The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Socotroco
    Jul 11, 2020
    1
    It is a terrible school, first giving a vague and simple death to the most distrustful character in a post-apocalyptic world, a man who did not even say his name, after that we forced ourselves to empathize with Abby and put on absurd things like Abby loves the Nature Ellie hates her, and that they give us a story of revenge so that in the end nothing is done and a character full ofIt is a terrible school, first giving a vague and simple death to the most distrustful character in a post-apocalyptic world, a man who did not even say his name, after that we forced ourselves to empathize with Abby and put on absurd things like Abby loves the Nature Ellie hates her, and that they give us a story of revenge so that in the end nothing is done and a character full of muscles in a world where you are going to starve and live hard looking for provisions to survive.… Expand
  2. dread1234
    Jul 11, 2020
    3
    This game wants to bury everything seen in the previous installment, its history is poorly counted, although they had 7 years to develop it for this and many other things, I cannot compare it to the previous one, since in these types of games history is one of its pillars and in the first it was excellent but in this one you notice the script flaws and lack of connection with the characters.
  3. BastiaanGG
    Jul 11, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I didn't like the weird pacing. The constant "3 weeks earlier, 3 months earlier, 5 years back, and so on". It was editted very poorly making the main story (about Ellie) feel off.

    The second part (about Abby) was useless, I couldn't make a connection with someone who killed Ellie, the main character of the best game ever made (TLOU) and Joel probably an even better character. It again comes down to pacing. Adding 12 hours of Abby after stuff gets interesting with Ellie really demotivated me. I had to start over again with a character I did not want to know.

    The Last of Us 1 had a story that didn't care about ethics and morals. It was about Joel loving Ellie. Going into fight or flight after not being allowed to say goodbye, nor getting payed for his deeds instead getting left out to die.
    Turning this on his head and focussing 1000% on morals and ethics in TLOU2 made it feel like the writers for the game missed the mark of the 1st one.

    TLOU1, 9/10
    TLOU2:
    Good graphics and details (Naughty dog being Naughty dog, gg).
    Good gameplay but it gets a little repetetive after 20+ hours and a shame that all the zombies were the same as the first game accept for 2 new, rather uninspired additions. But good enemy AI overall.
    Not a story I personally connected to.
    Total: 4/10    … Expand
  4. AnHonestGuy
    Jan 10, 2021
    10
    This game has one of the most immersive gameplays ever in the video game industry. Whenever I stopped playing this game it was either for I had to do something else or I needed to go to sleep. This game is by far one of the most polished games out there. I loved it and after beating the game I always think about it. This game is not just a game but an experience you'll never forget. YouThis game has one of the most immersive gameplays ever in the video game industry. Whenever I stopped playing this game it was either for I had to do something else or I needed to go to sleep. This game is by far one of the most polished games out there. I loved it and after beating the game I always think about it. This game is not just a game but an experience you'll never forget. You don't get this kind of game much. I appreciate everyone who worked on this game. THANKS!… Expand
  5. V1p3R1992
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Такие долбоебы, кто ставит 0...
    Что первая часть шедевр, что вторая! Однозначно к покупке!
  6. Illmetbymoonlgt
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    Fantastic game. If you loved the first, you’ll sure love this one. Gameplay is amazing, story is on point and the atmosphere is incredible. Don’t believe all the hate.
  7. TenToedSloth2
    Jul 11, 2020
    0
    Beautiful game other than the tearing but that is it. Game play is horrible constant frame drops on pro. I can only imagine what it's like on the standard console. Naughty Dog ruining yet another franchise the story is absolutely horrible. Naturally Sony doesn't refund for this crap. Come on Sony a little more customer friendly tactics will take you a long way.
  8. jerobussio
    Jul 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I enjoyed the game for 13 hours straight, yes, the story was not as compelling as that of the first title, but it was still good enough that it kept me motivated, plus my love for the characters pushed me forward to fulfill their objectives. I got scared, I was engaged, I was driven by anger, I felt that I was one with Ellie. I played the game at night, wearing headphones and with the lights off just to be as immersed in the game as possible, in short: I was having a fantastic experience, but then...

    i have no clue what went through Druckmann's mind, how in the hell would I want to play as Abby, it has nothing to do with her being the "villain" or the way anyone wants to interpret it, it is the fact that I have to go to the theater to kill Ellie, and I know I'm making it there because we are shown that they meet after 13 hours of playing with Ellie, so there is not even a shade of doubt regarding my objectives or destination.

    I am not going to mention the bad storytelling or the plotholes because I do not care about them, I could do with bad writing as long as I am playing as the people that i had learned to love 6 years ago. In the end, the 10 hours I played as Abby, to me, were not enjoyable, I stopped playing at night, I stopped wearing headphones and I did not care about anything about it, I paced through it in one day because I couldn't bring myself to play as her and to top it all off I have to bash Ellie's head in too, like WTF?

    i am really disappointed with this game, not just because I did not enjoy it, but because I had so much faith in ND to produce a game which would at least match the first one's level of emotion, and in turn I ended up hating the sequel to my favourite game ever.    … Expand
  9. Ridd1337
    Jul 12, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ждал игру 5 лет в итоге получил одни разочарования.Сюжет завязан на месте Элли , что не лучший вариант для сюжета.Приходит какая-то бодибилдерша и убивает лучшие что есть в этой игре.Дальше главная героиня полная мести отправляется в Сиэтл и убивает всё что движется.Когда мы доходим до определённой точки, нам дают играть за Эбби.Мне вообще не хотелось ей сопереживать (Возможно если бы это была отдельная игра про неё, никак не связанная с прошлыми героями первой части то да , сопереживал бы ). Дальше по сюжету Эбби убивает друга Элли - Джесси (Это был единственный здравомыслящий персонаж, которого так и не раскрыли нормально). В итоге происходит битва на берегу с Эбби где Элли выигрывает,но перестаёт её душить и отпускает.Лучше дали бы выбор убить или отпустить.Два пальца из десяти или же два удара клюжкой для гольфа из десяти.… Expand
  10. Mojoboy77
    Jul 12, 2020
    5
    I'm not gonna give a long review for this game because everything has already been said. If you want to know why people don't like the game just watch one of the 10.000s of reviews that give extensive and fair reasoning.
  11. Sovietfox
    Jul 12, 2020
    2
    I created an account just to make this review. The graphics and gameplay just barely make the game playable. The story is a dumpster fire and tries to force you to empathize with people you truly don’t care about.
  12. Banjoboiiii
    Jul 12, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To be honest, I didn't really like the game. Not just because Joel died in the beginning of the game way to early, but also I feel it didn't have the same vibe as the first one, the first one I was constantly on the edge of my seat and completely engaged in the game, but I found in LOU2 some parts were drug out a bit to long and I found it a tad boring. And tbh, I don't really find the ending very satisfactory, although I do know why they did it. The fact that a lot of characters I personally liked a lot died, such as jessie died didn't really help. I found that the end of the game was the best for me. This game is BY FAR not as good as the first but I guess for some people it's ok. There are many other games. I'd prefer to play other games such as Undertale, deltarune, Arkham games, shadows die twice, etc. Sorry about this just being all over the place but I just don't think it's worth the time or money… Expand
  13. poezda
    Jul 12, 2020
    0
    The plot is empty, the action is protracted, there is no cinematic linear addictive development of events, the transitions are torn, the story does not involve the game, indecent pressure on basic emotions like animals, the basis of the game is like cheap action movies
  14. Jackedripley67
    Jul 12, 2020
    0
    A complete disregard for everything that made the original good. It's actually heartbreaking how bad it is. I don't get excited for new things anymore thanks to The Last of us Part 2.
  15. MadnessMalina
    Jul 12, 2020
    0
    Я разочарована, никаких положительных чувств от игры не получила. Лучше бы второй части не существовало вовсе.
  16. Bloggy1225
    Sep 1, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay is the same, ellie's story is boring revenge, don't get me started with how they get rid of Joel, Abby is excessively violent for no reason.
    Overall, doesn't hold a candle to the original game in terms of story BUT I do appreciate how they make you see the other side for once.
    I even came to somewhat like Abby by the end of her little bit. Still, not a great sequel.    … Expand
  17. Ageon613
    Jul 12, 2020
    4
    How can you even think to develop game on this story politics aside this was **** WTF do your self a favour and never play least graphics was good and voice acting Tyler1 has my review on this.
  18. Jeffytos
    Jul 12, 2020
    2
    A game with good gameplay( although it feels the exact same as the last one) horrible story would wait for a price drop
  19. Leonkennedygs
    Jul 12, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a huge fan of the first game, it breaks my heart to write this. I can't express how disappointed I am with this game. The graphics, and game play were great, but I was here for a great story and it fell flat on it's face. Everything with Ellie was great, and the story was advancing beautifully... and than I had to control Abby? The person who killed Joel? The person who I've been trying to kill for over a dozen hours? Am I supposed to emphasize with her, because I didn't. The entire story portion of the Abby story was awful and everything felt unbelievably forced. The ending had no resolution... zero. Ellie travels across the country, giving up her girlfriend and "son" and doesn't kill Abby? Zero resolution. I spent 25 hours for nothing essentially. Joel was dead and Abby was alive in the first 2 hours of the game, and at the end it was the same exact thing. I don't know what Naughty Dog was thinking. Maybe they wanted to try to be "deep", but this has been a huge disappointment for me, all due to extremely poor story telling. I am going to delete this from my system and pretend like it doesn't exist. The first game was a masterclass in both game play and story telling, and while the game play was top notch, fans of the first should not be able to get over how poorly the story was told in this. They said they would not make DLC and now I'm happy about that. I hope they let this series go because it's a shame what they did to it.… Expand
  20. Alissaernie
    Jul 12, 2020
    0
    So many 10/10 reviews. I tended to give 6 for the game-play. Now, I change my mind...
    After several dozen hours of gameplay, I was kind feeling be torture in the last 10 hours. I very enjoyed the amazing quality and all the fights. But eventually, I lost my goal. I don't know what and why I play. TLOU2 stary is trying to tell us to forgive, but all the decisions the characters made are    So many 10/10 reviews. I tended to give 6 for the game-play. Now, I change my mind...
    After several dozen hours of gameplay, I was kind feeling be torture in the last 10 hours. I very enjoyed the amazing quality and all the fights. But eventually, I lost my goal. I don't know what and why I play. TLOU2 stary is trying to tell us to forgive, but all the decisions the characters made are insane. The story is telling me a person who killed hundreds of ppl and even abandon the love to family can learn forgiveness? The story isn't convincing enough, not even close. TLOU2 story is a really huge fading compare to TLOU. Very disappointed!!    … Expand
  21. Binston
    Jul 13, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the worst writings I've seen in recent years. Even if you are not emotionally Attached to the character Joel this would still get you angry of the poor justification of the character Abby they've tried so hard to like her character but failed so bad that everyone just want to kill her for killing Joel, Still a bold decision by naughty dog but didn't expect this naughty feedback. Abby Character design just gets on my nerves they should've kept her as a villain. WORST CHARACTER DESIGN AND WORST WRITING… Expand
  22. papaion
    Jul 13, 2020
    0
    Probably best game I ever played. Brought me so many emotions, played 26+ hours in a row. Really deep story. Waiting for part 3)
  23. ViniciusReis21
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sorry for the sloppy English, for a game that is acclaimed for its story, the last of us 2 really tries to keep an adult story, but fails miserably, ellie kills everyone on her way to complete her revenge, does not forgive a guy who makes a sandwich for her in a **** apocalypse, but at the last minute decides to forgive the only person who never deserved to be forgiven.
    Who thought that would be a good idea?
    Absurd script decisions, which look like I'm playing any game but the last of us.
    Plot armor to be laughed at, the game tries desperately to get you connected with the character of abby, again failing miserably.
    The only good thing about this waste of game is the graphics and the gameplay.    … Expand
  24. Sulkystone69
    Jul 13, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hola he esperado un tiempo para despejarme y analizar este juego bien para después dar mi opinión.
    The last of Us 1 fue un increíble juego, de hecho es mi juego favorito y lo seguirá siendo, así que estaba muy expectante a una segunda parte (cada año que pasaba lo jugaba otra vez hasta que pudiera jugar la continuación de este).

    Pre-ordené el juego y comencé a jugarlo, las primeras horas estaba todo bien (estaba enamorado con las nuevas gráficas y amaba el hecho de poder ver a mis personajes favoritos otra vez) hasta que llego la muerte de Joel en la cual llore como una niña que había perdido a su muñeca favorita, pero esta escena tan brutal hizo que naciera otro sentimiento en mi ademas de pena, era la ira y con cada célula de mi cuerpo quería asesinar a todos los presentes en esa habitación algo que también pensaba Ellie por lo tanto me enlace de una manera perfecta a la misión del personaje.

    Todo iba perfecto hasta que sucede lo mas inesperado me hacen jugar con la persona que mas odiaba en ese momento Abby y entendí perfectamente el porque. Lo que quieran lograr los guionista era que me empatizara con Abby pero lamentablemente yo no soy Jesus como para ir perdonando a gente porque es lo correcto, para mi lo correcto en ese preciso instante era matarme de las formas mas crueles posibles.

    Avanzando con la tortura de 12 horas de Abby en la cual no me pude enlazar con el personaje de la misma forma que con Ellie llegamos al momento donde pensábamos que todo se iba a solucionar, que porfin íbamos a obtener la venganza, pero no y para cagarla mas te hacen luchar contra uno de los pocos personajes que de verdad llegue a amar en el primer juego y que están vivos. Eso para mi fue el fin, no paraba de preguntarme en mi cabeza ¿De verdad pase las ultimas 12 horas de mi vida sufriendo con este juego para que termine así? Pues al parecer no sino que después de volver al juego del gato y el ratón llegamos al verdadero final donde Ellie decide no matar a Abby porque ve a Joel en ella y entiende que el no hubiera querido esto.

    Pues espere 7 años de mi vida para estas 22 horas y déjenme decirles que no valió la pena es una de las decepciones mas grandes que he tenido en mi vida creo que la gente de Naughty Dog no entiende el sentimiento que los jugadores les ponen a sus juegos y cuanto amor fue entregado por nosotros a la memoria del primer TLOU. El 2020 nose pudo haber puesto peor.

    F    … Expand
  25. Riviander
    Jul 13, 2020
    0
    The only good about this game is the first 12 hours, the graphics and the gameplay (which is exactly the same as TLOU 1). The rest is a pretentious try to mix thing up in terms of story, but they ended up creating an uninteresting, boring and poorly written nonsense which drives every The Last of Us fan into an inconsistent loop of disappointment. If they don't admit it is because they areThe only good about this game is the first 12 hours, the graphics and the gameplay (which is exactly the same as TLOU 1). The rest is a pretentious try to mix thing up in terms of story, but they ended up creating an uninteresting, boring and poorly written nonsense which drives every The Last of Us fan into an inconsistent loop of disappointment. If they don't admit it is because they are in a great state of negation after seeing what was done to their favourite franchise. The game is not controversial because of the sexuality stuff nonsense everyone thinks the controversies ara about, the controversy revolves around it being downright bad, nothing more. They think they made a groundbreaking discovery with the twist they took, but is nothing more than a pretentious try to change what is established, not getting anywhere with it. Please don't make part 3.… Expand
  26. SteveOmelchenko
    Jul 13, 2020
    0
    I hope in the third part we find out, that the second part was Joel's nightmare.
  27. Tompsitompsito
    Jul 14, 2020
    3
    The story feels really clunky, kind of like you are playing multiple games that got shoved together. They try to introduce a new main character but failed at making her as interesting or likeable as the characters from the original. This ruins the pacing as you spend the entire time with this character, just wishing you were playing as the other characters.

    There are redeeming qualities    The story feels really clunky, kind of like you are playing multiple games that got shoved together. They try to introduce a new main character but failed at making her as interesting or likeable as the characters from the original. This ruins the pacing as you spend the entire time with this character, just wishing you were playing as the other characters.

    There are redeeming qualities about the game, but it's hard to give it a high rating when I just enjoyed less than half of the game. If you enjoyed the first game, there is little change to the gameplay. The graphics are good. But it fails to capture the magic of the original.    … Expand
  28. KrokoR3
    Jul 14, 2020
    1
    the story in the game is poor, the battle is boring. Spoiled all the memories. Do not even believe where the world will roll in 2020, the studios do not understand that most of their fans and consumers are not minorities.
  29. Sarelvdm
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    sarelvdm18

    For the game play in the Last of Us 2, I will rate it 7 out of 10

    For the story line in the Last of Us 2, I will rate it 2 out of 10

    Overall 5 out of 10
  30. Folkart
    Jul 14, 2020
    3
    Not enough ammo on mid level + challenge to make game enjoyable; always low, frequently totally run out. Two main characters extremely flawed sociopaths. Unsatisfying as both loose everything in the end. Director didn’t know how to end the game so tacked on an obvious second ending to a confused and disjointed story. Too much politics, just want entertainment not more controversy.Not enough ammo on mid level + challenge to make game enjoyable; always low, frequently totally run out. Two main characters extremely flawed sociopaths. Unsatisfying as both loose everything in the end. Director didn’t know how to end the game so tacked on an obvious second ending to a confused and disjointed story. Too much politics, just want entertainment not more controversy. Sorry I bought it. Won’t buy another Naughty Dog. LoU1 Lucy first try. Waited years for LoU2 but only got a poor stepchild.… Expand
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  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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