The Last Of Us is by far one of the best games of 2013, and still is in 2017, here is why.
Story: The story for this game is one of the most compelling and tear drenching story's ever told, as good as watching the walking dead but with somewhat less realism. This game has truly held my heart by a thread because of how sad it is to think that when you are in an abandoned home you wonder "what happened?" as well as bringing one of the saddest beginnings into a video game that made me actually cry. The game also makes an awesome connection with the characters along the story, bringing any situation that has a problem for the character make you grip in the fear of how scared you are for Joel, Ellie, and more.
Enemies: Holy Crap (depending on the difficulty) the enemies seem to be some of the most overwhelming enemies in a video game (excluding dark souls or the world's hardest game). When I go against a clicker, I swear I get scared the f*** out of my socks, just because clickers are so damn hard to kill (until I figured out that the flamethrower was good). The Human enemies can get very tricky (depending on the situation and how much ammo you have) they get very tough through progression.
Graphics: 10/10, the graphics in this game are so mindblowing, that it immerses me in the game much more than any video game has ever immersed me. I am baffled by how amazing the graphics are in this game, it just makes the video game so much more amazing, in comparison to any other game, sometimes I cried when I entered a level with such beautiful graphics, like for example the university, that place had mind-blowing graphics that just were so amazing that I could not handle myself, so I cried.
Online Multiplayer: Hours of fun, it just is so awesome its like CSGO and Battlefield had a strange baby, that everyone loves. The multiplayer of this game is so underrated because everyone always talks about the amazing singleplayer, but no one talks about the immersive and action-packed multiplayer. It's a very hard multiplayer, especially for an experienced gamer like myself just because of how different the experience is for a person who plays first-person shooters most of the time like myself. The only concern I have for the multiplayer is that its pay to win, so basically you could just pay money and have better stuff than the free to play person.
Conclusion: A heart-wrenching game with the power that made me become more optimistic upon the world because of how beautiful and luscious the Campaign was, with all gone there is more than you can ever even imagine, understanding how life was before the incident makes you more emotionally inclined towards a game like this. The Graphics were astonishing, the campaign was hard, even in normal difficulty, the multiplayer was fun, and overall was just such an amazing narrative. Why are you still reading this? if you have not acquired your own copy, get one now, or else a clicker will eat you.