4/10 | The Last of Us Part 1 PC The game is as compelling as ever - but at launch this is one of the worst PC ports from any major publisher in a long while.
Sony’s latest PC port is a disappointing follow-up toIt’s long been clear that the video games industry learned nothing from the disastrous. Within months publishers had fully reverted to their old ways, releasing broken games long before they were finished, while being happy to let developers take the blame for decisions that were clearly out of their control.
Why this keeps happening is a mystery, as even given the cynical standards of video game publishers you’d think they’d care that the continual failures are undermining confidence in the entire big budget PC scene. And yet still things do not get better. The TV’s version of Ellie is so caustic it’s often difficult to sympathise with her, while TV Joel is less competent and more emotional. By comparison, their growing friendship seems much more organic in the game, one of many occasions the story benefits from a longer running time.