The Last of Us Part II

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  1. MusiciansLife
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    Last of Us 2 is a beautiful and tragic game. It is a piece of art that is poorly executed and left me deeply dissatisfied by the end. I honestly do not want to play it again after I finished it. If hating what happens in a game and making you feel terrible was truly the intention of this game, then Naughty Dog hit it out of the park. I do not have a problem with the decisions of the mainLast of Us 2 is a beautiful and tragic game. It is a piece of art that is poorly executed and left me deeply dissatisfied by the end. I honestly do not want to play it again after I finished it. If hating what happens in a game and making you feel terrible was truly the intention of this game, then Naughty Dog hit it out of the park. I do not have a problem with the decisions of the main plot points, they were bold choices and I do enjoy experiencing story driven games where the events are predetermined, where you are meant to experience the story in the way that the developers chose for you to experience it. That experience can be positive or negative, tragic, horrific or whatever as long as the game has an impact that is justified and leaves you satisfied. The experience of this game did not leave me satisfied. When you come to the conclusion of the game and you immediately know that you don’t want to go through this experience again it is a failed game that fails in the very thing it is supposed to be, a game. It fails at being a game that costs as much as it does because you will never get the value that you paid out of this game. This experience did not justify its existence for me. Too harsh? I finished the game three days ago.. if you haven’t played it yet.. go for it and then you decide.… Expand
  2. Dcrays
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    El juego grafica y mecanicamente es bueno, pero la historia te decepcionará si jugastes al the last of us 1.
    La historia deja muchos agujeros que tienes que interpretar a tu manera y no ofrece ningun relato que puedas percibir para darle coherencia, sobre todo el desarrollo en los personajes principales es nefasto.
  3. GatoGherardi
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No he visto ninguna reseña en español, y creo que los hispanohablantes deberían estar igual de prevenidos al momento de comprar el juego. Cómprenlo, y sáquense las ganas, pero las criticano son exageradas.

    Más allá de la pelotudes yankee de “lo arruinaron al hacerla lesbiana a Ellie”, el juego es malo por otras muchas razones. Primero lo primero: los PROS. La música es lo mejor del juego. Las conexiones entre los personajes a través de la música. El sistema de guitarra es de lo mejor que he visto en PS, y aledaños. Los gráficos también son excelentes. Digno de la nueva generación de consolas. Listo, nada más para alabar.

    La historia, mamita querida! Un sinsentido tras otro. Después de 10 horas de juego, te cambian a jugar con un personaje que no conocés, y que no podría importarte menos si se muere mañana. Para colmo es la asesina de Joel. Sí, justificado, sí. Pero apurado. Toda la historia está apurada. Podrían haberse tomado más tiempo para hacerla mejor. Pero no. Los mismos enemigos de siempre. Las mismas armas. Los mismos movimientos. Todo igual. Un final pésimo, y la sensación de que algo le faltó. Ojalá y no haya sido el cierre de la saga, pero la verdad que no hay mucho más para ahondar ennun universo que se ha quedado sin Joel, y que ahora alberga a una Ellie vengativa, estúpida, y carente de todo sentido de lógica y razón. Una verdadera pena.    … Expand
  4. Alonso8931
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El gameplay y los gráficos excelentes, la historia una porquería total, destruyeron lo que pudo haber sido una de las mejores sagas de videojuegos..… Expand
  5. RoyceJohn
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    They should have writing the story for the fans...not themselves. Very upset with the choices they made.
  6. Arelka
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics : Nice
    Joel's death : Bad Characters : Bad 7 years for this story? Must be a joke    … Expand
  7. Gerbos
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To much LGBT content which does not allow to focus on the game. It should be serious game like the first one. Graffic is grate, physics is grate but some twists are horrible like situation with transgender, strange pregnancy etc. Guys, does people try to stay a live in appocaliptic world or they just think what gender they are and who should they sleep with? Try get use to Elli’s thoughts and choices but Naughty Dogs decide make accents on people not like others too much. And tell me where in appocaliptic world people (women-girl) get steroids?… Expand
  8. Kold
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    Honestly, the gameplay is decent enough. Nothing ground breaking but very comfortable. There are some super long side quests that sort of inflate the games size.

    Story wise the game lost me. I felt that it was sooooooo difficult to finish and really had to take breaks to play VR or even just surf my news feed. So disappointed in how some beloved characters are treated and the ending    Honestly, the gameplay is decent enough. Nothing ground breaking but very comfortable. There are some super long side quests that sort of inflate the games size.

    Story wise the game lost me. I felt that it was sooooooo difficult to finish and really had to take breaks to play VR or even just surf my news feed. So disappointed in how some beloved characters are treated and the ending just killed me inside. I have never been so upset with a bad story before but this just takes the cake on trash.

    Bought this despite the leaks and you can totally tell that this game is no 10/10 masterpiece. really sad to see the media shilling so hard for this when the actual users are giving it way less.    … Expand
  9. Ruler_Chesty
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    The last of us 2 has some of the smoothest movements and most impactful gunplay anyone can currently experience in a video game similarly, the stealth is top notch equivalent to metal gear and leagues above any assassins creed game. Unfortunately the storytelling seems to be on par with most COD games with randomly interlaced flashbacks and characters that you won't care about fortunatelyThe last of us 2 has some of the smoothest movements and most impactful gunplay anyone can currently experience in a video game similarly, the stealth is top notch equivalent to metal gear and leagues above any assassins creed game. Unfortunately the storytelling seems to be on par with most COD games with randomly interlaced flashbacks and characters that you won't care about fortunately you don't need to worry because when main characters are killed they're never mentioned again. Ultimately the story is a one told 1000s times and it's been told better 100s of times. 0 points for the story and 3 for gameplay would not recommend… Expand
  10. dangoaa
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    The Last Of Us should have been meticulously considered for its revolutionary impact on the gaming community through its usage of a story that matched up to the greatest movies to date; yet somehow the writing team failed to recognise this, hence the overwhelming negative reviews. The gameplay is phenomenal, and everything else for that matter too. I was blown away - but what does thatThe Last Of Us should have been meticulously considered for its revolutionary impact on the gaming community through its usage of a story that matched up to the greatest movies to date; yet somehow the writing team failed to recognise this, hence the overwhelming negative reviews. The gameplay is phenomenal, and everything else for that matter too. I was blown away - but what does that matter when the same game primarily became popular for the most prolific relationship & story in gaming history? It sucks, I know, but that‘s how it is.

    Ah well. It was a game - and that’s all I can really say.    … Expand
  11. Verahgo
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Okay... here we go.

    Summary: What is... even the story, the trailers and advertising clearly deceived so many of us that I'm actually baffled by the Gall of Naughty Dog.

    Characters:
    Ellie: She is pretty brutal, I give her that. Her character arc climax is strangely at the very end of the story. When I saw it happen the first thing that I said in my head is "Oh now you realized this is all **** up." Then gives us a rather bitter end to the story of TLOU2. We get it, reality is **** But when you try to put realism over the story, it's less of a story and more of an in your face message. Which is the root of my issue with the whole story. Anyways, the best part of the game is Ellie's flashbacks with Joel.

    Joel: Loved by fans... his plot is almost disgraceful on how they handled it. The teasers and trailers clearly show he is supposed to be alive, but instead, we get deception. Like I know advertisers protect their stories but THIS IS STRAIGHT UP DECEPTION. The cutscenes we see from Joel are flashbacks. The scene where he says "You'll think you're going to do this on your own?" It is actually from Jesse! I am actually pissed about this, I paid a crap ton of money for another adventure with Joel and Ellie. But I instead get crapped on because they had to subvert expectations. This is a videogame not an M. Night Shyamalan movie!

    Dina: She is... kinda plain actually. The only memorable part with her as Ellie is the weed scene and music scene. At times when she talks to Ellie, it's kinda as if they weren't really a couple. I actually forgot at one point that Dina was Ellie's partner. Character arc? Um... she... hmph.

    Jesse: Damn I really liked this guy but they had to give him such an NPC cutscene death. It didn't even surprise me. I was already numb from the unlikeable storytelling. That's bad if you cannot provoke a strong emotion out of me (Which by the way it's not hard to do), your story is really bad to do so.

    Manny: The same situation with Jesse, but the worse part is that bullet like... erased his character's existence and was barely ever mentioned again. Actually even Jesse suffers the same thing.

    Abby: Okay mega huge problem with her. They presented her really bad. She claims she cares about people who rescue her... but she murders Joel still? She's a new character that is already presented as an antagonist super early. Like what the **** you completely ruined her chances of being liked at all. ND failed to grab our trust for Abby and left us bitter through the WHOLE STORY. The worst part is, it's like they gave Abby the best parts of the story while Ellie's side is superlinear. The established a character than I don't even care about.

    Jerry: Wasn't he black... they race changed him.

    Gameplay:

    It has been improved, not going to lie. But it's mostly the same as the first game, run and hide and strike with little resources. Gunplay and brutalities are pretty on par with the first game.
    Main gripes, is when enemies call out their friend's names or pets. Honestly, I don't give a **** dude. If you shoot at me I don't care if your dog is named pancakes I will ****ing kill you both for attacking me first. Secondly when they are like "oh wait don't kill me". They'll always try to fight back afterwards, yeah real dynamic. Also, where is the friendly survivor groups, does every person I meet HAVE TO BE ENEMIES. The only thing I remember outside the town is the prisoners that I rescued. But that's a cutscene, give me a moral dilemma if I should raid a neutral survivor group or interact with them so it feels more real. THAT'S HOW YOU HUMANIZE PEOPLE.

    Verdict: 3/10

    The gameplay is nice, but the story is like taking IP Man's machinegun punches to my cock.
    I don't mind the LGBT representation, I don't mind Joel dying. But the way they presented the whole story is just, awful. The character arcs lead nowhere cause they kinda ALL DIE. The ending was pointless like you might as well finish Abby off too. You already killed hundreds of people!    … Expand
  12. blacksoul07
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    el juego bien es bueno hasta la primer mitad ( tiempo jugable con ellie) y resalto que hasta este punto era excelente a mi punto de vista, pero el echo de que te pongan a jugar con abby arruina todo lo que el juego había logrado, si es un punto de vista diferente a lo que podemos ver con ellie, pero dudo que a alguien le habría gustado esto, sobre todo por que el juego se torna pesado yel juego bien es bueno hasta la primer mitad ( tiempo jugable con ellie) y resalto que hasta este punto era excelente a mi punto de vista, pero el echo de que te pongan a jugar con abby arruina todo lo que el juego había logrado, si es un punto de vista diferente a lo que podemos ver con ellie, pero dudo que a alguien le habría gustado esto, sobre todo por que el juego se torna pesado y aburrido, y es por el simple echo de que la primer entrega del dejo una gran marca en los jugadores con respecto a joel y ellie, apostaría a que muchos soñaban con volver a verlos y jugar con ellos, pero el echo de la inclusion de abby parece super forzada, dejando de lado todo esto el resto del juego es bueno, el combate como tal, tanto cuerpo a cuerpo como a distancia, el mundo como tal es bueno todo por todo lo que se nos muestra respecto al paisaje, pero es lo único, y algo que realmente vale la pena y debe importar es una historia buena, algo tan profundo como rápido de jugar, por que a cierto punto, vuelvo a repetir el juego se torna pesado y aburrido, para acabar, el juego tendría 10 si quitaran la parte de abby, y dejando a ellie con su venganza consumada y al final ella perderlo todo, simple
    ojala no se atrevan a hacer una tercer parte que sea tan larga , si no volverá a ser un fracaso en cuanto a la historia, e igual deben darle un mejor cimiento a la historia    … Expand
  13. Guacamole
    Jul 5, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics are great aswell as the attention to detail, gameplay is nice because it innovates from the first but doesn’t stray to far from the original but I think the story was disappointing. If you started with Abby’s sections and Ellie and Joel flashbacks the game could of been better then but I couldn’t sympathise with Abby because it’s depicts her as the villain but then ten switches her to the victim it doesn’t move me. I’m fine with Ellie and Dina being lesbians and Lev being exiled actually fells like that would happen with a cult but it just doesn’t make me feel like I should care for some deaths like Jesse, Owen or anyone else because there isn’t enough time with them to fully develop with me.… Expand
  14. Hyuga10traz
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Um jogo com uma boa Gameplay, mas a história é cheia de agendas políticas, destruindo com fatores do primeiro jogo. Quanto as referências LGBT, nada contra ,mas nada a favor, no entanto forçaram muita coisa tentando influência as pessoas, mas não colou.… Expand
  15. Wackwacka
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    Stop silencing free speech... the game was bad from predecessor not by terms of game play as the gameplay and graphics are much better far better at that but the story my god the story is just horrendous if any see this review watch streamers opinions on this and not twitter or social media presence people’s opinion on it, watch a streamer play it and it’ll tell you all you need to knowStop silencing free speech... the game was bad from predecessor not by terms of game play as the gameplay and graphics are much better far better at that but the story my god the story is just horrendous if any see this review watch streamers opinions on this and not twitter or social media presence people’s opinion on it, watch a streamer play it and it’ll tell you all you need to know ex. (Pewdiepie)… Expand
  16. Static75
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics are good, gameplay in gory but mediocre, the story is absolutley TERRIBLE.… Expand
  17. brinypossum
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    Tlou was a story oriented game and that's what made it work. They botched the story in part 2 and no amount of technical brilliance is able to save it. They seemed to have forgotten that what they were creating was a game meant to be played by a person. The execution and sequencing was that bad. Even for the story they wanted to tell, changing the order of events would have made the gameTlou was a story oriented game and that's what made it work. They botched the story in part 2 and no amount of technical brilliance is able to save it. They seemed to have forgotten that what they were creating was a game meant to be played by a person. The execution and sequencing was that bad. Even for the story they wanted to tell, changing the order of events would have made the game much better and makes me think they went for shock value rather than competent story telling.… Expand
  18. ImTheOnlyOne
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    As a big fan of the first game this one was a MASSIVE disappointment. The writing is not anywhere near the same level as the original and the way they treated beloved characters is in my opinion unforgivable. The second half off the game made me want to stop playing all together but I drudged through it just to see if it can redeem itself and it never does with the ending being just asAs a big fan of the first game this one was a MASSIVE disappointment. The writing is not anywhere near the same level as the original and the way they treated beloved characters is in my opinion unforgivable. The second half off the game made me want to stop playing all together but I drudged through it just to see if it can redeem itself and it never does with the ending being just as disappointing as the rest of the game.… Expand
  19. Shady12
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    Comprei esse jogo e para mim foi uma grande decepção! Foi uma piada oq fizeram com o jogo, só lacração e distorção da história, isso foi um desrespeito a todos os fãs do jogo, naughty dog nunca mais ganhará um real meu.
  20. Joaovalente300
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Infelizmente queria ter dado 10 !! porém este jogo estragou de diversas formas minhas experiência, principalmente com uma narrativa fraca, sem objetivo, Perdida e com pouco sentido. Mataram o protagonista dessa história e ainda obrigaram a ter que aceitar jogar metade do jogo com a assassina dele. TLOU 1 foi o melhor jogo da minha vida, TLOU 2 manchou tudo que eu amei no primeiro. Por sorte que a gameplay salvou este jogo de um zero.… Expand
  21. Binnon
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    I’ve played the game through about two times now and I have found that the story is very fun at some parts but why I give it this score is because the story starts as a revenge tale but gets stale halfway through the game. And the ending makes the whole story and bloodshed pointless.
  22. BackflipSantoso
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    On the graphic side of the game is really good, but the story is just a mess. Considering that this game is a singleplayer focused game,the graphic alone cant help the game.
  23. yonp
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's gonna be sort of difficult to sort out my thoughts here.

    Positives: Beautiful graphics, voice acting, sound design, and lighting.
    Negatives: There's probably at least one flaw with every other element of the game.

    Regarding Joel's death, the storyline definitely could’ve been set up differently. Calling it a plot twist is giving it too much credit. It came out of nowhere, only happened because of a coincidence, and didn’t make sense with the characters involved. The only parts of the story I fondly remember are the flashbacks with Joel.

    The writers seemed to have forgotten what made the first game so remarkable, the relationships between all the characters, especially Joel and Ellie. The story would’ve been virtually the same if they found something else to preface the revenge plot, and the player would actually be satisfied by getting the story and relationship the trailers suggested they would get.

    Additionally, no one wanted to see the story from Abby’s perspective because we saw her do something horrific before we ever sympathized with her. Maybe if they switched it up a little, mixed her sections in with Ellie’s, instead of ripping us out of the story we paid for/expected for 10 hours of playing the character that bludgeoned a man in front of his brother and surrogate daughter, the player could've sympathized with Abby without force.

    Abby's story isn't even boring. It just rips us out of the expected story and drops us with a character we don’t sympathize with. Plus the fighting was already getting really repetitive, almost no one wanted to sit through the same journey from a different perspective with no breaks or differing fighting styles. You have to work to sympathize with Abby, something you shouldn’t have to do with a well-written story. The character was introduced as someone who kills her saviors, then you’re just expected to forget about it and fall for the blatant “feel bad for her” narrative with her dog, that zebra, and the flashbacks with her dad and Owen.

    Also, everyone knew Joel was an antihero. Everyone knew he was going to die, and knew he at least partially deserved it. The issue I have with how they handled it was that they did it too early/without enough care towards the character’s values and instincts. They butchered a beloved character's values for a revenge plot that didn't even have a satisfying ending. Naughty Dog can be smart, they could’ve thought of a better way to set up the revenge plot and still have a good game.

    The pacing was horrible. There was too little actual plot to stretch it out to 25 hours, so they filled in the holes with horrifically repetitive combat. They came up with very few puzzles and scarcely any unique fight sequences making every fight sequence fall short of interesting. The AI is smarter, but still quite dull and easy to fight. Fighting infected was unbearable, boring, and every kill seemed to be the same. It was so much more interesting to fight the humans. Let me repeat, bad zombies in a *zombie game*. Every time I was thrown into the dark or heard a clicker, I sighed because I knew I'd have to painstakingly kill every infected for the hundredth time. Game mechanics have barely improved since the first game, seven years ago.

    They treated every character like they were as expendable as a piece of paper. Nobody reacts when their friends die, not Abby when she watches Manny get shot, not Ellie when Jesse is murdered in front of her. I'll say it again, they forgot what made the first game special, the *relationships*.

    Final Thoughts:

    I came in with an open mind, excited to refamiliarize myself with the relationships and world I fell in love with during the first game. I had avoided spoilers thus far, and was coming in blind without any outside opinions. I was let down profoundly. It seems as if they came in with all these fractions of fight scenes, deaths, sympathetic moments, designs of maps, game mechanics, and other elements, decided on a 25-hour playthrough time, and then mashed them all together haphazardly. The game uses your love for the first game and trust that they'd do right by it to manipulate you into spending your money.

    I will always be fond of the first game, and there are some moments that are alright to sit through in the second. I even found myself wanting to go back to specific fight scenes because they brought something fresh to the table (scenes with sniffer dogs, fighting seraphites in the foliage, trying to escape the incredibly detailed school building in Seattle, etc.). The concept of traveling across the city throughout the duration of the game could've been a brilliant concept.

    But the game doesn't have any value of replayability, and the characters' decisions, behavior, and the overall plot makes me regret staying hopeful and preordering instead of just reading the spoilers and watching a playthrough.    … Expand
  24. Ksxjuanxks
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La historia mal, es verdad que es un juego con gráficos increíbles y una jugabilidad espectacular pero se supone que para venir de un juego como the last of us 1 que lo espectacular de ese juego es su historia que la historia sea tan mierda y los personajes de esta entrega sean tan poco carismáticos aparte de darle un desenlace a personajes de su precuela que sea tan mala como para eliminar un personaje así de rápido sin ninguna relevancia me parece una mierda como también que Ellie debería vengarse pero la perdona sin ninguna razón coherente y el fin jajaja de eso ni hablar… Expand
  25. Caiy
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let me start with this, if I had never bought the game or played the game, Joel wouldn’t have died. As for a review, if you had played the first game and had a deep emotional connection with the characters, don’t play this game. Nil himself admitted that he’d be disappointing a lot of fans. If you never played the first game, I recommend playing the part 2 as a stand-alone game (although, there might be parts of the story you won’t understand).… Expand
  26. LachlanPeake
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is visually stunning and has great gameplay elements to it. But the story drags and destroys the legacies of both original characters and I found myself wanting the story to just end multiple times during my playthrough. The original last of us is one of my favourite stories in the media. The story in TLOU2 falls on its face. I wish it wasn't so bleak because naught dog has produced some of my favourite games of all time... Let's hope they redeem themselves in TLOU3. (Just a little note. I kept away from leaks and I had no idea they were going to unceremoniously kill off a fan favourite character. I do note support The review bombing this is just my OWN PERSONAL opinion. I really didn’t like the direction.)… Expand
  27. tbdmike
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    Graphics and music were very good. Gameplay wasn't perfect. The AI was sometimes unfair but combat was pretty solid. Looting wasn't very impressive. The story wasn't satisfying though. 3/10 It's nowhere near the first game.
  28. Goufmkii
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    Most of the problem about story actually can easily be fixed by providing choices on certain events that leads to muti-ending Or just by separating Abby and Ellie’s story. They have 7 years and they mess it up like this is unforgivable
  29. Pryoknight
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    The game is so depressing, once it was over, i took a 1 hour shower rethinking why i chose to play this game, all the good characters get killed and the ending made me want to claw my eyes out. It had good gameplay though 3/10
  30. gmfchris
    Jun 27, 2020
    3
    only a 3 because you didn’t kill tommy, but the whole fact of adding a whole 10 hours of gameplay with the person we hated wasn’t he best idea tbh
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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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