The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. truestofreviews
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    What sickens me already is the response by the paid critics calling the mass user scores "russian bots" like they have so many, many times in the past, when they forget they, themselves, are paid to give games perfect scores. That aside, Neil Druckman bullied Amy Hennig out of the company to create a game experience that I can't describe as a game, because it's not fun. The story forcesWhat sickens me already is the response by the paid critics calling the mass user scores "russian bots" like they have so many, many times in the past, when they forget they, themselves, are paid to give games perfect scores. That aside, Neil Druckman bullied Amy Hennig out of the company to create a game experience that I can't describe as a game, because it's not fun. The story forces you to make some of the worst choices possible along a very, very linear pathway, and then purposefully making you feel bad for doing it, despite the fact they give you no choices, no alternatives whatsoever. The gameplay and graphics are solid enough, but those are bare necessities, not a feature. What makes things even worse is that not only was the game leaked, but all the leaks turned out to be worse than what was described. I will not go into spoilers here, but if you're looking for a game with endearing characters and gripping revenge stories, I recommend playing something like No More Heroes 2 over this game.… Expand
  2. Swampii
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Ignore the hate. If they get spoiled, it is their own fault. This is the best Story-Game ever.
  3. conan_mcparland
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    In my opinion this game is amazing , the story clearly upsets people but that’s the point , when writing a story or a film you can play with the antagonist/protagonist point of view but when you are forced to play as the one you may loathe you are pushed into empathy (hopefully) and clearly some of the reviews show they took issue . To really see the cat/canary concept built into what isIn my opinion this game is amazing , the story clearly upsets people but that’s the point , when writing a story or a film you can play with the antagonist/protagonist point of view but when you are forced to play as the one you may loathe you are pushed into empathy (hopefully) and clearly some of the reviews show they took issue . To really see the cat/canary concept built into what is essentially two games is amazing. It’s sad to see that so many people do not appreciate the story , sure could some things be better of course ,but it’s easy to criticize the writing when you have never created a complex woven narrative . I enjoyed it so much ,I also cringed and got mad but some of my favorite books and films make me uncomfortable.… Expand
  4. ChipotleSauce
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    Visuals are fantastic, gameplay is engaging. These are vital for video games, however The Last of Us is known for having an amazing story. This does not have an amazing story, at best a bad story.
    Visuals 10/10
    Gameplay 8/10
    Story 1/10
  5. Alwaysgaming365
    Jun 21, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is something else. Such a well developed game and how it brings you into the story!!! The only reason I didn't give it a 10/10 is because of how long you play as Abby.… Expand
  6. Guywar
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    This game is great having alot of fun with it. Looks beautiful. I loved the first one and this is there with it. So many salty snowflake xbox players just giving it a bad rating because they dont have any good exclusives is sad. That's what happened with Days gone. Do what I did dont listen to the ratings just play the game yourself and you will enjoy it .
  7. BabaiNamco
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    Once again, it proves how corrupt game journalists are. Neil, this is a disgrace.
  8. POUU
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    La verdad tiene todo lo que un buen juego tienen que tener, los gráficos son excelentes, la jugabilidad bueno es igual a la de la primera entrega pero aún así es bastante cómodo, en resumen me ha parecido excelente y me apena muchísimo la calificación, no se puede criticar un juego entero por una parte de la historia, el mundo de the last of us es así, cruel y despiadado.
  9. sarold
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    if your review contains the words pandering, sjw, agenda, lgbt, or political, then i know you didn't actually play the game. gay people exist, and they exist in video games. die mad about it.
  10. lpgid
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To Joel's death!
    Go **** yourself with your femmes and LGBT people.
    Well, the graphics are nice.
    Music class and gameplay    … Expand
  11. Carlotaabstrata
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Extremely repetitive gameplay and ruined all the promise of a good story, and it took 7 years for that
  12. WastedPatriot1
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    Honestly most garbage game I’ve played. Makes fort it’s a cinematic masterpiece when compared
  13. LetGodBurnThem
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This game is an abomination.Do not buy it. You will regret it. The publishers should be ashamed of themselves.
  14. Santin
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    The game makes you feel so many hard feelings but has a nice and very well develop way to make you deal with it. I love all the new characters and their development through their perspective on the game's story. Due to the leaks almost a month ago many people approach the game in a already bad term and there is also many people who use this fake excuse that they are a "true fan and hatedThe game makes you feel so many hard feelings but has a nice and very well develop way to make you deal with it. I love all the new characters and their development through their perspective on the game's story. Due to the leaks almost a month ago many people approach the game in a already bad term and there is also many people who use this fake excuse that they are a "true fan and hated the narrative" Just to freely shoot his hate speech everywhere (including here), but don't let It distract you, give It a chance to see what is the story telling. Just because it isn't what you wanted It doesn't mean its bad.… Expand
  15. mombot
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    In the game, trans teenager Lev escapes from a religious cult after he shaves his head and risks being killed by his family. Throughout the game, he experiences physical, emotional, and religious violence and is deadnamed on more than one occasion.

    In 2017, Naughty Dog environmental artist David Ballard accused an unnamed lead developer of sexually harassing him in late 2015. Ballard    In the game, trans teenager Lev escapes from a religious cult after he shaves his head and risks being killed by his family. Throughout the game, he experiences physical, emotional, and religious violence and is deadnamed on more than one occasion.

    In 2017, Naughty Dog environmental artist David Ballard accused an unnamed lead developer of sexually harassing him in late 2015. Ballard said he told Sony and Naughty Dog about the sexual harassment, and was quickly fired and offered $20,000 to keep silent. Naughty Dog denied these allegations.

    During the production of The Last of Us 2, Naughty Dog compelled its developers to follow a grueling crunch production schedule. This mistreatment of employees led to a miserable, unhealthy work environment where 14 of the original 20 non-lead designers involved with Uncharted 4—or 70 percent—left the studio.

    Naughty Dog are an abusive employer that have wrapped themselves in a thin gauze of wokeness and rainbow-flag social media banners.

    I give their latest crunch labor product 2 points out of 10, because it boots and can be watched from beginning to end without any showstopping bugs. Also, that is how many fingers Ellie has left.    … Expand
  16. Yuuuy9988
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    F*ck LGBTQ COMMUNITY. They are not human like us no no belive me they don’t
  17. Strachno
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    Gameplay 10/10
    Graphics 10/10
    Story 2/10
    While first game was about little girl and her "step Father" in post apocalyptic World, the second game is "Angry lesbian simulator 2020"
  18. PawgGobbler
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    I made an account just for this. Can't believe they did this to us. I should've watched reviews for this game. I really thought I didn't need too because of how great the first one was. Will rethink about purchasing Naughty Dog games from now on.
  19. Law0911
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    The entire game relied on it's wokeness. And it over delievered on the point that it became annoying. The game about surviving in an apocalypse world became an agenda pushing and and combined with some thing I wish I didn't see, I think I had to rate this even less than five.

    But if I do that, it would be downplaying it's very smooth and great gameplay. The gameplay and controls, like all    The entire game relied on it's wokeness. And it over delievered on the point that it became annoying. The game about surviving in an apocalypse world became an agenda pushing and and combined with some thing I wish I didn't see, I think I had to rate this even less than five.

    But if I do that, it would be downplaying it's very smooth and great gameplay. The gameplay and controls, like all other Sony's first part titles, while doesn't innovate, perfected the already perfected system. The movements are smooth, the combats is simple but very engaging. The graphics are with no flaws. But it's sad that the game marketed entirely by it's compelling story, failed in that regard. And it didn't just failed. It literally crashed and burned.    … Expand
  20. sensei86pl
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Most overrated game ever. Poor story, flat characters, boring and repetive gameplay. Full of disgusting SJW propaganda
  21. Erzazha
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Too bad they force you to play as a **** character that killed of fan favorite with a bad writing and that ending? Bruh
  22. grzesiekmeszek
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    My day is ruined. What a disappointing

    boring story and snow is suck as fff
  23. Kfoz
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I was tlou fan untill i play this game.

    First this game is very expensive in my country. it is 500 tl in turkey and it is a lot of money for us. i dont know is it expensive for other countries. If i wasnt fan of first game i wont be buying it. I bought it but this story made me crazy i was laughing at the ending.WTF i spend 500 tl for this **** I dont care about graphics. I just wanted    I was tlou fan untill i play this game.

    First this game is very expensive in my country. it is 500 tl in turkey and it is a lot of money for us. i dont know is it expensive for other countries. If i wasnt fan of first game i wont be buying it.

    I bought it but this story made me crazy i was laughing at the ending.WTF i spend 500 tl for this ****
    I dont care about graphics. I just wanted to see how things went and i am **** now.

    Btw i am barely writing this    … Expand
  24. Criticosuy
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    No voy a ser desubicado porque atrás de este juego hay gente que fueron sometidas a largos jornales de trabajo,pero termino el juego con una sensación negativa acabar con un exelente personaje bien trabajado,eso no tiene perdón y más de esa forma.la historia y la forma de transmitirla mucho inferior ala primera parte,y bueno esa es mi opinión le gusten a quien le guste y mi recomendaciónNo voy a ser desubicado porque atrás de este juego hay gente que fueron sometidas a largos jornales de trabajo,pero termino el juego con una sensación negativa acabar con un exelente personaje bien trabajado,eso no tiene perdón y más de esa forma.la historia y la forma de transmitirla mucho inferior ala primera parte,y bueno esa es mi opinión le gusten a quien le guste y mi recomendación esperar que baje de precio si no quieren terminar tan defraudado como lo estoy yo ahora.… Expand
  25. AlanVincentVald
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    the plot is embarrassing. Naughty dog deceived us selling this game as a joel-ellie story, but it's nothing like this. they joked us
  26. SupaDopex
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Awful story writing. Why would you cheap kill the main character that fans has loved for years with a new character that no one even cares about? Disappointing. Such a waste of potential. This game could have been one of the greatest story but chose the wrong path with a weak narrative. Other than the story, the graphics is outstanding and gameplay mechanics is wonderful but that doesn't make a game a 10/10 without great writing.… Expand
  27. BramJacob1
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If any of the positive reviewers have ever played the first game with any shred of attention or passion for it then i really don't understand where they are comming from calling it great and inronically calling the story a supposed "masterpiece" ...

    Whereas the first game is unforgettable due to the tone it set, combining bitter reality with a theme of hope, and well established characters that we all grew to know and love, the second game almost spits on all that was built up, and presents us a world that doesn't correspond with the theme astablished, and characters who are anything but a continuation of what they were and are. Joel was going to be killed eventually yes due to what he did at the end of the first game, but the way they did it in the second is just purely **** writing. When it happens, nobody knows who the **** Abby is, and after that we are expected to play as her to only then after 10 hours understand who she was and why (taking the fact that she is a super bland character with no real draw or motives out of the picture for a second). A proper execution would have been for us to first understand who she is, and where she is comming from and then have it lead up to the climax of confronting Joel. Combine that with the fact that Joel is established in the first game as a very mistrusting person, always seeing through traps, people's intentions and even not trustinnlg Ellie with a switchblade (out of fear she might hurt herself that is). Having him walk into a base with strangers, giving up their names with their guard fully down is the last thing he would ever do. The writer took him out of character for an opportunity to kill him off quick for shock value, and to even be able to insert his cgi self spitting on his corpse, this whole seen and that move can therefore be seen as a spit in the face of the fans by Druckman himself.

    Its also just plainly bad writing to make it seem like Joel saving her life didn't matter **** to her ... if the writers had actually bothered to put some depth into it they could have made it into a longer played out internal conflict that would have made for an actual good story.

    Now the story is just about 24 hours of constant revenge while simultaneously having a political agenda shoved down your throat. It doesn't belong in the world that was so cleverly thought out and brought to life in the first game. The zombies are so absent from the story now that they could just as well have been removed, so now the suspense they created in the first game is reduced to them feeling like some annoying npc part of a puzzle to get to the next cutscene

    Its just a whole game long where the player has to carry out one person's revenge fantasy after the other ... there is no depth to it, just a rinse and repeat viewed from different perspective played by characters that feel like husks compared to the complexity they had in the first game... Also there is no exiting goal anymore ... no outcome to work towards, just revenge upon revenge upon revenge plot

    Also the tone is nothing like what we got in the first game. The first game was already set in dark bitter reality so i don't buy the whole "but its more like reality now" argument, but the thing that kept you playing and made the game so good was the underlying tone of hope that carried the characters through, gave the story its gripping aspect and made everything feel like it mattered. At the end of the second game there is nothing you have really accomplished. No goal was reached that meant anything, we are left with some dead people, the villain walking away and being better off than the protagonist and no sense of satisfaction whatsoever. Its just 24 hours of "i kill u cuz i mad that u killed this person"

    So no, the story was just a prime case of lazy, bad writing anf showed no respect for artistical integrity. Joels death was done poorly and in total disregard for who we got to know in the first game, and so was the rest of the story. Badly written, shallow, it really added nothing of value to the timeline and on top of that tried to be way to political for the environment it takes place in. At the end of this game, there is no sense of accomplishment or satisfaction, we are left with an empty feeling, wishing we'd have never walked into this game and had just let the story end where the first game did. hence the story in all its aspects really just is a bunch of horse****, and a slap in the face for fans of the first game.    … Expand
  28. KolKola
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Очень слабый сюжет, посыл игры понятен, но реализован очень слабо. В тоже время непонятно в чем был смысл убивать столько персонажей, получается все выжившие маньяки?
  29. Sarateufel
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Naughty dog made us wait 7 years for this?! Are you serious? The gameplay isn’t very different from the LOU 1, gameplay is mostly repetitious and boring and that’s disappointing.
    Story is very weak and ridiculous. It look likes that ND killed Joel to have a excuse for making TLOU2.
    Joel’s characterizations is unbelievably stupid, he died for giving ND a reason to make TLOU2 and Ellie didn’t get her revenge at the end ! We played for hours, she went through hell and didn’t get the revenge, what a cliché!
    I’m very sorry to say this, i absolutely loved LOU 1 but the the only use LOU2 has is for creating memes.
    Don’t buy.    … Expand
  30. SJWantinazi
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This piece of **** like only crazy feminists or stupid lefty SJW cuckolds. **** this tolerance, LGBT and feminism. Man is power, white lives matter, f*ck gays.
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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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