The Last of Us may have featured two strong main protagonists in Joel and Ellie, but clearly Joel's history and psyche are explored more thoroughly than Ellie's in order to better express the bleakness of the post-pandemic world.

The beauty of seeing innocence at play; Infected versus Hunter combat situations; The mall settings is so much fun; Ellie stands strong; even alone; Has everything that made the main game so great

Is a little short; Leaves you wanting more

Naughty Dog's next chapter may feel a little too basic and brief for its price tag, but its story still stirs the emotions

Genuinely moving; More from Ellie and Joel (kinda

Narrative is surplus to requirements; Costly for something so brief

I first played this game on a 24hr Redbox rental. Spent the whole day playing and hit a point where I just couldn't keep up with all the action. This game has a good story line with lot's of action. As you work through the levels, game play get more intense, really challenging your abilities.

I won't bother with the backstory. It's been told before. I can see how some people would dislike the fighting mechanics. The game itself is somewhat different than the traditional third person shooter.

A game that truly has a better story than most movies in the zombie genre; The best gaming experience in my 30 years of gaming

Only niggles; It is very well focused on what it sets out to do

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Wonderfully crafted road trip; with superb writing and vocal work; The interaction between the characters; all of them; is top notch; Often beautiful graphics and animation; A haunting; delicate soundtrack; A sensible; sensitive script; with some really touching moments; Staggering scope and...

There are slight issues with pacing in the middle for an hour or so; which feels oddly padded; Very occasional animation and scripting issues

The Last Of Us will go down as one of the best survival games made, and probably one of the best games of the generation. It's not perfect, but it does so much right it challenging the player to make important decisions, always burdened with the consequence of death.

+ Strong; powerful tale; + Stunning presentation; + Brutality of a dying world

- Frequent checkpoints limit consequence

Emotional rollercoster with unbelieveable graphics, gameplay and story in my opinion the games priceless if play one game ever made on ps3 let it be this one just such beautiful story and journey quality

Great game that will have you not wanting to put that controller down until it's done. Each passing moment has you on the edge of your seat.

Naughty Dog, the Sony-exclusive development house behind the Uncharted, Crash Bandicoot, and Jax and Daxter series, has created what many have hailed as "the last great PlayStation 3 game.

Excellent graphics that could pass as a next-gen title; Emotion-stirring story; Brutal combat

The game sometimes telegraphs enemy encounters; Ho-hum puzzles

This game came as an extra freebie so I wasn't expecting much, but I love it and can't stop playing. The story line is catching and like a good book you just want to keep going to see where it takes you next.