The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. Jeyson_
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Unlikable and none important characters forced onto the player. Story is lackluster, mediocre, and plain boring. Bold decisions that lead to nothing ruined the experience and entirety of the game. Gameplay is fun however; if you enjoyed the first games gameplay then it is the exact same thing here.
  2. Lightning189
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This interactive movie is a mediocre mess.

    Graphics are good, but nothing to write home about when Video Games of yesteryear look just as good Graphics wise such as Devil May Cry 5 and Resident Evil 2 The Dialogue sounds like something out of poorly written fan fiction. It honestly makes DmC: Devil May Cry's Dialogue look good The Voice acting most of the time makes the characters sound    This interactive movie is a mediocre mess.

    Graphics are good, but nothing to write home about when Video Games of yesteryear look just as good Graphics wise such as Devil May Cry 5 and Resident Evil 2

    The Dialogue sounds like something out of poorly written fan fiction. It honestly makes DmC: Devil May Cry's Dialogue look good

    The Voice acting most of the time makes the characters sound monotone, especially Ellie and Dina

    Character design... well they look like how real people would, with the exception of Tranny Armstrong

    The Combat system is uninspired and mediocre

    And the story Is awful if you're going to kill off a beloved main character, do it right. Do not kill them in the most disrespectful way possible, and then let the killer go free because "Revenge Bad" there is nothing satisfying in that.

    There's a lot of attention to detail in the game. Too bad they put effort into that than anything else.

    People who defend this game are pathetic, picking out the most minute details to try and distract from the sheer **** storm that this game is. In short, this game is like your average high school crush: They look pretty, and you can imagine having a good time with them, but in reality, they're just devoid of anything interesting and all they have going for them is good looks    … Expand
  3. Hadigan33
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Okay, here goes.

    This game is visually stunning, no denying the talent of the artists.

    However, this game story wise is a complete swing and a miss.

    If you played TLOU part 1, which you should have by now, you will quickly realize this is more or less the exact same game. Its basically point a to b fetch quests. It brings zero innovation to the table and you have literally have done everything in this game in other games.

    What is absolutely terrible is the company lied to us and if you play as a certain character you are forced to kill dogs. There is another scene where the director of the game inserts himself in the game for a very lewd sex scene which is very disturbing.

    You really are not missing much and I recommend skipping this game.    … Expand
  4. Djura22
    Jun 25, 2020
    2
    Let me preface this by saying I was a MASSIVE fan of the first game, it is dark, beautiful and wonderfully designed.
    Much of the design remains, and the graphics are indeed stunning. The story however is pure unadulterated trash, is incredibly disturbing (not in a creepy intentional way ala Bloodborne) and the character development is atrocious. The disparity between the professional    Let me preface this by saying I was a MASSIVE fan of the first game, it is dark, beautiful and wonderfully designed.
    Much of the design remains, and the graphics are indeed stunning. The story however is pure unadulterated trash, is incredibly disturbing (not in a creepy intentional way ala Bloodborne) and the character development is atrocious. The disparity between the professional critics and average consumer is also disturbing, how does this happen?    … Expand
  5. endy22122
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    10/10 ета не обективная оценка игры унылая и скушная до жуть ничево ново там нету. Вся проблема отношение фанатов к критике и то што Sony затыкали рты всем кто обсуждал проблемы игры и кранчи в студий
  6. Garaciy
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Я прошел всю игру за 3 дня, я брал специально для этого выходные, я не смотрел спойлеры и обзоры специально, чтобы не испортить первое впечатление... я подождал пару дней чтобы все обдумать, но пришел только к одному, не смотря на всю эту идеальную картинку, мне насрали в душу и даже подробно мне не хочеться это расписывать 2 из 10...… Expand
  7. Poteznygracz
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A wiec tak , ta recenzja nie jest celem hejtowania jest zwyczajnie wypowiedzią . Gra The last of us 1 dała duża poprzeczkę dwójce , szczególnie gdy gra jest pół filmem pół grą . Dlatego w grze mamy dziwne zabiegi jak zmiana postaci itede. Także zaczynamy od początku , od zabicia Joeala na samym początku gry , ja wiem ze miało to gracza wzruszyć i rozgniewać , ale po 4 latach czekania i 2 godzinach gry nie czułem nienawiści , bo zwyczajnie nie czułem żadnej emocji do postać . A jak jesteśmy u przy emocjach gra nie tworzy żadnej więzi emocjonalnej(platonicznej) tylko idzie na skróty , próbuje nas przekonać do postaci przez proste i banalne sceny seksu już po około 2 godzinach gry . No i jak już jesteśmy przy tym temacie trafiamy na temat tolerancji , ja osobiście nie mam nic do tego , sama postać (elie ) już była tak przestawiana już w 1 jako homoseksualna i nikt do tego nie miał najmniejszego problemu , lecz w pewnym momencie gra jest przepchana tym tematem i pokazuje jak każdy mężczyzna umiera nie ważne czy jest dobry czy zły i koniec końców silnym kobietą nic się nie stało , a z facetów co niszczyli wszystkich w 1 został sam Tommy co został kaleką , to jest po prostu dziwne , aż można zasugerować dyskryminacje mężczyzn po przejściu gry ( Uwaga ironia). Także dziwne jest poruszenie tematu tranwestyzmuzmiany płuci w grze o apokalipsie u małego chłopca ale wypowiadać się nie bede na ten temat . I na koniec została ostatnia rzecz postać Abby przez pierwsze dni ta postać faktycznie ma sens , ja rozumiem że twórcy chcieli dążyć do zżycia się z postacią , ale jest to nie możliwie po 10 godzinach graniach elie i po X godzin graniem Joelem w 1 , Abby wydaje się emocjonalnie nie stabilna bo dopiero po zabiciu jej kochana którego nie lubiła ( bo wcześnie zabici znajomi nie wystarczali) stwierdziła że zabije po tym czasie elie motywacja potrwała jakieś 2 sekundy . Koniec też zrobił swoje Elie zabójca ludzi co morduje 1000 ludzi w grze nagle na koniec ma problem z zabiciem innej kobiety bo jest , nie wiem napakowana .
    Podsumowując
    Gra pod aspektem gameplay
    Grafika , Dzwięk , Animacje 1010
    Fabuła do połowy 610 , później -1610
    i w taki sposób mamy 0 , wydurniam się , ale gra z takim oczekiwaniem powinna nam dostarczyć fabuły której nikt nie mógł by kwestionować , a nie bawić się w aspekty polityczne. Gracze powinni dostać Remake 2 części jako płatne DLC za połowie ceny jako historia alternatywna (ba nawet w tych samych lokacjach ) . Także dziwi mnie reakcja studia na te temat , ze sa zadowoleni z niezadowolenia graczy . Po tej grze wiem jedno jak ma zamiar wyjść The Last Of Us 3 nie kupie jej w preorderze ani w pełnej cenie .    … Expand
  8. HoodooOperator
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow... just wow. TLOU1 was one of my favorite games of all time, and primarily because of the story. The story in this game is warm, wet, diseased diarrhea. Seriously, the worst story of any game I've ever played... ever. The best example I can give is that this is the gaming equivalent of Game of Thrones Season 8. Good writing... NAH! Just have characters do things that are completely out of line with their character and "subvert expectations"! If you're considering this game because you loved the first one... just don't. Just remember it the way it was and don't tarnish the memory, because this game wipes its ass with the first game. This game is beautiful visually and is well made mechanically, I'll give it a couple of points for that but the AI is not good, gameplay is very repetitive and the story is absolute trash.… Expand
  9. wolfychiu
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    The last of us games have always been about the story in my opinion. It has beautiful graphics and nice gameplay similar to the first game, but this cannot hide or mask the huge flaws of the story. I’m not trying to spoil anything, but I would like to stop anyone from buying this game if they are like me and had a burning passion for the story of the first game.
  10. Busttino
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Prefacing this with the fact that I absolutely adore the first game, I completed this one and I don't care at all for any of the LGBTQ controversy about the game, i fully support the LGBTQ community even though I am not a member. Furthermore, apart from one point it has nothing to actually do with the story, and even at that one point the nature of the conflict itself isn't the point, it just creates a conflict that is a vessel for the main story.

    The soundtrack is good but it's barely heard throughout. The graphics are blooming phenomenal. These are the only two positives for the game. The gameplay is better than the first but not by a large margin, and even seven years ago it wasn't a high-point. Furthermore, the gameplay doesn't build to a satisfying crescendo in any way, the fights and stealth are incredibly samey and it gets boring after a while. Never mind that a lot of the more "unique" fights come down to glorified QTE's that are also very samey.

    The gameplay is especially tedious when you're forced to play as a character you will likely despise for half of the game. Right after dropping a cliffhanger in a climactic confrontation in the story you will be transported back three days to re-do the time from another characters perspective. It wrecks the build up and pacing of the first half, which was just okay to begin with. Then, the disconnect between how you feel and how you're forced to act with this character takes you completely out of the game and makes getting through this half of the game a thoroughly unenjoyable slog. This is a horror game, it's hard to be horrified when you're rooting for the player character to die, there is no tension and there are no stakes. It's laughable how off-tone it is. This is half the game, and not just that it is subjectively the better half in terms of cool set piece and zombie battles, but it's bland, boring and frankly infuriatingly frustrating when played with this character.

    It isn't like the game doesn't attempt to make you relate to this character, it does, it just fails spectacularly. It tries to draw parallels with Ellie through inception-like flashbacks in flashbacks that mirror her growth and her experiences to make you feel that they've gone through a lot of the same stuff. Really though, it's just heavy handed and cheap, piggybacking off your relationship with Ellie to try and make a likeable character, or even a sympathetic character, because she's so similar, except she just completely isn't. They then give this character their own young child to look after just so it mirrors Ellie and Joels relationship, it's so contrived and plot convenient that this one person gets a relationship like that too. Another point, the actions of characters in the first one were believable, they acted how you expect them to given their character in any situation. In this one they act however they need to to advance the plot. The plot mostly being sadistic pornography for people who like suffering, because that seems to be the only thing they can depict well.

    I'm not really sure if there is a deeper message to the game because the only ones I can see aren't particularly deep or thought provoking. Revenge begets revenge, the people around you also face the consequences of your actions, the world is an unforgiving place, other people are people too so you should try to understand them. None of these are great messages, for the first two bad people get away with doing bad things all around the world all the time even today, they especially do in an apocalypse, hell literally THE BAD GUY in this game does. The second is so obvious it's not worth arguing. If one needs to be told the last they might actually be a psychopath, but this game takes it too far in trying to forgive literal torture and brutal murder.

    If there isn't a point and it's all just about showing bleak reality then F me is it a terrible thing to do, and it's even way over the top for an apocalypse. You, among other things, are forced to kill dogs, watch beloved characters get maimed or killed indiscriminately, kill named characters repeatedly because they attack you and are then made to feel bad about it later, kill a late stage pregnant woman (She literally watches you fight and kill a bigger, stronger male whose job it is to murder things, then attacks you while like eight months pregnant. It's unbelievably grotesque and stupid, especially when it again adds nothing to the plot other than to cheaply make Ellie look evil). Also that pregnant lady goes out on patrol, gets in gunfights, climbs and ropes and ninjas about. it's insane that anyone thought this was believable.

    The game spits on the corpse of the first, having you strangle Ellie as the other character and also literally spitting on Joels mutilated corpse right at the start, because despite marketing materials, Joel dies at the start. The trailers lie. There are many more issues, watch playthroughs. Worse than GoT Season 8.    … Expand
  11. Virgilym
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They destroyed the story for this game, i should of have 50 different options on how to kill abby… Expand
  12. RacingSnake47
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Please, please, please, if you enjoyed the first game do not buy the second one. The last of us franchise was broken by this game... Good Parts of the game, the graphics are beautiful they’re great, the soundtrack was good but needed a little more work. The details on the characters like the eye balls were incredible and the blood on the character when you kill someone. The gameplay was alright but out of date for this generation. But none of that impacts the story in any way. The story just completely bombed the game for me, the ending had me depressed, like what the **** happens afterwards, why did Ellie have to lose 2 fingers and lose the ability to play the guitar and why did Dina have to leave, what **** writing, That ending really annoyed me like what the **** we needed to have Abby die or Joel die at the end. Joel’s death really pissed me off as well he shouldn’t have died to a ****ing GOLF CLUB!!!!! He would never trust anyone like them. The story let me down and the last of us franchise is not the last of us without Joel and Ellie and we got about two hours of them together throughout the game also when playing as Abby it was so difficult to carry on because her character is just so terrible also you have to play as her for 10 hours and it is equivalent to doing chores for hours on end not doing what you want. This game would be like if Harry Potter said to Lord Voldemort after hunting him down and then finally getting there and then fighting him and then getting a memory of lily and James and then saying **** it you can go. What a let down of 7 years of waiting. My Overall Rating would be a two just for the graphics and the soundtrack. You have to watch videos of Abby dying Over and over As they are so funny and because you reading this probably hate her too. This is a genuine review for me after playing it myself. Please save your money for Cyberpunk or Ghost of Tsushima.… Expand
  13. BSHIPP94
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Well all I have to say is, how can a company be so political? How can they turn something that was soooooooo hyped and praised into something that shouldn't have happened. The last of us part 1 is a game I have held high even before I played it. I wish this wasn't a game, but it is, and we have to live with it. Graphic wise amazing
  14. TS153
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game play was similar to the first installment., The graphics are just awesome. The plot and story went in a direction I honestly didn't expect, especially after waiting for 7 years. Some of the marketing tactics used to make a selling point for the game were misleading. In the first installment there was a big focus on character devopment and building an emotional bond between the player and the characters. This current installment came off like it was going to force you to have an emotional bond with Abby and friends. This would've been a more acceptable story line if some of the events were presented in a different order. More time was needed playing with Joel and Elle to allow players to fill the same nostalgia they felt for the first installment. If this happened and within the mist of Joel saving Abby there was the flashback to the end of the first installment and then a subtle transition to the charter Abby's flashback point of view there may have been some aple time to develop the emotional bond the game leads me to believe they wanted the player to have with Abby. If your upset your less like to try and focus on the trails and tribulations that Abby faced growing up and this greatly impacted the way players saw her character. Also, the impact of the violent acts to follow may have been better understood and wouldn't have garnered Abby that instant hate from the fan base I previously referred to. Thubk about it, who wants to play a game with a character you absolutely dispise and can't relate to? No one. There was also a change in the flashback in this installment that didn't mirror the actions that took place at the end of the first installment. So plot holes and just overall continuity of the story began to crumble. Another continuity issue was with the characters. Joel and Elle both were just doing things that based on the character development in the first installment doesn't match the actions/decisions they were making in this installment. It was like they were the same characters, but not really. So a lot of sequences that took place in the story felt forced. You end up just not caring about any of the characters that were not in the first installment and I believe that couldve been different with a change in the sequence of events/flashbacks. Lack of puzzles compared to the previous installment. The ending, I don't know, it seems like there was some confusion in the writing department as to how they really wanted the ending to be. Almost as of they wanted to kill Elle, but of that would have surely meant the end of this series. This very well may still be. We will all have to wait and see.

    Overall: 2/10 (I see no replay value for fans of the first installment)

    Game Play: 9/10 (similar to the previous installment w/minor hiccups here and there)

    Organization/Sequence of events: 1/10 (the player response didn't have to be forced, and character development could've been much better with just a few changes to the sequence of events)

    Story/Plot: 3/10 (initially started off as a good story, but the sequence of events just ruined the view of the story the writer wanted it to originally have)
    Graphics 9/10 (were just awesome just like the previous installment, although I thought the frame of Abby couldve been a little more polished. Should've had the appearance of being strong without being freakishly looking)

    Character Development 0/10 (when it comes to the time players have spent learning Joel and Elle compared to the newer characters...there just wasn't sufficient enough time to develop emotional bonds or gain a true understanding of those characters, thus no interest in them at all)

    Replayability 1/10    … Expand
  15. BlueWeed97
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Realmente no puedo con la historia es terrible, arruino completamente mis expectativas de 5 años, matar a Joel como si no fuera nada y lo peor de todo jugar con esa madre de hombre, no que pena; gráficos 100, historia 0
  16. Crazayboii
    Jun 26, 2020
    2
    Extremely poorly written story, coupled with recycled gameplay from 7 years ago. A slap in the face to anyone who was interested in this franchise. Don't waste your time.
  17. jqbrandon
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Execution of the story was poorly done. They go against the setup of Ellie and Joel’s relationship in the first game by killing Joel off in a dumb way.… Expand
  18. 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
  19. abeljr
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    The story destroyed this game. I’m sad beyond belief. The Graphic is top notch and the same with the gameplay, but the story....... Waited so long and now they bring us this? Just so sad. The second part of the game when you play as “the other” character was just so bad that you just wanted to rush trough that whole thing. So sad.
  20. AndrewCritic
    Jul 1, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 2 points only for grafics and new small gameplay features,the story is bad ,seems like you artificially make the game longer and its sucks and boring, ability to play in Abby's side is bad idea cause its too late to justify her.in my opinion you could make a good game but you tried to please everyone:from lgbt to man and woman equality but woman more equal and its sucks too.Good luck to you,NaughtyDog...… Expand
  21. decoTorlezi
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Os gráficos e a jogabilidade são excelentes ... Apenas esses departamentos da empresa merecem parabéns , porém, a história é muito mal elaborada, ela destrói tudo que foi construído no primeiro jogo. Nota 0 para roteiro e direção. Abra os olhos, Naughty Dog… Expand
  22. Kingsegg
    Jul 2, 2020
    2
    It's just a pretty game with a terrible and boring story and unlikable characters.
  23. Phannah24
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    No spoilers.... great graphics, looks amazing and for the first couple hours I was inthralled... obviously the big UH OH is the story, which was obviously the only driving force in the masterpiece that was The original Last of Us.... questionable directing choices to say the least, especially when we have all seen tragic stories that are brilliantly told... sad to say this was so cookieNo spoilers.... great graphics, looks amazing and for the first couple hours I was inthralled... obviously the big UH OH is the story, which was obviously the only driving force in the masterpiece that was The original Last of Us.... questionable directing choices to say the least, especially when we have all seen tragic stories that are brilliantly told... sad to say this was so cookie cutter and genuinely lost interest within the first 2 hours playing as Abby.... A big let down to say the least, but hey there is still cypberpunk!… Expand
  24. R3NO2LP
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Extremely boring gameplay just as the first game was! The character-development is atrocious. The graphics and the physics seem to be pretty good, unfortunately it is completely unplayable on the PS4.
  25. Abeharo
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    The writing of the story is kinda lame if you compare it to the last game I'm devastated for what they have done
    Please make naughty dog great again
  26. Raxhanto
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    this is my first review ever. but its an honest one.

    i loved the first game and was excited to finally be able play part 2. but unfortunately the story is disappointing. the game looks amazing, and i think the voice- and motion acting is superb, but the story falls flat. ellie being a lesbian has been in the game since the expansion, so i figured that the next part would focus on her    this is my first review ever. but its an honest one.

    i loved the first game and was excited to finally be able play part 2. but unfortunately the story is disappointing. the game looks amazing, and i think the voice- and motion acting is superb, but the story falls flat.

    ellie being a lesbian has been in the game since the expansion, so i figured that the next part would focus on her relationships as well, and i had no issues with that.

    hopefully naughty dog will learn from this. its a shame that TLOU2 ended up the way it did, but we shouldnt start a witch hunt because of it.    … Expand
  27. SpotOnTom1733
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Not as good as the first one, nothing new, lame story. Only good thing about it is the fighting mechanics and the graphics.
  28. ThisisReview
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    Good graphics and gameplay. Story ruined the entire game. Massive disappointment.
  29. Mestredi
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    História muito ruim, não chega nem aos pés do primeiro, gameplay repetitivo.
  30. Folkenstal
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The worlds/levels are beautifully crafted, the characters look great. The story though doesn't make much sense: Characters don't behave like we know them and make choices that every fan of the game would frown upon. The game also made a false advertising over who we play as. Frankly, we play the second half of the game as a character that is hated by the player. The also try to tell us she's a great characters by showing her pet dogs and be an animal lover.
    If you only knew what she did at the beginning of the game you'd hate her. Despise her.
    And then we're forced to play as her. It's absolutely ridiculous and I am so disappointed from Naughty Dog.    … Expand
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared 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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