“This is all on top of the rumour that Naughty Dog may in fact be doing a remake of the original game, though that wasn’t discussed. Regardless, Druckmann states that the developer is currently weighing its options as to what to do next.”— Mike Wilson, bloody-disgusting.com
“That move signaled a shift from more modestly sized games developed in Sony’s home territory to blockbuster Western franchises like God of War, Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon, and The Last of Us.”— Owen S. Good, polygon.com
“The Last of Us series is set 20 years after the destruction of modern civilization. It centers on Joel, a hardened survivor of the apocaplypse, who's hired to smuggle a 14-year-old girl named Ellie out of an oppressive quarantine zone. The seemingly small job becomes a brutal journey as they come to…”— Rick Porter, hollywoodreporter.com
“People rarely change in horror fiction – they follow instincts and enact rituals until they meet their doom. Ellie’s inability to divert from her quest for blood gradually reveals her, not as a victim, but as a vengeful demonic entity, as ceaseless and uncompromising as the ghostly onryō of Japanese…”— Keith Stuart, theguardian.com
“Sometimes, bad things happen to people, and they never get better. People just do their best to deal with the pain.”— Bernard Boo, denofgeek.com
“It's a bleak, pessimistic world, and exploration issues aside, I didn't exactly want to leave it.”— Kallie Plagge, gamespot.com