The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. CactusSpaceship
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    A fantastic atmosphere. Great graphics and sound. Really cool and intense fight scenes. All this huge potential wasted by a complete failure of a story...
  2. YeenyMartini
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILERS

    First things first, this game has been dividing fans immensely, given by the rift between critic and fan reviews.
    With that out of the way, here's my take on the story, the controversy and the game. Spoilers ahead for game 1 and 2 ahead.

    Already in the first game, Naughty Dog has tried to establish that no conflict is ever black and white. During multiple times in the story, Joel's dark past is hinted at.
    -He's a smuggler
    -Tess literally said "We're **** people, Joel."
    -He's been on "both sides" of an ambush
    -Obliterates the last branch of humanity looking to find a cure in order to save his surrogate daughter.
    Sadly, much like the 2nd game, the hostile factions we encounter as a player are always presented as "evil"
    -the military acting killing anyone who's not compliant
    -looters who shoot first, ask questions later
    -a group of survivors (with kids), who kill and eat people
    It is only towards the end where we see Joel lash out against the "good", presented in form of the fireflies.
    The game ended with Joel's thinly woven lie that the fireflies have stopped looking for a cure.

    Game 2 confronts the player with the consequence of our actions. Joel's past catches up with him in form of Abby, who exacts revenge on Joel for what he did to the fireflies and her father (the surgeon he killed to save Ellie). And like the old "an eye for an eye" principle, Ellie sets out to exact revenge on Joel's killers.

    What TLOU II pulls off what TLOU I didn't is that it showed conflicts from both sides. We get to play as both Ellie and Abby- bitter rivals, as you may say- and learn their motivations and loves and grudges. It tried portraying the moral grey conflicts that they were trying to convey in the first game too, just this time they took a more direct approach. Players may find upsetting that their idols may not be as heroic and "white-vested" as they may have thought.

    Another box of criticism this game has received was the hate for LGBTQ-inclusion, as well as its portrayal.
    Firstly, if you feel offended by the inclusion of queers in a video game, then the game isn't the problem: You are. Your values have gone out of fashion in the 1950s, so go with the time and stop living in the past. Almost every video game in existence features a straight, white man in the lead, with only recent examples. The few female protagonists like Lara Croft were merely sexually idolised.
    Secondly, some hate came from transgender people as well, stating that the trans character in the game was, for a fact, merely abused and tortured. While the portrayal of the game's trans character is in no way perfect, I believe it is a major first step towards inclusion and representation of our LGBTQ friends and allies in the video game industry. Perhaps the first step is shaky and bad, but that's what first steps are there for. Personally, I give props to Naughty Dog for finally having the guts to take the first step.
    The queers in TLOU II didn't feel like a major "distraction" from the story. They aren't a major talking point. Not until you make it. Learn to live with it. Deal with it.

    So of course the game is being review-bombed for the aforementioned problems. Yet they do not take into consideration the thousands of other departments of the game that made it stand out as much as it did.
    The programming- from rope physics to animation to enemy AI- is OUTSTANDING and truly unique. Every encounter was a fun to test out, every environment remarkable.
    The sound design deserves props as well. Never have the infected- clickers especially- sounded more spine-chilling and DANGEROUS than they have in this game. For the first time, clickers actually sounded like a threat not to be ignored.
    And of course, the actors have done an incredible job at bringing Ellie, Dina, Abbie etc to life. Bravo.

    While the story isn't perfect and a few characters felt a little bleak (looking at you, Jesse), it is far from what the majority make it out to be.

    If you can have an open mind and dive into this game, it is well worth the time and dedication.    … Expand
  3. Effex
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Disappointing! What the hell with the history?? I love the rest of the game, but the history is the worst of this year.… Expand
  4. PenguinStuntman
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Loved it! Such a gorgeous game. The story was interesting, heartbreaking and captivating. Have to play it again while we wait for the multiplayer.
  5. Michaelryanguy
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The games story has been butchered from the first game by killing off the main protagonists and one of gaming beloved father figure which was totally in called for more over we have to play the character that killed the protagonist from the first game and it felt really force by how the game was trying to justified its actions and imposing a revengeful plot which was bad even tho they had good graphics and animation the story was what made last of us 1 special would highly not recommend anyone to get this game… Expand
  6. Chill_sauce
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (sorry my English)
    This game doesn't look like first game of franchise, it's not the road movie, it feels like it's brutal action.
    In the first part of the game it's played pretty nice, but after ten hours of playing as Ellie the game makes us to play as another character Abby. She's daughter of the doctor, which was killed in the end of the first game. The last ten- twelve hours of gameplay feels veeeery long and it could be shorter a lot.    … Expand
  7. GhostDog99
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    the game play is OK just a little better then the first game

    but the story is crap and does not make any sense
    what i loved a bout the first game was the story and that is what mad
    the game one of the best of all time for me
    in the last of us part 2 they just carped all over the gamer with the story
  8. Bean_Demon
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game has crazy good lighting, the graphics are astounding, and the music is so good. This is truly next gen stuff here. However the writing could use some work; the flashbacks are really good though it truly has the spirit of the first game. Now everything that happens in the present is not as good. You can tell early on in the game where it just doesn't sound normal like it's forced in a way. Also some of the characters just do some stuff that isn't in there nature. They try so hard for you to sympathize with Abby, but it's hard to. I know that Naughty Dog can write incredible stories, and I think that's one of the main reasons it got so much hate. Now I wouldn't call it a bad game because it isn't. I also wouldn't call it the best game it's an average game. If it wasn't for the visual, and music part of the game then it would have flopped for sure. Also it's not the actors fault, so stop attacks them. They did the best with what they had.… Expand
  9. Chris505
    Jun 24, 2020
    8
    The gameplay and graphics were mostly great, but the story fell flat in places and dragged down the overall experience. It became a bit of a slog halfway through so I feel like it would have been better if the game was shorter.

    Gameplay: 8/10 The gameplay was great for the most part but some of it felt clunky. The stealth was great, and being able to both crouch and crawl to escape and    The gameplay and graphics were mostly great, but the story fell flat in places and dragged down the overall experience. It became a bit of a slog halfway through so I feel like it would have been better if the game was shorter.

    Gameplay: 8/10
    The gameplay was great for the most part but some of it felt clunky. The stealth was great, and being able to both crouch and crawl to escape and sneak up on enemies was one of the game’s best mechanics. Cracking the safes were fun mini games too; you were really rewarded for exploring the world! However, the hearing vision took too long to come up which caused me to avoid using it much, and having to press a button to open/close the crafting window during combat caused me to miss a few opportunities. Having to mash square all the time quickly became repetitive, it would have been nice to see games make more use of the touch pad in those situations. Every quick time event was “mash square”, with the respite of holding triangle to open doors. It got old fast. Also the hand to hand combat (mash square plus dodging) was a bit naff, it would have been nice if there were a few more mechanics there.

    Graphics: 10/10
    The graphics were excellent, probably the best I’ve seen on a console. The environment was beautiful and fitted the world perfectly; it all looked so real! I only had a couple of glitches throughout the entire game. Only two or three times the clicker didn’t render in a death cutscene, and again only twice the environment disappeared for less than a second; but the first time it happened I was trying to find where my companion went, who was visible when the world disappeared, so I think “it’s not a bug, it’s a feature” fitted there.. the second time it happened was just a glitch though. But still the graphics were pretty much perfect so 10/10!

    Narrative: 5/10
    The story beats let the game down. Some moments have become controversial due to their poor execution and neglect the fans to favour shocking scenes. The pacing felt off and sometimes the cutscenes weren’t interesting enough to make the battle feel worth while, especially during the second half. The letters and notes hidden around had the best writing in the game though. It could have been much better, but overall It was interesting enough to keep me going until the end. The game was spoiled for me before I played it so it didn’t have as much of an impact on me as it perhaps could have.

    Experience: 7/10
    The world felt like a harsh realistic zombie apocalypse and the game did that well considering the graphics and the base world story (the original last of us world helped here). However, the narrative negatively impacted it; I didn’t always understand the character motivations for certain actions, some didn’t seem very realistic. Also I often didn’t know where to go, which was annoying and broke my immersion, but still, I guess that did seem realistic because the character wouldn’t know where to go in a new area they they haven’t been before. I wish it had made more use of background music, there was very little; although being able to play the guitar was fun for me.

    Conclusion:
    The game had a different feel to the original, but I’m not too bothered by that in terms of it as a stand-alone game. However, I would have preferred the sequel to the generally consider masterpiece “the last of us” to have taken a different route story-wise, but the game still has its merits. 7.5/10    … Expand
  10. Fedjaz
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Haha user score goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
  11. neblig6crahan
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    gameplay stuck in 2013, story butchered, characters completely ruined.
    absolute trash of a game.
  12. adasik
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Сначала мне нравилась эта игра, но ровно до того момента когда мне пришлось играть за Эбби, мне не понравилось за нее играть, потому что я не смог вникнуть в её историю, ее переживания. Геймплей Эбби мне показался слишком затянутым.
    Также я заметил что все мужчины в игре показаны злыми, с всеми отрицательными качествами(видимо на это повлияли феминистки). В игре присутствуют ЛГБТ персонажи, но это не ломает лор игры.
    Концовку я оценю на 5.5 из 10.
    Я ждал не ту игру, пес не смог перепрыгнуть самого себя.
    Не могу не согласится с другими рецензиями, сюжет-мусор.
    Если бы не было первой части, я бы поставил 7.5 из 10.    … Expand
  13. maalor
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Прошел игру на PS4 Pro, купив ее в день релиза. Ожидал, что что-то может пойти не так, сливы были весьма настораживающими, но решил поверить репутации студии ND, которая всегда выдавала только потрясающие игры.
    Так сильно я еще не ошибался. Мне не жаль потраченного времени, тем более мне не жаль потраченных денег (в конце концов, художники, нарисовавшие прекрасную графику должны что-то есть) - мне жаль потраченных нервов. Не могу сосчитать количество моментов, когда я либо пробивал себе голову от лютых фейспалмов от тупости поведения персонажей, либо орал в телек, что так не может быть.

    Что меня разочаровало больше всего:

    -Сюжет. А точнее, его отсутствие. С такой завязкой сносной концовки просто не могло случиться. Если бы Элли убила Эбби в конце - это была бы банальная история о мести. Но она хотя бы принесла моральную разрядку игрокам. Если бы не убила - мы и так видим результат в оценках игроков и всеобщем негодовании.
    -Персонажи. Поведение персонажей просто противоречит здравому смыслу. Начиная от начала игры, где Джоэл просто выдает всю информацию незнакомцам, при этом даже не ожидая засады (что в корне противоречит характеру персонажа и тому, ПОЧЕМУ этот персонаж так долго живет в мире пост-апокалипсиса), заканчивая концовкой игры, где Элли щадит Эбби.
    Это не история о ненависти и прощении. Это история о тупости.
    -Однообразный и затянутый геймплей. Игра не изменилась ни на йоту. Это все та же TLoU 2013го года. Боты все такие же тупые. Зомби все такие же раздражающие. Головоломки все так же вызывают зевоту и желание скорее с ними покончить. Игру просто неинтересно проходить.
    -Эбби. И нет, мне плевать на то, как она выглядит, и что она сделала. Не плевать мне на то, что персонаж - пустой болванчик, которого вплели в сюжет, чтобы создать конфликт, который ни к чему не привел. Сегмент за нее точно так же не имеет никакого смысла, кроме растягивания продолжительности игры, и не раскрывает персонажа совершенно никак.

    Что мне понравилось:
    -Превосходная картинка.
    -Звук
    -Игра актеров. Пусть из их рта и вылетал дикий бред, но бред этот был самозабвенный и не вызывал чувства, что актер отрабатывает повинность. Говорю я сейчас об англоязычной версии, ибо проходил я игру именно в ней.

    Пусть Нил Дракман и думает, что создал очень обсуждаемую игру за счет того, что в ней присутствуют controversial персонажи и сюжетные повороты. На деле это не так.
    Игра просто пустая и я чертовски удивлен тому, насколько студия упала в грязь лицом, создав такой проект. Никто не обсуждает сюжет за его глубину, неоднозначность и "О боже, там есть лгбт персонажи". Обсуждают игру за ее поверхность и полное отсутствие идеологии.    … Expand
  14. Lyroan
    Jun 23, 2020
    8
    While nowhere near as great as the first game, doesn't deserve the hate it gets, and definitely a good game nonetheless.
  15. Kace03
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Why did they have to do my boy Joel like that? 7 years and this is what happens eh? **** hell they could have given him a better death. For example they could have had him fight off a large group of people and infected and die in an epic last stand scenario with corpses of men and infected scattered around a large area. Not this **** with Abby. And speaking of Abby, she should have died in the end, but no she lived and god knows where she went. As far as I'm concerned right now I'm just going to pretend this game does not exist.… Expand
  16. Rauf100
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    The gameplay was okay or I rather say good but because of the story it got boring and very annoying , you know to play long games u need motivation and good story telling is a must but this game left bitter taste and uncomfortable feelings .
    I don’t recommend it .
  17. Sphinxedd
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    The writing makes the characters incredibly stupid to push the terrible plot. Bad game, bad writing. Pretty though.
  18. Kotori5cm
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    poor writing, the gameplay feels like a decade old. Don't waste your money on this sh*tty game.
    when ND adds a lot of political and SJW stuff in this game, the game already dead. What's worse is that you are making Asian jokes in the game? Where are SJW and PC?
  19. kaynaan
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    7 years for a generic revenge story. setting up your game for a story-driven, “philosophical questioning” journey, & to be given this final product? just dissatisfying...
  20. DavidP223
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this game is not what i expected story i expected story of joel and elie nat elĺie and abby… Expand
  21. LeandroBDS
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Um excelente jogo n minha opiniao, acreditem nao se importem com as criticas de usuarios ou ate mesmo dos criticos joguem o jogo e tirem suas proprias conclusões.
  22. tttxxttt
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Poor storytelling. Nice animations, but storyline trying to fit current agenda. Sorry, no.
  23. CARMELANZANO
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    joel vie uccis da un tranz che non ce ne fotte a nessuno BASTA CO STE COSE DEI FROCI PORCCODDIO
  24. Bertranch
    Jun 23, 2020
    8
    Hard and miserable, what a bad taste in your mouth leaves you. But its amazing.
    Enganging story, a bit longer than I would like, some ups and downs in the story, but reflects what a real story could be, people dying easily in a miserable world.
    Has ludonarrative dissonance.
  25. Nikanger
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Absolute disappointment, the story sucks, the graphics are meh, and if you are looking to create sexism where there is none well you've achieved that. If I met this tyrant of a being (I wouldn't even call it human) in reality I'd hit it with a shovel, so good job for making everyone feel like that. Hopefully when the world stop catering to the mentally ill we can have our peace back.
  26. Whygodwhy
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    I can’t believe they spent “7 years” on the follow up to the masterpiece that was the first title in this franchise and came up with this. For those who’s main straw man is “oh they didn’t like the lgbt aspects that’s why the didn’t like it,” this couldn’t be further than the truth. I have no problem with inclusion from all walks of life as long as the story is compelling. That being said,I can’t believe they spent “7 years” on the follow up to the masterpiece that was the first title in this franchise and came up with this. For those who’s main straw man is “oh they didn’t like the lgbt aspects that’s why the didn’t like it,” this couldn’t be further than the truth. I have no problem with inclusion from all walks of life as long as the story is compelling. That being said, what a **** MESS Neil **** and his team came up with. While the graphics are above average, I am judging this as a story driven game, just as the first one was. And boy, what an absolute mess the story is. More than deserving of a 0/10, TLOU2 is a forced, contrived, repetitive plot that **** on the previous attachments and submits the player to a ridiculous “revenge bad” lesson that no one gains anything from. Christ you’d think 7 years and they would have found a better route to take this franchise. Characters show up and die for seemingly no reason at all, pacing is completely off compared to the first game, character development is nowhere to be found. It seems as if the writers took a vacation when it came to writing compelling characters. Forcing us to play as Abby for 10 whole hours was a very questionable decision. I can’t even believe I finished this game. By the end of my 25 hours, I have never felt less satisfaction from a game that I spent $60 on. It was so out of character for Ellie to not finish the job after killing 100s of characters on her way to make Joel’s death worth something. I don’t care what anyone says; the ending to this game was an absolute travesty, nothing is gained or learned, the developers assume you have never seen a movie before and force the revenge is bad element so damn hard that it takes you completely out of the game. This should’ve been a separate title as it is completely unbelievable that this is attached to a franchise that garnered as much acclaim as the first one. I feel bad for those who animated the game as there was definite effort put into the visual aspects, but all seems for not in the end. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS GAME IF YOU ENJOYED THE FIRST ONE. The sheep who were paid to review this positively were done so to mislead you, this is definitely one you can skip.… Expand
  27. PhantomEddy
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the worst game sequels of all time.
    DO NOT BUY IT!
    Graphics and gameplay is pretty nice, but that’s all.
    Most of us were liking the the first part because of the amazing story and Charakter Development. The bonding Story of Ellie and Joel was amazing. We could cry, laugh and be happy and angry with them.
    But now they just completely change the Charakter of Ellie and kill Joel right at the beginning? That’ dog ****.
    Also the you have to play have the Game with Abby who tortured and killed Joel. I absolutely hated that.
    Also I have the feeling that they have stretched the game quite a lot because of all the unnecessary long ways. I absolutely didn’t have that in the first part.
    Every Charakter was just lame. In comparison the bow and traps friend of Joel in the first part was way more interesting then all of new characters in this game.
    Also Ellie kills hundreds of people on here way for revenge and then she rescues and spares her main target Abby even though she tortured and killed Joel, she nearly killed Tommy and she killed Jessie.
    That’s just a lot of bull ****.
    DO NOT BUY IT!    … Expand
  28. ImHere2Critic
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After 7 years of awaiting this game's release saying I'm disappointed is an understatement to how this game let me down. The graphics were amazing and that's the only thing that was good about this game. The story lacked and everything about it screamed that this isn't the last of of us. Killing off Joel in the beginning of the game was a slap to the face of people that enjoyed the first game. I don't know who or how these decisions came to be but this game has let so many down and in all honesty naughty dog should feel let down as well, you guys and girls have decided that you didn't care for your fans and went with such a negative turn that this game needs to be thrown away and started again. The only way to save this is to make amends and to release a new last of us that we all deserve. I wont give this game a zero because that would be wrong but a solid 1 is what it deserves. It now gets a zero for not letting me post my review. Good job.… Expand
  29. redjohn961
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    when the first thing I do is send my character off a cliff because I want her to die because it's so clear what's going to happen you made a mistake, and then I did it three more times when I got control of her again, and many more after because you have made such a hatable character that I'm forced to use for half of the game. I haven't been so disappointed with the ending of a game in awhen the first thing I do is send my character off a cliff because I want her to die because it's so clear what's going to happen you made a mistake, and then I did it three more times when I got control of her again, and many more after because you have made such a hatable character that I'm forced to use for half of the game. I haven't been so disappointed with the ending of a game in a long time, the other half of this game where I play as someone I actually don't try to kill at every opportunity is actually decent. the original game is one of my favorites and this is a terrible follow up i wish i had saved my money.… Expand
  30. jeremy-
    Jun 23, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its surprising that a game with 10/10 graphics and a 9/10 soundtrack and decent gameplay could only receive a 6/10, but thats where I would rate TLoU2 due to its story.

    For some context, the previous entry TLoU1 was a story set in a dystopian/miserable world that had a story fundamentally about love.. and hope. With all the tragedy that they underwent, it was the juxtaposition of hope and Joel/Ellie's story that carried you through the game.

    TLoU2 was a story set in a dystopian world about love and hate/revenge, (At least on Ellie's story). Without the aspect of hope, and given the context of the story... unfortunately there was very little redeeming about this game in terms of story. You had a miserable world and a miserable revenge plot. This was the authors intent and the author succeeded in this mission. Yes, there were some other intentions such as exploring the concept of revenge and forgiveness, but this was felt as secondary to the prime directive to make you miserable.

    I think the authors of the story looked it on paper and perhaps in the context of film and thought it would be an artistic masterpiece, because the story on paper seems beautifully woven and with intricacies and nuance to its themes that if explored differently might have been enjoyable. But in the context of a video game it simply didnt work. The miserable, hopeless story detracted from what could have been a game with similar global appeal as the original. The CHOICE of hopelessness is something I cannot understand for a video game. A video game is 25-40 hours long, not 2 hours long. It is NOT the same as a movie. Hopelessness for 25-40 hours is an ill-informed decision, especially escalating hopelessness.

    Expanding on this point, in most video games, EG survival horror games like (Resident Evil, Dead Space, Wolfenstein, the Evil Within, Silent Hill, etc), you are enduring hopelessness but at a third wall level you know you are the protagonist and you think that you will come out okay in the end. The brutal murder of Joel in the beginning of TLoU2 eradicates any semblance that this is the case. You are enduring actual hopelessness for 25-50 hours. I felt this game was basically the equivalent if as Christopher Nolan decided to make Dunkirk 30 hours long as an artistic vision. This kind of experience is not designed to be 30 hours long and any reasonable person should know that the game needed hope to make it endure, (like as was contained in the first game). Its was as if Neil doesnt actually play video games so he doesnt understand that this is not a movie and how his vision would actually translate into a game.

    Expanding further, playing Abby was ultimately repugnant and unenjoyable. This is not toxic masculinity or bias, this is the general consensus and it is strongly correlated with being a "gamer", IE, whether you adored the first game. The character that brutally murdered Joel because her father refused to not murder his (basically), adoptive child is not an ethical grey. Despite condemning the world, western societies are not the collectivist societies of Russia/China, etc. Western societies are individualist societies that value the individual human life. For not even CONSULTING with Joel he has the western moral right, and Abby was in a typical moral wrong, (from the western societal level). Despite any potential redemption path for her, the decision to make you play as her is repugnant from the perspective from any member of a society that values classical liberalism and individualism.

    Finally, and a point of contract. Here is my proposal for how the story SHOULD have gone, but why they didnt because current year is 2020. I actually agree that Joel's death could be fitting and even poetic, but not the way he did. If Joel has to die, imagine that they give you the game with him and he dies at the end. The story gives you the whole game to process that BEFORE hand with hints (through context of the story and the situation they are in), that he might die. At least throughout the entire game there is the HOPE that it will turn out okay. Imagine that they come for Joel and murder dozens of people and threaten the town but dont get Joel. Joel and Elly head out and explore the revenge and all the themes the same way. And by the end of it, some sort of conflict/hostage situation has to occur, and right when they are at the finish line, Joel decides to sacrifices himself for Ellie as HIS decision, and somehow throughout the course of the game or at the end he can deliver the same message that the end of this game had, to live her life and not get revenge. This is the story that makes sense, but it was the story that they couldnt tell because they wanted to tell a more progressive story. There is nothing wrong with progressive messages, I think its great to give hope to marginalised groups. But this game decided to decapitate the obvious, beautiful, poetic story.. for a progressive story that didnt make sense.    … 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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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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