I'm currently playing through TLOU too...and yeah I pretty much agree with the overrated sentiments so far. The best part so far was the opening sequence, which was incredible and had me on the edge of my seat. A lot of the story is above average in quality and the characters are way up there too, but the plot keeps it from being anything special. Zombie apocalypses should take a long ass break for now.

The gameplay I feel is the worst part of the game so far, though the controls are very smooth.

It;s like game has been entrenched with Uncharted's cliches. There are too many instances of everybody helping each other get through rubble, climbing over obstacles and things falling apart. All while interacting with the touch of the triangle button..as if that makes the player feel involved.

Triangles and friendship. Two peas in a pod.

There are various situations in which an opinion can be wrong, but not in this context. As long as you don't try to use your opinion as the basis to claim a definitive (i don't like [x] = [x] is inherently bad), which osed125 doesn't, subjectives like this can't really be 'wrong'. Unpopular, sure, but not wrong.

Wow, I mean wow! If the story seriously does NOT impress someone I just find that to be utterly shocking. It IS in MY opinion, without a shadow of a doubt, the greatest story in all of videogaming. In fact, many movies WISH they can touch an audience the way this game has. If I had 3 wishes, one of them would be to relive this game for the first time again because I'll never get that WOW factor back again. Replays may be close after a while, but not that 100% OMG wow-factor I am talking about. 

I think the fact people are creating articles about this game in a more negative light speaks volumes. They are there only because of the universal acclaim it has received in order to somehow prove gto themselves the game is more average than truly spectacular. But, hey...to  each their own. I for one am VERY hard to satisfy as I'm so damn picky about everything. I seek perfection throughout my life, it's just who I am. To me, The Last of Us is the closest I have seen to gaming perfection. It's truly a gamers game yet it immerses you so deeply in the characters and drama you forget you're playing a game. To me, this is unlike any gaming experience I have had.

And for ME...well, not only have a thought about the story and ending for weeks after I finished it but I was left in a very deep contemplative mood. It was almost on par with some sort of spiritual awakening or something because of how 'empty" I had felt. "Empty" because the game was over or empty because the ending was so perfectly haunting or the fact that I just NEEDED more closure but deep inside I knew this was the SMART way to do it. I was never left any more satisfied in the end. I don't know. The Last of Us is just as real as it gets. Deep stuff. There's just more to it than gaming. And because of that, it gets my highest praise.

more games should take this approach but 99% of people do not have what it takes to make something like this feel just right. You gotta have the right skill to pull this off. Everything has to just come together flawlessly. Story, level design, art design, character design and voices/acting....just everything. This game has "everything going for it."

Geez, did you NOT hear the music in the end when you're running through the trees right before the ending credits? And did you NOT hear the music DURING the ending credits? O_O Those are some of the best, haunting themes I have heard in games. 

Technically TLOU has only dropped 1 place :p The only game to receive a higher meta score in the last 2~ years was GTA5 (across 5 versions). I'm not sure that really constitutes a "hell of a drop" in the context you're implying.

Since you used the supposed drop to 'prove' it was overrated, shall i assume that the actual near lack of one in 2~ years 'proves' the opposite to you? Or will you simply acknowledge how silly an argument it was in the first place? ^^

I really don't understand why some people go to such lengths to invalidate the opinions of others. If someone feels it's the best game ever, let them. If they don't, let them. Yay subjectives.

A good game. Overhyped by the media and followed by the teenagers sheeps lurking in gaming sites.

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I'm not much to fall for the hype after MGS4 disappointing me (that's partially my fault for setting my expectations high). I had the game for more than a year (PS3 version), so yeah, I wasn't really influenced by the hype. I'll definitely finish it once I get my PS4 back; hopefully before Batman comes out.

If only this site have a "Thank" button 

I wouldn't bother wasting any of your energy arguing with this kind of guy.

So many Zelda games on that list. It truly is one of the greats.