I tried to replay it on PS4, never actually finished it.

Should probably get around to doing that. From all I remember, it was Naughty Dog's masterpiece. A lot of room for improvement, but still so far ahead of anything else on the market at the time.

It does hold up well. Really well. I'm just easily distracted, not really in to sitting around playing a console these days.

You're not alone.

I just started the PS4 version for the first time last week and I'm already done because it's basically 80% movie and 20% game. That's not to say it's a bad story or that the 20% you actually get to play controls bad or that it is a bad experience overall... just that I don't care for interactive movies anymore.

One of my favorite games from last generation. Story-wise it is one of the best ever.

I don't like rating games, but I'd say a 7-7.5 out of 10. Insanely enjoyable gameplay with a bit of enemy variety issues marred by a predictable story and poor pacing. If we add in Left Behind I'll give it a solid 8, because it added in three way battles with humans and infected (which was an absolute travesty that it never made it into the main game).

Lets say the game releases this week, made by a random developer, without the production and advertisement power that Sony can provide and still looking and playing exactly the same than the PS3 version.

It will still be a 10/10 for me. And it will immediately become my favorite game of this generation.

The only thing that I dislike about this game is the last level (not the ending) but the hospital section before you rescue her. It's too simple for my expectations.

But everything else is exceptional and a 10/10 even today.

The introduction is very story heavy but once the main story begins the balance is much better.

Predictable story?! You expected that ending?!

I think it still doesn't get the attention it deserves. I can understand the Uncharted series not having as much appeal to the average gamer, but people love zombies. My brother couldn't get into Uncharted, and doesn't care for shooters in general, but said it was one of the best games he has ever played. Just that opening scene is one of the best sequences I've seen pulled off in a game.

Story predictability is one of my major complaints as well. I think I saw about 80-85% of the major plot points coming from a mile away. I predicted the deaths of just about every character that died, I definitely predicted every character who got bitten getting bitten, and I saw Ellie's death being required for the Fireflies' plan to work coming from a mile away. The only things that really took me by surprise were having the game transition over to the player controlling Ellie for a bit and then Joel's decision at the end.

As for the OP, my opinion hasn't changed, though admittedly I haven't really touched it since 2013. It's a good game with competent mechanics and storytelling, but ultimately is held back by unrelatable characters and doing nothing new on the gameplay front.