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The Last of Us
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Joel and Ellie must survive in a post-apocalyptic world where a deadly parasitic fungus infects people's brains in this PS3 exclusive third-person action-adventure game from Naughty Dog.
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"Naughty Dog has delivered a tasteful, heartfelt expansion for a game that didn't even need expanding."
5 ★ (95)
4 ★ (42)
3 ★ (10)
2 ★ (3)
1 ★ (2)

Naughty Dog's Finest

The Last of Us takes the post-apocalyptic setting and takes to new highs. It involves you with an absolutely amazing plot that should be experienced by every video games fan out there. The game starts… Read more

The Last of Us: Cormac McCarthy's Wet Dream

The Last of Us is a great example of how a game can transcend its medium. From the moment the first cutscene appears it’s clear that the developers at Naughty Dog put a lot of care into creating chara… Read more

The Last of Us review - a landmark achievement

If there’s one aspect of gaming that’s really come into its own in recent years, it’s storytelling. Books, TV shows and films have been able to totally immerse us in their worlds by crafting gripping… Read more

The Last of Us review - a landmark achievement

If there’s one aspect of gaming that’s really come into its own in recent years, it’s storytelling. Books, TV shows and films have been able to totally immerse us in their worlds by crafting gripping… Read more

The highlight of The Last Of Us is the gritty narrative and is aided by a focus on improvisation in combat

After being such a big fan of Naughty Dog's latest work it’s surprising that it took me four years to finally visit the post apocalyptic wasteland full of mushroom zombies. Looking back 2013 me was al… Read more

Amazing game from start to finish

i was hooked on this game after the first 10 minutes. You will not think of anything else until you finish the game. The game is not easy and will piss you off sometimes but when you finish the story.… Read more

This game is something different in a good way.

Alright the basics, this game is 3rd Person Over The Shoulder Post-Apocalyptic Shooter. Spoiler Alert. Wow that's a mouthful. In the game you play as Joel's Daughter, Ellie, and for most of the game J… Read more

Arguably the PS3's best exclusive game.

Gripping. That's a good one-word description for Naughty Dog's masterpiece. A cross between Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" and Robert Kirkman's "The Walking Dead", Sony's "The Last of Us" is one of thos… Read more

Oh I'm Gonna Get Flamed for This'un

Oh The Last of Us. How I wish I could understand you. I mean I understand you perfectly, I just don't get how OTHER people understand you. I once said that this was the most overrated game of all time… Read more

the last of us or the last game you want to play?

the last of us is the hit new live action movie from sony entertainment studios europe from the hit developers behind classics like crash banditoot and crash tag racer and drathan nake's unsharted, bu… Read more

The Last of Us Remastered Review // Critique de The Last of Us : Remastered

Released on : July 29th 2014 Platform : Playstation 4 Over a year ago, The Last of Us forever changed storytelling in video games with its emotional tale about two individuals who are trying to surviv… Read more

An unsettling, realistic look into an post-Apocalyptic future

Running off the massive critical and financial success of the Uncharted series, it seems Naughty Dog were free to do anything they wanted. Looking back on Naughty Dog's history, they always stuck with… Read more

Gameplay out; fashion statements in

The Last of Us is a cynical game. I don't mean its grim atmosphere, or its gruesome setting, or its storyline. The cynicism I see is in the way the game plays, in the decisions its developer made and… Read more

The Last of Us: Left Behind Review

I think it is easy to say that The Last of Us was the best game of the year. After winning so many awards for the game, Naughty Dog is in a streak again. It must have been difficult to match what we c… Read more

Not the Citizen Kane of games, but still a great game

Amid all the perfect scores, I can't help but feel like the gaming industry, as well as the gamers, have failed themselves by calling this such a success. When we give something a perfect score, what… Read more

A beautiful mess

I liked it, but at the same time, it was extremely disappointing. Great characters, visually superb, probably the best acting in a video game to date, but the gameplay just wasn't fun, in fact it was… Read more

A beautiful mess

I liked it, but at the same time, it was extremely disappointing. Great characters, visually superb, probably the best acting in a video game to date, but the gameplay just wasn't fun, in fact it was… Read more

Great story, atmosphere, and visuals marred by some bad gameplay

I don’t think that Naughty Dog has put out a good game since Jak 3. Jak X was all right, if unfair. The Uncharted games are all right at best. They’re chock full of bullet sponge enemies that don’t ha… Read more

An amazing experience dragged down by a handful of flaws

The characters, art style, and overall presentation in The Last of Us are second to none. Naughty Dog has accomplished amazing feats both technically and artistically with this title, and I'm thrilled… Read more

GOTY

This is one of, if not my favorite game I ever played. The story is very good, the character development even better. You are torn between making the right and the wrong choice at the end. But in just… Read more

Fantastic

The game is just amazing , Naughty Dogs really did it this time , a true masterpiece !!! No matter the graphics , storyline or either the voice actor of this game , you can't compare it to others game… Read more

The bleak brutal game world displays humanity's primal instincts and deeper aspirations

The Good: Strong emotionally-gripping story with exceptional acting; Combat system is original, satisfying and fits with the theme of the game ; Immersive atmosphere with a great musical score ; Onlin… Read more

The Last of Us Review

If I had to say one thing about The Last of Us I would say it's a morose and yet brilliant narrative with equally likeable and contemptible characters, with a beautifully realized world all messily bu… Read more

Awesome so fun

It is the best game I've seen! I think it should be on PC. It is also realistic like in the begining and that the zombies attack you when you make a sound. It will be cool if the killers see the kid a… Read more

Naughty Dog has taken what it’s learnt from Uncharted and created storytelling excellence, great combat and tension.

After the reveal of The Last of Us and hearing that the extremely talented people at Naughty Dog were behind this new IP, I was never going to be concerned if this was going to be a decent game. Just… Read more

Breathless Apocalyptic PerformanceThe Last Of Us Review

Have you heard of The Last of Us ? I'd say you have by now. It's been a game on everybody's radar since Naughty Dog first announced it back in 2011 with an unnoticed tease in a newspaper in one of the… Read more

5/5

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Welcome to the REAL Mushroom Kingdom

Of all the popular doomsday theories – mass flooding, meteors, alien invasion, or even heavenly judgment – my personal least expected apocalyptic scenario would have to be a fungal infection. Naughty… Read more

Lives up to the Hype and Then Some

Beautiful... haunting... The Last of Us in a nutshell. *Know what you're getting into: This is going to be a long piece* This review will only discuss the single-player campaign, as I don't think spec… Read more

Lives up to the Hype and Then Some

Beautiful... haunting... The Last of Us in a nutshell. *Know what you're getting into: This is going to be a long piece* This review will only discuss the single-player campaign, as I don't think spec… Read more

The Last of Us: I Need a Drink Edition

“Oh, shit...” A sentiment echoed by Joel. The generator roars to life, and so do the infected. Frantic screams, growls, rushing footsteps and sinister clicks ring out through this underground tunnel.… Read more

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Naughty Dog manages to deliver a breathtaking and insanely fun experience that you won't forget anytime soon.

To be honest, I wasn't even going to buy The Last of Us. I wasn't as hyped as most people were and decided to just borrow it from a friend at some stage. Today, I'm glad I didn't stick to that plan. F… Read more

The Last of Us Review: The World Ends with a Click

Naughty Dog have a powerful track record in the PS3 with the Uncharted series, but The Last of Us is a brand new IP with a very different tone and world than the swash-buckling adventures of Nathan Dr… Read more

Iffy shooting and frustrating moments don't ruin a game with some of the best characters to date

Story in video games is quite often terrible. It is a medium littered with trope-laden characters, plots more focused on pushing gameplay forward then making sense, and unfulfilling endings meant to d… Read more

Most immersive game I have ever played.

The game play was solid and rewarding. The story is the best writing in any game I have ever played. The characters are fully realized and take life in the story. I became the main character while pla… Read more

Everything clicks.

As gamers, we always hearken back to memorable moments in video games that go down as the best experiences we've ever had, from encountering the first towering colossus in Shadow of the Colossus, the… Read more

Claude's Quick Review

It has a plausible story and characters that have meat, focus and frailty. There are moments that you have to experience. And before the end, challenges to overcome. Worth every penny. Full price. A g… Read more

Quite possibly, the best game of this generation. The first AAA game to live up to its 10/10, 5* reviews in years

Nowadays, gaming review sites are handing out 10/10 and 5/5 scores like they are candy. It is a shame, because this scoring inflation leaves no room for truly excellent games like The Last of Us to di… Read more

The Best of PS3

PlayStation and Xbox have always been able to swing their crowds based on the bias of the game series they have exclusive ownership to. Halo has Xbox and gears f War and then PS3 has Metal Gear, Uncha… Read more

As harrowing and brutal as it is fun.

The Rad Top notch story with strong characters in an impressively fleshed out world. Brutal stealth combat with crafting mechanics that feed into it nicely. Interesting multiplayer that doesn’t feel t… Read more

Last of Us is stunning and immersive... the story will drag you in and leave you wanting more!

In a gaming world of AAA games, Indie games, MMOs and not much in between, the Last of Us tells an amazing story based in the post-apocalypse U.S.A. The storyline really drives the game forward, and t… Read more

The Last of Us reviewed by Ominous Prime

I wanted to wait until a lot of the hype died down to play this game because I knew in my mind it would not live up to what was built up. It's not to say that The Last of Us is a bad game. I will try… Read more

The Last of Us In-Depth Review

The Last of Us is a game that could have been another Uncharted, Naughty Dog could have pumped out a similar game to their previous best, though this time with zombies. However, even with so many easy… Read more

The Last Of Us Introduces Next-Gen Emotional Storytelling

I've been playing video games since the eighties. Pretty early on I developed a personal preference for games that were telling a story, trying to achieve a cinematic experience, and let you care for… Read more

Umm... Awesome

Extremely fun, but also has probably the best writing and voice acting you'll ever see in a video game. ummm.. yea it was awesome all the way through naughty dog! screw flanders screw flanders screw f… Read more

Amazing story with average gameplay.

You might have heard that The Last of Us is the Citizen Kane of video games. You might have laughed at that poor analogy that was surely dreamt up as a result of some fever dream induced by the crushi… Read more

Fantastic Game But Not All Is Great !

I'm a big naughty dog fan but i must say that going in to the last of us i was really worried that it would be a zombie 3rd person shooter with a standard naughty dog story. but i was really suprised,… Read more

The Last of Us captures you in a way that other games often yearn for.

I am not often a fan of survival games, or anything with a bit of stealth. That being said, I absolutely loved everything about The Last of Us. From off the bat I felt transported, like I was put smac… Read more

My The Last of Us Review

You can honestly say a game pulls you into its world when you walk away emotionally drained. That is what The Last of Us does, it pulls you in and doesn’t let go until the credits roll. You will not w… Read more

The Last of Us is an amazing achievement and one that shows that Naughty Dog has the ability to adapt with aplomb.

(Note: I only played through the single-player so the review is solely focused on that.) Not too many games come with higher expectations nowadays. Naughty Dogs’ flagship PS3 series Uncharted has garn… Read more

This game is terrible. Here's why.

Everyone says that with games, graphics don't matter. It's all about the gameplay, man. That's the core. Gameplay. Here's the thing -- the gameplay in The Last of Us is absolutely atrocious. All of my… Read more

The Last of Us Review.

The Last of Us paints a grim, depressing picture of a future where a fungal infection as run riot on the populace of the world. Highlighting humanities need to survive at any cost in a way so very few… Read more

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Terrific atmosphere in an overall boring, and somewhat buggy, game

On the exterior, The Last of Us couldn't be more different from Naughty Dog's other successful franchise, Uncharted. Unfortunately, their differences are only skin deep. While the emphasis on The Last… Read more

One of the most immersive games I've played

The tension in this game does not let up for a second. Great game. The opening 10 minutes are truly frighting, especially if you have a family of your own. The game gives you an option to play it as e… Read more

One of the most immersive games I've played

The tension in this game does not let up for a second. Great game. The opening 10 minutes are truly frighting, especially if you have a family of your own. The game gives you an option to play it as e… Read more

It's the PS3's best exclusive to date, and one of the best games ever. An absolute must-play

The year is 2033. The human race is slowly being wiped out. A savage fungal infection rots its victims’ minds within two days, changing them from reasonable human beings into homicidal monsters. Natur… Read more

Scared As Hell

So I have not yet finished the game, in fact I have no idea how far I have left to go. You really don't get any sense of that AT ALL. I DO know is that I'm more afraid of sinister clicking than ever b… Read more

PS3 Saves The Best For "The Last Of Us"

Naughty Dog has done another great game with this survival post apocalyptic world that has neither zombies or aliens as the main enemies but other humans trying to survive this new harsh reality.The g… Read more

PS3 Saves The Best For "The Last Of Us"

Naughty Dog has done another great game with this survival post apocalyptic world that has neither zombies or aliens as the main enemies but other humans trying to survive this new harsh reality.The g… Read more

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