The Last of Us Part II

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5.8

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. Krim452
    Jun 27, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i liked it enough, this game is freaking beautiful. JUST to be clear, the people who worked on the game did great except the direction or stoyboard and pacing of this, abbys story entirely imo could of been left out. it just didnt feel right to have her in it. NOT to say its the VA and the production team fault. it was the directions overall. the game was great to play. and joel isnt a dummy even though i feel joel would have a lot of enemies. but that part with joel wasnt the way to go tbh. the game is beautiful, direction/story needed work. it was in production too long for it to be so flawed… Expand
  2. mroll44
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wouldn’t rate this game a perfect 10/10. It’d be closer to a 10 than a 9, however. So, on the scale options given to me, it gets a 10. The only thing I didn’t like about it was how it made me feel. It is a very difficult game to play because it is so powerful and depressing. From Joel’s brutal death to the journey that follows, there are so many terrible decisions made by the main characters, so much pain, death, anger, and hatred that I found the game very difficult to play at times. But what happened was the realization that no other game I’ve ever played had made me feel so many things and challenged my views/beliefs on so many topics. I finished the game a week ago and have not stopped thinking about it since. It’s that powerful. Kudos to the Naughty Dog team for taking such a huge gamble with the 2nd installment of perhaps the most beloved game/IP of the past decade. I didn’t like feeling all of those things (who enjoys feeling depressed?), and I play video games b/c they’re fun, but this game is still too good and too powerful to ignore. I highly recommend it to anyone, but just be prepared for an emotional journey unlike any you’ve ever experienced.… Expand
  3. Hell2nowhere
    Jun 20, 2020
    1
    What a waste of a good story that was last of us . Very disappointed with the game
  4. ENRICO1983
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    The Last Of Us Part 2 may not be for everyone, but it is definitely for me. It is controversial, but if you are willing to be open minded in the direction of the game you will have one hell of an experience.
  5. Mezaki
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Really bad storyline. This game just sucks. I hope this game is going to be recognized as the worst game made by a big company like naughty dog.
  6. D1ng0
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    Epico y arriesgado lo que hace el director con los personajes y su desarrollo.
  7. Timenick
    Sep 10, 2022
    2
    I have never seen such a jarring difference in quality between production value and everything else. This game really is the definition of a golden turd.
  8. Endi_Glass
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great gameplay, mature story and beautiful graphics! The Last of Us Part 2 proves its worth before the first game. Deserves full 10 out of 10… Expand
  9. Abgop
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Si pudiera demandar a Naughty Dog por scam, lo haría sin dudar, muchas escenas del trailer donde sale Joel en el producto final es reemplazado y se trata de otro personaje. Spoiler, Joel es asesinado por Abby a menos de 10 minutos de iniciar el título y de ahi hasta la mitad del juego encarnas a Ellie, tratando de vengar a Joel buscando a Abby por Seattle, upgradeando tus armas, y entonces BOOM! Te quitan la campaña Ellie en el "mejor" momento y tienes que concluir el juego con Abby, mandando al carajo tu progreso como Ellie, y tu recompensa? moler a golpes a Ellie jugando como Abby y PUAGH! La historia de este título te hace arruinar las vidas de Joel y Ellie. Ni siquiera lo terminé, vi el final en internet.… Expand
  10. Kimnoa
    Jun 20, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horribly disappointed. Hope the part 3 redeems the franchise. Anticlimactic ending, character development sucks, gameplay sucks and for the life of me why sony didn’t censor the sexual scene is beyond me. Is this was any other game they would have censored the hell out of it. Only redeeming quality is the graphics.… Expand
  11. Orry
    Jul 8, 2020
    10
    I really have to admit that I really liked this game. No matter what you have heard or read, play this game for yourself. Enough is already been said about this game but in my eyes this was really a unique experience that deserves to be played. This is just my personal opinion, so feel free to think what you will about this :p
  12. Esperado
    Aug 8, 2020
    9
    This game has a great story. If you want to experience the whole gamut of feelings, try to finished both games, one after another.
  13. De_Motschi
    Jul 13, 2020
    10
    Mich hat das Spiel komplett überfahren. Eine emotionale Achterbahnfahrt der Gefühle die einen bleibenden Eindruck hinterlassen hat. Ich kann nur hoffen das es trotz der großen Kritik, die ich beim besten willen nicht verstehen kann, weiterhin solche mutig erzählten Geschichten in Games gibt. Denn der Einheitsbrei einiger anderen großen Studios beginnt mich zu langweilen.
  14. bubyilda
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    In my opinion second part of the game was, really awful. But when I saw a second part I was terrified.
  15. Lonid
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    In General, the game is not bad. During its creation, a lot of work has been done, which is hard to miss. However, it is inappropriate to please the LGBT community in favor of gaming trends. The player's attention should not be distracted from the main gameplay by the fact that it is located in certain scenes. And causes a great aversion to the game. The game simultaneously brings anIn General, the game is not bad. During its creation, a lot of work has been done, which is hard to miss. However, it is inappropriate to please the LGBT community in favor of gaming trends. The player's attention should not be distracted from the main gameplay by the fact that it is located in certain scenes. And causes a great aversion to the game. The game simultaneously brings an indescribable feeling of satisfaction with such a well-developed project and disgust, which is why it becomes unbearably unpleasant to play it. Because of what to collapse the entire impression of the… Expand
  16. BeatsHasRhythm
    Jul 10, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I’ve felt the same way as everyone else. When Joel died it made it hard for me to play. But the more I did the more I found out about the story, and the more I cared about the characters. I swear a bunch of underdeveloped prepubescent teens play this, and are immune to feelings. We got to see a whole other side of the story. Abby’s father straight up got murderer, so of course she wants revenge. Having to fight Ellie was insanely difficult as a player. And don’t get me started on the fear and intense moments of the game. I loved this game far more than Part 1. And the flashbacks do so much justice for the relationship of Ellie and Joel. A word to the wise, stop letting children play Rated M games. Or just keep them away from leaving ratings. Good job on the score metacritic.… Expand
  17. EcchiMegane
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Wow, I am blown away by how good this game turned out. I just finished it last night and the ending left me feeling content but at the same time thinking. I love what they did with the characters, and the one controversial character death was absolutely fine with me. Yes it was a shocking moment (I cried a lot) but it drove the story forward and became the basis of the whole plot.
    Abby is    Wow, I am blown away by how good this game turned out. I just finished it last night and the ending left me feeling content but at the same time thinking. I love what they did with the characters, and the one controversial character death was absolutely fine with me. Yes it was a shocking moment (I cried a lot) but it drove the story forward and became the basis of the whole plot.
    Abby is a great new character. All it takes is getting over your initial hatred and realizing she is the same as Ellie, just a girl trying to survive and do what she thinks is best. She had good reason to do what she did. The ending really blew me away in how that dire and brutal story line could end on a bit more positive note but it really did it!
    Needless to say, the graphics, sound, animations, music and voice acting are all superb. This is already my game of the year, easily.    … Expand
  18. MetalAd
    Jan 19, 2021
    0
    On the afternoon of August 18, 1973, five young people in a Volkswagen van ran out of gas on a farm road in South Texas. Four of them were never seen again. The next morning the one survivor, Sally Hardesty-Enright, was picked up on a roadside, blood-caked and screaming murder. Sally said she had broken out of a window in Hell. The girl babbled a mad tale: a cannibal family in an isolatedOn the afternoon of August 18, 1973, five young people in a Volkswagen van ran out of gas on a farm road in South Texas. Four of them were never seen again. The next morning the one survivor, Sally Hardesty-Enright, was picked up on a roadside, blood-caked and screaming murder. Sally said she had broken out of a window in Hell. The girl babbled a mad tale: a cannibal family in an isolated farmhouse... chainsawed fingers and bones... her brother, her friends hacked up for barbecue... chairs made of human skeletons... Then she sank into catatonia. Texas lawmen mounted a month-long manhunt, but could not locate the macabre farmhouse. They could find no killers and no victims. No facts; no crime. Officially, on the records, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre never happened. But during the last 13 years, over and over again reports of bizarre, grisly chainsaw mass-murders have persisted all across the state of Texas. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has not stopped. It haunts Texas. It seems to have no end.… Expand
  19. Pedroff
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    Just a 10 to go against the childish haters.
    Not liking the story is one thing, but review bombing it... kids these days...
  20. Phantompanda
    Jun 26, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game starts off with a memory of joel and ellie after the events of the first game, and will end many years later, but the game in general will have a lot to show that might be questionable to some fans and will sit firm with some. After the game starts, you immediately feel the world and the characters, the combat feels nice and smooth and will change through difficulty, but the main focus here is the storyline, the storyline was intriguing and depressing but still interesting in a good way. This game wants to show us the amount of work and pressure was put into it, and the developers delivered the game will definitely go down in history for killing off a character other companies wouldn't dare to touch, joel sadly gets beaten by a golf club, but this will become the main story for the rest of the game, the story is hard to understand but if you take the time and really understand it you realize, everything comes together even if you might not like abby she will still become a relevant character that gets misunderstood because so many people think joel is a badass and untouchable, and although we think he is great, he would probably go down as the worst man in history because of his selfishness, joel ultimately gets killed by someone who wants a eye for an eye, and even to end this will be obvios and contributes to the story. Characters are as lovable as ever and will mostly be different which adds diversity and uniqueness to the game and im definitely going back in for another playthrough to see if i find new details on them. The combat doesn't get to much added but it still manages to feel more diverse and vast, but the gun combat will sometime feel just off but it usually doesn't matter because it goes back to its great gun combat almost immediately and stops the awkwardness. Overall The last of us part 2 will go down in history as a great sequel, and will not be doubted until you play the game for your self, but if you dont like the game its okay, thats just life… Expand
  21. TomNurse23
    Jul 8, 2020
    10
    Uno dei migliori giochi di sempre. Caxzate chi non gli da un bel 10. Ha tutto. Non si può non dare un 10 perché la storia non è come uno la vuole, la storia la scrivono loro e a mio avviso è una delle piu belle storie di sempre
  22. atropellaoo
    Jul 15, 2020
    9
    Increíble el juego me gustó el primero y este está muy bien y lo mejora en muchos aspectos.
    Para mi the last of US 1 es un referente y mi juego preferido de PS3, este lo jugué con muchas dudas por las notas que aparecían y la gente decepcionada, a pesar de eso he disfrutado el juego muchísimo y aunque es muy cinematográfico y las horas de juego se podrían haber acortado un poco, lo veo    Increíble el juego me gustó el primero y este está muy bien y lo mejora en muchos aspectos.
    Para mi the last of US 1 es un referente y mi juego preferido de PS3, este lo jugué con muchas dudas por las notas que aparecían y la gente decepcionada, a pesar de eso he disfrutado el juego muchísimo y aunque es muy cinematográfico y las horas de juego se podrían haber acortado un poco, lo veo una obra sobresaliente y con unos personajes muy carismáticos. Todo está muy bien hilado es un trabajo excepcional de guión y de montaje . Este juego te harà sentir ... La venganza es el principio de todo un entramado bello, cruel y brutal    … Expand
  23. redscauser
    Jul 22, 2020
    10
    Игра высшего качества, проработка окружения запредельная, отражения, анимации лиц и движений. Стрельба и "мясо" вышибают мозг своей правдоподобностью, спасибо Нати Догам, это шедевр!
  24. Gearshifta
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    WoW! Naughty Dog. I'm not angry I'm just disappointed. Neil I don't honestly know why you went in this direction but I really hope you'll learn from this f****** colossal mistake.
  25. Filmanwalt
    Jul 13, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Late to the party guys, but I am proud we got a game like TLoU2, even if its for me not the masterpiece it could have been. Part 1 was nearly perfect.

    Story

    The story had really really well made parts in it but all in all it wasnt really sth. new, even tho that dont have to be the case always to be good. But the most frustrating was that it was too predictable and I just dont get why we had to reroll it again after the fight with abby against Ellie. The third time was one to much and at the end Ellie couldnt do it either (to much plot armor).

    Besides that the cutscenes were so good, easily the best you could have imagine but I wanted more depth in the story to the apocalyptic world and not on the revenge part.

    Graphics

    Brutally good (just look at the god damn fingers while Ellie playing gitarre, stunning). Even on my Slim it looks fantastic. The worldbuilding, cutscenes, the transmission from gameplay to video sequences are perfect. I would have love more different assets and not only parts of seattle, that for I like the epiloque, cause it gives you more imagination of the apocalyptic world, they could have went for.

    Also why cant I disable this weird filter effect??

    Gameplay

    Here ist the problem for me in this game. Part 1 hadnt had the best Gameplay but with the compelling story it was okay. 7 years later I dont see much innovation and new mechanics. The weapons of Ellie feels boring and most of the sections are spoilering theirself by the way the section is builded.

    The AI of the companions is again stupid, but better as part 1. The Enemy AI is well made and way better (flanking a lot and trying to really kill you), in the epiloque it falls a little bit off by just sending you hordes of enemies in the way.

    With the part of Abby the combat becomes way more impactful and you really going to like playing it more action oriented. Also the "zombie" parts are very well down and kind of creepy.

    Summary

    All in all a very good game, which cant live up to his hype in my opinion. With 25 hours its defenitly worth playing but it couldnt reach Part 1.    … Expand
  26. Genghiskhan03
    Oct 27, 2020
    10
    This is the best game i have ever played. Im serious... Thank you Naughty Dog for all of the emotional experience.
  27. goddamndennis
    Jun 21, 2020
    3
    Theres alot to say about this game. The gameplay is fine, similar to part 1, the graphics are incredible. As all single player games go, it boils down to the story, and there really isnt much to enjoy with this one. As the story progressed, it continually reminded me messages it wanted me to desperately care about, and perspectives from characters i didnt care for. When i reached theTheres alot to say about this game. The gameplay is fine, similar to part 1, the graphics are incredible. As all single player games go, it boils down to the story, and there really isnt much to enjoy with this one. As the story progressed, it continually reminded me messages it wanted me to desperately care about, and perspectives from characters i didnt care for. When i reached the ending, it felt so dry and unfulfilling, i just resorted to playing something else.… Expand
  28. RandRobert
    Jul 8, 2020
    10
    Лучшая графика в индустрии, лучшие анимации, лучший экшен что мне довелось видеть в играх, приятный стэлс, наконец то он приятный, еще не КОдзима, но уже и не остальные жалкие потуги из иных игр.Максимально залипательный геймплэй, эксплоринг наконец то работает, прошлая часть сильно страдала именно в плане геймплэя, тут же они все углубили и поправили, так что если вам зашел первый ЛастЛучшая графика в индустрии, лучшие анимации, лучший экшен что мне довелось видеть в играх, приятный стэлс, наконец то он приятный, еще не КОдзима, но уже и не остальные жалкие потуги из иных игр.Максимально залипательный геймплэй, эксплоринг наконец то работает, прошлая часть сильно страдала именно в плане геймплэя, тут же они все углубили и поправили, так что если вам зашел первый Ласт игра должна зайти, она намного лучше, да и если первый вам был скучен то тут такой проблемы уже нет… Expand
  29. Users
    Jul 3, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Идеально рассказанная история о том, как поступок одного человека, смог разворошить жизни десятков людей. Потрясающе преданный контраст настроения персонажей до и после "рокового момента". Все исполнено на высочайшем уровне, виден титанический труд каждого участника разработки. Однозначно 10 из 10 и однозначно игра стоила тех лет, сколько её с нетерпением ждал. Словами не возможно передать те впечатления и эмоции, что дарит игра. В неё НУЖНО играть, её НУЖНО понимать и её НУЖНО прочувствовать. Искренне жаль тех, кто за пеленой ненависти и предубеждений так и не сумел в ней разглядеть то, что закладывал разработчик.… Expand
  30. toshka
    Jul 8, 2020
    10
    this game caused me a lot of emotions....and i'm happy. It is realy cool game.
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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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