The Last of Us Part II

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5.8

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  1. Upsidedowntiamo
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I respect Naughty Dog vision, I was impressed with the game engine and the world design. I love all the flashback and interaction between Joel and Ellie, because these are the characters we've been through in the first game, we already built a connection with these two characters. But at the mid of the game when the game force us to play as Abby. I stopped playing, because I couldn't get through it. I get what the game try to do here, they want us to see things in different angle, put us in her shoes. But I really can't, all I can see is these people done horrible things to someone we love, at that point, I already checked out of the game, I couldn't listen to their dialogue. I think Naughty Dog expect too much of me, sorry, I cannot be that bigger person.… Expand
  2. Lilcloud
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Buena jugabilidad Excelentes graficos
    Pesimo desarrollo de la historia! No pedimos fanservice, solo el enfoque en los personajes principales, no fue necesario meter forzadamente a abby y su banda, te obligan a empatizar para lograr un mal final
  3. Jemapplecolas
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. At the end credits now, first off all the people giving it 1/10 and 0/10 actually play the game lmao, it’s not that bad. No I am not a fan of Joel’s death, it feels so out of character for him to give his name out and trust strangers compared to the first game. Graphics are amazing and I really enjoyed the gameplay, voice acting was alright don’t believe people saying it was terrible when it wasn’t. How ever I did enjoy seeing abbys story arc surprise surprise(sorry I have an open mind). BUT when playing as Abby in the boss fight against Ellie, wtaf??!??! you can’t expect us to want to fight a character we love, so many time during the fight I wouldn’t press square during the QuickTime events because I didn’t want to do anything to Ellie, nor did I try to fight her, I got Abby shot multiple times before realising I have to fight her. Alright I could go on forever about what this game does right and wrong a lot more wrong but this was going to be a 7/10 for me, until the ending, the flashback scene was nice made my eyes tear up but then it cuts back and j ends w her walking off, are ye serious?!? Would have been way better if another 10-20 min was added to see the aftermath of her returning to dina, tommy, JJ and all that but no, hence the 5/10. Would I recommend this game? Ehit’s really upto u as a person to decide but personally I would say no. final verdict- DISAPPOINTED… Expand
  4. Ryuu34
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing graphics, fun combat and upgrades to previous features. The story however is but far the most terrible thing that came out of Naughty Dog. At a point i just wanted to put my controller down because of my disinterest in playing a particular character. Honestly i should have listen to my friends and waited for Ghost of Tsushima instead.… Expand
  5. TomAs21
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    El juego tiene una jugabilidad buena, que evoluciono de su anterior entrega y los gráficos ni hablar. Pero a nivel trama no me gusta, Que muera Joel no es lo que molesta sino la forma, su muerte (mal escrita y forzada) tiene muchos huecos es como si no supieran la historia del 1.
    Al primer juego lo hacen grande sus personajes (Ellie y Joel) cosa que en esta segunda parte sus personajes te    El juego tiene una jugabilidad buena, que evoluciono de su anterior entrega y los gráficos ni hablar. Pero a nivel trama no me gusta, Que muera Joel no es lo que molesta sino la forma, su muerte (mal escrita y forzada) tiene muchos huecos es como si no supieran la historia del 1.
    Al primer juego lo hacen grande sus personajes (Ellie y Joel) cosa que en esta segunda parte sus personajes te generan nada, por eso los flashback son lo mejor del juego.
    Los motivos de Abby nadie los discute pero, que te quieran hacer empatizar con ella va con calzador teniendo que jugar medio juego con el único propósito de tenerle cariño que no se cumple (mal escrito y forzado). Con el tema de la inclusión no hay problema aunque abusaron un poco con el tema, no es lo que lo hace malo. Lo que lo hace malo es la historia que es un cliché el tema de la venganza, no hacia falta arruinar a un buen juego por algo tan básico y conocido.
    Como juego puede ser muy buen juego pero no como the last of us, si tanto querían hacer un juego con esa narrativa (que no es mala) pero para T.L.O.U queda chica, hubieran echo otro juego con otro nombre y personajes, pero jugaron con el nombre y populismo que obtuvo el primero para hacer esto que no quedo bien y es lo tanto molesta, porque the last of us fue es y será ampliamente superior al nivel narrativo que es lo que tanto lo hizo destacar al nombre.    … Expand
  6. KKaj24
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fantastic graphics and a very large game on the player's feelings tried to save the poor story.… Expand
  7. Frank0101
    Jul 1, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great graphics.

    Poor storyline: you buy the game for the characters you love and end up with Joel being slaughtered in the first hours and with being forced to play (for hours) as his murder, a character you hate. The game tries hard to push you into liking Abby, but the result is instead just annoying. Had to force myself to reach the end, which is also totally disappointing since you don’t even get the revenge you wanted.

    Forced **** topics that strikes as exaggerated beyond any Suspension of disbelief. Almost all the main characters are women or asians, whic is fairly unrealistic. Even as the classical huge/strong human enemy they choose a giant fat woman.. it’s very rare to see two men talking with each other in the whole game. White males are killed and replaced with women and asian, the couple Joel + Ellie wasn’t woke enough so was replaced with Abby + Lev. Finally, not to leave any woke topic behind, we have gay characters, trans characters and so forth. Nothing against that in general, but here everything looks out of context and forced, it looks too much. Left Behind was also including such topics but not in this way and indeed got good ratings.    … Expand
  8. JC111414
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    The Last of Us was a phenomenal game from start to finish. It had a good overarching story and a theme. However, The Last of Us Part II lack anything that was established in the first entry. Furthermore, the game makes you follow a strict timeline that leaves you asking more questions than getting answers. The first entry had a nig dilemma and theme, sometjing the sequel lacked. TheThe Last of Us was a phenomenal game from start to finish. It had a good overarching story and a theme. However, The Last of Us Part II lack anything that was established in the first entry. Furthermore, the game makes you follow a strict timeline that leaves you asking more questions than getting answers. The first entry had a nig dilemma and theme, sometjing the sequel lacked. The graphics and mechanics may be okay, but for a game that is based around story telling, it fails to deliver a good sequel, to an otherwise phenomenal masterpiece.… Expand
  9. mlknjh79
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. as the legendary guitarist Kurt Cobain once said:
    what else should i say!?
    everyone is Gay!    … Expand
  10. MrWendigo22
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Para esto espere dese 2016???
  11. NukaColaClear
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Honestly, even with the problems this game has, if you are able to set aside your expectations of what you wanted from the game, there is actually something here worth enjoying.

    That being said, there was so much build-up and anticipation for this game (on top of it being released 7 years after the original) that there should have been much more care taken for what fans would want to    Honestly, even with the problems this game has, if you are able to set aside your expectations of what you wanted from the game, there is actually something here worth enjoying.

    That being said, there was so much build-up and anticipation for this game (on top of it being released 7 years after the original) that there should have been much more care taken for what fans would want to see and experience, as this franchise and it's story mean so much to a great number of people.

    Most would have preferred a story focusing more on characters of the first game, and this would have been the safe bet by Naughty Dog, but they chose to take the game in this direction, so we have to take the game for what it is.

    If you are able to look at the game the way it is presented to us, there is a good story underneath it all. The presentation of that story leaves much to be desired, but it is still possible to accept that story as it is, and see it for what it ends up being.    … Expand
  12. M4csx
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Great gaming and great graphics, the history is HORRIBLE. I give it a 5 just because the story. Bad game
  13. amrolzzz
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    The graphics is amazing, but the story not so. Some scenes are very good and on point, but some other just got me turned off. I don't have any problem with political agenda, but I just can't relate, you wait for years and you got disappointed by the way they turn these characters after the part 1. The gameplay got too long and boring, I feel like they still use the same formula as halfThe graphics is amazing, but the story not so. Some scenes are very good and on point, but some other just got me turned off. I don't have any problem with political agenda, but I just can't relate, you wait for years and you got disappointed by the way they turn these characters after the part 1. The gameplay got too long and boring, I feel like they still use the same formula as half life.

    I actually like the moral dilemma that this game put into, It kinda disturb me, but this show how great the story in some parts. I guess all the bad reviews says that we don't like how the characters have become, it is not how we pictured in the first game.    … Expand
  14. yesss21
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    I hope they bring out a dlc with a happy ending, and that it's to the real canon ellie deserves one and maybe it's not realistic, but it's nice for fans
  15. Trilltg
    Jul 4, 2020
    5
    The good: The graphics clearly pushed the industry forward, but I would argue that Death Stranding accomplished the same quality so I don't give it many points for being a tech demo.
    The meh: Gameplay is rehashed and polished from the first game but still feels dated. The forced political choices more interested in pushing a message than creating a good game.
    The bad: I'll break this    The good: The graphics clearly pushed the industry forward, but I would argue that Death Stranding accomplished the same quality so I don't give it many points for being a tech demo.
    The meh: Gameplay is rehashed and polished from the first game but still feels dated. The forced political choices more interested in pushing a message than creating a good game.
    The bad: I'll break this down as best I can but TLDR the story and characters fundamentally fail on nearly every aspect. So spoilers ahead.
    1. Lets talk about the elephant in the room, Abby kills Joel within the first few hours of gameplay due to his brothers frankly ridiculous mistake of sharing his full name. This is the decades through the apocalypse survivor who wouldn't be the slightest bit cautious when he knew people were looking for him... Evidently.
    2. Shifting perspectives, after Joel is killed we eventually get to play as Abby... for ten hours... What I like many others did was run the killer right into a clicker as I'm sure many others did. Why? Because I played through an entire game that I loved as the character that Abby unceremoniously murdered. I am made to feel over time that Joel was a bad guy for dismantling the Fireflies. But issues with that.
    1.1 If you listen through the first games recordings they had many other cases where they thought they could create a vaccine with. All of them were killed, none of them produced a vaccine, Ellie very well could have been killed for nothing.
    1.2 Worse yet, it is impossible to create a vaccine with that small of a team in that small of a facility, on a global scale it would take 1-10 years based purely on how lucky they got.
    1.3 And the final most important reason, I didn't care when I did it. I care about the little girl who Joel had been taking care of for the past couple dozen hours of my life. Do I care about the people who would just as readily shoot as help me, no.
    3. Really weird sex scene out of nowhere in the middle of the game while other Sony products are bashed for having 'sexy' outfits.
    4. The lazy attempt to make me understand Abby, the villain in my humble opinion, just by throwing me in their shoes. This is contrived to make the story complex and powerful, but instead becomes a lazy way to extend gameplay. When thinking about ways to do this better I thought of Horizon Zero Dawn, Helis's tent had the logs inside which was given a bit lazier than spreading them out to piece together over time, but it was still a way to understand someone who killed the father figure without empathizing with them. This doesn't do that, this says hey you know how Ellie is a rage ball of revenge, well here's another rage ball of revenge empathize with her over the one you spent the whole last game and the lions share of this game with.
    5. Finally the ending "Boss" fight. You play as Abby not Ellie, you are not allowed to get Abby killed. Abby almost kills Ellie's pregnant girlfriend and says good when she learns that fact. (I don't care that Ellie inadvertently killed her pregnant friend.) Then once again at the actual ending you track down Abby have her underwater about to die when suddenly, oh violence bad comes in and suddenly hey I know I've killed hundreds of people to get here but yeah lets let them go. Then they have the balls to have a cut scene with Joel just to make you really regret spending money on this tech demo written as a tumblr fanfiction trying to be deep but instead being shallow and infuriating.
    This isn't undertale, this isn't dishonored, and this isn't Detroit Become Human. This isn't a pacifist game going into the issues of violence. It's a revenge game and with all the set up to this point you can't just say violence bad and end it. Kill Abby give the player that catharsis, then give them the time to reflect on it after. It would make you wonder if the revenge was worth all the bodies left behind in a world already in an apocalypse, ponder if Joel would have wanted it, and whether you can live with the emptiness it leaves behind. But instead this game left me hollow, it broke my heart not that Joel died but that he died in such a stupid way. And it destroyed me to have to watch such a great studio as Naughty Dog who created some of my favorite games, burn because of terrible writing. It's the end of an era with this game and I hope it can regain glory but for now it looks like it will go down in a whimper and I'm so disappointed.    … Expand
  16. GuigaRocha
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    The game is fantastic, new view about the realistc cenario of the world Apocalypse of TLOU. Impressive the wonderful graphics really the details are the point.
  17. blersito
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    El juego no es tan malo como lo están poniendo, y no es cuestión de que Ellie sea lesbiana o que haya una escena de sexo gay. Tlou2 son gráficos bonitos y poco más. A las tres ejecuciones sigilosas te cansas de ellas ya que son siempre iguales, Dina no aporta NADA y el juego no para de intentar que sientas lástima en algunas situaciones por ella cuando no empatizas nada. Lo de Joel esEl juego no es tan malo como lo están poniendo, y no es cuestión de que Ellie sea lesbiana o que haya una escena de sexo gay. Tlou2 son gráficos bonitos y poco más. A las tres ejecuciones sigilosas te cansas de ellas ya que son siempre iguales, Dina no aporta NADA y el juego no para de intentar que sientas lástima en algunas situaciones por ella cuando no empatizas nada. Lo de Joel es directamente para dejar de jugar al juego inmediatamente y el final ya es de risa. Buenas escenas cinemáticas como era de esperar, escenarios cuidados y la banda sonora brutal, pero el combate y la IA de los enemigos es muy pobre, por no hablar de algún que otro bug y fallo de texturas, aunque nada destacable.… Expand
  18. Benzeok
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly, this is the most confusing game I've ever played, not because the story is complicated or not clear, the game simply left me not knowing what to feel, I loved some parts of it but I absolutely hated a lot also, the game play is mildly fun but it's not a huge innovation from the first game, and it isn't very diverse, but the problem of this game is not the game play, is the **** up parts of the story. The game lets Abby get away with all that she did but the main character just loses everything and just makes you feel totally hopeless in the end it's not a fitting or fair ending for Ellie because it basically reduces everything you did to nothing, even if the lesson it tries to teach is that "revenge is bad" but it does so in a way that feels so void and stupid, the game constantly expects you to feel something for the people that **** murdered Joel, and it is so absurd, I found myself laughing whenever one of Abby's friends were killed (I lol so hard when Manny gets shot). The whole Part where you control Abby could be put in a different game or a Dlc that had no connection to the main story because its so pointless when it tries to make you care about characters that you will probably hate in the first hour of the story . And if that wasn't enough then the game expects you to fight ellie using a character that don't care about, I literally let myself die to ellie several times expecting that would just trigger the end of the game but it is simply hell bent in making ellie suffer. And as if that wasn't enough the game then robs you of the choice to see Ellie's revenge through and it just forces you to forgive the girl that killed Joel and expects you to be sad about it instead of furious, they couldn't even let us have a choice and it shoves into you the "moraly correct thing to do" as if we hadn't done all this horrible **** throughout the whole game. It would be better that we forget the story of this game ever happened and just imagine a better life for the characters we grew to love in the first game, Joel and Ellie deserved better.… Expand
  19. StayGold12
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gane is good ,but the story was a big NO. I am not mad a Joel death because I understand but Joel dosen't trust ppl and in 38 sec he trust a strager? Really? What was that. In first 2 h of the game he dies. The game didn't have a point of revenge because you didn't get the revenge. And the end was **** And the writes and Neil ,you guys should be ashemed of yourself. 7 years for nothing in the end,thanks. You should make the next game the end and leave the game,because is broken enough… Expand
  20. dragonkaizer
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Graphics were good the soundtrack was good good gameplay the bad was the very bad story and ends up ruining the franchise.
  21. Blackmur
    Jun 27, 2020
    5
    El juego gráficamente es sorprendente, el sonido te envuelve a cada instante, las mecánicas del juego son muy buenas y nuevas, pero es imposible disfrutar todo esto cuando la historia no es tan buena como debería ser, personajes mal desarrollados y muertes prematuras,.
  22. Fddszil
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    La jugabilidad esta bien, los gráficos son buenos que Ellie sea lesbiana eso ya se sabia desde el tlou 1, y no importa que ahora hayan hecho más énfasis en mostrar eso, pero la forma en que lo ven algunas personas como que están poniendo una ideología esta mal no es que estén poniendo una ideología lo único que no me gusto fue el desarrollo de la historia y el final no me gusto ya queLa jugabilidad esta bien, los gráficos son buenos que Ellie sea lesbiana eso ya se sabia desde el tlou 1, y no importa que ahora hayan hecho más énfasis en mostrar eso, pero la forma en que lo ven algunas personas como que están poniendo una ideología esta mal no es que estén poniendo una ideología lo único que no me gusto fue el desarrollo de la historia y el final no me gusto ya que después de recorrer ese largo camino para tomar venganza después de perder a muchos seres queridos, Ellie no culminar su venganza y que dina abby se haya salido con la suya además matando un personaje muy querido asesinando lo de una forma muy indigna además el desenlace de la historia no me gusto no sentí lo mismo como con el the last of us 1 me hubiera gustado mucho más, y me hubiera sentido mucho más satisfecho con Ellie cobrando venganza También me disgusto el hecho de que no tenga multijugador Pero me decepciono un juego que yo esperaba con ansias espere 7 años a que saliera una secuela de el que era sin dudas mi videojuego favorito y recibir esta historia con muchos huecos argumentales y un desenlace que dejo disgustado a muchos.
    Ojalá si sacan algún dlc o algo arreglen esto.    … Expand
  23. Bwnez0
    Apr 24, 2021
    5
    Not a bad game but by far the most disappointing one I’ve ever played. Writing is contrived and lazy full of plot holes and convenience, gameplay is serviceable but outdated and gets tedious due to the games run time with a lack of innovation and set pieces, making for pretty poor pacing. Characters are extremely unlikeable from both ends and make ridiculously unbelievable decisions whichNot a bad game but by far the most disappointing one I’ve ever played. Writing is contrived and lazy full of plot holes and convenience, gameplay is serviceable but outdated and gets tedious due to the games run time with a lack of innovation and set pieces, making for pretty poor pacing. Characters are extremely unlikeable from both ends and make ridiculously unbelievable decisions which will question your initial perception of characters from the first game. Highlights were flashbacks and could’ve been much better if they were arranged in a more cohesive order. A brave but poorly executed sequel. I’ll save you 25 hours and however much money by saying revenge is bad, because that’s really all this games narrative has to say along with other basic level messaging to lecture the player, rather than immerse them in a captivating, character-building story like the first game did so well. It’s no masterpiece, not even close.… Expand
  24. nathanfulthorpe
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    It looks great but the story is awful. I feel like I'm having SJW/LGBTQ rammed down my throat. I've no problem with either but am glad the leaks warned me ahead of purchase.

    I think the first game will forever hold a place in my heart and definetly feel let down by the second. This is certainly not the direction I would of liked to see the story go. I've rated it a 5 out of 10, a 5 for    It looks great but the story is awful. I feel like I'm having SJW/LGBTQ rammed down my throat. I've no problem with either but am glad the leaks warned me ahead of purchase.

    I think the first game will forever hold a place in my heart and definetly feel let down by the second. This is certainly not the direction I would of liked to see the story go.

    I've rated it a 5 out of 10, a 5 for the graphics but a 0 for the story. What a shame.    … Expand
  25. MadMatt88
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Just not as good as the first one and story just has some characters you can’t invest in and also directions you just can’t understand. All in all just a huge letdown
  26. datdog
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well.
    I’d give it a 0 if possible but honestly it is a game.
    It does play, but here we go. Sound - 7/10
    Stuff makes noise, nothing exciting. Voice acting is meh. Controls - 6/10
    Like the first game. But no real changes. Politics - 0/10
    Gotta have this. (Sarcasm)
    Ending - 2/10
    She got the ending she deserved I guess. Everyone doing such dumb choices deserve a dumb ending I guess. Story - 1/10
    It has one, that’s a mess. I’m not doing averages. I gave it a 5 on personal feelings. Otherwise it’s a 3. Save your money, YouTube it.    … Expand
  27. JGarz
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay gets evolved and improved on. It's fun in the sense that you want to improve on your skillset. The world is beautiful and the acting with its characters able to be seen as different. Now here's the painful truth. Naughty Dog wanted to give us a bittersweet story but the bitter leaves you a disgusting taste. Last of us 1 gave us hope and the idea that humans are complex. Part 2 just gives you a feeling of despair.… Expand
  28. krilin
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Of course the leaks were not too accurate.
    I don't think this game has an agenda.
    Gameplay and visuals are superior.
    But Naughty dog ruined the story.
    The game should result in around 25 hours gameplay but for me it only lasted around 2 hours.
    Can't and won't play this game any further.
  29. HerIzInterneta
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Привет! Я какой-то хер из интернета. Я никогда не играл в эту игру, не играл в первую часть, я вам больше скажу - у меня даже игровой приставки никогда не было. Почему я поставил 5/10? Ну айтипедия сказал, что игра шедевр, при этом я не доволен пропагандой ЛГБТ. 10/10 и 1/1 - среднее значение 5/10.Привет! Я какой-то хер из интернета. Я никогда не играл в эту игру, не играл в первую часть, я вам больше скажу - у меня даже игровой приставки никогда не было. Почему я поставил 5/10? Ну айтипедия сказал, что игра шедевр, при этом я не доволен пропагандой ЛГБТ. 10/10 и 1/1 - среднее значение 5/10.
  30. Devvo
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Incredible game, never been so moved by a video game. Well worth the wait.
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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
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  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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