The Last of Us Part 1
The Last of Us Part 1 is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by Naughty Dog. It centers on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and story, case, or mission progress, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.8 / 10
About this game
The Last of Us Part 1 is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on combat encounters, area and route exploration, and story, case, or mission progress. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
The Last of Us is Naughty Dog's survival action-adventure series about human relationships in a world devastated by infection. Scavenging, stealth and sudden violence give weight to journeys shaped by attachment, loss and the consequences of people's actions.
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AI review
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An affecting journey whose platform condition matters.
Scarce supplies connect stealth, crafting and open combat, while flanking enemies encourage movement. Improved animation strengthens physical continuity, though compact encounter layouts and familiar rules limit the breadth of tactical experimentation. The campaign and Left Behind form a coherent character journey alternating quiet exploration with tense encounters. Simple environmental chores occasionally slow momentum, but progression largely serves relationships rather than unrelated checklist completion. Expressive faces, performances and environmental detail make personal conflicts unusually involving. Sound reinforces nearby threats, integrating survival tension with changing relationships rather than relying solely on the spectacle of ruined locations. PS5 haptics, speech vibrations and cinematic audio descriptions provide meaningful feedback and accessibility. These options broaden participation in the native remake, independently of the very different technical circumstances of its PC release.
Strengths
- Character performances joined to resource pressure.
Weaknesses
- Repetitive chores and concentrated tactical scope.
Who it is for: Adults seeking narrative and tense stealth.
Play notes: Based on the dated tested build and stated content scope; later patches are not automatically included. This is evidence synthesis, not a claim of personal play or current network quality.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Simple environmental chores occasionally slow momentum, but progression largely serves relationships rather than unrelated checklist completion. | Reviewed | 8.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Improved animation strengthens physical continuity, though compact encounter layouts and familiar rules limit the breadth of tactical experimentation. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Sound reinforces nearby threats, integrating survival tension with changing relationships rather than relying solely on the spectacle of ruined locations. | Reviewed | 9.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension These options broaden participation in the native remake, independently of the very different technical circumstances of its PC release. | Reviewed | 8.9 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Naughty Dog
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive
- Release date
- Sep 2, 2022
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
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- Categories
- Adventure · Primary genreAction
- Tags
- Real-time CombatExplorationInvestigationWarThird PersonSolo-friendlySlow BurnLinear LevelsPuzzle Solving3D GraphicsStory-drivenMain Story 10–20 Hours
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
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- Standalone
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- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwideMar 28, 2023
- PlayStation 5WorldwideSep 2, 2022
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