“Everyone was excited for its release, but nothing prepared us for what we actually got.“
THIS, this is true. Naughty Dog had already delivered great games on the PS2 that were loved by many, and than the PS3 generation came along and we see this new and interesting game from the studio “Uncharted” a series that would span 3 games on this console, and delivering one of the single greatest games of all time with its sequel game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. A game that still does set pieces in video games better than games of today, that ND magic. A masterpiece for sure!
After ND’s success with the Uncharted series who woulda thought they’d deliver something like The Last of Us? I didn’t expect it, but I so much appreciate it. It was a story that some say didn’t have an original idea, think what they will, the characters we met, became like real people to us (while video game characters) characters that we saw and felt depicted real human emotion with every line of dialogue delivered, showing the absolute ugly side of us as humans, selfishness and greed, and what some will do to get what they do desire (especially in this world of chaos, loss and despair. But also showing the beautiful side of humans, honesty, truth, trust, building towards that trust and how not everyone is the same, and people can be trusted. Joel finding something to live for again, which was Ellie, and not just merely living to get by another day for himself. Many emotions. Along with that, we were shown this unforgiving world, that does not care who you are, death will come for each of them, either by the hands of the infected or by the hands of some man, women or even some cases a kid like Ellie, who’re merely just trying to survive.
It was an emotionally draining game, in the best way possible (just like Heavy Rain was with me, and the message that game displayed in its story beautifully) but the last of us was something on another level entirely. I could go on for days lol.
To me, The Last of Us is one of the finest games I’ve ever played, one of the best games I’ve ever played and is one of the few examples when it comes to games I mention to people who don’t play games or do but don’t know what’s really good (regarding storytelling) that I mention, because it really is a special gem and a shining example of a game studios hard work paying off as they achieve excellence that’s near perfection
