The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. Mother_In_Love
    Jun 27, 2020
    1
    This game have amazing graphics and nice game-play,all the customization makes it one of the best game out there.but Abby beating Joel with a golf club is stupid and after that they tell us to undestand the circumstances from her perspective.they copied and pasted from TWD but Negan have Charisma and is a good written character .and Neil stop saying that haters don't undertand the gameThis game have amazing graphics and nice game-play,all the customization makes it one of the best game out there.but Abby beating Joel with a golf club is stupid and after that they tell us to undestand the circumstances from her perspective.they copied and pasted from TWD but Negan have Charisma and is a good written character .and Neil stop saying that haters don't undertand the game because they are homophobic,thats not true,look at GOT season 8 ,people hated it and it was because of the writers and no race or gender were involved in the final or may be we are dragonphobic too.The world is changing,now either you are forced to like something and if not you are somethingphobic.i don't like the game story and i don't hate it,its a huge difference. i don't like cauliflower but i don't hate it . that cauliflower did nothing to me… Expand
  2. jungbu
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    it's so bad game i don't want this gameit's so bad game i don't want this gameit's so bad game i don't want this game
  3. Wsmarques
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    damn, they killed the game, please watch the spoilers before buying this ****
  4. Moonklay
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    Good gameplay,good graphics,but the history is **** tbh and exesive inclusive
  5. BrokenTaker19
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    It's so sad how this story continues. If we talk about level design it's basic, some animations are very badly done but in general, it's decent. Like most of the people, the biggest complaint is how they treated the story, there are lots of events that happened "because the script said it". I recommend this game if you don't care about the original idea of the first game: a freakingIt's so sad how this story continues. If we talk about level design it's basic, some animations are very badly done but in general, it's decent. Like most of the people, the biggest complaint is how they treated the story, there are lots of events that happened "because the script said it". I recommend this game if you don't care about the original idea of the first game: a freaking survival game; and you don't have complaints of classical stereotypes of teenagers, illogical decisions, and a badly storytelling.… Expand
  6. usisha85
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. very bad plot I do not recommend playing the first part was much better disappointment… Expand
  7. stopabbyssuffer
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    Since the 2016 reveal trailer, i can say that the majority of tlou fan base, including myself were excited to know that one of our favourite games of all times was going to have a sequel. Instead of that we were given an bland revenge story with an even more bland as well as non-sense ending. What a shame of a game.
  8. AlexDD
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    Incredibly bad plot and characters that have degraded
    But the graphics and gameplay are good, though the plot is important for this game, but it is very bad here, like the ending
  9. DedSpectre
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    It's a **** story with **** characters with a ****ty ending and bad gameplay, it gets 1 point just because it actually started.
  10. Metatoke
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    They really don't understand its own characters, and why the hell would I would gender politics in a story driven game
  11. DragonVM76
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    За графику 10, за сюжет 1 из 10 персонаж Элли абсолютно не похож на персонажа из первой части. картонные эмоции и поведенческие мотивации. Если бы это был шутер старой школы, цены б ему не было, но для сюжетной игры - это провал.За графику 10, за сюжет 1 из 10 персонаж Элли абсолютно не похож на персонажа из первой части. картонные эмоции и поведенческие мотивации. Если бы это был шутер старой школы, цены б ему не было, но для сюжетной игры - это провал.
  12. Richie27
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphically this truly looks amazing when compared to the original, however unlike the original the Story doesn't make sense and does not pull you in like the first one did. I found myself struggling to finish the game as i felt so disconnected from the story. The trailers for the game were clearly misleading and i don't see how that was even legal.… Expand
  13. ArkSeyonet
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm very sad to write this review. I ignored the review bombing in hopes that it was just angry fans stirring up trouble as they always do.

    I'm going to start with the fact that people think people that are angry are just mad because of the LGBT references... The Last of Us: Left Behind introduced Ellie as gay, and it scored very well. Most people don't care about a character's sexual orientation, as long as the story is good. With that being said, the LGBT part of the story did seem to be "in my face" a lot, and made me want to say, "Yeah I get it, they are in love, cool. Get back to the story.", but I liked both Ellie and Dina.

    The action/graphics in the game were very well done, there is no argument towards the technical aspect of this game being done well, that is the only reason why this review has a 1 and no a flat-out 0 though, I have to admit.

    After that, this is where the positive/neutral things end. The entire point of the first game was looking for the cure, there has to be a cure. It was a good story developing Joel and Ellie as a "family" and developing their characters.

    This story basically "forgot" everything that had happened in the first game, and ignored all of the development of Joel altogether. He was a very cautious person and didn't trust anyone, and in the second game this was thrown out of the window.

    Abby kills Joel very early in the game, and it's unknown why, until you find out that the little girl that Joel saved in the first game was Abby, and she kills him because he killed her Dad, the doctor.

    There is a point as well where you play as Abby, because it wants you to relate to her character, and I have to be honest, the moment she killed Joel she was no longer an interesting character, she was the antagonist. You're not going to make me relate with a character by trying to show their human side, after they kill the character that you've grown to love throughout the first game. I'm on Joel and Ellie's side, no matter who has to die.
    After this, you have this entire drawn out story where Ellie murders everyone in her path to get to Abby for revenge, and then develop the relationship between her and Dina throughout this story, all for nothing.

    Ellie kills Abby's friends, Abby kills Jessie, and after all of this... After all of the killing and fighting, at the end of the game, Dina tells Ellie not to leave, and Ellie leaves anyway to go find Abby. You have a long drawn out fight with Abby, and then Ellie lets Abby go.

    All of the people that died in the game, was for nothing. All of the development between Ellie and Dina was for nothing. Abby leaves, Ellie loses her guitar playing fingers, Dina leaves, and Ellie is alone. They threw it all away at the end for what? To make you want a third game? I am not confident in Naughty Dog's ability to do anything except make a game that is technically good with scenery and action at this point.

    The only thing that this game has done was disappoint me in Naughty Dog's ability to write a compelling story to keep me engaged, and it's very obvious that they struggle at "closing" a story that they were trying to make. If there would have been some type of closure, it would have been a better ending. Instead, they just left it as a cliffhanger, and made the entire game you just fought through felt like it was a hopeless waste of time.

    What was the point anyway? Abby kills Joel, You kill everyone to get to Abby, Dina leaves you, and you don't even kill Abby. The ending is: Ellie loses everything, and you don't really have anything resolved other than you know why Abby killed Joel. There is no closure.

    As a final note, the reason for the bad review is not BECAUSE Joel died. It's because of the way that the story was told. It was written and done early for shock value, and then they tried to piece together the reasoning afterwards. There are many games where main characters die, and it's done in a way to really make you love the game. This is not one of them. If they would have told Abby's story beforehand and let us grow to like the character, and let us understand her motives, in order to lead up to a climax where she kills Joel and we understand why she did it, then that would have worked much better. But instead, they chose to go for "shock value" points and it hurt the story a lot.    … Expand
  14. KenoV19
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    The graphics are good, but the story is simply awful!!!
    There is no respect at all for the original game that we all love.
  15. Qu1n
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    Seven years ago The last of us released

    People praised it to the point of ridiculous, so i bought it. I found the gameplay to be laughably bad, really poor controls and contrived set pieces. However the Last of us part 1 was saved by an outstanding story and really likable characters, You could look past its many many failings because you wanted to see what happened next. Fast    Seven years ago The last of us released

    People praised it to the point of ridiculous, so i bought it. I found the gameplay to be laughably bad, really poor controls and contrived set pieces. However the Last of us part 1 was saved by an outstanding story and really likable characters, You could look past its many many failings because you wanted to see what happened next.

    Fast forward seven years: The last of us part 2 released, and all the problems from the first game came back. They have barely developed the gameplay at all. They couldn't / wouldn't address the problems from the first game.

    This time however the story cannot save them.

    The likeable characters from the past bare little to no resemblance of the characters they were. They make decisions they wouldn't before. They kill off characters with no love with or prominence. It's impossible to like any of the player characters as they act in totally unrealistic manners for no reason other than to forward the massively contrived plot. There is little to no character development and their characters feel wafer thin. It's massively disappointing.    … Expand
  16. Zuldim
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    A good storie throwed in the trash can...just political bull$hit*, but good graphics....
  17. RegisLucis7
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    The voice acting is good, the graphics are also good, but the story which is the most important part of a game like this is really bad, we don't get what they promised which was a good game with a good story like the first one, I wanted to play as Joel not as Abby, you can't kill a main character just like that, I wanted a story that continues with the story of Ellie and Joel, I don't careThe voice acting is good, the graphics are also good, but the story which is the most important part of a game like this is really bad, we don't get what they promised which was a good game with a good story like the first one, I wanted to play as Joel not as Abby, you can't kill a main character just like that, I wanted a story that continues with the story of Ellie and Joel, I don't care about Abby… Expand
  18. XxIzzyxX
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    Looks good, plays fine, sounds fine, terrible writing with cringy, ham-fisted messaging and self-inserts. For a story-driven series, just awful.
  19. wandada
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    Very disappointed Illogical and boring story plot
    7 years waiting is completely wasted
  20. Metacritic_Bhup
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review has some spoilers. If you don't want to know the ending, please stop reading now. Thanks!
    The game is a piece of trash because you're forced to play as Abby for many hours. Why would I want to play as her when she killed Joel in the most sadistic way. She kills him with a golf club.
    I liked Joel from the last game and am invested in him. So I hate Abby yet had to play as her for a long time. You play as Ellie not enough and in the ending she still doesn't even kill Abby. That is so out of character when she has killed a lot of people before. Why would she suddenly not do it?
    Als, the game is basically like a movie. I want a game, not a movie. Cutscenes after cutscenes and some sort of QTE gameplay. Oh please, give me a break.
    This is a bad game. Really bad pacing. You are jumping back and forth in time in flashbacks. So bad.    … Expand
  21. arisananta
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    I give a 1 instead of 0 to show all of you that I'm not a blind hater of the game.
    But, seriously, you shouldn't play this game at full price. Wait until a minimum of 60% off to purchase and play it.
  22. Christianxlarri
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is just so bad overall. You killed off the beloved relationship we all loved in the first game. You false advertised and deceived us into thinking Joel was going to be around or that we’d only play as Ellie. Gameplay is the same as before except now it feels only tedious, maybe a little crack in the wall is what’s different. And a terrible ending, everything Joel and Ellie endured and all for what? NOTHING?! Ellie loses everything and Abby just walks away. I’ve waited years upon years for this, and this is what I get in return. I rate it a 1 because at least the game runs and can function.… Expand
  23. Tavomax87
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La historia y el final del juego es horrible. El juego tiene buenas dinamicas, escenas de accion, paisajes, musica excelentes pero la historia que lo que mas se destaca en el primer juego queda muy pero muy por debajo en esta entrega. La dificultad en el modo supervivencia es pesima el juego se pasa muy facil incluso en la dificultad maxima. La parte final del juego del viaje es totalmente innecesaria pudiendo haber terminado en el cine y haber cerrado asi. Pareciera que el juego es un rejunte de ideas que tiro una serie de grupos y al final lo juntaron y quedo este monstruo sin sentido. La historia es como el rey rata del fondo del hospital..un monstruo sin forma de un rejunte de cosas/ideas. Pesimo juego.… Expand
  24. ywolf21
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    realmente pobre y malo nada mas q decir de lo mal q lo hicieron al crear esto
  25. Theoneguywho
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The fact that Joel died in that way is disgusting, and the ending makes it even worst.… Expand
  26. sonyfan1994
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. disturbing game made for feminists propaganda also Joe dies.
    I loved the first game but this one its sadly a 1/ 10 compared to the first game.
    PS: i want my money back! ! !    … Expand
  27. Vandredi
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Дракман обманул фанатов, которые так ждали продолжение. Начиная с трейлеров, во всех присутствовал Джоил, что давало надежду на их с Элли новую историю. Но как оказалось Джоила тупо слили в первые часы ( его насмерть забила клюшкой для гольфа стероидная баба, а ее друг плюнул на труп) ужасная, грубая смерть. Он не заслуживал такой смерти. Дракман со своей гребаной феминисткой саркисян просто плюнули в душу фанатам игры. Рассказывать можно бесконечно, но суть в том, что вы убили не только вторую часть, но и первую. ПОЗОР! П. С. Даже музыка ассоциируется с тьмой... Так скатиться надо уметь!!!!… Expand
  28. Sparroff
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    I hate how they **** the beautiful Ellie's face, how awfully looks mutant Abby character, with her unrealistically looking body.
    I hate, how Anita Sarkisyan's influence, destroying such little, but very important details.
  29. trumposit
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. its not a game engine demo graphics couldnt be more irrelevant all the next gen games will have this level graphics maybe next time read your own story before releasing your game… Expand
  30. ClassicalFox
    Jun 26, 2020
    1
    Horrible story and character design....................................................................
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  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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