The Last of Us Part II

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  1. Nopedhard
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    The gameplay doesnt improve. The AI is stupid af, their route never change, even on higher difficulties which is amazing. Oh and the story doesnt pick it up or elevate it. Its boring, lazy, uninspired, and full of plotholes.
  2. GaLennon
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    It is an excellent game, the story is not the best but the mechanics, the graphics, the music, the level design, etc. are amazing. 10
  3. HollowcauseTLU2
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    The last of us opened our hearts to allow the last of us part 2 to spit into it. If you were a fan of part 1 do yourself a favor and ignore this part. I never ever tought i would say this but they should have pulled a half life 3 on this one and never release it, just say it will come out eventually. Only negative emotions with this game including boredome.
    The thing that hit me most was    The last of us opened our hearts to allow the last of us part 2 to spit into it. If you were a fan of part 1 do yourself a favor and ignore this part. I never ever tought i would say this but they should have pulled a half life 3 on this one and never release it, just say it will come out eventually. Only negative emotions with this game including boredome.
    The thing that hit me most was how incredinly bad the storytelling was. The chars acted completly out of place putting you into extremly akward situations. Even if you say "you dont know how you would react in such a world" im sorry to say that i just dont see and that it was just lack of storytelling to make me see it.    … Expand
  4. Joraaah
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    God awful story with super cringeworthy political undertones. A complete spit in the face to fans of the first game. Save your money, don’t buy.
  5. NordNaagauk
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. False advertisement, finished product was not what the trailer showed. Stopped after “The Death” scene in the beginning of the game! Worst game ever!… Expand
  6. Brayan_829
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    No no no no no no no no no no no skfj sjdkan djdjabe dudbajd7f rjfaknruf ficidnej fkcskanwfyfy
  7. rkawksiasia
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    The game graphic is great but the story itself is very disappointing.
    To be fair, if killing is bad, then their should be an option to choose kill or not to kill.
    The game message is not clear and it gets me a mental disease.
    It's like a person killed my family and the court order to the murderer to be part of my family member and force me to understand why did he/her did it.
  8. Cpucelaya
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Malisimo un juego con mala trama, aunque los gráficos ayudan, pero no vale para nada la pena. Ni regalado
  9. mo_flame
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good graphic , BOS story , killing joel first of the game what did they think is not even near too last of us part 1… Expand
  10. GameOnMama
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO LEAVE A 1 STAR REVIEW ON LOU2!!!

    I'm not unfair in my review & to highlight that I'll start with the positive; the game is beautiful to look at & play through, the graphics are so amazing it put creators on notice, make a visually beautiful game or bust. New weapons & abilities let the game have a nostalgic sense while keeping it new enough to engage you,    I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO LEAVE A 1 STAR REVIEW ON LOU2!!!

    I'm not unfair in my review & to highlight that I'll start with the positive; the game is beautiful to look at & play through, the graphics are so amazing it put creators on notice, make a visually beautiful game or bust. New weapons & abilities let the game have a nostalgic sense while keeping it new enough to engage you, easter eggs throughout the game give you that "Ahh Haa" moment HOWEVER........ The game does a lot the wrong way; I won't say it did thing's it shouldn't have BUT definitely the wrong way.....

    1) It drives this huge wedge between characters who's bond held the story together like glue; instead of being grateful that Joel saved her life Ellie is furious even though they were gonna dissect her to TRY & make a vaccine (in modern times making a vaccine is hard enough, in that world all but impossible), the infection is a fungus not a virus so a vaccine would do jack diddly to help, they needed antibiotics OR anti-fungal treatments, killing her should never have been considered. What they really needed was Ellie to have children to pass her immunity on to).

    2) Joel & Tommy act like rookies & tell their identities to complete strangers like the last game never happened & everyone is trust worthy; where is the Joel who ran over a guy in the street asking for help because he knew it was a trap? Where is the Joel that had to fight off rapey cannibals with their hearts set on Ellie? They are lead to a den of 6+ people they don't know & don't question why these 6+ people weren't out with Abby, Joel & Tommy don't pick up on the vibe of the room, they don't feel uneasy about being out numbered. NOT LIKE THE JOEL OR TOMMY I KNOW.

    3) You are forced to watch as Joel is tortured & murdered by Abby, who does so with a certain amount of satisfaction I might add (torturing someone & enjoying it is a likable quality now IG) & ND literally spits on Joel's memory, almost like a "he had it coming moment", so I guess killing a child to "Save The World" was the right answer & since he didn't do that he must be murdered horribly. After seeing this as a Gamer I expected revenge for Joel, that this set up was to give a gamer reason to hunt Abby down.

    4) They want you to bond with a feel compassion for Abby; they want this so bad you are forced to play as her, go on dates as her, interact with her friends who you couldn't careless about & most you have killed so you never invest in them to begin with. She claims to be loyal to her crew but betrays them for 2 kids she barely knows, you shoot at & kill your own camp members/friends to save these kids but then she's upset that Ellie has killed some of her friends. She's friends with Mel then f*cks Owen (Mel's baby daddy) behind her back, she hates Scars but throws away everything to help 2 of them, she's a proud firefly but betrays them (PICK A SIDE ALREADY).

    5) Ellie goes through hell & back (much of the time on her own) to avenge the murder of her father figure (WHICH HAPPENS IN FRONT OF HER FACE I MIGHT ADD) & in the end she doesn't deliver on that, the one thing that made this unbearable gameplay semi-playable was knowing in the back of your mind we will find Abby & make her pay, Abby murders/tortures Joel, damn near disables Tommy, kills Jesse, beats the hell out of Ellie, bites off 2 of her fingers, but a flash back of Joel keeps us from killing her instead of infuriating Ellie enough to finish the job.

    If ND wanted to make Abby likable or bearable to play as they should've had you play as both equally without the Joel murder/torture & build up to the moment of Joel's death; then the gamer is horrified that they played as Abby & maybe even enjoyed it, BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE A NEW CHARACTER WE DON'T KNOW KILL OFF A FAN FAV & BE LIKABLE! we knew jack sh*t about Abby & after she does what she does we don't care to know about her.... all her game play after that feels like a chore, then you're actually forced to fight Ellie as Abby (when gamers fail a mission on purpose i.e. letting Abby get killed by Ellie or throwing Abby off a cliff to get justice that's a bad sign)... in the end Ellie just all out loses... she loses Joel, she loses her friend Jesse, she loses her damn horse, she loses the woman she loves & the chance to be a mother to her child, she loses her fingers & thus-ly loses the ability to ever do the last thing Joel taught her, Play the guitar. However Abby gets to win at every turn; she gets her revenge on Joel, she gets her revenge on Ellie, she gets to enjoy Owen somewhat, she gets to be a hero to Lev, she gets to tell her dad it's ok ta kill a child consequence free, so the message of revenge is pointless & bad is it's self pointless since Abby's revenge is carried out & the only thing stopping Ellie's is.. Ellie.... HOW DARE YOU ND, this game was so anticipated & craved for years & in the end it amounted to a turd-snow cone!    … Expand
  11. Tlouf
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    I stay away from leaked spoiler out there, now im regret i should hit the spoiler and stay away from this game instead
  12. hotsan
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    Spoiled Character
    Spoiled Story
    Can't give message

    Well I think game has great graphic&OST, and decent when played game.
    But I can't understand story especially ending. Ending make spoiled what they want to say, lol.
    It can't give any message just give hatred.
  13. HoosierRC
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    just like season 8 of GOT, great graphic ,great gameplay great details, but disastrous story
  14. MrRogers123
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I waited for nearly 5 years for this game, I loved the first one. And when I say by the time I finished the game I wanted to rip my finger nails out, I mean it. The story is completely redundant in it's morals, The new character and antagonist Abby does not have good or valid character building and I don't like how the producers expect us to like her and take her side. There was a story we didn't necessarily didn't get to see with Joel and Ellie, y'know that we kinda built since the first game to just have it torn away and be something we'll never have. Most character death's besides a really big one and someone else just don't feel emotional at all. What the hell Naughtydog? I want my money back!… Expand
  15. MeIguess
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    The gameplay is awesome but the story sucks. The trailers and its predecessor made my Hope's for this game very high but I was disappointed when I realized that they edited the in game trailers to make it seem like it had an entirely different plot, to some it may just seem like it made the game more surprising but it just made me disappointed
  16. Iggy0307
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am just gonna say, this game is great graphically and is a definite upgrade from the first game. However, everything else gameplay wise is still the same. Only thing I could see that was added was the ability to go prone and sprint jump. Everything else is just ehh and even the AI from the first game was a lot more aggressive as in TLOU2 the enemies literally forget about you and have a tendency to go into hiding if they find you. I was really looking forward to this game and would have never thought that The Last of Us would even get a sequel. I was holding off on buying this game and saw my brother play it so I can get a feel for how the story plays out for the first couple of hours. Though well into hour 2, I made my mind up that I would much rather look into using my $60 elsewhere. It wasn't about Joel dying, it was how he went out and it was just the most idiotic and uncharacteristic way to go out. Then Naughty Dog expects us to play as the killer half way into the game, which is just something that turns me off. I don't wanna be forced to play with someone that I completely and utterly don't care about and have shoved down our throats as the main character. I could care less about the backstory for Abby, she is a terribly written character and don't see why having the doctor be tied into this story. The ending in itself is just atrocious. I was looking forward to having Abby killed but instead we have an ending of Ellie letting her go and not getting revenge. This game is in the end pointless and the journey was pointless. If Abby was at least killed, I would have given this a slightly higher score but my rating stands. In my eyes, this game is not canon and I am still waiting on the real Last of Us Part II.… Expand
  17. Goh8899
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Very poorly written game, could not even enjoy the gameplay i was so distracted by that pile of **** story
  18. argonaut28
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    Probably one of the worst games I have ever played. I am not going to touch the fact that identity politics was so obviously forced on the game since that doesn't really matter nor it bothers me. But the fact that the writing and storytelling are absolute disgusting makes the game worth nothing. I wish I would have spent all these hours doing something else.
  19. Thespamisreal
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    game is full of libtard propaganda. its obvious the dev's are just trying to suck off the gay community. the story is boring and the characters entire arcs are just sjw crap. someone should shoot whoever let this game get published
  20. Game_Daddy
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    A game that should have been a masterpiece flops on the deck like a trout hopelessly trying to breath.

    The first game was a masterpiece, a "once in a lifetime" story full of twists and turns, characters you loved and an emotional story that will have you on the edge of tears. This game has none of that. First let me point out what i did like. The graphics are amazing, they aren't    A game that should have been a masterpiece flops on the deck like a trout hopelessly trying to breath.

    The first game was a masterpiece, a "once in a lifetime" story full of twists and turns, characters you loved and an emotional story that will have you on the edge of tears. This game has none of that.

    First let me point out what i did like.

    The graphics are amazing, they aren't mind-blowing like some have claimed but they are still pretty awesome, the sound is good, voice acting is as good as its ever been ,even if many of the VO artists have be obnoxiously rude to the fan base. The soundtrack is the best part of the game and the environments are some of the most immersive and detailed if ever seen. That folks is wher my praise ends. Because the games director was and is more concerned with pushing social ideologies than he is telling a competent story. Hes more willing to listen to a certain ideolog/professional victim , that shall remain nameless, than he is the fan base hes allegedly trying to make this game for.

    This game doesn't make it 30 min in before issues like race and sexuality are put to the for front. Its obnoxious and distracts from a story that, now that I think of it, is probably worth being distracted from. Character motivations change on a dime. Its quite jarring to have a character be completely for one option one moment, and then less than five min later be for the exact opposite option for no other reason that the story needs it. This game relies heavily on flashbacks so much so that huge chunks of the story are told out of order like a Tarintino movie. I cant give any examples with out giving away spoilers, but the plot in this game has more holes than a cellulose sponge. The characters you loved from the first game are completely different than what they where in the first game and the new characters are so boring and poorly written that by the end of the game I didn't like any of them. Most of them are so awful that as I write this review I cant recall any of their names. The ending to this game was not only very abrupt but so bad that it felt like they stole it from a Z grade fanfiction. But as bad as this game is that's not the worst part about this whole mess. The worst part is Naughty Dog and sonys reaction to the story leaks.

    See about a month before the game released the entire story leaked online, and naturally people didn't like what they saw and took to twitter and youtube to vent their dislike with the story. Even though it fell completely under the fair use provisions of The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Sony and Naughty Dog began to give false statements on legal forms in the form of DMCA take down notices. These notices lost a lot of people a lot of money and risked taking away their livelihoods just because naughty dog cant take criticism.

    In the end this game is a huge mess and disappointment. Terrible story and game play that operates on a repetitive loop. A game made by horrible people who care more about pushing a social and political narrative than making a quality product.

    Avoid at all costs, thers many indi devs that make much better game that deserve your money much more than these people do.    … Expand
  21. carlosroese
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TLOU part 2 it's beautiful, it's a incredible game, probably they win for the game of the year, but, something is VERY WRONG with the history. Naughtdog forgot the Tlou 1? And how Joel is? You guys destroy the caracter for us fans, simply destroy like a peace of garbage, changing the way he are, a man strong and who doesn't trust anyone, thats we will NEVER forgive. And another thing that destroyed the game is force the players to like a caracter like Abby, with have no carism at all, a cold person, that kill her friends of group in the end of the game like its a easy thing to do. This was not what we expected, we like some changes, yes, but again, this distroyed all the **** nice things this game build.… Expand
  22. PauNoCudoTlou19
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    **** all of you ****ing lefters of **** . Gggg Bh.....c ffgg .cdd yhhh.... ggghh.......bh..ghgg......ttgf.
  23. DonnerParmo
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    **** game **** game **** game **** game **** game **** game **** game **** game **** game **** game **** game **** game
  24. vince_q
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story is too bad. Abby is an egoist. She tortured and killed the man who saved her to revenge. She shot WLF comrades with no mercy. It's really disgusting to play her part. The important changes happened on this character all seem unreasonable and accidental. I'd give -10 for story. But the game play and graphics are pretty good, so I think 0 is a reasonable score.… Expand
  25. JhonnyBravo
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Suck my dick neil **** nobody buy this garbage and wait for better games, this is just horrible even for people who play the first game
  26. Xnina20
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Crap writing, crap characters. To make us play as a character who killed Joel is just TRASH! This was awful. I don’t understand the logic behind any of this game it is terrible! The fighting style somehow got worse. Joel and Ellie’s personality completely shifted which okay maybe Ellie make sense because she’s older but to make Joel who was a BOSS in the last game shift him and make weak and have him make terrible choices in this game. ????? And don’t get me started on Ellie’s girlfriend who had 0% of personality except to flip flop on if she was gay or not and keep Ellie hanging on like a lost puppy. Awful awful writing. Awful character development, AWFUL advertising to make us think Joel was alive JUST TO KILL HIM straight away and then make us continue to play as the person who BRUTALLY murders him. Disgusting. I wish PlayStation would allow me to get my money back!!!!!!… Expand
  27. ryanwhatsup
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you're playing The Last Of Us Part II for the story in the slightest, I recommend you stay away from this game.

    The graphics, gameplay, and the level design are fantastic. The facial expressions are also superb. However, the story really destroys the entire game. The story itself is fairly good, but the sequence and pace in which the developers decided to tell the events was abysmal. The attempt to get the audience to feel sympathy for Abby's actions falls short because they decided to introduce her after she brutally tortures Joel. The sudden cut to Abby's past when the story reaches a climactic point was also poorly timed. For the sequel to a game that was centered Joel and Ellie, the writers shove Abby down your throat and attempt to force you to like her by making you play as her for half the game.    … Expand
  28. Ifti88
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I Need get this off my chest for the people simping for Abby and showing remorse for her i just want to let you know, Joel wasnt the perfect person and yes he did what he did but it was for survival he didnt ask for it but he had no choice you cant just blatantly say Joel deserved to die, he fought many foes along the way to look for a cure and when it was finally the chance to find a cure he choose not to because it would have killed Ellie in the procces but you do need to take in consider that he has lost his daughter on his hands and probabily blamed himself for the cause and as soon as he found Ellie it was like he found his daughter back and he didnt wanted loose her again so he choose to sacrifice the cure to save Ellie's life, yes it was quite selfish of him doing that but you cant blame him after all the hard times he his been through, he lived his whole as a survivor not a saint because thats the harsh reality of this apoliptic world that we live in and in order to survive we need to have a strong mindset and show no remorse for the people who want to cause harm to you and the people who you care about, people like me are upset because the way he was killed it stupid, the guy he could tell an ambush from miles away, Went to some random strangers base and said "Hello my name is Joel i may have killed thousands of people who have been one your family member but i really just cant help myself not telling my name to you all lovely people" like thats not his character. Now back to Abby she killed her own teamates (unlike Joel who cares about his allies and family) and probabily done more questionable things than Joel, She needed to acknowledge that revenge was a bad idea in the first place and accept the death of her farther because sooner or later this was bound to happen to anyone living in this world but you killing the person who killed your dad doesnt make you any better than that person, yes its hard to accept losing someone but her dad asked for it by pointing a gun at Joel you cant blame Joel for self protecting it just annoys how people want to protect characters that dont matter in the story anyway. Naughty Dog dont you get that the reason people liked TLOU is the bond between Ellie and Joel not Abby and her Dad no one cares just stop ruining my experience with this masterpiece of a game like you have seen how people reacted to Walking Dead so im asking you WHY DO THIS? WHY DID YOU WASTE OUR TIME HYPING US FOR THIS GAME FOR 7 FRICKING YEARS? i hope this game was just a troll not the original part 2 because if thats the case then Naughty Dog your standards have gone really down im very dissapointed… Expand
  29. Criticah
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The inclusion of the LGBT community was really unnecessary Joel's death was dry from day to morning… Expand
  30. Antonybmx
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    If you’re a fan of the original last of us do not play this game.The story of the last of us part 2 ruined the whole game for me.
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Critic score distribution:
  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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