The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. Shatha039
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. القصه غبيه ومو منطقيه انا شويت اللعبه عشان اشوف تكملة قصة جول وايلي مو آبي ليه يخلونا طول الوقت نلعب بها صارت ممللهه والنهايه اغبى شي ومو منطقيه ابدد… Expand
  2. Christoss
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    That's a horrible way to keep the series going, sadly you ruined the game...
  3. BrandonPotter0
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    Story is bad, and the characters are worse. Graphics are beautiful but that's where the good part ends. You cant have a good game without good memorable characters and story.

    Polish a turd, its still a turd.
  4. clueless_gamer
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am a casual gamer who plays for fun and I am writing this review based on my own experience with the game. I would ideally give it a 9.5 but that is not an option. Hence the 10.

    I am splitting my review into 3 sections. Gameplay, graphics ad Story. The story section will contain major spoilers.

    1. Gameplay:
    Overall, there were some major improvements to the gameplay compared to the previous game. For a major portion of the previous game, the goal of the player was to find the fireflies. Every time we got closer to the goal, a sick twist of events would push the goal a bit further and we were forced to play on. Only in the final act of the game, there are a bunch of twists and turns that shifts the focus of the player from the main story and throws in some variety. A good example of this is the part where Ellie is kidnapped by the Cannibals.

    This is completely different in part 2. This game is split into smaller missions and each mission has smaller goals along with one final mission goal. This made the gameplay experience more engaging.

    The game also throws in more variety by adding more uniqueness to various enemy types. There are some new infected as well as human enemy types and each of them engages with you differently. If you are someone who likes to take a stealthy approach, you can overhear the conversations of the human enemy types and sometimes they are really interesting. I also felt that the map design of this game encourages stealth more than the previous game. Engaging with the enemies in combat is also great fun as you get to handle a larger set of weapons while you play as the 2 different characters in the game.

    The game has many environmental puzzles you had to solve to open safes and locked doors with loot behind them. The environmental puzzles were not very hard to crack but you would easily miss the looting area if you don't make a conscious effort to look for them. The puzzles you had to solve to open safes were repetitive but fun.

    I did find the guitar portions mildly annoying, but it was connected to the climax beautifully. So I will give it a pass.

    2. Graphics:
    The outdoors were beautiful and breathtaking whereas the indoors were rich and filled to the brim with details and easter eggs. The game lets you play in a multitude of settings like lush grasslands, forests, swamps, burning village, stormy sea, shaky sky bridge etc. to name a few. The top-notch graphics used to render these environments in detail makes the game more engaging and fun. The game sometimes gives you areas to walk around and explore and appreciate the beauty with no threats around. The character animations for combat, restocking, upgrading weapons etc. were also extremely detailed.

    3. Story: (spoiler alert)
    In short, it is a story of 2 people that are thirsty for revenge against each other and how their lives are impacted by it.

    Joel, the fan-favourite protagonist of the previous game is killed brutally within the first hour of gameplay by a character called Abby who is this game’s antagonist. This lets the player take control of Ellie on a 3-day adventure to track and kill Abby. During the course of these 3 days, you come face to face with allies of Abby. As a player, you get to kill these allies one by one in typical videogame fashion.

    Finally, when you come face to face with the antagonist, the game decides to play a cruel joke and makes you play the 3 days again as the antagonist. Although this portion might not succeed in making players like the antagonist, it helps you get a better understanding of how Ellie’s actions of the past 3 days have impacted Abby’s life. The game reserves some of the better action sequences for this portion of the game as a way of bribing the player to complete this part of the game. The cruel joke continues as the player is forced to beat up Ellie to the last inch of her life while playing as Abby.

    Eventually, the player is given back the control of Ellie so that we can get our long-overdue payback. At this point I was itching to get my hands on Abby. The cruel joke continues as the game presents me with the opportunity to get my revenge but at the same time, it manages to convince me to not wanting to do it. Until this point I was eager to beat the S**t out of Abby, but when I was supposed to ‘press square repeatedly’ to get the kill, I could not get myself to do it. Ellie uses the final bit of goodness in her vengeance filled psyche to show mercy to Abby. Abby rides away into the sunset. Yes, the antagonist kind of wins.

    The game then ends with a scene involving Joel that manages to further elevate our love for our favourite protagonist from the first game.

    Verdict:
    Apart from a few plot holes, I thoroughly enjoyed the emotional roller coaster the game took me on. I would recommend this game to anyone who enjoys a work of fiction that emotionally manipulates you. Others might not enjoy this.    … Expand
  5. GamingxNeko
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Waited to long just do see my favorite characters get ruined and killed... The best part of this game was my refund… Expand
  6. Yairuz
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    Sony should be ashamed of themselves as well as the critics that were bought out to give it a 10/10.
    Complete and utter crap, just because the graphics are updated doesnt mean it makes a good game. just like how having a pile of **** plated in gold doesnt change what it truly is at the end.
  7. D_tastyy
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horrible story. New characters are useless, boring game play with ok mechanics but not improved by much. Improved graphics but that can’t save this. Plenty of other games with better graphics and story will beat this game with a golf club in the game of the year award to come. Id rate it a 1 over a zero because TLOU 1 was so good That I was still holding this with sentiment. Thanks for wasting years of excitement during this crappy year ND. Trash game… Expand
  8. IOPMM
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Played part 1 several years ago and bought Special Edition for Part 2. Don't understand why everyone think it sucks. I think it is an excellent game by all means.
  9. Beppeilpiccione
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is perfect and the reason why a lot of people hate it is just because they're not able to understand the emotions and feelings of the characters.… Expand
  10. Rhaxxuz_
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es increíble como matan a Joel de una forma tan absurda por un tipo que se cree mujer llamado Abby, y te lo cambian por una trama acompañada por un personaje para nada memorable llamada Dina. La cagaron, una trama vacía y sin ningún tipo de motivación mas allá de la "venganza" .… Expand
  11. Gabricolico
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    O que dizer deste jogo? Me deixou sem palavras. O que eu posso dizer é que esse jogo é uma mistura de emoções. Você fica puto, feliz, alegre, angustiado (muito), você mesmo sente vingança, você sente que é imortal, sente representatividade (não é uma emoção, mas é um sentimento bom), você se sente amargurado, se sente aliviado, nostálgico. É uma mistura imensa de altos e baixos, como umO que dizer deste jogo? Me deixou sem palavras. O que eu posso dizer é que esse jogo é uma mistura de emoções. Você fica puto, feliz, alegre, angustiado (muito), você mesmo sente vingança, você sente que é imortal, sente representatividade (não é uma emoção, mas é um sentimento bom), você se sente amargurado, se sente aliviado, nostálgico. É uma mistura imensa de altos e baixos, como um eletrocardiograma. Como se o seu coração estivesse "falando" mesmo. Uma montanha russa. Pra no final...
    O final é um mistério. Só você vai sentir, só você vai saber o que sentir. Eu senti um vazio (?). Deve ser. Mas nesse vazio não faltou nada. Tudo foi como devia ser. Obrigado, Naughty Dog, outra obra de arte. Não esperava menos. O jogo além da história fantástica tem as mecânicas melhoradas do 1, com um visual e ambientação incríveis. É extasiante. A jogatina é fluida, com momentos de tensão e calmaria. Por fim, um jogo perfeito, em todos aspectos.    … Expand
  12. Fuqwit27
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    I really disliked this game. It feels like a money-grab by just using the IP. Horrible story. Absolutely horrible.
  13. Ev1LGuNMaN__Tx
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    No resultó lo esperado mala historia y murió joel no debió ser así y toca temas muy sensibles para un pelijuego
  14. Nihiliphim
    Jun 26, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was a good game to watch overall since it doesn't have any replay value. I have seen worse movies so the plot is not the worst either. The gameplay loop loses its novelty very fast after you learn to recognize all the animations. The graphics seem to be the only real improvement here. All in all I can't recommend anyone buying this game, it didn't make me want to play it because there is nothing I can do in there my way.… Expand
  15. Bombtails
    Jun 26, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Premetto di non aver giocato a TLOU o a TLOU2 (quindi prendete questa recensione con le pinze), ma avendo visto qualche video sul gioco in questione, volevo dire la mia al riguardo.

    Partiamo dalle grafiche e dal gameplay:
    Le grafiche sono incredibilmente curate, e mostra l'impegno del team grafico di Naughty Dog. Il gore è fatto molto bene, gli ambienti sembrano vivi, gli effetti sono curati, e ben altro ancora.
    Il Gameplay è un miglioramento, dove è possibile fare uccisioni stealth (che però diventano ripetitive), ed oltre agli zombi ci sono anche gli esseri umani come nemici.

    Tuttavia, è qui che finiscono i positivi, e si apre un punto veramente doloroso riguardo ciò che ha fatto TLOU amato: la storia.

    Oddio, si può comprendere che Ellie e Joel non siano dei santi, ma il problema è che la gente è cresciuta con loro, legati ad un'attaccamento emotivo per un frammento di emozione che i due protagonisti man mano mostravano. E vedere un Joel venire ucciso dalle stesse persone che ha salvato, ed Ellie soffrire un PTSD per colpa di ciò, è triste.

    Il gioco poi ci fa mettere nei panni di Abby. Per essere onesti, Abby è un personaggio scritto in maniera povera: il gioco ci forza a dover giocare con lei, e farci pure sentire in colpa per cose che il giocatore ha causato (tipo giocare con un cane che verrà poi ucciso in un punto del gioco, senza possibilità di evitare ciò), o mostrarci come lei fosse la figlia di un dottore della Firefly che è stato ucciso da Joel nel primo capitolo. Ma non è così che funziona. Far piacere un personaggio alla gente in modo forzato rischia solo di farlo odiare di più.
    Oltretutto, altri personaggi introdotti faticano ad avere una personalità o una motivazione, in quanto non sono stati introdotti per bene.

    La cosa più deludente, tuttavia, è il finale. Io non ho problemi se si usa la motivazione della vendetta come parte di trama, ma dev'essere scritta bene. Il finale ha Ellie che risparmia e lascia andare Abby (nonostante Ellie stessa abbia ucciso centinaia di persone per arrivare a lei), e torna alla fattoria dove ha lasciato Dina e Tommy, soltanto per ritrovarla vuota. Ed avendo pure perso due dita tramite un morso di Abby, ha perso persino la canzone di Joe, facendo sì che se ne andasse lasciando la chitarra.
    Tuttavia, il motivo per cui il finale è deludente, è che nonostante la motivazione che la vendetta è sbagliata, Abby se ne esce senza conseguenze, nonostante il fatto che avesse ucciso qualcuno e paralizzato il suo figlio (oltre ad aver cercato di far fuori una ragazza incinta), ed Ellie, che ha cercato di vendicare non solo il fatto che Joel fosse perito in maniera triste, ma anche Tommy che aveva perso l'occhio ed è rimasto in paralisi, è rimasta senza nessuno. In pratica ciò che ci vuole far dire il gioco è "Revenge Bad, Ellie Bad." e "Revenge Good, Abby Good", e ciò è errato.

    In conclusione. Il gioco è decente. Non è un capolavoro, soltanto decente. Grafiche e gameplay sono al meglio dell'originale, ed è un dato di fatto. Ma per la storia, non ho altro da dire, se non un "Perché, Neil Druckmann?"

    Grafiche: 10/10
    Gameplay: 8/10
    Storia: 0/10

    Voto complessivo che gli dò: 6/10    … Expand
  16. Plarval
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’m only about 16-17 hours in. I’m currently playing as Abby for some reason and hate it. What a horrible design/story choice. Oh, I’m sure it will wrap up in the story somehow at the end, but I don’t even want to get there. It’s such a chore to go through these events as this character. Just mid blowingly bad. Such a beautiful looking game. It plays just fine. It gets repetitive probing around and attacking people, but there’s strategy to it to give some interest. I just can’t stand playing as this character. Ellie was kind of a mess, but I liked the dynamic with her and Dina. This section of the game ruins all that. I hate it. I can’t give it a zero, but it’s bad.… Expand
  17. Korneiy14
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Очень качественный и проработанный проект. Спасибо разработчикам за проделанную работу.
  18. Gourbel
    Jun 26, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hikaye bulamamışlar , karakter öldürüp insanları şok edelim , hem hikaye de yürür ordan demişler. Yürümüş mü , hayır. Oynanış çok iyi , birinciye benziyor fazla bir şey eklememişler halat malat ufak şeyler var. Ne ekleyebilirlerdi ben bilemem onlar bilmeli. Müzikler çöp , birinci oyunun ki buna bin basar. Abby kısımları gereksiz uzun , gerçi oyun da gereksiz uzun zaten. İlk oyunun atmosferi hiç yok ama garip bir atmosfer kurmuşlar ortalama işte. Hikayesi karakterlerin çok daha duygusal ölümleri ile birlikte çok daha iyi olabilirdi.… Expand
  19. lory74
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    mi rendo conto che tanti forse non riusciranno ad apprezzare quest'opera ..specialmente chi troppo giovane ...per me è un gioco perfetto...Aggiungo solo questo : ho beccato mia moglie (che solitamente non guarda quello con cui sto giocando)in più di un occasione mentre ..piangeva ..il gioco sa farti emozionare
  20. benum123
    Jun 26, 2020
    6
    the history is not that good, but the graphics and gameplay is what gives a 6 to this game, if Inwould have to rate ir in history would be a 3 in my opinion they would have to put way more time on conversations as tlous 1 even the random conversations were really good, gameplay and graphics 8, I guess my hoes were to get a game as good as the first one, but its a alright game
  21. AkariCac
    Jun 26, 2020
    7
    The gameplay was so good , but the story is suck , if you can make joel death not **** like that im pretty sure rate game'll be much higer
  22. Christianch14
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. it's an amazing game, graphics and gameplay very beutiful, the story in my opinion si great , ellie ando Abby was a good characters , the final message is very powerfull, they story are to dramatic, take strong feelings and very relationated with revenge and forgive , final its perfect to close a great masterpiece like the last of us.… Expand
  23. Sergio_90
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Un juego muy buen, buena música, buena jugabilidad y buena historia 100 % recomendado
  24. Maggi1585
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    By the time you reach the conclusion, it all makes sense.
    Great storytelling
  25. Naineln
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    What an amazing game, emotions are everywhere, hard to watch, hard to play because the story is without pity. Well done, i've never had been so scared and happy, and sad, afraid, in the same hour !
  26. DerKiddy
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Wow, was ein großartiges und spannendes Spiel. Es ist einfach perfekt. Aussehen der Spielwelt, Charaktere, etc.
  27. DavDav
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Ace game. Don't know why the fuss! I enjoyed the game from start to finish. Looking forward to part 3.
  28. ViaticalTerror
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I felt like this game was just the writers and directors spitting in the face of the original TLOU. I really felt betrayed and dissapointed when I finished the story. The first half of the game was great but who **** thought that players would like to play as Abby for +10 hours? This is Ellie’s story of revenge, not a gorilla girl romantic story. I trully believe that 2 monkeys could have written a better ending to this **** story. I feel that the Ellie we know would have killed Abby the moment she had the opportunity, we do not need this “revenge is bad” **** I **** hated the fight at the theater because I do not want to play with Joel’s killer agains one of the best characters in the game. Joel should have died in a different way, he really looked like a retard compared to what he was in TLOU, he really never trusted somebody but now its different. Abby should have died at the end because what she did to one of the best characters in PS history. The graphics of this game are excellent but Neil Druckmann and the other creative directors MUST be fired after this trash game. They just literally took a dump on what TLOU had built.… Expand
  29. UnsavoryTortois
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    **** story, nice visuals but it’s a story driven game so if this nihilistic demonisation of loved characters is the story it’s a no From me. The games soul purpose is to make Ellie Joel and Tommy look like bad guys and some muscle bound random is made to look like the good guy. Joel and Ellie also get super depressing story arch’s and traumatic endings. While Abby the unlikable**** story, nice visuals but it’s a story driven game so if this nihilistic demonisation of loved characters is the story it’s a no From me. The games soul purpose is to make Ellie Joel and Tommy look like bad guys and some muscle bound random is made to look like the good guy. Joel and Ellie also get super depressing story arch’s and traumatic endings. While Abby the unlikable unredeemable experiment of a character gets a redeeming story and ending full of hope.

    Also this game preachy af.    … Expand
  30. Black_Kira
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Trés beau jeu, représente la puissance poussé au maximum de la PS4, gameplay trés agréable, histoire bien raconté avec de bonne retranscription des sentiments. J'ai adoré ce jeu, et je ne comprend pas la note donné par les joueurs actuellement (3,9), Je soupsonne un complot de personnes mal intentionnées ...
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  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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