The Last of Us Part II

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5.8

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. Cyher38
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    Loved the characters and the ambientation. One of the best games out there and shouldn´t be treated bad because of the beaggining.
  2. RaginStetson
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    Fantastic game which is a true follow up from the first one. Ellie is still so charismatic and lovable in her own way
  3. Fransuah43
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Drugs drugs and coffe holy **** this is a GOTY
    Only Journalists liked this ****
  4. Mattww
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    The game is a complete **** made without consideration for the fans or respect fort the previous game. The first one was a masterpiece and they just **** destroyed it and with the ending they spit on the destroyed game and the dreams of the players. And the trans/gay thing should have stayed out of the game, at max make Ellie and D fall in love and thats it. But making am evil transThe game is a complete **** made without consideration for the fans or respect fort the previous game. The first one was a masterpiece and they just **** destroyed it and with the ending they spit on the destroyed game and the dreams of the players. And the trans/gay thing should have stayed out of the game, at max make Ellie and D fall in love and thats it. But making am evil trans villain character is absurd and stupid and disrespectful.… Expand
  5. ewloutwo
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    what a disappointment. paid $130 for an interactive movie with a pathetic story masked by the most annoying film grain on the planet. the trailers were full of lies, they changed everything we saw.
  6. Ondrej
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    Story and play time is 25 hours it would be much better if it would have IDK 18 h but they would cut those 7 boring hours and the story is rubbish just dont buy it i am giving wuite good ending beacause of graphics and animations those are so good but the story is **** up just dont buy it
  7. BeyoundSpace
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILERS
    So before anything i'm telling you all right of the bet that i'm really pissed off about this.
    The last of us ll, One of the most if not the most anticipated gaming sequel of this year, it takes apart a few years after the original one (The last of us l) from 2013, where we see Joel and Ellie take of together the unknown.
    Now you might be wondering why the 3/10 score if this was such an anticipated sequel, well let me tell you why, in order to give a 10/10 review like most of the so called professional reviewers out there a game/book/movie/series needs to have certain characteristics that sets it apart from the others.
    Most of the reviewers gave this game a 10/10 review which is already weird because normally there is always some negative and some neutral reviews and if you played the game you will get to the same conclusion that many of us have because this is not sequel material. They presented us with a game shouldn't even have been release but why?
    Well the graphics are amazing and that's truth and i wasn't expecting anything less from naughty dog and that is the only reason that im not giving the review a 0/10 and a 3/10. Why a 3/10?| you may ask be asking... well because the graphics of the game should never be the reason why a game as a 5/10 or even a 10/10 review which normally is the reason that people who play games casually gives it to them. So now the real reason why i don't give anymore credit to the game, well for starters this game is a sequel and sequels normally tend to follow a path set by the first one, and what i'm trying to say is that this game has nothing to do with The last of us l in terms of story development and character development. Naughty dog literally takes a piss on what fans loved about the characters and what the characters were and completely remakes their whole way of thinking and acting, Joel is not actually the Joel we met that was bitter towards strangers (i guess 5 or 6 years really change someone's perspective of the whole world even in an apocalypse), Ellie goes on a killing spree out of revenge for Joel's death (which is the whole point of the game, getting a revenge...) just so that in the end she doesn't even get's her revenge after killing maybe hundreds of people because and let me emphasize this BECAUSE killing is not a solution (well Ellie the why the killing spree what did the other ones did to you to deserve it?). That's the biggest problem with this game, this history ... a revenge history isn't something that marks the players it just isn't something that you enjoyed watching and playing it doesn't stick to your memory because it's just a normal story just like the other, there is literally nothing different from this history and the one from some indie game with a overall rating of 3 or 4 a game with a rating of 10 needs a compelling history that will stay with you for years, this might be a game, but just like movies and series you can have pieces of it with you for the rest of your life they can be lessons or experiences that sometimes might even change you. So now that the biggest problem with this game is addressed i'm going to speak about the secondary problems with it.
    The gameplay itself, we were promised a revolutionary gameplay but what we really got was empty promisses, the gameplay it's almost the same as in The Last Of Us l, now don't get me wrong they did changed it, they added dogs! i mean what's there to not love about it?
    We all loved the way the game was meant to be played in 2013 but where is the improvement? you still craft items in the same way as you did before so no improvement there, the looting system is the exact same one so nothing new there either they may have add some new animations to the fight's but in overall despite the change in graphics the gameplay stayed pretty similar the on in The last of Us l.
    So in conclusion i'm giving this game a 3/10 score    … Expand
  8. amigotistical
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    this game is abslout s***. pls do not invest no time nor money on this garbage. cannot believe i spent 60 bucks and 25+ hours just to be wasted away. fire neil s***mann.
  9. glu4ilo
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    Not for nothing that the scriptwriters left the project! Druckman - **** The script is dumb. The ending is tightened! You don't give a **** about Joel - the fans don't give a **** about you!
  10. jsyon
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    The story is bad in all respects and this negative evaluation is due to the playing trend of the anomaly that every sane person rejects
  11. berryholic
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    If you are a fan of the last of us 1, I hope you do not play this game. For your mental health.
  12. Matthewpavyk
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Это ужасно. Пройдя игру, могу ответственно заявить, что сценаристы угробили все надежды. Этот сюжет–недоразумение. Впринципе можете почитать отзывы на него от других людей, там все и так понятно, не вижу смысла повторяться. Кроме того, мне не до конца понятен геймплей, он вообще не сэволюционировал со времён первой части, а хваленые некоторыми мелкие детали были и до этой игры во многихЭто ужасно. Пройдя игру, могу ответственно заявить, что сценаристы угробили все надежды. Этот сюжет–недоразумение. Впринципе можете почитать отзывы на него от других людей, там все и так понятно, не вижу смысла повторяться. Кроме того, мне не до конца понятен геймплей, он вообще не сэволюционировал со времён первой части, а хваленые некоторыми мелкие детали были и до этой игры во многих проектах, не понимаю на что было угроблено столько времени и сил. Даже графика чем-то новым не попахивает, обычно, добротно, не более...
    Игре можно ставить от силы 5/10
    Во время прохождения было скучно, финал и всё предшествующее действо очень расстроило, первая часть как будто пропала, ее больше нет.
    Ставлю 0, т.к. найдётся уйма экспертов, которые послушав ревью продажных блогеров по типу Шевцова и Логинова, начнут ставить 10 в обилии, необходимо выводить среднее арифметияеское, уж простите    … Expand
  13. Endellion
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pros:
    - Graphics and sound are awesome.
    - Gameplay is passable. Nothing exceptional.

    Cons:
    - Story. Oh gods the story. It tries to be an edgy revenge story but falls soundly flat on that because there is no payoff. It forces you to play a character where it's made clear early on that you're supposed to hate her and tries to make her seem more 'sympathetic'. Honestly how they thought they could pull this off is a joke. For the ending I thought nothing could top Mass Effect 3 for a horrifically bad end but this game does it by a clear margin.
    - Mis-advertisement ND uses Joel to promote the game. Joel barely exists in the game and virtually all the promotional imagery wasn't in the game or it was doctored.    … Expand
  14. hadidoon
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    best thing happend in my life was this game every thing in this game is epic do not lesten to anyone who saiying the game arent good
  15. Gamerpike87
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    Seriously people get over yourselves, yes the story was abit on the down side. But if Joel didn't die that early we wouldn't have a game to play. Also again we don't like playing as abbie killing our own, but guess what that's life that's what could happen in that time, also all the stuff Joel and Tommy probs got upto before killing and such. So when people say Neil is trolling you all soSeriously people get over yourselves, yes the story was abit on the down side. But if Joel didn't die that early we wouldn't have a game to play. Also again we don't like playing as abbie killing our own, but guess what that's life that's what could happen in that time, also all the stuff Joel and Tommy probs got upto before killing and such. So when people say Neil is trolling you all so he should as your just all doing it to his game and get like 4 hours in and then decide to sell it or throw it away. All I want to say is grow up take your dummie out and start acting like an adult all of you… Expand
  16. QueenScathach
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's fun. But there are flaws in his story.
    if there was no abnormality it would have been an experiment    … Expand
  17. PierrotJ
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Do not cheat the score. It is just garbage I have never seen in my life. OMG.
  18. AlimKuprum
    Jun 22, 2020
    9
    Great work for this game, thanks developers and more.

    titanic work from the studio, a lot of details not immediately noticeable to a simple player, great graphics, matured Ellie. All this about this game, I recommend spending all your time on it to all fans of the genre.
  19. Jeanine
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This game is ass don’t play it it took my kids I just need my kids help me and don’t give your money to this game
  20. Ank_out
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. História clichê e sem sal poderia ter sido bem mais empolgante se tivessem estruturado melhor o roteiro… Expand
  21. GRxeno
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first part of the game is really good even though they kill Joel. The second part where you play Abby is fallout 76 level bad. If money isn't a problem for you then sure buy it and play it, if you value your money don't.… Expand
  22. Lukus
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Great grapic, but whats the point of playing story game when the story is terrible
  23. hewalyum
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    can spoiler
    we got tricked with trailers and gameplay videos.I paid for this game for fifty and joel.Playing with abby made me finish off.frustration.I would not recommend you pre-order this producer games.they had to be honest in trailer and gameplay.technical, gameplay, graphics are very good.I broke 2 points because I don't like the story I broke 4 points because the job was not as described.
  24. Mikuvy
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    El juego en sí es hermoso, tiene una muy buena historia al igual que la jugabilidad, gráficos mecánicas, es un juego que todos deberían tener, es una experiencia única.
  25. philicu
    Jun 25, 2020
    10
    The Story is one of the best stories I have ever played. Just the first part is better. But the way how Naughty Dogs show us this story, the fight vs good and evil, the emotions, the graphics, the sounds and the brutality is just amazing. After 24h I saw the ending screen and I was just shocked about what I have seen. It's another way of telling a story and I can't understand that negativeThe Story is one of the best stories I have ever played. Just the first part is better. But the way how Naughty Dogs show us this story, the fight vs good and evil, the emotions, the graphics, the sounds and the brutality is just amazing. After 24h I saw the ending screen and I was just shocked about what I have seen. It's another way of telling a story and I can't understand that negative reviews here.

    Is this game not what I've expected? Yes, it isn't! But that is the point I loved. In every second I didn't know, what is next. Everything could happen and that is, what i liked.

    The Last Of Us Part II is definitely one of the realest, brutal and hardest stories that were ever told. 10/10 for that really great experience.    … Expand
  26. noobkia
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    naughty dog u force us to play someone who kill our favorite charater joel, and then at the end, u forced us to play as ellie and let the killer go away. what the **** u want us anymore?
  27. alejandro0323
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    solo diré que no me gusto, porque ya las demás reviews expresan ya muy bien lo que siento
  28. Thegames420
    Jun 22, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was so hyped for me that I disappoint me the first 30 minutes going to the game they killed Joel from the beginning. When this happened all I felt was hate for the Abby the person who killed Joel but then they make me play with her for more than 6 hours a girl that I don’t give a penny about they try to make me sympathetic towards her but failed to do so I hated her since the beginning. The way the killed Joel is nothing what Joel will do. Joel will not trust random people he met he will be suspicious and will not say his **** name I mean come on naughty dog the first game clearly showed he had trust issues but no killed him and ruin the whole game. To make matters worse you can’t even killed Abby in the end game Ellie let’s her go just leaving you there. You killed everyone but the one person you hated the most bruhh what a disappointment a waste of 60 dollars on my opinion just stick with the first game… Expand
  29. Julesnotanna
    Jun 22, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After finishing the game over the weekend, I can honestly say that I enjoyed the game quite a lot. There have been a lot of reviews bombing the game, but I would like to share why I think this game is a good one at least, if not a totally worthy sequel. I just want to warn that there will be a lot of spoilers.

    First: the gameplay. I liked it, it was familiar, easy to settle into. It got tedious after about say 16 hours but with the introduction of Stalkers a bit before then you are kept on high alert. I especially liked the additional boss fight with the monstrosity you encounter later in Seattle.
    The crafting was the same, but you have to level up Ellie and Abby's skills in a follow-up order, which was a bit annoying, since I couldn't immediately get the skill I wanted or would find useful at that moment in the game. I also loved that you could customize most settings, like companion effectiveness, enemy alertness level and even button functions on the controller.

    The character perspective switch. Through the game you play as Ellie in the first half, and go through the same timeline again, but this time as Abby. I wasn't the biggest fan of the switching, since we we're playing as Joel's killer and eventually turing us against Ellie, but I understand why it was important for us to see Abby's side of the story, get to know her, find her motivations, see that she's actually a person that lost so much and just couldn't let go. It kept her from being just another villain set on uprooting what we had established. It also brought regret on finding out you were responsible for killing her dad and eventually her friends, they get you to bond with those characters, but didn't shy from the fact that, yeah, they're already dead because of you.
    I wasn't the biggest fan, but I even started to like Abby near the end of Day 2.

    The pacing. A little drawn out, took too long to get to the point, but ultimately a good time. The flashbacks to Ellie's time with Joel were the best parts of the game. Abby's flashbacks too, great parts in understanding her character. 10/10.

    The "agenda". Ellie's gay and her girlfriend accompanies her through the first half of the game. Beginning features homophobic comment. There is a trans boy later on that Abby helps out when the crazy cult wants to kill him. The story would be exactly the same if Dina was a guy (except maybe for the pregnant part but that can be changed) and Lev was a girl that broke the rules of the cult, it has 0 influence on your life or the story. I really enjoyd these aspects. It was nice to have more diverse set of characters, you don't notice how bland stories are without diversity until you get a story with a lot of it. 10/10.

    Now: the story. I can honestly say that this is the main reson why it didn't get 10/10 from me. As a standalone game, it is beautiful in every way, but as a sequel to a dearly beloved first game, it klings too much on shock value. I liked that the first game felt organic and had more highs than lows. If I could associate it with a colour, The Last Of Us would be deep forest green. Part II would be the colour of rust. It got old and started to collapse under its own weight. The game would've benefited from it so much if they decided to end it in the theatre in Seattle. To kill Abby aswell. I understood Joel's death, Ellie losing her fingers and the abundance of other deaths and tragedies throughout, but letting Abby go made the whole game's story moot point.
    The whole part in Santa Barbara was useless to me and felt like they were milking that damm revenge cow till it ran dry.

    Throughout the game we see many similarities between Abby and Ellie, they're pretty much two sides of the same coin. Ellie is no better than Abby and the game should've gave Ellie the horrid realisation of this. Instead they have tried to make Ellie the better person, which she is not and never will be.

    I actually liked Abby's story more than Ellie's, Ellie felt flat and narrow minded. The part where she showed up at the theatre after killing Mel and Owen, that was the first time I felt like Ellie was an actual person in the story, not just an object that progressed the game. I would actually contribute 3 out of the 7 score I gave to Abby's storyline.

    I also noticed people said Joel and Tommy were reckless and out of character about telling the group where they lived and trusting them (eventually leading to Joel's death), but lets face it, it's been four years in Jackson, they got soft and trusting and slipped, especially since the group didn't show signs of being a threat in the beginning. Joel was also overpowered, approaching or over 50 and vulnerable.

    In conclusion: I had a great time. Not the best game of the year, but the best one I've played this year so far. You can see that Naughty Dog put a lot of heart and effort into this game, sometimes it just missed the mark a bit, but still on the board at least.    … Expand
  30. Physaegean
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In this review, I won't be talking anything but the story. I think the story has two main problems. The first one is the way that they killed Joel, and the second is the way that they force us to play as Abby. Firstly, I want to talk about the first problem. I think a main character that is beloved from every player shouldn't be killed like that. The progression in his character from first game has just thrown into the garbage. I would accept that death scene if he was more cautious as before the scene could be written differently. But if you still wanna go with this, at least you should show us how his character has changed over the years. Like more flashbacks that shows Joel is changing, becoming less cautious and vulnerable because of his relationship with Ellie.
    I think the second problem is bigger. After nearly 10 hours of gameplay, the only feeling that I have was to finding and killing Abby. I think most players felt that. However, after 10 hours of game play, writers decided us to play as Abby! For nearly 8 hours. That's just unacceptable. If you want us to love this new character, which killed our beloved Joel and we spend 10 hours hating her, and bond with her this is not the way. I think if the chronological order of the story has changed this problem would be overcome. Like before Abby kills Joel we could have hear her story, and "maybe" sympathize with her. Or at least, in my personal opinion at the scene where Ellie and Abby standoffs at the theatre, we should definitely play as Ellie. I HATE THAT PART. I killed Abby thousand of times in that part because I have no sympathy or love for her. She is just a new character that killed my favorite character. When we pin Ellie down to the ground and forced to hit her, I quit the game and try to keep calm.
    However, I would say that they made some parts of the story well. The flashbacks were amazing. We see the bonding between Ellie and Joel. The birthday flashback scene made me cry. Actually lot of scenes apart from Abby made me cry. I have waited 7 years to hear about what will happen to Ellie and Joel. I was expecting Joel to die but, what will happen to Ellie afterward was a thing I didn't know.
    I think if we neglect Abby's part from the story and look it on the side of just Ellie the story is sublime. The emotions that the story put me through was hard. And the ending scene, oh the ending scene got me so hard. I'm crying for two days now. The scene where Ellie tries to play guitar after her fingers are chopped is... Hard.
    Anyway, as you can read in this review I'm mad at the game but I cannot be angry and hate it. I've waited 7 years for this and the story of Ellie just hit me.

    Ps: They will probably continue with the story of Abby and Lev in the 3rd game. I think the Abby parts from the game should come as an DLC maybe? I don't know. Thanks for reading. And I hope someone feels the way I do.    … Expand
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

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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