The Last Of Us

Currently competing for my painting time, ive been playing 'The Last Of Us' for the PS3.  Its a really good game which is getting max scores from several video game sites.  Not sure I see it as a 'max score' game, but it definitely changes the zombie/apocalypse game genre, and has been enjoyable so far for sure.

The Last Of Us is set 20 or so years after an apocalyptic event.  You are never really told exactly what happened, other than many people started to become infected and turn into zombies (frankly, I dont guess it really matters what the actual event was).  There are small groups of survivors around, and this is where the main character, Joel and his Ellen Page lookalike Ellie come into play.  Ellie has become infected, but the disease has been really slow to spread in her.  Joel is tasked with taking her 'somewhere' (I dont know yet) because she is seen as a possible solution to the infection.

Resources are limited (read: bullets), and as you move through the maps, you find different items you can use to craft new items.  Alcohol, bandages, etc can be used to create health packs, shivs, and molotov cocktails.  TLOU uses a 'listen' function where you can hear where enemies are, and you are encouraged to sneak through maps, and stealthily kill enemies where necessary.

According to my saves, I think Im about 30-35% complete.


Early on, Joel's daughter dies.  Pretty sure Ellie represents the daughter figure

I think in this case, Joel is toast.  'Zombies' (or infected) are pretty tough to bring down on their own, but a pack of them like this is bad news.  In the back is a 'clicker' - they move using echolocation, and once alerted, you are pretty much dead. 

Everything is overgrown, and really looks like something terrible happened where most humans no longer exist.  Not sure, but this is probably actual gameplay footage.

So far, Id give it 8 Raptor's Claws out of 10!  (although, supposedly, its an 'emotional' story - maybe Ill become attached to Ellen Page and not want her to die???)