As a pre-teen, this game played a big part in me and my growth. I was drawn into the world of the last of us and its monsters and Ellie. Ellie helped me become comfortable with my sexuality and the relationship between Ellie and Joel reminded me of that with my father. Replaying it as an adult was equally as amazing and made me think more about morality and the wrong decisions that even our favorite characters make, and how the effects of an apocalypse alter human behavior. lovely game lovely experience lovely dialogue, lovely soundtrack, they make it all feel real. I would play this game a million times over.