The last of Us

SHORT SYNOPSIS

Ellie

The last of Us is an upcoming survival game with 2 protagonists Joel and Ellie fighting against a mountain of odds to survive in an epidemic plagued city.

They must avoid infected, scavengers and other survivors who are always a threat to them. In addition to this, they are also pursued by military for unknown reasons.  

DEVELOPMENT

The game comes from my favorite studio "Naughty Dog" , the creators of cult hit .. THE UNCHARTED

Joel

 The game was first unveiled in public during spike video game awards in year 2011, as an exclusive addition for playstation 3. The studio also teased about it during the opening scene of Uncharted 3 where a newspaper cutting headlines about an "unknown fungus spreads while scientists are baffled about its behaviour." 

The game later was officially announced by the team and a 17 minute game-play trailer was released during E3 conference showing Ellie and Joel fighting their way against other survivors to protect themselves.

Though the game is of horror survival genre, Naughty dog confirms that it wont be type caste as typical zombie movie but , it puts it focus on father - daughter relationship.It also prances upon emotions and also ordeal they undergo to save themselves from the ever decaying city.

  

The game is now officially confirmed to be released on " May 7, 2013 ", exclusively for PS3


 

PRE-RELEASE HYPE

Even before the game release, the game sweeped awards like a fire, grabbing almost all the awards in E3 where it was presented. The tally counts about nearly 25 awards from multiple sources, most of them awarding it " THE BEST OF E3 ". 

GAME PLAY

The Last of Us uses third person view. The player controls Joel, while Ellie is controlled by AI. The game involves both gun and fist fights. The player will fight off the Infected, former humans and survivors but are hostile towards Joel and Ellie. A new game-play mechanic is a featured called "dynamic stealth", meaning that there are many different types of strategies and techniques that the player can use at any given time as they approach a new situation, to which enemies will react differently. The situation outcomes depends mainly on player's choice of play.

VERDICT

The Last of Us seems to appeal in every aspect as we view it, be it game - play , characters , cut - scenes , environments. Naughty dog has worked round the clock to produce a result that caters all the gamers.

But still , a dish can be credited as " Best " only after tasting it entirely , So lets wait till May 7 to let this novel game to see its light of play. The Question that arises to me now is that

                          " WILL LAST OF US APPEAL TO ALL OF US ? "