The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 161975 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. Liljoeysgym
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    I’m not sure why I see so many bad reviews. This game was awesome start to finish. Great writing, great gameplay and thought it really added to the lore of the first game. What happened to Joel didn’t bother me. The flashbacks were a nice touch. Really the game was the perfect sequel and couldn’t ask for anything more.
  2. redmasterffx
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    The waiting is worth every single second! I almost completed it. Thank you Naughty Dog for this masterpiece! Please, start making part 3 as well! Love you! 10/10.
  3. PikaPika2
    Jul 22, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. While the game's accessibility is among the best out there, providing a gateway for those less skilled and a challenge to those looking for a thrill, as well as looking and sounding phenomenal in terms of graphics, sound design, music and voice acting, the story felt shallow and pointless the whole way through, the gameplay loop can become repetitive, and with an unlikable character you're forced to play as for half the game getting the win in the end, I never at any point felt satisfied with how the story played out. I nearly cried at some scenes, genuinely smiled at others, but after leaving, I left with no real impact from the game's messages and tone, mostly since it seems like a game that came out ten years too late with its "revenge and violence are never the answer" themes. If you wanted me to feel bad for killing the people trying to kill me, the right decision is to let me understand them through the eyes of the person they've hurt most, Ellie, and let me decide their fates.

    What we have instead is a game that, at every turn, tells you that people must die to progress the story, then shifts focus in a shallow attempt at making you feel guilty for playing the game. Niel Druckman mentioned that this game wasn't meant to be fun. And truthfully, that is exactly true for this game, he hit the nail on the head. In that regard, he has my respect. But I am of the camp of people who firmly believe that players should have some input or incentive to play the game. If you do not make the game fun, people will stop playing. People will quit halfway through, and the story you've created would no longer matter, simply because there were more gripping stories out there, or more engaging games.

    If you wanted to create a movie, then create a movie. But it isn't one I would want to watch. I'm a more grown person now, one who can appreciate many things about a game. But if I cannot have any fun in the supposed magnum opus, the greatest masterpiece of all time, then maybe it doesn't deserve to be called a masterpiece after all. It's flawed in story, gameplay, and even emotion. Because at the end of the day, I left it feeling completely thoughtless. It felt like a mediocre fanfiction. I can appreciate the game for what it's done on a standpoint of presentation and accessibility. But nothing beyond that.

    In summary, The Last of Us 2 is a visual and auditory spectacle, but that's about all you're getting; spectacle. With how much blood is shed and guts are spilled, it's baffling how little this game shocked me with any plot beats or twists, or even in terms of its visual style. Truthfully, in a decade or so, this game's graphical achievements will be trumped by something else. And when that happens, it will fade into nothing but a memory for me.    … Expand
  4. LuigiCuau
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    Toda una decepciona, con el inicio arruinan a un gran personaje con su muerte, con solo apretar cuadrado acabas con cualquier enemigo, pesima historia, pésima inteligencia artificial y un juego muy corto, gráficos pasables pero no exprimen la mayor capacidad de la PS4 como el God of War
  5. solidsnake798
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Graphics 10
    Gameplay 9.5
    Audio 10 Story 1 This is a narrative focused game, if the story doesn't work, the game doesn't work. There are several weird decisions, a lot of characters that don't act as they would have acted on the first game, some lies in the trailers (in 2018 Neil Druckmann stated only Ellie was a playable character, this is not true, one trailer shows Joel telling Ellie    Graphics 10
    Gameplay 9.5
    Audio 10
    Story 1

    This is a narrative focused game, if the story doesn't work, the game doesn't work. There are several weird decisions, a lot of characters that don't act as they would have acted on the first game, some lies in the trailers (in 2018 Neil Druckmann stated only Ellie was a playable character, this is not true, one trailer shows Joel telling Ellie that ge wasn't going to let her go throught that alone, it's not in here), also they changed a character from being africanamerican in the first game to white in the second one (this feels weird considering all the efforts made searching for inclusion and diversity)...

    After the 12-15 hour mark I just wanted the game to finish, which is quite bad since that's like half way through...

    At several moments the game comes off as trying to be disruptive just for the sake of doing it

    This doesn't feel like a proper sequel to me    … Expand
  6. LifeHistory
    Jul 19, 2020
    0
    All the wrong things in gaming and in the world in general is in this thing called "TLOU2" which has nothing to do with the original at all.
  7. kito78
    Sep 10, 2020
    4
    It is not very bad game, but not good either.
    If you are expecting great story, like in part one... you will be disappointed :(, i just wanted good story character bounding feeling and some zombies to kill ... got only some zombies... not worth money
  8. Rivaldo84
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    What’s going on here,how many people are rating this masterpiece with 0 really?shame on you
    OMG i don’t believe it
    For ps4 haters if you haven’t played yet,you should
    Naughty Dog just ignore those haters!!!
    You’re the best
  9. Ivraas
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay mechanics and graphics might be stunning, but it is nothing new here, that game from the 2018 does not do better.

    The details that everyone speak of, they are in Red Dead Redemption 2. Steaming horses, the sweat marks, living natural enviroment where animals (and there are many) hunt eachother, or fight, guns, clothes and character itself gets dirty, there are minigames and even some sort of fighting system alongside very natural animations etc. etc. there is so many things that makes this game whole, that i could write a solid book about what is going on there.

    So in terms of gameplay, and details The last of Us 2 is nothing special, and yet, they have courage to completely destroy a story, with a very cheap shocking value, and the ending... oh boy...    … Expand
  10. Rexy
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    A very decisive game, clearly. The story takes risks, and doesn't play it safe. The best literary work does the same. No one wins a Man Booker Prize for writing what was expected or safe.

    Expectation is a dangerous thing...
  11. Genei_no_Miria
    Aug 18, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As you guys might be able to check my profile I only write reviews when I feel strongly about a game, and in this case I do.

    I was anticipating this game greatly, however as trailers came out and later videos discussed the relationship of Cckman and sarkasien(however it is spelled) and their agenda made me wary. Then the spoilers came, then the lockings and bannings, eventually the game is out and we all see that the leaks were true. The disgusting nature of the writing and story is something that most people find repulsive, as the current 20000 positive to 40000 negative reviews show as well.(At the time of my writing, it took this **** website nearly 2 months ALLOWING me to post a negative review on this crap)

    Since the shills are out in numbers, and are giving 10s it is only fair that this game gets 0s too in response. My actual score would be about 3, it is an extremely boring and tedious game with hardly any action and way too much downtime. I wouldn't recommend it. It simply pales in comparison to the first game, and compared to that it is indeed a 3 at best. Cckman got everyone fired, Naughty Dog is not what it was in the ps3 era. And it will only get worse as time goes by and we enter the ps5 era.

    Get the heck out of here with your SJW(communist) agenda, cultural revolution and eventual genocide.

    I got the game used from a friend that got it early, if you must get it, buy it used if you care for the future of gaming!!!! Don't give any corporation money for this brainwashing bs.

    As a final note: professional reviewers have been a joke for years, and that is only getting worse as well.    … Expand
  12. djmob007
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Wonderful game! One of the best I have played all year. The critical reviews are dead on. If you are a fan of the first game or just the genre as a whole do yourself a favor and buy this.
  13. Folky63
    Sep 15, 2020
    10
    This is the best game of currency generation! Absolutely every aspect of the game is flawless. You don’t play video ganes if you didn’t play tlou2. This is a showcase of video game industry, it shows how games should look like and how they should play.
  14. ThiagoTitonel
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Great technical achievement. Worst story ever, period. They made this game without purpose. All this game had to do was to give us a sequel. The search for a solution, the vaccine, or even Joel seeking for redemption, whatsoever. Not even hard to do.
  15. disillusion
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    It’s an amazing game — the praise it gets is well deserved. TLOU2 sends you on an emotional rollercoaster, offering a mature story about revenge and also forgiveness. The game mechanics are superb, the attention to details is impressive and in typical Naughty Dog tradition. For me this is a serious contender for the GOTY 2020 (at least until Cyperpunk 2077 is being released in November
  16. Cableguy
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Awfull story, it's a complete travesty... I'm going to pretend part 2 did not happen !!
  17. BGrun08
    Jul 9, 2020
    9
    The game is great. One of the most polished games I've ever played. Amazing graphics, animation and voice acting. Just like the first game it will make you feel tension and emotions. The story takes some chances that are smart and interesting. I don't think the execution was as masterful as the first game, but it is still very good. Definitely play if you enjoyed the first. Don't listenThe game is great. One of the most polished games I've ever played. Amazing graphics, animation and voice acting. Just like the first game it will make you feel tension and emotions. The story takes some chances that are smart and interesting. I don't think the execution was as masterful as the first game, but it is still very good. Definitely play if you enjoyed the first. Don't listen to the haters unless you don't enjoy a dark story or need your heros and villains to be clearly defined black and white. Naughty Dog made another great game definitely a GOTY contender. Almost as good as the first… Expand
  18. puelto_hico
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I am personally not a fan of Naughty Dog's style when it comes to their action titles, but they do however present beautiful environments, believable worlds, and some likeable characters. The Last of Us 2 fails to present anything positive; dull gameplay, an uninteresting story, and unlikable characters, all of which make for a truly disappointing experience.
  19. Amrak_Sekushi
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They havn't improved the gameplay over the years between the games, not only that but the story is absolutely **** They took everything of the first game and shat on it. Joel being wary of strangers and even ELLIE having this treatment for a while?

    Nope Joel just goes in a place with his brother, announces that he is Joel, where Abby, just clubs him to death with a golf club while Ellie was busy getting high and scissor with her GF. You might think it'll get betterbut it doesn't. Eventually you play as Abby and get in some cringeworthy sex scene where she takes it up the ass dry.

    Then you might think, the ending couldn't be as bad as the leaks made it out to be right? It's just as bad. Ellie, killing hundreds to get to Abby, finds her on a cross, frees her, and while they're about to go their separate ways. Ellie decides "Nah I can't let you go" And thus begins the final "boss" you slash at Abby a bunch until she hits the knife away, then punch her a bunch start drowning her, her two fingers bit off. And then when Ellie has her. She could get her revenge right then and there, just holds her a few more seconds underwater? She gets a vision of Joel and suddenly decides that revenge is bad and lets Abby leave. It's really just a kick in the gut to anyone who even remotely liked the first game.    … Expand
  20. lyekay1
    Jul 6, 2020
    0
    I initially gave this game 7/10 but after completing it a 3/10 is all I'm giving. This will be the last Naughty Dog game I'm buying, extremely disappointed in the story and ending. It's hard to play and the whole LGBT vibe kills it for me. Very, very disappointed :(
  21. saintandrewsfal
    May 20, 2021
    10
    Probably the best game I've ever played. Amazing graphics, great mechanics carried and improved upon from the first game, and best of all, a compelling story. Apparently, there's a lot of people who hate on this game because the main characters aren't straight, white and male. Well I hate to break it to them, but there's all types of people in this world and it was refreshing to not onlyProbably the best game I've ever played. Amazing graphics, great mechanics carried and improved upon from the first game, and best of all, a compelling story. Apparently, there's a lot of people who hate on this game because the main characters aren't straight, white and male. Well I hate to break it to them, but there's all types of people in this world and it was refreshing to not only play two female leads, but one who was homosexual and one who possessed an atypical body type. The story goes deep into the vicious cycle of revenge and shows that in a broken world, you're going to have broken people. In my opinion, 75%+ of video game stories are not captivating, but this one was. I wanted to keep playing because the gameplay was fun as well as to see what happens next.… Expand
  22. luiselx
    Jan 7, 2023
    10
    Having played this game two years after it was released I must say I don't understand the bad reviews.
    Everything in this game is awesome.
    I really like the history and the main characters!
    A masterpiece!!!
  23. VicDavion
    Aug 18, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great scenery, great design, lots of Easter eggs, great fun surviving + super weak and clichéd plot with zero trust and bond with characters… Expand
  24. Kingubes
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game was, and is very good despite whatever everyone else is saying. I played through in basically one sitting and was never bored. The only real complaint I have with the game is that the ending left a little to be desired after the last scene. The beginning makes sense, seeing through the eyes of the antagonist makes you feel for them and see their point of view. Don't trust these sheep who can't come up with their own thoughts in a game and are hating because some website told them to, or because there's a "political agenda" there's not.… Expand
  25. mirg
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    It's a wannabe Exploitation Splatter Film that puts emphasis on Sciolistic Ideals while neglecting its established world and berates it's fanbase.
  26. Julleck
    Jul 21, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think there are four main problems most review bombers have: 1. You‘re playing a gay character and her sexuality is displayed in the game. „Politics are being shoved down their throats“. Gay people exist... and they make out. Get over it.

    2. They can‘t handle Joels death. The game makes you feel uncormfortable at times. 3. You have to play as Abby, who is not „hot“ and more tanked than 80% of the male players... aaaand killed Joel.

    4. Lev is a trans person, although i don‘t think a lot of the 0 score reviewers have played long enough to get to know Lev.

    I had a blast. I had to think of it for days after I finished it and now I‘m starting New Game +. I didn‘t feel comfortable or happy about some plot points as well, but that’s the point. TLOU2 makes you question your characters choices and turns a simple revenge plot into a complex and dark character study. What I also read a lot: It has good graphics, but...

    It doesn‘t have just „good graphics“... The world they have built is absolutely incredible. So much detail and scope. Amazing physics and stellar acting that transfers to the virtual characters so vividly. These are people, not videogame characters. I don‘t know what ND does different about their characters compared to other games, but they just pop. Each and every side character has imperfections and personality, it‘s just amazing.

    The only downside to me is the gameplay. Don‘t get me wrong, it all works fine and it’s fun to play, but I don‘t like the clear pacing of setpieces. You are always „told“ what situation you are running into. I don‘t want to know if I‘m safe when exploring or if clickers are in the area. It‘s an unpredictable and brutal world, so please don‘t take the tension out of it by letting me know what type of enemy will be next.    … Expand
  27. blagger76
    Aug 9, 2020
    6
    I was looking forward to this game for the longest time! But the story took a completely different route to what i think anyone would expect. Unfortunately I found the game quite dull to play, even a chore at times. Aside from that the graphics are amazing, the game controls pretty good, but this wasnt enough to save it from being a bit disappointing.
  28. BURKEX
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am shocked by all the angry reviewers giving this game a 0/10. I personally thought that this game was a masterpiece. The graphics were the best that I’ve ever experienced on a console. The smallest details of the scenery were amazing. The weather, sound, scenery and atmosphere were fantastic. And there were scenes that made you jump out of your seat. I thought that the game was so great that I didn’t want the game to end I wanted to play the story forever. I for one liked the story because it showed revenge from both sides. I also showed how people who only care about revenge Ruin the lives of so many others. At the end, Ellie has a baby with Dina and a perfect house/life and a nice life but she gives it all up for revenge. When she returns to her house it is empty, just like her. I also avoided all spoilers so Joel’s death was a shocker to me. It made me think of Ned Starks death on Game of Thrones. Then to later have Ellie be a boss for Abby was mind blowing. Then by the end of the game I didn’t want to kill Abby because I understood her pain as well. In my book Naughty Dog made another masterpiece and they continue to be hands down my favorite video game developer. I can’t wait to play their next game.… Expand
  29. henrikvips
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Exceptional graphics, very fluid mechanics with a strong storyline. The game manages to hold the player's attention at all times.
  30. cesd2018
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    10/10 the best adventure game ever exist, im pretty sure everybody have to play this game. Better than the second one.
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#2 Best 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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