All subjective. And this was never going to be a MP game, never promised to be either, so you can't lower its score for not having a MP mode. Otherwise, you have to do the same for every SP game out there.

It's quite amusing to see you go after people that like this game but you gotta remember that taste is subjective man.

For me TLOU2 is without a doubt the best 1st party title from Sony this generation. And that's even without the missing Factions multiplayer that made the first game become my overall favorite game of last generation.

All games have strengths and weaknesses. The Witcher 3 has awful combat and Ghost of Tsushima shares many of Assassin's Creed's weaknesses. But I fully understand that these games are someone else's favorites.

I get it. You really don't like the story in TLOU2 and that's fine. Other people do though and with time I hope you'll be able to somehow come to terms with that.

"you can't lower its score for not having a MP mode"

>Sure I can. The score I give a game is subjective meaning I'm perfectly free to lower its score as I see fit.

TLoU had MP, TLoU2 does not. As a result, I feel it deserves to suffer a lower score.

I don't think you even played the game. And you're only going off the hive mind that complained about the game since the leaks and blew everything out of proportion.

That's my subjective opinion on your take on the game since your first comment about it post release.

With improved gameplay, considerably bigger design in scope with environments to go with it and arguably better level design than its predecessor.

Story is subjective. I found that part worse than the first game but still pretty decent. It dragged on a bit at the end and went too dark for too long (my main gripe). The forced messaging and drama I can gloss over as I roll my eyes as with most video games.. at least this one at least tried to make a stab at a well written story and characters - come at me haters. And while not a perfect game, its undeniably a well done one.

Did you enjoy playing the TLOU2? Or just negging on the story and lack of MP? Just curious..

Oh thank god. So i dont need to walk around with an apology letter on my pocked then.

The only part I found to be kinda lackluster was the rattlers, I mean they could developed better but the ending at the farm could be fair.

As for the ending being disappointing, hello, what about the ending of part I? Well, maybe a lot of people found the “battle” against Jerry satisfying...
At least in part II you have a “proper” final fight and most important, the player got a bigger vision of the world after a pandemic, vision about war being war despite the chaos. What people really do to survive.

When all the dust is settle, some will realise that what ND achieved with this game is something else, you probably didn’t like the story, but is keeping players talking about the game.

Before playing this game, I got GOW as being the best game of PS4 and the generation, but now I have a clear winner with the TLOU part II. 

Okay I'm gonna break my self-imposed rule about not discussing this game anymore since we appear to be largely past the freakout episode now. I loved The Last of Us Part II originally but wasn't sure where my opinion would land after I'd let the whole experience settle more. I've played through this game six times now though and I like it even better now than I did on my first playthrough. I think this may actually be my personal favorite game. It's got some elements I disagree with and don't much care for, but it's still one of my absolute all-time favorites because the good aspects outweigh them by that much.

I don't normally even attempt numerical scoring because of how my opinions can change over time, but I feel like doing so today. Consider this a snapshot of my present view of The Last of Us Part II:

(I'll divide my scoring of the story into four game chapters for more clarity. Scoring is on a scale of 1 to 10.)

The Story and Characters

Opening Chapter: 10
Ellie's Act: 10
Abby's Act: 8
Closing Chapter: 12

Other Stuff

Writing: 9
Voice Acting: 10
Pacing: 10
Music: 10
Controls: 10
Graphics: 27

Overall Score: 9.6

The best part of TLOU2 is the reviews!

Anguish over “is it 9.4 or 9.6” - 9/10
Review bombing - 10/10
Political outrage- 10/10
GOTY / best ever declarations - 10/10

Overall, this thread was a great overview of the proceedings, better than any one review. 10/10, best review show ever!

Was close a couple times, but this was the first one I nailed. Followed it up by being 7 points off on Ghost Of Tsushima. 😐