The Last of Us Part 2 Gets Review Bombed

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The inevitable has come for The Last of Us Part II now that the game has been review bombed on Metacritic to push the User Score down to a “generally unfavorable” score of 3.4. That quite a leap from the 95 Metascore based on reviews from critics that went up just over a week ago, but it’s also not too surprising. Anti-The Last of Us Part II sentiment was brewing before the game released after leaks attempted to spoil pivotal parts of the story, and evidence of somewhat organized review bomb efforts have been shared online, though there will of course be some people who actually didn’t like the game and left legitimate reviews.

Head over to Metacritic and you’ll see the low User Score as it currently stands. The game was lauded last week as the best-reviewed game of the year so far with a score of 96, though that score has now dropped one point as more critic reviews came in. You wouldn’t be able to tell it earned that achievement from the User Score though since the two are so different.

A total of 26,150 ratings from users have been logged in Metacritic with 18,128 of them in the red as negative reviews. We know from playing through the game that it takes around 35 hours to beat, quicker if you’re not searching through every nook and cranny for details and resources, so one must ask themselves then how so many reviews were left for a game on the day it came out.

Neil Druckmann, the writer and director of The Last of Us Part II, shared a tongue-in-cheek tweet this week bringing attention to the “passion” of the fans evidenced by so many user reviews.


Perhaps people watched streamers play through the game and then offered their reviews on the game based on someone else’s playthrough, but the more likely answer is that the vast majority of the negative reviews were from people who hadn’t touched or completed the game yet. We’ve seen screenshots of people on forums apparently attempting to organize review bomb efforts, though review bombing is common enough of a practice now that it doesn’t really take much organizing to imagine what’s going to happen to a controversial game. We’ve seen time and time again that games get review bombed for a number of reasons ranging from platform exclusivity to ideas users don’t agree with, so review bombing is an expected outcome at this point for any game with a controversial buildup to its release.

There will of course be people who don’t actually like parts of The Last of Us Part II. Some may say they wished the gameplay would’ve evolved more while others will have legitimate grievances with the way characters were handled based on their personal experiences with the game. The same can be said for the opposite side as people blindly through out perfect scores to counter the review bomb, but it’s clear which side came out in larger numbers.

The Last of Us Part II is now available for the PlayStation 4.



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RyanPosted:

The ratings are great, no surprise at all... They did such a great job with this game.

MythusalaPosted:

EightThotz
Mythusala
EightThotz Good, they ruined the story entirely just so cuck boy neil cuckmann could live out his weird ass fantasy. Get woke, go broke. Can't wait to see the real sale figures of the game, all articles claiming the game is a best seller is pure bs.


I hope you are not actually this fuclllg retarded lol... The game is great and all you haters didn't get enough titty milk from your mother to be able to handle life...


I hope you are being sarcastic, the game is pure garbage.


Clearly you are actually that retarded...

EightThotzPosted:

Mythusala
EightThotz Good, they ruined the story entirely just so cuck boy neil cuckmann could live out his weird ass fantasy. Get woke, go broke. Can't wait to see the real sale figures of the game, all articles claiming the game is a best seller is pure bs.


I hope you are not actually this fuclllg retarded lol... The game is great and all you haters didn't get enough titty milk from your mother to be able to handle life...


I hope you are being sarcastic, the game is pure garbage.

ifconfigPosted:

40
Gary
EightThotz Good, they ruined the story entirely just so cuck boy neil cuckmann could live out his weird ass fantasy. Get woke, go broke. Can't wait to see the real sale figures of the game, all articles claiming the game is a best seller is pure bs.


The game had 2 million preloads on PS4 according to some sources. It definitely moved units even with all the controversy.

Everyone was hyped for the game before the release.


Indeed, not exactly lived up to the expectations.

40Posted:

Gary
EightThotz Good, they ruined the story entirely just so cuck boy neil cuckmann could live out his weird ass fantasy. Get woke, go broke. Can't wait to see the real sale figures of the game, all articles claiming the game is a best seller is pure bs.


The game had 2 million preloads on PS4 according to some sources. It definitely moved units even with all the controversy.

Everyone was hyped for the game before the release.

naterocks500Posted:

Mythusala
EightThotz Good, they ruined the story entirely just so cuck boy neil cuckmann could live out his weird ass fantasy. Get woke, go broke. Can't wait to see the real sale figures of the game, all articles claiming the game is a best seller is pure bs.


I hope you are not actually this fuclllg retarded lol... The game is great and all you haters didn't get enough titty milk from your mother to be able to handle life...


Gameplay is nice but the story is just downright awful. I could have written a better story in fourth grade

MythusalaPosted:

EightThotz Good, they ruined the story entirely just so cuck boy neil cuckmann could live out his weird ass fantasy. Get woke, go broke. Can't wait to see the real sale figures of the game, all articles claiming the game is a best seller is pure bs.


I hope you are not actually this fuclllg retarded lol... The game is great and all you haters didn't get enough titty milk from your mother to be able to handle life...

VMPPosted:

I loved the first TLOU, but I came to the point where I'm only interested in buying multiplayer games. Can't see myself paying $60 for something I will beat in less than three days.

GaryPosted:

EightThotz Good, they ruined the story entirely just so cuck boy neil cuckmann could live out his weird ass fantasy. Get woke, go broke. Can't wait to see the real sale figures of the game, all articles claiming the game is a best seller is pure bs.


The game had 2 million preloads on PS4 according to some sources. It definitely moved units even with all the controversy.

EightThotzPosted:

Good, they ruined the story entirely just so cuck boy neil cuckmann could live out his weird ass fantasy. Get woke, go broke. Can't wait to see the real sale figures of the game, all articles claiming the game is a best seller is pure bs.