Inspired casting, excellent acting, hugely inventive storytelling … no console-to-screen journey has ever been this good. And it’s one of the year’s best television shows to boot
The Last of Us came out in 2013 on the PlayStation 3 and is considered one of the best video games ever made. I know this because the week it came out I drew the curtains on the front room of my shared house, forbade all of my housemates from entering the zone unless they were going to watch in reverent silence, and completed it.
In the game you play Joel – finally, some Joel representation! – through a post-apocalyptic US, 20 years after a pandemic event. Every human you encounter is trying to stab you or scavenge bullets off you or recruit you to one side of a conflict between the citizen army and the underground uprising. Every monster you meet is infected with a brain fungus that makes them blind, bulbous and very bitey. But what made the game stand out was the story: Joel is escorting Ellie, a fungus-proof teenage girl and humanity’s last hope, across a long trail that will take them both to safety. The classic dynamic – gruff old-timer, chatty teen innocent – softens and deepens as they crawl further into the sprawl of what’s left of the world. I really liked it; a lot of dyed-in-the-wool players felt there was too much story. Where’s Sonic! Where’s the infinite ammo machine gun! Where’s the open map with infinite exploration! This sucks! Continue reading...
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