Honest Question: What's so good about the Last of Us?

[Daisuke72]

My expectations going in were so high that I was sure I'd be disappointed, The Last Of Us blew me away.

For starters the game has the best resource management system I have ever seen in a video game.

The characters interactions goes beyond just the cut-scenes, their relationship builds during actual gameplay, the casual conversations between Joel and Ellie, the depth of these two characters combined with the overall theme of the game makes it feel real.

The Last Of Us is the greatest video game I've ever played, as it induced feelings that no other art form has ever done to me. The script was brilliant, the visuals were brilliant, the characters, the gameplay, the realtime crafting, and oh my fucking god the winter level....The Winter level has to be the greatest stage ever.

No, but in all seriousness. I simply did not want this game to end, I did not want to die purely because I didn't want to see the terrible death animations, that's how emotionally invested I was into the game. The Last Of Us isn't just a video game, it's an experience. The Melee combat was just awesome btw, it's light years ahead of Uncharted in that department and the shooting feels real. Yes it's tougher to shoot people in this game, but that's because the game strives for realistic mechanics, where, y'know, you don't hit the mark 99% of the time like most shooters.

The Last Of Us will go down in gaming history, that's how good it is. Seriously.