The Last of Us Part II

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  1. DominickN
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    At first I was angry about the leaks and the leaker i mean im pretty sure that we all know he obviously worked there im my opinion and with that said I now get it why he was leaking he was truly prob upset about how much agenda subversion and weirdo movie this was instead of a game I wanted to play a game TLOU wasnt the greatest game I had ever played but it still felt like a cool game toAt first I was angry about the leaks and the leaker i mean im pretty sure that we all know he obviously worked there im my opinion and with that said I now get it why he was leaking he was truly prob upset about how much agenda subversion and weirdo movie this was instead of a game I wanted to play a game TLOU wasnt the greatest game I had ever played but it still felt like a cool game to me This was a Gift to me and im still sad the person spent money on it TBH And I really wish they would have just came out and said it was what it is because yeah... NO this aint it Naughty Dog this made you guys name ruined for me after like 20 years of playing your games or more even since playstation1 I think was my first game of ya'll or PC IDK or remember but long time Crash Bandi Ect. Like come on guys you really let the real fans down here for virtue signalling at the worst time in near history to make such a move im so not proud of this community hurts the heart ... Dont waste your money without watching live gameplay and seeing if you want this because I dont......… Expand
  2. Fernriz
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Inspirador, duro, fascinante, dolorosamente revelador, MARAVILLOSO. Así como maravillosa es su banda sonora, sus escenarios y sus personajes. Eterno… Expand
  3. ebanks
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Great game. One of the best I've ever played. Beautiful and terrifying. 10 out of 10.
  4. aMethyst-eFFluX
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Absolute garbage compared to the hype presented by the critics. This game will be forgotten in a year. Naughty dog chooses political agendas over its fanbase. Not to mention Sony angering half the internet with its copyright nonsense that went on. Clearly after playing this it wasn't worth it.
  5. Mockme
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    So they canceled Jak 4 for this garbage .... don’t get me wrong graphics are beyond amazing the story is beyond **** boring. If I could go back in time I would tell myself at least 7 years it wouldn’t be worth it
  6. Arrro45
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    The game is impressive charming and sentimental the story is the continuation of the last of us and tells the story of ellie not of joel people say that it was not what they expected or because they took away what they liked the most, before feeling critical I challenge them to make a game like the last of us 2 they have to understand what is the continuation and is the story of ellie andThe game is impressive charming and sentimental the story is the continuation of the last of us and tells the story of ellie not of joel people say that it was not what they expected or because they took away what they liked the most, before feeling critical I challenge them to make a game like the last of us 2 they have to understand what is the continuation and is the story of ellie and her way of telling it is different and new and charming… Expand
  7. Gustlik1995
    Jun 19, 2020
    9
    Jedna z najlepszych gier generacji bardzo dojrzała fabuła nie jest całkiem liniowa graficznie cudo
  8. ereselmejor1994
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad story, good graphics its not wat i expected, too much wait for nothing interesting… Expand
  9. Qwerty383
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    It’s very bad, too much of lgbt things, no one likes it, why even someone should buy it?!!?!?!
  10. StingPen
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    The Last of Us was honestly the best game I have ever played in terms of story telling. So, I was super excited for The Last of Us Part 2. My excitement was through the roof, I couldn't believe it, I finally got to play the game after avoiding spoilers like crazy because the game got leaked. My excitement quickly disappeared after playing just a couple of hours. There were manyThe Last of Us was honestly the best game I have ever played in terms of story telling. So, I was super excited for The Last of Us Part 2. My excitement was through the roof, I couldn't believe it, I finally got to play the game after avoiding spoilers like crazy because the game got leaked. My excitement quickly disappeared after playing just a couple of hours. There were many cringe-worthy dialogues to the point I would physically cringe my face and say ugh out loud. There was a massive event that occurred within the first two hours. I was absolutely devastated. I did not want to play this game anymore but I spent $60, so I kept playing. The game takes you on 10 hours long side quest with new characters, and they were very unlikable and uninteresting. I pushed through, finished the game, hoping the ending will pay off all of the time I put into this game. Unfortunately, it didn't. The ending was just.... unsatisfying. This game does not feel like a sequel to the first game, instead, it felt like Naughty Dog and Co created a new universe that had some characters from the first game who had a cameo in the new game just to please the fans. There are no words I can use to describe how I felt after completing the game. I'm just sad I waited for 7 years for this game, only to see the story line make almost no sense, there are so many plot holes, so many characters that can't be related. I do not recommend spending $60 and about 16-20 hours of your lifetime into this game. It also didn't help seeing so many great reviews which raised my expectations. I wonder if the critics played a different game than us? I dunno man. :(… Expand
  11. Yozora
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Delecnable, este juego se puede definir muy facilmente con dos palabras, MAL GUSTO, pero además un mal gusto forzado, no me puedo creer lo que han hecho con la saga, y sobretodo lo que han hecho que un personaje que no diré nada más de ello por no hacer spoiler por si alguno quiere jugarlo. Por mi parte este juego no forma parte de la saga The Last of Us y oficialmente Naughty Dog aDelecnable, este juego se puede definir muy facilmente con dos palabras, MAL GUSTO, pero además un mal gusto forzado, no me puedo creer lo que han hecho con la saga, y sobretodo lo que han hecho que un personaje que no diré nada más de ello por no hacer spoiler por si alguno quiere jugarlo. Por mi parte este juego no forma parte de la saga The Last of Us y oficialmente Naughty Dog a perdido el norte al igual que Sony hace unos años, espero que esto cambie con los nuevos directivos y la PS5, ahora mismo tengo toda la confianza de los juegos de Sony depositada en Santa Monica, de verdad que es lo peor que podían hacer a cualquier fan de la primera parte.… Expand
  12. lastofus2isass
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    this game sucks. no factions. horrible story. ruin the whole point of the first game
  13. Iedereenblauw
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Ik kom hier gewoon even vermelden dat The Last of Us part II een must buy is. De reden dat de rating zo laag is is dankzij salty idioten.
  14. xinwei3
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just don't waste your money on this piece of junk.
    You played Joel like a tool. The motivation of Abby is nonsense, and the portrait of Abby is also a piece of **** yet you don't even allow the player to revenge properly with Ellie.    … Expand
  15. enok100
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Fantastic game with a great story, nothing more to say really. 10/10
  16. fiercirino
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is an insult to the masterpiece that is the first game. The idea of Joel dying was something I figured would happen in the sequel since it is necessary to close his character arc imo. However, Naughtydog executed it very very poorly. The ending is very anticlimactic and makes no sense and straight up pisses on the first game. The brilliant people that worked on this game such as Troy Baker, Ashley Johnson and Laura Bailey did not deserve their characters to be treated this poorly. The gameplay, graphics and acting are even better than in the first game, but the story is written by an analphabetic sloth called Neil Druckman who should never be allowed to write another work of fiction ever again. Druckman should go straight back to writing academy together with Dave and Dan from Game of Thrones.

    TLDR: Gamplay 10/10. Graphics 10/10. Acting 10/10. Writing -30/10.

    Petition to glue Neil Druckman to a tree and leave him there? I'll start one.    … Expand
  17. KillAssassin
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    I finished the first one 100%. The second opus is clearly less well written, with characters more uninteresting than each other. The choices they make are clearly ridiculous and silly. I did not feel any tension during my fights, a little like the last assassins creed. Level graphics, the characters are clean, on the other hand certain elements of the decoration, even even details like theI finished the first one 100%. The second opus is clearly less well written, with characters more uninteresting than each other. The choices they make are clearly ridiculous and silly. I did not feel any tension during my fights, a little like the last assassins creed. Level graphics, the characters are clean, on the other hand certain elements of the decoration, even even details like the blood on our characters, are completely missed. .. I didn't get this feeling of: Wow this game is fantastically beautiful ...! nah. The gameplay is correct but without any real improvement. Honestly I recommend the first opus, hoping that its sequel is simply a nightmare. One thing is really successful, the sounds.… Expand
  18. Numbius
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es una lastima que ll políticamente correcto se haya cargado uno de los juegos más inmersivos y espectaculares de la pasada generación, pero era de esperarse. Neil es judío, y va a hacer todo lo posible para meter con calzador todas las ideologías intrínsecas a su raza y mostradas ante los goyim para promover la antinatalidad y la consecuente desaparición del hombre blanco. El primer juego fue bueno, pero se empezaba a notar en ciertos aspectos la mano del judío metiendo negros dónde no debía haberlos y haciendo a Ellie definitivamente lesbiana en su expansión. Pues en esta secuela todo va más allá. Ellie es abiertamente lesbiana (algo que debería ser ilógico en una distopía postapocaliptica pues dicha tendencia es incompatible con la reproducción humana), y por supuesto emparejada con una mujer perteneciente a una raza sospechosa. Joel que es el símbolo que representaba al hombre blanco heterosexual MUERE a manos de un hombre transexual, el cual le rompe la cabeza con un palo de golf. Este juego es un espectáculo de pornografía homosexual e interracial y una oda a la naturaleza más baja del ser humano, todo siendo muy bien orquestado por un judío. Los gráficos son buenos, pero la historia es repugnante y todos los personajes caen mal. No lo recomiendo.… Expand
  19. Iash
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Disgusting storyline! Ruined the franchise! You should be ashamed of yourself Mr Niel. Joel deserved much better. The plot was senseless
  20. f1rewalk
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Gameplay and graphics really impressive, but the story is the main thing in the last of us... and they destroy it.
  21. YandereValkyrie
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    I'll do my best to not write any spoilers here, and just stick to the facts.
    I'm about 13 hours into the game now, and I honestly just don't want to play it anymore.
    The gameplay is basically exactly the same as TLoU1, and really doesn't do anything to evolve from there other than having better animations, there's nothing really new beyond dogs, and a few new animations, not that that    I'll do my best to not write any spoilers here, and just stick to the facts.
    I'm about 13 hours into the game now, and I honestly just don't want to play it anymore.

    The gameplay is basically exactly the same as TLoU1, and really doesn't do anything to evolve from there other than having better animations, there's nothing really new beyond dogs, and a few new animations, not that that is entirely a bad thing, TLoU1 had really fun gameplay, but I was hoping for some innovation, and honestly the gameplay is one of the only two saving graces in this game.

    The one thing I could say that I absolutely loved about this game is the scenery/graphics. This is hands down one of the the most beautiful games on PS4, right up there with Horizon Zero Dawn. The world feels natural, like nature is reclaiming the world in a slightly comforting way, and if it wasn't for all the murdering and zombies, It's a world I would love to be in myself.

    And that is about the only good I can say about this game. The story. Good lord the story. I read the spoilers before I played it, so I knew what was going to happen, and that didn't bother me too much.. but the game itself is actually WORSE than the spoilers let me to believe. I want this to be a spoiler free review so I won't go into detail, but "that" scene happens much earlier than I thought, the plot seems stupid so far, and the characters aren't acting even remotely like they did in TLoU1, it's like they're not even the same people.

    I'm just sorry, I knew this game was gonna be bad, I bought it anyway to give it a try.. I'm returning it tomorrow for a refund.. Another god-tier IP ruined by identity politics.

    I'm only giving it a 3 because goddamn is it pretty, and the combat isn't horrible.    … Expand
  22. Arkanthoz
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    well, this game is just political stuff to pleasure some social justice warriors, absolute trash
  23. LaymenGaming
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Let me break this down for you quickly: PANDERING has negatively infected gaming culture and the Last of Us 2 is the quintessential example of it

    Before we get into game-play, story, sound design and overall fun of the game; we need to have serious discussion on what pandering is and how it effects culture negatively. Pandering is defined as doing things for an individual or group in    Let me break this down for you quickly: PANDERING has negatively infected gaming culture and the Last of Us 2 is the quintessential example of it

    Before we get into game-play, story, sound design and overall fun of the game; we need to have serious discussion on what pandering is and how it effects culture negatively. Pandering is defined as doing things for an individual or group in order to gain a favor and advantage for yourself.

    Every game, comic book, movie or music may contain some form of pandering, and in most cases it isn't a big deal. In modern culture, however, we have reached a point where pandering has become an issue, particularly when a medium appeals to a certain demographic without making any effort to understand the people they're supposedly representing.

    It often feels like an afterthought, something thrown in to reap the benefits of including that group (typically a minority) without doing any actual work. Typically it's lazy representation at best, and at worst it can be actively harmful to the demographic being (mis)represented.

    The Last of Us 2 is the latter.

    I am a huge fan of the first game; but not in terms of the its game-play, graphics and sound design. The game's story, specifically its masterful pacing and development of the two main protagonists Ellie and Joel, is what draws players in (myself included) and captivates them throughout the entire journey. The writers knew what these two characters represent: Joel is a damaged, old and experienced man that has reluctantly partnered with an energetic, young and naive Ellie in order to potentially save humanity from a deadly virus. The game has a beautiful thematic narrative on society and human-beings; Ellie represents humanity's hope for the future (the literal cure for the virus), and thus needs to be protected by the battle-hardened adults, which is where Joel steps in (both story-wise and in game-play). Both characters grow and start depend on each other, and the game ends with an ambiguous question of whether this father/daughter relationship has either doomed or saved humanity.

    The Last of Us 2 has this beautiful theme and relationship dynamic completely thrown out of the window in order for the writers to pander Ellie as a strong female LGBT lead. All the charm and charisma she had in the first game is completely gone as Ellie has been reduced to being part of a, as writer Neil Druckmann puts it.... "diverse cast of strong female characters".

    Being female and gay does not make Ellie a strong character.

    Being deadly and proficient in killing does not make Ellie a strong character.

    Having a tortured past and being an emotionally distant does not make Ellie a strong character.

    In fact, being the potential cure to save humanity, also did not make Ellie a strong character either. She became a strong lead because of how her actions dynamically affected those around her, specifically Joel and his group. In this bleak future, Ellie is the Last bit of humanity (of Us, if you will) in a literal sense but also in an emotionally resonant way for all of us.

    In an effort to pander to certain demographics, the story takes a complete thematic nose-dive to have so-called representation of minorities surviving in an apocalyptic wasteland. Ellie, our future for humanity, is now comically emotional for wanting vengeance to the point of absurdity for the death of a close friend. None of her witty lines, or virus-curing antiques is needed here. All the Last of Us 2 seems to concern itself with, is how violence is violent for violent characters because a violent world needs violent people to justify the violence.

    And who better to justify this game's theme than humanity's last hope for the future... who's a lesbian.

    Pandering with no thought of the narrative pedigree that the first game had, has a sure way of alienating audiences and it does not make for a great gaming experience; especially when the first-game to this day is a herald for refined video game story-telling.

    In my humble opinion, Naughty Dog Studio have never been the creators of original game-play and stories, however, they have always been prime examples of expertly "refined" experiences. Uncharted/Crash Bandicoot and even the Last of Us were not pioneer games; but they were amazingly refined platformer/survival games to the point that it gave the illusion that they were.

    The graphics and sound design of the Last of Us 2 is worth praise as enemies converse realistically and move dynamically through the environment, a touch of the naughty dog refinement that is muddied unfortunately by the bog-standard run-of-the-mill 3rd-person action game-play.

    However the sound, game-play and the game's overall fun factor is connected to the story Naughty Dog has written, thus it suffers immensely for it. 1/10    … Expand
  24. justmy2cents
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Wait until they start trying to censor the users because they don't agree with the critics. It's bad. No, it has nothing to do with certain "scenes" (keep your whining to yourself). It has to do with the story and an effort to be made to actually censor those that don't agree with what they're apparently supposed to think. It's simply bad. Deal with it.
  25. TheGamingModz
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Personally i think the last of us 2 just throws out everything we did in the last of us part 1. The graphics of the last of us part 2 are good but that doesnt matter if u dont have a good story then the game is just not worth buying it and the ending of the story is just annoying abby should of **** died.… Expand
  26. MAGE1234
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    I honestly think it was a bad game because TLOU is focuse on a good plot. The plot was all messed up and people including myself think it could be told in a different way, more appealing wich could create a connection between us and the characters. I definetly would say not to buy it because of what i said tho i liked the graphics a bit, but overrall it as a boring gameplay after the gameI honestly think it was a bad game because TLOU is focuse on a good plot. The plot was all messed up and people including myself think it could be told in a different way, more appealing wich could create a connection between us and the characters. I definetly would say not to buy it because of what i said tho i liked the graphics a bit, but overrall it as a boring gameplay after the game trully begins, like almost in the middle of the game where evrything y do dont have a purpose since y dont like any character nor the one you are controlling.… Expand
  27. angularly
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolutely disgusting follow up to the game I loved. Wow this was over quick, when they killed Joel the main protagonist right off the bat. I had looked forward to playing this belowed character again, and was instead forced to play his despicable murderer, which I hated so much I just couldn't take it. I wanted to blow this disgusting character up with a shotgun, not play her/him, wasn't it supposed to be about revenge? Life is too short for this **** I logged off in disgust and deleted the game. Never buying a game from Naughty Dog again.… Expand
  28. ghostninja
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    "tHiS gAmE iNsUlTs My MaScUlInItY"

    please grow up before you use the internet.
  29. Javiero1289
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    Gráficos 10, Jugabilidad 9, Historia, Guión y Mensaje Político 0. Me dolió ver como tiraron a la basura algo que podia ser increíble.
  30. Hofmankos
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    the coolest game I've ever played.the coolest game I've ever played.the coolest game I've ever played.
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Critic score distribution:
  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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