The Last of Us Part II

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  1. SC4RECR00W
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I can't believe how they got rid of the main character of the first game in less than 2 hours, 7 **** years for this, the game was carried away by the inclusion… Expand
  2. POW15
    Jun 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As someone who was a big fan of the Last of Us part 1, coming into the THE LAST OF US PART II I had high expectations. Now, I told myself that, I am bound to be disappointed in some factors of the game. I mean, after all, its a game I have waited for for 7 years. I went into the game with an open-mind and having ignored all the leaks and spoilers, I had no idea what I was walking into.

    Problems and misunderstanding:

    1. Joels death was painful to watch. You play as a character named Abby who is running away from a horde of zombies. You are then saved by the beloved characters, Joel and Tommy. They save you on multiple occasions and eventually you bring them back to your little hide out. Now the first issue I have here is continuity with character personalities (Characteristics/traits). Joel and Tommy are known to be survivors and it is clearly demonstrated in the first game. When I mean clearly, they literally show Joel being ruthless to a group of bandits that were pretending to be injured, knowing this, Joel goes straight through like a badass. However, this trait is no longer seen in the second game. He casually just walks into a room filled with people that are armed and unknown. He then introduces himself, eventually getting killed. You see Joel die in the most brutally and heart-wrenching way possible during the first act of the game (2 hours in). This is where people misunderstand the majority of why fans hate this. We are not upset that Joel died...its how he died. His death by the end of the game nearly meant nothing. His character is not the same character we grew to love. Nor was his death memorable or meaningful whatsoever. A lot of us understood the motive that was presented here for Ellie, and yes...it did make us angry and we too wanted revenge just like Ellie. But it was done in a way that was so lazy and poorly written.

    2. Playing as Abby. It was very obvious what the game developers were trying to do. They wanted to humanize the character. They tried manipulating the audience by using the whole animal trope where Ellie is bad for killing dogs, Abby is good for saving a zebra and is friendly with dogs. It is these subtle things that make me so frustrated with the game because these devices or elements that are used to get the audience to sympathise with Abby are poorly integrated within the game. I can say that after playing 10 hours with Abby with a storyline that hardly connected with Ellie's, I still felt nothing for her character. Even by the last fight between Ellie and Abby, I was filled with rage and wanted Abby dead so badly.

    3. Poor Character development. I didn't care one bit about any of Abby's friends. In fact, I was super happy when Manny got shot in the face. Owen and Mel's death was nice to see. For the matter a fact, Jesse and Dina were alright characters. I truly didn't think much of them at all, when Jesse died to a bullet to the face, I kind of just sat there and looked at him and shrugged it off. It was clearly just for shock value, and the characters in the game clearly didn't care either.

    4. Political Agendas. Yes...Abby may not be a transgender woman, but my goodness, she got dem guns. Basically, all the men die, woman live on! I never really cared because Ellie was and always has been the best character in the game (apart from Joel). I have always seen Ellie as a badass character. She can handle her own and take on just about anyone. That is what I call a strong, independent female character. However, it is clear that some of the games selling point has to do with the lesbian, transgender LGBTQ political point of views. I am all for these kind of things, if it doesn't affect the story...which it didn't to be quite honest. I was fine with Dina and Ellie being together because I already knew Ellie liked women from the DLC Left behind! But, my goodness, Lev was just a copy paste of trying to replicate the Ellie and Joel relationship with Abby and baldy over there. It just sucks because they could have made all these powerful messages about the LGBTQ into the game, but do it subtly and not shove it down our throats. In doing so, it makes it more impactful and meaningful in a way. LIKE WHY WAS MEL OUT IN COMBAT WHEN SHE WAS PREGNANT! WOMAN EMPOWERMENT? NO!

    5. Ellie learning her lesson at such a weird time. Wtf yo...I tried writing this review in a professional manner, but as you can see above, I have given up. What was the ending. Only after getting 2 fingers bitten off and killing maybe another 50 people she then realises she doesn't want to kill Abby??? How did she not learn her lesson the first time when she encountered her. She killed probably over 200 peeps and by the end of the story shes like nah girl. Leave with yo bald ass baby... Ellie lost everything, whilst Abby is straight drippin in gold. Joels death felt like it was for nothing and the story just ends.

    7 years, we expect at least a mediocre story and game, but what we got was worse...    … Expand
  3. Bucketanarchy
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    To say I didn't like it would be insulting any other game I didn't like.
    This game has got to be the most pretentious garbage I have ever seen.
    Naughty dog tries way to hard to "subvert expectations" and instead creates a complete train wreck of forced politics and LGBTQ ideals. Part 1 had the perfect balance between story and character development, and surprisingly managed to have    To say I didn't like it would be insulting any other game I didn't like.
    This game has got to be the most pretentious garbage I have ever seen.
    Naughty dog tries way to hard to "subvert expectations" and instead creates a complete train wreck
    of forced politics and LGBTQ ideals. Part 1 had the perfect balance between story and character development, and surprisingly managed to have LGBTQ plot devices that actually made sense.
    Druckmann clearly has some problems he need to work out with certain people instead of implementing them into and highly anticipated installment to a series.    … Expand
  4. willerkiller
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Do not be fooled by the paid-off journalist "critics". This game is a disappointment in every sense of the word. The gameplay is generic without any innovation. The same old stealth and shooting mechanics that we've seen in countless other titles. The story is a mess that feels like it was written by an edgy teenager. The dialogue tries too hard to come off as profound but ends up justDo not be fooled by the paid-off journalist "critics". This game is a disappointment in every sense of the word. The gameplay is generic without any innovation. The same old stealth and shooting mechanics that we've seen in countless other titles. The story is a mess that feels like it was written by an edgy teenager. The dialogue tries too hard to come off as profound but ends up just feeling lackluster. All this game really has going for it are the visuals. I will definitely not be buying other games made by Naughty Dog after this travesty.… Expand
  5. Fangenijus
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    It breaks my heart to write this, but I really did not expect such a poor story after all these years of waiting. While there were a few genuinely good moments, majority of game filled up with plot holes. It just took elements of what worked for the first game without understanding what made them compelling. It seems like this game was done by other studio, but its not!!. The basicIt breaks my heart to write this, but I really did not expect such a poor story after all these years of waiting. While there were a few genuinely good moments, majority of game filled up with plot holes. It just took elements of what worked for the first game without understanding what made them compelling. It seems like this game was done by other studio, but its not!!. The basic gameplay has stayed the same (for better or worse), environment puzzles are almost gone. So remove story from the table and you are left with the shallow gameplay that will have you looking for some other game.… Expand
  6. Bulgwang
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.
    I waited 5 years to play this
    And they gave me a horrible intro and **** ending
    I just want to forget about this game.
  7. nocomments
    Nov 22, 2020
    2
    Graphics - 8.9 of 10, Music - 6 of 10, Story - 0 of 10, variety of enemies - 4 of 10, fun factor - 0 of 10.
  8. lastofreviews
    Nov 22, 2020
    1
    I'll be honest now, first 20 minutes (or however long it took until something happened, but i'm not gonna spoil) and then it was just ruined till the end. Nothing saved it for me.
  9. NarmanHammer
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Last of Us 2 is a true testament to how not to make a sequel for a game. While gameplay received better animations and such, it mostly remained the exact same and becomes monotonous and predictable over the 25+ hour story. While it’s not bad, you'd hope for a much bigger upgrade or overhaul of crafting and other gameplay mechanics, but many remained completely untouched. But the gameplay isn’t what causes this game to be a failure in my opinion, because that’s not what people really play TLOU for anyways. People play for the characters and story, which is nothing short of disappointing and misguided in this game. The utter lack of respect toward previous or even new characters prevents the player from getting invested in them, and the game fails to utilize the one relationship the player was already invested in going into the game. Instead they demolish that relationship, and never really show it getting back to anything of what it used to be. Most other characters in this game are stagnant and replaceable, and while they have good performances, fail to make me care about them in a meaningful way. That is, until they get brutally murdered on a quest for revenge. By the end of the game I was so numb to violence nothing shocked me anymore, and I’m not sure what the game was even trying to say through all this violence and misery. What I do know is that I feel devastated for Ellie and deep hatred for another character. I truly hope Naughty Dog lets this franchise die in the pit they dug for it. I absolutely loved the first game, but this train wreck wants me to feel depressed for nothing. Some of the lessons it tries to teach seem so stupidly simple I asked myself if I was even hearing it right. All I can hear now is the ringing in my ears after listening to one of my favorite games get pillaged and massacred in the name of “Subverted Expectations”. Do not recommend.… Expand
  10. SoundoftheSun
    Nov 22, 2020
    2
    This game is textbook example how to make bad video games.

    Graphics - 8.2 / 10
    Story - 0 / 10
    Gameplay - 7 / 10
    Innovations compared to previous game - 3 / 10
    Innovations or story that would justify part 2 - 0 / 10
    Conclusion: 2 / 10
  11. Carl12103
    Sep 21, 2020
    0
    I am very dissapointed I paid for this. Horrible story that ruined the series
  12. T_U_B_
    Sep 23, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. An absolute waste of time where they make you hate a character that you don't even get to kill at the end of the game… Expand
  13. Plutopspk
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Graphic is good but story and bugs maked this game is trash don't waste 60dollars
  14. Mcconnon
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. That game is an absolute insult to all the fanbase! Ellie goes on a killing spree after Abby kills Joe, and pretty much everybody Ellie loves.
    The story is a nonsensical revenge journey that does not pay off in the end!
    Save your money!    … Expand
  15. NoodlePsychosis
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    It takes a bad game to get a low score. It takes a downright insulting one to get a zero. Everything about this game's plot is either nonsense or spits on everything the original game stood for. I am honestly enfuriated that so many people excited for this game are going to be let down by a game that is essentially someone's hate boner for the original.

    I don't even care about the SJW    It takes a bad game to get a low score. It takes a downright insulting one to get a zero. Everything about this game's plot is either nonsense or spits on everything the original game stood for. I am honestly enfuriated that so many people excited for this game are going to be let down by a game that is essentially someone's hate boner for the original.

    I don't even care about the SJW parts. I care about how dirty they did all these characters, making decisions so unbelievably stupid that it makes you wonder if they're just new characters pretending to be the old ones. I really don't know what happened here.

    This is like if Sonic Team made a game where sonic is considered the bad guy for all the human machines he destroys. A ludicrous idea that is fan-fiction at best.    … Expand
  16. HomSatoshi
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    From a technical standpoint, this game is great with a revamped gameplay from the original and great visuals, but the story is just underwhelming. The narrative is the driving force for the gameplay and I honestly was not feeling the story. Like I could see what they were going for but the execution fell completely flat. But at least they tried something different from the first game evenFrom a technical standpoint, this game is great with a revamped gameplay from the original and great visuals, but the story is just underwhelming. The narrative is the driving force for the gameplay and I honestly was not feeling the story. Like I could see what they were going for but the execution fell completely flat. But at least they tried something different from the first game even though it did not work entirely to its favour.… Expand
  17. Somerandom
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    So this is where we are in video games, gratuitous sex scenes for no literal reason? This game has a flat story with no worth while characters or character development for that matter. This game just takes a steaming dump on the first games story and world building. Anyone who rates this torture porn garbage a 10 is SICK IN THR HEAD
  18. Brutalisk
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game just broke my heart into pieces for real..
    my biggest regret 2020
  19. Jexido
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm so disappointed with this overpriced horror show. A complete deconstruction of the first game and the characters you developed a connection to therein. Just a complete brutality to basically every character new and old, and the whole franchise's reputation.

    Joel announcing his name to a group of strangers he already seemed suspicious of despite knowing that people could be looking for him after what he did was so forced and out of character. Ellie walking in on Joel getting beaten to death, GUN IN HAND, and not immediately shooting Abby was also incredibly ooc. Poor writing, not just in the overall story but also in terms of the characters is literally used as a gratuitous stepping stone, AKA a shameless excuse to get to all of the brutal, gorey violence.

    Noy to mention it ends in a bleak way with no silver lining at all. Compare that to the way the first one, while bleak in nature still had its nice moments. Its moments of "ya know what maybe this hellscape is worth sticking around for." But this game? I'd get more enjoyment shoving fingernail clippings up my a** hole.

    Don't get me wrong, I expected it to be bleak. The tone of the game is post-apocalypse. It revolves around death and the ugliness of man and yes yes it's all very grim. That kind of prepares you for how this isn't going to be a totally happy story. But everything they built up and established in the first game is just burned to the ground.

    All the gameplay is basically the same as the first with some exploration buffs and NPC tweeks, companion AI feels clunkier now but a lot of the interactions between your people and between enemies outside of cutscenes feels very fluid and natural. That said, a lot of the stuff that's good about the game is done in flashbacks to when Ellie was younger. The actual current story they're telling had potential but the executuion is poor.

    The game is trying so hard to get a specific reaction while blowing holes in why and how you should feel that way. We are supposed to empathise with Abby just because we are exposed to her when we're forced to play as her? We are supposed to think bad of Ellie when she killed Mel after Mel attacked her first instead of just pleading "I'm pregnant!"?

    Abby killed the man that saved her life brutally and mercilessly. She wasn't able to empathise at all with why Joel might have done what he did, but you are expected to empathise with her? She even goes on to have a similar, protective sort of relationship with Lev as Joel did with Ellie. Maybe not in a parental way, but the parallels are still there. It really could have been a good story had they spent more time on the gap years rather than jumping straight a timeskip and Joel's very premature death.

    All of this and the fact that the ending is not at aaaaall worth it makes this feel so incredibly soulless. They wanted to go down the route of "is there really a good guy in this kind of world?", and that idea could be incredible. But then they butcher the execution. Force you to play as the character who beat Joel to death for a massive portion of the game, and leave off with a terrible ending.

    Ellie stated in the first game that she's most afraid of ending up alone, and they did that to her. She suddenly realises that killing is wrong after slaughtering countless men and women to get to this moment with Abby. She is in the middle if drowning her and suddenly lets her live. This woman killed Joel, almost killed Dina. In fact, upon hearing that Dina was pregnant from a battered and bleeding Ellie, she says "Good.", and proceeds to almost slit her throat only that Lev stops her. But Ellie suddenly forgets all of that and lets her leave.

    Ellie goes back to Dina only to find she has left already, goes into a room and sees her guitar in its case. She pulls it out and learns she can no longer play the way Joel showed her all those years ago because she had her fingers bitten off during the struggle with Abby. She props the guitar up by the window, almost as if in memory of the man who taught her to paly, and leaves it behind. She has no use for it now. Ellie walks through the field outside, alone. Joel dead. Tommy partially paralysed but his characterisation definitely got massacred. Dina gone. Cut to credits. Game over.

    There isn't even a slither of happiness in this game. Was the lesson "revenge is bad"? Because if so, they should have rolled the credits as soon as Abby killed Joel and told players "if that made you uncomfortable, do not seek revenge." In big writing before rolling the credits.
    Either way the ending would leave you shifting uncomfortably with a bad taste in your mouth.

    Neil Druckman should be ashamed of the false advertising via trailers and "10/10" reviews that sprouted up after all of the leaks. Just wait for how quickly the price drops on the PS Store to see how poorly it did. And even when it's cheap, don't subject yourself to this trashfire.    … Expand
  20. Mortanius
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game has legit the worst writing I have ever seen in a gaming industry and Abby is one of the worst if not the worst character ever.

    Why the hell would you ever force players to play as her/him? I dont give a damn about her/his story.

    The ending of this game does not make any sense.

    Plot armors + holes everywhere
  21. Sly77
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The last of us WAS a good franchise, but not anymore. Seeing as how the company had employees leave it makes why this game turn into hot butt butter. Visually appealing, combat mechanics similar to first, but politics being shoved down your throat with **** writing is a NO tor me dog. Save your money for Cyberpunk or UNO. Just something other than this snakeoil.… Expand
  22. Vodka_boi
    Jun 24, 2020
    2
    "Subverting expectations" by making the game unenjoyable from the plot point standard, doing a disservice to the entirety of TLOU 1 that was written by leagues more competent writers and doing all of that to pander to people that don't even play videogames is exactly how not to make a videogame, let alone a huge budget project that is supposed to be the killer app of the generation. Even"Subverting expectations" by making the game unenjoyable from the plot point standard, doing a disservice to the entirety of TLOU 1 that was written by leagues more competent writers and doing all of that to pander to people that don't even play videogames is exactly how not to make a videogame, let alone a huge budget project that is supposed to be the killer app of the generation. Even ignoring all of that, which is absolutely impossible due to the game being a narrative heavy cinematic experience (a yet another slow paced 3rd person action-adventure with "realistic graphics, which is precisely the only type of games all in-house Playstation studios can ever make, it seems), the gameplay is also worse than TLOU 1 at times. I would like to see how far Sony's reach extends when The Game Awards 2020 comes around and TLOU 2 magically gets a GOTY 2020 award because the fans' opinions never matter to them either.… Expand
  23. Allawe27
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The worst game EVER! The first game was about the relationship between two characters: Joel and Ellie. This part introduced way too many unnecessary new characters that only complicated the story and deviated from the evolution of Joel and Ellie. The whole game was about the cycle of revenge. Abby kills Joel, and Ellie set on a journey to kill Abby. While she kills hundreds of people just to get to Abby, she gets the epiphany that killing won't change anything. Excuse me? What about the hundreds that Ellie Killed just to get to Abby? They're just unimportant I guess. I just don't understand what is the point of the second part. The first game ended and let the players decide for themselves whether Joel did the right thing or not. However, the second part assumes that Joel's decision is wrong, and it's just a big f*ck you to all the people who thought Joel did right by Ellie. And who's Abby again, the unrealistically muscular daughter of a worthless NPC from the first part. Everything felt forced in this part just to demonize some characters and try to push Druckmann's ideas of what is right and wrong. As a true lover of the first part, The Last of Us had ended at the point where Ellie said "okay." This part is just a spin-off and is not even close to the first part story-wise. The game is fantastic on level design, sound, and graphical fidelity, which is something I expected from ND developers. But Druckmann needs to leave ND if Sony wants this studio to continue. Otherwise, Druckmann will bring ND demise!… Expand
  24. GrannyWeed
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    To bs honest, everything that made TLOU fun was just thrown to the trash. The naughty dog you knew that made the first game is just gone. 20 hrs of story that in the end you'll wonder why you even bought the game. 60£ went to the trash
  25. LocalElfGirl
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This about proves that critic reviews are not trustable anymore. This game did not need a sequel, the first story was well written and very enjoyable to playthrough. Letting you bond with the characters as you progressed through the game.

    This is not the same for this game, where you watch your favourite characters get tarnished and ruined. Like spitting in the face of the fans. Then    This about proves that critic reviews are not trustable anymore. This game did not need a sequel, the first story was well written and very enjoyable to playthrough. Letting you bond with the characters as you progressed through the game.

    This is not the same for this game, where you watch your favourite characters get tarnished and ruined. Like spitting in the face of the fans. Then you spend the 2nd half of the game just chasing down and getting revenge. Save $60 and don't get it    … Expand
  26. jorden0804
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game is not worth you to cost $60 to buy,if you are a fan of TLOU .It really sucks
  27. FrozenKiwi47
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lesbian here who owns the collector's edition. I was extremely excited for this game and had pre-ordered on the first day. The only true last of us is in my favorite games of all time. I was excited up until the first leaks came out. I had a small piece of hope that it would be at least somewhat good as I already expected Joel would probably die in the squeal just not in the way the leaks showed. When I played the game and saw how they made Joel/Tommy go against their characters, by telling these people where they live and their names when they do not know these people at all. The way Abby just kills Joel when at this point the player has no idea who Abby makes her insufferable. All the work they do to try and make her sympathetic does nothing. At the end of the game, I agree with Ellies's decision to still go after Abby cause 'it can't all be for nothing'. It does not make sense that she would almost just let Abby go, she had just killed a man to get information on where Abby is. The ending is inconsistent with Ellie's character, as the entire game she has been killing people to try and get to Abby, and it is stupid she did not just shoot her in the head. Ellie's ending is bad and she does not even get revenge if she had just killed her straight away all that would be different is she would still have 10 fingers. A waste of £160.… Expand
  28. sawesome
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. -Graphics 10/10 (IGN style)
    -Story 2/10
    -Gameplay 6/10

    Whoever thinks the story is fine* should be more honest about how they actually feel.
    Instead of WhiteKnighting Naughty Dog.    … Expand
  29. Varille
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Frankly, embarrassing for Naughty Dog. I can't believe the enthusiastic critic reviews - Last of Us was not just about the gameplay but also (IMO primarily) the wonderfully crafted story. Part II stomps on the legacy of the Last of Us by killing Joel within its first two hours, barely giving him any attention prior to this raw, sudden death. ND tries to compensate for this through Ellie's flashbacks, only one of which are worth remembering (when he explains the truth of the cure to Ellie), yet even this scene stomps on Last of Us Pt.1 because it was implied she already understood there was no cure. We have to play as Abby, Joel's killer for about 15 hrs. It just doesn't work when you find out she was out for revenge because Joel killed her father, one of the *despicable* Firefly doctors. One ends up having no sympathy for this character whatsoever, hoping that after all of Ellie's killing, she will have no mercy on Abby - but she does. What??? All in all, no payoff, weak characters, a terrible tragic story, an insult to the legacy of Pt. 1. RATING: 1.0/10, for graphics and gameplay.… Expand
  30. v0lcer
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This game is definitely worse than the first part. The reasons for this are really simple. First of all, completely ruined plot. Like, compare the first part’s plot to this. No similarities, no advantages. Secondly, the agitation that may not be so obvious but if you look closely and think about what happens you’ll see. I’m sure it could have been better if someone didn’t get into thisThis game is definitely worse than the first part. The reasons for this are really simple. First of all, completely ruined plot. Like, compare the first part’s plot to this. No similarities, no advantages. Secondly, the agitation that may not be so obvious but if you look closely and think about what happens you’ll see. I’m sure it could have been better if someone didn’t get into this project. This someone is Anita Sarkeesian. Not gonna explain this. But apart from disadvantages there is a bright side too! Graphics and physics are on a new level for a past-gen console (I guess ps4 is now past-gen, since they’ve presented ps5 … Expand
  31. Pr0j3ct97
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Everything about this games story is so bad that it shadows any positive things about this game. Plot is absolutely disappointing.
  32. Side-Arms
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    It tries so hard to be an Oscar bait movie that it forget that's it's a videogame and a zombie apocalypse story. Dialing up the tragedy element doesn't make it original and too many things are there just for various degree of shock value. There is a message about the nature of humanity in there but it's not very different from what you can find in a typical 17 years old edgelord artIt tries so hard to be an Oscar bait movie that it forget that's it's a videogame and a zombie apocalypse story. Dialing up the tragedy element doesn't make it original and too many things are there just for various degree of shock value. There is a message about the nature of humanity in there but it's not very different from what you can find in a typical 17 years old edgelord art project. There is also a game in there, a generally competent action/stealth that has no room to breathe between all the cut scenes. It lacks focus and cohesion and it's just a filler between the "movie" parts. Buy it used or half price if you really want to play it.… Expand
  33. QuisSeparabit
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Boring and too PC. Going to stick mine on a certain auction site right now.
  34. Gamster77
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    I was seriously disappointed in this title because with the critics reviews I thought this was going to be a great game. In my opinion the visuals in this game horrible , runs horrible on my ps4, The story is simply the worse I ever suffered through
  35. P9327
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    I was looking forward to the The Last of Us 2, however I was left bitterly dissapointed with the direction the game took especially after the enjoyment i got out of playing the first one.
  36. Reizig
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    gameplay didnt improved at all
    and the Story ......
    HUGE let down
    i dont get how people can give that game 10s
    another franchise butchered :(
  37. Hello_There23
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This franchise is all about the story. Without the story the game means nothing. This game does have great visuals and great gameplay, but the main focus needs to be the story. The story just isn’t good and it tries too hard to make you feel sorry for people that you immediately don’t want to feel sorry for. And the ending tries so hard to make you feel sad, without making any logical sense.
  38. Dannysexbang
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Last of us 2 feels sloppy in its writing and Execution The death of joel was handled very sloppy. The characters joel and ellie you come to love from the 1st game feel so disconnected in this one Instead of seeing these characters grow more as people. last of us 2 feels like a bad fan fiction. The first game was about loss hope and growth but this game is just not good character development or direction. The first game was about hope i feel this game was forced in all its narrative. I just don't agree with the story direction and will say last of us part 2 was a major disappointment for me my personal opinion.The story ended with the first game… Expand
  39. cacatod12
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Clear political agenda affected the characters and story we know and love. Nuff said
  40. jpg7077
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This is the worst game I've ever seen. NaughtyDog just ruined this franchise.
  41. Lester13
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    i liked previous series, so i expected this would be even better. i was wrong. story , characters , everything is bad about this game. very Disappointed.
  42. XelaZitro
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Visuals- better than the first game.
    Gameplay- About the same. Moving things around to get from place to place replaced with jump. Story- Pretty much uprooted the first game, put into a fire pit, and burned. The characters are turned 180 degrees and pretty much unnoticeable. Post apocalyptic doesn't mean anything in this game. It has gone from a game of survival in which you need to    Visuals- better than the first game.
    Gameplay- About the same. Moving things around to get from place to place replaced with jump. Story- Pretty much uprooted the first game, put into a fire pit, and burned. The characters are turned 180 degrees and pretty much unnoticeable. Post apocalyptic doesn't mean anything in this game. It has gone from a game of survival in which you need to survive with wits into a revenge plot that makes characters unlikable to the point of setting down your controller and returning the game. I found no enjoyment playing this story.    … Expand
  43. KillyShin
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    absolutely Garbage the story telling is a joke the writer doesnt respect the value of the characters.
  44. cyaneum
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Neil Druckmann has been trying to shift the blame to gamers who don't like the SJ issues. And that's pathetic.

    The story is at Grade F by killing a lovable protagonist and replace with a douchebag regardless of his/her/its gender.    … Expand
  45. HVAR
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Sorry. I could not give this game anything else. This has to be the most boring movie like experience i have ever witnessed. The pacing is GOD AWFUL the characters are bland, flat and one dimensional. The story has an extremely bad and unsatisfying conclusion. The 4 rating is only for the visuals. I could not connect with the characters in any way. Disappointed. The gameplay has 0Sorry. I could not give this game anything else. This has to be the most boring movie like experience i have ever witnessed. The pacing is GOD AWFUL the characters are bland, flat and one dimensional. The story has an extremely bad and unsatisfying conclusion. The 4 rating is only for the visuals. I could not connect with the characters in any way. Disappointed. The gameplay has 0 improvements too. Boring. Must play my ass… Expand
  46. Urizen212
    Jun 24, 2020
    0
    Good music, great visual style. The average gameplay. But the plot is terrible, especially Abby's line. Change the screenwriter.
  47. FinnGalaxy
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Imagine waiting 7 years for the continuation of one of the best written games of the last generation, just to obtain a sequel that not just is a mess in it's writing, but completely misses the point of the last game; it's not just supposed good and evil but an spectrum between, but TLOU2 just tries to make every character being one or another at certain points just because the writerImagine waiting 7 years for the continuation of one of the best written games of the last generation, just to obtain a sequel that not just is a mess in it's writing, but completely misses the point of the last game; it's not just supposed good and evil but an spectrum between, but TLOU2 just tries to make every character being one or another at certain points just because the writer and/or director says so.
    I love TLOU, but the Part II just misses the mark. But hey, at least is enjoyable while playing... although that wasn't the reason why the first game was so acclaimed in the first place.    … Expand
  48. TheNiel
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    I highly anticipated this game. I think to this day that TLOU 1 is simply one of the top 3 games ever made. The gameplay was simple but felt not at any point boring. The graphics were astonishing and the story was perfect from the beginning till the end. One of the few games I really shed some tears. The Last of Us 2 tries so hard to fit into its part one shoes that it lost the tone whichI highly anticipated this game. I think to this day that TLOU 1 is simply one of the top 3 games ever made. The gameplay was simple but felt not at any point boring. The graphics were astonishing and the story was perfect from the beginning till the end. One of the few games I really shed some tears. The Last of Us 2 tries so hard to fit into its part one shoes that it lost the tone which made it so great. Some things are great like the graphics and motion capture are almost perfect. The linear lvl design is almost all the time great and the melee combat feels real. But there are things which are truly not good from a players standpoint. The standard AI feels sometimes more dumb than the first one, yes I know you can rank the difficulty up, but that only helps to a certain degree. I wished for more enemy diversity to be more precise the infected. It feels like, "just more of the same". And the last important point is the story. All the different emotions I felt in first few minutes into the first one where unbelievable. There was only one moment I felt something for any of the characters and that one was Joel. All the others even Elli felt like only driven by one emotion and my empathy for anyone was very limited. Everything in the story felt like such a generic revenge story and there are many games which did it better. I watched the ending in disbelieve and sat there for a minute and asked myself: "that was it?" After such a long time playing this game(the playing time was for me about 20-30h I am not sure right now) it didn´t felt satisfying. I am truly, truly heartbroken for how they decided to handle the story archs. Was it a bad game? No, from the gameplay standpoint I didn´t think so. Was it a good game? No, the story destroyed my expirience completely. The hole plot from the first is perfect. The second one feels like: "We have to put this theme on it, REVENGE, REVENGE, REVENGE. No other thing has a place in it." I will play the first one, again and again but this game is done for me. Sad but true...… Expand
  49. LoganBlade
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Incredible potential but falls flat on its face with unlikeable characters and cheap tropes. I wish I never played it. The storyline is just atrocious and lazy.
  50. Coyobo
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Such an absolute **** disapointment. 7 years we waiting for this sequal to one of the greatest games/stories of my generation and they completely butcher it and spit in the face of everyone who fell in love with the original.
  51. Contumqcious
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spit in the face of everyone who loved the first game. On no green earth is this a good game by any stretch. You are forced to witness the death of a beloved character and then play as the murderer of said character all the while the game wants you to sympathize with them. Then towards the end, Ellie can not even bring herself to take revenge but seems to have no problem killing hundreds of people instead. This game may receive lots of criticism for political reasons, I am just appalled and the disrespect this game showed towards the first one. Would not recommend, save your money folks.… Expand
  52. Packer5do
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jesus, where do I even begin. On a technical level, this is Naughty Dog's best game. The graphics are amazing and the gameplay is buttery smooth. I do wish the jump button was used in a more interesting way. The combat feels mostly the same with new additions like the silencer that I enjoyed the most. I feel that upgrades for guns and abilities have been done better in this game too. Environments feel more real and they were a blast to play through. Those were my only positives sadly. I played this game on hard and god damn is this AI bad, absolutely no strides forward since 2013 and I had to check a few times to see if the difficulty switched to easy or something. And the story, I hated every second of it. The reason that I fell in love with the first game was because of how real the characters were. I know it has been said a million times but I love the relationship between Joel and Ellie and I couldn't wait to see what they would do in this game. So why does Joel get merked in the first 2 hours? It pisses me off beyond belief. In my opinion, the characters seem way off and boring. I hated Jesse instantly and Dina is such a dry and uninteresting person. And Tommy seems so off and the way he acts was so strange to me. Ellie is no longer a witty and impulsive girl that made you laugh and happy. She is now a stone-cold killer with little to no emotion. The revenge plot is just so stupid and I never thought it would pay off. Which it didn't. I hated every second that I had to play as Abby, and since you play her for nearly half the game, I lost my mind. I have absolutely no sympathy for her and what her past was. She is uninteresting and her character depth is dog **** The game is so brutal and violent it made me sick. The way every person is treated and how they all suffer in some way just hurts me. Joel dies, Jesse dies, Tommy gets shot in the head and loses an eye, Dina abandons Ellie, and Ellie ends the game alone, fingerless, and sad. This brings me to the ending which I could barely get myself too. My mental state was that bad. So, why does Ellie spare Abby? You spend the entire game hunting her down and you kill hundreds of people to get to Abby. The moral of the story is that killing is bad and the cycle of revenge, so basically the game is telling me that killing Abby would get me nowhere. But this is stupid because the story tells me that you need to kill everyone in your path to get to Abby and when I get there, the game says no and insert cutscene. At least give the player a choice. I bet 95 percent of all players would absolutely destroy Abby in the worst way possible. Why am I told to kill for the first 25 hours but not the final resolution? It feels cheap and left such a bad taste in my mouth, I couldn't even break a smile. In fact, the only time I did smile was during the flashbacks with Joel and Ellie. It shows what the game could have been without all the hate and sadness. And the scenes like Owen and Abby in the aquarium I just thought about how this scene could have been good if replaced by Joel and Ellie. The game ending with Ellie unable to play guitar and all alone just crushes me. She didn't deserve any of this. This game is so depressing and intentionally filled with hate. By the end, the game gave me so many negative feelings I can't even explain them. Why would anyone want that in a video game? I cried because the game is so sad and feels like a slap in the face compared to the first game. The game did not need to be like this, I would have loved if it was just the Joel and Ellie flashbacks. I still can't believe this is the end result. I could go more in-depth but I don't want to. I can't express how much it hurts me. Just like Reggie said, "If it's not fun, why bother"? So don't. Don't bother.… Expand
  53. Orlando2109
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Worst story ever. Naughty dog should be ashamed of themselves,the last of us 1 was a Masterpiece.....part 2 pure trash
  54. MatrixRebel
    Jun 22, 2020
    4
    Oh boy... Where to begin...

    If you are like me, you played The Last of Us Part 1 way back during it's release on the PS3. The game had stunning graphics, great sound, good gameplay, but the things that made it one of the best games on the platform was the beauty of the level designs and above that the magnificent storyline involving two of main characters with their struggle to survive    Oh boy... Where to begin...

    If you are like me, you played The Last of Us Part 1 way back during it's release on the PS3. The game had stunning graphics, great sound, good gameplay, but the things that made it one of the best games on the platform was the beauty of the level designs and above that the magnificent storyline involving two of main characters with their struggle to survive and make sense of the world. That recipe landed it the game of the year back then on the PS3 and then again on the PS4 when it was released as a remastered version which I also bought. I had two TLOU1 copies total spanning two systems. That was just how good it was.

    Fast forward to today and to Part 2 of this iconic game. Let's start with what it got right from the recipe of the old game.

    GRAPHICS and Level Design: Like the first, Part 2 continues on stunning displays of the environment. No complaints there.
    SOUND: Again, it is on par with the first.
    GAMEPLAY: This is for the most part on par again with the first with a few additions to make exploring more realistic thus giving it a slight edge.

    Sadly, from here on out it is downhill. Way downhill...

    STORYLINE: I enjoyed the game for about 2 hours into it. Then IT happens. Death is understandable in a game with an apocalyptic setting. It can be sad but still illicit a positive experience to the player. Flashback to FF7 when Aerith meets the grim reaper with an 8 ft blade. It was traumatic yet it didn't leave a horribly bad aftertaste by the end of the game. In TLOU2 though, it felt unnecessarily rushed. Like someone couldn't wait to get rid of one of the characters. Then to make matters worse, you have to play as the character who ended such a beloved one from the 1st game. The theme of revenge is done relatively like any other game or movie before, and it doesn't really make the player feel much excitement to see what happens next. It starts becoming boring and predictable. At least until the end where they throw you another curve ball to ruin yet another character from the 1st game. You're left with a sense of what was the point of all of this? In the 1st game, you had a clear goal. The twists and turns to reach it all fit together nicely, until the end where they also throw you a curve ball to the story. But unlike the 1st where there was a purpose to the actions that led to the end, in Part 2 the player is left with a strong feeling to scream "WTF was the point of all this!?". The story is severely flawed. The ending leaves you with nothing, and worse it tarnishes the legacy and choices made by the end of the 1st game.

    All in all, The Last of Us 2 is only worth playing if you're into good graphics and gameplay mechanics. Those who want a kickass story with memorable characters will be better served not playing story mode at all. Hopefully they will release a Multiplayer for the game, because that will be the only thing worth playing in this sorry excuse for a sequel to such an iconic game of years ago. Since this game relies heavily on the storyline aspect due to the lack of a multiplayer option, I cannot give it a good score. The story isn't any good. That alone is more than enough to overshadow any of the positives the game has.    … Expand
  55. gjahtp584
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Awful story, wasting characters, false trailer, and ruined one of the best game series.

    R.I.P. Joel.    … Expand
  56. notready
    Jun 20, 2020
    0
    Neil Druckmann says on hıs video on ND youtube channel he was cryıng ın the end of hıs playtrough now ı can see why
  57. DarkeMagus
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Nope! Nope! Nope! What a way to end the franchise...in the first 2 hours of the game.
  58. MichaelxAngelo
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The most overrated game this generation.. the "critic" reviews are either fake or the reviewers are too boneless to say how generic the gameplay is and how terribly the story and characters are written
  59. DmitryRussia
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Gameplay is boring and monotonous. The plot is bad and uninteresting. Only the graphics is good. Do not waste your money.
  60. Citizenmane
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Ugh. The visuals are about the only thing this game offers. The story writers must have phoned in this game, or been replaced since it ends up being less a fun sequel to a great game, and more a 10 hour long commercial for whatever agendas they want to push.

    I'm hoping this is the last of the series after playing this mess.
  61. juustis
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Complete utter fecal matter. Story was literal garbage and the developers made sure to piss off all the fans. DO NOT BUY.
  62. Northway123
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game is an insult to previous game.
    It has better technology than before, but has a story like garbage.
  63. Ninteenn88
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    If only psn had a refund option like steam. I haven't finished the game and I don't want to. This is a story driven game and the story is trash. Soooo what's the point in continuing? Garbage
  64. abyrvagl
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Could have been the best game of all time, but it suffered from a bad narrative.
    I got the game early, I liked the world, but hated every character in it.
  65. LaymenGaming
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Let me break this down for you quickly: PANDERING has negatively infected gaming culture and the Last of Us 2 is the quintessential example of it

    Before we get into game-play, story, sound design and overall fun of the game; we need to have serious discussion on what pandering is and how it effects culture negatively. Pandering is defined as doing things for an individual or group in    Let me break this down for you quickly: PANDERING has negatively infected gaming culture and the Last of Us 2 is the quintessential example of it

    Before we get into game-play, story, sound design and overall fun of the game; we need to have serious discussion on what pandering is and how it effects culture negatively. Pandering is defined as doing things for an individual or group in order to gain a favor and advantage for yourself.

    Every game, comic book, movie or music may contain some form of pandering, and in most cases it isn't a big deal. In modern culture, however, we have reached a point where pandering has become an issue, particularly when a medium appeals to a certain demographic without making any effort to understand the people they're supposedly representing.

    It often feels like an afterthought, something thrown in to reap the benefits of including that group (typically a minority) without doing any actual work. Typically it's lazy representation at best, and at worst it can be actively harmful to the demographic being (mis)represented.

    The Last of Us 2 is the latter.

    I am a huge fan of the first game; but not in terms of the its game-play, graphics and sound design. The game's story, specifically its masterful pacing and development of the two main protagonists Ellie and Joel, is what draws players in (myself included) and captivates them throughout the entire journey. The writers knew what these two characters represent: Joel is a damaged, old and experienced man that has reluctantly partnered with an energetic, young and naive Ellie in order to potentially save humanity from a deadly virus. The game has a beautiful thematic narrative on society and human-beings; Ellie represents humanity's hope for the future (the literal cure for the virus), and thus needs to be protected by the battle-hardened adults, which is where Joel steps in (both story-wise and in game-play). Both characters grow and start depend on each other, and the game ends with an ambiguous question of whether this father/daughter relationship has either doomed or saved humanity.

    The Last of Us 2 has this beautiful theme and relationship dynamic completely thrown out of the window in order for the writers to pander Ellie as a strong female LGBT lead. All the charm and charisma she had in the first game is completely gone as Ellie has been reduced to being part of a, as writer Neil Druckmann puts it.... "diverse cast of strong female characters".

    Being female and gay does not make Ellie a strong character.

    Being deadly and proficient in killing does not make Ellie a strong character.

    Having a tortured past and being an emotionally distant does not make Ellie a strong character.

    In fact, being the potential cure to save humanity, also did not make Ellie a strong character either. She became a strong lead because of how her actions dynamically affected those around her, specifically Joel and his group. In this bleak future, Ellie is the Last bit of humanity (of Us, if you will) in a literal sense but also in an emotionally resonant way for all of us.

    In an effort to pander to certain demographics, the story takes a complete thematic nose-dive to have so-called representation of minorities surviving in an apocalyptic wasteland. Ellie, our future for humanity, is now comically emotional for wanting vengeance to the point of absurdity for the death of a close friend. None of her witty lines, or virus-curing antiques is needed here. All the Last of Us 2 seems to concern itself with, is how violence is violent for violent characters because a violent world needs violent people to justify the violence.

    And who better to justify this game's theme than humanity's last hope for the future... who's a lesbian.

    Pandering with no thought of the narrative pedigree that the first game had, has a sure way of alienating audiences and it does not make for a great gaming experience; especially when the first-game to this day is a herald for refined video game story-telling.

    In my humble opinion, Naughty Dog Studio have never been the creators of original game-play and stories, however, they have always been prime examples of expertly "refined" experiences. Uncharted/Crash Bandicoot and even the Last of Us were not pioneer games; but they were amazingly refined platformer/survival games to the point that it gave the illusion that they were.

    The graphics and sound design of the Last of Us 2 is worth praise as enemies converse realistically and move dynamically through the environment, a touch of the naughty dog refinement that is muddied unfortunately by the bog-standard run-of-the-mill 3rd-person action game-play.

    However the sound, game-play and the game's overall fun factor is connected to the story Naughty Dog has written, thus it suffers immensely for it. 1/10    … Expand
  66. apr292000
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    False adverting with the plot, Naughty dog completely disregarded what people liked about the first game and instead shoveled out this trash, On top of that the crunch time game dev's at Naughty dog had to experience is inhumane just to finish the game.
  67. 999sowhat
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Graphics is good, gameplay is meh, story is awful in every way possible. The Last Of Us ended on the first game, this is some twisted fetish porn from writer of this game.
  68. ZeBraV5V5
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Such a huge disappointment after years of waiting.
    Don't buy this game if you care about the characters or anything the previous game set up.
  69. Octavio89
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The video game equivalent of The Last Jedi.

    Don't buy this game if you care about the characters or anything the previous game set up.
  70. YoungSatch3
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    If I had a choice between this game or Knack 2... I’m picking Knack 2.. hopefully we don’t see pt 3.
  71. obzhora69
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    This game is a living statement that money doesn’t solve all problems. Graphics? Great.truly impressive. story? Trash. Character development? Trash. Character Relationship development? Trash. Gameplay? Straight out of 2013.
    And honestly.. all these game critics who gave this game 10/10, are shooting themselves in the foot
  72. PatusBence
    Jun 21, 2020
    4
    Absolute disrespect towards the 1st game. The story and the characters are so horribly written that it doesn't even make me angry anymore, just sad. There is nothing new in the gameplay we haven't seen already in other games. The only thing that's truly great about this game are the graphics. But that's it. The quality of the story rivals the story of Star Wars VIII: The last jedi. And iAbsolute disrespect towards the 1st game. The story and the characters are so horribly written that it doesn't even make me angry anymore, just sad. There is nothing new in the gameplay we haven't seen already in other games. The only thing that's truly great about this game are the graphics. But that's it. The quality of the story rivals the story of Star Wars VIII: The last jedi. And i didn't even mention the forced SJW/gender propaganda (however, these are not the core problems of the game).
    Verdict: 4/10 (just because the graphics are amazing).
    - If you're looking for a great story, AVOID this game.
    - If you're a fan of the story and characters of the 1st tlou, AVOID this game.
    - If you don't like it when someone spits in your (or Joel's) face, AVOID this game.
    - If you don't care about the franchise and the future of gaming at all and all you seek are the
    graphics, buy this game.    … Expand
  73. macgyver2000
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It really does blow my mind trying to figure out what they were thinking when they made this game. I spent so long anticipating this game, avoiding social media for spoilers just to play it, and I'm in shock right now. Not the good kind, not the kind they tried to instill in this ham-fisted disgrace of plot development. I'm angry I spent money on this. I love shock value in video games but this just feels like I paid someone to take a crap on me. Everything feels forced. Nothing feels natural, it's about as creative as a hand buzzer when it tries to make me care about anything in the game after the first 2 hours.… Expand
  74. Steag
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Incredible visuals and music can't make up for a complete lack of skill in writing. The story is unbelievable, full of plot holes, often depraved in failed attempts at adding shock factor and spits on the legacy of the original. A painful game to experience.

    It is further insult to injury that Naughty Dog used false advertising to sell the game to fans of the first.
  75. graczBR
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game is a shame, seven years waiting for a great sequel and they create a ridiculous story like that, the priority was not the fans but putting all possible agendas in a game. Even a five-year-old child would have made a better story. The beautiful graphics and details don't save anything when the main focus is the narrative.
  76. PedroLemos123
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    This game is immensely bleak, with the bright hopeful spots of the first entry being altogether absent. With that being said, just about 10 hours of the game are wasted on fruitless plots, and the entire story (potentially of both games) is rendered meaningless by the dumbfonded ending. I could say more, but this game is a huge disappointment, and I regret waiting 7 years for it.
  77. LordOfTruth
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The story was horrific even though the gameplay was barely decent.

    Us fans waited 7 years for a great new arrival and what we got in return was a pile of vile trash.

    I tried to enjoy this game regardless of all the bad reviews but honestly could not force to trick myself.

    False advertising to promote their game is just a red false flag. 0/10. WOULD NEVER pay again for a naughty dog game.
  78. erimsunlu
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    stale, boring gameplay loop. shallow upgrade system. terrible story when compared to the first game. Going to get a refund fast.
  79. LongHappyFrog
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I want to go into this review and just say… What happened? How do you mess up a story this much to the point you don’t even understand what’s going on? The story is horrible, its starts off by killing Joel and you play as the killer for majority of the game while Ellie plots her revenge in the background. It’s literally the equivalent of in your favorite show if mid-way through the season if some random person comes in and kills off the main character and replaces him/her. So much stuff just randomly happens that doesn’t make sense or is ever explained. Like many times through the game you get into these big moments and you think something is going to happen for it to just randomly stop or be interrupted without explaining anything! Why did you guys stop fighting? Why are we here now? Where is this? It’s so choppy you don’t even get to process what is happening. They went from this great story telling to just figure it out yourself. Graphics, game play, voice acting are amazing but the story is what needs to carry the game and it just wasn’t there.… Expand
  80. jzyk93
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Poor writing and politics don't belong in video games. Druckman can hang his hat up on this one knowing he FUBAR'd this one.
  81. CivilEngineer
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Neil tries to be Hideo Kojima but his attemp fails big time with awfull story...
    The Graphics and the gameplay is great but those things doesn't make up for the awfull story decisions..
  82. Midasitm
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Oh boy, they tell us about a revenge story that it doesn't consume at all. You can read a good amount of specialized reviews and all talks about the masterpiece of gameplay and storytelling, the gameplay, world design, ambient and more details that the game has are good but the story it´s something that rumbles into a bad end.

    The IGN Japan got it right "uninteresting new characters    Oh boy, they tell us about a revenge story that it doesn't consume at all. You can read a good amount of specialized reviews and all talks about the masterpiece of gameplay and storytelling, the gameplay, world design, ambient and more details that the game has are good but the story it´s something that rumbles into a bad end.

    The IGN Japan got it right "uninteresting new characters burden the story, making Ellie's journey feel conventional and not nearly as captivating as the original."    … Expand
  83. Osmium_77
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Everything built up in the previous game was destroyed here. Side characters weren't memorable, story made no sense, and the ending was absolutely garbage. The devs tried to go for realism by killing characters randomly, but this makes for horrible story telling where all your favorite characters will end up dying.
  84. Skyarch
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Holy god the story was so god awful I waited 7 years for this. I wanted to quit so many times though out the Abby line. Completely devoid of an interesting or satisfying plot. The graphics where okay and the gameplay was the same as always which does get old. Solid use of destroying all character development from the previous game and forgetting to develop characters in this one. I do notHoly god the story was so god awful I waited 7 years for this. I wanted to quit so many times though out the Abby line. Completely devoid of an interesting or satisfying plot. The graphics where okay and the gameplay was the same as always which does get old. Solid use of destroying all character development from the previous game and forgetting to develop characters in this one. I do not suggest buying this game if not only for the graphics.… Expand
  85. Diddy87
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Thoroughly disappointed with the story. Gameplay and graphics are the best the PS4 has seen. However the line ‘This can’t be nothing’ is literally not true. Once you’ve finished it it literally has been for nothing! SAVE YOUR MONEY
  86. zavier1
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    awful game ever.. No respect for last game... do not waste your money to buy this game
  87. karimmedia_
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Disappointed to say the least. This is a proof that graphics don't mean much.
  88. Sthaman
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Dumb decision making, unlikable characters, outdated gameplay, full of plotholes.
  89. SeZZy
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Good graphics, but story and gameplay outdated. TLoU was way better I think they tried to much about this game.
  90. Dantemax29
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was waiting for a masterpiece, but got one of the worst games. “The Last of Us” was one of the best games I played, the plot of “The Last of Us 2” is one of the most disgusting, it seems, the developers decided to spoil what they created. They took and killed one of the protagonists of the first part of the game, and put another in his place. It’s better to eliminate the heroine herself or her friend ...
    I am sorry for the money spent on this game.
    Currently the worst Sony exclusive.
    My rating for the game:
    Graphics 10
    Gameplay 7
    History 0.
    Since the main thing in the game is the story itself, the result is 0.
    And now it seems impossible to believe the critics, only those who played ... This is clearly seen in another game, where critics smashed the game, and the players liked it. I advise everyone Days gone, to replace The Last of Us 2 ... The game is really good.    … Expand
  91. Ovajjjj
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This game killed the first part in a very disrespectful way... Terrible story with characters which remind me of some hipster emotional low budget drama movie. A bigger disaster than 2020 with this whole pandemic going around. Don't waste your money.
  92. jasmines
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    The plot of the game is terrible and totally unacceptable. A mandatory ending that doesn't give the player a choice.
  93. gamitech
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    What a waste. I live in Europe, got the game earlier than US.
    I must say that I haven't seen any spoilers before I played. The story in 2 is so much worse. Characters are not themselves it's so weird playing this.
    After the first couple of hours I almost had no motivation to play it anymore. I just treated it like an uncharted game, which says a lot when this is TLOU2 we're talking about.    What a waste. I live in Europe, got the game earlier than US.
    I must say that I haven't seen any spoilers before I played. The story in 2 is so much worse. Characters are not themselves it's so weird playing this.
    After the first couple of hours I almost had no motivation to play it anymore. I just treated it like an uncharted game, which says a lot when this is TLOU2 we're talking about.
    Loved the first one, really bored out of my shoes with the second.
    What a waste!    … Expand
  94. chomusuke
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    you know one advantage that tlou 2 has is that it has good graphics other than that story, game mechanics, etc. it is bad. you build Joel in the first game to never trust a stranger then suddenly he trusted and give his name to a bunch of strangers like what is that **** storytelling.
  95. H_E
    Jun 19, 2020
    3
    The game play is alright at best, not upset by it. Its just the story that really peeves me. How can you go from Last of Us 1 to this in terms of story?
  96. DeLarge93
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    A spit in the face of the original. Nonsensical narrative and a total disregard for beloved characters, how did this make it to print?
  97. Abehat
    Jun 19, 2020
    1
    Terrible story. Terrible world building. Characters don’t have depth. The whole thing feels like two inch pond of depth. It thinks it’s more than what it is. Watch it on YouTube and save your money. Do not encourage such pretentious crap.
  98. colhezu
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Killing one of the most beloved gaming characters for pure shock value, then going into a quest of revenge killing tons of people along the way just to suddenly decide its bad to kill and let the murderer go is completely idiotic… Expand
  99. Shipwreck5226
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    No. There was nothing enjoyable about this. Go waste your money on another game.
  100. autonote
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    disappointing plot and game play experience. NaughtyDog really know how to add PR tags to the game, but at the end of the day, what really matters is still the quality of the game and its story line.
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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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