The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Alexthunder89
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    First: A great videogame needs a symbiotic of good gameplay and a nice Story.

    Gameplay: most of the time i think it's One of the best ps4 games 9/10...... BUT

    Story : what i van say to subscribe it F i could i wouldd give it a negative rating. ****

    I Wish i could delete the memories of the game. Finished it One hour ago and thank the lord my roommate payed the bucks.
  2. Luxferrer
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    I don't usually leave critics of a games, because i understand there are different taste, but i can not help but wonder how much money they spend bribing and buying reviews
  3. Poratogaming
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    The Story in this game is Not enjoyable
    Im kinda disappointed with this game graphics are great but,TLOU is about story and this time just a big L
  4. Qui89
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The controls were hard to use and unintuitive. Plotline wasn't compelling either.… Expand
  5. Jactrax
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego en el apartado grafico es bueno aunque recicla mucho de su primera entrega, utiliza mecanicas de uncharted pero la historia arruina todo con una agenda politica metida a la fuerza es sinceramente lamentable… Expand
  6. KHC
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Playing as the villain and killing the hero and heroine in the previous game is unacceptable.… Expand
  7. Gatitokats
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cuando lo compre pensé que sería mucho mejor que el 1 pero estaba equivocado,… Expand
  8. Cman3
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was just unmistakably painful to get through. Yes the mechanics are great just like first game but naughty dog completely slapped its fans in the face with the story. Absolutely atrocious. I spent all game angry at getting to the next chapter. How can you kill off the games most beloved character? And how could you make a revenge game where the characters doesnt even get revenge at the one person who killed someone close to them? Abbey is just the worst character and even worse you have to play as her. Who wants to play as the killer? Naughty dog absolutely dropped ball on thos game. A great series that was killed before it even got started. Save your money and do not.buy this game.… Expand
  9. Davidgpa
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    The end ruins everthing. The first game si so good, this second are so bad, nothing than the first.Thoroughly disappointed with the story. Gameplay and graphics are the best the PS4 has seen. However the line ‘This can’t be nothing’ is literally not true. Once you’ve finished it it literally has been for nothing! SAVE YOUR MONEY please
  10. Slithytove
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Wow, this wasn't at all what I was expecting. I don't mind a grim, dark story but this is just miserable and frankly, relentlessly depressing. I'm not finishing it, I actually play games to enjoy myself and there's nothing enjoyable about whatever this is supposed to be. Also no spoilers but REALLY! Not a great choice to force me to play as the person who did *that to *him. I suggestWow, this wasn't at all what I was expecting. I don't mind a grim, dark story but this is just miserable and frankly, relentlessly depressing. I'm not finishing it, I actually play games to enjoy myself and there's nothing enjoyable about whatever this is supposed to be. Also no spoilers but REALLY! Not a great choice to force me to play as the person who did *that to *him. I suggest whoever wrote this stop smoking whatever they've clearly been on. I hate this game, it looks pretty but I hate it.… Expand
  11. anniedylan97
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let me start off right away by saying this: I have owned The Last of Us since it was first released. I have replayed the game nearly 20 times, and sometimes when I'm bored I'll just replay random chapters. I've watched, and rewatched, Youtube playthroughs. That's how much I love it. Joel and Ellie are my favorite characters in any video game. So when the second game was announced, you can imagine how excited I was. When the first trailer was released, you can imagine how excited I was. With each step closer to the release, my anticipation grew. I preordered the special edition, prepared to spend $200 on this game. THAT is how much I love TLoU. When the leaks first surfaced, I put my foot down and refused to look. Naughty Dog created Uncharted and TLoU, my favorite video games EVER. I refused to doubt them. A week or so passed, and I'd successfully avoided spoilers. Then I saw it. Stupidly, I scrolled through a comment section, and my eyes caught on the words: "Joel dies". My heart sank and I immediately kept scrolling, trying to convince myself that I hadn't seen it, that it was probably fake anyway, that I could simply move past it. But here's the thing... when I say Joel and Ellie are my favorite characters, the emphasis is on Joel. I. Love. Joel. So naturally, my imagination started racing. "Do I want to spend $200 on the game if Joel dies?" So I took the leap. And I will forever be grateful that I did. Within 2 minutes of reading the leaks I was crying, cancelling my preorder and unable to fall asleep that night. I cannot describe to you the heartbreak and rage that I felt at discovering what would happen to my beloved characters. That was weeks ago, and I've since cooled down. Before this game was even released, I mourned for Joel, went through the stages of grief. So now, at the time of release, I'm no longer raging - I'm just disappointed. Now I've been watching playthroughs, and the graphics are as beautiful as expected. I live in Seattle, and even THAT isn't enough to get me to buy this game. Do you know how excited I was, when I first heard the game would be in my home city?! The idea of exploring Seattle with Joel and Ellie was MINDBLOWING. Now, it's an afterthought. Exploring Seattle within this graphically stunning video game isn't enough. I will not ever be purchasing this game. I will never even buy it used. Now let me explain why.

    I believe in the freedom to create whatever art you want to create. I, however, am also free to despise that art. And I do. If the story was true to the characters and felt honest, things would be different. But it's not, so here we are. They destroy the very foundation of the characters that we love. If you think for one second that Joel Miller would trust a group of strangers enough to follow them into a closed space, and let his guard down enough to give his real name then you DO NOT KNOW JOEL. End of story. If you think for one second that Joel wouldn't have pulled out his gun after being shot in the leg, you DO NOT KNOW JOEL. Joel, fundamentally as a character, at his core, would never follow a group of strangers when he's completely outnumbered and knows that he has a bad reputation. Because of this, his entire death scene loses all credibility.

    Let me be clear and say that I'm fine with Joel dying. His death could have been a devastating, beautifully done moment. Instead, it's fundamentally untrue to his character and only serves as shock value. Instead of inspiring the player, it leaves you with nothing but bitterness and coldness - toward the game itself. I've watched so many people become distant, cold, bitter, uninterested, and detached, during and after the death. I don't believe Joel would have EVER allowed himself to be in that position, therefore the entire scene feels empty, untrue, and forced. Joel is a survivor.

    Now since I have limited characters, I will skip to the end. Throughout the game you/Ellie kill thousands of people. And then suddenly, once you get to Abby, the end goal of the entire storyline... you get... nothing. Suddenly, after killing so many people, this one kill isn't worth it. Suddenly, killing gets you nowhere and shame on us for killing all those people just to kill Abby. Ellie is sad, revenge got her nowhere, it didn't bring Joel back and so on and so on. Abby, the ONE person in the game who successfully got her revenge, disappears into the sunset. Newsflash, Naughty Dog: WE KNOW KILLING IS BAD. KILLING BAD. WE KNOW. Guess what: IT'S A VIDEO GAME. You go through these games, generally, defeating enemies. Usually, by killing them. That's why we upgrade weapons, build our arsenals. It's at the core of these types of video games. So for you to use the boss battle to prove a point about "killing bad. Ellie realizes now. Not before, but now." Is laughable. Any player investment that survived Joel's death is killed off for good with an unsatisfying, anticlimactic ending. In the end, it was all for nothing.    … Expand
  12. Webert
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Tirando os gráficos que são lindos, "Na minha opinião" todo resto podia jogar pro lixo, principalmente a história.
  13. redknight28
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Disappointing, just bad writing. My god, I can't believe they ruined an butchered one of the most beloved franchises. This game just feels so wrong. This is not a game, this is a tragedy.
  14. Chester123
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    I knew better than to get my hopes up too high for TLOU2 as most sequels are up against something their predecessors aren't; expectations. That said, I went into this with an open mind, knowing the game I loved before was over, and there may very well be developments that I won't be too pleased with in the new one.
    The opening reminds the player of the struggles you played through with    I knew better than to get my hopes up too high for TLOU2 as most sequels are up against something their predecessors aren't; expectations. That said, I went into this with an open mind, knowing the game I loved before was over, and there may very well be developments that I won't be too pleased with in the new one.
    The opening reminds the player of the struggles you played through with Ellie in the first game. The hard fought battle to get halfway across the country and the fight to save her when she was going to be killed in the process of finding a cure. It's evident how much Joel's grown to view her as family. Even, dare I say, have found happiness after all. And then, almost immediately, NaughtyDog smashes it all to pieces.

    There's a lot of praise for the graphics and polished mechanics but I really don't care, like at all, about that. The most exhilarating part of TLOU was the story. The world you're put into and the characters lives you follow make the whole gameplay experience a true adventure that keeps you buzzing from one cutscene to the next. If I'm honest, the gameplay itself in the first one was always a bit wonky and took some adjusting to get comfortable with. TLOU2 takes all of that away. What's left is a sad and hopeless trip from one miserable scene to another with awkwardly forced LGBT campaign ads peppered throughout becaussse... equality? Not only does the dreariness of the circumstances really take it out of you, the attempt to make the game feel open world by making 4 or 5 paths to get to same spot extra boring when they're all empty. The reward for exploring is minuscule and usually barely worth the effort. The occasional puzzle also feels elementary and disjointed to what's going on. It's not creative or fun to solve, it's just time consuming.

    The biggest failure of the entire game is the characters. It nearly completely loses all grasp of the character traits, which were so thoroughly illustrated, in the first game. Even the characters in the current game seem to make decisions that are bizarre based on what the game shows you about them up until the new shock moment. One second they're clever and calculated and the next they're rash. One moment they're compassionate and the next they're cold blooded. None of it makes sense.

    It's the biggest cop out to make a crap nonsensical story and then blame the fact that it's crap on the assumed hatred of the people who call you on it. Give me a break.

    For the love of God, save yourself some money and heartache and pretend that this story ended when Joel got Ellie back to Tommy's.    … Expand
  15. Donaldus
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is a slap in the face to the gamers who made this company rich off their first, rightfully celebrated title (the first game in this series). They gathered a huge fan base off one of the best games of all time, and crafted the second to try and push a political agenda on that same audience using the TLoU franchise as the vehicle.. this game wasn't made to be fun. It was made to be a vehicle for their message and it served only to disgust people.… Expand
  16. ILoveMyWifesKid
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    I'm not a big fan of how little actual play there seems to be, plus it's a revenge story with no revenge. I doubt I will finish this game.

    It's like it was made for kids and I mean that in a bad way
  17. fuklastofuspt2
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this is my genuine opinion about the game
    this game unfortunately is a big disappointment after 7 years of waiting part 2 was released to a franchise that didn't need a sequal however this cash grab was a giagantic failure because of these reasons:
    cons:

    1. character introduction they added like 20 new characters gave you no back story on most of them you have no attachments to them and they feel like throw away people used to show how quickly and dry people can die like Jessy dies randomly for no reason but to shock you however you have no attachment to him so his death is meaningless this also shows with dina as she is just there sometimes while exploring bringing up random stuff like how her sister took her too a church and then goes on about the holocaust when no one brings it up

    2.every male character is belittled as a psycho or killed leaving only tommy left bearly alive. not to mention that abby is built like a bulking lower end body builder and is completely unrealistic as a 7 year male lifter is bearly bigger than her and she managed to get that big in 4 years unless she was taking a crazy amount of estrogen blockers but even then she would only be on the same level of a man and would at least take 14 years to get to that level not to mention the proper nutrition that she is probably not getting considering yunno its the APOCALYPSE!!! the male characters are instantly misdemeanour'd as soon as this journey begins when the 'bigot sandwich' is delivered this just show the demographic is rousty teens and she don't need no man kinda people and the male cucks that go along with it and it is always cringey when big company's try to act progressive

    3. the order of events is messed up they should have explained why abby wanted to kill joel instead telling it way after this would have contrasted emotions

    4. they should've killed joel appropriately and for reference it should have been that farther figure death like in the walking dead games where lee dies protecting clem and you can choose whether to kill him or let him turn not some heman jacked up on an incredible amount of steroids killing him slowly with a golf club

    5.the game-play is just a RTX version of the last of us remaster and doesn't look any better than just red dead redemption 2 with better level design

    6.ending is dogcrap and whoever came up with that should have been executed immediately the writers are literally retarded hire some professional writers if u don't know how an ending works

    pros:

    1.good music

    2. one flash back of ellie's birthday with joel (depicts well the first game and is so good and should have developed on it with the progression of joel lost his daughter then finds what he lost with ellie and that is what make the game good in the first place)

    3.the 2 characters lev and Yara were the only well developed characters in the whole game

    4.looks good however not as good as some games however keeps to the standed of 2020 graphics

    conclusion: waste of $60 and the person who leaked this game is a god who saved a lot of people money not including me as i wanted to be unbiased and hadn't seen them and the game journalists are just saying it is good because how well received the first game was and was considered the best game ever made therefore they didn't want to go against the mob they thought would be therefore they were dishonest to cater to the accomplishments of the game before.

    therefore to me this is not cannon and i will remember the first game and try to forget this nightmare    … Expand
  18. GokuSama
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    I don’t really know what the developers were going for when they released this game but I sure hope it wasn’t to just utterly disgust the fans.
  19. RubySapior
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    For a game company that got rich off of Parkour games. This jumping mechanic makes me want to drink bleach.
  20. gerrysoragotama
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    the only good about this game are graphics, combat, and exploration. So a solid 2
  21. LucasCLAYMORE
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    Good move Naughty Dog, killing the iconic character of the first one to stage the lgbt community was a shot in the foot, I think there were much better ways for you to make pink money than killing a weightless character in the narrative, he just died and you put a cutscene already passing to Ellie in the cabin.
  22. SgtMorninWood
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Wtf have I just played. This game is the biggest let down of 2020. Only reason I didn't give it a zero is because the graphics are pretty good.
  23. MoPickens423
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    First off I need to state how excited I was for this game, after playing through the first one I was amazed by the story telling, but now I’m destroyed. How are these even the same game creators? This is nothing but political drivel and unlikable characters. The game doesn’t improve on anything and all it does is pander. We were wanting to kill fun guys not watch awkward sex scenes whereFirst off I need to state how excited I was for this game, after playing through the first one I was amazed by the story telling, but now I’m destroyed. How are these even the same game creators? This is nothing but political drivel and unlikable characters. The game doesn’t improve on anything and all it does is pander. We were wanting to kill fun guys not watch awkward sex scenes where some dude puts himself into the game. This was the worse 60$ I ever spent. I burned it immediately upon finishing just in hopes my copy wouldn’t get into the wrong hands if I were to trade it in.… Expand
  24. CoolioJoe12
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Im beginning to wonder if Metacritics reviewers even actually play these games...

    As a long time fan of The Last of Us I was SO HYPED when this game was announced, I quickly pre ordered this game as soon as I could and have avoided spoikers like the plague. But when i tell you this game is SO bad... it plays amazing it looks fantastic but the story... is probably the worst video game    Im beginning to wonder if Metacritics reviewers even actually play these games...

    As a long time fan of The Last of Us I was SO HYPED when this game was announced, I quickly pre ordered this game as soon as I could and have avoided spoikers like the plague. But when i tell you this game is SO bad... it plays amazing it looks fantastic but the story... is probably the worst video game story ive ever played. I wanted it to be good so bad but the characters we came to love were completely **** on in this game.

    Do not get me wrong i love being open minded and including things and having some representatiom in games... but for fricks sake but when i tell you this is some serious virtue signaling lol...

    Anyways spoiler free i give it a 2 for being pretty...    … Expand
  25. UntitledUser
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The way this game tries to conect us to the plot is just flawed, making we play as the antagonist doesnt help either. Killing off such and important character right in the begining was the wrong decision for this game and the rest of the story is just worse, who thought that killing every single charecter but the antagonist was a great idea?… Expand
  26. ThaDooDoo
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    A complete let down. This story is worse than the last season of Game of Thrones and the last 2 Star Wars films combined. Such a fan disservice the story and a complete 180 from the magic the Last of Us captured years ago. This game could've easily picked up from where the last game ended and gone from there. Not shove this crap down the fan's throats. So happy they can't ruin UnchartedA complete let down. This story is worse than the last season of Game of Thrones and the last 2 Star Wars films combined. Such a fan disservice the story and a complete 180 from the magic the Last of Us captured years ago. This game could've easily picked up from where the last game ended and gone from there. Not shove this crap down the fan's throats. So happy they can't ruin Uncharted since that series is over. If there was still an Uncharted game coming out they would probably ruin that as well. I will never buy anything else from Naughty Dog ever again nor will buy any for my kid's.… Expand
  27. GassedUpp
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. All I can say is i’m disappointed. They build up trailers and ads for the game for years, a game people have been waiting on for 7 years. They make you think everything is fine the first hour or so of the game is good you get that Joel and Ellie bond everything is nice and you feel the nostalgia then 2 hours in a random character with no backstory comes in and kills 1 of the main protagonist like it’s nothing. He strolls into a place full of armed strangers and just tells them his name no problem which would never happen considering the character they’ve built for Joel. Then they try to force you to feel bad for his killer and sympathize with her through about 40/50% of the game and then they don’t even give you the satisfaction as Ellie to kill her. Wow. Ellie kills hundreds of people including a pregnant woman and then right at the end she has exactly what she gave up her family with Dina for and then just says “you know what, revenge bad go ahead live your life.” It hurts me even more that she promised Tommy, then makes the journey risking Dina in the process and then doesn’t even fall through with it instead saves her life and let’s her off with no problems. All I can say is wow, the biggest slap in the face i’ve seen from game devs in a long long time.… Expand
  28. RepulseGG
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Blatant disrespect to fans of the original. A primarily story based game with a incredibly weak story with the most pretentious ending that leaves the player feeling empty and hollow. Twists designed for shock value only. I would think most players would agree that playing a certain character for 1/3 of the game was infuriating given the circumstances.... were the writers/directorBlatant disrespect to fans of the original. A primarily story based game with a incredibly weak story with the most pretentious ending that leaves the player feeling empty and hollow. Twists designed for shock value only. I would think most players would agree that playing a certain character for 1/3 of the game was infuriating given the circumstances.... were the writers/director expecting us to feel any different? The player is left wanting to breeze through this section and get it over as fast as possible. Character motivations are set in stone for the majority of the game only to half halfheartedly abandon them at the last moment because "morals"... just wasn't convincing.

    I'm giving a 2 because the graphics were generally great and the gameplay was top notch at certain spots. The overarching story just left such a bad taste in my mouth that I can't in good conscious give this much higher. The direction they went just wasn't it as I think many will agree with me.

    I'm all for character diversity and definitely think representation is important but I suspect many will try to defend this game because it "champions" diversity and will try to downplay the fans negative reaction to this game's story direction.    … Expand
  29. Kunjuz2003
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    The graphics are probably if not the best of the generation and the gameplay is improved from the first game in every way but the story is probably the worst in gaming history with characters making stupid decisions and not acting how they should act. The fist game ended with with hope for a better future but this game is bleak story throughout with no fun or joy throughout the game. WhatThe graphics are probably if not the best of the generation and the gameplay is improved from the first game in every way but the story is probably the worst in gaming history with characters making stupid decisions and not acting how they should act. The fist game ended with with hope for a better future but this game is bleak story throughout with no fun or joy throughout the game. What hurts me the most is what this game could could have been with a better story and characters.… Expand
  30. kingpin457
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    the graphics 10/10 stunning views.
    game-play is basically the same not much improvement but its not a problem i loved the original game play anyway.
    story 1/10 i don't know what were they smoking to even think this was art such a shame, because of this i did not enjoy the game at all the only thing i enjoyed is the flashbacks and that's it.
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  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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