The Last Of Us ~ Review

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Hi All, this is a review and my thoughts on the latest PS3 Exclusive from Naughty Dog, the creators that made The popular Uncharted series. 

This game was talked about so much by many people around me at work and on YouTube as well as Twitter. This is one of the first type of adventuring games I have bought as I never really got into the whole RPG genres. I have always been more interested in the FIFA and Call of Duty series. 

I had a month before completed the Tomb Raider series so I was just starting to get a feel for these kind of games.

I picked up The Last of Us on release day, without any problems of it being sold out which was quite surprising considering it was getting such as media boost. Having bought it I went home excitable and full of anticipation. I was expecting some good things but nothing of what it actually was! The story line for those who don't know it already is a Virus that spreads across America causing chaos all over the place. It's about a guy Joel and a young girl Ellie, and their struggles to survive the unforgiving world post Apocalypse. Their journey across America to reach a safe zone, an Infected free zone. 

The story quickly gives you the reason why a guy has had a traumatic number of years fighting to survive and a girl who is naive. Now I will warn you as I will be discussing some of the main points in the game so it will contain some spoilers. Now this young girl Ellie has a very unique secret, which forms the basis of the game, she is in fact immune to the Infection. She found this out after being bitten by a type of Zombie in the game, a Runner. Joel runs into a friend who needs help transporting Ellie to a Rebellious elite group of people called the Fireflies. This game is so amazing. I never wanted to put my controller down. It took me around 10 hours to complete, stop and starting taking breaks and working. 

The story line is very dynamic, along with the characters and you soon fall in awe of them and what they have gone through. The graphics on this game are awesome! There is nothing bad about this game I can honestly say except from one thing, the AI is quite well lets say simple minded sometimes... Now what i mean by that is some fight scenes in the game promote Stealth and maneuvering around objects to avoid being seen. Although it makes it easier for the gamer to kill the enemy it doesn't exactly challenge you.

I would say to anyone to buy this game as it has an amazing story and provides a good insight into the future of gaming, with you being able to free-rome virtually anywhere throughout the story, encouraging the player to search for items that you need to build up your inventory like water, paper and tape, along with things to make the Molotov cocktails to set the 'undead' alight. 

I do apologise if this review seems a little odd but I am writing this a day or so after completing it so it can become a bit vague in parts! Be sure to comment with your favourite or worst parts of this game! 

I would definitely give this game around a 9.6/10. 

Give me your thoughts gamers!

Rick