the gameplay was out of this world, it had so many options and every one was extremely polished, shooting enemies WAS not easy, and enemies react to you quite brilliantly. some of these details really helped as well. if i was in a gun shoting and me and an enemy were under cover, if one of my pistols were empty while the other had bullets i would wait until he is under cover, aim and shoot with the empty one, he would hear the sound of it shooting blanks and get out of cover, once he gets away a bit from cover i would either aim with my shotgun or another gun and blast the shit out of him. these details are awesome, also during fights AI really DO help, ellie saved me a lot actually. the melee was just fantastic, the way they reacted to every hit and how the animations are extremely well done, every hit had a perfect reaction, this level of detail in melee combat is unbelievable and unseen before. the way that the envirmont is used during melee is also amazing, basically you could slam anyone to a wall or anything you are next to while combat. for people who say mario or halo has great gameplay and this doesnt, please explain why. this game is just on another league IMO

game is an absolute masterpiece 10/10 well deserved i mean its SPECTACULAR its AMAZING..its....god im drunk XDXDXDXDXDDXDXDXDXXD

@Bold. Unfortunately that is sometimes the case. A guy here gave a good description of it. They act like headless chicken.

As for the enemies AI, it's in most cases nothing short of amazing, how varied are responses of human enemies, depending of what you do is absolutely stuning, my only problem is (and I play on hard) that sometimes I sneak behind a Runner for example, start strangling it, and another Runner is like 5 meters away from us, its back facing us, and it doesn't react at all. They are almost deaf when it comes  to the sounds of fighting, they rather need to see you. Also Clickers which use echo-location should notice your movements from greater distances than it is presented on hard dificulty if you ask me.

Best companion AI in any game I have played.  If you want true survival where you aren't a super soldier and ammo is scarce... Look no further...

I said this in another thread, but the details in the gameplay are what impressed me the most about The Last of Us. For example, sometimes when Joel gets shot, his body reels back, often pushing him back from cover, which isn't really used in a lot of other shooters (at most the HUD just flashes red), giving the combat a bit more realism. When you use a med kit, you'll see the bandage on your arm as well (which I thought was a nice touch). When you shoot at enemies, the enemies will often slump according to where you hit them. Or when you pop out of cover during combat, in many other games you can easily take a shot and hide again, but in TLOU, enemies will actually try to shoot you immediately once you pop out of cover.

Ellie often helps you out as well, whether it's throwing an object at an enemy or stabbing an enemy from behind (similar to what she did in the reveal trailer). There are just so many details that I've probably forgotten that went into the gameplay that made it go beyond what was already a good combination of stealth, gunplay, and survival elements (i.e., limited ammo and supplies).  Maybe it has to do with difficulty, because I first played the game on hard (and later on survivor), so I did have far fewer supplies to work with, as well as more difficulty in sneaking (resulting in more improvisation during encounters).

Finally picked up the game, Everywhere was sold out until yesterday. Amazing & I love the Multiplayer its great!

Yep. The more I play the more I'm impressed. I thought for sure that Bioshock Infinite would be my GOTY, but it might just be The last of Us depending on how it ends. I still have a few hours left to the story.

Indeed! :D So fucking happy everyone's praising it madly

The only thing that holds it back is the multiplayer which pretty much sucks but is just an extra thing.

I've played it. I just don't think it's THAT amazing. It's a great game, and the story is fantastic, but it's not a 10 by any means. Reviewers fall prey to hyperbole just as much as anyone.