The Last of Us Part II game is one of the most awaited games this year and it was finally released after waiting more than 7 years since the first part was released in 2013 and this game is of the type of adventure and survival games and it is developed by Naughty Dog studio and directed by Neil Druckman and it is the penultimate exclusive on devices PlayStation 4 is expected to release an enhanced version of it on the PlayStation 5 when it becomes available in the market at the end of this year.
ABOUT THE GAME :
The game's announcement appeared for the first time during the PlayStation Experience event in 2016 and the game was still under development and during the year 2019 Naughty Dog studio announced the date of the game's release to be on February 21, 2020, but it was decided to postpone the game until May 29, 2020 in order to increase the development period and ensure that all game problems are fixed Before its release, but the game was postponed again due to the Corona pandemic, which had a great impact on the games industry, and the release date was not set until the game was hit by leaking a large part of the story's events and this led Naughty Dog to set a deadline for the game to be on June 19, 2020.
THE STORY :
Before discussing the events of the second part, we must mention a simple summary of the events of the first part, which was taking place 20 years after a global epidemic led to the infection of humanity with a type of fungus that transformed humans into zombies.
The events of the second part are closely related to the events of the first part, so there is a great correlation between the two parts, so it is recommended to play the first part before trying the second part. The game also contains severe violence and its events may be shocking at times, but in general after the completion of the story you will find yourself in front of a masterpiece Fully artistic, and you may feel that the story is as strong or better than the story of the first part.
GRAPHICS :
Of course, the game has a better graphic level than the first part in terms of details of the buildings, trees, lighting and design of the environment around you that make you feel at the end of the world as well as the characters are designed in a distinct and realistic way, for example during one of the missions the character was injured and left a mark for her until the end of the game The degree of realism in the game is very large and you can discover it on your own while playing, as well as the sounds and soundtracks in the game are very wonderful, especially during the fighting time.
PLAY STYLE :
Although The Last of Us Part II is not an open world game, but it presented a style that is very similar to the open world games as the design of mission maps may make you feel that you are in an open world game, and despite that, the game preserved the linear system identity that the series is famous for in the game It provided a good combination of the two types.
You can collect a lot of resources in the game world and these resources enable you to create a lot of useful tools such as explosives. The game offers an exploratory part of great importance that will enable you to collect a lot of resources that help you end the confrontations in your favor. The game also provided a system to increase character skills by collecting Some resources called Supplement The game also provided a modification method to weapons to add more improvements to them, such as increasing the weapon's power or increasing the stability rate and other improvements.
The game did not neglect the puzzles aspect, although it is not many, for example while opening some safes, you will have to solve some puzzles to access the secret numbers or, for example, access to some places in the game world requires you to think a little to find out how to access them.
The game provided three types of gameplay. You can choose the style you prefer. The offensive method will face the enemies face to face and you can use the weapons you have. As for the stealth method, in which you finish missions without direct confrontations with the enemies and you can use silenced weapons, wooden bow or white weapons. As for the escape method, in which you can escape from places without facing enemies and hide in the many places in the game world.
POSITIVES :
The game provided a wonderful and interesting story to the last moment
The game provided excellent graphics and good character design
A good variety of playing styles between attacking, stealth and escape
The gameplay provided an excellent music side
NEGATIVES :
The gameplay is not much different from the first part
Most of the weapons are the same as in the first part
Most of the puzzles are easy and do not require much effort to solve
Exaggerated cinematic scenes
Final evaluation
9.5/10
No one denies that the Naughty Dog team made a great effort to bring out the game in this way, as the story has been well written and the pace of events escalates as it approaches the end of the story, but the game contains some negatives such as the style of play that did not differ much from the first part and also the large number of cinematic scenes during play