The Last of Us Part II
PlayStation 4
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Earlier in the year, I replayed the original Last of Us game to get myself in the mood to watch the second season of the TV show. That was back in April, about six months ago. I didn't really have any intention to play through the sequel again, but what can I say? I randomly got the itch. There's no rhyme or reason to the way I do things here. I was smack dab in the middle of playing two other games (Doom 3 and Far Cry 5) when I saw this on PS Plus. The thought suddenly popped in my head: I'm going to play that next. So I did.
I forgot about those other games really quick when I started playing this. Immediately, I was 100% invested in the game. Last time I played this, I came into it relatively blind. I knew Joel died, but that was about it. The whole Abby storyline and how you play as her for half the game was not something I was expecting. I liked the game, though, giving it an A score.
My criticisms of the game were its pacing, repetitive battles, and its tendency to drag its feet from time to time. Honestly, I didn't have many complaints this time around either. In fact, I think I liked it more this time around than I did the first time. The only area that I ever felt like "geez this game is dragging" is when you are playing as Ellie and you are wandering through large portions of the city by yourself (shortly before the aquarium section). You can only handle walking through moldly dark buildings and looking in drawers for supplies for so long.
But that is a minor gripe. Like I said, I liked this more this time than I did the first time I played this. By a lot. I was heavily invested the entire time I was playing. I was rarely bored. I was always pushing forward. I don't know if I've been this "into" a game for years, it seems. I could not put this down. I pushed aside the other games I was playing. I pushed aside the TV shows I was watching. From the second I picked this game up to the second I put it down, my life was The Last of Us Part II.
I think I really short-sold the game in my last review. I freaking loved it this time around. In fact, I liked it more than the original game. Yeah, you heard that right. So I'm actually going to change my review score for this re-review. I'm upping it from an A to an A+. Yeah, the canon review score for my original review stays the same, but I want everyone to know that this game gets better on a second playthrough. If you played this when it first came out, and haven't come back to it yet - you should. I'm curious to see how many people like it more the second time around.
THE GRADE:
A+
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