The Last of Us simultaneously leaves me thoroughly impressed and slightly underwhelmed. While the character writing and performances are top notch, giving each enemy encounter the proper stakes to keep me playing more, the game struggles at times to really surprise and innovate on the formula it establishes early on. I also got a surprising number of bugs and instances where the AI was clearly not prepared for a situation I threw at it. Overall, the game is still fun with a captivating story that I am excited to see more of.