The Last of Us Part II

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  1. CrippledViking
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    Ok let's get it out of the way, credit where credit is due. Graphics are incredible
    Environments and level design are top notch Animations are very well done Gameplay is okay, not the most fantastic thing I've ever played but it functions and does it's job
    However, I cannot rightfully recommend this game to anyone who enjoyed the first or was expecting a good story here. Some extremely    Ok let's get it out of the way, credit where credit is due. Graphics are incredible
    Environments and level design are top notch Animations are very well done Gameplay is okay, not the most fantastic thing I've ever played but it functions and does it's job

    However, I cannot rightfully recommend this game to anyone who enjoyed the first or was expecting a good story here. Some extremely poor decisions were made with regards to the direction this story goes in, well loved characters have been completely butchered (literally even) and all their personality has been ripped away. The new characters this game introduces are boring, bland and have absolutely none of the chemistry that Joel and Ellie shared in the first game. The script is poorly written and the protagonists seemingly make the most asinine decisions I've ever witnessed that are completely out of character. The plot has been reduced to a petty revenge story that has absolutely none of the gravitas or emotional weight that the first one carried

    The pacing is all over the place and made the game a slog to complete. To conclude; please do not buy this game if you have any love for The Last of Us as a franchise, I personally feel utterly betrayed and insulted by what it has turned into and I doubt I'm the only one with this opinion, this is is certainly the last Naughty Dog game I will ever play    … Expand
  2. Hanmabaki
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    I’m in love with this game, some moment I didn’t liked but it’s blowing my mind 10/10 amazing game !!
  3. Gingerninja298
    Jun 22, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After playing the game unlike most of the people here I have really enjoyed the game from the gameplay to the graphics. Tho not as good as the first games story it’s still really good and has some interesting story choices.
    (spoilers here)
    I didn’t mind playing as Abby at the start to get us into story however I think they should should have made the part further into the game as a dlc like left behind. I still enjoyed what it added to the world and the story wasn’t sure if it was really needed i heard the LGBTQ’s repression that was added was unneeded however it never bothered me and I usually does. Overall I really loved the game and I suggest that people get it and ignore the negative reviews and make your own mind up    … Expand
  4. everlier
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Those who don't like the story are just people waiting to be pleased and comforted. It's not nice, just like the real life. It highlights perfectly that every story has its own background. It's harsh and unforgiving, but it makes you feel, which is a rare gem these days. It's the absolute best interactive art that I've ever got my hands on. A masterpiece which will be talked about forThose who don't like the story are just people waiting to be pleased and comforted. It's not nice, just like the real life. It highlights perfectly that every story has its own background. It's harsh and unforgiving, but it makes you feel, which is a rare gem these days. It's the absolute best interactive art that I've ever got my hands on. A masterpiece which will be talked about for years to come.… Expand
  5. sam9801
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    DO NOT buy this game. If I had known how bad it was compared to the first one going in I wouldn't have even looked twice at it. Completely ruins the game and ruins the memories I had playing the first game. DO NOT BUY IT, I WISH I HADN'T. I didnt even ****ing finish it it's so disgustingly bad, what a disgrace of a game.
  6. Apache1999
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Waited a long long time for this game. Highly HIGHLY disappointing. I don’t care if they wanted to kill Joel but respect the characters man. They made Joel go out so easy but that’s wrong he would have at least took out a couple on his way out. Also not to mention they didn’t even put effort into his death mean look at Tommy he’s leaning up against a dresser looking in Abby’s direction and didn’t notice she grabbed the shotgun!?!? They just ruined one of the greatest games of all time. Plus it’s so based around the LGBT community. Okay okay Ellie is lesbian you don’t have to remind us every 30 seconds. The entire game was based on revenge for our loved character Joel and we didn’t even get to avenge his wrongful death. My suggestion to them would be to make a DLC telling a different story where Joel doesn’t die. That’s the only thing that can save them now.… Expand
  7. MeshallAR
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    I think people are overreacting because of the spoilers, the game look amazing in every why and I absolutely love every minute of it.
  8. Enzage
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I never felt, that this game needed a sequel, so I was pessimistic about part II. And I wasn't wrong. The only 2 positives things about this game are graphics and gunplay. But did we all love TLoU 1 because of these things? - No. We loved it because of it's story and characters. And both of these thing in TLoU 2 are absolute awful from many points. What an absolute amazing way to write your story by killing the face of the series at the very start of the game, the main reason why we love TloU. And not only that, but he was killed like a side character, like everything we've been through with this character meant nothing. What a waste of potential, what an act of disrespect towards your fan base. Not to mention, that Naughty Dogs literally scammed me and other players. They replaced Joel in some parts of the game(where he is supposed to be based on the promotion trailer) by a random guy, called "Jessie", for example. Yeah, how can you make a promotion trailer without Joel, right? And I find it quite simbolic and funny, that the guy, who spat on the Joel's corpse looks exactly like Neil Druckmann. This man literally spat on such great character, which Joel is and on us, fans of this game. That's exactly like I felt. But it wasn't the end of the suffering. How retarded must you be to force your players to play half of this **** game a character, who killed the character we all loved? To force us, players, to attack Ellie? Did you really think it would be fun or any interesting? Are you **** dumb? What an amazing game design decision. Applause. But the most retarded thing is, that people who don't like the game are branded as homophobes or just immoral human beings. You are the one forcing this LGBT values on to me and you are calling me immoral? Obviosly, to show lesbian sex was much more important than to write a decent story and to kill the face of the story the way he deserved. And the ending of the game... Mmm... on the boundary of fantastic. Do I reccomend this game? - Absolutely no, especially, if you are the fan of the original game.… Expand
  9. AndrewNeon
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I never make a critic before TLOU II. That **** is bad enough to make me sign up, waste my time, write **** bout this bloody game. Who the f*** make the green light to this awful, depressing, disgusting story writing? This story which fate is to disgrace Joel is worthless. But the music & the game model is perfect.… Expand
  10. Xaldei
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Visuals are great, gameplay is really similar to the original The Last Of Us, story is stupid.
    The way they tell the story with flashbacks etc just makes it worse!!!
  11. MAURICIOAURELIO
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Simplesmente Incrível e emocionante do inicio ao fim. Sem dúvidas o melhor jogo dessa geração.
  12. Nikkuun
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    This game is amazing! The plot and graphics are at the highest level!! I don't care what other players says.
  13. underwaterwrite
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is an incredible game with deep characters and a plot that allows you to look at the same events from different angles. The new characters are very interesting and well-crafted.

    I always wanted the sequel to show the world of the game from a new perspective and on behalf of another character. I like Joel and Ellie, but I wanted a new story and I got it. Emotions in the finals went wild. Thanks 10/10    … Expand
  14. PositiveAuthor
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Absolutely amazing game. I don't understand why everyone is hating on it. I enjoyed every single minute of it and wish I could start all over again
  15. superunknown
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    FASTEST SELLING GAME IN HISTORY, you poor sad bastards!!!
    The game is 25/30 hours long and you are bombing it after few hours from its release?
    Reviewing it without buying is the saddest thing a person can do.
    The game is really good, and you are not gonna manage to stop the sales, it will reach another 10 million copies sold like the first one did.
    Up yours little B****S
  16. hewalyum
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    can spoiler
    we got tricked with trailers and gameplay videos.I paid for this game for fifty and joel.Playing with abby made me finish off.frustration.I would not recommend you pre-order this producer games.they had to be honest in trailer and gameplay.technical, gameplay, graphics are very good.I broke 2 points because I don't like the story I broke 4 points because the job was not as described.
  17. Vlexemir
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Femenisticheskaya huynya, igra pezdoy vonyaet 0/10. Gameplay govno polnoe, kak i suzhet.
  18. JB_Bass
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    I personally had a blast playing through this game. It is a much darker and grittier game than the first one. First of all, the graphics and the environments. Wow, just wow. From a technical point of view this game is a marvel. The attention to detail is phenomenal. I was really impressed by city skylines and distant vistas, character movement and the density of the vegetation.

    Second,    I personally had a blast playing through this game. It is a much darker and grittier game than the first one. First of all, the graphics and the environments. Wow, just wow. From a technical point of view this game is a marvel. The attention to detail is phenomenal. I was really impressed by city skylines and distant vistas, character movement and the density of the vegetation.

    Second, gameplay-wise it has gotten a lot better. Ellie is extremely agile, and she can now jump, dodge and prone. It makes combat a lot easier. Enemy AI is also a lot better. Enemies work together and make personalized callouts to which you can adapt your own strategy. It's truly impressive.

    And then there is the story. Well, to be quite honest, I just decided to roll with it, and for me it kinda worked. I believe it was actually a pretty decent story. It's just that I didn't quite understand Ellie's careless attitude throughout her journey. Then there's the other point of view in which we play as a new character. At first I hated this new character because of her actions early in the game, but in the end I felt sorry for her. I actually believed her and think that some of her friends didn't deserve what happened to them. Overall it has some really great moments.

    If there's one major critism I have to offer, it would be the pacing. There is a lot, and I do mean a lot, of detouring going on just to prolong the game but in the end the means is the same. Ellie is almost at the hospital.... nope, she slips into the sewer. The new character is on the skybridge, nope, she falls off and now we need to fight through an infected building. These situations happen a bit too often. I think a shorter and more rounded 16-18 hour game would've been better than the 25 hours full of sidetracking. Other than that. This is a solid game and the devs should be proud. Best game ever? No, but definitely not as bad as some people claim it to be. I give it 8/10.    … Expand
  19. Eindolon
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    1 for technical and graphics .. But politics in a video game..Just no.

    He does not deserve such a bad rating, but all those people who create accounts to put the maximum score without having played it under a political pretext.

    Well I do the same, I create an account to show that I do not agree.
  20. karinasnus
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    It doesn't even 'THE LAST OF US 2', It's 'part. 2'.
    So it is obvious to expect some vibe from the first piece.
    But I can't see any of it.
    It's not about 'What's right', It's about 'Arrogance of director'.
  21. Skyloc3000
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Im not going to give anything away spoiler wise. I just wanted to say my son got me this game for Father's Day since I loved the first game. I dont know what all the fuss is about. Get over it... the game play is tight,similar to the last one. The graphics hands down the best I've seen so far on ps4 right up there with Herizon Zero Dawn. The storyline is very intriguing and theIm not going to give anything away spoiler wise. I just wanted to say my son got me this game for Father's Day since I loved the first game. I dont know what all the fuss is about. Get over it... the game play is tight,similar to the last one. The graphics hands down the best I've seen so far on ps4 right up there with Herizon Zero Dawn. The storyline is very intriguing and the relationship between the girls is very heartwarming in a dark time. Must have for library dont be blinded by hate. Happy Father's Day all!!!… Expand
  22. sarcasticHog
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    We don’t want eLGiBiTi in games. It’s not fair to place anywhere eLGiBiTi content. Please stop it.
  23. ineedjoelback
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    you are even doing the Hitler dictatorship way now? never gonna trust you again anyway
  24. Coolaboola1916
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Visually this game is a beautifully created however considering this game is a story driven game it is a disaster. It completly betrays the fundamentals that made the first one so loved. Joel deserved better and then the fact you are being forced to play as his killer is horrible. This sees you forced play with characters you dont care about and honestly it was a chore to finish it. The best parts where ellies flashback gave us a glimpse of the game we wanted but no got this mess. A generic revenge story with out the revenge… Expand
  25. Silentchecker
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After an amazing first part of The last of us 2 that mainly talked about the relationship between Ellie and Joel between father and daughter that is the main thing we liked about Tlou .We liked the story, game-play, dailogue between the charactars, emotions etc....
    But if you told me that Tlou2 will be excluded from all of that i would have not believed you but after i played the game .i saw how poor the story is. Joel being killed a painful death shows how the devolpers really does not care about the main charactars and putting some agenda like Ellie being a lesbian and making the game in the hands of woman that does not make any sense at least make a balance between men and woman in the game not because feminism and this things that bring views and easy money you run after them! unfortunatly naughty dog ran for the fashion ,naughty dog ran for the thing that brings money and joel being killed is not the problem the way he dies is the problem the way the does not make any sense also the game unlike the first part. tlou2 talks about revenge .A renenge for a main charactar being killed by abby i know how the game wants us to hate abby for what it did to joel but not like that not with a story that does not make sense but the gameplay is very good the way Ellie can squeeze through tiny place makes the game fast and amazing in terms of the gameplay . you can choose your approach stealth using your bow or suppressor guns or variety of guns where you can upgrade or exploring new places where you can find things that may help you throughout the game and where you can control every thing in the game from the colors of subtitles and health of the opponent and and where zombies can listen to you etc... in the end i can only say that this game is very very very disappointing and I am real sad about what they did to the game    … Expand
  26. BeyoundSpace
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILERS
    So before anything i'm telling you all right of the bet that i'm really pissed off about this.
    The last of us ll, One of the most if not the most anticipated gaming sequel of this year, it takes apart a few years after the original one (The last of us l) from 2013, where we see Joel and Ellie take of together the unknown.
    Now you might be wondering why the 3/10 score if this was such an anticipated sequel, well let me tell you why, in order to give a 10/10 review like most of the so called professional reviewers out there a game/book/movie/series needs to have certain characteristics that sets it apart from the others.
    Most of the reviewers gave this game a 10/10 review which is already weird because normally there is always some negative and some neutral reviews and if you played the game you will get to the same conclusion that many of us have because this is not sequel material. They presented us with a game shouldn't even have been release but why?
    Well the graphics are amazing and that's truth and i wasn't expecting anything less from naughty dog and that is the only reason that im not giving the review a 0/10 and a 3/10. Why a 3/10?| you may ask be asking... well because the graphics of the game should never be the reason why a game as a 5/10 or even a 10/10 review which normally is the reason that people who play games casually gives it to them. So now the real reason why i don't give anymore credit to the game, well for starters this game is a sequel and sequels normally tend to follow a path set by the first one, and what i'm trying to say is that this game has nothing to do with The last of us l in terms of story development and character development. Naughty dog literally takes a piss on what fans loved about the characters and what the characters were and completely remakes their whole way of thinking and acting, Joel is not actually the Joel we met that was bitter towards strangers (i guess 5 or 6 years really change someone's perspective of the whole world even in an apocalypse), Ellie goes on a killing spree out of revenge for Joel's death (which is the whole point of the game, getting a revenge...) just so that in the end she doesn't even get's her revenge after killing maybe hundreds of people because and let me emphasize this BECAUSE killing is not a solution (well Ellie the why the killing spree what did the other ones did to you to deserve it?). That's the biggest problem with this game, this history ... a revenge history isn't something that marks the players it just isn't something that you enjoyed watching and playing it doesn't stick to your memory because it's just a normal story just like the other, there is literally nothing different from this history and the one from some indie game with a overall rating of 3 or 4 a game with a rating of 10 needs a compelling history that will stay with you for years, this might be a game, but just like movies and series you can have pieces of it with you for the rest of your life they can be lessons or experiences that sometimes might even change you. So now that the biggest problem with this game is addressed i'm going to speak about the secondary problems with it.
    The gameplay itself, we were promised a revolutionary gameplay but what we really got was empty promisses, the gameplay it's almost the same as in The Last Of Us l, now don't get me wrong they did changed it, they added dogs! i mean what's there to not love about it?
    We all loved the way the game was meant to be played in 2013 but where is the improvement? you still craft items in the same way as you did before so no improvement there, the looting system is the exact same one so nothing new there either they may have add some new animations to the fight's but in overall despite the change in graphics the gameplay stayed pretty similar the on in The last of Us l.
    So in conclusion i'm giving this game a 3/10 score    … Expand
  27. qwqw86k
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    7 years wait for this "stuff"...
    Ummmmmmmm
    In a story-driven game, the story determines whether the game is good or bad.
    This game is a very vivid interpretation of this point. No matter how good the graphic is, with such a PC and stupid story, this game can only be turned into a piece of sh1t.
  28. MarHam
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    Alright, so I went in with a pretty much blank slate here. I missed the controversy, the name-calling and the crying online. The first half of the game is okay I guess, it looks a bit out-dated and the controls are pretty clunky, but the physics and AI are top-notch. It was at this moment I that they fired the original writer and started putting in an inexperienced wannabe crowd pleaser.Alright, so I went in with a pretty much blank slate here. I missed the controversy, the name-calling and the crying online. The first half of the game is okay I guess, it looks a bit out-dated and the controls are pretty clunky, but the physics and AI are top-notch. It was at this moment I that they fired the original writer and started putting in an inexperienced wannabe crowd pleaser. Now, I don't mind a bit of diversity (it is probably a requirement at this point) but it all feels so forced. Characters are blatantly shallow, motivations have been tossed out of the window and what should have been an awesome finale to a great game feels like a gut punch from naughty dog because of reasons I will never understand. If their goal was to make an LGBTQ character we could symphatize with they have failed horribly. Instead they have given us a token, a throw-away that should have been an npc-companion you would learn to appreciate during a long struggle to survive, not the main character of a franchise that was supposed to have a long future. A waste of potential, both of a diverse character, a strong female lead and a franchise naughty dog could have milked out for the next 2 decades.… Expand
  29. bilb01980
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    Average graphics and game play I been waiting for 4 years since the first playing the new game
    I nearly finish the game not recommend to anyone to spend more then 20 bucks/aussie/ for it the high standard expected from naughty dog the game is C- not a trash but worse then advertise
    not want to comment on the story but is one of the worse i seem in recent times ...i been playing games for    Average graphics and game play I been waiting for 4 years since the first playing the new game
    I nearly finish the game not recommend to anyone to spend more then 20 bucks/aussie/ for it the high standard expected from naughty dog the game is C- not a trash but worse then advertise
    not want to comment on the story but is one of the worse i seem in recent times ...i been playing games for more then 30 years very disappointed    … Expand
  30. Havok1604
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Story **** gameplay **** .. First game Was way better.. IT was my only reason to have a playstation and now i can sell this piece of ****
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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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