25 PlayStation Games You Must Play Before You're 25

2. The Last Of Us

After perfecting platformers and blockbuster adventures, Naughty Dog switched gears, telling a far more serious, nuanced and emotionally affecting tale that would go on to be many peoples' best game of all time.

From game mechanics to overall presentation and especially an immaculate script, Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley craft a tale that is routed in zombie fiction, but serves to ask the direct question:

How far would you go for someone you love?

It's no wonder TLoU was remastered only a year later to sit nicely on the PS4; it's production quality really is something else. After 30 years in the business, Naughty Dog proved once again that resting on their laurels is just not in their vocabulary.