The Last of Us Part II

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  1. jnunon
    Jul 14, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is absolutely not a 10/10.....they try very hard to make you care about new characters but it ultimately falls flat.… Expand
  2. Jendoe9
    Jul 12, 2020
    6
    Graphically, this is a truly masterpiece... And that’s about it. If you’re going to buy this game DONT GET TOO HOPEFUL, be ready to be disappointed at nearly every level, man I mean, it doesn’t even have multiplayer! don’t be fooled by media. Good luck.
  3. Kbeatz
    Jul 13, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay wise was both a huge step forward and a huge step backwards. Even though there were more options, it also made the game infinitely easier, defeating the purpose and the sense of desperation you'd expect to come along with a game set in a zombie apocalypse.

    From a story standpoint (and all social movements aside) I think there is a mountain of evidence that proves this is a poorly written and overall bad experience. For example, flashbacks are useful and effective when only doing it once or twice, but this game for some reason slows down to an intolerable crawl with many, many flashbacks to display a character they kill in the beginning of the game. If you want to kill him, then just do it. Don't spend the rest of the game relishing in that character when you make a previous terrible decision.

    In addition, the game forces you to play a character that you don't want to play (that's as far as I'll go spoiler wise) and tries to play with your emotions throughout when the entire time you don't want to be participating in anything that is happening. This game should have been a homerun story wise, but instead they try to challenge your beliefs again and again, when really most people (including me) play videogames to ESCAPE the real world, not be PUSHED FURTHER into it, when it's controversial to begin with. About half way through, I was completely checked out. They could've redeemed themselves in the end, but they didn't. It was all for nothing, and the motivations behind the "revenge isn't the end all be all" narrative will leave you feeling empty of satisfaction in a complete waste of time.    … Expand
  4. NiceGuy3012
    Jul 13, 2020
    6
    The gameplay was amazing. Really refreshing. Didn't change much from the first game except for new jump and prone buttons but it was awesome. The graphics were exhilarating and looked super realistic. I loved to just stand and look around the world and the photo mode made that easier. Now, the reason for the 6 rating is... that the story was mediocre. The entire thing just seemed like itThe gameplay was amazing. Really refreshing. Didn't change much from the first game except for new jump and prone buttons but it was awesome. The graphics were exhilarating and looked super realistic. I loved to just stand and look around the world and the photo mode made that easier. Now, the reason for the 6 rating is... that the story was mediocre. The entire thing just seemed like it was one hit after the other and the antagonist turned heroine did not deserve the redemption story arc she got. Plus, there was a very inappropriate scene that did not need to go in the game. All in all, what made me realize the story wasn't all that good was the fact that the ending left me and many others unsatisfied. It just didn't fit the main character's story well after the events of the game. If you want an awesome game with mechanics and graphics that will blow you away, buy it. If you want to make it memorable, with a story that will satisfy you, keep away from this.… Expand
  5. Fido8xD
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    I just can't believe how they spoiled this game ... This game could be a great success, they didn't have to do anything really special and it would easily be the game of the year. And so we received the game with the worst story of all time, written by a mentally unstable naughtydog ... I want my money back. And you can be sure that I will never buy a game from this studio again.
  6. IsraKuwait
    Jul 14, 2020
    5
    I can remember when it’s the last time I fall in love with a video game like this it was Final Fantasy X . Last of us 2 is my new obsession
  7. maeda94
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    the failure of execution and story telling that ruin the whole experience of gaming
  8. GeroniMoe
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved the first game so much! i consider it my favorite game of all time because everything was right with this one! Loved especially the characters. So when the 2nd game was announced and Ellie and Joel where in it I was hyped for this game. I did not get spoiled by those leaks and at first I thought: This game is great! It looks absolutely gorgeous, has so many nice details like the guitar playing. but than the second half of the game happend... where I was forced to play as the antagonist **** that killed my favorite game character of all time.... I hated every second i had to play abby! just run through the levels without collecting or talking to anyone. I wanted to play Ellie again... wanted "my" revenge. I hoped for a God of War like sequence where you can smash the punching button till eternity but noooo.... Abby gets away after she almost killed Ellie... the game was advertised as an revenge story!!! Great revenge Story without delivering in the End... Jesus Christ! Never in my life was i so disappointed and straight up enraged by an "Entertainment Medium"
    So when the Naughty Dog Logo appeared after the game ends all i could shout out was FU!
    I literally singed up here just because i wanna write a negative review for this piece of garbage! Naughty Dog took a huge dump on my Favorite characters and i Hope they get ALL of the **** out there! A god damned **** Hurricane!    … Expand
  9. GrimLaw
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    Really crappy story driven by political views it's a dumpster fire you should next time consider what your fans want
  10. katygomes
    Jul 14, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fora o fato lamentável de fazer apologia ao homossexualismo e mostrar cenas sensuais que nada tem a ver com o contexto do jogo, a história ficou uma droga, em primeiro lugar você não joga com o Joel, depois da decepção, você se vê jogando com uma fisiculturista que mais parece o Hulk, totalmente fora dos padrões do primeiro jogo, inclusive esta mesma figura andrógena assassina Joel, nosso herói, para minha profunda tristeza e decepção, mais uma vez! Não bastasse isto, vc. joga mais da metade do jogo com esta infeliz, que não traz empatia nenhuma ao jogador! E o final, ah, o final é uma droga, sem dúvida, um dos piores jogos que joguei na minha vida! Salva apenas os gráficos e o gameplay, pois o resto, pode jogar fora e fazer outro jogo! Talvez um remake com uma história totalmente diferente! Foi uma pena o que fizeram com o jogo, a parte um foi um dos meus jogos preferidos de todos os tempos, me envolvi com o jogo, os personagens, que foram cativantes, a história foi maravilhosa, mas neste segundo jogo o diretor conseguiu destruir tudo o que foi feito! Lamentável, joguei meu dinheiro fora! Estão dizendo que vai sair o número 3, mas seria melhor ter ficado apenas com a primeira parte e ter acabado por aí, os fãs, como eu, agradeceria a Neil Druckman e Nauth Dog!! Pensem nos fãs da próxima vez que mexerem numa franquia!… Expand
  11. Blane111
    Jul 14, 2020
    2
    The game really did not like! So stupidly to merge Joel, well, it must be able to .. They made all men weaklings against girls ..
  12. ultimategame
    Jul 14, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Las gráficas del juego son muy buenas, por un rato podías sentirte adentro del juego pero, esto es algo que a la gente no le gustó: La historia, el nuevo personaje (Abby), La muerte de joel y la tan mala forma con la que matan a los personajes. A mí en lo personal estas cosas tampoco me gustaron :/. Te lo recomiendo por la calidad gráfica pero, está muy mala la historia y todo lo que te comente anteriormente no vale la pena comprarlo, en mi opinión… Expand
  13. dompomponio04
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    Never played anything more depressing in my whole life. No meaning to the story and you finish the game feeling empty. The Last of Us (2013) deserved a better sequel than this piece of ****
  14. GregWilson
    Jul 14, 2020
    2
    Definitely TOP disappointment of decade! Horrible storyline, ruined TLOU 1 series legacy!
  15. Elpiton
    Jul 15, 2020
    7
    El juego es excelente a nivel técnico. La banda sonora es perfecta y realmente te hace sentir dentro del juego. El problema es la narrativa, ya que no cumplió con las expectativas de todos.
  16. Lightfaller
    Jul 22, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics is stunning and the music is atmospheric. Something expected in this generation of consoles. Lots of tiny details that makes the game interesting to play a bit.

    The general gameplay doesn't improve much from its predecessor. You sneak around, you engage in a firefight. I guess you can now swing on ropes.

    The story is something that didn't need to be told. The ending is the same is the first game, the player didn't end up doing the one thing they meant to do at the start of the game. However, the journey in the first game was worthwhile despite the destination. The journey in the 2nd game is excruciating. It's not enjoyable to replay considering the player is mostly alone for the most part. You spend a few hours to save a character that dies anyway. Nothing you do in the game seemed fruitful. Everyone lost everything they had. One gains a foster brother and a hope to meet an organization they used to be in despite everyone they know it in is already dead. Maybe it's a setup for the final game, the nail to Ellie's coffin? I can almost imagine the third game will be Ellie being forcibly killed for the vaccine by this surviving Fireflies group. Whatever the story will be, I won't bother finding out.    … Expand
  17. dj_dwarf
    Jul 16, 2020
    10
    I just loved the game. I can understand that much people can't get to it but for me it worked very well. The storytelling is really uncommon. Most time you feel just uncomfortable but I think this is the way it should be and how this story works.

    Either it work for you or not. So you love it or you hate it. Thats it. For me, this game is a masterpiece with an intense journey. The    I just loved the game. I can understand that much people can't get to it but for me it worked very well. The storytelling is really uncommon. Most time you feel just uncomfortable but I think this is the way it should be and how this story works.

    Either it work for you or not. So you love it or you hate it. Thats it. For me, this game is a masterpiece with an intense journey. The technical realization of this game is outstanding and the effort put into this is just unbelievable. This is not just a game, this is art.

    I feel sorry for those, who are dissapointed and could not enjoy this game as much as I did. But well, in the end it is not my problem. I got what I was waiting for and are totally satisfied. Big shout outs for ND for this work.    … Expand
  18. Asmodai79
    Jul 16, 2020
    8
    It's quite hard to give a score to this game. The story the characters, the acting, the artistic aspects are really over the top. Probably one of the best story in computer game history and a direction over the top.
    The problems are in the gameplay. It is fun for 4 5 hours than it is the same repetition for almost 30 hours. I'm pretty sure the game should be more or less half of what it    It's quite hard to give a score to this game. The story the characters, the acting, the artistic aspects are really over the top. Probably one of the best story in computer game history and a direction over the top.
    The problems are in the gameplay. It is fun for 4 5 hours than it is the same repetition for almost 30 hours. I'm pretty sure the game should be more or less half of what it is and it will work better. The story has a great rhythm broken by an endless set of fight with very few or no difference. I have no problem to pay 60 bucks for a game 15hrs long if it is funny. I have a lot of problem to play for others 15 hrs. something that is boring. Anyway the story is so great that pass over the gameplay problem but it is a shame that the developers had to put so many filler encounters to reach the 30 hrs gameplay to lure people that use $/hr as a meter of quality. The last cinematic alone worth the price.    … Expand
  19. Acendreas
    Jul 17, 2020
    10
    Having finished the game, I am thankful for having avoided the spoilers and finish this game with an open mindset. This game is a masterpiece. It just is. Naughy dog are masters of storytelling.
  20. Apithii
    Jul 16, 2020
    10
    The games story is very well written. It’s a little long but the overall story is meant to have you unable to pick a side and to realize revenge and violence is a never ending cycle. There is no right or wrong and no side is the right side. Even the hero in someone else’s story can be the villain in another. Well written story
  21. tankee
    Jul 16, 2020
    9
    I'm so disgusted by all the negative """"reviews""" i'm reading of in these days...
    Naughty Dog spent so much time for build a mature story, something never played before in the years, the narrative is deep and emotional (apparently too deep for many spoiled kids that were waiting for the usual " We're going for a happy ending here ").
    Just sayin' : TLOU is the story of a postapocalyptic    I'm so disgusted by all the negative """"reviews""" i'm reading of in these days...
    Naughty Dog spent so much time for build a mature story, something never played before in the years, the narrative is deep and emotional (apparently too deep for many spoiled kids that were waiting for the usual " We're going for a happy ending here ").
    Just sayin' : TLOU is the story of a postapocalyptic Universe SEEN by Ellie/Joel's eyes, that's NOT "THEIR LIFE IN A GAME" (This is evident in chapter II ).
    I'm so proud of Druckman's Direction, proud of the compositors, editors, concept artists, designers...and all the people behind this amazing project.
    I hope they're not gonna give importance to sterile and unsense comments of people that probably doesn't understood the meaning of the whole adventure, just criticizing ignorantly about "plot-holes" or "this character had not to to act like this, this was like this gne gne gne!"... ****
    I'm not giving 10 cause of things/mechanics in game limited not by the deveopers but the hardware capacity of actual generation consoles (fire/explosions range for example).
    Thanks Neil, thanks Naughty Dog!    … Expand
  22. Assassinos
    Jul 25, 2020
    7
    It's slighty above average. The graphics look amazing and the atmosphere is thrilling, but the gameplay feels clunky at times. The biggest flaw of the game is the story. Too many plot holes, accompanied by decisions from the main protagonists that make little to no sense. If you are a fan of the first game and love it (just like me), then i would advise you to buy it but at a discount.
  23. Voslaarum
    Jul 16, 2020
    0
    The game really lacks of respect to the history and the characters, the game , the history and the legacy were totally destroyed
  24. PixelPixie
    Jul 16, 2020
    2
    I'm a young queer woman and I've got to say... I feel horribly disappointed, predominantly due to the abysmal story-telling in TLoU2, but also due to the effect of the poor writing on the representation of women and LGBTQ+ individuals. I understand what ND were attempting, but the execution of the story felt jarringly contrived. I played the game all the way through and did not engage withI'm a young queer woman and I've got to say... I feel horribly disappointed, predominantly due to the abysmal story-telling in TLoU2, but also due to the effect of the poor writing on the representation of women and LGBTQ+ individuals. I understand what ND were attempting, but the execution of the story felt jarringly contrived. I played the game all the way through and did not engage with any spoilers prior to release. As an avid fan of TLoU1 and the Left Behind DLC, I expected the same level of story-telling and character development in TLoU2. I was – and remain – sorely disappointed. Old characters feel like mere shadows of their previous selves, and new characters feel flat and one-dimensional. Relationships between characters seem disingenuous and central characters are remarkably capricious: swaying from one extreme emotion to another. I was disappointed by the representation of LGBTQ+ individuals... particularly Dina and Ellie's relationship, which felt unbelievable and completely devoid of chemistry. It felt like ND were exploiting LGBTQ+ characters as selling points, rather than creating rich and genuine-feeling LGBTQ+ characters. Mostly, though, the story was just cripplingly disappointing for me. Even before the 'twist' part-way through the game, I had largely lost interest. Despite fantastic performances and excellent graphics, the gameplay and story felt simply... tedious.… Expand
  25. Liberator91
    Jul 16, 2020
    4
    Graphics were amazing which is why I rated as high as I did. Plot left a lot to be desired with returning characters making unrealistic decisions. New character relationships appear to be forced on you with seemingly artificial scenarios to try to garner sympathy. Ending seems pointless and made me question why I even wasted my time playing this game.
  26. Mzr_2019
    Jul 16, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I just finished the game,They shouldn't killed joel,or ellie should've killed abby,I give it 4/10 because the graphic and details ire amazing.
    They should make last of us 2 again.    … Expand
  27. oof4
    Jul 17, 2020
    9
    Graphis 10/10
    Gameplay 10/10
    Story 10/10
    Story is controversial but for me it was a great story.
  28. KingKoray
    Jul 17, 2020
    10
    I honestly enjoyed the game, because I did not read any spoilers or reviews. Therefore I didn’t had an already made up mind about this game. I liked the gameplay, the graphics are stunning and the story will not let you go, even after finishing the game, for a long time. That’s it, thanks for reading.
  29. Dan-X-23
    Jul 17, 2020
    10
    Simplesmente incrivel nunca tive tantas emoções diversas como tive em the last of us, mesmo quando achei q a historia não fosse me agradar ela tomou um caminho que me surpreendeu e me fez se envolver emocionalmente de um jeito q jamais pessei, voce tem que simplesmente abrir a cabeça e deixar a historia ser contada quem fizer isso pode ter grandes chances de se apaixonar por esse gane,Simplesmente incrivel nunca tive tantas emoções diversas como tive em the last of us, mesmo quando achei q a historia não fosse me agradar ela tomou um caminho que me surpreendeu e me fez se envolver emocionalmente de um jeito q jamais pessei, voce tem que simplesmente abrir a cabeça e deixar a historia ser contada quem fizer isso pode ter grandes chances de se apaixonar por esse gane, que para mim tem grandes chances de ser o goty de 2020… Expand
  30. Bosseyed-Beaver
    Jul 17, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. gameplay 8/10 - only let down by the scavenging getting a little stale.

    Graphics 9/10 - attention to details amazing and so is the general atmosphere. Story 4/10 - disappointing. Theres so much they could have explored in this universe but chose a story that just didn't hit home for me.    … Expand
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Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 113 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
  3. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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