The Last of Us Part II

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5.8

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  1. UncleAlexSam
    Jul 15, 2020
    0
    I put a well-deserved mark. let's forget this nightmare soon. Very, very bad game
  2. Yureas
    Jul 13, 2020
    7
    O jogo é incrível e ao mesmo tempo odioso, me fizeram jogar com um personagem que não tinha nenhuma empatia e que tinha matado brutalmente um personagem que eu amava e por muito tempo.

    A pior parte foi bater a Elie com esse personagem. Deixei a Eliie me matar várias vezes de tanta raiva que eu tinha desse personagem; é como se eu estivesse jogando com a Sersey e tentando matar a Arya.    O jogo é incrível e ao mesmo tempo odioso, me fizeram jogar com um personagem que não tinha nenhuma empatia e que tinha matado brutalmente um personagem que eu amava e por muito tempo.

    A pior parte foi bater a Elie com esse personagem. Deixei a Eliie me matar várias vezes de tanta raiva que eu tinha desse personagem; é como se eu estivesse jogando com a Sersey e tentando matar a Arya.

    O final foi péssimo, dá até raiva de comentar.    … Expand
  3. dmorrissette
    Jul 13, 2020
    3
    Gameplay and fighting is poor and switching weapons is a joke. As for the story, tired of people pushing drug use, homosexuality and the like as part of a game. A tired revenge plot overall with LOTS of cinematics you just watch. Being returned this weekend. Soooo many better games
  4. User987
    Jul 13, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Although I don’t agree with a 5.4 rating, I just as much don’t agree with a 10/10 rating. This games pacing is horrible. You’re all over the place with this game. I was hoping the leaks would be false about playing for Abby for the second half of the game. It was flashback after flashback and then you flash forward and then flash back and then flash to the present: it was all over the place. And after you beat the daylights out of Ellie and her crew as Abby, you flash forward like a year maybe 2 years into the future with completely different takes on the characters. For example: At the beginning of the game, Tommy doesn’t want Ellie to go face Abby and just let it go, and then at the end of the game, he calls Ellie pathetic for trying to let it go?? The whole barn sequence felt like a day dream or something. It’s like if you were watching a tv show that ran 4 seasons. 1st season is great so far. It’s good, it’s interesting, and it sets the tone and setting. 2nd season, it’s all right. It’s nothing like the first season, but you aren’t as interested. Then it feels like you skipped the 3rd seasons and went straight to the 4th/final season with new characters (rattlers) and Ellie, Abby and Tommy are all different characters now.

    Despite all that, there were many good parts to the game, mainly being gameplay.    … Expand
  5. URSEG0R
    Jul 13, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The developer makes you play as the character that kills Joel, as Abby. She is the main protagonist, not Ellie. This game is a disgrace to the memory of the protagonists of part I. Feel like i was robbed and tricked into buying it.… Expand
  6. uoeno
    Jul 13, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wouldn't recommend this game at all. It felt like such a drag to even finish it. The characters were dumbed down from the first game. Playing as Abby was the worst. Abby and her crew are such boring characters and I never felt a connection to them. If anything, the more I play as her the more I hate her.… Expand
  7. ZeroDeaths
    Jul 13, 2020
    2
    Ok so i liked the first last of us game but i wouldn’t five a ten, id give it an 8 or 7 , then when leaks started poppin up from the second part i didn’t watch them, i bought the game and though i’d try for myself as the gap between critics and users was really really huge with critics giving it 10s and users giving it a 0 or 1, and boy am i on the users side, the game is sooooo bad, aOk so i liked the first last of us game but i wouldn’t five a ten, id give it an 8 or 7 , then when leaks started poppin up from the second part i didn’t watch them, i bought the game and though i’d try for myself as the gap between critics and users was really really huge with critics giving it 10s and users giving it a 0 or 1, and boy am i on the users side, the game is sooooo bad, a hell lot of non skippable unnecessary cutscenes and sequences followed by gameplay That is so boring and slow it just makes you wanna take a nap and don’t even get me started on the story, i don’t know how to describe it without spoiling it but ill tell you this, its a story that is so shallow that the most you can make out of it is 5 hours if you don’t want to bore the players to death but its stretched to nearly 20 hours or so with memories and flash backs.… Expand
  8. im0u5e
    Jul 13, 2020
    0
    После стольких безоговорочных шедевров, "наути доги" выпускают вот - это вот... Да в последних фильмах Бондурчука больше смысла чем в этой игре. Жалко потраченного времени и денег... Очень надеюсь, что Дракман все таки не прикладывал руку к этому "шедевру" в той мере в каком получился финальный результат. Однако хочется сказать спасибо всем актерам и 3д аниматорам, ребята постарались наПосле стольких безоговорочных шедевров, "наути доги" выпускают вот - это вот... Да в последних фильмах Бондурчука больше смысла чем в этой игре. Жалко потраченного времени и денег... Очень надеюсь, что Дракман все таки не прикладывал руку к этому "шедевру" в той мере в каком получился финальный результат. Однако хочется сказать спасибо всем актерам и 3д аниматорам, ребята постарались на славу пожалуй это единственное, что хоть как-то удерживало пройти игру до конца.… Expand
  9. Mirrorbeast
    Jul 13, 2020
    2
    Good gameplay, yet an horrendous story, the worst narrative I've ever seen and a terrible ending. There could've been so many things ND should've done rather than this game.
  10. spacemanjupiter
    Jul 13, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is far from a 10. Just finished it. I'm a graphics whore so I loved the global illumination technique used. It made a present gen game look almost new gen. Almost, because there were clear limitations shown by the aging hardware. Those limitations alone make it not a 10. You can't just go throwing 10's at games when there are clear flaws. There is no such thing as a perfect game and therefore no one should be slapping perfect scores on any game, ever.

    It's one of the best looking games ever made but it still had LOTS of geometry, texture and shadow LOD issues, various glitches, some PS2 quality textures in places not off the beaten path, some places where the baked GI was clearly not present, some frame rate issues on the Pro, a few 'zbuffer' issues, etc.. I've recorded short vids of a lot of this stuff, and a few screenies. The animation was amazing, loved their new animation system and hope that other devs catch onto it. I went to play Spiderman shortly after beating the game and the animation in that game now looks so flawed to me in comparison. ND has the best artists.

    The story… Too many contrived elements. I didn't have a problem with most of the story but treating some of the characters the way they did was unnecessary. This is a video game, therefore it isn't going to win any academy awards. Some sjw stuff was just unnecessarily shoved in my face which I didn't appreciate. The mushy, kissy kissy, lovey dove stuff went too far between E and D, like it was only there for the sake of pushing an agenda. If I had only seen it 2 or 3 times I wouldn't have thought anything of it. But then there were also the hairy armpits.. really? And not just once... Don't push that stuff in my face in a video game. It was almost as if someone high up on the team had a certain fetish.. If you want to argue realism, then you can certainly argue that Abby was a complete caricature because there is no way she could have looked like that without roids, and that isn't at all realistic in a post apocalyptic world. But it's there. So Abby had access to roids, but didn't have access to a razor? Can't argue that she's a dike because she isn't. Dina's a dike so I let that one go. If you look at young Abby she was not a bulky or stocky girl. She couldn't have obtained that look without roids. The look she had after the encounter with Ellie and Tommy, sure, that's possible.

    None of the characters in this game really stood out or were likeable. I just wanted Ellie and Dina both to get murdered somehow pretty early on. Crap characters, forced and way over done romance elements. I was so burnt out on this game by the time I finished Ellie's story, then I had sooooo much more to go than I realized. This game was way, way too long for the type of game it is. It just wasn't fun anymore after a certain point and I was just anxious to get it over with, staying up late trying to force it sooner rather than later. That's never a good sign of a decent game. Overall I'd give this game a 6/10. It isn't nearly as good as the first one and I'm so burnt out on it that I don't even want to go back to the first game to finish a new playthrough I started a few weeks ago. This game should have been split up into two games. Even then, they would both have been quite long if you explored and collected. I don't even think I'd want to see a third one.

    ND is much better at making Uncharted games. I'm now convinced that they just got really lucky with the first game and things just fell into place. Use this great engine and even better GI and visuals for a new Uncharted game. Heck, Nate can even bring his daughter as a sidekick since Sony loves sidekicks so much. Or give us an earlier story that we've never been told, maybe between UC2 and 3, or 3 and 4.    … Expand
  11. newenaneha
    Jul 16, 2020
    7
    Neil Druckmann has you puppets dancing ahahahaha gunga ginga gunga ginga! Imagine giving this a 0/10 just because naughty dog didn't give you what you wanted! Awwwww boo hoo! Need a tissue?? Overall, best game ever and if you disagree you are objectively wrong. Bye nerds!
  12. ibegreggin
    Jul 13, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gorgeous graphics and sound direction. Strange premise. Baffling decision to make you upgrade one character for 12 hours just to start from square one with a completely different, slower, less sympathetic character. This really should have been two or three games; the pacing is unbelievably poor. The flashbacks are great, though.… Expand
  13. Tedjones204
    Jul 14, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Loved the game since I was 15 I’m 24 been waiting for the part 2 forever and the ending was so disappointing game was amazing just hate how the ending had to go like that she should have killed the people responsible would have let fans have closure for the death of Joel that broke every hardcore last of us fans hearts thanks Neil druckmann… Expand
  14. wanqiguo839
    Jul 14, 2020
    5
    A good team with a bad screenwriter will cause this tragedy.
    I admit that the game has the best performance among the ps4 pro games, but the plot of this story is such a rubbish that we cannot enjoy it.
  15. Onmatinism
    Jul 14, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’m very disappointed in how the decided to off Joel with him being as smart & deadly as he was in TLOU. Weak. I feel like the story had many directions it could’ve went but it just wasn’t the main concern as you can tell with the lazy writing. It took 7 years just for naughty dog to mess up an extraordinary new IP. There was no point to Joel death because in the end there was no revenge...so after I finished the game I felt very empty. I didn’t understand the moral of the story if there was one. The amazing graphics and gameplay quality can’t save such a dry story concept. Oh & it was very gay.… Expand
  16. Elici
    Jul 14, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Calling the story poor is lazy.
    Calling the story perfect is lazy
    The story is brave and the morale that is tried to be established is alluring.
    I think for most people, where the story "fails" is that you have expected to see another story about your heroes. You expected to get a character development and an arc that makes sense for a fan, and that is something that Neil will have to deal with the team in the future. By the end of the day one could even say that you have created trailers that pointed in a wrong direction....you misguided our hopes.

    My recommendation would be to re-think the structural time-line that had been chosen and try to understand it's challenges for the future. By the end of the day there are so many themes and motives that need to be understood in order to really capture the meaning of the game that it would be taking a lot of Empathy, Forgiveness, Love to understand. How much love did you show the people by misguiding their hopes and emotions? How much Love did you show people by butchering Joel like that and how much Forgiveness did you offer to People by giving them this end?

    Also, my recommendation would be to review what is expected of the player (empathy) vs. what is shown by the characters (Abby, where is the empathy?)

    Did Elli lost herself? Lost her fingers, lost her ability to play the guitar? Her ability to connect with Joel ? Who is Elli now and how will she get back on track? ...7 years for this is really harsh.

    Did Abby forgive Elli? Will she be able to understand her sins? Will she be able to grow a conscious? Does she still feel it was right?....

    Why did Joels brother go to Elli and requested revenge? Isn't he the real adult? Doesn't he KNOW his brother? Joel never would have wanted this...

    The game creates a lot of questions and you leave people alone. I like being alone, but others might feel differently. It is an absolute hate-it-or-love-it product and you have to deal with that Naughty Dog.    … Expand
  17. Miguellitoaz
    Jul 14, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This final... The game is Amazing, but, this final, Very bad, Everything for nothing… Expand
  18. dodecahexagon
    Jul 14, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game will be hit or miss for a lot of people, the story was all over the place and felt forced in many instances, the whole "cycle of revenge" trope feels very tired at this point, and Elly taking the decision to not take Abby's life in the end to supposedly end the cycle makes no sense, since she proceeded to kill hundreds of people during the course of the game, and every kill could potentially create another "Cycle", this is a case where the story and gameplay just don't mesh well together at all. I'm also not saying that killing joel at the start of the game was that bad of a decision, it just could've been handled a lot better. As always the gameplay and graphics are top notch for a naughty dog game, I just never really felt invested in the story, and it felt like they could also skim 5 hours off the game which felt unnecessarilly long, especially in the abby section of the game.… Expand
  19. anggirad
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    If you expect the great storytelling like we have in Part 1, DONT!!
    Not sure what happened with the writing, but it feels like the original was directed by Christopher Nolan. And out of nowhere John Wiseau came and took over Part II.
    The Last of Us Part 2 has a really really bad writing, but great graphic, that is all I can say. In Part II you wont find Father-Daughter story anymore,    If you expect the great storytelling like we have in Part 1, DONT!!
    Not sure what happened with the writing, but it feels like the original was directed by Christopher Nolan. And out of nowhere John Wiseau came and took over Part II.

    The Last of Us Part 2 has a really really bad writing, but great graphic, that is all I can say.
    In Part II you wont find Father-Daughter story anymore, but instead you will find a woman on steroid running around with 13 years old trans gender kid, trying to kill everyone they meet.

    Literally that is the summary of the game    … Expand
  20. CZARI-_-I
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let's begin with the obvious: "If you have a hero already build in and everyone loves him, you do not start the story by killing him". The game lacks of consistency, has too many forced events, also trying to make you feel pity for the evil ones, WTF?? Really?!! I could have written a better story for Joel and Ellie for a second part, What is wrong with you guys at Naughty Dog, why didnt you respect basics??

    We all understand you want to add some social troubles to the game, but instead of creating an enjoyable environment, you guys were like, OMG, we do not have any more ideas, what should we do??, Please keep in mind a game is to entertain for hours and hours, and not to educate, if we want some lecture for anything related to our current Society, we either watch news, read books, or go to the school.

    Naughty Dogs, you should really apologize to all of US, and make a solid statement recognizing you really miss the path with the game and after that make an announcement indicating that you all will FIX this crap as it should be properly done, instead of just seating around in your office spending the money you earn with the love we fans have given to you for this franchise. I hope you Neil will never again write, or direct the game, if there is any other game in the franchise as you and any other writer for this game chapter II, has played as backstabber for the fans of this game.

    Do you know how much we were expecting this game just be let down by "this creative team"? and you do not act like grown ups, accepting the screw up the game and you should apologize and re do it properly.

    I just can't believe it how is it that you took so long to do this game, if this story has so much lack of consistency. I hope honestly that you can fix the game somehow, and re do chapter II even if it takes 3 more years, we fans would be glad to play something descent instead of this "whatever piece of art you want to call it".

    The only good fact on the game were the new people with the fungus,,,, outside that, I just want to cry of the deep deception I have now after playing the game.    … Expand
  21. Psycholatte
    Jul 14, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Shame. Just shame. I had high hopes for this game, and they ruined it.
    The game is hollow, does not have any message or even a conclusion. It is not The Last of Us, it is just misery porn with nothing ever good happening, no chance of Ellie to shine throughout the story that was supposed to be about her but became about a ruthless psycho woman who killed one of the main characters right off the bat. They played with the personalities of both Joel and Ellie for the sake of the plot and it was incredibly forced.
    Joel would not trust a stranger. Neither would Tommy. Ellie would not forget that map at her enemy's base.

    The game tries to manipulate the player into liking Abby, but it fails miserably. Ellie kills dogs, Abby pets them. The people Ellie kills scream and beg, Abby saves two children. However, Ellie feels bad ever time she kills someone whereas Abby gets happy about killing a pregnant girl. She has sex with her friend's boyfriend. She never shows any remorse for her actions, and does not learn anything by the end of the game. So, no character development at all. She is just there for the idea of a "strong woman character" but get this straight; having big muscles does not make you strong. Showing compassion does.
    So, who thought having players play as Abby for 10+ hours is a good idea? The thing I hated the most was when I had to fight against Ellie as Abby. It is not even plausible that she could win that fight with no weapons whatsoever.
    Overall, the game has completely shattered the old characters' personalities, lives, and hopes. We got the worst ending possible with Ellie having lost everything. They also lied to the players in trailers and by not giving any info about playing as Abby. They knew we were here for Joel and Ellie so they kept it. The whole plot is filled with major plot holes and cheap emotional manipulation. On top of that, you have to play 10+ hours with a character you hate just to see this messed up ending.
    No, thanks. Naughty dog has just lost a fan, and Neil Druckmann will be remembered as one of the worst writers for years to come.
    The only reason I'm not rating it 0/10 is because of the hard work the design team has put into their work.    … Expand
  22. MiXoN242
    Jul 14, 2020
    2
    Everything bad about this game, has been told. Nothing to add, the biggest disappointment this year so far.
  23. Maserg
    Jul 14, 2020
    1
    Absolutly political game. nothing to do with the first part. half the game you just miss. not recommend to anyone
  24. Danielfreitas
    Jul 14, 2020
    4
    In my opinion, a successful producer, which was so successful in its previous game, would not need to demean itself to the politically correct and to a political agenda that pretends to defend minorities, but, in practice, wants to segregate people and use them as  song to take power.  It is disappointing to spend so many years waiting for a game to follow and, when it finally arrives,In my opinion, a successful producer, which was so successful in its previous game, would not need to demean itself to the politically correct and to a political agenda that pretends to defend minorities, but, in practice, wants to segregate people and use them as  song to take power.  It is disappointing to spend so many years waiting for a game to follow and, when it finally arrives, with all its technical prowess, it attacks my religious belief through a last-ditch, boring cultural tactic that does not fool anyone else.  Just look at user notes.  Next time, Nauthdog, make sure you don't hesitate, okay?  Leave minorities alone and stop exposing their lives, because it will not be through ideological rape that bad people will stop discriminating against other people who think differently.  If you continue to follow the evil progressive agenda, your empire will one day collapse.  You are the best at what you do!  Technically, the game is fantastic!  So, please play games and not dirty, hypocritical and, above all, boring politics!  The politically correct is a cultural cancer, do not let it kill the satisfaction we have in playing.  Good luck next time!… Expand
  25. MysteryUA1
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    в игре очень хорошая графика, но очень слабо проработан сюжет во 2й части игры минимальное количество времени уделено на сюжетные детали
  26. RJRamirez
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was one of the few that ignored the leaks and spoilers as best as I could. I cannot believe the hatchet job that was done to my favorite game of all time. Killing Joel was definitely a message against the “patriarchy” as at the end you dont even get your revenge and let the killer go. That was the most anticlimactic ending I’ve ever experienced. Game play was tight and guns felt great but I definitely won’t be replaying like I did the original. They wanted to push an agenda in this game and lost a fan in me. I’m done with naughty dog… Expand
  27. twogirlgamers93
    Jul 14, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. one of the best looking games we have ever played and i didn't find any bugs in it at all.
    BUT the storyline and the way it was written was a cluster f**k, we don't have a problem with Joel being killed but it was they did it. 7 years of waiting to be given this, is a kick in the teeth to then be told that if you don't like game you hate the LGBTQ + community is not on, we knew the two leads are part of this and it didn't have any effect on the game for us. end of the day the storyline is s**t with no revenge at the end like it was suggested all the way threw the game.    … Expand
  28. D_law9
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    The story of the game is bad and the content it provides is worse and the characters' relationships with each other
  29. iLuvGamez
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's trash, story is horrible, gameplay is like a boring stealth game. Do not buy.Only the graphics are good.… Expand
  30. Lazar20
    Jul 14, 2020
    0
    Worst story ever.Disappointed to say the least. This is a proof that graphics don't mean much.
    Absolute disrespect towards the 1st game.
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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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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