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  1. kjr
    Jul 5, 2020
    4
    The Last of Us was one of my favorite games of all-time. Replaying it prior to the release of its sequel, I realized just how much my love for the game is carried by my love for the characters. Characters I waited 7 years to re-engage with, only for their lives and their lore to be all but thrown away.

    No matter how impressive the game-play (largely unchanged from the first), the
    The Last of Us was one of my favorite games of all-time. Replaying it prior to the release of its sequel, I realized just how much my love for the game is carried by my love for the characters. Characters I waited 7 years to re-engage with, only for their lives and their lore to be all but thrown away.

    No matter how impressive the game-play (largely unchanged from the first), the graphics and the audio, these strengths couldn't save the sequel from the arrogant, thin-skinned, political-driven "writers" and decision-makers at the top. A solid 4/10, earned entirely by those in charge of animation, world design, and Gustavo Santaolalla.

    Time to pretend this sequel no longer exists.
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  2. Jul 5, 2020
    4
    As a huge fan of part 1 i'm really disappointed of naughty dog. What the f**k was Neil Druckman thinking???
  3. Jul 5, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No queria criticar este juego pero tenia que desahogarme de alguna manera y describir el problema que tengo con esto .Naugthy dog es una de mis empresas favoritas creci con sus videojuegos como Crash o Jak an Daxter o mas recientemente con la saga de Uncharted y con the last of us ese fanatismo crecio mucho mas buena historia , personajes carismaticos y uno de los mas tristes prologos en los videojuegos viendo como la vida de un personaje (joel) se destruyo en un par de minutos . Despues de eso los fans soñabamos con una segunda parte y luego con el trailer estabamos demasiado ilusionados luego el 19 de junio llego el sueño de todo fan lastimosamente a la hora imedia de juego todo se va ala mierda desde que muere joel el juego entero se jodio primero creando un odio tremendo haca abby por matar a unos de los protagonistas depues de eso creerian que seria una villana ....pues no .Literalmente ala persona que mato al personje mas querido de la saga se vuelve a jugar en casi todos el juego y igual se esparaba que joel muriera pero no de una forma tan ridicula .Parece que a naugthy dog les importa 3 pares de cojones a los fans y se dejan llevar por lo politicamente correcto ,tambien aunque no lo crean a no la reconozco paso de ser de bastante carismatica a latipica adolescente rebelde mas gichle y saturada ademas de que joel hizo una puta masacre para salvar a ellie porque simplemete no queria perder lo unico bueno que le ha pasado en esos ultimos meses para que despues ellie al persona que mato a jeese y a joel coño JOEL¡¡¡ para que despues la deje vivir y a ella dejandola sin nada sin amigos, sin dedos, sin ua figura paterna nada.Lev y Abby son unos personajes de lo menos carismaticos (Al menos en mi opinion) lo peor es que no va a ver ni un puto dlc dejandonos con una sed de venganza en la garganta inimaginable hubiera estado bien que hubieran varios finales por ejemplo uno en el joel no muera o el que mas deseabamos ...Matar a Abby para mi sindudas el el juego con la peor historia de naugthy dog eso si lo que mas resalta de juego son los graficos que excelentes de eso no hay duda la banda sonora y todo lo demas esta excelente pero unas buenas graficas no son nada con una buena historia .Ademas el hecho de que abby cobre venganza por su padre no nos transmite nada si hubiera aparecido en el primer juego algo la entenderiamos peo no aparece en este juego como si nada .Joel era el ejemplo perfecto de un personaje con el que no se toca , si el videojuegos hubiera salido un poco antes (Cuando lo politicamente correcto no afectaba tanto en la comercalizacion ) seguramente el juego seria excelent .En fin lo criticaria mas pero no me dan ganas mis concluciones son :¿Mejor que el primero? : Para nada Mejores graficos: En lo absoluto ¿Game of the year 2020?: Para nada ¿Vale la pena?: en mi sincera opinion el juego tiene que entrenerte para ser divertido y the last of us 2 si lo es pero si quieres una buena historia, desarrollo de personajes y un ben final este juego no te lo recomiendo para nada Expand
  4. Jul 5, 2020
    4
    Como juego me parece muy bien desarrollado. En cuanto a los ambientes, la jugabilidad, banda sonora, inteligencia artificial. Todo está equilibrado desde un punto de vista jugable para que se pueda disfrutar. Pero debemos considerar que el título viene de una secuela anterior con una historia y una narrativa con mucho peso, con mucha trama y con bastante caracter. The last of us part 2,Como juego me parece muy bien desarrollado. En cuanto a los ambientes, la jugabilidad, banda sonora, inteligencia artificial. Todo está equilibrado desde un punto de vista jugable para que se pueda disfrutar. Pero debemos considerar que el título viene de una secuela anterior con una historia y una narrativa con mucho peso, con mucha trama y con bastante caracter. The last of us part 2, busca conceptualizar qué dentro de su universo cualquier individuo es común y corriente ya que la muerte está a la orden del día. Y no por qué te llames Ellie o Joel estás obligado a morir dignamente. Creo que el error fundamental está en tratar de generar en el usuario sentimientos cuando estos deberían ir fluyendo y generandose por el contexto propio de la historia. Para The last of us part 2, no se consigue adecuadamente. Y creo que para muchos ha sido una de las razones más importantes, ya que para tantos usuarios como yo. The last of us, es casí como jugar una película. Expand
  5. Jul 5, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I feel like it has to be said, but this isn't a good game(anyone trying to say it's a 10/10 clearly is trying to sell something or impress someone), it isn't a bad game either (certainly not a 0/10, anyone who says that isn't being realistic). I have recently finished the game and there are mixed feelings. On the one hand it is very clear to see how amazing the graphics are, the voice acting, the animations, sound designs, it very easy to see the work that was put into it. However that makes it even more painful when you have to slog through the terrible writing (I don't give a damn about the controversially aspects; killing off Joe doesn't mean the game is bad and having LGBQTA representation doesn't automatically make this a good game.). There are huge plot holes in the story, the pacing is off, the character's motivation, drive and resolution it's just not fleshed out enough. It's as if Neil Druckman wanted to stuff a bunch bold ideas and concepts into this one game, but didn't want to spend the time building the characters and settings, to actually flesh these ideas out, which leave a lot of half finished ideas just sitting out, for the gamer to try and put together on their own. Which is incredibly disappointing seeing as story was the strongest aspect in the Last of Us. The only thing I can think of that could explain this large discrepancy in story writing quality; based on my research the changes was in Neil Druckman, the original Last of Us had a large writing team who helped him make the story what it was, they helped solidify the good ideas and they quickly cut away his bad ideas. However in the Last of Us 2 the team has been more hesitant to try and correct him as they feared "voicing their concerns with the story" would lead to their termination. That issue clearly shows in the erratic storytelling in this game. The only good thing I can say that came from this game is that recent reporting have shown that a lot of employees have left Naughty Dog, which means those amazing animators, voice actors, sound designers, graphic artists and even the writers who were too afraid to speak up against Neil Druckman, will be working on other(hopefully), better written games. Expand
  6. Jul 5, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good gameplay bad narrative. Even if Joel let Ellie go do the surgery she would have died probably. And Abby being the saint is a hard point to sell even if you use devil's advocate. I liked it when I played for the first time giving it an 8 or a 9. After listening to the good reviews and bad reviews I've came to a conclusion this story is not the same direction as the last of us. This feels like a dark brutal story and just throwing Joel and Ellie in the mix and has a bleak experience. This makes batman v superman look like a kids play Revenge is bad is so played out. Even Kratos in the new god of war got to live and have a family again a second chance at peace with his new son Atreus if some nameless person kills him fir good no one else would like it because it's bad writing and pacing Expand
  7. Jul 5, 2020
    4
    As a game, its the same as The Last of Us 1. Sadly that's the only good part.

    The story i feel was very poorly written. In fact if I were to take the premise of the story and turn it in at my script class, I will most likely get a D-. The story sinks the whole game for me. it's just not worth playing. I really do hope Neil learns from this and can make something to salvage the
    As a game, its the same as The Last of Us 1. Sadly that's the only good part.

    The story i feel was very poorly written. In fact if I were to take the premise of the story and turn it in at my script class, I will most likely get a D-. The story sinks the whole game for me. it's just not worth playing. I really do hope Neil learns from this and can make something to salvage the franchise, because i know they're gonna milk this series. Had really high hopes for the story of Ellie and Joel, sadly, they fell on the hands of a team that wouldn't stand up to their creative director.
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  8. Jul 9, 2020
    4
    Ham-fisted, one-note story that grinds on and on. Plotholes Galore. Fails to appreciate or build on any of the interesting story aspects of the original, particularly the aspects that set the world apart from every other Walking Dead clone out there.

    The game segments themselves are short and blandly designed designed. Way too much madly-hammer-square nonsense throughout.
  9. Jul 5, 2020
    4
    The storyline was a failure I felt I was forced to play as abby and hear-out her story I tried to finish her gameplay asap i wasn’t into that character also can’t understand where did Abby get that hulk body I thought the univers of tlos is a harsh world...,I think a revenge story isn’t interesting the writers couldn’t play with our emotions this time the new characters they added has noThe storyline was a failure I felt I was forced to play as abby and hear-out her story I tried to finish her gameplay asap i wasn’t into that character also can’t understand where did Abby get that hulk body I thought the univers of tlos is a harsh world...,I think a revenge story isn’t interesting the writers couldn’t play with our emotions this time the new characters they added has no meaning for exemple jessy I felt like they added him only to put a baby on dina...anyway tlos part 2 is overrated game it too far from being a masterpiece ... Expand
  10. Jul 5, 2020
    4
    This games does all the old characters dirty. They make Abby look like a saint while it makes Ellie look like the most evil character. Oh look Abby plays with dogs. Oh but Ellie evil because she kills them. Gameplay is great and graphics are great but the score I have given it is based on story. And please stop calling people homophobes because they dont like it like all you 300 IQ peopleThis games does all the old characters dirty. They make Abby look like a saint while it makes Ellie look like the most evil character. Oh look Abby plays with dogs. Oh but Ellie evil because she kills them. Gameplay is great and graphics are great but the score I have given it is based on story. And please stop calling people homophobes because they dont like it like all you 300 IQ people that "understand" the story Expand
  11. Jul 5, 2020
    4
    For me, these are some must-haves (based on the hierarchy of importance) for a good game:
    1. A good story (that makes you want to continue playing) - carries the most weight
    2. Good gameplay that keeps the game exciting 3. Good music that sets the atmosphere and overall mood And a distant 4th which is graphics... it can provide an overall believability & realness to the game but to be
    For me, these are some must-haves (based on the hierarchy of importance) for a good game:
    1. A good story (that makes you want to continue playing) - carries the most weight
    2. Good gameplay that keeps the game exciting
    3. Good music that sets the atmosphere and overall mood
    And a distant 4th which is graphics... it can provide an overall believability & realness to the game but to be honest, I have enjoyed many games with much lousy graphics. So for Last of Us 2 all in all:
    1. not good
    2. good
    3. good
    4. good
    Can you continue reading a book or watching a movie when the story is not good?
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  12. Jul 5, 2020
    4
    Game play was good and the graphics were top notch. The story, however, was terrible. The story killed the game for me.
  13. Jul 5, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ellie hates Joel because He killed the cicadas at the end of the first part. Abby hates Joel, because he killed the father of the surgeon. Now Ellie hates Abby. You have understood that violence begets violence. Neil Drakman says that Joel is to blame, but if you remember the end of the first part, there Ellie was unconscious after a massacre with infected and cicadas come, which knock out Joel, put Ellie on the table and want to operate. Again, Neil Drakman says that only Abby's father could have made the medicine, but he died. If you remember the agreement between Joel and Marlin that he takes Ellie to the hospital, and they give him weapons, but as soon as he came to the hospital, the cicadas were ready to kill him, but Marlin intervened and he was told that he would be released, without guns of course. The cicadas could explain everything, give Ellie a choice.. But all the blood is from the cicadas.
    Destroyed as for me the normal ending of the first part, the fact that Ellie found out the truth in the hospital, was depressed and then was an ordinary person, who did not know that she was imunna. But then Joel plays Golf with Abby, realizes that he was still dear to her and goes to kill Abby's friends. In the first part, Tommy was a very good character and kind, but in the second part, he is the complete opposite, promises Ellie that they will go together to take revenge, but secretly leaves. The plot is so straightforward - she remembers everyone in the room and slowly kills everyone and everything is so simple that no new name will appear among her enemies. Then comes the third day when Abby is aiming at Ellie and the game is running out of time and we are already behind Abby. Dogs and Cultists howl at each other, and why ? Because Abby doesn't care what or why and just ignores it. She doesn't care that the dogs torture the cultists, she doesn't care that the Cultists kill the dogs, and so it looks ridiculous that the Renegade Cultists save her and she gets so attached to them that she kills the dogs, but the dogs have saved her life more than once. Why she decided to throw the dogs, where there is everything and go with these cultists-and did not explain normally. She doesn't even try to understand their feelings, they don't mean any harm, and Abby goes and cuts them all out. She is loyal to her Cicada friends, but she also wanted to kill Denny. We don't know much about Abby's friends. Three are killed off-screen, Nora in a couple of frames, Leah too, and Manny is just a cable. What do they have in common, why are they loyal to Abby ? Vaguely. Abby has no character, no motivation, no conflation while playing for her. All Abby's desires and conflicts end during the prologue, when she played Golf with Joel. There is a love triangle between Abby, Mel and Owen, but until the evening of the third day, it is not connected with the events that are happening at all. Krch for 10 hours of playing for Abby is terrible because it is very, very boring.. Abby does not kill Ellie and says that she got out of her eyes, but Ellie still finds Abby in trouble and will go to battle, win, forgive and let go on all four sides.
    It would be better if the first part was the last game on tlou.
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  14. Jul 5, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Daré mi opinión después de pasarlo dos veces pasa empezar quiero recordar lo que me hizo sentir el primer juego no lo olvido nunca fue de los primeros juegos que me hacía sentir intrigado y emocionado de lo que vendrá no lo paraba de jugar pero no pasa en esta segunda parte, una obra maestra fue desperdiciada lo tenían todo para hacerlo un juegazo pero en cuestión de narrativa es la peor del año o de la generación, una historia forzada sin sentido te quieren hacer empatizar con un persona que no funciona momentos inexplicables, una pequeña parte piensa que este juego es odiado por escenas gay qué hay pero es lo de menos el problema no está ahí está en la historia es una verdadera m.... en cuestión de gráficos y jugabilidad ahí es su punto fuerte pero la historia hace que la jugabilidad se sienta forzada y repetitivo en algunas partes no llega a más la ira de la gente es justificativo y más si jugaron la primera parte, esta segunda parte es un insulto para los fans de la primera y en conclusión no es una obra maestra simplemente algo bueno que dará de hablar pero no por lo bueno que sea si no por qué no lleno las expectativas del consumidor. Expand
  15. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    i didn't enjoyed this at all. you'll only love the grqphics abd the detail but nothing comes after that really. i expected more. the storyline is pure trash. so boring and the characters are pretty much out of context. should have been 1/10 if it's not about the graphics. but other than that it's a 4
  16. Jul 17, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Having to play as Abby for 12 hours left me disinterested and just trying to get back to Ellie's story. Ellie went through hell and back to kill Abbey and doesn't go through with it at the end? Unlikely, based off of everything that transpired in the game. They may of had a vision and I respect that, but did not enjoy the last part of the game.

    Graphics, gameplay and music amazing of course.
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  17. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    So I’ll get straight to the point. The music and sound design were superb, gameplay mechanics were the best, the world and it’s environment were damn beautiful, the graphics were freakin awesome, the characters were good................until you took the wrong **** direction with these characters and it’s story! The characters and the story direction was DUMB AND **** INSULTING! I’m coolSo I’ll get straight to the point. The music and sound design were superb, gameplay mechanics were the best, the world and it’s environment were damn beautiful, the graphics were freakin awesome, the characters were good................until you took the wrong **** direction with these characters and it’s story! The characters and the story direction was DUMB AND **** INSULTING! I’m cool with whatever sexual interests, gender ect but come on you kill JOEL from the start!? Then we start playing as the antagonist!? Flashbacks!? This whole take of a sequel just went out the **** door! It’s a joke! The direction of this game went the other way and this is what we been waiting for 7 years? Shame. It’s like Neil Druckman just pulled a Star Wars vibe. What a way to bring the fun out of us rather. I wonder what Part 3 is gonna be because I honestly have no faith in the next entry. Expand
  18. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    Horrible story. But great gameplay though need to keep agendas out of games
  19. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. OJO SPOILERS!!

    Mucho mejor juego que el primero pero bajo mi punto de vista peor historia... personalmente no me enganchó y eso que la primera parte es mi juego favorito... creo que no se le ha tratado al personaje de Joel todo lo bien que me gustaría... Enemigos un tanto repetitivos y secundarios un tanto insulsos... qué lastima, con el gameplay que tiene, una buena historia habría estado a la altura del primero. Decepcionante.
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  20. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Прошёл игру полностью, она шикарна за исключением сюжета. А сюжет в ней главное! Не поймите меня неправильно - задумка крутая «серая мораль», ко-ко-ко, «история о мести» ко-ко-ко. Игра словно ужин в одном из лучших ресторанов мира, но вместо приятной тебе компании с тобой за столом сидит Драхман и жидко попёрдывает :/ Игра обязательна к прохождению Expand
  21. Jul 9, 2020
    4
    The gameplay and the graphics are the best the series has seen, which is why the disappointment of the story is so frustrating. It starts with a compelling premise, but devolves into a disjointed mess jumping around between viewpoints with no clear direction and giving the player little motivation to keep going other than to see how the dumpster fire eventually burns out.
  22. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    It takes a huge risk and you think there will be a pay of for something so bold. Unfortunately the new characters are very bland and cliche, and the game drags on with two endings that repeat themselves. It leads nowhere and take a long repetitive time to get there. It’s a simple revenge story really and not with very good characters. Even though the graphics and gameplay are fantastic -It takes a huge risk and you think there will be a pay of for something so bold. Unfortunately the new characters are very bland and cliche, and the game drags on with two endings that repeat themselves. It leads nowhere and take a long repetitive time to get there. It’s a simple revenge story really and not with very good characters. Even though the graphics and gameplay are fantastic - the story and plot were an afterthought. The makers of this game had a huge agenda that they wanted to force upon people and hijacked this game to do it. Even had misleading trailers to get pre orders. They really are naughty dogs. Expand
  23. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Naughty Dog for me is always one of the top game creators/developers out there. I've loved every game they have created up until The Last of Us 2.

    I wanted to like it, I knew that there was no way Joel would survive this game (I just didn't know at whose hands... or club... he would be ended). But I played because I truly enjoyed the dynamic that Ellie and Joel had together. But this game is not about Ellie and Joel; its about Ellie, her new group of friends, and an 'antagonist' searching for vengeance.

    At the end of this day this game is a revenge story (I LOVE revenge stories). But as is typical in revenge, you don't come out the other side the same. This game saw the mutual destruction of both parties, both virtually alone and crippled in the end.

    My issues are with the characters in this story. You have Ellie who is uneven throughout. She will kill tens of hundreds of people without emotion but then after one or two certain deaths she loses control.... then proceeds to kill a few hundred more. Some lives had more meaning than others of course, so its not completely nonsensical, but it was a bit confusing.

    New character's are continually introduced and its as if the writers are screaming at the top of their lungs "CARE ABOUT THIS CHARACTER!" but, I just didn't. It took an entire game of the original for me to care about either Ellie or Joel, I'm not just simply going to care about a random guy who dated Ellie's girlfriend and shared some funny moments with us (sorry Jesse).

    Now the obvious issue for me was playing as Abby for half the game. I get the idea, the thought is that you want to understand the motivations of the 'antagonist' (I'm using quotations because the antagonist truly depends on your point of view in this game). The problem is, I understood the motivations the second they were looking for Joel, you know the motivation is revenge for friends/family. This again ties back to the writers wanting you to care about Abby and I just didn't. She in the matter of about 45 mins crushed the skull of the character I'd enjoyed so much from the original (and being hopeful to see the conclusion of his story for years).

    I want to just take minute to say it wasn't all bad... The graphics are some of the best I've ever seen, visually the game is stunning on my PS4 Pro/4K television. The gameplay is just as fun as its predecessor with some new fun twists and puzzles which you know Naughty Dog will excel at, and the emotions the game makes you feel is truly unique. There are moments you almost need to quit playing because its so heavy and weighs on you.

    Here are my final thoughts as I see the game...

    The thought of doing a sequel was probably overly ambitious. They should have had you play as Abby for basically the entire game. I think my disappointment is because I was expecting this to be all about Ellie and Joel, this needed to not sell the player on being Ellie or Joel at all. I think having Abby be the protagonist who is seeking vengeance for her father, being hunted by Ellie across the country was a better choice. Then at the end, they could have switched back to Ellie and even kept their ending. There are too many fluff characters, so many I could hardly keep track. I think Dina, Owen, & Mel should have been the focus as far as side characters go.

    I want to just mention that I applaud Naughty Dog for making a game with strong female characters, there aren't nearly enough of those out there. I'm not in the group of people who disliked this game for other motivations.

    I had high expectations for Naughty Dog with TLOU2, expectations they have earned with some fantastic games. This one for me missed the mark. I know many people still enjoyed this game and that's the beauty of art. I look forward to the next Naughty Dog adventure.
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  24. Jul 25, 2020
    4
    If you like the game play for LOU 1 then you'll be happy with this game. However, if you're going in expecting to love the story, then I guess it all depends how "open minded" you are. Personally, it didn't do it for me. I was disappointed. I couldn't care less about the new characters and really just tried to ignore the story and played as if it were some random survival game. This isn'tIf you like the game play for LOU 1 then you'll be happy with this game. However, if you're going in expecting to love the story, then I guess it all depends how "open minded" you are. Personally, it didn't do it for me. I was disappointed. I couldn't care less about the new characters and really just tried to ignore the story and played as if it were some random survival game. This isn't TLOU by any stretch. Expand
  25. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    This game really subverted my expectation. Just like game of thrones season 8
  26. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    I'm gonna get the pro out of the way. The best thing about this game are the graphics, and that's about it. Other than that, the story, the characters and the game play are all terrible.
  27. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game deconstructs every positive about the first games story. The story is shallow and in satisfying. It has killed my desire for any sequels. I would have prefered they not made a sequel. TLOU2 would have been much better off telling us a story of a new cast of characters rather than using joel and ellie. The story feels as though it was made and the characters were forced to act it out as opposed to being an organic view of how these characters would react i given a certain conflict. It feels as though this story was made about someone else, somewhere else but they used the same characters to get sales up Expand
  28. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. S***** game. A bit couse of gameplay that haven't evolved from the first game. 2013 GAME. If i can endure first 10 hours because of Elly, because of nostalgia but 2nd 10 hours (or MORE) I can't. INCLUDING SPOILERS. Ofcourse I don't want play for Abby. This is just disgusting character (outward, manner of speech, her friends). This game want me to perceive her environment like Ellie's environment, but i CAN'T. They empty, they hideous. In the same time Ellie's friends (that i know from the 1st game!!!! and LOVE) is a good persons. i don't give a **** about LGBT suppoena. I just don't like this past-gen game Expand
  29. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    Half of the game was kinda cool. But then it went from 100 to 0. I didnt even finish the game as I was digusted by the story intentions and boring repetitive gameplay.(Ive watched it tho until the end) Loved the first one and I AM NOT BUYING THE THIRD ONE IF THEY MADE ANY
  30. Jul 6, 2020
    4
    The graphics are a work of art, absolutely beautiful! Unfortunately the story line they went with makes no sense. Its full of plot holes, feels forced and relied too much on happenstance. It basically lecture you on the repercussions of your violent actions while forcing you to make nothing but bad decisions and committing violent acts towards humans and animals through a poorly writtenThe graphics are a work of art, absolutely beautiful! Unfortunately the story line they went with makes no sense. Its full of plot holes, feels forced and relied too much on happenstance. It basically lecture you on the repercussions of your violent actions while forcing you to make nothing but bad decisions and committing violent acts towards humans and animals through a poorly written linear story. It was so painful to play that, I personally, just didn’t want to take part any longer half way through the game. I finished the game feeling empty, frustrated and betrayed by Naughty Dog. They lied. Expand
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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]