While Nintendo certainly held its own, it’s hard to deny the presence that the PlayStation 4 held over the rest of the industry during the past decade.
We continue our “Best of the Decade” coverage with TheGamer News Team’s PlayStation Games of the Decade!
Sam Watanuki - The Last of Us
The Last of Us was one of the first games I played in its entirety after college, and one of the first narratives in a long while that I actually cared about. While there were some forgettable chapters, the overall single-player campaign was incredible. Although the multiplayer took a bit to get used to, it became one of the first truly team-based (and fun) multiplayer games to grace the 2010s.
Bella Blondeau - Bloodborne
What if Dark Souls was faster, had guns, and was way, way more screwed-up? That’s Bloodborne in a nutshell - a tough but fair descent into existential cosmological terror that popularized the Souls formula once and for all, and proved that not every game Sony put on their platform was a same-y AAA theme park ride. Also, The Doll is the most eligible bachelorette of the decade.
Eric Switzer - The Last of Us
The Last of Us was a leap forward for games on the same level as Half-Life 2 and Super Mario 64. The history books will point to The Last of Us as the game that brought AAA narrative to a cinema-quality standard, and pushed the entire industry forward in terms of performance, motion capture, writing, and AI. The Last of Us defines gaming in the 2010s. It is a functionally flawless game that took monumental risks that we now take for granted after so many have followed in its footsteps.
Jamie Latour - The Last of Us
While Naughty Dog might always be known as the company that created Nathan Drake, it was The Last of Us that cemented them as one of the greatest and most cinematic developers working today. The journey that Joel and Ellie go on is harrowing, terrifying, and intense. Trying to sneak by clickers or take out roaming gangs of bandits is thrilling, with stealth third-person gameplay that’s both satisfying and brutal. From its emotionally explosive beginning to its shocking end, The Last of Us is a masterclass in storytelling.
