I beat The Last of Us.

Wow. I'd been looking forward to this game since it's announcement, but it had always been the nifty visuals and the post apocalyptic environment that drew me in. I really wasn't expecting much more out of it than that. I wasn't expecting it to be anywhere near as amazing as it was, or for the story line to be that good.

This one ranks up there with the original Bioshock and the Half-Life series for me, my top two all time favorite story driven games. So many games that come out you play and they are a lot of fun, but you know they are nothing special (Bioshock Infinite, and almost every game I've purchased over the last three years), people aren't going to be talking about them on short lists of greatest games from the last decade. The Last of Us is something special, it is one of those games that still will be mentioned ten years from now, it is one of those games that set the bar just a little bit higher.

The game play is solid, but not unlike anything you've ever played before. Pretty standard third person stealth and shooting, very simple, nothing revolutionary. It is the visuals, the atmosphere, the acting, and the story that are absolutely outstanding. This game is just about as much fun to watch someone else play as it is to play yourself.