The Last of Us™ Part I

The Last of Us Part I is not a port of the 2013 PlayStation 3 game. It is a full remake built by Naughty Dog from scratch on The Last of Us Part II engine for PS5, then brought to PC by Iron Galaxy (the same studio that worked on Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection for PC). The difference from the 2013 original is the difference between an SD television and 4K HDR: reworked animation, a new lighting system, fully redrawn textures and models, and re-shot cutscenes.

What the story is about. 2033. Twenty years ago, a fungal infection based on cordyceps (a type of fungus that really exists in nature and controls ants, here mutated to affect humans) destroyed civilization. Joel Miller, a cynical smuggler used to surviving in the ruins of the USA, is tasked with taking a teenager, Ellie, across the country. Ellie is immune to the infection, and this may change the world.

Why it is called "one of the greatest narratives in gaming history": not a marketing cliche, but community consensus. The original 2013 game won over 200 game of the year awards. The 2022 remake for PS5 received a Metacritic score of 89. The philosophical question of the ending still divides the gaming community, and Reddit discussions about "Joel's choice" continue 13 years later.

The HBO series (2023-2025). The first season, with Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian, Pappy) as Joel and Bella Ramsey (Lyanna Mormont from Game of Thrones) as Ellie, became the biggest HBO debut since Game of Thrones. The second season came out in April 2025. For those who watched the series, this is a chance to play through the same story in an interactive form, where every decision is yours, not the director's.

Official Russian voice-over. In the PC version on Steam, the Russian voice-over is included in the standard package and does not require regional workarounds, unlike a number of other Sony PC ports.

Accessibility is an industry benchmark. 60+ accessibility options. These include: audio descriptions for blind players (the first video game in history to add audio descriptions of cutscenes, in partnership with Descriptive Video Works); flexible lock-on aiming settings, inverted controls, HUD intensity settings, controls without holding buttons, and toggle modes for every mechanic. This is not a checkbox: Naughty Dog treated accessibility as a production priority.

PC-only features: native 4K / 60 fps, ultrawide screens (21:9 and 32:9), NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution, AMD FSR 2.2, VSync + frame rate cap, full keyboard/mouse + gamepad remapping, and support for DualSense haptics and adaptive triggers.

Honest context about the PC port. The launch in March 2023 was a disaster: VRAM use up to 17 GB, deformed character hair, crashes. PC critics gave it a Metacritic score of 59/100, a low point for Naughty Dog. A series of patches by summer 2023 fixed the main problems: VRAM use normalized (High preset at 1080p: 6-7 GB) and stability was restored. By 2025 the Steam rating is "Very Positive" (84% of 103,000+ reviews). If you remember the 2023 backlash, the current state of the game is fundamentally different.

One of the strongest narrative games in the medium: a post-apocalypse, a fungal pandemic, and Joel and Ellie's journey across the USA. Full official Russian voice-over. A PC remake from Naughty Dog, fully rebuilt from the PS5 version for PC.