started my 7th playthrough of this game. Dear god, that opening scene still makes my eyes water. There are only a select few games that come even close to this kind of narrative. Xbots can hate all they want. This game truly deserved those perfect scores and 200+ GOTY awards. To those that say it's "overrated" either haven't played it or doesn't know what a good story is and would rather run around like a chicken with it's head cut off shooting shit all day and should go back to cod. No game is perfect, I don't think there is such thing as a perfect game, but The Last of Us comes the closest. I can make you a list Great story AMAZING narrative that tells the story right great intense gameplay commendable scavenging aspects Fantastic characters Phenomenal voice acting Amazing character development and attachment Challenging Emotionally moves you (unless you have no soul) Has a good story length Excellent pacing One of the most realistic games I've ever seen The most realistic zombie scenario I've ever seen. EVER Great graphics for the time Awesome sound design The soundtrack sets the mood for the game PERFECTLY Great dystopian society take on the government controlled cities I could go on. Nothing compares to it. Period. Just gotta put that out there. I'm just once again falling in love with this game. I know nothing compares to the first playthrough but damn it's still worth it to replay it. A buddy of mine has replayed it over 20 times and still cries each time. That is the impact the LAst of Us has on people. Name another game that does that. Praise ended. As you were