The series The Last of Us aims to adapt the video game masterpiece while taking some scriptwriting liberties. The first episode is thus very faithful to the source material with, however, a few nuances. Illustration in these very telling comparative videos.
Series The Last of Us had a cannon launch. After very rave reviews, many fans wondered how the video game would be adapted. Overall, the first episode achieved consensus both in terms of pace, acting, setting up the stakes and respect for the source material. It is precisely on this precise point that videographers have focused.
Ultimate Gamerz and ElAnalistaDeBits have made two very interesting comparison videos. These put in opposition the images of the game and those of the first episode of the series. And it is clear that a huge amount of work has been done to faithfully recreate the sets, the outfits of the characters and the atmospheres of the game.
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Some sequences are almost identical, such as when Sarah gives her father his freshly repaired watch. Note that in the game, the young girl buys a new watch for Joel’s birthday. While the infected swarm, Joel, his brother and Sarah take to their heels. The car escape is recreated very faithfully in the series, the traffic signs being notably identical as well as certain points of view.
The death of Sarah, killed coldly by a soldier, is staged in the same way, with the difference that Joel is also hit by the bullets in the game. While we knew that the HBO series would not be as violent , another notable difference was confirmed in episode 1: the absence of spores replaced by tendrils. “In the game there were spores in the air and people had to wear gas masks, we decided we didn’t want to do that for the show”Neil Druckmann recently explained to Collider.
We also notice that Tess completes Robert with a bullet in the head while the trafficker is killed by the Fireflies in the series. To quietly observe all the nuances between the game and the series The Last of Usdo not hesitate to watch these two videos:
