The Last of Us Part II

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  1. channing042
    Jul 9, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad story...................................................................................… Expand
  2. safeword
    Jul 9, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was cautious going into this game due to the poor way ND treated concerned fans when the first big trailer hits. After playing it, I with that forced politics agenda was the least of this games problem. I didn't think I could hate a game so deeply despite loving everything about the first one.

    Everything you loved about the first game is gone. Ellie has become dull, and Joels death felt like being spat in the face and then laughed at as some poor excuse to create a revenge story that nobody wanted or asked for. Every subtle storytelling part (such as it being up to the player to interpret Joel and Tess' relationship) is gone and instead shoved in your face for the entire ride.

    Joels death is supposed to make you want Abby dead, however I couldn't muster up any feelings towards this random new chick, I could only hate the director for making that choice.
    There are no interesting contrast between the new characters, only violence, dullness and entire lack of character development not to mention the countless plotholes that all brings the game to nothing but a frustrating experience for all the wrong reasons.

    As for the "feminist agenda" that I (as a female for what it's worth) was feeling cautious about, it's sad to see that the only male character that gets to be useful and not a douchebag is the trans one. Hell it doesn't even make sense that there are so many female enemies when the first game empathized on women being somewhat few and far between, which was the whole point with Davids arc with Ellie and Marlenes concern when trying to talk sense into Joel in the end.

    The sadistic violence didn't even matter much to me when killing people, but then the dogs showed up. While logically it makes sense, it ruined my personal experience. I didn't like killing them and tried to avoid it, which forced me to skip out on any even moderately aggressive approach in playstyle - or be forced to watch a dog get slashed with a machete or blown to bits by a bomb instead. You're even forced to kill one during a cutscene, then barely an hour later the game puts you in an Abby flashback where you have a loving interaction with that very dog as a lazy and unfair form of guilt trip. The dogs even have names shout out if you kill them, just so you can recognize them in Abbys part.

    The game tries too hard to make you feel like a bad person for things you barely have any say in.
    It is when you think you're about to be done, that you get put back behind the wheel of Abby for another 10+ hours, where the game tries to prove to you what a good person she is and how much she's been developing while Ellie is out on a blind quest for revenge. They wanted you to initially hate her and soften up through this (which again, I never hated her, I simply just didn't care), but everything about her life and sob-story regarding Joel just makes her a massive hypocrite.
    Despite this however, I often found myself thinking that she -is- likeable if she hadn't been part of a **** revenge story.
    The thing is, Abby part if it had been a full lenght game wouldn't have been as bad at all, I might even have liked it depending on how such a story would have progressed if Joel and Ellie had never been any part of it.
    The game had a few nice gems and admittedly beautiful environment and acting, and I welcomed a slightly improved but overall same type of gameplay mechanics. The story - in this story and character-driven game - is just such a massive slap to the face over and over. The ending was in itself incredibly strange and out of place, so I will only hope that they leave the franchise be or make an entirely new cast of characters and put more effort into what people loved about the first one.    … Expand
  3. tedderz
    Jul 9, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There are several issues wrong with The Last of Us part 2. I had just finished the game and even played the first in order to better grasp the differences. What is heard a lot is Joel "killed so many people and many are after him for his violent life. If you had actually played the first game, you would know that when encountering the hunters. Joel had explained he was on both sides just trying to survive for the past 20 years with his brother. The hunters were a murderous group that killed innocent travelers to simply rob them. I would hardly consider that Joel "wronging" people. Another mentioned fact is the vaccine, maybe it was an oversight by both creators of first and second game but I actually work health care, there is no vaccine for fungi, it has not been made feasible yet, as well as the fact that killing Ellie makes no sense because finishing a vaccine would entail the blood, not the brain, if that was the case look at any infected and use that brain, her blood would be key, her neutrophils in particular. As for the controversial hospital scenario, it was left ambiguous for a reason; in fact you could actually choose not to kill the NPC (Abby's dad I suppose) by shooting in the leg, it does not even count towards a kill in the final counts of the game. Now, on to story of the first one; Joel had lost his daughter due to a soldier with orders to kill stragglers, leading to a bitter life of survival. Joel travelled across the country with a young girl reminiscent of his daughter, at first apprehensive and unwilling, culminating to a larger crescendo of love and finding a reason to live. That is what the game had done correctly from the first, this connection and character development of Joel and Ellie, told masterfully, even bringing strong emotion to mind when playing, it was quite beautiful. Now on to the second one.

    Here is the issue, this game lacks the ability to be able to elicit the same emotions as the first. The character development was haphazard to say the least; once you become attached to a character, they are killed, Jesse is a prime example of this. It is worth noting as well that Abby is now guilty (to the audience) of what Joel did, by murdering someone's father. Same can be said of both; any single NPC could be someone's father making Abby's revenge point essentially moot. Abby even goes on to explain that she had let them live, oh really? You only killed her father figure and the brother of the guy you had let live; keep in mind this is the apocalypse, loose ends can cause very disastrous in a world such as this. That is not the only problem with the story, the stereotyping of the characters is very baffling and never mentioned. Look at Manny, the racist depiction of him being hispanic, it automatically makes him a womanizer? Mel is another baffling choice, we clearly see that the WLF have the resources for soldiers, why in gods name would someone send out a pregnant woman into the field, who is a doctor no less! That makes her invaluable to the organization. Owen, who seemed to be the only moral person, and I say this loosely having gotten Mel pregnant and then having sex with Abby, does not even warrant further characterization; where does he fit in with Abby's life? Who or what was his background? Like Jesse that was squandered. The pacing of the game is off as well, why would you allow Joel tortured and killed, and then make the player play as his killer, who clearly had severe psychopathic, sociopathic, and bipolar tendencies? So we are to believe she is an angel in her play through? Next is Abby's father, not a single person is questioning the fact that he is willing to murder a 14 year old without consent from the girl or her guardian Joel. Also within the lore, they have killed others with 0 success and you expect us to believe killing Ellie would magically have a 100% success rate? I am sorry but Abby's father has to be the worst Doctor of all time, where are his fellows, residents, or even nurses that are continuing his research and teaching his research? Every doctor and surgeon has those and passes that knowledge so how is he the only one? Every character was out of character as well, Tommy was wishy-washy where in the first game Joel had said his brother is impulsive. Ellie was a free spirit that saw the levity in everything, even before Joel's death was still dark and bleak. In the first game Ellie knew that Joel had lied to her, how else does someone end up naked in a hospital gown in a fast driving car without incident? The game does not make sense, maybe if the pacing was different, that would work, like play as Abby first perhaps? Or since Joel saved your life, since the game makes clear that Abby is so moral since Joel saved her life numerous times at the beginning, does that not earn a temporary reprieve? Joel and Tommy survived 20 years on caution, so why throw that away for a random group of armed people you don't know? The writing was poor, period.    … Expand
  4. cdlinds
    Jul 9, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "There was a sequel...wasn't as good."

    This isn't the game many of us wanted, but this is the story that ND wanted to tell. There are some truly great moments, but this game effectively destroyed everything and everyone that like minded fans loved from the first game. I think we all expected Joel to die. This was supposed to be Ellie's story. What we got was a pointless, miserable first half of the game with Ellie, and an action-packed kick-ass (save for a few moments that dragged on and on) second half of the game with a character that a lot of us hated and had no desire to play. There were points I didn't even want to continue playing. I felt nothing for Abby and her friends. I admit I am a huge fan of Joel, I got attached to and invested in both him and Ellie. And I never stopped hating Abby for what she did. But I didn't even dislike this game because he died.

    This game is trying waaay too hard to push an agenda that it forgot what made the first game so great. Was the first game ground-breaking in it's plot or gameplay? Of course not. But we fell in love with the Joel/Ellie dynamic. We fell in love with the side characters, the lore, and the world. I cared more about Tess, Bill, Sam and Henry, than I ever did about Dina, Jesse, or (especially) any of Abby's friends. This game is just an exercise in misery. There's no comic relief, there's no "light" to look for in this darkness. Even the feel good flashbacks with Joel and Ellie, which offered that dynamic we craved so much just made me feel sick. It's just bleak for the sake of being as bleak as possible.

    I got so sick of seeing Abby succeed and get her way in almost every scenario. Plot armor as thick as her arms. I love seeing more strong female characters, we all love to see it. But we already had that in Ellie, did they really have to push Abby on us so hard? Admittedly Abby is a good character, and if the story had been presented in a different order instead of the screeching halt at the halfway point, I probably could have at least felt better about her. But I never would want to play her for 10+ hours. Just no.

    I'm not going to say this is a bad game. This is a bad sequel.    … Expand
  5. demo-whymo
    Jul 9, 2020
    4
    The actors and actresses in The Last of Us two were brilliant but the writing was so boring it was hard for me to follow the plot.I feel like I've lost my money and not gained anything from it.I believe meal druckman is probably a good writer but let's just face it The Last of Us 2 is poorly written and poorly directed and poorly executed.I believe this is a product of the year 2016.That'sThe actors and actresses in The Last of Us two were brilliant but the writing was so boring it was hard for me to follow the plot.I feel like I've lost my money and not gained anything from it.I believe meal druckman is probably a good writer but let's just face it The Last of Us 2 is poorly written and poorly directed and poorly executed.I believe this is a product of the year 2016.That's a year were politics became the first word on everyone's lips and sadly I believe media has faulted because of it.every piece of media has a narrative behind it but in the last 4 years it has become even more evident.There is nothing wrong with this but in most things today it is poorly executed. but I digress this is a product of an age of political correctness and there's nothing wrong with that but the problem is it is just so poorly executed as I've said before.when the game does get good the problem is it sucks you straight back out into a story that you don't want and the truly fun moment I've had on this game is looking at the detail of the map and how beautiful it is.I was also disappointed to find out the multiplier would not be released the same day as single player I feel like the multiplayer section of this game is almost Dead on release.and as sadly as The Last of Us 1 multiplayer was fun to play it wouldn't be enough for me to recommend you to buy The Last of Us 2 just to play the multiplayer.honestly there's so many more games capturing the feeling of Revenge so much more better.4 out of 10 wouldn't even force my worst enemy to play it. apologies for the programmer… Expand
  6. JuliBerserker
    Jul 9, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un juego 10/10 a nivel de jugabilidad,graficos,animaciones,fisicas y ambientacion, pero a nivel de historia muy forzada solo por que al director del juego le intereso contartela asi como asi. Te intenta plantear un mensaje que al final no te transmite nada mas que "Tanta espera para esta historia sin sentido?", la inclucion de Abby y (Tratar de empatizar con el personaje) muy patetica.… Expand
  7. Warzenschwein86
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love this game, its shows what hate can make with you if you are not able to handle it.
    Would give it 9/ 10 but the **** because the protagonist is a lesbian bring it on to 10/ 10. I like the pure violence between ally and abby. And the faces from the person going to dead by stealthkills. I love both of them, ally like abby. I like to see a spin off from the way of abby. And of course part III. KEEP GOING OnON    … Expand
  8. Darkmaynard
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    This is a masterpiece! Amazing story, great game play. A must play!!!! Don’t listen to the bigots
  9. Salvador98
    Jul 9, 2020
    1
    I decided that it would be better for me to write a review after completing the game entirely and here I am around 25 hours of gameplay. If I had to sum this game up in three words they would be "A massive disappointment". Let me get something straight, there is nothing wrong with having LGBT characters in a game. In fact we found out of Ellie's sexuality in the DLC for "The Last of Us"I decided that it would be better for me to write a review after completing the game entirely and here I am around 25 hours of gameplay. If I had to sum this game up in three words they would be "A massive disappointment". Let me get something straight, there is nothing wrong with having LGBT characters in a game. In fact we found out of Ellie's sexuality in the DLC for "The Last of Us" that she was gay, which is fine. The first game is my absolute favorite game ever and it breaks my heart seeing that they took this route with the second game. They absolutely destroyed everything they built up in the first game within the first 2 hours of this game. The story is absolutely horrendous it was based on hate and the desire for revenge. After the first 5 hours of gameplay I honestly just did not want to play the game anymore. I had to force myself to play this and it pains me because of my excitement for this game to come out, just to see Niel just burn everything from the first game down to the floor. The reason I am not giving this game a 0 is because of the graphics and game-play. The graphics are gorgeous and the gameplay is ok. I absolutly hated that Naughty Dog forced me to play half of the game as the character that murdered one of my favorite characters in cold blood. The issue here is what made the first game so amazing was the story, that was the important part of both games. The Last of Us has always been about the story. The ending was horrible as well and Neil already said that there are no plans to release a DLC with this game which I see them as saying "there are no plans to fix the story". Like I said earlier in this review, I have nothing against them adding LGBT characters in the game but I really felt like Naughty Dog was trying to shove them down my throat, like if they were trying to push an agenda through this video game, it made me feel like it was less of a video game and more of a political statement which is another reason I think is why most of us gamers dislike the game. Honestly I think this game was a waste of money and a waste of my time. I just really hope that if they do make a third game or a TV show/movie they don't use Abbey as the protagonist, she is the most hated character in the game... that will definitely be the final nail in the coffin for us fanatics of the franchise.… Expand
  10. Lastofusfan2
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    The most emotionally complex AAA game I've ever played. Masterclass in storytelling for videogames.
  11. MatheusValente
    Jul 9, 2020
    4
    Only grafics and gameplay doesnt save the whole game! The plot is too week!
  12. nodevolucion
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    Simply a masterpiece. Many of the negative reviews were published less than 24 hours after release, when it was impossible to have completed the game. Those who have played through and it who command a modicum of emotional intelligence recognise it for what it is: an intense, thoughtful, immersive experience. It's certainly not for the light-hearted, but what it demands of the player, itSimply a masterpiece. Many of the negative reviews were published less than 24 hours after release, when it was impossible to have completed the game. Those who have played through and it who command a modicum of emotional intelligence recognise it for what it is: an intense, thoughtful, immersive experience. It's certainly not for the light-hearted, but what it demands of the player, it gives back in spades. The greatest game of this generation.… Expand
  13. AgrajagThegreat
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    The Last of Us Part II is not the game the fanbase wanted, it's the game they needed to play.
  14. Bajjab
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Amazing continuation of the narrative explored in the original game. This game doesn't just justify it's existence as a sequel, but it doubles downs on the themes and narrative beats established in the first game.… Expand
  15. radiohans
    Jul 9, 2020
    6
    the plot is simplistic and victim to bizarre plot convenience. but that's not the only facet of this game, like so many seem to think. the gameplay is REALLY fun and diverse. plenty of different ways to play through the levels. the music is often one-note horror ambience, which is sometimes effective, sometimes not. the music scenes were wonderful. the acting was superb made me feel thingsthe plot is simplistic and victim to bizarre plot convenience. but that's not the only facet of this game, like so many seem to think. the gameplay is REALLY fun and diverse. plenty of different ways to play through the levels. the music is often one-note horror ambience, which is sometimes effective, sometimes not. the music scenes were wonderful. the acting was superb made me feel things a lot. dialogue was sub par, though. sometimes it felt like the script writers had no imagination. but sprinkles of gold lay hither and thither. letting the story as a whole sink in after the fact was also rewarding. the latter half of the story made me consider to what extent i should keep playing a game if I don't enjoy it. a bit of bias can go a long way in ruining everyone's experience. visuals were stunning across the board. and doing the most fun levels over and over again proved to be a great time! the game is good.… Expand
  16. metraton
    Aug 26, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La historia no continuó con lo que se mostró la primera entrega horrible y muy decepcionado… Expand
  17. Pulse2037
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The plot is different than the first game, while the story could have been told better by swapping the timing of some chapters, it is quite great. Few games, maybe none before this one, have made me feel the emotions I felt today as I finish it. It's a story as much about forgiveness as it is about revenge. I can see why it is controversial, for some they perhaps have never been in a situation where you had to either forgive or allow bad things to keep happening. Sometimes it's not about justice but about moving on with your life. The graphics were a bit off on some of the first levels, even got a bug after using photo mode, but the later part of the game was beautiful and the gameplay and mechanics were simply amazing. I would recommend this to anyone looking for media that makes you actually feel. Great game! Would gladly play a sequel with Ellie trying to get redemption to get Dina back.… Expand
  18. Mainin
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not great, not terrible.

    Like when the main character dies after 2 hours, it's not very good    … Expand
  19. Soropp
    Jul 9, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Everything about this game felt forced. "JOEL IS BAD" "DINA HAS A PERSONALITY" "LOVE ABBY" Couldnt play the game telling me what to think about characters and forcing a lot of political ideologies on to players.
    Gameplay wise its exact same as the first with the grand addition of jumping and crouching...    … Expand
  20. SlipknotHeretic
    Jul 9, 2020
    9
    I loved the game. Not quite as good of a story as the first, but good nonetheless. Gameplay and graphics are phenomenal. Great soundtrack as well.
  21. Rottentrails
    Jul 9, 2020
    5
    It's ok kinda fun for half of the time gets really boring was hard to finish. I didn't play 1st one but the story seemed to be trying really hard to make you "feel" and came off really forced. I'd wait for a sale price .
  22. Cynicalpuppy
    Jul 9, 2020
    4
    The graphics are great, the gameplay is alright, but the story is pretty crappy. A major disappointment after having waited for so long for it. I should have actually checked out the spoilers instead of avoiding them and come to the realization I wasn’t going to enjoy the game. Won’t make the same mistake twice, especially not with Naughty Dog after how they lied in their advertising ofThe graphics are great, the gameplay is alright, but the story is pretty crappy. A major disappointment after having waited for so long for it. I should have actually checked out the spoilers instead of avoiding them and come to the realization I wasn’t going to enjoy the game. Won’t make the same mistake twice, especially not with Naughty Dog after how they lied in their advertising of who you're going to be playing.… Expand
  23. Juansofa
    Jul 9, 2020
    8
    Yes! It was hard to accept joels faith, to be honest hated the way ND treated him... BUT, i respect what they tried to do here... Could it be better?? Yes for sure, but i cant deny this is a hell of a achievement in the game industry. Hate not to give it a 10, but thats my way of honoring Ellie and joel.
  24. dragonspawn21
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    This game won't be to everyone's liking. It's brutal, long, and has a controversial story and pacing. But all of that worked beautifully on me. If you like seeing a game dev really swing for the fences with storytelling, like having your own point of view or emotions challenged, or just like something that has a dark heart then you owe it to yourself to give this game a shot. It can be byThis game won't be to everyone's liking. It's brutal, long, and has a controversial story and pacing. But all of that worked beautifully on me. If you like seeing a game dev really swing for the fences with storytelling, like having your own point of view or emotions challenged, or just like something that has a dark heart then you owe it to yourself to give this game a shot. It can be by turns brutal, beautiful, thoughtful, lonely, and belligerent. When I finished playing it I felt exhausted. Now a few days later I feel haunted by it, but in a surprisingly good way.… Expand
  25. Danielqw10
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    The last of us part 2 é provavelmente o jogo mais ousado já feito, tratando de assuntos polêmicos e te obrigando a ver a história de duas perspectivas opostas, alguns não estão preparados para essa aventura que trará sentimentos agridoces, mas para aqueles que jogarem e finalizarem essa obra sem preconceitos de entente der o lado da Abby, perceberá a grandiosidade dessa obra primaThe last of us part 2 é provavelmente o jogo mais ousado já feito, tratando de assuntos polêmicos e te obrigando a ver a história de duas perspectivas opostas, alguns não estão preparados para essa aventura que trará sentimentos agridoces, mas para aqueles que jogarem e finalizarem essa obra sem preconceitos de entente der o lado da Abby, perceberá a grandiosidade dessa obra prima contemporânea.… Expand
  26. dal6326
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    An Incredible game with Poignant writing and emotional story telling. The gameplay is fabulous, and the designs are stunning.
  27. Fall_Forever
    Jul 9, 2020
    9
    Naughty Dog have taken incredible risks in story telling that may seem upsetting at first, but by the conclusion of the game you will come to understand their decisions. This is accompanied by some of the greatest gameplay in recent years.
  28. snukduruk
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    Normally its an 8/10 game for me but I'm giving it 10/10 because of the unjustified negative reviews by the angry gamer retards that didn't even play the game.
  29. drod815
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    The gameplay the graphics are unbelievable
    The story is original and unique very bold Ppl just mad cause of Joel and the leaks but it shouldn't define how amazing overall this game is
  30. Big_g50
    Jul 9, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Gameplay was the a mixture of Last of Us and Uncharted 4, the level design was the same as always. The soundtrack and sound effects were godlike so it’s like a typical Naughty Dog Game. The Story was easily the worse part of the game, this is possibly THE biggest disappointment in gaming history. And I’ll go through each point and compare it to the First last of Us. the Characters either went two ways, killed for shock value, bland as hell Character Assassinated. Joel was watered down, Joel never trusts anyone he doesn’t know, even normal Joel 20 years before the events of TLOU1 didn’t trust people, 20 years later Joel was willingly gonna run over a “hurt” person and damn near killed Henry twice if not for Sam and Ellie stopping him. Abby was a bland dueterologist, you can’t kill off your most beloved character possibly ever and then expect the player to feel bad for Abby, and let’s talk about character development, EVERY SINGLE TIME a character started having character development, they get written off in the name of Shock value Dina, Ellie, Manny, Jesse, Yara etc. Nora, Owen, Issac, & Mel were all bland as hell in Abby’s story but were good as side characters in Ellie’s, they served a better purpose in as mysterious side characters than bland main characters. Naughty Dog since 2007 has been. Authenticity with characters you can relate with to and believe in to the point you sit there and say “I believe in this, I want to play this I’ll pay to play this, and when it’s over did it deliver” that’s it. Last of Us 2 had neither of these... Also while I’m here. It really annoys me how much they changed Ellie, Ellie being the sadistic maniacal stone cold Killer doesn’t fit her character, she hadn’t gone through enough to have that much of a transformation in FIVE YEARS. Ofc she was always fun loving, emotional and the sharpest tool in the shed BUT* if you cross she only killed to protect HERSELF OR JOEL. Have some sort of consistency. Joel being the sadistic maniacal stone cold killer worked because he wasn’t a hero nor was he the villain he was a Survivor, surviving by any means necessary in a desolated world and it took him a span of TWENTY Years to get that far and had already gone through a lot even prior to losing Sarah. Storytelling and Theme I believe they used a ton of dumb logic and plot twists but some of the plot twists makes sense. For example Abby being a firefly that made sense why she wanted to Kill Joel but Dina being revealed that she’s pregnant and writing her off as Ellie’s partner through the journey made no sense it was clear that they were the best duo (outside of Joel and Ellie) and the entire narrative doesn’t fit the Last of Us. Me personally I’ll always say the Last of Us Part II should’ve never existed because the first one was so conclusive and gave you the feeling of “what happens next is up to your imagination”. Last of Us 2 doesn’t fit that part 1 was essentially about the infection first and the Fireflies/Hunters second Part 2 is essentially warring factions first and don’t forget the infection is sorry of kinda around. But the glaring issue is the lack of character development. No one had any development. Also not necessarily the lack of characters but the lack of meaningful characters that served to A. advance the Plot and served a purpose and not only teach the player a valuable lesson but teach us the player a valuable lesson. Sam and Henry taught us how too strong a bond could be and if you lose that person and the ramifications of losing that person could cause you to fall into that very same fate. Tess’ infection and death put them on there path and started Joel’s path on becoming a believer of the cure. Sarah’s death is what hardened Joel and that and Tess death is ultimately why he ended up saving Ellie in the end. What exactly happened in Last of Us 2 that really had ramifications outside of maybe Joel’s death. The second biggest issue is the fact that no one had any good chemistry or rather, in Ellie’s story they wrote them off too quickly for us to even truly pay attention. Take for example Tess and Joel they had perfect chemistry, jesting & talking with one another the ultimate Authenticity so when Tess died it actually meant something. When Sam and Henry died it meant something. Hell when Dina got wrote off as a supporting party member it meant something. When Jesse got shot it was for shock value and didn’t need to happen at all. The third and biggest problem is how they dumbed down Joel and how they killed him off so quickly and then forced use to play with him via flashbacks. Joel would’ve never gone back to help Abby (an unknown stranger he didn’t know) as shown when in the first game when he tried to run over the man who was pretending to be hurt, tried to kill Henry not once but twice, and told Tommy to keep driving when that family on the side of the road was stuck on the roadside.… Expand
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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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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