Analysis: You don’t need to play “The Last of Us” to watch the HBO show
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“Experienced players of the game will likely delight in many of the Easter eggs that allude back to the game’s storytelling,” Park said. “The made-for-fiction teenage wolf movie poster all over cities in the game reappear in the show, alongside real-world corporate signage for brands like CVS and GameStop. Fans will also recognize the costume changes, especially since they adhere directly to the outfits from the game as they appeared during key moments.
Still, Park cautioned, fans won’t hold some secret contextual key to the show. Instead, fans are just likely to notice changes between the two stories — particularly different approaches to key scenes. The Last of Us game series is very popular; judging from its overwhelmingly positive reviews, it’s safe to say that the consensus opinion among gamers is that playing the games will be its own reward. If you want to play “The Last of Us,” you’ve got a few options — and one more coming in March, if you’re willing to wait. There’s the original PlayStation 3 game, a remastered version for PlayStation 4 titled “The Last of Us Remastered” andcalled “The Last of Us Part I.
Just don’t feel any anxiety over “needing” to play before you watch. There’s no best order in which to engage with The Last of Us media, Park tells me. Just enjoy yourself — inasmuch as you can, given the doom and gloom the franchise is generally known for.
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