The Last of Us Part II

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  1. jonntee
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    The gameplay has some improvements over the first and yes the graphics are amazing. But If you're like me, you loved the first one for the story, the banter between Joel and Ellie as you walked around exploring, and the feeling that in hopeless moments in that messed up world at least they had each other. If this is you, I suggest you do some story-based research.
    I'm sure many out there    The gameplay has some improvements over the first and yes the graphics are amazing. But If you're like me, you loved the first one for the story, the banter between Joel and Ellie as you walked around exploring, and the feeling that in hopeless moments in that messed up world at least they had each other. If this is you, I suggest you do some story-based research.
    I'm sure many out there enjoy this game, but it almost feels like a different team tried to make their own mark without regard for some of the fans. I wish someone would have told me this before I played it. I will never replay this game, I regret ever having played it and wish I had played the first one 100 times instead. I feel so disappointed and can only hope that in a few years I will forget about this game and be able to enjoy the first one again.    … Expand
  2. iimConfident
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    This game isnt bad by all means but the story is just bad and totally destroys what the Last of Us part 1 built. They forced us to play as Abby the one who killed Joel and the one who bashed Dina's head in and killed all of her friends. And the ending doesn't work either how are you going to give up after you spent all that time and all of your friends are killed and she also bit Ellie'sThis game isnt bad by all means but the story is just bad and totally destroys what the Last of Us part 1 built. They forced us to play as Abby the one who killed Joel and the one who bashed Dina's head in and killed all of her friends. And the ending doesn't work either how are you going to give up after you spent all that time and all of your friends are killed and she also bit Ellie's fingers off and just let Abby go c'mon that's just stupid. So noone got a happy ending except Abby because she got to live and have someone to come with here while Ellie lost all her friends Dina ran off Tommy got shot in the head and Ellie lost the only connecttion she had with Joel left which was playing the guitar and now she can't do that cause she's missing two fingers this game just makes me sad that they ruined everything that the last of us 1 built and just decided to go all philosophy and poetic and made it an interactive movie… Expand
  3. Rav3n13
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good graphics , and overall display but with some of the worst wrinting ive ever seen.
    The people who played tlou1 went to this game with certain expectations like:
    -Joel does give trust to unkown people (in the first game you can see him seeing throu an ambush while a man is seeking help in the midle of the road and develeping a sense of trust over an extended period of time with Ellie).

    And seeing a character like that, to let himself get played by a women whos equiped in a snowstorm and weights 200 pounds saying that she got a base nearby (So why the hell are u here?!!!) Joel is a smart guy and he would never let himself be played like that.
    But the game needed Joel to die so that it could spark the sense of the weirdest revenge ever ,
    -Caracther diversity over Caracther development , this game is a message , and to people that are saying that if u critise the game u are homofobic / transphobic or dont like women in general ur wrong , most of the games with female leads are so good , Horazion , Tomb raider the uncharted expansion of Chloe and Nadine we also have the case of Trevor in GTA V saying to Franklin that he is bisexual and he was one of the best character in GTA .
    So to the point, u start as a lesbian women and an asian guy knocks at the door folowed by an hispanic women that is bisexual vs a 200 pound women and her transgender friend and daddy issues sister , and the problem with this diversity is not that its there its the context where its being put (Zombie/infection apocalipse) and u see througth the game that he really wants you to pick this pro-diversity vibe so much that you end up not falling in love with none of these caracthers , the problem is not the homophobes the problem is that ur shoving contantly and non stop this sexuality aspect and it beacomes theyr personality , if a game througth the whole gameplay reminded me nonstop that my male caracther likes to have sex with women i would have the same reaction .
    We get it DIVERSITY, great now develop the caracthers pls.
    -And finally the plot holes, and there are a lot but im gonna mencion one so you can understand this bs writing , so after the worst ending in video game history ,where only after killing 200 people Ellie realises that revenge is bad and not meaningfull and dosent kill the only person that she should kill to avenge Joel , somebody for the love of god tell me How does Ellie with a bashed in face, Dina with an arrow In The shoulder also sick and pregnant, tommy who was shot in leg with arrow and in back of the head with a handgun and jesses dead corpse just up and ride from Seattle Washington to Wyoming and make it back to Jackson without horses How does Ellie with a bashed in face, Dina with an arrow In The shoulder also sick and pregnant, tommy who was shot in leg with arrow and in back of the head with a handgun and jesses dead corpse just up and ride from Seattle Washington to Wyoming and make it back to Jackson without horses How does Ellie with a bashed in face, Dina with an arrow In The shoulder also sick and pregnant, tommy who was shot in leg with arrow and in back of the head with a handgun and jesses dead corpse just up and ride from Seattle Washington to Wyoming and make it back to Jackson without horses How does Ellie with a bashed in face, Dina with an arrow In The shoulder also sick and pregnant, tommy who was shot in leg with arrow and in back of the head with a handgun and jesses dead corpse just up and ride from Seattle Washington to Wyoming and make it back to Jackson without horses how does Ellie with a bashed in face, Dina with an arrow In the shoulder ,sick and pregnant, Tommy who was shot in leg with arrow and in back of the head with a handgun and Jesse`s dead corpse just up and ride from Seattle Washington to Wyoming and make it back to Jackson without horses ?
    Its just overall bad and i hope u redo or at least make a dlc that this was all Ellie imagination after taking that weed with Dina    … Expand
  4. Mutarux
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Que manera de destruir un buen juego, seguro que estupidez se inventan para una tercera entrega.
  5. Foxylollyy
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Naughty Dog **** up in so many ways with that decision, I'm sitting here bawling my eyes out because of it, I had such high hopes for the game and it's is an indeed gorgeous looking game with mind blowing little details from a Game Art/ Animation student but just because of that thing it gets a 4 from me.
  6. kas4853
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This game is like sjw, neil druckmann and **** In the game joel millar is dead son of a **** abby not dead i hate this game. graphic is very amazing but story is very bad. i hate abby.
  7. MintyPlays
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    After the mediocrity of the first game Naughty Dog drops the ball with the new instalment of the Last of Us series featuring a weak story which completely ditches the main character of the first game which we had become somewhat attached to after the first 2 or so hours of the game to shoehorn in a new less interesting character and ‘woke’ politics to get on the media’s good side and winAfter the mediocrity of the first game Naughty Dog drops the ball with the new instalment of the Last of Us series featuring a weak story which completely ditches the main character of the first game which we had become somewhat attached to after the first 2 or so hours of the game to shoehorn in a new less interesting character and ‘woke’ politics to get on the media’s good side and win some brownie points the gameplay is about as bland as the first games overall a waste of $60… Expand
  8. Tonov
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Solo me uno al mame xd, supongo que su comunidad se siente triste por acabar con un personaje muy querido de manera poco favorable, no me vengan con que es realista, es obvio que nadie mata a medio pais, es contradictorio...
  9. Luis3487
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La historia no es MALA, es la PEOR DE LA HISTORIA.
    SPOILER:

    Joel, quien desconfiaba hasta de sus sombra, confían como si nada en ABBY y va con su grupo? toda la historia es así de falsa y forzada. El juego se hace lento, SIEMPRE LA PUERTA CERRADA, nos hace perder hs. Muy triste por la primer parte que si, hizo historia.    … Expand
  10. Nten
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    They gameplay it's almost they same of tlou just this have a few things more, the history isn't what we expected with a sour end
  11. SapphireRose97
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wanted to like this game. Genuinely, I went into it with high expectations following TLoU, which is high up in my favorite games list. By this point I'm sure everyone know about some of the debate surrounding the game, but in case you don't I'll get into some of my issues with this game.

    First let's touch on some of the lies Naughty Dog told. "You won't be forced to kill any dogs", lie. The trailer showed Joel in scenes that he's been replaced with entirely other characters saying those exact lines. Maybe not a lie but a horrible misdirection at best. Censoring people that have problems with the game and issuing DMCA strikes against anyone who dares to speak badly about the game. Naughty Dog has entirely lost my support on those matters alone.

    Now I rated this game a 3/10 due to phenomenal graphics and sound design and smooth gameplay. The gameplay is nothing stellar and improves minimally on the first game's system which sounds at first like a good thing until you realize it's been 7 years and the gameplay was never the main draw of the first game anyway. To make matters worse, even with as smooth as the game is, the fights feel long, drawn out, and there aren't as many set pieces and cutscenes to break it up as there is in the first game. Without that, the gameplay gets boring and monotonous very quickly, less of a challenge and more of a chore. That's not saying that there aren't some very good moments in the game. When the Seraphites are hunting you as Ellie is amazing with the tension, chasing after Nora is one of the best moments in the game, and encountering the strange mutated infected with Abby is a lot of fun. But those moments are so spaced out and rare that they just can't make up for it.

    Now for the story. I went into this expecting Joel to die, I always figured he was going to. But two hours into the game, while being stupidly trusting of strangers which Joel has never done before? He doesn't even try to fight back despite having a pistol on him and it's not like they were threatening Tommy. And before someone tries to argue that Joel had "gone soft", no. He participated in regular patrols and still killed quite often as they even show in the game. I expected Joel to die, but the way they killed him was horrible and wrong and Joel deserved a better death.

    Then you play as Ellie and that's... fine? Ellie is different in this, there's very little of the Ellie left that we fell in love with in the first game, but she's older and angry about Joel so whatever. But most of her section is just so dreadfully boring. It gets better towards the end of it but it just felt like a narratively dead slog. Her relationship with Dina was forced at best and I don't like Dina anywhere near as much as I liked Ellie, Tommy's mentioned but barely in it, and Jesse... he's basically a nonentity. Then, right at what feels like the climax, where Abby has showed up to face you for killing all her "friends"...

    You skip to playing Abby and the pacing of the game and all the tension comes to a dead, grinding halt so you can play the next 10 hours experiencing the story through Abby's point of view. I already hate Abby. I don't want to play as Abby. They try to make you sympathize with her by showing her being okay to her friends and playing with dogs but it doesn't work because they've already dead set you against her. Her father was a piece of crap too who showed more sympathy and caring to a zebra than a living and breathing 14 year old girl so any sympathy towards him and Abby for what Joel did there is dashed. Literally the only character I felt sympathy for on Abby's side was Mel... and the dog, Alice. Both of whom you already know are dead so you don't connect with them like the game wants you to. Abby is a piece of crap the entire time, getting together with Owen while knowing that he's still with Mel and she's freaking pregnant, and condoning and wanting to participate in torture. Because that's supposed to endear us to Abby?? I liked Lev and Yara if that helps? But Yara dies and Lev is nowhere near the personality that Ellie was so I felt very little connection to Lev.

    When the end of the game came around it felt surreal in a very bad way. Why wait so long? And then let Abby go? If the lesson they were trying to teach is "revenge bad" why did Abby get away despite achieving her revenge?

    I think what makes me most disappointed is that I see the potential this game had. It could've been good. Instead we got a badly paced, poorly written, depressing slog of a game that does not stand up to it's predecessor at all. Save your money. This game really isn't worth it.    … Expand
  12. VegaIb
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Graphic: 10/10
    Story: 3/10
    ND force me to play abby and they try to justife joel death, i feel no emphatie for her. TLOU part 2 is the story for abby. part 2 not exist !! ND should remake it with different story!! Bring back joel !!
  13. Dand3eee
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Gameplay is identical to the first game with few additions and improvements; nothing special, just your standard stealth, shoot, and craft. The graphics+level design are amazing and besides the talented cast behind the characters (despite most being poorly written), the only redeeming quality this game has to offer. If you were a fan of the first game's story however, you will be surelyGameplay is identical to the first game with few additions and improvements; nothing special, just your standard stealth, shoot, and craft. The graphics+level design are amazing and besides the talented cast behind the characters (despite most being poorly written), the only redeeming quality this game has to offer. If you were a fan of the first game's story however, you will be surely disappointed with this story. Poor pacing, shoddy writing, and forced moral messages plague this game. I'm fine that the game's story didn't go as I had hoped or anticipated, but I personally feel cheated as the trailers for the game mislead me to believe the story was going in a different direction than it did. I'm aware other companies have similar practices, but I think this is a case of it going too far.

    Avoided the leaks regarding this game only to be disappointed. Not every sequel can be a Borderlands 2 I suppose.    … Expand
  14. Killakreso
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Disappointing storyline that doesn’t bring out any emotion to the player of the game.
  15. JoelPalu
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Will rate it 3/10. (Spoiler-free) Graphics and sound and level design are pretty nice, will agree on that. BUT, its mostly just walking simulator with fast getting repetitively boring combat. The story is meh and the game is just a movie with some walking/combat moments. Don't think that you need to buy it. You can get the same experience just by watching a walkthrough without commentary.
  16. DamnScottishGuy
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us 2 was one of my most anticipated games over the past 7 years. I fell in love with the original on PS3, and later the remaster on PS4. Despite having some of the game’s story spoiled via leaks, I kept an open mind and waited to judge the game until it came out.

    It turned out to be one of the worst gaming experiences in my life. The story in this game is so poorly written that it lets down the whole product. Naughty Dog changed scenes shown in the trailers post leak, to show an older Joel and make people believe that he was present during much of the game’s story, when in actuality these are merely flashbacks sprinkled throughout the game.

    Joel dies very early in this game. Roughly 2 hours in. He is killed by a newly introduced character, Abby, when she tortures and murders him with a golf club.

    This kicks off a revenge plot that meanders here and there, but doesn’t lead anywhere satisfying. We’re constantly told that “killing is bad” but the game’s themes are at war with it’s brutal gameplay, which consists of Ellie killing legions of enemies with their own names, and some dogs too.

    About halfway through the game, the player switches to controlling Abby. They then have to play 10 hours of her backstory, where she plays fetch with her dog (that Ellie just murdered earlier) and saves a zebra with her dad. All this is designed to emotionally manipulate the player into sympathising with this woman, Joel’s murderer.

    Abby’s section culminates in a boss fight against Ellie, where the player MUST control Abby as they hunt her down. Why Naughty Dog thought this was a good idea is beyond me. Eventually Abby wins and spare’s Ellie and her pregnant girlfriend’s life because her new friend disapproves of pregnant woman murder.

    A bunch of other pointless things happen. The last act is a mess of time jumping and everyone acts incredibly out-of-character. Eventually Ellie decides to go finish Abby. She leaves her GF and baby and travels to Santa Barbara, where she finds Abby tied to a cross.

    She lets Abby down, they head to the shore where some boats are and Ellie decides she “can’t let [Abby] leave.” So they have a fight to the death. Well not exactly.

    Abby bites off Ellie’s fingers and Ellie begins to drown her underwater. She then has a flashback of Joel playing guitar, and it somehow causes her to spare this woman. She lets her leave and cradles her stumpy hand.

    The ending has Ellie return to her home, where her family has left her. She tries to play guitar but it’s impossible without her fingers. (No idea why she didn’t just play lefty lmao)

    Ellie has lost Joel, her GF, her baby, her friends, everyone she cared about and now her last connection to Joel, her guitar. She leaves alone. The End.


    So this game is such a mess of “themes” and “messages” that it’s hard to really unpack exactly what ND is trying to achieve here. There’s something about “the cycle of revenge” or something but it’s lost in the ridiculousness of the plot. Any messages the game thinks it’s conveying end up coming across as incredibly condescending and shallow, instead of deep and profound.


    This game basically spits on the relationship of Joel and Ellie, and I strongly caution anyone who has ANY love in their heart for the original game and it’s characters, to stay far away from this. The level design and animations are very impressive, as is the mood and atmosphere. The gameplay is fairly solid and practically identical to the original.

    All in all, TLOU2 is a disappointment when it should have been a gen defining game. A pass when it should have been GOTY. All I can say is I truly hope they never make a TLOU3. Before this game came out, I wondered if we even needed to get a sequel, now I wish we didn’t.    … Expand
  17. TangelaMania
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    As much as this game is technically pretty and polished, the poor storyline and badly written characters ruins the general experience. You see, I don't care if you're gay, Japanese, Chinese, trans, or whatever... The thing is, this just shouldn't be the point of The Last Of Us. The first game was a apocalyptic world about a man who lost his daughter and found in Ellie his reason forAs much as this game is technically pretty and polished, the poor storyline and badly written characters ruins the general experience. You see, I don't care if you're gay, Japanese, Chinese, trans, or whatever... The thing is, this just shouldn't be the point of The Last Of Us. The first game was a apocalyptic world about a man who lost his daughter and found in Ellie his reason for continuing to live how a decent man. Was essentially the touching relationship between a father and a daughter, something basically nonexistent in games in general. A game with this this kind of plot and interaction has nothing do with politic ideals, sexual agenda, a new male-girl that we are forced to play or a cliché cycle of revenge already used in thousands of games and movies. But then Neil Druckmann choose put aside the the greatest strength of this franchise - the relationship between Ellie and Joel - to bring all of those LGBT+ progressists things and a nihilistic plot, just to "subverting expectations". It's simply frustrating. In the end, everything feels forced and overly depressive. Now I just want to erase that second part from my memory and pretend it never exists.… Expand
  18. Oisinb63
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    I have completed this game and I enjoyed the gameplay and obviously the graphics are really good. But the story is a deal breaker for me. This game is a single player story driven game and because of the story being a negative for me this is why I am giving it a 3, you could have the best gameplay and graphics in the world but if the STORY is what's lacking in a game mainly meant for itI have completed this game and I enjoyed the gameplay and obviously the graphics are really good. But the story is a deal breaker for me. This game is a single player story driven game and because of the story being a negative for me this is why I am giving it a 3, you could have the best gameplay and graphics in the world but if the STORY is what's lacking in a game mainly meant for it then it doesnt matter.… Expand
  19. Madeofbees
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've been excited about Part 2 since the first game came out. I was quick to defend the game before it even came out, and I made sure to play the entire game before forming any opinions. And honestly? Disappointed is an understatement. The gameplay, the visuals, the soundtrack, were all amazing. The story on the other hand was needlessly miserable. It was hollow and empty, convoluted and contradictory. What I loved most about the first game was Joel and Ellie, and their love for each other. What I loved was the story about finding hope and love and family in dark times. The second game destroys everything the first game built up. Joel dies immediately, a decision so jarring and horrible that I had a hard time continuing to play afterwards. The only scenes with Joel and Ellie together are flashbacks. I think I may have been able to stomach the rest of the story, if not for several facts. For starters, more than half of the game is played as Joel's killer. The game tries to make you understand, to let you empathize, but I couldn't. We had an entire game to get to know and love Joel and Ellie. We watched Abby murder Joel, and then we're expected to fall in love with her later. It was hard. I couldn't do it. Another thing that I found to be lazy and unfortunate was the handling of character deaths in the story. Every single character who died did so in an abrupt and often times unnecessary way. In the first game, there was always something to foreshadow or warn of an impending death. The Last of Us Part 2 relies soley on shock factor. My third issue is with the way the characters were written. Often times I found it hard to recognize the characters. Tommy especially was contradictory in the most jarring way. In the first half of the game, he seemed like the Tommy we all knew and loved from the first game. But by the end he had a sudden change, contradicting his character from the beginning of the very same game! Fourthly, our biggest conflicts from the first game were given little to no attention in the second game and I found no closure. There are several scenes of Ellie questioning Joel's decision to save her at the hospital, and one scene of her discovering the truth. It was not enough, and it was all handled poorly. The ending of the game is brutal for no reason. There is no satisfaction. There is nothing to comfort you, or to make you feel like your time playing the game was spent well. It is hollow. It is lonely. It is needlessly miserable. My disappointment for the story of this game is heartbreaking. The first game was one that I found I could play over and over again. The second game is one I'm not sure that I can ever play again.… Expand
  20. XPainMaster
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    this game bored me to death.
    it have impressive graphic, a good melee combat system, but everything else kinda sucks.
    the story is forgettable and boring, no character is written good, and every aspect of the plot is disappointing.
  21. DarthTyrex
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    If there was one word to describe this game it would be dissapointing. The first game was essentially a masterpiece and it defined story games, it was amazing. And it is genuinely shocking at just how dissapointing the sequel is. It leaves the player feeling empty, sad, confused, and overall dissapointed by the end. You would think with 7 years of development the game would be better butIf there was one word to describe this game it would be dissapointing. The first game was essentially a masterpiece and it defined story games, it was amazing. And it is genuinely shocking at just how dissapointing the sequel is. It leaves the player feeling empty, sad, confused, and overall dissapointed by the end. You would think with 7 years of development the game would be better but no, graphically the game is amazing and it's gameplay and realism is definitely improved, but that is all the game has. The story and characters (which is the most important thing with TLOU) is all ruined. Extremely dissapointing as I feel this is ND's worst game, and it's the sequel to their best one too...… Expand
  22. Torchfalling
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Remeber Ellie don’t trust people...
    7year later
    Hello strangers i´m Joel miller... bang bang... *facepalm*
    I didn’t put 0 for the graphics and the caracter animation... but why??
  23. PatuPan346
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us ll is that it looks like a work of art, its graphics and its physics are excellent could not wait less, between cinematics and gameplay there are no differences the graphics are great, you feel the weight of the gun when shooting and the gameplay is good, but its story I do not like, it makes no sense to kill Joel and also touch you handle the killer of your favorite character, plus I have to handle Abby for a long time longer than necessary, the game tries to make you empathize with abby, but believe me, you can't, the last of us ll was expected by the story and camouflage the story as something raw but I don't play to have fun not for a game make me feel uncomfortable handling a protagonist who is not worth it like Abby, the end of the game was disastrous, Ellie does not get his revenge supposedly to break the cycle but Abby instead got his revenge and Ellie is left alone, without his girlfriend his son or Joel, is cruel in a forced story, it was not so difficult to make a better story.… Expand
  24. AlexCalderon15
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    I am quite disappointed with this game. First of all, it should be noted that the gameplay is almost the same as that of the first game but the graphics and music of this game are excellent. Having said that, I think the story is complete trash, literally spitting and killing everything that the first game managed to build.
    If you are a fan of the first one, I do NOT recommend buying this    I am quite disappointed with this game. First of all, it should be noted that the gameplay is almost the same as that of the first game but the graphics and music of this game are excellent. Having said that, I think the story is complete trash, literally spitting and killing everything that the first game managed to build.
    If you are a fan of the first one, I do NOT recommend buying this game, I hope and they can fix this mess with improved delivery in the future.    … Expand
  25. Matheusaguiar
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a disrespect to all tlou fans. Is very frustating to wait 7 years to get a game with a plot like that, the story is really bad and also is told in a very bad way. I never thought i will see this in a Naughty Dog game, especially in the sequel to my favorite game of all time. They absolutly kicked off Joel from the game in the most disrespectul and **** way. In this game Joel is just a background to the "story" although the trailers showing another thing. This is another **** that ND did, they lied all over the trailers, changing characters, its a really false advertising. The only good side of the game is the gameplay and graphic are absolutely stunnig, the best from this generation so far. Anyway, i played the whole game just wondering all the potential that the story had and was extremly sad to me to see this garbage story instead.… Expand
  26. Archimedes_HS
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    Overall game is a 3, very disappointing. I will definitely NOT be buying the Last of Us 3.

    Game visuals a "10" Game sound a "10" Music a "7" (not as good as the 1st one). Game play "5" (still clunky but a little better than the 1st) Story a "0" Pacing of the game "0" Pre-Game Advertisement "0" New video game innovations "0" (nothing new for the video game industry)    Overall game is a 3, very disappointing. I will definitely NOT be buying the Last of Us 3.

    Game visuals a "10"
    Game sound a "10"
    Music a "7" (not as good as the 1st one).
    Game play "5" (still clunky but a little better than the 1st)

    Story a "0"
    Pacing of the game "0"
    Pre-Game Advertisement "0"
    New video game innovations "0" (nothing new for the video game industry)
    Moral/Lesson of the game "0"
    Ending "0"    … Expand
  27. Tommyc89
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There is no denying that the gameplay and graphics are great but for a game that is single player only the story needs to be good and it is unfortunatly utter trash.After what she does and how she does it i had zero interest in playing as Abby, i don't care what Joel did and seeing it from her view still didn't make me change my views on Joel's actions and the fact that Abbys half of the game is just trying to make you feel sorry for her which i don't.I finished the game somehow slogging through the last half but wow that ending is awful and i'm guessing part 3 if there were plans for one won't happen after the obvious poor reception of Abbys character and the total destruction of Ellie and Joel's.It may be a massive success in terms of sales but this will do massive harm to Naughty dog's future games especially after the blatant misleading trailers showing Joel on the journey in scenes that don't even exist.I wanted this game to be good but it's a massive thumbs down from me.… Expand
  28. Golas
    Jun 30, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Так вот он разбил мае фанатское сердце сюжетом 2 части всей игры. (он наложил огромную преогромную какашку.)… Expand
  29. V1per1
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just felt manipulated with the obvious forced character and killing joel of all people.… Expand
  30. tschirmer
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    This game had great graphics,sound and i actually enjoyed the gameplay/stealth mechanics. The reason i am giving it such a low score is because I am a huge story person and the story in this game is so bad with so many plot holes with its linear progression that it made me not even want to finish it.
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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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Metascore
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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