The Last of Us Part I
2022
Audio: Spanish, English, French, German, Russian, Turkish, Polish, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese · Subtitles: Thai, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Czech, Norwegian Bokmål, Turkish, Danish, Hungarian, Korean, Japanese, Italian, German, French, Polish, Chinese, Dutch, Spanish
- shooter
- adventure
- action
- horror
- survival
- stealth
- single player
The story
Experience the emotional storytelling and unforgettable characters of Joel and Ellie in The Last of Us, winner of over 200 Game of the Year awards and now rebuilt for PlayStation 5. Enjoy a total overhaul of the original experience, faithfully reproduced but incorporating modernized gameplay, improved controls and expanded accessibility options. Plus, feel immersed with improved effects and enhanced exploration and combat. It also includes the Left Behind story DLC.
What it’s like
Overgrown ruins under overcast skies, with sickly green vines swallowing rusted cars and crumbling brownstones, and warm amber firelight in dusty interiors where the game slows to a hush. Gustavo Santaolalla's sparse, mournful guitar surfaces only in quiet moments, and the rest is wind, rain, and the clicking of the infected. Exploration is unhurried and scavenging-led, broken by tense stealth and sudden, brutal close-quarters violence, including melee kills, gore, and graphic deaths. The vibe is bleak but humane: somber, tense, and quietly tender, best suited to a late evening alone or a patient play session with headphones on. The story follows a weary, guarded man and a young girl slowly building trust in a collapsed America, with cruelty and loss landing hard. It suits players who want a tense survival experience with a deeply emotional core, and it is not gentle: expect frequent, unflinching violence, fear, and grief.
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