The Last Of Us - Complete Review

Hey guys am super excited to write the review of Probably one of the best games of this generation "The Last Of Us" and we all know 'Naught Dogs' has a reputation of creating extreme  realistic visuals and depth of gameplay and this can be easily seen on 'Uncharted' Series and when i first heard about 'The last of Us' i was pretty damn excited to see their work as zombies game franchise have gone sort of dead beat these days and may Naughty Dog's Innovation is all Zombie games needed , now lets not waste time a start up with the review .. 

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Story (May Contain Spoiler !)

Well the story begins during the start of the zombie out break and technically its sort of a fungus causing infection , well in the begining of the campaign you play as Joel's (Protagonist) daughter -Sarah where you experience the dynamic outbreak from what it seems to be a small town  where  Joel , Sarah  and Tommy (Joel's Brother) are trying to escape the the town and during this event a tragic incident occurs and Sarah dies.....So the main Game starts after 20 years of the incident  where you (Joel) and your partner (Tess) are trying to survive this infected world , so the campaign kicks off when 'Tess' convinces you to get a payback from some gang leader who owes you weapons and ammo , so after your encounter with the gang leader you find out that he had sold those weapons to a group called 'Fire Flies' who opposes the anarchy  of military rule in this chaotic times so you made a deal with their queen (sort of a leader amongst them)  that you will deliver something safely to their laboratory outside the quarantine zone , Soon you find out that you have to Deliver a Girl (Ellie) and after a scenario of arguements and discussions you agree to safely take Ellie to their Lab , not long after that you find out that Ellie was bitten by a zombie which she claims to be three weeks old bite and that she is somehow  immune to the fungus and that's why Fire Flies want her to cure the infection and thus begins the Journey of Joel & Ellie which feels like a complete cinematic or movie experience which consists their survival against not only infected but some savage peoples  where they bond and look out for each other ....The whole Scenario of the Game is nothing less less than a Movie itself thats makes you ride in an emotional experience and really makes you bond with the characters, Hands down this is probably the most realistic story experience presented in a game.

Gameplay

Well Basically 'The Last Of Us' is a Third -Person Action/Shooter with a great blend in mix with stealth mechanics and since its a post appocalyptic scenario you literally have to salvage everything and anything you can where you collect any different objects like rags , blades , binding materials ..etc. to create stuff like medic kits, shivs , molotov , bombs..etc , the game also has a pretty fluid platforming system , the game also has a pretty supportive friendly AI and  competetive enemy AI , where friendly AI helps a lot during platforming or if you need to get past across any obstacles and proves to be extremely help full during Combat and speaking of Enemy AI they  seem to be very observent and act smartly according to the situation as soon as they hear or notice you they instantly calls for back up and hides behind a cover and not rushes towards and even if you try to rush towards them they use teamwork and equipments to put you down , they also advance towards you using precautions and help of covers behind any object they can find  and even zombies wont give you an inch for mistake  because even on noral difficulty one mistake among zombie and its a death of you ...According to me this game has the best functioning AI ive ever seen in a game.

                                                                 Now speaking of Combat system it can be said to be satifyingly realistic experience and since you have to salvage for everything you have to be very careful with you ammunations  as you u have to survive not only zombies which really takes up a lot of ammo if not shot in the head but also there are human enemies who uses tactical techniques to avoid your gun fire , so throughout the game you have to use various techniques to cope up with different situations and also you have to use strategies because if you try to take on enemies head on by rushing you'll surely end up dead as ive said before the game is very much realistic and even a single shot can pin you down on ground for a few seconds or if you try to attack them fist on fist or with melee weapons they will fight back  to try and engage you and his partner will try and shoot and here's the great part many times ellie does also provide you cover up when you are in a fight but when enemies are over whelming even she can't protect you , now this brings us to the stealth mechanics of the game which i mainly prefer where Joel & Ellie (Only for a brief amount of time but you get to play as Ellie) crouches and tries hears the foot sounds  or voice of enemies to try and pin point their location but don't go thinking that its like a super ability because a person has to be making sufficient noise and  should be within your audible range so that you can hear it and using this ability you can perform stealth take down on enemies and  normal infected zombies and for special infected like clicker which can't see a thing but have super strong hearing are extremely deadly and you have to use special tactics to take them down or you can use silent weapons like a shiv or Bow and arrow and i must say the game has a well balanced combination between  stealth and guns blazing combat and both are highly satisfying and realistic, Th Last of Us  has one of the most smooth and realistic gameplay mechanics ive ever played.

Multiplayer

The Multiplayer of this game can said to be a mixture of uncharted 3 and Gears of war series (Sort of) , but still it has originality in its own way , the gameplay of multiplayer section is very much alike the singleplayer campaign in multiplayer you also have to salvage for equipments and since the amount of ammo is limited you have to make every shot count though you can purchase ammo or upgrades during a match to back you up still its a far cry from the way you can play this as traditional third-person shooter. The game only has two different multiplayer modes Supply Raid. In this mode, a player's team has 20 reinforcements. Once they're exhausted, the match will go to sudden death. and the other one is Survivor Mode Which is sort of an Search and Destroy type of gameplay  in this the  mode a game occurs in 7 different round where every player gets one life per round , the team who wins the most round wons the Match , i know its not a whole lot of variety but its a smooth gaming experience and the use of salvaging and survival instinct to engage in multiplayer is great fun.

Visuals/Sounds FX

I'll tell you this when i first turned on the game i was like WOW !!! such a gorgeous and evenly detailed visuals on the current gen Console  it is too good to believe if i wasn't actually playing it on ps3 i would have said the game must be powered by next gen consoles i, yeah its visuals are that much realistic everything from highly details facial textures to body movement or blood splashes or blazing a zombie with flame thrower and real time ashes burning up or in cold weather when you breathe you can see hot air coming from your even the light effect or torch i completely realistic when you place it on far distance object or flashing it towards a close object and the Environment the game takes place in soo much different scenarios and that too with such realistic and beautiful visuals it was like my eye is about to bleed , i mean c'mon Naughty Dog out did themselves creating visual almost equally beautiful to next gen consoles and that too with DX 10 , they sure as hell earned our respect and if you don't believe me try out the game yourself its a complete eye candy.

                                                                          For those who have read my previous reviews you guys/girls know that i write mainly crappy stuff in Sound Fx section as honestly i really have nothing much to say except a few reviews but this time its not like this the game not only have a beautiful sound track for which i actually watched Credits it was that good but it sure as hell provides extremely realistic sound effects to enforce support the Movie like feel about the game and the surrounding environmental sound SFX  is mind blowing , also i would recommend that you use a decent headset while playing the game it really enhances the experience and the voice acting is top notch not only for joel or ellie but also for various other characters which gave their presence in the game it was so surreal at many points i even forgot that its a game

Final Words

"The Last Of Us" is an extremely beautiful game with Dynamic visuals proving to be eye candy throughout the game have a well balance and very realistic game have amazing soundtrack and sound effects which provide a cinematic feel to the game with an unforgettable campaign experience and a polished/Fun Multiplayer alll in all its is definetly  one the best games released till date and pretty confident that its gonna be the 'Game of the Year' of 2013 which is pretty big coming from me as am a huge fan of Batman Arkham Series and their new title is on release later this year and here is a side note if you are reading this review and still haven't made up you mind on buying the game i would definetly yell out to you that its a Must Play and even if you don't own a ps3 i would say go buy one even if you are just gonna play this game because its definetly worth it !!! .

Pros - A truly memorable Campaign Experience , Very detailed and realistic visuals , mind blowing sound track and effects , smooth and realistic gameplay 

Cons - A few minor Bugs

Rating - 10/10