The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 161975 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. Asore50
    Jul 22, 2020
    7
    The game is absolutely gorgeous, easily the best looking and most polished game on the market for the ps4. The gameplay has been massively improved from the first title and adds a sort of smoothness to combat that was never apparent in the first game. However the game falls short in its storytelling, character development, and theme; all of which were the best features of the first game.The game is absolutely gorgeous, easily the best looking and most polished game on the market for the ps4. The gameplay has been massively improved from the first title and adds a sort of smoothness to combat that was never apparent in the first game. However the game falls short in its storytelling, character development, and theme; all of which were the best features of the first game. In terms of gameplay the game is an excellent sequal, but in terms of storytelling and building on characters from the first game it is a sorry excuse for a sequel following one of the best narrative games to date. If you enjoyed the first game it is worth a play but do not expect it to match the first game in terms of story.… Expand
  2. Man_of_duty
    Jul 22, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ellie is an adult now and we get to see her again after several years. However her story is plain and isn't anything much more but an ordinary revenge journey. She is conflicted almost by anything during the adventure whether it's her closed ones telling her to abandon the revenge or a few minor flashbacks that make her quit.

    Abby, who is immediately being antagonized by the game in the first hour, is trying to be redeemed with her own story. Players then should have an idea on how she feels. Her story is more diverse than Ellie's but the characters involved with Abby are not likeable and doesn't make the players invest more interest in them. You simply cannot make players to love the bad guy! Even if you give her an entire story on how she saves other people it still cannot be justified with how she brutally kills someone who players love the most from the first game.

    The best part of the game for me was the relationship of Ellie and Joel. We get to see many emotional moments and even the following confrontation about Joel's decision from the last game. These flashbacks look like some form of a grief present for a death that was written quite badly. I still believe that Joel should have died in a proper way than simply being bashed by a golf club. Perhaps it's just the game's main intention as not everything is your cliche superhero game, many characters just simply die.

    Ending is unfortunately disappointing. It feels prolonged rather than completed. Ellie didn't achieve anything but loss and Abby is the only character who would benefit from this fiasco. All things aside this is definitely not a bad game, it just cannot live up to the hype or the quality of the first game.    … Expand
  3. m0rteza
    Jul 22, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Until today i loved this game but you killed all of my good emotions about it . i hate abby's character and i don't want to play with her . why you did that with us?!
    and also most characters are bad and ugly why??? My rate is just for :

    ☆Game play

    ☆ Graphic ☆Voice actors

    ☆Music    … Expand
  4. Awesomness_27
    Jul 23, 2020
    3
    The last of us part 2 is a disappointment and a disservice to its fans and the original characters. The story is bad! with its pacing issues, story direction, character choices, plot conveniences, and its unfailing ability at destroying everything the first game built, it’s a major disappointment in storytelling. The gameplay is entertaining, every gunfight is an experience and a fun oneThe last of us part 2 is a disappointment and a disservice to its fans and the original characters. The story is bad! with its pacing issues, story direction, character choices, plot conveniences, and its unfailing ability at destroying everything the first game built, it’s a major disappointment in storytelling. The gameplay is entertaining, every gunfight is an experience and a fun one at that. The graphics are amazing and by far one of the most impressive looking games out on the market right now. It’s sound design and it’s music is phenomenal. But unfortunately a good soundtrack, great graphics, and fun gameplay aren’t enough to overpower the failure that is its narrative and story.… Expand
  5. Levin16
    Jul 23, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Я ставлю 10 балов от всей души это лучшая игра в моей жизни эта игра достойна внимания я был в шоке проходя этот шедевр я рад что такие игры выходят очень благодарю разработчиков и я буду повышать рейтинг буду звонить друзьям и говорить чтобы они поставили игре десятку всем советую сыграть без всякого предвзятого мнения это лучшая игра из тех что я играл я такого нигде не видел я удивлялся все время проведённое в игре игра доводит до эмоционального шока и игра не про месть а про прощение в общем концовка сильная если задуматься разработчикам истинное спасибо Нил дракман гений.… Expand
  6. Bokunozed
    Jul 23, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILER ALERT: I feel terrible expressing myself how I'm about to do about a franchise that has such a space in my heart. The last of us 2 is great when it comes to the 1-2 hours of the game, because you're excited of what is happening and it's been so long since the first game so it just really makes you feel like you're a part of something massive (like you live in that world). The gameplay itself throughout the whole game I think is superb and without going into much detail the main thing about it is that I still felt the authenticity that the first game had, which a lot of sequels can really lose. Sure it didn't as many puzzles etc, but the core of the gameplay felt really similar to the first one with added features/moves, bigger open world. And then the story... It genuinely made me feel like the writer or whoever did this to us, wanted to literally spit in our faces. I know that they told us to keep an open mind and I know we're not professional critics, however the consumer's opinion should matter the most in these cases I believe. With that being said, Joel's death, Abby's parts, really disappointing moments of the game. I can't count how many friends told me that when they were playing with Abby, they'd intentionally get munched on a clicker or jump of a cliff to kill her off with the hope of her not coming back. The false sense of hope that Joel survived in some magical way throughout the whole game and the wishful thinking that we get to get revenge and kill Abby. It just keeps you going through the game hoping for these things and then at the end you feel like you've wasted approx 20 hours of your life (I did it in hard mode so idk if that's a good amount or not), because it feels like it was all for nothing. And I get the reason behind it, the fact that you need to forgive and that Abby had a solid reason to seek revenge herself and that Ellie's a better person and realized that this is not the way. I just don't give a damn about all of that. If this was the first game and we didn't get to live as the characters and make them make us feel like we're apart of the apocalypse that they're in, I would've probably loved this game. But it's just really strange to me that this Abby was just thrown in and we were made to accept her (which didn't happen no matter how much I wrapped my head around why and what.) Overall, for the experience and for these long 7 years, the game does deserve the attention and to at least finish it, we're all in the same ride now and it's just how it is. The teams that made this game are incredibly talented and they had to put in tremendously hard work to make it a great game, it was sadly overwhelmed by the plot itself and I'm sorry, but there's no way you'll make me believe that there is sense to it. I do really hope they make a 3rd game prior to acknowledging that the writing side of things did not turn out to be a success and then they can somehow try and bring back the amazing plot feel that the first game had.… Expand
  7. bachani89
    Jul 23, 2020
    4
    I literally not able to fully express my disappointment for this game, it just baffles me that ND went down this route and tried to tell a story that nobody wanted to experience, while relegating everything that made the first game so great to a passive flashback. The game was enjoyable at some points, the graphics are amazing and some new functions added but largely the gameplay isI literally not able to fully express my disappointment for this game, it just baffles me that ND went down this route and tried to tell a story that nobody wanted to experience, while relegating everything that made the first game so great to a passive flashback. The game was enjoyable at some points, the graphics are amazing and some new functions added but largely the gameplay is outdated and does not have enough depth to keep the player really engaged. All i found myself doing for long periods is skimming around the sides of room spamming triangle to pick up either pills, scissors or some tape. it gets tedious & repetitive so quickly and the narrative/story doesn't really add anything except shock deaths.. which also gets boring because they do it over and over again and doesn't help the story is any meaningful way. The story really is poor & riddled with cheap conveniences that drive the story forward, i cant believe i'm writing this about a N.D game but there are lot of failures here and that is reflected in the user score. They've tried to be risky and deliver something that hasn't seen before (which is great) but instead of staying true to the games origins and characters and be innovative, its ultimately executed in the most pretentious way and falls down hard. They said this game wasn't fun and i totally agree, its utterly miserable, hollow and soulless.… Expand
  8. Bylka
    Jul 23, 2020
    3
    This game is really really bad. Don't deserved more then 3/10. Graphics is really cool, music too, but story telling IS SO BAD !
  9. GodShota
    Jul 23, 2020
    0
    30 min of gaming is funny, pretty animations and its all for good , stupid artificial intellect, same animations all the time, bad scenario without any logic, boring and stupid dialogues, propaganda of LGBT and similar **** its exactly propaganda nothing else, i haven't felt survivor in the game (on hard mode of course) and it should be main aspect of gameplay, game is disappointing, NOT30 min of gaming is funny, pretty animations and its all for good , stupid artificial intellect, same animations all the time, bad scenario without any logic, boring and stupid dialogues, propaganda of LGBT and similar **** its exactly propaganda nothing else, i haven't felt survivor in the game (on hard mode of course) and it should be main aspect of gameplay, game is disappointing, NOT RECOMMENDED.… Expand
  10. Mihail_
    Jul 23, 2020
    5
    Разработчики обосрались с этой игрой.

    Геймплей сильно затянут(играть попросту не интересно, с первой части ничего не почти не изменилось). Сюжет банально туп и прост ,легко угадывается. В техническом плане игра хороша (видно что над ней старались но пришёл дракман и все испортил). P.S мне плевать на повестку.    Разработчики обосрались с этой игрой.

    Геймплей сильно затянут(играть попросту не интересно, с первой части ничего не почти не изменилось).
    Сюжет банально туп и прост ,легко угадывается.
    В техническом плане игра хороша (видно что над ней старались но пришёл дракман и все испортил).

    P.S мне плевать на повестку.
  11. Ride-Kaze
    Jul 23, 2020
    5
    Fun Gameplay nice Graphics all Good but Not the Story it is just Not like the First Game
  12. WintryLand
    Jul 23, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. On thinking back on the story in the weeks after slowly savoring it, it's too easy to praise the idea of the story while forgetting how it unfolded. It is easy to remember the warmth and allure of wintertime Jackson, Dina and Ellie's friendship, the moving sorrow of the flashbacks, Ellie's grief and trauma, and the poignant look into the destructive nature of revenge. I have thought on that moral lesson, that revenge prevents loved ones from growing old together and sharing experiences over many years of life.

    However, thinking back on the experience of the story weeks after playing it brings one danger: my imagination will make those good qualities I listed in the last paragraph seem better, more fleshed out, or more subtle than they actually were while playing through. So, while my idea of the story (or my memory of it) will dwell in the simple life of wintertime Jackson, remember Ellie's friendships, the sorrow of the flashbacks, and Ellie's grief and trauma, those aspects were in reality glossed over. In retrospect, my memory might praise the moral lesson on revenge by making it seem as if it were more subtle than it actually was, but the message was not subtle: it required half the length of the game, and that half tearing our attention away from the engrossing emotional life of Ellie, who is perhaps the most beloved character of the PS3/4 era.

    Therefore, I gave a 7 for the fact that the game teases the player with the allure of wintertime Jackson and the promise of being with Ellie through the stages of her grief and trauma, but instead, rushes past these aspects. We had no glimpse whatsoever into the progression of Ellie's grief during her and Dina's cross country journey to Washington. Such a journey, which is the allure of the TLOU world, was happily skipped; not one moment of that journey was shown, which disoriented me. For a game about the cycle of revenge, glossing over the early stages of grief, which could've at least had one dedicated section in say Idaho in the cross country trip, was a huge missed beat. How can I align myself with Ellie when she had a 3-4 month time skip to process her grief, whereas I had but a few minutes? Being enslaved to their narrow theme of the degrading nature of revenge, the game puts the player in a cannon, so to speak, while we are still enjoying our winter patrol and rushes to shoot us past everything between that section and Ellie's confrontation with Abby in Seattle.

    By putting Ellie's burning desire for revenge front and center for most of the game, we don't get to explore other aspects of her inner, emotional life, which would give more weight to her destructive revenge. Because we don't get to dwell in a segment showing her simple life in Jackson (going to the sledding resort or lake with her friends for example), we don't fully appreciate what she gives up in her revenge mission. Because we don't see enough glimpses of Ellie's emotional turmoil between Joel's death and Seattle, we aren't made to appreciate the fire behind her revenge. Those are left to the imagination. And when TLOU2 teases us with the greatness of their visual and emotional fidelity in their characters, I can't help but feel disappointed that those moments are left to my imagination rather than fleshed out with cutscenes and playable sections. Leaving what I think are crucial elements to Ellie's development to the imagination is worthy of a 7 no matter how good the journal entries are. Relegating Jackson life and the cross country to journal entries was a big slap in the face.

    Lastly, Abby's section would've worked as a shorter segment not only to spare time for Ellie's emotional development early on, but also to enhance the moral lesson of the story by being more subtle. Any work that is didactic to whatever degree cannot hide its didactic nature from the audience. Making the player play 10 hours as Abby, introducing and focusing on five of her friends throughout, not only weakens the moral lesson by being overt, but takes away from the intimacy that made TLOU1 great. That sense of intimacy, which makes the world seem bigger, scarier, and relationships cozier, is watered down when there are too many characters added. Not to mention that most of that 10 hours is spent trudging through some of the most dense shoot-em-up sections in game, which add no depth to her story at all.

    TLOU2 teased at aspects of Ellie's inner life that should've been explored, but never did. Relegating important aspects of Ellie's emotional world to journal entries (for Jackson life and the cross country journey) is disappointing. The time spent trying to flesh out Abby's five friends could've been used to delve more into Ellie's emotional development. Here's a quote from the Pali Canon to sum up my views on spreading the story thin across too many characters in a game founded on intimacy:

    One alone is like Brahma,
    two, like devas,
    three, like a village,
    more than that:
    a hullabaloo.    … Expand
  13. George7336
    Jul 24, 2020
    5
    I give to this gave a generous 5. The sory was absolutely pointless from start to finish. I regretted that I spent 60$ on this trash story. 10 hours of abby !!! WTF??
    On the other hand the graphics were stunning.
  14. Jakarta
    Jul 24, 2020
    7
    Its a good game but the Story is kinda trash gameplay wise 10/10 they threw some potential away and opend up many plot holes
  15. Lilizz26
    Jul 24, 2020
    6
    I don't know how I feel about the game it was good gameplay wise but the story was pretty rough it makes no sense but trying to look at it different ways kinda helps but again still mix feelings first game 100 times better
  16. Andtad
    Jul 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly, one of the worst game’s I have ever played. Honestly one of the worst game’s I have ever played.… Expand
  17. Maoris
    Jul 25, 2020
    0
    This sequel has pissed me off so much that it's been the only thing I've had on my mind for the past week.

    It lives rent-free inside of my head and I **** can't stand it. I wish I could just erase this piece of **** sequel from my memory and live in blissful ignorance i.e. believe that the story ended with the first game, that's it. I know I'm late to the party, but this game was    This sequel has pissed me off so much that it's been the only thing I've had on my mind for the past week.

    It lives rent-free inside of my head and I **** can't stand it.
    I wish I could just erase this piece of **** sequel from my memory and live in blissful ignorance i.e. believe that the story ended with the first game, that's it.
    I know I'm late to the party, but this game was absolute drivel and was so ****ty that the stench (story) still lingers like an unwanted guest within my consciousness, even after a week.
    And no, it is not because I'm homophobic and or transphobic; it just has the most stupidly **** paced, non-sensical story that I've had the displeasure of experiencing in recent memory.
    >Characters act out of character all the **** time
    >Pacing is utter dog ****
    >Too much **** plot holes (inconsistencies)
    >Too many **** stupid and crazy coincidences
    >Too many poorly introduced and written side-characters that I don't give a singular **** about
    >Game tries so **** hard to make Abby a likable and relatable character, even though she's the most unlikable character in this entire **** game.
    >Joel's death and the events leading up to it make no **** sense given the context
    >The game itself is a drag to play and downright exhausting at times
    >The game completely haphazardly hamfists the "REVENGE IS BAD, FORGIVENESS GOOD" narrative down my **** throat and not in a meaningful and or well-executed way.
    BUT HEY!
    Not all is bad, at least the game has great **** graphics, lighting, sound design and overall animation (especially facial animation).
    But god damn, does this game **** on everything that I once loved about the original game.    … Expand
  18. Grantoine
    Jul 25, 2020
    5
    The cinematography, the details, the story, the gameplay.
    It truly is one of the most impressive game I've ever played. Instead of making you play an angry character, the game makes YOU angry. It forces you on a path you can question.
  19. Kinglex
    Jul 26, 2020
    5
    Huge disappointment. Technically and visually great game but this is a pointless franchise killer with no hero. The Original game was a masterpiece and some of us have been waiting for years to reunite with the characters we love. This is not what happened. Bad story, unlikable characters, being forced to kill dogs, forced to play the vilain, not even being sure who is the vilain,Huge disappointment. Technically and visually great game but this is a pointless franchise killer with no hero. The Original game was a masterpiece and some of us have been waiting for years to reunite with the characters we love. This is not what happened. Bad story, unlikable characters, being forced to kill dogs, forced to play the vilain, not even being sure who is the vilain, pointless story, characters making decisions that can't be explained, no fun, no joy, no hope, no refund and no buying Last of us 3.
    The writers are forcing an absurd story on the characters and the gamers. Hard to believe people in the apocalypse would have time for things in this story rather than surviving. Huge disappointment. Much better games out there.    … Expand
  20. fackurealg_96
    Jul 25, 2020
    10
    excelente juego y excelente historia,muy diferente a otras historia de los juegos,la gente critica porque ellos quieren que la historia sea como ellos quieren,pero no tiene que ser asi,los de mente vacia solo quieren ver sangre y muerte pero la historia es tan real que no lo pueden entender los de mente chica,no quieren ver los motivos de los hechos y que todos son gente que solo deseanexcelente juego y excelente historia,muy diferente a otras historia de los juegos,la gente critica porque ellos quieren que la historia sea como ellos quieren,pero no tiene que ser asi,los de mente vacia solo quieren ver sangre y muerte pero la historia es tan real que no lo pueden entender los de mente chica,no quieren ver los motivos de los hechos y que todos son gente que solo desean sobrevivir,felicito a los creadores… Expand
  21. Ikov
    Aug 24, 2020
    0
    R u serious!? Why was this game even made bruh, Abby: Trash new characters: Dog **** absolutely horrible game do not buy dog ****
  22. H1ghdr0
    Jul 26, 2020
    0
    A bigger disappointment than No Man's Sky. Woke agenda **** throughout. Why do developers shoot themselves in the foot this way? You want to make a game with a **** story just to satisfy a tiny minority of people? MAKE A NEW GOD DAMN GAME AND LET IT **** SUCK. Don't ruin good games that have devoted fan bases that don't want **** politics in their games. I had the game returned for a fullA bigger disappointment than No Man's Sky. Woke agenda **** throughout. Why do developers shoot themselves in the foot this way? You want to make a game with a **** story just to satisfy a tiny minority of people? MAKE A NEW GOD DAMN GAME AND LET IT **** SUCK. Don't ruin good games that have devoted fan bases that don't want **** politics in their games. I had the game returned for a full refund and I will NEVER support Naughty Dog ever again.… Expand
  23. FeyZik
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Игра отличная, хорошая детализация , мир , а люди , которые ноют, из-за того-что играем за Эбби примерно 7 часов не поняли всю суть игры
  24. JoseIg
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    The last of us II es increíble. Tanto en el tema gráfico, como en la jugabilidad creo que es el mejor a día de hoy en el mercado (solo se le acerca RDR2). Pero cuando compramos este juego no solo lo hacemos por estos temas, sino que lo más importante es la historia, QUE ES INCREÍBLE. Es un viaje de un montón de sentimientos encontrados y de situaciones fuertes y desgarradoras, que seguroThe last of us II es increíble. Tanto en el tema gráfico, como en la jugabilidad creo que es el mejor a día de hoy en el mercado (solo se le acerca RDR2). Pero cuando compramos este juego no solo lo hacemos por estos temas, sino que lo más importante es la historia, QUE ES INCREÍBLE. Es un viaje de un montón de sentimientos encontrados y de situaciones fuertes y desgarradoras, que seguro que ta dejaran tocado por unas semanas. Sin duda es uno de mis juegos favoritos, por el decir EL FAVORITO.

    PD: Naughty Dog a conseguido superar al primero, ALTAMENTE RECOMENDADO.    … Expand
  25. TheMach1ne
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Beste Game for PS4!! Storytelling and graphics are out of this world! Fantastic game!!
  26. luki172
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Excellent gameplay, a wonderful dark story, much more extensive than in the first game. This is the most emotional game ever. The graphics and sound are also on a cosmic level
  27. 345error
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Хочу сказать что лично игра мне очень нравится.Идея которую затрагивает Нил Дракман по своему гениальна в моем понимании.Геймплейно игра божественна,как и с тихнической состовляющей.
  28. Dima_rus
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    Good game......................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  29. stationmonk
    Jul 26, 2020
    9
    The first half is very depressing and not really enjoyable. The second half really picks up the pace and is truly one of the best gaming experience you can have, in terms of gameplay and storytelling. Would have rated it a perfect 10 if not for the slow and depressing first half.
  30. SpideyCharles
    Jul 26, 2020
    10
    A truly heartwrenching game that prompts even the coldest among us to generate empathy for our enemies. 10/10, would replay 100 times again!
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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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Metascore
93

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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