The Last of Us Part II

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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. alanquintero1
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Una basura total, buenos gráficos y jugabilidad pero por dios, que historia tan mala, te quieren obligar a aceptar personajes e inclusión. Asco, quemaria mi copia
  2. Joel1993
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    At first I thought all the negative reviews were due to the LGBT themes and disagreed with them entirely and was really enjoying the game. For the first half of the game, I'd have given it a solid 8/9. But after the disgusting second half of the game from a story perspective and also from a staling gameplay perspective, it's such an incredible disappointment. Naughty Dog were so incrediblyAt first I thought all the negative reviews were due to the LGBT themes and disagreed with them entirely and was really enjoying the game. For the first half of the game, I'd have given it a solid 8/9. But after the disgusting second half of the game from a story perspective and also from a staling gameplay perspective, it's such an incredible disappointment. Naughty Dog were so incredibly misleading with their advertising leading up to the game release. To the point of misselling. I want my money back for their false advertising. This isn't the game anyone was sold on and we deserve refunds.
    I can't give it a 0 due to the enjoyable first half, enjoyable not perfect. But the rest of the game is an an insult to everyone everywhere who cares anything about computer games and story telling and general treatment of fans who pay these developers their wages. Do not buy this failure.    … Expand
  3. josefalco29
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Horrible story, they killed all the good in this game, and forced inclusions are the worst.
  4. Username_Error
    Jul 16, 2020
    1
    Let me start by saying that I purchased the TLOU (PS3), TLOU:Left Behind (PS3) and even TLOU: Remastered on PS4, because of what a masterpiece the original game truly was. The story, graphics & animation, audio & voice acting, character development and gameplay all contributed to many playthroughs that also made me commit to my 1st Platinum trophy in the PSN.

    As you may have guessed, I    Let me start by saying that I purchased the TLOU (PS3), TLOU:Left Behind (PS3) and even TLOU: Remastered on PS4, because of what a masterpiece the original game truly was. The story, graphics & animation, audio & voice acting, character development and gameplay all contributed to many playthroughs that also made me commit to my 1st Platinum trophy in the PSN.

    As you may have guessed, I pre-ordered TLOU2 (Collector's Edition) and avoided the leaks, spoilers and reviews until I had completed the game. And now I understand all the hate and anger. Aside from technical improvements (graphics, level designs, animation, audio, etc.), TLOU2 fails miserably in its promise of a revenge theme that was highly marketed by the company and the media. And for those "professional critics" that argue that it's a subset of fans that don't like the game's progressive direction or acceptance of LGBT is absurd. It has nothing to do with that. As I mentioned earlier, I even purchased TLOU:Left Behind which clearly established Ellie's sexual orientation and it did not hinder me, a 35 yr old straight male, from enjoying the DLC because the prequel's storyline, gameplay and LGBT characters felt right at home in the survival pandemic world.

    ****** Spoiler Alert ******

    In the 2nd half of TLOU2, we get introduced to a new LGBT character (Lev) experiencing gender dysphoria within a community. Lev's background story with the Scars could've worked perfectly but Naughty Dog made a poor decision by pairing him with the character that everyone despised (Abby) and was forced to play with. It's also ridiculous to believe that these two characters would trust each other rather so quickly and willingly considering the history between their rival factions. I would've rather had Lev as an ally that worked alongside Ellie on her revenge tour. Needless to say, the general plot is unfathomable and fragmented into different timelines reminiscent of Westworld (which was probably suggested by Halley Gross) but is poorly executed with pacing issues. The characters and the supporting cast were uninteresting and remained weak throughout the game as many of them make inexplicable decisions or choices. This all traces back to the the beginning where Abby just so happens to run into Joel and Tommy. The mere fact that Joel (and Tommy) would help a complete stranger and follow back to her base to be killed so easily disrespects the intelligence of players and true fans of the original TLOU. We spent countless hours playing as Joel who was a rugged smuggler, shrewd survivor and proficient killer but never a schmuck. Naughty Dog's lazy team of writers then decides that both Tommy and Ellie's lives are spared after their encounter with Abby just so they can conveniently advance the game's plot for revenge. It's inconceivable in a prey or be preyed survival world that Abby's crew would allow having any loose ends that may set up for their own demise later down the road.

    And that's it. It's that simple. The storyline is disjointed, pointless and unrealistic from the beginning to the end. Revenge doesn't just slip from your fingers, the developers force you to give up, crying in a fetal position while you let your nemesis escape freely. And the nerve of them have a New Game+ is beyond me. I never wanted to finish a game so quickly so that I could resell my copy - and that is why you still buy physical (not digital) copies kids. After completing this frustrating journey, you are filled with nothing but depression, anger and disappointment. If this was what Naughty Dog and Neil Druckmann wanted fans to truly experience emotionally, then mission accomplished.    … Expand
  5. Epicizzyman
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad, very bad. bad bad bad bad. Terrible, absolute garbage. Turning ellie into the villian is the stupidest way you could have went with this game.… Expand
  6. Jartis2
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    No spoilers not going to write a long review. I played the first game 5 or 6 times including the remastered version. I loved it. Waited 7 years to continue the experience. This game does not do that. It takes everything that made the last one great and changed it. The game looks beautiful but that's not what made it great the story and the relationship with the players did. Instead theyNo spoilers not going to write a long review. I played the first game 5 or 6 times including the remastered version. I loved it. Waited 7 years to continue the experience. This game does not do that. It takes everything that made the last one great and changed it. The game looks beautiful but that's not what made it great the story and the relationship with the players did. Instead they have a story with no good character content and a story that makes no sense. I just don't understand any of it or why. All the professional critics are out of touch with reality and with the average gamer.… Expand
  7. spait92
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    ЛГБТ пропаганда, трансгендер - этого хватит, чтобы понять, что Дракман и этот мир сошли с ума.
  8. jokerlovessleep
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Paid off game “reviewers” obviously fabricating their perfect score because MUH POLITICS. I’m amazed at the lack of effort put in by the reviewers themselves looks to me they all gave it a 10/10 for the sole reason of liking tran ny co ck. Don’t let personal preference interfere with work guys! :) Oh wait that’s literally all you can do right? These people have zero credibility and everyone with a brain can see that by now. No self respecting person would play this game after the first chapter.… Expand
  9. ThisStick
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s terrible. Everything is bad except the graphics. Joel dies and Ellie lets the killer go... not even a choice!… Expand
  10. CryofTLOU
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. .................................................................................................................................. That’s all I wanna say bout this game.… Expand
  11. Gorkillabdi
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Killed off my favourite character in the most degrading way. A golf club. I’m done with this game
  12. Saosyn
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Trash story, trash gameplay. No evolution in terms of either. It's a regression from the first game.
  13. Seagge
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Such a disappointment after 7 years of waiting and hyping up to this game, Characters are confusing, gameplay is too repetitive, games also forces you to play a character who is irrelevant on why people bought this game in the first place. Story of the game is ruined by the director. Really wished they never made this sequel in the first place.
  14. newhavenf91
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    The story is terrible. Naughty Dogs intentionally told the story in such a way to display how "artistic" they are. What they don't realize is that they have lost the ability to distinguish good stories from bad ones. The rest of the game is fine, but the story makes the experience unenjoyable.
  15. Slavnorm
    Jul 11, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. screw u naughty dog for killing Joel
    screw u naughty dog for not giving a chance to revenge
    screw u naughty dog for Abby
    screw u naughty dog for killing this beautiful story of 1 part
    You, Naughty dog, lost 1 of the Last of Us biggest fan (Russian fan)
    Im so sorry Joel, we lost everything...
    Rest in peace friend    … Expand
  16. Micheletto
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Ridiculous scenes, wrong way devs, sorry!
    I’m giving 1 recognizing the efforts.

    DO NOT BUY THIS MY FRIENDS!
  17. elmoez
    Jul 1, 2020
    1
    in short , graphics and mechanics are great since its naughty dog game but,
    they didn't add much from what we have in "uncharted" and 'the last of us part 1' and you will get bored surprisingly quick in this vast semi open world because of the poor narrative and a lot of characters that had a weak background and poorly writing story and dialogue , for god sake even the dialogue is    in short , graphics and mechanics are great since its naughty dog game but,
    they didn't add much from what we have in "uncharted" and 'the last of us part 1' and you will get bored surprisingly quick in this vast semi open world because of the poor narrative and a lot of characters that had a weak background and poorly writing story and dialogue , for god sake even the dialogue is stupid.
    this game exposed Neil Druckmann, now we know who really made the last games from naughty dog great, so thanks to those people who got fired by Neil in the last 4 years, sorry that you have to see your work abused by a sick egotistic manager.    … Expand
  18. dirk123456
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    I was really dissapointed in that game, the gameplay has not evolved at all, sadly it is now even more repedetive as the game is around 10h longer than the 1game.
    The grafic is gorgeous and the environments are stunning, but thats all this game really has as a positive feature.
    The big part of the first game was the story and especially the character and the dynamic they had, all this is    I was really dissapointed in that game, the gameplay has not evolved at all, sadly it is now even more repedetive as the game is around 10h longer than the 1game.
    The grafic is gorgeous and the environments are stunning, but thats all this game really has as a positive feature.
    The big part of the first game was the story and especially the character and the dynamic they had, all this is lost in the 2nd game.
    The story is a basic revenge story and the ending was not satisfiying at all, the characters have lost their appeal and become quite frankly dumb in their decision making and boring as the dynamic in the relationships is completely gone.    … Expand
  19. Fallub
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    I have only written one review ever before, but I feel like I have to voice my opinion on this game. With all the incredibly high critic scores I was really hoping for a great game, since I really enjoyed the first one. I think this whole game is a complete disappointment. The story is the most important part in a Last Of Us game and it is just terrible. It feels completely hollow andI have only written one review ever before, but I feel like I have to voice my opinion on this game. With all the incredibly high critic scores I was really hoping for a great game, since I really enjoyed the first one. I think this whole game is a complete disappointment. The story is the most important part in a Last Of Us game and it is just terrible. It feels completely hollow and unsatisfactory. Many elements feel just tacked on without really fitting the whole story. A real disappointment.… Expand
  20. hqy36921
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    I‘m really disappointed with this game. The visual of this game is 10/10 however the plot is just disgusting.
  21. FCB-Wolf
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **ONLY READ IF YOU’VE FINISHED THE GAME**

    Having just completed the game yesterday I today made a Metacritic account just to express my feelings about this experience. I had huge anticipation for this game going into it with no knowledge of leaks or spoilers and I can say it starts out fantastic. Joel's death evoked emotion and was certainly a catalyst for me to want to keep playing, wanting justice for him and closure. (But it was completely out of character for Joel and Tommy to reveal their names and settlement so easily to a group of strangers) Exploring Seattle as Ellie was fun and felt nostalgic to the first game but this is where my praise for The Last Of Us II ends.

    They then throw you into the shoes of the one who brutally tortured and killed Joel and try to make you like or even care about this character and from here the pacing of the game also falls apart. Suddenly you get tons of pills and parts as Abby (I played on survivor so I was used to scarce supplies.) This made game play as Abby feel halfhearted as the sudden resource explosion rushes you down her skill paths and weapon upgrades. But here's the thing with playing as Abby: I DON'T CARE. It was disappointing to play such a huge portion of the game as a character I have no feelings for. I was always asking myself when can I get back to playing as Ellie or at least Tommy, someone that I actually care about. The further I played as Abby the more disdain I had for her. Holding light that maybe by the end of the game we'd get to see Ellie finally finish her. I hoped that Ellie would kill Abby cleanly and not torture her to show she's above that, but what we got instead was horrific.

    Making you actually attack and choke out Ellie was heartbreaking, that whole fight should have just been a cut-scene because I had no want in actually playing through its scripted sequences. After this the ante has just been upped: Abby has now also killed Tommy (at this point you see her shoot him in the head so have no idea that he'd survive) and Jesse.

    OKAY *Takes breath* Can I finally play as Ellie now? Yes, but let's just skip the whole journey south to California, throw in some generic baddies at the end (Rattlers) and wow we're here as Ellie in our long awaited confrontation with Abby. Finally is this the moment I've been waiting for and slogging through all the previous Abby game play to get to? Would this be the redeeming factor to this game and the final closure needed? No. Ellie let's Abby go after everything. But before that happens they tease you with letting you stab a knife into Abby and then begin to drown her. I wanted to give Abby a clean death but as the knife was lost at this point in the fight, drowning will have to do but nope the script takes over and Ellie let's her out of the water at the last moment. Wow...

    A better ending would have been to finish the drowning and then have Ellie bury Abby with a makeshift cross rather than just leaving her body. That would have been justified and a good closure to the game. Lev is plenty capable of surviving without Abby and this would leave it open for DLC or the next game as Lev waking up and finding Abby's grave but not remembering what happened.

    I guess I can take solace that the prisoners did say Abby was bit, so if that's true she'll die soon enough but is that proper closure? Not for me. Sorry.    … Expand
  22. Quagmires
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Hey, the gameplay is great! Top-notch and incredible AIs, human enemies cornering the player whenever they have the chance, not having an auto tracker on the player like tlou 1 and actually have the enemy look for you is a very big improvement! Really really liked the gameplay and graphics. But for me, the soul for tlou has always been the story, the flow of the game and all the thingsHey, the gameplay is great! Top-notch and incredible AIs, human enemies cornering the player whenever they have the chance, not having an auto tracker on the player like tlou 1 and actually have the enemy look for you is a very big improvement! Really really liked the gameplay and graphics. But for me, the soul for tlou has always been the story, the flow of the game and all the things that made tlou great in the first place. Therefore I have no choice but to leave a low score review here. Like many others have pointed out, the story is absolute garbage. To the point that there is no need of me to list all the things out, everybody else has always pointed those things out, you can just check out all the other reviews. It's a shame and sad to see what naughty dog has come to today. I will not be refunding the game, as a reminder that games that had a great part 1, it's equal might not be as good as the former was, don't jump onto the hype train so quickly.… Expand
  23. Nagha115
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joel the best character who ever existed is killed by some random chick, they f***ing ruined the story, it's like The Last Jedi all over again, killing Luke for no f***ing reason, f**k me I'm so angry about Joel… Expand
  24. DanCiprian
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Why such a low score ?
    Ok let's start with the good things:
    -very good gameplay much improved mechanics , shooting combat exploration , movement over the predecesor
    - very good atmosphere, scary and desolant places, unexpected enemies locations
    - very good sounds and music
    The bad thing over which i can't go past is: How can you Naugthy Dog put me to play as Abby the main villan of the game after investing so much in Ellie and Joel and building their story, attachment and journey ?? You just give me a cutscene and think that i will love Abby????
    I passed over the Joel death , over the bad choices but you could at least make a chapter in which to justify the Abby revenge and make and interesting plot and let me continue to play as Ellie
    The Story is Sooooo Bad .... what where they thinking ??
    I absolutley loved the first 12h even with the ups and downs ....but now i don't want to touch the controller anymore .....such a frustration and dissapointment ..    … Expand
  25. dgarcia269
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great graphics and game play but the story was disappointing. I still love the part one.… Expand
  26. Fairgaming
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Giving it at 1 is being nice only reason why is because the gameplay was kinda smooth, the story felt forced, the script was definitely written by 21yr old tryin to hand in a essay the hour it's due, the credit show alot of people that worked on it. I bet no one criticized it at all and they just said yes that works. Perfect boss, your gonna make history boss, Shït like that. They took a fine age game and turned it into fools gold. The way they killed Joel was just for shock value. The supporting characters didn't even play a role but to either leave or die. And the Abby was okay it was different. But again the script was so badly made I didn't care about what they were saying. And to be honest playing it on the hardest difficulty wasn't even worth it No special achievement or anything… Expand
  27. AndrewSmart
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Before going on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
    The graphics are great, but the scenario is weak.
    To much LGBT!
  28. Ricardohdez
    Jun 27, 2020
    1
    Is a beautiful, wonderfully acted interactive movie that is utterly let down by a fragmented plot and poor story telling
  29. GameRatings
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    (People don't waste your money for this game, thank me later.)
    After the first last of us, I was hyped for the sequel but, from what i saw this game is complete and utter bs. The only reason i won't give it a zero, is because of the graphics. In general the gameplay was glitchy, AI felt stupefied and the worst of them all, how the f**k can they make such a ridiculous, disappointing and    (People don't waste your money for this game, thank me later.)
    After the first last of us, I was hyped for the sequel but, from what i saw this game is complete and utter bs. The only reason i won't give it a zero, is because of the graphics. In general the gameplay was glitchy, AI felt stupefied and the worst of them all, how the f**k can they make such a ridiculous, disappointing and disgusting story?!? Bringing feminism and politics to a game?!? ruining what the first game brought to the table?!? This is a joke of a game. I'm so glad i didn't waste my money for this disappointment of a game.    … Expand
  30. Lionsfan365
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This games ending ruined it all. Utter trash wasted 27 hours of my life. Never again Naughty dog.
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Metascore
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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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