The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 161975 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 84,950 out of 161975
  2. Mixed: 8,550 out of 161975
  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
Buy Now
Buy on

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. Havharo
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    I was a bit worried about the part of the story everyone talked about. For a moment I’ve lost interest in playing the game further. I’m glad I didn’t stop though.

    The game introduces more interesting characters from the world and shows different perspectives. Story and characters are really well written, I’m impressed. You can see that Naught Dog spent a lot of time into perfecting the    I was a bit worried about the part of the story everyone talked about. For a moment I’ve lost interest in playing the game further. I’m glad I didn’t stop though.

    The game introduces more interesting characters from the world and shows different perspectives. Story and characters are really well written, I’m impressed. You can see that Naught Dog spent a lot of time into perfecting the game. Wow...

    Graphics & audio is also top notch. Environments are a joy to explore. Everything seems consistent but not same. There’s a top of rooms you can miss, and many of them are really well designed. You feel like you’re discovering something new all the time.

    I really wasn’t expecting this, as I didn’t enjoy the first part as much as the others did but looking at the whole package there’s nothing else to write beside that it’s a modern masterpiece.    … Expand
  2. denia1998
    Jun 25, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bueno vamos a empezar con mi primera critica completamente subjetiva.
    Obviamente va con spoilers. Empecemos no vi ningún spoiler antes de jugar creo que eso es un punto importante y que puede influenciar a muchas opiniones, Empezare por lo que no me ha gustado y obviamente es la historia, ojo, entiendo que a mucha gente le guste pero voy a dar mi opinión de porque no me parece buena y es la misma que la de todos. Yo me pase el the last of us 1 hace medio año y lo tengo bastante fresco me gustó mucho sobre todo por lo minimalista de la historia allí no eran 6 o 7 peonajes desarrollándose eran solo Ellie y Joel una historia suya donde tenias diálogos opcionales excepcionales que te hacían interesarte por saber mas de esos personajes en cambio en este juego cambias tanto de compañero que no te llega a gustar nadie no veo buenas relaciones, por que Jesse o Dina se van con Ellie, puedo suponerlo pero por que a dina le gusta Ellie no veo ese toque personal que veía en el primero como poco a poco se construían la relacion entre ambos protagonistas. Bueno vamos con el gran spoiler la muerte de joel nada criticable (al contrario que con Tommy el cual yo creo que no se atrevieron a matar) me pareció valiente aunque no me gustara eso no me pareció malo al igual que me parece valiente que te obliguen a jugar con Abby pero te arriesgas a esto, a que a la mayoría de gente no le guste jugar con la persona que se ha cargado al protagonista, y ojo me parece que Abby es la verdadera protagonista de este juego me aunque pasa como con Ellie no llegas a empalizar del todo con ella, de un día para otro cambia de opinión y ya solo piensa en ayudar a unos sefaritas no se me parece repentino, a esto añadimos que te hacen pelear contra Ellie en el teatro. En lo personal pensaba que el juego se iba a acabar con Ellie y Dina en la granja no me parecía tan mal final pero de golpe vuelta a por Abby vamos a matar a mas gente para mi venganza y ahora que la tengo delante vamos a olvidar y a perdonar pero a las mas de 100 personas que he matado para llegar a ti no importan a la cada uno a lo suyo Abby a hacer su vida mientras que Ellie se queda sola sinceramente hubiera preferido que murieran las dos o algo por el estilo. En resumen no me parece una buena historia en la que pienses bueno si hubieran hecho esto o lo otro seria mejor, no me parece un the last of us donde se le dan cariño a los personajes se le dan mimo me parece una pelicula de blockbuster donde es mas importante la espectacularidad que los propios personajes (Ej: Abby pasando de un edificio a otro por una grúa y un puente un tanto dudoso).
    -En cuanto al gameplay es bueno adictivo aunque puede llegar a cansarte un poco (no en mi caso) muy continuista pero como tiene que ser para no perder la esencia añadiendo algunas mecanicas la esquiva el ir por el suelo.
    -En cuanto a la calidad gráfica nada que objetar es naughty dog haciendo cosas de naughty dog.
    -Conclusión: ¿Es the last of us parte dos un mal juego?, (Este juego es como un libro, te puede gustar mas o menos pero no por eso es un mal libro) para nada esta por encima de la media pero al ser sobre todo narrativo si no te gusta la historia ya esta perdido. Sin duda lo recomendaría a todo el mundo pero al no haberme gustado a mi lo siento se queda con un 4.    … Expand
  3. jacapraca123
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    Gameplay is just a copy past from the first game. The graphics are great. The story makes no sanse. You can't like the characters. Forced homosexual content.
  4. DavidsonDave
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    If the goal was to teach me that revenge is bad it failed. I just feel like revenge was actually stolen from the player and from Ellie. In hindsight maybe the choice should have been up to the user and you could have had Ellie look back on the destruction she caused getting revenge with the emptiness still in her life from those she lost. That way you treat your audience like adults whoIf the goal was to teach me that revenge is bad it failed. I just feel like revenge was actually stolen from the player and from Ellie. In hindsight maybe the choice should have been up to the user and you could have had Ellie look back on the destruction she caused getting revenge with the emptiness still in her life from those she lost. That way you treat your audience like adults who are able to come to those conclusions without you holding our hands.

    The original game was made by the story. This as a game is an improvement on those unique aspects of what makes a game a game, but the story is possibly one of the worst I have ever seen.    … Expand
  5. yourfriendface
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Not a fan, the story was stale considering the release date was pushed back. Writing was awful, and the ending was ridiculous.
  6. Plusnetwifi
    Jun 25, 2020
    5
    The gameplay itself was decent but the story relies too heavily on out of character decisions and plot armour as well as failing to make abby likeable despite forcing you to play as her half of the game
  7. Jnav509
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    Expectations high but if fails to deliver. Abby being an made to be a redeemable character and falling flat. The ending making the entire game meaningless with the message of revenge isn't the answer unless your Abby.
  8. Usikava
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. tl:dr
    Graphics: 8
    Animation: 8
    Atmosphere: 9
    Gameplay: 4
    Story: 1
    Narrative: 1
    Critics claiming this game is masterpiece: -10

    First of I don't really think this game deserve 0 score, though it's the only way of showing protest against "paid" reviews of so called critics.

    Now let's get to why it's bad. Long and point by point.
    First of gameplay. It's dull, it's repetitive and it's absolutely boring.
    For a first quarter of the game you playing stealth game without any means to make stealth interesting you don't have skills(which by the way you should find in the means of magazines scattered around the so called world which is more of a tunnel with enough side turns or dead ends that will eventually lead you to a same point and still those magazines can be missed) and if you do, you don't have skill points to open them up soon enough to avoid this getting boring you don't have silent weapons and the only way to make it as it's intended to is by crawling in a grass and bushes with 1 button gameplay which is boring. Then we move to the second quarter of the game when you finally have tools but if you play on a highest difficulty the resources are so scares that you don't really have means of using them which again forces you to the point of either changing difficulty or continue boring bush crawling with 1 button playstyle. Then we move to the third and forth quarters of the game where you again striped out of means of doing the gameplay interesting and even of the mechanics as you play as Abby who is a part of wolves which were using dogs that made it at least a bit interesting and didn't allowed you to just sit on spot smashing stealth kill button. And instead of giving you a synergy with a dog and moving onto a new mechanics they just remove them from the game as a factor so the second half of the game is even a downgrade from already boring stealth gameplay. Again dull, poor and just plain uninteresting.

    Secondly story.
    I was never a fun of TLOU1 so I don't have any years long love for Joel or Elle. Though they were developing during the game, characters were evolving and that lead to controversial ending. Here we have a flat characters that don't do this. They just don't develop still at the end they take a drastic turns against everything they stood and fought for it's just a poor written drama of a broken characters that don't do anything in terms of what ending brings us to.
    Prologue and Joel's death make no sense at all. He stumbles upon Abby and her group just as they shows up in the region, saves them, tells his name, lead them to a safe house and can't understand where is this going to. No matter in the first game he saw through such characters by a single glance of an eye and then again Elle magically shows up just in time to see what is happening.
    Epilogue is even more stupid as Tommy instead of helping Elle as his brother would've probably wanted wanted sets her up on a vengeance path AGAIN. Then Elle finds Abby saves her and Lev, fight with Abby and let them go. Abby knows where cicadas are, have Lev by her side and get everything. Elle looses everything even her new family with Dina though she is the one braking vengeance circle she didn't even started in the end.
    Even with this BS story they could have done it better by parallel playing for Abby and Elle, or even by totally swapping the two halves of the game instead they try to make you understand Abby when you already don't want to, when you already hate her and just don't give any Fs about why she did what she did.

    And thirdly is a narrative.
    You don't make strong female characters by just showing how weak and bad male characters are, you don't make good gay characters by showing how pathetic and cruel straight are, you don't make a strong trans character by showing that for some weird reason(sarcasm) tribal, postapocalyptic, religious group don't agree and don't accept this chatacter being trans. The only thing this achieve is creating hatred towards this characters and,or there counterparts for the matter and towards the writers that just can't represent them by any means other then hatred. They must stand out by what they do and not by others that do wrong.

    And lastly you don't buy or otherwise force critics to say that game isn't what it is. A dull, boring, weak, old and underdeveloped in terms of gameplay and story pile of garbage. You don't make metacritic to start showing some weird server errors that occurs only for this game. You don't lie in promotional materials. You don't censor some games and leave others with a full out sex scenes.
    Again this game doesn't deserve a 0 score, it's 4-5 at least for it's graphics and detail obsession. But when I see 95 critics score for this I go for 0 to balance it out.    … Expand
  9. alan1850
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let the story end in part 1 and you dont have to waste 60dollars on this piece of ****… Expand
  10. veganbruhburger
    Jun 25, 2020
    9
    i like it. and i actually finished the game. the story isn't as good as the first one but that's a very high bar
  11. TheGamer546
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    The Last of Us Part 2 is one of the best looking games ever made. As you move through the world you cant help but sit back and take in all the detail of this beautifully horrific world. The story is compelling throughout keeping you on the edge of your seat with constant twists and turns. The sound design is also stellar with clickers and infected sounding and looking more horrifying thenThe Last of Us Part 2 is one of the best looking games ever made. As you move through the world you cant help but sit back and take in all the detail of this beautifully horrific world. The story is compelling throughout keeping you on the edge of your seat with constant twists and turns. The sound design is also stellar with clickers and infected sounding and looking more horrifying then ever. I consider the Last of Us Part 2 a must play for every PS4 owner.… Expand
  12. iitimb0ii
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    Great game another classic naughty dog experience dont listen to the trolls play the game for yourself!
  13. Tacitus_Gaming
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. For anyone wanting an in depth read as to why the game is being viewed negatively by most gamers:

    Firstly, no, it isn't about a specific character's death. Please let that weak argument go to justify why the game is good in all other aspects.

    Very clearly a ton of work was put into excellent gameplay, graphics and sound. They are all absolutely top notch, you'd expect nothing less of a game from them. The story on the other hand, it was well acted by Troy Baker, Ashley Johnson and the rest of the crew, but the reasoning for this story to exist seems off. I couldn't place my finger on what was wrong with it at first, but as the hours went by while playing it I got the sense that the game existed for namesake alone. Not because they had a story to tell. It's utterly clear in the end that this game's story exists because of one idea they had. It is a B movie, straight to DVD style plot twist with absolutely no impact due to its execution. Where the first game had character development on all fronts, mainly Ellie and Joel, the sequel throws that all out the window.

    Granted Abby’s story isn’t particularly intriguing whatsoever ( a new character you're forced to play as for 10+ hours ) and there is an arc that feels contrived ( extremely convenient timing, for a writer hoping to craft a redemption tale ) and to top it all off the ending is extremely disappointing. Early-game portrayals of Abby’s friends are intentionally misleading ( behavior and attitudes inconsistent with those revealed later ), and overall there are significant issues with narrative structure and timeline. So in the end the game is intentionally disturbing, emotionally manipulative, intentionally unsatisfying. Does that make it a good game? No. It's just an intentionally disturbing, emotionally manipulative, intentionally unsatisfying game.    … Expand
  14. ThisisRay21
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    From the graphics to the story to the gameplay I loved every bit of this game. Only thing is don't play it if you want a happy story. Huge fan of the original, I'm just a normal 22 year old from Wisconsin, not a paid critic (unfortunately). Don't listen to the hate. 90% of it is people who didn't finish it, can't handle major character deaths, or are just outright homophobic. Try it forFrom the graphics to the story to the gameplay I loved every bit of this game. Only thing is don't play it if you want a happy story. Huge fan of the original, I'm just a normal 22 year old from Wisconsin, not a paid critic (unfortunately). Don't listen to the hate. 90% of it is people who didn't finish it, can't handle major character deaths, or are just outright homophobic. Try it for yourself and make your own conclusions. As long as you don't fall to those 3 biases you're most likely going to enjoy it.… Expand
  15. Rav3n13
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good graphics , and overall display but with some of the worst wrinting ive ever seen.
    The people who played tlou1 went to this game with certain expectations like:
    -Joel does give trust to unkown people (in the first game you can see him seeing throu an ambush while a man is seeking help in the midle of the road and develeping a sense of trust over an extended period of time with Ellie).

    And seeing a character like that, to let himself get played by a women whos equiped in a snowstorm and weights 200 pounds saying that she got a base nearby (So why the hell are u here?!!!) Joel is a smart guy and he would never let himself be played like that.
    But the game needed Joel to die so that it could spark the sense of the weirdest revenge ever ,
    -Caracther diversity over Caracther development , this game is a message , and to people that are saying that if u critise the game u are homofobic / transphobic or dont like women in general ur wrong , most of the games with female leads are so good , Horazion , Tomb raider the uncharted expansion of Chloe and Nadine we also have the case of Trevor in GTA V saying to Franklin that he is bisexual and he was one of the best character in GTA .
    So to the point, u start as a lesbian women and an asian guy knocks at the door folowed by an hispanic women that is bisexual vs a 200 pound women and her transgender friend and daddy issues sister , and the problem with this diversity is not that its there its the context where its being put (Zombie/infection apocalipse) and u see througth the game that he really wants you to pick this pro-diversity vibe so much that you end up not falling in love with none of these caracthers , the problem is not the homophobes the problem is that ur shoving contantly and non stop this sexuality aspect and it beacomes theyr personality , if a game througth the whole gameplay reminded me nonstop that my male caracther likes to have sex with women i would have the same reaction .
    We get it DIVERSITY, great now develop the caracthers pls.
    -And finally the plot holes, and there are a lot but im gonna mencion one so you can understand this bs writing , so after the worst ending in video game history ,where only after killing 200 people Ellie realises that revenge is bad and not meaningfull and dosent kill the only person that she should kill to avenge Joel , somebody for the love of god tell me How does Ellie with a bashed in face, Dina with an arrow In The shoulder also sick and pregnant, tommy who was shot in leg with arrow and in back of the head with a handgun and jesses dead corpse just up and ride from Seattle Washington to Wyoming and make it back to Jackson without horses How does Ellie with a bashed in face, Dina with an arrow In The shoulder also sick and pregnant, tommy who was shot in leg with arrow and in back of the head with a handgun and jesses dead corpse just up and ride from Seattle Washington to Wyoming and make it back to Jackson without horses How does Ellie with a bashed in face, Dina with an arrow In The shoulder also sick and pregnant, tommy who was shot in leg with arrow and in back of the head with a handgun and jesses dead corpse just up and ride from Seattle Washington to Wyoming and make it back to Jackson without horses How does Ellie with a bashed in face, Dina with an arrow In The shoulder also sick and pregnant, tommy who was shot in leg with arrow and in back of the head with a handgun and jesses dead corpse just up and ride from Seattle Washington to Wyoming and make it back to Jackson without horses how does Ellie with a bashed in face, Dina with an arrow In the shoulder ,sick and pregnant, Tommy who was shot in leg with arrow and in back of the head with a handgun and Jesse`s dead corpse just up and ride from Seattle Washington to Wyoming and make it back to Jackson without horses ?
    Its just overall bad and i hope u redo or at least make a dlc that this was all Ellie imagination after taking that weed with Dina    … Expand
  16. Metrix
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    The Last of Us 1 was awesome, The last of US 2 is a dumpster fire stay away unless you love bad stories, shoehorning the player to play certain charters in a certain way.

    It's bad and there is no way around it, you will regret it and wish you never bought it. I did!
  17. huuo
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game took me for a rollercoaster. Coming after the first game, I had no trouble becoming engrossed in the story and characters. People criticize the flashback format but I believe it was perfect at revealing information when it had the biggest impact. The violence in this game is very self aware and Naughty Dog did an amazing job of conveying that every person you kill has their own lives. Abby became a hard person to like and care for, but I think Naughty Dog did really well with making me understand her side of the story, and had me sympathize more with her than our main protagonist Ellie.… Expand
  18. BIELgamer38t
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Jogo muito bom incrível em tudo até em detalhes quem nunca jogou tem que experimenta quem é da Xbox e fica inventando q o jogo é ruim tá mentindo nunca vão pelo q dizem antes de jogar experimentem essa obra prima!
  19. Versl
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    3 rate for graphic quality, 0 for other. Bowring SJW game, like a many others SJW products
  20. kingrevu99
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Whats the point of having ground breaking graphics and best gameplay mechanics when the story is crap, it's like a decorated mummy, just a piece of flesh with no soul. another series died with PC and SJW #GetWokeGoBroke
  21. Br4ndon702
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Woke is out of control in this game l, we get it... everyone’s equal, now can you write characters we want to get behind (not like the sex scene in this game.)… Expand
  22. anfox
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Awesome game and story!
  23. elnl13
    Jun 25, 2020
    7
    I ummhed and aaahed about giving this a 6 or a 7 but went for the latter purely because of how beautiful the gameplay was. That is an aspect that cannot be criticised. However, despite understanding the message the game was sending perfectly well, it just wasn't a direction that I was happy with as a fan of the first game. I was hoping for more of a continuation than a convuluted adventureI ummhed and aaahed about giving this a 6 or a 7 but went for the latter purely because of how beautiful the gameplay was. That is an aspect that cannot be criticised. However, despite understanding the message the game was sending perfectly well, it just wasn't a direction that I was happy with as a fan of the first game. I was hoping for more of a continuation than a convuluted adventure with new characters and so much heartbreak. Nevertheless, to say I didn't enjoy the game would be a lie, but after waiting so long I was definitely disappointed. Still recommended to play through at least once though!… Expand
  24. BenBenjamin
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Feels like you're playing a movie, High budget AAA cinematic experience makes this game truly feels like a sneak peak into next gen. Don't liste to the hate. Play this for yourself 10/10
  25. Josh145b
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    Gameplay is meh, I’ve encountered several glitches, AI seems to see through walls pretty often and could use improvement. Beautiful graphics. Unfortunately the story sucks. Also entering uncanny valley territory where the faces sometimes look downright creepy. Graphics just aren’t there yet.
  26. Oscar98
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Si quería un juego de jotos me compraba uno, no entiendo por qué hacen a los personajes homosexuales si no agrega nada a la historia o al trama, que este de moda hoy en día apoyar a la comunidad gay no significa que la tengan que incluir en todo, arruinaron el juego por completo
  27. watson3031
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    A masterpiece! Abby is a great addition to the story and world of The Last of Us!
  28. Blackthaw
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    This game is awful.. i needed to leave a review to find out if this is getting censored . Hope naughty dog learns literally anything from this
  29. m3ani_eqla3
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They turned something wonderful (part 1) to something all what I can say is “Awful “ ... from all stories in the world that is your view of the end of the world after a virus spreads!! I can play any game with bad story, but I can’t even think that all that matters at the end of the world is homosexuality.… Expand
  30. StiG18
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This Reviews and the game itself is based on:

    Who loves the absurd story, not to mention playing as Abby (who personally i hated so much after saw her beeting Joel) and joel's horrible and cruel death: "This game envolves a great storyline" BullS**T

    Who really loved the first game: "This game destroyed the entire franchise"

    I will be honest i was expecting so much more of this game and it became a really, bad, hated, project.

    If it was supposed to be this and it was supposed to end like this, it might as well not even have made this game. I will just replay the first one because that's the reall MASTERPIECE    … Expand
Page:

Awards & Rankings

2
#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
1
#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
3
#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
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.
    Read full review
  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.
    Read full review
  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]
See all critic reviews »