The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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  1. Dante999
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    Muy mal guión, mala historia y personajes sin alma, la muerte de joel es pésima uno de los personajes más queridos por la playstation
  2. alfiecollier
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Okay. I really tried to like this game. This game should have been good and i do believe that it is a good game but only if you have not played the first game. The quality of the voice acting is amazing, the graphics (at least on the PS4 pro) are great and i think the environments from the aesthetics of each location down to the environmental storytelling, through notes and such, is done superbly. Hell actually playing the game is quite fun. Where this game lacks is its prime narrative.

    The last of us part two is entirely unfaithful to the characters that were set up in the first game. If your reading this review i am sure you already know that Joel dies. This alone has been a very controversial event and i want to break it down a little bit. People are not angry that Joel is dead. Everyone knew he was going to die, i didn't see any of the pre-release spoilers but i knew Joel was going to die. It makes sense in this world and for his character. the previous title already made it very clear that Joel is a man who has very few moral lines left to cross, who has done things that will mean his hands will never be clean. It makes sense that something from his former years will catch up to him. What has pissed people off is the way they handled his death. I think its very naive of naughty dog to think that killing off one of the most beloved characters in gaming would bring anything but backlash.

    Games are a medium which need to, to an extent, evoke emotion and that is one thing this game dose not lack. I was sad, angry but mostly disappointed that such a massive personality in gaming would be removed in such a half arsed, brutal way that is handled so poorly. Joel as a character that we are invested in deserved a better death that being helplessly tortured in front of Ellie, before having his brains bashed in. So your telling me that the continuation of the story, that literally gave me faith and respect for the artists (Devs) that create in this medium, is over. Just like that. bang! done! That is it. One of the most compelling plot devices and relationships in the whole of gaming is done. And maybe i could have forgiven that. Maybe it could have been a good way to drive us as the player and really, really explore what hatred, anger and revenge will do too someone and the consequences of these actions and at first i thought that, that is where it was going. And to an extent they explored this with Ellie's torture scene and the killing of Mel, Abby's pregnant 'friend', and yes it did go further as you see Ellie after coming back from Seattle is suffering from PTSD but this didn't go far enough in my opinion.

    I think that one of the key failures of this game is that its trying to be this big sweeping narrative where the bad guys can also be the good guys and vice versa but it just dose not work and it falls flat because we as the player do not care in the slightest about Abby and her motivations. i actually thought Abby's motivation was actually handled quite well. i think that this game being so heavily linked to the firsts ending is a very good idea. but once again we don't care about her. It dose not matter how many sad flashbacks there is or how many zebras you save with Abby's dad. The player, especially if they have played the first game, automatically hates her. And the game has the audacity to push into playing as her so you feel some kind of emotional investment in her as a character but by that point its too late. She has already been portrayed as a **** evil, psychopath which if anything is only supported once you have finished her game-play section. In my honest opinion the third and forth acts where you play as Abby are awful and so uninspired.

    Now the ending. Oh my god.
    I wont be commenting on any specifics as the final act of the game was not reviled in the leaks from a few weeks back but all i will say is its **** There is no conceivable reason as to why ellie would act the way she dose at the end and yes i know its a commentary on revenge and how a path of revenge will only lead to your own downfall. Its a play on the saying "If your going on a path of revenge, dig two graves" but i still feel this falls flat.

    Basically i gave this game everything i could. i tried very hard but it has failed. And one of the worst things about it is that it makes you go through a emotional roller coaster with absolutely no reward or sense that the story is finished. the best parts of this game are Ellie's flashbacks with Joel. So my plead to naughty dog is this. De-canonise this game and do one of three things. One: never ever touch this IP again, Neil cannot be trusted to write another of these games. Two: remake it and tell the story how it should be told. Three: if you do make another game set it as a prequel to part 2 because the flashbacks that explore Joel and Ellie's relationship are the only truly good parts of this game.    … Expand
  3. EllesBells
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I want to start off by saying that I am not much of a Playstation gamer, but I played The Last of Us on PS3 and fell in love with the characters and story. I got The Last of Us in the first week of its release, I love post-apocalyptic stories. It was the first playstation game that I genuinely felt a strong emotional connection to and I was so excited when Part 2 was announced. I haveI want to start off by saying that I am not much of a Playstation gamer, but I played The Last of Us on PS3 and fell in love with the characters and story. I got The Last of Us in the first week of its release, I love post-apocalyptic stories. It was the first playstation game that I genuinely felt a strong emotional connection to and I was so excited when Part 2 was announced. I have anticipated this game eagerly for the past 7 years.

    This game takes everything you loved from the first game and destroys it. Not only that, but in order to tell the story in The Last of Us Part 2, the characters are forced into nonsensical and ridiculous situations. They behave entirely differently to the characters you remember from the first game. It reminded me of Game of Thrones Season 8, where characters are forced to behave nonsensically to push the narrative forwards. It is much the same in this game. The new characters that are introduced are utterly unlikeable, no matter how much the game is begging you to like them. As a side note and from a female perspective, I am also fed up of 'strong female character' = 'muscled, unemotional she-man". There are strong female characters that maintain their femininity in gaming such as Ellie in the first game and Lara Croft in the new tomb raider series. Female characters can be feminine whilst still being strong, we don't have to adopt a ton of masculine traits and I wish game developers would realise this. I want to play as characters I relate to and unfortunately the characters completely fail in this game.

    The graphics are stunning, though they have made some character models, such as Ellie, far uglier in Part 2. The gameplay is much the same from the first game. Unfortunately the story makes this game unplayable and left a horrible taste in my mouth upon completing it. I would rather pretend this entry into the franchise doesn't exist and have The Last of Us as a standalone title.    … Expand
  4. Eliisbad
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    The last of us 2 is a dissapointement. The gameplay is boring, the characters are unlikable. And a gay protagonist....of course there is a gay protagonist
  5. Stjepan320
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If u liked the first game u will hate this game. Joel dies in the first hour of the game u play 50% of the game as Abby the person who killed Joel. Joel the character we all love die a slow slow and painful death from a golf club. Ellie try revenge Joel the ending is just silly. The ending is that u finally get Abby and u have the opportunity kill the person who killed Joel and not only Joel almost all people u cared and what u do u let this person go. Yes u let the person who take away everything u had everything u love and u keep only this person alive all people who helped Abby are dead but u keep Abby alive. Also Abby bit off 2 of your fingers at the end of the game so that Ellie can't even play her Guitar anymore the only thing she cared about because this guitar is from Joel so Abby take away all happiness Ellie had but Abby can live a happy life now why? Also the gameplay isn't so much better than part 1 and part 1 had a simple mediocre gameplay. So yeah I would give TLOU part 1 a 7/10 and part 2 a 0/10 because the story and characters the things what made TLOU so special are bad awfully written in part 2.… Expand
  6. Belegur
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Vaya basura de juego, me han destrozado un juego que llevo esperando por 7 años, para matarme a joel de la peor manera, obligarme a jugar con su asesina, y para una basura de final.....
  7. HelgaIce
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I finished about half of the game, but I just can't force myself to play anymore. The combat is so boring, awkward and repetitive even for a console game. "Acton sequences" are unnecessarily long, but even when the story time comes, it is hardly rewarding. Some people praise the writing, but I don't see it. Characters are very unlikable, I ended up not caring about any of them. This gameI finished about half of the game, but I just can't force myself to play anymore. The combat is so boring, awkward and repetitive even for a console game. "Acton sequences" are unnecessarily long, but even when the story time comes, it is hardly rewarding. Some people praise the writing, but I don't see it. Characters are very unlikable, I ended up not caring about any of them. This game is a typical bad sequel that tries to deliver the same "feel", but has no vision behind it and nothing of substance to say.… Expand
  8. DarkJojo
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ***Read until the end***
    This game, what to I have to say? It's one of the best and most exciting experiences in my life. I never ever played a game like this and felt this feeling about a game. When Joel dies, you think that the game is destroyed, it's not worth playing anymore. But, trust me, you I'll get one of the best experience of your life. The Last Of Us Part 2 shows us that revenge is a fool's game. The Last Of Us Part 2 teaches us that there isn't a good guy or a bad guy, there are people, trying to survive and make the life worthy. If you ask me about the Gameplay, Music, Scenarios, Characters and all that stuff, you will get from me a ton of 10/10, the gameplay is like the first game, with some good improvements. The music by Gustavo Santaolalla is perfect and fits perfectly with the style of the game. Characters may not see quite "good" at first look, but, as the story is been told, you start to love and understand them. The graphics are astonishing, and probably the beautiful graphic of the generation. But, what really catches you is the story. At first you don't understand why to play with Abby, and you become very mad to play with Joel's murderer, but as the game continues, you start to see that Abby is like Joel, a person who is strong, and very mad with everything, and when Lev is introduced, Abby starts to change and become as Joel were in the ending of The Last Of Us. I cried so much when Ellie was trying to play Future Days without her fingers, and when Joel was trying to apologize with her and her was trying to sorry him. It's a very Must-Play game, and I'm sure to say that it I'll be the GOTY 2020. Play The Last Of Us Part 2 now.    … Expand
  9. Kurgenau
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Have had some time to think about the game as a whole. I am a big fan of the first game as it shows the character growth between these two individual who have lost their faith in the world. How they connect and start to respect and have this care for one another really was amazing to see unfold. Sadly the second game in this franchise has crashed. This is the most visually and best sounding Game I have played on the PS4 let alone any game in recent memory. Ellie’s determination to seek revenge is one a lot of the fans got behind with what unfolded in a certain scene. Sadly the story falls flat and we are expected to play as the character who made Ellie seek revenge. Let alone for 10+ hours as her. In my personal opinion she is the worst part of the game. It feels lacklustre playing as her and trying to get us to feel certain emotions for her just simply don’t work. As a big fan of this franchise I was hoping for Ellie’s and Joel’s story. I did feel for that unfortunate scene to take place in the beginning hours but Joel’s death should of been / meant more. Having his death done the way it was, was unnecessary. It felt like it was only done as a shock value moment. The story could of been amazing and the risks could of been greater. Neil. I don’t know what you were thinking and how you thought this was the correct way to tell such an impactful story but your way off the mark. Do the fans a service and really look into what we all have to say. Fix the ending. Fix the narrative. By the end of the game it all felt pointless. There wasn’t a means to the end. If a third gets made. Maybe take a back seat. I’m sure you are a great and respected person in your industry but don’t spit in the fans face with this story. Maybe look into something like Mass Effect 3 and put out a patch to fix the mess it is currently. A lot could of been amazing in this game but every chance you flipped it and it doesn’t feel deserved for the reasoning.… Expand
  10. Pedro_
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Decepcionante, esperava muito mais, não me agradou, não trouxeram o que o fã queria, mas tentaram socar guela abaixo os ideais deles.
  11. Elwa7sh
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    The game is 10/10 in all aspects but the story.. which is truly disappointing since it's the main focus of the game! We get it. every person isn't purely bad or good and revenge is bad but it just feels very heavy handed and forced in. Honestly The flow of the narrative is not natural as the first game!
  12. Bezumen45
    Jun 30, 2020
    10
    Я не понимаю, откуда столько негативных отзывов? Игра абсолютно шикарнейшая! На PlayStation 4 Pro выглядит, как некстген игра.
    Потрясающе играется, просто изумительные кинематографичные битвы в ближнем бою! Крутейшее повествование! Игра не растеряла, то что было в первой части и приобрела новые механики. Атмосфера, сюжет, пероснажи все на десятку!    Я не понимаю, откуда столько негативных отзывов? Игра абсолютно шикарнейшая! На PlayStation 4 Pro выглядит, как некстген игра.
    Потрясающе играется, просто изумительные кинематографичные битвы в ближнем бою! Крутейшее повествование! Игра не растеряла, то что было в первой части и приобрела новые механики. Атмосфера, сюжет, пероснажи все на десятку!
  13. stbaqi
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    I am stupid enough to buy this game only depend on those fake rewiews written by Media. Never do that again.
  14. Keozhen
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    I created an account to insult you, my old friend Naughty Dog. I've loved your game since Uncharted 2，All the way to the peak of TLOS1。Naughty dog you overlooked our players love of Joel, paranoid you think we will like you like to do you think the right thing to do, what do you think we will like you like this killed Joel's person, but we don't, even if this year's game of the year isI created an account to insult you, my old friend Naughty Dog. I've loved your game since Uncharted 2，All the way to the peak of TLOS1。Naughty dog you overlooked our players love of Joel, paranoid you think we will like you like to do you think the right thing to do, what do you think we will like you like this killed Joel's person, but we don't, even if this year's game of the year is still you, you will never gain and generation in the player's reputation as good! **** ali! Why not kill Eppie?… Expand
  15. Radzz229
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game graphic is good But the story writting teribble
    Killing the main character for som Gay character to shine. Cancel The Game Please    … Expand
  16. Savantium
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Awful. Just a gender apology instead of a game. If I needed something like that I would go to a feminist march
  17. Lazyredpanda
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. gameplay fine nothing new the music, graphics, locations fantastic level design ok in some and others do not some feel too long to the point where I just run through everything till I hit the next checkpoint. the fall of this game is its story. the first game gave me the trolley system save one or save many but that one is a loved one that you traveled with got to know and grow a bond with and living with the choice you made .this game makes your loved one be killed in front of you go out for revenge and face the reality of that choice fine to that point. then you get the perspective of the killer and her friends after the event which makes no sense trying to make me like this character that I hate so much already. playing threw her perspective actually made me hate her, even more, didn't make me feel anything for her or her friends than to make us play as her and beat the living **** out of Ellie the main character the reason I am playing this game. In the last part, we go back to Ellie go back to hunting the killer and then letting her go at the end what was the point in it. that last part felt naughty dog studio trying to sell me a tired game.… Expand
  18. Rick6
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    Bad history, plot holes. for the fans of the first game this game is a big fu! the visual of the game is good but in a history driven game its nots near enough
  19. RogueGalaxy123
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    You ruined the sequel to one of the best games I've ever played. I could relate so much to Joel and Ellie in the first one, here everything is just upside down, you play as a character you know nothing about, can't sympathize, ended killing your favorite character. But you don't get to kill her back to complete the revenge???!! Where's the satisfaction in that???!
  20. Chest
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Everyone knows this is a story/drama driven game. When your base is set out for shock value and insults the fans, ala last jedi, you get the 0/10 rating you deserve.
    Play the original again.
  21. Avdu
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    So sad with this bad story and so bad studio .. you can do something good but you don't... Ended speech .
  22. CynicalTonberry
    Jun 22, 2020
    3
    This game is a mockery of its predecessor. Joel and Tommy are completely out of character and treated like **** The plot is ridiculous (a really bad thing for a plot-centered game) and the final moral is hypocritical and in complete contrast with what happens in the game. Usually I'm not against sex scenes when they're handled well but the one present in the game is completely horrendousThis game is a mockery of its predecessor. Joel and Tommy are completely out of character and treated like **** The plot is ridiculous (a really bad thing for a plot-centered game) and the final moral is hypocritical and in complete contrast with what happens in the game. Usually I'm not against sex scenes when they're handled well but the one present in the game is completely horrendous and between two horrible characters and with horrible dialogues. The whole game feels more like a movie than a game and the gameplay, although being upgrade has lost its meaning. Let's just avoid speaking about the obvious SJW propaganda which gives this game the deserved right to be completely forgotten in the deepest oblivion. The section where you play as Abby is an insult to player and fans, trying to convince them that someone as her has any sort of redemption and making players play as the killer of the beloved main character of the previous game, ND didn't understand how yo make a good "play as the villain" story/sidestory. The only really good thing, besides the upgraded although almost useless gameplay, are graphics which don't make a game and should be considered just as a bonus. I wouldn't give it more than 5 honestly.… Expand
  23. Mtwizard
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    DON'T BUY IT. Better watch a gameplay, you save a lot. The story is weak and disappointing enough. Critic reviews are fake. With money they have bought the reviews.
  24. AnonM
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    I play video games for the escapism and to experience good storytelling, both of which I think is missing from this game.

    So despite it having good graphics and audio, it simply doesn't cut it with me when the story feels forced and that is was designed to fit a goal or agenda instead of feeling like a natural progression from the first game. I have no problem with including    I play video games for the escapism and to experience good storytelling, both of which I think is missing from this game.

    So despite it having good graphics and audio, it simply doesn't cut it with me when the story feels forced and that is was designed to fit a goal or agenda instead of feeling like a natural progression from the first game.

    I have no problem with including political opinions or representation in games, just don't blatantly force-feed it too me, instead make it fit into the game naturally and make it feel part of the story's natural progression. It's especially frustrating as ND has shown they can make great stories before.    … Expand
  25. r_cury
    Jun 22, 2020
    1
    They destroyed the story. If you liked the first don't play this one. The only good thing is that the world they made is beautiful.
  26. jason747
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    I created an account just to express my displeasure for the game. I'm probably not even going to finish it. I'll just watch it through YouTube because I have better things to do with my life than immerse myself in a world of sadness and regret. Have fun killing dogs!

    Yes, the original was violent with some sad moments. But it felt real with genuine characters who I cared about. They did    I created an account just to express my displeasure for the game. I'm probably not even going to finish it. I'll just watch it through YouTube because I have better things to do with my life than immerse myself in a world of sadness and regret. Have fun killing dogs!

    Yes, the original was violent with some sad moments. But it felt real with genuine characters who I cared about. They did some awful things but just like Bugs Bunny, it was more of a reaction to an awful situation rather than initiating it.

    This game got awfully repetitive. Years ago, I read the IMDB trivia where Neil Druckman stated, "While the first game was about love, this game will be about hate." I wondered what that meant. Now that I have experienced it, I realized this isn't something I want to experience anymore.

    On a positive note, they did a great job with being more inclusive to LGBT and racially diverse characters. But they deserved better than this.    … Expand
  27. DanielBasara
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    I don't recommend anyone who has played the part1 to play this game, you will be grateful to me
  28. GUEDESMAGIMAX
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Horrible sequel
    disgusting abandonment of main characters
    just abhorrent all around
    repugnant story telling
    would give a 1 just for gameplay but that too is repetitive
  29. crazyboi
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    The worst game of 2020. It is an insult to the players of the part 1 of the game.
  30. duqeoqkqh
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 우선 스토리가 너무 개연성이 없고 연출이 잔인하다.
    1편에서는 조엘의 마음에 공감해가며 플레이 할수 있으나
    2편은 주인공에대한 감정이입이 전혀되지 않으며, 정치적 올바름요소를 억지로 집어넣다보니 더더욱 몰입이 안된다.    … Expand
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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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