The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. kickinghail
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. just a horrible story waste of 7 years all for her to not kill the badguy and they torture you by making you play the bad guy… Expand
  2. KuDju21
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    I love this game so much. Someday people will realize that only a heterosexual relationship does not have to be behind a good script. This game showed me the bitterness of loss, and how feelings can prevail over you, both on the good side and, unfortunately, on the bad side.
  3. Strokeoasis
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very good game, Hirogaru yami no naka kawashiatta kakumei no chigiri yue ni mebaeta aku
    No hana. tebayo    … Expand
  4. Pavithran710
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    A very brutal game.Even though the game is so dark there are a lot of emotional moments in games. Compare to the previous game The Last of Us 2 Graphics are way more better. The Game play is amazing. It is a masterpiece.
  5. Aaronjsmithy
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Don't listen to the crap scores. They just have some pathetic grudge against Naughty Dog for some reason. Having played the first one, this is a perfect sequel. The story makes sense, it doesn't drag. Its fast-paced, gives you adrenaline, keeps you on edge. The graphics are amazing, scarily amazing. Not one point do you think you are watching NPCS. The micro expressions and everything!Don't listen to the crap scores. They just have some pathetic grudge against Naughty Dog for some reason. Having played the first one, this is a perfect sequel. The story makes sense, it doesn't drag. Its fast-paced, gives you adrenaline, keeps you on edge. The graphics are amazing, scarily amazing. Not one point do you think you are watching NPCS. The micro expressions and everything! Sound is incredible. Combat is very fluid and awesomely brutal. Support Naughty Dog and buy this game, you will not regret it. They deserve all the credit for this masterpiece… Expand
  6. Yizuz
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Los gráficos, la historia, la música, el gameplay, todo perfectamente hecho, lo amaras desde principio a fin!
  7. Lythis
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    Best game I played in years. Daring approach on the storyline which is a nice break from all the traditional plots you see in games normally.
  8. ragecage30
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    This game getting review bombed is the reason why its good that professional game journalists exist. Play it and make your own opinion before hating it. Maybe the game isn't for you and you dislike the story. That's fine. But respect that people have different opinions. I am a huge fan of the first game and I still think that The Last of Us Part II is one of the best games ever made.
  9. Sr0d1n
    Jun 20, 2020
    9
    Recien terminado el juego solo me queda decir que es un Juegazoo. Lleno de emociones, corte cinematografico, un mundo espectacular y graficos excelentes. No le pongo un 10 porque a veces (muy muy pocas eso si) el control no responde bien y ademas creo que el guion tiene partes bien absurdas. Pero overall. Le pongo un 9.8. Y con un final que te deja mal
  10. param1209
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just Awful.
    Destroyed the legacy.
    Its not a game its an interactive propaganda.    … Expand
  11. Slark575
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joel survived for 24 years in the post apocalyptic world, has so much experience surviving, yet they TRUST strangers and reveal their name. They ruined the game.Terrible plot. They would not try to expand their town in the first place.… Expand
  12. jackreid
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    A strong 10 to contradict the rating bombers who never even played the damn game.
  13. Albermagen
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    This Game is amazing, if you like games with excellent story and good Gameplay you should play this.
  14. LordVador
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    THIS IS THE BEST IVE PLAYED OF MY LIFE!
    10/10 STOP PLAYING WITH NAUGHTY DOG
    THEY ARE BEASTS
  15. Cryxnciley
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Just stop sending hate , they did great !!! Everything is fantastic!! Just accept that normal humans aren't super heroes ! If u want heroes that don't die go & play Spider-Man !! Don't listen to haters this games is a masterpiece! Thx ND
  16. Flying_Sly
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Thanks for such a wonderful game. I was waiting for her very much and now I pass with great pleasure.
  17. FLD
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    I personally think this is a nuanced masterpiece. No I‘m not paid. I just really loved the game and especially the story.
  18. BrotherRedd999
    Jun 21, 2020
    9
    Gameplay Awesome, Story is Really Good, Do Not Listen to Any Reviews and Play the Game for Yourself. Only you can decide if you like it or not.
  19. Godveia
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    The Gameplay is perfect, way better than the first one, the graphics are the best i've seen in a game. The story is great too, not as good as the first one but overall its a good experience, another masterpiece made by naughty dog!
  20. MrTigitos
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. here's my opinion on why I think The Last of Us Part 2 is a magnificent game, but bitter. I don't think it is necessary to talk about how exquisite the technical question of the game is, so I will skip this part. In terms of history: yes, I found the story very well written and brings you a very strong moral reflection at the end. The Last of Us Part 2 is a game about revenge, but most of all, it's a game about, I believe, maturing and being able to "move on". I agree that the only ball out of the story was Joel's lack of character in accepting to follow Abby, in addition to the cowardly death he had; but we cannot deny that something like this is, unfortunately, plausible in a post-apocalyptic world like that of TLOU. Looking at it more coldly, I think Ellie's journey was just like Abby's journey, the only difference being that Abby and her group measured casualties (killed less) compared to Ellie (note that I'm not "wiping" for the cowardly way they lured Tommy and Joel there and the torture they subjected Joel to). Ellie was frustrated to lose her father in such a brutal and traumatic way, she saw everything without being able to do anything, helpless; and this is enhanced by the fact that she is fighting with Joel over the "bidding" with the fireflies, and she loses him so suddenly without being able to say goodbye it was heartbreaking. I must also point out that Ellie's development (or deterioration of her humanity) is simply magnificent! The pre-torture scene of Nora, the failed attempt to get information from Mel and Owie (I don't remember his name, mb) and shortly after discovering that he killed an innocent life as a result (the fetus); all of which shows how misrepresented Ellie's psychological was, how empty the feeling of revenge is. Jumping straight to that controversial ending for many, I found it bitter, too bitter. I cried horribly with the flashbacks and the final sequence of Ellie's fight with Abby, it was all very hard. The fact that Ellie didn’t kill Abby shows that she matured, because, just as Abby did to her by killing Joel, Joel also took someone very important to her (besides Ellie had taken her two friends and Tommy plus another, and yet he forgave him). Ellie saw that it wasn't worth it, she didn't forgive it, I believe, but she saw that it wouldn't bring Joel back, it wouldn't bring his glory days he had years ago, it wouldn't bring him his innocence anymore. In short, this is why I find the story and the outcome of it exceptional

    Joel is not a hero, nor is he a villain, he is a guy who does what it takes to survive. It's been years in this apocalypse, even the best of people, in this same situation, would have to take actions that were previously unthinkable or die quickly. As for the fact that the woman is strong and cuddly, it is more than expected that it is, after all, it is a **** apocalypse that has lasted for years. In this situation, both brute force and intelligence are essential to keep you alive. Thus, the surviving mass would be people prepared to fight and kill. People with low physical fitness and who were slow to realize that it is killing or dying would be the first to be victimized. These types of people only survive on television series.
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  21. DougHawks
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    impactful, exciting, shocking. Great characters and a fantastic, good narrative.
  22. Lisa22
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Masterpiece.
    The most intens gaming experience I have ever had. It literally had me shaking at some points. And that is what I am sure ND was aiming for. The tension was palpable and relentless. Amazing achievement in the way we tell stories. It's biggest strength is that it makes you forget that you are playing a videogame. And that, in the end, is the biggest compliment I can pay.
  23. DSaidAF
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es un juegazo la historia es demasiado profunda el hecho de perdonarme la vida no es una mala decision. Su jugabilidad es demasiado divertida, desafiante, te hace pensar. Me encanto el sigilo te hace pensar como moverse en el pasto o en el agua. La ambientación es hermosa desde el pueblo quemándose, lo hermoso de el bosque, edificios derrumbados. No te aburres. Me encanto la exploracion lo de las cajas fuertes es un detalle que me encanto. Gráficos increíbles. Y las escenas son arte sobre todo los recuerdos. Un ejemplo es cuando van al museo.… Expand
  24. jeedalmighty
    Jul 25, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yes, I played the game. I was the first of my friends to beat it.

    Nothing the game was trying to do with its story went over our heads. The early death of Joel was meant to give the player a sense of loss similar to what Joel experienced in the beginning of the first game. The dual narratives were meant to challenge the player’s attachment to hero figures. (Although they had to heavily retcon the doctor in the first game to make Abby sympathetic.) Abby and Lev are parallel to Joel and Ellie. Abby and Owen sympathizing with an opposing faction is parallel to the player sympathizing with Abby. The game makes us fight Abby at her weakest and most harmless to challenge our concept of revenge. Ellie ends up living out her greatest fear of being alone as a punishment for seeking revenge.

    Seriously, we get it. It’s really not that deep, and it's silly to pretend that it is so you can conveniently accuse disappointed fans of not "understanding" it. If the writing in this game is so brilliant, why was retconning even necessary? Why was the doctor suddenly a noble hero in a squeaky clean surgery room and why did they canonize the specific player choice of Joel stabbing him in the neck when many players, including myself, shot him in the leg? This was a clear attempt to make Joel err more on the side of evil to get the player to sympathize with Abby. The ending of the game went from a fascinating moral ambiguity to "Joel definitely bad" because the writers, who are supposedly too sophisticated for us to comprehend, couldn't think of any other way to make Abby sympathetic. In addition to disregarding what made the TLOU's ending interesting, TLOU2 reduces Ellie's immunity from a major plot point to a simple character trait, and throws away Joel and Ellie's relationship, which was what gave the first game its appeal to begin with. Joel's death and the absence of his dynamic with Ellie creates a void that the game then tries to fill with characters we have no reason to care about, and this emptiness made me feel as though I was playing strictly for game completion.

    What's sad is that the first game already left a perfect foundation for a sequel. The rising tensions between Joel and Ellie and the hanging question of what to do about Ellie’s immunity would have made a far more compelling story and climax. There would have been just as much potential for plot twists and subverting expectations as Part 2's story. Instead, these things were reduced to brief flashbacks in favor of a forced, retcon-fueled revenge tale does the bare minimum to connect itself to the TLOU universe. But apparently I’m an entitled gamer for expecting a sequel to be a sequel and not a complete tangent.

    The game is a strong 6 for me at best. Graphics, animations, gameplay, and level design are well done. I could understand people giving it a 7 or an 8. Hell, I can even understand going higher if it was rewritten as a new IP with new characters. But there is no way in absolute hell that this game is a 10/10 AS A SEQUEL by any standard.    … Expand
  25. Devildog9802
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Could have maybe a alternative story to finding a cure but I thought the story was decent.. gameplay was a 10 and I was on edge for alot of the gameplay because i played it on the hardest setting
  26. Nikka2409
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wish there was a word above "masterpiece" to describe what this game is. This game goes beyond anything I've ever played to deliver a beautiful, BRUTAL, immensely emotional experience that grips you tightly and doesn't let you go until the credits start rolling. Being a HUGE TLOU fan, I knew that ND would deliver, and they did that...and so much more. I felt uncomfortable, i felt sad, i was angry, i was heartbroken, it made me more emotional than anything ever has, and I'm still recovering. The game was genius, and Ashley's acting as Ellie is top-notch, and really grabs at your heartstrings, or makes you shiver in fear( whatever her mood at that moment)The story is truly amazing, and complex, and it makes you think...A person can be a Hero to someone- but be a Villain to someone else. I love that the game touched on that- especially with the addition of the trading cards to push that notion. I'm saddened to find out that a lot of TLOU fans aren't able to really look at the bigger meaning of the plot, or understand the immaculate storytelling this game has to offer. I thought they'd be more complex than that. But a game that pushes the envelope like this one does is bound to upset a lot of dense people. It comes with the territory. Another 10/10 and GOTY in my book. Well done, ND, well done.… Expand
  27. Thefiur574
    Jul 8, 2020
    2
    Average gameplay, good graphics with smashing soundtrack. Let down by a forced narrative and story.
  28. Shenri
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Obra impressionante e inovadora. Me trouxe montes e montes de sentimentos, não importando meu contentamento ou descontentamento. Trouxe uma história vibrante, significativa e ousada. É compreensível todo o Hate que a obra está sofrendo. Mas não há problemas, isso sempre acontece com tudo que está a frente do seu tempo. Excelente!
  29. VeuntS
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The music was great, gameplay was great, and the attention to detail was impressive. But the story wasn't as good as it could've been.
    The game was all about joel and ellie interaction and we get joel killed at the beginning, which could happen in an apocalypse and after all the enemies he managed to get. But making us half the game play as a character which is hated by the vast majority of players who played tlou part 1, is just nonsense. There were a lot of decisions that could have been much better, this is a game that makes you feel out of character and like you don't even care anymore about what is going to happen in many parts of the game, and that, in a game that got most of its praise because of its amazing story, makes me think that this game was poorly written and badly executed.    … Expand
  30. Matteo123999
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    this game is the definition of dissapoiment , the story and character development is pure trash , there should have never been a sequel
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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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