The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Johnamo
    Jul 1, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Im making this critics not just for the last of us Part 2 but for the way metacritic handle things like this .
    Metacritic has banned with good reason some review who were not really well constructed or even having no critics except it's lgbt and this critics have no place to be about this game .
    But the truth is the game is terrible,no characters enjoyable or even remakable for there place in this story, they even been forget in the games with no mention at all. (except joel,ellie and MAINLY Abby but for the wrong reason) the game is extremely beautiful but that's motsly it, the gameplay is the same wich will not be a big problem if not that people waited 7 long years have mostly the same thing that the first last of us .
    And the game Story is boring,gratuitous in violence and has nothing to offer to people except Shock value content and a morality were the mindset of the character change for the scenario is really low for the what naughty dog have made in the past.
    And the game seem to have been downgrade when we confront the E3 version and to been inferior againts red dead redemption 2 (in graphic and story) zelda breath of the wild (gameplay and engine) and ESPECIALY againt spec ops the line (for violence and the meaning of his story) or even having no choice in the game (like the walking dead telltale series or dishonored 2) is real some miss opportunity for the game to be even better than it's predecesor .
    But the fact that metacritic censored some well review and has been blocking new negative review makes it revolting (with the gaming journalist score of course) some really really sad thing for the great studio that was naughty dog and killing have well writen,loved character in this game with no reason except shock value and killing other npc with no consequence make it a really miss opportunity for naughty dog and the fact that manny great dev have been quiting the studio while the game was been made and the other were forced to to making crunch time for the game to make it deadlines is sad . i really congrats the people who were making graphism,music and character appareance but im not giving my congrats for the people who have made the story,who has falsely make their advertissing over joel and the people who were forced or pay to make great review for the game or they were losing their position.
    For ending this critics i have to say that naughty dog has truly lost the meaning of ''fun'' in video games (like neil druckmann has said) and that whatever their next project is, they have to really working about their employee,their method for making games,and their games because it is that or even with the ''sucess'' or the last of us part 2 they will be like bethesda or bioware.
    Some great studio who lost their passion and originality with too much ego or stress or maybe both of those thing,a great story have been cancel for a very poor story with just a meaningless morality in their own story . (even the last jedi has better quality than this when the movie has just 2h32 hour and the game has 35 hours ,really mediocre )
    i would have give a 5 or a 3 but i give it a 1.
    metacritic is a good site but those kinds of game hurt their name and some good review user are extremely strange to be honest if we have to ban the negative critics with no real meaning we have to ban even the good critics with no real meaning .
    And the game is not even making good lgbt representation in gaming life is strange,mass effect (until andromeda) and even the dlc the last of us left behind were real and memorable .
    And when a true great games make with love and really meaning and choices (im talking about cyberpunk 2077) and that games journalist will give a greater score than this game it will just confirm that they are more honest with a new game made of his own than a game that privilige and the great standing that was the last of us part 1.
    Play lisa the painful a great dark story about consequence,violence and the meaning of life after the worst has been experienced. the game is maybe old (15 december 2014) and has not the beauty of the graphism of the Last of us 2 but the gameplay is more challenging,the story is making you depressed and sad but doesnt let you feel empty like nothing was important and forced but that even after the worst we alway can rise up .Play it it's make a better job letting you sad,scare and depressed than the whole story of the last of us 2    … Expand
  2. gamereviewer555
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was really trying to give this game the benefit of the doubt. But the story was horrendous. It was like game of thrones season 8 level bad ending.
    It's a 25 hour torture porn misery simulator where you're forced to brutally kill realistic dogs and play out the dumbest revenge plot of all time.
    It's a revenge story where you kill hundreds of people only to let the target of your revenge live because revenge is bad I guess. Then you go try to live a happy ending and decide 'oh wait revenge is good afterall.' Then you get to the target again and decide 'nevermind revenge is still bad.' This game is trash and I hate it. This is coming from someone who loved Last of Us 1. Please don't support this trash game.    … Expand
  3. Oluong
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story: Awful, full of accidents and 0 probability
    Characters: Only used as tools for the plot; everyone is so awkward and impulsive
    Gameplay: repetitive fights that get boring in couple of hours, meaningless collections of cards and coins

    Mixed with the attempt to manipulate players' feelings and 'educate' them, this game would make you feel terrible in just a few hours. Definitely not recommended    … Expand
  4. albertbatlayeri
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    Games are an escape, not a representation!

    I played the Last Of Us originally, I fell in love with the story and thought it was amazing and Geary aching. I waited for years for the second one and I was so disappointed at the game. They really took away the wholesomeness and feminine side of Ellie. As a young girl I would really appreciate to have strong feminine leads as a character to    Games are an escape, not a representation!

    I played the Last Of Us originally, I fell in love with the story and thought it was amazing and Geary aching. I waited for years for the second one and I was so disappointed at the game. They really took away the wholesomeness and feminine side of Ellie. As a young girl I would really appreciate to have strong feminine leads as a character to play but throughout the whole game I felt like it was centered on sex, sexual orientation and Ellie basically replacing the role of a man. It’s like she was the guy and her girlfriend was suppose to be the girl in the relationship, which I guess can be true in a lot of lesbian relationships. I was truly sad.    … Expand
  5. treicer100
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    The first game was a masterpiece with real, memorable characters. The characters in the second part, except for the part of Jessie, are empty and faceless characters that are only needed to justify the crazy nonsense that came up from Neil Druckmann. I don't understand how the same person made two so different games. My opinion is that this person should be suspended from developing theThe first game was a masterpiece with real, memorable characters. The characters in the second part, except for the part of Jessie, are empty and faceless characters that are only needed to justify the crazy nonsense that came up from Neil Druckmann. I don't understand how the same person made two so different games. My opinion is that this person should be suspended from developing the next game, because the series is already under threat. Personally for me, the second part is not the canon, the characters of the second part (Ellie, Joel, Tommy), have nothing to do with the characters we saw in the first game. They are not canonical, for me the second part does not exist, I want to forget that I played it. I have nothing against tolerance, and I support it myself, but those minorities and groups represented in the game, do not affect the plot in any way and added only for the tick. If you want to make a game about minorities, make it separate, but you don't have to force this content into the game and the story, in which it will not look organic.… Expand
  6. MarktR
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    Basura hecha para satisfacer a la mayor cantidad de gente y conseguir premios solo por ser "actual"
  7. sharonreview
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    The Last of Us Part 2 is such a disappointment to me. It can be a new game with new character, but cannot be part 2. It humiliates the fans in the previous one.
    First of all, put LGBTR character is not a big deal for me, but Ellie's love story is not attractive and cannot help with the storyline. Whether she is straight or gay, her love story is not attractive, can not shape her image,    The Last of Us Part 2 is such a disappointment to me. It can be a new game with new character, but cannot be part 2. It humiliates the fans in the previous one.
    First of all, put LGBTR character is not a big deal for me, but Ellie's love story is not attractive and cannot help with the storyline. Whether she is straight or gay, her love story is not attractive, can not shape her image, meaningless. LGBTR has their own feelings, not just simply put into the story waiting for SJW praising you, Neil. Just like someone said, 'I just wanna kill the zombies'.
    Secondly, this story wants to express humanity against Joel's behavior in part 1, but cannot really see any humanity at all.
    Most importantly, there's no logic for main characters to choose who to kill, who to mercy. I'm not being emotional, but at least, give me a clue. It surprises me like Game of Throne last season last episode.    … Expand
  8. Ericthegreat
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    I don’t have any words for it . It’s just not fun story is just a big let down
  9. llll_2469
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    One point for the hardworking coders who made this game. Other parts worth nothing.
  10. Federo20
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    The most important thing about this game is the story, and it is terrible, also the script, the plot and the end is very bad and this is not a The last of us, The landscapes and graphics are good
  11. JacksonLok
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    This game, both in terms of sound effects, graphics, and details, are the best in the industry, but the confusion of narrative techniques ultimately led to the failure of this game.
    It's easy to give an example. Before Abby killed Joel, we didn't know why she did this, but I believe most people are actually on Joel's side. This narrative arrangement puts Abby on the opposite side of the    This game, both in terms of sound effects, graphics, and details, are the best in the industry, but the confusion of narrative techniques ultimately led to the failure of this game.
    It's easy to give an example. Before Abby killed Joel, we didn't know why she did this, but I believe most people are actually on Joel's side. This narrative arrangement puts Abby on the opposite side of the player so that the player will hate this character. When players don't like this character, the character's kindness is more like hypocrisy for them. In my opinion, if the director can put Abby's storyline at the beginning of the story, players will feel much better.
    And by the way, the trailer is fake.    … Expand
  12. Rikura
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    Me arrepiento de haber comprado el juego porque no tiene una historia consistente, un desarrollo muy pobre de los personajes y un final desepcionante
  13. andrecard
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible plot, repetitive gameplay, and unlikeable characters. crashing just on my PS4… Expand
  14. RayHD
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. История отвратительная. Первая игра запала в душу. Невероятная атмосфера. Но что вы наделали во второй части.... Убили все хорошее в персонажах, которых мы любили. Последние 3 часа я сидел с фейспалмо... Ужасная концовка, бессмысленная.
    Да, игра невероятно красивая. Гемплей не изменился с первой части.
    И все было бы прекрасно, но история бессмысленная. Она не вызывает эмоций. Только разочарование и отвращение.
    Убили Джоэла, убили все хорошее в Элли, не раскрыли Эбби. Для чего все это было? Для чего????    … Expand
  15. Onblast
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    Game play you've seen before 1,000 times, combined with a terrible retreaded story (that you've also seen 1,000 times previously) Yawn, nothing to see here other than pretty graphics.
  16. JTShellCorp
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    The game is beautiful, the combat is engaging and smooth as the first one. However, the storyline is atrocious is honestly the most disappointing game I've ever played. Do not play this game if you liked the first one, it will only make you upset. They try to get creative and introspective with the storyline and instead end up ruining the entire game. I haven't ever been this disappointedThe game is beautiful, the combat is engaging and smooth as the first one. However, the storyline is atrocious is honestly the most disappointing game I've ever played. Do not play this game if you liked the first one, it will only make you upset. They try to get creative and introspective with the storyline and instead end up ruining the entire game. I haven't ever been this disappointed with a game.… Expand
  17. tintonic93
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    disappointment after years of waiting, I just want to forget about this game.
  18. Rocca
    Jul 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es que es increíble el cabreo que me he llevado luego de jugarlo. Esperaba que toda la crítica fuera falsa pero para mí decepción no fue así. Comprendí lo que querían hacer pero muy mal ejecutado. Me he dado cuenta que lo más importante de un juego no es su parte técnica si no que la historia y como se cuenta y como te sumergen en ella es lo más.imporsnte… Expand
  19. VadimsB
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    Good day all,
    Just hated the story so much. The writers didn't feel and understand the vibe. Very disappointed.
    I really want my money back but more than that my time spent on this game. Killing is bad. Oh..yeas! isn't this obvious?? Maybe just give us a choice not to kill everybody on sight and really give us some warm and good story. The real world is full of hatred and suffering.    Good day all,
    Just hated the story so much. The writers didn't feel and understand the vibe. Very disappointed.

    I really want my money back but more than that my time spent on this game.
    Killing is bad. Oh..yeas! isn't this obvious??
    Maybe just give us a choice not to kill everybody on sight and really give us some warm and good story. The real world is full of hatred and suffering.
    Why do we need to experience the same thing in the game we loved?
    Just an expensive piece of garbage...    … Expand
  20. oldtimergamer
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    One of the worst story game being created. I've waited so long for this sequel. The 1st part was really good. But this 2nd part is all about revenged and death. No character development here. No moral value. Bad ending. The unnecessary gross les scene (wth?). Totally garbage. Also the sound and music less awe compared to part 1. Although I must say no doubt the graphics and gameplay areOne of the worst story game being created. I've waited so long for this sequel. The 1st part was really good. But this 2nd part is all about revenged and death. No character development here. No moral value. Bad ending. The unnecessary gross les scene (wth?). Totally garbage. Also the sound and music less awe compared to part 1. Although I must say no doubt the graphics and gameplay are 110% the best.… Expand
  21. Andyc90277
    Jul 10, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graphics and game play has improved little, the story is slow and boring. The new characters aren't likable, The Abby part feels more like a side mission, One of the worst endings in video games history!… Expand
  22. zack991
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    The graphics are some of the best I have seen on the system. Sound was good overall The combat is very repetitive and no real improvement over the first game. The story is down right horrible, destroy characters we fell in love with and completely destroyed what made the first game great.
  23. Nomombastard
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    I gave it one because... it's a beautiful game as far as aesthetics but that's about where my appreciation ends. I was a huge fan of the last of us. Waited for this game for 7 years! And then you do me like this naughty dog? As far as I'm concerned as a fan.. I choose to forget I played this game. I would rather imagine a different story for Joel and Ellie, but I understand that I am notI gave it one because... it's a beautiful game as far as aesthetics but that's about where my appreciation ends. I was a huge fan of the last of us. Waited for this game for 7 years! And then you do me like this naughty dog? As far as I'm concerned as a fan.. I choose to forget I played this game. I would rather imagine a different story for Joel and Ellie, but I understand that I am not the creator here.… Expand
  24. Cliff99
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. С тех пор как дали играть за Эбби , уже после убийства ххххх, просто пропало желание растягивать игру , исследовать. Пройти бы побыстрее да все.
    Все таки Дракман не справился. Не напрасно я думал что с уходом Брюса компанию будут ждать не лучшие времена.    … Expand
  25. Marcos1998
    Jun 30, 2020
    1
    The gameplay is okay. A pretty good step up from the first game. But the storyline in the last of us part 2 is literally ridiculous. It is so badly written it is insane. I was kind of prepared to what was gonna happen to the characters, but not the way it did. The game completely disconnected itself from the previous masterpiece, and making you play 10 hours with a character that youThe gameplay is okay. A pretty good step up from the first game. But the storyline in the last of us part 2 is literally ridiculous. It is so badly written it is insane. I was kind of prepared to what was gonna happen to the characters, but not the way it did. The game completely disconnected itself from the previous masterpiece, and making you play 10 hours with a character that you absolutely despise. I feel like I was fooled by the many great trailers, and I honestly don’t understand how Neil Druckmann can sink so low. The characters seem dumb, the plot is just stupid there’s no character development, there is no solution to the problem that started the game, and in the end you just feel lost. But not the cool kind of lost were you think at the game as amazing. Lost as in you feel like there should be more. Overall a complete disappointment. What made the last of us great was it’s intense storyline. The last of us 2 offers nothing like that. And btw I thought it was pretty cool in the last of us 1 DLC (left behind) where you find out Ellie actually likes girls. It was not too much and they made it seem very cool and kind of beautiful. But they was really just milking the fact that she liked woman in this game. Like “ohh see how diverse we are here at naughty dogs”. Man get out of here. You get no closure and it was overall just a bad experience. Nice try naughty dogs.. You ruined TheLastOfUs. Rip. ;((… Expand
  26. Macaque
    Jul 1, 2020
    1
    O jogo é um desastre e um total desrespeito com os fans que ficaram esperando essa BOMBA por 7 anos. Qual lado da balança pesa mais para um jogo single player, uma boa gameplay com gráficos absurdos, ou uma storyline(que na minha opinião é o que mais se espera de um jogo que você provavelmente vai jogar uma vez) de bosta, forçada, decepcionante, e lacradora?
  27. robot_charou
    Jul 1, 2020
    1
    The game was lost in the shadow of the previous game. The writing attempts to force upon a perspective that does not feel organic. No attempt to generate a meaningful storyline nor progress the world to the next state was made. Characters behave uncharacteristically and it does not tie well together. There is not enough gameplay for the price. I really don't understand how this game wasThe game was lost in the shadow of the previous game. The writing attempts to force upon a perspective that does not feel organic. No attempt to generate a meaningful storyline nor progress the world to the next state was made. Characters behave uncharacteristically and it does not tie well together. There is not enough gameplay for the price. I really don't understand how this game was delayed so frequently - it's really not that long.… Expand
  28. BillyDeePaladin
    Jul 7, 2020
    1
    tldr: Terrible story, worse gameplay, hollow diversity, pretty graphics, do not buy.

    I'm writing this as the credits roll on the game, nor did I watch the spoilers leaked online. If you enjoyed the first one, you will more than likely utterly despise this one. Joel and Ellie are not the same characters; straight-shooting and hardened heroes no longer describe them. What you are left    tldr: Terrible story, worse gameplay, hollow diversity, pretty graphics, do not buy.

    I'm writing this as the credits roll on the game, nor did I watch the spoilers leaked online. If you enjoyed the first one, you will more than likely utterly despise this one. Joel and Ellie are not the same characters; straight-shooting and hardened heroes no longer describe them. What you are left with are similar but significantly altered shadows. Like another man said below, I checked out 2 hours in, and never came back.

    The rest of the story is just... bad. There's an attempt to make you care about other characters in the game, but you end up not because of everything surrounding them. You try to keep playing, and then you realize that you're not having fun. You're just watching a train wreck that hit a bus while carrying a nuclear bomb that set off a volcano that froze the planet in endless winter destroying all life. It's. That. Bad.

    The gameplay is worsened from the previous one. There's an effort to make combat more combaty, but I remind you that this is a mostly a stealth game. Stealth, depending on the difficulty, you may never use. Listen mode is utterly useless now (unless they are right next to you). Enemies will change patterns depending often you reset a point (this is more frustrating than enjoyable). You have to continuously turn the camera to keep hitting the same enemy. Your first skill tree is useless; the last 2 are your best. The game will not let you turn off tutorials until you beat it and prepare for condescending 'hints' when you die.

    The diversity in the game is paper thin and hollow. And it feels more like checking off boxes saying, "Look who we have in the game!" versus actually doing the work to weave their stories into a compelling narrative. Diversity is not a bad thing. Half-assing it is. A black character is not just black, a lesbian is not just a lesbian, and a jewish person is not just that. They are more and that should have been explored through the lens of that world. You will see almost every race in here. You will see almost every marginalized 'major' group in here. None of which contributes well to the over all story.

    The art and graphics are solid. Game looks beautiful.

    Do not buy this game. Borrow it from someone, or watch a Let's Play. The ending is remarkably awful, and there is no satisfaction in finishing it. The Last of Us Part II was an artsy attempt to change the first; it succeeded. Neil Druckmann said that this game is about hate. He is right about that; you end up hating the game.    … Expand
  29. DitzEgo
    Jul 1, 2020
    1
    Playing this game can be likened to having Naughty Dog tie you to a chair, drill a hole through your head all the way down to your throat, and then spit in it. Imagine that for about 15 hours straight.

    But at least they tried to paint you a pretty picture while doing it. 1 out of 10.
  30. Cristian5037
    Jul 1, 2020
    1
    don't buy it cz it doesn't deserve your money,!!! Too bad story............
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  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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