The Last of Us Part II

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  1. JesseFer
    Nov 16, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego esta bien pero como que es más de acción y Cinematico que de supervivencia Zombie, pues estos pasan a ser un obstáculo más del Entorno mientras que los humanos tienen combates más divertidos. La historia me pareció horrible ya que termine y apenas me había importado el destino de algunos personajes, solo me dolió la muerte de dos de los que salen y además hay demasiados Flasbacks que podría decirse que en ellos está la verdadera trama del juego (Un recurso muy barato a mi parecer). Pero igual me divertí y emocioné en muchas ocasiones, eso es lo que importa y hasta diría que recomiendo demasiado que le den una oportunidad pues pese a lo que dicen no es ni una obra maestra ni una basura, es solo un buen videojuego.… Expand
  2. The_Senate
    Nov 25, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I just want to get this out of the way and say this game is not bad, and is decent. There is a lot of factors that play into why this game gets hate. If you have played the first game and loved it I will say go and play the second. I just need to say why this game falls flat.
    My actual game problems include the gameplay being kinda recycled, some lackluster characters, and horrible story decisions. The graphics and emotional depth is incredible, but the narrative is bad. Their will be moments that will piss you off like character deaths, ending, Abigail, and the overused theme. It’s such a shame since you can tell that Naughty Dog put so much effort and passion into this game. I will continue to support Naughty Dog even after this game. The expectations were unrealistic, Halo, 2, 3, 4, God of War, Red Dead 2, gta 5 for example had such high expectations and this game suppressed all of these. I feel like no matter if the game was great people would still be disappointed, because people were expecting this to be a masterpiece. So either way this game was kinda bound to fail. When you make a sequel to a book, movie, or a game. The thing only people care about is how well does this game carry on from the 1st one. This game does that poorly. With elements that no one cared about. I don’t think I have to talk about them, because at this point beyond knows about them. Overall the game suffers from the expectations, and how poorly the story expands from the first game.    … Expand
  3. Mustafa973
    Mar 25, 2022
    6
    The gameplay 6/10
    The graphics 8/10
    The story 0/10 The things that have frustrated me in this game are the world is so depressing, and the final game is not the same as the show we saw at the gameplay trailer ,but the That's disappointing
  4. RengarTheRed
    Dec 23, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don't normally leave reviews but I felt obligated based on the train wreck of handling user reviews and feedback post launch. I watched numerous lets plays of this game to develop my opinions of this game and to see if any sense can be made from it.

    Positives:
    The gameplay, audio design and AI are very good especially considering this kind of game where story is the most important component and is more of a walking movie style of 'game'.
    This game had some great improvements from the first such as enemy groups calling their allies by name and demonstrate a grieving sadness when you kill them making the experience more immersive and making me want to actively avoiding killing where possible.
    Visually the game is stunning considering it's a console only release for the PS4 so considering the limited power of the hardware it's very impressive what the artists have done with the game while also making sure it runs acceptably.
    The audio team hit it out of the park in this game. The background music helped immensely with creating an atmosphere where I felt tense especially in dark deserted buildings where there's potentially enemies. The voice actors also did an amazing job with what they were given and full credit to them.
    The story had it's points where it grabbed me and wanted me to continue playing to see what happened next, this happened regularly for the first half of the game.

    Negatives:
    The game was rather buggy for me especially, I don't really see many people talking about this but there were plenty of bugs ready to break my immersion and took away from the experience.

    The largest downside by far is the story. This is a huge disappointment especially considering these games are more of a walking movie and falling short on the most important part is a horrific mistake to make.
    The structure of the story is the biggest mistake made, if the story was restructured in a way where you played as what many people consider the villain from the start and play through events as they occur in the timeline rather than the monstrosity that made the final cut then maybe people would be able to make a connection to Abby before she kills their favourite character. I know at least I would've.
    The death scene itself was very badly done, I don't expect Joel to be a Marvel Superhero but come on, he literally just got taken out by a complete random out of the blue, the entire introduction for this part was a disaster. Wasn't it possible to have any conceivable way of Abby and Joel crossing paths rather than a coincidence, like literally anything, like maybe a civilian shelter distress call or something. And also, why would Joel just give out his information to a complete stranger when in the first game it was shown that he is a very distrusting person.
    One of my more recent complains is the being forced to kill animals, in a game of this scale where it advertises inclusions for vulnerable people you should not be forced to do uncomfortable things such as executing Abbys dogs. Also I'm not a fan of sex scenes in games so having to sit through multiple scenes of intimacy made me feel uncomfortable as I felt as if I couldn't skip in case
    I missed some important plot piece.

    Summary:
    Game is a train wreck of a poorly structured story which is a large let-down considering what this game could've been if that were not the case. Game is rated highly based on what it does right which is almost everything else.    … Expand
  5. Ymirus
    Feb 6, 2022
    6
    Gameplay is fun although a bit repetitive after a while, the jumpscares get predictable and the game keeps using the same formula. Shootouts are fun. Overall its too long. Graphics are nice. The story is just horrible... characters seem off and artificial, plot seems like a teenager wrote it,
  6. chernandez31
    Feb 22, 2022
    6
    This is a very polarizing game. While most people think it’s either a masterpiece or one of the worst games of all time, I meet them right in the middle. TLOU part I is my favorite game of all time, so I had extremely high standards for the sequel (which wasn’t needed in the first place). For me, this game has it’s positives, which are:

    1) gameplay - many people disliked the gameplay on    This is a very polarizing game. While most people think it’s either a masterpiece or one of the worst games of all time, I meet them right in the middle. TLOU part I is my favorite game of all time, so I had extremely high standards for the sequel (which wasn’t needed in the first place). For me, this game has it’s positives, which are:

    1) gameplay - many people disliked the gameplay on part I, but I really really enjoyed it, and in part II it is slightly improved. Overall pretty fun to play. 2) visuals - when it comes to animations, graphics, how realistic killing a person or an infected looks, it is legitimately top tier.
    3) sound - everything in the sound department was nailed.
    4) AI - the AI is pretty good, which is very important in games like these where immersion and believability is key.

    It’s negatives:
    1) plot - the story is absolutely terrible. To have the daughter of such an irrelevant NPC in part I magically matter so much in this world is ridiculously unbelievable. It is a petty revenge story with nothing good in it.
    2) characters - there are really no good characters in this story, not a single one. Some are mediocre, some are atrocious. It is a shame how such bad writing can forever destroy the love we all had to a character like Ellie. 3) pacing - who thought it was a good idea to go back and forth between characters and setting? All to make the audience care for such a bad and irrelevant character in Abby. Guess what Naughty Dog, we do not care, and in any subsequent games featuring Abby we won’t either. You already had great characters in Joel and Ellie which both worked by how well they complimented each other, and now that is lost in a story that simply DID NOT NEED TO HAVE BEEN TOLD. 4) length - this game is unnecessarily long. It doesn’t appreciate the players time and gets extremely tedious right at the halfway point. 5) the infection- such interesting lore surrounding this world, which is impressive considering how bloated this genre is, and it was completely ignored and wasted.    … Expand
  7. NamikKemal
    Feb 23, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To much nonsense, no likeable characters, kill the best guy early, make the girl look bad and evil, and the evil look good. Just a lot of ****… Expand
  8. ideologicaHeadG
    Feb 27, 2022
    6
    The Last Of Us Part II has a fatal flaw: It doesn't know its a video game. While seemingly telling a story about the circulation of violence, it doesn't reflect on the actual violence committed by the player. ND wants to be brave and challenge the players expectations with a duo-narrative but in the end it all falls because the game just tells us the way it is but doesn't show us.
  9. Ragedragon
    Mar 18, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay mechanics and graphics were brilliant. The story wasn't so great. And the wokery even less so. A good sequel, but Naughty Dog should refrain from trying to subliminally push a certain agenda in us. Abby seems more like a man, and Lev is 100% a she. I dropped a point because they took unreasonably long to release the 60 fps patch.… Expand
  10. AverageAccuracy
    May 27, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game only gets 6/10 for some bad reasons. They have only 1 mode for the game, which is story. Unfortunately, this game has one of the worst stories that I have seen in a video game, where they kill off any potential. Joel dies, and they have an unnecessary sex scene in the game for no reason other than run time and "plot progression". The game play outside of the story is okay, but sometimes it feels like a walking simulator, but the guns feel good and the vibrations from the controller feel realistic when I do an action. The graphics are amazing for a PlayStation 4 game and it runs smoothly, which is already an edge over other certain games. If they had multiplayer on launch or in a day 1 patch the game would feel better, but the only thing on the multiplayer is rumors any it was a separate game and not part of the original. Overall, it killed itself at launch.… Expand
  11. Ethan49
    Mar 30, 2022
    6
    The Story was horrible but the gameplay was amazing some Characters are good and others were bad and so I give the last of us part 2 a 6/10.
  12. Relistic
    Apr 5, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Finally, I got some time around to really get into this game and avoided major spoilers and the game itself, even though they were flowing left and right on the internet. I got the game for free. I didn't want to play it nor pay for it because of the controversies surrounding the game itself. But viewing those damn gorgeous graphics and visuals, I was in awe. They were photo realistic. The game mechanics are a serious upgrade from the first game and I enjoyed every second of it. But boy oh boy, here I come to the worst part of this game - the story. I respect the balls to kill of a beloved character and see what they've done, but nope. After the first half of the game I quit when I started playing Abby, because 1) I hated it, I didn't feel connection nor compassion towards her, even though the game wanted me to. I just didn't. Playing her was a chore. They could have introduced her to me beforehand, before everything, and maybe just a big maybe, this game could've been better for me. But that is not what happened. At this point, this game is just not canon for me. It's a big flop from the first game, and it could have been way better. But hey, if you love gorgeous visuals, combat and music and you don't really care about narrative, this is your gem.… Expand
  13. MoGee
    Apr 23, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 我可以理解原因
    但我无法理解过程

    看通关后会不会让我理解吧
    ————
    带着儿子陆陆续续的一直到今天（7月3日凌晨）才通关。
    通关后我仔细想了想，觉得还是保持这个分数吧。
    在我自己的分数判定中，已经很低了，况且客观来说，虽然游戏性一如既往，但画面，细节做得都很不错。
    但这个剧情与其说是屎，不如说我像是被迫。
    从乔尔死亡那一段我就不太懂创作者的意图，我明白像IGN日本说的，这种东西要放在开始才能升华感情。
    可是过程是不是过于残忍了？
    首先玩着艾比，突然杀死了一代我玩的主角？

    我第一感受就是有人拿枪指着我的头，给我一把刀，要我选择砍掉自己的右手或者左手。
    可我定睛一看，原来左手不是我的，是旁边的一个女人的手。
    哪怕之后我了解到了这个女人的故事，她的悲哀。
    这时，其实我只有两个选择：一，砍掉她的手。二，选择被枪杀死（封盘）。
    我再怎么样也不想砍掉陪我朝夕相处，有着共同美好回忆自己的手啊？！

    我想到了有人说一代如果拍成电影，不会是个好电影，因为剧情其实很俗套，但正是因为是游戏。所以乔尔艾莉陪伴在一起的点点滴滴我们在十几二十个小时能够感同身受。
    而二代在我看来，这个剧情不是个好游戏，但拍成电影也许会好很多。

    我在想，制作人是不是忘了他是在做一个游戏？他是不是忘了游戏与电影的区别？是不是在游戏电影化叙事大行其道的今天以为电影化了蒙太奇了就会是个好游戏？
    还是说，他就是想去拍电影？

    最后的结局，有点丑陋。
    在我理解中，如果我生长在那种时代，我的家人杀了别人，他的家人来复仇很正常。
    但要我理解你就抱歉了，况且还杀了我的家人和同伴。
    我不会和你徒手搏斗，只会用一颗子弹洗去我内心的仇恨。

    毕竟，“艾莉”、“乔尔”才是我。    … Expand
  14. Shojikibouzu
    Apr 22, 2022
    6
    It's a game designed around story but I was never drawn in because I did not identify with the playable characters(s), nor understand or agree with their actions.

    The original was amazing for me because it grapples with moral conundrums; and realistically makes the player think about what you would do in a destroyed world to survive or help the people you love. The sequel did not do that    It's a game designed around story but I was never drawn in because I did not identify with the playable characters(s), nor understand or agree with their actions.

    The original was amazing for me because it grapples with moral conundrums; and realistically makes the player think about what you would do in a destroyed world to survive or help the people you love.

    The sequel did not do that for me, so it was just a tedious slog through watching the characters you play make decisions that irritate you.

    The Gameworld is also lost its coherence. In the last game it actually felt like a desolate place where civilization has basically collapsed, with pockets of people or humanity left where you struggle to survive. The factions in the new game are thriving and the plot driver of a war between them doesn't make sense in the context of a world where there is plenty of room for both to expand, and both have plenty of resources (and therefore have no reason to fight).    … Expand
  15. anag604
    Jun 17, 2022
    6
    Historia mala, cogida con pinzas hecha incluso yo diria a mala leche, mecanicas buenas y gráficos increíbles, inteligencia artificial tb muy bueno pero vamos la manera de plantear el juego mala 3 horas matando gente que no sabes ni porque a veces y luego una cinematica de 10 minutos, lo que lleva a una poca empatia con los personajes, y una historia y final a lo sinsajo 2 un horror
  16. MasterCriminal0
    Aug 19, 2023
    6
    The game starts off very harshly and throws you into the story very soon, the graphics are what you expect from a modern game and the scenery is beautiful as always. Sadly i couldn't complete the game as i got to some parts that included substances (weed) and some LGBTQ materials that i was sadly not prepared for, currently i am putting the game to rest and when i have a stronger mind iThe game starts off very harshly and throws you into the story very soon, the graphics are what you expect from a modern game and the scenery is beautiful as always. Sadly i couldn't complete the game as i got to some parts that included substances (weed) and some LGBTQ materials that i was sadly not prepared for, currently i am putting the game to rest and when i have a stronger mind i will revisit this game. I think the main problem of this game is that it has modern materials such as LGBTQ and S*X and SUBSTANCES. A prime example of what's wrong with this world, this game didn't need to include any of these.… Expand
  17. miraikkjk
    Jul 15, 2022
    6
    Achei interessante o tema de vingança do jogo, uma pena que foi mal executado. A história foi o clássico clichê de: "vingança é ruim e só machuca as pessoas em sua volta", os devs queriam mostrar em como as mortes causadas pelo player pode ter consequências no futuro, o ponto ruim é que são personagens tão mal desenvolvidos e esquecíveis que você nem liga (ou simplesmente se esqueceu) praAchei interessante o tema de vingança do jogo, uma pena que foi mal executado. A história foi o clássico clichê de: "vingança é ruim e só machuca as pessoas em sua volta", os devs queriam mostrar em como as mortes causadas pelo player pode ter consequências no futuro, o ponto ruim é que são personagens tão mal desenvolvidos e esquecíveis que você nem liga (ou simplesmente se esqueceu) pra quem morreu e quem viveu, um exemplo disso são os companheiros da Abby (WLF). Finais alternativos com certeza deveriam ter sido colocados no jogo.

    O combate é o ponto chave do jogo, é uma gameplay rápida, desafiadora e divertida dependendo da dificuldade em que você está jogando, mas senti falta de uma variedade nova de inimigos/infectados e novas mecânicas de gameplay, não teve muitas mudanças do TLOU 1, exceto pela evolução dos gráficos.

    É uma pena que a sequência do grande jogo do ano acabou assim.

    Recomendo fortemente comprar somente quando estiver em promoção.    … Expand
  18. BrenerMF
    Jun 21, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dei uma segunda chance pro The Last of Us 2 e zerei o jogo

    Meu ponto de vista
    História da Ellie nota 1
    História da Abby nota 9
    História do jogo nota 5
    Gráficos nota 10
    Jogabilidade nota 8
    NOTA FINAL DO JOGO 6,6

    Explicando meu ponto de vista
    A história da Ellie é ruim, personagem mimada que sempre toma as piores decisões possíveis e que por conta disso consequências ruins acontecem.
    A história da Abby é excelente, vingou a morte do pai e poupou as pessoas que não tinham nada com isso, também agiu corretamente com as crianças que salvaram a vida dela.
    A história do jogo seria melhor se terminasse após a Abby encontrar a Ellie no teatro e se enfrentarem com cada uma seguindo seu rumo.
    Os gráficos são excelentes e muito bem trabalhado. O nível de detalhes gráficos no jogo é impecável.
    Jogabilidade poderia ser melhor, a troca de armas é lenta e a mobilidade é meio travada tendo momentos que o personagem precisa contornar um obstáculo da altura do joelho dele pra poder chegar a determinado lugar, mas teve uma evolução da jogabilidade em relação ao primeiro jogo.
    Nota final ficou a média de todas as notas.    … Expand
  19. Rosatelli
    Aug 31, 2022
    6
    meglio del primo in ogni suo aspetto, non capisco perché un voto così basso dagli utenti. molto probabilmente saranno gli utenti Xbox e PC che rosicano come i bambini 6 anni
  20. christknight905
    Sep 8, 2022
    6
    So this game honestly looks great and plays really well, but the main aspect of the game that drives it all which is the story falls extremely flat. Now I am convinced that the gaming industry is extremely corrupt. I do not understand how this game got all the awards they did, I believe some of the awards were well deserved the game is visually and performance wise a 10. But the story isSo this game honestly looks great and plays really well, but the main aspect of the game that drives it all which is the story falls extremely flat. Now I am convinced that the gaming industry is extremely corrupt. I do not understand how this game got all the awards they did, I believe some of the awards were well deserved the game is visually and performance wise a 10. But the story is not well executed and it is a driving factor in this series of games.… Expand
  21. TriangleSquare
    Sep 14, 2022
    6
    Oh man...I played this directly after finishing Last Of Us Part I for the first time. And boy was it a jump. Story wise it was still fantastic. The main story hits hard, it's shocking, it's emotional, it's dramatic. But gameplay wise...oh God. What a chore.

    FLASHBACKS I really wanted this game to end. I hate flashbacks so much and to force the player not to just watch a    Oh man...I played this directly after finishing Last Of Us Part I for the first time. And boy was it a jump. Story wise it was still fantastic. The main story hits hard, it's shocking, it's emotional, it's dramatic. But gameplay wise...oh God. What a chore.

    FLASHBACKS

    I really wanted this game to end. I hate flashbacks so much and to force the player not to just watch a flashback...but to PLAY THE CHARACTERS IN THE FLASHBACK is a whole new level of my hatred haha. At one point it's like "3 years earlier." You beat that part then it says "1 year earlier" then you beat that part and it says, "3 months earlier." I was like STOP IT! Let me move forward! I think it could've cut out like 17 flashbacks and we would've still understood the points they were trying to make. There is no excuse for this amount of flashbacks.

    It doesn't help that many of the flashbacks are such mundane, boring things. Playing guitar, forcing you to play fetch with a dog, forcing you to play a mini-game where you shoot suction cupped arrows at targets...forcing you to walk through an entire museum and look at every exhibit and every display while WALKING (and not letting you sprint). And you cannot skip these things. You have to do them in order to move on to the next level. WHY?!

    And if the flashback itself wasn't painful enough to be forced to play through...the game forces you to play as the character as you travel to the place to do the boring thing in each flashback. Going to a museum? Great. You have to HIKE THERE, and SWIM, and travel for miles before reaching it. Just to go inside and do a boring thing. Fun. So. Fun.

    It makes you travel everywhere in general. Some of the moments where I almost turned the game off are when characters have to reach a building that's super far away. There's a cinematic where they're like "oh look that building is WAY over there. Let's go." and I expect it to cut to me there. But nope...the cinematic ends and my character is standing miles away. And now here I go...I have to once again hike, climb, and swim my way all the way over there. Because that's so very fun to do...

    SKILL TREE

    The skill tree is also strange. You level it up downward. So for instance if the top-most skill is crafting med-kits and the bottom-most skill is "increased health." Then you're forced to purchase every pointless skill in that skill tree just to get to "increased health." Whereas in the last game you can level up whatever skill you wanted, whenever you wanted, which was nice. I found myself just gathering things and pointlessly level up skills just to reach the one I really wanted. Felt very wasteful, as if they knew they were just designing skills to get in the way. As opposed to actually designing helpful ones that would be useful.

    PLAYING AS TWO CHARACTERS

    Just like in the first game, you play as another character in this one. I wont say who. But it goes on for so long that you kinda forget why you're playing as this person. You do a whole bundle of side-objectives that don't feel that relevant. And they have their own entire skill tree and level up system so it's a whole other branch of the game that pulls you away from the main story. It feels odd. As if they couldn't decide which storyline to commit to so they tried to just squeeze them both in together.

    The game basically doubles down on all the things I hated about it by adding a second character. Only this time it makes you go through many of the exact same areas that you already beat as the first character. Spent a lot of time sneaking around this area before? Sucks...now you gotta do it again as THIS CHARACTER.

    OVERALL

    A highly repetitive game that I wished would end many different times. In-between all the filler and fluff though is a solid story screaming for attention. But it's a chore to find, and a chore to stick with.    … Expand
  22. ThinFoilSeb
    Jan 10, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay is great and the graphics are top notch but the story is really badly written especially when compared to the first one.
    Joel is downgraded, Ellie has lost all charisma, Abbie is just not engaging.
    I have no problem with gay characters as there were a lot of them in the first chapter too and they were well written but now a minor transgender smells a lot like pushing the woke agenda and it was of no importance to the plot.
    Really not worthy of the predecessor at least at the plot level    … Expand
  23. notbrunolopez
    Nov 11, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review is written by someone who thought the first game was overrated.
    Played it the first time, didn't think it was awful like how the internet described it to be. Played it a second time to platinum it, I noticed flaws that bothered me. The setup for Joel's death was really pathetic; Joel would've never saved Abby and Tommy wouldn't have told strangers who they were if you've played the first game. Way out of character for them. Dina was a really interesting character. Sadly she was pushed aside midway in Ellie's story; her reason for it was an obvious setup for what was to come if you paid attention to Abby and her friend's backgrounds.
    Now, let's get to Abby. I DID NOT hate her. Although her reason for killing Joel was understandable, her father being the doctor that almost killed Ellie was an overstretch. Her love interest Owen seemed chill but wasn't interesting, just like the rest of Abby's friends. Her adventure was actually more thrilling than Ellie's. As a character she's alright; I was actually interested into where she was exploring and her dialogue with her friends felt authentic. Lev and Yara's backgrounds were really fascinating but in the end, they didn't feel impactful.
    The worldbuilding is a massive improvement over the original. The Scars and WLF felt much more threatening than the infected.
    To cut it short, the message is clear but executed bad. If the game were to end with Ellie living happily with Dina and her child and Abby and Lev reaching the fireflies, I would've been fine with that. Let Ellie not get her revenge and begin to process it and grow stronger would've made sense. Instead, she ends up going off to find Abby--who was kidnapped by a group with Lev--and ends up freeing prisoners along the way, OUT OF VENGEANCE. So the message is vengeance makes you do horrible things, but also good things like free the prisoners and Abby????
    Yeah that's about it.    … Expand
  24. Flogeta
    Nov 13, 2022
    6
    Solid overall game but the story is below average in my opinion. Naughty dog cucks would have you believe it’s a masterpiece
  25. Jeison_pianda
    Feb 1, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La historia deja bastante que desear el Gameplay es excelente pero la historia es muy mala, aburrida y tediosa.
    Si solo hubiesen contado la historia desde la perspectiva de Tommy todo sería mejor    … Expand
  26. Cancelled4k
    Dec 27, 2022
    6
    This game is NOT a masterpiece. For a story that heavy realies on its story to carry the game. This game did a terrible job.

    Everything in the game was great as expected but the story structure was terrible. And thats what most people r mad about. What writer gets to the climax of the story only for them to then get u to restart back at the beginning. Terrible and lazy writing. This is    This game is NOT a masterpiece. For a story that heavy realies on its story to carry the game. This game did a terrible job.

    Everything in the game was great as expected but the story structure was terrible. And thats what most people r mad about. What writer gets to the climax of the story only for them to then get u to restart back at the beginning. Terrible and lazy writing.

    This is why game journalistsneed to actually play the **** gamesthey writeabout    … Expand
  27. Onur_272
    Jan 29, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hikayesi bence kötü ve bu bütün havayı bozuyor ama grafikler, oyunculuklar, oynanış, dokular vs. harika bu yüzden 6yı hak ediyor. Keşke hikayeside güzel olsaydı da 9 veya 10 verebilseydim ama sevgili Neil druckman keşke daha oyunun başında en sevdiğimiz adamı, Tommy'nin kardeşi, Maria'nin eniştesi, Tess'in yol arkadaşı, Sarah'ın babası ve Ellie'nin herşeyi olan JOEL MİLLER'ı bizden almasaydı. Bu hareketini oyun tarihinin en büyük hatalarından buluyorum o adamı bizden almıycaktın Neil. Madem bu adamı bizden aldın bari onu vahşice öldüren kadın olan Abby'i yaklaşık 7-8 oynatma çünkü her ne kadar onla empati kurmamızı istesen de yok kardeşim o kadın koskoca Joel'u öldürdü. Çoğunluk olarak o adamı öldürdükten sonra Abby'den nefret ettik, ölmesini istedik ama sen gel gör ki sevgili Neil druckman bize Abby'i öldürtmüyor gerçekten sinir oldum. Ayrıca ellie oyun boyunca Joel'e trip atması çok zoruma gitti o kız eğer o günleri görebiliyorsa bu tamamen onu kızı gibi görüp onun için mücadele eden JOEL sayesindedir. O kendini hastenede öldürtüp aşı bulmak istiyordu anlıyabiliyorum ama bende Joel'in yerinde olsam bende aynısı yapardım. Joel orada, aşı üretilip dünyayı salgından kurtarmak mi yoksa ellie'nin canı mı? Sorusuna Ellie'nin canı daha kıymetli diyip onu kurtardı ama sen gel gör ki seni dünya'ya tercih etmiş baban gibi gördüğün bu adama oyun boyunca trip at, onunla kavga et bunlar olurken Joel çok sakin ve anlayışlı yaklaştı çünkü ellie onun için dünyadan daha kıymetliydi. Son olarak şunu söyleyebilirim Joel'in de dediği gibi "eğer tanrı bana o an için 2. bir şans verseydi aynı şeyi tekrar yapardım" cümlesinden Joel'in yaptığından pişman olmadığını gördük, o her zaman yapması gerektiğini yaptı eğer Abby'nin babası ona bıçak çekmeseydi o da onu öldürmiyecekti. Uzun lafın kısası bizden Joel'i aldığın için seni kınıyoruz Neil druckman ama hikaye dışında gerçekten bu oyun 10da 10 bir oyun. (Hikaye dışında 10da 10 ;⁠-⁠) )… Expand
  28. J_P_Reviews
    Mar 5, 2023
    6
    I tried very hard to find some way to like this game, and I was successful, but just barely.

    The Last of Us Part 2, though graphically beautiful, is not a logical continuation of part 1. It feels more like a fiction within a fiction, a deliberately structured by-the-book revenge allegory that ultimately delivers a relevant social message but at the cost of mangling the plot themes and    I tried very hard to find some way to like this game, and I was successful, but just barely.

    The Last of Us Part 2, though graphically beautiful, is not a logical continuation of part 1. It feels more like a fiction within a fiction, a deliberately structured by-the-book revenge allegory that ultimately delivers a relevant social message but at the cost of mangling the plot themes and character development events of the original game. In fact the hardcover placard contained within the limited edition written by Druckmann himself alludes to such a plot contrivance.
    The question I suppose, is why? Why did they choose this path for part 2? Why castrate the characters and story of one of the greatest games of all time just to deliver an admittedly artful social commentary? Based on the new characters, events and story as it all plays out this game should have been a standalone entry in an original universe. I think it would have done great on its own. It makes no sense whatsoever that ND cannibalized the The Last of Us characters and universe to create this game. It’s not like they needed the pre-sales dollars (apropos the notoriously deceptive pre-release advertising) to fund it. Their reputation alone would have guaranteed their budget.

    I have to conclude that the answer is simple: Colossal miscalculation. I don’t think the ND dev team deliberately set out to eviscerate The Last of Us storyline potential and anger the game’s fans. Somewhere along the development trail the plot analysis -vs- target demographic ball got dropped in a significant way. While trying to create an impactful work of art they lost sight of their number one mandate: serve your audience. Of course they had to know or at least suspect that the final plot line would earn the ire of a portion of their loyal fan base. But I don’t think they realized the extent of their error until after the massive numbers of negative user reviews started rolling in. By then it was too late.

    It is true that there are lots of gushing 9/10 star reviews out there. Many are reactionary to the negative ones and thus act as balancers; the informed reviews are coming from multimedia critics more attuned to the allegorical architecture than to the fictional world in which it takes place. And yes to the game’s credit it IS beautifully presented with great acting, visuals and gameplay. There are also some moving and interesting flashbacks. Ultimately however, the good elements of the game are overshadowed by the infuriating overarching main plot.

    More disheartening - in spite of the game’s gut-twisting opening scenes which set up the revenge plot - the writing team could actually have saved the story to some degree by providing us with a satisfying, contextually consistent ending. However, instead of remaining true to the violent nature of the game universe and giving us the closure that Ellie’s character most certainly would have demanded, they opted for a formulaic ‘high road’ finale that leaves the player staring at his monitor in stunned disbelief. Given the amazingly high body count over the extended play through, the absurd ending sequence was the loudest WTF moment I’ve ever seen in a game, and I’ve played a LOT of games in the last 30 years.

    After finishing, I mulled it over for a few days before writing this review and settling on a medium score. In this at least, Druckmann’s team succeeded in their stated goal of engaging the player to examine the revenge conundrum. I did, and while I agree with the real-world synopsis that revenge-seeking needlessly perpetuates a cycle of violence that ultimately harms everyone it touches—The Last Of Us is not the real world. It is a game and it depicts a world in which humanity is on its last brutal march to annihilation. ND created this world and the gameplay delivered it: no quarter, no compromise, ‘endure and survive.’

    So…everything else remaining the same, maddening initial plot premise and all, here is how The Last of Us Part 2 SHOULD have ended:

    ‘ We don’t see the fiery explosion of the awkwardly thrown Molotov as it engulf’s Ellie’s battered enemies. There’s no need. Instead we see the fire reflected in Ellie’s eyes as she watches briefly, perhaps feeling a quick stab of sadness for all the death - mixed incongruously with a weary satisfaction.

    As the image of her face fades with the waning flames, we hear Ellie say in a half whisper, “that’s that.” ‘

    Had they at least thrown their core fans this small bone, or something similar, I think their user reviews would have been much higher. As they left it, well….If they’ve got any savvy new hires up at ND, I sure hope they’re putting in a sh*t ton of overtime thinking up ways to retcon this albatross out of the canon and win back some of their fans. Indeed, with their shiny new HBO contract, they have a golden opportunity.    … Expand
  29. felix121
    Jul 23, 2023
    6
    Pros
    - Gameplay is fun
    - Environments are beautiful and highly detailed - Dialogue and storytelling are well executed Cons - The quality of the story is questionable and noticeably went downhill in the second half of the game. - Parts of the story also felt preachy in a way the first game didn't, which broke immersion for me somewhat. - Certain sections really amplified the    Pros
    - Gameplay is fun
    - Environments are beautiful and highly detailed
    - Dialogue and storytelling are well executed
    Cons
    - The quality of the story is questionable and noticeably went downhill in the second half of the game.
    - Parts of the story also felt preachy in a way the first game didn't, which broke immersion for me somewhat.
    - Certain sections really amplified the suffering to a level I would consider to be torture porn, which I found unpleasant rather than compelling.
    - The ending was not satisfying.    … Expand
  30. SANTIACO
    Jun 19, 2023
    6
    Un excelente videojuego en calidad gráfica, jugabilidad, mecánicas, y duración. Aún así se queda corto en la narrativa de su historia donde el manejo, de sus personajes no fue el correcto. Provocando el disgusto de las personas
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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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