{"id":691166,"date":"2025-08-26T10:49:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-ps5"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:49:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T10:49:46","slug":"the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last of Us Part I review \u2013 A PS5 remake that shines above most"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>You wouldn&rsquo;t know it if you don&rsquo;t read &ldquo;Terrible Take Twitter&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Irate Internet,&rdquo; but there&rsquo;s been a lot of negativity around the remake of <strong>The Last of Us<\/strong> for <strong>PS5<\/strong>, subtly renamed to <strong>The Last of Us: Part 1<\/strong>. The gist of this anger is due to the original game on PS3 releasing a little over nine years ago. So, how dare Naughty Dog remake a game that new, right?<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, I don&rsquo;t care what projects a game development studio decides to take on, and in this particular instance the handwringing over an extensively spruced up remake feels rather performative. My take: this is a superb remake of an already brilliant game that brings it up to the standard people expect from a modern Naughty Dog game. It&rsquo;s easily one of the best remakes I&rsquo;ve ever played. <\/p>\n<p>If you are coming to The Last of Us for the first time, what you&rsquo;ve got is essentially a zombie apocalypse scenario, but we don&rsquo;t call them zombies &ndash; they&#8217;re the infected and they come in variety of horrific forms, such as Runners, Stalkers, and Clickers (the latter gives me shivers just reading the name). Joel, a bearded, gruff man, suffers a terrible loss when things take a dramatic turn, only for him to find Ellie, a teenage girl, in his care as they venture into hostile lands on a delivery mission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-ps5\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-ps5\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You wouldn&rsquo;t know it if you don&rsquo;t read &ldquo;Terrible Take Twitter&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Irate Internet,&rdquo; but there&rsquo;s been a lot of negativity around the remake of The Last of Us for PS5, subtly renamed to The Last of Us: Part 1. The gist of this anger is due to the original game on PS3 releasing a little over nine years ago. So, how dare Naughty Dog remake a game that new, right? Frankly, I don&rsquo;t care what projects a game development studio decides to take on, and in this particular instance the handwringing over an extensively spruced up remake feels rather performative. My take: this is a superb remake of an already brilliant game that brings it up to the standard people expect from a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":691167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[259,47,1192,778,52,45,46,6810,7046,116,7778],"class_list":["post-691166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-action-adventure","tag-blockbuster","tag-horror","tag-naughty-dog","tag-playstation","tag-ps5","tag-sony","tag-story-rich","tag-survivalcrafting","tag-the-last-of-us","tag-the-last-of-us-part-1"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Last of Us Part I review \u2013 A PS5 remake that shines above most | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You wouldn&rsquo;t know it if you don&rsquo;t read &ldquo;Terrible Take Twitter&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Irate Internet,&rdquo; but there&rsquo;s been a lot\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Last of Us Part I review \u2013 A PS5 remake that shines above most | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You wouldn&rsquo;t know it if you don&rsquo;t read &ldquo;Terrible Take Twitter&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Irate Internet,&rdquo; but there&rsquo;s been a lot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-26T10:49:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-26T10:49:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"The Last of Us Part I review \u2013 A PS5 remake that shines above most\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-26T10:49:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-26T10:49:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":268,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Action-Adventure\",\"blockbuster\",\"Horror\",\"naughty dog\",\"playstation\",\"PS5\",\"Sony\",\"Story Rich\",\"Survival&amp;Crafting\",\"The Last of Us\",\"The Last of Us Part 1\"],\"articleSection\":[\"VG24\\\/7\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Last of Us Part I review \u2013 A PS5 remake that shines above most | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-26T10:49:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-26T10:49:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"You wouldn&rsquo;t know it if you don&rsquo;t read &ldquo;Terrible Take Twitter&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Irate Internet,&rdquo; but there&rsquo;s been a lot\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"The Last of Us Part I review \u2013 A PS5 remake that shines above most\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Last of Us Part I review \u2013 A PS5 remake that shines above most\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Last of Us Part I review \u2013 A PS5 remake that shines above most | Arcader News","description":"You wouldn&rsquo;t know it if you don&rsquo;t read &ldquo;Terrible Take Twitter&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Irate Internet,&rdquo; but there&rsquo;s been a lot","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Last of Us Part I review \u2013 A PS5 remake that shines above most | Arcader News","og_description":"You wouldn&rsquo;t know it if you don&rsquo;t read &ldquo;Terrible Take Twitter&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Irate Internet,&rdquo; but there&rsquo;s been a lot","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-08-26T10:49:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-26T10:49:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"The Last of Us Part I review \u2013 A PS5 remake that shines above most","datePublished":"2025-08-26T10:49:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-26T10:49:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/"},"wordCount":268,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most.jpg","keywords":["Action-Adventure","blockbuster","Horror","naughty dog","playstation","PS5","Sony","Story Rich","Survival&amp;Crafting","The Last of Us","The Last of Us Part 1"],"articleSection":["VG24\/7"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/","name":"The Last of Us Part I review \u2013 A PS5 remake that shines above most | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-26T10:49:45+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-26T10:49:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"You wouldn&rsquo;t know it if you don&rsquo;t read &ldquo;Terrible Take Twitter&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Irate Internet,&rdquo; but there&rsquo;s been a lot","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"The Last of Us Part I review \u2013 A PS5 remake that shines above most"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-of-us-part-i-review-a-ps5-remake-that-shines-above-most\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Last of Us Part I review \u2013 A PS5 remake that shines above most"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1301468,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691166\/revisions\/1301468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}