The Last Us is now over 10 years old. I wasn't a huge fan, because I am not a fan of Horror games – although by this time, I wouldn't say The Last of Us quite fit the genre. Anyways, over the years I became a big fan of the franchise. So it was just a matter of time that I played this Remake of The Last Of Us Part I.

The biggest strength of the first game is the story. The idea of the cordyceps-pandemic doesn't seem to be too abstract, since the fungus really exists and takes over the control of the infected creatures. So the basic idea of The Last of Us is "What if humans ever get infected with cordyceps?".

And then there is the story of Joel and Ellie. The premise being, that she might be the cure for the infection and therefore the potential end of the postapocalyptic world, they live in. How this story is told and how the characters develop is just genius.

Gameplay wise The Last of Us is a solid 3rd-person-shooter with stealth. I generally prefer open-world-titles, but for the sake of pacing it makes sense, that The Last of Us doesn't have one. Shooting, fighting and sneeking around works very well and I like the ammo and equipment is scarce, so each bullet becomes more important.

Regarding the remade parts: The graphics are obviously much better and resemble Part II, but the gameplay doesn't seem to be much different.

All in all, The Last of Us Part I is a great game. If you're a fan of the franchise and you already own the remastered version, the remake still worth a buy in my opinion.

The predecessor was a perfect Spider-Man game gameplay-wise. So it was hard for Spider-Man 2 to surpass that – and for the most part, it didn't – at least in my opinion.

You get to know the characters better and the interaction between Peter and Miles is fun, because you play them both. There is one sequence with Hailey, Miles' deaf friend, which I don't want to spoil, but which I thought was really clever. Other than that, the game offers a few surprises which are also pretty cool.

Other than that Spider-Man 2 seldomly seems to copy the missions and sidemissions from the first games. You swing through New York City as Spider-Men do stuff. The addition of Queens is nice, but it's not really more than an extension of the map.

So I love Spider-Man 2 as a sequel and it fully met my expectations, but I wouldn't call it a quantum-leap in comparison to the first games.