The Last of Us Part II Review
A technical monster with a story I admire more than I enjoyed.
The Good
- The best stealth and combat Naughty Dog has ever built
- Seattle is a rotting playground of bad decisions
- Accessibility options set an industry standard
The Rough Edges
- The back half pacing sags
- The structure asks for patience it does not always repay
The Last of Us Part II is the meanest story a big studio ever shipped, and I mean that as a compliment with an asterisk. Naughty Dog takes characters you love and makes you sit in rooms with the consequences. Halfway through, the game hands you the other side of the knife and dares you to keep playing. A lot of people could not. I respect the swing even when I hated where it landed.
As a game, it is the best thing Naughty Dog has built. The stealth is tense, the combat is ugly in the right way, and Seattle is a rotting playground built for bad decisions. The accessibility options set a standard the whole industry should have copied by now.
The game hands you the other side of the knife and dares you to keep playing.
Why not higher from me? The pacing sags in the back half, and the story's structure asks for patience it does not always repay. It wants you to feel exhausted, and brother, mission accomplished.
An 8.8: a technical monster with a story I admire more than I enjoyed, and a game I still think about years later.
A technical monster with a story I admire more than I enjoyed.
The Good
- The best stealth and combat Naughty Dog has ever built
- Seattle is a rotting playground of bad decisions
- Accessibility options set an industry standard
The Rough Edges
- The back half pacing sags
- The structure asks for patience it does not always repay
Quick Answers
The Last of Us Part II review score: what did it score?
Moe Train scored The Last of Us Part II a 8.8 out of 10. A technical monster with a story I admire more than I enjoyed.
What platforms is The Last of Us Part II on?
The Last of Us Part II is out now on PlayStation. Moe played and scored it on PlayStation.
Is The Last of Us Part II worth playing?
A technical monster with a story I admire more than I enjoyed. Read the full The Last of Us Part II review above for the breakdown.
