YEs hundreds of sites, institutions are biased because it's a sony exclusive...whats Socom, Beyond 2 Souls, star hawk's, etc.....  excuse? More FUD.

Well I'm actually reffering to games like God of War 3, Halo 3, Gears of War, Uncharted 2 and 3. These imo are not 10/10 games. They are good games that were awarded perfect scores because they were exclusive.

In terms of TLOU, what is really so special about the game? The gameplay itself is a scripted affair.

Everytime you enter an area theres already a predetermined set of actions you can take. Enter room A, sneak past and silent kill enemies. Enter room B, kill all the infected. Rinse and repeat. I found the gameplay to be an average third person affair. Nothing supprisingly exciting about it. Unlike say something like Dead Space, which imo features much better third person gameplay for a survival horror game.

I admit the story for TLOU is very well done, but theres a moment in the game where Joel crashes the car and he and Elle have to make their way to a bridge. Every 10 mins its the same thing:

We can see the bridge, nearly there... 3-4 hours later... we can see the bridge, nearly there.

Like I said I'm not denying this is a good game, yet imo this game is not deserving of a perfect score. Imo the best games this gen have been multiplatform, I think that games like TLOU have been biasedly reviewed because their exclusive.

In your opinion, luckily your opinion is not universal, the industry disagrees.

I never claimed my friends' opinions were ubiquitous. I was just pointing out that the world isn't split between Nintendo fans, Sony fans, and nothing else. Most gamers own multiple consoles.

My friends and I also openly discuss and critique the games we play. And of course I value their opinions a hell of a lot more than I value the collective opinion of the entirety of the VGChartz community. But I don't expect anyone here to value my friends' opinions; that wouldn't make any sense.

To me, if a game can't stand on it's own WITHOUT cutscenes, it's not a great game. The Last of Us wouldn't have lasted one level without it's cutscenes.

I agree with you to an extent, but the story really was god tier, and that alone warrants a GOTY award.

Thankfully it got GOTY regardless of your opinion.

Really hate seeing people say a game does nothing new then go on to champion games that do nothing new either.

But yes, we get it, you like a certain platform more than the rest.

If it wasn't for The Last Of Us characters I don't think it should have deserved it, but Joel and Ellie are 2 of the greatest characters ever created. I love how there relationship evolves throughout the game, by the end of the game I felt like I knew them personally and was gutted the game had ended.

After watching a few clips, I was sold on getting the last of us and GTA V. super mario 3d world however has failed to catch my interest in the slightest bit after watching videos on youtube. I agree with GTA V and The last of us to be much better candidates especially The last of us. New IP.
funny thing is I don't enjoy the genre, but I enjoyed the last of us.
Everyones just so different sometimes lol.

You mean that amazing gameplay was a dream?? More fud. Sadly story, character is a big part of games, sorry that doesn;t fit your agenda. NAme 1 AAA game that doesn't ahve a single cut scene?  You do not define what a great game is/is not. This game is about story, characters and gameplay, and does it better then any. BEcause story is important does not mean everything about TLOU is bad because everything about the game is utmost quality, even Multiplayer.