The Last of Us Part II - A 'Survivor +' Difficulty REVIEW [4K, PS4 Pro]

this game... I'm not that far into it but I have to say... I've never played a game where I hit load game or restart checkpoint because I felt sad and sorry for ending an "enemy". I started clearing areas and looting avoiding them and using stealth so I don't have to murder them lmao... I'm weird I know.

Yes,good job with the review.I would love to see and hear more in depth critical review of AI.We knew ND woul nail other departments.Enemies respond when u r crawling in grass near to them? They r alerted by the sound when u kill a guy with melee weapon standing close in vicinity to others or not?

I'm gutted they didn't give a trophy for the survivor difficulty don't really see the point in the stress of it

You make this look easy 😅

So there is no grounded mode in the last of us 2?

So when call we expect Grounded mode to be patched in?

Great review.

This was by far the best review!

Hey guys, Does this game have southpaw settings? I'm wanting to get into the series, but only can play southpaw. Thanks.

The game is actually pretty good but the story doesn’t make it a masterpiece; even though I do have fun with it.

Holy shit dude he turned Ellie into baby yaga lol

I loved how long the stretches of gameplay are in this game.

Having done Grounded and Grounded+ for Part I, I found this game to take a slight departure from its predecessor in that you're given more ammo and items due to the more open playspaces you have within which to dispatch your foes. With the same lack of resources Survivor in this would have been an absolute nightmare, but it manages to be just tough enough. Coupled with the movement upgrades and new weapons, the gameplay reaches a good balance. As far as complaints, I have the same as you. It's a very long game that could have been Part II + DLC a la Left Behind, in my opinion. That being said, it was still an experience to make my way through, and the reality/questions it makes you face are not easy ones.

Dude you've got a phenomenal pace and your videos are wicked, well earned sub! I also love your euphemisms like "trying to install a blowhole in your head" and "turning your head into a canoe" I reckon only a fellow Aussie is that good with expressions.

The first gameplay part is what I’m playing on Hard+ I’ve never been so frustrated

is there TLOU 3?

Hey now that i have beaten the game on survival diffeculty i would like to ask you a question about the ai. What do you think of the ai on the hardest diffeculty and do you some of the best ai in a video game ever. If not is there another game in this genre that has better ai.? Cause to me this is the best ai i have seen in any video game ever. Thats partly because the Levels have been structured Almost like a pvp map where there are flanking oppertunities.

I'm kinda surprised by the much more visually entertaining way you're playing TLOU2 in this review. I've watched your entire survivor playthrough and, I'm sorry to say it like that, but I felt like you we're doing a lot of cheesing when it came to combat, exploiting the not-so perfect AI. I'm not trying to attack you on your skill here, because hey, I've sat through it till the end of the game, but it often felt like you we're just getting bored with the game and wanted to rush through an area as quickly as possible, at the cost making the combat look cool, or even dialogue and item searching.

I hope on the next game you put the subtitle settings on :D i watched this till end tho

Gameplay sections kinda break up the video poorly for me. I found myself in this video and another one of yours just skipping all the game play sections so i can skip to the parts where ur talking.

I just beat the game first play through on survivor. GREAT! Its better than the first, its just this time we are in MortalKombat and not RushHour. 9/10 would be 10/10 if they fixed the SUCTION CUP deaths, not being able to grab enemies from certain angles even when they dont see you, and getting a bullet thru the head from behind cover and thru walls when running AWAY. Their aim is JUST as good. Last of us pt 3 coming 7yrs at end of PS5🤣

Took me 54 hours to beat on survivor playing blindly. Btw this was the best game I've ever played. I never thought I would ever replace metal gear solid PlayStation

im waiting for the last of us 3 now ... the story took a turn where anything is possible now

I adored the game
Great story blood guts & gore. Extremely painful scenes.
Surprise love scenes. The creatures are faster & meaner & will attack with no warning, making you jump.
Beautiful suspense, not knowing when the next attack is coming from. Gut wrenching shock scenes.
10 out of 10 from me :) \m/
Oh & playing the game, I never made shots like you did...Well done :) \m/
Would like you to make a full story video of it :)

Very nice video

Bruh. I can't even aim at stationary objects.

Survivor plus was too easy...

jesus what sensitivity are you using my guy

Today I learned that I suck at this game. Those headshots 😭

I completed the hard difficulty first and started survivor right after. Survivor is brutal, and your scavenging is almost pointless. I've been using more bricks bottles and a ton of luck... Survivor is not for the impatient. Every shot counts.

I have question relating to difficulty.  I apologize if you mentioned this in your video somewhere, but I cannot find the answer to my question in your video if you did.

I managed to dodge all spoilers leading up to the release of this game and played the game in a blind play through on Survivor difficulty and completed it.  I then did a Very Light+ play through to catch some of the dialog I missed and to platinum the game.

Here is my question:  It states in the difficulty settings that Survivor+ is more difficult than Survivor.  In looking at the settings for the two Survivor modes I cannot see any difference in the settings.  Did you notice a big difference in playing Survivor+ vs Survivor or were the two modes essentially the same?  Thanks.

No mention of Debby I see...

Best enemy AI ever

you convinced me to buy it. this has the best combat ive ever seen. its visceral and not flashy. i love it.

I went through on the game on Survivor with the first and only playthrough. The game was extremely easy even on that mode imo. With only one part actually giving me any sort of challenge.

I love this game. I actually liked the gameplay even more on the second run through. I might finish it a third time on survivor. I also liked having two different styles of play with Abbie and Ellie. It is a lot like the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Where there are cycles of violence. Good and bad people in both sides. That even good people can commit atrocities when dehumanising their perceived enemy. It also makes you think about whether someone can be a good person even if they commit evil acts, even for what they believe to be good reasons. This game will be talked about for a long time.

GOOD AIM!!!!

This guy is trigger happy af

I tried to play this style (agressive) and I died 3 seconds after showing Ellie’s pretty face up by a headshot.

I've enjoyed the game MORE ON MODERATE difficulty than on SURVIVOR !!! I've played the game twice, first time on moderate...the second time on survivor.The only difference between the 2 modes are the amount of goodies you can find (ammo, medikits, craftingsupplies...) So survivor mode forces you to play it very stealthly.Because you rarely have more then a few bullets or arrows, pipebombs, proximitybombs and molotovs...95% of your kills will be sneaking up on enemies or infected and watching the same strangling or knife to the head stealthkill animations over and over and over again...As where moderate mode gives you more supplies and different ways to kill.And those animations are WAY COOLER to see !!! You have enough bombs, bullets, arrows, molotovs to kill in different ways.It's way more satisfactory to see enemies scream their heads of as they are engulfed in flames from a molotov.Bodies ripped apart by an explosion from a pipe- or proximitybomb...blood everywhere, brainmatter and intestines falling of the ceiling and dripping of the walls.Shooting an already downed enemies face to bits with the shotgun.Those animations are awesome.Planning attacks, setting proximitybombs, luring enemies with a brick and then throw a molotov and watch 3 motherfuckers burn.Moderate mode gives you more gore and inventive ways of killing bad guys.And survivor mode isn't as hard as it should be.Enemies are in the exact same place as in moderate mode, there aren't more enemies, they don't box you in faster...they aren't harder to kill and they don't react smarter.Survivor mode is moderate mode, only with less supplies to find.Which results in less action, less cool killinganimations...doing the same thing over and over again.Being sneaking up behind enemies and watching the same steathkill animation over and over again...You don't want to use bullets or bombs because you might need them in the more difficult sections of the game like the ratkingbossfight.Survivormode sucks compared to moderate mode !!!

I'll play it on survivor

Now that all is said & done, do we know what the [Redacted] review embargo terms specifically were?

This review was like watching a ballet of violence. Such a great exhibition of the shooting/fighting mechanics, and a great look into the overall tone of the game.

There was once a time long ago when all reviewers held a standard as high as yours. Sadly those times are in the past. It’s amazing to see someone in modern times hold the creditability, integrity and quality that all true reviewers should have.
Thank you for the great video it was a breath of fresh air.

it'd be great to get more gameplay compilation vids. you've got excellent aim

Great

Fantastically smooth gameplay held back by badly written story. If Bruce Straley hadn't left, i am convinced this would have been an amazing game. What a shame.
Well done for the gameplay footage, skilled as always.

Such a great game