IGN: 10/10: “A masterpiece.”
Edge: 10/10: “Gaming’s Citizen Kane moment - A masterpiece.”
Canadian Online Gamers: 97/100: “A fantastic game, a fantastic experience.”
Push Square: 10/10: “An assured, touching, and engrossing adventure.”
Rev 3 Games: 5/5: “One of the finest games to ever be played.”
Edge-Online: 10/10: “Naughty Dog has delivered the most riveting, emotionally resonant story-driven epic of this generation.”
GamingBolt: 10/10: “Naughty Dog’s latest is the industry’s prime offering so far.”
GameReactor: 10/10: “It takes The Last of Us just ten minutes to deliver an emotional punch that’ll have you reeling.”
Metacritic: 96/100: “Absolutely incredible.”
Playstation Official Magazine UK: 10/10: “This is a work of art.”
GamesRadar: 5/5: “Naughty Dog delivers the swansong that a whole generation of gaming deserves.”
Eurogamer: 10/10: “An elegy for a dying world, The Last of Us is also a beacon of hope for it’s genre.”
VideoGamer: 10/10: “The Last of Us isn’t just the Playstation 3’s swan song, it’s the best exclusive on the console full stop.”
Kotaku: (Yes): “A moving story about a relationship between two desperate people.”
Destructoid: 10/10: “A flawless victory.”
Game Informer: 9.5/10: “Naughty Dog’s grim masterpiece.”
Escapist Magazine: 4.5/5: “Setting the bar for post-apocalyptic stories to come.”
Forbes: 9.5/10: “A visual masterpiece that somehow manages to make shooter combat feel fresh again.”