to please the activists, a favorite work was put under the knife.
    Special thanks to the Studio's technical specialists. The action in the game is fantastic, the attention to detail is exorbitant, but the poor narrative ruins everything that other people who were not involved in the script worked on.
    As a result:
    Graphics - 9
    Gameplay - 10
    The script - 3
    Directing - 2
    Music - 8
    The Average Total Of 6.4    … Expand
  19. Trilobyte
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Finished this game on the weekend but decided to write a review now. I needed time to rethink everything, but now I'm ready. Let's start in order:
    1) Graphic. It is the most important component of the game. it is clear that the company has done a great job in this direction. Everything is very high quality drawn, the eyes are pleased to look at it. But it doesn’t reach the level of RDR 2 a bit, still there the graphics are not reachable. rating for graphics - 9/10
    2) Music. Here is above all praise. Playing the guitar was simply exciting especially liked the episode with the song Take on me, after that I continue to go into YouTube and listen to it. It is not surprised that this episode now has 1.5 million views. So here 10/10
    3) Gameplay. Here it is already debatable. On the one hand, a lot of innovations appeared, a new combat system ... But this is impressive somewhere in the middle of the game, then it becomes already boring. I do not blame the developers for this, but it would be possible to improve it a little. Therefore 8/10
    4) Plot. Here I will scold developers. How could you spoil the story after the first part? We had a great story about relationship between father (yes, I perceive him already as her father) and daughter. Ahd what we have in the 2 part? You see a dead Joel who was killed by some unknown botex woman. and what does Druckmann do? He wants to justify this scary woman with two hours of stupid story about her. It was very unwise to talk about some unknown doctor when we killed more than a hundred people in the first part. That is, he could take any random character that we killed in the first part and make his child take revenge for it. It is very cheap and not original. Drackmann is trying to resemble Glukhovsky, but he is not good at it. Shame on you, Druckmann !!! Now 3/10
    5) Propaganda. One more worst thing in the game. I could forgive Sarkisyan for the terrible daughter of Drake (instead of the normal boy who was supposed to be originally), but in this game it was terrible. Hairy armpits, Ellie's disgusting girlfriend, pumped Abby, gay boy ... All this caused nausea and once again confirmed that calling Sarkeesian was a bad idea. 0/10
    In the end, i would like to say that Naughty Dog buried this series of games. I, like many fans, did not expect them to release such a weak game after Uncharted 4. I saw yesterday that he hinted at part 3 of the game ... I am absolutely sure that no one will wait it and the sales will be as low as possible. Thanks for your attention!)    … Expand
  20. magz88
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    This game is mostly pretty good. The gameplay is greatly improved from the first. Graphics and voice acting is incredible. The story is pretty good. The way the story is told is not.

    The start is good, if not great, but loses momentum halfway when there's some pretty uninteresting flashbacks that last way too long. The pacing sucks. The flashbacks, while great, are poorly placed and I    This game is mostly pretty good. The gameplay is greatly improved from the first. Graphics and voice acting is incredible. The story is pretty good. The way the story is told is not.

    The start is good, if not great, but loses momentum halfway when there's some pretty uninteresting flashbacks that last way too long. The pacing sucks. The flashbacks, while great, are poorly placed and I feel the story would have been better if we got some context before the inciding incident, and not after. The ending is good, but not nearly as powerful as the ending in the first one. The new characters kinda suck. Most are killed of and quickly forgotten, and Joel's death does not sit right with me. This game is weird. I hate a lot of it. I love a lot of it. It's still a game I would recommend to everyone who enjoyed the first one, just to have a reaction to it. It's worth the 60 bucks. The review bombing is ridiculous, and people should play the game themselves and make up their own opinions.    … Expand
  21. AlexandraGuz
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    Очень нудно. С первой частью не сравнится.
  22. Dragunov3000
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. - Superb graphics
    - Superb sound
    - Suberb OST
    - Mediocre - game mechanics (but I am fine with that)

    A story that is not worth mentioning!
    I am no hater, neither I like to discredit their hard work but what in the hell did they do?
    Its not about gender, not about Joel but about HOW they implemented this whole **** story into this game.
    How in the hell could that happen?
    Where are the internal critics that overviewed the story?
    WHY DID SONY do nothing?

    Its a shame this game mutilated itself.    … Expand
  23. SpyrosG7
    Jul 1, 2020
    6
    Sets a new benchmark technically, but story on second half is dragging out a lot. Some may like it but a big part of the game is boring flashbacks and tedious story with shallow motives and execution. Technically almost a marvel, the game has big issues with pacing, storyline plotholes. Very hard to push myself to finish it and ending not rewarding at all. Game takes itself too seriouslySets a new benchmark technically, but story on second half is dragging out a lot. Some may like it but a big part of the game is boring flashbacks and tedious story with shallow motives and execution. Technically almost a marvel, the game has big issues with pacing, storyline plotholes. Very hard to push myself to finish it and ending not rewarding at all. Game takes itself too seriously but motives look stupid most of the time.… Expand
  24. Flora1999
    Jul 1, 2020
    6
    It's been six days since I finished playing The Last of Us Part II and it took some time to really think about it.

    I want to start with the things I liked about this game. First of all, I obviously want to point out how good the graphics and animations are - I was blown away by how detailed every location was and how you could feel every emotion the characters felt in all of the    It's been six days since I finished playing The Last of Us Part II and it took some time to really think about it.

    I want to start with the things I liked about this game. First of all, I obviously want to point out how good the graphics and animations are - I was blown away by how detailed every location was and how you could feel every emotion the characters felt in all of the cutscenes. I like how fluid all the movements seem and the (outer) character design is gorgeous.

    I am also a fan of the gameplay - I liked that the areas were bigger in this game and that you were able to explore everything kind of on your own by just strolling through the streets. The way how they kept the gameplay of the first game on one hand, and how they expanded it on the other hand is a good choice as well. To be able to move forward by crawling and also shooting and healing yourself from this position is a nicce addition to the rather "stiff" gameplay of part I. The only thing I am not a 100% okay with considering the gameplay and the surroundings is, that it was simply too much for me. Personally, I was annoyed with how much you can look around and how much you can find, but that's just my own preference I guess.

    Now I'm coming to the stuff I had the most problems with. I just could not really emphasize with Abby as a character. I can only imagine what the intentions of the creators were - to see that everyone is capable of doing horrible things, but that this doesn't necessarily make you a bad person - the thing is, though, that although Joel did terrible things aswell, I was much more willing to "forgive" him for that. Seeing Joel die is not my main problem (again, it's just my preference that I would have loved to see Joels and Ellies relationship evolve even more in Part II), it's just the way it is dealt with and how I am forced to play as Abby for more than half of the game. I was very angry at first, but that feeling vanished the more I played Abby. Instead, I became numb. I simply didn't care what happened to her, which is even worse than being angry the whole time. I just wanted to play as Ellie. I felt that the player was forced to feel sympathy for Abby and failed to do so. I would have been okay to dig into Abby's story for two hours or so, but more than 10? As much as I tried to enjoy the experience and to collect all of the stuff etc., I got sadder and sadder and it wasn't an enjoyable experience for me.

    And that ending! Ellie has lost everything - honestly, I would even be happier if Abby and died together in their last fight! As much as I loved the gameplay etc, I simply can not overlook the story of a story based game. It wasn't the experience I waited and hoped for the last 7 years.    … Expand
  25. whitehawk1186
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    Writing is a 4, gameplay is a high 7 or low 8, averaging to a 6. Oh, and my username is my PSN, so yes, I HAVE beaten the game, and it sucks.
  26. Thablessedone
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    So I was kinda of out of it after they killed Joel's but overall I started to like it and then I was kinda disappointed after I found out I had to play as Abby but honestly the best parts of the game was playing as her not an amazing game but definitely not trash , replayable ? maybe .
  27. LanePitts
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This Game is bold! Neil Druckmann has made a game that I personally loved and hated at the same time. First off this game is absolutely gorgeous and beautiful and has an incredible cast, but for me the story was below average. The first problem I have is the story of Ellie trying to achieve revenge and get justice against Abby. That is her story and her goal throughout the entire game. So when you the player go through hours of this game to not even reach that goal as the main character (Ellie)and the face of the game cover. That is outrageous. It makes the experience of the entire game seem pointless through the eyes of Ellie. If Ellie would have killed Abby at the end then it would have been some kind of payoff for the player, but it is probably true Ellie would get little satisfaction from doing this action, so in the end I agree that Ellie should have let Abby live at the end because she made that decision on her own and finally realized that what she was doing was not something ultimately Joel would want given the circumstances. I also am not happy with how the pacing of this game and how the story is structured. It feels as though segments of this game were thrown together at random. I also of course didnt enjoy how Joel was killed. It seemed like Abby got her revenge way to easily and it wasn't earned. It felt like Joel was put in that situation just so that the story could be moved along quicker. I think it could have been cool to play as Abby and infiltrate Jackson and try to get info on the people in that town and search for Joel through that way and then have Abby somehow create a situation where she could get them alone together and have her betray his trust that way. I think doing it this way would have made it feel earned by Abby rather than just a coincidence that so happen to work out for Abby. Also I very much disliked how the story tries to make you sympathize with Abby as a person. Joel is a beloved character by fans and yes the death of him by Abby was intended for the player to feel anger and disgust which was what I felt. So, when I have the expectation to play as Ellie throughout the game I feel even more disgusted when I'm having to play as a character I hate and then proceed to play as Abby to fight Ellie at a Climax part of the game. Why am I playing as this character who killed one beloved character and is now trying to kill the Face of the game(Ellie). I was so unenthusiastic about this that I let Ellie kill Abby around 20 times because of how much I'd rather play as Ellie in this moment rather than Abby. Back to the point of the game failing to make me sympathize with Abby is in the moment when Abby holds a knife up to Dina's throat and Ellie say "She's Pregnant" and Abby's response is "Good". This makes me hate the character even more because it shows that she is willing to kill a pregnant women without a second thought. There may be an arguement that Ellie actually did kill a pregnant women but when watching that scene she has no idea that she was actually pregnant and when Ellie finds out she was indeed pregnant, Ellie then starts hyperventilating and falls to her knees realizing how **** up a thing she just did. She regrets it and she made a big mistake. So when I hear people saying that Abby is a good person I am caught off guard as to why they think this.

    Again I loved this game for taking risks that it did but some of these risks failed which why I hate the game at the same time. The best moments from this game for me was the flashback moments with Ellie and Joel, and it made me realize that if Naughty Dog and Neil Druckmann would have made a game about an adventure with Joel and Ellie as a duo going through all the moments of all the flashbacks from The Last of Us Part 2 and going into those moments in more depth and exploring that relationship rather then what we received in the final game. I'm sure their were a couple more things I wanted to go over but I can't recall any at this moment.

    Story: 3/10
    Gameplay: 9/10
    Graphics: 10/10
    Pacing/structure: 3/10
    Overall: 6.5/10    … Expand
  28. Ecto101
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    7 Years for the continuation of a great story, heartfelt, emotionally connected to the characters, stunning visuals.

    The stunning visuals have continued, amazing, the voice acting and the sound, also amazing. The story and connection is gone. What a disappointment. This is definitely getting returned.
  29. intra
    Aug 17, 2020
    6
    6.5/10 - As someone who bought the ps4 for uncharted 4, owns all the other games, tlou1 and even art books TLOU2 certainly doesn't disappoint from a VISUAL perspective. Visually speaking this is one of the best looking games with outstanding environment design and cinematic visual storytelling.

    Unfortunately a game is a sum of its parts and visuals can only go so far. TLOU2 is a    6.5/10 - As someone who bought the ps4 for uncharted 4, owns all the other games, tlou1 and even art books TLOU2 certainly doesn't disappoint from a VISUAL perspective. Visually speaking this is one of the best looking games with outstanding environment design and cinematic visual storytelling.

    Unfortunately a game is a sum of its parts and visuals can only go so far. TLOU2 is a confused title that fails to clearly define itself as either a game or (what if often feels like.) a film.

    Simply put the narrative elements, cut scenes and 'walking-talking' segments often interrupt and get in the way of the core stealth-combat-scavenge game play experience. Being forced to walk slowly through a sequence can be an irritating change of pace especially as this is a pattern throughout the whole game.

    It would be easier to embrace this style and pacing if the narrative itself was actually more tolerable and immersive. However the story is riddled with plot devices, clichés and unintelligent characters.

    Everything about the narrative is very contrived, characters act the way they do not because it is logical or organic, but because the story demands it.

    Routinely characters will opt to engage in solo suicide missions rather than work as a group which leads to the laughable cliché of characters conveniently bumping into one another repeatedly. (Under near impossible odds.)
    During every stage of the game characters will always find a way to make the most unintelligent choices they can. This includes a certain group not utilising radios or even combat knives despite being trained soldiers with access to military equipment! There are many examples of this kind and every time they serve as a plot device to either force the narrative or aspects of the game play.

    In the end you are left with a game/film hybrid that feels too much like a film and a narrative with too much silliness to be taken as seriously as was clearly intended.
    The final product feels very polished from a visual perspective; research and attention to detail are apparent resulting in a very realistic feeling/entertaining post apocalypse.
    However this same standard and level of realism is clearly not delivered from a writing perspective, as is so often the case with today’s block buster films.    … Expand
  30. Johny_The_Boy
    Jul 15, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think that rate 10/10 is ridiculous as well as 0/10. This game has a lot of bad things. Example. Tommy and Joel meets Abby and her friends. They don’t know who are this people, but Tommy sais them ALL INFORMATION ABOUT THEMSELFS. Tommy would NEVER DO THIS. Or ending is so unsatisfying. Or that how Neil forces us to like Abby. That was so badly writed. But graphics, animations and Music are so GREAT. But still, story and new characters are so bad.… Expand
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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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