The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  1. Cummasstur1
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Ruins the whole plot of the first game and tries to force you to love new characters that are written horribly.
  2. bnine83
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    It just gave me a bad experience of playing in some situations that would ruin some of good parts. Just uncomfortable experiences throughout the whole game.
  3. Coronel0309
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    El juego tiene buena jugabilidad y buen ambiente, pero su historia es una basura, me decepcionó mucho este juego
  4. Deckardrj16
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Look how they massacred my boy Joel.
    Look how they fked up one of our most beloved character in favour of a steroid ****    … Expand
  5. elvegetas
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. el juego pudiera estar mejor mi queja es que es otro que cumple con la agenda de diversidad y políticamente correcto igual que con muchas películas y series recientes y eso cuenta en un juego enfocado a la historia… Expand
  6. Batman1099
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unnecesary game, I didn’t like it, it feels every time forced, it could be better… Expand
  7. 11AM
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    Good gameplay , fu*ked up story with hidden lgbtq agenda don’t wast your 60$
  8. Trigo02
    Jun 24, 2020
    7
    I think this is a good game, with its pros and cons, the story is good, the physics are great, the environments are amazing, and the music is amazing.
    But not everything is rosy, the gameplay is exactly the same as the first one, they just recycled it, the script is a bit poor, sometimes an example in flashbacks that are only to make us nostalgic. but each person knows what they are    I think this is a good game, with its pros and cons, the story is good, the physics are great, the environments are amazing, and the music is amazing.
    But not everything is rosy, the gameplay is exactly the same as the first one, they just recycled it, the script is a bit poor, sometimes an example in flashbacks that are only to make us nostalgic. but each person knows what they are playing and I think that this game does not deserve a 3.8 it deserves more because, despite its mistakes, it is still a good game not only because of its history but also because of the technicalities.
    but this is just my humble opinion and everyone has their own    … Expand
  9. BarbaricRanger
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    the game has few changes compared to the first gameplay very still which makes the game boring tedious and repetitive
  10. rafael2
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    Last of us is the worst garbage game. War 3 refunded didn't do this either.
  11. marcilius
    Apr 26, 2021
    1
    A game that punished its loyal fans. She killed their main and favorite character, bothered them with the love woes of two women and like sugar in the end the fans had to play with the bodybuilder who killed that same favorite character.
  12. Eldokho
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Tiene cualquier incoherencia con el juego anterior, la historia mala y mal ejecutada, guiones como el orto, todo se nota super forzado. Lo unico q salva es la jugabilidad y gráficos, pero para un juego triple a con solo el modo histotia es lo mínimo, no puede ser q estés mas de 20 horas jugando para nada, con un una conclusión decepcionante para lo q fue la primera parte. Adems te venden el sovre la venganza de ellie y al final no trata te vemgas xdjuego… Expand
  13. Angelico
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Players control Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting a teenage girl, Ellie, across a post-apocalyptic United States. The Last of Us is played from a third-person perspective. Players use firearms and improvised weapons, and can use stealth to defend against hostile humans and cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus. In the online multiplayer mode, up to eight players engage in cooperative and competitive gameplay.

    The Last of Us
    Artwork of a teenage girl, with brown hair. She has a backpack, with a sniper rifle strapped to her side, and is standing behind a man in his 40's, who has brown hair and beard, and a revolver in his left hand. They are standing in a flooded grassy environment, turning to face the camera. The text "THE LAST OF US" is positioned to the left.
    Developer(s)
    Naughty Dog
    Publisher(s)
    Sony Computer Entertainment
    Director(s)
    Bruce Straley
    Neil Druckmann
    Designer(s)
    Jacob Minkoff
    Programmer(s)
    Travis McIntosh
    Jason Gregory
    Artist(s)
    Erick Pangilinan Nate Wells
    Writer(s)
    Neil Druckmann
    Composer(s)
    Gustavo Santaolalla
    Platform(s)
    PlayStation 3
    PlayStation 4
    Release
    PlayStation 3
    WW: June 14, 2013
    PlayStation 4
    NA: July 29, 2014
    PAL: July 30, 2014
    UK: August 1.    … Expand
  14. AH-64Apache
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    The gameplay didn't change much from the first game; it's still fun and dynamic, the visuals are beautiful, but the story, the most important part of the game, is just terrible. With many plot holes, out of character situations and an anticlimatic ending, the game suffers a lot story-wise.
  15. TheThunderFish
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    GUYS ITS NO SJW PROBLEM WHY GAME IS AWFULL,
    Plot of this "things" is really BIG problem. Creators just forgott anything about first part and just shut down world they created in first game/
  16. MrNoSouls
    Jun 24, 2020
    7
    The previous last of us was a very well put together game. Minor glitches at best, and a story that was truly world class. While playing this game I had issues where the floor or walls would disappear in the later half of the game. I know reviews for the section I am talking about was heavily embargoed. Story was interesting, but if you where expecting a similar narrative to the last of usThe previous last of us was a very well put together game. Minor glitches at best, and a story that was truly world class. While playing this game I had issues where the floor or walls would disappear in the later half of the game. I know reviews for the section I am talking about was heavily embargoed. Story was interesting, but if you where expecting a similar narrative to the last of us you would be disappointed. I could see this working with different characters in the same universe as the character arc's just feel a bit aggressive. Mechanics didn't make sense as in world reason from previous game was retcon/detracted. They tried to expand, but it didn't work as well as intended. Not to mention logic issues where enemies would be hidden out of sight, but when looking at the area they must have been at shows no foot prints or other details the previous game was pain staking with. I feel like many people are being harder on this series than normal due to the fact it is a follow up to one of the best games of all time.… Expand
  17. JoelPalu
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    Will rate it 3/10. (Spoiler-free) Graphics and sound and level design are pretty nice, will agree on that. BUT, its mostly just walking simulator with fast getting repetitively boring combat. The story is meh and the game is just a movie with some walking/combat moments. Don't think that you need to buy it. You can get the same experience just by watching a walkthrough without commentary.
  18. handgun21
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    TLOUS mocked and insulted users who liked the first episode. Did you say that the main theme of Part 2 was hate? Naugthy-Dog!
    Then you have succeeded.
    Congratulations.
  19. VagrantTrack149
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Este juego es la viva imagen de como arruinar una hermosa franquicia.
    No estoy en contra de ningún personaje en particular,por ningún motivo en particular, la historia fue tirada a la basura y escupida.
  20. BaronPraxis215
    Jun 24, 2020
    6
    I don’t like seeing all this hate getting thrown at creatives. I don’t believe the writers are evil and trying to force their worldview on you. Clearly though, a theme and message got in the way of a good and believable narrative. While some of the writing is disagreeable with established character traits and motives, some makes no sense in any light. The gameplay, atmosphere, sound designI don’t like seeing all this hate getting thrown at creatives. I don’t believe the writers are evil and trying to force their worldview on you. Clearly though, a theme and message got in the way of a good and believable narrative. While some of the writing is disagreeable with established character traits and motives, some makes no sense in any light. The gameplay, atmosphere, sound design are top notch and truly an achievement. That being said I think this is the most I’ve ever been let down by something I love, that being The Last of Us and Naughty Dog. It’s one of those things, I wish fan petitions could get a rewrite but that would not be fair to everyone at naughty dog. I’ll be pretending this game never came out, which is tremendously upsetting. As a gamer I’d recommend this game on visuals and gameplay alone. If someone who were a fan of the last of us didn’t know this came out I would NEVER recommend this game.… Expand
  21. SkidVis
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Amazing. Every part. The parts that make you sad, the parts that make you mad, and the parts that make you think. Graphics are insanely polished and omg that rope!!
  22. DamnScottishGuy
    Jun 24, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us 2 was one of my most anticipated games over the past 7 years. I fell in love with the original on PS3, and later the remaster on PS4. Despite having some of the game’s story spoiled via leaks, I kept an open mind and waited to judge the game until it came out.

    It turned out to be one of the worst gaming experiences in my life. The story in this game is so poorly written that it lets down the whole product. Naughty Dog changed scenes shown in the trailers post leak, to show an older Joel and make people believe that he was present during much of the game’s story, when in actuality these are merely flashbacks sprinkled throughout the game.

    Joel dies very early in this game. Roughly 2 hours in. He is killed by a newly introduced character, Abby, when she tortures and murders him with a golf club.

    This kicks off a revenge plot that meanders here and there, but doesn’t lead anywhere satisfying. We’re constantly told that “killing is bad” but the game’s themes are at war with it’s brutal gameplay, which consists of Ellie killing legions of enemies with their own names, and some dogs too.

    About halfway through the game, the player switches to controlling Abby. They then have to play 10 hours of her backstory, where she plays fetch with her dog (that Ellie just murdered earlier) and saves a zebra with her dad. All this is designed to emotionally manipulate the player into sympathising with this woman, Joel’s murderer.

    Abby’s section culminates in a boss fight against Ellie, where the player MUST control Abby as they hunt her down. Why Naughty Dog thought this was a good idea is beyond me. Eventually Abby wins and spare’s Ellie and her pregnant girlfriend’s life because her new friend disapproves of pregnant woman murder.

    A bunch of other pointless things happen. The last act is a mess of time jumping and everyone acts incredibly out-of-character. Eventually Ellie decides to go finish Abby. She leaves her GF and baby and travels to Santa Barbara, where she finds Abby tied to a cross.

    She lets Abby down, they head to the shore where some boats are and Ellie decides she “can’t let [Abby] leave.” So they have a fight to the death. Well not exactly.

    Abby bites off Ellie’s fingers and Ellie begins to drown her underwater. She then has a flashback of Joel playing guitar, and it somehow causes her to spare this woman. She lets her leave and cradles her stumpy hand.

    The ending has Ellie return to her home, where her family has left her. She tries to play guitar but it’s impossible without her fingers. (No idea why she didn’t just play lefty lmao)

    Ellie has lost Joel, her GF, her baby, her friends, everyone she cared about and now her last connection to Joel, her guitar. She leaves alone. The End.


    So this game is such a mess of “themes” and “messages” that it’s hard to really unpack exactly what ND is trying to achieve here. There’s something about “the cycle of revenge” or something but it’s lost in the ridiculousness of the plot. Any messages the game thinks it’s conveying end up coming across as incredibly condescending and shallow, instead of deep and profound.


    This game basically spits on the relationship of Joel and Ellie, and I strongly caution anyone who has ANY love in their heart for the original game and it’s characters, to stay far away from this. The level design and animations are very impressive, as is the mood and atmosphere. The gameplay is fairly solid and practically identical to the original.

    All in all, TLOU2 is a disappointment when it should have been a gen defining game. A pass when it should have been GOTY. All I can say is I truly hope they never make a TLOU3. Before this game came out, I wondered if we even needed to get a sequel, now I wish we didn’t.    … Expand
  23. Thissuccs
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Made an account just for this. You don’t get to put yourself in a game just to spit on the main characters dead body because it suppressed you and became more important than your name you narcissistic ****… Expand
  24. Greed_
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First every review because wow!

    So I had hopes the narrative wasn’t that bad after hearing everything, I did stay as spoiler free as I could until I finished the game, but wtf naught dog. Killing the main character from the previous game to make a revenge story was a good idea, however the execution was hot garbage. We go through all the work to take revenge as Ellie to then play as Abby the villain to make us see her side and, I’m assuming, make us feel for her. Which in someways it did for me, but then you make us continue to play as Abby when we confront Ellie forcing us to beat a beloved character which was a BOLD decision that backfired immensely with everyone’s feedback being the clear example that it was a garbage decision. Everything up to that point was, in my opinion, still leading up to be a fantastic game. But the decision, again, to make us fight Ellie and win, is when you lost me. Have you had a switch back to playing Aly when we got to that confrontation making us beat Abby, I would’ve been fine with rest Love it. If you want to still kill Jesse do it, mortality wound Tommy or kill him I wouldn’t of cared as long as we got to kill Abby. Heck you could’ve even killed off Lev as they were leaving the island so you wouldn’t of had to involve him at that point. But it felt like you wanted to drag on the story from that confrontation which is a load of BS in my opinion. You should’ve ended it at that final confrontation and ended peacefully with Ellie and Dina at the farm raising JJ. That could have been at the perfect finish for this game but you squandered it. Do you let Abby win by making us beat Ellie. You then make us play as Ellie again to go and kill Abby which when we get that chance we let her go, then for more insult to injury when we get back to the farm Dina is gone and we don’t even know if Ellie finds Fina and they potentially get back together raising JJ, you just end it there. Honestly, I think if you chose to ha e had Lev died while being strung up on the beach with Abby thus giving Ellie essentially a mercy killing but still a revenge killing would have been better then what you decided. But instead you choose to make us go through all that to forgive Abby through PTSD on Ellies side and when we get back to the farm we find out Ellie has basically lost she loved even her ability to play the guitar correctly which is minor I know but still. I don’t even wanna play new game+ because there’s no satisfaction at the end. It just sucks because it feels like you had a very great story building up to the moment the Ellie and Abby confrontation happens, but when it does it seems you just took a dump on the story. The game itself is beautiful I appreciate the gameplay and how it is a even though it’s very repetitive, it just sucks that when you get that climax it feels like you’re falling down Mount Everest with no chance of stopping until you hit the bottom. I doubt it will even happen but I feel like you need to pull a BioWare and fix the ending like they did for Mass Effect 3 even if it’s just an alternate ending like choosing to play as either Abby or Ellie at the climax. Or just don’t make us play as Abby, the villain, and let us play as Ellie and beat Abby.    … Expand
  25. Fatworm
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    **** rubbish story. It destroys all we love character. I am angry. **** this **** . Don’t buy.
  26. Lastofsucks
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    I hope de naughty dog make's a part 3 and reads te reaction's to the game i waited 6 years for this game and at the endig I threw my controller at the wall for such a **** endig they shoudle called it the last of sucks
  27. Paukiedontsurf
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Why the false advertising? Why the hyper salaciousness? Why did you do this? Graphics were decent, gameplay still very weighted but has its own vibe which is nice. On a technical level a find sign off for this generation, as far as story, an under pinning of how ND is being led by sex obsessed sociopaths.
  28. SolidSlish
    Jun 24, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us 2 is like a 5 Star Meal that Tastes Incredible, but then Proceeds to Give You Food Poisoning Halfway In. Great Gameplay, Bad Story. This game would be an easy 10/10 if they just improved the flawed story. It's like watching a John Wick movie, and then having to spend half the time watching scenes that try and fail to depict the dog murderer as sympathetic.… Expand
  29. GWB93
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was disappointed with the storyline that LOU2 laid out. I was really excited to play this game, I’ve been waiting for it for the longest and it just didn’t live up to the hype. The LOU1 should’ve been left alone. Really didn’t like playing have the game as Abby after what she did. That was really disappointing. Also I understand the explanation of the Ending but it’s just frustrating. Idk why the game creators didn’t after more input from the diehard fans. I’m just so disappointed overall. Besides that the game play is really good and the graphics are great. I enjoyed the fighting scenes. For that I give it a 5 out of 10. I wish I knew how it would play out before hand so I wouldn’t have spend the money to get it. Highly recommend waiting for used or once it goes on a deep discount to get it if interested.… Expand
  30. Nd25
    Jun 24, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible story, bad pacing, Abby no character development, Ellie sets out to kill everyone but chooses not to kill Abby who beat her Father with a golf club, and They have Joel out of character with his death. I’m sure someone has already covered so I won’t go into detail. The trailers were very misleading to just have the me and many others buy so that your game would cell. The people think this game is good excluding the critics are fools. (Critics always thInk something that’s good is actually and when it’s bad it’s actually good so there opinion doesn’t matter. But to those who think the game is good or a masterpiece are dead wrong. They must not have played the first game because other wise they would realize how bad this game is. Same thing for the critics they somehow must not have watch or played the first one because this game is straight trash.… Expand
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Metascore
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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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