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  1. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s a shame the game went that direction.Joel and tommy are survivers for 24 years and said their names to completely strangers like unexperienced naive kids.After that joel gets killed in the most disgusting and dishonest way i have ever seen in a video game.You hunt down the killer of joel but the best part is you play as her too.You finally come to the end to get your revenge only to let the killer live and she bites your fingers off too and now you can’t even play with the guitar anymore what joel gifted you.The whole story is a joke and i hope neil drugmann gets kicked out of the studio he is definetly in the wrong position.
    Pros:Gameplay is better than the first one
    Open worldish feeling with a lot more exploration
    Cons:Story and direction is a mess
    This game doesn’t honor your beloved characters like joel which players are most related too.
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  2. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I waited 8 years to play this game and I found this is crazy how you mess this game what a waist of time
    Don’t waste your money on this
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  3. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Visuals are great, gameplay is really similar to the original The Last Of Us, story is stupid.
    The way they tell the story with flashbacks etc just makes it worse.
  4. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This game has so many issues.

    The graphics are so beautiful at times, and at others it looks like a playstation 2 game. The story is incredibly stupid with so many plot holes. The redeeming qualities of the characters in the first game is completely gone, and I found myself not caring about any character in the game at all. Gameplay wise the game does not improve on anything from the
    This game has so many issues.

    The graphics are so beautiful at times, and at others it looks like a playstation 2 game. The story is incredibly stupid with so many plot holes. The redeeming qualities of the characters in the first game is completely gone, and I found myself not caring about any character in the game at all. Gameplay wise the game does not improve on anything from the first game, except that you can jump now, and the stupid AI does not help at all.

    In conclusion, this feels more like a DLC addon for the first game, rather than a game of its own.
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  5. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    I won't talk much but all I have to say:-
    1- the story is really bad 2- pacing and characters are very bad not like the first game.
    2- gameplay and graphics are masterpiece.
  6. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    nothing in level to the 1st game. the only way it relies to do anything is by shock value. nothing new or interesting about the story. not only is the story in this game bad but it completely ruins the first game for us too. if you were the fan of the 2 characters in the first game or liked its story then just don't play this and ruin it for yourself. there is a great game behind the storynothing in level to the 1st game. the only way it relies to do anything is by shock value. nothing new or interesting about the story. not only is the story in this game bad but it completely ruins the first game for us too. if you were the fan of the 2 characters in the first game or liked its story then just don't play this and ruin it for yourself. there is a great game behind the story and i feel sorry for everyone who worked on it except the plot writers. Expand
  7. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The good.
    Amazing to look at, really how did they get this out of a PS4 pro, cannot fault it.
    The sound design is great, a few repeated lines that keep been said but still great for this age of tech.
    Animations are great/fluid.

    The OK
    The acting is a mixed bag, it's well done but the script is at times is cringe.

    The BAD
    This is the big bad that destroyers all the other good work, the story is painfully bad. By that I mean its The Last Jedi bad (ok some like that film)
    There are decisions made in-game that are "wtf, did they forget about character behavior/knowledge in the 1st game" plot holes, side stories where I was let saying out loud "Why are you making us play this long side story... it's crap" then the wonderful swap where you play as a person you basically hate....and this is not even mentioning a worse death than Luke in The Last Jedi.
    I get people need to die in games and films, to motivate others, give a reason for their actions, but write it well and in such a way that even those who disagree with it, still see the reason and can understand it.
    After about 15 hrs I was just playing to finish it, get it done, sadly it got worse near the end but by then I had given up and just wanted it finished so I could get it on Ebay.
    I just do not get how they messed this up so badly.
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  8. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Technically amazing game, wonderful locations, character models look good, gameplay is similar to previous game.

    Negatives outweigh the positives, tremendously. The story is abhorrent in every sense of the word. Logically, it doesn’t make too much sense in grand scheme of the overarching plot. It almost feels as if TLOU1 and TLOU2 are in entirely different universes. While it might be innocuous at first, the romance/sexual plots become increasingly contrived and painfully exasperating. The juxtaposition of multiple sexual trysts in a apocalyptic setting make the game jarring, and at points unbearable. There is one sexual encounter that is completely tasteless, and actually felt ashamed viewing it, much without my consent. The emotional highs are at best counterfeit of any actual human response. It feels as if the characters become bizarre caricatures of what somebody who has never interacted with society would think normal people would behave. If someone told me the story was written by a pre-pubescent teen tasked at writing a zombie holocaust melodrama, i would believe them. It’s that bad. Shallow and devoid of any realistic emotional nuance, this game is a dud and falls flat, far beyond the expectations of the first game.

    I would not pay the admission price for this game, wait to get it on cheap, or find another way to play it. The asking price is to much for such a abomination of story telling.
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  9. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Disgusting attitude towards the fans of the previous game.
    Naughty dog ​​wasted the best chance to continue the TLOU IP.
  10. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Meh...

    Sobrevaloradisimo el juego, en jugabilidad mejoro mucho y graficamente sobre todo, ademas de ambientacion, sigilo y un poco la IA, pero el final y por como arruinaron a los dos personajes principales fue lo peor, demasiado forzado la agenda de lo politicamente correcto, este juego tiene mucha politica progresista, paso...

    Imperdonable lo que les hiceron a Joel y a Ellie...
  11. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I like the graphics, the sound and the gameplay very much- no doubt!
    But the story and the story telling are very disappointing for me.

    After two hours playing I saw Joel dying, murdered by the hand of a (for me in the moment) unknown person. That´s not enough! Later I must play this person again. Now it´s no fun anymore to play TLOU2. I am absolutley demotivated ...
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  12. Jul 20, 2020
    4
    The first game was a mediocre game carried by a fantastic story. This sequel is missing the story...
  13. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Wow...just wow.
    Did you know Revenge is bad? No? Well this game will take 25 hours of your life, just to tell you, that in fact it is! Naughty Dog just went full "The last Jedi" on this one.
    Beside the story, gameplay is completely copy and paste from the last game, with a bit more exploration and, well now you can "jump" (only where the game wants you to, so its basically useless).
    Wow...just wow.
    Did you know Revenge is bad? No? Well this game will take 25 hours of your life, just to tell you, that in fact it is! Naughty Dog just went full "The last Jedi" on this one.
    Beside the story, gameplay is completely copy and paste from the last game, with a bit more exploration and, well now you can "jump" (only where the game wants you to, so its basically useless).
    Graphics and animations are very impressive , but if you remember Star Wars Battlefront thats not enaught to sell a game...
    Best of all... IGN gave it a 10/10, and calls it a MASTERPEACE. In my opinion TLOU2 feels like TLOU1 but with its soul completely ript out, thus leving it behind as just another mediocre Game.
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  14. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    From Technical, animation side TLOU2 is the best, you won't find anything better even on the high end pc at least for now, shame that story is bad, i know what they were trying to achieve but sadly they didn't, the story have a lot of fillers, yet it feel empty as characters besides of Jeese and Ellie show no character and are poorly written, one of the biggest disappointment in Sony'sFrom Technical, animation side TLOU2 is the best, you won't find anything better even on the high end pc at least for now, shame that story is bad, i know what they were trying to achieve but sadly they didn't, the story have a lot of fillers, yet it feel empty as characters besides of Jeese and Ellie show no character and are poorly written, one of the biggest disappointment in Sony's IP's since Killzone and that game wasn't even that bad Expand
  15. Jun 26, 2020
    4
    Technically a masterpiece:
    - graphics are outstanding
    - acting, voice acting all of that better than most movies
    - sound design amazing
    All of it just beautiful.
    But the story is basically game of thrones season 7/8 maybe a bit better, because nothing can top that clustertruck.
  16. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After watching the ending of this game, I think it's not bad, but it's controversial to call it a masterpiece. Technologically advanced, but the most important factor, the story, did not take center stage. The biggest problem is that making abby as playable character. Perhaps the producer induced Abby to understand her revenge more by playing it ourselves, but I would say it was a big mistake. The most important thing when we understand others is the position of a third party. This is where altruism works because humans can never be anyone else. However, when he is busy cursing the character who killed the main character of previous and the representative character of this franchise, which user would be able to understand? If only they had made Ellie playable and showed Abby's story only through video, there might have been users who understood even a little bit. During the game, when the transition from Elly to Abby was made, the level of immersion in the game dropped sharply.This eventually faded the subject of vengeance that Naughtydog pursued.The second problem is of course the killing of Joel. The anger of the users is natural because they killed the main character who was emotionally involved in previous work. I can say without hesitation that this is a very rude behavior that does not care for the fans of the previous work.Surely revenge must be a very difficult and uncomfortable subject. So I think the producers must have thought a lot to melt it into the game and I want to believe so. Nevertheless, it is still questionable whether the subject should have been solved like this.This work seems to have shown that if a game tries to deal with too big subject, it will be eaten in reverse and will fail. Expand
  17. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A HUGE LETDOWN! Everything is good except the writing, The Last of Us 2's Writing is absolutely **** here's why I think that:

    - The Story -
    In a nutshell.. The Entire Story is "ReVEnGe iS BaD". That's the theme.. "ReVegne SUper BaD" The same **** thing beatin unto you constantly throughout the story. It got tiresome & boring quickly. It's a generic cliche story told million times before, it feels so lazy specifically compared to the first game which was so unique and masterful in it's themes & storytelling. It's really disappointing.. - The Characters -
    So Many Characters in this game are introduced then Forgotten completely. Most of them lack depth and development because you barely even see most of them. they feel so bland. - Jesse impregnates Dina, then fights with Ellie a bit then dies suddenly, and then he's completely forgotten as if he never existed.
    - Dina has no real character to her, she just makes jokes sometimes & she's the main love interest for Ellie.. That's all. Barely any reason to care about her

    - Manny.. Literally all he does is that he spits on Joel's body & says pendejo a lot.. He dies in front of Abby then completely forgotten. - Abby's character was handled horribly.. Joel kills Abby's Father to *Save* Ellie, because she's like his daughter & the surgery is not even guaranteed to work, so Ellie might of died for nothing, Abby tortures then kills Joel out of *Vengeance* literally minutes after he saved her life without any hesitation, and the writers expect me to care for Abby?? I think Conceptually, the idea of making the player control the villain is great, but the execution was absolutely terrible. Showing flashbacks of her 9 HOURS after she killed Joel, forcing you to play as her for 10 HOURS.. Totally disastrous attempt to make us "care" for her.. She could of been a really great character but they managed to effed up the execution sadly.. - Ellie suddenly becomes an insufferable brat and completely changed from the first game without any real believable development to her character

    - Joel barely appears and dies in the first 2 hours out of nowhere in the most pathetic way possible. His character was really dumbed-down. He survived in a zombie apocalypse for 25 YEARS and knows not trust anyone, but they made him stupid enough to share his name to total strangers. Completely out of character. This is the same with Tommy

    - There's this pregnant women who looks like she's about to give birth, stupidly.. she fights in the front lines?! Literally with Guns.. How are we supposed to care about characters like these when it feels like the writers themselves don't care about them.

    - The Ending -
    Ellie mercilessly kills HUNDREDS of people without hesitation throughout the Game, she left her home to kill Abby after she let her go Twice, she was determined to kill her, After gunning through countless of soldiers to get to her. She starts fighting her with a knife..?? Then Using her Fists?? SHE HAD GUNS, WHY DIDN'T SHE SHOOT HER?? Feels like the writers wanted Ellie to lose her fingers at the end but couldn't figure out a competent way to do it..

    The Ending is just so unsatisfying.. Ellie literally ABANDONS HER LOVER & CHILD TO KILL ABBY but she let her ago? After ALL THE TROUBLE she went through, she decides to change her mind when there's literally only the character you're SUPPOSED to kill left..

    One of the most underwhelming endings to a story i have ever seen.
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  18. Jun 23, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love the first game. I have the Joel edition for the ps3 and the remastered edition for the ps4.I also have the dlc for the ps3. I really liked it.

    When I saw psx, I think in 2017... I **** cried. I've seen that interview... Idk, maybe 40 times. I just love Troy and Ashley. And part when Troy said "don't let fear be the reason why you don't do something".... oh boy.

    So yeah, I'm not here just because they **** up the franchise of my favorite game of all time. I'm here because I have seen everything. And I really hate it.

    I don't hate the game because they kill Joel. That was something that they had to do. But the way they did it. You can clearly see him totally out of character. Doing and saying stupid things that a survivor as him would never say or do. And then there's Abby. Oh boy......

    You can feel the agenda from the beging. All white males are bad. The only two white males are off the picture as fast as they can get them out. Then you have the lesbians, the hulk and the trans (and the asian soy kid...). And yeah, you have lots and lots of talking about kisses... and feelings.... and sex scenes...... I mean.... really? Who the **** wants to see Abby's man titis? What the **** is this? This should be a continuation of the story, but it isn't. The narrative is veeeery bad, the gameplay is repetitive and boring.... What a waste.
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  19. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last Of US Parte II fácilmente pudo ser uno de los mejores juegos de la generación teniendo en cuenta los siguientes factores; Un gameplay que bien puedes decir “Si no está roto, no lo arregles" y unos gráficos lo cuál lo hacen disfrutable, pero no lo logra ¿Cuál es el problema? La historia. Expand
  20. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Inclusión forzada por todas partes, historia floja y aburrida, desecho de personajes,gameplay igual al primero casi no inova en nada,paso de ser un juego de zombies a ser de inclusion,los jugadores no buscamos ver personajes lgtbqyajdc lo que queremos es divertirnos,jugar y entretenernos, lastima que dejarán de lado la historia del primer juego, recomiendo esperar a que esté de oferta yaInclusión forzada por todas partes, historia floja y aburrida, desecho de personajes,gameplay igual al primero casi no inova en nada,paso de ser un juego de zombies a ser de inclusion,los jugadores no buscamos ver personajes lgtbqyajdc lo que queremos es divertirnos,jugar y entretenernos, lastima que dejarán de lado la historia del primer juego, recomiendo esperar a que esté de oferta ya que por 60 dólares no vale la pena este juego Expand
  21. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The problem with this game is that Naughty Dog tries catering towards the LGBTQ community and abandoning it's core values and fans that made this first part so great. I will start with the good aspects. The graphics are unmatched, the best the PS4 has to offer. The AI, the choreography are top notch. The gameplay is very enjoyable. For these aspects I will give it a 4/10. Sadly TLOU2 is a story based game which means it needs a good story for it to succeed. Unfortunately this is where the game loses it's 6 points.
    SPOILERS INCOMING:
    The game starts up just fine, revealing new characters and trying to make them familiar to us.One of those new characters is a transexual woman called Abby. The character development for this character is quite bad. It is a character we know nothing about and once you reach the middle of the game, this character kills Joel because he killed his father in the first part. Thus gamers would expect that we will hunt this Abby down to take revenge for Joel. Instead of this, we get to play as the killer of Joel( Joel the beloved character to the fans that had build a strong bond with because of the first game.) trying to kill the other beloved character for all fans, Ellie. In other words Naughty Dog **** all over the feelings that were developed by fans via the first game, the groundworks that made TLOU 1 one of the most loved games ever. And this happens because for some strange reason the company/developers think that it is a good idea to get a favorable view by the LGBTQ minorities and completely ignore their base fans that made Naughty Dog the company it is today. All in all this game had the chance to become the best Playstation game ever, but some vain ideologies made it into the greatest disaster of the current generation. It's a shame.
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  22. Jun 24, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First off, critics are useless. Nobody should ever listen to them ever again, they've proven to me that they are not to be trusted. on to the review:
    Graphics... That's the only good thing about this. Everything else is either mediocre or down right awful. The game play did not evolve one bit since 2013. It's still a walking simulator that's more a movie than a game, which would be enjoyable if it had a good story but God damn is it bad. The story simply broke my heart and not in the good way. It's like a spit in the face of the entire fan base. It's like the worst fan fiction you could possibly find. Seriously? This is what you came up after 7 years? Did Twitter write this game? It's full of plot holes and the characters you fell in love with in the first game are completely ruined and you are forced to play with the character that ruined them. I don't mind the woke stuff but when so much of it is obviously forced down your throat it feels like the entire game was built around it so if people don't like it you can pull the victim card and say that they are ists and phobes and whatever. And the director to preach so much about sexualising women in games is bad only than to put that Abby scene in the game? I can't unsee that. WTF were you thinking? I'd rather watch 2 girls one cup on repeat while eating. Let me tell you a little secret western game devs. People are playing games for entertainment and they'd rather see pretty things while doing it than ugl.. excuse me FUGLY ones! This is never going to change. How is sexualising men was never an issue? People don't like to be preached to and to be told what to think. In a video game setting, that choice should be always ours.
    Overall, I don't recommend this, especially if you were a fan of the previous one. maybe buy it when it's on a massive sale. Shame
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  23. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра заставляет пылать ненавистью к людям. К миру. У такой красивой игры такой тупой сюжет и такой скучный и однообразный гемплей. Скучнейшие и тупейшие персонажи. Если бы не вторая половина игры я бы поставил среднюю оценку но имеем что имеем низкая оценка. Expand
  24. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Ну по порядку.
    Графика - 10
    Взаимодействие с миром - 8 Музыка - 8 ( как по мне хуже 1 части ) Геймплей - 6 ( по сути с 1 части в 2013 году ничего нового почти и не увидел в нём, по этому такая оценка) Сюжет - 3 (очень плохо, опять же если бы не 1 часть возможно была бы оценка - 6) Взаимоотношения между персонажами и оценка второстепенных - 2 Общая оценка - 6.5. Была бы, но учитывая
    Ну по порядку.
    Графика - 10
    Взаимодействие с миром - 8
    Музыка - 8 ( как по мне хуже 1 части )
    Геймплей - 6 ( по сути с 1 части в 2013 году ничего нового почти и не увидел в нём, по этому такая оценка)
    Сюжет - 3 (очень плохо, опять же если бы не 1 часть возможно была бы оценка - 6)
    Взаимоотношения между персонажами и оценка второстепенных - 2
    Общая оценка - 6.5. Была бы, но учитывая надежны и ожидания от игры, а также время (7 лет на секундочку) ожидания, ставлю 4 не более.
    Даже не смотря на феминизм и то как игра уходит в сторону ЛГБТ сообществ ( хотя самого действа оказалось на удивление мало). У игры куча других минусов, начиная от сюжета и заканчивая отношением персонажей между собой.

    Well, in order.
    Graphics - 10
    Interaction with the world - 8
    Music - 8 (as for me worse than 1 part)
    Gameplay - 6 (in fact, from the 1st part in 2013, I almost did not see anything new in it, this is such an assessment)
    Story - 3 (very bad, again, if it were not for 1 part, it would probably be an assessment - 6)
    The relationship between the characters and the assessment of minor - 2
    The overall rating is 6.5. It would be, but given the reliability and expectations of the game, as well as the time (7 years for a second) of waiting, I put 4 no more.
    Even despite the feminism and how the game goes towards the LGBT communities (although the action itself was surprisingly small). The game has a bunch of other minuses, starting from the plot and ending with the ratio of characters to each other.
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  25. Jul 3, 2020
    4
    cons:
    1) too many SJW
    2) don't interesting characters

    only two plus:
    1) graphics
    2) story
  26. Jul 9, 2020
    4
    I was gonna give this game a 2 , but now that a few weeks have passed and my initial rage is over i do see what ND wanted to do. But the way they went about it because yes the entire Abby group started for me at a negative 10 , but by the end of her section i would not lie i came came as close as to rating Abby a 0 , maybe that is nostalgia of the Joel and Ellie thing they were doing withI was gonna give this game a 2 , but now that a few weeks have passed and my initial rage is over i do see what ND wanted to do. But the way they went about it because yes the entire Abby group started for me at a negative 10 , but by the end of her section i would not lie i came came as close as to rating Abby a 0 , maybe that is nostalgia of the Joel and Ellie thing they were doing with Abby and Lev or maybe because the Abby section is truly the most fun part of the game. You know people say to enjoy a certain movie you have to turn off your brain and similarly if you do turn off your brain you will find a lot of fun in Abby's section. It even has quite a horrifying boss fight.
    But yet this game rates no more than 4 for me now that i have turned meek towards it. The story was truly implemented badly , and even if they had just switched how you play the game or marketed Abby as the main character i do believe i would dislike the game less. If you need to know anything else wrong with the game look no further than your biggest individual you-tube reviewers. Do not go around trusting IGN or any of those site btw , while they are not shills or so i believe, it is access media , look no further than death stranding reviews and that game was controversial as well but at least it was a new IP and did not kill of the character we were supposed to relate to in the first game.
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  27. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Gameplay and graphics do look amazing and the animators deserve a lot of credit for their art craft that they've drawn up for this game. But it's so sad the story is one that is just too dark for me and major characters I feel are not done justice bar a couple of flashback scenes which are amazing and that's the worse part is these scenes are what we wanted in the whole game not just inGameplay and graphics do look amazing and the animators deserve a lot of credit for their art craft that they've drawn up for this game. But it's so sad the story is one that is just too dark for me and major characters I feel are not done justice bar a couple of flashback scenes which are amazing and that's the worse part is these scenes are what we wanted in the whole game not just in segments. The plot is so swamped in revenge that it makes us miss those light hearted moments we had with Joel and Ellie in the previous game Expand
  28. Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Jogo com boa narativa, mas com algumas cenas polêmicas, gameplay mediana com bugs que aparecem do nada.
  29. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    The story is so bad that I really do not know what to say. I think it is certainly the biggest disappointment of 2020.
  30. Jul 1, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game puts tlou1 to shame. The story is twisted and is a mere shadow of its former self. The new jump mechanic is awkward and doesn’t add anything valuable. Naughty dog did not do a good job. The writing team should be ashamed. Killing the main character that was beloved by the fanbase is just like shooting yourself in the foot. Why did the game developers think this was a good idea. The new characters are not interesting and don't give any value to the game. By the end of the game you just feel lost and sad. I truly wish that they had scrapped they whole story and had done something complete different. The gameplay and the graphics are the only things that make this game worthwhile to play. Expand
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93

Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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]