The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 161975 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 8,550 out of 161975
  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. kaylie_vox
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I just finished this game a few minutes ago after playing it for 13+ hours. The ending was extremely unsatisfying and it made the entire game pointless. The gameplay was good (I'd give it 7/10) but I don't really play single-player story games for the gameplay, and from what I've heard, the creator of this game said it wasn't meant to be fun. So if I just focus on the story, this would be my rating. Random side-plots about a character that I couldn't care less about, and a pointless overall story that doesn't achieve anything.
    Before this game, I used to trust critic reviews. I thought that "game critics being paid or biased" was just a meme, and I'm not really into that conspiracy theorist stuff that thinks game developers actually pay reviewers to give them a high rating. However, after I played this, I couldn't comprehend how any sane human being in the world could give this a 10/10. A 6/10 would be a lot more understandable because the gameplay is solid (nothing too revolutionary, but it's fine). A 7/10 would also be fine if you somehow actually liked the story. But a 10/10 score? There are games out there that are a million times more deserving of such a rating. I actually don't trust reviewers now after this. I used to think people just overreacted when they said critics are being biased or paid.    … Expand
  2. otaku_edward
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Worst game I have ever seen
    Gameplay is Normal
    story is cheap
  3. Lukitass
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Gráficos 10/10
    Apartado técnico 10/10 Sonido 9/10
    Música 10/10
    Historia 10/10 (difícil de llevar, pero increíblemente plasmada)
    Jugabilidad 10/10
    Lo mejor que jugué en décadas y lejos el mejor título de PS4 y de toda la generación. Anivel técnico, no tiene rival, la iluminación es brutal, brutal! La inmersión es abrumadora . Nadie puede no jugarlo. Solo puedo decir, gracias Naughty Dog
  4. Gluey
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Shocking purely made for shock value and not for the audience. Lies on the marketing and all sorts.
  5. snazzybacon4521
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    too many plots hole in the story, the story is blank and depressing. Character deconstructed throughout the story. No meaningful ending.
  6. bruhhhh12
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I played the entire game in one sitting, and it was so bad that I feel worse about the time i lost than the money. The story felt very jumbled, the AI was horrible, the game play was clunky, and the lag was unbearable. After the first game, this sequel is a complete disappointment. Honestly, I wish the game ended by it all being a dream.
  7. 5udo
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. People and the developers are acting like we need to play through this degenerate game to consider reviewing. I watched all 10 hours of the **** games cutscenes, this game is almost nothing without its story and its a **** up so save yourself the money and buy one of the other upcoming games while trying to forget this abomination even exists… Expand
  8. RogerCanguru
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Disapointed, a game made only for sjw, a lot of bugs, terrible story. I'm disapointed because i spend my money on this garbage
  9. OrigMkS
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The gameplay is good. The graphics are average but the story? Nothing to write home about. Tlou was much better than this garbage .
  10. Willthepotatoe
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad game How can u kill a nice character like that He deserve better
    Probably peopel won't get mad if u kill Joel with a decent death    … Expand
  11. TLOU2suckslul12
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After spending 20+ hours straight playing through this game I find myself wondering why? Not about why I played the game but why did the writers feel like this is the direction they want for their story? Yes Joel's death was inevitable but why kill him in the most unrealistic and unlikable fashion? Why is a beloved character being killed off by a character we have never met?

    Take your favorite show and think about that main character, you know the one who the show wouldn't work without. The one whose actor has won numerous rewards for their performance as. Sure this character may not be morally correct but still manages to find ways to empathize with the audience. Now imagine this character is randomly killed off half way through the story by a character we have never met who is now going to play a pivotal role to the story. This is objectively bad writing. And this is what happened in the last of us 2.

    The innumerable number flaws in this story leaves me feeling like I could write a book about it. So I'm going to focus on how the game feels rather than the nonsensical decisions and the unlikable characters. In the first game we are thrust into a world where violence and sadness is around every corner yet the player is often relieved of these emotions through Joel and Ellie's relationship. We may be in a world filled with violence and sadness but the story brings hope and happiness through this pseudo father daughter relationship. And it's beautiful. And it's part of the reason the first game was so beloved along with its characters.

    The second game does nothing to bring about positive emotions in the player. The already incredibly brutal violence of the first game has been magnified to a startlingly realistic proportion. And the game goes out of its way to showcase this violence. There is no reprieve from this violence, it goes from extreme violence to more violence then to sadness and back again. This game elicits no positive emotions in the player. The plot surrounding Abby's relationships tried to bring some relief to the story but it fell short as it was impossible for me to empathize with this character. Not to mention the bulk of her story was overwhelmingly sad and violent, following the trend throughout the rest of the game. We were allowed to experience some flashbacks of Ellie and Joel which I believe also tried to bring relief to the story but had the complete opposite effect. Seeing Joel and Ellie together only elicited more sadness, especially the flashbacks which demonstrated their collapsing relationship.

    To top the story off the few characters that actually do survive the story have literally lost everything. I'm not asking for happily ever after. I'm asking for a story whose overarching theme isn't to elicit depression in the viewer. Depression and sadness can be explored as a theme without bringing about that in the player, we can see this as overwhelmingly true in the first game. Not just throughout the game but also in its conclusion.

    In the end the player simply feels empty, not only were the characters we already knew empty versions of their old selves but the new characters also felt empty. We're forced to watch brutal violence over and over with the writers seemingly feeling like they are making a great point about this violence. What point is that? I really don't know. They seem to feel like showing extreme violence is making a point in and of itself yet its not. We watch the characters painstakingly tear down their entire lives and lose everything and every relationship they have in a suicide mission for revenge just to give up in the end after everything has been risked and subsequently lost. It's so nonsensical and unbelievable that it's insulting to the intelligence of the players. They act like this ending is making some great point about hatred, violence, and revenge but it completely falls flat as the game fails to establish any empathy for Abby. I feel like the writers wanted the player to leave the game having a greater understanding of the hatred within them self and what that kind of hatred can lead to. Yet the game elicited the opposite feeling from me, I wanted Abby dead and leaving her alive left me feeling completely unfulfilled. I found myself feeling angry over the fact that Abby lived.

    After walking away from the game I don't feel like I just witnessed something special. It feel like I played through some strange torture porn fantasy that was written by fans who had no regard for logical story telling. And ultimately the game not only feels devoid of characters and plot but also meaning.    … Expand
  12. Novvan
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The few tiny bits that made the last of us (aka. the story) was shredded to pieces in the first hours of the game and left a sour bit, not only that, without it the rest was a generic survival game, that can honestly be a skipable experience.

    And I'm not even gonna comment about the worst ending in the history of video-games

    The leaks were better to swallow than this lack of respect against the fans, honestly i hope Neil Druckman doesn't direct a project ever again, but unfortunately this unbearable game will be considered for a goty... what a shame.    … Expand
  13. Pedrotlof
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    Jogo maravilhoso, sem dúvidas o melhor jogo da geração! Enredo, história e gráficos. Parabéns a Naughty Dog por não ter medo de se arriscar, é de indústrias de games assim que precisamos.pra mim já é ganho o prêmio do jogo do ano!!!
  14. Samurai_EGYPT
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The story is **** you should but the story in him ass .
    The game play is something good But the story is like ****
  15. edvinbacon
    Jul 20, 2020
    0
    Good music good visual style ok gameplay but the story is terrible especially Abby
    and the endning suckt ass
  16. Sniper_fbo
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Jogo incrível, curtindo cada minuto.
    Jogabilidade perfeita, gráfico incrível, muita inovação com relação ao primeiro jogo.
    Tem tudo pra ser o jogo do ano.
  17. CL4PES
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Killing off Joel and making you play as his killer is the worst plot of any game… Expand
  18. electromechanik
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The graphics is cool. And the game itself is not that bad, but, Omg, she is so manly.
  19. jyphel
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    One of the worst sequel from a one of the best original story driving game, only driven by one way nonsense violence, with no choices or either reflection on its meaning; only to promote an agenda of a twisted naughty dev. In a story driving game, story matters and must stand on its own prequel and not spitting on it. Thanks to N.Druckman.
  20. jexidih506
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Stunning game. good story this is the future of the gaming best apocalypse Experience
  21. Tomish
    Jan 16, 2021
    9
    Мне понравилась даже больше первой части!
  22. ports1228_
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The whole storyline was nonsense. I can't why the director made a masterpiece to a ****
  23. Ev0ke
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Can i not have ideaology in my games? Again my problem are not trans/woman characteres but here they are esteblished terribly.
  24. sl0e
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The story is mediocre and cheap. Possibilities were endless but they picked a route that added up nothing to the overall world of TLoU and the characters we love so much. It's best to forget this game ever released and to pretend that the original game has no sequel.
  25. ReiKaizra
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This is my first review and hopefully my last on this shill website. Im going to say it as simply as i can. If you loved The Last of Us 1, if you loved the characters, the story, the emotional depth, don't play The Last of Us Part 2.

    They destroyed everything beautiful about the story. They killed everything that was great in an unacceptable, illogical, and stupid way. This is one of    This is my first review and hopefully my last on this shill website. Im going to say it as simply as i can. If you loved The Last of Us 1, if you loved the characters, the story, the emotional depth, don't play The Last of Us Part 2.

    They destroyed everything beautiful about the story. They killed everything that was great in an unacceptable, illogical, and stupid way. This is one of the greatest letdowns in the history of Video Gaming by a narrative standpoint.

    Go play The Last of Us 1. Forget this waste of life of a videogame.    … Expand
  26. Geonlip
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Все, что было создано в предыдущей игре, было уничтожено здесь. Побочные персонажи не были запоминающимися, история не имела смысла, а финал был абсолютно мусорным. Разработчики пытались добиться реализма, убивая персонажей случайным образом, но это делает ужасную историю, рассказывающую, где все ваши любимые персонажи в конечном итоге погибнут.Все, что было создано в предыдущей игре, было уничтожено здесь. Побочные персонажи не были запоминающимися, история не имела смысла, а финал был абсолютно мусорным. Разработчики пытались добиться реализма, убивая персонажей случайным образом, но это делает ужасную историю, рассказывающую, где все ваши любимые персонажи в конечном итоге погибнут.
  27. Seenev
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game sucks. It's really bad. Don't buy it. It's the Britta of video games.
  28. eNkk
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game is a big slap to a face of every single fan of the first game. Its a waste of amazing soundtrack, waste of acting, waste of amazing characters made in first game, waste of designers and people who have put a lot of hours of work into this game, everything i mentioned is ruined because of terrible story.
  29. FretfulNebula90
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Not looking forward to The Last of Us Part 3. The characters were wasted for no reason.
  30. Rivas1235
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Hermoso juego. Definitivamente merece ser jugado por cada usuario de Playstation 4, un gameplay muy cuidado, cada cosa está muy detallado. Merece ser GOTY 2020
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93

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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