If you haven?t played The Last of Us yet, this review will contain spoilers for the first game. It remains spoiler-free for the second game, but if you want to go in completely blind, all you need to know is that The Last of Us Part II is Naughty Dog?s best game to date, without a question, and you should really, really play the first game before jumping into this one.
I was one of those who never wanted a sequel to The Last of Us. Its journey, its ending; it painted a complete picture, said what it needed to say, and didn?t overstay its welcome. It may not have had the most perfect gameplay, and could occasionally be rather frustrating, but it left players thinking, trying to reconcile with the emotions they were feeling by the end. A sequel, I thought, would mar the succinct and thoughtful portrait of this Naughty Dog masterpiece. Over time I grew to accept the idea, but failed to see how a sequel could be anything more than a mere facsimile of the first. It turns out Naughty Dog considered the same things I had, and The Last of Us Part II doesn?t just follow or copy what the first did, but ends up harmonizing with it in a beautiful yet dark way. It?s a story worth telling.
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