The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. JuanArmando
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Visual y auditivamente el juego es espectacular, mejores facciones y reacciones de los personajes, la IA y todo en general.
    El apartado de historia es en donde muchos se estan quejando, y eso es solo por seguir los comentarios de algunos haters y youtubers ya que desde el dia 1 habia muchas quejas y es imposible terminarte el juego en 1 solo dia.
    Super recomendable jugarlo y tener    Visual y auditivamente el juego es espectacular, mejores facciones y reacciones de los personajes, la IA y todo en general.
    El apartado de historia es en donde muchos se estan quejando, y eso es solo por seguir los comentarios de algunos haters y youtubers ya que desde el dia 1 habia muchas quejas y es imposible terminarte el juego en 1 solo dia.
    Super recomendable jugarlo y tener autocritica y pensamiento propio ya que el videojuego es muy humano, no estas viviendo una historia de super heroes, son humanos con actitudes grises, no hay buenos ni malos solo supervivientes, rencor, amor, sentimientos como los que todos tenemos.

    10/10    … Expand
  2. Jami3
    Jun 23, 2020
    5
    Nice visuals, good acting, great soundtrack, ok gameplay but a poor story. I enjoyed the game but the story was bad, ending was meaningless and I didn't get attached to the character really. But overall a decent game. Not great but not bad either.
  3. kmc22
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    It’s a masterwork. What a game. It is one of the most immersive and harrowing experiences I’ve had with a game - or with anything. I drank it in.
  4. mynd
    Jun 24, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's hard to give this game a fair shake due to all the controversy, from the leaks to behavior of Sony and Naughty Dog to the blatant lying and spread of misinformation by the access media. Even some misleading information from the official trailers. That said, let's give it a shot.

    Story, not a fan, there are so many problems here, let's begin.

    The players that don't make it past Joel's death cannot be blamed for that, nor should they be blamed for making their reviews solely on that event alone. The set up abandoned all of Joel's character building from the first, it was disrespectful to his character and ultimately, has no payoff by the end of the game. This is the first event that literally persuades the player from not continuing the game, and it's a big one.

    Next, Abby. Her character design is particularly strange. There's absolutely nothing that makes you like her and empathize with her. I hate to say she's agenda driven, but that's the only thing that seems to make sense in her design. To put it as simple as possible, she was created to kill Joel. Why anyone would expect you to like and empathize with her after that is ludicrous. She is the antagonist, plain and simple. We hate her.

    So she let's Ellie survive and you spend half the game trying to get close to her again. Could feel like the whole game for some people, and this is where you meet your next big scenario that makes you want to stop playing the game for good. You finally end up in a scenario with Abby, you expect some big fight is going to happen, it's an intense moment, you don't know what's gonna happen because you don't have the upper hand and what happens??? It fades to black and suddenly your playing Abby's backstory and your first thought it WHAT THE EFF?? Second thought is, I DON'T CARE. Then you are overcome with the desire to simply quit playing.

    So you somehow go through all that, you get to the end of the game hoping something will make it worth it and then comes the final slap in the face. Ellie loves playing the guitar, it's her thing, it was in her trailers and marketing and had a few special moments throughout the game. Then what happens? You fight with Abby, she effing bites your fingers off and despite her killing Joel, and all the killing Ellie had to do to even get here, she let's Abby go.

    What was even the point of it all? WHAT WAS THE POINT!? Where's the payoff to killing Joel early in the story? Why make you play as Abby? She was irredeemable for anyone invested in these characters and franchise. Okay, Joel killer her father, but why did he do it? Self-defense? To protect Ellie??? Here we have a game about revenge that begins with Abby taking hers and then Ellie is like naw???? Tell me how this makes sense? Worst of all is the final salt in your wounds when Ellie can no longer play her guitar.

    Atmosphere and graphics are perfectly set and gorgeous. Anyone saying this isn't one of the best looking games on PS4 would be disingenuous. The graphics don't save the game by any means, but they certainly bring the score up and that's about all I have to say on that.

    Gameplay? I mean you're forced to kill a dog. That really sucks. Game loves making you do things and then feel bad for them. Plays better than it's predecessor but still gets repetitious and somewhat boring. Especially the latter half of the game because if you're still motivated to play at that point, all you want to do is get to the end.

    This game was a massive disappointment primarily due to the story decisions. The story is objectively bad and it makes you feel bad for playing through it. The only thing I am personally thankful for is that I am not invested in these characters like so many others. With that said, I am still heartbroken for Joel and Ellie.

    In closing, I'll say that while this game may sell well, the fans will not support a third entry. The bridge is burning and there's nothing that can be done to save it.    … Expand
  5. juleso
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    gameplay was incredibly tense and fun, and i loved the story. pacing was a bit weird, tho.
  6. alauese
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This game should not exist. Neil Suckman should be ashamed for lying to the true fans of TLOU. Using Joel to sell the game because they knew no one would buy it if they had just come out straight with Abby being part of the story.
  7. Sebas124
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Increíble juego espero y sigan así
    Naughty dog y que puedan continuar con la historia de esta gran joya
  8. romeo7love
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Boring ending, boring gameplay, i wish i just pmay any part 1. Part 2 is ****… Expand
  9. dmoch
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    One of greatest failures and disappointments as well as worst sequels in history of gaming. Game is good at technical level, but gameplay after few hours becomes boring, however story is a complete disaster, at many parts is just stupid, especially the ending, there are multitude plotholes and player is forced to play for half of game as obnoxious character that brutally murdered Joel atOne of greatest failures and disappointments as well as worst sequels in history of gaming. Game is good at technical level, but gameplay after few hours becomes boring, however story is a complete disaster, at many parts is just stupid, especially the ending, there are multitude plotholes and player is forced to play for half of game as obnoxious character that brutally murdered Joel at the beginning of the game. Also, why literally everyone is gay?… Expand
  10. Ginodeluca
    Jun 23, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Desrespeito para com o Joel, descaracterizaram o personagem. Além de te forçarem a jogar com a assassina dele para vermos o ponto de vista dela e termos empatia (o que não acontece). E no final ainda forçam pra psicopata sobreviver. Pecaram justamente na história, o que era o ponto forte… Expand
  11. Elgallonegro97
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Destrosaron la historia al querer forzar la integracion de los grupos lgbt lo cual me llena de odio… Expand
  12. Sackfly
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Ok mi opinión it’s not that bad, the gameplay is almost perfect, but I really disagree with the story
  13. TonyL231
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    The hate this game is receiving is both justified, and over exaggerated. I think the graphics are amazing, game play is awesome! And I can respect what they did here...I went into this game with an open mind...NOT expecting it to be a cookie cutter sequel to LOU..and if you can realize what they are trying to do here, you can enjoy it...they did not do what most game studios do...theyThe hate this game is receiving is both justified, and over exaggerated. I think the graphics are amazing, game play is awesome! And I can respect what they did here...I went into this game with an open mind...NOT expecting it to be a cookie cutter sequel to LOU..and if you can realize what they are trying to do here, you can enjoy it...they did not do what most game studios do...they wanted this to be more of a cinematic game..having you take control of the villain, was not to get you to like them...I think it was to tell the story (much like how a movie will have you follow the villain). They did something here no other video game has been able to...and if you don't look at it as if it's a video game, and instead a movie you will have a blast of a time! I do think, the 'coincidence' with joel could have been written better...which is why i feel the hate is justified, especially if you are attached to joel. but i think people are putting way too much of a political overtone on this...it's a great game...could just use a little bit better writting for what they were trying to do.… Expand
  14. AppleTattoo
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absoulte masterpiece. Story didnt go the way I wanted it in the first few hours of gameplay however redeemed itself shortly after. Only downside of the game is the trailer being the video version of clickbait.… Expand
  15. StiflersMomFack
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    The game is very bad, not worth the time and money spent. Abby's character is repulsive, as are other characters. Ellie's not pretty
  16. Mr_Homeliness
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    Отличное продолжение первой части! Совершенно в другом, неожиданном для меня векторе, но очень претенциозное. Игровой процесс эволюционировал без революции. Большое спасибо, Naughty Dog!
    Девять балов только потому, что вы к финалу из меня все соки выжали (пусть этого видимо и добивались) и некоторые технические огрехи, из-за которых приходилось несколько раз перепроходить отдельные главы.    Отличное продолжение первой части! Совершенно в другом, неожиданном для меня векторе, но очень претенциозное. Игровой процесс эволюционировал без революции. Большое спасибо, Naughty Dog!
    Девять балов только потому, что вы к финалу из меня все соки выжали (пусть этого видимо и добивались) и некоторые технические огрехи, из-за которых приходилось несколько раз перепроходить отдельные главы.
  17. Ekul321
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Game of the year. Game of the generation. Game of the decade. Nothing else needs to be said.
  18. Q4ard
    Jun 23, 2020
    4
    Nice graphic and music, but very boring gameplay which u must suffer 30 hours. The plot is average, nothing outstanding, but not equal to the first part.
  19. Tenemurl
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good night left side!


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  20. Slowetho
    Jun 23, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wow... just wow. I struggle to put my disappointment into words Because this was one of the angriest I’ve ever been playing a video game. I played the first last of us back when it came out in 2013 and absolutely loved it. The characters were flawed but like-able, the banter between Joel and Ellie was funny and heartfelt, and the story was phenomenal. You could say I was excited for the sequel to this game but honestly it’d be an understatement. So when i played and beat the 20 or so hour long story of the Last of Us 2 you could probably imagine how i reacted when Everything I loved about the last game this game was completely devoid of. The first gut-punch was the killing off of Joel a mere couple of hours into this gruelingly long game, I understand you don’t always get what you want when it comes to games and who they kill off but i felt this was completely unnecessary especially since it happened so early and at the hands of a new character. Who is this new character? Well she’s the main antagonist of the game, you wouldn’t know that though seeing as how you spend more time playing as her then you do fighting her. Meet Abby, a jacked female WLF soldier and her band of fellow less important WLF soldiers. (who despite playing a pretty big role in Joels death get killed in either a cutscene, quicktime event, or by the hands of someone other than Ellie.) I don’t know what Naughty dog was trying to do with these antagonists however because despite how much of Abby’s and their backstory I learned or how much i played with her, I still didn’t care and I still wanted to kill her. It almost seems like the only reason we get to play as Abby is to make the game longer than it has to be. Anyways throughout this game you spend 20+ hours playing as both Abby and Ellie, who’s relationship is complicated Because despite hating, fighting, shooting, and stabbing at each other throughout basically the entirety of the game never actually bring themselves to kill one-another. It’s like I as a player had no control over any of the characters actions, because I for one wanted to kill Abby the entire time so when finally Ellie gets her chance to at the very end of the game she chickens out and lets her live at the last second, atleast the gameplay is fun and the graphics are good though right? 1/10

    But atleast we got that mocap sex scene right    … Expand
  21. Splashdead
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    Es muy buenísima la campaña. te da la bases de su predecesora y lo que pasa durante 4 años después de lo que sucedió en la primera entrega. le pongo el 9 ya que hay ciertos fallos que no la hacen la mejor del año pero tampoco la peor, desgraciadamente la mayoría de las masas (personas) la tachan de malo a peor por diversos factores que no tienen agumentos fuertes que puede hacer un granEs muy buenísima la campaña. te da la bases de su predecesora y lo que pasa durante 4 años después de lo que sucedió en la primera entrega. le pongo el 9 ya que hay ciertos fallos que no la hacen la mejor del año pero tampoco la peor, desgraciadamente la mayoría de las masas (personas) la tachan de malo a peor por diversos factores que no tienen agumentos fuertes que puede hacer un gran debate como; el disque "forzado" guión, la disque "inplementación forzada de la comunidad LGBT y de las demás orientaciones, cuando nos los explicaron desde su predecesora mediante un DLC llamado Left Behind que nos explica el cierto cariño de Ellie hacía las mujeres y es muy aceptable de hecho. Lo que falla en este juego es el cambio de personajes para jugar ahora con Abby ya que no alcanza tanto cariño como el de Ellie y joel (ademas de que se extiende bastante el juego a base de Abby y lo que ha hecho depuse de lo acontecido para dar el paso de la redención) es una pena que el juego se base tanto en Abby ya que como en la portada sale Ellie como protagonista, da a entender que todo el juego debio ser de Ellie y no de Abby, claro esta bien que te quieran contar de como es que surgió ese rencor con Joel por la muerte de su padre y que hizo para llevar a cabo su plan, pero tampoco esta bien que nos excedan bastante de la historia de Abby como la de Ellie, a parte de la historia es una cosa medio extraña pero que te hace dejar un mensaje bastante crudo pero a la vez realista que es "que no todo es para siempre y que siempre estés con los que amas realmente en la buenas y en las malas" y que por tus actos es lo que va a llevar la ruina a lo que has escogido para tu vida. la jugabilidad no es tan innovadora pero si es en cierto punto muy pero muy entretenido jugar ciertos lugares de Seattle tipo "Sand Box", la inteligencia artificial esta muy bien lograda haciendo que el jugador sepa realmente como evitar peleas que puedan complicar el avance del juego, también la implementación de enemigos nuevos y el aumento de complejidad ya que se filtran nuevos IAS como los perros que pueden olfatearte,etc. tanto en jugabilidad como gráficos son su fuertes del juego, solo que en ,a historia lo que falto era ordenar bien lo que se quería explicar desde un inicio. No todos estan contentos debido a que estan acostumbrados a la tipica historia del "Gran heroe" y del "Gran villano" salvando el mundo cuando este te lo narra de manera realista lo que tan crudo puede ser perder a un ser querido en edad temprana. Sinceramente me quede con un sabor agridulce, pero en cuestión de trabjo para desprendernos en esta aventura le doy un 9/10. "RECOMENDADO" para jugarlo. Ese final puede dejar una breve mecha para una tercera parte para explicar que sucedió después del abandono de Dina y de la guitarra que dejó de Joel y así terminar este magnífico titulo de Naughty Dog. Ojalá pueda ver esto Neil Druckmann y hacerlo el otro año el siguiente numero del juego:) CLARO MIENTRAS NO SE DEMOREN CON CASI UNA DECADA! (7 años para esperar la segunda).… Expand
  22. OneAwayFromNone
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us Part II is a game that knew it was going to be hard to swallow. It knew that killing the main character from the first game in its opening hours was going to infuriate people. That people would be so terribly angry that he was crippled and beaten to death with a golf club.

    “That’s not how you treat the damn hero of the story!”

    That’s the point. This game wants to show you just how horrible its world is. How there aren’t heroes, there are people surviving and dying. What makes Joel special? The fact that you connected to him so well in the first one? The fact that he lost his real daughter at the beginning of the outbreak and that’s sad? The fact that he loves Ellie like a daughter And it helped heal his brokenness? So what? Tough **** That doesn’t give him plot armor. He’s a man that made enemies and those enemies caught up to it.

    That’s not to say I wasn’t hurt when it happened. That I didn’t feel a little heartbreak watching someone that I also connected with so much back in the first game (especially being able to project on to him having become a father pretty recently at the time) get belittled and murdered in front of who was effectively his daughter. It **** SUCKED and I wanted to kill Abby for it. BUT that’s the POINT! I felt how Ellie felt (though obviously not to the same extent since he’s just a video game character) and I wanted revenge!

    The scene afterward when Ellie stops by Joel’s house one last time before heading out on her revenge mission had me tearing up my living room. When she put her face in his jacket and breathed in his scent one last time...chills and tears. But it also put me in the right mindset for the game to follow. It’s sad, it’s depressing, it’s HEAVY. But it’ powerful too. Just like the first game, you follow a character who is broken, makes selfish decisions and causes pain to a lot of people, but from THEIR perspective it’s the right thing to do. There is no easy answer, it’s not simple “I’m the good guy, they are the bad guy” and it makes you really stop and think about everything from a much more mature and nuanced way.

    And that’s just the STORY! To me the most important part of a game simply because I love single player story driven experiences but this is a game after all and it doesn’t sit well with me to only review the story.

    The gameplay is very signature Naughty Dog and perfectly in line with the spirit of the first game. By that I mean the com at is intense, brutal, and sometimes claustrophobic. It’s also not perfect. I can’t really point out what specifically about the combat in Naughty Dog games that doesn’t feel QUITE right but I think most people (even mega fans) know what I’m talking about. You have a blast during the combat, don’t get me wrong, but the actual gunplay is outclassed by other games. Not a deal breaker, maybe not everyone agrees but that’s my two cents.

    Graphics get a 10/10 from me. What more can I say than the game says for itself. The lush forest environments and overgrown cityscapes pop and are the most readily apparent example of course but even the drab, damp indoor areas lit only by natural light (in most cases) managed to amaze. This is maybe even MORE impressive because of how easily these areas could look flat and uninteresting. It takes a lot of work to simulate indirect lighting on a system that can’t do ray tracing but they manage to do it with amazing technical skill and talent.

    What I’m saying it this game really is every bit what the reviewers say it is. Don’t believe the crap about paid-for reviews and people sucking up to a Sony and Naughty Dog. Experience it for yourself. If you don’t like it because you don’t agree with the story direction or what have you then that’s fine. Your opinion is valid and I don’t knock you for it. If you never cared about the game to begin with I don’t expect to change your mind with this. Just please don’t buy into the hate that spewed out after the leaks. It’s just isn’t fair to yourself more than anyone else.    … Expand
  23. Sewaqui
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego se ve increíble, la música es muy buena. El gamplay continúa siendo muy bueno y las nuevas adiciones al gamplay son buenas, hay menos escaleras, los minijuegos son una adición perfecta. Conforme a la historia, no se porqué el problema con ella. Desde la primera parte Joel no es ningún héroe, tampoco Ellie y en este caso no lo es Abby. Abby tiene un desarrollo como Joel en el primer juego, encuentra un niño y su perspectiva en sus actos cambia, sabe que la venganza no le traerá paz. Nunca fue una historia con un final feliz. Joel decidió salvar a Ellie y como ella le dice al final, no era su decisión hacerlo, debió dejar que Ellie decidiera y así su vida hubiera tenido sentido, es una historia con un final triste y es lo que es. No creo por eso el juego en general merezca un cero tal vez si la historia no es para ti lo entiendo pero hay otras aspectos técnicos al fin de cuentas es un videojuego no una película… Expand
  24. Mozemech
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    don’t buy this game it’s trash bad story bad character development and bad ending everything u do is pointless at the end save ur $60
  25. Bobito81
    Jun 23, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If u can get pass the story,its a great game..Gameplay is good,,graphics is a 10..So it's up to the person to decide on the story..Be open minded and u will love this game...… Expand
  26. umutace44
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Gonna Keep it short...

    The game was Disappoint from beginning to end I Felt like I was Playing a Different game than the last of us
  27. DarrenIsler
    Jun 23, 2020
    8
    Unfortunately many fans of the first game missed that The Last of Us 1&2 is a piece of literature. It's story is not a power fantasy, it is not meant to make you feel 'rewarded' for the choices the characters make that it lets you participate in. The characters are not crafted to fit what you 'want' from them. Like literary games before them such as the Stanley Parable, Spec Ops: The Line,Unfortunately many fans of the first game missed that The Last of Us 1&2 is a piece of literature. It's story is not a power fantasy, it is not meant to make you feel 'rewarded' for the choices the characters make that it lets you participate in. The characters are not crafted to fit what you 'want' from them. Like literary games before them such as the Stanley Parable, Spec Ops: The Line, or Dark Souls, it is meant to be read as much as played. And it is meant to make you think big thinks.… Expand
  28. AaronReche199
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is good True they shouldn't have killed Joel at the start they did him bad But Joel was not hero either in the first game he killed humanity hope for cure and he killed alot of innocent people so Ellie is the stre hero… Expand
  29. AxWr31
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us 2 has seemed a good game in terms of gameplay and graphics, the feelings it conveys are perfect. But there are some details in the story that I didn't like, like being forced to play half the game with a character other than Ellie. I don't think any of us wanted to play with Abby since she is the person who killed Joel and we have no attachment to her and we also want her to pay for it. In addition to the game, it lacks a very important part: it allows us to make decisions on our own, such as giving a specific answer in a moment of conversation or making the decision to kill a character or let him live. Or that at least the game has two alternate endings, one in which Ellie dies at the hands of Abby and the other in which Ellie kills Abby and returns with Dina to the farm and can already live in peace because she avenged Joel.… Expand
  30. JackieAvery
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The storytelling is not bad in the way that certain characters died or what. Characters behaved diffrently for no reasons from TLOU is the biggest problem.… Expand
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Metascore
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  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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