After all, it won an insane amount of awards in 2013 (including our Game of the Year award). Of course, it’s common knowledge that The Last of Us is an outstanding video game. The best part? The Last of Us never explicitly explains any of the story’s beauty, allowing the game’s events to feel far more genuine in the process. One hates Ellie when Joel hates her, and loves her once he does as well. Joel and Ellie’s relationship, which subtly evolves over the course of the roughly twelve-hour campaign, mirrors the player’s’ experience with the two characters wonderfully. It illustrates the beauty of love, the emotional nature of trust, and the power of overcoming one’s fears. Telling the story of Joel, a brutal survivor hardened by unfathomable loss, and Ellie, society’s fourteen-year-old glimmer of hope, The Last of Us is a game about humanity. Sure, The Last of Us‘ campaign is technically another story set in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, but in reality it is far more than this. Perhaps this is why The Last of Us is such a masterpiece, as it permanently raised the video game industry’s storytelling standards. The gaming community is constantly searching for something new and special to allow them simply to feel. How many space marine focused shooters have we seen? How many independent roguelikes are currently floating around? Can you count the number of times you’ve predicted a game’s ending before witnessing it? It’s an absolutely bizarre double-edged sword. Still, the incredible quantity of gaming content floating around creates a bizarre first world problem: numbness. It makes sense that gaming is the fastest growing form of entertainment on the planet.
The sheer amount of gaming options out there means that there is something for everyone to enjoy, regardless of taste, age, gender, or creed. Countless titles are available for instantaneous download, meaning that one no longer has to burden themselves with actually putting on pants to buy a new game. The Information Age has allowed the gaming community to take in an unparalleled amount of content on a daily basis.
Making purchasing decisions based on little more than box art has gone the way of the Dodo. Gone are the days of waiting weeks for 350 printed words about the game you’re looking forward to.
There is no better time than the present to be a gamer.
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