The Last of Us

A Summary of The Game

What’s up guys, I’m back. In last week’s blog, you got to learn a little about me and learn what my purpose for the blog is. You also learned about one of the ten games I will be talking about these next 9-10 weeks. I also noticed I forgot to give a summary of the game, and for that, I apologize.

Twenty years after a fungal infection obliterated most of the U.S. population and turned the victims into infected monstrosities, a man named Joel finds himself traveling through what’s left of the US with a girl named Ellie who may just have the answer to bringing mankind back to life; however, this isn’t easy for either of them, since Joel has been left almost permanently bitter after the death of his daughter, Ellie is distrusting of him, and they aren’t the only ones trying to survive through these desperate times.

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Why It’s a Good Game

The Last of Us is an action-adventure survival horror game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2013. Meaning that it’s a game where you’re controlling a character and your traveling around in a post-apocalyptic world looking for food and shelter and fight for your life against zombies, some in-humane creature, and other humans(survival of the fittest). As fun as that sounds it’s not why it’s good even though that’s part of it. “It’s good because it encapsulates that innate will to survive like few examples of its kind can so much aspire to.” from Vice.com written by Gavin Mctlendry. This stands out because the main goal is surviving and protecting Ellie. Did I forgot to mention there aren’t any zombies(gasps in shock)… Just kidding “The infected come in various levels of cordyceps: runners, stalkers, bloaters, and most notably clickers”. Also written by Gavin Mctlendry. This adds to why it’s a great game because it sets itself apart from being just another zombie game. Their zombies but they’re portrayed differently than how other games are.

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Let’s not forget that to have a good game you need a good soundtrack, great graphics, and overall the gameplay. That’s why this game is loved. Dave Newman from medium.com agrees; in his words “The game is truly significant in every way: it has an outstanding soundtrack, amazing high budget graphics, and flawless game-play.” This game outdid almost every other high budget, AAA game ever released. I believe it the graphics that game has and the color scheme and how beautifully it transitions from one scene to the next. I would say it outdid every game created in 2013.
Also, with this game, you didn’t have to rush to finish and didn’t have so many tasks. You could take your time and only really had to keep your focus on one particular thing. Samuel Horti from techradar.com noticed that as well and wrote: “You weren’t being given missions; it was vague and in the minute to minute direction, and didn’t tease the player too much letting them get to where they needed to on their own”. And if this isn’t enough reason for why the game is good then you need to stop living under a rock because your gonna miss out. So I suggest you give the game a try. Also don’t forget to come back next week you wouldn’t want to miss out on one of the best games made in 2005 and still holds up to it’s greatness 15 years.

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