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. Skippydoodle
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    The gameplay is as solid as any other mediocre shooter ever made which isn't the main draw for these sorts of games anyways. The biggest issue is that the entire story for this game is the epitome of r/im14andthisisdeep.
  2. Olimex
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    The gameplay is like the first game but a little tweaked. Nothing to brag about. The graphic are upgraded ofcourse. The last thing is the story which is already known, it is horrible. I do not understand why others ideals and politics has to be shoved down our throats.
  3. stark13
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Massive letdown. On the level of "The Last Airbender", which isn't worth being paid to see. I enjoyed the first half of the game, but the second half forces you to play as Abby, your enemy, and I literally just don't give a **** The writers are trying to make you empathize or see that everyone is human, but any functioning adult already knows this; we don't need a video game founded on violence to morally preach to us.

    I put the game on very easy and was planning to power through to the end, skipping all cutscenes because I literally don't care about the characters and already killed most of them; but I was so mad I googled to see if I at least get to kill Abby at the end and found out I do not. So depressed, so let down. What a pointless story, it might be good for a child to play and learn about seeing both sides of a coin, but what parent would let their child play such a violent game? If I want to empathize with others, I'll watch a romcom, I bought this game to visit violence on my enemies in an imaginary world, not be preached to and watch them walk away, or feel their pity on me letting me walk away from them.

    Even if they force me to play as my enemy (basically encourage metaphorical suicide), at least give me the choice to kill her in the end (the power of games is choice, vs movies/books). Nope. She gets to live.

    Also, lots of lame forced moments where you can't control your actions. You could easily shoot your enemy, but instead it goes to a cutscene and they get the jump on you. And then you chase them but they are invulnerable. All in a game where as soon as Joel turns his back, Abby shotguns his leg off.

    Literally selling this game on eBay ASAP.
    Literally created a metacritic account to give it a 1 because it's that bad.
    Literally never buying a Naughty Dog game again until it's out for a year and reading all the spoilers to make sure it's not some lame preach-fest for children.    … Expand
  4. skarlet
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    One step foward, 2 step back =)) poor story, poor gameplay, the only thing better is graphic
  5. leonwangno1
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 一款神作被屎一样的编剧毁了，完美的细节和游戏性，屎一般的编剧，我只想能不能退款，完全消费我们第一代玩家的情怀！充满诈骗性的预告片！编剧完全沉浸在自己所谓的感动中，完全不顾虑玩家的感受！不推荐玩过第一代的玩家购买，只会让你感到极度的恶心和不适！… Expand
  6. FerAlternative
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. how can you give a big role to random character?? and give a reason to kill one of the main characters??
    I feel very bad the way that you tried to adapt the new character (abby) and her campaign just to justify her revenge and bad try to the people starts to love her ad accepting    … Expand
  7. urMad1
    Nov 24, 2021
    1
    pretty decent gameplay, but the story.. .is just trash...dont understand how this game has so many good reviews
  8. GabrleI
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    This game has really good graphics, and really amazing attention to detail, kudos to the team who did it, but the story..., its so full of holes, and so unsatisfying that it hurts, Also when i was playing it, it was really full of bugs, i really belive that if the game was played only with ellie and had a slightly better ending it would be an easy 9/10 or better, this game was ruinedThis game has really good graphics, and really amazing attention to detail, kudos to the team who did it, but the story..., its so full of holes, and so unsatisfying that it hurts, Also when i was playing it, it was really full of bugs, i really belive that if the game was played only with ellie and had a slightly better ending it would be an easy 9/10 or better, this game was ruined potential. and i'm really sad because of it.… Expand
  9. Jschafer5316
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    If you want to play a game that is disappointing, this is the game for you. Super woke, but at what cost?
  10. santi2005
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Like the gameplay , hate the story and logic.
    How could two adult that survived in the post apocalypse world be so dumb that not only helped strangers, but also went into their hideout and even used their real name infront of them ?!?!?!    … Expand
  11. Ssggee
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Loved the first game, but I stopped playing this game after they killed off Joel in the way they did. Way to ruin a game Druckmann.… Expand
  12. Teppie
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    Played the game, gameplay was slow and unintuitive. At worst the gameplay was agonizing and at great it was scarcely an improvement of the first. The story was absolutely terrible, made no sense.
  13. fbl3
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    Having really liked the first game I was disappointed by the sequel. Unlikable characters and horrible plot. Waste of time !
  14. EasterNow
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    This game was made to get back at the people who loved The Last of Us. To teach them a lesson. To teach them that they are evil misogynists. The unenlightened. It has Anita Sarkeesian's fingerprints all over it. She hates video games and the people that enjoy them. It's fanfic revenge porn. Here's this horrible, unlikeable, masculine female nightmare character that is going to beat theThis game was made to get back at the people who loved The Last of Us. To teach them a lesson. To teach them that they are evil misogynists. The unenlightened. It has Anita Sarkeesian's fingerprints all over it. She hates video games and the people that enjoy them. It's fanfic revenge porn. Here's this horrible, unlikeable, masculine female nightmare character that is going to beat the piss out of the characters that the evil gamers love so much, and we are going to make you play as her, the icing on the cake. There's no art here, nothing to dissect in the story, it's a ham fisted agenda pure and simple. It was made to make the fans suffer. It's plain as day, it's the ultimate troll. Look how close Ellie got to her revenge. It's sad that the only thing they accomplished was destroying something people loved dearly.… Expand
  15. Nemesis7zero
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    Excelentes gráficos y jugabilidad. Pésima historia y personajes, historia forzada y termina con los mejores personajes
  16. SuperEnri
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    Historia penosa, que decepción, esperaba mucho más que un montón de escenas porno y zombies la verdad
  17. Doneatscookies
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    The game look good plays good but the story is a trash fire. If you like to play story driven games this one is a let down time and time again.
  18. Teemo327
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    Completely ruined the entire franchise... I wish they had never made a sequel. Do yourself a favor and just pretend the story ends at the end of part 1.
  19. SkyStorme
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    dumpster fire complete lack of story telling order and direction a complete misunderstanding of revenge hate and ptsd better pacing necessary and feels like it was just a lgbtq story put into the last of us story rather then letting ellie's naturaly lgbtq story coming through the whole thing could have been fixed with a few minor changes abbys game at the beginning continued from her firstdumpster fire complete lack of story telling order and direction a complete misunderstanding of revenge hate and ptsd better pacing necessary and feels like it was just a lgbtq story put into the last of us story rather then letting ellie's naturaly lgbtq story coming through the whole thing could have been fixed with a few minor changes abbys game at the beginning continued from her first interaction spoiler free till she finishes her job on a certain someone switching to ellies story to continue through on her hunt and then finally at the end letting her find out what abby went through at that camp with her friend freeing the two of them realizing she probably suffered enough and telling tommy she was dead that way ellie like the entire audiance could have had the one thing we all needed which was closure.… Expand
  20. KimGoon
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    It's been a long time since I've been feeling this discomfort while playing a console game, Neil Druckmann insulted me with the game.
  21. KaldorDra1go
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I absolutely loved the first game, still hail it as one of the greatest game of this generation. Sadly the sequel completely and utterly destroys everything you've come to love from the first game and actively makes you regret ever playing it.

    SPOILERS

    The main character from the first game, Joel, gets killed in one of the most brutal and unceremonious ways possible making your heart sink and then forces you to play as the killer for many, many, many hours. The only other event that made me feel the way that scene made me feel was when Glenn from the walking dead got his head bashed in by a baseball bat. I stopped watching the show afterwards, not because it was unusual for characters to die once in a while but because it was one of the major main characters you had come to love and really care about and the only reason he died the way he did was because it would invoke a bigger emotional reaction than if he had died from anything else. Joel's death was used the same way, only to make the player feel terrible and nothing else. Later on you get to play as Joel's killer for a long time, no, just no. If the point of this game was to entertain the player and make them feel good while doing so, it has done exactly the opposite. I don't remember the last time I bought something because I wanted to feel horrible for dozens of hours willingly. I don;t understand the rage about politics or sexual orientation of certain characters, who cares, it's not even remotely important in the scope of the bigger issue of this game. The only things the game does right are graphics, animations and sound. The story is utter complete garbage, the character development is also utter and complete garbage and everything else in between bar the 3 pros listed previously. I can't remember the last time I was as disappointed with a sequel from a game or movie I loved so much for so many reasons and somehow, one of the greatest video game companies decided to ruin it all. If you enjoy feeling complete despair, sadness, tension, more sadness and despair, this game is for you. If on the other hand you enjoy feeling good and not have buyer's remorse, this game is absolutely not for you.    … Expand
  22. grando93290
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    Good game quality. But politically correctness to the extreme level will made people hate it.
  23. Da_Mann69
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    Not very good in general. Yes the graphics are good. The gameplay however isnt. The story line is flawed.
  24. Marckss
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    La verdad cambiaron la escencia del juego, arruinaron una buena historia y en cuanto a la jugabilidad no innovaron en nada
  25. VNAY
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    When you view this game, its a story stretched out into 2 parts and the contrast between them is unimaginably shocking. Not going to detail out why it deserves such a score, I am sure plenty share the same views as mine. A lot of things are forced and pressed on to the consumers to suit their agenda and they do it through out the game, deliberately.

    The story is continued with weak    When you view this game, its a story stretched out into 2 parts and the contrast between them is unimaginably shocking. Not going to detail out why it deserves such a score, I am sure plenty share the same views as mine. A lot of things are forced and pressed on to the consumers to suit their agenda and they do it through out the game, deliberately.

    The story is continued with weak motivation and logic. The genre in itself is understandably unforgiving and vicious but they failed to deliver it the way they did in the part 1. This is the output of a twisted mind, although the message they tried to put out is insightful they utterly failed to represent it in a noble way and thats what hurt the most gamer's sentimental value they had for the game.

    It was a traumatic experience for me, I didn't wish to continue after 2 hours into the game. My disappointment is immeasurable to discern after waiting for 5 years! I wish I could undo/unsee what I witnessed.

    Props to the game designers and graphics team! One of the prettiest visuals and CG work!    … Expand
  26. Spacegange2050
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    Completely ruined the game horrible story line should of just left it at the first game
  27. GabiAc3
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    A master-piece of garbage

    How you can even write a story this badly? So much waste of money and talent, just to make the plot a complete mess. Seriously, this script is from Wattpad disguised with a good (but outdated) gameplay and gorgeous graphics. A lot of things are forced and unnatural. This game, in summary is like: "Remember that beloved character you sympathised in the whole story    A master-piece of garbage

    How you can even write a story this badly? So much waste of money and talent, just to make the plot a complete mess. Seriously, this script is from Wattpad disguised with a good (but outdated) gameplay and gorgeous graphics. A lot of things are forced and unnatural. This game, in summary is like: "Remember that beloved character you sympathised in the whole story of The Last of Us? Good because now we are going to show you that he/she deserves this death. Yeah this one. Pretty quick and disrespectful right? Look at how edgy we are, how innovators, how... different (rubbing their nipples). Why killing it like that? Because that person killed a lot of human beings, people with their own story. And now we offer you a more realistic way to see TLOU by controling, the one and only, character who killed the most important character of the first game". So what's the whole point of The Last Of Us 1? Anyway, you can't even call this game a part two, because it isn't. It doesn't add up. We don't really know what were you thinking.
    Thanks for the first game, but this one needed more heart, humanity and passion to be a decent sequel. I can even say that this sequel was totally unnecessary.

    Oh and you were really conscious about what we wanted, all that fake advertising showing this one character alive, so many hate and negativity from you coming out of nowhere.
    You need a hug Druckman? A kiss? Anything?    … Expand
  28. Criisss
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hey remember all the good thing about the first last of us, like story, pacing, the loveable characters their growth. This game throws that out the window, literally by killing Joel. As soon as he died it felt like a chore to continue playing. I wanted to play as Joel not some buffed **** that noone cares about.… Expand
  29. Miguelgargd
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Escribo en español porque es necesario para esto. Un juego con una jugabilidad de 10, una música muy buena y que encaja mucho con el ambiente, sonido y graficos espectaculares... pero cuando llegamos al apartado de la historia, lo cual es LO MÁS IMPORTANTE DE TODO EL JUEGO EN SI, comienza todo a caer en picado. Nada que decir de la primera muerte, es el mejor modo de hacer que odiemos a nuestros enemigos y de hacer que nos zambullamos de lleno en la historia, el problema comienza cuando a quien deberiamos de odiar se convierte en personaje principal, ¿en que estaba pensando naughty dog cuando decidió eso? En fin, si fuera una simple misión de recordatorio o un intento de explicación de los motivos personales del malo estaría muy muy bien traido, pero que Abby se juegue MÁS HORAS QUE SE JUEGA A ELLIE ES UNA ABERRACIÓN. Han conseguido un despegue de oro, Ellie yendo con odio y rabia y ¿después tengo que ser Abby? ¿La persona a la que más se odia? Por favor. Un final sin sentido, o bueno muy oculto. Entiendo que quisierais condenar la venganza, pero si quieres eso NO HAGAS QUE ABBY LA PRIMERA EN VENGARSE GANE.
    En fin la historia es un desproposito que ha intentado vivir de las rentas del anterior juego. Por ello a la historia le doy un 0,5/10.
    No quiero entrar en toda la idealogia que hay en el juego, estoy a favor del movimiento pero también hay que saber cuando y cuanto mostrarlo para que sea realista y no un mero escaparate. La historia de Lev, siendo trans es la gota que colmó el vaso, es cierto que tienes que dar visibilidad a todo pero no creo que este juego fuera la situación. Una decisión muy fuera de lugar y que desentonaba totalmente con la tematica del juego. Cosa que no interrumpia pero te sacaba de la atmosfera que el juego debia de tener. En resumen: un juego con una agenda politica metida de contexto totalmente, pero que a fin de cuentas eso no destroza el juego si eres una persona normal.
    Para acabar, simplemente volver a reiterar que la historia es el mayor despropósito y fuera de lugar que he visto en mis muchisimos años a los mandos de consolas. Han destrozado un personaje tanto psicologica como fisicamente para nada, puesto que el juego al final se queda en nada. Muere quien no tiene que morir y vive quien tiene que morir. Jugabilidad 10/10
    Musica 8/10
    Inmersion 7/10
    Graficos 9/10
    Historia 1/10    … Expand
  30. IckyRicky
    Jun 29, 2020
    1
    The Last of us Part II is a fancy looking cake that tastes like dirt. The feel of the game, sound and looks are great. The actual mechanics are similar to the original in an almost too conservative way. Naughty Dog really doesn't put the game out there mechanically to stand on it's on. What it really comes down to is the story. While obviously a VERY subjective metric The Last of usThe Last of us Part II is a fancy looking cake that tastes like dirt. The feel of the game, sound and looks are great. The actual mechanics are similar to the original in an almost too conservative way. Naughty Dog really doesn't put the game out there mechanically to stand on it's on. What it really comes down to is the story. While obviously a VERY subjective metric The Last of us is 95% built on story. In this case the game falls flat on it's face. I don't want to give any spoilers out but my opinion of the story is that they try to tell a boring flat revenge tale and then execute it poorly. This game to me is like the new star wars trilogy. It seems it doesn't want to be defined by its predecessor but does not know how to do a good job on its on. I say again that The Last of us Part II is a fancy cake that tastes horrible. Unfortunately for everyone, no one cares how a cake looks if they can't even bare to stomach it.… 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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Metascore
93

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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