Yesterday afternoon on a Sunday, I just finished, “The Last of Us”. A third person survival horror game.

The game is a post-apocalyptic survival story. The world has been wiped out by a Cordyceps fungus which turns people into mutated like infected creatures. Joel is a survivor who helps a young girl named Ellie and they try to find this resistance group called, the Fireflies. The reason they want to find the Fireflies ’cause they think this group maybe the answer in helping the world find a cure for these infected people.

The gameplay is a third person shooter kind of game. It’s a mix of stealth and combat. You can either hide from enemies or you can fight them either way. You will get all kinds of weapons such as a variety of pistols, rifles, machine guns, bombs, etc. I played this game on the hard level and finished the whole thing without looking up any walk-through guides. While I admit, the gameplay was kind of a piece of cake… it can get pretty difficult and challenging at times. You don’t only fight against infected people… you also fight against humans who are alive.

While the gameplay was a lot of fun, what I was most impressed was the story. This is the most well-written story of a game I’ve ever seen in a long time. The cast did a great job voicing the characters. The story can get quite sad, shocking, and there are even some fun/happy moments in it as well. The writing was surprisingly smart and realistic.

While the game was a blast to play, the game should have ended a little better, though. I was kind of confused on the ending. Don’t want to talk about the ending ’cause of spoilers of course but I think it just left open for a sequel. I felt the story hasn’t really ended yet so there is definitely a sequel coming.

With that being said, this was one of the best games I’ve played in a long time. Honestly, this has better writing and storytelling than the “Walking Dead”. I’m feeling we have another big game franchise coming ’cause “The Last of Us” will probably end up being a series of sequels. This game was hard to find for me ’cause it was sold out everywhere. I just got lucky that I saw one copy sitting on the shelf at Best Buy when I got it. This game only took me a week to finish.

This game is recommended if you like action/adventure and post-apocalyptic stories. You won’t be disappointed at all.

Kev