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  1. Jun 23, 2020
    4
    The graphics, world, gameplay, acting and motion capture is second to none! The expertise, polish and attention detail by the technical and performance staff should be highly commended. It’s the story which completely lets all that hard work, be completely overshadowed and destroyed. The behaviour of “some” involved at Naughty Dog and Sony has been disgraceful as well. This game shouldThe graphics, world, gameplay, acting and motion capture is second to none! The expertise, polish and attention detail by the technical and performance staff should be highly commended. It’s the story which completely lets all that hard work, be completely overshadowed and destroyed. The behaviour of “some” involved at Naughty Dog and Sony has been disgraceful as well. This game should have cemented Naughty Dog as the best in the business, has now made itself an embarrassment. I feel terrible for the good work/workers at ND. Decisions at the top, threw them under the bus, so to speak. Bitterly disappointed as a TLOU 1 fan. Expand
  2. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game could have been so much more. It’s a shame, the gameplay and graphics are astounding but the fact they kill Joel like that is disgusting. I loved the Ellie part of the game and that’s who the game should have been about. This was Ellie’s story, except it was only half Ellie’s story. The way they forcefully make you play as the She-man that killed our beloved hero and father figure to Ellie is just sick. I don’t know what they where trying to achieve with the Abby part of the game. I have no empathy and Feel no sorrow for her throughout the play through. Also the fact that you forcefully have to beat the **** out of Ellie is so wrong. We love Ellie , why the hell would w...................want to beat her to a pulp? And don’t even get me started on the ending . All I can say is this game could have been the game of the generation ruined by poor writing . Goodbye naughty dog and f u Noel **** Anpulp? Expand
  3. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    This game is the most important game of this generation and these idiots ruined all, the storytelling is **** trash.
  4. Jun 24, 2020
    4
    This game has qualities other games would kill for. It has so much talent on display with regards to environment design, voice acting, motion capture, animation, graphical fidelity, and just about every other aspect you could think of when it comes to production value. And yet it's all in service of a plot about idiots killing each other for literally no reason other than to say revenge isThis game has qualities other games would kill for. It has so much talent on display with regards to environment design, voice acting, motion capture, animation, graphical fidelity, and just about every other aspect you could think of when it comes to production value. And yet it's all in service of a plot about idiots killing each other for literally no reason other than to say revenge is bad, and with gameplay that feels half-hearted and at times completely broken.

    When the credits started to roll I felt sad, not because of the story or characters like how the game wanted, but because the game squandered its gifts. I just hope some developers out there find a way to harness the goodness out of the last of us part II, and deliver a game that truly deserves it.
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  5. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    If you loved TLOU1 for it's story and relationship between Joel and Ellie, Then do not buy this game. The gameplay and graphics are phenomenal and amazing but the story is complete garbage. Waited 7 years for this **** to come out. **** Neil Druckmann. I recommend a sale if your going to buy this game.
  6. Jun 23, 2020
    4
    Graphics and gameplay are a 10/10, but story is a 0/10, so, this is pretty much a 4/10 game.
    Why not a 6/10? well, the team behind this game said several times they didnt want to make a "fun" game, and that the main focus should be the story, well, if the studio considers the story so important, then it weights more than the graphics and gameplay.
  7. Jun 27, 2020
    4
    Después de haber llegado a la segunda mitad de este juego en mi segunda vuelta, el juego se vuelve realmente pesado, le faltan el respeto a la mayor parte del trabajo hecho en la primer entrega, las personalidades de los personajes van decayendo demasiado y la historia empieza a perder sentido de una manera preocupante.
    Existe un pésimo desarrollo del segundo protagonista,
    Después de haber llegado a la segunda mitad de este juego en mi segunda vuelta, el juego se vuelve realmente pesado, le faltan el respeto a la mayor parte del trabajo hecho en la primer entrega, las personalidades de los personajes van decayendo demasiado y la historia empieza a perder sentido de una manera preocupante.
    Existe un pésimo desarrollo del segundo protagonista, independientemente de las acciones que este hace el gameplay con este personaje es lento y aburrido.
    La recta final del juego es algo realmente pesado y realmente llegas a terminar el juego casi por obligación.
    Lamentable el trabajo que ha hecho el estudio con esta entrega y con su historia.
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  8. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    Waste of time what the hell is this story in this game. The Devoloper promote that we will get to play joel and ellie and we got this
  9. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I would like to preface this by saying I played this completely blind. I beat it once on moderate with about half of everything and 23 hour playtime. I had not watched a single thing about this game besides the one trailer shown 2 or 3 years ago. I'm not homophobic or transphobic or whatever else about this game has people riled up. I beat the first game as well and it still has a place in my heart because of how good it was. I want to start off by saying this: A lot people are mad that Joel died but what makes me angry and upset is the execution of said event, and what it meant in terms of story. It's a story about revenge, but it is taking a backseat to tedious gameplay and boring story points. The gameplay is the same as last of us 1 but even worse because that game came out 7 **** years ago and no improvements or changes have been made, besides adding melee combat as a more viable option. You'll be using your brain only to think about how bad the story is because the gameplay can be simplified to go behind enemy, push button, wait, repeat. Except 3 occasions, where you fight a boss or miniboss. Except two of them are the exact same thing, so there is only one unique boss encounter in the game. Braindead gameplay and a boring looting loop with an option in accessibility that basically loots for you as it pings every god damn resource take center stage as your characters talk about meaningless garbage. The story is bare bones, rarly elaborating on anything until up to 2 to literally 15 hours later. Your not shown any repercussions for your actions until so many hours later you either forgot or it's such an insignificant detail it makes no stupid difference. Like on day 2, you kill this girl who was playing this game, and on day to of abby's timeline, its revealed her name was whitney, and she said one line of dialogue, and you can buy her **** model in the extras screen on the main menu. Its trying to preach to you that revenge is bad, and it only leads to making te situation worse, but nobody **** cares the bastard killed MOTHER**** JOEL. He was one of my favorite video game characters and this game ruined that for me, because he also is a rare one that was in an awful situation and had a mostly happy ending. The best moments in this game are the flashbacks as ellie, especially the one at the museum and the one that happened after dina kissed ellie. Im not one who cries during video games, but when ellie apologizes to Joel and says she wants to be closer with him I was right with Joel tryna hold in my tears. It feels like all the effort in writing went into these flashbacks with Joel, because th writers knew the main person people wanted was Joel. I'm not saying they're didnt deserve the effort, the former hero deserves this treatment, but comparatively, the games average writing is mediocre at best. I'm also going to say it was to lokg and the whole playing as abby section really bugged me. Your playing as the bad guy your also lead to hate, and if you hate the character your playing as, you dont want to play the game. This whole section frustrated me to all hell as it goes on for longer than ellie's section did, if you didnt **** around for to long. I resorted to running by a majority of human and infected by the time I got to abby, and it was still 2 hours longer than my ellie section. I'm not going to say anything more because I could rant for longer if I could, but i want to talk about the endings. It should have stopped at the farmhouse, with ellie refusing Tommy's pleas and having to deal with the trauma as punishment for killing and torturing people. That way, it could have still gone along with the game policy of revenge bad, acceptance good. But no it doesn't and "that's fine I guess because it can be finished right?" I thought. If I get to kill her, then I'd be fine with that ending to. But nope. This is where the choice should have come in. You could kill her or spare her. If you killed her, the prisoners would find Lev, help him back to health, and he would hunt you. If you spared her, the ending that happend would happen, but dina would be home waiting for you to return. But no the game is ass and doesn't do that. I have ranted for long enough have a good day and dont buy this game. Expand
  10. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    Sinceramente el gameplay es bueno un poco parecido a uncharted y menos a the last of us lo cual no me gusto mucho.la historia no me gusto ni mierdas ni comparado al primero y la muerte de Joel fue una decepción,los protagonistas secundarios son inolvidables los gráficos son hermosos no tanto como los de red dead redemption 2 pero hermosos.la verdad pensaba que este juego iba a ser unos deSinceramente el gameplay es bueno un poco parecido a uncharted y menos a the last of us lo cual no me gusto mucho.la historia no me gusto ni mierdas ni comparado al primero y la muerte de Joel fue una decepción,los protagonistas secundarios son inolvidables los gráficos son hermosos no tanto como los de red dead redemption 2 pero hermosos.la verdad pensaba que este juego iba a ser unos de los mejores juegos de playstation 4 pero solo es un juego con unos gráficos excelentes y una jugabilidad bueno y una historia muy mediocre enfocándose en promover la homosexualidad no tengo nada en contra de los homosexuales. pero es una mierda que no hayan podido traer una historia decente y gaste 50 dólares en esta mierda.la verdad me siento estafado yo quise jugar the last of us no un puto juego progresista. Expand
  11. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. You dont even get to play as Ellie for the full game if even half of it that right there thats a joke from the writers and director Expand
  12. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    I know that a lot of you are worried about review bombing but this game just wasn’t good story wise compared to the first.
  13. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    I finished tlou1 and tlou2... how could they kill part 1s main protagonist in the first hour of the game and force abbys gameplay down our throat? It's unforgivable that they did Joel like this. I'm okay with Joel's death but the way he was killed I couldn't understand. Tlou1 Joel was like Rick Grimes of twd never trusting strangers and is the survivalist to the bones. In this game heI finished tlou1 and tlou2... how could they kill part 1s main protagonist in the first hour of the game and force abbys gameplay down our throat? It's unforgivable that they did Joel like this. I'm okay with Joel's death but the way he was killed I couldn't understand. Tlou1 Joel was like Rick Grimes of twd never trusting strangers and is the survivalist to the bones. In this game he becomes a rookie by exposing his identity along with Tommy. Endangering their lives and getting him killed. Abby is a mess, no one likes her. And tlou2 to many minds never exists. In the ending you are forced to swallow another **** pill, and that's not killing Abby. After she bites off Ellies fingers, and bashed the characters we loved from the first one.. why are we not satisfied with the ending? Because you are forced to watch the pig roam free after all the **** she did. And using her to fight Ellie was painful. Tbh I enjoyed having ellie killing her over and over. Bottom line, this game spits on tlou1. It does exist just a dark fantasy of druckman. 1/10 Expand
  14. Jun 23, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. absolute garbage, horrendous, pathetic attempt at a sequel. die rise level isn't that bad tho Expand
  15. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Como puede ser que la historia este tan mal escrita,primero la muerte de joel es lo mas estupido en la historia de los videojuegos, como es posible que joel un personaje que en el primer juego era sumamente desconfiado de su nombre como si nada y entre a una casa llena de desconocidos sin siquiera un arma,segundo y final, como es posible que el final sea tan malo, ellie no obtiene su venganza y deja viva a abby que por cierto es un personaje super odioso y prepotente que itentan que le agarres cariño pero solo logran que la ldies mas, siguendo con el final abby si se vega de joel y ellie no de abby, en fin la hipotenusa. Si el mensaje es que la vengaza no es buena no me mates a joel a las horas de empezar a jugar porfavor que mala historia por dios. Expand
  16. Jun 21, 2020
    4
    Rage, hatred, and bloodlust. Ellie goes through the same monstrous grief like Joel did when his daughter was killed. Both were finding a way to cope with the loss by feeding their primal, dark side. Tommy provided no relief to either character and suffers his own torment with Joel and now, Ellie. Tommy continued to feed it for his own ease.

    Both characters made poor choices at great
    Rage, hatred, and bloodlust. Ellie goes through the same monstrous grief like Joel did when his daughter was killed. Both were finding a way to cope with the loss by feeding their primal, dark side. Tommy provided no relief to either character and suffers his own torment with Joel and now, Ellie. Tommy continued to feed it for his own ease.

    Both characters made poor choices at great costs. Now, each will need to deal with the ramifications for those choices.

    Story was poor is deciphering the characters. Graphics are great. Gameplay is great. The choice of having Abby as a secondary main character, not good at all. Abby was a beast with an unquenchable lust for violence. It's tough to see the humanity and flow of the story in this game.

    Hoping for a better game before the end of the PS4 lifecycle.
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  17. Jun 22, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think that is a good game but it make you hate joel. And in the ending you didnt kill abby after making all that travel Expand
  18. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El final es una mierda, que es eso de estar perdonándole la vida a Abby, durante todo el camino matas a un montón de personas por un motivo, incluso antes del final te cargas a dos hombres a sangre fría. Expand
  19. Jun 22, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gráficos bonitos jugabilidad buena pero la historia se mamaron debieron intentar algo mejor Expand
  20. Jun 22, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I feel like they added way too many new characters? I get introducing characters is necessary but JESUS ARE THESE DUDES UNLIKEABLE Expand
  21. Jun 22, 2020
    4
    Questo tlou2 e' una delusione totale , sembra un raccoglitore di oggetti Simulator .. non so dove i giornalisti lo vedono un capolavoro , bho, passi l'intero gameplay a raccogliere oggetti , passi ore a rancurare materiale a passare da casa a casa solo per poi ritrovarti il solito combattimento easy , con i soliti mostri... O con le solite persone . Questo gioco non e' divertente , spanneQuesto tlou2 e' una delusione totale , sembra un raccoglitore di oggetti Simulator .. non so dove i giornalisti lo vedono un capolavoro , bho, passi l'intero gameplay a raccogliere oggetti , passi ore a rancurare materiale a passare da casa a casa solo per poi ritrovarti il solito combattimento easy , con i soliti mostri... O con le solite persone . Questo gioco non e' divertente , spanne sotto al primo capitolo , il primo capitolo quando uscì all'epoca portava novita' e aveva anche un bel online molto giocabile, in queato capitolo non c'e' manco quello.
    Dove sono le novità ? I mostri/infetti sono uguali ai predecessore se non per qualche rara occasione , cavolo dovrebbe essere la prima cosa da implementare in un gioco survival i mostri , e invece ti ritrovi la stessa identica cosa fino alla noia più mortale . questo gioco e' la stessa minestra riscaldata male del primo capitolo che usci' 10 anni fa'
    Salvataggi automatici ogni metro quadro di gioco che non so cosa servono precisamente, secondo me solo per farti bestemmiare visto che aprendo una porta random ti puoi catapultarti in un'altra zona senza avere più possibilità di tornare nella precedente . La pecca piu grande rimane il gameplay , sei sempre alla ricerca di oggetti , i combattimenti non decollano mai , passi 40 minuti a rovistare nelle case per poi trovarti i soliti 2 mostri o 2 persone da uccidere.
    Sono fans dei survival horror , ma questo tlou2 e' proprio brutto Pessimo acquisto al day one .

    Al più presto sullo ScaFfale di gamestop
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  22. Jun 22, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am completely disappointed with this game. I can't believe I waited all these years to play it. The story was terrible. I was literally annoyed to have to play Abby for so long. Owen and Mel bored me to tears. The graphics were great but it doesn't save the game from a poor rating.
    I know the game is rated mature but some parents still buy it for their kids and have no idea what is in it. The language made me cringe and the agenda naughty Dog was pushing is over the top. I really wish I hadn't bought this game.
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  23. Jun 22, 2020
    4
    I'm speechless! Disappointed! Upset!
    Graphics 10
    Sound 10
    Story 0
    Game play 8
    Fun factor 3
  24. Jun 22, 2020
    4
    "The Last of Us 2" felt like writers being the real enemy of the game considering the Graphics, Atmosphere, Sound Design, Soundtrack and Level Design is such masterfully created by lot of talented people working very hard. Gameplay pretty much uses the same formula from previous game but its still enjoyable for a while even though i feel like kill animations could have been improved"The Last of Us 2" felt like writers being the real enemy of the game considering the Graphics, Atmosphere, Sound Design, Soundtrack and Level Design is such masterfully created by lot of talented people working very hard. Gameplay pretty much uses the same formula from previous game but its still enjoyable for a while even though i feel like kill animations could have been improved especially runner attack animations which were based only on just 2 sets of movement, you dodge and then you attack and that is it. AI companion system is improved a bit from previous game but still at times it can just run into enemy sight without enemy ai ever noticing.

    Last of Us 2 suffers the most from its narrative direction being a real mess with very much off pacing of story moments. Its lack of understanding of characters which "The Last of Us" mastered on. The first game knew its story is standard and the gameplay is only so much fun till its time and that is the reason why that game focused on the characters and well written dialogue being only 10 - 15 hours long. This game completely forgets about its own main character design with dialogue not so effective and most of the time coming off as cringy and illogical leading to 'SENSELESS' Character Choices that only exists to keep the story moving forward. The story interestingly focuses on the action/choices and its consequences but still failing miserably by contradicting its own point.

    There is no light in this darkness of The Last of Us 2 nor there is anyone looking for it in this game. It breaks my heart looking at this tragedy and misery this game is.
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  25. Jun 22, 2020
    4
    Completed the entire game start to finish. The graphics and gameplay were the highlight, the story genuinely ruined this game and series for me. The absolute worst kind of pseudo intellectual garbage writing i have ever sat through. I have never even reviewed a game before this point, but felt compelled to after how poorly the story turned out, the ending will leave you wondering why youCompleted the entire game start to finish. The graphics and gameplay were the highlight, the story genuinely ruined this game and series for me. The absolute worst kind of pseudo intellectual garbage writing i have ever sat through. I have never even reviewed a game before this point, but felt compelled to after how poorly the story turned out, the ending will leave you wondering why you spent 20+ hours playing this misery porn simulator. Expand
  26. Jun 22, 2020
    4
    Juego con buena jugabilidad y buenos gráficos, mismo así historia muy vacia y sin argumentos que te atrapen en ningún momento, final aun más decepcionante
  27. Jun 22, 2020
    4
    The graphics is great but that doesn't justify the poorly written narrative of the game. The story doesn't connect to the first game, badly written revenge story, no character development, players are forced to do stupid decisions and it clearly runs on agenda which hits a very big nail to the game
  28. Jun 22, 2020
    4
    While the gameplay is not special but ok I feel like the story really hurts this game, I was hoping the leaks weren't true but unfortunately they were, they lie in the trailer about Joel's involvement in the game, and ending is vary anti-climatic and will leave you scratching your head wondering "Why?", it felt like a chore to finish this game.
  29. Jun 22, 2020
    4
    Hello merry community. Have You heard of the tragedy of Darth Gameofthronious the Eight? Yes? Here it goes again.

    To start with - Yes, this game met the standards of GoT season 8. It was the most disappointing experiences I've had since May 19, 2019, when the final episode of GoT went live. Not to bomb the game right away I'll try to write something positive first. The graphics,
    Hello merry community. Have You heard of the tragedy of Darth Gameofthronious the Eight? Yes? Here it goes again.

    To start with - Yes, this game met the standards of GoT season 8. It was the most disappointing experiences I've had since May 19, 2019, when the final episode of GoT went live.

    Not to bomb the game right away I'll try to write something positive first.

    The graphics, world and gameplay were absolutely great. I remember playing TLOU1 for like third time just to watch the sights and postapocalyptic world. This time it's no different. The graphic artists did their magic and it's state-of-an-art.

    So now I can drop the bomb.

    The Last od Us is a story-driven game. There are no choices. There are no decisions to be made - and that's ok, as long as the story is good. This time - the writing was so bad that it did butcher the legacy of the first the Last of Us. Uterly-butchered-the-legacy. And they said that ideas cannot die.

    I won't be posting any spoilers not to spoil the fun(because You can still have some fun playing this game) for some people but the story is rubbish.

    Important moments being marginalized, some retrospectives, main characters we used to bond with senselessly slaughtered - without any backstory and understanding to it - and main antagonist being invisible till the very end. The story development is more like roaming the pseudoopenworld and... exploring. Because that's what drove me in that game. Exploring. Not story. There are no society issues pictured like in the first part. Nothing really shocking (yeah, they removed most of the brutality of the postapocalytptic world from the game), trailers were lies and... the story is just one huge plothole being kept with some very thin strings.

    Sorry Naughty Dog. I'm disappointed to an extent I can't even describe.

    My heart is broken - You made a game to pass once and then lock it up down in the drawer not to dive into it again.
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  30. Jul 19, 2020
    4
    As someone who did not enjoy the core gameplay loop in the first game at all, finding it outmoded and clunky compared to other titles, it was the story that kept me invested and pushed me through the poor gameplay to see it through to its conclusion. And it was worth it for me.

    In this game? Not so much. The mechanics have changed little since the original title, which is a shame,
    As someone who did not enjoy the core gameplay loop in the first game at all, finding it outmoded and clunky compared to other titles, it was the story that kept me invested and pushed me through the poor gameplay to see it through to its conclusion. And it was worth it for me.

    In this game? Not so much.

    The mechanics have changed little since the original title, which is a shame, because that long development time would have been ideal to just tighten up the controls enough to make combat and exploration a little more responsive and enjoyable. This is doubly disappointing as the story makes some very decisive and decidedly poor choices when it comes to pacing and character development, throwing out the foibles and virtues of existing characters, and instead repackaging them as clean blank slates to both serve the narrative direction and give plot armour to newer and less interesting characters.

    The mid and latter stages of the game felt more like 'going through the motions' so we can advance the petty revenge story, rather than watching loved characters - both old and new - grow in meaningful ways. I expect this kind of pacing and plot progression in open world RPGs where side quests and grinding are expected and even encouraged, but not in a linear and story-driven action-horror title. I followed this game through to it's conclusion, but honestly? I wish I hadn't.

    That said, if you are not motivated by story or writing or character progression and come for the gameplay (power to you), then you'll find a gorgeous world filled with fun little details, immersive ambient sound and lighting and some fairly pretty (albeit dark due to an over-reliance on interior levels) environments which show off the game engine and PS4 hardware in a way which would have some PC owners sweating a little.

    For me though, this isn't enough. I can never justify style over substance, and have returned the game for a full refund out of principle. I have only ever been disappointed enough to do this once before, and is not something I take pleasure in doing. I like to support art and artists, and I will never tell you to not spend your money, but all things considered, I would strongly advise not paying full price. Maybe catch this in a sale or on the pre-owned shelf at your local game store of choice.
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Metascore
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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]