The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. AshleyRiot
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    Everything built up in the previous game was destroyed here.The Graphics and the gameplay is great but those things doesn't make up for the awfull story decisions..
  2. rustark
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. OH MY GODNESS!!! I specifically checked in here to express my outrage. There will be some spoilers!

    Why are all the male characters idiots? Why did the dogs kill Joel? What I just went through?
    There’s no story here. You just run for 20 hours and get no ending.

    For 20 hours, you kill "bad guys" for revenge, and you let the last boss live. Why? What’s the motivation? What’s the point of all this? No response. The developers went crazy with this LGBT and forgot the story.

    I’m convinced that only lesbians should buy this game. If you’re a white heterosexual, you love women, and you’re worried about your brain, don’t buy it! Don’t vote with your money!    … Expand
  3. underooz
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. so Joel is a really dumb old man in this one, this is by far the biggest disappointment i had towards a game… Expand
  4. Guanyu85
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    The gameplay was mediocre but the story was hilariously bad, wait too long for this
  5. AndreyCooop
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    lack of new mechanics, boring story, too long narration, unnecessary flashbacks, terrible...
  6. matt123king
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    I trust naughty dog so much,so I spent 60$ and pre-order this **** game. This must be the worst story I ever seen in my life. When I forced to play as someone I hate so much, i just stop playing and turn off my console. It really hurt my mental heath. I gave 1 point for the fascinating graphics.
  7. Kate_Harper
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    The game wildly disappointed. I did not believe that everything was bad in it, but it turned out even worse. The plot, the realism of the world are made incredibly poorly. Animations praise, there are games where they are made better.
  8. CTHULHU-
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    La muerte más estúpida que he visto en un videojuego y para un personaje excelente, menuda basura. Sí, supone ser un juego crudo, pero aún así que mal manejaron la forma en que muere Joel.
  9. imfest
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    Что б я еще раз в жизни купил приставку и эксклюзивы. Как уже запарил весь этот контент в угоду каких то меньшинств. Игра одно сплошное разочарование. Те люди, которые яростно защищают и поддерживают данный гейминг и конкретно эту игру - горите в аду. Благодаря вам, тупым хомякам, игры стали делать экономисты и СЖВ психологи, а не энтузиасты. Искренне желаю Naughty Dog скорейшего закрытия.Что б я еще раз в жизни купил приставку и эксклюзивы. Как уже запарил весь этот контент в угоду каких то меньшинств. Игра одно сплошное разочарование. Те люди, которые яростно защищают и поддерживают данный гейминг и конкретно эту игру - горите в аду. Благодаря вам, тупым хомякам, игры стали делать экономисты и СЖВ психологи, а не энтузиасты. Искренне желаю Naughty Dog скорейшего закрытия. Видимо переработки вы заслужили.… Expand
  10. Rizo
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo grafico lindo. Historia feita caganddo. Lacracao da pqp. Mataram o ídolo do jogo e ainda no final fez ele falar que deu o ku por uma chicara de café.… Expand
  11. JCV713
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    As far as I’m concerned there is no “The Last Of is 2” They ripped out the mp, Ruined the story beyond repair and copied the game mechanics from the original. It’s crazy to think that after 7 years of waiting they would make something this bad.
  12. GamerGuyDad
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    As a fan of the first game, this was a major disappointment. Everything that can be said has already been said, but here goes anyways:
    + Graphics in line with the times (not a big deal for me, for you it might be)
    - Story is dreadful amd a parting from the original - Character motivations and traits are abandoned from the original - Glitches and bugs galore Replay The original, ignore    As a fan of the first game, this was a major disappointment. Everything that can be said has already been said, but here goes anyways:
    + Graphics in line with the times (not a big deal for me, for you it might be)

    - Story is dreadful amd a parting from the original
    - Character motivations and traits are abandoned from the original
    - Glitches and bugs galore

    Replay The original, ignore this ever existed    … Expand
  13. anklevd
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    briefly about the game: graphics to the maximum plot turn off logic to zero
  14. redstorm007
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    Script is **** want a refund!!!
    don’t get the last of us part 2, it’s a waste of $60.
  15. Pumbao
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    Gameplay os more of the same, but it feels very well done. Graphics are amazing. The sorry, however, takes such a bad shift that made this game unplayable to me. I definitely do not recommend it.
  16. Jerrylad1
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    Weak story and made the main characters into idiots that go against the first game , wouldn't recommend
  17. transmam
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Piece of **** ending. Killing joel no less than 2 hours in game?? You **** let go of the one who killed your **** FATHER. YOU LOST YOUR FINGERS YOU CAN'T GUITAR FOR **** NOW.… Expand
  18. Jihben
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last Of Us Part II: Great Standalone, bad Sequel

    Sadly, nowadays it is a legitimation for publishing bad content, feminism, homosexuality or anything else to implement "politically correct" in a video game or film. Because if the storyline/the gameplay doesn't please the masses or individuals, you are automatically a racist, homophobic, sick human being. Which is indeed not true, because the broad mass of players agrees with these values and norms and have empathy for the characters. Nevertheless, the story is still badly written and even worse told and does not automatically become a "masterpiece" by incorporating such values. Here is a short list of the points which, in my opinion, makes the story bad:

    1. Joel and Tommy behave completely out of character by giving a random group their names and address. TLOUP2 even provides the proof for this itself, because as Ellie said: Joel and Tommy were aware that Joel has many enemies. (This is illogical in the normal world alone, but in a post-apocalyptic world? According to the motto: I go to any random group, tell them my name and address and then invite them to empty my fridge, although I know them for 3-4 minutes? Difficult but, ok.)
    2. The way Joel died is not worthy of a main character of this caliber. The death of Joel was a inevitable consequence for a second part, but the production was simply off.
    3. The fact that you MUST play the murderer of Joel for about 10 hours after watching Joel being brutally tortured and killed by him is insane. The order is crucial for me, because afterwards the game tries to force you into empathy to this character, which is not possible for me anymore. Perhaps when the order would be different, the empathy as well as the understanding would be much higher.
    4. Tommy behaves again out of character, which is ironic, because he behaves neither as in the 1st part nor as he was presented in the 2nd part. Because first Tommy goes off alone to protect Ellie and others, then wants to go back with them, after they teamed up in Seattle and he was told that Dina is pregnant. He barely gets away with his life (which I think is very unrealistic, considering the wounding he was inflicted with) to put pressure on Ellie one year later to finally hunt down the murderer now, and to put her own life at stake, even though he knows that she has a family now? It just doesn't fit his character.
    5. Ellie's departure at the end was not necessary. She takes off for another month-long "journey", leaving behind child and wife to hunt down the murderer of Joel. Any normal person who is filled with such hatred (especially in an apocalyptic scenario) and has two fingers bitten off during the "final" fight, would beat or kick the murderer with so much rage until you are exhausted or the adrenaline leaves the body again. The fact that Ellie lets the killer go is not logical. And yes, that's the "moral" of the story, but the fact that hate creates more hate and that you only experience loss and suffering with blind thoughts/actions of revenge is something that was performed 4-5 hours of playing time earlier and so I think the end is a pure time shift.

    I don't care if a main character is male/female, gay/lesbian, black/white, African/Asian (to make that clear), as long as the core of the storyline is well worked out and you can identify with the protagonists or antagonists, which was very well done in the first part, but was mocked in the second. Positive about the game is the graphic appearance, as well as the open world parts. The gameplay hasn't improved much, but gives the impression that it is a bit outdated. As a very emotional person who comes for a great story I can not rate this game better than 1.

    My conclusion from The Last of us Part II is, that no matter if you like the game or not (in my opinion it was a bad game), it doesn't matter anyway, because it's always easier to put others in a pigeonhole than to accept justified criticism/feedback. In the end all that counts is how much money the product has made, regardless of how high quality it is.    … Expand
  19. Ayrivia
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To me there are borderline rules for story plots -- food is worthless as long as it is toxic, even if it looks good and smells attractive. A game is worthless as long as it is obnoxious to the point you lose your appetite to play. It is a pity for those reviewers that had to play (assuming they did) through and yet had to lie for whatsoever reason.

    I cannot understand how characters from the prequel went casually consumed for nothing. This is a betrayal to players who went for the game for all the reputation it had before. And no, I don't even want to talk about unrealistic character design or what. It is the very first scene of the game that ruins the whole experience, which is almost impossible to salvage -- and of course they didn't end good enough to pull it back. I was in a shocked state throughout and had no idea what was I playing.

    What a pity.    … Expand
  20. KosGree
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Игра о том,как беременные сильные и независимые женщины на стероидах побеждают вонючих и беспомошьных цисгендеров,сексистов,шовинистов
  21. LambdaOfChaldea
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hello and good morning from where I am, I wanted to post this review starting with the fact that I would give this a 5-7 in the ratings but due to reasons I will soon talk about you will see why.

    Firstly I would like to say this game is not bad visually, it is an extremely beautiful game and one of the most graphically splendid games in the last/current decade however the mechanics are not as they could be, assuming that the assumptions that Naughty Dog pushes their employees to the brink of insanity are true it is understandable but where it lacks in refinery it offers an excess in accessibility truly making it so that anyone who is anyone can finish the game which is good on their part.

    Now the issues.
    Let me let out a disclaimer first, I have not played TLOU part 2 nor will I play.
    The reason why my review is so low is because of the story, the build up and the way the media are handling it. Firstly the story is horrendous, I've seen better writing in shows like Eromanga Sensei (shameless plug) anyway so the story is bad, starting from the way Joel and Tommy where acting in the beginning, they were acting like they only been surviving for a few days which as we all know is a lie, Joel of all people would know better after all in the first game he was untrusting and over cautious, to the point where he could anticipate an ambush for him to go and die in such an obvious ambush is insulting. Then it gets worse, Joel death was not necessary but it was expected but they did not make it worth it because Elly goes through the game killing over hundreds of people but spares Abby because of reasons not explained, she had a flash-back of Joel and stopped. Why?! The game won't tell you, Neil won't tell you and the media won't tell you because there is no reason why except to get you to come back and buy the next game. If this were truly a story of the cycle of violence Abbey should have died in that moment and got her due reward for killing Elly's father figure, ruining her relationship, biting her fingers off and basically ruining her life.

    Aside from the story we get Sony and Naughty Dog's blatant abuse of the copyright system and throwing out DMCAs to everyone who dared to even look at TLOU 2 leaks/memes the wrong way. I understand that you would want to keep these things uptight so you could make more money as a company but to abuse a system so much without consequence just because they talked about it is not okay and it will never be okay no matter what universe your in Naughty Dog and Sony will always be in the wrong in this situation. To add to the fire is Sony's double standard with censorship, so let me get this straight a 3-D fully acted scene in a game by a Sony exclusive is brilliant but a tiny bit of cleavage needs to be scrubbed from the face of the planet, that is not a good business practice, actually to be honest it isn't actually one or the other for this one anyway it isn't right what they are doing and should reevaluate their censorship rules.

    Finally the media the media has decided to collectively group all the haters together and put a label on them like, their transphobic, homophobic, perfectgamephobic or bots there all bots, instead of reporting the actual issues like the DMCAs, false advertising, etc. they want to paint any failure on us bigots for not supporting the game, as a journalist they need to cover theses stories with divinity and grace, refraining from pushing the narrative for their own gains and the defeat and deflation on the opposing side.

    That is why I must give it one. If you SJW, feminist **** people wanna kill me here's my twitter @LambdaOf_Chaldea try all you like to beat me down but you won't stop the truth from coming up and Metacritic if you delete this review you are admitting your helping Naughty Dog and you have your own terrible agenda to achieve by keeping them happy. I thank you for your time.    … Expand
  22. minori_love
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    As a fan of The Last of Us, I am really sad
    I really can't accept such a plot arrangement
  23. criticoncom
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Malísimo! No pueden meter al protagonista como si fuera nada!! Está secuela es un asco!!
  24. IvanHu80
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Forcibly using the death of the previous generation to sublimate the game is something that the weak will do. If you feel that such a storyline is used to perfunctory players, you have done it.
    Isn't playing games full of sensory stimulation? Why bring the set of your real hobbies into the game?
    If Ellie was killed, Joel will use his life force to destroy the opponent.
  25. djanowar
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Aside from visuals there’s nothing in this game. Story and characters suck.
  26. M7MED88
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Very bad story ☹️
  27. rotschach
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Засрали шикарную историю феминистичным и лгтбшным говном
  28. Jnosh
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    After playing through the first one and seeing all the characters growth, to see what they have been turned into here is unjustified. It’s a story heavy game but the story is whack
  29. Piinks
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you've ever watched Game Of Thrones, well...this is the "Game of thrones" of computer games.

    The first "Last of us" was one of my top 5 games of all time.
    Really felt attached to the characters and you really get to see Ellie and Joel become like father and daughter.

    With LOU2 they completely change who Joel was as a person. Why would a man who has clearly done bad stuff in the past...
    just randomly give his real name to a bunch of strangers, when they know the areas and who's around?! They (him and tommy) know there are people who may be after them because of Ellie/fireflies and their own past.

    They give him one of the worst deaths within the story. No build up to it...no nothing.

    Then they make you spend half the game playing as the person who murdered Joel in an attempt to make you feel sorry for her(Abbi), even though she doesn't have any remorse for the people she kills throughout the story. Ellie only wants revenge for Joel and you see that in the situations where she kills people, you see her heart breaking because in every situation...you(Ellie) are attacked first and HAVE NO CHOICE but to kill in defence.(the game doesn't give you any other options)

    Absolutely butchered this game!

    This game COULD HAVE been really good, even with this "Abbi wants revenge" as the games basis...even if Joel died ....but they played it all completely wrong...

    If you can't connect to the characters, how are you expected to enjoy or at least have 'the want' to play this game.
    And the fact that they keep trying to block any sort of constructive criticism from the public (y'know, the people that they want to take money off of) especially on social media is a joke!    … Expand
  30. Stanley06011
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    Very bad story, forces you to feel something about characters you don't care about.
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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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