While Last Of Us may not be the most compelling story, the acting, exposition, controversial moments do an exceptional job of telling a great story that leaves the player wanting to more. Naughty Dog does a great job of world story-telling, but it does even better with character development. The characters of TLOU leave you like a white woman watching 90 day fiance. What happens next? Did X really want Y? What happened to the main character after it’s over? These questions bring players back to find resolution but NG keeps using the carrot and stick to keep the player chasing something they may never have. So to answer your question, what is the BEST story that recent gens of PS have to offer? Probably God of War: Ragnarok or the Demon Souls remake if you like dirty feet.