The Last of Us Part II

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  1. trailoffiends
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    I have only disappointment from a story I tried to hard to enjoy and empathize with. The death of major characters isn't as much as an issue but rather the pacing and build up of the story. The change of perspectives with no real justification other than trying different things. The layers of suffering upon suffering that feel being shoved very early on to the point I got desinsitized. TheI have only disappointment from a story I tried to hard to enjoy and empathize with. The death of major characters isn't as much as an issue but rather the pacing and build up of the story. The change of perspectives with no real justification other than trying different things. The layers of suffering upon suffering that feel being shoved very early on to the point I got desinsitized. The long stretches of uneventful gameplay. What's not wrong about it?

    In a world where subjectivism is acceptable, perfect scores on the extremes are not in this context. Even if one attempts to overlook how the plot is build up, gameplay wise there are long stretches of this game that feel untouched compared to the first title. The puzzles are too simplistic and serve no purpose other than to slow you down.

    I tried at least to hold on to gameplay and even in that I was disappointed. For me it gets a 3 based on some sparse thrilling events with great animations and environment but everything else is unfortunately poorly executed. In a game that was designed around linear narrative, it was hard for me not to look at this as a mediocre experience.    … Expand
  2. calcifer7
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Punishing a player for his choices in a linear game after forcing him to do the acts is plain stupid. Is this a video game or a movie that has a mediocre story? Make up your mind Naughty Dog.
  3. moroxot
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Storyline sucks. Gameplay is good. That’s it.
    I just don’t get the motivation of main characters... Whoever did this should quit his job!
  4. BlackFoxMX
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Le pongo 3, porque esperamos 7 años para esta secuela, no por los gráficos, ni por la jugabilidad, sino por la hermosa relación entre Joel y Ellie. Cosa que se ve destruida apenas empieza el juego. Un asco total. Le pongo 3 porque en el apartado gráfico NaughtyDog lo hizo excelente. La Jugabilidad idéntica a TLOU1. Nada más que agregar.… Expand
  5. Apenasumgame
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Jogabilidade e gráficos bons, porém a história é falha e há muitos furos no roteiro na qual deixa a história sem sentido algum.
  6. Bennax
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game disappointed me. They ruined Joel and Ellie. They created new characters just to kill them. The flashbacks were not bad and I liked Tommy's character. The final is very bad… Expand
  7. Corky_Selo
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all. ill praise the environmental visuals and the sound of the game. but the game is not worth the 7 years i waited for. TLOU to is the story about Joel and Ellie. so it makes sense to play TLOU 2 as characters Ellie AND Joel that we developed a bond with all throughout, not as a random character that has only been introduced 5 hours into the game. i mean how does N.D. expect us to get involved with the game when we are put into a random character that we have no emotional attachment to. secondly, the plot is not engaging at all, N.D. says the game is not supposed to be fun but more of an engaging story, but the plot is horribly disconnected with most of the fans, we get that the character Abby went to kill Joel for revenge, but the ending was just pure **** Joel gets killed, Ellie's group gets killed, Ellie gets revenge and kills abbey's group who were just willing witnesses to a murder, but in the end Ellie didn't get revenge for Joel by letting abbey scott free. if it was ellie who Abby killed Joel would've stopped at nothing to kill Abby for stealing his daughter figure from him, i expected Ellie would've done the same as it felt like she saw Joel as a Father Figure.… Expand
  8. Deconeconus
    Jul 4, 2020
    3
    Такой хуйни в плане сюжета и геймплея я давненько не видел. Не, тут хорошая боёвка, хорошая графика и хорошая... А, не, всё. Если вы спросите меня: "Дэн, как думаешь, мне лучше купить TLoU2 или пиццу заказать?" То я отвечу: "Пицца - это хорошо".Такой хуйни в плане сюжета и геймплея я давненько не видел. Не, тут хорошая боёвка, хорошая графика и хорошая... А, не, всё. Если вы спросите меня: "Дэн, как думаешь, мне лучше купить TLoU2 или пиццу заказать?" То я отвечу: "Пицца - это хорошо".
  9. GabrielSantosT
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    8/10 Gameplay and graphics
    0/10 Story, Characters and Plot
    It's a shame that this game is called “the last of us 2”. You destroyed the image of the first game.
  10. Matvch
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    This game looks very beautiful. The atmosphere is amazing and you just want to play this game at first sight. No joke, technically this is really well done. But the story is just absolutely garbage and therefore you loose all motivation too continue to play. Imagine you are very hungry and you are having a bomb ass looking meal in front of you that seems so nice, but then you try to eatThis game looks very beautiful. The atmosphere is amazing and you just want to play this game at first sight. No joke, technically this is really well done. But the story is just absolutely garbage and therefore you loose all motivation too continue to play. Imagine you are very hungry and you are having a bomb ass looking meal in front of you that seems so nice, but then you try to eat it and it actually tastes like vomit and **** and you cant continue too eat anymore. Its exactly how i would describe this game. It looks beautiful but the story is absolute **** just like the new characters. The whole storytelling feels so depressing and sad after some time and you don't feel some kind of satisfaction, only pain in your ass. Its just a waste of time and money, and the sad part is that it could have been a 10/10 easily if they just did it right.… Expand
  11. TheBearded
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is sad that a good stuio follows political trends, a game is a last place where I want to see gay propaganda, controls are quite bad but the visuals are really good, I feel that something is missing in story.… Expand
  12. DGWA
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The plot is a failure. Besides killing one of the key characters, you also need to play for his killer.… Expand
  13. Blackworms
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    Don't know what to tell. Direction that the game makes you play feels forced and you gain nothing at the end. A lot new characters just implemented for you to empathy, but they're so shallow that you want that part of the game end as soon as possible as they feel like endless side quests. Also note that they don't show even a glimpse of those characters in the trailers and misdirecting theDon't know what to tell. Direction that the game makes you play feels forced and you gain nothing at the end. A lot new characters just implemented for you to empathy, but they're so shallow that you want that part of the game end as soon as possible as they feel like endless side quests. Also note that they don't show even a glimpse of those characters in the trailers and misdirecting the audience. Legacy of TLoU is being thrown into trash bin as soon as the game starts, which is something like killing Kratos or Nathan Drake in their game within the first 2 hours. Amazing.

    The game is a masterpiece from technical perspective; graphics, audio, animations, mocap... all superbly implemented as expected. However, they forgot one thing, which is what makes TLoU great in the first place. Meaningful characters, bond between them and a good freaking story.

    You won't be able to find a good story here, so only thing that makes this a 3 points review is the technical aspects. Whoever worked on the graphics, sound, animations etc. should be proud of themselves. Story otherwise, eh, hope they (Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross) won't get any project in the industry. Maybe they can work for CW...    … Expand
  14. Mogofo
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Disappointment i Rate it three only for the graphics and gameplay other than that the gamedm
  15. Ares11517
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay is the same, if not, better than the first one. 1 point for that. The graphics are insane. This is what I expected from a next gen game. Insane how other games this gen have not made use of the full potential of the ps4 pro. However, the story of TLOU2 is horrible and filled with the director’s ideology of what he thinks is right.

    The only part of the game that I actually enjoyed was the part where you play through a short memory of Joel and Ellie. A throwback to what made the first game so incredible and the very lack thereof being the main cause for the failure of TLOU2. Not worth the full price, but if you sell the game right after beating it, you’ll end up paying about 10 bucks for an experience you can easily live without.    … Expand
  16. SatAngel
    Jul 21, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. honestly, if you were looking at the pure game functions, it is wonderful, beautiful environments, clever AI, good game mechanics, would have given it a 9 at the least. But man, the story is so dark for the sake of being dark, and the returning characters acts so differently from the previous game, i am so sure it's happens in a parallel but different dimension. Also with no satisfy ending, is like a movie that has beautiful cinematic but crappy plot. prefect for people who just want to play a beautifully crafted game and does not care about the story what so ever, otherwise is not worth the time or the money.… Expand
  17. TonyWolfgang
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Very disappointed with that they did. Gameplay is good, yes, but the story is just not good at all.
  18. a804
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When you create a game with generic gameplay and generic realistic graphics, all that's left for you to make an impact on your audience is the story, now when you try to oscarbait with that story, and make a generic revenge plot the central theme of said story, and then, on the easiest crowd pleaser to ever exist, flop the ending by destroying your own protagonist and having the villain basically get away scot free.

    Well, on that moment my friend you earn a 3 on a game so generic and competent that could have gotten a 7 just on gameplay and visuals alone.    … Expand
  19. Byalathor
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    So weird to find a visual masterpiece with a mediocre story, is like making hot tea out of a can of soda in the middle of a snow storm… I know it sounds stupid but there´s something wrong with the “storytelling” on this game. Not just some BIG holes and Deus-Ex Machina moments in the story! To be honest some scenes are worthy of time. Gameplay is as entertained as the first game, ButSo weird to find a visual masterpiece with a mediocre story, is like making hot tea out of a can of soda in the middle of a snow storm… I know it sounds stupid but there´s something wrong with the “storytelling” on this game. Not just some BIG holes and Deus-Ex Machina moments in the story! To be honest some scenes are worthy of time. Gameplay is as entertained as the first game, But structure and storytelling take you out of the game… like literally out… you start hating not the game itself but thinking about the developers… and that’s just a failure, to be taken out of a fiction story, because the fictional world is crumbling down by silly decisions. It has absolutely nothing to do with LGTB message I’m ok with that. In fact, I applaud the strong point and message. Is just that decision making of the characters, new and old ones are so silly and with a weak justification. It seems a draft of a script… with the full visual production behind it. So hard to believe the same people made this game… (Keep the same big narrative points, But make it in a SMART way… this game looks like written by a 8yo kid )… Expand
  20. Redit4you
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Please dont waste your money There was no substance to this game other than the graphics and technical achievements. lackluster story throwing the past game under the buss. Boring disjointed game sections. Clunky game play with brain dead ai. And the icing on the cake for me was the new boring characters.
  21. superego20cn
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    I feel sick after playing it. Do not waste your money. 非常糟糕的剧情，千万千万千万别浪费钱在这种游戏上。
  22. Foordy
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Just completed the game graphicly it's amazing and sound track I can't give it any fought there but the story was Lacking big time it was confusing and made no sense other then revenge sake.

    Won of the worst games this year by none and can't understand how the game has 95 on crititics score?? other then paid reviews I would stear clear of the game if I could of gone back in time I would    Just completed the game graphicly it's amazing and sound track I can't give it any fought there but the story was Lacking big time it was confusing and made no sense other then revenge sake.

    Won of the worst games this year by none and can't understand how the game has 95 on crititics score?? other then paid reviews I would stear clear of the game if I could of gone back in time I would of cancelled my pre order stear clear here or wait to its in the bargin bin disappointing the franchise could of been so excellent like uncharted.    … Expand
  23. Frozuisaui
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The sad thing about this game is that everything about it could have made for a great story. It had a lot of good elements that I liked but even as someone who didn't even watch or play the first game there's just nothing to make you feel good about this story. You're always taking a risk when you try to tell these kinds of stories and I'm sad to say that it just didn't work out for me and for and probably the majority of other people. At no point were you rooting for both characters to make it out. At some points you're not even rooting for Ellie because she's acting out of her role.

    One moment that really takes you out of the story is when play as Abby fighting Ellie. What the **** Naughty Dog. You do realize the dichotomy that this event breaks. You're either for Ellie or against her. You can't be in-between because that's not a satisfying story. It's why those types of stories rarely work.

    Frankly, I'm honestly sort of upset seeing the "critic" award at 95. So many people who haven't seen or even heard about the story seem to be swayed by it but trust me, it's sadly nowhere close to a 95/100. Watching the entire play through on twitch you could see how after some key moments in the story everyone just lost interest because it just takes you out of it when nothing good happens. It's not a fun story. Maybe it's story they wanted to tell but that doesn't correlate with what the players wanted out of it. No one likes seeing their favorite characters die a pitiful death. Joel was killed by a golf club to the head while tied down. Honestly, with the way interactions between Joel and Ellie have been I can frankly not say if him dying was a good or a bad thing. It doesn't make sense that his death would be the turning point for Ellie to all of a sudden forgive him. It just doesn't make sense. And at the end of it, what are we left with it. The hero who has now lost all their friends including their child and with only 8 fingers left and what is in our eyes a villain who got to escape without any damage away from clashes between factions and who is now living without most problems with their best friend. Is that really what the players wanted?
    No, it's not. Even me who has no care for any of these characters from the previous game. Also, doing one good thing doesn't make you good. Abby is not deserving of nice things. She doesn't value other's having nice things so try convincing us that she is worthy of having nice things. It doesn't work like that.

    Yep. Don't buy this game if you're looking for a good story. Everything else is pretty top notch as expected from Naughty Dog. Just don't go into it looking for a satisfying story is all. Sadly, in this case I think a good story is so much more important so therefore I can't really go any higher with the score even if I wanted to. it wouldn't be truthful of me to do so. I look forward to seeing what Naughty Dog comes up with next. I have no doubts that they have the ability to create great stories. This one just isn't that.    … Expand
  24. Kataklysm
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Im giving a 3 because of the hard work that went into the graphics,gameplay and world design which is amazing. But that's it,I'm not gonna spoil lt anything but its a disaster from start to finish,an insult to the community and a spat on the face for fans of the Original
  25. Dg1945
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Words can't describe how disappointed I am after playing this game. The first game was something I fell in love with and played it multiple times. I was so hyped for part 2 but my dreams were crushed instantly. Ill begin with the good parts. The graphics were very good and the in game changing environment is amazing. But it really ends about there. The company had over 7 years to makeWords can't describe how disappointed I am after playing this game. The first game was something I fell in love with and played it multiple times. I was so hyped for part 2 but my dreams were crushed instantly. Ill begin with the good parts. The graphics were very good and the in game changing environment is amazing. But it really ends about there. The company had over 7 years to make this game and the changes in mechanics were nearly non existent. You had a few new weapons and a prone option. But the last of us was never only about the game mechanics. We fell in love with the story. I can say after playing the game and witnessing this garage story that I have been let down. I won't spoil anything but the characters are shocking except for tommy and maybe Ellie. I don't know who decided to make us play as abby after what happened in the story. No one gives a **** about abby. The story is so flawed that I lost all hope for the series. . I advise people not to buy it as simply its not worth the money and it will ruin the way you look at the once great series… Expand
  26. deanmon13127
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Such a disappointment compared to the first, we lose all hope from the first 2 hours of play and nothing will remedy this. So much so that during the middle of the game ,we get bored like never before and we wonder if we really want to see the end, if it's worth it ... and when you finish the game you understand that it was not worth it ! revenge is bad, the story of this game is worse.Such a disappointment compared to the first, we lose all hope from the first 2 hours of play and nothing will remedy this. So much so that during the middle of the game ,we get bored like never before and we wonder if we really want to see the end, if it's worth it ... and when you finish the game you understand that it was not worth it ! revenge is bad, the story of this game is worse. MGS V did this much better without unnecessary gore to shock and disrespect his characters.… Expand
  27. ShadowOfThEagle
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    I waited 7 years for this?! Graphics is good, level design is good, animations are good if they don't get bugged, the gameplay is the same as the first and remains not a great deal, puzzle absent, enemy Ai is stupid, Neil Druckmann's insertion in the game is embarrassing and shameful, story is trash in every way possible.
    The misleading trailers are shameful
    And all the people are    I waited 7 years for this?! Graphics is good, level design is good, animations are good if they don't get bugged, the gameplay is the same as the first and remains not a great deal, puzzle absent, enemy Ai is stupid, Neil Druckmann's insertion in the game is embarrassing and shameful, story is trash in every way possible.
    The misleading trailers are shameful
    And all the people are rightly pissed at the story and the characters, but they forget the bugs with which the game is full: combat animation, standing animations, walking animation, characters animations in general are bugged. Items such as ladders that are invisible. Holes in the ground. UI texts that remain on the screen instead of disappearing.

    The Last Of Us ended on the first game and the dlc.

    Story - 0
    Characters - 0
    Graphics - 8
    Gameplay - 5
    Sound & Music - 8
    Level Design - 7
    Replayability - 0 (Who is crazy enough to replay this garbage)    … Expand
  28. LizzieRusso
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only reason this game hasn't gotten a 0 from me is because of the graphics and design and gameplay which gets very repetitive (which is almost exactly similar to the first one). The plot ruins the entire game. Tbh, I knew that there was a high possibility Joel is gonna die. But the writers literally fecked his entire character to kill him in the most improbable way which is what ruined this for me. Don't think the ppl upset with this are just upset because a beloved char died. Most ppl aren't upset with the RDR series which have killed off loved chars as well. Joel in TLoU : "He ain't even hurt"
    Joel in TLoU 2 : Saves a person from zombies while running *away* from said zombies and goes to their base and says "I'm Joel, we live nearby" to a group of heavily armed strangers.

    They just changed his entire personality so that he could be killed at the start of the game for "shock factor".

    Not to mention the fact that this is a revenge story without any revenge. Ellie kills dozens if not hundreds of ppl to get to Abby and then spares Abby because ReVeNgE iS bAd. Basically a bs move to force bs philosophy down the players' throat. Don't even get me started on the fact that Neil inserted himself as a character in the game. And his character spit on Joel's dead body. Not only that, he had the most disgusting sex scene with Abby.

    Also, ND's backhanded schemes of misleading advertisements and their overall response has been pretty telling why this game was so disconnected from the fans. TL,DR: This game completely ruined the characters and character arcs from the previous game. Its a revenge story with no revenge. Its the equivalent of Game of Thrones S8. The creators don't seem to know the difference between "realistic" and just straight up torture/misery porn.    … Expand
  29. Saif_7
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best game of grafic it amazing how much it in moving
    The gameplay is amazing and great aa but the story it not this waht we need because support the lesbian lm really hate this game Oh boy, they tell us about a revenge story that it doesn't consume at all. You can read a good amount of specialized reviews and all talks about the masterpiece of gameplay and storytelling, the gameplay, world design, ambient and more details that the game has are good but the story it´s something that rumbles into a bad end.

    The IGN Japan got it right "uninteresting new characters burden the story, making Ellie's journey feel conventional and not nearly as captivating as the original."    … Expand
  30. welly17
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    Good graphics , not bad details, bad story and Bad characters that’s it , 3.5 from 10
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Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

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  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.
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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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