The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 161975 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. Brickzz
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horrible, Literally sumed up as sjw garbage. Quick run through, manly looking girl kills straight white male, lesbian goes for revenge, manly girl finds friendship in trans boy(girl to boy), then another straight male gets killed, another straight white male left unable to fight. Unable to decide if team lesbian or team trans should win, they decide we will take away the lesbians ability to do 2 in the goo 1 in the poo and let them all live because LGBTQ agenda plot armor. This game literally had some good parts but the clear female empowerment agenda is in this game. All men are jerks and bigots, and woman are the best. The 1st game was a masterpiece, this game just takes a load all over it. And no, no one wanted to play as the person that killed their main character from the last game, that is such a stupid idea. I get they wanted us as an audience to see the enemies point of view, but I'm sorry, I don't want to hurt or chase after the people I grew to love in the first game. Soooo, thanks for that... however, I did enjoy the idea of what happens when you become consumed in revenge you will end up with nothing. As Ellie, Literally lost everything, and was unable to have her closure with Joel because of Abby, but she had her chance, didn't take her revenge (because plot armor) that costed her to lose everything. So leaves the question, what's the bloody point of this game?… Expand
  2. Ashenkhar
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Woke AF trash. Agenda-based games are not why I play games. There is enough garbage in the news *every* *single* *day*. Nobody needs or wants this in their games.

    Naughty Dog has fallen so far. Such a shame, really.
  3. GABRIEL1030
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. .....this game es garbage, pure political garbage......what are you doing Sony?… Expand
  4. BillySpandex
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    I did everything I could to avoid the spoilers, and the very little that did catch my attention, I made a conscious decision to ignore it. I even told myself that there was no way they could be true.

    I blamed trolls for spreading fake news, and yet, I can't believe how wrong I was.... 4 hours in, and I had to face the music. Everything they said was true. The story was dreadful,    I did everything I could to avoid the spoilers, and the very little that did catch my attention, I made a conscious decision to ignore it. I even told myself that there was no way they could be true.

    I blamed trolls for spreading fake news, and yet, I can't believe how wrong I was.... 4 hours in, and I had to face the music. Everything they said was true. The story was dreadful, bordering on idiotic and it was nothing like what I expected from Naughty Dog.

    This wasn't a game to enjoy, this was a disgusting set of circumstances that a bunch of terrible characters found themselves. At it's worst it's just murder/revenge porn. This is arguably the worst game of this generation, and yet... conversely the most beautiful. I'm not even sure what they were thinking. Just a huge wasted opportunity to create something truly iconic and memorable.

    Instead, all I have is regret at the fact that I wasted money. Money that I could have spent on something more worthwhile.    … Expand
  5. Semrosto
    Sep 9, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game provides one of the worst narrative experiences. It is clear that it is more at the service for a political and ideological purpose than a plausible sequel. So my vote is for the visual and artistic quality at the expense of so much human work "crunch"

    spoiler alert
    I don't know of another franchise where in the sequel the protagonist is destroyed and we continue to torture Ellie and still not satisfied the director had the excellent idea of ​​mutilating the character. I honestly don't know why so much fetish in doing this.    … Expand
  6. moholdt
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    I'm not a huge fan of the gameplay from the first game, I thought it was ok, but the story was the one thing that kept me going. The relationship between Ellie and Joel was so beautiful that it literally made me fight through it all to see its conclusion.

    This sequel takes everything I loved from the first game and throws it in the trash by the first couple of hours. The gameplay is    I'm not a huge fan of the gameplay from the first game, I thought it was ok, but the story was the one thing that kept me going. The relationship between Ellie and Joel was so beautiful that it literally made me fight through it all to see its conclusion.

    This sequel takes everything I loved from the first game and throws it in the trash by the first couple of hours. The gameplay is pretty much the same as the first game, but this time the story is not interesting enough to make me want to push on. I did it in spite of that, hoping for some redemption, but overall the game is just utterly depressing and violent.

    There's been a lot of controversy about this game, about its characters, about "pushing the narrative". I've never cared about a characters sexual orientation or anything like that. When I play a game I want a good story, some hope, good characters and in this case, I wanted redemption. But I got none of it from this game. I was just left depressed and angry. If this was the developers intention, then fine, they succeeded, but there was nothing to take away from it all. The journey wasn't interesting, the gameplay is somewhat copy/paste from the previous, the violence and torture is overwhelming, and the characters was one dimensional, uninteresting and unlikable.

    I can't for the life of me understand how journalists are giving this game such raving reviews, it baffles me. It's like they never played the first game. This is a sequel, its story from the first game matters. This should have been a seperate titled game, far away from the legacy of The Last of Us, and I wouldn't have wasted my money on it.

    I would give this game a 0/10, but because aparently it's beeing treated as review bombing I'm forced to give it a better score.    … Expand
  7. trench
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Look I’m all for some misery in my stories, I love a bleak world without much hope. Because the hope that remains is that much more beautiful. You can find meaning in the suffering that will help you when real life gets real bad, as it tends to do. Nihilism isn’t all bad, godless existentialism isn’t about hopelessness it’s about finding hope in the chaos. This game is not Nihilistic, thisLook I’m all for some misery in my stories, I love a bleak world without much hope. Because the hope that remains is that much more beautiful. You can find meaning in the suffering that will help you when real life gets real bad, as it tends to do. Nihilism isn’t all bad, godless existentialism isn’t about hopelessness it’s about finding hope in the chaos. This game is not Nihilistic, this game is Sadistic. This game is just out to stomp on your emotions. It’s in no way uplifting, its not even insightful, it’s just misery with no deeper insights worth finding.… Expand
  8. Thaltom
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Incredibly woke garbage. Beloved main character is killed off for shock value. Pick this game up after it has been heavily discounted.… Expand
  9. Vigil
    Jul 25, 2020
    1
    Despite the early leaks I still went into this game hoping that Naught Dog didn't completely break what I loved about the first game; turns out I was bitterly disappointed. Everything I loved about TLoU was butchered beyond belief (all within the first three or so hours), and the amount of hard-left political grandstanding was extremely immersion breaking. It's like the devs completelyDespite the early leaks I still went into this game hoping that Naught Dog didn't completely break what I loved about the first game; turns out I was bitterly disappointed. Everything I loved about TLoU was butchered beyond belief (all within the first three or so hours), and the amount of hard-left political grandstanding was extremely immersion breaking. It's like the devs completely forgot what made TLoU special and interesting in the first place - although, I'm led to believe that this complete change in tone and direction was, unfortunately, intentional. The first game had nuance and characters which made you invested in the story, but there's none of that to be found in the sequel.

    It should be noted that the presentation is excellent. The artists at ND are absolute wizards at environmental art, and they are to be commended for that, but the gameplay doesn't improve greatly and it plays almost identically to the first game. Aside some minor traversal mechanics which honestly add nothing but padding, ND haven't improved or iterated in any meaningful ways.

    Overall I'm bitterly disappointed with TLoU2. The best part about the original was the relationship between Joel and Ellie, and both of those things are gone. What's replaced those characters are thoroughly unlikable shells which serve nothing more than to push a horribly written narrative, full of explotiation and plot holes. I refunded this game after completing it in roughly 26 hours, and now I'm writing this.

    Do yourself (and the industry) a favour and skip it. Watch some reviews. Read the millions of comments. Caveat emptor.    … Expand
  10. Slash2x
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This whole game was a hot mess of conflicting ideas. It feels like the director could not make up his mind on what kind of game he wanted to make so he just settled on pretension and self-aggrandizing elements.

    You spend tons of time killing dogs and fighting them because they are dangerous enemies in the game. Then there is a QTE that forces you to kill a specific dog. Then they hop to    This whole game was a hot mess of conflicting ideas. It feels like the director could not make up his mind on what kind of game he wanted to make so he just settled on pretension and self-aggrandizing elements.

    You spend tons of time killing dogs and fighting them because they are dangerous enemies in the game. Then there is a QTE that forces you to kill a specific dog. Then they hop to the other character and flashback to show you the dog you killed was so special. It really feels like the director is trying to scream at you "FEEL BAD NOW PUPPET!" There is no natural interactions to make you feel much of anything in this game it is all contrived and poorly presented fluff emotions. It feels like watching a garbage sitcom without the laugh track, without some external force trying to MAKE you feel a certain way it is boring and dull.

    The whole Joel thing is pointless and just for the reaction because they wanted to try and force the player to more engage with the game emotionally. It not only does not work it undoes all the growth as a character that Joel did in the first game, while simultaneously having him go against his whole character and being WAY to trusting for no reason at all other than PLOT SAYS TO TRUST!

    I will give them 1 point for mostly keeping the combat of the 7 year old game they put the skin of on this hot mess of a game.    … Expand
  11. Fuzi0n
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    We waited for seven years just to see how everything built up in the previous game has been completely and utterly destroyed. You can really feel how the developers hate this world, despise everything that they built in TLOU and couldn't care less what fans think.

    The gameplay is also really lame unlike in the predecessor. I was wondering how they pulled that off, until I realized that    We waited for seven years just to see how everything built up in the previous game has been completely and utterly destroyed. You can really feel how the developers hate this world, despise everything that they built in TLOU and couldn't care less what fans think.

    The gameplay is also really lame unlike in the predecessor. I was wondering how they pulled that off, until I realized that Naughty Dog has a turn-over of over 70 percent, which means that any talent that had worked at this once great studio has long left for greener pastures, where the company culture isn't disgustingly "woke" and there is no endless crunch.

    How could Sony have greenlighted this garbage?! HOW!!!??? This game is so appalling and frustrating it should have never been made. Rabid far-left SJWism has destroyed a once great game developer and it is a shame to see.

    Sony should do the right thing and shut Naughty Dog down. They are done, nothing good will ever come out of this studio ever again.    … Expand
  12. Nogard123
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This is how you destroy a good game and give the middle finger to all the fans.

    RIP
  13. Scottibatous
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    A massive disappointment and an insult to the first game which is a masterpiece!
    Really sad that developers like naughty dog get special treatment from reviewers, they have taken steps backwards over the 7 years since the first game. Funny how none of the reviews mention that
  14. bloemer
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Is it possible to get a refund for a digital version? I played ca. 1h and I wont play it anymore. I dont like it, it feels like a fraud. GFX is great, but the story is boring and its not fun at all. When I PLAY a GAME I want at least a lil bit of fun, otherwise it feels like work... I loved the first Part and played it several times from begin to end, but this second part is trash. (andIs it possible to get a refund for a digital version? I played ca. 1h and I wont play it anymore. I dont like it, it feels like a fraud. GFX is great, but the story is boring and its not fun at all. When I PLAY a GAME I want at least a lil bit of fun, otherwise it feels like work... I loved the first Part and played it several times from begin to end, but this second part is trash. (and yeah once again, it shows how corrupt the gaming media/press is. all those over the top fake positiv reviews. I really hope those 'journalists' got paid well because they ALL lied or never really played the game.) I WANT A REFUND!… Expand
  15. Marlim
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    A that game killed the first in a very disrespectful way... Terrible story with characters, boring pace, terrrible AI which remind me of some hipster emotional low budget drama movie. A bigger disaster than 2020 with this whole pandemic going around. Don't waste your money
  16. Sizuke
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    Apart from good graphics. That's it..
    Very bad written history, it has nothing to do with the former game. What were they thinking in letting this out. Money money money.
    Nothing to see here !
  17. anvamit
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    SJW of US! )
    Why make such a game, is the apocalypse so boring to shove it all?
  18. jflyin123
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game looks and plays great, but nobody is playing TLOU for the gameplay. I have no interest in playing Neil Drukmann's terrible fanficiton fantasy. I have no interest in watching the characters i love from the first game all of the sudden act like complete morons in part 2. I have no interest in being forced to play as the character that brutally murders the character i grew to love from part 1. I have no interest in playing a game that is trying to check diversity boxes before making good characters. I have no interest in playing through a 25-30 hour narrative that accomplishes NOTHING. I have no interest in supporting a company that runs a manipulative marketing campaign that outright LIES to their consumers. I have no interest in supporting a company that abuses copyright policies to try and take away the livelihoods of content creators just for talking about their game.

    Bottom line, this is a terrible sequel to what i consider one of the best games ever made. Terrible enough that in my mind, it no longer exists and The Last of Us is and forever will be a standalone title in my eyes.    … Expand
  19. LordZed
    Aug 9, 2021
    1
    Oh wow it's real, real bad. Holy **** this might be TLJ of video games, made for the sole purpose of pissing off the entire fanbase and LGBT propagandy.
  20. LeoGaliza
    Jul 3, 2020
    1
    Great gameplay (except some strange bugs) and POOR story. A big disappointment.
  21. Ghost67
    Apr 5, 2022
    1
    Whew, one of the worst games I've played. Bots continue to artificially raise the user score, unfortunately.
  22. Jenne
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Just as SkillUp said in his video review - this is The Last Jedi of videogames. Or more precisely - Star Trek: Picard of video games. Universally hated by everyone, left or right, except the journalists. It encapsulates everything that's wrong with postmodern writing, obsessed with deconstruction. One point for the execution, especially the acting and motion capture, which does genuinelyJust as SkillUp said in his video review - this is The Last Jedi of videogames. Or more precisely - Star Trek: Picard of video games. Universally hated by everyone, left or right, except the journalists. It encapsulates everything that's wrong with postmodern writing, obsessed with deconstruction. One point for the execution, especially the acting and motion capture, which does genuinely feel like next-gen.… Expand
  23. 6_4_IVI_3_I2
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    there's nothing i can say that hasn't already been said by the 30k other people here.
    this is the Game of thrones Season 8 equivalent of a sequel.
  24. ablindpoet
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I thought all the rumors and spoilers weren’t true but holy moly is this game a dumpster fire. They were all true. Also Abby is a man not a woman.… Expand
  25. jakool998
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    To be honest, this game have some pretty cool moment. But it also have boring gameplay, sjw bull crap, some shady practice by the devs to limit criticism (dmca abuse, deleting bad review, stealing from artist).
    If you wanna try it for yourself, I recommend renting or buying this game used so naughty dog don’t get paid...
  26. danzcrew
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    Bad bad bad bad bad bad very bad bad very bad verte bad game...............
  27. kayudin78
    Feb 20, 2021
    1
    Great graphics. Great animations. A lot of hard work. BUT! The writers have a special place, along with the writers of Mass effect 3. Bad people. Very evil. And please stop deleting my comments and those people who are unhappy with such an abomination.
  28. VR-4nic
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a disappointment! I can’t imagine Naughty Dog not knowing what made the 1st game so special. For me anyway it was the banter between Joe and Eli and it just being a awesome story with amazing characters. The first game has such heart and made it feel truly special. There’s a little of this at times in the last of us part 2 like the flash back at the museum. Otherwise all the TLOUP2 is, is a revenge story. A revenge story with a lot of far left propaganda shoehorned in which is not my idea of a good time. I could care less if someone is gay, LGBTQ or whatever to each their own. Most people could care less who someone screw all that matters is if you are a good person but when politics be it far left or far right are shoehorned into a game they will only destroy half of your Fanbase if you push them as hard as this game does. I will not be buying any more naughty dog games!… Expand
  29. Siricosirus
    Jul 19, 2020
    1
    Last of us 2 is a perfect example of a product when the main and only goal is to make a point rather than a product. This wouldn't be a bad thing if the writing could make a point in a way that has weight or makes sense.

    Last of us was always about characters and story and so I will score this one based off of those criteria, which is why it gets a hard 0
  30. Cam977
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Visually the game is stunning, but what they did with the story is unforgivable.

    Stay away. There is no satisfaction in the story at all.
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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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