The Last of Us Part II

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  1. GamerBoyBart
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    The graphics look great but the story is really disappointed! It’s really sad because I was really looking forward to play this game.
  2. Kwenty
    Jun 24, 2020
    4
    Game-play and how it uses the sublimely realized ultra detailed and diverse environments to mix it up is incredible. Stealth, and skirmish tactics and ruthless AI (on Hard or above) is so much fun, thrilling infected encounters in claustrophobic spaces are also very memorable. The graphics/visuals are mind-blowing good. The story however is very very very bad, generic revenge plot, andGame-play and how it uses the sublimely realized ultra detailed and diverse environments to mix it up is incredible. Stealth, and skirmish tactics and ruthless AI (on Hard or above) is so much fun, thrilling infected encounters in claustrophobic spaces are also very memorable. The graphics/visuals are mind-blowing good. The story however is very very very bad, generic revenge plot, and keeps this game from attaining 9/10 heights of greatness.… Expand
  3. Flashyboy89
    Aug 23, 2021
    4
    The first Last of Us is a masterpiece. In Part 2, I appreciate the craftsmanship with regard to the Graphics Design, Sound Design, Animations, Visual Effects and Gameplay is great BUT the story, characters and script are awfully bad. I do not recommend The Last of Us Part II. Play and enjoy the first game and pretend this sequel doesn’t exist.
  4. Johnb091986
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Beautiful but bleak an some really questionable actions and scenes!
    For amount of gameplay... price is iffy takes what they built in the first game an wipes the board clean!
  5. Thaksin
    Jul 22, 2020
    4
    Чтобы не быть голословным честным, скажу, что наиграл первые 2-3 часа, после бросил игру.
    Коротко по минусам и плюсам:
    + графика и детали действительно радуют глаз; + приятно увидеть героев предыдущей части; - сценарий, где стараются не развить отношения, а обрывают на конфликте, вводя новых героев, считаю достаточно дешевым ходом, на который отреагируют многие, как и я; - количество    Чтобы не быть голословным честным, скажу, что наиграл первые 2-3 часа, после бросил игру.
    Коротко по минусам и плюсам:
    + графика и детали действительно радуют глаз;
    + приятно увидеть героев предыдущей части;
    - сценарий, где стараются не развить отношения, а обрывают на конфликте, вводя новых героев, считаю достаточно дешевым ходом, на который отреагируют многие, как и я;
    - количество цис,транс и прочих гендеров (я лоялен и ничего против не имею, НО!), в условиях пост апокалипсиса, встают перед глазами, хотя не должны являться первым планом, в подобном мире;
    - геймплей, мне никогда не нравилось как она играется, но мне нравился герой, поэтому для меня "геймплей" и игра закончилась вначале.

    P.S: Игра не заслуживает оценки - 0, но и шедевром ее назвать мягко говоря язык не повернется. Она заслуживает внимания, если вам интересен мир, но не стоит его, если вы влюблены в главных героев серии.    … Expand
  6. Spainstrong
    Jun 28, 2020
    4
    El primero me gustó muchísimo este NO. Se han cargado un buen videojuego aaadios!
  7. cmhorn83
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Critics don't know anything I don't know why they decided to rate the game what it wasn't. I guess this is what access media is I will never take them seriously ever. Game looks amazing pass that the gameplay is mediocre which honestly this would all be okay if they decided to put more into the story instead they ruined the story completely. No one played The Last of US to have theCritics don't know anything I don't know why they decided to rate the game what it wasn't. I guess this is what access media is I will never take them seriously ever. Game looks amazing pass that the gameplay is mediocre which honestly this would all be okay if they decided to put more into the story instead they ruined the story completely. No one played The Last of US to have the characters die. Naughty Dog know they were misleading the fans to thinking we would be able to play along side and even get to be Joel. Instead Neil Drunktard wrote directed played and even **** quite literally the game. He should never touch another game ever. This will not go down as a great game that The Last of US was they should remake it call it The Last of US: re and have Ellie wake up to a nightmare as a teen and go from there. Have a play as both Ellie and Joel and introduce a new character and make it a game with multiple ending their I fix it Naughty Dog bring back Bruce Straley to fix this **** Lastly make improvements to the gameplay.

    Gameplay 5/10
    Graphics 10/10
    Animations 10/10
    Replay None
    Story 5/10 (cause of its plot wholes and fillers 12 hours of pointless fillers)    … Expand
  8. Deedr1234
    Jan 23, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I felt this game had great potential to be a masterpiece. Coming off the last game, I was expecting a whole new story that will carry me through a story of great loss and remembrance. but instead we got something completely different. We got a story about how revenge can negatively impact the revenge taker. Which is where my problems with the game take shape. The people in my family that have played this game before and after me have also expressed how they felt that they didn't want to play as Abby in the game. They felt she was given too many good weapons, too many good scenes that could have been given to Ellie. But most importantly, they felt they should not be playing as the person who killed Joel, the player you play as in the majority of the previous game. They expressed how they should have been playing as Ellie the entire time and taking revenge against Abby. Not playing as Abby trying to hunt down Ellie. (There is even a scene in the theater in which you have to sneak around and try to attack Ellie, which felt weird as you would think it should have been the other way around. ) I have to agree with my family's input as it did feel weird to be playing as essentially the antagonist of the game for half the game. That's how the best scenes in the game are usually the ones with Ellie. (Such as the museum scene.) Story aside however, graphics in the game are stunning, with the usual Naughty Dog flare. Game-play was OK as they didn't really innovate from the previous game (with the exception of the dodge and prune mechanic). But I have to say that the enemy AI is really good in the game as they will try and flank you any chance they got. But altogether, if they want to improve next time, they shouldn't put in a new character that nobody knows, who kills the main protagonist of the last game, and expect people to play as that character for half the game.… Expand
  9. Krainz
    Sep 14, 2020
    4
    I will say that I always thought the first game was completely overrated, so I went into this not expecting much. Man, the first game is a God's blessing compared to this.

    The story has such terrible pacing problems that I cannot even believe that it's a reality. Most characters are uninteresting and underdeveloped, don't make logical decisions, and the plot armor is beyond acceptable.    I will say that I always thought the first game was completely overrated, so I went into this not expecting much. Man, the first game is a God's blessing compared to this.

    The story has such terrible pacing problems that I cannot even believe that it's a reality. Most characters are uninteresting and underdeveloped, don't make logical decisions, and the plot armor is beyond acceptable. The story is too long, and essentially the game starts twice.
    You spend so much of the game doing very little and making little progress that by the end it felt like a waste of time.

    The gameplay felt marginally improved, but still lacks any meaningful new mechanics. Proning and dodging are nice, but I wanted Ellie to feel faster and more agile, but she controls very similarly to Joel who felt more like a Tank. The gameplay personally got boring and repetitive by the halfway point.

    Anyway, the complements can be for the graphics, audio, animations, etc. However I can't say crunching people with overtime was worth the end product. The visual fidelity and audio quality wasn't worth the human cost, and it wasn't worth losing my sanity over.

    Those mainstream reviewers that gave this a 10/10 should be ashamed. Stop promoting these terrible games as some sort of amazing standard that should be followed. Just because millions upon millions of dollars were invested doesn't mean that the product is any good.

    I can't recommend the game even if you got it for free. Avoid it.

    Those accessibility options are top tier though :p    … Expand
  10. AtypicalWarrior
    Oct 25, 2020
    4
    It disappointed me in everyway. Unfortunately story lackluster, character evolution lackluster, Graphics beautiful, gameplay slightly evolved, environments varied. Overall disappointingly average to bad.
  11. fatninja82
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    Lo positivo: TLOF2 mejoro notablemente el sistemas de juego de su antecesor , mejores y mas detalladas ambientaciones , mejores armas , maneras de jugar , nuevos puzzles , mecánicas , el lo nivel gráfico esta bien, pero no es lo mejor de esta generación, pero si me sorprende el nivel de detalles.
    Lo negativo: no puedes construir un personaje como el de joel y luego matarlo al principio    Lo positivo: TLOF2 mejoro notablemente el sistemas de juego de su antecesor , mejores y mas detalladas ambientaciones , mejores armas , maneras de jugar , nuevos puzzles , mecánicas , el lo nivel gráfico esta bien, pero no es lo mejor de esta generación, pero si me sorprende el nivel de detalles.
    Lo negativo: no puedes construir un personaje como el de joel y luego matarlo al principio del juego,esto destrulle el lazo que tenian los jugadores con el personaje, la historia no es continua, hay partes en donde vuelves al pasado para que puedas entender la historia esto esta bien pero en el juego para muy seguido, abby es uno de los personajes mas horribles que he visto no entiendo como pudieron hacer un personaje tan feo, el objetivo de ellie es la venganza contra abby y al final ocurre una mierda la deja ir , la historia parece estar escrita por un novato,
    Resumen: en mi opinión este fue uno de los juegos mas decepcionantes de esta generación , si solo quieres jugarlo por el gameplay si te puede gustar , pero la historia es una basura.    … Expand
  12. AceMcTomb
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    From a technical Standpoint it is looking good, the animations are fluid and I would expect nothing else from NDog.
    BUT that's about it, the "Gameplay" is what we've seen from NDog for xth time. The same repetitive mechanics, sprinkled on top with antique buttonmashing QTEs.
    The Story is utter garbage, I love movies and games and I have seen the exact same story handled a thousand times    From a technical Standpoint it is looking good, the animations are fluid and I would expect nothing else from NDog.
    BUT that's about it, the "Gameplay" is what we've seen from NDog for xth time. The same repetitive mechanics, sprinkled on top with antique buttonmashing QTEs.
    The Story is utter garbage, I love movies and games and I have seen the exact same story handled a thousand times better than here.
    The Characters act completely different than in the first part, and the new ones are just sooo unlikable and behave like they are from planet ****
    The general Theme of the game is Hate, and that's what I should feel for this game, but all I feel is pity. Pity for the employees and the people suffering through this game that were lured in by false reviews.    … Expand
  13. Primo55
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. -Who are you?
    -Guess.

    Great storytelling ND. Well done.

    Loved the first one, but this is an insult to all the fans out there. I will definitely think twice before I purchase another game from this studio. Especially, with their political agenda shoved right into my face.    … Expand
  14. PauloPakinga
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    Horrible story, repetitive game, no fun, lots of bugs... I just want to forget this game...
  15. Betinho
    Jun 28, 2020
    4
    Game muito ruim , história é um lixo , gameplay genérico e enjoativo, única coisa que talvez salve são os gráficos
  16. FordFordFord
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    We all know Metacritic will likely bend the knee to Sony and Naughty Dog, erasing everyone's negative review, saying they're review bombing.

    I'm a huge fan of TLOU. It's a true masterpiece in story telling for a video game, the brutality, the world and most importantly the characters who we loved so much we were willing to look past the game's rough gameplay. Unfortunately, in an    We all know Metacritic will likely bend the knee to Sony and Naughty Dog, erasing everyone's negative review, saying they're review bombing.

    I'm a huge fan of TLOU. It's a true masterpiece in story telling for a video game, the brutality, the world and most importantly the characters who we loved so much we were willing to look past the game's rough gameplay.

    Unfortunately, in an effort to subvert expectations, it appears that Neil Druckman has completely ignored his own established world. The Last of Us 2 is a bloated mess of a game that tries so hard to force progressive identity politics down our throats through the facade of a weak revenge plot all while consistently diverting from the plot to go on what seems like a 10 hour side quest.

    It's gameplay hasn't evolved much in the past 10 years, it's characters are unlikable and make horrible decisions, you're force to play as the antagonist in order to bring empathy when in reality it just makes you hate the character even more and it all accumulates in an ending that doesn't fit with the themes the game tries to hard to enforce.

    The first game had the ability to balance light and dark, however the sequel feels like a nightmare in the worst way, while it's an undeniably beautiful game, spending 25 hours to feel this miserable just isn't worth it.    … Expand
  17. matveygood
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well, my opinion about this game is just a view of this Elly story.
    I like this game, it's something new, gameplay, grafic and music are beautiful.
    But not a Story.
    When I start to play this game I think "That it is, yes! I wait for it so long and now I can enjoy it"
    But no..
    Just look at the start of story, poor Joel, I know, he must die, but not like that, not at the begining, hell no.
    Abby story sucked.
    The plot could be built differently, I was disgusted to play for Abby, I do not understand why we were given control over her.
    It was an absolutely superfluous story in this game, it was possible to mitigate the motivation for killing Joel in 2-3 cutscenes.
    Throughout the game, I could not express Abby's compassion. I liked Owen more, who was never disclosed as a character.
    Ellie’s motivation at the end of the game is not clear, why, for what?
    Thx for game Dog, but it's the poor END of this story...    … Expand
  18. ajfrie
    May 8, 2021
    4
    Very good graphics, improved gameplay. But nothing else. Never trust “game journalist” before this, especially after this.
  19. izzycharp126
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    I have never been so disappointed in a game. Giving it a 4 is generous. The gameplay and visuals were beautiful but the plot and story just felt like a cash grab. That game could have been half of the length that it was. And I felt like I thought it was the ending 5 different times. Any part that I thought was the ending would have been better than what we got.
    We waited five years for    I have never been so disappointed in a game. Giving it a 4 is generous. The gameplay and visuals were beautiful but the plot and story just felt like a cash grab. That game could have been half of the length that it was. And I felt like I thought it was the ending 5 different times. Any part that I thought was the ending would have been better than what we got.
    We waited five years for below sub par game.    … Expand
  20. darkistorrik
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Pluses of the game -
    1. Beautiful graphics
    2. Good music 3. Great enemies - fast, leaning in a crowd, interesting. Pros end ... Minuses - 1. Worst storyline - no character logic 2. Excessive cruelty and **** for **** 3. Cruelty, not traditional relationships, drug addiction are highlighted (scene with grass and glass in it) 4. The plot twists are very mixed. In general, in my    Pluses of the game -
    1. Beautiful graphics
    2. Good music
    3. Great enemies - fast, leaning in a crowd, interesting.
    Pros end ...
    Minuses -
    1. Worst storyline - no character logic
    2. Excessive cruelty and **** for ****
    3. Cruelty, not traditional relationships, drug addiction are highlighted (scene with grass and glass in it)
    4. The plot twists are very mixed.
    In general, in my opinion, this is 4/10.    … Expand
  21. BalhiaroPedroS
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Very detailed world, but very weak plot.
    This part couldn't come close to the first,even a little. Sadly.
    The developers wanted to show us what violence leads to. But it all came down to a banal scenario.
  22. TiuLobits
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    O jogo tem de tudo bom, menos a história. O que não seria um problema se o jogo fosse focado em gameplay, coisa que não é. O jogo é focado em uma história com furos, situações forçadas, um plot que parece de fan fic, e um final muito, mas muito ruim. Enfim, é isso. Eu e muitos jogadores que esperaram por anos uma continuação desse game estamos decepcionados.
  23. mishkakot
    Jun 27, 2020
    4
    35 часов потратил на этот "шедевр". Сюжет ужасен, постоянное ощущение, что это просто какой то сон собаки. Герои, тупые идиоты. Все по принципу:" Здесь играем, здесь не играем, здесь рыбу заворачивали..."
  24. AkitoAK
    Jul 16, 2020
    4
    As a fan of Last Of Us Part 1
    The Game looks Phenomenal, Beautiful textures, models and set pieces..
    The game-play is good but isn't much different from Part 1, and jump looks like Mario's jump.. The story starts strong but after the first hour or so, kinda become lazy and more lazy over time.. Ending is very unsatisfying and not in a good way.. I wanted this game to be better than    As a fan of Last Of Us Part 1
    The Game looks Phenomenal, Beautiful textures, models and set pieces..
    The game-play is good but isn't much different from Part 1, and jump looks like Mario's jump..
    The story starts strong but after the first hour or so, kinda become lazy and more lazy over time..
    Ending is very unsatisfying and not in a good way..
    I wanted this game to be better than Part 1, but it suffers from the Sequel Syndrome just a tad bit..

    Here is to hoping for a better game next time..    … Expand
  25. Lordw
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The parts where you play as Abby are just painful, you don’t feel anything for her even though the game tires to tell you she’s just misunderstood, but honestly I don’t care she sucks and it pisses me off that it’s Ellie’s stupid careless mistakes that cause her to track you down, and what is up with Ellie ? She’s not the lovable funny amusing girl from the first game .... It feels like she’s gone through a trauma but the game never explains What that is .... the game play is the only thing that saves this game but it’s a little Repetitive with long segments of basically, Kill all the Infected or human enemies, None of that trying to sneak past clickers from the first game, In fact the game is much easier than the first game, The story is a complete let down but the gameplay save the game from being terrible but sadly it’s just an average game, Which given its predecessor it’s a real shame and disappointment… Expand
  26. Shathrax
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    Really wanted to rate this game higher, but after finishing the game all i'm left with is a bad feeling that sticks, and for anyone looking to play the game I say this: if you have a depression I would advise you to reconsider as it might just make it worse.
  27. SOulGirL
    Oct 14, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game has lost a lot of what made it special, and part of it is "killing the main character idea" that I wish I could understand the motive by the developers.
    To be honest I think this will be the last game that I play from this franchise. I absolutely loved the first game, so much it brought mt to tears, but this one...brought me to tears in anger and shock right at the beginning when I discover they decided to kill the main protagonist.
    Make us play with the character that murdered him, etc...
    Just poor decisions on Naughty Dog's behalf and I know for a fact that if wasn't for "paid" reviews, this game would have been a lot worse than it is in terms of sales.
    Anyway this just demonstrates that you can't win all the time and to me this developer lost it's way and won't seem me purchasing any other game from them in the future.    … Expand
  28. sergeykotor
    Jun 24, 2020
    4
    Геймплей 10ти летней давности, сюжет полнейший кринж, даже все равно на лгбт посыл и тд. Есть локации где ты на протяжении часа просто ходишь и перелезаешь через заборы. Сделана неплохо, играется скучно
  29. Kakey55
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    Just hated the direction they took the story in . Yes the graphics are amazing but I was just too upset by the story telling to enjoy. Incredibly unsatisfying ending didn't help much either.
  30. joseospina23
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es muy decepcionante, parece ser que lo que parece ser un éxito en primera instancia terminan por darle una patada a los fans, sí quería terminar la franquicia lo logró, sino pues debió aprender de errores cómo THE WALKING DEAD, o TERMINATOR GENESIS. No puedes matar a un protagonista así y esperar a que la comunidad se lo aplauda... al pasar esto se suponía que todos deberíamos entender las razones pero solo dejó un sabor amargo y unos zapatos muy grandes que nadie pudo llenar. siendo objetivo, técnicamente y visualmente está a otro nivel, pero argumentalmente deja mucho que desear. NO ES CANDIDATO PARA GOTY… Expand
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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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