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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  1. Positive: 84,950 out of 161975
  2. Mixed: 8,550 out of 161975
  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. GetReadyToFlyMO
    Jun 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hayatımda gördüğüm en cesurca karar.Ve gayet iyi değerlendirmişler.Finali biraz farklı olsaydı daha mutlu olabilirdim ama yinede oldukça iyi… Expand
  2. hankleroy12
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    I love this series and I love this game also, I don't get the hate, this is a very good game, really amazing. Naughty dog is the best!
  3. Hypnok
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Obra Maestra, sin duda es un juegazo, Naughty Dog enhorabuena lo habéis clavado
  4. Xitoc
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    The game is awesome.
  5. GeoThermalMan
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Not gonna posts any spoilers but I can say that this was an incredible game start to finish. Despite its controversies I think that it’s a perfect sequel.
  6. arttisplus3
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    This is a great game and is a perfect sequel. If you're a fan of the TLOU, then you're going to love TLOU 2. Folks that are bombing it, have their heads in the sand for whatever personal reasons and that has nothing to do with the game itself.
  7. Andydoxel
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    No es un juego, es una experiencia. Tienes que entrar en el sin prejuicios, con la mente abierta y el corazón en la mano. Disfruta de sus escenarios y paisajes, la música y del ruido de la naturaleza. Presta atención a cada detalle en los personajes, a sus diálogos, y sus muecas. Es más que un juego, es arte. No quiero que esta historia se acabe.
  8. Nagres
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Como conecta con la normalidad de la que es merecida la comunidad LGTBQ por fin con un juego y un juego de leyenda, la narrativa la naturalidad y la pasión de este juego son de lo mejor añadido a una jugabilidad entrañable y unos gráficos y sonido muchísimo más mejorados. Me encanta
  9. Fausto14
    Jun 20, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego estuvo bien la jugabilidad, los gráficos, los personajes, pero la historia no fue la mejor y lo que fue la muerte de Joel decepcionó un montón, al ser un personaje con el que jugamos antes y que básicamente el con ellie eran el equipo perfecto pero que maten a un gran personaje eso si decepcionó, pero el juego estuvo bien… Expand
  10. RJKC
    Jun 20, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros: Beautiful graphics, Interesting level design, Well voice acted and general sound, Some interesting new mechanics (prone hiding + shooting was particularly enjoyable).

    Cons: Melee combat is still poor (despite the fact its one of the main methods to deal with the infected in a game with low ammo supplies), The mix of linear and somewhat open areas makes it at times lack direction and bit aimless in that you can roam but there really isn't anything to do except loot and dodge/fight infected, The story as a whole

    Mild spoiler warning!

    The Last of Us 2 has a core issue with its narrative.

    Character Development:
    This game seemingly lacks any real tangible character development, especially comparing it to the original. I would even argue The Last of Us 1 was not a story of an attempt to cure the infection, now plaguing the world, that was just the motivation that gave impetus to the story to begin, the story is the changing of the dynamic between Joel and Ellie.

    Joel being a broken man, twisted by his anger, hatred and sorrow. Unwilling to allow himself to feel again in-case it ends with him getting hurt again.

    Ellie the naive child, looking for purpose and guidance by a father figure that she never really had, but in the process of looking for this closeness and companionship she fears that ultimately she will eventually lose it and end up alone again.

    The story reflects the change in them as they both embark on their positive character arc, shedding their accepted lies about themselves and the world around them and finding a truth in their time together that gives them both hope and faith.

    The Last of Us 2 on other hand is vapid, which is understandable being that it is a revenge story with a negative character arc as Ellie embraces her new internalized lie and seeks to make them pay for what they did, its cliched and lacks any nuance. If that was the intent then Tommy should have accompanied Ellie instead of Dina and the story could unfold as their anger and hatred for the WLF becomes more and more intense until it burns them, they effectively fuel each others hatred until it reaches a climax and they have to face their malice in a healthily or unhealthily way, that could have been compelling.

    Instead we get Dina, a likable character but otherwise meaningless to the player, she comes in as the love interest and after 1 drunken kiss and 1 joint + sexual encounter is willing to give up all her friends and life to travel across country with Ellie as if they have some deep meaningful connection. This is even more painful as after they leave the city and head to Seattle the next section of the game throws them both in to an open area where they can talk and Dina expresses a desire to get a farm and settle down and it would be with Ellie.

    From the player perspective this is so jarring, 1 kiss, 1 shag and within a couple interactions we are meant to be invested in them settling down and living happily ever after, you can make the argument that they must have spoken more off camera, but if that is the case why should the player care? How do you become invested in something you don't know about?

    Frankly the whole Dina+Ellie thing feels forced and I can only assume its to solidify the fact that Ellie is homosexual, which by the way is fine, it was fine in Last of Us 1 and its fine now, but if you want to highlight it so prominently at least write something meaningful.

    Plot:
    It feels rushed, messy, it creates motivation without nuance. Frankly if they had kidnapped Joel and taken him back to Seattle and Ellie had to go after him you could have more complex emotions around the possibility of Ellie saving Joel still. Ultimately that would also give Joel, a character that deserved to go out on a high, the chance to have one last heartfelt moment with what was basically his adoptive daughter who he clearly loves.

    Abby:
    Don't make me play Abby, from the moment she went out on the walk with Owen and she talked about finding "him" I knew her intentions. Nothing breaks my immersion more then making me do something terrible to a character I care for when I don't want/need to.

    Don't get me wrong if I have to put down a beloved character because they've become infected, that's hard but its fitting. Making me take a character I have no connection to and lead her to kill Joel, actually make me work to keep her alive from the infected even though I want her to fail/die is so immersion breaking, I just wanted to hurl her off the cliff or let the infected rip her neck open instead.

    My summary is this, beautiful looking and sounding game, if it was the first in the franchise would be incredible but it just doesn't live up to expectations created from the first.

    A "story" driven game with shallow 2 dimensional characters and a poor plot.

    Wait for it to go on sale.    … Expand
  11. Brysor
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La muerte de Joel es algo que nadie se esperaba, al igual que el primero es un juego de mucho sentimiento, dolor y venganza. Me parece un juego de 10… Expand
  12. Alexgamerpro
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Il gioco non ha nulla da invidiare rispetto al primo anzi la storia e bellissima e commovente divertente a tratti e ti fa venire un botto di emozioni .
    Il gameplay e simile al primo ma molto più fluido e coinvolgente .
    Non sono un esperto in recensioni ma vi tenevo a dire la mia .
  13. xUngodly
    Jun 20, 2020
    9
    This game is not as good as the 1st. BUT. With that saying it is still an amazing game. The graphics, voices, sounds and gameplay are amazing. The story is not up to par with the first. The first one feels like you had an objective and a goal this one even though there is one you don’t feel like it. You feel like you are just on a killing spree for no reason. Your companion is just flatThis game is not as good as the 1st. BUT. With that saying it is still an amazing game. The graphics, voices, sounds and gameplay are amazing. The story is not up to par with the first. The first one feels like you had an objective and a goal this one even though there is one you don’t feel like it. You feel like you are just on a killing spree for no reason. Your companion is just flat out annoying as well. I can’t stand her personally. I’m not homophobic and I am not hating on her because of this. This in no way has affected my rating. Overall this is a good game and if you enjoyed the first one you will enjoy this one give it a chance.… Expand
  14. Danhervidez07
    Jun 20, 2020
    9
    El juego puede no ser del agrado de muchos, pero esto es algo que no se ve con frecuencia y sombra duda me ha gustado en la gran mayoría de sus aspectos, tal vez me hubiera gustado que algunas cosas sean contadas de formas distintas, pero aún así es muy bueno.
  15. OceanicWolf
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    This game is gorgeous both with environmental and character animations. That is where the good begins and ends. The AI is incredibly dumb on anything except the hardest difficulty, the story is drawn out with the most obvious meaning, and nothing has evolved from the TLoU1. The characters dramatically different and make mistake after mistake through the whole game to the point that it'sThis game is gorgeous both with environmental and character animations. That is where the good begins and ends. The AI is incredibly dumb on anything except the hardest difficulty, the story is drawn out with the most obvious meaning, and nothing has evolved from the TLoU1. The characters dramatically different and make mistake after mistake through the whole game to the point that it's unnatural. Druckman I think let the TLoU1 get to his head a bit because this game's story constantly tries to come off as clever when in reality its drilling every little thing in for an ending that is both unfulfilling and attempting to be deeper than it actually is.

    For those both on Youtube and people from Naughty Dog screaming about the lack of context.. The context makes the leaks that much more worse. If you're going to play something play part 1 and tell yourself that Part 2 is non-canonical. Save yourself the time, irritation, and pain that comes with this game trying to hand fist obvious messages about revenge with bad design and writing. To the outlets giving this game a 10 out 10 who claimed there was some big thought provoking narrative: You're out of your mind. The game should be judged on how it runs, looks, and the story behind it. TLoU2 will take you through 20-30ish similar albeit beautiful environments, deal with an AI that has no depth, and take you down a story that discusses revenge and the cycle of repetition that will leave a person with nothing at the end. I will say there was potential here but the game stops you every 5 seconds per cutscene with gore porn to say "SEE ISN'T THIS BAD? LOOK AT WHAT THE REVENGE AND HATE IS MAKING ME DO!". By the time you get to about 4 hours in, you will feel as though someone is grating the side of your brain with sand paper as it tries to mold you into thinking a certain way. It's divisive in the sense that either one your mind is so shallow that it will appear so deep and thoat provoking or two you find you have a mind of your own and see the game doesn't want you to have your own thoughts on the subject matter it is presenting.

    Don't do what I did. I saw the leaks and still made the decision that I needed to see if it was really as bad as the leaks stated. I implore you if you're curious about the TLoU2 to borrow or rent this one. Don't spend $60.00 on this mess and go and buy TLoU1 remastered. See the game that made Druckman great. Not the one that was created from his mental high horse and forgot about what made the original great in the first place.    … Expand
  16. raskolnik
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    This game is among the best of ps4 generation unless of course you are a fascist troll like all this people here giving bad press to a master piece. They are so dumb that after 6 years they still don't know how to switch on PS4 but they have been told to write garbage and they just follow orders as brainless **** that they are. We have to buy this game even if it is only to **** all this nazis!
  17. HigoFerrari
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Jogo incrível com uma história super envolvente, há conteúdo, gráfico e jogabilidade, tudo que se espera de the last of us.

    Triste em ver pessoas tomadas apenas por maldade em querer rebaixar o jogo , sem nenhum motivo justo, apenas por maldade mesmo, quem gostou e se emocionou com o primeiro, irá sentir o mesmo com o segundo .
  18. MrNeanderth
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Don't listening haters, this Game is amazing. I like it very much, i'm very happy
  19. CalebFoxx
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    This game is like a movie... better even.
    Congrats to the whole Naughty Dog Team.
  20. Ezranomad000
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Beautiful story and gameplay. I was concerned with others negativity but I am glad I decided to play anyways. The controls are better the atmosphere is better and I’m in love with the story. Highly recommend
  21. iVectorV
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    -- STATS --
    Graphics 10/10
    Sounds 10/10
    Gameplay 10/10
    World 10/10
    Duration 10/10
    History 9/10 ( In my opinion ) ( Probably not the most correct history to the other users )
  22. tmrpp98
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    Unbelievable, unsatisfying Story. Feels like a 9-12h game dragged to 21h and especially the last 4h -5h you’re already so disappointed you just want it to be over. The trailers are totally false advertising.
    You notice how hard it tries to have a deep story. I don’t get the official reviews in any way. Naughty Dog is dead to me now. It’s sad that this a technical and graphical masterpiece    Unbelievable, unsatisfying Story. Feels like a 9-12h game dragged to 21h and especially the last 4h -5h you’re already so disappointed you just want it to be over. The trailers are totally false advertising.
    You notice how hard it tries to have a deep story. I don’t get the official reviews in any way. Naughty Dog is dead to me now. It’s sad that this a technical and graphical masterpiece but the story just doesn’t match up.    … Expand
  23. gangrene
    Jun 20, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. made an account to write this review. This game isn’t as bad as the user score says it is, or at least its not to me. I can understand why the people don’t like this game though. I went into this game expecting it to be extremely dark and no fun at all. It wasn’t as dark as I thought it would be, but still moderately depressing. It’s pretty fun too. I wasn’t getting annoyed at (most) fights like I did in part 1. The story, which is many people’s main problem, isn’t all that bad either. It’s just super depressing. It had me staring at the screen sometimes. There’s some happier parts too that keep the story from being way too dark. A lot of people also had a problem with Abby, but I honestly liked her. Not as much as I like Ellie, but she’s still pretty solid. My least favorite part of the story was definitely the final chapter and the ending, but it’s mostly because I didn’t like seeing Ellie like how she was. I was secretly hoping for at least a bittersweet ending, so it was really sad to see what actually happened. It’s sort of open ended like the first game’s end, but in a way I don’t exactly like. It’s also sort of weird that Ellie just lets Abby go. I’d like to think it’s because Lev was there, but I honestly have no idea. Anyways, this game is still worthwhile if you want your mind **** with. Might have to play through it a couple more times to appreciate it more or less.… Expand
  24. Angelboy777
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    The game is not beautiful like firts one. I dint like to play with Abby. Abby could be good in DLC but not inside in this version.
  25. Widoz
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Es un joya, el apartado técnico y gráfico es increíble, el game play y la historia impecable
  26. sidthekid
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    I don't know what is wrong with people. Most of y'all have not even played the game. It's not the worst game in the world to receive a 0's. Be reasonable and stop being a bunch of babies.
  27. Devaya
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Великая игра, лгбт не имело значения, визуал прекрасен, взрослый сюжет. Покупайте
  28. Scarface88
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Game gets it´s story with enough tension and emotions, gameplay is classic and the scenarios are well designed
  29. MetaJR
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first game IS a dream , an adventure incredible , But this second game, it's just a Joke....


    Druckmann killed the game Script IS Bad ....just Bad , This second game IS a lier to the first and only One true Last of us This second game can't to be Real because it IS a **** on the neck of the Legendary first Game


    1 point for thé technical animation, and facial animation , but some bug , and ref dead rédemption IS an open World of 2018, superior in graphism and animation....


    1 point beacause the name IS "last of Us part 2 " But ..... The game IS Bad , the script IS Bad , the character ...Ellie , Joël , .... Destroy the Beauty of thé first part , the only One part Druckmann must to leave naughty dog because .... He killed the last of us and ND    … Expand
  30. bbll
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yall are so pressed over Joel's death. You do realize he did cruel things to survive with tommy for two decades right? of course there are going to be people after him, wanting to torture him back. this was a good game, you guys are just too petty to accept 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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