SPOILER The Last of Us - General Discussion

Sounds terrific!

 

Never ever compare TWD with TLOU. The only similarity is it's set in the apocalypse. That's pretty much it.

But boy, I'm really excited about this show. I probably played the first game about a dozen times. The second game was also quite nice.

Can't wait to share this story with people who have never played this amazing game!

 

I don't know anything about this game, but man, Joel's daughter was fantastic and I love watching Anna Torv in anything. The 1st episode was intense.

 

Kind of impossible to avoid The Walking Dead comparisons. I enjoyed the pilot for The Walking Dead more than TLOU. I really loved the game, but part of what made it so great was the game itself. The story is basically The Road with zombies so it's well covered territory. I'm kind of over the "guess the shocking death" version of storytelling. I liked Pedro and Bella in Thrones, but both seem like a miss for this series. Looks like I'm in the minority though. There is a huge appetite for hopeless dystopian content at the moment. I am hopeful they have an endgame in mind with this series though. That's what ultimately killed TWD.

Also, I've heard the first episode is one of the weakest so that's good news.

 

I quit that series long before that... it was pretty obvious they were just gonna draw it out forever with no legitimate end in mind after the 3rd season. The drop in quality from season 1 to season 3 was pretty incredible.

 

One of the youtube pundits I follow, said scaling those fallen skyscrapers would blow the shows budget, so he understands why they didn't do it in the live action show, which was one of the highlights of the game.

What they did in episode 2 in the museum was really good, just as good as the game. The clickers are just as frightening as the game, well designed. As someone who actually played the game. This adaptation is spot on.

HBO has another hit on their hands, for faithfully following the game, and also adding things that support the game's lore.

 

I've heard film pundits who have played the game say that the game is designed like a film, so the adaptation would not be too difficult, and I agree the game feels like you are part of a horror film.

I don't play allot of video games because they start piling up like books. I have video games that I haven't played yet or finished so I play my favorite every year which is Call of Duty.

With that said, a fellow gamer told me I must play the Last of Us because it is the greatest video game ever made. When I finally got around to playing it, video game graphics had advanced, so I was a bit underwhelmed, but as I played the game the story engrossed me thoroughly.

Killing the Clickers was very hard to do, and I really felt like I was in a horror film. Lights off in the living room, Playstation 4 console, surround sound head phones, 60 inch flat screen, I was transported to a frightening post apocalyptic world.

I wouldn't call it the greatest video ever, but i would recommend it to any avid gamer. I'd say Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception, or Batman Arkham city would be my top 3 video games ever created, for me that is.

 

I couldn't watch Bill and not have this come to mind everytime he was on screen.

 

Episode 3 deviated quite a lot from the game, but it was a good call to do so.

This episode felt the most like TLOU because it showed what TLOU is really about- being human.

The world ends, but you don't give up.

"If you are lost in the darkness, look for the light."
Bill was lost in the dark and found the light by the help of Frank. Bill learned this value message and gave it onto Joel.

 

Bill + Frank = <3