Broadcast on Prime Video, the adaptation of The Last of Us in TV series is widely understandable by everyone, fans or not of the famous PlayStation game.
The video game The Last of Us, released in 2013 on PlayStation 3 (then remastered on PS4 and remake on PS5), is considered a masterpiece. Its adaptation into a TV series by the HBO channel is obviously eagerly awaited. In France, it is broadcast on Prime Video from this Monday, January 16, 2023. The first season has 9 episodes.
Series The Last of Us follows the iconic duo: mercenary Joel (Pedro Pascal) in charge of protecting Ellie (Bella Ramsey) in a post-apocalyptic America populated by ultra-dangerous infected and armed militias. Obviously, the game’s reputation has made it a well-known pop cultural object: even when you haven’t played The Last of Usit is part of the references.
Just by watching the start of the season, we were overwhelmed. But is this adaptation also accessible to those who have never had the opportunity to explore the cult game? The answer is firm: yes, you can watch the series without having played the game.
The Last of Us season 1 fully adapts the first game
Season 1 of The Last of Us fully adapts the first game. It resumes the beginning, the middle and the end. It therefore constitutes a complete work, which can be understood from A to Z without the slightest baggage related to the game.
The series is not moreover centered “fan service”: one does not ceaselessly find references allowing exclusively to the fans to include/understand certain key elements; at most, there are winks.
Of course, the players of The Last of Us will already know in part the course of events. But the HBO version also emancipates itself a lot by offering a new writing to certain destinies, an enrichment of several characters and an extension of the universe. In fact, the series The Last of Us is a work in its own right.
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