

Once the game was released, it received critical acclaim, with praise for its narrative, gameplay, visuals, sound design, score, characterization, and depiction of female characters. The game also has an online multiplayer mode, called Factions, allowing up to eight players to engage in competitive gameplay in rearranged versions of multiple single-player settings.

In the game, the player takes control of Joel, a man tasked with escorting a young girl, Ellie, across the United States and defending against cannibalistic creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus. This game is developed by Naughty Dog and was initially released in 2013 on PS3 by Sony Computer Entertainment. The Last of Us is an action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective.
