The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Janosuk
    Jun 24, 2020
    4
    I didn't get to play the The Last of Us until I snagged a PS4 at the end of it's life cycle, after smashing my way through it over 3 days I instantly fell in-love with it. So naturally when the sequel was announced I had a first-class ticket on the hype train, good lord was that a waste of money.

    Graphics are stunning, sure, any game on rails is going to be good looking, but it's far    I didn't get to play the The Last of Us until I snagged a PS4 at the end of it's life cycle, after smashing my way through it over 3 days I instantly fell in-love with it. So naturally when the sequel was announced I had a first-class ticket on the hype train, good lord was that a waste of money.

    Graphics are stunning, sure, any game on rails is going to be good looking, but it's far from the best looking game this generation as some have claimed on this website.
    Story? Hmm... Not going to dump any spoilers on here but what a massive disappointment that was, Ellie acting out of character, various plot-holes and a very unsatisfactory ending.
    Gameplay is very similar to the first one minus the environment puzzles, in that it's extremely shallow with bland "stealth" mechanics attached.

    I would recommend you spend your hard earned cash else-where, preferably into Cyberpunk 2077, or Vampire Bloodlines 2 at the end of the year, while the game is certainly not a "0" it's most CERTAINLY not a 10/10, or a 100/100 (This is what's considered a perfect game from the media... yeah, if you believe that then I got a bridge to sell you).    … Expand
  2. Seancoetzee
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    How to sum it up: certain people hating on it for a character death really doesn't watch much tv(Red wedding, ned starks beheading) To name a few. I was shocked when I saw a 4.2 but I heard it's a reviewbombing so just giving my honest rating after I actually played it.
  3. elyas42
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    When Druckmann said that the game was going to be divisive he wasn't kidding but hey it's common to every great piece of art ! When people will stop to talk about what they don't know (how to write a story and how to use a medium to it's full potential to convey a story) maybe they'll start to enjoy the game. Sorry for bad english and love y'all !
  4. MacBinary
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    I bought a PS4 to play Red Dead Redemption 2, after playing TLOU2 I'm now thinking of selling it. Utter trash, I've never felt so depressed after playing a game. Games are meant to be fun, or at least make you think, this game made me want to end my life.
  5. robfilmmaker
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This game is a masterpiece of storytelling and technical development. It pushes the medium to new heights, making other games look antiquated by comparison. Don't listen to all the negative reviews, they are mostly from from Xbox owners who are jealous they don't get exclusives of this quality. If they hated it so much why did they buy it? Makes no sense, you can't have your cake andThis game is a masterpiece of storytelling and technical development. It pushes the medium to new heights, making other games look antiquated by comparison. Don't listen to all the negative reviews, they are mostly from from Xbox owners who are jealous they don't get exclusives of this quality. If they hated it so much why did they buy it? Makes no sense, you can't have your cake and eat it too.… Expand
  6. jonesmrv
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Matar Joel simplesme foi terrível no final das contas pra que lançar um jogo que aborta a vingança porem tentando convencer voce do a vingança não compensa produtora desse jogo foi mal caráter em ter mostrado um treiler de joel colocando a mão da boca de Ellen e que não era ele… Expand
  7. alex088s
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    I played the original and felt this one wasn’t what the fans deserved. The story felt like a joke and I was regret getting hyped. Loads of better games to play right now. Get rekt Kenny.
  8. Ley_X11
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No es la historia que todos esperaban por que así debería ser, el mundo de The Last of Us es hostil y la gente lo es aún más. Está no es una historia como a las que Disney nos tiene acostumbrados y aplaudo al director Neil por eso. Definitivamente es un juego fenomenal, su jugabilidad es extremadamente interactiva, la inteligencia artificial de las personas es la esperada, sus gráficas son asombrosos, estoy satisfecho con esta entrega. ❤… Expand
  9. tnuCageM
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    several bugs make the game horrible to play at times. story is ehh compared to the original. visuals are nice. the rest of the components that make up the game aren't.
  10. Bortlock
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    A phenomenal game, beautifully put together. It will go down as one of the all time greats. In every sense, a worthy ‘part II’ to the original game, improved in every way, but with a much more complex story to tell.
  11. hadi_btf
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This game is an insult to us fans, even for anyone who's trying the last of us franchise for the first time, I always admired the game's director for his genius level story telling, I was even advertising this game for my friends since I found out a sequel is coming, but this game's story telling failed so badly that I can't just stand the game and the fact that how story just insults meThis game is an insult to us fans, even for anyone who's trying the last of us franchise for the first time, I always admired the game's director for his genius level story telling, I was even advertising this game for my friends since I found out a sequel is coming, but this game's story telling failed so badly that I can't just stand the game and the fact that how story just insults me and my seven years of waiting that I wont ever trust naughty dog games, cause not just they failed in story telling they ignored the fact that its the fans are gonna like the game not the director himself, also they lied to us in the trailers luring us to buy it.
    The game has a great graphics, no loading between the chapters, an unforgettable music, best mo cap and voice acting performance, and an amazingly fun gameplay all which is wasted for the poor story telling, some reading this review may say all this can't be ruined by story but all I say is wait until you play it yourself you'll understand how bad it is that you don't wanna continue the game from a point.
    I just don't understand what was all that we got in the first game? what was that for? all that character development all that bounding to those characters was for what? to just say hey we made you love them now we destroy them, it was so sadistic move, it was't just a bad ending, it was abusing and insulting for me, a big fan of the game and almost every other fans I know.
    I'm deeply sad for what has happened to this great game so many different ways to continue the story to please the fans and create something unique but, too bad they chose the way to insult the fans and destroy the game in a unique way.
    Naughty Dog has now a way to go to regain it's fame.    … Expand
  12. Alexzomber03
    Jun 24, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La historia fue demasiado forzada, no me gusta varios aspectos del juego como el comportamiento de los personajes y su rol forzado :(… Expand
  13. TWesen42
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is not what was promised and it is an offense to his legacy. First, the most beloved character (joel) from the previous installment is killed in a treacherous and pathetic way and the worst thing is that they expect you to love the murderer (Abi) despite her actions.
    He feels forced what is political, always trying to spit it in your face, we have paid a game to have fun, not to educate us.
    The level design is boring, repetitive and confusing, many times it happens that you do not know where to go because it is not well designed, you cannot explore as freely as promised and it is boring because of how poorly designed they are many times, besides that later it happens that places are repeated (How can a place where criminal trials are made compared to a restaurant?).
    The story feels stuffy, it has no rhythm and when you think it is going to get interesting, cinematic from a flashback.
    The enemies are pathetic, they do not show intelligence, their patterns are all the same and repetitive and it becomes boring because just pressing two buttons is enough to kill them.
    The music is poorly implemented, it is not supposed to be because you must listen to the enemies (which are scarce) and the game becomes monotonous and boring.
    And the end....
    I give a zero for the lack of respect that the creators had to the original game    … Expand
  14. guzforster
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    So funny to see the incels going nuts here because they have to play a lesbian.

    This game is amazing, don’t trust this MC overall score, seriously. Playability remains the same as the previous game, with some nice improvements. The story and visuals are of course the best aspect of this game - everything is involving and makes you want to uncover what the hell is going on. Some parts of    So funny to see the incels going nuts here because they have to play a lesbian.

    This game is amazing, don’t trust this MC overall score, seriously. Playability remains the same as the previous game, with some nice improvements.

    The story and visuals are of course the best aspect of this game - everything is involving and makes you want to uncover what the hell is going on. Some parts of it are gut wrenching.

    If you like an amazing story and playability, this game is for you. It’s like playing a really good movie with some really tense stealth situations.    … Expand
  15. eglass8
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics are great, gameplay is so so.
    The story is ok, but the ending just renders the entire thing a moot point, it's pointless and has no pay off.

    The ending should have been Ellie kills Abby and she crawls up to the shore and lays down breathing heavily, with "All Gone (Aftermath)" from the first game playing, and the screen fades to black with one last breath.    … Expand
  16. mario_14x
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    Good story and good narrative, a masterpiece of videogames, without a doubt is the best game of 2020
  17. Asemkamal
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its not how he died what made me angry its how the whole game treated him as if he was a bad person this is treason to the characters and should I have empathy to abby um.....no I didn't have any you failed ND this bad writing I didn't even like ellie she has nothing to do with her character in the first game and this is not character development ugh I can't even write all the things I hated in this game so I'm finishing this review by saying ND you ruined it… Expand
  18. schaduwtje
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    I love this game. It is a beautiful game graphically and it excels in atmosphere and excitement. The game is making you feel raw emotions and you feel as a hardened and tough as nails warrior throughout the game, while also feeling (relatively) vulnerable. Killing people feels hard as it should be, even though that is still part which it is all about. I love how roaming through theI love this game. It is a beautiful game graphically and it excels in atmosphere and excitement. The game is making you feel raw emotions and you feel as a hardened and tough as nails warrior throughout the game, while also feeling (relatively) vulnerable. Killing people feels hard as it should be, even though that is still part which it is all about. I love how roaming through the stretches of city feel as a truly apocalyptic world. Music and sound design are top notch! Character design is outstanding and facial animation and movement is better than I have ever seen before. Also the acting and dialog are best I have ever seen in a video game.

    The gameplay loop also feels great to me. It feels much the same as part 1, which I also loved to play.
    It is a bit more streamlined and varied. It is also one of the very few games in which I found that the story fragments and collectibles were actually worth searching for. If you didn't like the first game though, you probably won't like this one either.

    The story is like the first game very powerful and emotional and all about love, hate, despair, revenge and enjoying the small things in live. People are not nice in this hard world, and no-one is really good. You mostly see the ugly parts of people that want to survive and want revenge when they are wronged. The story of the first game is better, as this one is missing the driving force of the first game about 'saving humanity'. It is more about (pointless) revenge, and human fallibility. Even so, I felt very invested in the story.

    I have a few small annoyances. I didn't like the shamblers and stalker infected enemy's. They were annoying and hard to kill, even though they are still defeatable. Luckily these encounters are not too frequent. I also thought finding materials was unbalanced. I didn't have enough tape for long stretches, and quite often didn't find a melee weapon. Other materials are much more in over abundance and not needed that much.

    Bottom line is that I love this game. It made me feel most human emotions strongly at some point. The game feels very exciting and tense at moments, and my heart was pounding at many times. I don't think it is perfect, but it is not far from it.    … Expand
  19. Wardy940
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Breathtaking graphics. Fantastic animations and physics but the story and new characters are trash. The story is just rinse and repeat all the way through. Even using, not one , but two pregnancies to try and pull on your heartstrings. The only decent scenes are the flashbacks with Joel. It recreates some of the magic of the first game but then soon rips it away and leaves you missing Joel again. Then they have the audacity to make you play as the murderer who killed him. Just plain awful compared to the first game.… Expand
  20. imz
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Surely one of the most disappointing sequels of all time. Ruined all of my expectations for Naughty Dog's Next Gen games.
  21. Gabr13
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    Exelente juego, no se siente como unq secuela pero para ser un juego esta muy bien echo.
  22. QOFTE123
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    As a Big Fan of Naughty Dog Game I'm Completely Dissapointed.I will never buy a Naughty Dog game again
    This is not a game ...This is just a LGBT Agenda
    I didn't buy it.
    I played at my friend..but couldn't play more than 2 hours .I couldnt
  23. FEM1999
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. From my point of view the story was never about revenge, but about forgiveness.

    I think that Abby symbolizes Joel. At the end, Ellie finally forgives Joel for taking away the purpose of her live. She therefore let’s abby live.

    To my opinion the story is very well done.

    Even when you are not a fan of the story, there is so much more than that. Because of its beautiful graphics and gameplay, there game is a beautiful experience.

    Overall, a true masterpiece.    … Expand
  24. Daviidra
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    Si tienes PS4 no te puede faltar este juego, es excelente en todos los ambitos, no le pongo el 10 porque me parece que en cuanto a historia es mucho mejor el antecesor, pero por lo demas (Gráficos, sonido, ambientacion, construccion de personajes) es una maldita obra maestra
  25. GabGabbia
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved this game!!! Only the haters wrote the other reviews. Only become Joel dies… Expand
  26. Deathdealer_kid
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’m sooo disappointed..First off Abby...whyyyy make us play her as a character? Why kill of Joel when he was Survivalist 101? Then all the lgbtq stuff? You turned a masterpiece into political dumpster fire...No seriously why make Abby look stronger than the average man? Like a mucho macho man I’m all for equality but damn like this is just sad. Then the end with Abby and Ellie was just straight foolishness yes foolishness. The gameplay and graphics are stunning but Mr. DruckMan plz for the love that’s all holy and Sacred just don’t touch any more games that mean something to my generation like it’s sickening all we want to do is play a game we love and not to be apart of your silly way of getting your agenda across it’s for the true and die hard fans and you killed it like you did Joel smh I’ll never buy a naughty dog game ever you guys lied and finessed us and I hope it bites you right in the kisser. Then the worst part is I can’t even get a refund.… Expand
  27. Nublek
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This game is a joke. Story all over the place. First few hours of the game immediately makes you want to puke. The story is garbage. Naughty dog you messed up. We all agree The last of us 2 was just a cash in. This game should not exist like this. Let's all just forget about this disgusting **** and flush it down the toilet. Stick with the first game people, you'll enjoy it much more thanThis game is a joke. Story all over the place. First few hours of the game immediately makes you want to puke. The story is garbage. Naughty dog you messed up. We all agree The last of us 2 was just a cash in. This game should not exist like this. Let's all just forget about this disgusting **** and flush it down the toilet. Stick with the first game people, you'll enjoy it much more than you will this ****… Expand
  28. VeximGem9
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    No thanks. Wtf was that story line. The disrespect to joel and we were force to like the bastard that killed our joel. And her name is abby smh
  29. Alexsander349
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Uma das coisas que esta me irritando é que estão usando lacração como o motivo de quem jogou o jogo estar criticando... O problema do jogo é o enredo, a proposta! Não tem nada a ver com lacração! Vamos as partes boas: Gráfico insano e gameplay muito bem feita, realmente muito bom!

    Agora sobre o enredo... Ate a metade do jogo ele é fenomenal! Você tem o impacto da morte do Joel, você joga com a Abby sem saber quem ela é... Assim descobrindo que jogou com a 'vilã' da historia é muito interessante! Mostram o impacto disso na Ellie, os flashbacks com o Joel, ela tentando seguir a vida pelo fardo do primeiro jogo, de ser a cura, de se sentir deslocada, e tudo mais! Muito interessante e tava muito bom! Ai chega o meio do jogo e a coisa começa a ir agua abaixo...

    Primeiro, temos o contraponto, o jogo vir chover no molhado e falar que o mundo é cinza... Dando a visão de uma única personagem, que 'sofreu' por efeito das ações dos protagonistas... Como se na quantidade de mortes do primeiro jogo, apenas uma pessoa próxima das vitimas tivesse se ferrado... Tentam fazer você criar empatia por alguém após ela fazer algo pelo personagem que você acompanhou um jogo inteiro, que foi um dos melhores jogos que você jogou na vida... Você ate entende o por que ela fez isso, mas empatia não rola! Ate por que ela matou pelo motivo egoísta igual a Ellie quer matar ela, não foi por o Joel ter ferrado o mundo, foi simplesmente por que ele matou o pai dela...

    Seguem tentando humanizar a Abby e você só esperando pra voltar a jogar com a Ellie... Ai tem o ponto 'forçada do roteiro'... Tu comprou e foi hypado pelo jogo para uma historia de vingança, é motivado a isso ao longo do jogo em todos os flashbacks... E quando você vê, você tem que lutar contra a Ellie em um plot twist? Blz, é impactante, mas é forçar uma situação, já que quem você estiver controlando vai vencer, afinal você que esta jogando, e com isso criar o ponto de misericórdia! Para ai chegar no fim do jogo e termos o outro ponto, que vingança não leva a nada, vamos perdoar, paz e talz...

    Mas para e analisa... A Abby tem sua vingança do jeito que quis, pelo motivo que quis, fica viva, e ainda tem na Lev uma 'luz' para sua redenção! E a Ellie? Só se fode! perde a família, os amigos, vê as pessoas que conhece afundar, perde a possibilidade de tocar violão, o ultimo legado do Joel e fica sozinha a deriva...

    Tentam botar um ponto que vingança não leva a nada apenas para a Ellie! Mas se analisar a Abby se da bem no final, fazendo justamente o que tentam pregar que não leva a nada... e só tem misericórdia da Ellie no meio do jogo por causa do roteiro, que te faz jogar com a abby em vez de jogar com a 'protagonista'!

    A proposta do jogo se contradiz! literalmente por causa do roteiro, tentam dar uma justificativa bem fraca, por não ser natural ao jogador escolher, você só é forçado a isso, não tem o impacto de você concordar ou não com a situação, só acontece... Ainda por cima, deixam a Abby, que o próprio jogo faz questão de dizer q não é flor que se cheire, ganhar a salvação no final!

    Se queriam botar esse ponto de moralidade que tivesse criado um sistema de escolhas no jogo! Foi muito aquém do que eu esperava, tudo bem que superar o primeiro era difícil, mas podia pelo menos ficar no mesmo nível...    … Expand
  30. AlexanderCsstro
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    No entiendo cual sea el problema a mi me encanto mucho, no se compara con el primero pero tiene lo suyo.

    Fin del comunicado.
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  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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