The Last of Us Part I

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3.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 673 Ratings

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  1. AutisticPS_Pony
    Sep 12, 2023
    3
    Thank you AMD for the free game. Still crappy mechanics and same gameplay as PS3. Thank you mama Lisa, very nice. 3/10
  2. OniGioRi
    Sep 7, 2023
    9
    The release of this masterpiece on PC has been a disappointment. People have experienced a lot of crashes, bugs and optimization issues. I feel like a bad port messed up everything but they have been working on it and I feel like the game runs better now. The Last of us itself is full of emotions, beautiful graphics, awesome story and memorable journey that will always have a special placeThe release of this masterpiece on PC has been a disappointment. People have experienced a lot of crashes, bugs and optimization issues. I feel like a bad port messed up everything but they have been working on it and I feel like the game runs better now. The Last of us itself is full of emotions, beautiful graphics, awesome story and memorable journey that will always have a special place in my heart.… Expand
  3. DonyDoNya
    Sep 6, 2023
    7
    Great graphics, detailed landscape designe, and animations, smart AI behaviour, meaty combats, lots of weapon, loot system. slight upgrages - all of these are making the game for me
    But too bad that there's much less of a story and action gameplay than just wandering around through or beyond the obstacles. Its boring, too low paced and there are not a lot of interesting dialogues between    Great graphics, detailed landscape designe, and animations, smart AI behaviour, meaty combats, lots of weapon, loot system. slight upgrages - all of these are making the game for me
    But too bad that there's much less of a story and action gameplay than just wandering around through or beyond the obstacles. Its boring, too low paced and there are not a lot of interesting dialogues between the characters while you're going and going. The Walking Dead TV series had so much more in the story that this game can't overcome to impress any more.    … Expand
  4. methodyy
    Aug 29, 2023
    9
    There are two good things about remakes. You can play the game as you remembered it and you can introduce new generations to masterpieces and i think this release does both things really well. Graphics and physics are great, story is superb, ai and repetitiveness of fights later on are getting boring.
  5. Dradkol
    Aug 23, 2023
    9
    Played day one on Playstation 3, replayed on Playstation 4 with the remastered and finally decided to get the remake on PC as well. Despite playing it on day one and despite several technical issues plaguing the PC version upon release, I had no problems finishing it for two reasons.
    First: I have a high-end pc ( rtx 3080ti + i7 11700K + 32GB of Ram ).
    Second: I let the shader load    Played day one on Playstation 3, replayed on Playstation 4 with the remastered and finally decided to get the remake on PC as well. Despite playing it on day one and despite several technical issues plaguing the PC version upon release, I had no problems finishing it for two reasons.
    First: I have a high-end pc ( rtx 3080ti + i7 11700K + 32GB of Ram ).
    Second: I let the shader load finish before starting it, which a lot of people didn't.
    That said, the situation today is quite different, the game has received several fixes and currently has no problems. I give it a 9 only because Part 2 exists which as far as I'm concerned is superior in everything. If you haven't played it, get it back, whether it's ps5 or pc, The last of us part 1 is a masterpiece.    … Expand
  6. faytclubs
    Aug 18, 2023
    10
    Even tho the game was published on with issues now it works great. its one of the games that gave me difficult feelings and vibes. i was easily taken into the story and it felt like im in their world. words arent enough to explain how great story the game contains.
  7. Richard_dias
    Aug 14, 2023
    10
    Yeah, that game was horrible when it came out on PC. It is good now though. For me The Last of Us is one of the best games ever made, and is amazing to see it on my favourite platform.
  8. IX_MEHDI
    Aug 14, 2023
    9
    بازی قشنگی بود الکی نبود که انقدر معروف شده بود من که واقعا باهاش حال کردم داستان خیلی قویی داشت ولی به دلیل داشتن مشکلات فنی یه نمره ازش کم میکنم
  9. bramd
    Aug 13, 2023
    9
    I am running with the following specs: Intel i7-8700, NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2070, and did not encounter any performance issues up until now. The content of the game is amazing, especially the movement and voice acting is superb if you ask me
  10. Baronz
    Aug 5, 2023
    7
    Played with the 1.1.0.0. and 3070. Somewhat playable at not so high settings. The real pro of this game is it's story. Combat is average and i really hate the limited supply of ammo while enemies have infinite ammo. They also rarely drops ammo when killed.
  11. Czechinator
    Aug 5, 2023
    6
    I liked the story, the beautiful world with attention to detail, the designers really put effort into it. Enhanced by pleasant music and nice ambient sounds.

    I'm not a fan of stealth, and it's a shame that due to the lack of ammo, a more direct approach wasn't possible, but I understand it's for the sake of the story. Over time, it started to bother me to search through empty rooms    I liked the story, the beautiful world with attention to detail, the designers really put effort into it. Enhanced by pleasant music and nice ambient sounds.

    I'm not a fan of stealth, and it's a shame that due to the lack of ammo, a more direct approach wasn't possible, but I understand it's for the sake of the story.

    Over time, it started to bother me to search through empty rooms just to find 2 bullets. I actually grew fond of Joel, but Ellie was too foul-mouthed for my taste. (If 14-year-olds behave like that in the USA, then God help them.)

    I'm not sure if I missed some bestiary, but I would have liked more explanation about the mutants. Even considering the state of the world, I missed at least one positive character.

    The technical state was dreadful. First, it took over an hour to compile shaders. It probably didn't handle RAM well because after a while, the game started lagging, and I had to restart it. Also, it's quite audacious to charge a full price for a 10-year-old game in such a condition.    … Expand
  12. parallax_84
    Aug 2, 2023
    7
    Well after a lot of patches and with still bad performance i finally played the game, its a good game. The story is good, the gameplay is fine. It has some good moments but this game is nowhere near of "best game ever" or "masterpiece" that its fans claimed all these years just like they do with every ps game.
    The "where is the ladder" or "take me to the other side" gets old very quick    Well after a lot of patches and with still bad performance i finally played the game, its a good game. The story is good, the gameplay is fine. It has some good moments but this game is nowhere near of "best game ever" or "masterpiece" that its fans claimed all these years just like they do with every ps game.
    The "where is the ladder" or "take me to the other side" gets old very quick but since is not a long game i guess is not that bad. There are no puzzles and lacks enemy variety. instead of doing all those weapon upgrades customization they should have put more effort into that especially since this is a remake and they could have made the game a far lot better instead of just a graphics upgrade.    … Expand
  13. B4rcode
    Jul 29, 2023
    9
    Após Lançarem Varios Patchs de Correções de Bugs e Otimazação o Jogo Se Encontra Excelente Para Jogar, Levei 20 Horas para Zerar o Jogo e a DLC e gostei muito, que venha a Parte 2 Agora.
  14. rezo_21
    Jul 25, 2023
    9
    ====================IIIIIIIIII GAME SCORE : 85 IIIIIIIIII====================
  15. tyr8338
    Jul 24, 2023
    0
    Good game, ran pretty descent on my old 1080 ti in 1440p with FSR but nowdays on 3080 ti it just flies on max details and graphics are pretty amazing. Story, atmosphere and gameplay are solid and the game is enjoyable. Can`t wait for part 2
  16. ultraviper
    Jul 19, 2023
    4
    Even without the horrible performance issues, the game just... isn't that good? It would make a great movie or tv show (imagine that!) but the actual game parts of the game suck. The graphics are amazing and detailed, the characters and dialogue and story are intriguing, but it all keeps getting interrupted by a completely run-of-the-mill cover shooter with some stealth elements. There isEven without the horrible performance issues, the game just... isn't that good? It would make a great movie or tv show (imagine that!) but the actual game parts of the game suck. The graphics are amazing and detailed, the characters and dialogue and story are intriguing, but it all keeps getting interrupted by a completely run-of-the-mill cover shooter with some stealth elements. There is only 1 part in the game I would even consider a boss fight, and it's nowhere near the end of the game. There are no puzzles, unless you count "there's a ledge you can't reach, find the ladder conveniently placed somewhere nearby to continue" as a puzzle, because there about a dozen of those. When the gameplay of a game is the worst part of the game, it gets a low score from me no matter how good the rest might be. After hearing for YEARS about what a masterpiece this game was, and finally being able to play it for myself (I've never owned a playstation) it did not live up to the hype at all.… Expand
  17. CoolBR
    Jul 15, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 8.5/10.

    First of all, I played in patch 1.10, and now it seems ok, I didn't see any major bug and my performance was ok on a RX 580, not great, not bad.

    The Last of Us is a linear game similar to Uncharted but the difference is here we are way more focused on stealth and survival aspects.

    Story 8.5/10 - The game setting is an apocalyptic pandemic world where a fungus pretty much transforms people into zombies that infect people by biting them. 60% of the world's population died because of that and the rest becomes assh0l3s to survive, it is like a free for all in an abandoned world.

    I like how the places we get through develop this world, we have many records telling what happened with the world, the letters of "survivors" and the places we go really show a true post-apocalyptic world with hundreds of broken empty buildings, hundreds of cars broken down and rusted, also there are many sprayed graffiti sayings things in houses front like: "stay away, I have a weapon and I'm gonna shot you".

    Now, the main story, we follow Joel, a smuggler that lost his daughter when the pandemic apocalyptic began. He works with his partner Tess. They receive work from the Fireflights, a militia group, to smuggle a girl, Ellie, that is immune to the virus.

    At first, Joel tries not to be attached to the girl, he even wants to give this job up, but his partner, Tess insists, then she is bitten by an infected and begs for him to go on with the job, saying that Ellie is the only hope for this sh1tty world.

    Throughout the journey, they are attacked many times and meet different people. I think each of them develops something, Bill (a crazy dude that lives all alone in an abandoned district) tells Joel that is better to give up and that he is gonna die if he tries to protect other people, interestingly, Bills survives.

    Then we meet Henry and his younger brother Sam (that looks like his son honestly), Sam is infected and Henry suicide, IMO they show how cruel this disease is and there is no hope for those infected.

    We meet Joel's brother that extended his hand to give them shelter, so they have an option, but they refused, following their idealistic thoughts instead.

    Ellie is kidnaped by cannibals and one of them, David wanna forgave her if she abandons Joel, but she refused and fight like hell against them. I think that encounter showed the loyalty of Ellie and her furious personality.

    In the end, after so many hardships Joel managed to deliver the girl to the Fireflights but when arrived there, they told him she needs to die to bring the cure for mankind but Joel refuses, slaughtering everyone in his way, and rescuing the girl, the girl that in the beginning he said he didn't care. Interestingly it seems everything was for nothing and that is discussed before.

    But although the whole journey for both characters was for nothing, which is kinda disappointing, it showed very well how this disturbed world works.

    Combat 9/10 - Honestly, I am kinda saturated of with these third-person shooters but here, I must admit the system in this game is very good, maybe the best I've played. I like how in this game the human enemies don't have any radar, so if they see you but you flee they lose sight of you. Also, you can pick up a bottle of brick and throw it into the enemies to stun them or in the ground to make noise, it is a very good system.

    The weapon's ammunition is limited and you can craft bombs, medkits and improvements to your melee weapon.

    Although I liked the combat against enemies' humans, I think sometimes it is kinda repetitive and it is just there to increase the gameplay time.

    But for me what definitely takes the cake is the combat against the infected. They are very fun to fight against because they are so different from other type of enemies. There are many types of these infected but the most interesting aspect is that they are blind and they locate you by the sound (and some with echo-location), so if you don't make noise you can pass through them, or you can throw a brick in the ground and everyone will group up to that sound.

    Also, there are dark parts where the clickers make a sound so creepy, it seems like in a horror movie.

    Gameplay 7/10 - when we not doing all of those things above, we are resolving some puzzles and collecting resources. I thank Naughty Dog for not doing such a bad puzzle-like in Uncharted 4. Here, the puzzles are ok.

    Overall, 8.5/10. Great game.    … Expand
  18. Somefactsforu
    Jul 6, 2023
    10
    This game had one of the worst PC releases of all time, but after months and countless of patches, it actually works well now. It's a shame that they released this game like that, but overall it is very good game and solid remake. It doesn't add anything new (some minor things), but it's just overall best version of this game and now on PC. It's great!
  19. Jan_mich
    Jul 2, 2023
    8
    The game itself is a masterpiece but on pc i had some problems like crashes lagging textures and it was very often at the start
  20. Xafire
    Jun 30, 2023
    10
    As of patch 1.1 the game is running great on max settings 1080p ultra with a 8gb vid card. Sadly they had a bad launch, I got the game from buying an AMD card and I started playing on the 1.1 version of the game. Shaders are a pain but it only takes 13 mins. The game is gorgeous, gameplay is better than tlou2 on ps5. If you want to experience tlou1 or re-experience it with godly graphicsAs of patch 1.1 the game is running great on max settings 1080p ultra with a 8gb vid card. Sadly they had a bad launch, I got the game from buying an AMD card and I started playing on the 1.1 version of the game. Shaders are a pain but it only takes 13 mins. The game is gorgeous, gameplay is better than tlou2 on ps5. If you want to experience tlou1 or re-experience it with godly graphics and gameplay, it's the best way to do it. 10/10. Way better than tlou2.… Expand
  21. Neuromaster4
    Jun 27, 2023
    6
    Un lancement assez difficile sur PC avec une optimisation désastreuse qui a rendu mon expérience sur ce portage assez mitigé.

    Pourtant j'ai tout de même apprécier mon aventure avec Joel et Ellie. - Graphiquement une merveille. - Histoire très prenante. - GamePlay plutôt Sympa. Malgré l'optimisation j'ai terminé le jeux et j'ai adoré l'univers. Malheureusement le portage PC est    Un lancement assez difficile sur PC avec une optimisation désastreuse qui a rendu mon expérience sur ce portage assez mitigé.

    Pourtant j'ai tout de même apprécier mon aventure avec Joel et Ellie.
    - Graphiquement une merveille.
    - Histoire très prenante.
    - GamePlay plutôt Sympa.

    Malgré l'optimisation j'ai terminé le jeux et j'ai adoré l'univers.
    Malheureusement le portage PC est catastrophique au niveau de l'optimisation.

    J'espère que la 2ème Partie sera mieux travaillé.    … Expand
  22. Evraids
    Jun 26, 2023
    10
    Such a great story,gameplay and graphics.To play the game was a pain when it was first released but fixed after a week or so.The best zombie themed game ever
  23. panther49
    Jun 24, 2023
    10
    I refunded when I first bought a few months ago. I bought again a couple days back and so far it plays fine, the June patch seems to have worked great. Shader cache didn't take as long as I thought it would. Graphics are beautiful and it plays smoothly on my system, only jitters during loading screens or sections which is normal. Made it through quite a few sections on grounded which meansI refunded when I first bought a few months ago. I bought again a couple days back and so far it plays fine, the June patch seems to have worked great. Shader cache didn't take as long as I thought it would. Graphics are beautiful and it plays smoothly on my system, only jitters during loading screens or sections which is normal. Made it through quite a few sections on grounded which means lots of restarting checkpoints and dying for me, but no crashes so far. I'll update when I'm done with the experience, but I just wish it were released in this condition in the first place! Why didn't they just delay it three months?!… Expand
  24. Haltsu
    Jun 24, 2023
    8
    I will list my pros + and cons - separately. Disclaimer, the game has been patched many times. The review will reflect on the game on at the time its latest version.

    Pros: + Same good story, now with even better visuals. + Atmosphere in the game is top notch. + Soundtrack is excellent. + Voice acting is top notch. Cons: - I expected more gameplay improvements - The performance on    I will list my pros + and cons - separately. Disclaimer, the game has been patched many times. The review will reflect on the game on at the time its latest version.

    Pros:
    + Same good story, now with even better visuals.
    + Atmosphere in the game is top notch.
    + Soundtrack is excellent.
    + Voice acting is top notch.
    Cons:
    - I expected more gameplay improvements
    - The performance on PC still needs some work but it is greatly improved over the launch! So if you have the game and have not played it after launch, give it a try.    … Expand
  25. raorian
    Jun 21, 2023
    0
    This game is worse than tomb raider by a mile. It's worse than days gone even.
    The only reason people praise this game is because it baits you into feeling sad?
    See this person? what if they were real nice, and then we killed them. woah. amazing. go kill zombies. #deep
  26. Pupo
    Jun 18, 2023
    5
    Broken port. The game was full of bugs and glitches on release day. Performance issues.
  27. yuaigamer
    Jun 15, 2023
    10
    The best game, and with the recently updates, the optimization improved a lot.
  28. Asspull
    Jun 14, 2023
    5
    talking about survival story . it is very important to craft weaponry by yourself , but this game is just like fool me around like treating child . of course you can reload faster 50% by cleaning barrel with rag .
    the game is normally playable but not good enough . I can feel the battle phrase like playing Turn-Base game .
    it is satisfied to see Ellie has her girlfriend .
  29. IanBirmingham
    Jun 10, 2023
    0
    €70 for a game that takes 30-90 minutes to build the shader. So far, every patch has required a full rebuild, as well. I have ~5 hours playtime on Steam and over half of that has been spent waiting at the main menu for the shader to build. Support says it's a "known issue" but say nothing about whether they're actually going to fix it. The framerate also swings wildly (20 to 100 fps), even€70 for a game that takes 30-90 minutes to build the shader. So far, every patch has required a full rebuild, as well. I have ~5 hours playtime on Steam and over half of that has been spent waiting at the main menu for the shader to build. Support says it's a "known issue" but say nothing about whether they're actually going to fix it. The framerate also swings wildly (20 to 100 fps), even in static scenes.

    Eventually, this game may be worth recommending. Given that Iron Galaxy are also partially responsible for Fallout 76 and Arkham Knight, though, I wouldn't bet on that happening any time soon.    … Expand
  30. Zinaldo
    Jun 10, 2023
    7
    poor optimization for pc , you can not get smooth 60 fps all the time in 1080p with RTX 3070 , the game VRAM usage is insane if you use higher streaming quality , the game updates are almost trash and didn't fix issues as much as their should

    game itself is very good, game-play , gun-play and story were great I could rate 8-9 if the game didn't have optimization issues
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 7 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 31
  3. Negative: 5 out of 31
  1. Digital Chumps
    Jun 9, 2023
    70
    Yes, The Last of Us Part I for the PC has somewhat improved a little under two months in. Graphical stutters, framedrops, and other visual artifacts currently exist. If you’re able to look past those graphical shortcomings, The Last of Us Part I is a truly exceptional game. Consider waiting just a bit more before jumping into one of the best series from Sony and Naughty Dog to date.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Apr 26, 2023
    56
    The remake of one of the most iconic games of all time finally got its PC version. Unfortunately, it is plagued with bugs and glitches, and the optimization is extremely poor. If you are not in a rush, wait for a more substantial update that will hopefully solve most of these problems. In the meantime, give it a try on the PlayStation 5 if you have the chance.
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  3. Games.cz
    Apr 17, 2023
    60
    It’s nice to be able to experience Joel and Ellie’s story on the PC. But it’s not the best way to go about things and a game as brilliant as this deserved better from its port. The crown jewel of three generations of PlayStation should’ve arrived in a much better state.
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