The Last of Us Part 2
The Last of Us Part 2 is a PlayStation 4 adventure game released in 2020 developed by Naughty Dog. It centers on stealth, shooting, and close-range survival, limited resources and crafting, and shifting character perspectives and linear storytelling, with controls and information arranged around the DualShock 4 twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, speaker, light bar, or motion input where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.4 / 10
About this game
The Last of Us Part 2 is a PlayStation 4 adventure game centered on stealth, shooting, and close-range survival, limited resources and crafting, and shifting character perspectives and linear storytelling. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while HD output, HDR or PS4 Pro modes, HDD streaming, surround audio, and television-distance interfaces need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include HDD installs and loading, patch version, storage space, DualShock 4 battery life, PS Camera or PS VR requirements, visual modes, frame rate, and network services affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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Collected in series
The Last of Us is Naughty Dog's survival action-adventure series about human relationships in a world devastated by infection. Scavenging, stealth and sudden violence give weight to journeys shaped by attachment, loss and the consequences of people's actions.
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Exceptional PlayStation 4 adventure experience
The Last of Us Part 2 centers on stealth, shooting, and close-range survival, limited resources and crafting, and shifting character perspectives and linear storytelling. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, giving the release understandable goals and a recognizable play rhythm. It arranges controls and information around the DualShock 4 twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, speaker, light bar, or motion input where the game uses them. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while the main genre limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. The assessment also covers installs and loading, patches, storage, controller battery, PS VR, performance, and service status for this release. GameNavo judges four dimensions independently before applying fixed weights and excludes press aggregates, user ratings, sales, popularity, source length, media count, and title recognition. Platform merit is recorded only when a concrete hardware use or version implementation supports a small adjustment.
Strengths
- stealth, shooting, and close-range survival, and limited resources and crafting provide a readable mechanical foundation.
- Progress is divided into understandable stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones.
- Visual, audio, and interface feedback support the principal rules and state changes.
Weaknesses
- Guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs.
- HDD installs and loading, patch version, storage space, DualShock 4 battery life, PS Camera or PS VR requirements, visual modes, frame rate, and network services affect the current release.
Who it is for: Players who enjoy adventure games, accept PlayStation 4 control and information conventions, and want to judge this release on its own terms.
Play notes: This review covers the PlayStation 4 release without conveniences from emulators, remasters, or other platforms and does not represent a complete playthrough.
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| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension This content pacing score was recalibrated under V3 using the fixed dimension boundary, the existing source record, and the target release context. | Reviewed | 9.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension This core experience score was recalibrated under V3 using the fixed dimension boundary, the existing source record, and the target release context. | Reviewed | 9.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension This presentation immersion score was recalibrated under V3 using the fixed dimension boundary, the existing source record, and the target release context. | Reviewed | 9.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension This technical usability score was recalibrated under V3 using the fixed dimension boundary, the existing source record, and the target release context. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Naughty Dog
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive
- Release date
- 2020
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genreShooter
- Tags
- ShootingStealthThird PersonResource ManagementStory-drivenCraftingSolo-friendlyHorrorReal-time Combat
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 4Worldwide2020
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