The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Cyke45
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Sony, the masses have spoken. Naughty Dog has a visual masterpiece for the tail end of the PS4 Pro, but given us characters so devoid of any emotional attachment, that it runes what could have been otherwise a great game. I

    I have an idea, how about the next Uncharted, feel free to kill off the entire cast of characters, because bad guys have feelings too! You have taken what has    Sony, the masses have spoken. Naughty Dog has a visual masterpiece for the tail end of the PS4 Pro, but given us characters so devoid of any emotional attachment, that it runes what could have been otherwise a great game. I

    I have an idea, how about the next Uncharted, feel free to kill off the entire cast of characters, because bad guys have feelings too!

    You have taken what has made the first game so great; good story and characters that you can become invested in, and totally removed it.

    Now you make the returning characters dull, uninspiring and introduce us to new characters that we hate to play, force us to play them and do your best to remove any emotional attachment to the main characters in the first game.

    I will give you credit however, you did get an emotional response from gamers, for me it was pretty much all negative, you have ruined this series for myself and many other gamers.

    The real world already has enough bad crap in it, I play games to escape some of that and have fun, you have taken that away from me in this game. This game can have the best graphics and gameplay on the ps4, but without a good story and characters, its not a good game.

    Tommy Boy Quote. “I could take a crap in a box and stamp a guarantee on it, but all it would be is a guarrenteed box of crap”

    That’s sums it up, Naughty Dog has just “Jumped the Shark” with this game.    … Expand
  2. pigsnoot
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Beautiful game. Animation feels a little unpolished and rushed (7 years?) and gameplay is kinda "standard"? Nothing new. But besides that It's tragical what happened here. The creators obviously got carried away into stuff that has very little to do with creating an enjoyable adventure. I find the dialogues especially flawed, often meaningless rants...a zillion f-words are not gonna makeBeautiful game. Animation feels a little unpolished and rushed (7 years?) and gameplay is kinda "standard"? Nothing new. But besides that It's tragical what happened here. The creators obviously got carried away into stuff that has very little to do with creating an enjoyable adventure. I find the dialogues especially flawed, often meaningless rants...a zillion f-words are not gonna make up for bad dialogue. It feels very shallow and cheap shot sitcom es-que. I'm around halfway into the game and I'm considering to leave it that way, not very motivated to get to the end of this...The story and dialogue is very focused on making issues of certain themes, and by that if feels unnatural and forced... I'm form Europe and just bought the game without checking reviews or opinions. I figured this would be pure gold. But now I'm wondering why they did it like this....? You can tell a story unbiased, without sexual references, without swearing every 5 seconds, without constant meaningless violence. It doesn't matter if the protagonists are male, female or in between. You don't have to zoom in on those traits, it is unnecessary and hinders the immersive nature of telling a good story, a story that can be enjoyed by all, that connects people instead of dividing them. A story that can be universally appealing. I think it is an art to tell stories like that, and naughty dog swapped the classic art form of storytelling for useless ranting, unnecessary plot twists for the sake of shock effect all fueled by gore and violence and a constant hint to sexuality and gender. It makes me sad for all the people that put their work in this, all these expensive pixels, the beautiful scenery as a stage for crappy dialogues and weak storytelling. It feels like naughty dog is going through moral puberty, and is just provoking for the sake of it . They just used the universe of the Last of Us as a setting for ventilating their needs. I fear this is gonna feel very dated soon and will not have a long lived history in gaming. The human race has been great at storytelling for thousands of years, it sure seems we are likely to undo that skill in just a couple of decades, where telling a cinematic story has become an excuse to create an absurdly moralistic and political mess solely created to score points in online political debate and not to take the audience on a magical experience....A missed chance in creating a memorabel game.… Expand
  3. Drashcarter
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Beautiful game with a huge gameplay and high graphics. But this story totally killed the game before.
    Its not only gameplay and graphics that make a great game, its how you involve the player emotionally with the character and the story.
    This is frustrating.
  4. KageFumi
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Hollow revenge storyline. They destroying what they build up in the first game. Unlikable character got too much screentime to the point of playable. Saving grace only in graphic upgrade but really can't tolerate the disgraceful story telling as a whole game.
  5. Piedra
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Vale, una pequeña Review en español.

    Tengo 3 problemas con la historia/guión de éste juego, lo jugue más o menos por 8 a 10 horas osea que no lo terminé, porque no pude hacerlo.
    1. La muerte de Joel me pareció muy forzada, anticlimatica y tonta por la forma en la que Joel va a una casa rodeado de personas que no conoce, cosa que en pasado jamás haría.
    2. Todos los nuevos personajes carecen de desarrollo, son personajes de plastico, con 0 carisma, 0 personalidad, no solo son eso, pero tambien son aburridos.
    3. La historia pareciera que no tiene un rumbo, vas vagando por ahí sin entender tu proposito y la mayor parte del tiempo es pura depresión, nada de lo que puedas aferrarte y decir "Vale la pena seguir luchando para sobrevivir en este mundo", y si realmente no vale la pena seguir viviendo en ese mundo, no sé para que seguir jugando, la verdad.

    Las cosas positivas del juego son puros factores tecnicos, y como dibujante realmente me hace sentir mal por toda esa gente que trabajó en este juego y que ahora estan recibiendo duras criticas, una pena, pero para mi son merecidas las criticas, pero espero que los artistas de éste juego puedan encontrar otra franquicia para triunfar, porque hicieron un trabajo impecable en el arte y las mecanicas del juego.

    Las compañías de videojuegos tienen que entender las razones por las cuales sus juegos son exitosos antes de hacer una secuela, para eso estan las criticas y deberían leer más a los jugadores, lamentablemente para mi, éste juego ya no tiene salvación y de todo corazón le digo a la gente, si les gustó el primer juego, no compren éste, solo les va a romper el corazón.

    Gráficos 8/10: De lo mejor que vas a encontrar en un juego de ps4, los detalles de las fisicas y la ambientación son impresionantes, muy bien hecho. Menos el salto, es increíblemente malo el salto en este juego, hasta hubiese preferido que no lo pusieran.
    Personajes 2/10: Ni siquiera los personajes de la primera entrega me gustaron en su forma de actuar en esta secuela, ni que decir los nuevos personajes, todo mal.
    Historia 1/10: Hasta donde jugué yo, incoherente, tonta y aburrida, de las peores historías que haya jugado en un videojuego triple A
    Banda sonora 6/10: Personalmente no es mi banda sonora favorita, no es mala, pero personalmente no me gusta, está regular.    … Expand
  6. sdew
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    The last of Us part 2 is one of the worst games
    + Yes graphics and sound design is astonishing, 10/10
    ~ Gameplay is nothing special. Either you like or dislike it. the gameplay is just a bit more refined, than the first part but everything in the gameplay has been done better in some form or fassion there are better stealth in other games, there is shooting, and more - Enemies are most of    The last of Us part 2 is one of the worst games
    + Yes graphics and sound design is astonishing, 10/10
    ~ Gameplay is nothing special. Either you like or dislike it.
    the gameplay is just a bit more refined, than the first part
    but everything in the gameplay has been done better in some form or fassion
    there are better stealth in other games, there is shooting, and more
    - Enemies are most of the time dumb.
    + Levels are more open and feel better than the first part

    but the most important part:
    THE STORY:
    it is bad (BAD)
    - new Characters are flat and not compelling.
    the game wants to justify their (horrific) actions after they already did them, by telling their backstory.
    yet the backstory isnt interesting or good enough to get the player on their side
    while playing the backstory, the only thing i want to do is GOING BACK TO THE MAIN STORY
    - old Characters, especialy Joel, are not the same or anyway close to how they were in the first part
    it feels like "Star Wars The Last Jedi" all over again
    the game tries to change your memories of the old characters, in a non compelling/unrealistic way
    - the Story is the basic, Standart, uninspired Revenge Plot
    and the worst part is HOW the Story starts this whole plot.
    - the clickers (however the undead are exactly called) are litteraly only in the game, so you have something to shot at
    - the first game had this deeper meening of love and hope (and more), this game has left that behind for something like "hOw FaR ArE YoU GoInG tO gO fOr ReVeNgE?"
    (The cycle of Revenge)
    but it gives us no choise to do something different,
    and while i understand, the game is ment to be linear, even a monkey would understand its mistakes after the tenth time or so.
    There are just to many other ways of telling us about the Cycle of Revenge.
    - At the same time it tries to show how characters react and change after they killed a human in a cutscene, BUT IT HAS NO IMPACT.
    I LITTERALY killed a hundred other men/women before with NO reaction and suddenly this?
    - at Last the First Last of Us was great at switching brutal combat to a more hopefull, peacefull enivrement.
    after a longer shootout, it takes time to tell a story
    it gives your brain time to relax
    Part 2 loses itself the more you play it.
    it starts fairly "calm", yet not even 2 hours its "BAM, Revenge plot", kill them all.
    it's like some sufferingporn, just one bad thing after the other
    and while I understand why it is there, there just comes a moment, where it just stopes impressing me and it just gets boring
    - At last the first game had this "Light" you could look towards
    tlou2 has lost it, completely, Its completely in the dark
    - The first game was nearly perfect, arguably one of the best games of all time,
    it didnt need a sequell, especially this one
    - I remember Neil saying "There are no Protagonists/Heroes"
    well, congrats, Then Why Should I Play The Game?
    (- and no its not because of Joel)

    - game didnt work with me, and as I see, it didnt word with the majority as well.

    so in the End:
    while yes the Graphics/Sound is the best we have ever had
    and while the gameplay may be truly good
    It still is a Sequel to the first part, but it feels like a bad writen FANFICTION, written by a gyu with no knowledge in fictionwritting and who was drunk the hole time.
    Its like some mix between "DCs Darkness", "The Last Jedi" with its inconsistent, blank, dumb characters and "Game of Thrones: Season 8", just NO. not even the greatest Graphics/Gameplay can save this Sheithouse of a Story (How the hell did the Critics give it a 95?, its like they didnt play this game at all, (or less than an hour)) - 3 points for Graphics/Sound - 2 point for Gameplay, (hit or miss) - -1 for story A small tipp: If you already bought the game, I AM SORRY for you If you HAVENT bought part 2, DONT BUY IT, no recomendation just play/replay the first part, its awesome.    … Expand
  7. Zyax
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have just finished the story, this is a very honest opinion from Naughty dog fan and a very big fan of the last of us

    Rate 4/10

    Pro
    Graphic
    The graphic is terrific, you could feel how it is very beautiful and look real, this is very impressive Gameplay
    I enjoyed the gameplay very much, Ellie is very flexible, during the fight, she could evade, and strike back, this is also impressive and all of the weapons are very good, the silencer is great, the bow very useful, even more than Joel’s bow


    Con
    Story The story has a very big plot hole on it,
    - Joel the experienced veteran man, survived many events, always be careful and very hard to trust someone, He just gave his name to a stranger who he has just met without knowing their background? Like walk in the park and introduce themselves, it doesn’t make any sense at all and because of that, it leads to his death, this is a very big plot hole

    - Then you played as Ellie to go all the way for revenge, kills so many people that did nothing to her, finally just to let that person who killed Joel live? (This kind of understandable if you really try to think that the killer spared Dina so Elli would want to stop all of the revenge and let the killer go)

    - The worst of all, you have to play as Joel’s killer for 8 hours, 8 long hours that I have to play as her, at least you should have given an option if the player wants to play as the killer or not

    I played the last of us part 1 maybe more than 20 times but for the last of us part 2, I don’t think I can go through that again, especially the part that I have to play as Abby(Joel’s killer)

    In conclusion - Good gameplay, - Great graphic,
    - Disappointing story    … Expand
  8. Angelus1
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'd give this game a 4 mainly down to story elements.
    The graphics were stunning and the gameplay was smooth. I enjoyed how you go against dogs and rehashed infected (stalkers as an example) and had to plan accordingly.
    However the story was a disappointment.
    The death of the 1st main character was to be expected however how it happened was a shambles, leaving the character's death with little meaning other then a driving point for this second game.
    This in turn is painful to those who played the first game and had built a connection to said character.
    Granted, there was a few cool parts in the game however the negative greatly out weigh them.
    I didn't wish to leave a negative review but I would recommend watching a walkthrough and keeping your money.    … Expand
  9. drunkpug
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    The good: Beautiful environments, effects, and cut-scenes. There's a lot of attention to detail in weird places that mostly elicit groans from me when reading previews, like an NPC's attack dog having a randomly generated name. It takes full advantage of your ps4 pro, and will gladly give you two loot-crates worth of branded garbage if you're willing to pay for it, including a freakingThe good: Beautiful environments, effects, and cut-scenes. There's a lot of attention to detail in weird places that mostly elicit groans from me when reading previews, like an NPC's attack dog having a randomly generated name. It takes full advantage of your ps4 pro, and will gladly give you two loot-crates worth of branded garbage if you're willing to pay for it, including a freaking replica guitar. Top tier voice actors (not to be confused with top tier voice acting) help drive home the fact a big studio spent a lot of time and money on this. You can say whatever you want about Naughty Dog, Neil Druk, or Sony, but The Last of Us came out almost exactly 7 years ago. This thing wasn't slapped together and rushed out the door. Or was it?

    The bad: Can you read or write bro? There are several moments in this game where a small joke or a line read or even an entire scene is ruined because it was written poorly or delivered wrong. Near the beginning of the game, Ellie makes a small, forced joke about a sandwich. It really could have been a funny scene. it could have worked great! But the way it was written and spoken, it's awkward, and that feeling stays with you for the rest of the game. You'll never forget about the sandwich. 7 years, millions of dollars and 2 established characters can't have a smooth conversation at all. Characters will often make decisions that seem contrary to their convictions (this will be especially noticeable if you just replayed the first game to get ready for this one) and on no less than two occasions there is an outright hole in the plot. There is also a painful amount of pandering that I don't want to waste too much time on, but I want to make it perfectly clear: It's simply too much. They won't let you forget about the sandwich. And the themes and topics themselves aren't the problem. The poorly executed and heavy handed writing is. At one point I felt physically sick because Ellie is 14 in the first game. The time skip doesn't do much for a 31 year old man I see 14 and 19 year old Ellie basically the same.

    The character models deserve some attention, because they used all their big budget body scanning and mocap tools and whatever else they had lying around in what I can only assume is a bunker in silicon valley. Model blueprints are based on real people, and they look awful. There are a lot of interesting tidbits about this in various previews, but the strangest was how they specifically didn't want any female characters to be traditionally attractive. So they would scan a woman, and then digitally reduce her bust and hip size. Why use the scanner at all? So proportions are really jarring, facial features change from scene to scene to the point where in one scene Ellie was crying and i didn't notice.

    There certainly is a real video game under the hood somewhere. there's stealth and guns and hand-to-hand combat and qte and they're all just vehicles to get to the next cut-scene. i would say that's a shame, but no one is here for any of that.

    Using the uncharted formula in a post apocalyptic zombie setting is a money printing machine. This game could have been a slam dunk. However, there were so many bad decisions made creatively that it can only be perceived as disdain for it's audience. Definitely check out how hilariously poorly it is directed, but don't pay money to do it.    … Expand
  10. minatex
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    I still wonder why no one break his discs with a golf stick.
    No honestly , i am very depressed by watching the entire games. From a stand point , we wait for 7 years , for a complete disgrace. , you are playing a character for what more than 8 hours and after that the pain continiuing for a yep cock ending. The 4 is realy generous for my part is actualy for the elite employee the staf    I still wonder why no one break his discs with a golf stick.
    No honestly , i am very depressed by watching the entire games. From a stand point , we wait for 7 years , for a complete disgrace. , you are playing a character for what more than 8 hours and after that the pain continiuing for a yep cock ending. The 4 is realy generous for my part is actualy for the elite employee the staf that work for a complete dictator . The graphic are the strong point , but in 2020 , let's be honest the story is more important . I hope that Naugthydog will learn their lesson because so many people got affected by a false advertissement when we see Joel and Elli on a Video. Btw , i don't speak english very well but this game IS A COMPLETE DISGRACE FOR the Video games industry and this need to stop , forcing politics (social Justice) , it's a nono ( i was very happy for Ellie to find love with Dina).    … Expand
  11. Thetreoman
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just wait for Horizon Zero Down part 2. My review is. It’s a great looking game with a terrible story. Instead of wasting your money on this game. Just wait for next gen, when all games will look this good, because you’ll get foot stories as well. In a dark time in this world we live in. The Last Of Is two should be leaving players happy and hopeful. This game will leave you sad. Ignore the critics and actually go watch twitch streamers and Youtubers play this game.… Expand
  12. Trig7079
    Jul 1, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Firstly, I think the negative reviews have such low scores as a result of the INSANE 10/10 critic scores. SPOILERS* This isn't a 10/10 game, not even close and no human in their right mind could think so. The game plays beautifully, looks stunning but leaves you feeling totally unfulfilled and empty. Its a shallow and medeocre experience. This is mainly due to the torture and killing of one half of the most beloved partnership in video games early in the game. We are then forced to play as the perpetrator of this act... To say I wasn't particularly interested in keeping said person alive was an understatement. Nothing that ND & ND did subsequently to this could undo the hatred I had for that character. If anything we should have played Abby from the start, allow to build a report with her, understand her motivations before the brutal killing we are forced to witness. This would then bring the two sets of characters together and justify the games story tangent. This is only part of what is a disjointed affair at best. Drawn out and poorly thought through. I think ND and ND have underestimated how beloved their characters were with everyone who played the first game. This game destroys all of that goodwill. This game turns characters we cared about into revenge zombies, as mindless as those infected we are forced to ENDLESSLY kill. As the game concludes we are left caring about nobody. Do I want a sequel? Maybe, if they can somehow rehabilitate Ellie and allow her some redemption. Otherwise, leave your crackpot ideas at home Neil Druckmann, you have managed to ruin a beloved franchise, where were the dissenting voices at Naughty Dog, surely there were people who disagreed with this suicidal direction? Was it worth 7 years of waiting?? Nope, it really wasn't.… Expand
  13. MatthewFTW
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When I first heard that the last of us 2 was going to be like the last jedi I wasn't really surprised and although there was a clear contrast between user and critic reviews that isn't the only thing the two have in common. Both substitute actual good writing and plot twists with these "gotcha shock" moments. Gotcha, throws lightsaber of the cliff, Gotcha Finn gets rammed into last second, gotcha you can't actually stab this dude because he's a ghost. It's the same stupid **** with the last of us 2. Riding on your horse, gotcha captured, getting beat up gotcha there is a shard of glass and you stab some dude in the neck, in an abandoned building with a bunch of **** strangers? Gotcha there goes your **** knee. This isnt the only problem with the story, So much is sacrificed for this plot with a message that isn't even that hard to understand. The first game was so innovative and I learned so much from it, the same can't be said about this one. In Naughty dog games it's always about the characters and personally, I found the new cast of characters to be unlikable and in terms of abbys friends, they would definitely not survive the apocalypse. And they got rid of all the crate pushing and ladder climbing which I actually kind of miss, instead of riding a horse spamming x for 10 minutes talking, it's more fun actually solving a puzzle instead. And lastly, for a game puts an emphasis on death and vulnerability, it's not very convincing when you play as a veteran with a 100 kd and whenever the enemies get a chance to kill you they go full dumb dumb and by the end of the game, Ellie somehow survives, so much for being realistic. And one more negative thing, I respect the direction that they were trying to take with Abby but Neil knew a decision like that would split the fan base and that's not exactly a good thing because the last of us is so respected and people have been waiting 7 years for this one, I don't want to play as the girl who probably has a penis that killed one of my favorite characters in gaming. The graphics are nice, you can thank the overworked employees for that, the gameplay is definitely something else but that **** is way to brutal for me lol. Overall dissapointing package would not spend 70 bucks on,… Expand
  14. Luannroliveira
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Pior continuação de jogo que já joguei.
    Arrependido por não ter lido os spoilers.
    Refund!
  15. ondox
    Jun 28, 2020
    4
    very poorly written story. very good gameplay good graphics good looking game
  16. Pomberhell25
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Me parece un juego muy del montón. El cambiar y olvidar la historia del primer juego me parece muy injusto, sin olvidar que la mayoría del tiempo manejamos a un personaje nuevo que no empatiza con el jugador por las acciones que realiza. Mecanismos de juego copiados del metal gear 5 por ejemplo, constantemente uno se pierde, escenarios vacíos y poco interactivos.. un juego normalito y sin nada interesante. Muy por debajo de su primera parte.… Expand
  17. Kaanaslanxx
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    About game,Graphics better than lou1 of course i liked it.Succesfull job.Ellie's appearence good I liked that,actually I was worry about it. Emm Joel's appearence not good than last.I am really unhappy about that.Joel was a more handsome
  18. officialwumbo
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This game's story is god awful the gameplay and graphics are the only reason I gave it a 4/10. The way Joel dies is by a golf club! He dies by someone we don't even know in the beginning then on top of that the ending of the game Ellie doesn't even kill Abby (the Joel killer) she lets her live and the whole game you play as both Abby and Ellie but while playing as Ellie for the ending youThis game's story is god awful the gameplay and graphics are the only reason I gave it a 4/10. The way Joel dies is by a golf club! He dies by someone we don't even know in the beginning then on top of that the ending of the game Ellie doesn't even kill Abby (the Joel killer) she lets her live and the whole game you play as both Abby and Ellie but while playing as Ellie for the ending you let her live! In fact here would be a better story that I made up:

    instead of the group killing Joel, they should’ve done an eye for an eye and killed Tommy. That infuriates Joel and Ellie, but Joel goes off alone to go avenge his brother. Ellie goes after him. You get to play as both Joel and Ellie like the good ole days, then they reunite towards the end to find the killers. At the end, Joel is wounded but goes out like a champ killing off as many enemies as he can. In the finale, Ellie is the one to kill Abby, but Joel is hella wounded. He dies in Ellie’s arms. THAT would’ve been way more meaningful than whatever the hell this was.    … Expand
  19. Lasqa
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Геймплей хороший, качество детализации отличное. Из плюсов пожалуй все.
    Сюжет, вроде должен быть хорошим, так как построен на ненависти. Что ненавистью не победить ненависть, но реализация ужасна! И вот почему.
    Во-первых, вроде как главный женщина по имени Эбби злодей, но Эбби абсолютно не хариматичный персонаж. Ты не испытываешь к ней симпатию. Главы с ней душные и скучные. Так же не понятна ее мотивация, ее отца убили. Но это не повод убивать Джоэла, если бы вместо нее добавили мужского персонажа, у которого Джоэл убил всю его семью прямо у него на глазах, я бы понял мотивацию убить Джоэла. Ели можно сделать так, во время схватки с ним он убивает Джоэла, это было бы очень грустно. Хорошая была бы мотивация у злодей в том,ичто он все детство жил в ненависти. У него не было родителей, его все ненавидили и пытались убить. Да всё, что угодно можно сделать, что бы это было интересно. Но разработки выбрали самый плохой из всех вариантов.
    Саундтрек это отдельная тема. Его в игре просто нет, или из редка похрипывает гитара на заднем плане. И все, никого эпичного, грустного саундтрека нет. Игра на натянутую четверку    … Expand
  20. BigB77
    Jul 1, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved the first game as many did. So I went into the game with a ton of excitement. The graphics were incredible. The gameplay was awesome. It seemed like it was going to be a game of the year contender... until the first 2 hours came and went and they killed off joel like an NPC. From that point on it went from GOTY contender to the worst game of the year. The story was incredibly dull and made absolutely no sense. Possibly the worst story I ever experienced. The ending was bitter sweet. Bitter because it was even worse than when they killed joel and sweet because it was thankfully over. Thank you naughty dog for giving us the worst gaming experience story wise in gaming history.… Expand
  21. Zanekin
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's sad watching all of the critics scramble to post articles about the game getting "review bombed" and looking for excuses to justify a bad game being given a legendary rating.

    The game moves extremely clunky and the sneak attack on "the infected" is beyond idiotic. Yes, let me put my arm right below a zombies mouth. This also feels like a game that would benefit much more from allowing users to make some choices. Instead we're mostly stuck watching a film with little game play.

    Critics will jump on the "this is obviously anti-LGBT crowd. No. No one gives a darn about the main character being a lesbian. It's not a romance game and frankly her love interest is so boring. Their interactions are boring and trivial. What makes their relationship worse is knowing the forgettable love interest is essentially Joel's replacement. Speaking of Joel... his death was poorly timed and very poorly setup. The writing around his untimely doom was horrendous. This guy lived 24+ years just to get clapped by some petulant woman he just saved. The guy never had a complete story arc and never had to confront his choice to essentially doom humanity's chance at a cure. Plus, it felt like a watered down crappy version of the Walking Dead's scene with Neagan.

    The game is gorgeous. There's no arguing that and I'm sure thats what critics are getting a hard on about. Not to mention, just like movies, out of touch critics love unpopular plot twists. These are the same people who will pan a movie like Avengers Endgame and then praise a movie like Green Book that no one actually cared to go watch.

    Get off your high horses and admit you're sheep. Not a single negative review from a critic? No one sees how fishy that is? But instead blame fans... you know the people who keep you in business and who the games are supposed to be made for.

    The game isn't horrendous but man it's really boring in-between cut scenes.    … Expand
  22. MarcusMatias
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sinceramente, os gráficos e a jogabilidade até que estão boas, mas cara, o que fizeram na história... Foi muita sacanagem o que fizeram com o Joe… Expand
  23. Lotex
    Jul 17, 2020
    4
    Pros:
    - Looks good
    - Plays decent enough Cons: - The story is mostly boring, you're forced to play a character most people dislike through said story and overall it ignores a lot of what was established in the first game - The characters are bleak and for the most part you don't really care for them at all. The first game had people like Sam and Henry that you liked at least a little    Pros:
    - Looks good
    - Plays decent enough
    Cons:
    - The story is mostly boring, you're forced to play a character most people dislike through said story and overall it ignores a lot of what was established in the first game
    - The characters are bleak and for the most part you don't really care for them at all. The first game had people like Sam and Henry that you liked at least a little bit despite what they do, but here you have pretty much nothing.
    - Blatantly false advertising
    - False copyright strikes/claims through Sony/ND/Muso

    It's like they took the first game, thought about what part II should be and then threw everything out the window. I'll give it a 4 for nostalgia reasons and because it has a few things that are fine, but you can't really expect more from a story game that blatantly ignores pretty much everything that was established in the first game.
    Most of the negative reviews have nothing to do with Ellie or anyone else being gay or trans or whatever, but simply with the fact that Naughty Dog disappointed so many fans with what they've created here    … Expand
  24. 1Panda
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    Honest Score: 4/10

    Detailed: Graphics: 9/10. Beautiful graphics, the most you can get out of a PS4 probably. Gameplay: 3/10. Controls are great and have been improved from the first part, but the game itself is dull and repetitive. TLOU was a difficult game, but its difficulty was for the right reasons, this game is too easy for all the wrong reasons. Story: 0/10. Getting to the    Honest Score: 4/10

    Detailed:
    Graphics: 9/10. Beautiful graphics, the most you can get out of a PS4 probably.
    Gameplay: 3/10. Controls are great and have been improved from the first part, but the game itself is dull and repetitive. TLOU was a difficult game, but its difficulty was for the right reasons, this game is too easy for all the wrong reasons.
    Story: 0/10. Getting to the point. Story is chaotic, has plot holes and is full of random rationalization of unconnected events.
    There are 3 thing I hate in this world: homophobia, misogyny and lack of empathy. There are 3 thing I hate even more: rainbow washing, pink washing and justification of bad acts based on personal traits. Guess which 3 this game has.
    Music: 4/10. This point may suffer from the comparison with TLOU, in the first game the music was awesome, in this one... is not.

    Bottomline: 4/10 when graphics are 9/10 means the game is horrible, it's just not worth it.
    It's great they have put all the accessibility features they did, it's a shame they didn't do it in a game people would actually enjoy.
    The game is already a failure. Don't you love when just being trendy doesn't pay the bills? I sure do.    … Expand
  25. LarsLundAnderse
    Jun 27, 2020
    4
    Could have been so much better. The story is so simplistic, that it drags down the gameplay, the 0 ratings are just as exaggerated as the Critics reviews. But the game doesn't deserve more than a 5 score at MOST
  26. Joshua-gmr
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (Yes it's my first review and no, i'm not a bot or a hater, I just felt the need to say what I think of this game)

    There's a thin line between hiding things on trailers to let the players experience the story without spoilers and creating false cutscenes for the trailers which is what happened here.

    Probably the best looking console game so far, incredible facial animations and motion capture with mostly good voice acting, the problem is that this things alone can't make a good game without a good story and even more so when we are talking about tlou sequel.


    Everything that was loved about the first game is destroyed here, the characters from the previous game just don't feel like themselves, there are many other plots that I can imagine in seconds that would be way more interesting than this revenge story, there are just so many questions that end without an answer.

    In terms of story, part II is an inferior game, gameplay is improved but becomes boring way before the game ends.

    Let's just say I feel betrayed, the game fails at making me feel empathy for the new characters and the ending "missed the notes" it desperately wanted to make me feel.

    Most fans should stick with the first one, the message there is powerful, here it's hollow just because.    … Expand
  27. ansnsndjjx
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    The direction Neil decided to go with this game is appalling. Garbage story and characters. Garbage woke pandering BS. BuT ThE GaMe LoOkS GoOd. Its expected to look good. its a 2020 game made by a triple A company. Not worth the price.
  28. rehnzor
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    Great technical achievement but the story falls short of TLOU1 in a gross way.
    How dare you kill Joel in such an unceremoniously way and for no reason?
    Ellie's revenge is petty and Abby is boring.
    Neil Druckmann was just lucky with TLOU1 and shouldn't direct any more games.
  29. sjdknas
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    I find it hard to believe that this game is so highly rated. The gameplay has not been improved since the first game bar some minor additions such as a jump button and the ability to go prone. There are no puzzles in this game, a departure from the first game and from Naughty Dog's Uncharted series which feels disappointing, the game never challenges the player, choosing to throw you intoI find it hard to believe that this game is so highly rated. The gameplay has not been improved since the first game bar some minor additions such as a jump button and the ability to go prone. There are no puzzles in this game, a departure from the first game and from Naughty Dog's Uncharted series which feels disappointing, the game never challenges the player, choosing to throw you into the same combat encounters every twenty minutes between some light hiking. The entire game feels stale, like it never left the ps3 generation other than the graphics and animation which are, all things considered a technical masterpiece, I never experienced a single bug or glitch throughout the entire game. Unfortunately the game is hugely let down by a truly terrible story and boring unlikable characters including those that return from the first game. The story beats are anticlimactic at best and never made me want to carry on playing the game. It feels as though the story is trying to push complex themes that never mean anything. The entire game is based around revenge but the game fumbles and drops the ball repeatedly when it comes to this idea. It looks worse when you consider both God of War and RDR2 dealt with the same themes in a much better way than the last of us 2 did. This game is also totally hopeless and bleak, as if it were trying too hard to take itself seriously, I found myself laughing at some of the choices these characters made. This game feels like it's story was thrown in about 6 months ago and was never developed further beyond a base idea.… Expand
  30. Socialite
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    The story starts out strong and you have strong motivations for what you are doing and your quest. However, that you 2/3 into the game gets stuck in what you think is a short 20 min view of the antagonist motives turn in to 11 hours and 38 minutes until I'm once again given control of our protagonist Ellie.

    On the technical side, the only annoyance I've had to struggle with is some    The story starts out strong and you have strong motivations for what you are doing and your quest. However, that you 2/3 into the game gets stuck in what you think is a short 20 min view of the antagonist motives turn in to 11 hours and 38 minutes until I'm once again given control of our protagonist Ellie.

    On the technical side, the only annoyance I've had to struggle with is some strange rubber-banding on the companions AI, where they block you from hiding or moving over certain areas unless, you walk far enough away some they are pulled to move then you can try and interact with them. The handicap options are top notch and more games should take notice on how to implement these options in their games

    The constant jumping in timelines and wonky rubber-banding companion AI makes a mess of a story that was great until 2/3 in. I don't care for the antagonists motives and nothing in my 11 hours and 38 minutes changes that other than making it a grind to push thru to see the rest of Ellie's story.

    4/10    … 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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