The Last of Us Part II

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  1. abeljr
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    The story destroyed this game. I’m sad beyond belief. The Graphic is top notch and the same with the gameplay, but the story....... Waited so long and now they bring us this? Just so sad. The second part of the game when you play as “the other” character was just so bad that you just wanted to rush trough that whole thing. So sad.
  2. Rafas05
    Jul 4, 2020
    9
    The last of us Part II foi uma das melhores experiencias que já tive em um jogo. História 8/10, Gameplay 10/10
  3. mizzou73
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    Fantastic graphics as expected. But graphics can only get you so far especially when the story you are telling is so nonsensical. It was as if the writers found some obscure TLOU2 fan fiction online and said to themselves "YES! This is absolutely the story we need to tell! Completely disregard the fantastic story of Joe and Ellie from TLOU!" This is what happens when you inject identityFantastic graphics as expected. But graphics can only get you so far especially when the story you are telling is so nonsensical. It was as if the writers found some obscure TLOU2 fan fiction online and said to themselves "YES! This is absolutely the story we need to tell! Completely disregard the fantastic story of Joe and Ellie from TLOU!" This is what happens when you inject identity politics into a video game. You tend to alienate a good majority of your audience. Why kill off the most beloved character 2-3 hours into the game with absolutely no pay off on the revenge side of things? Little to no interaction between Joel and Ellie besides flashbacks and the golfing scene? I hope your are satisfied, Naughty Dog. Sure, you are going to break sales records with this game and make a crap ton of money. I guarantee going forward your audience is going to be extremely hesitant to pour their hard earned dollars into any sort of media produced by you....… Expand
  4. Snegurka45
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Cool game, passed with cool emotions, cool new characters. 10 out of 10 .
    Thanks Naughty Dog.
  5. Romwolf
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    I enjoyed every aspect of The Last of Us Part 2.
    Gameplay and graphics are top notch, Naughty Dog at peak performance. The story is a brutal and unforgiving journey, splintering the relationships and people we meet and the people we loved from Part 1. After finishing Part 1, I did not need a Part 2. After finishing Part 2, I desperately want a Part 3.
    Go in with an open/twisted mind    I enjoyed every aspect of The Last of Us Part 2.
    Gameplay and graphics are top notch, Naughty Dog at peak performance. The story is a brutal and unforgiving journey, splintering the relationships and people we meet and the people we loved from Part 1. After finishing Part 1, I did not need a Part 2. After finishing Part 2, I desperately want a Part 3.

    Go in with an open/twisted mind and you’ll enjoy the direction ND takes these characters.    … Expand
  6. Aramos0402
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    The gameplay is fun, the graphics are currently second to none, and all the sound is done very well. However when you are a story driven game which is also a sequel and it doesn’t coincide with what we know from the original at all it ruins the game. Then you also take favorite characters and completely disregard who they were in the original and lead them to an utterly disrespectful deathThe gameplay is fun, the graphics are currently second to none, and all the sound is done very well. However when you are a story driven game which is also a sequel and it doesn’t coincide with what we know from the original at all it ruins the game. Then you also take favorite characters and completely disregard who they were in the original and lead them to an utterly disrespectful death it’s just piss poor writing. This is the first story driven game I didn’t immediately begin a second playthrough after my first. I actually struggled just to finish it and it was not due to the violence it was due to the story. 7 years of waiting to get spat on what a disappointment.… Expand
  7. SmartAssPawn7
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Naughty Dog took big risks, but it pays off. I loved everything about this game. The gameplay is way better than the first game and combat really feels brutal, gore, visceral, the world is beautiful and a lot bigger, level design is great and make each encounter feel different on a second playthrough. Sound design is perfect, just as the acting, definitely the best I’ve seen in a videoNaughty Dog took big risks, but it pays off. I loved everything about this game. The gameplay is way better than the first game and combat really feels brutal, gore, visceral, the world is beautiful and a lot bigger, level design is great and make each encounter feel different on a second playthrough. Sound design is perfect, just as the acting, definitely the best I’ve seen in a video game. As for the story, I understand it is divisive, but congratulations to Naughty Dog for sticking with their idea and go through with. Part 2 does not dishonour its characters or the story of the first game. On the contrary, it is an heartbreaking and beautiful sequel to a game that didn’t need one.… Expand
  8. Sogeking09
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Waited years and years for this game to come out and they said itll be about revenge? Abby killed Joel, she got her revenge but what about ellie? She lost 2 fingers and it seems like she cant play guitar anymore, one of the things that joel taught her and probably the most thing that will remind her of joel, dina left ellie and now shes all alone and whats even more worse is abby gets to live after all this? Why kill one of the main characters and talk about how this game is about revenge when ellie didnt even kill the one who killed joel? Its so stupid, this is nowhere near the TLOU1, neil cockmann f us all, made us wait for all these years just to get a messed up story.
    Im giving this game 1 point just for the graphics, everything else is crap    … Expand
  9. dadifrigo
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    TLOU2 is nothing more then a true masterpiece that transcends the gaming mainstream and is able to elevate the whole medium to new heights. This doesn't mean that this game is always enjoyable. It is a gruesome and realistic story that plays with the gamers emotions and his stereotypical ideals, while teaching important lessons. For some people this artisticly handcrafted and complexTLOU2 is nothing more then a true masterpiece that transcends the gaming mainstream and is able to elevate the whole medium to new heights. This doesn't mean that this game is always enjoyable. It is a gruesome and realistic story that plays with the gamers emotions and his stereotypical ideals, while teaching important lessons. For some people this artisticly handcrafted and complex story could be too much to handle, for others the way Naughty Dog tells this story is too complex and not spoon-fed. For the open minded and thinking player this will be a perfect fit, as the daring breaking with conventions allows for a long lasting impression. I, for one am sure, TLOU2 will stay a long time in my mind.… Expand
  10. SpaceJam69
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Well worth the wait. Great game. Had a lot of fun. Played it twice. Playing for a third time now. Probably going back to Part 1 and then coming back for round 4 when I finish.
  11. Coppolam2320
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Truly is an amazing game. Everything from the music, gameplay, and yes story is simply masterful. Every little detail successfuly transports the player to the game and helps maintain immersion. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to be told a wonderful and deeply emotional story.
  12. JuniorRT
    Jul 4, 2020
    5
    This game has one of the most beautiful scenario that i ever see, bringing back all of the tension that i felt when i played the first game.
    Unfortunately, the story that seems promising at the beginning, get confuse at the middle and end up in a unsatisfactory way. Character development is really poor, didn't have the emotional connection that we had with Ellie and Joel.
  13. Qcjoe
    Jun 26, 2020
    4
    Being a huge fan of the first game I would say this game would have a lot to live up to. Graphics wise it’s one of the most real looking games of all times. That by it self is why I gave it at least two stars. The best part of the first game is the story and putting you into heart breaking situation at the end. This games story feels like a feminist narrative being pushed on us. Also inBeing a huge fan of the first game I would say this game would have a lot to live up to. Graphics wise it’s one of the most real looking games of all times. That by it self is why I gave it at least two stars. The best part of the first game is the story and putting you into heart breaking situation at the end. This games story feels like a feminist narrative being pushed on us. Also in the game trailers it has a lot of false advertising regarding the main characters. The story is one that makes zero sense and feels like a feminist wet dream. Not only is the reason one of the main characters die ridiculous then you have to play as his killer. She’s a very unlikable character as well as the rest of her group. You play to get to your revenge against this girl who killed you father figure only to not exact that revenge. The main issue is these characters are written out of character only to push a feminist agenda. The game play is about the same except the jump button. Who cares. It really does nothing. This has really soured me on ND. Worst sixty bucks I’ve spent on a game in a long time.… Expand
  14. Austin_DmC
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    So, in all fairness since I was defending the game since the beginning, it’s only fair that I criticize it for it’s flaws. Don’t get me wrong, it was a game that was hard to put down and I do believe it’s a good game, but good is as far as I can go in describing it. It’s far from a masterpiece on any level. Game is a 7.6 out of 10

    Sound and Visuals: 10 This is probably the one part of    So, in all fairness since I was defending the game since the beginning, it’s only fair that I criticize it for it’s flaws. Don’t get me wrong, it was a game that was hard to put down and I do believe it’s a good game, but good is as far as I can go in describing it. It’s far from a masterpiece on any level. Game is a 7.6 out of 10

    Sound and Visuals: 10

    This is probably the one part of the game that everyone can universally agree was nailed. The environments were phenomenal, amazing looking flora with great graphical fidelity. Lush forests, verdant cities, dark and impending tunnels, honestly you could spend so much of the game just looking at the environments and not get tired. The use of lighting was incredible, especially in those darker environments. The visual brutality of combat was stunning in how visceral it was. The game even offers character models you can unlock so you can truly marvel at every facet of the infected, and just how much detail was put into the characters. Sound wise everything sounded fantastic, it was more of the same from the first but that’a far from a negative. Every sound really added some extra depth to the brutality of each swing. Gameplay: 7

    So this one has to be broken up and examined for each aspect. Survival/Horror aspects, Combat, and Traversal/Puzzles.

    It’s very much a more refined The Last of Us gameplay. If you didn’t like that you won’t like this. The addition of being able to go prone and dodge help open up new ways to approach your combat. The survival aspect and that feeling of terror when it came to the infected was pretty much stripped away in this one. Infected became more of an obstacle to overcome than a fear inducing enemy. The game constantly forces you to ditch efforts at stealth which kind of takes away your freedom of gameplay. However the world is much more open than the previous one. In addition the locations provided various ways to approach a combat scenario, which helps keep the fights from feeling to stagnant. Traversal was pretty decent with some decent semi-open world areas, but exploring outside of these areas rarely felt rewarding. In addition I felt there was just too much ammo available to ever really worry about, same with parts for craftable items. Puzzles were pretty minor and were neither a positive or a negative for the game. The controls are still rather clunky like the first one. (Sorry had to cut a lot of detail to make the word count)

    Story: 6

    Now, i’m not going to go too indepth in the story, as to not spoil anything, but to put it very simply: It was a 25hour long story that should have been 13hours long. At least 8 hours should have been removed and summarized into a 2 hour long segment AT MOST, (the rest could have been worked into a DLC that would be optional and released after launch) and the last two hours of the game shouldn’t have been included at all. They could have rewrote one segment only slightly, and the last two hours wouldn’t have even needed to take place. The game strives to tell a story of revenge, but drags the story in an attempt to expose you to both sides. The story is not dark, it doesn’t tackle dark and horrific themes, it’s just bleak. The game even teases a happy ending which shocks you due to the fact that it’s so bleak, just to rip it away from you for no real reason. To be fair, there are also TONS of moments where the character chemistry was so good that I couldn’t help but smile. Some really wonderful interactions between the characters and adorable moments. ESPECIALLY in the flashbacks. I understand what Naughty Dog was trying to do, and can appreciated the story for what it is, but it’s execution was far from good. The first half of the game I couldn’t put it down because i wanted to know what would happen next, but the second half I couldn’t put it down because I just wanted to get to the ending. I wholeheartedly believe that if they changed a large portion of the second half, and released it as future DLC, and fixed the ending, the game’s story would be an 8-8.5/10 alone and the game would have been around a 9 overall. It would have been a much more concise story without 3-4 pointless and unnecessary subplots. I will say that I have NO issues with how they decided to go about the game. No issues with how they handled characters, and found them and their paths to be a very natural progression of the story. A lot of the complaints are from fans that are mad about this, and they were unfounded. The characters were enjoyable So yeah, overall I sit at about a 7.6/10 for the game. I enjoyed it for what it was, but it certainly could have been done better.    … Expand
  15. Gostodejogos
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo com ótimos gráficos e boa jogabilidade, só não foi melhor que o primeiro título por ser um pouco lento o desenrolar da história, mas de resto é muito bom, mesmo com o Joel morto, fiquei bem triste, mas é uma obra de arte e entendemos bem o outro lado da história, digo da Abby, ótima personagem, só foi ruím mesmo o Joel morrer no inicio… Expand
  16. Latiko
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    It is not easy to love this game. May be it's not such a story, that I wanted to play as Last of us 2, but as a separate game it's really good.
  17. Trippy23
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    The greatest game of all time enough said the story was amazing the characters were amazing
  18. Giantmutantcrab
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Naughty Dog sells us a false bill of goods in teasing and taunting and mocking us with the lie that Elie will be able to complete her tale of revenge. This isn't about anyone's sexuality; the story is utter **** Just as the final confrontation arrives, Naughty Dog pulls an M. Night Shyamalan twist and decides that no, we will not have the satisfaction that the character, the player and the story deserves. I will not be purchasing another Naughty Dog product. I want my money back.… Expand
  19. Zombahzoe
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Thoroughly enjoyed the game, an emotional roller coaster highlighting human decisions and the questionable morality that follows. The relationship between Ellie and Joel can be understood the more you play and with the surroundings. It may not be the follow on we expected, but it surpassed my expectations and would play again.
    My only question, how can you follow on from this and do we    Thoroughly enjoyed the game, an emotional roller coaster highlighting human decisions and the questionable morality that follows. The relationship between Ellie and Joel can be understood the more you play and with the surroundings. It may not be the follow on we expected, but it surpassed my expectations and would play again.
    My only question, how can you follow on from this and do we need to wait another 7 years?    … Expand
  20. Hitman47ieg
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Gran juego..jugabilidad, graficos y detalles...es cierto que la historia no iguala al primero, pero tampoco es mala como dicen.
  21. ghostjunk
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    Not sure what they were thinking making fans wait 7 years to simply pull the unexpected twists they added to this deeply flawed story. It’s one thing to subvert expectations, but if you’re not going to do it well, don’t trade in character logic for shock value. As a genuine huge fan of the first game, I couldn’t be more disappointed with the creative choices made in this disaster of aNot sure what they were thinking making fans wait 7 years to simply pull the unexpected twists they added to this deeply flawed story. It’s one thing to subvert expectations, but if you’re not going to do it well, don’t trade in character logic for shock value. As a genuine huge fan of the first game, I couldn’t be more disappointed with the creative choices made in this disaster of a sequel.… Expand
  22. Mleyland
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    After the twist early on that hits like a gut punch I was worried that this wasn’t the story that I wanted from a follow up to the last of us. As the story continued however I was won over. By the end I loved the journey that part 2 takes the characters on.
  23. MrSmith00500
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    i make extra an Account for this game, to say that this game is a masterpiece and everyone should enjoy this beautiful game
  24. xXElPlaZaXx
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Jodida obra de arte de videojuego, la historia esta bien narrada, gráficos espectaculares, el nivel de detallismo es brutal, en general el juego de esta generación.
  25. Jechu57
    Jun 23, 2020
    8
    Es un juego que sinceramente no necesitaba continuación o bien si merecía una tuvieron que pulir demasiado la historia ya que en jugabilidad, calidad de cinemáticas etc esta muy bien el juego pero sinceramente este juego aun que hubiese tenido unos gráficos pésimos y una historia digna de la continuación del primero sería un éxito ya que esta saga su fuerte fue su historia
  26. 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
  27. Eye_Freeze
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    First of all, I wont speak about the leaks and the false advertisment and all the fuss happened to this title.

    No spoiler review. In short, the story is not about LGBT stuff as many thinks, but it contains some stuff that you can simple skip with a push of a button, the story is about the people living in these dark times, fighting for survival .. and revenge. This story will make    First of all, I wont speak about the leaks and the false advertisment and all the fuss happened to this title.

    No spoiler review.

    In short, the story is not about LGBT stuff as many thinks, but it contains some stuff that you can simple skip with a push of a button, the story is about the people living in these dark times, fighting for survival .. and revenge.

    This story will make player feel a lot of things, you will feel happy, sad, anger .. and scared.

    this game delivers an unforgettable experience in this dead and confusing world of the last of us, this game is Just perfect, giving the player more than a character perspective, the story is not your typical Hero and Villain story, it's really deep.

    The graphics are just phenomenon and photorealistic, and the gameplay is so perfect, sometimes is scary not just from infected, but people.

    Honestly my only problem with the game that they inforce the idea about LGBT, though it doesn't suit many players including me, that's why its 9/10.

    I highly recommend this game, it's one of the best of this generation.    … Expand
  28. MexicanDude
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game has amazing graphics and splendid VA and motion capture, with a gameplay that is similar to the first iteration with some improvements on some combat parts.

    However this kind of game suffer from a gameplay that can become a chore, because the story is the most important reason you play, you just want to know what follows. This is when the game stumble to a pit of mediocre story telling and a plot that happens because the plot need to happens and is the plot that carry the story not the characters, on the topic of the characters, the story disrespects the characters from the first game on an attempt to create shock and subvert expectations. The game tries to give morality to an immoral with an at best an inconsistent values and at worst a forced narrative.

    It is plausible to make a cruel narrative with moral gray areas and be masterpieces like Schindler's List or Saving private Ryan. This game lack what makes those movies not fun, but a great piece of art.

    In conclusion, repetitive gameplay, beautiful graphics and VA, but a story that is so poor that it belongs to fanfiction with no real character development apart from a screaming inconsistent and biased message.    … Expand
  29. NAMELESS458
    Jun 23, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game was not what anyone was expecting I wonder if Neil and his crew from the last of us part 1 would have made a better story Joel’s death was a slap to the face of his character Could have made the game a littler but longer to give him a better death not the one he got Horrible ending two After everything that’s what she decides… Expand
  30. SRHRS2KITFKTTS
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don't get me wrong,the game has one of the best gameplay of this generation,the best graphic too but the history is mediocre
    First,why the hell Joel and Tommy would trust a bunch of random people and say their real name?Joel's death was awful they tripped
    Second,the fact that they MAKE you Control abby,sometimes is Just depressing,without even counting the false advertising.
    Third,It would be way more interesting If abby was marlene's daughter or something,cuz i hated this stupid ass Idea that the random doctor npc became one of the most important person in the whole history,just stupid.
    Last ,ellie's redemption was just stupid,she killed a whole lotta people just to forgive the **** that ended her life,thank god she ended up alone.But the gameplay is so good that sometimes MAKE the history enteresting.Anyway 6/10 BECAUSE of the graphics and the gameplay,cuz History is whack    … Expand
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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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