The Last of Us Part II

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5.8

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  1. thewholetruth27
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    While the graphics and gameplay are updated, the story ends 2 hours in and you are left to play another 23ish hours of forced mindless dribble that ends with nothing being resolved and everything to be yearned for. The 7 years it took to make this game were evidently not used to make a better story, and the smoke and mirrors tactic naughty dog employed to trick people into buying the gameWhile the graphics and gameplay are updated, the story ends 2 hours in and you are left to play another 23ish hours of forced mindless dribble that ends with nothing being resolved and everything to be yearned for. The 7 years it took to make this game were evidently not used to make a better story, and the smoke and mirrors tactic naughty dog employed to trick people into buying the game was an egregious act that no major media outlet is covering because the only thing publications such as IGN care about are brownie points and being in the good graces of naughty dog and sony. Apparently receiving early review copies are the only thing that keeps games like these on top, but take a second and think about it for yourself: perfect 10/10's, 100/100's ? Something shouldnt feel right here for you. A 10/10 is a perfect game, and while absolutely no game is perfect, this one is far from it. This game is nothing like the first, and anyone going into this game based on the previous will be extremely disappointed. Neil Druckman and Naughty Dog severely under performed and might have possibly killed one of the most beloved franchises and main characters in gaming. I hope this game and its failure exposes the failures of pandering to audiences and ignoring core gamers, and expose media outlets for lying to the public to increase the number of copies sold.… Expand
  2. Okamili
    Jun 27, 2020
    0
    0/10 trashed story. That's all what matters.
    The game is a joke to the former player.
  3. bibens
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    the walking bad: the game. don't even waste your time on this idiotic plot.
  4. Yeetthegame25
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Outdated gameplay,weak ending,bad new characters,worst way to kill of a beloved character.
    Don't like it 0/10    … Expand
  5. Tudor22
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    what a joke and what a mess... terrible, terrible excuse for a story and garbage characters.
  6. whatagoodguy
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    The beautiful story of the first game was ruined by a director whose ego is much bigger than his talent. Joel and Ellie have an awful fate and it's all worthless. The story is full of cheap violence, sex, and human torture simply for shock value. The rest of the cast is a group of people with no acting skills or charisma whatsoever that were only chosen to represent a certain community orThe beautiful story of the first game was ruined by a director whose ego is much bigger than his talent. Joel and Ellie have an awful fate and it's all worthless. The story is full of cheap violence, sex, and human torture simply for shock value. The rest of the cast is a group of people with no acting skills or charisma whatsoever that were only chosen to represent a certain community or love orientation. During gameplay, you defeat many cookie cutter enemies but that doesn't even matter because at the end, the game undoes everything you've worked for so why even bother wasting time doing it? To make things worse, they manipulated the trailers to make people think we would play as Joel in levels where you actually play as another character. False advertising and customer disrespect at its worst.… Expand
  7. OniCQB
    Jul 2, 2020
    0
    This franchise is all about the story. Without the story the game means nothing. This game does have great visuals and decent gameplay, but the main focus needs to be the story. The story is awful and it tries too hard to make you feel sorry for people that you immediately don’t want to feel sorry for. The ending was completely ridiculous and have no sense.
  8. i911112
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    just skip it and play the first one instead ,I've loved all of naughty dog's previous games but this was just terrible,the game does look good and animations are pretty great, the story is far from what made the first game what it was, This sequel is a shame for the first title, Never again pre-order for ANYTHING!...
  9. LoraxTheTree
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Uhhh, the strongest thing tlou had wasn't gameplay or visuals, it was the story

    tlou 2 has **** story with average gameplay and good graphics... i was gonna say that i ain't interested in pictures but they also can tell a good story by the visuals alone so i can safely say i'm not interested in a trash-can. (Yeah that's a little bit better)
  10. PringlesOnMyTea
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Playing as an unlikable antagonist that terrorizes the original cast is not my cup of tea… Expand
  11. Mordal_Legit
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This is not canon. When the game is only inspired by ideolgically possessed radical virtue-signalers, it isnt a story in the normal sense. Therefore, the last of us never had a sequel
  12. Lizzy1980
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the worst sequel games I have ever played
    No place for politics in games
    Game is boring
    The main character who EVERYONE LOVED dies very early on
    The story if extremely poorly written
    Won’t be keeping this game at all    … Expand
  13. Andrew1783
    Mar 6, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Comparing the quality of the writing in TLOU2 to GoT S8 is both appropriate and the kindest thing you can say about the writing.
    Having waited 7 years for the sequel to the most intense, satisfying & powerful cinematic story in gaming, this is a disaster. All the characters act like they're in the first few months after the pandemic & struggling to come to terms with their new, violent reality. It permeates the game. There are some interesting ideas & themes that are never fleshed out or explored & are constantly mired in dialogue & behaviour expected of modern college kids, not those raised in the apocalypse. The technical aspects are as stunning as the performances, the story is nonsensical & unsatisfying at best. The gameplay is completely at odds with the narrative themes it so ineptly attempts to thrust at you, with all the subtlety and appeal of a homeless person thrusting a rotten pigeon carcass in your face and asking you to kiss their baby. It's the poster child for ludonarrative dissonance. There are enjoyable moments to be found, but even though it's a short game, it drags painfully. The ending is unsatisfying and invalidates the theme Neil claims he built the story around even more than the gameplay which not only forces you to slaughter trainloads of strangers, but take satisfaction in it, as shown by the constant mumbling both player characters constantly indulge in every time they do anything or think anything.
    The story is barely worth a point. I've added a bonus point for the brilliant work on display by the production teams, none of which can remotely compensate for this intelligence insulting indulgence in narrative imbecility, stitched together by a complete reliance on constant, unbelievable coincidences and truly cretinous behaviour by all the characters, but especially those previously shown to be smart, cunning, suspicious and capable. What a waste.    … Expand
  14. Oaks
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Don’t buy. Don’t bother. Just don’t. Really. They’ve really ruined the whole game.
  15. Vuqar
    Jul 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After 1 part, they did not come up with anything new. The plot is terrible, to merge the main character of the first part for which you played, chewed and which was clearly much more charismatic than Ellie, this is nonsense.… Expand
  16. thedigitaliris
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    I went fresh into the game, expecting to be emotionally moved as I was with the first game.
    I withheld my judgements till the time I had finished the game, thinking that may be something else would happen that would make me change my opinions, but no.
    The graphics are good, the world looks good, but so much of this game has not been changed from the first part, which came out seven years    I went fresh into the game, expecting to be emotionally moved as I was with the first game.
    I withheld my judgements till the time I had finished the game, thinking that may be something else would happen that would make me change my opinions, but no.

    The graphics are good, the world looks good, but so much of this game has not been changed from the first part, which came out seven years ago. You’d think when a game takes this long to create, almost everything would see an overhaul. But no, many things didn’t. The gameplay is the same, the stealth is the same, the death animations are the same for multiple enemies, the upgrade elements are the same, the upgrade station looks the same, the whole system is the same. Level design and exploration is all the same. Even the exploration is marred by so many invisible walls. This game gives you the illusion of having the freedom to explore, only to be met with invisible walls and pre planned loot and dialogues. The story doesn’t give you any freedom at all. It basically spoon feeds you a story that you have no control over. It asks you do certain actions, without giving you any choice at any point, then in the end it scolds your for doing the things that it told you to do.

    This game tries so hard to teach us moral lessons but it’s so forced that it doesn’t belong here. This all looks so plastic. There came a point in the game, when I felt so drowned into the sea of new characters and this sudden trend in this game, where I had to suddenly care about them and just forget about the two characters that I had been building my relationship with, since seven years ago, that I just stopped caring about the story. I stopped caring about the characters, and I certainly didn’t feel any emotions by the end of it. All I cared was to finish the game and get it over with.

    The linearity of this game is so evident, that you realise that you are stuck in the fairy land of one person‘s cruel fantasies and childlike urges, and their whimsical delusions. It’s their world, and they show you the start, the middle, and the end. All you have to do is hold the controller and watch a movie. You get no option at any point in the game. Not during combat, not during story, not during exploration. This is the game model that frankly should be kept far, far away from the public, because to all the people who like democracy, this is a slap in the face. If I wanted to watch a petty revenge fantasy which was so far off from its sequel, I would have gone and watched a petty revenge fantasy which was so far off from its sequel. I wouldn’t have wasted $60 and 25 hours on it.    … Expand
  17. Kingcrimson408
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    I wanted this game to be a smashing success, graphics wise it’s amazing but the poorly written sorry just doesn’t make any sense. In the first game Ellie looked up to Joel as her hero why do her decisions in this game go against all the character development we went though with her in the first game ? Not to mention how lazily the plot is, tell me why on earth naughty dog thought it was aI wanted this game to be a smashing success, graphics wise it’s amazing but the poorly written sorry just doesn’t make any sense. In the first game Ellie looked up to Joel as her hero why do her decisions in this game go against all the character development we went though with her in the first game ? Not to mention how lazily the plot is, tell me why on earth naughty dog thought it was a good idea to let us play the game as Abby while she’s trying to kill the man that a lot of us care about ? If anything this title got the same treatment as the all female ghosts busters remake in the way that they decided to dumb down the male protagonist. All in all the last of us: part 2 should have been a smash hit but it fell really short from what all of us expected… Expand
  18. Drewtheconquero
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Decent graphics, silly story, shallow gameplay. Upside down clown world portrayed in a video game.
  19. Bleak101
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Everything is **** up. From the sex scenes to the story. It ruined the entire game. It completely fliped the entire efing game around. So stupid… Expand
  20. Kassio21
    Jun 22, 2020
    2
    Decepção é o sentimento que define o que os verdadeiros fãs do primeiro jogo estão sentindo, os gráficos estão perfeitos, mas a história é um lixo, tantas opções de enredo que podiam ter feito fizeram a pior escolha, parece que os escritores escreveram essa história fumando da mesma maconha que fumam no jogo, obrigam a gente jogar mais de 10 horas com a assassina do nosso querido Joel,Decepção é o sentimento que define o que os verdadeiros fãs do primeiro jogo estão sentindo, os gráficos estão perfeitos, mas a história é um lixo, tantas opções de enredo que podiam ter feito fizeram a pior escolha, parece que os escritores escreveram essa história fumando da mesma maconha que fumam no jogo, obrigam a gente jogar mais de 10 horas com a assassina do nosso querido Joel, obrigam espancar a Ellie sem nós querer, simplesmente ridiculo o que fizeram, decpeção… Expand
  21. mwyj1021
    Jun 26, 2020
    0
    The whole story is miserable. Dont name this TLOU 2. Dont expect ppl to rate high after playing with ppl feelings. Neil u should be sorry for those who worked so hard for this game
  22. VLStelking
    Jun 26, 2020
    3
    OK gameplay, good graphics, good soundtrack, good animations, awful story and awful characters. And for a game this focused on story, that's just terrible.
  23. RodgerWatters
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very upset and sad to see one of my favorite games of all time ruined by such a poor story

    The Last of us to me is a story driven game that thrives on good writing and unfortunately they could not continue this into the second game. Going into the game I was very impressed with the graphics and gameplay. It felt amazing and it was great to be back into the Joel and Ellie story. Killing off Joel was unfortunate to me and how he went out was bad writing, but it did not kill the game for me. Early on playing as Ellie I actually enjoyed the game and loved the brutal side of Ellie. It was once you took control of Abby the game went completely downhill. I remember the second the Ellie side ended and I saw myself controlling Abby I had to stop for a second because I could not believe I had to play as a character I hated so much. I personally did not enjoy playing as Abby one bit and her story was just something I was forcing myself through to see what happens with Ellie. To rub salt in the wound even more about Joels death then making us play as Abby to kill Ellie was probably one of my least favorite experiences I have ever had in any game. Every-time I was killed by Ellie as Abby i was excited and just wanted it to end. Finally towards the end of the game we got to be Ellie again hunting Abby down one last time. At this point the game already went sour, but I had hope there could be a little light left in it. Unfortunately I was completely wrong and they found a way to ruin the game even more by sparing Abby. Ellie being completely broken at the end was tough to experience and left me feeling upset and wishing I had never played the game.

    Story: 0/10
    Gameplay: 10/10
    Visuals: 10/10

    Conclusion: As a Huge fan of the first game I was very disappointed and sad to see one of the best games I have ever played destroyed by such a terrible story. What made the first game so memorable to me was the story and getting so invested into Ellie and Joel only to have it ripped away from me in Part two    … Expand
  24. RussianCritic
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you're a fan of the original Last of Us and Joel and Ellie are your favorite characters - i have bad news for you. First and foremost, don't trust any fake reviews, that linked here, if you want an honest opinion check SkillUp review on youtube or visit reddit for Last of Us 2 for honest discussions.

    WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD!

    For some strange reason, Neil Druckman thinks that Game of Thrones Season 8 and The Last Jedi are the masterpieces and decided to follow the same footsteps.

    During the first hour of the game, Joel is killed like some trash NPC, ignoring his character personality and cautious (to unknown people) behavior towards strangers.

    Then you play as Ellie, to EXECUTE DEM REVENGE, but, then, Jessie is killed like a trash NPC. It was so hilarious i can't even describe in words.

    Next, you play as a Joel killer named Abby in order to symphatize with her (HELL, NO, TY) and then you try to kill Ellie by yourself (controlling Abby)

    During the ending Abby bites 2 fingers from Ellie's hand, but Ellie hallucinates about Joel and REVENGE IS BAD, ELLIE, STAPH! Then she spares Abby's life and sit down.....trying to play Joel's guitar, but there's -2 fingers on her hand, so she can't.

    120 out of 10

    If you consider yourself a fan, pretend that this game doesn't exist. It literally the worst insult a developer can do to it's famous franchise and it's fans.
    Not only that, but Neil Druckman insulted countless of people over twitter, calling them "homophobes" and saying things like "DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T BUY IT, FCK YOU" (this is a quote).

    So, be smart and follow the advice Neil Druckman himself - don't buy it.

    The game is so awfully writted with weak characters, almost zero development and trashy second protagonist, which you can't even kill as Ellie at the end.
    This was all for nothing (c)    … Expand
  25. Eissa1996
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I'm Truly heartbroken after waiting all these years and falling in love with the first game this is what we got what huge FN disappointment neil druckmenn or whatever his name is should be fired for pushing his agenda and bullcrap on our faces i really hope sony does something because this is just bad
  26. MetricOsprey
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Даже малое количество сжв повестки губит игру, даже хороший сюжет и физика с графоном не могут это окупить
  27. Khorbe
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Played the first game, loved it. Second game? Watched an entire play through, and knew about the leaks before hand.

    Verdict? 2 Fingers / 5
  28. Oni_queen
    Jul 9, 2020
    2
    I haven't been this disappointed in a story since Game of Thrones season 8. And Given the fact that Druckmann thinks Benioff is a good writer I can see where the influence into making a garbage story came from. Characterization feel rushed and pointless, and the writing tries way too hard to get you to like new characters and it feels forced, there is no chemistry and they ultimately feelI haven't been this disappointed in a story since Game of Thrones season 8. And Given the fact that Druckmann thinks Benioff is a good writer I can see where the influence into making a garbage story came from. Characterization feel rushed and pointless, and the writing tries way too hard to get you to like new characters and it feels forced, there is no chemistry and they ultimately feel boring. It tries way too hard to make you feel guilty for game mechanics that you have no choice in the matter, and ultimately the ending makes it all pointless.

    The game looks good and if anything the team that had to work crunch did a good job. Too bad it was wasted on a bad story.    … Expand
  29. Victory_
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay is so good u cant expect any less from NoughtyDog however the story is so lazy and cheap makes u feel boared and hate the characters as jole for being stupid. After he took down the whole fireflies in 1st game the John wick style he got killed easily by some teenagers. WTF… Expand
  30. Dra9onborn117
    Jun 19, 2020
    7
    This is game will get review bombed, its just an obvious garuntee. But the reason why isn't so controversial either.

    This isn't a 10/10 game nor a 0/10 game. The graphics and visual style is incredible and rivals RDR2 in terms of photorealism, making the wait for a PS5 a little more bareable. The actual moc-cap and voice acting is also unreal, making the cutscenes feel more movie like    This is game will get review bombed, its just an obvious garuntee. But the reason why isn't so controversial either.

    This isn't a 10/10 game nor a 0/10 game. The graphics and visual style is incredible and rivals RDR2 in terms of photorealism, making the wait for a PS5 a little more bareable. The actual moc-cap and voice acting is also unreal, making the cutscenes feel more movie like than any other game has come close.

    The story is mostly good, but it falls apart as time goes on. It doesn't play out it should, plus is filled with a lot of questionable narrative choices that simply shouldn't exist in a AAA story focused game. It's also way too long.

    The biggest issue is the marriage of gameplay and narrative. They do not gel. Naughty dog seem to have taken no notes on the critiscm of the gameplay in the first game, as its basically unchanged (wow, we get a jump button). Another issue is with the games 'woke' mentality. No this isn't a sjw jerk fest like a lot of people make it out, BUT it isn't completely innocent either, with the story dumping ideas that only seems to annoy angry incels, rather than pull you forward.

    God I miss Amy hennig.    … Expand
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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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