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The winner of Destructoid's 2013 Game of the Year

The Last of Us is a beautiful send off for the PlayStation 3. It carries with it Naughty Dog's considerably heft; the artistic, technical, and budgetary ability to build what we call "AAA games." It leaves behind the vibrant pulp adventure that is Uncharted in favor of something more challenging. Mechanically it is still third-person action, but the reduction in platforming elements alone informs on its design tone. It is weighty, and the player carries that weight.

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KillerBanana74190d ago (Edited 4190d ago )

Well Deserved!!!! TLOU imo is the complete package and it represents how far the video game industry has come. Great job ND :)

ps3vita4life4190d ago

I couldn't agree more :) TLOU is just wonderful!!!

guitarded774190d ago

Yep... amazing game. My personal GOTY.

dedicatedtogamers4190d ago

+1

I just finished my Survival+ playthrough. Everything in this game is just...pitch-perfect. It's intense, it has a great story, it's beautiful, and most importantly it is FUN. I love sneaking around and trying to stealth-kill everyone without taking a hit. I haven't even touched the MP yet...

Conzul4190d ago

Love this game so much! GOTG. Can't wait to play it on my PS4 in some form.

I feel really bad for having skipped ni no kuni. Not really my genre but looked amazing. Hope it joins TLOU on PS4.

mikeslemonade4190d ago (Edited 4190d ago )

They should have two GOTYs this year. Remember when Peyton Manning and Steve Mcnari won co-mvps??

GTA5 is GOTY 1A and TLoU is GOTY 1B.

The two games are almost polar opposites and excel at their respective styles.

NewMonday4190d ago

very impressive to win against tough competition like Bioshock Infinite and GTA5.

Ezz20134189d ago

TLOU so far is the most awarded game of the year

R6ex4189d ago

I prefer Beyond Two Souls to TLOU.

Ezz20134189d ago (Edited 4189d ago )

The Last Of Us have 86 GOTY awards so far (overall GOTY 2013)
while GTAV have only 55 GOTY awards
http://gotypicks.blogspot.c...

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Morgue4190d ago

While I agree. I have to disagree with all the people who did.

miyamoto4189d ago (Edited 4189d ago )

Bro I said the very same about Uncharted 2 and Naughty Dog did a repeat performance with TLOU.

Thanks to Sony and ND video games are making good progress since Pong!

well said
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" The Last of Us is as close to perfection as a videogame can get, and many, many of you agreed with that sentiment; in fact, it received more votes than BioShock Infinite, Super Mario 3D World, and Grand Theft Auto V combined!

I was playing TLOU in my nephews house and then these 360 CoD kids came in and was just awestruck with the sight of the game, sat behind me and were meaning to grab my controller after ten minutes. LOL! And they came there every weekend to watch my nephew play the game and not CoD anymore.

Now that is power!

moegooner884190d ago

Seems that the Destructoid community agrees as well.

" The Last of Us is as close to perfection as a videogame can get, and many, many of you agreed with that sentiment; in fact, it received more votes than BioShock Infinite, Super Mario 3D World, and Grand Theft Auto V combined!

http://www.destructoid.com/...

DejectedJeff4190d ago

wow! i wish theyd release the numbers, im just curious what they look like. considering not a ton of people have played the new mario im assuming the numbers dropped exponentially after bioshock.

ABeastNamedTariq4190d ago

Playing it right now, lol. Winter is so friggin tense.

Riderz13374190d ago

Game of the generation.

Can't wait to see what Naughty God does on the PS4.

LAWSON724190d ago (Edited 4190d ago )

After playing the game the other day it is not as close to perfect as some make it out to be. It was fantastic no doubt but close to perfect... no. IMO the closest thing to perfect was maybe Portal 2. I had a blast with TLOU but the animations were okay, it felt clunky at times, the friendly ai was stupid at times and the enemy variety was okay too, (no where close to perfection though clickers were a pain and I thought they made a great enemy that really made me tense up at times). I do appreciate the difficulty, gameplay variety, atmosphere, characters and storytelling which are no doubt among the best games of all time.

I do not disagree with their choice and it is a great one that no doubt deserves praise just not praise that makes it out to be perfect *cough*the ND fanboys over at IGN.

Just to note though that is also how you end a game.

medman4189d ago

Well Lawson, I agree with you in many respects but I think you have to realize when someone says "perfect", that doesn't literally mean it has no flaws. No game is perfect and every single game ever created suffers from one issue or another, whether that be framerate stutters or A.I. issues. Until A.I. is nailed in gaming and enemies think and react as real individual people would with individual thought, identity, and behavior, no game can be "perfect". But The Last of Us is about as good as it gets on last gen hardware, and it's my personal game of the year by a large margin, and I played most of the games on the goty lists, so I'm making that statement from experience, not fanboyism.

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GTA5 Has Sold Over 215 Million Copies, Red Dead Redemption 2 Has Sold Over 74 Million Units

Take-Two announced its financial results for the fiscal year 2025, also sharing an update on the sales of GTA5 and Red Dead Redemption 2.
The anticipation for GTA6 has reached fever pitch, with the latest trailer being the biggest video launch of all time.

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LostPotato29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

Milk...get your milk...and so much more. Really when you release the same games in three editions over 15 years it's amazing how much money, and the amount of sales you earn. It's amazing how no one can compete.

Mr_cheese29d ago

To be fair, no many companies could release the same game over and over. They've earned that whether we agree or not

DarXyde29d ago

I mean Resident Evil 4 has had longer legs and still hasn't done anything like this.

Profchaos29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

GTA v isn't the only game that's released three consoles generations running but nothing has sold those numbers including GTA San Andreas which is now 4 console generations deep.

anast29d ago

Looks like a 2040 release for GTA6

gold_drake29d ago

thats insane right?
absolutely insane

rlow128d ago

No surprising considering that it’s been on every major platform and store.

I decided to look up the longest and most sold games list. To my surprise Tetris has takes the top spot.

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GTA VI Early Comparison Highlights Massive Jump in Character Detail, Environments & More Over GTA V

A new Grand Theft Auto VI early comparison video highlights the massive jump in character detail, environments and more over its predecessor.

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Snookies1238d ago

I mean, considering the amount of time between the two. It better be a massive upgrade. Especially with the amount of money Rockstar raked in from GTA Online.

MDTunkown36d ago

Most of scenes are pre rendered

andy8536d ago

Literally none are. If you know anything about rockstar they don't do that. Confirmed by themselves that this is all in-game

MDTunkown36d ago

Is that why first gta5 trailer looked better than the final product? Or is that why same happened with rdr2 ?
Rockstar told 50% are cutscenes and rockstars always used better models during cutscenes than in game.
You legit seems to know rockstar very well.

andy8536d ago (Edited 36d ago )

It didn't though? And neither did RDR2. In fact it was actually the opposite. What's with the hate boner? If you don't like it just avoid the topic

InUrFoxHole35d ago

Why don't either of you provide proof. This is just a he said, she said argument at this point

generic-user-name36d ago

You're either lying or just don't know what pre rendered means. Pre rendered means that if you change the character's appearance (clothes, accessories etc) they wouldn't show up in the cutscenes because they were already made and aren't being rendered in real time. This is something that doesn't happen in Rockstar games.

"Is that why first gta5 trailer looked better than the final product? Or is that why same happened with rdr2 ?"

In fact some of the scenes in RDR2 looked better in the retail version than at launched.

anast36d ago

The OP is taking the shot-gun approach: say a bunch of random tripe and see if something sticks.

repsahj36d ago

Damn! GTAV graphics are still awesome! But, I am so excited to play GTA6!!!

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PlayStation - The Concert "Changes Everything" for Music Lovers

PlayStation - The Concert is a magical musical experience for fans of the brand.

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