The Last of Us Part II

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

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  3. Negative: 68,475 out of 161975
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  1. dugy
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    Great game from begining to the end!! Good story, hope they go to third part
  2. onurbrzn
    Aug 19, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Firstly, TLOU2 deserves 6 but one of the most important person's death undercuts 1 point all alone. Pros of TLOU2 are graphics and the playability/style of the game. Graphics are amazing. I am pleased about the playability. You really feel punching, stabbing, killing, taking revenge or caring people in the game. Atmosphere of the game is good. Playability and graphics combined are really good as RDR2 or maybe GoW series. Sounds, npcs, communication of npcs, darkness or lightness of sections, fighting etc make you pleased. They are all good for Naughty Dog. But, cons are very bad. All of pros of the game sinks because story is very poor. When I played TLOU, I loved Joel. I really developed empathy with Joel. We saw the story of Joel and Ellie. We waited for the last section of the game which is plot of the story. I was not bored. Also the storyline of TLOU was not boring and it built up the plot of the game. It was helpful to understand the choice. Actually I think story of TLOU is better than playability. In TLOU2, it becomes reversed. I will draw attention to some points. We meet Abby in TLOU2. Abby has a story. Abby is a protagonist in TLOU2 and this story affects our game experience. Because of her story we lost an important person. It is a concious choice of Mr. Druckmann. I dont like it. TLOU affects GoW series. They adapted daughter/son-father road story, they go from somewhere to somewhere. You follow them and somethings come up. You fight and kill and escape and run. End of the story/game, you should be pleased because of game experience. One of initial section, the person is killed by the new person and you are shocked. TLOU's sole developed empathy figure for me is dead. I really do not understand this choice. OK. You are in revenge stories. I do not empathy Abby or other people. Druckmann does not succeed and i also think it is concious choice. But, I saw this in game all the way, someone has revenge story, someone kills somebody, we saw teeneger love stories, someone has revenge story because of death of somebody, someone goes across the states, they fought and there goes nothing. This storyline has no interest for me. We found a child in this chaos, Lev. This child is a kind of Ellie from TLOU and Abby is a Joel figure. But, in TLOU, we saw Joel lost his daughter and then he met Ellie. Road story of them makes us felt empathy. We understood one by one of their stories with feelings. We hugged them. But, in the Abby and Lev situation, i did not. Story does not work. Ok, Abby is a caring person and Lev is a sibling for her, but that is it. No more understanding, no more feeling. I just played TLOU2. That is one of the worst choice of story. I must understand them, I must feel so much things, I wish that I like Abby, Lev and Abby - Lev siblinghood because of story and storyline. Second of worst choice of story is brutality for nothing sometimes. For instance, we found someones and we want to help them for what reason. This section of stories we killed 50 people for 1 person because we want to help. The theme of TLOU2 is love is the most important thing, love is precious, life of person is important so i must help him. But we killed hundreds. This, my friends, is ludonarrative dissonance. Also check ludonarrative dissonance. Story wants to help us understanding the theme, but gameplay wants lots of death. This is a contradiction. It does not help the game, on the contrary, it makes the game bad. I am really feeling awful. I replayed TLOU because of story. I loved the game because of story. Gamers loved TLOU because of story. In the end, they have no choice to screw up the story and storyline. But they achieved it. Thank you Druckmann.

    I have no problem Abby, Lev or killing Joel in the story, yeah I have to say it. Really. But if you kill Joel , you have to build up something too good. We just saw killing instead of very good storyline. We saw ludonarrative dissonance. They are not in a fantasy world, they want to make a realistic world as they can. Like Lara Croft, we played as powerful girl and if we are in a danger, we can kill the bad people or hit and run from the situation. In Tomb Raider series, we faced tough situtions, We fought thugs. Because they are bad people in the game. For example, in TLOU2, we left our team for saving Lev and we object Lev's commune. Because Lev is in a danger, Lev will be killed so I (Abby) have to save Lev. This is ok, this is a good reason. Abby's team and Lev's commune clashes. But we killed so much people at that moment. Those people also are someone's a father, mother, sibling or relative in ridicilous way. Not good.

    Also, TLOU2 does not highlight SJW or LGBTI +. Ellie and Dina have a relationship which is very good one and they have a very cute baby. This is normal. And then some jerks said Abby is transgender individual, so it is wrong. Evils are evils. I did not feel disturbed and I don't mind any of things. I think TLOU2 has not that kind of a goal.    … Expand
  3. aRandomBloke
    Aug 19, 2020
    3
    This game spends a solid 10 hours making choices for you and forcing you towards certain actions.they also wasted 10 hrs on the game making you play as a character that to most fans is irrelevant, annoying, obscure and honestly not very relatable since we haven’t met them in the previous game, they just cropped up now. No story driven game made me this frustrated
  4. ElinaSinger
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    A story about revenge and forgiveness beautifully done, you feel angry/disappointed/happy/sad and this is what makes this game a masterpiece
  5. laionmaster
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    If I could give them more than just money...
    With a truly exceptional setting, narrative and gameplay, TLOU2 is a masterpiece. I did not expect any of the things that were about to happen, and it surely took me out of my comfort zone.
    Narratives usually give us a nice story, where good things happen at the end and the characters I care about are heroic and brave and fulfill my    If I could give them more than just money...
    With a truly exceptional setting, narrative and gameplay, TLOU2 is a masterpiece. I did not expect any of the things that were about to happen, and it surely took me out of my comfort zone.
    Narratives usually give us a nice story, where good things happen at the end and the characters I care about are heroic and brave and fulfill my expectations and prejudices.
    But the last of us 2 gives us realistic HUMAN characters dealing they have to deal with a ruthless fictional universe.
    At many points while playing I was relieved a situation was over, only to be followed by a more emotional difficult situation ahead and this could be perceived throughout the game.
    If you do something your Character doesn't like, you will notice changes in the body language of the character. This attention to detail makes the game a masterpiece in every aspect.
    I could relate a lot to all the characters and situations.
    This journey will accompany and haunt me for many years. And I cannot thank enough the developers of the game for doing their thing.
    I hope we get more.    … Expand
  6. xKiiMzx
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    Chi critica non capisce un cazzo! Giocate a Fortnite e chiurit u cess lote!
  7. TaroNaza
    Aug 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The story choices sucked, instead of using the already existing depth of the characters, they killed Joel and pushed aside Tommy, new characters have zero depth, Ellie was turned into a punk with anger issues, most of the dialogues and the acting that comes with them were cring and awkward accept of Joel and Tommy, the game play was boring adn repetitive except few sequences, there was nothing original in terms of the game play, except the guitar thing, the puzzles ... were lame and so easy and they felt like fillers, the AI was terrible, you are literally side by side with the enemy yet they don't detect you, I didn't like the pacing of it, the music was not impressive, the graphics were awesome I'll give them that but we have already seen games with that level of detail such as DS, character design same **** from the old game, weapons and system management is exactly the same as the previous game, They didn't even explain the world conflict in any depth and I felt lost , it felt so one-dimensional. it was trash!
    Waited seven years for this, what a joke!!    … Expand
  8. Nescs
    Aug 19, 2020
    0
    Игра ужасна в плане сюжета,главного героя первой серии убьёт какая-то перенакаченная баба,а наш главный персонаж стоит в сторонке смотря как её самый лучший друг который пожертвовал жизни и МИЛИОНА людей не дав ей умирать но нет мы должны сиотреть как он умирает не покупай те игру ,а если купили то пожилейте свои нервы игра отстой ,в про пропаганду ЛГБТ я даже не говорюИгра ужасна в плане сюжета,главного героя первой серии убьёт какая-то перенакаченная баба,а наш главный персонаж стоит в сторонке смотря как её самый лучший друг который пожертвовал жизни и МИЛИОНА людей не дав ей умирать но нет мы должны сиотреть как он умирает не покупай те игру ,а если купили то пожилейте свои нервы игра отстой ,в про пропаганду ЛГБТ я даже не говорю
  9. SlumWolf
    Aug 19, 2020
    9
    Loved the rich Story ( pulls on all emotions and isn’t afraid to push the boundaries of risks ), Gameplay and mechanics are excellent, amazing graphics. I couldn’t get enough of this game since it released, had to keep playing several hours each day and finished it.. replayed it on survival mode and made the challenge even more real ( played on normal mode to start with ).. Got theLoved the rich Story ( pulls on all emotions and isn’t afraid to push the boundaries of risks ), Gameplay and mechanics are excellent, amazing graphics. I couldn’t get enough of this game since it released, had to keep playing several hours each day and finished it.. replayed it on survival mode and made the challenge even more real ( played on normal mode to start with ).. Got the platinum after about a week of playing it each day I believe. One unforgettable experience and I thoroughly enjoyed each and every moment of it! Wouldn’t say it’s perfect but damn close.. I would like to give it a 9.5/10 but had to settle for the 9. Def worth buying!… Expand
  10. Diderot
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    This game is just perfect. The graphic, sound, music and design is simply unrivaled and it its the best you can get on PS4. The gameplay is also very fun but more old proven formula than innovative.
    But what make this game so good is its story. The storytelling is really on the level of movie or book - characters, feelings, motivations, characters developing in time.
    No doubt this is    This game is just perfect. The graphic, sound, music and design is simply unrivaled and it its the best you can get on PS4. The gameplay is also very fun but more old proven formula than innovative.
    But what make this game so good is its story. The storytelling is really on the level of movie or book - characters, feelings, motivations, characters developing in time.
    No doubt this is game of the year (mabye game of the decade).    … Expand
  11. 63045
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    This game is such an unique experience. It wasn’t what I expected at all after the brilliant first part. Is that a bad thing? No. But is it a risky thing? Yes, I believe it is. The user reviews this game gets shows the narrow minded side of the gaming community. The hate voice actors and game directors get is disgusting. But let’s talk about the game.

    First of all the graphics: they are    This game is such an unique experience. It wasn’t what I expected at all after the brilliant first part. Is that a bad thing? No. But is it a risky thing? Yes, I believe it is. The user reviews this game gets shows the narrow minded side of the gaming community. The hate voice actors and game directors get is disgusting. But let’s talk about the game.

    First of all the graphics: they are astonishing. I lost count of how many times I just had to stop playing the take in the view. So much effort has been put into all the little details. The gameplay is so good as well. New stuff like the rope mechanic (simply wow!) is completely new for me in gaming. Melee fighting has improved so much compared to the first game, I love it! But on to the story and how it develops. How cool is it to see same sex relationships develop, to see and play as two different sides of the apocalypse. In most games the story is good versus evil, this game ditches that completely. You’re in the grey area. One moment you root for Ellie, the next moment you hate her for her actions. What a rollercoaster of emotions it is. A must play for every gamer.    … Expand
  12. 8kiarash
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    Perfect gameplay,perfect animation, mesmerizing graphics and, an absolute masterpiece
  13. kamgeforce
    Aug 19, 2020
    0
    Had my review deleted too many times to bother with it again, all the **** you heard about it is true, thats what matters. Props for the production quality, the people who worked on the technical side of the game should stop wasting their considerable talents working for such garbage studio.
  14. Sim6
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    Naughty Dog has made it again. One of the best videogames I've ever played, without a doubt one of the games of the generation.
    More and better than the first in almost every aspect. Technically it is sublime, a new ceiling in the industry at all levels. It's long -more than 30 hours in the first playthrought-, and the characters and the plot catches you -unless you are a hater oc-.
  15. ShinDragun
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Just a complete disappointment! I really wouldn't recommend the game to my worse enemy.
  16. valera-che88
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    Titanic work. The best graphics, animations, details, advanced gameplay in the spirit of the first part, and especially for me, a real live story that causes you real emotions, turns your worldview. No other game evokes such feelings. The finale just makes you feel cathartic. True masterpiece. All other games are now kindergarten.
    Guys from ND you are insane and simply best!
  17. MiBrava
    Aug 19, 2020
    10
    Simplesmente Perfeito! Concordo que tem alguns furos no roteiro, porém quem está dando nota muito baixa com certeza é por ser preconceituoso e não ter gostado da morte de um personagem importante no começo do jogo, a qual pra mim deu mais peso e profundidade para a história .
  18. SnowStorm2020
    Aug 18, 2020
    10
    Офигенная игра. Прохожу уже 3-й раз. Ноют тут только гомофобы и латентные геи, которые так были влюблены в Джоэля, что с его убийством у них жизнь закончилась. История крутая, геймплей, графика - все супер. Надеюсь, третьей части быть.Офигенная игра. Прохожу уже 3-й раз. Ноют тут только гомофобы и латентные геи, которые так были влюблены в Джоэля, что с его убийством у них жизнь закончилась. История крутая, геймплей, графика - все супер. Надеюсь, третьей части быть.
  19. spacewars
    Aug 18, 2020
    10
    Fantastic game. Improved game controls from the first one that fixed lack of intuition. Story was compelling, touched on modern issues of gender and sexuality allowing it be normalised and without trying to shove it down players throats as an attention grabber.
  20. Juanf4r11
    Aug 18, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The graphics, the animation, the mechanics, everything was awesome, the story at the beginning is frustrating but while you are playing you get more and more and more excited, but it stop when you take the control of Abby, i understand the message of the game that was, no one is safe, no one has an heroic end, everybody can die at any time, and the developing of Ellie of her decisions and her thirst of revenge while you start understanding the past of Abby, and when Ellie loses everything, God, you start to reflect with yourself, it's just, Wow, there are other things that are good and bad, but honestly if you start to think clearly what you've just played, is a masterpiece, Please if you read this, take a moment to think about it and review this game what it deserves, thanks and nice done Naughty Dog… Expand
  21. pablobosa
    Aug 18, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Wanted to finish this masterpiece before i could leave my honest review. Very hard and grim game. Its hard to put on words but i understand what the creators intended to potray with the story. In the end even though i didnt like Abby i sure was not okey with Ellies desicions so i tried to let her kill me. Its interesting to feel this switch of perspective. I wad hoping for that ending and got it in a more cruel but real way. Anyhow, even if u hate the story and what they did to Joel this game doenst deserve a 0 at all. Game mechanics and art are amazing so from someone that didnt enjoy it genuenly a 5 or 6 would be understandable.… Expand
  22. Isagat390
    Aug 18, 2020
    10
    Jugabilidad 10/10
    Una historia q donde no te esperas q va a pasar
    Una historia donde te hará sentir muchas emociones 10/10 Y para la gente que les esto cuando vallas a criticar un juego no solo se crítica por la historia si no por todo lo que tiene x q acabo de leer a un tonto q le dió un 0 y no dió motivos del por qué solo dijo q es una desonrra al lado del primer juego y no es así en    Jugabilidad 10/10
    Una historia q donde no te esperas q va a pasar
    Una historia donde te hará sentir muchas emociones 10/10 Y para la gente que les esto cuando vallas a criticar un juego no solo se crítica por la historia si no por todo lo que tiene x q acabo de leer a un tonto q le dió un 0 y no dió motivos del por qué solo dijo q es una desonrra al lado del primer juego y no es así en jugabilidad le gana al primero después dijo q diseños de los personajes es decir el cm están elaborandos es igual q el primero por eso digo gente no se dejen engañar por los hater q cuando critican no dan una opinión coherente de su crítica .
    Así q si ven a uno q crítica y no da motivos lógicos o coherentes del x q su nota no les hagan caso Tienen q leer a alguien q si sepa hacer críticas por ej yo
    Jugabilidad 10 de 10
    Historia a lo mejor 7/10
    Detalles del juego 10/10 Musica10/10
    Narrativa y efecto sorpresa 10/10
    Fisicas10/10
    Accesibilidad 10/10
    Diseño de niveles10/10
    Apartado gráfico 10/10
    Apartado tecnico10/10
    Bonitos paisajes así q 10/10
    Este juego es una obra de arte pero para jugarlo en cuanto a la historia tienen q jugarlo a mente abierta para q lo puedan disfrutar
    Es q de verdad la gente Miren si no me creen...
    Solo fijensen en la gente estúpida q cuando crítica algo no da motivos solo dicen q es feo y ya un 0
    Amigo dame un motivo para darme un 0
    No se dejen engañar por los harers inútiles por favor yo recomiendo mucho este juego y una última cosa. La gente q dice jugabilidad repetitiva...
    Acaso no jugaron el tlou1???
    En tlou1 la jugabilidad no era repetitiva????
    En tlou2 tiene muchísimas más cosas en cuanto a jugabilidad si lo compararnos con el primero
    Si las personas dicen q la jugabilidad de tlou2 es repetida significa q no jugaron al primer juego
    Repito si van a criticar pongan argumentos con SENTIDO Y no confíen en la gente q crítico el juego el 19 de junio x q este juego es muy largo cm para terminarlo todo un día así q se nota mucho haré aquí    … Expand
  23. Marckman
    Aug 18, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Después de los sucesos del primer juego es de imaginar que algo grande se espera, pero este nuevo juego se hace pasar como si fuera un capítulo sin meterte y llegar a estimar a los personajes como en el primero. "La prensa especializada" puede dar una opinión, pero sólo son un puñado comparado con los millones que aman el juego. Ellos lo hacen porque es su trabajo, todos los demás lo hacen porque les gusta y esperaban una trama igual de buena como la primera.… Expand
  24. MemeCityMayor
    Jul 27, 2020
    4
    This game is not good. It has a 2/10 story with 6/10 gameplay. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but if you want to waste 30 hours with bad storytelling, a bit of bad level design, fetch quests, suggish combat, occasional enemy spam, but some good horror + good setpieces, have a ball.
  25. ckashima
    Aug 18, 2020
    10
    honestly, this is the best game of all time. from gameplay to story plot, everything is astonishing and makes you take a step back and question what really is important in life.
  26. Alex3Hard
    Aug 18, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Визуал- 10
    Звук - 8
    Геймплей - 7
    Режиссура, постановка, игра актеров - 10
    Сюжет - 0
    Самый ужасный сиквел в истории - минус 2 балла
    Итого - 5.
    Рекомендую всем, кто не играл в первую часть или считает первую часть посредственной. А так же всем, кому нравятся депрессивные истории (даже плохо написанные). Поклонникам же первой части - крепитесь, ребята    … Expand
  27. IvanCebreros
    Aug 18, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lack of respect for the first game, a story that feels weak and not at the level of the first game.
    The good things are the graphics and the music, it also has a good game play, but if what you want a good story and powerful moments this is not the game.
    It can be consider a good video game but a bad last of us game.    … Expand
  28. Throwaway2322
    Aug 18, 2020
    10
    Almost as good as the original, which I rate as my favorite of all time. A really depressing game that came out during COVID - but a must play when you’re in the right mood. Is it as happy as the first one, no. Is it a story worth telling, absolutely.
  29. CasualAmateur
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Never have I ever experienced a game that moved me so profoundly. Such an unbelievable accomplishment. It is a highly immersive world that engages you and moves you with each beat. The game made me mad, cry, smile, mad again, cry again and smile again and the cycle went on. The visual storytelling, environmental storytelling and the cutscenes each had such a strong way of conveyingNever have I ever experienced a game that moved me so profoundly. Such an unbelievable accomplishment. It is a highly immersive world that engages you and moves you with each beat. The game made me mad, cry, smile, mad again, cry again and smile again and the cycle went on. The visual storytelling, environmental storytelling and the cutscenes each had such a strong way of conveying emotions that it made me realize what an amazing medium of art video game development is. I loved the graphics, the detail in the world, the accessibility options, the gameplay loop as well. It was such a strong and intense experience and it really did make me realize why I love Naughty Dog so much. Seems like another win for an awesome team of game developers. Thank you for this amazing experience.… Expand
  30. mr_t_da_man
    Aug 18, 2020
    10
    Just finished the game, and wow, just wow.
    Narratively unlike anything ever done on videogames, heartbreaking, haunting, im literally crying on my bed.
    Albeit the gameplay felt slightly old, with a few tropes we've seen before, the story never ceases to hurt and engage you, first by antagonizing your enemies, and then, believably and effortlesly convincing you of their humanity, making    Just finished the game, and wow, just wow.
    Narratively unlike anything ever done on videogames, heartbreaking, haunting, im literally crying on my bed.
    Albeit the gameplay felt slightly old, with a few tropes we've seen before, the story never ceases to hurt and engage you, first by antagonizing your enemies, and then, believably and effortlesly convincing you of their humanity, making you question your heroes and purpouse and reflecting on the purpouse of revenge and the power of perspective. We're so used to a world of videogames focused on brainless blind-button-mashing-murder, that is refreshing when certain games bring about the oportunity to reflect - reminding me of Undertale in this subject.
    Due to the gameplay, for about 80% of the game it felt like a solid 8, 8.5, but the final stretch was just devastating, surely a game i won't ever forget. This not only expands on the legacy of the first game, but sets a new standard for the series, and for video game storytelling and acting in general.

    PS. All you whiny kids who didnt play the game, or cant handle the fact gender issues are a fact of life, or feel entitled to have your perspective on these characters persist in your fantasies, go write fan fiction, and not metacritic reviews. Of go play CoD and just give up on growing up. Anyone giving this game less than a 7 is acting in bad faith - the game is bugless, the gameplay is at the very least enjoyable, the acting is top-notch and the writing is phenomenal (NO EXPOSITION PEOPLE, OMG)    … Expand
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#2 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#1 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020
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#3 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2020

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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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