3 years have passed, how do you still RATE The Last of Us?

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Boutros said:

DivinePaladin said:
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).

Predictable story?! You expected that ending?!

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.