The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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  1. Rydberg98
    Dec 9, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Regarding the soundtrack and everything visual from the graphics to the acting performance this game deserves a much higher rate. To sum it up I would give it a range of 9-10 out of 10 in these areas. But, to my regret, the story naughty dog presented to us is far from the masterpiece most review sites are claiming it to be.
    The whole plot is based on a double revenge and tells us at the end to seek revenge (by murdering people) is a bad thing. This is such a boring message that I can't believe I played 30 hours to get it presented. Especially for video games and a zombie apocalypse in particular, this is both unnecessary and unrealistic (E.g is killing a pregnant woman in self-defense really worse than killing any other man/woman?). But I'm sure it was bound to get acclaim by reviewers from the start. First the developers present you the cruel death of Joel and send you to a journey to make his murders accountable for their actions. Although I expected Joel to die, I took note of the fact naughty dog tried their best to create the impression he will live in this sequel, so his relationship with Ellie can still function as a selling argument. Since I was mostly indifferent to Joel as character (although he was well written in the first part), during his death I did not feel the hate/sadness the authors wanted to create, but rather thought: “What a standard plot device”. Also, they chose revenge and hate as a feeling for the audience to feel because it’s the easiest one to produce. Can you imagine how hard it would have been to create the feelings for Abby and Lev in players like in the first part for Joel and Ellie? No that would have been too much work, better (literally and metaphorically) kill characters the audience already has a relation to and then try to redeem their murder.
    The pacing of the first half is extremely slow, and the game forces you to make stupid decisions and tell you afterwards how bad these decisions were. The plot is exclusively driven forward by stupid coincidences (e.g. characters leaving maps of were they go/went and where their base is and many more).
    The most stressful part of this game was the second half where you have to play as Joel's murder Abby. Opposite to the first half where the game wants to shine the worst light possible on Abby and the WLF (making them appear as ruthless warlords, which torture and kill people as they like, kill everyone not in their team with a "shoot first ask questions later"-mentality and their weak motives) the second half is devoted to show her as a nice human who only wants to survive and protect her friends. But while in the first half the game is rather successful in its mission, it fails its job terribly at the second half, mostly due to its cheap tricks: It is never explained why the WLF shoot first when spotting an outsider. Moreover, although she clearly tortures other people, the game wants you to like Abby because she is friendly to dogs and rescue two of the scars which help her escape others of them. Her whole plot isn't either a justification for what she did (same stays true for Ellie, but it is as poorly written) nor does she show at some point regret for what she did. And after all the pain those 30 hours were, the game doesn't let you a choice whether to spare or kill Abby. You have to spare her, Ellie returns to her home only to hunt Abby for a second time and yet again you are not allowed to have a choice here and spare her a second time. Compared to the first part: You may not have made the same decision as Joel, but his motives and feelings were understandable and the success of a medication at least questionable. In the second part, this is not as ambivalent, since the alternative for Ellie is much brighter and her second pursue of her revenge doesn’t make any sense.

    Summary: Visuals are great. but the story lacks logic in every way, I can't give this game a rate higher than 4. The Gameplay is despite a jumping and dodge mechanic the same as in the first part, no improvement, and no degradation. The plot feels forced in every way and makes you frustrated because you would never make such stupid decisions. Could have been much better, even with a revenge plot.    … Expand
  2. RonnyMegaMilk
    Jan 29, 2021
    4
    Nothing new to the gameplay, disappointing. Story is a mess, these are not the characters we knew in the first game. Abby is just a hypocrite, I don't find any connection to her and don't feel sorry for her at all. Forcing LGBTQ community into a game like this is also annoying, so much potential was wasted for how good the first game was. You should be ashamed of yourselves devs. Ashamed.
  3. pione7r
    Sep 19, 2021
    4
    Just finished the game and it has to be one of the most boring games I've played. I didn't care about Ellie, her decisions were irrational and unjustified. I just wanted this evil monster (Ellie) to die that killed a pregnant woman on her revenge quest.

    Whereas in TLOU 1, I felt emotionally connected to the characters. It was a beautiful storytelling.

    I'm going to pretend TLOU2 never existed.
  4. CavidMuxtarov
    Feb 8, 2021
    4
    game's story very bad. Neil Druckmann put this kind of game in a bad situation
  5. vicius
    Feb 9, 2021
    4
    Great graphics and sound.
    Gameplay is exactly the same as part 1, one of my favourite games of all time.
    The game seems to drag on forever, lasted me around 23 hours and it could perfectly be 10 hours shorter.
    Story is absolutely trash.
    Probably deserves a 6 but I'm giving it a 4 to compensate for the OBVIOUSLY paid reviews.
  6. Louiskyrim
    Feb 10, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is my first time ever reviewing a videogame, so don't mind if I say something bad.
    The Last of Us Part 2 is not bad gameplay but the worst story performance, I wish I was playing the Game of the year's videogame but turns out it's the depression of the year. A lot of political correctness and abuse of the LGBTQ, even I have to show the empathy to respect those bad people who killed the main character during the mid-game, makes me wanna throw up.

    Let's talk about the gameplay experience: it's good as part 1 and crueler to the enemy and you may see a lot of insane dismemberment and head explosion if you headshot or blow them up. Interesting at exploring a half-open world map. There will be no supply shortage if you fully looted the map. And each enemy has their own name which is pretty cool, they will warn each other name if somebody gets killed. Then you need to know how to deal with those infected, if you've played part 1 before, it won't be too hard to fight them. And the last one is the workbench. they did pretty well on the animation of upgrading your weapon, I'll feel satisfied every time I upgrade my weapon.

    And that's all for the good part of this game, now we get to the most disgusting part of this disaster: the Storytelling. I'll try not to spoil it as much as possible, but the most favorite character just gets killed at the very beginning of the game, just because of a speechless reason, doesn't mean we have to play the villain in the game, get to know hers background also know why she had to kill him only to show sympathy. I only want her dead for revenge, but the Naughty Dog shows me that's impossible, that makes me wanna just quit this game only for that.

    Another reason that makes this game awful is the Character development. There's a lot of character in this game that you probably wouldn't get to know them better, then they'll die during the story, so what's the point of adding them into the story? making them suffer just to let the plot being extremely tense and exciting? I don't think that'll work. every time I'm seeing some unknown characters get shot or stabbed, I didn't even feel sad for them, because there's no point in mourning them if you never get to know who they are. Besides, I have to kill a pregnant woman in the game then I just felt guilty about it? To be honest, this is the first game that made me kill a pregnant woman, well then, there's any significance in adding a pregnant woman in the game for what? Woman empowerment? I mean this is not "Game of Thrones", and that's what Naughty Dog was doing. And they failed.

    So is this game worth playing? for gameplay: Maybe, wait till is on sale. But experience the story: Not recommended, it leaves a big gap between part 1, I would not say is the sequel, that'll be ashamed for it. I've played part 1 remastered when I got my ps4 and is clearly a masterpiece, makes me feel like I'm watching a touching and a real tear-jerker movie. Then jump into part 2, a muppet show, which is watching people killing each other and having some elements of feminism. I was fully anticipating part 2 gets releases but after all of this happening, all the things I had were the memories for part 1.    … Expand
  7. Durban
    Feb 11, 2021
    4
    They simply lied to get people to buy this game, Neil Druckmann can go to h**l... The game is a 9 because of Ellie but Abby gets a 0 so (9+0)/2=4.5
  8. Girgalo
    Feb 11, 2021
    4
    I love this game, the graphics, the audio, visual, also the violence is quite good. Everything is perfect in this game, except the story... also that the fans were traped with wrong trailers is lame. Erveryone who loves the first game would understand me. Please... we waited 6 years and this is what we get??? but also i am proud about the good things in the game in this times.
  9. Sevenbiscuit7
    Feb 22, 2021
    4
    Probably a 5 some days. It goes back and forth. The graphics and gameplay are so smooth it’s butter but the story is an absolute drag. The pacing is horrendous and the characters are all done so poorly it doesn’t feel like the same group that made the first game. It’s a disjointed nightmare. It’s like the script was shuffled up and rearranged and they didn’t care to fix it. It certainlyProbably a 5 some days. It goes back and forth. The graphics and gameplay are so smooth it’s butter but the story is an absolute drag. The pacing is horrendous and the characters are all done so poorly it doesn’t feel like the same group that made the first game. It’s a disjointed nightmare. It’s like the script was shuffled up and rearranged and they didn’t care to fix it. It certainly could’ve been done much better. The gameplay does become repetitive after a while and the games depression tone becomes melodrama for a good five to six hours. I waited 7 years for this game and would’ve waited another 7 if we had got a different game than this.… Expand
  10. Stasyan_st
    Feb 23, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. С Технической точки зрения игра просто супер но я ненавижу когда мне навязывают какие-то свои ценности через игровой индустрии поэтому 4… Expand
  11. snallegub
    Feb 23, 2021
    4
    Great game ruined by horrible story and agenda push. This game has great graphics, decent game play, great acting and a story so bad that it ruins everything else. Characters are uninteresting and pretty much unlikable and you are forced to play those characters for tens of hours. On top of the characters they shove the LBTQ agenda in your face every chance they get. I loved the first gameGreat game ruined by horrible story and agenda push. This game has great graphics, decent game play, great acting and a story so bad that it ruins everything else. Characters are uninteresting and pretty much unlikable and you are forced to play those characters for tens of hours. On top of the characters they shove the LBTQ agenda in your face every chance they get. I loved the first game and this pretty much killed the series for me. Won't be buying if they make more.… Expand
  12. Kolya_PSx
    Feb 25, 2021
    4
    Не рекомендую покупать эту игру за деньги! Это важно! Не поддерживайте монетой такой противоречивый (мягко сказано) продукт.

    Представьте, что вас пригласили за шведский стол. Очень много разной, красивой и вкусной еды... И только вы себе положили в тарелку все самые вкусные кусочки: графика, геймплей, атмосферная музыка, безумно красивые уровни, любимый персонаж Элли, который для вас,    Не рекомендую покупать эту игру за деньги! Это важно! Не поддерживайте монетой такой противоречивый (мягко сказано) продукт.

    Представьте, что вас пригласили за шведский стол. Очень много разной, красивой и вкусной еды... И только вы себе положили в тарелку все самые вкусные кусочки: графика, геймплей, атмосферная музыка, безумно красивые уровни, любимый персонаж Элли, который для вас, как первая любовь... Откусили по кусочку. Понравилось. Выпили бокал вина... Что-то не так... Какой-то смрад... Откуда-то мухи летают... Ладно, отмахнулись, снова положили аппетитный кусочек торта в рот...Распробовали и только собираетесь насладиться всем этим пиршеством полностью - как вдруг... У вас всё это забирают из под носа и ставят перед вами такую большуууууую тарелку говна. Сюжет превращается в полный бред. Логики у персонажей нет вообще. Всё растягивается надолго и занудно. А для чего? Для того чтобы вы получили большое - ничего и осадок как будто вы вышли из кинотеатра после просмотра очередного фильма режиссера Алексея Балабановав, только ещё хуже.

    Игра вызывает смешанные чувства. Такое ощущение, что игру делали две команды. Одна хорошо и это профессионалы своего дела, а другая новички по блату и абы как потому-что их родители состоят в совете директоров. Но так же не может быть, правда? Или может...

    Либо третий вариант - кто-то пришел и сказал. "Так, это никуда не годится! Вот это убрать. Тут этого добавить. Что значит "Не вяжется"? Сделайте чтобы вязалось! Всё, я пошёл - занимайтесь!" и мы получили то что получили. Шедевральные моменты с чудовищными овралами пиздеца. Всё что касается сюжетной линии с Элли вполне интересно и удобоваримо. Всё что касается второго персонажа - глаза и уши начинают кровоточить. К концу игры мозг уже отрафируется и в голове свербит одна мысль "Когда этот ппц кончится?". Адекватный, здравомыслящий человек не способен это принять за шедевр. Это дешевая поделка в дорогой упаковке. После прохождения у вас ещё долго будет сидеть мысль в голове что где-то вас наебали... Я всё сказал.    … Expand
  13. Mau0391
    Feb 26, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay and graphics are very good, it is what was expected of a game of this level. However, the story is terrible, the characters are not very memorable, a Netflix serie. The point that bothers the most is the way Joel dies, how they kill a character that way.… Expand
  14. Mamiruiz117
    Mar 8, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Arruinaron completamente una saga que practicamente todos amabamos, tuvo partes buenas y nuevos personajes a los que le agarramos cariño pero la historia principal y el desenlace es algo que no es digno ni de recordar… Expand
  15. BleedingJester
    Dec 12, 2021
    4
    the game looks amazing the gameplay is an improved version of the first game and the level of detail in the game is insane

    but the story and characters are absolute garbage and every character from the first game is character assassinated while the game tries to guilt you into rooting for the new characters and i do mean guilt trip you i would say character assassination and the game    the game looks amazing the gameplay is an improved version of the first game and the level of detail in the game is insane

    but the story and characters are absolute garbage and every character from the first game is character assassinated while the game tries to guilt you into rooting for the new characters and i do mean guilt trip you i would say character assassination and the game guilt tripping you is roughly 85 percent of the story

    the setting that the first game got almost perfectly is also ruined

    if this wasnt a sequel i would give it a 5 or a 6 but because it is a sequel im going to give it a 4    … Expand
  16. Eja91
    Oct 3, 2021
    4
    Would be a clear 10 rating. But there are two things that annoy me MASSIVELY.. I **** HATE playing Flashbacks.. And the worst thing... Playing two characters in a game. I just want to play as ellie and the story should not have that much flashbacks. That ruins the game for me. Otherwise as is said 10/10
  17. 120044leaF
    Apr 9, 2021
    4
    The worst thing a sequel can do, in my opinion, is make me feel like an idiot for ever liking the IP in the first place.
  18. Gigantique
    Apr 9, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. While I could clearly see what the developers WANTED me to feel playing the game, the way they killed off Joel in the prologue after having me wait 7 years to play as him again made me disconnect completely with Ellie at times. While she was grappling with the horror of what she was doing I just found it annoying and surgically made sure I executed every single person on every single level as revenge for Joel. Without intending to I took months to finish the game, simply because I stopped giving a **** once the game swapped to Abbie and had to be coerced into playing more by my wife.

    Game is gorgeous on a technical level, easy 10/10 there but story poisoned the well from the very beginning. Did not immerse myself in Ellie and found it borderline annoying that she was being emotional about her revenge plot, having her spare Abbie was the straw for me, 1/10.

    Average i'll round down to a 5/10 because I'm salty they did me dirty like that.    … Expand
  19. Xenovers
    Apr 18, 2021
    4
    Honestamente mucho peor que el primero, no se merece todos los premios que recibió, una gran decepción
  20. Josh_Adhiyaksa
    Apr 21, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is **** up !!! Killing a favourite character from the very first start of the game ?? Really Naughty Dog ??! I mean, come on dude... they could have made a great sequel and prequel about this game.. but they destroy it for making it, such as playing as Abby that literally 10+ hours... making us feel anger and pissed, even making Ellie did her own vendetta by destroying the main ending like no other way of ruining the story... seriously this is not worth it, although I still try to enjoy the story is good enough for me..

    Pros : graphics and animation    … Expand
  21. dimon0796
    May 15, 2021
    4
    The game has a too long plot, not a pleasant relationship between the characters, not a pleasant ending
  22. HenryOfCzechia
    May 22, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story based on Joel and Tommy acting dumb. As a huge fan of the first game (finished it 7-8x) it was tough to see the smart, ruthless and the most importantly EXPERIENCED survivor act so extremely dumb. I have nothing against dying protagonists but everything what happened before the death was stupid AF. But the technical part of the game is masterpiece.… Expand
  23. gets64
    May 25, 2021
    4
    I love Naughty Dog, the graphics, the care and polish is all there... but the story is forced, definitely all went to their agenda.
  24. Ewiril
    May 25, 2021
    4
    Very good gameplay, better version of what was first TLOU, awesome graphics, even soundtrack decent. But for such a heavily story-driven game, it was a major ****
  25. PerformanceMind
    Mar 18, 2022
    4
    Первая половина игры (за Элли) - 10/10
    Вторая половина игры (за ебаную омерзительную обосанно-обосранную свиноматку) - 0/10
    5/10
    Минус балл за говно-сюжет, который просто не работает.
    4/10
  26. ed16loly
    Jun 5, 2021
    4
    Final muy malo, malísimo de verdad, una completa decepción, aunque el gameplay es fiel al original
  27. Jackshhhhh
    Jun 7, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 7 malditos años para esto Cuando se tiene que jugar abby dan ganas de romper el disco y ver si te pueden reembolsar tus 60 dólares por vender humo… Expand
  28. Morthnaconkera
    Jun 9, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "The Ending No One Wanted"

    If you're going to kill off Joel, you better do something big to redeem it. It's okay for there to be tragedy in a story, but make up for it. The writers decided to have Ellie go through a lot of hell just to kill all of Abbie's friends, one being her boyfriend, the other a pregnant woman? That's so gross.

    "Oh, but we're writing about how no one wins when you make it about revenge." Then could you make it about something else?

    The point of Abbie's gameplay is basically to get you to understand why she did what she did, which is fine; and how she is actually a "good guy" and has experienced loss. I didn't mind the gameplay, but I question the reasons for it. So... are you saying I should flip and cheer for her over Ellie? Or do you just want me to understand how complicated this is and not cheer for anyone? By the way, you succeeded - I didn't want to kill Abbie anymore! I didn't really want to kill her in the first place, I just went along with it because what choice do I have?

    Basically, no one wins. The fans obviously don't win. Ellie sees two people whom she's close to die, goes through MORE hell and loses two fingers for nothing, and we don't see a welcoming committee when she returns. Abbie loses all her friends and she can't go back to her old life anymore. I honestly felt sorry for her. If anything, I was glad (I mean, if you can call it glad at this point) Ellie didn't kill her just out of pity.

    The gameplay was the best thing about it. It felt nostalgic. The survival aspects that made the first game great are still there. Fighting the monsters and bad guys was cool. I'd do it again for just for the fun of it if the story didn't suck.    … Expand
  29. pablitogalee
    Jun 11, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Empezaré con un 10/10.
    -Los graficos y todo lo relacionado son buenos, pero nada especial aun asi se agradece el HD. 0
    - La IA es igual que la del primer juego. -1 quedamos en 9/10
    -Las escenas de la guitarra tienen signifacado, pero no tienen un puto sentido y es una paja tener que tocarla. -2 quedamos en 7/10
    -El director fue Druckman. -100000 quedamos en 0/10
    -La Jugabilidad es preciosa(sistema de armas, loot, puntería), uno de los puntos fuertes del juego. +3 quedamos en 3/10
    -La música, ambientación y los coleccionables también ayudan y no me pareció mal. +2 vamos en 5/10
    -Con la historia le daré un +4 por la primera mitad, pero le quitaré -2 por poner esas escenas de mierda de pelicula hollywood. 7/10
    -Abby... empezaré dandole +1 porque me gustó el combate con ella (8/10) pero le quito -4 por hacernos jugar con ella LA OTRA MITAD DEL JUEGO en un intento vago de generar empatía y culpa. (4/10)
    Para finalizar no lo compren, esperen oferta o que te lo presten no gasten su dinero    … Expand
  30. Giro_33
    Jun 14, 2021
    4
    A slap in the face to all of the last of us fans who were eagerly waiting 7 years for the sequel only to be backstabbed by the director of the game himself. The story is horrendous, absolutely terrible considering it relies on shock value which ultimately falls flat. It surprises me how Neil Druckmann could sit down, read the entire script of the game, and think "they're gonna love this".A slap in the face to all of the last of us fans who were eagerly waiting 7 years for the sequel only to be backstabbed by the director of the game himself. The story is horrendous, absolutely terrible considering it relies on shock value which ultimately falls flat. It surprises me how Neil Druckmann could sit down, read the entire script of the game, and think "they're gonna love this". If it weren't for the good gameplay I would've given this a 1 honestly.… Expand
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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  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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