The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Neoash1984
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    What do you need more than top graphics and best gamplay and a twisted story
  2. Cheetah-25R
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Visuals and gameplay are good, but story totally ruins the experience 0/10.
  3. Endir3
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Estragaram a continuação, esperava que continuaria com a mesma trama, e não uma propaganda politica em forma de produto. Realmente lamentavel o que fizeram com os personagens, pegaram tudo que construiram no primeiro e jogaram no lixo! Lamentável acabar com uma série dessas.
    Mataram o personagem do primeiro, e botaram os cristões como os vilões da história. Parabéns Naughty Dog fizeram uma    Estragaram a continuação, esperava que continuaria com a mesma trama, e não uma propaganda politica em forma de produto. Realmente lamentavel o que fizeram com os personagens, pegaram tudo que construiram no primeiro e jogaram no lixo! Lamentável acabar com uma série dessas.
    Mataram o personagem do primeiro, e botaram os cristões como os vilões da história. Parabéns Naughty Dog fizeram uma grande Cagada!    … Expand
  4. DNT_Slaughterz
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Great gameplay and had the structure to become GOTY. However, a forced and very poorly made storyline destroys this game and quite frankly makes you wish that they stopped after making the first game which was good. Huge shame.
  5. Easyaccess
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Metacritic made it so hard to post this review. It kept crashing and saying error 500 and noticing the high reviews are being legitimately bombed to save this game it's just unreal . There is less bombing and more actual opinion about the game on the negative reviews scores than the overrated ones. I notice how the majority of the reviews for the game being amazing do not point out it's flaws. Whereas the negative reviewers give reasons and also explain why the game is goos. So unfortunately I have lost faith in the gaming industry and seen it's true colours even on metacritic. Regardless here's my review. Joel's character is weaker and his demeanor is smaller and not so interesting. The new character Abby also has little interesting points. In the first game Joel gave us meaning to be interested he lost someone close who was innocent. Ellie also is innocent and being chased and protected which is interesting. In this game Abbie's father was not innocent so no one cares if he dies. They made a clip of him regretting the surgery but it doesn't make you like him. There wasn't any scene that makes you like Abbie in a way you want to help her agenda knowing the first story. And the creators make you play this very lake character for hours. Sex scene was disgusting and unrealistic. Graphics great but I buy a game that is made for the story for the story and the story was over the top violent and sexual in a lesbian or gay way. Which is fine. But way too focussed on it to be enjoyable.… Expand
  6. Gabrieleite
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Espetacular!!! Um jogo completamente maduro em relação ao primeiro, sabe lidar com consequências de uma maneira orgânica e não se prende no mais do mesmo, deixando um cenário bem imprevisível para surpreender o jogador, gameplay incrível e totalmente confortável de jogar, gráficos impecáveis e o melhor da geração, um jogo com uma história com muitas mensagens e completamente imersivo, impecável e uma das melhores histórias criadas, melhor jogo da geração ao lado de God of war.… Expand
  7. bettacritic
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Loved it .Great level design and pacing.Great graphics.Storys pretty good but its not a book, all these people rateing it 0 for the storys are a bunch a **** babys hahahah.
    10/10
  8. CryptoInsane
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Soy un joven prácticante en temas de diseño técnico y desarrollo de videojuegos. Comenzaré escribiendo sobre la parte técnica, la cual es de aplaudir a mi gusto a todo el equipo que trabajó para mostrarnos detalles tan peculiares en todos los entornos en los cuales navegan los personas. Ahora con respecto a la historía realmente deja muy por debajo a la narrativa que se desarrollo en laSoy un joven prácticante en temas de diseño técnico y desarrollo de videojuegos. Comenzaré escribiendo sobre la parte técnica, la cual es de aplaudir a mi gusto a todo el equipo que trabajó para mostrarnos detalles tan peculiares en todos los entornos en los cuales navegan los personas. Ahora con respecto a la historía realmente deja muy por debajo a la narrativa que se desarrollo en la primera parte. El vínculo entre un seudopadre y una seudohija que se fortalecio durante su largo viaje, afrontaje un sinfin de peligros se perdio en toda esta segunda parte y para ofuscar mas la situación el protagonista principal tiene un terrible desensale. En críticas construcctivas podría decir que para cabidad del público hubiera sido mas acorde alargar la estadía de nuestro protagonista hasta al menos el 30 o 40% de la narrativa. Por otro lado como jugador me parecio totalmente desagradable darle igual o mas protagonismo a la antagonista que a la coestrella del primer juego. Literamente esperaba poder disponer de personas como Joel y Tommy hermanos que no tienen una historía por sentada en todo el juego. Para finalizar termine algo decepcionado por el final tan paupérrimo y dejando inconcluso varios aspectos de personas.… Expand
  9. Berries47
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    Great game. Lots of unexpected turns and pure horror inducing moments. Great character detail and depth. Despite others being infuriated by a single moment at the very beginning its not a bad game
  10. mynamejeff493
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    I highly anticipated this game. I think to this day that TLOU 1 is simply one of the top 3 games ever made. The gameplay was simple but felt not at any point boring. The graphics were astonishing and the story was perfect from the beginning till the end. One of the few games I really shed some tears. The Last of Us 2 tries so hard to fit into its part one shoes that it lost the tone whichI highly anticipated this game. I think to this day that TLOU 1 is simply one of the top 3 games ever made. The gameplay was simple but felt not at any point boring. The graphics were astonishing and the story was perfect from the beginning till the end. One of the few games I really shed some tears. The Last of Us 2 tries so hard to fit into its part one shoes that it lost the tone which made it so great. Some things are great like the graphics and motion capture are almost perfect. The linear lvl design is almost all the time great and the melee combat feels real. But there are things which are truly not good from a players standpoint. The standard AI feels sometimes more dumb than the first one, yes I know you can rank the difficulty up, but that only helps to a certain degree. I wished for more enemy diversity to be more precise the infected. It feels like, "just more of the same". And the last important point is the story. All the different emotions I felt in first few minutes into the first one where unbelievable. There was only one moment I felt something for any of the characters and that one was Joel. All the others even Elli felt like only driven by one emotion and my empathy for anyone was very limited. Everything in the story felt like such a generic revenge story and there are many games which did it better. I watched the ending in disbelieve and sat there for a minute and asked myself: "that was it?" After such a long time playing this game(the playing time was for me about 20-30h I am not sure right now) it didn´t felt satisfying. I am truly, truly heartbroken for how they decided to handle the story archs. Was it a bad game? No, from the gameplay standpoint I didn´t think so. Was it a good game? No, the story destroyed my experience completely. The hole plot from the first is perfect. The second one feels like: "We have to put this theme on it, REVENGE, REVENGE, REVENGE. No other thing has a place in it." I will play the first one, again and again but this game is done for me. Sad but true..… Expand
  11. lucgab789
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    That was the worst history i have ever seen

    Lost any Will to play after 3 hours of the story

    So sad
  12. dorsman
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    Just finished it. I was a fan of the first one and I think this one is even better. The gameplay has been improved and I thought the story was very powerful and made you feel a range of emotions throughout. The voice acting is perfect and the character animations are incredible. It's the most polished AAA game I have ever played. If you were a fan of the first one I highly recommendJust finished it. I was a fan of the first one and I think this one is even better. The gameplay has been improved and I thought the story was very powerful and made you feel a range of emotions throughout. The voice acting is perfect and the character animations are incredible. It's the most polished AAA game I have ever played. If you were a fan of the first one I highly recommend playing it informing your own opinion. I think the people that are mad about specific story changes need to actually finish the game and then decide what they think.… Expand
  13. Hasoony
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game ruined the series such a disappointing game
    The gameplay and graphics are great but the story is bad really bad    … Expand
  14. Badiaz
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    objetivamente este juego no merece menos de un 8 de calificación, en general es muy bueno, entiendo que la historia tiene 1 o 2 pegas sin embargo esto no quiere decir que el titulo sea malo, la historia se puede interpretar de muchas maneras, especialmente el final. A mi personalmente me ha gustado mucho y me ha dejado pensando, los personajes no son malos, si bien no todos brillan por suobjetivamente este juego no merece menos de un 8 de calificación, en general es muy bueno, entiendo que la historia tiene 1 o 2 pegas sin embargo esto no quiere decir que el titulo sea malo, la historia se puede interpretar de muchas maneras, especialmente el final. A mi personalmente me ha gustado mucho y me ha dejado pensando, los personajes no son malos, si bien no todos brillan por su personalidad de todos modos no dejan de ser personajes solidos, Ellie por otra parte fue una protagonista muy buena y me gusto mucho lo que hicieron con ella, entiendo que muchos se enfadaran con lo que ella hizo al final pero los invito a analizar un poco mas todo por lo que ella pasó en este juego y la relación que tenía con Joel, en mi opinión fue Ellie es un personaje muy realista y bastante humano, eso yo se los aplaudo a los escritores, y bueno, esa fue mi opinión, de verdad vale la pena vivir el juego uno mismo, no es para nada igual verlo en youtube que jugarlo, Denle una oportunidad.… Expand
  15. bakers
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

    I wish I had listened to the spoilers, i am shattered after playing this game, I guess they did not want fans of the original game to enjoy this perverse, sick, failure of a game. It is not just that the game play is patchy and cluncky involving thrashing the keys with very limited control, or that the game looks dark and cold, indeed it is relentlessly grim. No the    I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

    I wish I had listened to the spoilers, i am shattered after playing this game, I guess they did not want fans of the original game to enjoy this perverse, sick, failure of a game.

    It is not just that the game play is patchy and cluncky involving thrashing the keys with very limited control, or that the game looks dark and cold, indeed it is relentlessly grim.
    No the worst thing and the most unforgivable thing is that the story is crap!
    Beloved characters are cast asunder like a piece of garbage, I was actually on the verge of tears at one point and not tears of joy.
    Someone has a lot to answer for, indeed I think the writers are sick in the head.

    This game is a massive massive disappointment

    I WANT MY MONEY BACK!    … Expand
  16. UkaAku
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    The people that give this game an zero are no real gamers. This game is truly an masterpiece I played in my entire life, gameplay, story, graphics are tp notch. And so far along with god of war the best PS exclusive game. Please ignore the zero point reviews and enjoy this game.
  17. RayanQ93
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Just why ???! I’m sooo F saaaad , God i wish that i still with the TLOU 1 memoy
  18. Goodapplesauce
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    It is the last jedi of the video game industry. That is all I have to say but my review has to be this long to post it
  19. YikesMcGee
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    The direction the story takes by removing a character the fandom was hoping to play as, to then switch them out to this other non relatable non likable character really ruined it for a lot of people.
  20. Berkalili
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Dear Metacritic team be honest with your members stop deleting the reviews. Thanks by the way the game is horrible
  21. SimbaSeco
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Best graphics i ever saw, gameplay at the same level but the story is so so desapointhing that made me cry, this game screw the best franshise of the videogames off the all time.
  22. YoungOne05
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Starting off with what I liked most about that game was the game play it reminded me a lot of the Last of Us I. The graphics were gorgeous and it set the scene for most of the game, I also liked the mechanics but that's about all I truly liked about the game. Now the story... it was okay I was not a big fan of the story. And at times the story just seemed to drag on and I just wanted to the game to FINALLY get to the point, the goal of Ellie. Which did not continue until close to the end of Abby's play through. Which mind you was long and for the most part the worst part of the game not counting Joel's death of course (I will explain my opinion on that later). Abby's play through was just boring to me and I just wanted to get that part out of the way. The one thing that I despised about this part of the game was having to hurt Ellie! For the life of me I wanted no part of that but it had to be done... Now for Joel's death it seemed unnatural and so out of character of him, Joel just, he would never do what he did that resulted in that ambush. I strongly felt that Joel did not deserve to die like that, I'M not saying he did not deserve to die eventually because the guy literally decided to let humanity rot to save Ellie. BUT he did not deserve to have his head bashed in with a gulf club, know I'm not saying he should have died in this action packed scene filled with guns a-blazing or something like that. I personally thought that if you were gonna kill of this beloved character that was loved by all, one of the people of my all time favorite duo. At least have him die protecting the people he cared about like, Ellie or Tommy. I personally expected him to die protecting Ellie from and enemy or an infected not from a gulf club. But other than that I will say the game is okay... but I'm not playing through that again (way to long). But I feel there were better story's that they could have come up with for the TLOU2. Oh and... give the Neil Druckmann a break he's human too. You may not like the game but you shouldn't go harassing the guy.… Expand
  23. MasterFoxMan
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The squeal to a quite loved and passion filled game. Waiting years for a rather large disappointment. On the surface the game is quite beautiful, with rich lush environments with a good sound design. The game feels MUCH more fluid compared to its predecessor, but the lack of care in story writing truly hurt this game.

    From the moment Joel walks into a trap that makes literally no sense for his and his brothers character. Considering they have 20+ years of survival experience and jaded from the pain of the past. Why were they so trusting? It doesn't make sense for them.

    Add on the weird swap of character for Ellie at the very end of the game when she can end the one who has caused her all this pain, made her lose fingers, made her lose her girl. She can end what she had started. Then she doesn't, cause of a flashback? It feels fake, it feels like they want to create a third game with the new character Abby... Of which let's discuss the elephant in the room.

    Abby, the murder of Joel, and forced to play as her for 10+ hours. With an awkward sex scene to disdain for the character. No one enjoyed her, at least I didn't. Her sections of the game are not awful but it feels so wrong playing the murderer of someone we have loved so dearly for years.

    Gameplay feels although much SMOOTHER than the first, it is still the same spamming of punches and even worse gun play. The increase of environments made stealth and playing slow far more rewarding. The failure to increase the AI's intelligence, to improve on the previous systems, and to provide more tools to use the new areas more effectively. Makes the game feel very repetitive very quickly. Even more so if you just played TLOU1 before buying this one (In order to refresh your memory).

    The music, visuals, and sound design do carry a large portion of the game, but it feels as empty as the world they are in.    … Expand
  24. basserto
    Jun 23, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well the Last of Us 2 was it better then the first one? Definitely not.

    Did that made it a bad game? Hell no!

    Gameplay : 10

    Graphics : 10

    Characters : 5.5

    Story : 7

    (I only explain the last two because those need explanation)

    Characters

    Well this was in my opinion one of the worst parts in the game.. Were the first game really nailed it the second part just fell flat on his face. Not all characters were bad don't get me wrong The original cast like Ellie Tommy were good of course and I also really liked Lev. Jimmy wasn't that bad but Dina.. ohgod I really did not like her she was dull and boring. she was just a pain in the ass. And I think the biggest problem with her is that Ellie already is in love with her before the game started . in that way it is harder for the player to also immediately like/love her. If the bonding between those two evolved as the story progressed and if the kissing scene was saved for in Seattle it would have been better in my opinion. (and just skip the pregnancy) And Abby.. she was just extremely unlikable and I think I don't have to say the reason why. Manny as wel (one of Abby's friends) he is even worser then Dina. He was one of the most annoying characters in the game and I was glad when Tommy finally shot a bullet trough his head.

    Story

    So the the story which is the most debatable topic for most.

    Let me start with this it wasn't a bad story at all IF this was with all new characters you haven't met before.(and if they changed the ending a bit) Because I totally get what they are trying to tell with this story : "revenge is bad". Telling it from 2 points of view is really interesting to do something I always wanted to see in a game. But because you have already played as Joel and Ellie and bonded with them and even love them. There is no way this story would ever work with these characters because even tho Joel is no hero what he did in the first game you will never like or even understand Abby at all. This is in my opinion the biggest flaw of the story.

    So the first 22 hours I really enjoyed the story even tho they killed Joel I kind off saw it coming and understood why they did it. I just preferred it was a little bit different. But it gave me a lot of motivation to play this game and enjoying it. Even tho it sounds like a cheap revenge story it was fun to experience the journey with Ellie to kill the people who murdered Joel. Were I preferred to travel with Tommy you were stuck with Dina.. but at least she finds out she is pregnant and Ellie could continue the journey on her own. This is where I really started to enjoy the story it was really well written and you felt Ellie her taste for revenge but also felt her pain and happiness in the flashbacks with Joel. and then this happens the story continues with Abby in like the worst timing ever.. she killed Jimmy knocked Tommy to the ground and held Ellie at gun point. and then the game decided to start over again at Day 1 but now as Abby which kind of ruined the game for me because I rushed trough it didn't explore that much because I just wanted to now what happens at the theatre. I have to admit that her story gets interesting though with the war against the scars and the kid Lev that you are trying to save from them and the climax of her story looks absolutely gorgeous. But I just kept thinking why didn't we do this with Ellie instead. because it was definitely possible! I totally understand that they want to tell the story about these two factions being at war, but why don't you save it for another game or let us experience it with Ellie instead. Well after a while you are back in the theatre.. and then you have to fight Ellie which I did with a pain in my heart. but in the end Abby decides to don't actually kill Ellie which made her a little bit more likable because she sort of accepted revenge isn't everything. But I kind of hoped the story would have end there with Ellie murdering Abby. Because what happens after this I really did not enjoy at all. It was not bad at all but it was so pointless that made me question why even do it at all? So long story short after a while Ellie goes after Abby again only to decide to not kill her while she was drowning her because she got a flashback of Joel. Abby leaves and Ellie starts crying and I was flabbergasted about what just happened and I said to myself "this ending just made the whole game pointless." while I definitely understand what they are trying to say with this story it just does not work in this way with these characters.

    My conclusion is : It could have been a masterpiece IF they cut Abby's part out and told some of her story with Ellie instead, and if they altered the ending OR if they just told this story with completely new characters.

    But in the end I respect their decisions I just hoped the story went a little bit different.

    Let's hope they will end Ellie character arch in a way everyone would like it in part 3.    … Expand
  25. LucasCustodio
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Horrível, acabaram com a história do primeiro jogo. Joel se tornou um idiota. Lacração absurda.
  26. Mrrwbrown
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    This is a good game. The graphics are good. The story is intense. The mechanics are polished and well thought out. I have enjoyed pretty much everything Naughty Dog has done, and this is no exception.
  27. themen42
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphic and gameplay just awesome but story not good as much.They just killed the main character.First that's okay after that they took the revenge story to absolute ****… Expand
  28. MDIRAQ
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There may be some exciting stuff in it, but it is still awesome And really worth the experience… Expand
  29. Ezzgg
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Прекрасная игра. Заставляет задуматься. Прекрасно проработаны проработаны персонажи. Игра не достойна таких плохих оценок из-за всего-то лгбт подтекста
  30. acamero7
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Sometimes the world is dirty and brutal. Sometimes it doesn't tie up into neat little bows, and no one is perfect. We're all flawed, mistake prone, and bound to fail. That is The Last of Us 2.

    You're going to hear a lot from people that haven't played the game about how poor the story is, but the truth is that this is one of the best stories that I've ever seen in a game. It takes    Sometimes the world is dirty and brutal. Sometimes it doesn't tie up into neat little bows, and no one is perfect. We're all flawed, mistake prone, and bound to fail. That is The Last of Us 2.

    You're going to hear a lot from people that haven't played the game about how poor the story is, but the truth is that this is one of the best stories that I've ever seen in a game. It takes you through a revenge story so brutal and real that by the end of it, you will have felt a journey of emotions leading you to the same place that Ellie got to. If you're enraged after the first 30 minutes of this game, good. Lean into that and let it fuel you, but remember this:

    Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.    … 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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Metascore
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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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