The Best PlayStation 3 Games, By Genre

Best Survival Horror Game – The Last of Us

You might consider it cheating because this game is more than capable of not only being one of the best action-adventure games, but might even be one of the best titles this generation. However, The Last of Us truly outshines even second place of the horror genre games of the PlayStation 3.

The story of Joel and Ellie as they travel across the USA in order to find a cure for the potent virus is what is key to the game’s success. Its story is written, voiced and directed beautifully.

As part of the survival horror aspect, the game gives you multiple options of traversing through the game. What items you choose to craft will affect your survival, for better or worse. Do you want to take it safe and make health packs, or do you want to clear the room with a molotov cocktail? Do you use your shivs to unlock doors or as a last defense as you’re staring down a clicker?

All of this, in tandem with the on-the-fly crafting system and Naughty Dog’s impeccable ability to create a dark and brooding environment in a dystopian wasteland, creates a game in The Last of Us that cannot be beat.

Honorable mentions: Dead Space, Silent Hill: Homecoming, Leon’s campaign in Resident Evil 6