The Last of Us cover

The Last of Us 2013

Released
June 14, 2013
Genres
Shooter · Adventure
Platform
PlayStation 3
Developer
Naughty Dog
Publisher
Sony Computer Entertainment
Rating
92/100 on IGDB
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About this game

Naughty Dog's 2013 game, about a smuggler escorting a girl who is immune to the fungus that ended everything. Scarcity is what makes it tense: you scavenge scissors, rags and alcohol, most recipes want the same parts, so every bandage is a shiv you did not make. Joel can drop prone and listen, which shows you enemies through walls. The Clickers, the ones the fungus has grown over the eyes of, cannot see at all and kill you in one hit, which is what finally makes the stealth worth using. The people are as dangerous as the infected, and are the other reason the scarcity matters. The game never gives you enough, so a fight you win by running away still counts as winning.

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