4 stars because the graphics are incredibly beautiful for the time, but gameplay is a bit strange/weak, the enemies are very scripted, for example, there are times when you go to kill an enemy, which is the last one in your field of vision and appears 5 more behind from him because you entered the spawn area, or when there is an enemy that only looks forward, even if you stand still for 10 hours looking at him, but if you try to pass by the side he turns 'out of nowhere', the enemies seem to have a sixth It makes sense to go after you, there are times when there are 5 houses in the same place, with 2 floors, but they go exactly where you are. Among other script problems, like, there are parts where you could just open a door and continue on your way, but the option simply doesn't appear until you kill the enemies.

Mechanically it's a pretty bad game, which isn't a problem for casual players, but like, a game where you have secondary weapons (Molotov, spike grenade, smoke bomb) and you need to pick them up, open your inventory, and equip them, It's bizarre, among many other problems that I could mention.

About the story, the story is very beautiful, the narrative is good, but it has deep characters, but it is also a very simple story, simple enough for you to be able to tell the story of the game with all the characters that appeared in 10 minutes.

Before the horrible sequel, retcons and remakes by someone within Naughty Dogs' whose ego could not be contained in a skyscraper, there was The Last of Us.
The Last of Us is a good game, with a good start, a good finish, and a good (perhaps a bit long, but necessary) middle.
It makes you care about the characters and the world feels real enough, so if you can play it as it was originally intended it's still a great game and equally visually impressive.
But for the love of God stay away from everything else that came after.