The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. Thrillhou
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A plot that sounds like it was written by a 13 year old edge lord, with zero payoff and destroys every character you loved from the first game. A badly written revenge plot with no revenge. This is not Eliie and Joels story again, this isnt even Ellies story. its just a story, and a bad one at that.

    New infected, especially the rat king feel out of place, it was actually in the concept art for tlou1 but they decided not to use it as they themselves felt it didnt feel very 'the last of us' and was more akin to the necromorphs of dead space, to me the lack of colour, the and design seems like it would be better suited in evil within 2 or one of the bad resident evil games. The shambler isnt as bad but still feels out of place, more like a l4d enemy.

    Character inconsistencies that straight up insult and tarnish characters from tlou1, that change personality as and when the plot demands it

    Very obvious that the characters were written around the plot.

    Only positives ill give is the acting, graphics and a special mention for all the accessability settings they made for disabilities,never seen anything like it and its really cool.    … Expand
  2. changle
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I cant understand,what were they thinking?
    Just want to write a stupid story and fook up gamers?
    Kill every Npc and save your enemy?
    double standard，typically.    … Expand
  3. black0123
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Piece of crap, not worth neither money nor my time - don't play this game, avoid it.
  4. Kentashi
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    It’s such a sh** show that I don’t even know where to start. An iconic character became as useless as regular infected, half the game is played by the most petty character in all of gaming franchise, which you hate this individual and lastly the ending couldn’t be any worse. Essentially I’m extremely disappointed in Naughty Dog. This performance was so terrible that I’m going to have toIt’s such a sh** show that I don’t even know where to start. An iconic character became as useless as regular infected, half the game is played by the most petty character in all of gaming franchise, which you hate this individual and lastly the ending couldn’t be any worse. Essentially I’m extremely disappointed in Naughty Dog. This performance was so terrible that I’m going to have to expect the next Uncharted (one of my favorite game series) to be below standards.… Expand
  5. Gaviex
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    The worst story i've ever seen in a video game, the graphics are the only good thing about this game.
  6. jobim68
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The very angry lesbian part 2 is the worst game of the year.

    Thank you for the spoiler leak.    … Expand
  7. LeeSWilliams
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    As a trans man, I am sick of corporations peddling my identity for woke points. This is a bigoted dumpsterfire
  8. Ziberpax1
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Worst ending, seven years of waiting not worth it. Most stupid story in AAA game this level
  9. Superched
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Плохая игра, сюжет плохой, геймплей устаревший
  10. PhotoCosmos
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    If The Last Jedi and Game of Thrones Season 8 had a baby this pile of garbage would be it
  11. Ziyaad
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Took everything u loved and ruined it, they did it to star wars, they did it to star trek, and now its found its way into gaming too.
  12. IIIIIlllllIII
    May 27, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joel! Happy father's day! Oh no, he's been headshot
    Ellie! Let's play guitar! Oh no, she's been bitten and missing two finger. Besides her family left her after she took Tommy's request to revenge. ( BUT ABBY STILL ALIVE LOL)    … Expand
  13. unlimit231
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Graphic is great but others are all **** up!
    So stunning and brave...
    Please stop **** up the story of AAA games!
  14. DougPhilips1488
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    A Game that only exists so Neil Druckmann can virtue signal. Neil hated fans of the first TLOU so much that he destroyed Naughty Dog studios, fired Amy Hennig(who refused to work on this hateful trash), and released one of the most embarrassing, misguided projects in video game history.

    This will be a stain on the legacy of Druckmann, Naughty Dog, and Sony(for their horrific censorship    A Game that only exists so Neil Druckmann can virtue signal. Neil hated fans of the first TLOU so much that he destroyed Naughty Dog studios, fired Amy Hennig(who refused to work on this hateful trash), and released one of the most embarrassing, misguided projects in video game history.

    This will be a stain on the legacy of Druckmann, Naughty Dog, and Sony(for their horrific censorship of consumers outraged by this trash) for decades to come. Just awful.    … Expand
  15. Neagirom
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game looks beautiful, and handles well. That's about all I can say about this game. It's story is panhandling, and it relies solely on badly written shock value to try and prove its self contradicting agenda. It's an enormous slap in the face to fans of the original game, and anyone with desire to see the story of Ellie and Joel fully fleshed out after the original events. I'm heartbroken with what they have done.… Expand
  16. LitG
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    For a game centered around the story it doesn't lend itself to it very strongly instead relying on shock value which is just too lazy in the current year.

    The Good: graphics, mo-cap, voice acting, and sound The Bad: Tired linear game play (No improvement or attempt at evolving from its predecessor), AI worse than previous, clunky movement, and bad/sometimes forced story telling    For a game centered around the story it doesn't lend itself to it very strongly instead relying on shock value which is just too lazy in the current year.

    The Good: graphics, mo-cap, voice acting, and sound

    The Bad: Tired linear game play (No improvement or attempt at evolving from its predecessor), AI worse than previous, clunky movement, and bad/sometimes forced story telling really leaves a lot to be desired.    … Expand
  17. Abd0253710
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolute piece of **** they ruined The story,the ending is trash the game is pointless , they ruined one of the best PlayStation games.… Expand
  18. DevilXSA
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Such an awful disrespect to the original story and the fans, i get that they wanna make some of the "people" ugly but making them looking that uncanny is sick, just avoid this game!
  19. cheems
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. black ops 4 had a better story than this. Bad game. Really bad. Even Mass effect Andromeda is way better than this ****… Expand
  20. shosha95
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Graphics and gameplay don't make up for an extremely lackluster story. Possibly one of the worst sequels ever created.
  21. LEEEEEES
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The PC element is too protruding. The story I wanted was not a revenge because it was the story of Eli and Joel.
  22. Harbaron
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I’m gonna cut this short, because you probably feel the same way I do. The graphics and sound are good, not as good as they showed earlier and compared to the first game which came out 7 years ago, but still good for a game. The characters and story are pitifully bad. So bad that I can’t stomach talking more about the subject before seeing red and losing my **** I don’t mind mainI’m gonna cut this short, because you probably feel the same way I do. The graphics and sound are good, not as good as they showed earlier and compared to the first game which came out 7 years ago, but still good for a game. The characters and story are pitifully bad. So bad that I can’t stomach talking more about the subject before seeing red and losing my **** I don’t mind main characters dying or whatever, when done well, it works. But this isn’t anywhere near well. Far from it. New characters that they try to shove down my throat are badly done fan fic quality trash. Don’t get me started on the Neil Druckmann insert sex scene. 2020 continues to be an abomination on all fronts. Oh and one last thing, all the 10/10 reviews showed me that 95% of the game journalist sites are either bought out or wouldn’t know a perfect game if it came and bit them on their ass. Either way, massive hit to their credit. Massive hit to gaming. What a **** show this is guys. Shame.… Expand
  23. lafour
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Imagine to kill the protagonist just to give a motivation to Ellie and after that doing absolutely nothing with that motivation, that end was awful, the moral of the history is "You can do anything witouth consecuences because revenge is bad", jeez.… Expand
  24. kimzanne
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is questionable why such a method had to be used to instill a sense of guilt about his death in Eli.… Expand
  25. BlueRainbow
    Jul 3, 2020
    0
    After 7 years we get this: a convoluted story that needs to push the plot, no matter what. Lovely graphic, but this kind of game lives out of the story section. Irredeemable.
  26. CaptainFacepalm
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    this game is like the bloody cough that indicates a severe illness.
    Joel is suddenly a dumb ****
    ellie has a completely different persona as well. its basically new characters wearing familiar faces. its design is psychopathic, they force your hand to do things that you don't want to, and then berate you for doing it. the story feels like a gruesome video someone shared on social media    this game is like the bloody cough that indicates a severe illness.
    Joel is suddenly a dumb ****
    ellie has a completely different persona as well.
    its basically new characters wearing familiar faces.
    its design is psychopathic, they force your hand to do things that you don't want to, and then berate you for doing it. the story feels like a gruesome video someone shared on social media and you regret watching because you can never unsee it.
    so besides having TLOU setting it has very little relevance to the original.
    it seems the recipe they went by had 5 spoons of Woke extract and they just dumped the whole bag in.
    it has gorgeous graphics!!!! great job to the art team!.
    but all it makes it is a golden middle finger
    what a trash fire.
    avoid it... hell avoid even if its free    … Expand
  27. prashantgujboy
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Here is my honest review

    Naughty dog and specially Neil druckman ruined such a series and the people who are syaing that game is good go please check a psychiatric first as they need serious attention. most of us can't call a game bad because it tarnishes the value of a brand

    reasons are as follows that this game is awful
    1) forced to play with abby
    2) joel deaths is like a side character
    3) killer is forgiven in the end if it is not for revenge then why took game so long add a system like farcry if you want to end it now or want to go through everything
    4) just hate how a political agenda inserted into a game
    5) most hated character abby and turning of ellie into villian in the half gameplay
    6)story looks like was stretched out without a purpose that was needed to be fulfilled
    7) completely shatters the foundation of the first game...
    8) they shattered every love for the game
    9) Bribed gaming websites to give fake reviews

    for a person who played first game will feel Disappointed as this game is just a no buy if i could i would give ratings in minus whereas most people are saying it was like Red dead redemption 2 let me tell you one thing arthurs sacrifice was respectable as in terms of joel they made him look like a side character    … Expand
  28. Comrade_Mac
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    There should never been a sequel. First game ended perfectly. This game throws away every redeeming quality for nothing.
  29. PlayStationwow
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The only good thing in this game are the graphics,but graphics isn’t everything,the plot sucks and everything else too.
    Do not buy this game,it’s like throwing your money directly into the trash
  30. LaymenGaming
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Let me break this down for you quickly: PANDERING has negatively infected gaming culture and the Last of Us 2 is the quintessential example of it

    Before we get into game-play, story, sound design and overall fun of the game; we need to have serious discussion on what pandering is and how it effects culture negatively. Pandering is defined as doing things for an individual or group in    Let me break this down for you quickly: PANDERING has negatively infected gaming culture and the Last of Us 2 is the quintessential example of it

    Before we get into game-play, story, sound design and overall fun of the game; we need to have serious discussion on what pandering is and how it effects culture negatively. Pandering is defined as doing things for an individual or group in order to gain a favor and advantage for yourself.

    Every game, comic book, movie or music may contain some form of pandering, and in most cases it isn't a big deal. In modern culture, however, we have reached a point where pandering has become an issue, particularly when a medium appeals to a certain demographic without making any effort to understand the people they're supposedly representing.

    It often feels like an afterthought, something thrown in to reap the benefits of including that group (typically a minority) without doing any actual work. Typically it's lazy representation at best, and at worst it can be actively harmful to the demographic being (mis)represented.

    The Last of Us 2 is the latter.

    I am a huge fan of the first game; but not in terms of the its game-play, graphics and sound design. The game's story, specifically its masterful pacing and development of the two main protagonists Ellie and Joel, is what draws players in (myself included) and captivates them throughout the entire journey. The writers knew what these two characters represent: Joel is a damaged, old and experienced man that has reluctantly partnered with an energetic, young and naive Ellie in order to potentially save humanity from a deadly virus. The game has a beautiful thematic narrative on society and human-beings; Ellie represents humanity's hope for the future (the literal cure for the virus), and thus needs to be protected by the battle-hardened adults, which is where Joel steps in (both story-wise and in game-play). Both characters grow and start depend on each other, and the game ends with an ambiguous question of whether this father/daughter relationship has either doomed or saved humanity.

    The Last of Us 2 has this beautiful theme and relationship dynamic completely thrown out of the window in order for the writers to pander Ellie as a strong female LGBT lead. All the charm and charisma she had in the first game is completely gone as Ellie has been reduced to being part of a, as writer Neil Druckmann puts it.... "diverse cast of strong female characters".

    Being female and gay does not make Ellie a strong character.

    Being deadly and proficient in killing does not make Ellie a strong character.

    Having a tortured past and being an emotionally distant does not make Ellie a strong character.

    In fact, being the potential cure to save humanity, also did not make Ellie a strong character either. She became a strong lead because of how her actions dynamically affected those around her, specifically Joel and his group. In this bleak future, Ellie is the Last bit of humanity (of Us, if you will) in a literal sense but also in an emotionally resonant way for all of us.

    In an effort to pander to certain demographics, the story takes a complete thematic nose-dive to have so-called representation of minorities surviving in an apocalyptic wasteland. Ellie, our future for humanity, is now comically emotional for wanting vengeance to the point of absurdity for the death of a close friend. None of her witty lines, or virus-curing antiques is needed here. All the Last of Us 2 seems to concern itself with, is how violence is violent for violent characters because a violent world needs violent people to justify the violence.

    And who better to justify this game's theme than humanity's last hope for the future... who's a lesbian.

    Pandering with no thought of the narrative pedigree that the first game had, has a sure way of alienating audiences and it does not make for a great gaming experience; especially when the first-game to this day is a herald for refined video game story-telling.

    In my humble opinion, Naughty Dog Studio have never been the creators of original game-play and stories, however, they have always been prime examples of expertly "refined" experiences. Uncharted/Crash Bandicoot and even the Last of Us were not pioneer games; but they were amazingly refined platformer/survival games to the point that it gave the illusion that they were.

    The graphics and sound design of the Last of Us 2 is worth praise as enemies converse realistically and move dynamically through the environment, a touch of the naughty dog refinement that is muddied unfortunately by the bog-standard run-of-the-mill 3rd-person action game-play.

    However the sound, game-play and the game's overall fun factor is connected to the story Naughty Dog has written, thus it suffers immensely for it. 1/10    … 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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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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