More_Badass
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The like for Last of Us' story has little to do with not reading many books, and everything to do with the protagonists and their relationship, the personal cross-country journey plot (compared to the typical plot in a lot of zombie fiction), and the grounded brutal tone and atmosphere.I've played many games with good stories, but I've played few with good writing.
The Last of Us is such an odd one to me, because I don't understand the player's standards if they were blown away by it. To me, it felt quite generic. Seems like a lot of people don't read many books.
As well as how the game told its story not just through cutscenes but also through gameplay
This is also trueThere a lot of well-written games lately and yes I am literate enough to recognize how good they actually are. People just don't bother looking past AAA games or beyond certain genres. (But even then they are some real written AAA games like Witcher or Wolfenstein: TNO) The adventure game genre has been going through a resurgence in the last several years with a lot of well-written games, even some that I would consider having literary spirits to them, i.e. Kentucky Route Zero, What Remains of Edith Finch, Firewatch.
Honestly games have been making some really good strides in recent years.