The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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  1. Ed16
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok, now I must admit, that it is difficult to score this game. Because it turned out not the way everybody anticipating for, on the one side, but not bad and kinda interesting on the other. It has so many pluses on the one side and so many minuses on the other. I'm confused. But, I must say, after finishing this game, I overall liked it.
    It's hard to love this game, you know, because of serious and cruel drama going on here...
    Ok, let's delve into details, to make the picture more understandable.

    Pros

    - Graphics, picture, atmosphere
    - Gameplay similar to the first part, with many minor and few major improvements, and it is good
    - The game contains many interesting surprises, tailoring the storyline, and I can only salute such an approach. Most developers do not surprise and entertain us, "Save the world", they say, "Ok",-you think, "Story is not the case here".
    - Story representation itself gives many topics to discuss, aside from the main storyline, behavioral of many characters, situations, world state itself. It's deeper than most say it is. Don't simplify it, think, observe. It's a video book if you wish. Overall, I enjoyed the story. The story is not worse than the first part, even better, it's just less charming.
    - People say the ending is bad. I disagree, it's positive and kinda realistic. I loved it.
    - The devil in the details, they say. Naughty dog conquered the devil, I say. Cmon, pay some respect to developers...
    - There are remarkable entertainment moments in gameplay, like when you are attacking wolves together with Tommy (u think, it's him)
    - Hey, let's be honest, there are kind and lovely moments in-game also

    Cons

    - They killed Joel, ruthlessly and irrevocably >_<
    Joel delivers tons of charisma, he was our man. And they just killed them in the first two hours. Hard and brave start, I say. The consequence of such a brave and bold move is a red zero on Metacritic and the fall of future sales of the franchise. I respect that. They killed him, knowing what's coming, I am sure.

    On the other side, do we need another Joel and Elly happy end adventure, I am not sure?
    - Now, about half of the game, u will control character, who killed Joel. Are you serious?
    Ok, a realistic story from many points of view, I understand, I will endure... It will be hard, especially at the start.
    - The most confusing part, in the beginning, was the motivation of my character. She wants to brutal revenge. I do not approve of such an incentive. And evil Elly faces in the menus, gosh...
    Later I understood, that it is for the sake of art, ok...
    - Game is so brutal that it requires you even to kill dogs! Well, I don't mind killing zombies or villains, but dogs... Even for me, it's too much... Give us a zombie dog, at least. Oops...
    - And they killed your horse too. Fck, why this game is so cruel. Does it have to be that way?
    - Ellie.. . Ellie in the first part was energetic, cheerful, and charming. In this part, she is a cold stone. Do you believe this? Does it fit her?
    - I can understand and believe the motivation of every character of this game, except Ellie...
    - The story lost two main charismatic characters and gets none (charismatic). You don't sympathize with anyone in this game (besides Joel and... see below).
    Among the secondary characters, I can highlight only Jessie and a dog in the stadium, with whom u had a chance to play a ball a little bit. Sadly, that's all. Seriously, they don't care about selling the game, they just draw as they like? What do they want here?
    - For me, the game is too long and respectively too slow in storytelling.
    - In my opinion, they abuse too much darkness. It's annoying to play in darkness and they make you play in darkness quite often. I'll prefer to improve the difficulty of encounters by other means, then putting me in the darkness. I understand, zombies... but still.

    - Neutral

    - The game itself, is harder to complete, then the first part. They even made a new zombie super boss. HAHA, suffer!
    - When I am comparing the first part with the second, I remember comparing of RE 2 vs RE 3 Remake. In the case of RE, I equally like them both, in this case, I'll say, the first part I like a little bit more. It is uncertain what game will beat the mark of Last of Us part 1 in its genre, it is one of the best games ever. It's hard to make a better sequel for this.

    Now, what about the scores, you say. For me, it's still 10 out of 10. If you are okay with the story, and I am, I enjoyed it, it's unquestionable. It is not the way, we expected, but it still delivers. For me, at least.    … Expand
  2. Suselishe
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    I would advise to game "critics" to be more critical and also stop licking asses. Graphics is only one or two hours of gametime, the rest of it is gameplay and plot. Im very dissapointed that developers can't understand the basic, or don't accept it.
  3. obsidian_ice
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    The plot is terrible.

    Spend your money on other games, there are many indie developers who deserve it more. Also don't forget about the crunch and terrible employee treatment from Naughty Dog, stop supporting this company.
  4. Blazemoth
    Jun 21, 2020
    5
    Looks good it tries to hard to go for SHOCK factor, so much so that you get used to it breaking any tension the game could offer; throw in some boring as bland characters and the complete nonsense the story is plus the dates gameplay and you have the perfect bore-bore cocktail.
  5. loliwaifu
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    gffffdffffggggghhhfswwwdfffdsssddddddddffgjuuuuujgfs34.effffffffffffgggggggggf
  6. Juno100
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. You make me play as someone that I’m supposed to hate. After the death, I no longer was interested in the story or game. There’s no way you can fix this… Expand
  7. Ppbig
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Graphics are good.Gameplay feels outdated and the AI is ... not good. The story is 0/10 and the ending as well.
  8. leorocky
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    I FEEL ANGRY about what happened in part 2, DISGUISING and SHAMELESS!!!
    It's a SHAME I cannt refund anymore, wish I had it by CD instead of from PS store, just because I was loving so much about original part 1.
    Bye SONY, I will not trust you anymore.
  9. Rallaster
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay is ok, nothing innovative from the first. Graphics are aight, but I don't play game for graphics. If you liked playing the first game, you'll like playing the second.
    HOWEVER, if you liked the story of the first one, you'll be hard-pressed to like the second one's story.
    With minimal spoilers, you go from killing hundreds in a revenge plot to sparing the person you were going to kill, because why? Revenge is bad? What about the hundreds of people you killed getting here? The story really missed the ball. Avoid    … Expand
  10. Aanstaar
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This is my 5th time writing a review so I will be brief because of "Error 503 Service Unavailable" for some reason (maybe censoring negative reviews? not sure). So basically the story felt lackluster and all over the place. The idea between the story was good but everything executed in a bad way. New characters felt bland and hard to like. Combat felt clunky, camera does not follow theThis is my 5th time writing a review so I will be brief because of "Error 503 Service Unavailable" for some reason (maybe censoring negative reviews? not sure). So basically the story felt lackluster and all over the place. The idea between the story was good but everything executed in a bad way. New characters felt bland and hard to like. Combat felt clunky, camera does not follow the action most of the time, aim assist shows enemies through walls, bugs in combat and level design, crashes are not rare. The only points this game gets from me is from voice acting and looks of the environment.… Expand
  11. frangolini
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. in what world would we be happy with playing as the killer of joel and feel good about? no amount of flashbacks with abby its gonna make me like her and the fact that in the end we dont even get to choose if we want to kill her or not makes the end so much worse.… Expand
  12. arthimos
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This is a game made by great people who unfortunately had to suffer of poor leadership
  13. HeyImKuRo
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Just got my platinum. This game is an absolute masterpiece.
    Graphics, story, the gameplay. Just amazing.
  14. IISRESET
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Very disappointing game.
    Only improve in Graphics
    Game-play is uninteresting, boring generic
    Story is awful, no respect for the last game
  15. Skarnauhov89
    Jun 22, 2020
    9
    О Боже, сколько же недалеких собралось.

    Итак первое. Да, первая игра более душевная. Первая - шедевр. Ждать после первой сразу шедевр дубль два это бред. О сюжете. Сори народ, если вы не увидели с десяток тем, которые поднимаются в игре, то наверное это ваша проблема правильно? Почитайте книги, посмотрите хорошее кино, займитесь саморазвитием и попробуйте в Сюжет посмотреть не    О Боже, сколько же недалеких собралось.

    Итак первое. Да, первая игра более душевная. Первая - шедевр.

    Ждать после первой сразу шедевр дубль два это бред.

    О сюжете. Сори народ, если вы не увидели с десяток тем, которые поднимаются в игре, то наверное это ваша проблема правильно? Почитайте книги, посмотрите хорошее кино, займитесь саморазвитием и попробуйте в Сюжет посмотреть не поверхностно , а немного углубится.

    Что же по тех части. Шедевр.
    Гейм- дизайн. Шедевр.
    Звук - шедевр.
    Боёвка - ну очень крутая. Играйте на предмаксималке и вам просто придётся и ближний бой подключать и стелс и пострелять от души.

    Так что ребят. Быдло, которое посмотрело летсплей и поставили низкую оценку за лгбт э, открываю тайну - лгбт там от силы 3%!!!! Максимум! Игра вообще не про это.

    Желаю вам пройти первую часть, пройти вторую. Получить налёт ужасного послевкусие в хорошем смысле этого слова и не слушать Дебилов блогеров которые пытаются выехать на поливании гавном таких хороших игр.

    Хорошего дня)))
    сюжет посмотреть не как :»пох е    … Expand
  16. Vakarianknight
    Jun 21, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mechanics are okay. Graphics are excellent, but graphics aren't everything.

    Beloved characters are destroyed. Joel is killed within the first few hours. Characters make dumb, illogical choices. New characters are unlikable.

    Many many scenes are disturbing and feel like violence for the sake of violence.
    Bad thing after bad thing happens. With all the depression in 2020, this is not something the world needs.

    Joel, Ellie and all of us deserved better.    … Expand
  17. Pockets3973
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    I'll start with the story because that seems to be what people are most upset about. If you want the overall good feels of Joel and Ellie bonding that the first one brings know that this game is very different from that. It's absolutely devastating and heartbreaking. I didn't mind the ending as much as some people did. I thought it was fitting, really shows where blind pursuit of revengeI'll start with the story because that seems to be what people are most upset about. If you want the overall good feels of Joel and Ellie bonding that the first one brings know that this game is very different from that. It's absolutely devastating and heartbreaking. I didn't mind the ending as much as some people did. I thought it was fitting, really shows where blind pursuit of revenge bring you..
    Alone. This game felt more like a horror game than the first one did. I felt overpowered and uncomfortable the entire time. If you liked the gameplay of the first one this is similar but expanded upon. There are beautiful moments in this game and I really enjoyed finding all the notes people left around the world. Also take you time to read through Ellie's journal periodically it really adds to the story. Overall I don't really get why people are so mad and I would recommend you play it took me about 22 hours. Final note you don't need to have played the first game it does a good job of telling you what you need to know at the beginning    … Expand
  18. ErickTTmac
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    The end is trash, Joel dies like a piece of **** The history of this game is dumb, Jesus Christ.
  19. xaviar_nl
    Feb 5, 2022
    6
    I loved The Last of Us 1. And I knew there was a lot of commotion & controversy about part 2. I bought it to find out what that was all about. Now I know. And I deeply regret that I wanted to know...

    The game looks great, with lots of big locations. That is a big plus. But for me it pretty much ends there. There is a lot I didn't like: - The vibe of part 2 is totally different from    I loved The Last of Us 1. And I knew there was a lot of commotion & controversy about part 2. I bought it to find out what that was all about. Now I know. And I deeply regret that I wanted to know...

    The game looks great, with lots of big locations. That is a big plus. But for me it pretty much ends there.

    There is a lot I didn't like:
    - The vibe of part 2 is totally different from part 1, and not in a positive way;
    - The story goes on for way, waaaaaaaaay too long. Really. They should have at least cut 1/3 of it. And this is very much possible, as there are quite a lot of things you can cut without affecting the main storyline in any real way (you may lose a bit of 'nuance', but nothing that can't be missed);
    - The gameplay is far too repetitive (see also my previous point!). Especially when the story goes for the 'double down' halfway through (if you've played, you know what I mean);
    - The difficulty setting is totally off. I finished Part 1 on its default difficulty, and it was challenging, but fine and doable. I started Part 2 on "moderate", then went down to "easy" because of a number of very frustrating encounters & to speed up the game. And the last half I played on the lowest difficulty, and still there were encounters that were just too hard for that setting. And I am not an hardcore gamer, but at the very least an average gamer;
    - This game has the same problem that the "Uncharted" games have for me (also from ND): if there are fighting parts in the game, make the fighting mechanics good. The mechanics in Part 2 feel clunky and frustrating. I understand that the main character is not a trained soldier, but this really did not play pleasantly at all;
    - The story has the subtelty of a sledehammer. The writers really hammer their story points home, and are very in your face about what you should feel about what happens;
    - The ending was just complete and utter **** It dragged on for far too long, and it totally did not feel like fitting for a "The Last of Us" game. At least not if you know Part 1;    … Expand
  20. BlueHalo
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Where to begin ... oh well AMAZING GAME MASTERPIECE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME BECAUSE 2 GAY KISS!
    New futuristic innovative game of which all other games will evolve from this day forward!!!
    I'm done!
  21. Jankie_reviews
    Mar 18, 2021
    0
    so, for such a "woke" game that wants to represent, why did the straight woman get away with her revenge, but the gay woman has to learn revenge is wrong?
  22. villagerU
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Game looks great, but that is the only thing the game has to offer for you if you enjoyed the last of us story.

    Story 4/10 - None lovable characters.
    Game-play - 6/10 Story killed the game-played for me.
    Graphics - 8/10 beautiful scenes.
    Replay-ability - NONE.

    Overall Score - 4/10 - would give away my copy of "Last of us 2" away for free, or just burn it.
  23. lonoskol
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Waiting 5 years for this expensive **** ...................................
  24. Alcotrust
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Now, before splashing negativity on this parody of a game, I would like to say that this specific project was something that me and my best friend were dying to see with our own eyes. We have friends among gays, lesbians, queers, transsexuals and people, who feel and see the world differently and our tastes are almost the same in movies, music or games, and even if not, we still know howNow, before splashing negativity on this parody of a game, I would like to say that this specific project was something that me and my best friend were dying to see with our own eyes. We have friends among gays, lesbians, queers, transsexuals and people, who feel and see the world differently and our tastes are almost the same in movies, music or games, and even if not, we still know how to make ourselves and our thoughts clear to each other, but I guess some people, and I'm talking here about the main creators of tlou II, don't know how to show their feelings and passion. The worst part of tlou 2 is the bad copy-paste from Quantic Dream's project, Beyond Two Souls, where David Cage tried to show, how some scenes, seen or felt, demand your reaction or negative thinking to highest point, however, in BTS we were given a chance to decide what to do, making manipulation feel less distracting, but, I guess, Naughty Dog thought that this aspect is not critical: here we go, manipulation over feelings - failed, the story makes the player feel devastated, not from the narrative, but from its absence of logic. Characters are hollow and gray, mostly the old ones, from the first game. I don't judge the actions of the new characters, because their reactions and feelings are true enigma to me, not because they are complicated, let's say that basic patterns and ideas were mostly witnessed before their realisation in this game, making this game less and less entertaining. Whenever the action is read before its realisation - you wish to skip and go on. Right before tlou fans eyes everything was torn apart and put into the ... sewers, yeeeeahhh. Let's go on. Story of Joel and Ellie would be completed in this story - everyone was hoping for it, but Propp's standard of storytelling was put to test by the main director, who thought, maybe, I don't know, that storytelling is something that changes by itself... I wish I had the physical copy of a game just to destroy it, but instead I have the digital version of it and the feeling of being punched on my ass and wallet (money money money must be funny in Neil Druckmann's world) many times by Neil is still something that will pursue me until my last days of sony-fan-boy, because it is crucial to mention how all the players were fooled by journalists, media and whole cutscenes trailers, making them never believe in pre-orders from Sony or any other company (horizon 2, baldur's gate 3 and cyberpunk 2077 are out of this league, subjective thinking, but we shall all see the difference, meaning that these games are already pre-ordered or would be on first day). I hope that Druckmann will try to play his game in 10 years after the first part and see what he had done to the franchise that was perfect in every sense and turned it into a total joke. No spoilers. Enjoy the life until you play tlou II.… Expand
  25. ez2bm
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    Critics seem to have received a lot of money.
    Why do you have to take mental education when you play games?
  26. Rmar1977
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There are not many games you play and feel like you need therapy after. I’m not a fan of the narrative direction from the first game, the revenge beat just hit hollow with me. Game mechanics haven’t changed all that much and this open world seems so linear.… Expand
  27. Nixemo
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This game is disappointing in every way to the original! It features redundant game play and an absolutely awful story! All possible positive aspects to this game are weighed down by the game's poor excuse for game play and story, and I can't think of anything positive to say about this game besides that the graphics are almost passable for a console game. Avoid at all costs, playing withThis game is disappointing in every way to the original! It features redundant game play and an absolutely awful story! All possible positive aspects to this game are weighed down by the game's poor excuse for game play and story, and I can't think of anything positive to say about this game besides that the graphics are almost passable for a console game. Avoid at all costs, playing with a stick in your backyard will be a far more pleasant experience than playing this hunk of worthless trash.… Expand
  28. litmanen
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Y así arruinan una linda historia de carretera. No se quien fue el/la astuto que se le ocurrió que matar al personaje principal (muy querido) en las dos primeras horas , y que después juegues la mayor parte del juego con su asesina , fuera una buena idea.
    Sin contar que Ellie no se venga. Una historia sobre violencia y venganza truncada...
    Que no aporta nada nuevo y no suma.
    Se ve que no tienen ideas ....y dijeron...matemos a Joel...y listo. Un mundo con tantas posibilidades arruinado. Gracias    … Expand
  29. Huntralman
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I got this game yesterday as a pre-ordered game from GameStop yesterday. I must say that the story is emotional and gloomy. It's emotional like story parts in a soap opera TV show. At the very beginning of the game once Joel tries to get Ellie's attention to sing her a song, it shows that he has love for her. The sound that Joel made creates emotions torwards the characters. The graphics are triple a based graphics with so far no frame dropping due to unbalanced character movement pacing. This game has combat for evasive combat for defensive just like sekiro has L1 to block attacks so to dodge is just effective as the offense in sekiro to show off your defensive attacks to enemies. Overall so far I'm enjoying this game as I ransack abandoned buildings in the snow for health cocktails like I loved doing in days gone. Great job Neil Druckmann and the entire Naughty Dog Cast.… Expand
  30. Beardiniyaz
    Jun 22, 2020
    9
    Game is not bad, but not great just an average ps4 title
    Ending of this game is **** but also really good.
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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Metascore
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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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