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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  1. adamkaazi
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Naughty dog truly destroyed the last of us franchise. So much potential, wasted. Neil Druckman’s vision for this game was absolute **** 30+ hours I’ll never get back. The last of us part one was a masterpiece I can’t believe it’s the same people that have made this game. There’s no justice nor a satisfactory ending. You guys had 7 years and you’ve dished out this ? The last of us part 2 isNaughty dog truly destroyed the last of us franchise. So much potential, wasted. Neil Druckman’s vision for this game was absolute **** 30+ hours I’ll never get back. The last of us part one was a masterpiece I can’t believe it’s the same people that have made this game. There’s no justice nor a satisfactory ending. You guys had 7 years and you’ve dished out this ? The last of us part 2 is the last of this franchise.… Expand
  2. Ragnedite
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo é bem bonito, tem gráficos bem feitos e uma jogabilidade divertida. Porém a história é cagada e cheia de propaganda progressista.
    Estou de saco cheio disso nos jogos.    … Expand
  3. gousse1998
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I waited a third of my life for this game to come out. It has absolutely stunning scenery and characters, but the story is lacking beyond belief. I fail to see in the grand scheme of the game, how we as players that have come to love the characters of this game, are meant to feel something for a psychopath... I will not skip over the fact that there are amazing moments in the game, butI waited a third of my life for this game to come out. It has absolutely stunning scenery and characters, but the story is lacking beyond belief. I fail to see in the grand scheme of the game, how we as players that have come to love the characters of this game, are meant to feel something for a psychopath... I will not skip over the fact that there are amazing moments in the game, but it does nothing to wash the bad taste out of your mouth that is the rest of the game. Coming from someone that adored the first game, I am embarrassed by the story that naughty dog has produced. Stay far away from it, especially if you hate gender politics being stuffed in inappropriately...… Expand
  4. Trentshack
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is truly hard to write as someone who loved the first game this is the biggest disappointment in gaming I've ever seen the story telling in this game is so bad I almost could not finish the game Joel is killed off in the first two hours of the game than they force you to play as the character that killed him for 10 hours! If you like the first game do yourself a favor and dont touch this game… Expand
  5. Paddy151
    Jun 25, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game spits on the story of the original. and make the protaganists out to be dumber then they were in the first game with no survival instincts. And naughtydog uses their trailers to do false adverteising and piss on our feelings of the original characters.… Expand
  6. PSGamerAus
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    7 years for this? Complete abandonment of character.. Vanilla revenge theme story with a not so hidden agenda..
  7. JMEM
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game has left me beyond disappointment. I'm sure I can speak for everyone when I say I loved the first TLOU. But this game makes me feel like it tried to tear down the characters and ruin the franchise. I don't know where to start with this god awful game. Like most people I absolutely hated how they treated Joel. One of the best characters i think i have ever seen in any type of media. He is portrayed as smart, experienced, and battle hardened survivor in he first game but in this game he completely goes against his character established in the last game. In the previous game he is shown to know and see all the traps and bad ideas thrown his way. Never trusting strangers and always keeping his guard up. In TLOU2 Joel goes against his character by trusting a stranger with his name and even going back to their home camp. These actions end up getting him killed by one of the worst developed characters in a video game, Abby. The way they treated Joel is downright disrespectful to TLOU fans all around. We have a full game with Joel just to see him die in a way we know he shouldn't have according to his character is more than upsetting. The game then sets you off on a journey of revenge where the game makes it almost seem like Ellie is losing her passion of getting revenge, which if the writing was consistent from the first game, we know that Ellie would have been dead-set on her revenge. Which is the biggest problem with this game. The terrible writing and character development. This story actively goes against the character development from the last game while building new characters extremely poorly. The lack of character building for the newly introduced characters was bluntly obvious. No one seem to care about the WLF characters besides getting revenge for Joel. They just felt like the nameless enemies from the previous games instead of people you understood and maybe even cared for. They were compelling in no way at all. This was extremely prevalent for the other main protagonist Abby, who from the extremely misleading advertising I was unaware of. But it turns out you play 10 hours (half of the game) playing as a character you hate. Since Joel was so beloved and you see him being brutally beaten to death by someone, you are naturally inclined to hate that person. Then the game makes you play half of the game as the character who shows no remorse for all the people she's killed including Joel and Jesse, there is no possible way that you will be able to feel any empathy towards this character. But this game tries so hard to make you feel pity and understand her, when it is impossible to feel pity after seeing what she has done. She is also portrayed as a very dislikable and morally questionable person throughout the 10 hours. This is a prime example of the trash writing put into this game. At the end of the game Ellie and Abby are having a final showdown when Ellie is close to finishing the job she set out to do at the very beginning of this game, but she stops drowning Abby after seeing a image of Joel in her head. This makes no sense as seeing Joel in her head is what triggered her to start the fight in the first place. This also goes back to how in the first game Joel and Ellie will do anything for each other, like when Ellie first killed someone to save Joel. The fact that Ellie let Joel's killer get away on purpose went against her character built up in the last game which loops back to one of this game's biggest problems. Not only that but seeing the sole purpose you played the game for (to get revenge for Joel and kill Abby) slips through your fingertips is more than disappointing and unsatisfying. This is by far one of the worst endings I've ever seen in any media. The only redeeming part of this story was the beautiful graphics and pretty good gameplay. Other than that I wished this game didn't exist. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS GAME. IT WILL DISAPPOINT YOU!

    Overall: The only good part of this game was the graphics and gameplay. But the story was complete and utter trash. Only play this game if you don't care about the story and just want some more TLOU gameplay, but even then I would recommend playing the original.    … Expand
  8. CONZU852
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Naughty dog just effectively killed the last of us IP with this game. RIP
    Just like GOT writes, i hope he never again in his life touches another beloved story like tlou52
  9. OmegaHil
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Needs more zombies Needs more zombies Needs more zombies Needs more zombies Needs more zombies Needs more zombies
  10. Badwolf1978c
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The first game is great but this new installment sucks oh I can’t believe the storyline is what it is gameplaying graphics are great luckily I didn’t waste my money on it I wanted it and I strongly suggest to anyone out there who is thinking about getting this game please try to read it first or wait until it’s $20 or less
  11. TestingTest123
    Jun 29, 2020
    2
    Even though I got spoiled about one of the major events, I still decided to go through with this game. By the end of it, my thoughts was graphics 8/10, game-play 4/10, story 1/10. The story just killed my enjoyment of The Last of Us Part 2 completely. Joel's relationship with Ellie is spat upon, characters make ridiculous/idiotic choices, and the new character played by Laura Bailey, is,Even though I got spoiled about one of the major events, I still decided to go through with this game. By the end of it, my thoughts was graphics 8/10, game-play 4/10, story 1/10. The story just killed my enjoyment of The Last of Us Part 2 completely. Joel's relationship with Ellie is spat upon, characters make ridiculous/idiotic choices, and the new character played by Laura Bailey, is, in my opinion, the worst video game character of all time. Not only that but the ending is just awful. It completely undoes everything everyone was trying to accomplish and made playing through the game a complete waste of time. The game-play was similar as the first Last of Us and became a literal chore after hours of playing, as it was just the same stealth sequences in different areas. Plus the fact that we are also forced to play as Abby which is such a dis-likable character for hours on end just made the overall experience worse and the slow paced game-play even more painful and tedious to go through.… Expand
  12. LVT_Bear
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great graphics, Mediocre, 7 years old game mechanics (status quo is regress in this case), absolutely horrible, disrespectful storytelling.
    On top of that, game was falsely advertised, with Joel being one ot the playable characters which is not true.    … Expand
  13. AstroCrag
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    More like The Last of Us 1.5....”hey we added a jump and prone feature”. The graphics/sound design are good but that is where the positives end for this game. It is a STORY DRIVEN game with a BAD STORY consisting of characters that are forced into the story that generate zero connections with the player OR sympathy. On top of that character decisions throughout the entire story areMore like The Last of Us 1.5....”hey we added a jump and prone feature”. The graphics/sound design are good but that is where the positives end for this game. It is a STORY DRIVEN game with a BAD STORY consisting of characters that are forced into the story that generate zero connections with the player OR sympathy. On top of that character decisions throughout the entire story are inconsistent with what was portrayed from the previous game or what we were lead to believe from their introduction in this sequel. I understand liking the game for the art it is but 10/10 is unwarranted and shows extreme bias.… Expand
  14. AHTuXPuCT
    Jul 21, 2020
    2
    Графоний и детали - за это 2/10.
    Всего остального не завезли.
  15. Sirdavidthe1st
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I avoided spoilers for so long so when I picked up the last of 2 I could not wait to play this game. Yes the gameplay is fantastic and I was completely impressed with it, but what ruins this game is the story. The story is just so awful with the way it treats its characters. Within the first hour of my play through I had to witness one of my favorite characters get brutally slaughtered, right then and there I was ready to take the disc out of my PlayStation and throw the disc out my window. But I gave it a second chance and again I was impressed by visuals and gameplay but the story is what holds it back. Then the unthinkable happens and the game switches over to the most hated video game character of all time and that is Abby this part of the game I just kept killing her on purpose over and over again Until I reached the worst ending of all video game History!!!! I could not believe THATS how this game ends. Such a waste of money and the sad part is I can’t even get a refund. I don’t get how anyone can support naughty dog beyond this point not only they treat their employees like **** but they also treated one of their most beloved game like **** save your money and don’t support this evil studio.… Expand
  16. Jdo8700
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Horrible story ! Naughty dog really dropped the ball on this one , the beautiful graphics and smooth gameplay can’t make up for the horrendous story . They took some of the best written characters and killed one of them off and then wrote the other one to be unlikeable in an attempt to make us sympathize with one of the most poor written characters ever !
  17. Monkeynuts100
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    It's pedantic and boring. The controls were clunky, the dialogue was cringe and the story felt uninspired.
  18. Jerik84
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Unlikable characters poorly written story. Graphics are great though. Definitely will not be replaying.
  19. AHKJ
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Gameplay and motions are amazing. but, Awful storyline building without any logic connection between events and stupid destruction of characters that I’ve seen ever ,wwwhhhhyyy ,I hope they are thinking now to reproduce last of us part 2 as strong and beauty of last of us part 1
  20. anguschang512
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    WISHING experience the adventures of JOEL and ELLI, BUT the dog runs EIBY, and it sucks .
  21. Joshz31
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. While the first half of this game is mildly enjoyable, the second half is largely unplayable… Expand
  22. ShadowMan43
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The story is the problem. Its a terrible plot and i have no feelings for Abby who killed Joel. The Last of Us 2 is complete trash.
  23. DovahBoy
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This game was a BIG disappointment 4/10. They give you a false sense of who will be the lead characters of this game based on the trailers. They start out very quickly by spitting on the all of the characters and personalities and traits that made them who you loved from the first game in a very unforgivable way. That being said if you can stomach that horrible initial plot direction fromThis game was a BIG disappointment 4/10. They give you a false sense of who will be the lead characters of this game based on the trailers. They start out very quickly by spitting on the all of the characters and personalities and traits that made them who you loved from the first game in a very unforgivable way. That being said if you can stomach that horrible initial plot direction from the gate and try to appreciate the plot for where it was going you'd probably find the game very enjoyable and impressive until you reach the halfway point. This is when they force you to flip a massive birdie towards yourself and expect you to enjoy playing as a villain who is unlikable and you desperately want dead for the remainder of the game which is at the very least 10 hours of gameplay. You are then concluded with the hero and evil villain parting ways and more or less hugging it out making the entire story pointless for the sake of making you think about an extremely uninteresting moral dilemma that was not wanted and does not work. This is merely the result of a growing trend to force feed people political statements in their games instead of just crafting something for everyone to enjoy. Naughty Dog was the only company left that I held to a high standard and had unwavering faith in their ability to deliver amazing games/experiences and I am now left with no trust in game development.… Expand
  24. listergillian
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is incredibly disappointing. I had a feeling it wouldn't be as good as the first game, but this was just a garbage story. There were so many flashbacks and it just felt like the game was out of order. I also hated playing as Abby and almost wanted to stop playing the game entirely. Not to mention, the boss fight against Ellie as Abby disturbed me a lot and probably many others because I love Ellie and I have no sympathy for Abby... sorry. On the other hand, the graphics were amazing and the combat was okay, I liked the new additions (new infected, jump button, army crawl, etc.) I think they did a very good job of polishing the gameplay. Overall, I think I should have just watched play-throughs of this game on Youtube instead of actually buying it myself.… Expand
  25. ReiBestial
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O jogo apresenta gráficos incríveis (se jogado no PS4 PRO), mas é só isso. O jogo é extremamente quebrado e possui uma história sem imersão igual ao primeiro. Não longe disso, é de se ver uma agenda “político-social” presente em algo que deveria estar aqui para nos divertir.… Expand
  26. Barhomy
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst ending ever i hated every second playing as abby (she-hulk) and i didn't sympathise with her .as the director tried to by making her look kind wich is too simple and dump.
    Graphics looks fantastic tbh
    And the gameplay is very good But it is all about the story unfortunately.    … Expand
  27. Monkeyhairs
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The game looks good but the story brings anything but happiness it was hard for me to even finish it.
  28. BurgoaXP
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    **** game. Bad writing. The only good thing is ambience and gameplay, but lack of a good story makes it forgettable and unenyoable
  29. Robertohzo
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    The game is diferrent than original history, It worse, and is not better than first
  30. Rhy
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not an ideal way to manage Joel’s death, the ambiental puzzles are almost gone, a confusing-forced plot, and the terrible and unnecessary sex scene… Expand
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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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