The Last of Us Part II

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  1. TheMande
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly i got into the game thinking it's complete garbage and what i saw was astounding. I was actually amazed by the detail of the game. When i actually went deeper to see why the game is hated, like 50% of them are because Eliie is gay? Seriously? Like are humans that abysmally pathetic now? Our race is homophobic against a video game character? 2nd thing was false marketing, which i have to agree on, was pretty bad on their part. But false marketing doesn't make the game bad, it makes the developers bad. I noticed that half the people didn't even play the game, like literally, some comments were "the controls are hard", "the story is monotone", "the characters are dumb" and then the same people go on saying how Doom Eternal was the most original game ever (no offense, like the game, but that's just false). All and all Joel's death was explained and it has a legitimate reason, he isn't killed just because. The story is nowhere near bad written imo. The characters are pretty iconic and i definitely don't mind Ellie being gay, i actually understand it in an apocalyptic world. You really can't pick whatever you want, so you are more welcome to experiencing new stuff. right?… Expand
  2. MikeyGunz0
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    I’ve basically dropped everything else to play this game over the past few days - and with 30+ hours in, I JUST beat it - so it’s fair to say that out of the 75,000+ reviews, most of them probably haven’t completed the game.

    Last of Us 2 is a masterpiece... rating this 1/10 because you were in grief about what happened at the very beginning is a sign of emotional immaturity. I felt sad    I’ve basically dropped everything else to play this game over the past few days - and with 30+ hours in, I JUST beat it - so it’s fair to say that out of the 75,000+ reviews, most of them probably haven’t completed the game.

    Last of Us 2 is a masterpiece... rating this 1/10 because you were in grief about what happened at the very beginning is a sign of emotional immaturity.

    I felt sad too, but as the major storyline throughout both games has been about redemption & forgiveness, it feels fitting. Incredible game.    … Expand
  3. ExpecTed-KSA
    Jun 25, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I finished the game 3 days ago and earned the platinum trophy too just yesterday, it took me some time to process the game and the ending, and in my opinion there couldnt have been a better ending.. and yes one thing i was pissed about was Joels death, its not that ppl are enraged that u killed joel, they are upset because of the way they killed Joel. Ppl should realise that the game revolves around hatred and revenge, and both ellie and abbys story run parallel, at one hand ellie is furious and enraged wanting to get revenge crossing every obstacle in her way and at the other hand Abby is struggling after the stuff that went through, point is NO ONE IS THE GOOD GUY HERE, its the hate and coping with losing a loved one, the ending also in my opinion couldn't be better because if ellie would have killed abby, im sure she wont feel satisfied considering that she saw abby taking care of Lev, plus Abby has lost enough, all her friends family, she wasnt in the WLF anymore and all that, Sure ellie killed all the friends and did violent **** but that was in s fit of rage and anger, thats what naughty dog forced us to do to feel the anger, in the end Ellie was the bigger person cuz she didnt kill abby, in conclusion id giv this game a 9/10, notice how i only talked about story here yeh because if i start talking about the gameplay ill be here all day, the gameplay was **** sick and fun as ****… Expand
  4. MyDuckGoesCuack
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think The Last Of Us: Part II is even better than the previous one, don't get me wrong, the previous one was a masterpiece, but it doesn't reflect the sincerity of the world, since they give us to know that Joel and Ellie are like others, THEY ARE PEOPLE, they are not heroes. They show us that just like we kill people they also kill, and they also have loved ones. It seems to me that as Ellie develops in this installment it is fantasticshow us an Ellie who falls in love and goes through different situations, either like the death of her peers/relatives until she realizes that the best way to pay homage to shes friend is being better than him. It lets us know that sooner or later things are over, whether it's like our loved ones or as some feeling.Also I don't want people to take it the wrong way, this is my point of view, obviously there's always going to be people who don't like the game or who just don't support it .But it seems to me that The Last Of Us: Part II, is and will be a complete past and jewel of play. Thank you NaughtyDog for offering me this game, for giving me this expirience, just Thank You! And congratulations on your big game… Expand
  5. kanne
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. el nombre de juego se puede cambia a pongo lesbiana para verme políticamente corrector 2, porque no tiene nada de the last of us, la historia es tosca y el final Dios el final, es un asco,… Expand
  6. Sebaleiva
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    Un juego con un drama muy forzado y aun que la gráfica sea buena la historia no lo es
  7. LeoLopez
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Miren esas puntuaciones de 10 de gente vendida que ni siquiera pone un comentario con sustancia. Mas allá de su políticamente forzadas escenas y relaciones en este juego el maltrato a los personajes y a la historia que era lo que yo amaba y tanto defendía del primer juego se nota mucho, si la jugabilidad esta bien, pero el fuerte de esta historia era la historia y los personajes, se nota que el amor al dinero es mas fuerte que el amor al juego y a los consumidores, aprendimos nuevamente que los criticos "profesionales" son basura, al igual que los youtubers que se vendieron, lamentable… Expand
  8. aviv12356701
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Excellent Game Amazing Soundtrack Awesome Gameplay Amazing Story Game of the Year
  9. Gatosplay
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us, al igual que su antecesor, explora la condición humana desde el punto de vista de una protagonista, corrompida por el odio. Más allá, de las críticas de los falsos moralistas, que le dan bajo puntaje, TLoU, reivindica a los seres humanos que han sido vistos desde los márgenes y narra magistralmente, los vínculos y las reminiscencias de quienes una vez fueron parte de este mundo devastado.… Expand
  10. j0nfr3nch
    Jun 25, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very disappointing. ND took most everything that was great about part 1 and destroyed it. Audio, graphics and gameplay were top notch, but the storytelling and pacing destroyed what could have been a masterpiece. I wanted to stay spoiler free because I have been waiting to play this game for so many years and I wanted another incredible experience but I wish i would have just looked at the spoilers and saved my money. What broke the game wasn't the emphasis on strong female characters or the attention payed to the trans/gay side of the characters. In fact NDs storytelling seems to have just used Ellie/Dina/Lev as lazy inserts to appear "woke" and didn't flesh out any of these characters to their full potential. What destroyed the game in my opinion was how the handled Killing Joel. It's okay for a main character to be killed off, but when you slow torture one of the most beloved characters in recent videogame history right at the beginning of the game and then expect the player to empathize with the killer...well, the fans reaction speaks for itself. Such a shame that the writers had to ruin this game for the fans and everyone else who worked on it.… Expand
  11. kellyeesi
    Jun 25, 2020
    2
    It really pains me to write this review since I'm such a huge fan of the first last of us. I feel like naughty dog just spit on its loyal fans by killing off a loved character like Joel in the first 2 hours by a random character. Then proceed to make us play as that character for half of the game. I can't believe it took them 6-7 years to make this and this is what they come up with as aIt really pains me to write this review since I'm such a huge fan of the first last of us. I feel like naughty dog just spit on its loyal fans by killing off a loved character like Joel in the first 2 hours by a random character. Then proceed to make us play as that character for half of the game. I can't believe it took them 6-7 years to make this and this is what they come up with as a story? Just seems lazy and rushed. Don't get me wrong the game play is super fun just like the first last of us nothing has really changed. It's a shame that the beautiful moments in the game are going to be overlooked with the bad such as the museum scene. The biggest issue i have with this game is how they portrayed it in trailers making it seem like it was going to be another adventure with Joel and Ellie. If you want to learn more about that there's a article by James Lara on Sp1st its shows comparison pictures and videos of the trailer vs the actual game play.… Expand
  12. Saposaurus1
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    este juego tiene un hermoso diseño d niveles pero en cuanto en narrativa no esta a la altura de su antecesor
  13. Mancip
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A great game with an unbelievable gameplay, the history is not the best but i understand what they want to do… Expand
  14. Pabloglzs
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wanted to play to Joel but I understand if this game focus on Ellie (I mean I really enjoy playing with Ellie) buy I cant stand why they killed Joel and if this wasn't enough at the beginning of the game. I didn't enjoy at all playing with Abby, I seemed eternal for me to finish the storyline of a character I didn't like to play with. Putting that apart the gameplay and the graphics are really awesome but that's it.… Expand
  15. lzhtcr
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've got the platinum trophey so I think I'm qualified to write some comments. To be honest it’s okay that Joel died in the story, I believe most of the players have psychological preparation, but die like this?
    The awful story just ruined everything, I tried so hard to feel sorry for Abby’s miserable experience, but doing this only makes me feel sick, we spent so many hours with Joel and Ellie and we are so touched by their story, that’s why TLOU gained such a success, it made we players feel the same with the characters. But Abby? Come on,I really don’t give a s**t.(Her story was not that good btw)
    Naughty dog should at least give players options rather than just output their idea, I know that revenge may just end tragedy but I absolutely don’t want to spent money and time being told “oh you should do this, we need peace”. I only felt 200% angry, 150% sad and 100% insultant during the game and using Abby killed by Tommy and Ellie became the only satisfying moment.
    That’s it, 1 points for the great details and gameplay, -9 points for the story. I never thought a video game could make me feel so angry, well guess I’m too naive, sometimes too simple. Nicely done, naughty dog.    … Expand
  16. HHnind56
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    The game is very bad, it is not fun. Very boring, the story is also not good, I did not like it. The graphics were average, sometimes blurred, but that's okay. The game's physics of reality is a little interesting, the only positive point, but you can't ignore the other drastic mistakes in the game. Literally crap, I don't recommend it to anyone!
  17. Emirhanonal
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    Hikayesi ile sevilen övülen oyunun hikayesinin boktan olması şaşırtıcı
  18. Thetruth1945
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    I enjoyed the first one. No problem with it. Replayed it several times. But this one, I played it and after 6 hours of hitting square and repeating same buttons to kill something it got old fast. The story line I was very very lost when it came to this. I didn’t understand all the switching back and forth as in who to chase down and attack. Why? Or how they could still be alive lol.I enjoyed the first one. No problem with it. Replayed it several times. But this one, I played it and after 6 hours of hitting square and repeating same buttons to kill something it got old fast. The story line I was very very lost when it came to this. I didn’t understand all the switching back and forth as in who to chase down and attack. Why? Or how they could still be alive lol. The graphics looked pretty good. I was impressed with the lighting. But what got me is why in the hell there is nudity in this game. I mean what are they trying to get us to watch. Killing the dog? Come on this is crazy. So animal cruelty is a big thing in the game. Now I have nothing against any one who is LBTGQ. But damn I am tired of this stuff being shoved down the throat as someone stuffing food in your mouth. This is crazy. Why can’t we just enjoy a game any more with out all the political correctness being shoved down out throats or being show to us as a re-education camp. This is getting out of control bad.… Expand
  19. Marytrini
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    Waited 5 years for this game.

    1 - Character development is really shallow 2 - Changes previous notions from the last game 3 - The story makes no sense 4 - The story is written in a way that makes you hate it and be disgusted by it 5 - I see what they were trying to do and i see how they fail in doing so 6 - i condemn how naughty dog treated their employees 7 - i applaud the    Waited 5 years for this game.

    1 - Character development is really shallow
    2 - Changes previous notions from the last game
    3 - The story makes no sense
    4 - The story is written in a way that makes you hate it and be disgusted by it
    5 - I see what they were trying to do and i see how they fail in doing so
    6 - i condemn how naughty dog treated their employees
    7 - i applaud the diversity used in this game, i condemn how bad the card is played

    3/10    … Expand
  20. alonso199842
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLOU 2 de principio a fin te llena de intriga y de constantes reflexiones. Considero que en la parte en donde conocemos a Abby, es en donde empezamos a comprender más que escenas anteriores, las consecuencias de la venganza. Una historia que brilla por si sola, no se le puede comparar con la primera entrega, puesto a que la parte 1 tiene lo suyo y brilla también por sus propios méritos. Esta entrega, en mi opinión, pone en un contexto mucho más realista a los personajes, logrando contagiar un sin fin de emociones. El final, totalmente desgarrador y reflexivo. Observar como cuando ya todo esta perdido muchas veces, incluso la venganza que en un principio fue motor del desarrollo de toda la trama, pierde sentido al reflexionar sobre si de verdad vale aún la pena lograr dicho cometido. Un gran juego con un gran final.… Expand
  21. Cairnzy
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    Story - 3/10 Very early into game an event occurs, that for any fan of this series will find confusion, anger and disbelief. The impact that this created for me was I just didnt care anymore to carry on through with this game. The event that occurs 1hr into the game should have happened nearer to the end. Graphics - 10/10 Animation, environments, and character design are honestlyStory - 3/10 Very early into game an event occurs, that for any fan of this series will find confusion, anger and disbelief. The impact that this created for me was I just didnt care anymore to carry on through with this game. The event that occurs 1hr into the game should have happened nearer to the end. Graphics - 10/10 Animation, environments, and character design are honestly astounding to experience. Such a joy to view. The peak of current gen gaming.

    Gameplay - 7/10

    During your time you will as a player be controlling a number of characters throughout the 30hrs or so to complete this game, who alll play very similarly to one another. In all honestly if you have played the first game you know what to expect here very simply and similar puzzles, get from point A to Point B and you decide on either fighting or stealthily getting to point B.The differences here there are more routes and ways how the player can traverse during combat. Above, below and squeezing past tight spaces to escape. Creating a feel of smoothness in whilst taking on 3 different enemies. Sound - 8/10 The score for the game isn't as impactful as the previous, however does it job.

    Now the biggest change and improvement here is the enemies.

    The sound of a those clickers ringing through your ears when they are near and alert is astonishing, keeping myself in the fear zone when traversing these them. Another area of improvement is human enemies communicate, grief for a lost friend or animal that the player has killed and does immerse you more.

    ****Special Note**** Naughty Dog should be applauded in there efforts for accessibility to players who may have difficulty in hearing, seeing and dexterity, as the player can create and change to there own needs. The industry really needs to take note.


    FINAL IMPRESSION 6/10

    As a fan and the way Naughty Dog decided on certain story elements is very ballsy. Stories take time to become loved, here its destroyed for the fans in the tutorial section of the game. This game is about the story, not its gameplay as it very simple in practice and hasn't evolved from the previous installment. I simply had to force myself to finish this game, after not caring anymore after the games tutorial.    … Expand
  22. Exious1
    Jun 25, 2020
    2
    Just finished the game, not a revenge story. Looks good, really BAD story. Horrible ending this is the death of the franchise. What a missed opportunity, shame.
  23. KX-San
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay is quite nice
    Graphics damn nice
    Audio a bit buggy (dina stands next to ellie and her dialogue sounds like im hearing from meters away)
    Dialogue is bad (joel just died days or weeks ago and ellie and dina joke around as if nothing happened)
    The story is just bad, totally bad
    We spend hours in the first game as joel and ellie only to see joel die in the first 1 or 2 hours in TLOU2 Guess what, the game forces you to play as abby(the killer) and her story isn't even impactful
    I can talk a lot more but in summary the game just sucks    … Expand
  24. DMan5
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    A piece of art. A real masterpiece in every sense possible. This is a precious game, a step forward for the gaming industry.
  25. Andre665
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    Jogo incrível . Ótimos gráficos. Uma incrível evolução do primeiro jogo. Gameplay muito bem construída
  26. Mistersb3ri
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    story sucks, lots of bugs. To Naughty Dog really know their fan base with thia trans character? Its lire selling kkk membership card in a Jay-Z concert....
  27. BestAuntieEver
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "It can't be for nothing." Well, turns out that it can. These are Ellie's own poignant words in the first one.

    Honestly, I'm not sure where to start. I guess I'll start by noting that I completed one run through and I've returned the game for a full credit. Next, I am completely heartbroken and I'm left utterly disappointed after finishing the game. Killing off a most beloved character is just so unacceptable and disrespectful to the first game. Waiting so long, all for nothing. Giving us such beauty in the first one, that loving relationship between Joel and Ellie...it's all for naught in this game. There is nothing between them in this game except in flashbacks. The flashbacks with Joel and Ellie were amazing, don't get me wrong. Thank you for those at least. It was emotional seeing her get to be an astronaut. Was this supposed to be our "giraffe" moment?

    Ok then....first off, I can accept Joel being killed. I get it. He did some bad stuff in his life and killed a lot of people. Fine. What I take issue with is HOW and WHEN he was killed. What I take issue with is the fact you think we would buy the whole narrative that Joel would put himself in that situation with strangers in the first place! That is out of character. He wouldn't even let Tommy pick up people on the road in the first one, but he's just saving a stranger in this one?? He could smell an ambush a mile away in the first game (Pittsburgh), but in this one, that just went out the window. Every rough thing about Joel we grew to love in the first game was simply dismissed and erased. Did you think we wouldn't catch that? Joel isn't stupid and yet you made him thoughtless and reckless in this one. IT MAKES NO SENSE. And less than TWO HOURS in? Shot by Abby and then beaten with a golf club? Put him in a situation like dying while saving Ellie. Let him die with some dignity. What you did was grotesque, especially after an act of kindness.

    Secondly, I loved Ellie's campaign. I would play her sections over again. I know Ellie. I hated Abby's campaign. Making us play as the person who killed Joel is just disgusting and the person(s) who thought of this should be FIRED and NEVER hired by another gaming company ever again! It was also an underwhelming story and I was just playing on auto pilot to get to the end. I didn't expect much because her early heinous act in the game is IRREDEEMABLE. I felt nothing about Abby through her campaign. I didn't feel anything for her when she helped Lev and Yara. I didn't feel anything when Mel called her a piece of s***. I felt nothing. No sympathy. No empathy. NOTHING. The story was poorly constructed. There was no character development for Abby. She was just shoved in our faces. I jumped Abby to her death so many times and thoroughly enjoyed it. Otherwise, her campaign was boring as hell and is just cringe throughout.

    Third of all, playing as Abby, then beating up Tommy, then beating the HELL out of Ellie and almost killing Dina was just the effing worst. Abby had no moral high ground to stand on telling Ellie she never wants to see her again. She had no right. She had no place in this story.

    Fourth of all, ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THAT ENDING?! After all the fighting, the hard work, blood, sweat and tears to get to Abby and you thought it was a good idea she just....let her go?!?! What an effing waste!! You should have let us decide if we wanted to kill her or let her go. Leave that decision to us. But you made a game that YOU like, not one that WE like.

    And finding out AT THE VERY END that their relationship was on the mend? You should be ashamed. Ellie has nothing. Abby has everything she wanted: Joel dead and she's alive. Please don’t make any more for this series. For me, The Last of Us will be the last and only game I own by Naughty Dog. Your marketing was SO deceptive. I’ve never seen such deceptive marketing just to boost sales. I can't believe you thought it was a good idea to give us this story and make Abby a playable character. It feels like a soulless cash grab, like something you created at the last minute. This was a major fail. I have decided to pretend this story was never created. I am going to pretend it was a horrible nightmare. I hope game of the year skips over you. You don’t deserve it after this abomination.    … Expand
  28. Millendiator
    Jun 25, 2020
    6
    I was so looking forward to this game that i didn't change my mobile last of us part 2 lock screen pic for 4 years lol, i even asked stores if they can reserve me a collectors edition for preorder, but then a few spoilers and leaks partly saved me from making the worst decision. i watched hours and listen to people play and talk about the story it was outrageous, for me Last of Us can beI was so looking forward to this game that i didn't change my mobile last of us part 2 lock screen pic for 4 years lol, i even asked stores if they can reserve me a collectors edition for preorder, but then a few spoilers and leaks partly saved me from making the worst decision. i watched hours and listen to people play and talk about the story it was outrageous, for me Last of Us can be split into 10 points, 2 for game play 3 for graphics and 5 points for story. I give the story 0,
    5 point for the rest because the studio and the visual artists did a great job, not the writer.

    LoU is not like other games, if it weren't for the great story in the first part i wouldn't have even played it or known the game exists, it is not like darksouls when the gameplay will just over come everything else in the game and you play it for that....
    but we played The Last of Us for it is story and when the story is trash, what else is left to enjoy ? it becomes another average game. I thought Dr.Uckmann knew better.    … Expand
  29. Gururss
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Everybody's dead. It's an unnecessary story that's overly ridiculous! Don't try it, it's a shame about your money...… Expand
  30. Marco2013
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Grandioso juego. Preparado para ganar el goty. Entiendo la rabia y envidia de los que no lo pueden jugar.
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  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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