The Last of Us Part II

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  1. KrisdeValinor7
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I simply hate this game. I'm a huge fan of TLoU first part and its story. But the lack of sense in the story in the second part and how stupid and meaningless was treated Joel part in the game(trailers mislead not only me and I call it cheating)shocked me and I just completely lost interest in playing.. The game forces me to play a character that I don't care at all about and later in the game I hate playing it. The ending is a masterpiece in sh.. writing and has no sense whats so ever .Its 8 season of Game of Thrones again but in the game industry. Neil Druckman should NEVER EVER again be a part of any AAA game-period. He destroys one of the best game and story ever created in gaming and for that I hate him from my guts.… Expand
  2. IRTtheHulk
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Just finished the game. And I **** loved every minute of it. Well, not every minute ( game tends to drag on for a bit). This game is such a massive shift from the first one, story wise. The storytelling, imo, is amazing. It is literally the first time any entertainment media has left me feeling so uncomfortable, conflicted and so emotionally exhausted. The gameplay is an organic evolutionJust finished the game. And I **** loved every minute of it. Well, not every minute ( game tends to drag on for a bit). This game is such a massive shift from the first one, story wise. The storytelling, imo, is amazing. It is literally the first time any entertainment media has left me feeling so uncomfortable, conflicted and so emotionally exhausted. The gameplay is an organic evolution of the first one, adding little bits of refinement here and there. I like how they added a little bit of exploration and multiple routes to tackle an encounter. Graphically, it is one of the best looking games of this generation on any platform. Voice acting, as expected, is top notch stuff from the greatest actors in this industry. Gustavo Santaolalla yet again delivers with another masterpiece of a poignant yet beautiful score. My only gripe with the game is that it didn't give enough time to develop side characters. Overall, although poles apart from the first game thematically, The Last of Us Part 2 stands shoulder to shoulder with its predecessor as a landmark in cinematic storytelling in videogames. However, since the actual focus of the game, it's story, is so bold and divisive, I'd rate this a PlayItYourselfAndFormYourOwnOpinions/10… Expand
  3. getrekt1234
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. uninstall this sorry excuse for a videogame i want my money back never preorder… Expand
  4. Cohansen1993
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    I'm glad your crap game got leaked. Saved me 60 bucks. As far as I'm concerned this isn't cannon but some dumb fan fiction political fever dream.
  5. PandaX
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Plot is piece of **** Well done drjukman, well done!! You killed everything good in this game.
  6. CarloJMay
    Jun 22, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Beware, this review does contain spoilers

    Before playing:
    My favorite genre is post-apocalyptic. I loved the first game and have played it several times, so of course I was super excited about the sequel.
    I was one of those people who didn't want ANY kind of spoilers before playing the game. I didn't look at gameplay footage since the announcement trailer last year, I didn't look at the controversies of the leaks. Nothing, nada. I wanted a clean slate going into this game with an open mind. And I'm really happy I did that because now that I've played it I've ventured online to see what other people think and boy do people have different opinions!

    After Playing:
    I think they made some bold moves with the story. Killing off the main character from the first game is a very bold move and I get why people get upset, I was upset, its a very devastating moment. In my opinion it doesn't make the game bad, it sets the tone for the game "Ellie wants to find Abby and get revenge". And I could easily get behind it, I could feel how much I wanted to revenge Joel and kill Abby and her group members. I had true hatred towards her, in the same way you have towards certain characters in TV series or other games. So when the game changed the perspective and it came down to playing as Abby I could hear my inner voice going "I don't want to play as the villain! I want to kill her! Let me kill her!" Again I get why some people would dislike this move, I disliked it to begin with, but again I don't think it makes the game bad. You get to see things from her perspective, how she hates Joel and wants to kill him to avenge her father, so much so that she probably "roided up" and got some huge forearms. Now I get that some people don't like when women look like this, but think of it from her perspective, she wanted to be strong and I mean really f*cking strong, the dedication is unreal. You hear her discuss life choices and regrets with one of the later characters Lev. I think parts of her regretted losing her innocence in the process of becoming a post-apocalyptic killing machine You see her change her view of right and wrong and save Lev and Yara and she even says "I did it for me".

    I think Naughty Dog was trying to show a very "simple" point that is, people aren't simple, there are no good guys or bad guys, or good sides or bad sides. People and causes are a mix of good things and bad things it depends on the perspective. An example is the W.L.F, when you see them from Abby's perspective you first see them as this community where people are getting along with kindergardens and so on, but later when you get to the FOB you see how they are torturing people for information, the good AND the bad. You also hear Owen giving an example about the Fireflies "people thought we were terrorist, and maybe we were, we blew up soldiers and civilians". It is a very bold move, most likely a hit or a miss for most people, but for me it set my thought process in motion; "Am I really sure Abby still deserves to die? I mean Joel did kill her father. But she tortured him, she has to die! But she saved those kids, maybe she is reformed?" and so on and so on.

    I know someone will say parts of the story is SJW forced and leftist propaganda with all the lesbians and transgender characters, but I honestly don't think its that bad. You have the main character Ellie, which happens to be lesbian, so what?... You have the main villain Abby, who happens to be flat-chested and have bigger arms than most guys, so what?... You have Lev, which was a 13 year old girl named Lilly but would rather be a boy, so he shaved his head, so what?... It's not like that's all they yap about. When Abby finds out Lev was actually a girl named Lilly she asks "do you want to talk about it" and Lev goes "No".

    I guess I wasn't as shocked when they killed Joel because I remember telling my friend when one of the first trailers came out: "It's probably going to be about the fireflies killing Joel and she wants to get revenge" and my friend went "There is no way they would dare try that, noway" :)

    All in all I really really liked the game, so I have given it a 9/10.    … Expand
  7. andomay
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Un jeux de merde qui est pour sponsorisé les LGBT rien d´autres , une mauvaises histoires, des blablas ridicules, je vraiment déçu . Je ne vais le recommander à personne. Je ne suis contre personne et je ne veux sponsorisé personne.
    A **** game that is sponsored by LGBT nothing else, a bad story, ridiculous blah, I really disappointed. I will not recommend it to anyone. I am not against    Un jeux de merde qui est pour sponsorisé les LGBT rien d´autres , une mauvaises histoires, des blablas ridicules, je vraiment déçu . Je ne vais le recommander à personne. Je ne suis contre personne et je ne veux sponsorisé personne.
    A **** game that is sponsored by LGBT nothing else, a bad story, ridiculous blah, I really disappointed. I will not recommend it to anyone. I am not against anyone and I do not want to sponsor anyone.    … Expand
  8. madtitan420
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us Part II is a game that has had me torn since beating the game last night. Naughty Dog has done a remarkable job with the amount of attention to detail to its world and characters. The Last of Us Part II's Story is the hardest part for me personally to review. The things that had happened in the story where essential to the development of the game and to its characters. Joel was my favourite character in The Last of Us and honestly even though he had died I felt like this was a good fresh concept and that his death was essential. Naughty dog loves to show of the reality and beauty of our world but also be realistic with the situations that ellie and abby are thrown into. The major thing that I had dislkied about this game was when Naughty dog forces you to play as Abby for basically an entire half of the game. The first half of the game i genuinely enjoyed and playing as Ellie was a fun time. However the second half of the game, you are forced to play as Abby for around 10 hours just to see how some events unfold. This honestly infuriated me because I was never thinking about Abby's character, all I cared about was Ellie and Joels story being told. I understand that Naughty Dog thpught that this was necessary but honestly I wouldve been ok with a 5 minute flashback about this girls backtory or even make it 10 minutes. Naughty dog tries to make the player be sympathetic towards Abby but I probably did not have any sympathy until she finds her friends all dead, the confrontation mission and the last fight against Abby and Eliie in Santa Barbara. Abby honesty was a terrible character to play as and it just felt like Naughty Dog was just trying to make you feel something for her over a 10 hour period. There was one question that I was constantly asking myself while I was playing as Abby "Why am I playing as her when I am supposed to kill her and hate her, isnt she the main villain?"Like I dont want to play as the character that killed my favourite character. There honestly was some terrible decisions in the game dont get me wrong. But overall you cannot deny the endless hard work that the Naughty Dog team had done with this game. To give Naughty Dog credit they tried something new that they thought would actually be realistic. For a survial zombie game I thought that it was such a fun game and the gameplay was well thought out. The mechanics were great and I was super stressed out because I was playing on Survivor. I was constantly on the run and it felt like I couldnt breathe because of the intensity. The situations that Ellie is thrown into are super intense but that is what makes The Last of Us special. Overall The Last of Us Part II has many great qualities and many negatives. I would give the Gameplay of the last of us Part II a 8 and the story a 5. All of the Joel and ellie parts of the story were well done but as you played as Abby you dont really sympathize and care about her at all. The Gameplay was amazing and nice and smooth. It constantly felt like you where in the story and that everything was connected… Expand
  9. szen6
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    If the games will be so politlcally, there’s No point on creating new Ones
  10. HansSchmidt
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    Let's start with good things about this game. Fantastic graphic, physics, effects. So, everything is good except plot. And it's bad not because of SJW. Actually i don't give a **** for this part of story. But story is a really bad... No it's not bad, it's ****ing awful
  11. aestheticboyz
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. horrible game, bad story, ugly characters, and get into political agenda and nasty sex scenes
    the worst game i have ever seen, the ET game from Atari is better than this garbage Stop bringing politics into video games'    … Expand
  12. Marco0327
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    In my opinion it was a great game, it has excellent gameplay much better compared to the first game, excellent graphics and good story although some details that unbalance the story but everything is perfect
  13. Nigerianprinces
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Utter dog **** the ending and the game my disappointment is immeasurable and this franchise is ruined this is what happens when a developer projects his own sick fantasies into their work than telling a compelling story
  14. MyVoiceMatters
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    The story is so bad i hate abby so much being forced to play as the person who killed joel just was the icing on the cake of stupidity
  15. Alex031094
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    The Cutscenes and Voiceacting are Amazing. The Story is predictable and falls flat at the midpoint of the game. The Gameplay although refined and better than in the first game overstays it's welcome and grows repetitive.
    The Flashbacks take you out of the narrative flow and just serve to give the player agency in hunting the main antagonist. It might have made more sense to keep the story    The Cutscenes and Voiceacting are Amazing. The Story is predictable and falls flat at the midpoint of the game. The Gameplay although refined and better than in the first game overstays it's welcome and grows repetitive.
    The Flashbacks take you out of the narrative flow and just serve to give the player agency in hunting the main antagonist. It might have made more sense to keep the story in chronological order and switch between the perspectives of the two main characters. This would all have lead to a better bond to both while giving us more time with Joel, Tommy, and other supporting Characters.
    Feedback:
    + Amazing Graphics and Landscapes
    + Interesting and unique characters
    + Improved Gameplay
    + Great Cutscenes and Performances

    - Repetitive Gameplay
    - the runtime is too long
    - The Story although good on Paper falls flat in the Execution leaving you to debate whether or not you want to even continue on playing.

    All in All most fans can relate that this is not the sequel we wanted or even needed.
    @NaughtyDog you really need to think about it if all the crunch and overtime are worth it if by the end even people who get paid to play videogames for a living struggle to find the drive to finish the game and even go so far as to never finish it.    … Expand
  16. SETIMO
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined. I waited 5 years to play this And they gave me a horrible intro and **** ending, The story is garbage. It’s a look inside the deeply disturbed mind of people like neil druckmann. I just want to forget about this game.
  17. neildruckmangay
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    **** and **** **** **** **** this is a story game but it's story is sucks and sucks sucks**** and **** **** **** **** this is a story game but it's story is sucks and sucks sucks 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  18. Rezmoga
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Side characters play role in the game killed and then forgotten like they did not even exist in the game. I can not even remember their names.
    Worst revenge story    … Expand
  19. Sensato321
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    The game is famous becouse joel and Elli... now, is just more one Day gone of life.
  20. Wortel87
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was really hyped for this game. At first the thing that threw me off was that Ellie in the confontation scenes with the killers of Joel makes the same mistake 3 times over.

    The story is just not that great. And when I had to play with Abby for the second half of the hame I just quit the game and sold it. Graphics are great. Gameplay is also nice. But there is no real depth to the story. They ruined the franchise for me...    … Expand
  21. angryjoesucks
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. managed to avoid the leaks. just completed the game and I personally really liked the gameplay, outstanding graphics, and the story. Some point to a main character dieing early on and then comparing the game to the last season of Game Of Thrones. Well okay I'll compare it to the first several season of GOT where I never knew who would die which kept me on the edge of my seat and engaged in the story. When one main character or many would die it sucked but also that's what made it great, Same as this game. I played The last of us twice through, watched two or three people play through it, watch many reactions videos of the first one. I love Joel he what's a badass and it makes sense that he would die while saving someone. Anyway everybody's entitled to their opinion I just don't think some had an open mind before even playing the game all the way through.… Expand
  22. AnubismonRa
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    They destroy one of my favorite Character.
    The story is a trash. This game is a disappointment waiting for 7 years just
    for this trashy story.
  23. Dat72
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    Terrible story. Terrible ending. First time I've ever been this angry at a game. They took something great and shat on it
  24. Desz
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Si lo tengo que definir con una palabra “ Decepción” Nos pintaron un panorama de esperanza en el cual nos estrellamos, discrepando con el concepto de “Inigualable”
    Nos fuimos en esa esperanza que tan sólo fue efímera al comienzo del juego
  25. BroMoment
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    El juego es bastante bueno pero la historia es mala con varios errores tambien es bastante molesto el incluir la homosexualidad solo porque a alguien se le ocurrio ser "politicamente correcto" en fin Cosas a destacar el combate cuerpo a cuerpo y alguna que otra mecanica nueva y "algo" de exploracion
  26. HanzlSpear
    Jun 22, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The writers wanted to repeat some of the bitterness generated by the previous game and in the search for that slogan ended up making a plot that clones the previous game and with elements idpol (quite current), and another ending that leaves a taste similar to the first, one as a consumer expects companies to cling to achievements and get over it but here they gave us a product although worthy of Naughty Dog it is 2 or 3 points to get to 10 The story is fine however to produce better the immersion Abby should be the first playable character and then Ellie, the characters lost all humanity they had in the first game their decisions are obtuse never consider what happens in the shoes of the other Ellie is a good example that mature is something that happens to her in the first game. The music is impeccable, the gameplay is perfect, if someone likes survival and stealth adventure action games this game performs very well outstandingly.… Expand
  27. NotBryan
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    Naughty dog did the impossible, they pulled off something that couldn’t be done but they did it.
  28. ACHarkin07
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. s anAmazing graphicd art work but the characters are non relatable and the story is trash. If your going to play the last of us i suggest playing part 1… Expand
  29. Dazoka
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yazacağınız senaryoya sokayım. Neil druckmann mümkünse sen bidaha senaryo yazma… Expand
  30. molnmoln
    Jun 22, 2020
    7
    It was a good game but by no means perfect. A little too long which made it a bit boring to play at times but the story made up for it i think. The characters Ellie, Abby, Lev and Yara nice. The rest of the characters were kinda forgettable.

    If the games story had been put in a more logical way maybe the story score would have been higher. As it is you only really get to know some    It was a good game but by no means perfect. A little too long which made it a bit boring to play at times but the story made up for it i think. The characters Ellie, Abby, Lev and Yara nice. The rest of the characters were kinda forgettable.

    If the games story had been put in a more logical way maybe the story score would have been higher. As it is you only really get to know some characters after youa lready killed them, lessening the impact of your actions.

    Amazing graphics and sound design though, i was really surprised that there wasnt a single stutter or fps-drop.

    7/10 would not play again because its too long. Nice game tho!    … Expand
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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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