The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Chams03
    Jul 11, 2020
    4
    There are many detailed reviews so im not going to waste my time. The gameplay is good but the same thing as TLOU 1, graphics, and soundtrack acting all that amazing but this is a story game and that's where this game lacks the most. They make the old characters stupid and unlikeable, this is shock factor and jump scare simulator, everything that happens is so convenient and makes no senseThere are many detailed reviews so im not going to waste my time. The gameplay is good but the same thing as TLOU 1, graphics, and soundtrack acting all that amazing but this is a story game and that's where this game lacks the most. They make the old characters stupid and unlikeable, this is shock factor and jump scare simulator, everything that happens is so convenient and makes no sense many times and they force us to play as an unlikable character for 10+ hours with content that didn't matter it was basically unwanted DLC. A disgrace to the original. Buy this game when its on sale… Expand
  2. Nathan1190
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Aun despues de ver crecer a nuestra protagonista de la primera entrega vienen a desmostrarnos que es debil y aun asi fracasar de manera horrible en su venganza perdiendo mas de lo que obtuvo, ademas de poner a la nueva protagonista como la heroina de su historia, sin poder darnos la posibilidad de elegir con quien queremos terminar la historia, grandiosa juego en apartado artistico y jugabilidad pero pesima narrativa, lo que encanto en su primera entrega fue su gran narrativa pero ahora darle muerto a todos los personajes que queriamos de la entrega pasada, hermoso juego pero este final y su historia no me agradaron siento que fue perdida de tiempo jugar este videojuego… Expand
  3. LoneDrifter-88
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    Disappointing, not worth the time to express the obvious flaws with this game just want to express to everybody that critics are liars just like naughty dogs marketing team after this joke of a trick to play on your fan base to purely take an easy way out writing the plot and rely completely and utterly on shock value to kick off a story that is going nowhere from the beginning so theyDisappointing, not worth the time to express the obvious flaws with this game just want to express to everybody that critics are liars just like naughty dogs marketing team after this joke of a trick to play on your fan base to purely take an easy way out writing the plot and rely completely and utterly on shock value to kick off a story that is going nowhere from the beginning so they split the story into a pointless sympathetic piece of trash that makes you not care about it from the start, and then you have the remnants from prior game that are packed up in a freight train and headed off a broken bridge. Do not buy if you played the first game. Graphics, sound, level design, animations, all 10/10.... gameplay is a strong 8/10 with many dips thanks to the forced story that really makes you not want to finish the game, i have never played a story driven game that made me want to speed run just to reach the end. The game is good, the narrative is garbage.… Expand
  4. Daveking
    Jul 16, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. At the beginning when they kill Joel I was mad, but eventually as the game progressed I started to accepted it because the plot was evolving good…then comes the second part of the game, where you play with a character with whom I have no connection nor sympathy at all (even though the game tries really hard to make you hate both Ellie and Joel for some reason). The only reason I didn’t stop playing was that I really wanted to see the ending (which sucks by the way) because I really thought that in the end, Ellie would have redemption, but it only end it worse for her.… Expand
  5. boyce922
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great graphic and map design, vividly demonstrate the environment in the apocalypse, while it fails to make the story right, this is a game, not a movie, players need to emerge in it and play as the character, so forcing the players to be as one that they don't want to be is totally unacceptable. I don't know that I should play an antagonist for almost half of the game. Which made me mad, but this game didn't give me any choice, I could not force Abby to be killed and say: Voila, here's my ideal happy ending. I feel not respected as a player who highly expect to have a good experience with Ellie during the journey. This sequel ruins every expectation I have toward the title, and I know they do it in purpose.… Expand
  6. Bramskovic
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Did they seriously made a new side story in this sequel based on the death of a random NPC in TLOU1? (Abby’s dad) I’m not even that mad about Joel’s death, I’m maby even more mad about those misleading trailer where Joel spoke that wonderful line. But this story of Abby didn’t had my interest at all, especially her friends like Owen, Mel, Manny, Lev and Yara had so little value for me in this part. In the beginning when playing with Ellie & Dina I felt those oldskool TLOU1 vibes, when the gameplay switched to Abby it felt like I was playing a whole different game.… Expand
  7. Pqstewart
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow just wow you **** over at naughty dog worked on this for four years and this is the best story you could come up with? Un **** believable thanks for ruining the first game which was by far my favorite game ever .. super duper disappointed… Expand
  8. BerlinBourne
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    Story was terrible and terribly put together. Gameplay is the only reason I'm not giving this a 0.
  9. 7blade
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    Postives: Great Graphics, better gameplay and game design than TLOU Part 1. Cons: Horrible story, horrible pacing and whats done to original characters is distasteful and disrespectful towards the first game....New characters isn't that interesting.
  10. Bunsen074
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay and graphics are absolutely phenomenal, but the story is just a mess. Abby is very one-note, and just unlikable in general, even though the game really makes a great attempt to force you to do so. Many things seem contrived and don’t happen organically. This theme of revenge and “breaking the cycle” attempts to happen so many times throughout the game that it’s laughable.… Expand
  11. jaredclynn
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    People need to chill with the 'all these negative reviewers haven't played it or they hate LGBTQ; nonsense. The expansion to the first game, which has Ellie kiss her female friend, was reviewed and liked very well by both users and critics. Don't discount negative reviews as most of us have played the entire game and no reviews mentioning things like 'agenda' or 'SJW.'

    This game is    People need to chill with the 'all these negative reviewers haven't played it or they hate LGBTQ; nonsense. The expansion to the first game, which has Ellie kiss her female friend, was reviewed and liked very well by both users and critics. Don't discount negative reviews as most of us have played the entire game and no reviews mentioning things like 'agenda' or 'SJW.'

    This game is nowhere near the masterpiece it is touted as but it's not a terrible game either. I appreciate Naughty Dog for attempting to push the boundaries of emotional intensity but while this is praiseworthy, they failed spectacularly. The characters could all be interchanged with their motives, and no one would know the difference. Ellie, who you would come to love in the first game as a spunky, lighthearted but caring person is devolved into whatever it is they call a character. I do understand why they wanted to go this direction with the story, but it's so poorly done and contrived. Ellie's voice actor's talented was wasted by this script.

    The gameplay overall was quite fun for the first 10-15 hours but puzzles they used in the first game, are too far and few between here. It soon gets stale and if that isn't bad enough, they throw a huge tonal shift at you and expect the same gameplay to carry you through for another 10 hours or so. That being said, the environment design is amazing and it does make Seattle feel like it's own character. What they did here was nothing short of amazing. I think most people would like the story beats and feel it compelling for the first half of the game and does have some pretty good moments. Overall, I'd say I'm ok with the beginning and ending of the story, but getting there was emotionally painful and unpleasant to play through. This is a videogame first and foremost after all and thus I can't give it a positive score for any of it's redeeming qualities.    … Expand
  12. empy
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the critics are not homophobic!! you are homophobic, lesbians deserved better, joel deserved better... this was a bad writting, and it's hard to play with abby... i tried to understand the point, but i couldn't... you destroyed what you made, those amazing characters. if you wanted to generate depression and disappointment, you did it!! poor ellie, we are her... she must have depression and impotence,
    like all the fans that expect a better story. so joel ruined ellie's life for saving her, right? wth!!!    … Expand
  13. yassmv91
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They had 7 years to write and figure out AT LEAST a DECENT send off to one of the game's most loved characters and protagonists. Heck, they had 7 years to come up with anything they wanted. Instead, they gave us this trashpile of a storyline where Joel dies like an incompetent boy-scout on his first day out basically shutting his brain off and not acting like we know he would by breaking his own rules. Then, we have to play for what it felt like an eternity with MA'AM (whom we could care less about tbh) and go through a lot of unnecessary things that are forgettable at best. When we FINALLY get to the end, you give us some stupid excuse for why Ellie doesn´t complete her revenge journey. WHAT IS THIS?! These characters are making the stupidest and most non-sensical decisions ever! They're not acting in the way they would if someone competent had written the story!

    The only reason this is getting 4 of 10 is because the game actually runs (despite some glitches every now and then) and the graphics and sound and what not.

    We were better off without this sequel.    … Expand
  14. mohamedelhadidi
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. why the director forced us to play as Abby ? i enjoy the gameplay but i cannot say i enjoy poor story which destroyed every thing in part one . RIP one of the greatest characters in video games history (Joel)… Expand
  15. Fenrir340
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics, gameplay, animation, level design, environment, work of sound designers 10/10.But as a sequel and continuation of the last part 1/10. Stupid murder is good for history for the sake of sucking money out of people. It is ambiguous to change the facts. Awkward disclosure of new characters. And in the end, santabarbara. I feel sorry for the beautiful people who built such a beautiful game for such an ambiguous scenario. But if you haven't had any experience in the previous part of the game. It will seem that the story brilliantly plays with your feelings like you is a ball which is dropped from a height of plasmavol the panel… Expand
  16. WalkingGoldfish
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    TLOU Part 2 is a very polished game with fantastic visuals and presentation. I was absolutely awed by all the little details and couldn't believe that it was running on my PS4 Slim.

    However, the game eventually gets to a point where it's story is terribly annoying to me, the player, that it is hard to treat it seriously even with how great the game looks and feel. As many know, the    TLOU Part 2 is a very polished game with fantastic visuals and presentation. I was absolutely awed by all the little details and couldn't believe that it was running on my PS4 Slim.

    However, the game eventually gets to a point where it's story is terribly annoying to me, the player, that it is hard to treat it seriously even with how great the game looks and feel.

    As many know, the game badly represents it's established characters. Players will question the actions of the characters and it is hard to believe that the same characters that the players knew will do what they do in Part 2.

    Some (including Druckmann himself) will try to argue that these characters are not out of character at all, and that the time skip to Part 2 has changed them. But it sounds like a pretty weak argument to me. The game does not attempt to show or hint you on the changes to any of these characters. Why should the players study into something not shown or hinted to them and speculate a reason that could never be confirmed (unless through a DLC) to justify a questionable action in the game?

    Not to mention that Druckmann eventually fires at the players for thinking that they understand the character more than him when they don't, which is such a cheap shot. If the character development was not shown in the game and the writer(s) has to clarify it during an interview, this is just a failure in storytelling on their part.

    Next big issue. You play as another character named Abby for almost half of the game. I really don't think this should be considered a spoiler since shes almost like a secondary protagonist. The general idea of playing as Abby is that the game wants you to like her as a character and sets you off on a journey similar to that of TLOU 1.

    The issue with this experience is that it feels extremely forced and there does not seem to be a clear direction with this. A good half of Abby's part is almost pointless to the overarching story that people are interested in, other than, look, she has friendly friends and do everyday people good things. The other half involves her going on a journey while caring for younger and vulnerable people like how Joel's relationship to Ellie in the first game.

    However, this journey was so poorly executed that it becomes apparent that the game is trying to get you to like her. In the first game, we understand that Joel has a hardened personality because of his daughter's death and his journey with Ellie helped him to break out of his shell and allowed him to accept and face his past. This is likely why we liked him, as we see him go through these development with Ellie, and it rarely feels like the game is trying to force us to like Joel.

    Abby's journey on the other hand feels meaningless. She is pretty much the same character before and after the journey. Her journey started on the premise that, "They saved me, so I have to save them", which doesn't say much about her character, she could have been like this the whole time. Eventually she continues to care for the younger character simply because they both has nowhere else to go.

    Asides from the poor execution of the journey. Abby also makes very questionable and unlikable decisions in the game. So it feels like the game wants you to like her, but at the same time, the writers don't seem to understand what is unlikable, or that they overestimated how players would have overlooked those actions.

    Overall, it really seems like something that was written on a whim with little care to the story details.    … Expand
  17. SpacecatV
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    A fine example that a perfectly constructed game can be ruined by a terrible terrible story.
  18. jhovanyfg19
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    The gameplay is good But the story is garbage so disappointed
    The story no make sense
  19. soulwaxshibuya
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    I'll start this review out by saying I didn't enjoy the gameplay of The Last of Us 1 very much. Zombies are a very overused and drawn out horror trope and the first game didn't really do anything to make the gameplay stand out very much in terms of survival third person shooter games. The one thing that honestly carried the sub par experience in my opinion was the story. Unfortunately,I'll start this review out by saying I didn't enjoy the gameplay of The Last of Us 1 very much. Zombies are a very overused and drawn out horror trope and the first game didn't really do anything to make the gameplay stand out very much in terms of survival third person shooter games. The one thing that honestly carried the sub par experience in my opinion was the story. Unfortunately, this game drops the ball with both aspects. The gameplay isn't changed much aside from things that make it annoying, like human enemies having invincibility frames when they melee attack you and new zombie types that are uninspired and even more annoying to deal with than the normal zombies. The stealth gameplay is literally the same as it was in the first game except now stealth areas are in front of loading doors that make you do a prompt for 10 seconds or so to open a door that has some debris in the way or something. It's also a little too hard in my opinion, I don't consider myself to be particularly bad at stealth games, and I was playing the game on normal difficulty, but I kept finding myself getting discovered during almost every stealth section because of how densely packed the areas are with enemies. The gunplay is fine, and I didn't really mind it much but it's not anything special either. Every time a zombie section came around I audibly groaned because I loathed them so much. The zombies are not fun to fight in this game, especially because the clickers still one hit kill you, which I found to be annoying and cheap in the first game, and the others will grapple you which forces you to preform a quick time event to escape while your health steadily drains. I was really relying on the story to at least be somewhat close to the quality the original had, but to no avail. None of the newly introduced characters in this game are likable aside from Yara and Lev. Every other character essentially has 2 personality traits that they cling to like glue. Abby falls into this as well and essentially goes from very unlikable to somewhat unlikable throughout the course of the game. Decisions that previously established characters make in this game made me roll my eyes because they were so sudden and out of character. The game also tries its absolute hardest to make you feel bad for the actions you preform throughout the story but with such unlikable characters and them trying so very hard to make the player feel bad it just doesn't work out. I essentially enjoyed three sections of this game and that's about it. The rest was just a gray puddle of indifference in my mind. The graphics are really beautiful though, I guess I can give the developers that. This is a pretty game for sure. Overall though there's not very many things I can say I enjoyed about this game without getting into spoilers. Very disappointing sequel and I can see why so many people are upset with it.… Expand
  20. CandyTheVintage
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Abby did things that made her as bad as Ellie yet the story overlooked it, gave her a happy ending and constantly tried to emotionally manipulate the player into feeling sympathy towards her (One example being how it showed Abby freeing a zebra from barbed wires while you're forced to put down a dog while playing as Ellie making a comparison on how Abby is "Good to animals so she must be a misinterpreted saint) anyone who's "good" or "misunderstood" doesn't beat a person into a bloody pulp and force them to watch their surrogate father who they grew up with get killed in front of them in the most demeaning and brutal way. Even the only potential the story had of giving us a satisfying ending and redeeming its jumbled mess of story was ruined by Ellie leaving behind Dina and her child to go after Abby. She then proceeds to get her fingers bit off (making her not being able to play the guitar) and then in a totally unforeseen turn of events, lets Abby go and because she decided to be the better person and not start another cycle of revenge (Spoiler alert) SHE was the one that suffered in the end. Joel also did something similar, that thing is him saving Abby from the horde of infected and ultimately paying the price for it. It's as if the game is constantly chiding the characters it's trying to get you to dislike for being good people while at the same exact time chiding them based on actions they have been forced to take when they get stuck in a moral dilemma. while Abby, the bully that doesn't genuinely seem remorseful when faced with bad decisions she isn't even forced to take or is apathetic when someone outside her colourful and inclusive cast of friends dies, is constantly held in a moral high ground; never going through a redemption arc and is Immune to anything that makes her an evil person. Speaking of evil people, lets take a moment to talk about Joel, the redheaded stepdaughter of TLOU2. A Cynical and depressed old man whose daughter (Aka Ellie) was forcibly being experimented on (Sidenote: IDGAF about humanity being saved, that still wouldn't have condemned Ellie's death if it happened. Her life isn't any less important than a few hundred that will only continue to live in a dystopian society with infected roaming it) now in this universe's bleak moral values you would expect that saving your daughter and killing her captors is a sane thing to do, right? WRONG! Joel, a character loved by fans unlike Abby gets killed due to this action. Though say if Ellie *did* get killed by said captors wouldn't the masses immediately ignore the fact that they killed a 14-year-old girl and hail them as a heros (See the double standards here?). That's why the developers fail to make us players hate Joel. The death of those fireflies from the first game isn't something we cared about in the first game so why should we suddenly do now? This game is a visually stunning, polished hot garbage with a world that is in a constant existential crisis not able to decide whether it should be linear or open also the controls are so tediously easy that it makes you feel like you're watching an over-glorified Hollywood movie rather than playing a videogame. This game used to be praised for its "bittersweet" story even sparking the debate at the time it got released on whether or not video games should be considered art. but sadly that in no way applies to TLOU2 and TLOU2 deserves no way near a perfect score. Whoever gave it that just proved to everyone how an utter joke game journalism really is and how nobody should trust them when all they ever did was base their ratings on propaganda and personal "preferences" in the game that doesn't apply to the majority of it's intended audience. When Rockstar is able to pump out every 5 years or so a game with phenomenal storytelling yet make it a perfect open-world sandbox then it becomes clear that whoever spent 7 years writing this isn't very competent and any excuses from naughty dog's side become stale.… Expand
  21. Pratt2000
    Jun 29, 2020
    4
    The gameplay mechanics and graphics are great but the story is awful . I think naughty dogs could have designed a better story
  22. MassiveBigDog
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A sore disappointment.
    I loved the first Last of Us, finished it twice and owned two copies. I saw the leaks for the Last of Us part 2 but I went in with an open mind which is what Neil Druckmann wanted. I disliked the game and hated the story. Now the reason the game isn’t a lower score is due to the improvements of the gameplay, UI, graphics etc. The sound and music were also phenomenal. The flashbacks were great but also teased the fans with what the story should have been focusing more on. This is a story driven game therefore the storyline makes up a large portion of the review. The story left a lot to be desired and while it had some great moments dotted throughout the rest was a mess.
    - Characters like Joel and Tommy acting completely out of character in order to drive the revenge plot for Ellie was just poor writing. And no the “they were living an easier life in Jackson doesn’t cut it” they’re still living in a zombie apocalypse in a bigger settlement with regular patrols and security which would indicate an even greater need for caution. Also Joel was a careful character before the whole outbreak as seen in the start of the first game where he avoided helping a family because he needed to protect Tommy and Sarah and this is before he even becomes a survivor for 20 years and lives as a smugglers during the rest of the outbreak. - Forced events and more stupidity, Tommy and Jesse leaving the map on the ground so Abby can conveniently track them to their exact location. Jesse getting killed off just so Ellie can have her utopia with Dina, Joel dying early on for mere shock value, and as touched on before he died in a poorly written fashion that was not only disrespectful to his character but also insulting to the fans.

    - Cycle of revenge and forgiveness was done poorly. If your going to make it at matter of perspective then perhaps don’t have Abby kill Joel in the first 2 hours and then have the players switch mid game to try and get us to sympathise with Abby who brutally murdered the most beloved protagonist infront of the second most beloved protagonist. The sequencing of events in this game is a new level of stupidity. Also since Ellie ends up losing more than Abby does and actually showing remorse for her victims it makes the theme and cycle of violence rather pointless and futile for the player. It actually shows that you should end the cycle of violence through killing all your enemies therefore no one can get ‘revenge’.

    - Forcing the player to play as Joel’s killer for half the game is just **** honestly, and to make things worse you have to beat the **** out of Ellie and shoot Tommy, this isn’t fun, this isn’t entertaining, this isn’t even good from a story point of view. It’s lame and piss poor. I’m
    not going to care for some random stranger who wanted revenge for her dad, EVEN though her dad was about to kill a child without the child’s consent and Joel killed Abbys father not out of malice or hatred but because he was defending Ellie who he viewed as a daughter. The attempts to sympathise with Abby are shallow and poor. I would rather Tommy and Ellie hunt Abby and kill her while Ellie deals with how Joel lied to her, then Joel could sacrifice himself and thus ultimately being forgiven by Ellie in the process. Hell it would of been cooler to play as Tommy and Ellie’s instead of Abby.

    - Anti climatic ending and **** loads of depression because why not? Tommy is now divorced and bitter becaaause why not, Ellie is left alone which is the thing she feared the most. She’s missing two fingers and can’t even play the guitar which is one of her last connections with Joel, Dina left Ellie. Joel and Ellie never reconciled or even got the chance to because of the wonderful and peeerfrctly written character Abby. Let’s just make all our main characters suffer and show how bad revenge... yet the woman who starts all this gets to have her ****ty mirror relationship of Joel and Ellie with Lev and to continue living her life with no guilt nor remorse for anything she’s done unlike Ellie. There’s a lot more to add but not enough space, the lying and false marketing by baiting players with Joel, Ellie acting like a **** to Joel for so long when all he is doing is helping her (though she does have some reason to remain angry but it’s overdone). Pregnant women fighting in a warzone between warring factions?? It’s just so tiresome to play this game and it sucks all your emotions out and makes you question why you even played it in the first place.

    A massive disappointment and a complete massacre of the characters from the first game. The Last of Us 2 is not a game I think I or many others would consider playing again.    … Expand
  23. EVITARE
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    Una propuesta mal llevaba y con personajes que pudieron tener un mejor desarrollo
  24. JTonicOA
    Jul 8, 2020
    4
    The essential and fundamental problem of this game is that this game is not made for entertainment; actually, it has been made to deride and inveigh the players. The only plausible conjecture I can currently think of is that the developers, or maybe the director, execrates the Last of US 1, despite its grand reputation. Thus, the Last of Us 2 became a work of flagrant animosity, createdThe essential and fundamental problem of this game is that this game is not made for entertainment; actually, it has been made to deride and inveigh the players. The only plausible conjecture I can currently think of is that the developers, or maybe the director, execrates the Last of US 1, despite its grand reputation. Thus, the Last of Us 2 became a work of flagrant animosity, created and created only for the sake of extirpating everything they have built in the first game, which in turn produced an inevitable contrivance.

    Due to the horrendous storytelling, which greatly lacked depth and details, people could not possible get the slightest immersion into the story and the protagonists. Yes, we get what the messages, the sort of a moral dilemma the developers wanted to show off so ostentatiously. Nevertheless, without any appropriate development, they are nothing but a mediocre platitude, an overused cliche.

    Therefore, one would naturally ask oneself - do I really need to pay to feel miserable and abject? It is a perfectly rational and reasonable question because these two emotions are the only message within the game. Through demolishing what they have successfully built in the first game, and distorting the story just for the sake of going against the anticipations, this 'product' provides nothing but discomfort and despair.

    In conclusion, the Last of US 2 is not a game. It is a direct and flagrant vituperation from the developers.    … Expand
  25. Cjnugget17
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So upon beating this game I can already say I can see why so many people are disappointed, I was also pretty disappointed, so I'll go over the good then the bad. And I would not reccomend the game to anyone tbh especially fans of the first this was sad to come back to after 7 years I'd rather go back and play the first game 10 more times than play this games ng+

    So for one positive about the game is of course the graphics and the soundtrack and personally that was really the extent of what made it good, because I will tell you that if the 1st game had these graphics this game would be literal garbage. And now for the bad which there is plenty of wrong with this game like the factthat the false advertisement that players would see more ellie and Joel which is just wrong and you can call it protecting the story but the reality is that half of the people would most likely not buy the game if they didnt see Joel or ellie together, and that was so wrong on his part and personally I feel that we deserve a redo or a dlc but they claimed no dlc, another problem is that they kill Joel off at the very start of the game which was very disappointing rather than sad at the moment I was just mad that ellie didnt just walk in and shoot instead she walk up and gets rustled to the ground, and then watched Joel get beaten with a golf club which is very distasteful, it's like they felt like they needed to kill Joel off for something to happen they could've killed dina off to start the revenge plot that was forced into your brain a million times, and then Joel showing up where Jesse does would've been a true trailer and people would've been more happy, then you can see Joel and ellie trying to reconnect but acting distant due to what happened in the past and you can find out about dina through flashbacks and then Jesse wouldve had more of a reason to go since it was his ex, but then they decided to make you play as abby and try to see her side which killed the game for me I wanted to quit playing right there but I gave it a chance and it didnt get better the only good thing that happened was yara and levs part felt pretty interesting and that was about it, and the cut from ellie getting a gun pointed at her to seeing a flashback was horrible honestly idk what you were thinking, then you make us fight ellie? Like idc if ellie is bad and abby is good I'm connected with Joel and ellie not abby so I dont want to fight her at all, so during my playthrough I stood there and let her kill me to see maybe it will change something but nope, you basically beat ellie to a pulp and wouldve slit dinas throat if level wasnt there to stop her she is such an unlikable character who feels no rebound to her actions, then ellie spares her after murdering hundreds of people for what, even though at that point i lost all interest in the game and didnt even feel like killing her anymore I just wanted this trainwreck to be over already, not to mention they basically want you to hate ellie for killing people even though half of them were self defense or provocation, but this wasnt a last of us game as far as I'm concerned and I definitely dont want a part 3 unless they are going to have Joel and ellie rather than abby and lev, and one other thing is that the characters that were new were completely bland and forgetful we didnt feel a connection between any of them Jesse was just forgotten when he died dina leaves and is never seen again it felt like she was there just to show ellie still likes girls and to keep her from getting to Joel quicker, and every charcter onabbys side sucked honestly, and characters acted completely different idc what Neil says Joel was a smuggler for years he wouldn't let his guard down and the fact that abby knew his whole name and she could tell it was him and where he was from was complete bs, she never saw Joel or ellie, or Tommy, she only heard his first name and nothing else so it seems impossible to track him and immediately know this random guy who just saved you is the Joel that killed your dad, it had so many plot holes it felt rushed even though u had 7 years that's sad but aging it doesnt deserve a 10 or a 0 review it wasnt the worst game but you have high expectations due to the trailers and since it is called the last of us, so I'm being generous giving a 6 ,,t,tt    … Expand
  26. lex0
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    The people giving it a 10 are hypocrites, the ones giving it a 0 are too, but I understand their anger.

    The truth is, the game is extremely well made, all the devs have done an amazing job. The real issue is the narration. - The pace is horrible - There are lots of plotholes that leaves to think that the story has been re-written multiple times - The " first twist " is extremely    The people giving it a 10 are hypocrites, the ones giving it a 0 are too, but I understand their anger.

    The truth is, the game is extremely well made, all the devs have done an amazing job. The real issue is the narration.
    - The pace is horrible
    - There are lots of plotholes that leaves to think that the story has been re-written multiple times
    - The " first twist " is extremely cheap and goes against character building that was done in the first game. It feels forced because Joel makes decisions that he would never do otherwise.
    - The ending and the morale of the story makes no sense when you think back at what the main character has done to get there.

    If we could compare The Last of Us 2 to a movie, it would be an extremely high budget movie, with the best actors, the best CGI, but written by someone with no experience.

    Also, it's hard to support a game brought by a man that fired most of the people that created The Last of Us 1 and the Uncharted series over creative differences..    … Expand
  27. Balian92
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    What happen to the character? Graphic is nice, gameplay is weird But good to extend the length of the story.
  28. Buddynewg
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Neil Druckmann ha arruinado una obra maestra como fue el The last of us 1 con una historia horrible para adolescentes e innumerables fallas de guión a lo largo del juego!… Expand
  29. gtaxvt
    Jul 3, 2020
    4
    Narrative and storytelling wise this game is atrocious. The scene cuts and flashbacks have no order and only hurts the player experience and adds confusion which is never resolved. The narrative choices feel forced in a bad way, extremely edgy, genuinely confusing, and downright nonsensical at times. The major problem I have with this game is that the plot lines go nowhere and it doesn'tNarrative and storytelling wise this game is atrocious. The scene cuts and flashbacks have no order and only hurts the player experience and adds confusion which is never resolved. The narrative choices feel forced in a bad way, extremely edgy, genuinely confusing, and downright nonsensical at times. The major problem I have with this game is that the plot lines go nowhere and it doesn't even leave you on an ominous note. It feels as if you played and finished the game for nothing, since nothing is actually achieved.… Expand
  30. myINTcry
    Jun 30, 2020
    4
    That game have amazing graphics and a not bad story but the thing is that he puts u in such a bad position playing it cuz like u love the "good personages" but when the game put u against them is completly ridiculous.
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Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
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  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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