The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 161975 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. DDtc
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    F*ck LG BT and feminism. Won't play anymore.
    Really disappointed after amazing first part...
  2. Yabwoi
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    git gud git gud git gud git gud git gud git gud git gud git gud git gud git gud
  3. soulgames10
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    it's worse game i ever seen videos about and 95% of people hate this trash and the company should apologies to the real fans of this game
  4. jaythebandit
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TL:DR - Neil Druckmann wrote this for himself and not the fans and prioritized inclusiveness over story.

    I'd like to start this review by saying that I was well aware of all the leaks prior to the release of this game. I, like a lot of fans, was pretty furious at the whole situation but decided I'd bite the bullet and buy the game anyway - after all experiencing a game for yourself is an entirely different experience to watching a playthrough.

    Gameplay-wise this game is a slight rehash of the previous installment - with a few creature comforts such as the dodge button (which on normal difficulty doesn't have much of an impact but on higher difficulties is essential). I enjoyed the added feature of dogs, which made the combat encounters feel slightly less repetitive and the new weapons were also a cool addition. For a "zombie type game" I felt there was definitely a bigger focus on the human enemies (which I don't have a problem with however I feel the infected should have had a larger presence in the game).

    Puzzles within the game were pretty similar to the first - with the added rope mechanic to change things up as well as the safe combinations. I felt there was way more that could've been done to actually push the player into thinking a bit more, as these puzzles felt way too easy.

    The game does a beautiful job in creating an environment that will always lead you in the right direction. This is hard to explain without experiencing for yourself, but I'll try my best. The game will lead you towards a locked door for example, forcing you to turn around after finding out it's locked. When you turn around, you'll realize you've walked past a vent which you can climb into thus leading you back on track. The level designers are amazing at their job and should be praised for this. In addition to this, although this game is very much linear, it does an amazing job at tricking you into thinking otherwise. The levels are much larger allowing for a lot more exploration than in the first game which helped keep things from getting boring. In terms of graphics, this game is absolutely beautiful, however this is expected from a triple A studio such as Naughty Dog. Nonetheless credit where credit is due.

    Now the story - I have very mixed opinions. From the start of this game, it is clear there is a political agenda. There is an extremely large focus on inclusiveness for a large amounts of ethnic and sexual orientations which is great - these groups deserve recognition in video games. My problem with this is when it has no benefit for the game other than to meet a checklist for inclusiveness (which is definitely what this feels like). For example, early within the game there is a scene where Ellie and Dina find themselves within a synagogue. This level seemed like a lesson on Jewish beliefs rather than serving purpose to the story. Yes Dina is Jewish - but why do we need to know this when it literally has no purpose other than in this scene in the entirety of the game after this. After playing this game for yourself - you'll understand where I'm coming from - this happens a number of times.

    Joel is killed off early in the game by Abby (the daughter of a doctor Joel killed in the first game). I am fine with this decision - in fact I expected it before the leaks happened. My problem with this is that there wasn't enough interaction between Ellie and Joel before this happened. It would've made more sense to let us play a few hours with Ellie and Joel together (allowing fans to reminisce about our experience of the first game), then have the whole argument between the two, and then Joel's death. Joel's character was completely watered down from a cautious character who would never give his name to anyone, to a complete idiot with no character development in between. This would've been fine if there was that development.

    Playing as Abby was probably the worst decision to make. I'm sure most fans would never sympathize with her no matter how good of a person she is portrayed to be or what good deeds she has done. The only reason I somewhat enjoyed the Abby portion of this game (which is around 10 hours) was the better weapons she had over Ellie. I would like to add that Abby's part of the game would've been better had it been released as DLC rather than in the main story. This would've made more sense as it would've given us her side of the story separately without forcing players who loved the Ellie and Joel dynamic to play 10 hours as Joel's killer unwillingly. I felt no sympathy towards Lev, just because of his association to Abby.

    The ending was a straight kick in the face to the last 20-30 hours of the game. Ellie decides to let Abby go, after killing hundreds of people to get to her. This decision just seems misplaced and doesn't make any sense, just as Ellie realizes killing is bad. It's a shame because this game could have redeemed itself yet it sticks with a cliche ending    … Expand
  5. Fffdfdfff
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    What happened to the story? Bad story and this game was the reason for its success is the story..What was the director and writer thinking?
  6. Roro2109
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Poor storytelling. Rushed in with the plot. Various plot holes and unreasonable storyline
  7. dennischeng1026
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst game ever. So disgusting. Waste of money and time.
    Neil Druckmann does not deserve to be producer of the last of us.    … Expand
  8. Ziyad26
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    **** game |hehhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhdhehehehehehehehueev
  9. Evanmw3
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have played the first game and I have literally waited 5 years for this game and all what we get is some junk. Don't buy this game its just money wasting.… Expand
  10. tlahuac12
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No es un mal juego en lo absoluto , estuvo bien que Joel muriera pero almenos la venganza hubiera llegado y solo así le daría una calificación perfecta… Expand
  11. asdfpy
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There have been, and will be a lot of bad games in the history of gaming. Some are incomplete, some has boring gameplay, some carries unbearable bugs, etc. But TLOU2 is really a bad game of its own league. It is such a fine-crafted game. It inherits the gameplay of its prequel and adds many details to it. The guitar playing is great, the movements are so smooth, details when killing the enemies are impressive... It almost has all I need to call it "the game of PS4".

    But the core of TLOU is that it tells a story. It's not a game like the Witcher 3 where you have different consequences to your different choice. It's not a game like Super Mario Odyssey where the gameplay without any plot. TLOU strikes me as one of my (before I walked into this piece of garbage called TLOU2) because it tells a great story to me, a story that I can feel and love the characters. I do not agree with Joel's decision at the end of the TLOU but I can understand because along with the game I come to love Ellie too.

    Then there comes the TLOU2. A game that tells you a story of your most beloved person cruelly killed in front of you. You go to half of the country to find and kill and the murderer. Guess what? She kills your friend in front of you and now you play as her!

    The second half of this game is the worst gaming experience I have ever had. You have to play this person you hate. The second half would be totally fine if Abby wasn't the person who cruelly killed Joel. If she's just some unrelated person and this is called TLOU: another story or what so ever, I would like it. Instead, Neil and Naughty Dog decide to make us players feel Abby and her deep, complicated story. It almost feels like Neil is this arrogant person who want to lecture us in a philosophy or literature course. No matter how the game tells a full, well-rounded story about Abby, I can never like this character. The time playing as her feels worst. It denies everything I loved about TLOU.    … Expand
  12. GG_PVP_Gamer
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    What a disaster, Save yourself some money don't buy this game terrible writing
  13. Abood1435
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was waiting for this game since the last one ended I thought that if the first game was this great the sequel would be better, but I was disappointed with this game so much that I don't think they can fix the series anymore, first of all the way they tricked us into thinking that jole would be a huge part of the game and then they just kill him in the first hour or two and not just that the way they killed him is so bad and humiliating , jole would never drop his guard like that in the first game jole was smart he knew how to survive and that is why he was the best character in the game.
    Secondly you had the audacity to make us play as his killer abby for half the game!!!
    The story was written so bad that I got so bored in the first 10 hours of the game and the characters were not relatable and boring,
    And the ending is the worst ending I ever saw.
    The only good thing in this game is the gameplay because it's similar to the original.    … Expand
  14. NoR0N_Games
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (Внимание! Во вселенной The Last Of Us Part ll каноничная концовка- это концовка в первой части "Спасти Эли", ЭТО ОЧЕНЬ ВАЖНО!!!) Игра сама по себе интересная, крутая и супер красивая игра, но концовка...
    Что-ж, давайте поподробнее. Сюжет начинается с того момента, когда всеми любимого Джоела... убивает женщина из-за мести (в первой части Джоел убил доктора, когда спасал Эли, который оказался отцом той девушка) После этого Эли конечно же жаждет мести и проделывая долгий, опасный путь... ПОМИЛЫВАЕТ ТУ САМУЮ ЖЕНЩИНУ!!! Нет, почему нельзя было дать выбрать решение самому игроку? После этой концовки закрываещь на всё глаза.    … Expand
  15. Talor
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This Game is frustration dont waste money and time no one diddnt play ı hate this story
  16. Herkulesus
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ja, Vielleicht das Spiel ist nicht so schlecht wie viele denken aber wegen der Minderheitentoleranz und noch viele Sachen die einfachso ins Spiel hinzugefügt wurden, kann ich dieses Spiel nur auf 0 bewerten und nicht weiterempfehlen.… Expand
  17. EnderHero
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Don't waste your money on this game. This game has great visuals, but story is much worse than in tlou1.
  18. qjopa3488
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    We waited for years and all we got is a post-apocalypse revenge plot and half of the game as a character nobody asked and nobody cared. Also toxic and transphobic developer.
  19. Yubel
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Es un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de manera innecesaria y mataron a joel Es un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno. Es un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de maneraEs un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de manera innecesaria y mataron a joel Es un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno. Es un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de manera innecesaria y mataron a joel Es un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de manera innecesaria y Es un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de manera innecesaria y mataron a joel Es un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno. Es un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de manera innecesaria y mataron a joel Es un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de manera innecesaria y mataron a joelEs un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de manera innecesaria y mataron a joel por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de manera innecesaria y mataron a joelEs un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de manera innecesaria y mataron a joel mataron a joelEs un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de manera innecesaria y mataron a joel por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de manera innecesaria y mataron a joelEs un juego aburrido, el primero fue bueno por jugabilidad e historia pero ya quedaron obsoletas porque no cambiaron nada, solo extiende la historia de manera innecesaria y mataron a joel… Expand
  20. Naif_Thomas
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    The story is completly garbage. If you are a fan of the first game, save your money. This game should'nt exist.
  21. JeffOldbum
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Technically it's a masterpiece but the story is a complete **** up and totally disrespectful to the 1st games characters.
    We didn't wait 7 years for this crap!! Pushes SJW **** just because naughty dog are trying to be edgy and cool.
  22. ahmed_best11
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Game-play: mediocre
    Story: crap
    Graphics: normal
    Ending: top 10 worst endings
    The game was made just to support the LGBT community and was not made as a sequel to the first game
  23. CactusSpaceship
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    A fantastic atmosphere. Great graphics and sound. Really cool and intense fight scenes. All this huge potential wasted by a complete failure of a story...
  24. mixewag
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Sony, thank you for paying game journalists and trying to sell your game as much as possible.
    She's not worth it.
  25. Bytterg
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    What a trash game. Neil druckman can go and suck on anitas golfball.
    Who cares anymore. Game is trash, game is trash, game is trash.
  26. Delik66
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Это худшая сюжетка которую можно было придумать, больше лгбт ребят, а то мы не поняли
  27. Darkmega
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    why you killed Joel like that. This game is garbage, don't waste your money to buy this game.
  28. waxaevrey
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Guys, gave it a 10. Can I have a free review copy for the next game, please?
  29. ssay
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    **** this **** i cant believe they make it like that i hobe to stop...............
  30. Fedjaz
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Haha user score goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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  1. Positive: 113 out of 121
  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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