The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. FearsomeKunoich
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    Mechanics haven't changed from the first, borderline mediocre. Boring af. Story is an appropriately bleak journey. Good characters are relegated to cheap feels, unceremoniously so. Political vessel 101.
  2. gjlyu
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    頑皮狗是沒人會寫劇本了嗎
    一代明明那麼好，二代變成老梗爛俗的復仇劇
    最爛的是連老梗都寫不好
  3. ToastyLeg
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    Graphics and gamplay is 10/10, but unfortunelty when a story focused game spits on what made the first game so good and replaces it with bad wrting decisions the entire game is brought down.
  4. R3kt_DUUUD
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I can't really understan how their ruied such a beautiful story from part 1. They basically spit on joel and ellie's face. They killed the main character like he was dumb and useless, and suddenthly we have to play as his killer for 10 straight hours, and if that wasn't even enough we have also to beat the sh*t out of ellie while playing as abby. In the end ellie didn't even get to revenge on abby. Last thing when we only have ellie as a beloved character we see her losing dina and JJ and also she won't be able to play the guitar again , which was one thing that joel taught her to play. And to make things even worse she abbandon joel's gift in his house.i'll give a 3/10 because at least the music was good, the graphic was good and even the AI was really good… Expand
  5. Gaming_maniac
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    For a game centralized around a story, compared to the prelude of the first game, I was VERY disappointed. I almost quit playing 3 hours in. The graphics are great, but I don't care about that. I played this for the story. The battle is ok, but not much refined, just easier than in the first game.

    Then this company decided to destroy the interest in the story I had in the first game.    For a game centralized around a story, compared to the prelude of the first game, I was VERY disappointed. I almost quit playing 3 hours in. The graphics are great, but I don't care about that. I played this for the story. The battle is ok, but not much refined, just easier than in the first game.

    Then this company decided to destroy the interest in the story I had in the first game. I've never felt so shat in my face as to playing this. It's not just what happened, it's how utterly disrespectful and mean they were towards the main characters. Shells of their former selfs. I was disgusted.

    I could never manage to finish it. Please, hire Anita Sarkeesian as an advisor for the story and characters again. Please tell me in beforehand so I know the entire game is propaganda for PC politics, instead of being a good game with a story I would feel gripped around.

    I will never again buy a game to pay to be shat in my face.    … Expand
  6. Foxfistmicfox
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first game in this series is an unequivocal masterpiece, which is why I think this game left such a poor taste in my mouth.

    The Last Of Us Part II has a subpar story with even worse gameplay. The story consists of a tired narrative of "revenge bad" while allowing the antagonist to get her revenge with little meaningful consequences. The gameplay is almost the exact same as in the first game. Which would be fine if it wasn't the worst part of the first game.

    I'm Giving The Last Of Us Part II a 3 out of 10 due to being a playable if not a boring game    … Expand
  7. Josh145b
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    Gameplay is meh, I’ve encountered several glitches, AI seems to see through walls pretty often and could use improvement. Beautiful graphics. Unfortunately the story sucks. Also entering uncanny valley territory where the faces sometimes look downright creepy. Graphics just aren’t there yet.
  8. Apayne99
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    Game play was good. Graphics are awesome. Story is horrible. Considering that this game is a story driven game I would not recommend this game. I loved the first game but this is horrible.
  9. jacapraca123
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    Gameplay is just a copy past from the first game. The graphics are great. The story makes no sanse. You can't like the characters. Forced homosexual content.
  10. TheGaja
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    First of all. The graphics and the voice-acting are amazing. The atmosphere fits.
    Now the bad news... Characters are boring, I mean.. really boring. The game is not a gameyou play, its a political message you play. I am political in my private life all day, but gamers want a resort from this kind of consistant stress so this game is not a escape. Storytelling was really bad, the    First of all. The graphics and the voice-acting are amazing. The atmosphere fits.
    Now the bad news... Characters are boring, I mean.. really boring. The game is not a gameyou play, its a political message you play. I am political in my private life all day, but gamers want a resort from this kind of consistant stress so this game is not a escape. Storytelling was really bad, the structure is weird and bizzare, this two things suck because Neil Druckman sacrificed these two for the sake of disproportional divirsity. Diversity for the sake of diversity, no point what so ever. Due to the storytelling and all these plotholes it does not feel good at all to play. Im sorry, but at leats the game got points fro the graphics, envoirment and voice-acting.Because I just review the game I dont take into concideration all the foul things that are going on at naughty dogs offices.    … Expand
  11. niyannx
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was really dissapointed! The graphics are amazing, but the thing that caught my eye about TLoU1 was the amazing story, - the relationship between Joel and Ellie, the character build-up and the way they don't act as "heroes", but they act human. (Joel, saving Ellie, even though it was selfish, it was human! We grew to love her and also didn't want to sacrifice her!) We waited so long for TLoU2 and we got this?! One of the most loveable characters, just killed with a golf club? Him, giving his identity to a stranger is way out of character! Totally not a way Joel would act! Then, we have to play as the same person that killed Joel, and we have to try and kill the character we grew to love SO MUCH? And you expect us to just feel good about playing as her and betray our favourite characters? In the first game, when the moment came, we didn't want to sacrifice Ellie. Why would we want to kill her now? Why would we want to play as the character that murdered the fan-favourite? You worked so hard and I recognize that. But we waited so long, had our hopes up for another story with our beloved characters - the duo, Joel and Ellie. Why did you think it would be a good idea to force us to play as Abby? I rate it a three, because of the graphics. I refuse to play.… Expand
  12. RodrigoIndio
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    History is no good. Killing Joel for nothing and Ellie chance the characters
  13. OneWay
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    Graphics? Good. Sound design? Good. Gameplay? Pretty much the same from the OG game. Mechanics? Still same. Story? Absolute hot garbage. Character design? Ok
  14. Marcosamambaia
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    LGBT and pro-drug advertising. I did not like the development of the characters, the plot did not please me.
  15. Jeshmh
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    Utterly not the kind of path i was expecting the game to go. They tried to be brave and and in this case I absolutely hated it. I abhorred the decisions made.Great gameplay and graphics will not undo the depressing state the last of us franchise has gone. You finish and wonder what is next, a time of healing has occurred and any future sequel seems pointless. Dont create random charactersUtterly not the kind of path i was expecting the game to go. They tried to be brave and and in this case I absolutely hated it. I abhorred the decisions made.Great gameplay and graphics will not undo the depressing state the last of us franchise has gone. You finish and wonder what is next, a time of healing has occurred and any future sequel seems pointless. Dont create random characters out of nowhere just to force out a story, create characters characters like they are part of the story, if abby was introduced prior in the first game then that would create motivation and more sympathy. If you have any dignity for this game seriously consider not making a sequel to milk the franchise and yes naughty dog im talking to you. F the critics for being biased just to get their freebies. No way this game should be glorified.… Expand
  16. JustSeiya
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The music was great! +1
    The gameplay was good! +1
    The graphics were amazing! +1
    However that's it, all it gets are 3 points, it does feel like it tried to fill an agenda, and thus is doing so, it almost completely threw away what the 1st game built up, all that love and affection you had towards the main characters, it gets thrown away, played with, plus they also lied about not having to kill the dogs, and most of all, in the previous trailers, they made it seem like you could play as Joel/ that Joel would be alive for most of the game, but nope, killed him off in a stupid way, they completely made him dumb, in the first game, he ran over someone to be cautious, because he didn't know if that person was actually hurt, so to not take any chances, he ran them over.
    So to just be that careless, and just die like that?
    It enraged me, it made me close out the game.
    However I finished it, for the sake of "Maybe it'll get better" boy was I wrong, should of just stopped playing.    … Expand
  17. DecentPit
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    the plot is too long. many recurring game scenes. too chaotic actions. a lot of walking to different points without special goals. Too much mess with characters.
  18. INDRA_20
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    In a single player narrative driven AAA title, STORY IS KING. And just for the sheer technical creativity this gets a 3 but the direction that was taken here from a story stand point was a disaster. Played an hour and it killed the mood and the franchise. Druckman and Gross got too woke and tried to build a message around a game instead of a story. Hope this doesn't mean the end of NaughtyIn a single player narrative driven AAA title, STORY IS KING. And just for the sheer technical creativity this gets a 3 but the direction that was taken here from a story stand point was a disaster. Played an hour and it killed the mood and the franchise. Druckman and Gross got too woke and tried to build a message around a game instead of a story. Hope this doesn't mean the end of Naughty dog. #Dissapointed… Expand
  19. Lhynx
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    This game history sucks, just saying
    u can call me a sexist homophobic and all this **** you want
    i dont care :)
    3.5/10
  20. Rammir1995
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    Gorgeous graphics, Great game play but didn't change much since the first last of us game. Poor puzzles, Takes too long to complete a level making you feel drained, predictable jump scares and Ai but a lot smarter then other games. Now the story, Poor pacing that's tough to follow because a lot of the things it tries to do is forced. underdeveloped characters and Recurring charactersGorgeous graphics, Great game play but didn't change much since the first last of us game. Poor puzzles, Takes too long to complete a level making you feel drained, predictable jump scares and Ai but a lot smarter then other games. Now the story, Poor pacing that's tough to follow because a lot of the things it tries to do is forced. underdeveloped characters and Recurring characters acting way different from the last game. Everything this game tries to do story wise it fails hard leaving a sour taste in my mouth at the end. If it had a alright story the game would be a 6 but just how bad the story is, I got to rate the over all experience a 3.… Expand
  21. Jensbon007
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Estoy molesto por historia que Eli quede viva dos veces es mal guion que Aby después que le salva la vida mate a Joel tan brutal mente y después que la controle y la entienda nonono quiere estar en los zapatos de la que mató a mi padre no me importa el género de nadie pero a ellos si hay dos enb… Expand
  22. SuperSonygoku
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    A ver el juego luce bien y demás pero a mí particularmente eso no me sirve de nada con semejante telenovela aburrida que se inventaron, con razón mis amigos no me lo recomendaron pero sentía que tenía que probarlo y darle una oportunidad, ahora sé que hice mal y regale mi dinero, gracias por arruinar el juego.
  23. JasmineWonder
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    The story is just garbage, playing as abby just made my jaw drop, freaking disgusting to play as joels killer
  24. Kroshcl
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Termine recién el juego y solo puedo decir que es una decepción tremenda
    mi nota para the last of us parte 2 es de un 3/10
    no lo recomiendo

    la historia es un asco    … Expand
  25. Sumumfachunk
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    I feel incredibly sorry for most of the staff of this game who put their heart and soul into it for it only to be tarnished by an incredibly weak story.
  26. FromExperience0
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    Phenomenal gameplay. Phenomenal soundtrack. Phenomenal voice acting. Horrible narrative.
  27. Enigma601sp
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    História regular muito diferente da ideia passada na primeira versao, gameplay repetitiva demais aumentou o tempo de exploracao. Cade a ação? E no mais e muita lacracao
  28. rabidmonkfish
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wanted to like this but its so polarizing that to do that i would have to dislike the characters and story of the 1st game and that's what i loved so much about it so it didn't work for me. Far too long spent playing as characters i'm not interested in and such obviously forced attempts to try to get me to sympathize with an unlikable character that it just came across as lazily written. The game does look stunning though and i feel a lot of effort was made but that story........it just spoils it so badly and the pacing is terrible.… Expand
  29. TheHound1000
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A painfully honest take from someone who loved the first game and went into the sequel knowing the leaks but was willing to give it a chance: The more you care about/like the first game for its story and characters, the less I can recommend the sequel to you.

    The good: The graphics and natural feeling of the environments are simply incredible. The music is also great and I liked the use of the guitar throughout. The attention to detail when customizing your guns and how your character's expression changes when doing a takedown really helped immerse me.

    Unfortunately, it was not a world I wanted to be immersed in. While most of my issues with the game stem from its story and characters, I will briefly touch on the combat: it's fine. If you're looking for vast improvements from the first game I think you will be disappointed. The jump button rarely got used, and while the counter system and being able to go prone expands your possibilities in combat, I found myself getting bored with the lack of variety of enemies, both human and infected.

    Now the story... The "revenge is bad" narrative gets hammered into your head throughout the entire game, but the writing feels all over the place. The heavy use of flashbacks (excluding the fantastic ones with Joel and Ellie) is distracting and works especially against Abby. If we were given insight into her past earlier on and progressed through the story swapping between her and Ellie, I feel like her character would have come across as more fleshed out and perhaps even more likable.

    Having to play as Abby for about 10 hours straight after knowing what she did to Joel and and Ellie was honestly torture. I just couldn't get myself to like her, and ended up hating her more than I expected after seeing how Joel saves her and Ellie spares her. If not killing Abby was "the right thing," why did I just spend all of that time killing countless people and losing the people Ellie cares about?

    Simply put, I was really frustrated with the decisions of the characters and the entire story as a whole. If it was another game where story was less of a focus I would probably give it a higher score, but this is Joel and Ellie we're talking about.    … Expand
  30. jasonmares
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    It's no surprise at this point that my rating affirms that the best part of this game is the gameplay and graphics but the story is where everything falls apart. It's so heavy handed with what it's point is (violence can't heal trauma) that it feels like an over the top after school special from the 80s where smoking a joint leads you down a path where you've murdered your entire family,It's no surprise at this point that my rating affirms that the best part of this game is the gameplay and graphics but the story is where everything falls apart. It's so heavy handed with what it's point is (violence can't heal trauma) that it feels like an over the top after school special from the 80s where smoking a joint leads you down a path where you've murdered your entire family, your dog ran away and you died in prison. If you want to play a game where everyone loses everything they love and lives miserably ever after, this is your game.… Expand
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  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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