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. Ninyou24
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    These reviews are garbage! I played the first game months ago and I played this game the weekend it came out. The graphics are amazing, characters are amazing, realism is amazing, story is amazing. it’s definitely not a game for close minded people.
  2. Melfes
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The combat is probably the most decent part of the game. Shoot then melee, that kinda deal. Not bad, not groundbreaking but it works.
    The stealth is phoned in, it's obvious where you can and should use it and the enemy helps you with it. It's a slog.
    The problem comes with the pacing: it goes from boring nothing to intense action back to boring talking then more action. It's back and forth, there is no build-up. It doesn't feel like it's a quite replayable title, it is no Resident Evil 4, you may want to skip chapters entirely.
    The story is what it is, you know the deal, you heard the spoilers.
    The character they push on you is never at any point likable, and I'm not even sure if that was their point. It never feels like a deuteragonist or anti-hero, it just feels like an annoying boss character modded into the game as protagonist..
    I don't know who would in their right mind care for a sequel just to see what happens to her.
    They added the "Lev" angle to get you to like her, and as a "duo" mirror to Ellie and Dina, but while Lev is okay, Abby is not. She has also very questionable moral value when it comes to gratitude and revenge, her gratitude is adjustable. Lev saved you so Lev is cool, torturing to death a man that just saved your life is also ok, or killing a pregnant woman because another pregnant woman was accidentally killed in self-defense, that's no likeable character.

    For a game pushed for its storytelling ability the dialogues are rough and sometimes juvenile, the pacing is awful, the characters often act out of character just to keep the plot going, all the way to the very epilogue.

    The plot also tries to play off Joel as "guilty" of something. Make no mistake: Ellie would've died for no reason, there was never going to be a cure in TLOU1.

    You have to feel sorry for Ellie, not just Joel, the plot is incredibly stupid just so she can be on the short end of the stick at the end. She's left with nothing for no reason, and I don't mean in a "life is unfair" way, I mean "the plot will go full stupid just so she is left with nothing".

    I pity people trying to enable writing like this.

    tl;dr if you have to, get it for the gameplay, but expect to suffer through lots and lots of bad dialogue and contrived drama that often makes no sense just to play the game.    … Expand
  3. Iiinhoo
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is made to tell an history it isn't a game of some heroes that kill the bad guys, is a complex history and characters, not a generic game like many others it would be easy to naughty dog just make some other game of adventures with joel and elliie, easy fan service, but they did not they mate a game that would mark people that give the game a chance I cried a lot in Joel death and hated it but after ending the game everything made sense this is a game for real gamers not someone that just plays to kill some bad guys… Expand
  4. RAAM63
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    Con el tiempo que tomó hacer déjan mucho que deciar y por la mala costumbre de largar los juegos mete mucho contenido innecesario , dejando de lado la mala narrativa junto con sus gráficas que no están mal pero dejan mucho a Deber en comparación a otros juegos
  5. MarcoYolo21
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I just played Last of Us 1 cause my homies were hyping up how great Last of Us 2 would be when it released so I had looked forward to this game after just being introduced into the series after playing the heartfelt Last of Us 1...but man I was super disappointed that I was severely depressed for the past two days in quarantine that I can’t even eat properly...they killed my favorite father figure within the first hour + of the games story...to a character I could barely care about because her introduction didn’t meld with the series at all...I liked playing as Ellie and her girlfriend Dina at times but...Dina didn’t sit well with me as much as Joel would have...It was sweet finding out Ellie could swim cause of Joel and learned so many new things...but the ending and understanding for her character takes a big shift for no reason whatsoever. Abby will always have a dark place in my heart for littlerally destroying a franchise I held dear..… Expand
  6. Sargento723
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Espere durante casi 4 años, 4 largos años espere este juego, para que lo arruinaran de esta manera, fue una decepción total, encuanto a graficas y jugabilidad me gusto, pero mierda aquí lo que realmente importaba era la historia, no nos interesa abby ni pasar la mitad del juego siendo ella, una completa basura
  7. qwertyqewret
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Graphics are good, gameplay is mediocre, but the story is horrible. The extremely forced/unconvincing and lazily written plot is filled with massive plot holes, disrespects beloved characters, and completely ignores everything that made the original game great. It is a disgrace to the original game.
  8. zachman64
    Jun 21, 2020
    9
    I hope people read this. I don't know what else to do to separate myself from these non-reviews. Please play this game if you care at all about part one. The storytelling is unparalleled, and it makes the original game so much better. I've been trying to cope with the fake user reviews that were posted 0-10 hours after the game was released, but I can't do any more than to tell you to playI hope people read this. I don't know what else to do to separate myself from these non-reviews. Please play this game if you care at all about part one. The storytelling is unparalleled, and it makes the original game so much better. I've been trying to cope with the fake user reviews that were posted 0-10 hours after the game was released, but I can't do any more than to tell you to play this game. If you're worried about spoilers, do not be. The game does more gameplay-wise that simple story elements will not ruin. TLOU is my favorite game of all time, but this might take the cake. Please please PLEASE do not pay attention to review-bombers. It is so hard to talk about while avoiding spoilers so feel free to reach out to me if need be. PLAY THIS GAME.… Expand
  9. Raikoumama
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    "If any of you, in any way, hate homosexuals, people of a different color or women, please do this one favor for us — leave us the **** alone. Don’t come to our shows and don’t buy our records."

    And Ellie refused Jesse cuz he is Asian

    Neil Druckmann is such a hypocrite
  10. brinesalt
    Jun 21, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. At the time of writing, there are 23000 negative reviews for the Last of Us Part II. By looking over the achievement scores on my copy of the game, I can see that less than 2 in 100 people have actually finished it. There's also a trophy you can get at the midpoint of the game gained by winning an (admittedly easy) competition, which less than 10 in 100 people have. That doesn't mean that no one writing a negative review has finished the game, there are legitimate issues with the Last of Us 2 that I can't deny (and will try to address, later). But, in that same vein, I don't think everyone panning the game has played it in its entirety

    There's a meme going around about a person talking about Part II's 'intended experience', then getting shot in the knee with a shotgun. It's a good point, a game isn't good just because you feel what is intended. But what I do say is that the intended experience behind Part II is worthwhile. And it's not being shot in the knee, if that's what you're thinking

    I think a lot of the problems people have with the game stem from blaming Druckmann for the actions of his characters. It's absolutely fair to do so, but, whilst you play the game, I would urge you to think of it as a story in its own right, instead of the aborted fetus of an evil mastermind. In short: have some faith. Naughty Dog knows what it's doing. Come to your conclusions after finishing the game, and don't play it hating Druckmann. Hate his characters

    However, word of warning, it is a very different game to the original Last of Us

    That's my advice for now. Below here we're getting into spoiler territory. If you own the game, and have quit, disgusted, give it another shot. At the very least, the gameplay is fun, even if you hate the story
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    Okay. The big issue with the Part 2, the one central to almost every problem players have with this game, is the death of Joel. It's a big issue. The marketing of the game, which featured Joel prominently, is intended to obfuscate his early and sudden death. Many suspected he might die, but not so early on. I can see why Naughty Dog did it, but it was a huge mistake. People came in expecting a similar game to the original, and bought it wanting that experience. It's not even remotely similar. It does not share the same emotion that made the original so beloved. Part 2 is more sophisticated in many ways, and I think it might be 'better', insofar as I can make that claim, but it will never be enjoyable in the same way.

    A lot of people have said that Part 2 is about violence, and revenge. It is, of course. But at the very heart of Ellie and Abby's actions is trauma. A large part of that trauma, for Ellie, is having so much unfinished business with Joel. A feeling the player no doubt shares. This doesn't become obvious until the game is nearly finished, but looking back, the final act is about Ellie dealing with his death. Joel was a bad person, who did bad things, and Ellie hated him but she also loved him and wanted more. It's confused in a way paternal/maternal relationships often are.
    So yeah. There's a reason Joel's death is abrupt and sudden, a reason thematically central to the game. Which is ironic, because the abruptness of his death is why most players hate the game.
    It's absolutely okay to hate Part 2, but hate it on the level it's meant to be dealt with
    Joel dies because he's a happier, less cynical person

    There's a lot more to say. Nearly every aspect of the game revolves around exploring its themes. Ellie and Abby are mirrors of one another, their actions and motivations very similar, one post-retribution, the other pre-retribution. The reason so much screen time is devoted to Abby is that Naughty Dog believes that the story would be incomplete without exploring both. The conflict between WLF and the Seraphites (Wolves and Scars) features trauma and revenge on a cultural scale. Everything about the game (except for some gameplay sections, I guess, but there are also gameplay sections that ARE focused on it) is bent towards exploring this theme, and I think Part 2 does so in a sophisticated manner

    Not much space, I'll try to address issues with the narrative quickly

    Most noticeably, narrative pacing is off. The first quarter of Abby's arc is spent without any sort of real, intriguing motivation for the player, beyond revisiting the cliffhanger. It works to push players forward, but most of the time when the plot gets slow there are excellent gameplay segments or environments to distract. Not so here. I spent a lot of that time bored, until meeting Lev. Naughty Dog attempts to intrigue the player by hinting at 'another side to the story' but it doesn't work until later

    Cultural retribution, a fascinating concept, remains largely unexplored except in small dialogue sections. A shame since there is so much empty space with Abby to work with

    Abby's sex scene is weird, there's no denying

    Advertising is well-meaning, but deceptive    … Expand
  11. Jimmaey
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    Like they ruined star wars, wolvenstein and Now the last of us, the SJW’s will stop at nothing untill they’ve ruined every successfull franchise and injected it with their pandering **** Everything they touch turns into a ****
  12. pinkflamingo020
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Juego con mucha publicidad engañosa en los trailers que te hace creer que el juego es algo que no es. Las graficas son lo mínimo para un triple A en el año 2020, asi que no suma.
  13. Criticamoral
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Me parece estúpido inmoral calificar un juego solo por qué tiene personajes homosexuales parece que gente es estúpida no que buscan jugabilidad historia etc son uno putos insensibles racistas homofóbico pero así los educaron, somos humanos no por ser homosexuales lesbianas etc no vamos a dejar de ser humanos e igualmente tipo Color ni religión ni algún defecto o cualquier diferenciaMe parece estúpido inmoral calificar un juego solo por qué tiene personajes homosexuales parece que gente es estúpida no que buscan jugabilidad historia etc son uno putos insensibles racistas homofóbico pero así los educaron, somos humanos no por ser homosexuales lesbianas etc no vamos a dejar de ser humanos e igualmente tipo Color ni religión ni algún defecto o cualquier diferencia humano dejemos de ver solo una perspectiva dejemos de lado racista… Expand
  14. fannid
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    berasa buang duit gua jadinya tai sumpah. kemakan promosi reviewer sampah.
    Anggap aja The Last of Us ga ada yang part 2.
  15. CipriCampos123
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    It is not a bad game, it would be in very bad taste to call something I have been waiting for 4 years bad and it cost a lot to do on behalf of ND, I finished the game, I am a fan of TLoU I spent at least 4 times, listening to each dialogue, each laugh those details of the game like when Ellie was learning to whistle, all of that suddenly disappeared in this second part, all the time I wasIt is not a bad game, it would be in very bad taste to call something I have been waiting for 4 years bad and it cost a lot to do on behalf of ND, I finished the game, I am a fan of TLoU I spent at least 4 times, listening to each dialogue, each laugh those details of the game like when Ellie was learning to whistle, all of that suddenly disappeared in this second part, all the time I was playing with Abby I wanted to continue with Ellie, and I think that there is the error, in TloU we only handle Joel 80% of the game while Ellie 20%, in this game we play 50% ellie, 50% Joel and Abby, I feel sorry for this tlou sinks me, it depresses me, the idea of ​​Neil I think was to empathize with Abby, trying to understand her, but I can't, I humiliate the icon of the PS3 the best written character of all time, it doesn't make sense, her graphics are a 10 and her gameplay a 7, repetitive but functional, I give her story a 5, it lacks important moments unlike the first game that was almost all time mpo, I hope they get a DLC or a Part 3, without forcing the LGTB (I accept it but it is uncomfortable to show it all the time) and write more characters that improve the graphics. And yes, I am with the Google translator since I am from Argentina, buy the game at 60 Usd which is a lot of money here, but I repeat I am a fan. I hope you read this… Expand
  16. Jacopofit
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Best game available on ps4
    God tier for me, **** all of those who gave a 3 just on story features they did not like,go play Minecraft or fortnite the only games you should play
  17. mhdadam
    Jun 21, 2020
    9
    I think this game is amazing. Although the storyline is not as good as the predecessor and might not live up to fan expectations, it is still a compelling story which attracts our attention. The game play, graphics and acting add extra flavour which would make this a contender for Game Of The Year
  18. Chr1z-_-
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 2 for the effort of Naughtydog's staff,appreciate for your extra work.
    The scriptwriter ruined the whole game.    … Expand
  19. Vanessinha
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    gameplay good story its a **** its a slap in the face of the fans ho liked of the last game horrible game wait for ciberpunk hope be millions of betherten this trash of game
  20. HERNDON17
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Absolutely the most incredible game I have played. I have been playing game since regular Nintendo and play every single game that comes out. The Last of Us 2 is dark, emotional, and the detail shows. No idea about the bad user reviews but you need to spend the time and enjoy this masterpiece.
  21. Drpez
    Jun 21, 2020
    9
    It’s a great game, but the people think the characters are super humans or something but NO! They are humans that get angry and make mistakes, it’s a great experience with more or less downsides but definitely it DOSNT deserve a 3 of score.
    Play the game, understand what & why the things happen, then make a review.
  22. prangprang
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    거지같은 게임 두번다시 보고싶지도 플레이 하고 싶지도 안다
  23. Maldsek
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Joel dies!!! that's all about the game...why the hell they did it...bad experience… Expand
  24. Dark2
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    A lacração tá solta neste game.....,.......................................
  25. Geofrom
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mal game kalsnfkdlalskfjidlslsldldldkxmnkalalalakaksksjdjdbdjdndndjdjjdkdkaoaoaoaosod… Expand
  26. JackofJacks79
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game completely sucks! Yes there are good things in it but when you factor in everything Sony and the King of all CUCKS who dreams of being Anita S's little dog on a leash oh and of coarse SONY'S STUPID CENSORSHIP policy and of coarse all the SJW garbage in it I refuse to accept this atrocity even exists!!!!!… Expand
  27. JoaoPM
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    without a doubt the best experience I've ever had in a game. If you liked the first game, you will surely love this one too, my score is 9/10
  28. AugustLavdal
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Insane how they managed to make the game look so good tho. Give credit where credit is due. It's just the main plot/ the main reason and some pretty bad decisions for this story if I do say so myself.

    It's like The Last Jedi (Star Wars) The movie looked fantastic, but the plot and some decisions just don't bode well for the story. This game is better though, the characters develop very    Insane how they managed to make the game look so good tho. Give credit where credit is due. It's just the main plot/ the main reason and some pretty bad decisions for this story if I do say so myself.

    It's like The Last Jedi (Star Wars) The movie looked fantastic, but the plot and some decisions just don't bode well for the story. This game is better though, the characters develop very well. If they don't die immediately like this game likes to do. They develop like a fine wine. And the dialogue is good at times, but it often is really mediocre.

    Definitely not as good as the last game. And Ellie has lost all of her wit and funny comments. She does not feel as smart as the game before. And the pacing as often too fast for me to really feel something for characters, but some get more screen time then others. Characters are more introduced then built up, and after they are introduced it feels like Ellie has known them for some years already.

    It often feels like things are forced upon the story like love, death and sorrow. And sometimes it feels downright disrespectful against the first game. And in some circumstances while playing this game I myself did not want to play anymore because of certain decisions.

    There are really no interesting characters. Either characters are innocent or they are evil. There is no inbetween crazy or funny. The game feels way to generic, and often not thought out. In some cases I was left wondering why they did certain things.

    The gameplay is also good, but it feels a lot like The Last Of Us. You can dodge and prone. But besides that they did not introduce anything new gameplay wise. Witch is fine by me, I always liked how the game played. Mainly because I was so interested in the story, but in The Last Of Us 2 I felt myself playing just for knowing the whole story. I did not enjoy it, and it felt like doing a task at work. Fun.

    I could come up with a better story in mere minutes/hours then to make everything about revenge and killing. But I am not going to spoil anything.

    They somehow made this game look stunning, but nobody knew about good storytelling? What did all of the story writers quit their job? I'm sure this game paid for good reviews, because the story/plot is so bad a 5yr old could come up with better.

    The game rushes from one thing to another too fast and people die way to fast.

    1/5 because the gameplay, dialogue and graphics are great, but the story and it's decisions is just terrible. And that is the whole point of a single player experience. Such a unfortunate game, and spitting on Joel is the worst thing ever.
    I can't recommend this game to anybody because it has such a terrible story.
    This is like got season 8, just makes you angry playing. Sorry, I can't believe it either. I heard Bruce Straley and Amy Henning quit and many other talented people. So there is probably a bunch of computer nerds left, who know nothing about story. So the game looks great and gameplay is good. But somebody just wanted blood and somehow makes the ending worse the got season 8. No thank you, you have been warned. Buy at your own risk.    … Expand
  29. JoeFresh
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horrible game - only redeeming quality is the graphics. VERY poor story that is full of holes. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! They kill any character you cared about in the first game and then force you to play as that murderous character!!!… Expand
  30. criticconsumer
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Liberal agenda and bad story destroy the game. Naughty dog should apologize to the fans and turn this episode uncanon.
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 113 out of 121
  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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