The Last of Us Part II

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  1. pxtyt
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Worse game i have seen in ages. Horrible story, horrible npcs. Do not give this game your money.
  2. Game-Hogger
    Jan 30, 2021
    0
    Not the experience we were led to believe it would be, it completely discards the experience and the memories left with the first game all for a poorly structured game that focuses on trying to tell a story that would much be suited for an original project. No character feels the same and all of them feel oddly parodic of how they'd usually be, the new characters fail to be interesting andNot the experience we were led to believe it would be, it completely discards the experience and the memories left with the first game all for a poorly structured game that focuses on trying to tell a story that would much be suited for an original project. No character feels the same and all of them feel oddly parodic of how they'd usually be, the new characters fail to be interesting and provide zero incentive to push a plot ahead such as Abby defecting with a person she's barely shared enough time with to discard the feelings she has for those she spent years with, all of the WLF are very one sided and exist to be discarded while providing little to no substance and Ellie just seems out of character and like she's written by someone who has little knowledge on how she is, which funnily enough isn't the case. The combat fails to be innovative and feels like it's been plucked from the first game and the story has a lot of monotonous points as well as cheapest transitions I've seen in writing (e.g. Time skips to avoid telling a story) and ultimately misses the mark with the moral the story tries to tell when never once is the motive of revenge questioned.

    TLOU should have never had a sequel and remained as a standalone game.    … Expand
  3. DoutorgoriBR
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Just finished watching this game on YT.
    It was a lame mess and a horrible ending, ND disrespects everything they build in the saga.
    Theres no excuse for this piece
  4. dingobreath
    Jun 21, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When if ever has a game gotten 10's across the board? Never not even greats like GTA 5, Zelda or any Halo got this.

    The hypocrisy and attack on anyone who does not like this game is absolutely astonishing. I have never in my life seen a game so protected by the media or by social media giants who ban people for their opinions. This is absolute madness.

    I give credit to the games graphics and sound, they are nice yes, but everything else is horrible. Firstly they kill Joel like a dog at the beginning of the game and then the rest of the game is a fight between a lesbian and a woman who looks like a man hulk. There is no progression on the story or the virus or the world around them. It's like a soap opera where people are cheating on each other, sleeping with each other and killing people from the opposite faction.

    Firstly why is Ellie an anorexic? how does she go toe to toe with a giant body builder? WTF? she takes punches to the face that would knock out any person, this is just so unrealistic. Why did they make Ellie look ugly in the later years? she looks like an activist and does nothing else worthwhile in the game. The ending is trash! I under stand if the game was going for an empire strikes back vibe, but it just sucked completely. It makes me never want to play another game by naughty dog again!

    "A bigot sandwich!" really? Everyone already accepts LGBTQ community, but it seems that the devs want to place these characters on a giant soap box just to declare their sexual orientation to the world wtf enough already. This game is an epic fail and only exposes how corrupt the games industry has become!    … Expand
  5. DanceMusique
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the biggest disappointments of all time. Game of thrones season 8 storytelling, gameplay honestly isnt much different from the first and yes that is important. People say “nobody plays for the gameplay” my ass. Look at death stranding it had a amazing story but aint nobody give a crap cause its gameplay was boring. This isnt boring gameplay wise but it is pretty bland. I gave it a 1 instead of a 0 because at least the graphics are significantly improved and hell, pretty groundbreaking. Its a beautiful game visually. They sacrificed everything about the game in order to force abby on everyone. It was even advertised as a joel and ellie game again and he dies 15-20 minutes in. They altered game material to show joel in the trailers but it was false advertising as they weren’t actually real, just changed scenes to make you believe this game is about joel and ellie when its really you playing a majority as this new character who is one of the most unlikeable protagonists in history. No amount of story saves the game either, the ending is horrible, the reasoning for actions is terrible. They use the cliche overused revenge is bad and “maybe we are the monsters after all” plotlines and all that moral high ground crap thats always used. Cause life always plays out like perfect karma right? The story is like luke blowing up the death star and then one of the stormtroopers onboard it had a kid who comes and kills luke instantly in the following movie for revenge. Joel even saves the new characters life right before she kills him and she doesnt even ask for his side of the story (the characters name is abby but i am saying new character so even people who havent played can tell who i am referring too). Honestly dont even want to give it a 1 but i feel like it gets that much cause of graphics and smooth unbuggy gameplay. It has good animations as well. The mocap is really well done. But metacritic is deleting low score reviews because of bombing even though people are bombing for a reason. Yet the people counter bombing or just straight up fanboy 5 star reviews all can stay. Its straight up altered scoring at that point. If the peoples opinion as a total doesnt matter then what is a point of user scores. Oh, user scores matter if they are good for AAA games. Unless its something like fallout 76 or anthem. They let people be honest on those. But not this lmao. Fanboys run the site and only let it be unbiased if it goes along with their views.… Expand
  6. GreedyCOD
    May 2, 2021
    10
    I finally picked this game up a week ago, after reading all the reviews and watching the spoiler videos pre launch. I knew it would be a tough pill to swallow. I decided to tough my way through the emotions and just give it a chance. Have to say that all the hate is misguided and this is an absolute masterpiece. No one should have been allowed to review until they beat the entire game.
  7. GeraldDX
    Dec 14, 2020
    10
    This game is perfect, if u think different go to watch marvel studios movies.....
  8. epicboyblue
    Feb 9, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was excited for this sequel. I saw the gameplay and I was hooked. It was an evolution of what come before in The Last of Us: Part 1 [retroactively]. I have no qualms with the gameplay. I think the mechanics are fine. I love the addition of the prone position to crawl under cars for stealth which also further supports the AI mechanics to check under cars. A dodge button is nice for close combat. I'm waiting on the multiplayer at this point. Sadly, that's where my praise for this game ends. It is a meandering incoherent mess. It's narrative is phenomenally trash. I honestly have no idea how this got approved by anyone. Neil said he had thought about the story for two years before he was ready "to make sure it was a story worth telling as a sequel to the original The Last of Us." It is a failure. It says it's a different game, but it does the same thing. Kills a character in the beginning of the game. It just takes two hours opposed to half an hour in the original game. I only played five minutes of horse riding as said future dead character, but it's fine since we played as said character throughout the entirety of the original game. Sure, that is true. The difference is said character experienced a time skip. I don't know how this person changed. How am I supposed to believe the situations they are placed in? "Oh, don't worry. It will be explained at the end of the game.", says Neil Druckmann. Which is a lackluster scene since context of two characters conversation of said previous night's "confrontation" was discussed and anyone and everyone can assume what happened. Also, we saw most of the scene in the E3 church trailer. For some reason, Neil thought it was a good idea to take those scenes and splice them throughout the game. It's incoherent. Neil wants me to like characters that I just met with random weaknesses to make them seem human, yet I don't care about any of them. Not even characters from the first game. I don't care about Joel, Ellie, Tommy, or Maria. The game didn't give me time nor did it take adequate time to make me care. It's wake up. Grab knife. Grab bag. Leave for patrol. We meet and get a shallow understanding of some people, but the narrative is so focused on rushing to Joel's death I can't experience the world or the characters. It didn't let me sit and stew with these people. Nah. Kill Joel. Small couple of scenes of the aftermath. Smash cut to Seattle. Somehow didn't face any issues getting to Seattle. We just get dropped into a wide sandbox area. It's an odd situation this game placed itself in. I think this is due to the praise Neil received for his first game. I assume he thought he could do whatever he wanted and it would be good, but the issue is The Last of Us did a good job of setting up the tropes of their game. Lemme throw another comparison your way. "Oh, baby girl." is a sentence Joel says after he finds Ellie dicing David's head with a machete. This is a moment of acceptance for Joel. He accepts her as his family. As a daughter. Abby tries to do the same thing. She says, "You're my people." to Lev. Which makes little sense since they have know each other for approximately a single day. It isn't poignant because Abby wasn't resisting as Joel did. Abby felt guilt and was like yeah. This will absolve me of my guilt. It's an torturous game to trudge through. Arduous. I thought it was odd when some fans were saying, "Don't make a sequel to The Last of Us. Don't ruin such a great game." We all should have listened. It's unfortunate, but this is the reality we live in. A sequel to a unanimously praised game is phenomenally divisive. Can a game where half of the audience doesn't think it's good truly be called a good game. What does my perspective matter? I'm just another dumb virgin gamer. It's not like I have an actual degree in writing.… Expand
  9. Archound
    Aug 15, 2021
    6
    Except for excellent animations (the best in games' history) and very good graphics, this game has one extra plus. It reminds us how good was MGS V gameplay and how tongue-in-cheek Kojima's writing is superb to Druckmann's graphomania.
  10. Guillekrioka
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    Es una falta de respeto a la primera entrega destruyeron todo lo bueno que crearon nunca vi algo tan estúpido.
  11. AJO112
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    I dont care about gameplay and grafics
    Story is written and executed by a retard
  12. MidoDaDon
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    TLOU2 storytelling and writing is so bad that it leaves the player with no conclusion nor does it justify the revenge path Ellie has been taken for the whole story, it is emotionally irrelevant to the first sequel in anyway. The plot holes are everywhere and the characters are uninteresting and bleak.

    The graphics looks good (maybe the best the PS4 can get) but that's how it should be    TLOU2 storytelling and writing is so bad that it leaves the player with no conclusion nor does it justify the revenge path Ellie has been taken for the whole story, it is emotionally irrelevant to the first sequel in anyway. The plot holes are everywhere and the characters are uninteresting and bleak.

    The graphics looks good (maybe the best the PS4 can get) but that's how it should be by now.
    The gameplay is the same as the original game from 2013, which was fine but feels outdated and clunky at times.

    Long story short, for anyone who enjoyed the first game, just pretend that this sequel did not exist.    … Expand
  13. galwa
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Without spoilers I just want to say the game is masterpiece. I don't know what story people want. This is not a story about an adult man and his choices, this story is about a teenage girl and it works perfectly. The gameplay is a nice hybrid between U4 and TLoU. More open levels spaces gave you a free will to gain your targets. And exploration is just pure fun.

    Game don't have a    Without spoilers I just want to say the game is masterpiece. I don't know what story people want. This is not a story about an adult man and his choices, this story is about a teenage girl and it works perfectly. The gameplay is a nice hybrid between U4 and TLoU. More open levels spaces gave you a free will to gain your targets. And exploration is just pure fun.

    Game don't have a multiplayer but it's fine. Multiplayer never was a strong side of Naughty Dog.    … Expand
  14. darthcooper
    Mar 17, 2023
    7
    I was not a fan of this game as I felt it was too slow-paced for me personally. If you want a fast-paced zombie game go for Days Gone. My review is based on fun I have in a game and I did not find this game fun. Naughty Dog is an amazing studio that works hard on its games and I do have friends who found that this game clicks for them. As I said before everyone has different opinions so doI was not a fan of this game as I felt it was too slow-paced for me personally. If you want a fast-paced zombie game go for Days Gone. My review is based on fun I have in a game and I did not find this game fun. Naughty Dog is an amazing studio that works hard on its games and I do have friends who found that this game clicks for them. As I said before everyone has different opinions so do not go by reviews try it out for yourself.… Expand
  15. fernll12
    Jun 25, 2020
    1
    Otro juego arruinado por la maldita nueva sociedad y las compañías queriendo meter y forzar lo políticamente correcto, gráficamente es muy bueno, el audio también es muy inmersivo, el gameplay tiene lo suyo, manteniendo, agregando y mejorando algunas cosas del primer juego, pero las historia es de lo peor que he jugado en los últimos años, si lo comparas con el primer TLOU esto es unaOtro juego arruinado por la maldita nueva sociedad y las compañías queriendo meter y forzar lo políticamente correcto, gráficamente es muy bueno, el audio también es muy inmersivo, el gameplay tiene lo suyo, manteniendo, agregando y mejorando algunas cosas del primer juego, pero las historia es de lo peor que he jugado en los últimos años, si lo comparas con el primer TLOU esto es una completa burla y ofensa, que demonios hiciste Neil Druckmann, mi recomendación no comprar esto y si puedes devolverlo hazlo.… Expand
  16. slvrcenturion
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    The story is todo Bad too mucho cinemática and the gameplay doesnt ley You to
    Ale any choice un allá the game. It's painful to continúe the main story. .
  17. sdaneu
    Feb 11, 2021
    10
    Masterpiece! This amazing game shows us that we need to improve as society, because we need to look beyond our sight.
  18. Lancelust
    Jun 21, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Puntuar este juego con un 0 es absurdo simplemente por que maten al personaje principal. El juego argumentalmente tiene otros errores: la deshumanización de Ellie y la hypersexualizacion innecesaria de varios personajes creando más una declaración de intenciones que un contexto en el juego (para mi su mayor error)

    Mucha gente critica a Abby, personalmente me ha parecido más interesante el personaje de Abby que el de Ellie en este juego. Ellie está cegada con su objetivo y prácticamente en eso se reduce su hilo argumental. Ese es otro de sus errores, destrozar argumental e intencionalmente a Ellie.

    Como juego hay cierta falta de evolución y es igual que el primero

    Gráficamente es un 10
    Y la banda sonora es otro 10

    Es un juego muy bueno con algunos errores. Pero más quisieran otros    … Expand
  19. Phoenixgaming1
    Jun 20, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm rating this a 5/10 because the gameplay, graphics and mechanics are amazingly done. However, the story was terrible. As a single player only, linear based story game it absolutely didn't hit the mark. This games story is all over the place and it tries to make you care about characters you've never heard of before this game. The ending was a disaster, they killed off their best character in the most meaningless most stupid way. The whole story is pointless. As a huge fan of Naughty Dog I'm sad to see this happen. I have no idea if Neil Druckmann is to blame for this garbage fire of a story. Whoever approved it is an idiot and should be fired. And to those who think that I hate this game because you play as a female character, you're wrong. I hate it because it disrespects the original characters for a new never before seen characte that no one cares for although the game tries so hard to make you care. And I have no problem playing a a female character in games. Actually I prefer it, horizon zero dawn, is a good example of this, I had very little issues with that game, compared to this.… Expand
  20. simplegamer003
    Jul 25, 2021
    6
    I know I am late to the party, or glad that I am late because this game was very difficult to review even after several playthroughs. The Last of Us Part II is a really good game with new game mechanics, wider variety in level design, insane level of graphical fidelity and an absurd amount of accessibility options that sets the new standards of fiddling with the game, but it is not aI know I am late to the party, or glad that I am late because this game was very difficult to review even after several playthroughs. The Last of Us Part II is a really good game with new game mechanics, wider variety in level design, insane level of graphical fidelity and an absurd amount of accessibility options that sets the new standards of fiddling with the game, but it is not a worthy sequel to the beloved "The Last of Us" that came in 2013, because of two reasons: story pacing and deviation from the source.

    In terms of story pacing, the game is divided into two halves which is played out from the perspective of two playable characters. The first half of the game ends on the cliffhanger with both protagonist facing each other. Now, at this moment, the perspective of the game is switched to the second protagonist. The problem here is that we know we have to reach the earlier cliffhanger, so even after four of my playthroughs, I just tried to rush to the part where both protagonist meet. That made the second half almost irrelevant to me, thereby not making me invest in that character and not because of a certain incident many people are enraged about.

    Another major factor, which has become downfall of various series, movies an other entertainment medium of storytelling is the deviation from the actual source. In The Last of Us II, the game does not focus on two primary factors on which the prequel focused on: The Infected and Ellie's immunity. Rather than using them as the medium used to drive the story, they are left as an afterthought. They took a backseat to the revenge story that Neil Drukmann was so desperate to tell, you can actually see that this particular storyline was rejected by many game development teams, including Bruce Straley himself. Here is a video which explains it in a more elaborate way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c9F0oCMRw4&t=9s. His fixation on this plot is what makes the story of this game not worth the sequel we deserve.

    I was conflicted in scoring this game either a 5 or 6, but I would rate it a 6 just because Naughty Dog's developers had gone to the lengths to make the gameplay, level design and the graphics more engaging than most of the games on the market.    … Expand
  21. DazzlingGauss
    Jun 8, 2021
    10
    I don't think I have played a better PS Exclusive on the PS4 yet.
    Ignore the hate and play is for yourself.
    YOU WILL LOVE IT
  22. warZ3bra
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Neil druckman self confessed "character abuser" isn't happy simply abusing existing characters he feels the need to kill the fan favourites off, create a trans character and then literally Eff her in the A.

    Avoid at all costs, looks amazing but the game play is average at best and terrible, terrible characters with ridiculous story and plotholes
  23. rodrigolima
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    This game is really good. Seriously. Do yourself a favor and play it. Ignore the haters. It's not perfect, but boy it's good and fun.
  24. WeslyG
    Jun 24, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I will only talk about what "strong" Naughty Dog

    "Attention to detail"
    • To put the activated Molotov cocktail in the bag is strong!
    • The crossbow is stronger than the bow, but the bow kills with a single blow, the crossbow does not.
    • Use arrows from a corpse? You're kidding!
    • To craft the ammo? No problem!! To craft the arrows? What are you doing? (Abby)
    • I see arrows in the quiver of a dead NPC but I can't pick them up!
    • The invisible ally runs in the face of the enemy, all right.
    • The weapon does not jam or jam after water, moisture, dust, dirt! Perfectly!
    • There are no weapon parts in the car under the hood or in the trunk ? O_O
    • Feed your horses for a 3-day trip to Seattle? Much cooler to throw a ball to a dog!
    * Once activated, the generator runs forever
    • Special forces against knives!
    • You never will never fit through a huge gap that any human being could fit through!
    • Of course, not one car in a hundred has a drop of gas, and I have to go to a basement full of monsters!
    • Of course, my backpack won't hold more than two rounds of pistol ammo! But the flamethrower will fit perfectly!
    • Crawling through the ventilation system? It will break and you will fall-always.
    • Explore - > Shoot - > Talk, and that's it.
    • Containers are the engine of gameplay! Have you played portal games? What are you complaining about?
    • Team-killing with your partner in agreement? Huh? Are you in call of duty?
    • Using your own Pets by special forces (abby) - why?!
    • Living in a strict religious family, where disobedience can be punished without thinking, begins to shake the rights, because she is a boy? Are you serious? at 10 years old? Do you have children? (how dare I, right?)
    • The sect lives on an island, why don't we control the coast to isolate them from the mainland? What for? we can just walk through the woods and die from their traps!
    • What is the essence of the sect (scars)? Maybe I should have made another third of the game about them? We are no longer interested, so why not learn their difficult fate?
    • Why are the problems of fungal people not solved? I want to know what gender they identify with!
    • Judging by the first scenes for Abby, she is very cool to her father. However, I spent a lot of time in training and fighting. Conclusion - the present of its environment it is the soldiers. However,when a sniper kills her friend in front of her, she just throws him into the water! (special forces can't swim what are you doing)Where was the Golf club?
    • The commander of the military special forces, releases a whole squad (15 people) in the winter, in an unknown territory with a large uncontrolled city, to kill the offender of ten years ago at one of the soldiers of the squad. They also went to kill every scar that killed the father/mother of any soldier? What happens to the game logic?
    • Joel from one standing on the road robber knows how to understand that this is an ambush, but the phrase "I have a lot of friends here" near the places of your patrol, where no one should be, does not cause any questions (with its kind of special forces especially)

    Some strange "details"

    The subpoena is served, the quotas are met, the players are furious, but when your employer is not going anywhere from you, then you are beautiful.    … Expand
  25. EnDLeSSes
    Nov 24, 2020
    1
    Most disappointing story. Cant live up to the name of the first game. The combat and art is a AAA title quality though
  26. fluffyparfait
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Neil Druckmann's terrible advertisement trickery for this game is already insulting. But when you realise the story leaves a far more sour of a taste in your mouth then even that., a 0 can feel justified in that sense.
  27. Ace07
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics are good but I think uncharted 4 looks better, there is a motion capped tr*nny sex scene and Neil Druckman is a **w.… Expand
  28. pandawan
    May 17, 2021
    2
    Le jeu est magnifique, la narration exceptionnelle....mais la fin est juste incompréhensible. Le choix d'Elie n'a aucun sens. Elle n'a rien rien appris de son périple et elle sacrifie tout pour une vengeance qui n'a plus lieu d'être. Au lieu d'etre bouleversé par ses sentiments on est juste stupéfié par sa stupidité. J'ai fini le jeu et je sais que je n'y rejouerai jamais. Quel gachis....
  29. alleballe87
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Naughty Dog delivers digital cancer. Did not hope for more from this disgusting developer. Do not buy this game, its absolute trash.
  30. Leszek76
    Dec 11, 2020
    6
    Graphics 8/10
    Gameplay 7/10
    Music 8/10
    Story1/10
    Overall ... As above...
    Can't get any better.
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
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  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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