The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Meagher5218
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    I cannot explain the level of disappointment I experienced with this game. Visually this is a stunning game, but what made the first Last of Us amazing was the characters and the story, and in this game the writers/creator completely destroyed the characters and the story. The creators committed character assassination with one of the games most beloved characters for no logical reason.I cannot explain the level of disappointment I experienced with this game. Visually this is a stunning game, but what made the first Last of Us amazing was the characters and the story, and in this game the writers/creator completely destroyed the characters and the story. The creators committed character assassination with one of the games most beloved characters for no logical reason. This game’s trailers are a lie, playing off what made the first game great so they could hook gamers in, just to pull the rug out from under us in the actual game. Why critics have rated this game so high is beyond me. It’s like they don’t understand character development and story consistency. You start off the game disappointed and angry and you will end the game disappointed and angry. This game will go down as The Last Jedi of video games.… Expand
  2. Bonezera
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo excelente bah melhor game do ano, apenas apenas do ano, um jogo no hype… Expand
  3. Imperatvs
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Basura absoluta, desde el momento en el que ves que se ciñe a una agenda política con mensajes de todo tipo, esto debe cesar de los videojuegos, parece una dictadura en toda regla, intentando meter un mensaje a la fuerza.
  4. darkpretoblack
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is not only about vengeance, its mostly about forgiveness, and how forgiveness is not a favor you do to others, its for you. And if you don't find that beautiful to see so deeply in a video game, then you're not going to enjoy this game story, at all.

    SPOILERS:

    In the beginning I was so angry at Abby, I wanted revenge at any cost, and was so upset, sad, heartbroken with Joel's death. That didn't change along the game, but I just sit there and played, paying attention to every detail as possible specifically how gorgeous and detailed the world that Naughty Dog created for this game is. When Jesse died, I got really upset again, seriously I felt so disrespected by this girl Abby that came out of nowhere and the game just cut to the cutscene where you start to get to know who the **** is this girl that killed my beloved Joel. Did it change my mind about her? No. But I got to know why she planned to kill Joel her entire life, since her dad was murdered by him, and he was the doctor who's gonna maybe save humanity getting the cure out of Ellie. Did it change my mind about Joel's decision? Hell no. Considering that, and that the main point of mid game is to show you both sides, when the game goes to Ellie again, after a freaking terrifying fight where I almost lost my heart thinking Ellie or Dina were going to die too, the game sends you to what was supposed to be a "happy ending" for Ellie, Dina and JJ (their baby). But yeah another scene of Joel layed on the floor, the saddest scene of all game cames out to disturb Ellie, and we see that she can't get that out of her mind, of course totally understandable. Then comes a scene that I found myself super happy because Tommy was alive! But when Tommy got mad at Ellie because she doesn't want to risk her family to pursuit that vengeance, I felt really sad. But anyways, she can't be in peace, she goes on another journey to find Abby and revenge Joel's death. In this part I was actually worried about her and how she was going to lose everyone she loves in exchange for nothing. Because that's the point right? Is killing Abby going to bring Joel back to life? No. That's a hollow you can't actually fill. You have to give time to time. In the end, when Ellie almost left without even fighting Abby, Joel's corpse comes again to her, and she decided one more time that she couldn't let Abby go. But when she's almost drowning her to death, another memorie comes. Her last talk with Joel, in the night before the day he left her life forever. What is cool about this scene, is that we clearly see that Ellie got so upset on Joel, that she maybe could not forgive him, but she would like to try. And that's what matters, as long as she forgives him, she will be with only good memories about him. This is SO hard to think about and fully understand, or worse, to do it (included myself of course). But I found that so beautiful to see in a videogame guys. That's how much she loves him, that vengeance was nothing compared with her love for Joel, and it was not going to bring him back, it was just going to bring more disgrace to her life. Of course she actually learned that in the worst way possible. And the fact that she releases Abby in that moment, for me was the time that she began to truly forgive Joel.    … Expand
  5. Chandler_Bing
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Incredible game, 2 different perspectives, they took a big risk by making that ending, but i love it. History, dope, characters, amazing, playability, improve a lot since TLOU.
    People should think more of what they're trying to say to us, because it's a really good message. This game is so underrated.    … Expand
  6. FragSinus
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Absolutely dissapointed. Neil Druckman this game wasn't your own place for propaganda. If you liked first TLoU you will hate this abomination.
  7. Godwilliam
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Muito bom a gameplay, gráficos, e história legal, porém não é para todos
  8. DoodaaN
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    They should have made a gay edition instead of this ****

    So much potential were wasted for gay rights
  9. vince_q
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story is too bad. Abby is an egoist. She tortured and killed the man who saved her to revenge. She shot WLF comrades with no mercy. It's really disgusting to play her part. The important changes happened on this character all seem unreasonable and accidental. I'd give -10 for story. But the game play and graphics are pretty good, so I think 0 is a reasonable score.… Expand
  10. GabrielQueiroz
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    by far one of the best games i've ever played. it's not the game that we wanted but that doesn't mean is a bad game
  11. PotatoWave
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So disappointing. This game will beat you over the head with it’s far left political agenda harder than Abby beats Joel.… Expand
  12. Xylen_
    Jun 24, 2020
    8
    First off, let me say that almost everything about this game - the visuals from graphics to environment design, animation, voice acting, gameplay (in my opinion, although some people disagree) - everything but the story is absolutely impeccable. The technical presentation is amazing. Pretty much all of my criticism is based entirely on the story, and even if I absolutely hated the storyFirst off, let me say that almost everything about this game - the visuals from graphics to environment design, animation, voice acting, gameplay (in my opinion, although some people disagree) - everything but the story is absolutely impeccable. The technical presentation is amazing. Pretty much all of my criticism is based entirely on the story, and even if I absolutely hated the story (which I didn't) I would probably have to give the game at least a 5/10 despite it being story-driven.

    I'm not totally sure of how to feel about this game. I think I'd rate it between about 7.5 and 8.5 overall. The story was FINE in general. I did enjoy it, and I certainly didn't hate some parts as much as many people did, but it wasn't perfect - there were some strange decisions made in the writing, and I think the whole experience could've been much better if not for some poor execution at a few key moments. There are some pacing issues, and I think the game was a tad overlong even if I was mostly enjoying it. The story is polarizing, and not for no reason - if you're willing to roll with the story and it lands for you, then there's a chance for you to like it, but if you aren't or it doesn't then the entire intended theme and story structure will likely crumble in your eyes. With that said, with some patience and the willingness to be open minded about characters and the story the game is trying to present, I think it is still fairly enjoyable.

    I would warn players that it would be doing this game a disservice to go in with preconceptions and expectations about what it is going to be about. It comes after the first game, but it is not just a direct continuation of that game's story; at least, it doesn't feel that way. There is exaggeration and tribalism on both sides of the strange war in the gaming community about this game. I'd recommend that interested players don't listen to any of that, from anyone (including me, really), and just experience it for themselves before forming an opinion.

    And for the record:

    I loved the first game, and its characters, and understood it, and still enjoyed this game.

    I disagree that it deserves 10/10, but the bombing of 0/10 reviews (and, truthfully, the counter-bombing of 10s, even if I understand why) is ridiculous.

    You're allowed to like or dislike the game. Whatever you naturally feel about it is OK, and it's OK for people to disagree with you. The rampant tribalism and toxicity about it online is infuriating and sickening. It's especially ironic because it is about this game specifically. People just need to calm down, even if they're disappointed in this thing that they've been waiting for and invested in.    … Expand
  13. Dismal96
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Simply a phenomenal game. Amazing story, which doesn’t become too far fetched and unrealistic, but is never dull. Fantastic ending, great acting, superb gameplay and breathtaking visuals. Almost perfect in every way.
  14. OkiSembiring
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A great gameplay, great story, i must say the story is so dark, but it's has a great storytelling. Eventhough Joel is dead, you'll get more attached to him as you progressed throughout the game.… Expand
  15. Mdan1424
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Awful game, I buy games to enjoy the story, the story was a horrible sequel to The last of us part 1
  16. PietraW
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    A crap! The Last of “Agenda”... Its a shame, Sony. Why they did this to the game?
  17. Chaos111
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This game is embarrassing. You know what? I'm gonna play a game with a better story than this. Dead Rising! That is right. Dead Rising basically only has ONE story element. "The government are using Zombies for Money" But even THAT is more engaging than this failure of a game.

    Go play as Frank West in Dead Rising. You will have WAY more fun.
  18. Bonesp
    Jun 24, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good game, people are nuts. Fallout 76 got better and it was broken. This game works lol. Its not better then the first, but its a solid sequel. It will trigger all sorts of emotions, like the first one. Dont let Joel dying stop you from trying it. There is definitely room for improvement. But a solid 8/10 regardless. Spoiler!!!
    Ellie does some serious damage compared to what Abby does. Joel & Ellie scenes are heart warming. Referencing jurrasic park joel says "not as good as the first one"j    … Expand
  19. natbrain
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just finished this game, and this may have some minor spoilers in it.

    To start, the original Last of Us was one of my favorite games of all time. I replayed the game a couple weeks before Part II came out so it'd be fresh. I highly recommend doing that.

    Let's talk about what this game does well. First, I think the story as a whole was pretty good. Some people would say that the story-telling was poorly done, but I think it was fine. The story is told in a non-linear fashion, but I generally didn't have a problem piecing things together. Wasn't perfect, but I'll get more into that later. Overall, I'd give the story itself an 8/10.

    Another thing the game does well is the gameplay. Besides the larger world with more parts for exploration of supplies and collectibles, the gameplay, especially that of the combat system, was mostly the same as the original game. The game also adds the ability to jump and climb up ropes, which adds more verticality to the game than the original had. I would give the gameplay an 9/10.

    Now let's talk about what the game doesn't do well. First, I felt the pacing was very poorly done. The game is 25 hours long, but it felt way longer than that. After the halfway point, it started to feel like a never-ending slog. Once I got to the main Abby portion, the story had answered most of the main questions I had early on, so I didn't feel like the Abby portion added much to the story. I didn't really care for Abby that much, probably because she killed Joel at the beginning. Seeing Abby do that created such hard feelings against her that even seeing her side of things in nauseating detail wasn't enough to overcome that. As a result, you end up being forced to play as a character you don't like for 12 hours. Had the game had her kill Joel at a point in the game after we had seen her story, we may have empathized with her more. Nonetheless, it felt like parts of the game were way too drawn out, such that in the second half of the game, I felt myself just wanting to get to where I needed to go to finish the game... only to run into yet another group of enemies. It started making the gameplay and combat feel repetitive and stale. I'd give pacing a 2/10.

    The second thing that could've done better is balance. I played the game on moderate difficulty. Played Part 1 on hard. I'd give the first game a 10/10 in balance. Perhaps this was intentional, but this game was much harder to stealth than the first installation. Maybe that was the game's way of forcing the violence onto you. The enemy placement was such that many times, it was nearly impossible to stealth kill one enemy without another seeing you and triggering an all out gun fight. To add to that, I felt that the raw number of enemies per encounter was more, such that many times I felt that there were simply too many enemies. I felt far too often that the game threw these giant hordes of enemies without giving you a reasonable way of avoiding them or stealth killing most of them. Consequently, each enemy encounter was far more exhausting than enemy encounters in the first game. These encounters quickly made me feel burnt out from the combat which was only exacerbated by the poor pacing of the game and the annoyance of running into yet another giant horde of enemies. It quickly felt like many enemy hordes were there only to extend the length of the game and the game's content. The spacing of enemy encounters felt poorly done too - sometimes there would be long stretches without enemies (which I'm not complaining about), or you'd run into a giant horde right after clearing another giant horde. I understand that Naughty Dog was trying to create an over-the-top, violent experience, but it's not fair to ask players to go through that, AND have an overly long experience on top of that. I'd give balance a 3/10.

    Overall, this game had the potential to be a 9/10. Maybe even a 9.5/10. The story I felt was good enough for that to happen. But the pacing and balance issues were too much to overlook in my case, so I'd give this game 6.5/10.    … Expand
  20. matheusim2011
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bosta,história ridicula.Pior jogo do ano sem nenhuma novidade,muito decepcionado...fracasso… Expand
  21. wtheo
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Absolutely beautiful game, well worth the 25 hours of play time. The story is masterfully crafted.
  22. ERRORCODE-20
    Jun 24, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm re-writing this review as i've come to understand the story of tlou2 far more. At first I didnt understand why Ellie would just allow Abby to live. I thought it was anticlimactic. But once you truly turn your brain on and look at all the subtleties in this games writing and cinematography you come to realize that its actually quite beautiful. Many people think the ending renders the entire game pointless. But I think they fail to realize thats entirely the point.… Expand
  23. borisiskolxoza
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Сюжет 7/10
    Геймплей 10/10
    Графика 10/10
    Музыкальное сопровождение 10/10
    Хейторы сосать.Исскуство не для всех.БАНАН ПРАВ.А насчет так называемой ПОВЕСТКИ её чуть меньше чем НИФИГА.2 поцелуя и женщина-конор макгрегор(хотя она солдат и не кого не смущает что у неё есть качалка).Повестки её НЕТУ.    … Expand
  24. Buda1220
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    The last us es una obra maestra, extraordinario en todo los aspectos, unico, mágico, lleva a los videojuegos a un nuevo nivel logra transmitir más que cualquier película o libro y tiene momentos que transforman el alma y corazón de los videojugadores, si amas los videojuegos por favor juegalo
  25. Sigma-SP
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Force you to play with a character that IS the vilan? Good graphics, and techinicals... But the direction dont worth the gameplay.… Expand
  26. Ifti88
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I Need get this off my chest for the people simping for Abby and showing remorse for her i just want to let you know, Joel wasnt the perfect person and yes he did what he did but it was for survival he didnt ask for it but he had no choice you cant just blatantly say Joel deserved to die, he fought many foes along the way to look for a cure and when it was finally the chance to find a cure he choose not to because it would have killed Ellie in the procces but you do need to take in consider that he has lost his daughter on his hands and probabily blamed himself for the cause and as soon as he found Ellie it was like he found his daughter back and he didnt wanted loose her again so he choose to sacrifice the cure to save Ellie's life, yes it was quite selfish of him doing that but you cant blame him after all the hard times he his been through, he lived his whole as a survivor not a saint because thats the harsh reality of this apoliptic world that we live in and in order to survive we need to have a strong mindset and show no remorse for the people who want to cause harm to you and the people who you care about, people like me are upset because the way he was killed it stupid, the guy he could tell an ambush from miles away, Went to some random strangers base and said "Hello my name is Joel i may have killed thousands of people who have been one your family member but i really just cant help myself not telling my name to you all lovely people" like thats not his character. Now back to Abby she killed her own teamates (unlike Joel who cares about his allies and family) and probabily done more questionable things than Joel, She needed to acknowledge that revenge was a bad idea in the first place and accept the death of her farther because sooner or later this was bound to happen to anyone living in this world but you killing the person who killed your dad doesnt make you any better than that person, yes its hard to accept losing someone but her dad asked for it by pointing a gun at Joel you cant blame Joel for self protecting it just annoys how people want to protect characters that dont matter in the story anyway. Naughty Dog dont you get that the reason people liked TLOU is the bond between Ellie and Joel not Abby and her Dad no one cares just stop ruining my experience with this masterpiece of a game like you have seen how people reacted to Walking Dead so im asking you WHY DO THIS? WHY DID YOU WASTE OUR TIME HYPING US FOR THIS GAME FOR 7 FRICKING YEARS? i hope this game was just a troll not the original part 2 because if thats the case then Naughty Dog your standards have gone really down im very dissapointed… Expand
  27. Chomaiden
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Do not believe the reviewers, yes, the on a technical level, this game is super great, the gameplay is OK(nothing new tho), it is the story, it sucks. I don't even know where to start, they completely ruined everything great from the first game, nothing from the first game has sense now, it all was for nothing, and not in a credible way, its just bad, and it's not for the SJW crap orDo not believe the reviewers, yes, the on a technical level, this game is super great, the gameplay is OK(nothing new tho), it is the story, it sucks. I don't even know where to start, they completely ruined everything great from the first game, nothing from the first game has sense now, it all was for nothing, and not in a credible way, its just bad, and it's not for the SJW crap or sthing, the media is actually saying that because they want to hide the real reason why the game sucks. The real reason is the plot, it is just bad and forced, poorly written characters, doesn't connect well with the first one, narrative dissonances, disrespect to beloved Joel and Ellie making them stupid and nerfed to change the focus of the narrative, forced dumb situations to kill characters, cheap easy shockers, i mean, come on, they force you to play as a hated character and empathise with it. And it only gets worse, that ending, so disrespectful, so unsatisfying, it's an insult to the fan base.… Expand
  28. JorgeLongoria
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Trash, i cant believe so much effort and energy wrnt yo make this big pile of garbage.… Expand
  29. NNAANN
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Despite what many other are saying I very much enjoyed this game. What I think they are trying to go for in this game is a lesson on perspective when you play as Abby you get to see her as a human and why she did it now whether u pity her or still hate her is up to you, personally I still hated her. I think the story in this game is a new kind of story that is interesting. Neil took a lot of risks with this game and most of it worked out. For the people who think that there is forced identity politics and forced LGBT ideas, there's not, Ellie has been known that she was lesbian since the DLC from the first game and honestly the fact that there are some LGBT aspects in this game makes it a little more interesting. Now I'm not some big LGBT supporter that thinks stuff like this should be shoved down peoples throats at all i dont think that's right but I think that the LGBT aspects in the game fit and really what does it matter, it makes some good story points too.


    This game is definitely one of the more realistic games, this had me on my feet for almost the entire game because I couldn't predict what would happen i loved the game play it felt fluid and the way you could move your character was awesome.

    Did it match up to the first game? Story wise? No, definitely not the first game is a masterpiece and I think pretty much everyone would agree. But I still think that this game is one of a kind and definitely worth playing.    … Expand
  30. VL0NELY
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    The Graphic is amazing, Beautiful nor Phenomenal literally took my Breath Away when i saw how detailed the Graphic were

    But the story sucks, The End.
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Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 113 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
  3. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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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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