The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. laInfluenza
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Waste of time, Abby is the worst character of the history , if there's no campaign of Abby ,the game should be 10/10
  2. HyperCynder7
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    The worst end for a game with the highest expecatatives in a few years and the Joel's death is so unnecessary
  3. IdiotVessel
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILERS!!!
    The plot seems as if it was writen by a 14 year old teen with mental disorders, killing here and there without sense, trying to colocate the player in a harsh post apocaliptic time but breaking the immersion every time with the poor cohesion.
    Killing Joel to make Ellie grow up at full is one of the most mediocre resources this game brings up.
    Abby is a flat, dull and pathetical character.
    Her reasons to act lack of deepness.

    Violence bears revenge, is the game's mantra.
    Yet still it splashes you that violence in a way that you get fed up.    … Expand
  4. LuckySparrow
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    -9 for SJW Sh*t with trans

    there was only one magnificent hero (a white male heterosexual) and they killed him. All the other new characters are just ugly evil feminists
  5. GoddamnBananas
    Dec 4, 2021
    9
    While this game may have a flawed story (that was ruined for everyone when the leaks happened), everything else about this game is just fantastic. The gameplay, level design, music, graphics, etc. are all top notch. Some of the levels, like the sniper level or the first time you encounter Stalkers, are gonna stick with me for a while. And the visuals, this is what I always imagined a nextWhile this game may have a flawed story (that was ruined for everyone when the leaks happened), everything else about this game is just fantastic. The gameplay, level design, music, graphics, etc. are all top notch. Some of the levels, like the sniper level or the first time you encounter Stalkers, are gonna stick with me for a while. And the visuals, this is what I always imagined a next gen game would look like. How does TLoU2 look better than any PS5 game I've seen? And the story genuinely isn't that bad. When you hear a leak about something that happens, it's not the same as watching it all play out. Actually playing the game(something half these detractors clearly never did), everything seems a lot more reasonable and realistic. And no, Abby isn't trans. If you play a GAME for the GAMEPLAY, and especially if you liked the first game, you'll love playing this. Besides for the controversial story, everything has been improved from part 1.… Expand
  6. A1ZAWA_
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    the game is like just garbage, the story is as deep as a cup of water and the characters are there just to make sjws happy
  7. Grekmetal1986
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    the game is objectively at 8, 8.5, but due to the fact that people rated the game 0, I will put 10
  8. lwg1103
    Sep 25, 2021
    10
    10/10 and game of the year, very nice move to feel Abby's perspective and understand there is no good and bad side. Graphic and gameplay also awesome and the last of us world is a masterpiece.
  9. Jelle87
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    The game is simply amazing and a step up from the first. It grabs you by the nuts and never let's go..
    Story won't be for everyone but I for one has 0 problems with whatsoever
  10. Gixxer-6
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    First off, anyone giving this a 0 or 10 is acting on emotion or has a vested interest in the overall score being low/high. It's a shame we're going down this route as it just means critic and users scores become meaningless!

    I re-played TLOU1 recently and still loved the game. it's successor well, my first impression in terms of game play was that not much had changed. That was    First off, anyone giving this a 0 or 10 is acting on emotion or has a vested interest in the overall score being low/high. It's a shame we're going down this route as it just means critic and users scores become meaningless!

    I re-played TLOU1 recently and still loved the game. it's successor well, my first impression in terms of game play was that not much had changed. That was probably acceptable 7 years ago but now character movement just feels 'clunky' general movement is way behind that of other modern games.

    I've not completed the game yet but so far the story line feels really out of sync, this maybe intentional but, IMO, it just doesn't work well. It feel like they either couldn't quite decide which way to go with the story or just got lost and rushed it. I doubt the latter as they had loads of time to polish. Graphics and sounds were good. I waited a long time for this to come out, quite a let down...    … Expand
  11. moonlaba
    Jan 17, 2022
    7
    기술적 진보를 과도한 화법이 짓뭉개버린 불운의 작품, 여러모로 2020년 게임계에 여러 화두를 던져준 점에서는 역사에 한 획을 그었다고 생각한다.
  12. GodfatherSergio
    Jun 19, 2020
    5
    Lo bueno, la calidad gráfica, los momentos de tensión, la música, los escenarios, los movimientos orgánicos de las acciones y las pequeñas mejoras al game play. Lo malo es la otra parte importante, la historia es muy mala arruina todo lo logrado en el 1,se intenta imponer una ideología forzada, no se cierran los argumentos y cada viaje de Ellie solo parece resultar en auto descubrimientoLo bueno, la calidad gráfica, los momentos de tensión, la música, los escenarios, los movimientos orgánicos de las acciones y las pequeñas mejoras al game play. Lo malo es la otra parte importante, la historia es muy mala arruina todo lo logrado en el 1,se intenta imponer una ideología forzada, no se cierran los argumentos y cada viaje de Ellie solo parece resultar en auto descubrimiento pero haciéndola perder más de lo que consigue. Los personajes se siente forzados cambiando su filosofía de un juego a otro. Sino llevarán el mismo nombre hasta podrían ser otros. Si eres fan de la historia te amargara por completo el sabor de boca. Sino sólo sentirás que los intentos del personaje por lograr sus metas son contraproducentes y sentirás un vacío al acabar el juego.… Expand
  13. NeoCortexjp
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Uma da piores sequencias do PS4. Se não bastasse a lacração claramente explicita ainda tem uma chuva de bugs e muitos deles chegam a comprometer o gameplay como travar atrás de paredes, não conseguir subir no cavalo dentre muitos outros.
    Os gráficos são medianos, nada de especiais pois já vi gráfico muito melhor em jogo de início de geração e que não possuem o framerate tão quebrado como    Uma da piores sequencias do PS4. Se não bastasse a lacração claramente explicita ainda tem uma chuva de bugs e muitos deles chegam a comprometer o gameplay como travar atrás de paredes, não conseguir subir no cavalo dentre muitos outros.
    Os gráficos são medianos, nada de especiais pois já vi gráfico muito melhor em jogo de início de geração e que não possuem o framerate tão quebrado como esta porcaria.
    A física do jogo é inexistente em 90% do game como água que não molha grama que não amassa.
    A história é clichê e mal explicada principalmente quanto a morte de Joel.
    A IA do game deve ser comparada a uma pessoa com QI menor que de um macaco.
    Não percam tempo nem dinheiro com este jogo ele consegue ser tão quebrado como "Delays Gone".    … Expand
  14. Jubei90
    Jun 19, 2020
    6
    how poorly constructed the execution of the timid plot they chose for their story, which is revenge, which is also Number 1: The characters. The games first flaw is the inconsistencies of the characters we know, and their development being widely already explored and established.This game dismantles all of that, changing Joel into a clumsy gullible fool, as opposed to who he was in thehow poorly constructed the execution of the timid plot they chose for their story, which is revenge, which is also Number 1: The characters. The games first flaw is the inconsistencies of the characters we know, and their development being widely already explored and established.This game dismantles all of that, changing Joel into a clumsy gullible fool, as opposed to who he was in the first game. Joel's inability to trust people and their motives, are what kept him and his loved ones alive, he lived as well as he would die by the guidelines he set for himself in order to survive in a hostile world where anybody is susceptible to malevolence. This is seen practiced in Joel's and Ellie's journey across the country. In the 2nd game, Joel is transformed into somebody who is virtually unrecognizable by allowing his trust to put him and his brother in immediate danger, and this wasn't subtle in the least, not only did he agreed to follow Abby into her lodge where there were other people with motives unbeknownst to him but he didn't even question himself nor the assailants intentions, he acted through a persona that goes against everything he is. Furthermore, it just gets comical to the effect of even giving them his name and where they live.

    Ellie's demeanor is dubbed down as a linear character with no nuance or growth, she has a single narrative, and that is *Kill Abby* nothing else matters, and you see this unfolds as she mows down dozens of men and women with no hesitation in order to get what she wants, this also goes against Ellie's principles that are apparent in the first game as well. The rest of the cast serve no relevance to what is going on around them, they could've easily still made the game without the excess of characters, and it wouldn't have affected the game's main story at all. Abby has to be the worst written character in all of gaming history, she shows no regrets, not once does she reflect on her actions, I've seen enough dateline and crime shows to see that Abby shows every characteristics of a sociopath, lacking any empathy for the people she's killed, there's no relatable trait that makes me care for her as a person because she doesn't have any, and forcing the player to play as her for the entirety of the 2nd half of the game is unforgivable. Number 2: The story.

    The story in this game feels so redundant because it never gives the player the ability to sit and fathom what is going on, so the experience and the impact the game tries to express through its shock value, feels empty and drained of any context of what its trying to convey to the player, the message is drowned out by forced plot points that excruciatingly drags on just to arrive at no conclusion, the only saving grace the game's story had to cling on was the climax, and that was snuffed out by having Ellie save Abby's life (Her father's murderer and a sociopath) just to then let her walk away. The game lost it's inner core of what it was supposed to be about: THE **** ZOMBIES, in this game they were just there as props to serve a mundane and pointless narrative in revenge.

    Number 3: The politics.

    If you go back far enough, you'll see these subtle hints being expressed by the actions and words Niel has used, for instance: Neil Druckmann was doing a conference where he was suggesting that multiple gaming developers were sexist and part of the "problem" by allegedly monopolizing women's sensuality for profit. That alone gives you the impression of what Niel Druckmann assumes about the gaming community and developers of being a bunch of sexist pigs who looks at women no more than sexual objects for our desires and profits. He hired a transgendered individual because of his/her sexual identity and not because of his/her experience and performance, that is in itself the ideal irony in all of this, because what he assumes about the gaming community, is true of what HE IS, looking at people only through the lens of dirty politics and not for who they are as individuals, what only matters is what group they belong to. Number 4:The Controversies.

    Neil and naughty dog with sony, used a company called "Muso" to find and strike independent gaming journalist on youtube, for even muttering any hints at the game's leaks, multiple channels were susceptible in losing their careers over something so damn trivial, because Neil can't stand having dissonance being discussed about his overly pretentious game. I'll end with this: People loved The last of us because of how easy it was to relate to Joel and Ellie's story, the zombies were there for a purpose, everything and everyone in the game served a purpose and a meaning, and all of it was served masterfully as a complimentary to Joel's and Ellie's development as characters and their story. None of that is potrayed in the last of us 2.    … Expand
  15. Kreuzoong
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Gameplay mechsnics are ok, comparable to other popular games (days gone, assassin's etc) so this is like all other games. But the thing here that we as a players wanted was story. And the story and emotions behind it is just BAD.
  16. aluba
    Jun 10, 2021
    10
    This game is so based. Nah but for real, this game is a huge achievement storytelling in gaming. 10/10 stop getting triggered by a muscular woman, you fat losers.
  17. hazric
    Jun 21, 2020
    9
    This is a game with a craftsmanship and production effort worth its asking price. Review-bombing this game is just the latest gamer-driven social media fad, and anyone with a bone to pick is giving it a zero like a voice crying out in the wilderness. It's actually not that bad.
  18. Yugai
    Jun 24, 2020
    4
    in vain you are so. a negative reaction is easier to cause. there is nothing beyond the awesome in the game.
    you knew that in order to ignite the fans you need to kill him, you did it, and then to justify your idea, you tried to arouse sympathy for that woman. They also stuck popular LGBT topics there. You thereby also limit your market to society, because many refuse to buy this. But the    in vain you are so. a negative reaction is easier to cause. there is nothing beyond the awesome in the game.
    you knew that in order to ignite the fans you need to kill him, you did it, and then to justify your idea, you tried to arouse sympathy for that woman. They also stuck popular LGBT topics there. You thereby also limit your market to society, because many refuse to buy this. But the hatred played on the interest of the players, and sales are high, but this does not negate the fact that the story turned out so-so.    … Expand
  19. ChangoGamer
    Jun 24, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cómo jugador casual, el juego me pareció muy bueno. Los gráficos, la jugabilidad, la inmersión que logra en el momento indicado, me pareció fantástica.
    Pero como fanático del primer juego. (Amé la primera parte) El desarrollo de la historia me ha parecido horrible. Entiendo y comprendo la muerte de uno de los protagonistas. (Hasta la justifico) pero me pareció absurda, la forma en que está, fue llevada acabo. (Hubiera preferido un final más épico: Un sacrificio, una redención)
    Hay una escena de pelea, en donde casi apago la consola, para no saber más del juego. Una escena que me fastidio toda la experiencia. Ver a Ellie tan indefensa, tan herida me rompió el corazón. He de confesar que sentí empatía con Abby, estoy convencido que hubiera sido un personaje apreciado y querido, si está no hubiera acabado con uno de los protagonistas.
    En fin, es todo. Larga sea su existencia!!!    … Expand
  20. duzitall80
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    This is def a story driven exploring game with combat mixed n. The combat is fun when it happens wish they would of added a slide mechanic like the game remnant but other than that the combat feels great. If u like fast paced games look the other way lol it's def a slower game n I can see it not appealing to people who just want to run n gun. The story is hit n miss for me I think theyThis is def a story driven exploring game with combat mixed n. The combat is fun when it happens wish they would of added a slide mechanic like the game remnant but other than that the combat feels great. If u like fast paced games look the other way lol it's def a slower game n I can see it not appealing to people who just want to run n gun. The story is hit n miss for me I think they could of done a lot better with the ending but I enjoyed the adventure. I could see a great multipayer game coming out of this world like how I would of wanted world war z to b. All n all its one of the most beautiful worlds I've explored n will def play through again on new game plus. Is it a game of the generation no but it does have some of the best atmosphere ever n a game n a lot of fun combat encounters, which will at least bring me back for one more play through. All n all I think it's a solid game can b a little slow paced at times but great when it ramps up. N if nothing else this world is worth exploring these artist r top notch.… Expand
  21. SamDiniz7
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Simplesmente acabaram com TLoU. Inadmissível matarem o Joe...porém, o pior é a militância lgbts+ atuando nos games. Não comprarei o game.… Expand
  22. Lewisbroadwa
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Amazing game, the graphics alone make this game stand out from anything else on the market. The deep and rich world that will always surprise you just keeps giving 10/10
  23. Maggotfreddy
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Игра постоянно выводит тебя из зоны комфорта и "бьет по лицу". Но именно это и задумывал Дракманн.
  24. Egallardb
    Jul 3, 2020
    10
    Simplemente perfecto. El mejor juego y la mejor secuela de todos los tiempos. Un gráfico espectacular (como pueden llegar a esta calidad gráfica en esta generación?) no me imagino como se verá en las consolas de nueva generación. La jugabilidad de 10. Increíble que pudieran mejorar una experiencia que ya era casi perfecta. Lo mejor de todo, la historia. Este juego te hace llorar, gritar,Simplemente perfecto. El mejor juego y la mejor secuela de todos los tiempos. Un gráfico espectacular (como pueden llegar a esta calidad gráfica en esta generación?) no me imagino como se verá en las consolas de nueva generación. La jugabilidad de 10. Increíble que pudieran mejorar una experiencia que ya era casi perfecta. Lo mejor de todo, la historia. Este juego te hace llorar, gritar, salir corriendo y sobre todo te hace querer seguir jugando para ver donde va a terminar todo. Simplemente perfecto en todos los sentidos.
    Historia 10
    Jugabilidad 10
    Gráficos 10

    Sin palabras. Simplemente majestuoso, espectacular y sorprendente. Simplemente perfecto.

    Se tenía que decir y se dijo.    … Expand
  25. JonathanGomez18
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    This game is amazing everything is so improved and so smooth everything but the story is a 10 out of 10 I say story is 5 out of 10
  26. Goo_Ze
    Jun 23, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Be warned spoilers.

    In the big picture:
    This game is **** depressing.

    Pros:
    - Better gameplay mechanics
    - Better Grapichs
    - World building
    - Music

    ---Ellie Stuff---
    - Car chase scene with Jesse and Ellie
    - Chasing nora through spores.
    - Seraphite patrol and infiltration
    - Exploring Seatle with Dina
    - Every single Joel and Ellie flashback
    - Last stretch with Ellie in California Santa barbara

    ---Abby Stuff---
    - Entire story arc with Abby and the scars
    - Abby bossfight with mutated infected
    - Running through Haven with horse
    - Runnning away from infected.
    - Forest escape

    Cons:
    - Joel is stupid apparantly in this game
    - Joel dies
    - Joel has like 15 minutes of screentime

    - The story is Ellie going for revenge and kills all the friends of Abby
    but then doesnt kill the one person she needs to kill because she gets a flashback of Joel.

    - Poorly executed story
    - Pacing of the story.

    - It tries too hard to force the player to feel for Abby
    It succeeds in a way but again in my opinion it feels poorly executed.

    - Abby flashbacks were not intresting.
    (Only one that matters are the first one where you see her with her dad
    + her seeing her dad dead by the acts of Joel)

    ---Mixed---
    - Ellie lost everything. I dont know what to feel about this
    - Dont know what to feel about Abby as a part 3 runner. (makes sense if they go for a cure plot again)
    - Dont know how to feel about them killing of Joel in a way that is super disrespectful.
    - Ellie gives everything up but then saves Abby and Lev, therefor letting Ellie do one good thing at the end of it.

    Conclussion: Im gonne play the game again with gamemode + and just re-expierence it but not instantly. Ill replay it eventually. This game is super mixed for me. I dont like the pacing of the story but the main message is there and is told in a way that is ok but I still think its poorly executed and should have been better. The cycle of revenge and how violence is never the answer is the message. Part 3 is probably going to happen with Abby and Lev making it to the fireflies. And the only logical thing I could see happen in part 3 is Abby and Lev talking to the fireflies about Ellie and the cure and searching her to get the cure done. Ending the game with humanity restored. Or they leave it like it is now. With Ellie losing everything in her life. But for me part 2 was one of the most depressing games ive ever played.    … Expand
  27. Leaf_Atomico
    Nov 11, 2020
    10
    TLoU2 is simply one of the best gaming experiences ever. Hands down. A lot of people are up in arms about certain elements of the plot, but in my opinion, they are completely off-base with their assessment. The game does throw some major curveballs at you that are very hard to digest, causing an emotional impact unlike anything experienced in gaming thus far. If anything, the negativeTLoU2 is simply one of the best gaming experiences ever. Hands down. A lot of people are up in arms about certain elements of the plot, but in my opinion, they are completely off-base with their assessment. The game does throw some major curveballs at you that are very hard to digest, causing an emotional impact unlike anything experienced in gaming thus far. If anything, the negative reviews are indicative of the strength that this emotional impact has on people. It makes you feel frustrated, upset, and angry – but that is amazing! It is more akin to the chaos of life, and how simple mistakes can lead to major consequences. These types of feelings are rarely conjured up in a gaming experience, and perhaps that is why people struggle with them, and have difficulty moving through and past them.
    At its core, the game deals primarily with empathy. In a world in which empathy is scarce these days, I applaud Druckmann for digging deep into this subject. By seeing through the eyes of our enemy, the binary concepts of good vs. evil and right vs. wrong disintegrate into a gray area that is more representative of real life; there is always another side to a story. Druckmann poses an ambitious challenge to the gamer: can you shift from absolute hatred and disgust, to a place of understanding and empathy. For some, this was not successful - perhaps they wrote it off too soon. Regardless, you absolutely have to applaud the attempt from a gaming and writing perspective. This game transcends entertainment and lands somewhere in the auteur echelons of cinema and storytelling. Many of the most impactful films in history were not received well at the time of their release, yet when we look back at them with a current day perspective, they are considered ahead of their time and paramount to films that came after. I believe this is the case with TLoU2. Only time will tell.    … Expand
  28. AkiraQiu
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Terrible storytelling and fraud trailer.
    Don't even try, it's a waste of time to play.
  29. Danzo
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    They kill joel so...I don't like the story. Gameplay is meh. Graphics is great. I want to score this with -2 equivalent for Ellie's fingers. I forgot to mention spoiler alert. Lol
  30. Mgskodiak6
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wanted to love the Last of us 2 so much, but I can't lie to myself. The story choices feel cheap and unearned with the intent to shock and guilt the player with little to no payoff. Graphics and sound are great, animation and accessibility are excellent. However, some of the accessibility options are hilarious, this game ultimately feels made for game journalists who love the smell of their own farts instead of fans of the original.… Expand
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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  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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