wow thats awesome. should have done it from the start lol. i am playing on survivor diffculty and i usually just strangle  them and if necessary puunch them to death. i only use guns when i have too on a clicker lol .  have you clocked the game on grounded yet ? 

lol nooo..not at all. I am in winter now which is easily one of the most difficult part of the game especially when playing with Ellie (since she is not as strong as Joel and has to rely a lot on stealth). But it is very enjoyable. I will definitely let out a sigh of relief when i am done and move over to MP. never really got into it on the PS3. 

I thought the game was awesome but not perfect

The gameplay became stale and too easy(played on hard) but the story was beautifully done
And that ending left me shocked...

Oh holy shit, on grounded mode when she has to escape from a certain someone, it took me a solid hour and a half to get past it. I stunned and melee'd my way thru anybody I couldn't stealth. I think i only killed one from when she escapes to the restaurant. 

The survival mode after hunting for the buck/deer is just as brutal.

In my opinion, you are blindly defending the game here - and you actually believe you have a point. But I disagree.

"It has to be in your face"

Nathan Drake does not need to hang (impossibly) by his fingerprints so often. It doesn't need to be in your face. Crafting an in-your-face game is easier than making a game with subtleties and intrigue. Someone may say, "Oh, but the game was meant to be like that", but that doesn't make it better - it's just an excuse.

"The game was also meant to be linear, for the story's sake, it was never showcased as a explorative single player."

This is nonsense. Tomb Raider isn't linear. There is no reason for it to have been so linear except for the technical challenges that it circumvents.

"I do think it is best to judge for yourself though, play through all of it and then you can really give your opinion on it, good or bad. I think most people don't mind if a gamer doesn't like a game once they have played it all the way through but trashing a game without so much as playing it is just a diservice. It rubs anyone the wrong way."

I finished Uncharted 1 twice (including crushing). I finished Uncharted 2 twice (including crushing). I finished Uncharted 3 once. I have full right to have the opinion that the series is overrated. Furthermore, when I say the exploration is boring and the gunplay isn't as good as (for instance) RDR and Gears, then I say it with full confidence that I am right. This becomes ever more apparant the more you play the game.

Again, Uncharted is an overrated series imo. This is mostly down to the average gameplay  mechanics. 

Joe is one of the youtubers who's opinion i respect, regardless if i like it or not.

It's not a bad thing, but apparently you aren't reliable if Metacritic doesn't cover you! *cough* Quarter to Three *cough*  

I rely more on user reviews on Amazon since the people who buy those specific games are actually interested in playing them. I feel that Quarter to Three only exists to disagree with everyone for the sake of not "being in the crowd" and to get clicks.

Yeah, I'm 100% sure that Batman Arkham Origins and Halo 4 AREN'T worthy of the 2/10 score!

I havn't played and enjoyed any Xeno game since Xenogears. Played Xenosaga but never finished it. Got busy with a new job and school at the time then forgot about it. Xenoblade any good? It anything like gears?