Happy Friday everyone,
This is a book meme I recently found out about and it looked like fun.
Fierce Fangirl Fridays are hosted by Jackie @ Too Much of a Book Nerd
Whenever you have something, anything to fangirl about – whether it be a book, TV show, music, celebrities, your pet, the universe, finding your soulmate or just a recent meal that you’ve had – Fierce Fangirl Friday is your opportunity to do so! It doesn’t matter if it’s a recent obsession of yours or something you’ve been loving for a while!
For my first fierce fanboy I am going to talk about The Last of Us. While it is not book related I just want a chance to talk about one of my favorite video games.
The game was developed by Naughty Dog, at first they were mostly known for the Crash Bandicoot and also known for the Uncharted series. The Last of Us is set in a post apocalyptic world in which zombies or “the infected” roam around with also scavengers and cannibals also.
You play as Joel, someone who has dealt with a loss and is tasked to take a girl named Elie across the US to the Fireflies because she is immune to the infection. While it may seem like a simple game its the story and characters that pull you in.
Both characters of Joel and Ellie are equally compelling and have great arcs to them. They pull you into the story and you care about those characters even long after the game is over.
If a game can out you to tears within the first 20 minutes you know its a great game. It is not just a good story. but the game play is also amazing. For a zombie survival game it has good game play in which you could either go stealth or full out guns blazing or both.
The infected come in many forms; runners, clickers and bloaters
and with each infected you have to fight them differently and with the clickers its best to get them from afar because one bite and you are dead.
The reason why I was very late in playing this game is because when the game was first released back in 2013, I had an XBOX, and it wasn’t until this year I got a PS4 I was able to play this game.
Throughout the game there is a lot of great story elements and it can be emotionally draining and there was several points that I had to turn off the game and collect myself.
The Last of Us is a great video game that mixes good game play with a fantastic story. Play it if you have a Playstation, or you don’t have one than watch the cut scenes on Youtube.
Have you played The Last of Us? Are you excited about The Last of Us 2? Let me know in the comments below.
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