The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 161975 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. ariparty420
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the 2020 of videogames, starts great and kicks your heart out of your ass within a few hours. It's easier to blame the strawman of incels and gamergaters than to acknowledge that the game is extremely divisive. Same playbook as the new star wars trilogy and i am not here for it. Im an LGBTQIA+ woman, so no, this is not based on me being any of the buzzwords you want to throw out. A pretty game with a story that seems written for a creative writing class in middle school. Also the bad optics of releasing a game where you watch the man that you (Ellie) loved like a father get beat to death ON FATHERS DAY WEEKEND, leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Im heartbroken for the characters, the people who spent years working on this, and all the fans who DIDNT see the spoilers, DIDNT read the users reviews, and BELIEVE all the outlets saying everyone who is rating this negatively hates LGBT or didnt play the game.… Expand
  2. Brcortez
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    One of the best pieces of story telling I've experienced in a long time and a natural progression of where the first game left off
  3. Dupsidia
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Worst game of 2020. Why? Because the story is dog food. My only hope is that this game is not canonic.
  4. pumperZERO
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Jogo simplesmente perfeito. Gráficos, o enredo da história, dificuldade, em tudo! Estou adorando.
  5. Whit3Mal3Rag3
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    From the beginning to the end this is a fantastic game. The story, the graphic fidelity, sound design, all top notch. Naughty dog has done it again and I cant wait to see where they take the series in the future. People say there is no perfect game. Now there is 11/10
  6. Panconmanjar17
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Se cargarón todo lo que alguna vez significó verdaderamente the last of us.
  7. DLowery428
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If The Last Jedi and season 8 of Game of Thrones were video games, this would be it.… Expand
  8. FedericoMercuri
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let´s be honest. The franchise is ruined. The last of us 1 was a great game and i had a really good time playing the ps4 remastered version. But, my god. The last of us 2 ruined it. The story is an epic fail. The graphics are good, the mechanichs are there. But, the story is just horrible. Season 8 of game of thrones is like the godfather compare to this. Joel dies in the first hour of the game (in a really patetic way) Abby, the real main protagonist of the game, killed him with a golf club. Joel, the guy who used to be like a terminator in the first part, goes to an obvious ambush and did nothing. Lame. That was just cheap. After that i really didnt want to play with Abby. Her face is strange also, something is wrong with her design ( she looks like a male bodybuilder) And, in the end, Elie forgives Abby ( after losing two fingers in a Quick time event fight!) I don´t have problems with gay, trans and lesbian comunnity. It has nothing to do with it. This game is just bad. Don`t buy it. Stick with the first part.… Expand
  9. Djalzer48
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    If you like games that run at 30fps, there AI can't even do simple task like walking down stairs, and just hate having fun I introduced walking simulator 2020( at least death stranding had a new unique story) they basically take all known good game design and push it out the window I would say this is probably an equivalent to a modern live action DC movie just got how bad this story hasIf you like games that run at 30fps, there AI can't even do simple task like walking down stairs, and just hate having fun I introduced walking simulator 2020( at least death stranding had a new unique story) they basically take all known good game design and push it out the window I would say this is probably an equivalent to a modern live action DC movie just got how bad this story has been written. But ya it's basically walking and a cut scene a majority of the game with a mediocre at best story. But hey we got good graphics right ?… Expand
  10. buraksdream
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    garbage. its just political message. poor story. shame. The Last of Us 2 is a true testament to how not to make a sequel for a game.
  11. DanyaDotanya99
    Jun 19, 2020
    9
    SJW piece of crap. Games like this one are clear example how humanity can go wrong way in it evolution to intelligentest creatures on the planet.
  12. Jesusjemb
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
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  13. altm1
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Great game, exploring is fun, the environments are huge and i like the new infected. Everyone on here giving it a bad score hasn't even played it and are just throwing a tantrum
  14. Smat77
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Spoiler Alert! Worst story in the history of video games. How can you take a masterpiece like the Last of Us and just destroy it while insulting your fans? Great job!
  15. matteruson
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you didn't already hate golf before... Tiger Woods wept. Joel gets his skull beaten in.

    Trannies penetrate everything onscreen - including each other. And all is forgiven by a bad writing.    … Expand
  16. Cobalt_Six
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Una obra maestra arruinada por malas decisiones tomadas por sus desarrolladores en la elaboración de la historia.
    Literalmente el GoT season 7 de los videojuegos.
  17. Ali90
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Killing Joel and Abby gets away is so **** up, they ruined the game.
    After all these years I have been waiting for a trash!!    … Expand
  18. Wackamack
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Last of Us Part 2 is simply a masterpiece - this is undoubtedly Naughty Dog's magnum opus thus far. Dramatically improves on the original game's gameplay and tells and personal, heartfelt story. Contrary to bigoted claims of "SJW **** and "pandering", one of the relationships at the core of the game feels entirely natural and beautiful. Refreshingly willing to take risks, this game is phenomenal
  19. Wesley87
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    The last of Us is important because its Story is deep and emotional, but the choices in Part II is very questionable. Deserves 10 in many aspects, but for me in a game focused in narrative story the score is at least half of importance. For me who loved Part I and consider 1 of 3 games of my life. Part II is a disaster because destroy the characters I love with no sense narrative and tryThe last of Us is important because its Story is deep and emotional, but the choices in Part II is very questionable. Deserves 10 in many aspects, but for me in a game focused in narrative story the score is at least half of importance. For me who loved Part I and consider 1 of 3 games of my life. Part II is a disaster because destroy the characters I love with no sense narrative and try to force somethings that I dont like.… Expand
  20. N1ceDreams
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    While I like to watch and play trash sometimes, this is below anyone with half a brain cell. Bad doesn't justify what this game is. It's just appalling. They will say this got review bombed... But how does that even make sense when we all knew no matter how good or bad this game was, millions were going to be playing it and watching it. These scores are legit and do justice for an awful game.
  21. The_Osteraciser
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm not sure how they messed up so terribly, but oh boy. Naughty dog has had an incredible track record, with amazing titles like the Uncharted series, Crash bandicoot, Jack and Daxter, and the first Last of Us, you'd expect The last of us part 2 to be their next biggest and greatest game. You'd EXPECT it to be. To be frank, the last of us part 2 is a failure on nearly every level. It turns Elie into an insufferable person who has little to no growth. The choices made are next to unbelievable and most of the time just downright stupid. Pointless plot points and a cast of characters that could be replaced with literally anybody else and nothing would be changed, which leads me into the spoilers.
    Let's first get the elephant out of the room first, Joel had no real reason to die. Its the most coincidental meeting in video game history, where Abby just so happens to run into the ONE person she's trying to kill. We're then met with a brutal cutscene where Joel gets shot in the leg, then tortured on screen. Her reasons being that her father was one of the doctors you killed from the last game when you go to the firefly hospital to save elie's life. No seriously thats their justification for abby being in this game. So after were forced to watch Joel get tortured to death and listen to elie scream and say she'll kill every one of them, they make us play as Abby. No im not joking. 10-12 hours of this game is us playing as the character we just watched murder with a golf club one of the main 2 characters of the last game. It gets better though, because at the end of the game, when elie, after killing hundreds of WLF soldiers, gets the chance to kill the one person responsible for joels death, and guess what happens. Elie. Let's. Abby. Go. After everything that she's gone through, all the killing, her killing multiple characters thst are close to elie, she lets her go. I honestly couldn't believe my eyes when I watched this play out. This game fails in every aspect except graphical fidelity and soundtrack, which both sound and look amazing. Everything else about this game is terrible. Mechanics that feel stuck in last gen and hardly feel like an improvement, a cast of characters you never end up caring about, ridiculous choices made by characters, and an abhorrent story. This game gets a 1 from me, which is only because it looks and sounds good, everything else is terrible. This is about as bad as Disney star wars, which i tend to treat the same way, forget its even there and have fun with the older stu    … Expand
  22. TippyTop
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The so called "critical reviews" are completely out of touch with the user reviews for a reason. The user reviews are full of normal gamers giving their honest judgement after spending their own money, while the critical reviews are full of corrupt career reviewers who are scared that standing out of line in the current toxic left wing dominant political climate will hurt them. They alsoThe so called "critical reviews" are completely out of touch with the user reviews for a reason. The user reviews are full of normal gamers giving their honest judgement after spending their own money, while the critical reviews are full of corrupt career reviewers who are scared that standing out of line in the current toxic left wing dominant political climate will hurt them. They also care about their exclusive relationship with Sony for PS5, so will dare not step out of line against a big budget Sony game.

    Let's be honest here, this is a game with an expensive studio behind it, meaning it has triple A graphics, even if it is nothing we haven't seen before, buts that's where it ends. The gameplay itself is nothing ground breaking and quite flat when considering where the original was at for it's time. This is fundamentally a single player story game, with a popular Last of Us 1 behind it. This is where the biggest failure of the game appears. The story stinks of Social Justice Warrior politically correct culture, even if you play trying not to think about it, the game will slap you with more, while simultaneously destroying everything that made the original story great. If you hope of continued story of Part 1, then you will be very disappointed. I understand the studio lead wanted a game of strong independent testosterone fueled lesbian women, but it seems that they were more concerned with ticking those boxes than actually making any characters the player can care about, relate to or even remotely like.

    I would be happy for this game to be destroyed after playing it, as I won't ever go back to it, I don't feel happy at spending my time playing it, I feel cheated by pre-ordering it and I certainly won't be going back to buy from a studio that spends the most part of a decade making something as pointless as it is political. It's a soulless attempt by creators who think they are pushing boundaries, but in reality need to wake up and smell what they are shovelling.    … Expand
  23. Halfblood76
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is such an incredible disappointment. I was so hyped for this game that you would literally have to humiliate and brutally murder one of the main characters from the previous game to get me to dislike it. Even then, I would probably be open to one of the characters dying, if the story was presented in a compelling way. Unfortunately this story is not. In fact, you are tasked with playing as your hero's murderer halfway into the game, and the writer (Neil Druckmann) wants ever so bad to make you feel sorry for this character. To feel compelled by her story and to sympathize with her torturing and clubbing Joel to death. Well, Neil, I do not. This story reeks of shock factor for the mere existence of it. It is so far up its own ass you wonder how Druckmann ever came out for air to put this thing into existence.


    I would never recommend this game, especially to fans of the original. This is offensively terrible story writing and it's a shame that the first games writer (Bruce Straley) wasn't here to reign it in.    … Expand
  24. JFK-IS-AFK
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    WOW..... JUST WOW....
    they have been a naughty dog indeed
    Graphics are good, the story, just **** they let Joel die for no reason???
    Stick with the first game if you can and highly not recommended
  25. C0ldbl00ded
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don’t usually write reviews but for The Last of Us i am not only making and exception, i have gone out of my way to create this account. What was naughty dog expecting? How can you so brutally push a political agenda down people’s throat? Are you guys really dumb enough to expect TLOU fans to see the hero die in the beginning of the game and like it? TLOU was all about Joel and Ellie and the sequel was all about how Naughty Dog destroys that relationship and the game itself. It in fact was not even a sequel, it was a SJW’s murder of the first game. Extremely disappointed with not only Naughty Dog but also Playstation. I kept this machine for 8 years only for this game and this is what I get. I have now decided to sell it and switch to PC. Thank you for your piece of trash, this review is what you get for killing beautiful story oriented games and characters.… Expand
  26. FrancisRoille
    Jun 19, 2020
    10
    Sublime game. I applaud the way the story is presented with such expertise. Nothing but a resounding success
  27. Andersss20
    Jun 19, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Buen juego a pesar de los spoilers muy buen juego con mecánicas de sigilo muy intuitiva

    Lo de la muerte de Joel tenía q ser así

    El final con un buen combate entre elli y abby además del espectacular flash black de elli con Joel el cual ella le recrimina el por q no la dejo morir y así salvar al mundo.    … Expand
  28. Alibi73
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just created an account so I can make this review. Major story spoilers ahead.

    The Last of Us Part 2 is a dumpster fire compared to it's predecessor.

    - Unceremoniously killed off Joel.

    - Dumping a truckload of backstory on Abby and forcing me to play as her doesn't make me feel sorry for her, or forgive her for what she did.

    - Ellie goes on a revenge mission, killing 100+ people on the way to get Abby. Then, out of nowhere, at the absolute last second, she decides, "Actually, killing is bad". And LETS HER GO. Seriously? That's what you came up with? Some pseudo philosophical message about how "Revenge is bad" Yet Abby can get hers and go on her merry way?

    - So much needless violence and edgyness, At times, it's like watching an 15 year old's murder fantasy. I get it, you want to be raw and emotional, but normal people don't act like this.

    On the side note, it's very suspecious how this game got 9/10s and 10/10s by big gaming reviewers, despite universal backlash the day of it's release. How did this garbage get 95 and a "Must Play" award from Metacritic?

    Save your money. Maybe replay the first game, since they actually knew what they were doing there.    … Expand
  29. n0pe
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Disgusting game made by disgustingly decadent people with a disgusting message and racist undertones, religious discrimination, tries to normalize disgusting ideas, paints a disgusting view of humanity. Nonsensical storytelling to cater to their overarching disgusting message that they want to drill into the minds of many. Rejection of peace, humanity, love, and everything that is goodDisgusting game made by disgustingly decadent people with a disgusting message and racist undertones, religious discrimination, tries to normalize disgusting ideas, paints a disgusting view of humanity. Nonsensical storytelling to cater to their overarching disgusting message that they want to drill into the minds of many. Rejection of peace, humanity, love, and everything that is good about humanity. Disgustingly negative views. Who would want to make something like this? Who would want to spread this negative of a message to thousands of fans? Those who made this game must have been absolutely miserable and wanted to spread this misery. I hate whoever made this, for making such a disgustingly negative piece of media. Get help.… Expand
  30. solidinvestor
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This release is a very politically biased addition to a series that began with no political affiliation. Leave politics out of video games! 0/10… Expand
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 113 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
  3. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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