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  1. Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This game in my opinion hit it out of the park. That being said it is a game you are either going to love or you are going to hate no in between. Definitely a must try for anyone thinking about doing so.
  2. Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This game was the biggest disappointment I've had in gaming. And it all hinged on the story which was complete and utter garbage from start to finish. A deliberately frustrating shambles with few redeeming qualities other than it looks nice. Gameplay was ok but was tainted by the excremental funk that was the abomination of a storyline. I should have taken my money and glued the notes toThis game was the biggest disappointment I've had in gaming. And it all hinged on the story which was complete and utter garbage from start to finish. A deliberately frustrating shambles with few redeeming qualities other than it looks nice. Gameplay was ok but was tainted by the excremental funk that was the abomination of a storyline. I should have taken my money and glued the notes to my face, then lit the notes on fire. It would have been just as torturous as actually playing the game but I would have saved myself 25 hours of my life Expand
  3. Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Stressful to play through the game but I've just finished it. I don't understand why would anyone play a game that makes you mad the majority of the time. I mean we are trying to have fun to play video games right? This is not the right representation because unlike movies, you need to control certain characters and force you to play certain plotted acts...it's painful and it's not fun! IStressful to play through the game but I've just finished it. I don't understand why would anyone play a game that makes you mad the majority of the time. I mean we are trying to have fun to play video games right? This is not the right representation because unlike movies, you need to control certain characters and force you to play certain plotted acts...it's painful and it's not fun! I am disappointed that maybe Naughty Dog forgot the true meaning of video game...after all we just want to enjoy it and have fun. Expand
  4. Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This was a terrible torture.
    They shattered my beautiful experience about TLOU, leaving nothing but hatred, as they said.

    I've been waiting five years to see this **** and I'm an idiot.
  5. Jun 25, 2020
    7
    The game is very good in a lot of ways, but also leaves me confused with its weird narrative decisions. Because of its predecessor's massive success people naturally expected almost the impossible and had too high expectations for the game, so they couldn't enjoy it when something didn't go their way. The Last Of Us didn't need a second game, but fortunately it's not as bad as it couldThe game is very good in a lot of ways, but also leaves me confused with its weird narrative decisions. Because of its predecessor's massive success people naturally expected almost the impossible and had too high expectations for the game, so they couldn't enjoy it when something didn't go their way. The Last Of Us didn't need a second game, but fortunately it's not as bad as it could have been. It is a very unfriendly game narratively and makes a fair half of its players want to quit and watch the ending from Youtube, and I totally understand why. The pacing is very off which you could view as a massive mistake or conscious decision to make the player feel bad (which it does). But when looking back at the story as a whole, it starts to make sense and has so much great stuff in it most people can't see through their rage which is caused by some bold moves from the directors. The problem is that because of the pacing, player's interest drops too quickly. And from a game so reliant on a good story, this game really missed some points there. Good story but executed in a weirdly manner.
    Gameplay is very good, although the enemy AI is quite dumb and makes killing them way too easy. The graphics can't probably get any better with ps4.
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  6. Jul 25, 2020
    10
    Naughty Dog, this is easily your guys’ best work since Uncharted 2 and there is a reason why you guys are the top underdogs in the gaming business on delivering the very best experience as possible and I hope you guys get royally compensated for creating this incredible follow-up masterpiece. No wonder why HBO’s The Last of Us is happening with Neil Druckmann and Chernobyl’s Craig MazinNaughty Dog, this is easily your guys’ best work since Uncharted 2 and there is a reason why you guys are the top underdogs in the gaming business on delivering the very best experience as possible and I hope you guys get royally compensated for creating this incredible follow-up masterpiece. No wonder why HBO’s The Last of Us is happening with Neil Druckmann and Chernobyl’s Craig Mazin on-board for the live adaptation.. Expand
  7. Jul 6, 2020
    10
    The concept of this game should not work when you explain it to someone. Breaking down to the simplest explaination you would have to be crazy to think anyone could like it. Which I won’t get into as it’s spoilers. But once you go from beginning to end, what a journey you go on that brings out so much emotion. Anger, sadness and happiness. This is the most realistic game I’ve ever played.The concept of this game should not work when you explain it to someone. Breaking down to the simplest explaination you would have to be crazy to think anyone could like it. Which I won’t get into as it’s spoilers. But once you go from beginning to end, what a journey you go on that brings out so much emotion. Anger, sadness and happiness. This is the most realistic game I’ve ever played. And the story did what it was supposed to, make you think about it for days. A gripping story that just stays with you in any medium is what you want. In a book, movie, game. Anyone who hates this story, I get it. It’s very divisive. But you HAVE to play till the end and not quit after 2 hours like some did. You know it’s insane when you hate a character so much in the beginning to not wanting them dead at the end. Expand
  8. Jun 26, 2020
    1
    I went into this game despite the negative reviews that were already left on it on day one. I thought the story would get better as I played, awesome graphics and game play are what kept me going. After having about 15-20 hours invested and the story getting worse and worse I decided I have to see this game through to the end and I was just disappointed over all... this could have been soI went into this game despite the negative reviews that were already left on it on day one. I thought the story would get better as I played, awesome graphics and game play are what kept me going. After having about 15-20 hours invested and the story getting worse and worse I decided I have to see this game through to the end and I was just disappointed over all... this could have been so much better. What’s done is done I suppose, I won’t be buying another naughty dog game ever again. Expand
  9. Jul 27, 2020
    10
    Great graphics and amazing storyline, this game does not deserve all the hate it's getting right now. Yes, the story may not be what most of us expected or wanted it to be, but TLOU Part 2 is about the story of Ellie (and other characters) not the ones we imagine it to be, the game made me relate to the protagonist unlike any other game I have ever played and there are life lessons to beGreat graphics and amazing storyline, this game does not deserve all the hate it's getting right now. Yes, the story may not be what most of us expected or wanted it to be, but TLOU Part 2 is about the story of Ellie (and other characters) not the ones we imagine it to be, the game made me relate to the protagonist unlike any other game I have ever played and there are life lessons to be learned in this game, it truly is a masterpiece. Expand
  10. Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Good game go brrrrrrrrrrrrr yaw mk 75 karakteri nasıl doldurayım güzel olmuş işte
  11. Jun 27, 2020
    10
    Great game. I wasn’t happy with all the plot points but I can understand and appreciate why some decisions were made. Emotional rollercoaster from start to end. Gripping game. Loved it!
  12. Jul 12, 2020
    10
    (Spoiler free)
    Trust me.. it took me a while figuring out if I should play this game with the ongoing controversy going on. I trust me on this! This game is mindblowing! Even the word masterpiece is not enough to describe the past of us part 2 just play it yourself.
  13. Jun 28, 2020
    0
    the story is terrible, ending make you feel like you just wanna die
    EVERYTHING IS A MESS
  14. Jun 28, 2020
    10
    Idk what's wrong with haters. Gameplay is ridiculous. Story is crazy. The fact that I go from hating abby to questioning which character my loyalty lies to between her and ellie is an example of superb storytelling. Idk if people are mad the transgender thing or the fact that ellie is a lesbian, but it seems like hate rather than constructive criticism
  15. Jun 29, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Enjoyed the first half of the game. Once finding out I had to do all 3 days again as Abby, I went from looking into every nook and cranny, to just run and gun. As it was sorta pointless as you know what’s going to happen. Also don’t understand how Joel could get so easily ambushed in this game, but in the first game he knew straight away that the man on the highway who wanted help, was apart of an ambush, and he even didn’t trust Ellie at the start but did Abby. After finishing the game I sat back and fought to myself that whole journey was pointless, and felt like I would of been better off just spoiling the game for myself and not buying it. Positives are great graphics and I enjoy the combat and the new prone and hiding features. The best thing ND can do in my opinion. Is for this to be the final Last of Us game, and move onto another project. Expand
  16. Jun 30, 2020
    6
    I had to sign up here and write a review, mainly because i was so disappointed at the lack of diversity of thought in games journalism giving a game with many glaring faults the title of 'masterpiece'.

    So the positives: •Great presentation such as its graphics and environments. Animation is by far the best we've seen this generation. Enemies have a very human like response in and to
    I had to sign up here and write a review, mainly because i was so disappointed at the lack of diversity of thought in games journalism giving a game with many glaring faults the title of 'masterpiece'.

    So the positives:

    •Great presentation such as its graphics and environments. Animation is by far the best we've seen this generation.
    Enemies have a very human like response in and to combat, they'll call each others name when one dies, they'll give orders and sometimes scream in agony on the floor as they bleed out from missing a limb... awesome.

    •overall gameplay is brutal and meaty like the first, with additions like a dodge button, being able to crawl to enter stealth in tall grass. New additions such as dogs and new infected keep it fresh enough for the 25-30 hour total length. Upgrade trees giving different choices of playstyle are neat.

    • brilliant accessibility and difficulty customization, by far the best on console.

    Now the negatives:

    • The story is very poorly paced, there are rumours a lot was cut, chopped and changed, you can tell they clearly had disagreements with how to pace and lay out the story- its a mess.

    • For a Last of Us sequel it has poor writing, both in the dialogue and the really clear contrivances that play out.

    •Unlikeable characters of which the game very bluntly tries to force empathy with by using props like other characters who's whole purpose is to get the player feeling a certain way or to add to the overall commentary of the game. The game is happy to use Joel as a tool to cheaply attempt the player to feel emotion rather than it occurring through natural dialogue or events.

    • Its pretentious and the main focus of everything is the commentary it tries to make. People who feel this game is a masterpiece will go onto condescend how others "might not get it" or "lack empathy" or even disregard it as all bigotry (although there are attempts to hate this game because... gays?) Listen... the theme is so heavy handed its hard to miss, so is the commentary the game bludgeons the player depressingly with over and over and over with...

    it's abit self indulgent and all of it is premised on one scene very early on being the motive for revenge, said scene is the issue, if you don't buy into it being believable or you think its contrived its extremely hard to buy into the story going forward and feel anything but being taken on the most depressing roller coaster ride where characters are bland, unlikable (especially Ellie) and changed.

    I feel like Naughty Dog took one of the most beloved game and characters of all time and decided to turn it into a message and commentary with those characters being the sacrifice for said commentary, while inverting some characters to maybe attempt to either add depth or complexity but ultimately fails in a way that reminds me of the trend set from season 8 of Game of Thrones or the latest Star Wars.

    Yes, that bad.

    Lastly, i dont know why so many in games media thought this game was perfect when players and even 'influencers' feel so different.. Maybe they did just genuinely enjoy it and games media has a severe lack of diversity of thought... maybe it was activism and progressive politics (of which i feel this game has been somewhat unfairly characterised as having blunt identity politics...it doesn't). Who knows, but its far from a piece of art imho but the gameplay is phenomenal.

    I had two playthroughs roughly 55 hours total.

    Thanks for reading.
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  17. Jun 30, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gameplay 9/10
    Graphics 10/10
    Story 6/10

    What a mess!

    I never thought a game would disappoint me so much that I would come and leave a detailed review. I spent 30 hours playing The Last of Us Par 2 and I did not enjoy them.

    Following an amazing game that was The Last of Us, this game falls short. To start off the players are not given a multiplayer mode which would have not changed the review but it would have been better than to just leave us with the bitter taste that ending was. This game takes a story approach that I have not seen any game/movie done successful in a long time. Joel, the main protagonist of the first game was no saint and some can argue he saw it coming, but how many parents did he and Ellie killed while in their quest? Even now in the second game, Ellie becomes a mythical beast just killing anyone in her sight. Joel deserved a better death. As a player what really bothered me was killing Joel and making me play as the killer for half of the game. Why ? On top of that the director of this game thinks that while we play as her we will forgive her. This game even makes Ellie look like a villain. I lost count on how many times I let Ellie put a bullet in Abby's head to get some type of satisfaction out of the whole encounter. This game had no identity and did not know what to do with its characters. The game also introduces idiotic side characters that you only want to avoid. I have no issue with Ellie being lesbian or Abby being built like a wrestler. I actually liked they did not have the generic type of character. I did have an issue as to why the game had to force a love triangle with the two characters it had. Funny enough they all end dead except Dina which was my least favorite side character.

    I would have loved if this game would have let me the player make choices and my choices had consequences in the story. The developers had plenty of time to develop this game. The graphics show the true potential of the PlayStation 4. I played it with the basic edition and still ran amazing. The gameplay was almost the same as the first one except they added some small mechanics that changed the formula a bit.

    Overall, I feel disappointed. The game is not as bad as most people make it look like here, however, the game is not a masterpiece either.
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  18. Jul 1, 2020
    8
    I really liked the game but there are problems with the storytelling of the plot.
  19. Jul 1, 2020
    10
    The game is pure perfection, even more mature than the first one!
    The best survival post-apocalyptic game so far. All the hater reviews lack reason
    and empathy and their arguments are ridiculous to say the least. Don't let them ruin your
    experience of this game. I almost did by listening to so many negative complains.
    But then I played the game and I realized it was all nonsense.
  20. Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Stop reading reviews and play it. If you have already finished the game, then you know why people are saying it’s a masterpiece.
  21. Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Любимая игра. Всё идеально, да грустно, но игра шикарная
  22. Jul 2, 2020
    10
    Кому надо, то переводите на остальные языки. Мне же удобнее выкладывать свое мнение на русском. Не буду рассуждать о геймплее и графике ведь главное в играх это конечно же сюжет.

    Если вам не понравилась игра из-за сюжета из-за лгбт-сообщество,феминизм и смерти одного из персонажей - вы тупое быдло. Naughty Dogs смело поступили и написали историю НЕ ПО ШАБЛОНУ классических игр и
    Кому надо, то переводите на остальные языки. Мне же удобнее выкладывать свое мнение на русском. Не буду рассуждать о геймплее и графике ведь главное в играх это конечно же сюжет.

    Если вам не понравилась игра из-за сюжета из-за лгбт-сообщество,феминизм и смерти одного из персонажей - вы тупое быдло. Naughty Dogs смело поступили и написали историю НЕ ПО ШАБЛОНУ классических игр и фильмов, а оригинально и актуально. Сейчас все больше и больше боряться меньшинства не традиционной ориентации за свои права, и вместо того чтобы поставить на аватарку флаг ЛГБТ (как будто это чем то помогает утвердить права людей не традиционной ориентации), они выкатывают игру со всеми этими актуальными проблемами. Да, в некоторых местах выглядит нелепо , но на есть свои причины.
    Смерть одного из героев (не будем спойлерить), как по мне, специально сделали очень не благородной и совершенно тупой. И вместо того, чтобы люди, которые прониклись персонажем из прошлой части, имели цель идти мстить за него - они просто начали осуждать игру, типу тупая дискриминация прав, как же так, могли бы по-епичнее сделать смерть ***.
    А концовка игры это отдельная тема, ведь именно она раскрывает главного персонажа игры (Элли) не как машину мести, а как человека, прошедшего через многие трудности.
    Да, моя поэма не столь грамотная и четко выражена, но вы должны были уловить суть. Наконец скажу, что игра ЗАСЛУЖИВАЕТ ВНИМАНИЕ не только поклонникам серии игры, но и как новым игрокам.
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  23. Jul 2, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great gameplay, great graphics,
    This game was made with a lot of effort and heart, I will not denay that, and honestly I hope it can be a success comercially
    But for me, it does not deserve 10 or 9, or 1 and 3, the last of us shined especially for its history, and the first one is superior in thisaspect, I know part 2 wanted to give a 'different way to show revenge' but it fails for me
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  24. Jul 3, 2020
    0
    I don't know where to begin with. TLOU2 destroys EVERYTHING that made the first game great. It's a **** revenge story that I couldn't care less about. The graphics are great, but it wasn't the graphics that made the first game won so many prizes; it was the STORY! here the returning characters (etc Joel, Ellie and ...) don't behave like they were introduced in the first game. they areI don't know where to begin with. TLOU2 destroys EVERYTHING that made the first game great. It's a **** revenge story that I couldn't care less about. The graphics are great, but it wasn't the graphics that made the first game won so many prizes; it was the STORY! here the returning characters (etc Joel, Ellie and ...) don't behave like they were introduced in the first game. they are completely different people, and very stupid people. The dialogues are cheesy and stupid AF. And don't get me started about the ending! If you played the first game, this game makes all you did in the first game completely pointless. And the whole story in this one is completely pointless too once you reach the ending. Don't buy it, don't waste your money Expand
  25. Jul 10, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First of all some backstory. Let me first say i am a brown dude with very high regards for liberal views. Now that out of the way. Also I am a PC gamer bought PS3 just to play GTA 5 back in the days and a friend gave me Uncharted 3 and fell in love with the series and Naughty Dogs storytelling. Bought PS4 and also bought Last of Us for PS3 and remastered for PS4. I still play the game time to time like watching a movie again and again that I like. Now lets get to Last of 2.

    Joel Dies : No problem, I knew its was going to be his fate since I first saw the revel trailer in my gut.
    How he dies: No problem there, someone taking revenge, he was not a saint
    He was stupid: He let his guard down no problem
    Lesbian, transgender, leftist messages: No problem, I think they should push more of these so we feel normal the way forward in our diverse real world
    Ending: Forgiveness, No problem with that

    THE PROBLEM ? : I do not want to play as ABBY, here is the thing I have every single Uncharted game in my collection except the lost legacy. You know why ? Because I do not care about those characters in uncharted universe. When you buy a Part 2 of a story based game you expect a certain things. For me Last of us is about Joel and Ellie like uncharted about Sully and Drake. The story could have remained same but could have been just Eliies part and later added dlc could have shown Abbys part as they shown Ellies part in first games DLC so we could justify the ending in P2 just like in P1. Force playing as Abby and breaking the story like this jumble way really messed up the story. Do not get me wrong I can handle the dark brutal story but not in this messy way. This is not upto the Naughty Dog standards. Somehow I felt cheated, if you want Abbys story you could have made another separate game like lost legacy as well. Another problem is making me feel bad, hey man whoever wrote the story, learn the difference between a dark story and making the audience feel bad forcefully. Telltale Walking Dead following Clementine was a dark story, where Joel like character Lee dies in first season. But this one is just garbage and you feel guiltier than the Walking Dead playing this game.

    Gameplay felt very polished and graphic my god it is the most gorgeous graphics I have seen in PS4 to date. Here you can see the Naughty Dog Standard. But I have a PC with 2060 TI GPU which was almost the price of a PS4. I do not play games from Naughty Dogs in PS4 for graphics but for story and experience. And if I have a bad experience and feel bad about my self after playing this game then whats the point.

    I do not want to keep this game as I will never play this again and will be selling this to second hand market, I also urge those who bought this do not want to keep sell it to second hand market and flood it. They might have leaked the footage themselves like Thor Ragnarok to create controversy and let the you tubers fired up for free marketing. They sold around four million copies already. Buy it from second hand market guys do not pay them $60, its not worth it and you will not keep it.

    Here is what I will do, I will forget about this game soon and pretend it does not exist. Again the difference between Part 1 I have 2 copy of that in my collection in a very safe showcase and this is going to another person for 20-30 droller. Another thing, good luck selling it to me and a lot of angry gamer a remastered version for PS5. This franchise is dead to me over and out.

    4/10 for the people who worked day and night to make this **** story into a decent game.
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  26. Jul 3, 2020
    10
    I really like the game! After 3 years of waiting, it becomes my favorite game after the last of us 1. about the story ... I really think it depends a lot on the maturity of each player, he really wasn't pleasant as the first one, this darker theme it puts you under pressure all the time, but the story is really good, it certainly varies people disagree more .... the game is absolutelyI really like the game! After 3 years of waiting, it becomes my favorite game after the last of us 1. about the story ... I really think it depends a lot on the maturity of each player, he really wasn't pleasant as the first one, this darker theme it puts you under pressure all the time, but the story is really good, it certainly varies people disagree more .... the game is absolutely perfect. (THANK YOU NAUGHTY DOG for providing this long-awaited experience.) Expand
  27. Jul 3, 2020
    10
    Put 40+ hours into this amazing game. Don’t believe the haters, this game is worth the purchase.
  28. Jul 6, 2020
    10
    Played the game
    Liked how,the developers allowed us to play from both the characters for us to understand the story more
    Loved it
  29. Jul 9, 2020
    10
    Okay so first things first lets just get this out the way yes i'm giving this game a 10, but that does not mean its perfect. No game is perfect, but this game is truly amazing and does exactly what Naughty Dog wanted it to.

    Story: When they want you to be angry you will be. When it wants you to be sad you will be. When a story makes you feel exactly what the writers want you to feel
    Okay so first things first lets just get this out the way yes i'm giving this game a 10, but that does not mean its perfect. No game is perfect, but this game is truly amazing and does exactly what Naughty Dog wanted it to.

    Story: When they want you to be angry you will be. When it wants you to be sad you will be. When a story makes you feel exactly what the writers want you to feel then the story does its job and this game does that better than pretty much any other game I've ever played. Its not a bad story just because it doesn't go the way you wanted. i'm trying to keep this as spoiler free as possible, but a lot of the negative reviews come from people who saw the leaks and never even played the game, or started the game got to a point something happens and they just say nope its trash and never finish it. If you completely finished this game and still didn't like it then you are entitled to you opinion, but that's not where most of the bad reviews come from.

    Game play: What can i say if you played the last of us 1 and enjoyed the game play. Then you will enjoy the game play here as its similar to the first game, but everything is very much improved.

    Graphics: this is probably the most obvious thing about the game. Its absolutely Beautiful. I can't tell you the number of times i just stopped whatever i was doing to just admire the scenery. whether it was looking at snow covered mountains or taking in all the over grown grass and trees.

    Sound: this is another area where the last of us 2 shines. everything from the sound of the guns to the music just feels right. The little things like enemy reaction to seeing someone die, and calling out their name, or how certain characters communicate without ever saying a word, but it somehow just make sense is crazy.

    So to sum all this up The Last of Us 2 is a roller coaster of emotions. i laughed, i cried, i was angry, happy, sad. it has its tense moments through out as you would expect, but at no point did i ever feel completely overwhelmed or that i just didn't care. So yes this game is not perfect, but it is without an doubt in my mind a Masterpiece.
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  30. Jul 5, 2020
    7
    I can definitely understand why some people don’t like the game.personally I enjoyed it, I enjoyed the gameplay and most of the story and the were some really fun and heart racing moments and choices u had to make. A good video to watch on the game is this: https://youtu.be/Jiq0nR8ndD0
Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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]