The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. IAmShan
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Storyline of the character Joel deserved a better resolve, that's all i can say without spoiling much and the gane trailers released by naughty dog were deceiving beyond comprehension.
  2. SyriusZ
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    The visuals are amazing, the game is polished and the atmosphere is nice and that is about it.
    The game-play, just as the first one is simply mediocre. It's just there to press buttons to interact with this long movie.
    So this whole game just like the first one, it's all about characters and story. So how are those? Game of Thrones Season 8 + The Last Jedi + Mass Effect 3. The story is    The visuals are amazing, the game is polished and the atmosphere is nice and that is about it.
    The game-play, just as the first one is simply mediocre. It's just there to press buttons to interact with this long movie.
    So this whole game just like the first one, it's all about characters and story. So how are those? Game of Thrones Season 8 + The Last Jedi + Mass Effect 3. The story is just simply an abomination. And since this whole game is all about the story and nothing else, this game itself is an abomination.    … Expand
  3. PEnchan707
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    TL;DR Oh Bruce and Amy, where art thou? 14 yr old Ellie in the 1st game is a deeper and more mature character than the 19 yr old Ellie in this game.

    The story needed to be a strong part of the game's appeal, like in the first, so that's what I'll concentrate on and choose a score for. The rest of it? Fantastic production values and technical merit. Not so good are the gameplay    TL;DR Oh Bruce and Amy, where art thou? 14 yr old Ellie in the 1st game is a deeper and more mature character than the 19 yr old Ellie in this game.

    The story needed to be a strong part of the game's appeal, like in the first, so that's what I'll concentrate on and choose a score for.

    The rest of it? Fantastic production values and technical merit. Not so good are the gameplay that is quite dated and only slightly improved from the first. Skill trees are linear and seem like an after thought. You can see the graphics and hear the sound etc for yourself so you'll know what to expect in those regards.

    So, the story. It fails. Druckmann is in love with his vision to the detriment of the story. He seemingly thinks, 'Look how unrelentingly violent and dark my game is, therefore it's mature and deep', but it just doesn't work.

    Almost all the characters are shallow and one-dimensional with naught to express but hate and spitefulness, always prepared to cruelly lash-out even when there's no apparent cause or reason, even when it would be in their interest to not do so. It feels like they are artificially hellbent on destruction just to accommodate Druckmann's obsession. It's totally implausible that you'd have such a long-line of malicious individuals all interacting with each others lives like this. It's all so contrived, as is the way the main character's lives keep weaving together.

    I kept watching their behaviour thinking, 'You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes'. I couldn't feel sorry for them, I couldn't feel anything terrible was happening - they pretty much all just reap what they sow and they only have themselves to blame in a way that, instead of making me engrossed, just made me view it impassively, like a far-removed bystander. They were too shallow to care about or believe.

    If you saw a bunch of bandits and criminals constantly getting into petty disputes and killing each other, would you really care?

    We've seen stories like this so many times and done by better writers. Many of the key scenes seem to have been simply plucked from various movies, games and shows (like a pick'n'mix) then simply shoved in without any skill. Sin City torture, Game of Thrones sex scene, Witcher 3 snowball fight, Walking Dead 'everyone's behaving like animals', basic TV show soap opera 'selfishness leading to neglected duties that lead to tragedy', etc, etc. All this stuff having been done before isn't the problem though, it's the paint-by-numbers delivery that's the problem.

    Not to mention the countless times the game talks down to the player (do they realise people 35+ might have been interested in this game?) by using the rote 'revenge breeds revenge' motif.

    The ending in particular is incredibly cliched and plays out in a completely unconvincing way; it's just bizarre and completely without motive. Is it just there to say, 'Haha! Not what you expected, eh?' Except I did expect it for reasons that are spoilery so I won't go into it. Honestly, it was so cliched that all that was missing was Ellie looking into a mirror to see her hatefilled face - before smashing it in rejection.

    Tarantino once said, 'Don't jerk off your audience for 2 hours and then have no money shot'. This game does it for 30 and leaves you unfulfilled.

    The original's themes of love and family were much less used in gaming and the motivations of the characters much more relatable, imho. A wasted opportunity and a game that I suspect will not be remembered particularly well once the dust has settled and the consensus declares all those ridiculous 10/10's to be nonsense. This will be a Mass Effect 3 type thing but with people's grievances being aimed at most of the story, rather than just the ending.

    I hope ND make sure there's more than one 'top dog' for their next game.

    To finish with, here's some bullets point musings.

    -Joel in the 1st game: 'Never trust strangers, never take unnecessary risks'.

    -Joel Part 2, 'Howdy pardners, my name's Joel, would you like to see our village?'.

    -Ellie Part 1: 'Gee, kids before the apocalypse had it so easy. I'd never take the gifts they had for granted. All I want is a family'.

    -Ellie Part 2: 'God, this village with food, water and security, full of friends, a woman I love and a strong community sucks ass! It's sooooo lame! My life has no meaning!'.

    Druckmann: 'Using all-new characters in the sequel would have been cowardly, Ellie and Joel's story needs to continue'. *proceeds to make a game only about Ellie and a stranger while also introducing a bunch of new characters*

    Druckmann: 'I want to make people feel things', creates a story using one of the most used themes of all time and adds nothing new. Gives the player no choice/consequence, thereby leaving them detached onlookers.    … Expand
  4. Swinehouse
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    I loved The Last of Us 1. Now that I’ve seen the ending of the second I can only consider this sequel to be what every naysayer claimed it to be: an absolute bastardisation of everything the first game was from a story perspective. It plays okay, but so do other games. This wrecks the entirety of what made the first game so special.
  5. GOLDWON
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's hard to understand the scene where Abby notices and kills Joel. I can understand the story. But how did Abby know that he was chasing the character only by hearing that his name was Joel?
    It knocked us out of shapely. Rather than revenge, we felt as if our bond had been broken down.
    Ellie, of course, can't make rational judgments in that' ellie just want revenge. Therefore, we have to hurt innocent people as many times as we did before.
    We even have to manipulate the character Abby who hurt Joel on our own. Do we want to play a game? Joel, who was selfish in his previous work but spared no effort to protect his daughter-like Ellie, faced a disastrous end. If you're a fan of the Last of Us, can you continue the game with Abby?
    No, you'll fall into despair.    … Expand
  6. DN345U
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    Good graphics, animations, and voice acting. The gameplay is the same as the first game and the ai is a dump. Only big minus for this game its a story, characters, and dialogues. I don't have a problem with people of various genders, nationals, races, interests, and so on. It is just a very very bad alternative universe that doesn't exist in the mainline as for many people. Don't spreadGood graphics, animations, and voice acting. The gameplay is the same as the first game and the ai is a dump. Only big minus for this game its a story, characters, and dialogues. I don't have a problem with people of various genders, nationals, races, interests, and so on. It is just a very very bad alternative universe that doesn't exist in the mainline as for many people. Don't spread the fake news that those people who don't like this game are sexist, fascist, and so on.… Expand
  7. pokemoc
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    **** game of the year. Even I hate FF7R story but this piece of crap is worse than that. Nice Neil Uckman
  8. V1rTus
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    I'm so sad. the game sucks. the plot is just disgusting. characters are not worked out, as well as their motivation.
  9. Schopenhauer
    Jul 1, 2020
    1
    Druckman's Gynocentric ego trip.
    The "Cordiceps" is irrelevant in this game. The pandemic wich would have been very interesting to explore more, was totally absent for this teenage drama.
    All mayor characters are biological females struggling with sexuality. The only relevant male character, well... i better shut up. The game clearly is Druckman's wet dream of a political statement.    Druckman's Gynocentric ego trip.
    The "Cordiceps" is irrelevant in this game. The pandemic wich would have been very interesting to explore more, was totally absent for this teenage drama.
    All mayor characters are biological females struggling with sexuality.
    The only relevant male character, well... i better shut up.
    The game clearly is Druckman's wet dream of a political statement.
    The game in technical terms is flawless, you can tell they crunched the team with a whip.
    Because is a story driven game, and the story is amateur at best, i give it a 1, for the sake of the team wich made this bad story look so amazingly good.    … Expand
  10. Variag01
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Boring story, boring characters, boring relationship, boring,boring,boring. Good graphics though.
  11. Negolash
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    If you've never read a book or even seen a movie about revenge you'd like it. Otherwise it's cliche and boring. Revenge is bad, duh. (it's also not, revens is as good as the reason is)
  12. Allyptic
    Aug 29, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game looks like a game from the ps3 era with ps2 textures and ps1 performance. Unplayable mess crashes every 30 minutes - can't even judge the gameplay and story...… Expand
  13. shadsolo
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a tragedy this did with this game. When they made me kill Joel with that terrible character. I had to quit.… Expand
  14. danil123
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Ужасная игра много пропоганды лгбт,феминизма и прочих "толерантных" взглядов. Бросил прохождение после часа игры
  15. diegobage
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Seven years to create an offline game, and what we see is basically the same as TLOU1, and with a worse, much worse story. When will companies understand that mixing politics with games is not a good idea? Good graphics, but nothing extraordinary.
  16. Dynako
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Complete failure, ND should be ashamed for putting out the worst storyline in video game history and completely ruining a franchise.
  17. grimlock73
    Nov 3, 2020
    1
    Not worth the effort, and Sony blacklisting people for negative review is just sad, investing in new Xbox and game pass way more value than the crap I got for sequel of a beloved game with nothing other than graphical improvements.
  18. sotobayes
    Jul 8, 2020
    1
    The game is disgusting. This whole topic of revenge is disgusting! The characters of the protagonist disgust
  19. Infinity_Gauntl
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Let me say that I absolutely loved the first TLOU. I gave it a 10/10. The graphics on this are outstanding but they really try to throw LGBT content at you without any real premise. They are really doing it to be controversial and it really sticks out like a sore thumb. TLOU was one of if not my favorite games and I waited years to play this game. I really tried to avoid the spoilers thatLet me say that I absolutely loved the first TLOU. I gave it a 10/10. The graphics on this are outstanding but they really try to throw LGBT content at you without any real premise. They are really doing it to be controversial and it really sticks out like a sore thumb. TLOU was one of if not my favorite games and I waited years to play this game. I really tried to avoid the spoilers that came out but now after playing a decent portion of this game I can just tell you that if this is just a pile of /// and I should've just read the spoilers..... I am so disappointed. I will now be wary of my next Naughty Dog purchase.… Expand
  20. Karljj
    Jun 27, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gioco perverso nella storia e nel design e nei messaggi ideologici che offre ai fans, il direttore creativo andrebbe licenziato e vietato di mettere mano a mai nessun altro videogioco; uccidere Joel il personaggio più amato dai fans, ma scherziamo!? finale super-patetico. Gioco bocciato.… Expand
  21. BlazingSoul
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the most important part of the first game, the story, was severely massacred in this sequel. It shows no respect or follow the original plot. Very unlikable characters and motivations, repetitive game-play, and awful anticlimactic ending. You can find even more engaging story lines in the 8 bit Mario games.… Expand
  22. death2hype
    Jun 27, 2020
    1
    I cannot believe what this franchise has turned into: a bloated story stuffed with unnecessary characters and bad writing. Worst of all, half of what made the first game special has been taken away from us...

    This story ended with the first game.
  23. ldub
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    Loved the first Last of Us but after reading how Naughty Dog treated their people like absolute **** and there was a mass walkout/layoff it snowballed from there learning the SJW background of the director, the corrupt outside influences he brought in and collaborated with, subtle hints from the more well known voice actors that this would be an extremely controversial title and to "justLoved the first Last of Us but after reading how Naughty Dog treated their people like absolute **** and there was a mass walkout/layoff it snowballed from there learning the SJW background of the director, the corrupt outside influences he brought in and collaborated with, subtle hints from the more well known voice actors that this would be an extremely controversial title and to "just give it a chance." etc etc....

    When the leaks hit and the director started screaming at people on twitter that if they didn't regard his work was a masterpiece or they're bigots... that's when I decided I'll rent it first from Redbox. Meanwhile dank memes flowed on subforums, and Sony hired third party goons who sent out illegal DCMA takedowns against youtubers and redditors. That made the trolls even more determined expose The Last of Us 2 for what it was. They even used super harsh embargos on pre-release/view copies while sold-out media jurnos gave it 100%s for fear of being blacklisted by Sony.

    Sad to say but this game is beyond tainted. I'm done with anything Naughty Dog or Neil Druckmann related. I couldn't stomach The Last of Us 2 after the first hour in, and thanks to the garbage people involved with the project, I didn't want to give it a second chance. This has been an embarrassment for the entire industry. Nothing stunning and brave about rushing this out just in time for "everything is gay" month of June. The disgusting portrayal of this patchwork abortion doesn't do the original Last of Us any justice or its fans what so ever. I'll give it a 1 out of 10 for nice graphics, but they couldn't even get that right since they never hit 60fps. Two thumbs down.    … Expand
  24. Insef
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    I give 1 'coz i've heard that 0 doesn't count at all))
    Nice visual. Very good source of desktop wallpapers actualy, but... the story, what i loved in first part. Where is it? No? So... here's my 1! in case I cann't get refund)
  25. lolorik
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    Game play is average, for the most part boring, the graphics and soundtrack are amazing. However, the story is very nonsensical up to the point I'm playing and it's a shame because it is a very story centric game. There was a point I thought I was sitting through a CW's Batwoman episode. If that's a good or a bad thing, that's for you to decide.

    I don't think I'll finish it. I was    Game play is average, for the most part boring, the graphics and soundtrack are amazing. However, the story is very nonsensical up to the point I'm playing and it's a shame because it is a very story centric game. There was a point I thought I was sitting through a CW's Batwoman episode. If that's a good or a bad thing, that's for you to decide.

    I don't think I'll finish it. I was hoping the plot would get better but it is actually getting worse. Maybe I'll just watch what's left for me to play and quit. I'm very disappointed.    … Expand
  26. lulususka
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    Pooooor sh1t story... very bad level design and stupid grind... grind and stupid leveling system... plz dont make games if u dont know... i was pay for this game 70€...
    Never again from u...
  27. McFluffin_Bunny
    Jul 22, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The visual is great and so is the music but that's about it. the story and plot are downright terrible. this is no way the plot or story that should follow up the first game. In no way do would I want or expect Joel to be killed off from the story the way he was (trying to not include too many spoilers). Ellie's story of revenge tour to then have it change at the end is piss poor story writing in my opinion as well. Also, the whole trying to force me liking Abby is piss poor story writing as well. I honestly wish this game's story and plot could be completely rewritten by different people. I don't mind that Joel dies or if you even want to include Abby play-through in the game still but it needs a total rework in my opinion.… Expand
  28. nz_reg
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    Everything except graphics is bad. Awful story writing and boring gameplay .
  29. freeeeeeeeeeeee
    Jul 21, 2020
    1
    The game is terrible the story is bad. Abby is a terrible character. They broke the new characters killed Joel in like 30 minutes or something like that. terrible
  30. lastghost68
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    I loved the first game but this one is not worth your time. If you loved the first game avoid this one at all costs. The game totally disrespects the characters from the first game. This is not well written and often a lot of the game feels like they are making you do things just to make the game longer. I would have liked to have spent more time with the original characters, and the newI loved the first game but this one is not worth your time. If you loved the first game avoid this one at all costs. The game totally disrespects the characters from the first game. This is not well written and often a lot of the game feels like they are making you do things just to make the game longer. I would have liked to have spent more time with the original characters, and the new characters you end up really not caring about them. How they went from such a great game in the last of Us to this Dumpster Fire is beyond me! Trust me, save your money and Skip This Game!… Expand
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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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