The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 161975 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 84,950 out of 161975
  2. Mixed: 8,550 out of 161975
  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. N3utr4lst4r
    Feb 25, 2021
    0
    My sincere opinion, I played this game and I was totally disappointed, a bad experience, I didn't buy the game, I won, and the disappointment was so great that I will break this garbage. It's absurd how they can ruin a franchise, with a totally revolting story and addressing issues that don't need to be addressed in a game.
  2. NTant2
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    Hot garbage. I wish I could get my money and time back that i spent on this game. I loved the original Last of Us, arguably my favorite game of all time. But this? Nope
  3. Gaiothy
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is absolutely horrible i don't understand how someone would like this game with all of the misleading trailers Making you think that joel is in the game and not just die in the first tow hours Oh wait that is what actually happend Lets see what will they do with the character that killed him in cold blood after him saving her oh wait are they forcing us to play as her and showing us that she's a good person and we're the bad guy wtf… Expand
  4. JDOrka27
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    Totally disappointed. Was hoping to get another brilliant story with Ellie as main character but instead had to play as this Abby/trap villain without being able to skip her/its chapters or get back to Ellie. The game contains many disgusting moments and what the studio did to some of most beloved characters from Part 1 is inexcusable. 0/10
  5. MajinGohan
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story is just lazy, this whole revenge plot is a decent idea, but the way they did it only pisses the players off. Why have a revenge plot to teach the player that revenge is not good after killing dozens of people to finally achieve your one goal, to kill the main villain! Yes, Abby is the villain, she's a psychopath that willingly smashed a person's skull after a person lying on the ground helplessly begs her to stop. The game tries to show the players her perspective but fails to have the connection that Joel and Ellie have. They spent a whole game on Ellie and Joel's relationship and expecting the player to have the same feeling towards the person that literally ends that is such poor and bad writing. This game can NOT be enjoyed when the story makes you cringe so hard, it's hard to focus and survive when you are playing Abby. Thoughts that come up are just letting the game kill her. This revenge plot could've been an interesting one, if Joel maybe died in a better way, and actually focusing on Abby as the villain. We kill her and realize that revenge isn't the best way to cope with someone's loss. Instead, we just got a blue balling ending which made the whole player base pissed. 0/10, can't even focus on combat without thinking of killing my self.… Expand
  6. Joyboy
    Jul 19, 2020
    0
    Graphic good, gameplay good, story so much bad.

    Plot armors, ending unrealistic, forced to play as abby.

    Side charachters poorly written nust to die fast
  7. Mvpmb
    Jul 19, 2020
    0
    This game has several fundamental issues.

    While it’s visually stunning, the gameplay feels contrived from the original with little innovation, and feels exhausting over the 30 hour campaign as the exact same enemy varieties and attack techniques are utilised. In terms of the story, the game disregards its USP, the Joel/Ellie dynamic, as well as the inspiring themes of the original in    This game has several fundamental issues.

    While it’s visually stunning, the gameplay feels contrived from the original with little innovation, and feels exhausting over the 30 hour campaign as the exact same enemy varieties and attack techniques are utilised.

    In terms of the story, the game disregards its USP, the Joel/Ellie dynamic, as well as the inspiring themes of the original in favour of a grim revenge plot. As such it lacks the emotionally compelling relational dynamics that made the first game so memorable. A key death is handled in a very convenient, random, degrading manner making it feel more like shock for the sake of shock than a well written plot point. Abbys character is handled poorly as the writing tries so hard to make you empathise with her but never truly does, while the ending feels utterly pointless, the moral lesson being, it’s okay to torture lots of random innocent people but avenging a loved one is bad! This would be quite like return of the Jedi if darth vader got killed by a random Jedi’s niece instead of us seeing the Luke /Vader climax ( Joel/Ellie’s turbulent relationship after she learns the truth being the equivocal plot point we missed out on).

    In trying to subvert expectations it creates a boring and soulless plot and it’s a real shame because the first remains amongst the most grim but inspiring stories of all time. Rest in peace!    … Expand
  8. Pandamancan
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    To keep things fair I will be rating last of us 2 on the following criteria
    Story - TLOU2 is a dumb revenge plot which anyone can find a dime a dozen in any B list movie .The studio tries to shove a political agenda down the gamers throat and doesn't even bother to make the cancerous pc agenda bearable. The story would have been average if not for TLOU , in the context of the first game it    To keep things fair I will be rating last of us 2 on the following criteria
    Story - TLOU2 is a dumb revenge plot which anyone can find a dime a dozen in any B list movie .The studio tries to shove a political agenda down the gamers throat and doesn't even bother to make the cancerous pc agenda bearable. The story would have been average if not for TLOU , in the context of the first game it is terrible with characters doing things which would have gotten them killed 30 years ago and how they have managed to survive all these years is the true miracle. The game even fails to execute the simple revenge plot properly by "making us sympathize" with the antagonist and not even finishing that up properly.
    Characters - The characters are generic and one of them looks like they have been taking steroids for 10 years. Hate the character progression.
    Graphics - Great
    Gameplay _ TLOU was never a game you would play for the gameplay and the story was the main draw this game falls flat in that regard still credit where credit is due it's" better" I guess.
    This should have been a standalone game and maybe just maybe it would have succeeded moderately.
    Don't waste your money and time. 0/10    … Expand
  9. Weigfield
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    A historia do jogo perde total foco do primeiro jogo, jogo que era considerado com umas das melhores historias, foi mudado por uma com personagens rasos, que ngm se importa, e ainda foca mais em tiroteio generalizado
  10. Faisam88
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Didn't like it at all, first Joel got killed and then the game try to make us simpatyze with Abby. This is not what everyone was looking for. The story it upside down, at the end the final boss is Ellie. Totally not worth the time and the money.… Expand
  11. instinxts
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    Great Graphics TERRIBLE ASS STORY
    HOW IN GODS NAME ARE THEY GOING TO KILL A FAN FAVORITE CHARACTER AND MAKE YOU PLAY AS HER THIS GAME IS DOGSH!T Nothing like 1 this game to me doesn’t exist
  12. mgy8008
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    What a giant turd of a dissapointment. If you loved the first game, just pretend this one doesn't exist. The director of this game clearly hates the fanbase.
  13. EdwardBill
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The best game I've ever played... wow...
    Everything is perfect in the game. Thanks ND!    … Expand
  14. Assassinofbads
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Men its a piece of trash… Expand
  15. Sebi649
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. **** story and an even **** ending
    And it's such a disappointment compared to the first one    … Expand
  16. Stealthmann
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    It breaks my heart how bad this was. After this i played the first and pretend it was just a dream.
  17. Guitarist77
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    You've taken everything good about the first game and ripped it apart. Congratulations on wasting my time
  18. Gigionp
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    Great game in the technical aspects however the story is the worst as could be, none of the characters make sense in the story and all the things that happened just simply was garbage!!!
  19. Harrio20
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    Naughty Dog dropped the ball with this one. No offense to anyone who enjoyed the game, all the power to you! But just look at the difference between the user and metascore. If you were a die hard fan of the first game and original characters I’d probably pass on this one.
  20. maxmax9999
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    this game definitely not worth a 5, obviously there are alots of bots spamming 10 recently. Bad story, outdated gameplay proven AAA games doesn't really improved thru years, only improved in graphics.
  21. Elim999
    Jul 31, 2023
    0
    Play Ghost of Tsushima instead. Better a game than an agenda. Naughty Dog are the biggest **** in the game industry
  22. Nassfer
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    It's Sad that I'm waited so long for this game, to see it contaminated with politics and poor written.
  23. asd123ased
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 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
    I just want to forget about this game.    … Expand
  24. rrrsave
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    i waited for long of time to play this game... look what i got, bad story game with paid fake reviews and dishonest trailer, the developer should be know basic human psychology, they should make positive game... negative game only get people angry and get negative reviews
  25. KunthSmasha
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    Rather than make a game with a moderately coherent storyline, which has some consonance with the first game, it seems that the storyline has been hijacked by persons who care only about pushing their socio-political agenda and not a flying f*** about the game or the franchise.

    People playing games, play games for fun - a game should not be used as a tool to brainwash someone. Its    Rather than make a game with a moderately coherent storyline, which has some consonance with the first game, it seems that the storyline has been hijacked by persons who care only about pushing their socio-political agenda and not a flying f*** about the game or the franchise.

    People playing games, play games for fun - a game should not be used as a tool to brainwash someone. Its actually quite pathetic, because it isn't even subtle. Games, movies and entertainment allow suspension of disbelief, because the audience just wants to have a good time. It doesn't matter what the story is about - aliens, mutants, whatever. But audiences are not stupid - they can see a blatant attempt by someone to push an agenda. It is unfortunate, that the "powers that be", choose to sacrifice a franchise for their political motivations.

    it makes you wonder if there is any point playing games anymore ? Where is the fun ? If gamers just wanted to be brainwashed, we could turn on our favorite news channel and watch it all day for free, instead of shelling out top dollar to get disappointed.

    The question is, why is there such a discrepancy between critic scores and users scores ? Critics care only about where their bread and butter is coming from. Users care about other users having a good time, and avoiding wasting money. Now media outlets are saying it doesn't matter what the fans think. If the fans think the game is terrible, then who is the game being made for ?    … Expand
  26. Hitokirisaga
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    Una narrativa terrible, casi ningún cambio en la jugabilidad, un final malísimo para mi personaje favorito, intentando hacerlo quedar como el villano por elegir a alguien que se gana la figura de ser su hija, eliminado por un personaje detestable que te obligan a usar en casi la mitad del juego con el cual lo único que te apetece es que muera, creo posibilidad de dar el final que tú mismoUna narrativa terrible, casi ningún cambio en la jugabilidad, un final malísimo para mi personaje favorito, intentando hacerlo quedar como el villano por elegir a alguien que se gana la figura de ser su hija, eliminado por un personaje detestable que te obligan a usar en casi la mitad del juego con el cual lo único que te apetece es que muera, creo posibilidad de dar el final que tú mismo decidas, en fin.. Terrible juego, terrible final para una saga a la que tenía muchísimo cariño.… Expand
  27. ou_sama_dah
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    the last of ass can t even dececribe itself as a game.............................................................................................
  28. Psycho78
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    Probably one of the worst games I’ve played. The story ruins it for me. The graphics are like putting lipstick on a pig. Don’t waste your money on these piece of garbage.
  29. Rosha
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    The worst Game of All Time...This Game offers you a bad story but Good Graphics and Mechanics..But its less important than the Story..Purchased the Game because Naughty Dog Showed the Audience Fake Clips and Trailers...False Advertisment helped them to sell 4.8 million copies in the first week.Did'nt Expected that Story from Naughty Dog.
  30. roseta3527
    Jul 17, 2020
    0
    Plot holes, unjustified character decisions, and Druckmann's wish fulfillment needs are what this game is reduced to. The best part of The Last of Us 1 was it's story, and this game doesn't have one. It's just fan fiction made by a delusional man. It tries, and fails very, very badly to indoctrinate the player with his ideologies.

    And besides, fake advertising, the fact that Druckmann    Plot holes, unjustified character decisions, and Druckmann's wish fulfillment needs are what this game is reduced to. The best part of The Last of Us 1 was it's story, and this game doesn't have one. It's just fan fiction made by a delusional man. It tries, and fails very, very badly to indoctrinate the player with his ideologies.

    And besides, fake advertising, the fact that Druckmann >admitted< to have an agenda when making this mess, the fact that Metacritic is still holding some Critic Reviews back because they speak poorly of the game and blocked user reviews for a while, should tell you need to know about this game's real intentions.    … Expand
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 121 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 113 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 121
  3. Negative: 0 out of 121
  1. GameMAG
    Sep 13, 2020
    90
    The Last of Us Part II is the high point of the PlayStation 4. The plot is controversial, but the game is the incredibly addictive adventure of Ellie, from which it is impossible to pull away from the opening and to the very end.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Sep 5, 2020
    93
    Not everyone is going to enjoy the motives of The Last of Us Part II. But if you try and manage to accept the subliminal and not so subtle messages as a fact that the world has gone awry and that people have the need to have somewhere or someone to belong to as their own way out, then... You will witness the boundaries of gaming expand. You will witness a true masterpiece.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    75
    If you loved the original for its great characters and well-paced story – stay away from this game. However, if you’re aching to sink into the depths of depression, or just want to cut some throats and burn some zombies – Part II will deliver. [Issue#247, p.72]
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