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. beannes
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    I think that this game awesome but, game have a big problems. First of all, it's a Abby character. I didn't say that this character broke a atmosphere and story influence to you, because many players will think that i am a sexist, but i'm not. Firstly, why we should conjoin to a character when we know about her a so little info from ****ing flashback. How we can feel her emotions when herI think that this game awesome but, game have a big problems. First of all, it's a Abby character. I didn't say that this character broke a atmosphere and story influence to you, because many players will think that i am a sexist, but i'm not. Firstly, why we should conjoin to a character when we know about her a so little info from ****ing flashback. How we can feel her emotions when her a ****ing bodybuilder woman in post apocalypse? How? The stupid politics broke OUR love to this game and story. Naughty Dog it's a big failure to follow a stupid trends like a BLM and other **** I think you and all of us should have a rational mind, which can think on their own. But now it's story, which don't ahave a sense.… Expand
  2. Passing_by
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The most disturbing and disgusting game that ever existed in the gaming history, I feel like puking just looking at her face alone!!!
  3. jlumsden1
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Heartbreaking, painful, beautiful, and outstanding on every artistic level. It is an experience I won't soon forget.
  4. Breakops
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Amazing graphics, below sub Par story. I believe some critics have said it themselves the story is a fanfiction mess that destroys the legacy the first game left. Naughty Dog created a beautiful product but destroyed fans love for the series while doing so.
  5. wonkyrabbit
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    I feel I have to lend my voice to the community and strongly urge you to stay away from this game. It is not worth the $60 investment, especially in the current times we find ourselves in.

    This is a below-average-quality zombie game masked with AAA graphics, familiar faces of much-beloved characters, and a number of unusually perfect reviews from notable critics. It may be painful to    I feel I have to lend my voice to the community and strongly urge you to stay away from this game. It is not worth the $60 investment, especially in the current times we find ourselves in.

    This is a below-average-quality zombie game masked with AAA graphics, familiar faces of much-beloved characters, and a number of unusually perfect reviews from notable critics. It may be painful to accept for diehard fans who have been waiting years for this title, but I must sadly say that in my experience, I have found that what you've probably heard is true: there is no soul behind the facade.

    The gameplay mechanics have been marginally improved from the original game. I emphasize 'marginally'. They are still clumsy and ultimately not as well executed as rival titles. New mechanics such as the "jump" are functionally useless and often add nothing of any true value. It looks but does not feel like a videogame released in 2020. I admit the Last of Us shared the same issues as this sequel, yet it was able to get by with a very well executed and emotional character-driven story.

    TLOU was short, sweet, simple, and powerful - towering above other games in the genre. This new entry in the series comes nowhere close and fundamentally fails at continuing the narrative in any meaningful way, ultimately creating a bland, inconsistent, frustrating, unrewarding, and pointlessly tragic story riding largely on shock value. At the end of the game I found that the message it chose to deliver fell totally flat and was not conveyed in any sort of logical way; those who embraced the Kindergarten-level philosophy that the plot tried to impose ended up suffering and losing the most.. What? It doesn't teach a lesson. It revels in throwing expectations to the wind and interjecting torture.

    The narrative is also NOT what the promotional media implies. For those of you who simply must see this game for yourself or are considering picking it up for the $10 it's worth in a later PSN sale, I won't spoil it for you. But be aware of this: the promotional media is misleading with unrelated scenes stitched together and characters substituted with others to create the impression that the narrative is something it is not. I have never, ever felt cheated by a tactic like this before – usually I smile and think "wow, they got us!" – but I feel... betrayed.

    If you love the unique characters and dynamic relationships of the original Last of Us, you will not enjoy this game. If you love the simple but powerful narrative that drove the original Last of Us, you will not enjoy this game.

    This is a disappointing game designed by a company known to abuse their employees. It does not carry the magic of its predecessor. Buyers beware.    … Expand
  6. Jackson80
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. simply a waste of time, during the passage of the game, you feel like you were scammed, one could say that the graphics are excellent and others, but what they put in their efforts to that, it took everything from the story, which culminates in a disgusting way, and disappointing, please I hope they don't get this piece of **** out for the ps5, because they would be just wasting their money… Expand
  7. Vontastic1988
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    I honestly don't get all the low reviews. I pre-ordered it and played it while avoiding all the spoilers beforehand. It was glorious for me. I tried to lock myself up and got into it. The story, gameplay, graphics, sound, acting, voice work is utter perfection. The motivations of each character felt authentic and I can empathize with them.

    By the way, if you do play it, I think it's    I honestly don't get all the low reviews. I pre-ordered it and played it while avoiding all the spoilers beforehand. It was glorious for me. I tried to lock myself up and got into it. The story, gameplay, graphics, sound, acting, voice work is utter perfection. The motivations of each character felt authentic and I can empathize with them.


    By the way, if you do play it, I think it's better with overear headphones.    … Expand
  8. Myst1cwow
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Horrible storyline. How can you ruin this game like that seriously.. Only graphs are okay.
  9. GrubKlleyBR
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogabilidade incrível tirando VÁRIOS bugs
    Mas eu não aceito que matarão meu Joel de um jeito tão escroto..... esse pra mim virou o pior jogo da década, era pra ser Goty, parabéns aos desenvolvedores por cagar nessa franquia, deveria ter acabado no primeiro mesmo.    … Expand
  10. silenthill23
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    In the age of multiplayer games, TLOU2 was supposed to be the ultimate single-player experience that players have been anticipating ever since TLOU first came out, really. And it fails miserably, not only at providing that experience, but even at expanding gameplay, which should have been obvious after so many years of development.

    I'll start with gameplay. Well, there's nothing    In the age of multiplayer games, TLOU2 was supposed to be the ultimate single-player experience that players have been anticipating ever since TLOU first came out, really. And it fails miserably, not only at providing that experience, but even at expanding gameplay, which should have been obvious after so many years of development.

    I'll start with gameplay. Well, there's nothing revolutionary to witness. Most story-based games show similar mechanics. In its core, TLOU2 is quite fun - but it's nothing we haven't seen, nothing we haven't played and the challenge is really there. PS4 limitations are visible and where graphics are more than decent it's obvious that the game will come to PS5 in its full glory sometime later. Unfortunately most aspects like movement, physics, shooting are all surpassed even by GTA V, a game almost as old as the original TLOU.

    Gameplay is definitely not the weak point of this game. It holds up okay and I doubt anyone expected more. However, here we can see the first sign of why the initial reviews were so undeserved.

    (spoilers ahead!)

    Story is its own disaster. As most fans would tell you, the game does almost everything to stray as far away from expectations as possible. Is this deliberate? Maybe, who knows. Is it necessary? Absolutely not. I will not be going into details as I don't want to spoil and you can read it elsewhere, anyway. One thing I will say though: forcing the player to play for hours as the killer of many's favorite character of all time and then failing to give any sort of katharsis to the player, to other characters, only serves to make the experience as unpleasant and ultimately pointless as possible. Where I've been waiting for epic adventures and chalacter development, we've reseived GoT season 8 - like disappointment, deaths and no resolution to whatever the game started or hinted at.

    The story really is a car wreck and I feel like I've wasted many hours that I should have put into something else.

    Critic reviews are baffling to me. It's unbelievable how a game like that can score 100s so easily. There is absolutely zero material upon which it is based to give the game even a 90, although I can imagine someone's experience may be different to mine. But there's just not enough substance.

    And you know what? For what I believe, it's really cool that the game involves LGBT characters. It's only painful that the way they have been introduced is so negative, that they are completely unlikable, but due to how prominent tat was, it will likely only serve to make the LGBT community more alienated than it already is. It's a real shame and the studio should fu*king apologize for that.    … Expand
  11. Evan86
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Quite possibly one of the greatest games ever made and a testament to Naughty Dogs craftsmanship. The negative reviews are laughable, and prove we have a long way to go. Actually embarrassed for the insecure men review bombing this game.… Expand
  12. dandman90
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Just didn't enjoy the story direction. I couldn’t relate to the characters and it just felt out of place. The ending was just a huge let down.
  13. anarios
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    Amazing graphics, touching story. The game definetelly does not deserve all the hate that it got. I enjoyed it a lot.
  14. Theus-_-Silva
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo muito bem valorizado, gráficos excepcionais, não tenho do que reclamar, está perfeito.… Expand
  15. Kalleby
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    A história é péssima e os gráficos medíocres acho que deveria ter sido mais polido
  16. kim0304a
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't mind progressive story, not when it has a political agenda and to villify the other point of view.… Expand
  17. MrDistrictBoy
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    An absolute joke of a game. The deceptive trailers lead you to believe that Joel is more involved in the story than he actually is. It seems as though Naughty Dog has fully embraced the "woke" SJW agenda-pushing it onto players while in turn abandoning what made the first game truly great. The connection that WE as players felt towards Joel and Ellie.
  18. Stamdemic
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us 2 is a game that gets pretty dark, but tells a great story. The people bashing it just cause a character they loved wasn’t in the game much are just scared of changed. And anyone whose review bombing it based of someone’s sexuality is a garbage person.… Expand
  19. SilentNinja2077
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Defitnely a garbage game, I mean 7 years and you expect that? Come on ND in every franchise you did! Now I think the developers and the "personal" of story are some kids from high school millenials
  20. Fabboyf
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    o jogo está incrivel. Não entendo o motivo dos odiadores darem essas notas baixas mesmo sem ter jogado o jogo. Isso mostra que tem tudo para ser o melhor do ano. A narrativa está e o maximo.
  21. Blurf
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    The good: pretty graphics and solid VO. The bad: terrible what they did to the characters we know and love from the first. If it was an optional route, ala Mass Effect, then it would be fine. Forcing it down our throat doesn't fly and kills the emotional impact of doing bad things.
  22. Maverucko
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'd have a little hope that ND go into a TLOU3 and said "all it was a bad dream", here is the real story, the story with abby if they want money it has to be a spin-off who cares about her i hate every moment i have to play with her , what just happened with my beloved characters, please do yourself a favor and keep TLOU2 away it's going to kick your heart of how bad is it, now i know why took so long to get the sequel and for me i could wait longer because thats a bull**** that they give us or at least give me.… Expand
  23. WhoaCat
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    It's **** don't buy it. Weird propaganda piece with more unsavory story than gameplay. Get woke go broke.
  24. Ler_94
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This is what a waste of load looks alike!
    The game plot and the scenes of a pathetic re 4 cheap copy that looks similar.
    Maybe this is what it felt like wasting my time playing a game about oh god i cant even spell the word
  25. Scrutopo
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hola, soy una opinión sin ningún tipo de criterio político!

    El juego ofrece una experiencia en la jugabilidad similar a la de la primera entrega; pero aún más pulida. La sensación de querer esconderte para que no te descubran es más notoria en este juego. En el apartado gráfico, una maravilla. Cada escenario, cada elemento está cuidado al más mínimo detalle y no era de esperar menos. El problema viene en el apartado historia. Como historia de venganza y redención, el juego está genial. El problema está en que todos los elementos de historia en el juego no han sido expuestos de la mejor manera posible: un Joel que se deja llevar a la base de los malos sin dudar cuando en el primer juego nos mostraron un Joel desconfiado; una Ellie que no duda en aniquilar a sus enemigos aunque estos le pidan piedad para luego dejar marchar a su enemiga; un juego que se fundamenta en flashbacks para hacer que duela más la muerte tan deshonesta de Joel... Sabíamos que Joel no iba a acabar bien, pero podrían haber situado ese momento a mitad del juego y de una manera más emotiva o a la altura de lo que hizo pasar a los fans, sin mencionar que en uno de los tráilers, ND nos mintió sacando a un Joel inexistente. Sobre el final, es una espada de doble filo: te deja con muy mal sabor de boca pero a su vez era la mejor acción que podía hacer Ellie para limpiar su alma (qué cómico que después de haber matado a cientos de personas, con sus familias e historias, haga eso, pero bueno). Las relaciones interpersonales entre los personajes están cuidadas y el que se pueda jugar como la antagonista me parece bien, sobretodo para quitar el cliché de que el "malo malote" del videojuego no pasa por penurias en su periplo al contribuir como tal en el mismo. Pero lo dicho, el juego está GENIAL y la historia está bien, pero (y aquí voy a ser demasiado subjetivo e incluso osado) no es lo que los fans esperábamos, incluso sabiendo que Joel iba a morir.

    Gráficos: 10/10
    Jugabilidad: 10/10
    Historia: 4/10    … Expand
  26. Launchpad
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    I have nothing good to say. At all. I would explain in vivid detail about what specifically is so grotesque to me and my younger siblings, but I have decency unlike these filthy pigs.
  27. serverside
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I made a metacritic account just to review this. After the first game being one of my favorites of all time, this game was the biggest letdown. The plot is awful and so tone deaf. The game is so depressing, and to take that even further, they take the characters from the first game and **** all over them for the whole game. I did like the graphics and gameplay, but the story is the worst I've ever seen.… Expand
  28. cris505ksk
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. osomg
    good
    gei
    sadadasafadaaddadadadaadaadafaadadadadadadaaadadadad
    sadadasafadaaddadadadaadaadafaadadadadadadaaadadadad    … Expand
  29. DiabloHelmix
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Since joel died. Im not gonna buy this game. Ty for playing the game for us.… Expand
  30. Ragnarsson11
    Jun 21, 2020
    9
    Me parece un juegazo evidentemente porque es lo que es, nadie puede decir lo contrario, gráficamente es obviamente lo mejor hasta la fecha, todos los detalles son brutales, la historia para mí es genial, el argumento es bastante bueno, y hacen cosas que es difícil ejecutarlas bien, pero son Naughy Dog obviamente lo hacen genial, hay momentos muy emotivos que te hacen sentir de verdad, elMe parece un juegazo evidentemente porque es lo que es, nadie puede decir lo contrario, gráficamente es obviamente lo mejor hasta la fecha, todos los detalles son brutales, la historia para mí es genial, el argumento es bastante bueno, y hacen cosas que es difícil ejecutarlas bien, pero son Naughy Dog obviamente lo hacen genial, hay momentos muy emotivos que te hacen sentir de verdad, el combate me encanta y tiene muchas mecánicas e ideas geniales, es una obra maestra, no digo que sea el mejor juego de la historia pero es un gran juego.
    He disfrutado cada minuto de este juego y por ello lo recomiendo 100%.
    He disfrutado cada minuto de este juego, lo recomiendo 100%.    … 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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