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. Contumqcious
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spit in the face of everyone who loved the first game. On no green earth is this a good game by any stretch. You are forced to witness the death of a beloved character and then play as the murderer of said character all the while the game wants you to sympathize with them. Then towards the end, Ellie can not even bring herself to take revenge but seems to have no problem killing hundreds of people instead. This game may receive lots of criticism for political reasons, I am just appalled and the disrespect this game showed towards the first one. Would not recommend, save your money folks.… Expand
  2. Skyarch
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Holy god the story was so god awful I waited 7 years for this. I wanted to quit so many times though out the Abby line. Completely devoid of an interesting or satisfying plot. The graphics where okay and the gameplay was the same as always which does get old. Solid use of destroying all character development from the previous game and forgetting to develop characters in this one. I do notHoly god the story was so god awful I waited 7 years for this. I wanted to quit so many times though out the Abby line. Completely devoid of an interesting or satisfying plot. The graphics where okay and the gameplay was the same as always which does get old. Solid use of destroying all character development from the previous game and forgetting to develop characters in this one. I do not suggest buying this game if not only for the graphics.… Expand
  3. Damigamermxus
    Jul 2, 2023
    0
    Very bad writting and disrespectful to Joel, the main character of the first game. And Neil only added a feminist to kick Ellie''s, Ellie's girlfriend, Tommy's and Joel's asses and its disgusting. And the ending of this game sucks! I don't get why ponies fanboys likes this game and treat it like a masterpiece when it's not. The only good things about this game is the gameplay and graphicsVery bad writting and disrespectful to Joel, the main character of the first game. And Neil only added a feminist to kick Ellie''s, Ellie's girlfriend, Tommy's and Joel's asses and its disgusting. And the ending of this game sucks! I don't get why ponies fanboys likes this game and treat it like a masterpiece when it's not. The only good things about this game is the gameplay and graphics and that's it, It didn't deserved the GOTY Award… Expand
  4. Bucketanarchy
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    To say I didn't like it would be insulting any other game I didn't like.
    This game has got to be the most pretentious garbage I have ever seen.
    Naughty dog tries way to hard to "subvert expectations" and instead creates a complete train wreck of forced politics and LGBTQ ideals. Part 1 had the perfect balance between story and character development, and surprisingly managed to have    To say I didn't like it would be insulting any other game I didn't like.
    This game has got to be the most pretentious garbage I have ever seen.
    Naughty dog tries way to hard to "subvert expectations" and instead creates a complete train wreck
    of forced politics and LGBTQ ideals. Part 1 had the perfect balance between story and character development, and surprisingly managed to have LGBTQ plot devices that actually made sense.
    Druckmann clearly has some problems he need to work out with certain people instead of implementing them into and highly anticipated installment to a series.    … Expand
  5. 999sowhat
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Graphics is good, gameplay is meh, story is awful in every way possible. The Last Of Us ended on the first game, this is some twisted fetish porn from writer of this game.
  6. Dantemax29
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was waiting for a masterpiece, but got one of the worst games. “The Last of Us” was one of the best games I played, the plot of “The Last of Us 2” is one of the most disgusting, it seems, the developers decided to spoil what they created. They took and killed one of the protagonists of the first part of the game, and put another in his place. It’s better to eliminate the heroine herself or her friend ...
    I am sorry for the money spent on this game.
    Currently the worst Sony exclusive.
    My rating for the game:
    Graphics 10
    Gameplay 7
    History 0.
    Since the main thing in the game is the story itself, the result is 0.
    And now it seems impossible to believe the critics, only those who played ... This is clearly seen in another game, where critics smashed the game, and the players liked it. I advise everyone Days gone, to replace The Last of Us 2 ... The game is really good.    … Expand
  7. NotKnown
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I really wanted to give this game higher score at least for visuals but I’m not gonna , this game and it’s characters were ruined solely because of Neil druckman’s ego .. I absolutely hated how he treated the characters.. more than that , the choices the protagonist makes doesn’t make any sense , hell even choices that Joel makes didn’t make any sense .. the progression of the story didn’tI really wanted to give this game higher score at least for visuals but I’m not gonna , this game and it’s characters were ruined solely because of Neil druckman’s ego .. I absolutely hated how he treated the characters.. more than that , the choices the protagonist makes doesn’t make any sense , hell even choices that Joel makes didn’t make any sense .. the progression of the story didn’t feel natural at all and felt forced specially the ending… Expand
  8. samsamho
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. killing Joel in that way is a terrible joke.The plot doesn't make sense as well as the characters action.Press F to pay respects to the people Ellie killed for nothing.… Expand
  9. Afkmike
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Awful story, lazy writing, completely destroys everything the first game built. Characters make atrocious decisions, unnecessary gore. Ending leaves much to be desired.… Expand
  10. O_Leonel
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A Story game without a history. Often i didn't really knew what was happening either because i was really bored or because it really didn't make sense. Hateful characters, principally the main ones. As for gameplay there was nothing innovating, every Sony game transitioned to this formulated gameplay.
    The Last Of Us Part II is a "game" for people who don't play games and sadly, if this games becomes sucessful, we'll probably be in a very negative place for creativity as developers or players.    … Expand
  11. GeertMaj
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This is the first time I have ever given a 0. Who would ever think that what started as one of the greatest franchises ever made with TLOU1 would end up in the drain like this.

    I am one of the victims of knowing the spoilers before getting the game and was terribly sad to hear it, as I waited in excitement for 7 years to see my favorite characters joel and ellie again, maybe taking on    This is the first time I have ever given a 0. Who would ever think that what started as one of the greatest franchises ever made with TLOU1 would end up in the drain like this.

    I am one of the victims of knowing the spoilers before getting the game and was terribly sad to hear it, as I waited in excitement for 7 years to see my favorite characters joel and ellie again, maybe taking on the virus situation, and seeing their relationship grow more and the story progress, possibly finding out more about the world and infected etcetera, the leaks were terrible and I knew they were real, but I still wanted to give the game a fair chance, while all my friends were already full on hating and saying they're not gonna buy the game and that I shouldnt either, I still wanted to try it first anyway, I loved the first game so much, I couldn't not try it.

    However, sadly the leaks are as said, and it is actually worse, I never thought this could be possible, I thought even if I didn't like what they did with the story at least I would still enjoy the game at least for whats left, but I didn't.. The whole experience I was not feeling it, its not like its predecessor, the first game flowed so well and the characters drew you in so easily, it felt realistic and relatable, the story was perfectly paced, here almost everything is the total opposite, I ended up forcing myself to keep playing as I was losing interest early on, then when the dreaded moments from the leaks came into play I just literally despised it, not in a good way like when you hate a movie character because it is played so geniously evil by the actor, but i hated naughty dog, i hate what they have done to this wonderful game, i am all for lgbt, and equality dont get me wrong, i dont mind transexuals or gays nothing, it doesnt matter what someones prefference is or love interest, but you added and forced so many things in this game to the point its not even about the orignal story anymore but something totally different, almost like spinoff. The writing is terrible.

    WHY do you have to include and force this narrative into a story that had NOTHING TO DO with that, sacrificing everything people loved about the first game to make a point, it was about survival, about characters we loved, Joel and Ellie, Joel having such a rough life and but staying strong through all the crap he experienced, meeting ellie, slowly growing to love her as his own daughter, this was wonderful, we wanted MORE OF THIS. It didnt matter that ellie was a lesbian, it wouldnt even matter if joel was gay, do you get it?! but you made the whole sequel focus on this subject, it suddenly has nothing to do with the apocalyptic world and the virus anymore, it just DOES NOT make any sense, it turns into an lgbt driven story about "hate" obviously white male hate and straight hate, Joel.. One of the greatest characters of all time who went through so much, had to be sacrificed for this?? I expected that joel would die in part II, im fine with that, but this? this is SO forced and does not make any sense, it doesnt feel natural like how the story in 1 felt, in the last of us 1 everything felt like it was really just happening as you went on, it was written perfectly, here you just know its forced, it feels like they HAD to include this.They just killed him because hes a strong male. YES JOEL WAS A STRONG STRAIGHT MALE, so what?? He was a good example of a father figure, a strong man who protects his loved ones, who WENT THROUGH SO MAN AWFUL EVENTS BUT STAYED STRONG. I hoped for something like where Joel was Old and now Ellie had to protect him, and that maybe he would die in another way n ellies hands or something, something emotional that we'd love bittersweet. What you did is totally destroy all the potential of a wonderful sequel. The new character is also NOT a good example at all and feels totally forced, its just ridiculous, and actually offensive to the lgbt community.

    WHY the heck did naughty dog let Druckman do this? Why was he not removed at some point by the ceo? Kojima did not deserve to be removed from MGS but Neil Druckman sure did. It's ja slap in the face for all the fans. You let Druckman burn a whole franchise to the ground and turn all the fans who loved the first game against you, let that sink in Naughty Dog... You let him do this so you are also responsible. If all of that wasn't enough yet afterwards you restrict YouTubes talking about the game or giving honest reviews, AND paying for high ratings at review outlets to make sure the game still sells well even if it means deceiving fans. This is unacceptable and you went from my favorite developer to my most hated in a matter of days. I will never buy your games again. Unless maybe you fire Neil Druckman and make a public apology to the fans. Fans have taken **** from developers long enough, but this takes the cake, you get the award for most effed up destructions of a game in gaming history.    … Expand
  12. meditater
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    AI as stupid as they always are, maps getting bigger with meaningless filler. And the plot? A slap to fan's face.
  13. YoshiInazuma
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    I truly dislike it, the bad story just ruin everything, although the system has something good to play, but just too weak to praise
  14. JamesMusk
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Cant belive what they did to our characters, i am actually spechless. Let that be a warning for other devolpers, that politics, feminism, and other stuff have nothing to do in a Videogame
  15. Zee-7
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Worst game of the year and worst story writing ever i totally don’t recommend
  16. dev7x
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don't force me to play Abby, I just want her to die. It is really UNCOMFORTABLE.… Expand
  17. BigTgamer
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So the first game weaves a magnificent story and builds wonderful characters. Joel and Ellie's relationship was set up with limitless potential for the sequel.
    Unfortunately that potential crashed and burned worse than the Hindenburg. The game has good graphics, gameplay but that's all for naught when the hero of the story is replaced by a character we barely know. It's like every possible decision was made to negate the 1st game. Truly dissatisfied and heartbroken.    … Expand
  18. JoeyAmazing
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    druckerman has substituted everything you'd expect from a naughty dog narrative for a politically driven social commentary, which he was unable to embed seamlessly into an engaging story, resulting in a hollow virtue signalling disappointment.
  19. usbfuse
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Usually I abstain from posting negative reviews.. but after spending 18 hours awake just to realize I played essentially a fan-fiction with ultra violence gore on is an absolute waste of $60. The game-play COULD be forgiven but the plot is such a divergence from the original, you can't even call it The Last Of Us.… Expand
  20. madara777
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My man Joel deserve better farewell than what naughty dog did to him. Come on Neil, and ofcourse from out of no where , you forced us to play as Abby. The ending is far worst than what fans expected. I'll just gonna stick with the first game and pretend that TLOU II never existed. Joel and Ellie live happily in Jackson.

    Round of applause to the leakers out there. You saved us $60.    … Expand
  21. LordOfTruth
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The story was horrific even though the gameplay was barely decent.

    Us fans waited 7 years for a great new arrival and what we got in return was a pile of vile trash.

    I tried to enjoy this game regardless of all the bad reviews but honestly could not force to trick myself.

    False advertising to promote their game is just a red false flag. 0/10. WOULD NEVER pay again for a naughty dog game.
  22. GangUnRyu
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    For me, PC is not problem
    Joel, Ellie were sacrificed for this game Insignificantly.
    Probability, justification, immersion, paragraph Writing, Everything is sucks.
  23. Orion1213
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Well I started to play the game and i started to enjoy it. The character development was fantastic and the plot was very intriguing. However the Last of us 2 was god awful as the lack of Ben Banks was disgusting and it made the game unplayable.
  24. apxkzmflxlrdksa
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I didn't expect this kind of story. Why are you trying to teach us even in the game?
  25. munza2
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The masterpiece of game engineering, with the worst piece of **** game story. If you gonna play this game, do not play the part I. If you already played the part I, do not play this game.

    The political correctness things did nothing for this score, but the story is just bad as hell. This game made same mistake as "Spec Ops: the Line".... forces the players to do wrong thing without    The masterpiece of game engineering, with the worst piece of **** game story. If you gonna play this game, do not play the part I. If you already played the part I, do not play this game.

    The political correctness things did nothing for this score, but the story is just bad as hell.

    This game made same mistake as "Spec Ops: the Line".... forces the players to do wrong thing without any other choice, blames players for doing that, makes player to confuse why have they done such hard works for. Furthermore, this game made this error with the two main characters of the previous title, Joel and Ellie. This makes the fans of previous title to feel their loved characters being treated very disrespectfully.    … Expand
  26. Hywel
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    There is nothing good except graphics and physics in the game. The plot is a continuous vinaigrette.
  27. ManOfTheMould
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Game is the typical 'cinematic' trash i've come to expect from naughty dog, yet completely lacking in its only selling points; good storytelling and compelling characters.… Expand
  28. Harpocratess
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Absolutely horrible game that destroys any and all expectations and respect for the previous game.

    Technical-wise it is one of the most well detailed and beautiful looking game naughty dog as produced, and gameplay-wise it improves on the original's formula. That's the only positive thing about it. Unfortunately, despite the impressive graphics, somehow the character design and    Absolutely horrible game that destroys any and all expectations and respect for the previous game.

    Technical-wise it is one of the most well detailed and beautiful looking game naughty dog as produced, and gameplay-wise it improves on the original's formula. That's the only positive thing about it.

    Unfortunately, despite the impressive graphics, somehow the character design and obvious excessive anti-sexualization made the character models somehow look inferior to the seven year older predecessor, intentually making all charcters look more gritty and androgynous.

    And while the gameplay has slightly been improved upon, the game AI, shooting mechanics, and general gameplay formula is nearly identical to the original, which was fairly clunky and outdated even for seven years ago.

    And worse of all is the plot, which is abysmal from every possible aspect.

    Characters are all the same gritty one-dimensional characters, with very few unique and captivating qualities to any of them other than their SJW characteristics (race, sex, sexual orientation). Even Ellie, who used to be an cute sharp-tongue girl is reduced to a rough monotone protagonist that will make you fall asleep.

    The plot seemlying forgets about the infected and randomly remembers that they exists and just throws in random encounters, the vast majority of the game focuses on human survivor wars.

    They force you to play a new transgender character, Abby. Who destroys everything you love about the original. Instead of making her the antagonist, they amazingly make her the protagonist which you play half the game as (possibly more), in order to make you sympathize with her instead, which horribly fails. Playing has her is a chore which you wish to end as soon as possible. In addition previous character motives and behaviors are changed and not consistent throughout the story leading to incredible inconsistencies and plot holes.

    This game is like a Tumbler fan fiction of the last of us, meant to push SJW propaganda and not a sequel to one of video games most beloved games.    … Expand
  29. MisterMartins
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I hope Neil resigns. The game industry does not need the likes of him.
    Absolutely a disgrace of a game.
    I do not care if a game has the best graphics ever, if the story is bad there is nothing saving it.
  30. suho
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I'm really disappointed. The game is designed to tell you that the story is not probable and that our graphics have improved. The story is too serious.
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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
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  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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