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. Ariex7
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kills of the main char that I loved. Not only that, very dark. Instead of hope given in the first game, this game is dark with the aim of hate. I hope
    naughty dog learns and never makes this type of mess.    … Expand
  2. Anal69
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    1 for effort and graphics. Storytelling is horrible i expected to be way more than oh this guy is dead he was like father to me let's revenge him.
  3. Alexwrx
    Jul 19, 2020
    1
    Si buscas jugarlo por su historia mejor no lo compres pero si buscas jugabilidad es buena opcion. No me parecio muy bueno el rumbo de la nueva historia y como resulto la muerte de Joel. El primer juego fue muy bueno por la historia que nos narran con Joel y Ellie cosa que se perdio en esta segunda parte.
  4. th_elden_ring
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    I am really sorry but this is a HUGE disappointment. I could not believe I would ever say that. I was looking for this game since I finished TLOU I. It was such a brilliant game, it left me with an empty feeling, like you finish a good TV series and don't know what to do after because nothing can replace it. Thats how good the first part was. Now this. 0/10 this is my rating. Deal with itI am really sorry but this is a HUGE disappointment. I could not believe I would ever say that. I was looking for this game since I finished TLOU I. It was such a brilliant game, it left me with an empty feeling, like you finish a good TV series and don't know what to do after because nothing can replace it. Thats how good the first part was. Now this. 0/10 this is my rating. Deal with it Naughty Dog. Just like you told us to deal with this product which you needed 7 years for.… Expand
  5. Stereodelux
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yes the game is beautiful, that I have to admit. The gameplay was fluid and the environments have great atmosphere. But the reason I play these games is for the story... and what a horror show this was. I seriously considered stopping playing 2-3 times because of the decisions that were made. I will not go into detail about the anti-male feel I had during the whole game, but it really made me uncomfortable at times. On a gameplay level it slightly improved on the previous game, but it also borrowed so much from it, playing it very safe. All in all I can't understand where the 10/10 comes from .. I really don't. And the trailers did indeed lie about the story played out .. big time.
    Edit: Just finished the game and I need to change my score from 2 to 1. This is the first time I hated the game I was playing. never happened to me. Forcing fans of the first game to play as the killer of your favorite character of all time is not ok .. ever.    … Expand
  6. Nick_Nech
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Это худший сюжет который я видел. Геймплей не эволюционировал по сравнению с первой частью. Очень жалею , что купил эту игру.
  7. Kaos_420
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    Game sucks. Bad story, wished I listened to all the leaks and wish they would give everyone a refund.
  8. jijiboy1782
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    All right where do I start. Let's start with the easiest; the positives:
    - The game looks gorgeous!
    Now that that's out of the way, let's go into what I don't like about this game: - Story is bad. - Dialogues are cringy - The love interest always brings up her jewishness when it's unnecessary and religion was never even mentioned in the first game. - It's also funny how you    All right where do I start. Let's start with the easiest; the positives:
    - The game looks gorgeous!

    Now that that's out of the way, let's go into what I don't like about this game:
    - Story is bad.
    - Dialogues are cringy
    - The love interest always brings up her jewishness when it's unnecessary and religion was never even mentioned in the first game.
    - It's also funny how you coincidentally find yourself in a synagogue but can't even target jewish symbols. Let's look at Neil Druckmann's early life section on Wikipedia to find out why...
    - Speaking of Neil Druckmann, I love how he inserted himself in the game just so he could spit on Joel's corpse and **** a transgender in motion capture.
    -I also love how the first game was all about surviving in a ****ed up apocalyptic world and the relationship between Joel and Ellie, while the second game is about revenge and having a lesbian roadtrip.
    - The gameplay is really boring and doesn't contribute to the experience. You barely even play this ''game''. It should've been a movie.
    - The fact that Sony and Naughty dog lied about the importance of Joel and shut down anyone talking about the spoilers really shows that they knew people wouldn't buy the game if they knew the dumpster fire of a story they created.    … Expand
  9. Badstuffx
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    Trash SJW Game, no need to buy it, nothing enjoyable and fun about the game.
  10. Edalzebu
    Mar 14, 2023
    1
    I liked the graphics and the game by itself is great. But whomever wrote this story is just plain stupid, way to **** on a game.
  11. ericwpc
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    Strong racial discrimination!
    I deeply hate this and make me feel very sick!
  12. GutsDaSwordsman
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This game visually looks stunning.

    The sounds, the voice-acting, and the performances done by most of the cast do a great job. The things that drag this game down to a cold and dark abyss is the writing and overall direction. The dialogue is written haphazardly and shoddily, old characters feel like caricatures of their actual selves and new characters ARE caricatures as they don't    This game visually looks stunning.

    The sounds, the voice-acting, and the performances done by most of the cast do a great job. The things that drag this game down to a cold and dark abyss is the writing and overall direction.

    The dialogue is written haphazardly and shoddily, old characters feel like caricatures of their actual selves and new characters ARE caricatures as they don't bring any depth and are as bland as unseasoned chicken.

    The decisions characters make are laughably comical, people change their minds on a whim and in a game trying to be serious it feels like someone made a painting of a lifelike stick figure pretending it was a work from Michelangelo.

    Gameplay though improved from the original still works and is at best serviceable to get to the main and end objective of a Last of Us game which is the story. The combat looks better, and feels a bit better but its like putting a fresh coat of paint and asphalt over a bridge you've gone over for years. It'll get you to you're destination.

    And the journey that this game will be taking you through will be filled with shock value, things are not setup properly, payoffs are weak and disappointing, things will happen that will be attributed to the game world being harsh and unforgiving but in reality are just dumb and not thought out.

    The game features a meandering plot, flashbacks, and just not a hint of remorse for the players that will be, in the vein of The Last of Us Part II, torn to pieces towards silly plot-points, long side "missions", and an ending that would and should make the player feel absolutely sick to their stomach and not in any way signifying that the story works. It is because the story how ever you look at it does not work that the player feels betrayed, abandoned, and baffled.

    Six to seven years of development, Neil Druckmann and all the other higher ups in Naughty Dog that let this happen wasted fan goodwill, wasted the efforts of the graphic team, the technical team, the sound team, and all the other hardworking men and women trying to bring entertainment and enjoyment to the people.

    1 out of 10.    … Expand
  13. DarkNeko
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Imagine waiting for 7 years for this garbage lmao.. People don't like not because of gay and lesbian.. its the bad story writing.. its NONSENSE LMAO.

    imagine killing hundreds of people and just go "Revenge bad".. what an absolute trash.. People defending the game are mostly idiots who can't comprehend **** this is just insult to the fanbase.
  14. OASIS230798
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    I never expected anything about this game, but still disappoint me. I was really afraid that the spoilers wherer real. But damn this was worst. Congrast to the team that develop this, it was very hard to **** this up, and you made it.
  15. SkylineTo
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ruined the entire series an hour and a half in, story is spotty you kill the main character from the first game with some Random woman and then play as her for half the game. Way to make fans of the first game bitter, they overworked Naughty Dog employees and pushed them to design a game so loosely based on the first. Maybe you shouldn’t have fired the original writer because they actually made TLOU1 a masterpiece while this is just a cash grab bc it’s named a sequel of a good game. If this was a spin off I can see the artistic direction A LITTLE BIT but it’s still so messy but being a direct sequel is a shame to the Last of Us that released years prior. Boooo this game… Expand
  16. drpepper10tm
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    Horrible writing. these people ruined the game . Sad to see that these people are trying to force their ugly agenda down peoples throat.
  17. CalamityCourier
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    I dont want to spoil anything. I know I wanted to make my own opinion without reading all the spoilers out there. I finished the game today and I was sadly disappointed with the whole experience. Besides the graphics, which blew me away and really added to the story telling. The problem is the story sucked. I'm not saying that because of the heart wrenching moral decisions. That's whatI dont want to spoil anything. I know I wanted to make my own opinion without reading all the spoilers out there. I finished the game today and I was sadly disappointed with the whole experience. Besides the graphics, which blew me away and really added to the story telling. The problem is the story sucked. I'm not saying that because of the heart wrenching moral decisions. That's what really shined in the first game. Knowing what Joel went through with his daughter Sarah. Then to have Ellie forced into his life, a young, good girl who desperately needed at least one person there for her. You can imagine how painful it had to be for the both of them and even understand if Joel thought it would be to cold to just move past what happened with Sarah and now treat Ellie as his girl. That game hurt....but in a good way. TLOU2 feels like it tried to recreate tragedies but left out hope around the corner. In the first game you are watching as Joel and Ellies bond slowly, slowwwwly gets stronger. Giving hope that maybe the could bring a bit of happiness to each other in the middle of this bleak and tragic apocalypse. TLOU2 left out addictive hope and suspense around every cut scene. In stead the story felt very cold and emo, "the world sucks and we're all just doing what we have to in order to survive" and then repeats that line another dozen times and ends in the same fashion. I heard Neil Druckmen didnt care if people really liked the game or really hated it as long as they were passionate. I dont think he realized or maybe didn't care why people were captivated by the Last of Us originally, but it feels like the sequel came from a very bitter place by very bitter people.… Expand
  18. Gihene
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm so disappointed by the story. I didn't expect that.
    Joel die miserably and the game is all About revenge and not Survive against zombies. A Deep desappointement    … Expand
  19. vivaba6983
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Giving it a 0 wouldn't be fair because the game has amazing visuals. But other than that there's not a lot of good things I can say.
  20. BobJones932
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    I played this game more than 99% of the journalists. It gets a couple points for making it to release and decent mechanics... other than that I get enough virtue signaling trying to watch the news I don't need it roughly inserted.
  21. alibaba1
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    it looks good, but that is the only thing going on for it. druckman proves that he's nothing but a sadist. the story's plot revolves around breaking down ellie until she's nothing but a broken lonely person in an apocalyptic world. it's boggles my mind how it got a score of 95.
  22. shree21
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There is a reason why people liked the first game... THE STORY. This game screwed that up on so many levels. Word of advice the characters that you loved in the first game? Don't get too attached to them, the characters do stupid things that they wouldn't normally do (Like Joel blindly walking into an ambush!). This leads to a pointless ending from a pointless bloody violent journey resulting in really nothing for the main characters. Its a weak message to stop a cycle of revenge. Btw why is Abby so buff? Guess steroids are easy to come by in the apocalypse.… Expand
  23. Gullz
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is **** Joel dies within the first two hours, and you have to play as his killer. Legit some of the worst writing ever. "Bigot Sandwich"… Expand
  24. Digitalph33r
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    The Last of Us 2 is a complete dumpster fire narratively. Yes let’s just completely destroy the characters of the first game by making them do things they would never do given their actions in the first game. The handling of characters is poorly executed and has one of the worst written stories in gaming, particularly as a sequel, I have ever played. Why couldn't they just leave it alone?The Last of Us 2 is a complete dumpster fire narratively. Yes let’s just completely destroy the characters of the first game by making them do things they would never do given their actions in the first game. The handling of characters is poorly executed and has one of the worst written stories in gaming, particularly as a sequel, I have ever played. Why couldn't they just leave it alone? The first game ended perfecly, there was no need to spell everything out and over explain **** I am just gonna pretend that the part 2 doesn't exist, problem solved!… Expand
  25. VERGILOSCURO
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Gráficamente es muy bueno explota la capacidad de PS4 literal parece que va explotar mi PS4. Es muy aburrido, se carga la historia, incluso un personaje que se parece a Neil, le escupe a un personaje importante. Es obvio que el mismo Neil sabe que le escupe a sus usuarios. Muchas cinemáticas, en vez de venganza parece que van en un viaje romántico.
  26. Deeedza
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Naughty Dog have destroyed a promising franchise with poor story telling and faux-wokeness. Don't waste your money or time on this game.
  27. Havox_Obsidian
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Disappointing, disgusting, horrible. Keep your expectations low please. This game never existed for me.… Expand
  28. Evilgreenmidget
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unfortunately, this game is a travesty. I wanted to come in and enjoy my time with Ellie and Joel, I wanted to experience the world after Joel doomed the human race by killing the surgeon and saving Ellie, making the hard choice that his own personal needs and desires were more important to him than the survival of humanity. I really wanted to experience that aftermath, to live in that moment and feel guilt for my actions in Part One.
    I didn't get to. I got to experience Joel act completely out of character and die because suddenly, out of nowhere, our hardened father figure is naive. I was forced to watch as the life drained from this monster of a man, and then go on a journey of revenge. At least I'd get my revenge.
    Nope, I murder my way through the liberation front for a chance to kill Abby, the woman who killed Joel, only to suddenly be forced to watch her walk away, because suddenly, and without any narrative reason, Ellie decided that killing was bad.
    This game is not worth your money, this game is not worth your time. I am writing this to save you the hassle.    … Expand
  29. Codylicious
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game could of been great if they stick to the first game's pacing and storytelling. The characters in this game seem out of place, they did have good casting however compared to the game like Horizon or the Netflix Witcher series. But this game had no "feeling" to the storyline. What made the first game great was the bonding of two characters and the development. This game felt so empty, I felt more confused with the characters as the story progress. These are not the same characters we known and loved. This game is a waste of time and money. I should never rely on IGN reviews because this game was not really polished. So many plot holes.… Expand
  30. Trask84
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Good; The graphics are amazing, no game breaking bugs at release.

    The Bad: ruined the franchise, forces you to do real messed up stuff, then preaches how bad you are... this is 2020 enough problems in RL as it is no need to make our gaming world even worse...

    So if anyone ever tells you, you can not polish a turd, just point them towards this game.    … Expand
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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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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