The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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  1. LilacInn
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    I'm going to start with the good because if I start with the bad I will not be able to see any good in this poorly directed game.

    The game's visuals are absolutely stunning and truely represent how far we have come in technology to create such beautiful graphics. Another piece I liked about this game was that there are multiple difficulty levels the player can choose from. The fighting is    I'm going to start with the good because if I start with the bad I will not be able to see any good in this poorly directed game.

    The game's visuals are absolutely stunning and truely represent how far we have come in technology to create such beautiful graphics. Another piece I liked about this game was that there are multiple difficulty levels the player can choose from. The fighting is pretty much just like the previous game. You can upgrade your weapons and can craft first aids, molotavs, etc. Hm. Yeah that's it.

    Now for the bad.

    I will try my best not to spoil this but if you are reading this, PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS GAME UNLESS YOU LOVE THE FEELING OF EMPTYNESS AND UNFULLFILLMENT. The characters you loved in the last game are not the same, as if they were written completely differently or as if the characters had amnesia and forgot about how much they care about each other. Many decisions the characters made in this game made no sense and leaves the player frustrated beyond belief because the PLAYER cannot PLAY the game in crucial moments. The player is forced to perform actions that no true person with any sense of morality would. The game tricks the player into thinking we will get a happy ending or at least a satisfying ending, yet when the ending rolls in, we are left hurt, confused, and angry. I am sorry, but when you make a game that is mostly loved and known for the story, you better make the sequel to it just as good. Unfortunately, this game does not have a well written story and there are many plot holes. I can't say much more without spoiling, but just know that I will always believe the Last of Us ended 7 years ago when it was first released. I will not accept this sequel as part of one of the best stories in video game history.    … Expand
  2. Pivited
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Such a disappointment.. what happened with Naughty Dog and the TLOU serie? Mr. Druckmann should resign.
  3. mroon
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    So before I begin, I'm about as left as one can get without sporting a hammer and sickle. Saying that even I grasp subtlety and nuance. This game has none of that. I tried really hard to avoid the leaks because I sooo wanted it to be good.
    -If I were just rating it on graphics, ambiance, and music it would be perfect.
    -Gameplay is pretty much the same as the first which is fine, kinda    So before I begin, I'm about as left as one can get without sporting a hammer and sickle. Saying that even I grasp subtlety and nuance. This game has none of that. I tried really hard to avoid the leaks because I sooo wanted it to be good.
    -If I were just rating it on graphics, ambiance, and music it would be perfect.
    -Gameplay is pretty much the same as the first which is fine, kinda frustrating at some points but
    overall a still good play through.
    -Were it face plants is in the narrative, characters, and plot.
    -I expected this game to be about Ellie, it would have been disappointing if it wasn't. I'm not "triggered " because she's gay. I've been rockin' gay female Shepard since Mass Effect 1. Certain character deaths were kinda expected to move the story along (the hero arc formula).
    -It feels heavily padded out to introduce new characters that don't really seem to serve a purpose other than to kill time. I never came to identify or even like any of them. Forgettable comes to mind. Most of the character plots and arcs go nowhere leaving me just wondering "why were they even there?".
    -The game makes a point to make you feel bad. It ham-fists the "dichotomy of man" constantly. I felt like it was nagging me almost to the point were I almost quit playing.
    -Its dark and depressing. There's no sense of hope or optimism. The first game gave you a dark, surly, cynical main character that life took everything from, and over the story rebuilt him with a likable, sassy, lost child. This game says "Don't even bother trying to live. Life's just going to come and kick you in the d#$k anyway" style.
    -Some reviewers seem to want to give it a high score for what it tried to do, but other games have already done it and done it better.
    -If I were to some it up, its just a cheap, lazy, petty, revenge story with nice cut-scenes. Its been done better by those with less.    … Expand
  4. Hasoonjam
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    The ending don’t like good and thats make my rite bad for this game :) good bey
  5. Amazonic
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Killing a beloved character and makes you play with the killer of the beloved character..what a **** up thing. Amazing first game.. horrible second one. This is the way to kill a franchise. Well done Naughty Dog. 60€ for the trash bin.… Expand
  6. Burrbank
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible disrespectful to the characters poor outright boring gameplay doesn’t add anything meaningful… Expand
  7. Uilher
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    O jogo apresenta uma história superficial, que não causa o mesmo impacto do primeiro game. Também está presente muitos bugs que acabam atrapalhando a experiência do jogo no gameplay. Como demorou muito anos para ser lançado, estes bus não deviam acontecer. O game não está polido.
  8. Myn9
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let's start with a good one. Great sound, musical accompaniment, one of the best atmospheres of the overgrown green zombie post-Apocalypse. Great graphics, gorgeous locations, with wildly beautiful and good detail. Everything is alive and beautiful, the weather is great. Models of weapons, animations, characters, infected and textures are photorealistic. Perfect color scheme. It is very interesting to explore the map. And everything except the plot, double morals and other things related to the narrative of the plot, the plot itself, and cheap techniques of playing on the imposed feelings is good. I don't even want to talk about the plot, it's just awful. Joel was made a villain, even though he saved his daughter from death in the first part, though not his own. Because the chance was less than 20 % and the cicadas still wanted to get the vaccine. And given the atrocities they committed, they would have used it for their own purposes. Joel is not a fool, decided to save Ellie. And now the writers are trying to make him look like a monster, making an angel out of (spoiler), even though she's a pure rat. There is also a bunch of moronic plot twists that just killed the plot in the game. So for me, it's just a single-player game with no plot, running for 30 hours.… Expand
  9. axelan
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLOU was never about the zombies. It was never about the gameplay. I was never about the graphics. TLOU was about the relationship between Joel and Ellie. Throughout part 1 you could see how their relationship develops and it touched a lot heart of everyone who loved the game.

    TLOU had some of the strongest dialogue between characters. The scene where Ellie runs away on a horse and Joel finding her after is an example of what made the story and characters into one of the most praised game to date.

    Then you get to part 2. Completely stray away from what defined TLOU. Yeah Joel isn't a good guy and his death was justified, but by doing so, it ruins the whole game. TLOU is literally about Joel and Ellie's relationship. It isn't TLOU without one or the other. I'm not sad because they killed off a main character. I'm sad because their relationship was what defined the franchise. If they wanted to kill off Joel, at least do it at the end of the game then end the franchise there. When either of them dies, its the end of the franchise so might as well do it at the end of the game then end the franchise there.

    TLOU 2 completely ruined the franchise for me and it's a shame because part 1 was one, if not, my favourite game of all time.

    I rate this game a:
    fingers lost / 10    … Expand
  10. Na-man
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a good polished fun game but the story SUCKED !!!! I mean it's disappointing for those who played the first one and bonded with joel only to see him get killed halfway in the game. I hate Abby as well. Good game but disappointing story… Expand
  11. Zanazar
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    So disappointed. I loved the first game so I kept away from almost all reporting about the second part as to not spoil myself. Now I wish I hadn't. I don't know what they tried to do but the story doesn't work at all and is at times just cringe inducing, as if someone deliberately tried to make the game pretentious, dark and edgy. Don't know if they just fired the whole writing staff fromSo disappointed. I loved the first game so I kept away from almost all reporting about the second part as to not spoil myself. Now I wish I hadn't. I don't know what they tried to do but the story doesn't work at all and is at times just cringe inducing, as if someone deliberately tried to make the game pretentious, dark and edgy. Don't know if they just fired the whole writing staff from the first part but this... I've read better Fan fiction about tlou.
    The game play is still fun though so if you skip the story it's fine I guess but that's not why I waited years to play this.    … Expand
  12. Blaccstar
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    The story in the first game was masterpiece writing. It seems like they took the secondary aspect of the first game (humans are garbage), and attempted to create a completely unconvincing, very forced story. What happened?
  13. Coolcalmcloud
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Let me preface by saying the game play is fine, graphics are good, and that I have no intention of finishing this game after reaching the point that they force you to play as Joel’s murderer. The technical aspects of the game are what you would expect. Unfortunately the story is where this game falls apart. And after a few hours of looking at spoilers I’m glad I’m not continuing to wasteLet me preface by saying the game play is fine, graphics are good, and that I have no intention of finishing this game after reaching the point that they force you to play as Joel’s murderer. The technical aspects of the game are what you would expect. Unfortunately the story is where this game falls apart. And after a few hours of looking at spoilers I’m glad I’m not continuing to waste my time , only to see Ellie fail to get revenge and her sad and lonely 8 fingered guitar performance. **** horrible game.... I should’ve have just listened to the leaks and passed on this. Also, neil druckmann’s sex scene is **** disgusting, I rather see anime boobs.… Expand
  14. Dravos
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Gráficos muito bons mas . . .

    História com péssimo Plot Twist e gameplay arrastada e cheio de bugs.
    Incrível ver como a mídia esta dando nota alta para um jogo cheio de falhas técnicas e um enredo pobre . . .
  15. Carlaobigboss
    Apr 29, 2021
    2
    Dude...this game is in a unbelivable level of bad writing..the mechanics and gameplay are good thou...but story ...just sad.
  16. NotAsphyxia
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    The sory is a huge let down coming from the first. Utter **** Characters are bad and irredeemably. Nothing to do with politics or anything, I just hate what they did with such a good franchise. People didn't want to play this story to feel bad and disgusted. We wanted more development for Joel and Ellie. This is a poor continuation of an amazing story. And it kinda upsets me tbh. TheThe sory is a huge let down coming from the first. Utter **** Characters are bad and irredeemably. Nothing to do with politics or anything, I just hate what they did with such a good franchise. People didn't want to play this story to feel bad and disgusted. We wanted more development for Joel and Ellie. This is a poor continuation of an amazing story. And it kinda upsets me tbh. The graphics are amazing, and the gameplay is kinda uninteresting, just more of the same from TLOU. Naughty dog has gone downhill since ppl left after/ during unchartered 4 development.… Expand
  17. Jexido
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm so disappointed with this overpriced horror show. A complete deconstruction of the first game and the characters you developed a connection to therein. Just a complete brutality to basically every character new and old, and the whole franchise's reputation.

    Joel announcing his name to a group of strangers he already seemed suspicious of despite knowing that people could be looking for him after what he did was so forced and out of character. Ellie walking in on Joel getting beaten to death, GUN IN HAND, and not immediately shooting Abby was also incredibly ooc. Poor writing, not just in the overall story but also in terms of the characters is literally used as a gratuitous stepping stone, AKA a shameless excuse to get to all of the brutal, gorey violence.

    Noy to mention it ends in a bleak way with no silver lining at all. Compare that to the way the first one, while bleak in nature still had its nice moments. Its moments of "ya know what maybe this hellscape is worth sticking around for." But this game? I'd get more enjoyment shoving fingernail clippings up my a** hole.

    Don't get me wrong, I expected it to be bleak. The tone of the game is post-apocalypse. It revolves around death and the ugliness of man and yes yes it's all very grim. That kind of prepares you for how this isn't going to be a totally happy story. But everything they built up and established in the first game is just burned to the ground.

    All the gameplay is basically the same as the first with some exploration buffs and NPC tweeks, companion AI feels clunkier now but a lot of the interactions between your people and between enemies outside of cutscenes feels very fluid and natural. That said, a lot of the stuff that's good about the game is done in flashbacks to when Ellie was younger. The actual current story they're telling had potential but the executuion is poor.

    The game is trying so hard to get a specific reaction while blowing holes in why and how you should feel that way. We are supposed to empathise with Abby just because we are exposed to her when we're forced to play as her? We are supposed to think bad of Ellie when she killed Mel after Mel attacked her first instead of just pleading "I'm pregnant!"?

    Abby killed the man that saved her life brutally and mercilessly. She wasn't able to empathise at all with why Joel might have done what he did, but you are expected to empathise with her? She even goes on to have a similar, protective sort of relationship with Lev as Joel did with Ellie. Maybe not in a parental way, but the parallels are still there. It really could have been a good story had they spent more time on the gap years rather than jumping straight a timeskip and Joel's very premature death.

    All of this and the fact that the ending is not at aaaaall worth it makes this feel so incredibly soulless. They wanted to go down the route of "is there really a good guy in this kind of world?", and that idea could be incredible. But then they butcher the execution. Force you to play as the character who beat Joel to death for a massive portion of the game, and leave off with a terrible ending.

    Ellie stated in the first game that she's most afraid of ending up alone, and they did that to her. She suddenly realises that killing is wrong after slaughtering countless men and women to get to this moment with Abby. She is in the middle if drowning her and suddenly lets her live. This woman killed Joel, almost killed Dina. In fact, upon hearing that Dina was pregnant from a battered and bleeding Ellie, she says "Good.", and proceeds to almost slit her throat only that Lev stops her. But Ellie suddenly forgets all of that and lets her leave.

    Ellie goes back to Dina only to find she has left already, goes into a room and sees her guitar in its case. She pulls it out and learns she can no longer play the way Joel showed her all those years ago because she had her fingers bitten off during the struggle with Abby. She props the guitar up by the window, almost as if in memory of the man who taught her to paly, and leaves it behind. She has no use for it now. Ellie walks through the field outside, alone. Joel dead. Tommy partially paralysed but his characterisation definitely got massacred. Dina gone. Cut to credits. Game over.

    There isn't even a slither of happiness in this game. Was the lesson "revenge is bad"? Because if so, they should have rolled the credits as soon as Abby killed Joel and told players "if that made you uncomfortable, do not seek revenge." In big writing before rolling the credits.
    Either way the ending would leave you shifting uncomfortably with a bad taste in your mouth.

    Neil Druckman should be ashamed of the false advertising via trailers and "10/10" reviews that sprouted up after all of the leaks. Just wait for how quickly the price drops on the PS Store to see how poorly it did. And even when it's cheap, don't subject yourself to this trashfire.    … Expand
  18. animal1313
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    I'm writing this after spending half a day playing the game.

    It is visually impressive, but with lackluster game play. This was not written with fans of the first game in mind. It is story driven, but the story isn't worth the time. It should be significant that all the "Game Journalists" universally like this game and give it a top score. That's a rather telling note since, as has    I'm writing this after spending half a day playing the game.

    It is visually impressive, but with lackluster game play. This was not written with fans of the first game in mind. It is story driven, but the story isn't worth the time.

    It should be significant that all the "Game Journalists" universally like this game and give it a top score. That's a rather telling note since, as has been seen and proven, the majority of these people get compensated for writing praise articles and not focusing on actual gaming.

    (Note: I'm having a difficult time posting this and I wonder if Metacritic is intentionally preventing reviews of the game due to the overwhelming amount of poor scores posted by actual players as compared to "journalists" paid reviews.)I'm writing this after spending half a day playing the game.

    It is visually impressive, but with lackluster game play. This was not written with fans of the first game in mind. It is story driven, but the story isn't worth the time.

    It should be significant that all the "Game Journalists" universally like this game and give it a top score. That's a rather telling note since, as has been seen and proven, the majority of these people get compensated for writing praise articles and not focusing on actual gaming.

    (Note: I'm having a difficult time posting this and I wonder if Metacritic is intentionally preventing reviews of the game due to the overwhelming amount of poor scores posted by actual players as compared to "journalists" paid reviews.)    … Expand
  19. Anas19belmont
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This is for joel For seven years we have been witting for the worst story I played in my life it’s the worst feeling to lose trust in naughty dog and all game reviewers they betrayed there fans and the gaming community and cussed a crack in the industry the only good revenge story is the story of the person who leaked the game and we all owe him a massive det for warning the gamers aboutThis is for joel For seven years we have been witting for the worst story I played in my life it’s the worst feeling to lose trust in naughty dog and all game reviewers they betrayed there fans and the gaming community and cussed a crack in the industry the only good revenge story is the story of the person who leaked the game and we all owe him a massive det for warning the gamers about this very bad game… Expand
  20. tomysuarez616
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    esto va para la prensa sobre todo la Europea ojo por ojo diente por diente el the last of us 2 no puede tener 95 de media es muy inferior al 1 que tiene lo mismo cuando mucho un 90 se merecía muy lejos de un GOW o Uncharted 4
  21. Jurassicman
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story is poor, Joel didn’t have to die the way he does and acts like a different character from the first. Feels boring in most parts voice acting is amazing but Ellie’s revenge is so weak letting her go at the end after losing a finger. Find the ending when she can’t play the song pretty much sums up the game boring and generic. Story is the weakest part of the game shame it’s the main point of a game as it feels like it’s forcing you to feel emotion for shock value… Expand
  22. andrewcar87
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    It's a game for people from San Francisco who smell their own farts. Feels like druckmann is an absolute narcissist who wanted to live out his sick fantasy via video games. Joel's only crime is being a straight white male in 2020. Games should now come with a warning that Sarkesian was involved.
  23. Joe_Bags
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Not only is this game a misery simulator, but it has moments of catharsis peppered throughout so that the misery hits harder whenever it comes along. Gameplay feels sluggish and the movement is janky when the game is performing optimally. Controls are not responsive, and the audio mixing is very unpolished, the VA’s seem insistent on muttering every other line, even after shootouts. TheNot only is this game a misery simulator, but it has moments of catharsis peppered throughout so that the misery hits harder whenever it comes along. Gameplay feels sluggish and the movement is janky when the game is performing optimally. Controls are not responsive, and the audio mixing is very unpolished, the VA’s seem insistent on muttering every other line, even after shootouts. The story is preachy despite how simple it is, and at every turn you are reminded of the disgusting director who doesn’t seem capable of keeping himself outside of the project. There could not be a bigger slap in the face to all the fans who bought this game on good faith than the first and last hours of the story, the mind boggles at the idea of this getting greenlit. Whatever Niel Druckmann, Naughty Dog and Sony were hoping to achieve with this title, I hope it was worth it. All three have been tainted in my eyes, and any representation they were striving for has backfired significantly. This game is a net negative, not because it is all bad, but because I can see the good parts of this game being held back by everything else and that’s even worse.… Expand
  24. Electricky
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This story could have been amazing. Joel's death could have been amazing, even at the hands of Abby. But instead we have somewhat solid gameplay with a terrible, poorly written, and unrealistic story.

    I was very dissapointed.    … Expand
  25. nol1980
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Le di una oportunidad pero la historia ha destruido los pocos pero buenos momentos del game play, cuando puedes jugar de verdad y no estar atrapado en flash back ni pelijuego... ni q decir del final y la pelea con abby... una lastima, al final el juego aburre y el mensaje progre forzado molesta mucho...… Expand
  26. JDReviewer
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Después de esperar tantos años por la secuela del reconocido juego “The Last Of Us” para PS3, Naughty Dog demuestra, con The Last Of Us 2, lo mucho que aprecia a sus fans, desechando lo que a la comunidad parecía importarle (personajes e historia memorable) y priorizando las ideas de un tipo que como mínimo podemos calificar de ególatra (Neil Druckmann). The Last Of Us 2 es un juego queDespués de esperar tantos años por la secuela del reconocido juego “The Last Of Us” para PS3, Naughty Dog demuestra, con The Last Of Us 2, lo mucho que aprecia a sus fans, desechando lo que a la comunidad parecía importarle (personajes e historia memorable) y priorizando las ideas de un tipo que como mínimo podemos calificar de ególatra (Neil Druckmann). The Last Of Us 2 es un juego que saca todas las virtudes de una PS4 en el apartado técnico, sin embargo, todo se ve opacado por una historia que le escupe en la cara a los fans y de paso, busca ser trascendente y revolucionario. Lamentablemente, además de no lograrlo, echa a perder la riqueza de una saga a la que, sin lugar a dudas, le quedaba mucho por dar. SPOILER ALERT.



    - Hizo falta continuar profundizando en Joel y su relación con Ellie. Su muerte se siente forzada y sucede muy temprano dentro del juego.
    - Los personajes nuevos son todo menos interesantes. No se crea una conexión con ellos.
    - Falta de libertad en el jugador para decidir sobre aspectos importantes, principalmente al tener la oportunidad de consumar la venganza.    … Expand
  27. Pato1993
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    For me, the game is just a mix of the contemporary agendas, they ruin the chance of a clean history, and is just no enjoyable anymore.
    They kill the great narrative of the first game for something that doesnt fells right.
  28. socrateaser
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    And I'm being generous at this point. The graphics is there, pretty good music, the story is piss poor terrible. God, I can't even with this game.
  29. Luanfang
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bem o jogo teve uma grande evolução em todos os quesitos comparado ao anterior mas pecou muito na história.… Expand
  30. omarcritic
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Okay since I deleted my first review on accident I’ll make this one shorter story plot hole,Joel dies in the most pathetic way he gave people he didn’t know a lot of information about himself even though he’s this smart man died by a golf club to the head rather than sacrificing himself to save Ellie we play as Abby Abby and Ellie fight Abby bites of Ellie’s finger Ellie doesn’t kill her even though she killed multiple people and even a pregnant woman but not the lady that the person who was basically her fathe **** game blatant characters who I could care less about forced agenda great graphics,visuals,and compat bad story… Expand
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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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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