Don't get me wrong, I've loved all the games. I think what I like about 3 is that there was much less of the zombie mutant whatever stuff (aside from the spiders lol) until the end, so it was just the core elements of run/jump/swing/roll, exploring/treasure hunting/storyline and of course, my favorite - shoot 'em up, explode, and kill everything in my path.
I really enjoyed the newer elements, like being able to toss the grenades back, or when he'd tuck them into an enemy's outfit, the punch out and flip the gun into his hands and the newer ffirepower.It felt like they improved the graphics even more and I could see where they developed things better for TLOU2. I love how they tucked Easter eggs into TLOU2 from Uncharted.
Really looking forward to 4. Now that I have a better handle on the controls/game play, I'm going to have to look at the other Naughty Dog games.