The Last of Us Part II

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5.8

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  1. Alec_Trevelyan
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    the game of the year.. excellent history, graphics, and gameplay.. love this game..
  2. Ghost4774
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    The last of us part 2 é bom?
    Eu acabei de zerar o jogo e ainda estou repensando sobre o quão INCRÍVEL... esse jogo é. Deixo claro que The last of us part 2 é um jogo sobre pessoas e pontos de vista. Você tem que refletir sobre tudo o que se passa no jogo e se existe mesmo um vilão... Porquê o Joel é o herói que salvou a Ellie, mas também é o vilão que tirou o pai da Abby.
    O jogo trata    The last of us part 2 é bom?
    Eu acabei de zerar o jogo e ainda estou repensando sobre o quão INCRÍVEL... esse jogo é. Deixo claro que The last of us part 2 é um jogo sobre pessoas e pontos de vista. Você tem que refletir sobre tudo o que se passa no jogo e se existe mesmo um vilão... Porquê o Joel é o herói que salvou a Ellie, mas também é o vilão que tirou o pai da Abby.
    O jogo trata isso de uma maneira incrível para você ver os dois lados da moeda. E essa experiencia que eu passei ao longo do jogo foi muitooooo foda!    … Expand
  3. Pudge_butcher32
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Excellent graphics, animation, action and everything else. On account of the plot: fully corresponds to the words of the developers, - "This game will show you what violence leads to" (or there was revenge, I forgot. Yes and not important the crux of the you understood ). Just 10/10.… Expand
  4. Diego47
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    this game is complete garbage they`ve ruined the story they destroyed the characters
  5. qkddudrma
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Six years of waiting and we've got THIS... Naughty Dog screwed up.
    Although the game has an outstanding graphic and more or less engaging gameplay (which still becomes a bit tiring after 20+ hours), writing and story in general are so weak and that's destroys everything. Moreover, Abby makes almost the half of the game absolutely meaningless. I wonder whose idea was that (Mr. Druckman perhaps), that's a total fail    … Expand
  6. Sgnapsi97
    Jun 26, 2020
    9
    GREAT GAME, the only one who think its trash are kids that didn't even understand the first one because they probably played it when they were too young or just ppl not liking the story, which is not an objective criticism since the narrative is good and the game isn't just a pity revenge story like someone is trying to describe it, not even gonna talk about the fake news about Abby thatGREAT GAME, the only one who think its trash are kids that didn't even understand the first one because they probably played it when they were too young or just ppl not liking the story, which is not an objective criticism since the narrative is good and the game isn't just a pity revenge story like someone is trying to describe it, not even gonna talk about the fake news about Abby that many ppl still think are true cause they didnt even play the game. they are just hating because naughtydog didnt make the easy sequel with a dull predictable story, which apparently was what everyone on metacritic was expecting. but the last of us is something else, it's all the shades of grey between good and evil, how humans survive in a **** up world and make choices that they'll probably regret in the future. its a game about revenge, perspectives, obsessions, regret, forgiveness, love and death, these characters are trying not lose their humanity in that **** world which is so beautiful to explore. the game is full of little details many players aren't even gonna notice. the gameplay is simple but challenging and fun, it's the first tlou but improved in any aspect.… Expand
  7. Gal027
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. thats a good game, one of the best, you need to know thats not a gift to the players, you need to be atencious to every move, the game shows that revenge not worth it, actually it makes you hate abby even more, but that the intention, redemption is the real teme of the game, not revenge.… Expand
  8. Caylankun
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. well, I was actually enjoying the game until ellie decided to go to California. All that for nothing, she didn't even kill her, she lost 2 fingers.
    Then she comes home and her house is empty, this one hit in the feels. Why did she end up alone? Ffs    … Expand
  9. Corvonero
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    False advertising: customers pay and expect what they have been promised. Half (!) of the game is played through the eyes of a player character that has never been announced. Poorly written plot twists, new characters are not compelling and they do not develop. Pace suffers because of over-reliance on flashbacks. When it comes to sequels "artistic vision" cannot be allowed to completelyFalse advertising: customers pay and expect what they have been promised. Half (!) of the game is played through the eyes of a player character that has never been announced. Poorly written plot twists, new characters are not compelling and they do not develop. Pace suffers because of over-reliance on flashbacks. When it comes to sequels "artistic vision" cannot be allowed to completely ignore and disrespect paying customers' expectations.… Expand
  10. ConnorRB
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game. Great story. Definitely more to build on if they decide to go for a third instalment in the franchise. The way Joel went out, even though sad, was a respectable ending for the character. Went out fighting like any good hero should. Don’t let the leaks ruin this for you. Some leaks are false as well. Just pick it up, or borrow it and enjoy it this fantastic sequel to one of the best games of all time.… Expand
  11. slavo257
    Jun 26, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I must say that the thing that shocked me was the way that Joel got killed. Couldn't understand how an experienced man who was in hiding trusted a group of armed people that he just met and got slaughtered like a pig. Story and narration was poor, characters blunt and unlikable. For me really bad decision whoever chose this scenario just shot Naughty Dog in the foot.
    Graphics stunning 9/10,
    Music awesome 8/10 Story 3/10
    Characters 4/10
    Overall 4/10    … Expand
  12. Cha0ticneutral
    Jun 26, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. While the game boasts great graphics and level design, the story and pacing fail this game completely. I'll say this right now, the writing is terrible. I don't say that as somebody just saying that because I disliked some of the infamous story choices, the characters are unrelatable and uninteresting. There is no emotional investment into any of them as individuals and they feel forced in there just to facilitate the story. Characters die before they become interesting, others are written so badly that you cannot care about them. The developers attempt to emotionally manipulate the player in cheap and obvious ways, trying to make the player feel bad constantly. This didn't effect me but It was very obvious and it became irksome and preachy.

    It suffers from awful pacing, most of the time it feels like a slog to get through. This can be partly due to the choice to bring the game to a grinding halt at the halfway point, only to branch off into side stories. They might be okay on their own, but within the context of the grander story, it completely throws the pacing and atmosphere built by the first half. I found myself just wanting to get back to the story but I had to revisit the same locations over and over playing characters I didn't like or care about. The ending is terrible and makes no sense, it feels incredibly forced and It felt like this entire game was built around a theme or premise, rather than built around being a great experience.

    The game itself has issues but the deceptive marketing and proven lies from the developers soured the atmosphere and has had a very negative impact on those who bought into a false premise. Terrible practices to attempt to save sales at the expense of audience trust. I truly wanted to like this game, I went into it with a positive attitude and open mind and I struggled to even finish it considering how bored and uninvested I felt by then. What a shame.    … Expand
  13. eimf
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Fantastic graphics, but the plot and the characters are really bad. The game-play is good, play in stealth is really cool, some action scenes are awesome, but sometimes the game-play is tedious. The ending is predictable and really bad. I prefer replay the first part than this new game.
  14. serpiente1919
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really can't describe how much of a joke this game turned out to be. Seven year wait with a lot of hype surrounding it. Everyone grew to love Joel and Ellie together, and their father/daughter relationship. Then after all these years you release it, the sequel to a truly great game. Within two hours Joel dies like a **** rat, nothing heroic, nothing smart, no sacrifice, just cold brutal ****

    I think everyone knew that Joel was going to die at some point in the game, but within 2 hours of a twenty some hour game, damn. And they have the **** audacity to have us play as the **** who shot his leg with a shotgun, tortured him for several hours and then ending his life infront of Ellie with a **** golf club to the skull. That right there should have been where I stopped playing.

    The slog fest that is the Abby(Joel killer) storyline lasts for 10+ hours, even if you rush it which you probably will do, since they **** ended Ellie's gameplay on a cliffhanger with Abby about to shoot her, after she has just came to kill Ellie. I can't even make this up, they force you to play Abby's storyline to make you humanize her, but all you can think about is Ellie and the **** cliffhanger. Like who in their right mind gives a flying **** about Abby after you see her beating the **** out of your favorite characters from the earlier game?

    I want to wrap this up, since it's actually way too much stuff to be said. Basically Ellie moves away to a farm with Dina and her baby, far away from everything. She is suffering from PTSD and nightmares about Joel dying. So she sets out to find and kill Abby, again. You find her tied up and dying, you are also dying. You fight, she bites off two of your fingers, you hold her under water to drown her, but you don't kill her. She drives off in a boat with her kid to join fireflies and attempt to have a good life.

    Ellie returns to the farm to find the house abandoned. Ellie sits down and plays on the guitar Joel gave her, it sounds like **** cause she misses to fingers, she puts it down, camera pans to window where we see Ellie walking into the horizon. Leaving the only thing she had after Joel died, music. She lost her **** girlfriend and Dina's kid, basically Ellie's kid, and **** Tabby is seemingly living her best life in a town of 200+ people. Roll credit. **** this game. DO NOT BUY IT    … Expand
  15. nnt
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    Gameplay-wise this game deserves a solid 7. It is by no means a better version of the first game. It plays smoother, visuals are stunning. However for a 30 hours of play-through it feels stale and boring. Killing is repetitive and not fun. While you feel guilt for executing enemies that have "real-life backgrounds" and names, most of them have similar models and names. Thus it still feelsGameplay-wise this game deserves a solid 7. It is by no means a better version of the first game. It plays smoother, visuals are stunning. However for a 30 hours of play-through it feels stale and boring. Killing is repetitive and not fun. While you feel guilt for executing enemies that have "real-life backgrounds" and names, most of them have similar models and names. Thus it still feels like NPC's emotions are not real. Upgrade mechanics are useless. You can basically speedrun the whole game without even paying attention to the details. Seattle is a city of writers where everybody had to write down notes before they died, it looks stupid and unrealistic. Game lacks voice recorder similar to the first part.
    The plot of the game is simple and while it could be really good if the writers managed to develop new characters properly. That is unfortunately not the case in TLOU2. Newly intoduced heroes lack motivation, their highlights are mostly cliche which leads player to not being able to establish the proper connection with them. While Abby seems like a solid character at first, her decisions are questionable and her plot armor is annoying. Yara and Lev could be much more reasonable characters than they are. Everyone's backstory around Abby feels like a filler.    … Expand
  16. 418083501
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This plot makes people want to die when playing, it make me sick.
    I want a refund
  17. Theboss2317
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    es lamentable como cambiaron todo en este videojuego en el ámbito de la historia del uno con esta versión y de la forma que nos quieren demostrar que el mundo está cambiando y quieren que aceptemos de manera drástica las preferencias de los seres humanos, qué buena historia tenía la parte 1.
  18. MAN85
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    Awesome graphics, similar gameplay, totally pathetic storyline. Gender politics killed the game, so unnecessary. False advertising.
  19. mafllukoofy
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    Me decepcionó profundamente el videojuego, espere tanto y le pone un final obligado. La historia se parece mucho a las series de adolescentes de netflix.
  20. Leirub
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Completely unfair that a game, in 2020, gets criticized for its political approach. We try to respect everyone that have a different opinion in a wide variety of things but, if one of them it’s sexuality, we can’t take it. My god...… Expand
  21. Masaharu
    Jun 26, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I waited 7 years for this game. I loved the first one and Left Behind. I was so thrilled for the day it finally released... but I was let down... The graphics are breath taking, the controls are pretty smooth to me. But the story.... oh god the story... It is a mess. I was beyond devastated... The first The Last of Us has a brilliant story and it tries its best to hold you in its grasp and won't release you until the end. Part to does the exact opposite... It slaps you in the face. PArt 2 is more like a retarded little brother than a full fletched Sequel.
    I don't think that LGBTQ+ is a bad thing. There are way too less examples of those characters in videogames. Ellie was a good start in Left Behind. Lev's story was really sad.... imagine you being the one who gets denied who you are....
    The LAst of Us Part 2 tried to be many things... but in the end... it failed to be at least one of them... a worthy Sequel
    4/10    … Expand
  22. Sinkwater
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sad. Should have ended it with the first one. Great graphics and gameplay but i just cant get over the fact that joel died so easily. **** ending and **** abby.… Expand
  23. CrustyNugget
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay: A slight improvement from the first with not enough innovation to justify a sequel. All around decent gameplay if you enjoyed the first. Graphics: Similar to gameplay, there is a slight improvement and without a doubt it is still a beautifulgame but it doesn't stand out as much in 2020. Story: This is where the game falls short for me. It seems that the story revolved around writing off one of the franchises most beloved characters in place of characters that are uninteresting. The writing seemed lazy and "try hard" edgy. Also about the first 3 hours are about 2 love interests that are angsty teens who can't speak what they feel. If that is your cup of tea then look no further. I much prefer the grittiness and character progression of the first… Expand
  24. cryborg173
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    They killed everything that made the first game good. Replaced it with some underdeveloped characters such as Dina Jesse... They lied promoting the game. Such an awful hypocritical stunt to be pulled off. This game actually deserves -10 because of the lies Naughty Dog told to us .
  25. SantiagSPB
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    15 мертвецов из 10. Это отличная игра, которая заставила меня пустить слезу пару раз, а это дорого стоит. Эмоции получил огромное количество. Качество уровней и сюжета мое почтение. Прямое попадание в мой топ игр.
  26. Lulzbat2
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    Its utter crap don't bother.

    Story is crap and gameplay is crap.

    Its an insult to my intelligence.
  27. Emmastjohn
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    I've never before experienced a video game that was so amazing yet so emotionally corrosiv at the same time. TLOU2 is a masterpiece in ever sense of the word. The emotions behind all these characters is so complex and raw. As Druckmann said, this game revolves around hate and how it grows, festers and cripples under pressure. Please don't let the dislike from others sway you, I believeI've never before experienced a video game that was so amazing yet so emotionally corrosiv at the same time. TLOU2 is a masterpiece in ever sense of the word. The emotions behind all these characters is so complex and raw. As Druckmann said, this game revolves around hate and how it grows, festers and cripples under pressure. Please don't let the dislike from others sway you, I believe many haven't played the game and are basing their reviews off the leaked footage or were expecting the exact same thing as the previous one. TLOU2 won me over in a completely different way than the first, with its humanity, terror and emotion. This game blew past my expectations and has taken the first ones place as my favorite video game.

    Gameplay is smooth, fun and more challenging than the first one. All in all the same basic mechanic with a few new features. Plays well and this story has a lot more horror than the first one that only added to my experience. The only downfall is I felt a section or 2 of the game had slight pacing issues but nothing that was blaring or took away from my experience. Give it a try and have an open mind and you will NOT be disappointed.    … Expand
  28. Mattorious_swe
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Really top tier level och graphics, level design and overall gameplay. The story is brilliant, well-written, dark and told in a way which really keeps you wondering how it's going to end while the suspense builds. Well written characters and relationships, it's naughty dog what do you expect, but also character development plays a big role all up until the very climatic end.
    The game has    Really top tier level och graphics, level design and overall gameplay. The story is brilliant, well-written, dark and told in a way which really keeps you wondering how it's going to end while the suspense builds. Well written characters and relationships, it's naughty dog what do you expect, but also character development plays a big role all up until the very climatic end.
    The game has unexpected moments which will make you hate characters later to sympathize with them, as well as love characters later to doubt their integrity. Real conflicting moments which will have you question who is hero and who is villain. The game is 50% longer than the first game so it's not short. A lot is said between the lines it doesn't hold your hand, emotions and choices that aren't explained and would make the game worse if they were explained. I think this game isn't for everyone, you don't have control over what the characters will do/choose just like in the first game so all you can do is strap in, hope and not expect, which makes it all the more exciting. Once again Naughty Dog has delivered a experience I won't soon forget, a darker and more uncomfortable experience, but a thrilling experience nonetheless.    … Expand
  29. SirJayOne
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't even know where to start... How in the world could Naughty Dog so thoroughly destroy some of the most beloved video game characters of all time? Killing Joel in the way that they did was an absolute disgrace to his character and spit in the face of the fans. Then being FORCED to play as his murderer for HOURS while they poorly try to make her out to be a sympathetic character is insane. I felt no sympathy for Abby or her friends and all I wanted to do was slay all of them in the most brutal fashion possible the entire game. I didn't think it was possible to so thoroughly destroy everything I loved about the first game, but Naughty Dog/Neil Druckmann managed to pull that off in a spectacular fashion. If you are a fan of the first game like I am, then please for the love of God DO NOT BUY THIS GAME... Don't even watch a play through on Youtube. I wish I could erase the story of this game from my mind and just keep the memory of the first game alive and well. This is not even hyperbole, the story is that horrifically bad IMO. I could go on for hours about the faults with the story in this game but I'll leave at that for now. I'll give it two points for amazing graphics, environments, great voice acting, and decent game play, but minus 8 for horrific writing. 2/10...… Expand
  30. Qwerty117
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Gameplay 10, graphics 10, animations 10, story 10.
    A sad and overwhelming story, very brave that over time will be more and more appreciated
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Metascore
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Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 113 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
  3. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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