The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. Far_Q
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Last of us 2 is a great looking game but good looks do not make up for a terrible personality.… Expand
  2. IslamicAtomic
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Who at Naughty Dog thought it was a good idea to kill our favorite characters and TRY to make us sympathize with the main antagonist. This game had amazing potential but truly fumbled the bag. Terrible story writing, RIP JOEL, RIP JESSE, RIP TOMMY. THIS GAME IS TERRIBLE AND THEY DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE LIKE THEY DID. WE PLAY THE FIRST GAME AND HALF OF THE SECOND TO HAVE THESE CHARACTERS WE LOVE TAKEN OUT LIKE THEY'RE NOTHING.… Expand
  3. xLutherx
    Jun 27, 2020
    1
    As a player of the first one, I was expecting at least a nice experience from the lore. But even that they destroyed it. The game is filled with bugs and cutscenes so there isnt much gameplay. Since I didnt see the leaks and the trailers shown mostly gameplay I'm deeply disapointed
  4. Solatras
    Jul 6, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was very dissapointing. The story has a lot of plot holes that dettach from the statements of the previous game. The gameplay didn't really improve that much and the mechanics of some things were awful. The graphics and the musical score is the only thing that stands tall at the end of the day. And last but not least important, replayability. This game has zero replayability and there's no reason that you would want to play this game again. 0/10 would not play again. NEVER.… Expand
  5. MeashaBrota
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    The first game had such a touching story and actually good gameplay. Getting the sequel seemed like such an obvious thing to do! but after Joel gets killed so quickly I started to have my doubts. I caved and looked at one of the streamers who played the game early and just saw him running through all encounters without a **** care for the enemies around him. I thought that it must be thatThe first game had such a touching story and actually good gameplay. Getting the sequel seemed like such an obvious thing to do! but after Joel gets killed so quickly I started to have my doubts. I caved and looked at one of the streamers who played the game early and just saw him running through all encounters without a **** care for the enemies around him. I thought that it must be that the streamer was just really good. but no. You can play the entire game by just running away. I felt cheated when I just ran past people and magically dodging bullets even in the last encounter. Then the story... THE **** STORY! the play up this massive revenge plot for avenging joels death. then magically after Ellie is bleeding out and is drowning the one who killed Joel. Ellie just goes, "naw" and lets them go. Naughty dog has had such an amazing track record as a company with their games. The uncharted series had an amazing indianna jones style of story that never seemed to get worse with each installment. So how did they manage to **** up this badly?… Expand
  6. Teri12345
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Oh god they butchered the story and the characters storyarchs like they suddenly meant nothing. Also the game developers personal fantasies were inserted forcefully into the game, which is not appreciated. Would not recommend.… Expand
  7. Relulver
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Created an account just to review this game.
    Borrowed it, and Im glad I did. Im not sure who wrote this, but its so far from the first game that I can't believe its a sequel.
    The visuals are stunning, the combat and environment is engaging and interesting.
    But the story, Jesus **** christ how bad it is. What a shame.
  8. Blackswing
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    The Game sucks because the whole Game its LGBT as **** they are trying to be PC just to atract the LGBT people and they ruined that Game that alot of people was waiting for some answers of the story of the game
  9. office666
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If they wanted so much to kill him why they didn't killed him at the end of the game?… Expand
  10. ArcherMZ
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    The script is pure garbage, gameplay is mediocre at best, visuals are great. They completely ruined the whole experience. And, yes, the first part was a pure masterpiece.
  11. Gacallstar12
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    I wish all these mass media ratings could refund my purchase of this game since they helped push me to preorder. I hated this story. I loved the first game but this sequel is complete garbage. I can’t recall hating elements of the story and character actions in any other game as much as in this one. Feel bad even trying to resell it to someone online.
  12. iamderpherp
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is ruined by it's horrible writing by neil Cuckermann. He has butchered this franchise by writing an incoherent senseless story. The limitations of this game is very apparent mechanics wise and story wise it just doesn't make any sense. It pointlessly incites violence for the sake of it, then adds in feminist sjw agendas to it probably influenced by anita Sarkeesian. The romance is nauseous at best, the gameplay is outdated, the environment is decent, the story like I said is abysmally bad.… Expand
  13. Freshtortillas
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Nothing makes sense anymore, everything sucks, this is not a good story, you had all the freedom in the world to make anything, and you made this, f u
  14. HughMongoose
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This game made me absolutely furious. The ending of this game renders the rest of it pointless. The game terribly attempts to picture the villain as the victim to create sympathy. You will do things that you don't want to as one character and you will not do things you want to do as the other character. Do not waste your money on this. As someone who considers the first game to be oneThis game made me absolutely furious. The ending of this game renders the rest of it pointless. The game terribly attempts to picture the villain as the victim to create sympathy. You will do things that you don't want to as one character and you will not do things you want to do as the other character. Do not waste your money on this. As someone who considers the first game to be one of the best games ever made, this game is a waste of time. Just watch someone else play it if you don't understand why this game is bad.

    The only reason why I gave this a 1 and not a 0 was because the graphics and upgrade system were good.    … Expand
  15. Salpeterzuur
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This game was physically cringe. Its such a pretty game, entirely revolving around a story thats worse than **** Whole writing team should be fired and ashamed of theirselves. **** disguisting.
  16. ArcTrooper390
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    The only reason this doesn't get a 0 is that the game looks beautiful and the animations are really high quality. Also, the combat is just like the 1st game. All the rest is trash.
  17. illy2222
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. convoluted, made very little sense. too much hype for very little value. graphics are great.… Expand
  18. Osirisdotexe
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    I really think i would enjoy the game but honey, that was not the case, it seem too forced
  19. CincyGamer85
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The original was fantastic. This game has decided to focus its story around a social agenda. You play a man (trans) for part of it. Not just any man, but the one that kills Joel, the main character from the first game. It feels like they copied Walking Dead here. The worst part of all is the gay sex scene. How can this be in a video game?… Expand
  20. Gustiiiiiii
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    Buenas graficas, "mala historia", pero es un juego que no comparto sus ideales y siento que me quiere obligar subconciente mente a compartir sus ideales, tiene mucho de izquierdaje y a ellie la hicieron feminizta
  21. WaxBitz
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What can I say... A total bullcrap. I actually bought this game with my hard saving money and it was my first pre-purchase actually and I should have watched the spoilers before buying it... This game is so bad dude... Graphics looks fine, music is meh (the first one was 100% better) and characters worse than meh actually... Well now let's get to the **** story. It's an absolute **** 1/10. Its the worst dude... First Joel died and I cried my eyes out cause he was my favourite character from TLOU series and now he gets beaten by a woman that looks like a man and doesn't have **** and then later in the game she has sex and we see her flat boobs was beaten by a **** GOLF STICK!?!? Nah man this ****s wrong dude... Halfway through the game, you kill her friends as Ellie and then that **** Abby finds her and kills Jesse? **** that. Then you had to play as that **** longer than Ellie! (It took me much longer playing as that **** than Ellie). And I will not even talk about the ending. This game made me hate Naughty dog, the company I love and enjoy, make me hate Ellie (Cause of the ending) and let's not forget who wrote this bull****! Neil Druckmann... Oh yeah, I forgot you had to beat up **** out of Ellie as Abby. Ok, I'm done... I will never buy a game that is written by Neil Druckmann.… Expand
  22. Mustagasamir96
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Why did u kill everything we love......
    Why the agenda is forced into the game DO NOT ENTER POLITICS FFS    … Expand
  23. MedSh
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    The Last of Us Best exclusive on PS3, The Last of us Part II worst exclusive on PS4. Great, I was waiting 7 years and got this.. gutted. Nice job Neil!
  24. Dutch45
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    Gameplay is almost identical to Last of Us 1. The only new mechanic is the use of a rope every once in a while, not a game changer. The story is awful. So many holes in the plot. Another failed liberal agenda.
  25. jalindy
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (TLSS) Graphics can not make up for an absolute failure in basic storytelling, especially coming from a company that is known for putting out amazing narratives. The gameplay has been improved upon and expanded, but still feels outdated.

    (TLS) This game's story seems to try to separate itself from the original, and in doing so, destroys the only thing that made this series special to begin with. While the original had a compact cast of side characters with their own backstories, agendas, and personalities, virtually none of your companions in part 2 have anything interesting or sympathetic about them, and there are so many that it is too difficult to become invested in any one. For example, Dina, Ellie's love interest, is not fleshed out in the slightest, and is as about as engaging as a brick wall outside of her quips (much like other sides chars). The only character I can say I personally cared about was Lev.

    The plot is the main reason as to why the player-character connection is similarly botched with the new protagonist. Introduction of character is key to how we perceive them for the rest of the game. We all know how Abby is introduced, and how the subsequent backwards development of her is mostly a failure. Anything we see of her now is tainted by what she did to Ellie and Joel because we did not know anything about her prior.

    On top of that, there is no meaningful theme or message in this story, despite the emotion it might evoke. Emotion is a given when seeing beloved characters tortured and abused. The Last of Us subtly and naturally develops its message through Ellie and Joel's relationship, and by showing how the world around them affects that relationship, we are grounded in it. Both they and the world are believable.

    Part 2 simply beats you over the head with violence, as if we don't already know that brutal murder is a terrible thing. I cannot see what else the game was trying to say. Humans are bad and do bad things. Humanity makes the same mistakes regardless of the situation they are put in. Again, we know. You cannot show violence and leave it unexamined by any of the characters like meaning will appear out of thin air. Take Ellie's grief, for example. She thinks about Joel often, and his death is the most plausible step forward for her development and the end of his arc. We see her sorrow and suffering, but to what end? We barely know how she feels about it, aside from the fact that it was a horrible experience for her.

    This could have been a beautiful story that actually explores the meaning of revenge and what it does to a person. However, this was ruined from the get go. Abby got her moment of catharsis in Joel's death in the first two hours of the game. In over twenty hours and given two chances, Ellie got nothing like that, and in the end was left with quite literally nothing. The idea that was supposed to be pushed here was torn in two by this duality - is revenge good or bad, justified or not? Who deserves to die for their mistakes and who doesn't?

    This is not "a story that needed to be told." Violence and revenge is a story that has been told a hundred times, both in the real world and in art, and when given the chance to offer a new perspective, whoever the hell wrote this game squandered it.

    All of this is my opinion and what I experienced, and I respect anyone who was able to find a 10/10 in this absolute disaster.    … Expand
  26. RedHawk02029
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Let me be as clear as possible, this may be the worst sequel to a video game iv ever played. The characters, terrible. The story, even worse. The only good quality this game poses is its graphics, I play on the oldest model of PS4 and it looks awesome. Other than that, bad game.
  27. JohnnyFun
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    The first game got me through some tuff times in my life and to come and play this game..honestly made me sick,this is a game that should have been canceled, atleast skate 4 has been announced so we no longer have to think about this terrible plot hole filled game.
    Naughtydog has lost a supporter and many more will follow.
    Half these 10/10 scores are fake or from ppl that never played the    The first game got me through some tuff times in my life and to come and play this game..honestly made me sick,this is a game that should have been canceled, atleast skate 4 has been announced so we no longer have to think about this terrible plot hole filled game.
    Naughtydog has lost a supporter and many more will follow.
    Half these 10/10 scores are fake or from ppl that never played the first game, this game is a visual masterpiece but theres no way in hell we are getting a sequel to this.
    They ruined this story and left it like a dragon ball GT episode......full of trash    … Expand
  28. Arhuel
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Joel became a fool for plot convenience. If I wanted to see more bad writing, I'd rather watch GoT S8 again.
  29. Jyggalag
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Why are you forcing this kind of relationship only to be politically correct and be accepted for other communities? You failed to me and many other users.
  30. Cowboys_hat
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Plain and simple. It's not fun, its just sad and it hurts but not in a 'bittersweet' way. That's what's so bad about it.
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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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