10 Video Games That Totally Floored You

2. The Last Of Us

THE LAST of us
Naughty Dog

2013 was the year the whole "are video games art?" debate hit its peak... and was also put to bed, thanks to phenomenally written, emotionally-charged works like this.

Naughty Dog's Last of Us is easily one of the best-told stories in gaming history; a personal tale of father Joel first losing his daughter, and being forced into surrogate parenthood after he's saddled with Elli; a girl who appears to be immune to the current zombie outbreak.

The latter is purely there to give Ellie some stakes outside of this burgeoning relationship, but come the end of the game, Joel straight-up murders an entire facility of scientists and forward-thinkers, just to keep Ellie all to himself.

The flip-side of Spider-Man's final moments, you're left asking yourself: Would I have done the same? Is it 'okay' for Joel to prioritise one life over millions of others?

Attempting to answer that, is precisely why The Last of Us will remain timeless.

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