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  1. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played part one several years ago, and it was spectacular and I'd consider it one of the best games I've ever played.
    I've been looking forward to this game since the day it was announced and have literally been counting down the days- I got hit with spoilers which is a huge bummer but I still kept my head high and had faith in Naughty Dog to pull off a masterpiece like they did with the first game. Sadly, and in my personal opinion, they didn't pull through.

    The game-play mechanics and graphics are absolutely incredible and it is obvious that they took every small detail into account, but where it fell short was the story and this is why.
    You play half of the game as Joel's killer which I thought was a complete bore, I didn't really enjoy playing as Abby whatsoever despite ND's attempts at making the player like her and paint our beloved main characters from the first game as enemies. I never expected myself to be rolling my eyes and yawning during the game I held a preorder with for just under three whole years.

    Certain characters were also unrecognisable and had all the qualities which made them so loved in the first game thrown away completely.

    The ending was unexpected, but anticlimactic. Ellie has killed hundreds and hundreds of people without hesitation, but when it comes to killing the person who shot Joel's leg off and murdered him with a golf club, shot Jesse in the face and killed him instantly, and shot Tommy in the face with the intent of killing him but missed his brain- she decided to let her go.

    If I was rating the game off of game-play and graphics alone it'd be a 9.
    If I was rating it off the story alone it'd be a 3, which is thoroughly disappointing from a company which I had so much faith in.
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  2. Aug 30, 2023
    4
    They shat on the characters and ruined the story. Then added gay stuff so they can blame homophobia for bad reviews.
    Graphics are great: 10/10.
  3. Jun 25, 2020
    4
    It breaks me and my heart to wright this but after playing through this game the only thing I wish for was to have read the spoilers and never buy the game. I played through the first TLOU countless times, cried every time Sarah died completed it 100% grew to not only like but to relate to Joel, Ellie, Henry, Sam, Tommy and even Marlene. This game part 2 offers NONE of the qualities thatIt breaks me and my heart to wright this but after playing through this game the only thing I wish for was to have read the spoilers and never buy the game. I played through the first TLOU countless times, cried every time Sarah died completed it 100% grew to not only like but to relate to Joel, Ellie, Henry, Sam, Tommy and even Marlene. This game part 2 offers NONE of the qualities that made the first one not only good BUT a masterpiece. I have more respect for and carry more love towards Henry a character from the first that you play with for not even 1/5 of the story, then I will ever for Abby. She is an antagonist that you clearly are not here to relate to, given what she does at the beginning of the game without any exposition or explanation, yet you are forced to play as her for a good 8-10 hours of the game. Subverting expactions is NOT how you treat the sequel to one of the, if not the, most beloved PS4 titel of all time. We grew with, and came to love, relate and appreciate both Ellie and Joel through there story of grief, redemtion and hope from the first game, yet in this one it seems that the story writers either didnt play the first game or they didnt care about continuing the story where we left of. Joel accepting Sarah's death and Ellie hoping for a better future as a surrogate father daughter realationship. It breaks my heart to write all of this but I went into this game 100% blind and still with some hopes that all this negative attention the game was getting was wrong. To anyone calling this a "masterpiece" either you are bought or you just like the semi stealth gameplay to which I say go play assassins creed it offers similar stealth gameplay only better with a wider scope and not for 60 bucks. It breaks me to write this I loved ALL characters and the story from the first one such a shame they made it the way it is. I am still hoping it is all just a dream and we will wake up from this nightmare.
    Sincerly
    one of the biggest supporters/fans from the first The last of us.
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  4. Jul 1, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was expecting a lot thing from this game, but never expect that they going to **** up soo badly... i really love naughty dog... but this is so hard... and all this bad reviews is not just because just die... is for everything that happens in this game, Doesn't make sense.... (also metacritic is blocking negative reviews) i wan to put a more low score and i was impossible... Expand
  5. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics, sounds, details and artificial intelligence are incredibly good. I would give 10/10 points if there was no story. I have never seen such a ridiculous story. I've waited for this game for years. a complete disappointment. Why should I love the person who killed my favorite character? okay! I empathized. you want this. Abby is right, but i never won't love Abby. Why are you pushing this? and
    Why Ellie is a adolescent ???? Ellie very mature in first game and 14 years old ????
    and more...
    Couldn't be worse thanks. (in my humble opinion)
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  6. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    The plot and Nick ruined the game,To be honest, the game system has made great progress compared with a generation, but as a storytelling centered game, the plot is very bad, which is very fatal
  7. Jun 23, 2020
    4
    The gameplay is the same thing as the first game, no innovation, the jump feature is worthless, what the game forces you to see and play is beyond reason, is sad how bad the story is, it seems naughty dog had an agenda to destroy what everybody loved of the first game. But I must say the technology used is amazing, acting is awesome, dialog and everything that involves the cinematic, IThe gameplay is the same thing as the first game, no innovation, the jump feature is worthless, what the game forces you to see and play is beyond reason, is sad how bad the story is, it seems naughty dog had an agenda to destroy what everybody loved of the first game. But I must say the technology used is amazing, acting is awesome, dialog and everything that involves the cinematic, I can't even imagine what could have they accomplish if they had a good story, no plot holes, 7 years for this. Is just sad. Expand
  8. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    I do really loved the first game and trully was a fan of it, it makes me really sad to see how they have destroyed ALL you loved from the first game without any payoff, and I trully waited until the end of my gameplay to see if going through all of it was worth it... be warned... it wasn't

    Graphics: 8/10 taking Metro Exodus/Shadow of the Tomb Rider/RDR2 as 10's Gameplay: 5/10 puzzles a
    I do really loved the first game and trully was a fan of it, it makes me really sad to see how they have destroyed ALL you loved from the first game without any payoff, and I trully waited until the end of my gameplay to see if going through all of it was worth it... be warned... it wasn't

    Graphics: 8/10 taking Metro Exodus/Shadow of the Tomb Rider/RDR2 as 10's
    Gameplay: 5/10 puzzles a 4 y.o. could solve, the jump button is a joke, straight up boring.
    Story: 0/10 characters are unlikeable, their decisions more than questionable,
    Score: 4/10 This game isn't cannon for me, just a bad trip from Ellie.
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  9. Jun 6, 2021
    4
    the storyline is very bad but the gameplay is good and last of us 1 is way better
  10. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Lo último que espero tras gastarme 70 euros en un videojuego es que me den lecciones de moralidad, compro el juego para divertirme y pasar el rato no para que me adoctrineis. Esta basura ya lleva algunos años ocurriendo en el cine y recé y recé para que no llegara a los videojuegos ... ¿Y que tenemos ahora? Un videojuego que te enseña valores como que el hombre hetero es malo y que laLo último que espero tras gastarme 70 euros en un videojuego es que me den lecciones de moralidad, compro el juego para divertirme y pasar el rato no para que me adoctrineis. Esta basura ya lleva algunos años ocurriendo en el cine y recé y recé para que no llegara a los videojuegos ... ¿Y que tenemos ahora? Un videojuego que te enseña valores como que el hombre hetero es malo y que la prota es homosexual. Joer... Lo que menos me importa es eso, quiero historia quiero sustancia. Con respecto a los gráficos muy buenos los controles decente. El apartado sonoro increíble. Por eso los 4 puntos, pero la historia no se merece nada. No lo compréis, si eres fan del primero quédate con su final y no empieces esté. Pérdida de dinero.

    Por cierto, da pena como la prensa lo cataloga como un juegazo, ahí veis que todos están comprados. Basura y más basura. Como odio la corrección política.
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  11. Aug 29, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think Naughty Dog and Neil Druckmann made this game in this way to provoke people to argue over video games and to make even more money, I honestly believe this man made the first one with all his heart and soul, hoping to create a masterpiece, and that he did. But when he saw that he could make a **** ton of money by making a divisive game he could make people talk about it and sell more copies. In the spirit of this game lies literal lies, deceit and dishonesty. We were given trailers with Ellie and Joel, replaced with the asian guy, I cant even remember people's names from this game, that's how bad this game was. I'll even go as far as to say that this game was unforgettable but forgettable in a way, the story is trash with some trash plot twists and shock value. Joel literally dies in the first hour. Making Abby the worst villian of any video game ever. Later on a mexican guy spits on his caved in skull disrespecting him all that jazz. I wanna go on a rant about this game after 2 months but find it unnessecary to do so. This game checked off many of the current SJW check-boxes also, gay female main character, check, a strong independent woman as a villain, check, a PREGNANT woman going into battle with literal psychopaths, check, man weak women strong, check. I bought this game thinking I'd be playing this **** over and over like the first one but, was immediately disappointed when the credits rolled. And the ending, ohhh that **** was SOO DUMB. Imagine going on a killing spree, killing everybody even remotely close to Abby, and in the end not killing Abby because "dig two graves if you want revenge and revenge bad" clichés. It was the most aggrevating ending to a video game ever. They better not make TLOU3 or they'll go bankrupt. This was their shot, ND took it, missed it. Bury this game with the other "woke" games. $60 down the drain. Trash. Go play the first one it's literally the same game as this one but with better story. Expand
  12. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first the last of us was about two people recovering each other in a world where everything seems to be hopeless, it was about an unsual kind of love: the one about a man and his “daugher”, and not about the overrated love story. It ended with hope, the image of a man ready to risk his life and to do the craziest things ever to save the one who made him understand that there can be cure for past tragedy, he actually says “no matter what you keep finding something to fight for”: no matter what may bring you down in your life, you’ll always have the opportunity to not give up and and find something for which is worth living.
    And then what about the second chapter? what does it says to the player? To me it seems to be saying the exact opposite, contradicting the same message of the first one( and the dlc): life is nothing but keep suffering, it is empty, everything (so every happiness) is temporary, you end up living alone and with no reason to move on. I mean, I don’t know about others, but I used to rewatch tlou 1 to keep feeling that warm ambience and hope, and now guess If i’m going to do the same with the second one... That’s such a pity.
    Anyway, Of course graphics are to, but what’s the point of something that has a nice “container” if then the viewers don’t manage to create a true deep (constructive ) connection with protagonists? Emotions and feelings are The ingredients to make a movie/videogame or whatever immortal and a legend
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  13. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game itself from visuals, sound all the way to voice acting was perfect. It looks beautiful and the atmosphere is beautiful. But the story the main point in getting this game, is horrible.

    Joels death was rushed and pretty bad. The circumstances with the horde and the blizzard was a nice excuse to make him follow Abby into his death. But considering how smart they both were in the last game, that made no sense. They know they are wanted atleast Joel should know. He would never say his name like that. The way he died was also humilating, ganged ab by 10 People, after beeing immobilzed and then yea, golf.

    The next thing about the plot that is terrible: the way it evolves. Not only are you forced on playing abby and dismantle Ellie and Dina, but she also kills Jesse the way he got introdruced by opening a door within miliseconds.

    After that Tommy is heavely wounded and cant proceed on his path of revenge, which is fine, even tho Yara beeing right there at that time made no sense, same for Manny and Abby not beeing able to open the door, but after manny gets shot in the head she just jumps through it, like a saloon door.

    So far: Abby killed Joel, wounded Tommy, who cant even walk proplery anymore because his leg got shot with an arrow, dismanteld ellie whose spirit got crushed anyways after she killed her friends. I like that part tho, she is human and somehow regrets what she is doing.

    Tommy not beeing able to pursue her was tragic, but him beeing so out of character is just terrible. I can see the way Neil portrayed him here, Guy lost his brother, divorced his wife, lost an eye and cant walk amymore. But the way he took it out on ellie felt wrong there.

    Fast forwarding to the end..

    So you're there you dont get an option to kill her, youre just forced to let her go after you feed your fingers to her, which I will get to in a second, is probably the most unsatisfying thing you can do, it would be nice if you could atleast choose to let her go if you really wanted to: But this is just bad writing. The symbolic messages after the fight when she returns to the farm when she noticed that her pursue of revenge costed her fingers, the only thing that could still remind her at joel with the song she could play was pretty heavy to take in, and I kinda like the idea that neil had in mind, but then again... Abby got away, everything was kind off pointless. Not only did Neil spit on joels legacy but you also destroyed Ellies character. She was already broken after Joels death, everything she did and over losing Dina. But her forcing to leave the guitar there and loosing all she had just demolished what was builded with TLOU and Left Behind.

    In conclusion: Revenge didnt work, except for abby she got what she wanted, she lives, with lev and goes to the fireflies. Ellie just leaves the farm, with an open future. She wont get to remind herself anymore at joel.

    My recommendation to all of you, who are disapointed: Pretend this game never happend and keep TLOU legacy with honor and dignity in your memories.

    My last words to this game: burn in hell, pendejo tfu
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  14. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is an unbelievable mess, characters are misused and wasted, the plot is tired and predictable and half way through this game it pulls an unfortunate MGS2 switch a roo. Characters make decisions that are questionable concerning their own personality and history and the ending is complete trash. All I can say is that the graphics and animations are top quality. On top of that the gameplay is reasonably fun and brutal, however it gets incredibly repetitive and boring after a while.

    Honestly don’t waste your money on this.
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  15. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Arruinaron la historia de la primera entrega con este nuevo the last of us II Expand
  16. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    The game feels like several seasons of a TV show crammed into one game where none of the arcs truly have an ending. The game took everything that made me happy in this game (even my initial hatred for Abby, let's face it, it's fun to hate) and gave me nothing in return. It just ends with everything being miserable and empty. That's not to say the story is bad, it's just to say it's not aThe game feels like several seasons of a TV show crammed into one game where none of the arcs truly have an ending. The game took everything that made me happy in this game (even my initial hatred for Abby, let's face it, it's fun to hate) and gave me nothing in return. It just ends with everything being miserable and empty. That's not to say the story is bad, it's just to say it's not a story worth experiencing, simply because there is nothing to take away from it. I am sad and confused and have no idea where to direct these emotions, and not in a good way. The game is more deep than the leaks let on, but the story is ultimately not what the fans wanted, and frankly not a story that does anyone any justice. The game is bittersweet, but like 70% bitter.

    Also, virtually no one is upset about the game having LGBT characters. If anything, it's the virtue signaling of those characters and the unnatural use of them to (arguably) disingenuously push an agenda on the public. Please stop that narrative as it is false. The game is unlikable, accept it.
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  17. Jun 25, 2020
    4
    The gameplay Is really good, so the graphics and the levels of brutal violence, But at least so much repetitive and the story is a real real trash. They totally destroy the First chapter.
  18. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Gameplay was seamless graphics were amazing. Story was actual dumpster fire
  19. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    TLOU2 could have been a great sequel, but the choice made by the game directors after about 12h of play is catastrophic and leaves the player not want to play the game further. This choice breaks the game, breaks the relationship it built with the player after Part 1 and the first half of Part 2, and breaks the player's desire to know more about the story. In addition, a lack of memorableTLOU2 could have been a great sequel, but the choice made by the game directors after about 12h of play is catastrophic and leaves the player not want to play the game further. This choice breaks the game, breaks the relationship it built with the player after Part 1 and the first half of Part 2, and breaks the player's desire to know more about the story. In addition, a lack of memorable scenes, environments and action scenes, makes it average from a gameplay/experience point of view, in addition to the disastrous story. Graphics are amazing. Expand
  20. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    The Last of Us is one of my top 3 favorite games of all time. I legitimately have never had a game make me feel for the characters like TLOU did. Unfortunately, the sequel has pulled a "The Last Jedi" and let woke **** ruin an amazing series. The story is painfully bad, and the combat and gameplay, while as good as the previous game, and better in many respects, are not enough to putThe Last of Us is one of my top 3 favorite games of all time. I legitimately have never had a game make me feel for the characters like TLOU did. Unfortunately, the sequel has pulled a "The Last Jedi" and let woke **** ruin an amazing series. The story is painfully bad, and the combat and gameplay, while as good as the previous game, and better in many respects, are not enough to put this over the top.

    Druckmann, you done **** up. Rehire Amy Henig and remove yourself from being with any game ever again. - Sincerely, your fans.
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  21. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Not a good story only few likable characters. gameplay is just solid literally no new features to the game. Could have been great....
  22. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It gets a 4 because the gameplay and design were stellar, along with brief moments of letting characters breathe. Dina, Jesse and Ellie were all great together but the game was more concerned with finding the edginess of the walking dead instead of finding meaningful moments to let the player experience. Every moment with Abby is pure pain, the game doesn’t have faith in me to understand that a character could have an understanding sympathetic back story without making me play every boring second of it. Expand
  23. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I only recently experienced The Last of Us, and it's a shame to say that this game was an utter disappointment. The writing is a major step down from the last game, and the story it does try to tell is bare, and utterly cliched. "Revenge is bad", yeah you don't say. But the thing is, Abby couldn't show sympathy, why should Ellie? Abby is painted as a bad character from the start, AND SHE IS! She never actually redeems herself. And don't even get me started on the major step down already well-written characters received. Joel suddenly lost all of his years of experience as a survivor, AND THAT GOT HIM KILLED! This is my first time reviewing a game here, and I'm going to be fair. I'll split the game into two categories: Story / Narrative, and gameplay. Graphics are nice but don't make the game any more enjoyable so I won't add that to the review. Story: 0/5 - Gameplay: 4/5. In total, this game comes out at a total disappointing score of 4/10. Great job Naughty Dog. Completely un-enjoyable game. How did I sit through 20 hours of a good franchise's murder? Expand
  24. Jun 27, 2020
    4
    Has a weak story that destroys the legacy of a great game, some kind of propaganda mixed that seems like videogames truly are not more some place to think about the world we live in but to see what someone wants us to... great graphics but i truly wish i didnt preordered it
  25. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. STORY -
    first they killed joel in very lame way that doesn't make any sense(Joel and tommy are experience hunters they save abby and then our good boy tommy tell her his and joel name wow like a unexperience little boy and then they agree to go a stranger hideout and telling all of them their name wow i think they both lost their mind) and aslo why abby team let ellie and tommy lives thats also doesn't make any sense (they killed joel very brutal way and now they showing sympathy WOW)
    and in the end of the game ending doesn't not make any sense i know its revenge but thats not how its work man, ellie kills dozens of peoples to find abby and doesn't kill her AND LET HER GO
    ellie mostly kills all abby teammates (who only sees abby killing joel with GOLF) in very cruel way and in the end she gets joel flashback and then she didn't kill abby WOW, when ellie kills dozens of people and abby teammates why she didn't get that flashback before
    and there is lot more plot holes and rush kills
    they also give tommy handicap
    in the end the last of us part 2 story is very bad story i ever seen including Games & Movies & Everything

    GAMEPLAY -
    gameplay is same as before the only thing new is dodge and crouch
    also they downgraded the gameplay i think they show completely different gameplay in E3 Showcase
    Very well gameplay is fun for me but its same are before

    GRAPHICS -
    graphic is the only think that are incredible about last of us part 2 but you know graphic doesn't make game good

    OVERALL -
    i enjoy gameplay but not story
    and its very bad experience i ever have playing the game

    I GIVE IT -
    4/10
    and i never recommend it to anyone

    I don't believe how every big media and reviewer in metacritics gave the last of us part 2 10/10 its like they all paid man (if its like 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, i believe them but its 10/10 that's just impossible in this case)
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  26. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Hey did you know that revenge is bad? Well if you didn't, maybe 20 hours of janky 3rd person shooting and uninspired stealth gameplay will change your mind. Don't worry about the puzzles, you can turn those off.
  27. Sep 6, 2020
    4
    Last of us part 2 is extremely disappointing however you may like it it is divisive
  28. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    After just finishing The Last of Us I will keep this as spoiler friendly as possible. The Last of Us 2 at times with it’s graphical presentation and ultra smooth control can be awe inspiring. The attention to detail that was so evident with the first returns in some of it’s sprawling environments. Naughty Dog should be commended for that. Character models are top notch and the sound is theAfter just finishing The Last of Us I will keep this as spoiler friendly as possible. The Last of Us 2 at times with it’s graphical presentation and ultra smooth control can be awe inspiring. The attention to detail that was so evident with the first returns in some of it’s sprawling environments. Naughty Dog should be commended for that. Character models are top notch and the sound is the type of quality you expect from Naugthy Dog. Where the game falters is in its story telling, pacing and the overall direction of its character development. There is not one like able character to be had in this story. Everyone even the main character of Ellie is portrayed as being wholly monsters and for some of the previous characters who were established and beloved in part one they make choices that are counter to everything we know them to be. Many choices taken by them serve to only push the next plot point forward regardless if its something they actually would have done which is a huge no-no when it comes to writing well thought out character development. Quite Frankly the handling of the legacy characters of this franchise leaves much to be desired and thats my main take away. The last of Us 2 leaves a lasting feeling of leaving to much to be desired, things you felt never should have happened to or with the majority of its cast. Where as the first game had little rays of hope and light in this game there exist none. Its one bleak depressing slog from start to finish. Playing as the games new co protagonist Abby was one of my personal worst experiences in gaming after some of the egregious acts she partakes in. The continued forcing to switch to her really hurt my overall gaming experience. I simply did not like this character for her actions and there was nothing that could make me like her after what she does. She came across as the games clear cut villain and it was never going to go over well with the majority of gamers to be forced to play with her in this game. She will go down as one of the most polarizing hated characters in gaming history. Overall The Last of Us 2 outstanding presentation, accessibility, and character design can not make up for such a poorly executed story. I wanted to love this game as much as I did the first but I just generally had one of the worst game experiences of my gaming lifetime. Expand
  29. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Disappointed is an understatement , visually stunning but badly let down by the writing , no wonder 70% of the development team walked out
  30. Jun 20, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After playing the game and not looking at any controversy or reviews i can savely say what a hot burning mess of a story the graphics are amazing and the music is great but if this story is the best they could've come up with then please stop making games i get the LGBT+ thing but and that's not what makes the story so bad its everything joel just joing random group not being cautious or letting him get destroyed by a gorilla after surviving for so long and then this is the way how you let be cmon and the rest is just your basic revenge story like people say with all the accessibility options should've made a option to make the story better. Expand
Metascore
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]