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  1. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Genuinely mediocre game, I thought throughout the first half it was a masterpiece and then the **** plot of "revenge bad" came up and the game tries to make you sympathize with a character that it just set up as a villain, rewriting the end of the first game changing the African doctor in a broken down and dirty hospital room who had questionable intentions to the white guy who saves zebras and just want to save the world in a super clean and sterile room.
    The previous game continually points to the Fireflies being incompetent terrorists but Joel needs to deliver Ellie even if it's not likely to get a cure. Turns out for some reason the Fireflies are so incompetent that they can't make a cure unless they kill her and neither she or her father-figure got told that. Joel would have had all his weapons and supplies taken and him being escorted to the edge of the city to fend for himself with NOTHING. Being unable to go on without her and having his daughter taken away from him the second time he couldn't handle it and saved her. I don't remember where but the game implies there were many other immune people who have already been killed by the Fireflies.

    TLOU2 made Joel's ambigous personal choice to save a daughter-figure after he couldn't save his own daughter into just Joel being the villian that ruined everything for everyone and he deserved to be tortured and killed infront of his brother and daughter-figure. And the worst part is Ellie never forgave Joel for lying to her, Abby's crew took away that from her and she's angry. At that point the players are emotionally invested in Ellie's grief and we're encouraged to get revenge, but nope halfway through you just stop playing as her and play as Abby for THE REST OF THE GAME, helping your enemy and the game throwing in random stuff to make you sympathize with her, playing with dogs, ushering children to school, taking care of a pregnant woman is all just cheap ways to make you like her.

    Manny is a womanizer who's banging 3-4 different women telling them he's the only one for them, and then starts hitting on Abby, Mel is just an **** in general making Owen cheat on Abby to be with her instead, Nora and the 2 other guys are ****s for trying to kill Ellie and so on and so forth.
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  2. Aug 24, 2020
    4
    This game is a disappointment. I think I can speak for everyone by saying that I wanted a game, not a middle school ethics class. The story is okay for the first half of the game, but then the game wants us to view everything from a complete different perspective, and the second half feels more like a 10 hour long side-quest and it all sums up to a truly disappointing ending.
  3. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hello Angry fans I m here especially to tell you how do i feel about Part 2 and other things , so lets begin :

    I played and finished TLOS so many times more than i can remember , the only thing i have remember is that i played all the difficulty
    mode from normal to grounded on the ps3 , plus the ps4 experience finished 2 times

    so you can tell how much i loved TLOS , i didn't get bored to play the story all over again and live the experience so many times.

    so I preord part2 to see Joel and Ellie once again and their story

    Finished part 2 in 7 days (3 hours or close of play in 1 day)

    ...what a disappointement ! i never thought Neil will make the story here this worse i still don't believe it

    what Joel did was right , why you have to punish him for what he did ! that's unacceptable

    also Ellie personality has changed here she was a piece of **** towards Joel

    i didn't like the new character and her revenge crew ,
    who came up with this idea of killing joel and i have to play as joel killer to understand why she did it !! one thousand NO

    The sequel was bad very bad , it will hurt your soul

    all you have to do here now is to suffer and cry the rest of the game ,

    also Ellie is your enemy as Joel killer ! you have to beat her down! that's nice very nice :(

    in the end joel killer survived and Ellie didn't get her revenge after killing the whole world to get to Joel killer !

    what a garbage sequel

    anyway I'm giving this game a 4 because here its all about the story

    everything else was fantastic or at least acceptable

    and i don't care about Naughty dog anymore from now on.
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  4. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Technically impeccable, gameplay more of the same which is spectacular, but it is unfortunate what they did with the characters' personality. Sad at what they turned to Ellie. I'm not homophobic but I don't want to play with a woman with a man's arms (Abby). Another thing, the people at Naughty Dog forgot that a game WILL NEVER BE A MOVIE. Putting sex scenes was RIDICULOUS !!! If I could ask for my money back I certainly would. I will think and research well before buying any game from this company again. Expand
  5. Jul 18, 2020
    4
    I give a solid 4 for the same gameplay as tlou1, graphics, soundtrack and brutality. The story is just horrible tho and nowhere near as good as the first one.
    After some time I found the biggest reason why i dont like this game (beside the other huge problems this game has): The story is completely out of the background (read as zombie apocalypse). You can take this cheap revenge plot,
    I give a solid 4 for the same gameplay as tlou1, graphics, soundtrack and brutality. The story is just horrible tho and nowhere near as good as the first one.
    After some time I found the biggest reason why i dont like this game (beside the other huge problems this game has): The story is completely out of the background (read as zombie apocalypse). You can take this cheap revenge plot, some hostile groups, few characters and it can take place anywhere.. Where is the interaction with the world beside a few encounters with infected??
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  6. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    has to be the biggest disappointment of my life...
    graphics was good tho, if they were **** id have given the game a 2.

    +2 for good graphics
    +2 for gameplay and story
  7. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    Not happy with this game because of the story. The game looks good but it a story driven game and they ruined it,the story is trash. Will not buy anymore more games from this company at launch.
  8. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is pretty much the best end PS4 could have get, i loved the graphics, new features a probably everything except the story. And in game like this where the story is the biggest part of the game. I don't care they killed Joel i don't care half of the game was about Abby, but her and hers group story was just not entertaining and the cheap tricks from writers to make us like Abby were just pathetic. Like she can cure cancer, but i will still hate her because she's the one who killed the character i fell in love in the first game. Sadly gotta give this 4/10 even tho it's a really good game but not at all what i expected... Expand
  9. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    ONLY 10 minutes In
    and i only hear and read “bigots” “i like how you let me finish my sentences”
    60usd 25 hours to be lectured? (if i didn't see the trailers i would be lost completely on what was going on btw) horrible start need more? usually this kind of pieces tend to tell how the game will be in the first minutes, so... I let my bf continue 2 hours more, and we got BORED
    ONLY 10 minutes In
    and i only hear and read “bigots” “i like how you let me finish my sentences”
    60usd 25 hours to be lectured?

    (if i didn't see the trailers i would be lost completely on what was going on btw)

    horrible start
    need more?

    usually this kind of pieces tend to tell how the game will be in the first minutes, so...
    I let my bf continue 2 hours more, and we got BORED there was no hook to grab...
    We open our minds completely and made an effort, but it was TOO BORING we are 32 yo! this game was for adults not for young kids, when you mature enough you want to see more and more compelling stories, because the usual doesn't entertain you anymore. And this was sooo basic, and still it was messed up.

    We already knew the ending and knowing that, 25 hours would be a waste of time.
    Luckily a friend lend me the game otherwise i wont even touch it...

    its a 4 only for the flashbacks i can’t give a 0 to those beautiful moments that made me cry a river, just because its a goodbye to something i was very hyped for, but, at least is another lesson, TO NEVER HYPE FOR ANYTHING FROM THIS INFECTED MEDIA ANYMORE.
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  10. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    muy mal armada la historia, las primeras 3 horas del juego son una delicia, pero es muy mal llevada cuando para saber que pasa, tengo que jugar una historia de 12 horas, que no quiero para ver la historia de una mujer que no me interesa, y que inventaron para para sacar un juego de la nada que ya no tenia nungun sentido.
  11. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I rate games with three rules
    Does it have good graphics
    +3 points
    Does it have good story +3 points
    And was the game fun
    +3 points
    Also if they all apply then i add +1 more point

    So i believe the game only had good graphics but the story runs along and kinda memes itself out buy forcibly making weird decision on every important scene of the game like were i forcibly have to kiss the girl when there clearly was another love interest for Ellie and he had to die without anyone even caring nobody talked about him since and he was a caring guy that never had a girlfriend either in his life (assumably) and also the the part were i have to fight abby and i really wanted to kill her **** ass but Ellie was like “i have nothing to lose so i might as well let abby get what she wants and let her live so maybe one day she can Possibly do this to another family in return” also all the love/sex scenes were cringey because both the main kiss scenes were too intense to even watch
    I understand niel druckman being an sjw but walking dead did it perfectly it gave us a choice to decide weather clementine liked a guy or a girl and i think ellie should have ended up with jesse not amy


    Joels death: this was hard to watch i wasnt even crying i was plainly pissed off I hate when sjw type of Directers do this **** they always try to split the audience and have them argue a lot about how good the game is or not how about you plainly make it good for everyone and do what you promised you said Joel and Ellie would continue to maintain their relationship with each other and Joel's death didn’t have to be on the first hour of the game
    They could have let joel at least say his final goodbye and then I probably would have cried but no they just kill him out of nowhere and if theyd let him say goodbye to her at the scene it would have made the game more impactful but no they decided to golf club his head with no warning and ellie turned into the worst character when she let she let abby get away if i was her and had common sense i would have grabbed the gun from the backpack and shot her ass before she got away or her little friend so she would see my pain The graphics were pretty good though but with the terrible common sense it kinda made the graphics look a little bad but then again im rating story and graphics diffrently so good graphics Terrible story +0

    Somewhat fun gameplay+1

    And good graphics+3

    If only i was given a choice to do all these things though like the first game was somewhat acceptional but the second game wasn't the mood so id rather choose what my character does rather then forcibly doing stupid **** in this game Here are my conclusions


    Jesse should have been a love interest for ellie otherwise dont create him just so he can die like that

    Amy was so ugly and boring to be a love interest

    Abby should Not have been taking steroids because of how rare they are in the apocalypse Ellie should have been given choices along the way On playing the game


    joel shouldnt have died like that he should have atleast said something memerable before he died and not “yall sound like yall know us or something”



    Chain of violence is stupid because it will eventually end weather or not you use violence or not


    We should have had choices for us personally and not the developers wanting


    That hispanic guy is an insult to my race because he spat on joel and i loved his character (Joel's)



    ellie should have killed abby as well at the end


    I dont support weed and we caught ellie smoking it with another person and they end up making out also the graphics were really good but facial expressions were Kinda ugly Call of duty did its sequel good why didnt you

    Atleast give us choices even if joels death was inevitable i just believe that this game was produced in 2 years but the 7 years later they just act like we are not gonna overestimate it and think it was a good game but it was overestimated and it was way too overestimated 2020 sucks for me at this point dont be mad if people commit suicide because of ghis game being so ass

    Have a wonderful day and try to have a good life in the future if possible Peace
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  12. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    Such a boring, disappointing game. Plot is trash, gameplay is fine I guess, but naughty dog really did this series a disservice.
  13. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игровой процесс, механики 10/10
    Сюжет лютое дерьмо
    Если первая половина играется относительно спокойно, то на второй половине хотелось несколько раз дропнуть и не возвращаться, ну и концовка тоже конечно дерьмо
    Дракман, спасибо за слитую серию
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  14. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    The Last of Us 2 for me is a disappointment. The graphics and combat are great, but the story is almost nonexisten. Also, there is very poor character development for Ellie and her friends. Unless you really enjoyed the Last of Us 1, I would not recommend Last of Us 2 at a price higher than $20. Compared to Last of Us 1, I am very disappointed. I give Last of Us 2 a 4/10 because I slightlyThe Last of Us 2 for me is a disappointment. The graphics and combat are great, but the story is almost nonexisten. Also, there is very poor character development for Ellie and her friends. Unless you really enjoyed the Last of Us 1, I would not recommend Last of Us 2 at a price higher than $20. Compared to Last of Us 1, I am very disappointed. I give Last of Us 2 a 4/10 because I slightly dislike my experience while playing the game. Expand
  15. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    The graphic is top-tier. The gameplay is still bland, little improvement and worse is you have to play about 30hours which is so boring. the voice and acting is good as always. But the story is garbage. The story is essential to this game. Theres so many politic agenda that even makes no sense. Imagine if this game's gameplay was like visual novel with only text based, the story isThe graphic is top-tier. The gameplay is still bland, little improvement and worse is you have to play about 30hours which is so boring. the voice and acting is good as always. But the story is garbage. The story is essential to this game. Theres so many politic agenda that even makes no sense. Imagine if this game's gameplay was like visual novel with only text based, the story is straight to garbage. This game manipulates you with their "cinematic" experience so that the story doesnt look bad Expand
  16. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    The gameplay was 10/10 but its cringe-y to play the person who killed your favorite character. Also, Abby has the 2nd half of the game with the best boss fight and stages as opposed to the main protagonist Ellie. (The Rat King boss fight). Its as if the early stages were just setting up for the main gameplay which is to play the antagonist.

    The only cool thing was the Tommy boss
    The gameplay was 10/10 but its cringe-y to play the person who killed your favorite character. Also, Abby has the 2nd half of the game with the best boss fight and stages as opposed to the main protagonist Ellie. (The Rat King boss fight). Its as if the early stages were just setting up for the main gameplay which is to play the antagonist.

    The only cool thing was the Tommy boss fight.
    Where nothing happens.

    I remember the chills of the cannibal leader boss fight in the 1st game. This game does not have that all.

    Its sad that this game is overflowing in store shelves right now because of this (yes, even the collector's edition is collecting dust).

    Nonetheless, I will still buy the third game if there is any, but with strict caution.
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  17. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly... I just finished the game and it was probably the darkest game I've ever played in my life. Naughty dog, I give props to you for making me actually hate a fictional character, I honestly didn't think it possible. Your attempts at humanizing Abby throughout your time playing as her were strong but to no avail. I hated Abby the entire game and wanted her to die for what she did to Joel right up until I was drowning her... thats the only time I felt pitty for her. As for Ellie's development, I hate how dirty you did her. Ellie was nothing but a fun loving teen filled with humor and spunk. I understand how Joels discision to save her life could have dampened that but by the end of this game it was as if she was devoid of life. There was no hope in this game the moment Joel was killed except for killing Abby and by the end we couldn't even do that. Over all the game did a fine job at getting you enotionally invested, but none of it and I mean none of it was a feel good emotion for me. You've recieved our money and it's been the number one selling ps exclusive this is true, but in terms of replay ability I think I'm going to shelf this game forever and never pick it back up again. I just can't. Expand
  18. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    Beautiful game but instead of the quality writing that you might be accustomed to from the first game you get shock factor as a replacement.

    Where the first game was set in a bleak world with jaded characters there were often glimpses of humanity and hope that would break through and remind you what the characters were fighting for, this game is just relentlessly bleak with no likable
    Beautiful game but instead of the quality writing that you might be accustomed to from the first game you get shock factor as a replacement.

    Where the first game was set in a bleak world with jaded characters there were often glimpses of humanity and hope that would break through and remind you what the characters were fighting for, this game is just relentlessly bleak with no likable characters.

    I did not find the game very engaging, I do enjoy the game play, scrounging for bullets and weapons and barely making it through encounters but there are basically no innovations from the last game. This would be okay if the story was on par but since it was not I found myself losing interest way before I reached the ending.
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  19. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    I'm going to split this up in 2 parts. 4 points will represent gameplay, graphics, mechanic's, voice acting etc. The remaining 6 points will be based on story and writing. Since this is a story based game I feel it is fair to have the majority of the points awarded in this section. 4 out of 4 points for the former and 0 out of 6 for the latter. The writing is indefensible it's lazy forcedI'm going to split this up in 2 parts. 4 points will represent gameplay, graphics, mechanic's, voice acting etc. The remaining 6 points will be based on story and writing. Since this is a story based game I feel it is fair to have the majority of the points awarded in this section. 4 out of 4 points for the former and 0 out of 6 for the latter. The writing is indefensible it's lazy forced and utterly ridiculous. I equate it to game of thrones style story telling. Dumbing down characters in order to force a storyline plain and simple. There is a big difference between skillful direction and cheap manipulation and unfortunately this falls into the latter. As a standalone this would have just sucked but as a sequel it's laughable. this doesn't even touch on the ending which I'm going to pretend was written by mentaly deficient chimpanzees because my brain won't allow me to believe the possibility that a highly paid adult human writing team could ever produce something so ridiculous. Its so pretentious that I want to roll my eyes just thinking about it.... Dear God 7 year wait for drivel.... Such a shame. Expand
  20. Jul 12, 2020
    4
    i hate writing this about a game I've been literally foaming in the mouth waiting for.This Game Is A Big Slap in my Face Having Loved The First Game's Story And characters I'm Forced to live through the Destruction of all of almost everything that i liked about the first game ,At least the game play is still 10/10 but the story isn't really a worthy sequel to the first game and just makesi hate writing this about a game I've been literally foaming in the mouth waiting for.This Game Is A Big Slap in my Face Having Loved The First Game's Story And characters I'm Forced to live through the Destruction of all of almost everything that i liked about the first game ,At least the game play is still 10/10 but the story isn't really a worthy sequel to the first game and just makes this game feel like its writer is punishing me for loving the first game, An OVERALL DISAPPOINTMENT for me one that i hope i will be able to FORGET FOREVER Expand
  21. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    Awful Writing, Terrible Character development, loose story plot, over the top Feminism ( literally punched down your throat at every opportunity ) game Drags and Drags for what feels like eternity way too long. over all a very disappointing game, more of a propaganda piece than a game
  22. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    The graphics and gameplay of TLou2 are really outstanding. However, the story is completely ruined and made the entire playthrough not enjoyable. The plots are messed up with frequent flashbacks and it's difficult to connect with any characters. The whole storyline is filled with boring events and holes; most of them didn't connect with the theme of 'revenge'. Half of the gameplay (10The graphics and gameplay of TLou2 are really outstanding. However, the story is completely ruined and made the entire playthrough not enjoyable. The plots are messed up with frequent flashbacks and it's difficult to connect with any characters. The whole storyline is filled with boring events and holes; most of them didn't connect with the theme of 'revenge'. Half of the gameplay (10 hours) is wasted on boring romantic events. The story could be making a little bit more sense by arranging the sequences of events.
    The gameplay on Abby's part seems more complete and polished, WHY. I enjoy Abby's gameplay and I like her, but she isn't charming as Joel and Ellie from the first game.
    This is a story-driven game, if the story is ruined then event it's top tier graphics and gameplay. I still don't enjoy it. I felt sad about those amazing artists who made this beautiful game and ruined by one talentless director.
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  23. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    Very disappointed on the narrative side..visually looks not much different from the first and mechanics are also somewhat similar..Game play wise it's definitely a 7 didn't notice a single glitch or bug...but narrative wise being a story driven game it's a 2..
  24. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    Graphics are stunning, the gameplay is the same as the original, it feels like there are only minor tweaks to some of the gameplay mechanics.

    The story is my main issue with the game, it jumps all over the place and is full of flashbacks, unlikable characters, disappointments and plot holes.
  25. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    Es realmente desesperante y frustrante despúes de terminar el título, jugando al rededor de 40 horas, y más que el tiempo que le he dedicado; el cuál llega a sentirse como una perdida, es la forma en como el director maltrata, daña y mutila a los personajes, a la historia y al título.

    Lo destroza de una forma vil y estúpida. Se aprovecha del éxito del primer juego para en éste,
    Es realmente desesperante y frustrante despúes de terminar el título, jugando al rededor de 40 horas, y más que el tiempo que le he dedicado; el cuál llega a sentirse como una perdida, es la forma en como el director maltrata, daña y mutila a los personajes, a la historia y al título.

    Lo destroza de una forma vil y estúpida. Se aprovecha del éxito del primer juego para en éste, promocionar y darlo a conocer como algo completamente diferente al producto final. Lo cual puede entenderse a fin de evitar spoilers pero que realmente se nota el cambio abrupto que tomó y sobre todo lo mal montado que esta, carece de lógica y sentido en a lo largo del juego

    Gameplay es muy bueno, gráficamente de lo mejor, sonido , ambientación, pero todo eso se va al carajo por la historia, el cual es el apartado más importante de este título en particular, esté que es un secuela directa a uno de los mejores títulos de la historia y aún analizando The Last of Us part II cómo un título ajeno al primero , e independiente sigue careciendo de sentido y mal planteado.

    Pésimo y patético

    El más decepcionante en toda mi vida gamer (+de 30 años)
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  26. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    Los gráficos son majestuosos y la ambientación es la mejor que le pudieron dar al juego.

    El gameplay es bueno pero se hace aburrido con el tiempo, son demasiadas horas de juego para la poca evolución en la jugabilidad, todo el tiempo es prácticamente lo mismo.

    La historia es lo peor del juego, y las decisiones de los personajes son muy estupidas.
  27. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    No, it isn't for me. The first one was a beautiful story, whereas this one feels just ugly. The environment is gorgeous and the gameplay is solid, as per usual of Naughty Dog but that isn't enough to keep me invested, in what is ultimately a dull story of little to no interest to me.

    I would have preferred it if they made Ellie's goal to go out and find a cure for Joel after he was
    No, it isn't for me. The first one was a beautiful story, whereas this one feels just ugly. The environment is gorgeous and the gameplay is solid, as per usual of Naughty Dog but that isn't enough to keep me invested, in what is ultimately a dull story of little to no interest to me.

    I would have preferred it if they made Ellie's goal to go out and find a cure for Joel after he was infected from spores, hunting down some scientist in Washington, mirroring what Joel did for Ellie in the first game, with Ellie more than willing to sacrifice her life for Joel, leading to the same discoveries that we get in flashbacks here.

    This way, you could keep ALL the characters you've created and you have a goal for the player to be invested in.

    Instead, we get none of that aspect again, in fact, it isn't even really an issue, except when Ellie's mask breaks, which only exists to cause drama with Dina. TLOU2 is all about revenge with half of the game following someone we will never care about because of what she did.

    I'm sure many do legitimately love it but I cannot and I DID try to give it a fair shake.
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  28. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good graphics
    False advertising Extremly disapointing story with an annoying pacing , cheap fan service and incoherent twists
    Gameplay has only a couple of changes from the first game and doesnt even evolve through out the game
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  29. Jul 11, 2020
    4
    The story focus only on agenda disregarding the main characters of the first game just to pander to the SJW who rarely buy games. do not buy if you like good story.
  30. Jul 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Look, first off you do not kill a character like Jole. BUT, if you do it, have some dam decency yeah? The whole game went sour from that point on. I want a full dam refund, Naughty Dog really did this all wrong. The combat was fine, the story was pretty garbage this game in comparison to the first one. I hope Naughty Dog doesn't make a mistake like this again. Oh btw stop inflating it with positive reviews to skew things and make it look like the game is doing great. 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]