The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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  1. Collossus91
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    Graphics - Top notch graphics, not perfect but very good.

    Level Design - Seattle has been nicely designed, however there were various times throughout the levels where I had no idea where I had to go and had to rely on the in-game hints that pop up. Gameplay - Sadly I found the gameplay, especially the combat, to be on a very similar level to the first game. The aiming and shooting    Graphics - Top notch graphics, not perfect but very good.

    Level Design - Seattle has been nicely designed, however there were various times throughout the levels where I had no idea where I had to go and had to rely on the in-game hints that pop up.

    Gameplay - Sadly I found the gameplay, especially the combat, to be on a very similar level to the first game. The aiming and shooting still feel very clunky, and the game was too long and felt like a drag after the half way point.

    Story - This is where the game breaks down for me, it's a weak plot triggered by the killing of a well loved character. The story is also told is such a disjointed order, that as soon as something important happens, you're back to another flashback. And not only that, you have to play as the killer for the second half of the game. The game tries to make you synthesize with the killer, but underestimates the attachment we have for the original characters.    … Expand
  2. linkecubeko
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El apartado técnico es espectacular, pero me sentí muy incómodo jugando como Abby, el juego quiere que nos importe Abby, pero no me importo nada, su parte la pase lo más rápido que pude sin explorar tanto porque quería ver que paso en el teatro con Ellie y los demás.... y ya por la hora 25 en Santa Bárbara me sentía muy aburrido de estar haciendo lo mismo hora tras hora... el final terrible.. arruinaron la franquicia... se que muchos a los que no les gusto el juego los llaman homofóbicos pero nada que ver con ese tema, no es molestia para mi las relaciones homosexuales.. pero por la forma en cómo contaron la historia... lo destruyeron.

    Este juego es para jugarlo una vez... y no volver a tocarlo jamás.    … Expand
  3. Fishballcat
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Não é ruim, mas se você quiser compra o jogo so pra matar zumbis sem mimi. Nao compre pois o jogo força muito a historia em si, e eu q comprei so pra joga fiquei perdido em certas horas pois n dei a devida atenção a historia pois achei meio futil. Mas se quiser um jogo com historia boa não vejo porque nao tlou ||… Expand
  4. Rsoaker27
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphically it’s an amazing game! The kill scenes are great and very graphic in detail. I’m I as attached to Joel as much as everyone else?? No! But here’s my issue. The story is all over the place. It’s almost as if the writers had 3-4 ideas and couldn’t decide on which one to use so they used them all! The last act of the game was completely unnecessary. I think we could have had more Joel/Ellie in the beginning AND then kill him off. People giving this game a 10 are crazy. It’s a fun game and I absolutely 100% love Last of Us franchise but something happened with Part 2. Perhaps down the road we’ll get a documentary explaining “what went wrong”… Expand
  5. TheUnspoken
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    As we can all agree. The first one was amazing, not because of the gameplay, but because of the story. The story in the this is, well one of the worst stories I've ever played. Something happens at the start of the game which is the main plot of the game.it's just not a great opening. I'm sure you know by now you play as a different new character for half of the game, which pointless, thisAs we can all agree. The first one was amazing, not because of the gameplay, but because of the story. The story in the this is, well one of the worst stories I've ever played. Something happens at the start of the game which is the main plot of the game.it's just not a great opening. I'm sure you know by now you play as a different new character for half of the game, which pointless, this game could have been wrapped up in 6 hours or so. There's scenes that are just repeated and you have to go through them again and again and again. It really does break my heart to write this, but this is probably one of the worst story driven games I've played in a while, there's massive plot holes, unlikeable characters, in some areas it looks very cartoon like, i experienced a lot of bugs as well, it doors not opening, or doors being open but i can't continue the game. It's not a last of us game, the fact i paid £70 for the special edition shows how much i was looking forward to this game. It really has let me down, I'm so angry at naughty dog as they had so much potential with this but yet they decided to focus half of the game on an entirely different story line and going back and forth in time, it's hard to keep up. I replayed the first one at last five times. I've just completed now, and i will never play this game again. It's going straight on ebay. Hopefully can recoop some costs from it. Huge disappointment, Is it worth a play, probably if you like long winded, dragged out stories. I will say though the graphics are decent and the accessibility options are amazing, so hats off to them for that. I honestly do feel that's the only redeeming feature of this game. I wouldn't recommend buying it full price, when it goes on sale. 3/10… Expand
  6. HarrisHr
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    Nice gamplay mechanics. **** writing. Simple as that. Needless to say, i am dosappointed.
  7. StoicSteel
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    It's a utter slap in the face. Compared to the first game, the story has NO redeeming qualities (except the Elle flashbacks).
  8. CLKnight
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Found this gem in a comment section: However I have to completely disagree about the game passing the message of "revenge destroys you" to the player at all. First of all, any time a character does a morally good action, the story punishes them for it (Joel saved a total stranger-> she kills him, Abby spared Ellie and Tommy->they come for her, ellie tried to get information from bf-dude and pregnant-lady without killing them->they try to kill her and she's forced to kill them). Ellie did indeed lose everything in her quest for vengeance and in the end did the morally right thing and forgave Abby, therefore forfeiting her revenge. Abby lost nothing in her quest for revenge and even accomplished it, most of her friends died at the hands of ellie in self defense and they weren't just innocent bystanders, they were accomplishes to Joel's murder, and in the end having satisfied her lust for revenge even gets a chance at redemption and a proper life in the form of Lev. So one of the characters gets her revenge, loses nothing to achieve it and in the end gets a chance at a new life while the other forfeits her revenge (having killed literally hundreds of unrelated people to get to that point), loses literally everything she has in the process and has absolutely no chance at redemption, having lost even her father's final gift to her (playing the guitar). If anything, the message I got was "seeking revenge or not, be as ruthless as you can be, lower your guard for no one even if they're tied up and at the point of a gun, leave no loose ends and never forgive", which I'm pretty sure is not the message ND intended, basically turning us all into tlou1's Joel, the guy they are trying so hard to frame as an irredeemable villain.… Expand
  9. Striker_123
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I hate this game just because tried to adding needlessly ideologies and a really bad argument in the story, incluiding the final while Abby was a really **** in all the Game, killing innocent people.… Expand
  10. Saikumar
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    Just one thing I don't want my memory of Last of Us to end like this. There is no satisfaction while playing this game I am always like why? This question ringing in my head all day ok apart from the story the game is so beautiful Naughty Dog done a good job in graphics and motion capture are so good but gameplay-wise not so many change from 1st, part but stealth system is good butJust one thing I don't want my memory of Last of Us to end like this. There is no satisfaction while playing this game I am always like why? This question ringing in my head all day ok apart from the story the game is so beautiful Naughty Dog done a good job in graphics and motion capture are so good but gameplay-wise not so many change from 1st, part but stealth system is good but sometimes it's way more representative. Ok guys if you want beautiful game don't mind the story buy this game.… Expand
  11. Jcook539
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    I loved the gameplay, the visuals are stunning, but naughty dog put story beats as priority over characters. Feels like the motivations of characters were less developed than the cool and truly unique scenarios implemented. That’s fine for any other game, but not when the bar for characterization was set so high for the originals. Truly loved the game but truly despised the story. It’s a 3I loved the gameplay, the visuals are stunning, but naughty dog put story beats as priority over characters. Feels like the motivations of characters were less developed than the cool and truly unique scenarios implemented. That’s fine for any other game, but not when the bar for characterization was set so high for the originals. Truly loved the game but truly despised the story. It’s a 3 because the story was the priority for me in playing the sequel, yet the biggest disappointment.… Expand
  12. Ib84
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    When Joel died i was so sad because I loved Joel Character and the story of this could be batter but no it's turned out its reveng story it's shame on everyone do this game
  13. Chiiiiiiiiii
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    Just no. The first game is far superior. Plays the same as the first but no real progression from it in a positive way. Just took what made the first game great and said nah...
  14. siddatta
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    Pathetic story, arrogant direction and moderate game play..................
  15. BiZiOk
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the last of us was a great game,this no too much the last of us part 2 have really bad story and ending...… Expand
  16. ekinci_er
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    Our long waited game unfortunately ruined with this story. You feel distant from all the characters at the end of the game. Also, it has been false advertised. If I would know that I play as Abby, I wouldn’t buy it.
  17. EndureNSurvive
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    Graphics are 9/10
    Art direction is a 10/10
    Voice acting and acting are very solid, 8/10 The gameplay loop has improved very little and gets repetitive really fast. 5/10 The writing took a nosedive. Seems amature in comparison to part I. 3/10 at best. The ending is god awful. I get what they're trying to do, but there's a disconnect between gameplay and story, and by the end it just    Graphics are 9/10
    Art direction is a 10/10
    Voice acting and acting are very solid, 8/10
    The gameplay loop has improved very little and gets repetitive really fast. 5/10
    The writing took a nosedive. Seems amature in comparison to part I. 3/10 at best.
    The ending is god awful. I get what they're trying to do, but there's a disconnect between gameplay and story, and by the end it just feels like you've played 25 hours for nothing. 2/10

    I don't usually complain about games being too long, but when they're this repetive and go on for over 20 hours when they could've been done in 15, it's also a con.

    Some aspects of the game are great, some are terrible. Sadly, this is mostly a movie-like game -- A cinematic experience, if you will. If the writing is not good, if the story doesn't hit you, the whole package falls apart. This is what happens with The Last of Us part II.

    Overall score 3/10.    … Expand
  18. Anr0
    Jul 6, 2020
    3
    Una de las mayores decepciones de la generacion.
    -Los graficos son muy buenos pero en ciertas partes son pesimos, como si estuvieran hechos por diferentes personas, incluso las caras de los protagonistas(TLOU vs TLOU2), son diferentes personas!!!
    -La musica es buena pero escasa, a un juego de esta magnitud se le debe pedir mucho mas en este aspecto, esta a años luz de otros juegos,    Una de las mayores decepciones de la generacion.
    -Los graficos son muy buenos pero en ciertas partes son pesimos, como si estuvieran hechos por diferentes personas, incluso las caras de los protagonistas(TLOU vs TLOU2), son diferentes personas!!!
    -La musica es buena pero escasa, a un juego de esta magnitud se le debe pedir mucho mas en este aspecto, esta a años luz de otros juegos, incluso de juegos indies.

    -La narrativa....no me la creo, los personajes se comportan diferentes a la primera parte, muchas escenas son imposibles de que pasen o simplemente muy basicas, este juego para los fans de la primera parte como para amantes del cine, es una gran decepcion. Y no quiero hablar mucho de la publicidad engañosa que se hizo del juego, hacer creer que pasarian ciertas cosas para que luego fuera totalmente lo contrario...esas politicas no las deberiamos de permitir los consumidores.    … Expand
  19. Perdad30
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played the game in it’s entirety and was left feeling confused. I loved the first game due to the story being a masterpiece in my eyes with others saying the same. I went in open-minded ready for how the beloved characters stories would evolve more and where this game would take me. Then Joel dies a character I’ve come to like a lot and the death is in a way where you feel both sad and angry, but after this the story becomes predictable and a bit cliche. My main problem with the game is how they try to demonize Ellie while making Abby ( a character you don’t like in the first place) good. Looking at both Ellie’s and Abby’s skills and weapons there’s quite a difference in the quality with Abby coming out on top. Then with little things like Ellie killing Mel with things like Ellie killing Abby’s dog and Mel who happened to be pregnant. I don’t understand why things happen the way they do. I played the entire game at least trying to get revenge and even that was taken away from me . The only thing keeping the game from a lower score is the gameplay improve ment .… Expand
  20. Ozymandiaz809
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    The gameplay is excellent and the story is brilliant, the only thing i think was crap (literally) and feels like it was forced was the ending, looks like the writers got out of ideas. What such an horrible ending for a good story. Is for real, the ending is way too forced.
  21. kdeuser
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    Do not waste time for this. It is better to spend your money and time somewhere else. This game is much worse than the first one. Big disappointment, like death stranding. :(
  22. Gotjits
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    Looks great and has fun game play moments. Sooo disappointed with the story. Too many moments where I was frustrated with the lack of player agency due to what they would force the characters to do. Lets be real, there were choices that some characters made that they just wouldn’t... “How convenient” I kept saying to myself.

    Thanks for taking a **** on Joel.. And thanks for turning Ellie    Looks great and has fun game play moments. Sooo disappointed with the story. Too many moments where I was frustrated with the lack of player agency due to what they would force the characters to do. Lets be real, there were choices that some characters made that they just wouldn’t... “How convenient” I kept saying to myself.

    Thanks for taking a **** on Joel.. And thanks for turning Ellie into a monster while you tried to force me to care abaout Abby. I don’t. Bye Felicia    … Expand
  23. alphaonezero
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    What a joke, a truly terrible story and poor character choices and writing...who thought this through and thought it was a good idea for a sequel to The Last of Us....is seriously jaded, it feels like they did it for a joke or just to be 'super serious'...forcing the player to play a certain way...such bad decisions.

    In some sort of attempt to make it original it's...ironically...some    What a joke, a truly terrible story and poor character choices and writing...who thought this through and thought it was a good idea for a sequel to The Last of Us....is seriously jaded, it feels like they did it for a joke or just to be 'super serious'...forcing the player to play a certain way...such bad decisions.

    In some sort of attempt to make it original it's...ironically...some of the most cliched and infuriating story choices i've ever played, playing certain sections just made me want to put down the controller and turn off my PS4.

    Positives are that it looks amazing, the locations are truly incredible. It sounds amazing and has some decent gameplay (besides the nigh constant resource scavenging which is infuriating), but doesn't improve too much over Part 1.

    However, that alone doesn't excuse this mess, don't listen to the IGN's etc, that call this a masterpiece...it's not, not even if you are a fan of part 1...which is a true masterpiece.

    Neil Druckman, if you are seriously proud of this story, then you shouldn't be allowed to make any more games.

    I can't believe we had to wait 7 years for this joke...I wish i could erase Part 2 from my memory and believe that there isn't a sequel. Don't buy this game, just pretend the end of Part 1 is the end of this story.    … Expand
  24. Ultrasapien
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    What an absolute trainwreck of an ending. The gameplay is "The Last of Us" to the core, so it's great, but the story is a dumpster fire. I'm not sure I can imagine worse character arcs and infuriating story choices.
  25. sinthu91
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Seriously we need to play as Abby to finish the story? … Expand
  26. herman2012
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    Una lastima como destruyeron una secuela. Un desastre la historia. Nos mintieron con el trailer.
    Yo queria jugar con Joel y Ellie. Me tuve que bancar 10 horas con un personaje que no empátize. Quiero aclarar que no tengo ningun problema con la comunidad LGTBQ, todo lo contrario, aca el tema es la historia. Esto es lo mismo que jugar un nuevo Uncharted y me maten a Nathan Drake a la hora    Una lastima como destruyeron una secuela. Un desastre la historia. Nos mintieron con el trailer.
    Yo queria jugar con Joel y Ellie. Me tuve que bancar 10 horas con un personaje que no empátize. Quiero aclarar que no tengo ningun problema con la comunidad LGTBQ, todo lo contrario, aca el tema es la historia. Esto es lo mismo que jugar un nuevo Uncharted y me maten a Nathan Drake a la hora de juego y juego con un personale nuevo que ni conozco, para eso hagan un juego nuevo para crear nuevos personajes principales. Dejense de embromar, no quieran invonar con cosas que no van. Lo mismo paso con Game of Thrones, Alien etc.
    Una lastima lo que hicieron y lo que hacen apretando a los cirticos,cerradno canales de stremears, youtubers, pagando a los medios etc, todo mal!
    Esto espero que le sirva de experiencia a las demas desarrolladoras de juegos para que no cometan estos errores. A partir de ahora Naughty dog quedo muy manchado con esto y para sus proximos juegos esperar a ver todas las reseñas antes de comprarlos.
    La mayoria de esas 4 millones de ventas acuerdense que fueron de preventa donde la gente fue engañada. Si esto s hubiese sabido no llegaban a 500 mil.
    Arrglen la historia, saquen el juego de nuevo o hagan un TLOU 3 donde nose todo esto haya sido un sueño de Ellie o revian a Joel nose haganse cargo de la cagada que hicieron. Muchisima bronca como tiraron a la basura 7 años de espera sabiendo que es un juego basado en una narrativa y con personajes que los fans queremos. No pude disfrutar el juego.    … Expand
  27. mrjray2700
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    The game looks great. Most of the game play is the same as the first one. The story does not make sense. I will not spoil it but it seams like some of the story is told out of order. If they changed the order of some things in the story and the ending it would be more believable.
  28. Crasten
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    what happened to Joel's character was miserable and disgusting

    the game is very violent and forces you to empathize with an unknown character
  29. Jhenifer
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    Historia mal contada. Grafico e jogabilidade ótimos. Só o roteiro que é ruim mesmo.
  30. Barcenia90
    Jul 2, 2020
    3
    Buena jugabilidad buenos gráficos historia estúpida muy estúpida si tienes a tu enemigo en el piso y lo matas y a su lado a tienes a su hrno y a una mujer que te amenaza con matar a todos los presentes que harían bueno creo que ya lo saben pero acá los dejan vivos para que luego esa mujer (ELLIE) se los cargue a todos jajaja
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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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