Took me long enough to actually finish this game, but after having done so, I can say with relative ease that The Last of Us is indeed worthy of all the praise that it receives. For as much as it tells a straightforward narrative, there's a great deal of work put into how the atmosphere has been created - thus making you feel like you're a part of this situation and able to connect with the characters the more time you spend with them.

But that's also what makes The Last of Us as enthralling as it is, because you're seeing a wonderful father-daughter dynamic of sorts build between the relationship of Joel and Ellie - compromised by their own worldviews as a result of everything that they've been through. It always leads to emotional farewells with side characters, but also puts you within that spot of wondering how everything could have been done differently even though the inevitable is bound to happen.

A good amount of this is fun, but other moments can get distressing, but that's also what it feels like to see the world through Joel and Ellie's eyes.