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The Last of Us Part II depicts the future, yet fails to escape its own past. Naughty Dog’s sequel, with a June 19 release date on PS4, feels like a time capsule from 2013, when games were just starting to grapple with the violence they portrayed. Unfortunately, the writers and designers seem just as stuck as Ellie.
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The Last of Us Part 2 review: We're better than this - Polygon