I play less and less singleplayer, story-driven games nowadays. I always heard older students telling me, "Once you read so many books, it's as if you've read them all." This has sadly begun affecting me. RDR was the only game in the past two years whose story affected me, and it was mainly due to RDR being incredibly faithful to so many classic western movies.

I still need to play the Uncharted games, but I passed on Resistance because I did not care for the shooting. I couldn't tell you about the story. I didn't play many of the R&C games either because after awhile they all felt like the same game. I get that Naughty Dog is accomplished; still, I don't see how they're offering anything new with this game. Everything is looking the same, be it movies, novels, games, or music. I read a review of game reviewing at Insomniac who suggested a 3 tier rating system. 1 is not worth playing, 3 is worth playing, 2 is decent but has been done before and better. Everything keeps ending up a 2 by my scale. Be it games, movies, or music, the only 3s I manage to find have been older products; a band's earlier albums I skipped or a developer's first few games. Believe me, I would prefer The Last of Us to be amazing. The world can only benefit from more great [art/games]. I simply doubt it will turn out that way.