\u201cIts unrivaled presentation in particular sets the bar even higher than the Uncharted trilogy already did, and its writing, voice acting and layered gameplay combine to create what is very easily the game to beat for Game of the Year 2013.\u201d<\/p>\n
VideoGamer<\/a>:\u00a05\/5<\/h3>\n\u201cThe Last of Us isn’t just the PlayStation 3’s swan song; it’s the best exclusive on the console full stop.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nEurogamer<\/a>: 10\/10<\/h3>\n\u201cAt a time when blockbuster action games are sinking into a mire of desperate overproduction, shallow gameplay and broken narrative logic, The Last of Us is a deeply impressive demonstration of how it can and should be done. It starts out safe but ends brave; it has heart and grit, and it hangs together beautifully. And it’s a real video game, too. An elegy for a dying world, The Last of Us is also a beacon of hope for its genre.\u201d<\/p>\n
CVG<\/a>:\u00a010\/10<\/h3>\n\u201cThe Last of Us\u00a0is a remarkable achievement, and one of those rare games that you never want to end as you approach the finale. It tells a moving story that will linger in your mind long after the credits have rolled, but never loses sight of the fact that it’s a video game, not a film. It’s a masterful marriage of storytelling and game design, and easily Naughty Dog’s finest moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Official PlayStation Magazine UK<\/a>:\u00a010\/10<\/h3>\n\u201cA work of art in which amazing sights and sounds fuel an emotionally draining, constantly compelling end of days adventure. This is Naughty Dog pushing PS3 to its absolute limit. Over to you, PS4.\u201d<\/p>\n
GiantBomb<\/a>:\u00a05\/5<\/h3>\n\u201cThe Last of Us is not simply Uncharted with zombies, but it couldn’t exist without Naughty Dog having made Uncharted first, either. It’s a dark adventure, one rarely filled with laughs or joy. There are bitter pills to swallow along the way, and nothing is taken for granted, not even characters. People live, people die. Sometimes it’s fair, sometimes it’s not. It’s still a zombie game, but a sobering one. Take a deep breath.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Edge<\/a>:\u00a010\/10<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cNaughty Dog has delivered the most riveting, emotionally resonant story-driven epic of this console generation. At times it’s easy to feel like big-budget development has too much on the line to allow stubbornly artful ideas to flourish, but then a game like The Last Of Us emerges through the crumbled blacktop like a climbing vine, green as a burnished emerald.\u201d<\/p>\n
Polygon<\/a>:\u00a07.5\/10<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cThere are hints of a nuanced message in The Last of Us, but convention wins out too often to easily find them. Naughty Dog commits to a sombre tone that affects every piece of the game for better and worse. It achieves incredible emotional high points about as often as it bumps up against tired scenario design that doesn’t fit its world. Survival in the post-apocalypse requires compromise, but The Last of Us has given up something vital.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nKotaku<\/a>:\u00a0Yes<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cArt isn’t so much about the what as it is about the how. And The Last of Us, from its overfamiliar beginning to its shocking ending, reflects the courage of its makers’ convictions. It is a terrific feat of storytelling, design, art direction and performance. As it turns out, good things still reside within the house of clich\u00e9.\u201d<\/p>\n
Digital Spy<\/a>:\u00a05\/5<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cWith a hauntingly beautiful game world, stunning visuals, and a wide variety of ways in which players can approach combat, The Last of Us is another exceptional game from the team at Naughty Dog.\u201d<\/p>\n
GameInformer<\/a>:\u00a09.50<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cThe Last of Us is a deeply felt, shockingly violent game that questions what we’re willing to sacrifice and, more disturbingly, what we’re willing to do so save the ones we love. The conclusion offers no easy answers. You won’t forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Last of Us \u201ccontender for best game this gen\u201d<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nThe Last of Us looks fantastic: video preview blowout<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nThe Last of Us SA special editions prices confirmed<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nEurogamer<\/a>: 10\/10<\/h3>\n\u201cAt a time when blockbuster action games are sinking into a mire of desperate overproduction, shallow gameplay and broken narrative logic, The Last of Us is a deeply impressive demonstration of how it can and should be done. It starts out safe but ends brave; it has heart and grit, and it hangs together beautifully. And it’s a real video game, too. An elegy for a dying world, The Last of Us is also a beacon of hope for its genre.\u201d<\/p>\n
CVG<\/a>:\u00a010\/10<\/h3>\n\u201cThe Last of Us\u00a0is a remarkable achievement, and one of those rare games that you never want to end as you approach the finale. It tells a moving story that will linger in your mind long after the credits have rolled, but never loses sight of the fact that it’s a video game, not a film. It’s a masterful marriage of storytelling and game design, and easily Naughty Dog’s finest moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Official PlayStation Magazine UK<\/a>:\u00a010\/10<\/h3>\n\u201cA work of art in which amazing sights and sounds fuel an emotionally draining, constantly compelling end of days adventure. This is Naughty Dog pushing PS3 to its absolute limit. Over to you, PS4.\u201d<\/p>\n
GiantBomb<\/a>:\u00a05\/5<\/h3>\n\u201cThe Last of Us is not simply Uncharted with zombies, but it couldn’t exist without Naughty Dog having made Uncharted first, either. It’s a dark adventure, one rarely filled with laughs or joy. There are bitter pills to swallow along the way, and nothing is taken for granted, not even characters. People live, people die. Sometimes it’s fair, sometimes it’s not. It’s still a zombie game, but a sobering one. Take a deep breath.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Edge<\/a>:\u00a010\/10<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cNaughty Dog has delivered the most riveting, emotionally resonant story-driven epic of this console generation. At times it’s easy to feel like big-budget development has too much on the line to allow stubbornly artful ideas to flourish, but then a game like The Last Of Us emerges through the crumbled blacktop like a climbing vine, green as a burnished emerald.\u201d<\/p>\n
Polygon<\/a>:\u00a07.5\/10<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cThere are hints of a nuanced message in The Last of Us, but convention wins out too often to easily find them. Naughty Dog commits to a sombre tone that affects every piece of the game for better and worse. It achieves incredible emotional high points about as often as it bumps up against tired scenario design that doesn’t fit its world. Survival in the post-apocalypse requires compromise, but The Last of Us has given up something vital.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nKotaku<\/a>:\u00a0Yes<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cArt isn’t so much about the what as it is about the how. And The Last of Us, from its overfamiliar beginning to its shocking ending, reflects the courage of its makers’ convictions. It is a terrific feat of storytelling, design, art direction and performance. As it turns out, good things still reside within the house of clich\u00e9.\u201d<\/p>\n
Digital Spy<\/a>:\u00a05\/5<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cWith a hauntingly beautiful game world, stunning visuals, and a wide variety of ways in which players can approach combat, The Last of Us is another exceptional game from the team at Naughty Dog.\u201d<\/p>\n
GameInformer<\/a>:\u00a09.50<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cThe Last of Us is a deeply felt, shockingly violent game that questions what we’re willing to sacrifice and, more disturbingly, what we’re willing to do so save the ones we love. The conclusion offers no easy answers. You won’t forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n
More on The Last of Us:<\/h3>\n
The Last of Us \u201ccontender for best game this gen\u201d<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nThe Last of Us looks fantastic: video preview blowout<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nThe Last of Us SA special editions prices confirmed<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cThe Last of Us\u00a0is a remarkable achievement, and one of those rare games that you never want to end as you approach the finale. It tells a moving story that will linger in your mind long after the credits have rolled, but never loses sight of the fact that it’s a video game, not a film. It’s a masterful marriage of storytelling and game design, and easily Naughty Dog’s finest moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Official PlayStation Magazine UK<\/a>:\u00a010\/10<\/h3>\n\u201cA work of art in which amazing sights and sounds fuel an emotionally draining, constantly compelling end of days adventure. This is Naughty Dog pushing PS3 to its absolute limit. Over to you, PS4.\u201d<\/p>\n
GiantBomb<\/a>:\u00a05\/5<\/h3>\n\u201cThe Last of Us is not simply Uncharted with zombies, but it couldn’t exist without Naughty Dog having made Uncharted first, either. It’s a dark adventure, one rarely filled with laughs or joy. There are bitter pills to swallow along the way, and nothing is taken for granted, not even characters. People live, people die. Sometimes it’s fair, sometimes it’s not. It’s still a zombie game, but a sobering one. Take a deep breath.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Edge<\/a>:\u00a010\/10<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cNaughty Dog has delivered the most riveting, emotionally resonant story-driven epic of this console generation. At times it’s easy to feel like big-budget development has too much on the line to allow stubbornly artful ideas to flourish, but then a game like The Last Of Us emerges through the crumbled blacktop like a climbing vine, green as a burnished emerald.\u201d<\/p>\n
Polygon<\/a>:\u00a07.5\/10<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cThere are hints of a nuanced message in The Last of Us, but convention wins out too often to easily find them. Naughty Dog commits to a sombre tone that affects every piece of the game for better and worse. It achieves incredible emotional high points about as often as it bumps up against tired scenario design that doesn’t fit its world. Survival in the post-apocalypse requires compromise, but The Last of Us has given up something vital.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nKotaku<\/a>:\u00a0Yes<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cArt isn’t so much about the what as it is about the how. And The Last of Us, from its overfamiliar beginning to its shocking ending, reflects the courage of its makers’ convictions. It is a terrific feat of storytelling, design, art direction and performance. As it turns out, good things still reside within the house of clich\u00e9.\u201d<\/p>\n
Digital Spy<\/a>:\u00a05\/5<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cWith a hauntingly beautiful game world, stunning visuals, and a wide variety of ways in which players can approach combat, The Last of Us is another exceptional game from the team at Naughty Dog.\u201d<\/p>\n
GameInformer<\/a>:\u00a09.50<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cThe Last of Us is a deeply felt, shockingly violent game that questions what we’re willing to sacrifice and, more disturbingly, what we’re willing to do so save the ones we love. The conclusion offers no easy answers. You won’t forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n
More on The Last of Us:<\/h3>\n
The Last of Us \u201ccontender for best game this gen\u201d<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nThe Last of Us looks fantastic: video preview blowout<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nThe Last of Us SA special editions prices confirmed<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cThe Last of Us is not simply Uncharted with zombies, but it couldn’t exist without Naughty Dog having made Uncharted first, either. It’s a dark adventure, one rarely filled with laughs or joy. There are bitter pills to swallow along the way, and nothing is taken for granted, not even characters. People live, people die. Sometimes it’s fair, sometimes it’s not. It’s still a zombie game, but a sobering one. Take a deep breath.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Edge<\/a>:\u00a010\/10<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cNaughty Dog has delivered the most riveting, emotionally resonant story-driven epic of this console generation. At times it’s easy to feel like big-budget development has too much on the line to allow stubbornly artful ideas to flourish, but then a game like The Last Of Us emerges through the crumbled blacktop like a climbing vine, green as a burnished emerald.\u201d<\/p>\n
Polygon<\/a>:\u00a07.5\/10<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cThere are hints of a nuanced message in The Last of Us, but convention wins out too often to easily find them. Naughty Dog commits to a sombre tone that affects every piece of the game for better and worse. It achieves incredible emotional high points about as often as it bumps up against tired scenario design that doesn’t fit its world. Survival in the post-apocalypse requires compromise, but The Last of Us has given up something vital.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nKotaku<\/a>:\u00a0Yes<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cArt isn’t so much about the what as it is about the how. And The Last of Us, from its overfamiliar beginning to its shocking ending, reflects the courage of its makers’ convictions. It is a terrific feat of storytelling, design, art direction and performance. As it turns out, good things still reside within the house of clich\u00e9.\u201d<\/p>\n
Digital Spy<\/a>:\u00a05\/5<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cWith a hauntingly beautiful game world, stunning visuals, and a wide variety of ways in which players can approach combat, The Last of Us is another exceptional game from the team at Naughty Dog.\u201d<\/p>\n
GameInformer<\/a>:\u00a09.50<\/b><\/h3>\n\u201cThe Last of Us is a deeply felt, shockingly violent game that questions what we’re willing to sacrifice and, more disturbingly, what we’re willing to do so save the ones we love. The conclusion offers no easy answers. You won’t forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n
More on The Last of Us:<\/h3>\n
The Last of Us \u201ccontender for best game this gen\u201d<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nThe Last of Us looks fantastic: video preview blowout<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nThe Last of Us SA special editions prices confirmed<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cThere are hints of a nuanced message in The Last of Us, but convention wins out too often to easily find them. Naughty Dog commits to a sombre tone that affects every piece of the game for better and worse. It achieves incredible emotional high points about as often as it bumps up against tired scenario design that doesn’t fit its world. Survival in the post-apocalypse requires compromise, but The Last of Us has given up something vital.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cArt isn’t so much about the what as it is about the how. And The Last of Us, from its overfamiliar beginning to its shocking ending, reflects the courage of its makers’ convictions. It is a terrific feat of storytelling, design, art direction and performance. As it turns out, good things still reside within the house of clich\u00e9.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWith a hauntingly beautiful game world, stunning visuals, and a wide variety of ways in which players can approach combat, The Last of Us is another exceptional game from the team at Naughty Dog.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Last of Us is a deeply felt, shockingly violent game that questions what we’re willing to sacrifice and, more disturbingly, what we’re willing to do so save the ones we love. The conclusion offers no easy answers. You won’t forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n The Last of Us \u201ccontender for best game this gen\u201d<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n The Last of Us looks fantastic: video preview blowout<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n The Last of Us SA special editions prices confirmed<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nKotaku<\/a>:\u00a0Yes<\/b><\/h3>\n
Digital Spy<\/a>:\u00a05\/5<\/b><\/h3>\n
GameInformer<\/a>:\u00a09.50<\/b><\/h3>\n
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