Games

The Last of Us Part I

Naughty Dog

2022•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 19 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurehorrormonster/alien/supernaturalfastunsavouryheavyimaginarysimplelinearbig & variedemotionally undemandingfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, unsavoury shooter: breakneck and wide-ranging. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

85 / 100

829 ratings

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About This Game

Experience the emotional storytelling and unforgettable characters of Joel and Ellie in The Last of Us, winner of over 200 Game of the Year awards and now rebuilt for PlayStation 5. Enjoy a total overhaul of the original experience, faithfully reproduced but incorporating modernized gameplay, improved controls and expanded accessibility options. Plus, feel immersed with improved effects and enhanced exploration and combat. It also includes the Left Behind story DLC.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Twenty years after a mutated fungus started turning people all over the world into deadly zombies, humans become an endangered species. Joel, a Texan in his forties with the "emotional range of a teaspoon" (to quote Hermione from Harry Potter), finds himself responsible with the safety of a fourteen year old girl named Ellie whom he must smuggle to a militia group called the Fireflies. And as if the infected aren't enough of a hassle, they also have to deal with the authorities who wouldn't let them leave the quarantine zone, as well as other survivors capable of killing anyone who might have...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureHorrorMonster/alien/supernaturalFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardy

Keywords

ZombiesPost-apocalypticHand-to-hand combat

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Details

Developer: Naughty Dog
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Released: 2 September 2022
Series: The Last of Us
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 20h rushed, 19h normally, 25h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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