My game of 2013 is definitely ALBW. It did something that hasn't been done in games before (in before someone posts some obscure shit) and it did it incredibly well.

For me to consider something the best of its year or generation it needs to do something new.

Shouldn't you be off helping Retro with that new game or something?

O/T: My thoughts exactly. Without wishing to devolve too much into spoiler land, I never truly got invested in the characters, mostly because they barely developed at all over the course of the story, and so the (SPOILERS REDACTED) at the end didn't really tug at my heart strings like it seemed like it was meant to. Maybe if it had been a choice instead of a predetermined action?

You stupid Nintendo nerd, go back an play mario!

I agree, I do think Uncharted and TLOU are grossly overrated. Good games but not GOTG like some proclaim them to be.

It's quite simple really; "great" is a subjective opinion that differs from one person to the next.

You stupid Nintendo nerd.  Go back and play Mario for the 4,583,585th time.  I'm just kidding. 

Honestly, I completely agree with you.  The Last of Us is incredibly overrated.  Yes it's a good game, but it's definitely not the game that everyone makes it out to be, not even close.  There are just too many problems with the game that people just seem to overlook, whether it's for graphics, because it's Naughty Dog, who knows. 

For being a stealth game there are way too many areas you can stealth your way through only to be forced into killing an incoming horde of runners, clickers, etc, because it's part of the storyline.  The games AI is terrible, the characters constantly getting in your way , pushing you out of the way, etc.  A lot of the infected will make a beeline around the AI towards the player, with the AI completely ignoring them.  The bricks and bottles don't always stun clickers when thrown at them, meaning you'll hit them with a brick or bottle only to run into a cutscene kill.  Or how many boring, push Elly across the water on a plaet areas do there have to be?  Even Elly comments on it with "yeah, yeah, get on the f'ing palet.*

Infact, most of the time when playing the game, walking around and exploring is nice because it's beautiful to look at.  It's when you're in the areas infested with enemies whether it's human or infected that the game just drags.  You're trying to make your way through those sections to get to better sequences.  And it's not because it's stealth, because there are other games that make the stealth sequences more enjoyable. 

I really think, graphics, infected, and Naughty Dog are the reasons people love this game so much and ignore all the flaws it has. It's not a bad game, but it's also not a great game.  It's merely a good game.

Yeah, the Last of Us is an amazing game but it's not a "masterpiece" by any means, because no game is ever going to be perfect.

Woah there, if you insult Bubsy 3D like that again I'll be forced to report you.

I agree with you there and I forgot to add it on my original post.

Those sections (including the ladder 'puzzles') were ok at first, but after doing them 10 times it gets boring. It would have been better to just remove them completely.